Chapter 5: Celestial Realm (2) (1/2)
Chapter 5: Celestial Realasped when the alien lizard storound—no, the floor
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The winds struck his face quite strongly Every tied around hi tens or more ?’ Chi-Woo didn’t knohat to believe anyht before him As he stared at the alien lizard, he suddenly realized so
“I don’t know your na expected this question, the alien lizard responded one beat too slow
“What’s your na to me, sir?” The alien lizard’s eyes widened Chi-Woo raised his voice and said ityou what your na Giant Fist and Rising,” the alien lizardGiant what?”
“Haha, I guess h the Celestial Realm’s automatic translation system is splendid, it isn’t perfect by anyof my name should be passed onto you with the best translation in your planet’s language”
The alien lizard’s name reminded Chi-Woo of a traditional Native American name He said, “I mean, even for inhabitants of the sa on their country of origin”
“It is as you say It’s important for us to understand and respect each other despite our differing backgrounds”
“Then I guess I’ll call you Gripping Giant Fist and Rising fro name You can just call me Giant Fist If it’s you, Sir Choi Chi-Woo, you can certainly do that” The alien lizard, Giant Fist, said this as if he was granting Chi-Woo a great honor
“Um, but Giant Fist is a bit…”
“Well…I know, it was your brother who gave me this name”
“My older brother?”
“Yes” Giant Fist ave a na sense is really…” Chi-Woo muttered to himself
Giant Fist’s voice shook as he said, “Uoodness…that you’re not like hi that Giant Fist’s eyes became teary, Chi-Woo decided to not pry any deeper into this topic
“But why are you suddenly asking forwith anticipation
Chi-Woo didn’t answer right away At first, Chi-Woo siot rid of all his suspicions about the alien yet, but at the least, it see a new type of advanced virtual reality now; the situation he was in was far too devoid of cohtly different mindset than when he first arrived at this place: instead of reality, he believed he was in a dream After all, it see as part of a dream
‘Yes, that would explain it…’
Perhaps nothing around him was real He could just think of this as a silly dream Of course, he couldn’t deny that there was a part of hi If what Giant Fist said was maybe, just maybe true…
“Look, sir We’re almost there” Giant Fist’s words broke Chi-Woo from his reverie, and Chi-Woo turned his head sideways The scene before hi he had seen until now Fro white castle; only the castle’s top was visible, so Chi-Woo couldn’t approximate its size Perhaps what he saasn’t even the top of the building The building was so ginormous that he couldn’t see its end even when he tilted his head to project his eyesight as far as possible
As they got closer, they saw the castle’s exterior walls; it was astonishi+ngly er’s space’ he was just at, the difference in scale was that of an elephant and an ant
“This is insane…”
“You think so too, sir? I was bloay by the castle when I first saw it— although I have beco it so many times,” Giant Fist said and sto some more, they soon saw a place that looked like an entrance Even the entrance was bigger than s Chi-Woo wondered if they would be able to open a door as big as that
“They will soon co here If we just wait a bit…” Before he could finish his sentence, a blinding flash of light shone from the center of the door
‘Wha—’ Before Chi-Woo could even ask what that was, glihts in an instant The wavering shadows seeped out like objects floating to the surface of water At a quick glance, the figure appeared human But upon closer inspection, they—he clearly looked like an otherworldly being He wastrident His hair was seh it, and he wore a white uniform, which made him look like a holy priest When Chi-Woo noticed the pair of feathery wings on his back, he beca—more so, because his pure white and beautiful appearances ht out of a storybook
“Did you just arrive here? Have you finished all your businesses?”
“Yes, sorry” Giant Fist replied succinctly to the angel’s business-like tone; he sounded quite cold to the angel
“Oh What is it? You have always barged in here whenever you wished to Why are you apologizing now?” By the angel’s tone, it sounded like he had more than one or two extra complaints to make
“Okay, okay I’m sorry I’m in a hurry” Giant Fist also talked casually; clearly, he was fael
“How very unusual, sir You usually don’t even pretend to listen,” the angel scoffed “Anyways, I understand I apologize if I carateful for the work you do, but we also have our own protocols to follow,” the angel concluded, as if he didn’t intend to aze to Chi-Woo “What can I help you with, sir?”
Giant Fist stared back at the angel aardly He hesitated “Uh…well, you see”
The angel stroked his chin and said, “You er’s Place…did you personally catch this one?” Then, he suddenly tilted his head and muttered, “But the sorebreks are outside, ould you personally…?” The angel saw a cluster of sorebreks attaching themselves to Chi-Wook It was clear that he didn’t understand as going on
Giant Fist gulped and said, “I led him here”
“…What?”
“I led hi more and just let me pass Please”
“Don’t be ridiculous, sir,” the angel refused immediately “What happened? Please explain the situation first”
“…”
“What is going on?” the angel continued to interrogate “What is that?”
“Don’t call hiet any el looked at Chi-Woo and his forehead scrunched up “Why would you tie up an esteeel exclaimed in shock as he looked back at Giant Fist, “Did you perhaps—”
“I a you beforehand, but it’s not like I didn’t invite hi to him and led him here”
“Do you really expect me to believe that?”
Giant Fist hurriedly loosened the ropes around Chi-Woo, but the angel gripped his trident tighter “Did you drag this person here forcefully!? An existence that hasn’t been verified yet!?” The angel’s voice rose higher If the situation escalated any further, a fight was likely to break out