Chapter 98: Lair Amusement Park (1) (1/2)
But she didn’t wake up even after the sun rose.
“…”
Opening the pocket watch, he checked the time. It was 8:30 am, which was past the time for the morning training session.
Why isn’t she waking up.
He looked into Yeorum’s body. She had been groaning throughout the night in an attempt to keep her breath steady, which seemed to have paid off. Now, she was breathing fairly stably in her sleep.
But her dragon heart which had been exhausted from that process automatically entered a forced rest period.
“Oh, really? Then she probably wouldn’t wake up for the next three days,” Bom said.
Indeed, he could still remember how Bom had been sleeping like a log for three days after transferring magic to Gyeoul.
“Must have been tough for her.”
Bom caressed her head in her sleep.
During breakfast, Gyeoul focused on her chopsticks. She was trying to eat some jello and got upset after it repeatedly escaped from her grip.
Slip–
The jello slid through the chopsticks. After failing multiple times, she became upset and stabbed the jello deep.
Now, she just had to lift it up.
She carefully raised the pair of chopsticks with her hand but the jello broke into two pieces and fell off.
“…”
Gyeoul turned rigid. She seemed to gotten a brain freeze – her face was blank and the chopsticks stopped in mid-air after losing its purpose.
That was when Yu Jitae carefully called her.
“Do you have time today.”
Her dull eyes were refilled with liveliness with his voice.
“…Nn?”
“Do you want to go to the amusement park?”
She gave a wide smile.
Episode 33: Lair Amusement Park (1)
Go and bring that guy.
That was the command it received from its lord.
‘I shall listen to your command, my lord.’
[Shadow of an Archduke (SS)], wearing the mask of ‘Hashimoto’, a female Japanese.
She was living a busy life recently with not a single room for rest. After the Melissia Masquerade came to an end, the sense of caution of the demons reached its max level with the deaths of Noah and Wei Yan.
The society of demons was divided into several smaller portions and the undetectables split into multiple organisations. There was an increasing number of those questioning the strategy of swallowing Lair itself, and once the opposing group increased in size, Ma Namjoon the deputy principal, killed a few of those demons and displayed their heads for all to see.
However, his threat wasn’t very effective because fear had already laid a deep root into the entire organisation.
Not a single demon survived the Melissia Masquerade, so they knew close to nothing about what happened inside. From the fear of being targeted by the unknown, the demons scattered like cockroaches.
The clone infiltrated the undetectables within that reorganising period, and endlessly watched the situation unfold under the deputy principal, Ma Namjoon.
In summary, it was like the following:
1. An extreme number of demons were leaving Lair.
2. Demons will disperse and lay low in order to build their power and wouldn’t act or dream big any time soon.
3. Nothing related to the dragons would probably happen for the next 20 years
Just like that, the world was flowing as Yu Jitae had planned.
If there was one last thing that interrupted the ‘Perfect 7th Iteration’, it would be the Hostility being sent by the existence on the other side of the Horizon of Providence. Even the Regressor was powerless before this but fortunately, it was pretty quiet recently.
That day, the clone travelled to the [Underground Labyrinth] through the [Shallows of the Abyss (S)]. She had come here twice already instead of Yu Jitae. There were still large containers, mental soldiers, a small rabbit-like woman and an insincere metal armour.
“Ohh! The pharmacist is here!”
“Pharmacist! Welcome, uhahaha!”
The agents called Yu Jitae a doctor and BM a nurse. For some reason, the clone was being called a pharmacist.
“Where is BM?”
“Do you think I’ll tell you easily? Kuhaha!”
Bell Baryon, drunk with the Light of Paradise, said that and the agents laughed, ‘“Wahahahat!” in response.
“…”
The clone didn’t.
“Let’s do an arm wrestle. I’ll tell you if you beat me.”
“An arm wrestle?”
The soldiers refuted.
“Hahat! Boss! Aren’t you being too shameless?!”
“Look at the difference in arm size. The pharmacist lady has an arm like my little son, while boss’s arm is like an elephant’s leg! And yet you’re asking for an arm wrestle? Uhaha!”
Bell screamed.
“Shut up you idiots! Miss Pharmacist. How is it. Do you want to or not.”
The clone indifferently looked at them before shaking her head. She decided to play along for just once.
On top of the table, a thin and slender arm and an arm bigger than a person’s waist confronted one another. Straight after an agent signalled the start of the fight,
Kwaaang!
Bell’s hand was flipped outward as it crushed the table in an instant. She screamed from the sudden pain. One round was enough to see the winner – it was the clone’s victory. At once, a thunderous applause left the crowd.
“Uwaaaaah! Pharmacist!!”
“Damn it! She’s so cool! Kuhahahaha!!”
“Oh gosh! Our boss was crushed–! Along with her pride! We must give her IV therapy with vodka until tomorrow morning!”
Bell Baryon shouted, “Damn it! Who the fuck are you guys cheering for? Kyahahat!” but they ran up to the clone and tossed her into the air without caring about Bell. Some of them went up to Bell and tried to tie her hair into two braids saying it was the loss penalty but were bashed up.
While moving up and down in mid-air, the clone turned her head around.
Within the crowd, she could see Ha Saetbyul with widened shoulders.
‘…’
For some reason, that child seemed to be getting bigger and bigger as time went.
“Oh. We have a guest.”
After a few minutes, BM returned from outside the labyrinth. Pushing his sunglasses up, BM chugged some vodka and welcomed the clone.
“What brings you here today, I wonder.”
“I came here to bring the metal plate back.”
“Hmm, if you’re talking about ‘Armata’, please do whatever suits you the best. I was thinking that he was getting better. He’s gradually getting brighter these days and I think it’s a great time for him to leave.”
The protector becoming brighter meant that the mental contamination had been lifted, with the Light of Paradise having a greater effect on it.
“Ah, but by the way…”
BM carefully opened his mouth. He then talked about the thing that happened at the Grand Natural Society.
“You’re saying Simon Abkarian wishes to see my lord?”
“Hmm, well yeah. Well, that’s how things turned out.”
Simon Abkarian.
He was the Saviour of Gallia, the hero of France; representative of the organisation, ‘Superhuman Without Border’, ranked 29th officially worldwide.
It was a name which the clone also knew of, as a being that shared a portion of the Regressor’s memories. There were times when he had been a comrade in the past iterations as well as an enemy. Looking back at this point, the only characteristic that stood out was that he was quite an obstinate guy.
“Seems to be doubting my lord.”
“Unfortunately, my persuasion wasn’t enough. That guy – he really doesn’t listen. If you think it’ll be bothersome, you can refuse it. I don’t think he would worry about his image perceived by the Grand Natural Society.”
That was true. Yu Jitae wouldn’t really care how the Grand Natural Society thought about him.
Whatever they tried to do, Yu Jitae’s daily life wouldn’t be disturbed.