Chapter 183 – Chapter 02: The Gold Half Is a Warrior, the Other Half Is XXX
In addition, Moon Ae-ri, who cannot immediately refute Eugene’s claims, looks at Eugene with suspicion because she knows about her reincarnation that no one else knows about.
Nevertheless, in order to confirm her, Eugene answered the questions she asked in a sly voice.
“Yes, it is difficult to say for sure that the Earth I lived on is the same Earth you lived on, but I am at least certain that I lived on an Earth where scientific civilization has developed in the 21st century. The country I live in is Korea. “Wouldn’t it be possible to say that I am in a similar situation to you at this level?”
“Ugh… !”
At Eugene’s answer, Moon Ae-ri, who, like him, was a ‘boy’ living in the Republic of Korea in the 21st century, groaned.
If she knew that much about the Earth, she couldn’t deny the fact that Eugene was possessed.
That’s because it was difficult to think of them as ordinary Orbital World natives just by knowing about ‘Earth’ in the first place.
Above all, Moon Ae-ri had gathered some information about Jeol Yu-jin, or more precisely, Stral Zenon.
So, he was originally a second-year student in the Department of Public Administration, but I knew that he had been expelled last year for colluding with the Demon King’s Army.
Since it is a variable that overwhelmed him in the entrance exam, it is natural for Moon Ae-ri, the assassin, to collect information about him.
And thanks to that fact, Moon Ae-ri has no choice but to believe that Eugene is the possessor.
If he was said to be a possessor, it would be because it could explain the fact that he abandoned the name Stral Zenon and used the name Jeol Yu-jin, as well as the changes in his actions and skills after that.
Therefore, Moon Ae-ri, who wanted to deny it but was groaning at the reality that she could not deny, somehow calmed her pounding heart and asked Eugene.
“… What do you mean by saying that the surface of the Earth is the same but not the same? “What, are you claiming that it’s the Earth of a parallel world?”
She asked questions as if she couldn’t understand Eugene’s words, but at the same time, she asked as if Moon Ae-ri was subtly testing whether Eugene really knew the knowledge about the ‘parallel world’ that any human on Earth would know.
When you get this far, you might just trust him, but Moon Ae-ri, who was raised as an assassin, never lets go of her doubts until the very end and tests Eugene.
“I think it’s similar. “Maybe it was the same Earth, but like the parallel world you mentioned, even if it’s the same 21st century Earth, it could have a different history, or even if the history is the same, it could be a different Earth in some small way.”
For example, he says that there may have been someone who was Moon Ae-ri’s past life on the Earth where he lived, but there may not have been any.
Also, conversely, his statement that there may or may not have been a young man named Jeol Yu-jin, who existed before Eugene’s possession on the Earth where Moon Ae-ri lived, clearly showed his understanding of what a parallel world is.
At this point, Moon Ae-ri had no choice but to admit that Eugene was from a world similar to herself, and she let out a deep sigh.
“First of all, let me ask you, was there a being called a yoma on the Earth you lived on?”
“Youma… ? What is that?”
When Moon Ae-ri answered Eugene’s question as if she had no idea, Eugene thought for a moment and then spoke.
“In your past life, were you an ordinary person who had nothing to do with supernatural abilities?”
“This ability… ? Things like martial arts, magic, and powers in this world? “There’s no way something like that exists on Earth, right?”
When Moon Ae-ri responded to Eugene’s question as if it were absurd, Eugene laughed bitterly and destroyed her common sense.
“Isn’t that true? It existed on the Earth I lived on. Not even martial arts, but martial arts. “There was also magic and power.”
“… To?”
“Of course, it’s a side world of Earth that ordinary people like you don’t know about. Yoma are creatures that people who lived in such a world mainly deal with, and can be said to be ‘enemies of humanity’, like the monsters and enemies commonly talked about in this world.”
“… “You’re kidding, right?”
Eugene’s remarks made Moon Ae-ri meditate on the fact that the once peaceful and safe Earth she lived on may in fact be a magical world no less than Orbital World.
But unfortunately for her, at least the Earth where Eugene lived was hit by a devil just as bad as the Orbital World.
“I’m sorry, but I’m not kidding. “Salactic, which is the special ability I am dealing with right now, was originally a special ability I was dealing with on Earth.”
“… “A story that he had supernatural powers even before he was possessed by this world?”
“So I’ve been involved in the underworld of Earth and know about it?”
Moon Ae-ri felt as if her mind would be dizzy from the shocking fact that Eugene’s obvious explanation was even more shocking than the fact that there was a possessed person in a similar situation to her.
“Well, this was a family business, so I felt like the other side of the world was natural from the moment I was born, but I guess it’s quite a shocking story for you, an ordinary person?”
“… Fuck, if this was a ploy to make me lose my cool, it worked brilliantly. “I feel like my head is about to explode thanks to you.”
When Moon Ae-ri growled and responded to the story told by Eugene with a shrug, perhaps because it was a reality that was difficult to accept, he continued her story.
“Ah, just for reference, do you know anything about a game called Orbital World?”
“… “As far as I remember, it was advertised as a game that would be released in a year and how much it would cost to produce.”
“Oh, congratulations. If so, the probability that the Earth you live on and the Earth I live on are the same Earth increases even more. In other words, the Earth you lived on was also the Earth I lived on, and like this Orbital World, it was a world of demons.”
