Chapter 188 – Chapter 188 – Reunion (2)

For a moment, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

That much, the existence in front of my eyes was shocking.

Merlin.

To protect Areum, and to restore true blood.

The Merlin I killed with my own hand now existed in this dream space.

“Nice to see you again.”

Confused, staring blankly at Merlin.

Merlin casually stroked her beard and greeted me.

“Well, as expected, the old body is uncomfortable to move, but it means that I’m more used to it. Clink.”

The appearance of Merlin that I first saw during the prophecy of the origin.

Merlin, who appeared in the form of an old man with a white beard that looked like something out of a wizard movie, broke her neck as if trying to loosen her body.

Dududududuuk.

Then, with a grotesque sound, Merlin’s neck was pulled out, and he was dangling.

“What… What is it?”

Seeing Merlin’s face drooping down, he couldn’t understand what the hell was going on.

Seeing that Hong Ma-dong also had his mouth slightly open like me, it seemed as if it was absurd.

“That… That’s it.”

From her Merlin’s mouth, her grotesque voice flowed.

Where the scene from a b-grade horror movie goes on and on, Merlin holding my head in her hands.

As if assembling some kind of robot, she clicked after turning her broken neck.

Merlin returned to her normal form.

“Ummm… It looks like it’s in its original form. It’s a body that hasn’t undergone any modification. It’s sleazy, but it’s fun.”

They decapitated her, even though her mouth put on a bizarre show.

As if it was nothing special, Merlin muttered calmly.

Unlike her first shocking appearance, she seemed to have lost a lot of dignity.

Still, Merlin is Merlin, so I opened her mouth with a serious expression on my face.

“Far.”

Wood Deuk.

Merlin loses her arm.

“”……””

It’s so ridiculous, since I’m still silent.

Merlin was puzzled, but she explained her condition to me.

“I’m sorry. Because this is a body close to a half-dragon, it returns to its very early body. The power is not distributed properly. The current body is the body of an old man right before death… Please forgive me.”

“No, how could this old man meet again. What if he turns into a real dislocated old man?”

Hong Ma-dong clicked her tongue as if he was truly sorry.

I also whimpered and felt a strange pity for Merlin as she sewed her arm.

She made up her mind, remembering what Merlin had done to her so far.

“Merlin.”

At my earnest call, Merlin faced me.

“Why are you here?”

At my question, Merlin grinned as if he had been waiting for this.

Unlike his middle-aged appearance before, his deeply dilated eyes and wrinkles curved in line with his laughter.

‘Also.’

I swallowed in a gulp at that appearance that looked good even at a glance.

However, the answer Merlin gave me was completely different from what I expected.

“I don’t know either.”

“… For real?”

Her eyes are wide open, and she asks once again.

Merlin shrugged her shoulders.

“I really don’t know. And that’s…”

Merlin grinned.

“You should know.”

That word meant only one thing.

Merlin said that she was not brought here arbitrarily, but that she was drawn ‘by me’.

I also don’t know anything, but there is already a case called Hongma-dong.

Looking at it objectively, I wondered if I had unconsciously attracted Merlin.

Thinking that something troubling has happened, let’s let out a long sigh.

Hong Ma-dong, who was watching our conversation from the side, giggled and clapped.

“No, junior. Did you really do as I said? I told you, it would be fun to come here too. Huh? It’s the old man’s recruit, the old man’s recruit.”

Hong Ma-dong approached Merlin and patted her on the shoulder.

As if Merlin hadn’t been in a while, she calmly greeted Hong Ma-dong.

“Long time no see, it looks pretty good.”

“Oh, it’s not bad. After looking around once, the agony disappeared. Fucking inspiration and dog-like monsters. I decided to just do it.”

“I see, cluckle. Perhaps because she recognized that she was definitely dead, it seems that she is less obsessed with obsession than before.”

“Isn’t it? If I had the old feelings, I’d have already hacked up the old man several times.”

“Um… That’s it too.”

Hong Ma-dong and Merlin are happily discussing the afterlife.

The conversation between Hong Ma-dong, who hates monsters, and Merlin, who is just insane, was strange and oddly matched.

As I watched this absurd situation, I laughed ‘heh heh heh’.

“It’s a real piece of shit.”

It was also strange to ask Merlin to pay for his crimes by saying, “Why did you do that?”

He’s also the nobleman I killed with my own hands, no matter how seriously I ask.

There was no way the old man could give a proper answer to such a question.

I’m staring at Merlin as if I’ve collapsed.

Hong Ma-dong laughed heartily, as if asking why he was making such a face.

“No, junior.

“… Yes?”

“It’s not named Pocket X. There will be plenty of things to eat using that inspiration, right?”

When I heard it, it certainly made sense.

Although he did not inherit any dragon blood.

There was a lot to learn from Merlin, who used dragon words naturally, just like he used runes.

