Chapter 95 – 095. Heir of the Puppet Master (2)
“… Shit.”
[Hey…]
Belldandi looked at Eunhyun with a pitying eye as she wiped the water droplets off her face with her sleeve, but she was also happy inside.
It also meant that Eun-hyeon’s heart, which had been broken over a long time, was gradually being restored.
Eun-hyeon was also embarrassed when tears she had never shed even before she died 20 years ago suddenly flowed down her cheeks.
Eunhyun carefully hugged Archis and immediately laid him on the floor.
Then she began to carefully remove the gothic dress she was wearing.
[… Kid? Why is undressing a woman so familiar?]
She might be embarrassed if it was her first time or inexperienced, but Eun-hyeon skillfully took off Archis’ gothic dress without any hesitation or hindrance.
Her hand movements were so natural that even Belldandi, who was looking at her, doubted her.
“Because it’s a doll, it doesn’t mean you don’t have to take care of her for the rest of your life. When she traveled with Archis, I took care of the parts, parts, and joints that this guy couldn’t reach.”
The pure white naked body of Arcis was the body of a 15-year-old girl, but unlike the body of a normal person, it was a tricky body filled with elaborate parts in places and filled with the essence of magical engineering technology. .
As much as her management is tricky, there are so many factors that Eun-hyun needs to pay attention to.
Because it is a doll, unlike humans, there is no genital organ in the lower body, and there is a young curve line on the chest, but no nipples.
She finally unlocked the lock on her chest, opened her chest, and peered inside Arcis’s body.
A few hundred years later, the magic stone, the heart of Arcis, which still exists with a brilliant blue light, boasted a beauty that was incomparable to other jewels sold on the market.
Eun-hyeon, who took out her heart and placed it in her arms, closed her chest again and carefully picked her up again.
[What are you going to do with that doll?]
“I will bury you. Buried formally.”
Archis is not human, but to Eun-hyeon, he is closer than a human being.
For Eun-hyeon, carrying out the ceremony honoring her death with the utmost sincerity is the greatest respect and respect for Archis.
Isn’t there a law that says that only humans should have a human burial?
On Earth, there were people who made graves for dogs at home.
It was Eunhyeon’s desire to treat and respect Archis as a human being.
[I see. I will also pray for the doll to rest in peace. Isn’t it none other than the child’s friend?]
Archis did not have a soul.
It was just a special case in which a doll that moved according to a pattern of behavior had established itself for some reason and was able to think and act on its own.
But that didn’t matter to Verdandy.
It is because she, as a being who watched Eun-hyeon’s journey from her divine world to the underworld, had a part in her that she sympathized with Eun-hyeon’s heart.
“Thank you.”
Eunhyun smiled happily at Belldandy’s words, and she expressed her gratitude to her goddess.
Right before she was about to hug Archis and leave the palace to return to her party members, Eun-hyeon glanced at her and looked behind her.
As she looked at the dolls, who were incapacitated by the aftermath of the mana pulse grenade she had thrown, Eunhyeon muttered softly.
“You guys will come to fix it too. Please.”
Leaving those words behind, Eunhyeon escaped the Palace of Trials and transferred to the place where the party members were.
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“… Oh my god.”
Everyone in the party, including YuRia, was staring at the situation on the screen that was being streamed.
Suddenly, it began to illuminate the inside of the palace, and when Eun-hyeon standing in the center of the palace and the coffins opened and the battle between the puppets raised their bodies began, the party members watched the battle with a thrill in their hearts.
The sight of the puppets raising their bodies at the same time and the red eyes of the puppets all focused on Eun-hyeon was truly terrifying.
The dolls’ tactics, which had overwhelming body specifications and were well-organized, were not something that individuals could handle, but Eun-hyeon coped with all of the dolls’ attacks and rather created a scene that neutralized them.
At the same time, Yuria imagined another possibility and her complexion turned pale.
‘There was no such thing in the original novel…’
That is, the development of her story was markedly different from the contents of her original work that she knew.
In the story of ‘Merchen Pioneering Destiny’, which she read on Earth, when the main character and Alex’s party go on an expedition to the great labyrinth of Archis, and are slowly clearing the dungeon.
One of the party members, a supporting character, Golem Shaman, gets caught in a trap and falls to the ground.
The episode of ‘Expedition to the Great Labyrinth of Archis’ is an episode in which the Golemist, a supporting character, gets stronger based on the knowledge of puppetry.
In the novel, the Golemist was recognized by Archis in the Palace of Trials as soon as he entered.
But what if it was because golem masters were recognized as the successors of ‘puppet art’?
If Yuria had entered that palace of trials without any interest in puppetry, only to take the heart from Archis’ chest.
In that room, he might have been torn apart by countless dolls.
Just imagining that, a chilling sensation of chicken meat sprouting all over my body.
‘Really… This world is real.’
She realized that through her knowledge in the novel, she had come into contact with a part of this world, and that she had taken it lightly.
The moment came when he had to accept that he was helpless, stupid, and complacent, unlike the main characters in dramas, movies, and novels.
‘No, but I still have a chance.’
There is a man standing at the center of this flow that did not even exist in the flow of the original work.
‘That man is the main character in this story.’
