Chapter 17 – Mental Preparation (1)

[Hey, did you hear? A warrior is coming to our village!]

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[Why… What? You kicked the hero!?]

[Burr, 5 circles already? ···Good! I am also a practitioner!]

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[I sincerely congratulate you on finally reaching the Magic Tower. ···Congratulations]

[This Sabbath service was a bit long, wasn’t it?]

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[Holy woman, the moon has risen above your head. Go to bed. ···You can’t say that.]

[Princess! It’s not possible! If His Majesty the Emperor finds out, it will be a big problem!]

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[Your Majesty, now I ask you to maintain your authority as emperor…]

[···Did you get a business card again?]

…

*

[···Congratulations.]

“Haa… I thought I was going to die because my liver was shaking…”

It’s been a long time since I met the goddess.

Recently, I was full of mental stress, so I took a break from meeting the goddess for a while.

Although I didn’t feel physically tired, it was difficult mentally to look at the tired records every time.

It is said that watching cruel scenes is like injuring the brain.

···My brain must have been mangled.

Last afternoon, Baek Ga-eun finally entered CG Entertainment.

It’s already been five days since she spent the night indulging in her endless drinking.
In the meantime, Baek Ga-eun’s profile was also delivered to CEO Choi Kang.

···It was an after-action report

‘···Who?’

‘Baek Ga-eun is the granddaughter of Baekil Group Chairman…’

‘Pfft, give me your profile!’

CEO Choi Kang always showed a relaxed and charismatic appearance, but the more I scrolled through Baek Ga-eun’s profile, the more I saw her ever-changing expression.
The CEO made a fuss about recruiting her no matter what, and praised me as he wrapped his arms around me and took me to an expensive restaurant.
On the day Baek Ga-eun was supposed to come, her representative personally served her with great hospitality, unable to hold back her smile and twitching the corners of her mouth all day long.
However, after a while, the CEO was as if he had never been like that before.

‘···I would like to have Kim Cho-in as my dedicated manager.’

‘Well… The manager is…’

‘If you do it as Kim Cho-in, I think three years is okay?’

‘Four, three years…’

The representative, who was swallowing his saliva at her suggestion, seemed to have suddenly remembered something, closed his eyes tightly, and spoke with a gloomy expression.

‘···I’m sorry, I don’t think a dedicated manager will be possible···’

‘···Okay, then how about trying to stick to me as much as possible?’

‘Oh my gosh, of course that’s possible! Even though this guy is a little busy, he will be ready to help Ga-eun at any time!’

‘···Is that so?’

‘Yes, yes…’

Embarrassed by the representative who gave me a passionate look, I answered stupidly and ended up becoming her ‘de facto’ person in charge.

Baek Ga-eun said, “Let’s take this bitch and talk slowly,” And the majesty of her lightly wielding the person who would become the representative of her agency resembles the devil she saw in the past.

She later found out that the Baekil Group’s policy was enormous.
It is said that Baekil Group’s children receive the group’s full support, so I could understand the CEO’s attitude.

“···So how much strength did you get back this time?”

[More interference is possible this time.]

After recruiting Hyeon Hayeon, the goddess became able to interfere with the past and view her records from the perspective of others.
Although the number of cruel scenes increased significantly, it still helped.

So, this time…?

[···By any chance, do you know what it is called a status window…?]

“···Uh? Status window? Really?”

Status window, the name that makes my heart tremble just by hearing it…

By shaping the world’s information into graphics that only you can see, you dominate the information and win…

If there was a status window, breaking the terrible curse would be much easier!

She looked after the goddess with excitement, but the response she received was disappointing.

[···Because of the curse of the evil god, such implementation is impossible···]

“Ha… Well, that’s right…”

[But it is possible if the informatization of the world has already ended.]

“···Huh?”

[The law of the world is that information changes all the time. Therefore, it is currently impossible for me to interfere with reality.]

[However, if it is information from the past where the beginning and end have already been determined, it may be possible with our current power.]

Until now, I have obtained information by repeating the same records from my perspective and from other people’s perspectives.

For me, who only gets information in visual form, it was like a lifeline.

In addition, there was hope that if the evil god’s curse was lifted and the goddess’s power returned, a status window in reality would be possible.

“···Let’s do it right now!”