However, all of this was based on the premise that Merlin had to follow my orders.

And I didn’t have the confidence to control that crazy man who died once.

“Don’t worry.”

Then, as if Merlin had roughly anticipated my thoughts, she spat out the words at the perfect timing.

“Thanks to you, a bunch of interesting things have been created. We should cooperate at most.”

Merlin followed her, humming her song.

“That I, who was just an artificial life form, came to the afterlife. And for some reason, I came back as the first body that could not be modified. These are all interesting accidents that were created thanks to you, so I have to pay back the favor.”

“… What are the conditions?”

It seemed like they cooperated meekly, but I remembered the first word Merlin spat out, ‘It’s okay’.

Merlin gently stroked her beard, and she immediately got down to her own point.

“Let me study you here.”

“In some way.”

“It’s nothing special, just take your arm off sometimes. Please act according to the theory I thought.”

“Dil.”

In any case, at least one arm could be pulled out from this space.

And even I, there are still many things I don’t know about myself.

It was clear that it would be best for Merlin to take this opportunity to study me closely and then skip the information.

“Clack, cluck, ah… I’m very happy. I never thought I’d study the best art with my own hands.”

Merlin, too, seemed to like the deal with me, and hummed her hum.

Hong Ma-dong also applauded our deal.

Looking back, it was a very strange meeting.

“Since the deal has been established, can we try one thing now?”

“What is it?”

I nodded her head, and Merlin grinned.

“This space.”

A dream world painted entirely in white.

Merlin, as if she had something to try in this space, she continued her words in an exasperated tone.

“Don’t you know. Even if you look at it, this space is a space made up of your ‘reversal’.”

“Well, it is.”

From the fact that in this dream space, the sorcerer’s gin cannot be used.

I was pretty much expecting it.

No matter how bad the tone is, now I can feel it roughly.

Because in this space, I couldn’t feel it, as if I had forcibly blocked the ‘feel’ right before using the sorcerer’s gin.

“So today I want you to practice closing this space again with a twist.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Try to close this space with your magic.”

At Merlin’s words, she gave Hong Ma-dong a puzzled expression.

“As soon as something comes back, do you want to search again? Inspiration.”

Because I know Merlin’s true intentions without saying anything.

Merlin slowly continued her explanation.

“Reversal magic. I don’t know how it works, but it’s certain that this mystical space is formed because of your magic. And the fastest way to open your magic one by one. Touch this space.”

Merlin’s eyes flashed with madness.

“And it’s also something I’ll have to do anyway. Jinhyeol, you must have taken my place, right?”

As if it was obvious even without seeing Merlin, she inferred the situation in the real world.

“And you’ll go in there, witness the instability of the world, and try to fix it.”

“You know that.”

“Cluck, cluck, you’ll understand everything well when you’re this old. Anyway, isn’t it obvious what’s next, there will be a war. Blood will flow.”

Merlin warned me.

“At that time, if all the blood on your hands comes into this space. Indeed… Will you be fine?”

“……”

Merlin and Hong Ma-dong.

In addition to these two, if you fill this space with the minions of small evil forces.

Can this space and the me who supports this space survive?

Perhaps taking my silence as an affirmation, Merlin chuckled.

“That’s why, anyway, this space was a gift to you that you had to open someday.

I glanced at Hong Ma-dong, and Hong Ma-dong waved his hand as if telling me to do it.

“What are you worrying about again, junior, do as you please.”

“It’s natural to ask for opinions from existing tenants.”

“Chuckling, say nothing.”

In the end, as Merlin said, I decided to ‘reverse’ the entire space itself.

“I will.”

Merlin looked at me with eyes full of anticipation.

After taking a deep breath, I became aware of the space.

Awesome-.

For the first time, solid black lines arose in the dream space covered with white.

Awesome-. Awesome-.

The moment I thought I had to quit because I was anxious about something.

Hong Ma-dong’s determined voice was heard.

“Try it, junior.

Aww

Not Merlin, but Hong Ma-dong’s sincere advice.

I immediately widened the reversal.

Awesome-. So-so-.

Black solid lines appeared in all spaces.

The gap between them gradually widens, and the moment the world was about to collapse.

Jjwoong-!

Along with the foreign sensations, I lost consciousness.

* *

“Churrup, churrup.”

Inside the blanket that suddenly rose up as if someone was inside.

Inside, the sound of sucking something intensely filled the room.

Haha, ha, brother.”

Wet moans and lascivious sighs.

Swoop, Swoop.

That time when the sound of sucking changed to a squishing sound.

“Huh!”

Hyungyeong lying on the futon as if a mouse had died.

The new model jumped up on the blanket and let out an urgent sound.

And at the same time.

“Heeep?!”

From under the futon that had risen suddenly, a sound that seemed to have stopped breathing was heard.