Moon Ae-ri felt even more dizzy as Eugene giggled playfully, but soon caught a word in his words that was difficult to ignore.
“Wait a moment… , A game called Orbital World? Now that I think about it, you said that such a game would be released, right? You’re the possessed person there. More than anything, it felt like he knew me well even though there was no way he knew about me…”
Moon Ae-ri, who recalled words and games she had forgotten in response to Eugene’s question, wondered why she had not remembered this fact until now. He made a facial expression.
At the same time, when Eugene introduced herself as a ‘possessed person’, she started to make an expression of knowing the truth that she had hoped would never happen, and after biting her lip enough to make it bleed, she asked Eugene.
“… I really, really don’t want to believe it, but I’m asking just in case. Possessor, do you know about the ‘original work’?”
“Is it because I was raised to be an assassin? “Are you quick-witted?”
As a ‘boy’ who lived on Earth in the 21st century, Moon Ae-ri, who has some knowledge of what a possessed person is, asks the question as if confirming a reality that she does not want to believe.
In response to that question, Eugene smiled slightly bitterly and said that her guess was true, causing Moon Ae-ri’s new brother to be greatly shaken.
“No, just kidding… ? There is an original… ? Well, that means I was at best a character in the story… ?”
That’s because Eugene’s statement was a remark that denied Moon Ae-ri’s entire life, which she had lived while rolling in mud and shit, following her instinct to somehow survive despite all kinds of trials and pain.
The hell that was real to her. The fact that all of that hell may be nothing more than a setting in a story.
The moment she faced that fact, Moon Ae-ri screamed as if she could not admit to the feeling that something that had barely supported her spirit, which had been devastated as she was, was about to collapse.
“Do not be ridiculous… !! Stop talking nonsense… !! Fuck… ! I… , How I have been living… ! To a subject who doesn’t even know what he has sacrificed in life… ! But that’s all… , It was all just a setting in the story… ?! Do you think you can admit something like that? … ?!”
Coo coo coo!!
She doesn’t stop there, and despite suffering unusual internal injuries from the battle with Eugene, she unknowingly releases her essence and reveals her murderous intent.
It clearly looked like he was about to run away. If the previous runaway was caused by a bloodsucking impulse, this runaway could be said to be caused by a homicidal impulse caused by PTSD.
“Okay… Okay, there’s no way you can admit that?! The deaths of these guys… , The deaths of those I have killed in order to live… ! At best, it’s a setting in a story… “Do you think you can admit that it was such a light death?!”
Moon Ae-ri begins to reveal her murderous intent without hesitation toward Eugene, who is pushing the reality into something she cannot accept.
Eugene was not at all embarrassed by Moon Ae-ri’s appearance, which looked like she was going to explode at any moment, and calmly opened her mouth.
“… What are you misunderstanding? “When did I tell you that everything you’ve been through is a lie?”
“… What?”
Moon Ae-ri appears momentarily dumbfounded by Eugene’s remark, which somehow denies that reality even though it clearly exposes a reality that should not exist before her eyes.
“The trials, pain, and death you have been through so far. It’s all real. “You know that very well, right?”
“B-but… !”
Isn’t Eugene the one who denies that reality as not reality? Eugene clicked his tongue and spoke in response to Moon Ae-ri’s shout containing such meaning.
“I’m sorry, but I clearly perceive this orbital world as reality. “It is not a world in a game, but a real world that is similar to the games I know, but is completely real and exists.”
That’s why Eugene was able to love Yeonhwa, and at the same time, she was able to make up her mind to prevent the destruction of this Orbital World for her and her life.
“Cut the nonsense… ! “How can you believe that?!”
However, even with Eugene’s remarks, the fact that there is an original work depicting her entire trajectory as she has known it makes her wonder, was her own life really real up to this point? Moon Ae-ri, who couldn’t help but wonder, shouted in a voice that sounded like she was about to cry.
Her life was like an injustice to her, and as she spewed out her madness, making her hair scatter, Eugene looked at her with pitiful eyes for a moment and then opened his mouth. Opened.
“… Okay, let’s call this bullshit. “What difference does that make?”
“… What?”
“Because what I’m saying is nonsense, let’s just say that this Orbital World is the world I knew from the original game. “What difference does that make?”
“Well, what is that…” …”
Moon Ae-ri was embarrassed and tried to answer Eugene’s question, saying that of course a lot would change, but Eugene denied her thoughts outright.
“Nothing changes. Even if we are characters in a game or a novel. “All of this happening before our eyes is reality for us.”
“…”
And to put it another way, Jeol Yu-jin continued to say that even if Moon Ae-ri was really a character in the game, everything that Moon Ae-ri went through was a reality that could never be denied to Moon Ae-ri.
“What you experienced may be just a story to those outside the story, but it was a clear reality to you. “You know it, you experienced it, and you remember it.”
And it was the same for Eugene.
Even if Eugene was just a character in a story someone was reading, like Moon Ae-ri, who appeared in the original game that Eugene played, everything he experienced was real to him.
“And everything I will experience in the future is also a reality for me. That’s why I don’t care if my story is just a story in a novel to some people. “I just do my best, now and in the future, to reach the happiest ending that I can be happy with.”