[···]

The warm light emanating from the goddess’s hand felt warmer than before.

I jumped out of consciousness.

···At this time, I had no idea how terrifying the status window was.

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“Guide, I think you’ll get very angry if I walk a little further. Are you really sure?”

It was the day I first saw the warrior’s past.

There wasn’t much written in the information window of Hyeon Hayeon, the warrior who called me Mr. Guide.

[Hero]

(···Annoyed)

She thought the status window was more shabby than expected, but the goddess said that it was still lacking in power and that it was limited to simply expressing what she was thinking.

“Hey, young man! Tools are super cheap now! “It’s a chance to score points with your lover!”

“···Ignore Mr. Guide, don’t even look at the old perverts…”

It was a scene where they pretended to be a couple on a date with the warrior arm in arm.

Most of the warrior’s psychological state was written in short sentences.

[Hero]

(···I’m embarrassed to be a couple)

Soon, the scene of my past self giving me a ring as a gift and crying and saying that he would protect me passed.

The warrior’s status window began to fluctuate.

As her emotions grew, the psychological state displayed in the status window became increasingly detailed.

It was a different scene.

The sight of her putting on the ring with her back to the setting sun, in a town full of monsters, was like a scene from a movie.

[Hero]

(I don’t want Mr. Guide to get hurt… I have to cut everything… I… Have to protect Mr. Guide… I…)

“I will protect you, so are you waiting?”

She would have been cooler if her inner thoughts weren’t visible.

“Mr. Leader, come to your senses!!”

···It was that scene.

“Gwae, are you okay? Does it hurt a lot? I’m sorry, I was wrong…”

She had a trembling voice and was speaking gibberish. She was agitated after seeing me fall.

Her status window showed her psychological state.

[Hero]

(I was wrong… I made a mistake… I didn’t clean it up properly… Mr. Leader… It must hurt a lot… Are you okay? I’m sorry I hurt you… Don’t hurt me… I’m sorry… I was wrong… Please forgive me…)

“I, I… Will protect you… Just wait a little bit”

[Hero]

(I told you it was okay… Is it really okay…? I have to apologize… These trash… This trash…)

Her psychological state was terrible as she used incredible force to turn her corpse into minced meat and cut down her barely alive life.

[Hero]

(Garbage… Garbage… Garbage… Garbage… Too much trash…)

Even though she ended the lives of dozens and hundreds of people, in the eyes of the warrior, she was not seen as life but as rolling trash.

She was not committing murder, but was cleaning up the ‘garbage’ that had harmed me.

Even while cutting down people, the warrior’s status window did not stop.

[Hero]

(Garbage… Garbage… Garbage… There is too much trash… If I don’t do it right… If I make another mistake, they won’t forgive me… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…)

It was increasing endlessly as if it would fill the world.

It was full of resentment towards the trash that had harmed me, self-reproach for not being able to properly protect it, and apologies to myself.

Eventually, the warrior who finished ‘cleaning’ approached me covered in blood.

The moment her blood splattered onto my cheek, her psychological state fluctuated once again.

[Hero]

(Dirty things… Dirty things… Dirty things… Dirty things… Dirty things… Dirty things…)

The status window expanded like an explosion, instantly filling my field of vision.

The endlessly dirty and ugly heart of the warrior was engraved in detail.

Her eyes were spinning, she was dizzy, and her heart was beating rapidly.

···I faced the abyss.

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[···Are you okay?]

“Wow…”

Because it was a dream, I felt the warmth of the goddess’ hand caressing me as I was nauseous.

[···Have you felt what the hero thinks of you?]

“Huh…”

I couldn’t answer the goddess’ words properly.

The warrior had an ordinary affection for her at first, but her obsession took her to a deeper and darker place.
The warrior’s love was sincere and pure.

It was just that a terrible obsession colored her mind.

It was too much to accept her horrendous and pure love.

It was easy to imagine the polite and kind Hyeon Ha-yeon twisting someone’s neck.

···If I make a mistake, we could all really die.

The goddess remained silent as if waiting for me to catch my breath.

While I was lying on the floor collecting my thoughts, she spoke to me.

[···Would you like to see the past of the devil?]

“···Let me rest for a little while…”

···I’m not ready to handle the devil’s heart yet.