Now, this world is no longer a world in a web novel like ‘Marchen of Destiny’.
Even though the setting of the world view and the characters have not changed, the story is progressing with characters such as extras who did not exist in the novel centered in this world.
“The man was right. I guess I didn’t even deserve the trials here.”
Eun-hyeon was also not a puppeteer, and did not meet his qualifications, but he showed off his strength and won the treasure of this labyrinth by force.
If you ask YuRia herself if that was possible, it was absolutely impossible.
She would have suffered a dog’s death just by reaching this place and entering that place.
“Uh… ?”
Erin made a surprised expression when she saw Eunhyun in the magic.
This is because Eun-hyeon, who disabled all the dolls in the area with a large-scale explosion, slowly approached the beautiful doll sitting on the throne and suddenly shed tears.
Eunhyun’s appearance was visible, but they did not know that even the internal sound was being output, so it was just an embarrassing moment for the party members who did not know why.
“Why are you crying… ?”
As Erin looked at Eunhyun in the video, she couldn’t erase her worried expression.
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“I’m going to take a break for a while.”
As if handling a precious child, Eunhyun’s expression, holding a doll that looked like a little girl, was the same calm expression as always.
After seeing his expression, the party members looked at each other, and Alex and Yuria, who were the highest-ranking officials, nodded their heads as representatives.
Erin followed Eunhyun as she walked alone.
“I… Are you okay?”
“What?”
“No, that…”
Despite not looking all right, unlike her usual, Erin didn’t ask her Eunhyeon about it.
Erin, who was hesitantly following Eunhyeon, looked at the doll in his arms.
“It’s a pretty doll…”
Erin looked blankly at Archis as if she was possessed by the appearance that resembles a person who cannot be considered a doll.
“What are you going to do with that doll?”
“I will bury you.”
“A doll?”
“Even though they are dolls, they were friends.”
Eun-hyeon’s way of speaking familiarly calls an existence more than 400 years old.
Erin wondered about that, but she didn’t ask any more questions about this topic because Eunhyun didn’t seem to want to talk about it.
Because of her personality, Erin, who often has the habit of noticing others, is rare.
“Are you going to help me with the burial?”
“Thank you for doing so.”
Arriving at the farthest corner in the deepest part of the labyrinth, Eunhyeon did not refuse Erin’s favor.
After entrusting Arcis’ body to Erin, he summoned a shovel and started digging.
Erin, who was carefully holding the doll, just watched Eunhyun’s actions.
‘That’s interesting.’
The images Eunhyun always shows are a series of novelties.
He has an unknown magic that suddenly summons objects in his hands, and he has tremendous connections that others will never have even if he tries his whole life. Are showing
How is that possible?
‘Could Hyun-i be… Are you over 400 years old? Ay, it can’t be.’
How can we live such a long time with a short human lifespan?
Erin immediately denied the possibility that had popped into her own head.
After Arcis’ store was over, and after checking Eunhyun and Erin back at the party, Alex immediately spoke to Eunhyun.
“Are you going to start right away?”
“I guess so.”
“Huh? I beg your pardon? Weren’t you going back?”
With an expression of not knowing what Yuria meant, she asked Eunhyeon.
“This was the purpose of coming to the Labyrinth in the first place. It was just the process of having the heart of Arcis.”
“… What is its purpose?”
“I will build a house here.”
“A house?”
“What?”
“House?”
“Did I hear you wrong?”
It was not only YuRia who had an absurd look on her face, but also Krasir’s escort knights who had not been informed of the plan beforehand.
“Ugh, Eunhyun. Anyway, isn’t this a dungeon? Picking up a house in a dungeon is a bit…”
Ei-ra asked Eun-hyeon with a puzzled expression, wondering if he couldn’t understand it with his common sense.
“That’s right. Eyra, as you said, this is the inside of the dungeon. But who was the owner of this dungeon?”
“Uh… It’s the doll that Eunhyeon-nim brought out earlier.”
“That’s right. And just a moment ago, I took over the position of successor from that doll, Archis. What do you think this means?”
“Ownership of this dungeon is also… No way?”
She was startled, as if she couldn’t believe what she was saying, until she heard a voice as if to prove her hypothesis correct.
[Confirm transfer of ownership. According to the master’s will, from now on, blacklist ‘Eunhyeon’ is recognized as the new master of this dungeon.]
The few party members who heard the voice all stared into the sky with dumbfounded faces.
“Under…”
He has a look on his face as he is so stunned that he cannot speak.
“This really works…”
There has never been a case where a ‘human who took over a dungeon’ existed.
Even when Eun-hyeon revealed her plan to occupy the dungeon itself in advance, while accompanying her, there was a part that she did not believe in, thinking of it as a questionable feeling inside, but Eun-hyeon accomplished her plan so naturally and without any difficulty. .
“Now, everyone?”
At Eunhyun’s voice, all the party members looked at Eunhyun with expressions as if possessed by something.
After confirming that everyone’s eyes were focused on her, Eunhyun smiled and opened her mouth as she looked at her party members.
“You have to keep this a secret. You know?”
“…”
As if they were hypnotized as a group, unable to speak, people only nodded their heads and accepted Eunhyeon’s words.
“Okay, then let’s move on to the second plan.”
