Chapter 167 – 2. Psyche’s Sleep (1)
Amidst the crackling and burning of the bonfire, everyone in the party lay soundly asleep from exhaustion, but a look of relief lingered in their faces.
There was a scuffle at the border for a while, but luckily they crossed the border safely and arrived at a kingdom, so the tension was relieved and the party fell asleep soundly.
Lowland forest. However, no monsters or beasts would come close to Talos, who smelled strongly of the ruthless predator.
The fear of Crimson Ant, engraved in the instincts of almost all monsters and beasts, gave Loa a long-awaited break.
It was a time when everyone was enjoying a honey-like rest after a long time.
Tia was the first to open her eyes at the presence of something, and Roa, who was holding Tia in her arms, at that sign. And everyone started waking up one by one at the rustle and movement of Roa.
Roa looked at Tia as she struggled to drive her sleep away with eyes that were still drowsy.
“Tia?”
“Someone is coming.”
As she pointed somewhere with her small bracken hand, everyone shook their heads and patted each other on the cheeks.
Amidst the crackling and burning of the bonfire, a small lamp began to catch my eye in the distance.
Seeing the bonfire, they wondered if it was a tourist, but perhaps it was because they were scolded too loudly in the Galton Kingdom.
Suddenly, a man appeared, dressed in a very unique style.
The lighting equipment he is holding is very unique.
Instead of a glass-encased oil lamp, a lantern containing oil was attached to a pole and a string to hold a lighting fixture made of a windshield wrapped around a very thin cloth on a frame made of bamboo.
“Ah, I must have interrupted the rest.”
“…”
Seeing the composition of the group with two babies and even two young children in the group, the man kept a little distance as if he understood why he was so wary of himself and continued his words.
“Looks like a foreigner from a foreign country, but if it’s okay, would it be okay if we warmed up together?”
At that, Noori glanced at Loa, and Loa looked at Tia.
And Tia looked at the man in front of her for a moment, then looked at Loa and nodded her head.
“Come here. It looks like it’s late for camping, but you can rest here.”
“Looks like you are the leader of this group. But it seems that the child made the final decision. What is the reason?”
Roa put on a slightly troubled expression at the man’s words in front of her and gave an ambiguous answer that wasn’t a lie, but that she was the truth.
“My child’s eyes are very accurate, so I asked him.”
“I see. Certainly, the eyes of an unprejudiced child can sometimes be the sharpest.”
Slightly asking for their understanding, he quietly put down his luggage and warmed himself by sitting on the opposite side of the party, then extinguished the lantern light with a hook, took out a blanket from his backpack, and covered it with a blanket.
“Thank you for accepting such an unknown traveler even while having children.”
“Nothing… I just trust Tia that much.”
“T-ara, it seems to be the name of the child you are holding in your arms. If it’s not an excuse, would you know the meaning of the name?”
At the stranger’s words, Roa pondered for a while.
“Tia is her nickname. Unfortunately, it would be difficult to tell her her real name or the meaning of her name.”
“I’m so sorry. She seems to have offended herself.”
During the moment of silence, Roa looked at Nuri for a while.
Roa, who sent her eyes to mean that it would be good to ask about a kingdom or a small continent now that she had met a person from a kingdom like this, saw Nuri nod his head slightly and opened her mouth.
“It’s fate that we met like this, but if it’s not rude, would it be okay if I ask you a few questions?”
“Of course. Thank you for letting me warm myself up like this, but I can answer any number of things that I can answer.”
At that, Roa asked the most important thing first.
“We are trying to go to the small continent because there is a means to cure my wife in the small continent. However, since we were scolded very hard in the previous kingdom of Galton, what should we be careful about in a kingdom? And where to go about the small continent? I would like to know if I can get any information”
“My son must be very sick. But the small continent is a very dangerous place. It’s good to cherish my son, but my life is precious, so I hope you don’t do it carelessly.”
At that, Roa wondered what kind of place the small continent was to show such a reaction.
Come to think of it, wasn’t there a bit of a strange reaction even during Nuri’s time?
It was just because Galton was a strange kingdom, but it didn’t seem to be like that.
“That’s why I’m trying to find out about the small continent and make a judgment. In our own way, we are proud of having a considerable force.”
Roa sneaked up on him and pointed at his back, and the traveler looked at Roa’s back, huh? And he gave a slightly surprised look.
“Oh my God, could it be that the giant is moving?”
“It’s tougher, faster and more powerful than it looks”
Hearing Roa’s words, he mumbled and thought about something, and then opened his mouth.
“If you want to go to the small continent, you need a lot of preparations. You need to know about all kinds of poisons, as well as scented candles and antidote to venomous snakes. It is important to bring repellent and antidote here in advance, but you must The most important task is to prepare repellents and antidotes in advance.”
The traveler looked at Talos and thought he was good enough to go to the small continent. Finally he started talking about the small continent.
“And the important thing is that there is a very powerful monster that can’t be touched in the small continent. It can’t be defined as a monster. In fact, it’s almost like an evil god. The uncontrollable disaster that caused natural disasters in the distant past is sealed there. They are things. You must never come across them, and if you do, kill yourself right away. If you miss even the opportunity to kill yourself, you will realize that it was happiness to die innocently.”
At those words, the loa looked at the traveler with a smile.
“How about comparing it to a dragon?”
“If the dragons could have killed them, they wouldn’t have sealed them there.”
At those words, Roa murmured and pondered.
A being stronger than a dragon.
YuRia also said that she was stronger than Dragon, but she had been defeated in an unreasonable way.
Of course, it must have been because she was still in a situation where she hadn’t recovered all of her powers…
“What would happen if the beings trapped in the small continent were released?”
“There’s no such thing. The blood that once dyed this land red. As you say, that demonic insect called the Crimson Ant will reappear…”
After that, Loa… And shook his head excitedly.
“What do you think that giant behind his back was made of?”
“Hmm?”
“Anyway, it seems that the one who put my wife in a dying state was the existence that was sealed in the small continent.”
At those words, the traveler gasped and jumped up from her seat with her mouth wide open.
“Can I take a look at that giant?”
“It doesn’t matter. Just stay away from the passenger seat.”
At that, the traveler strode to Talos and began to look around Talos.
“Oh my God, did you really make the shell of blood? But how? However, in the true sense, it was the shell of blood in the early days before it was called blood. After eating and evolving”
At that, Roa gritted her teeth.
The same guy who pretended to be Yuria, seduced her, and had sex with her, breaking Yuria’s mentality and tearing out her heart.
Because that bitch was the queen ant of the Crimson Ant.
“You mean blood has reappeared on this land?”
“The entity that hurt my wife is probably the queen of the red ants you said was bloody.”
At those words, the traveler murmured and held out her hand toward Roa.
“I am using this surname as Jincheong. I use 進(Jin to move) and 淸(clear blue).”
“Loa. I am Loa Liont”
In her introduction of Lee Jin-cheong, Roa also introduced herself, and Nuri and Delis also introduced themselves according to the flow of her atmosphere.
“This is Shin Nuri”
“You can call me Delis.”
“My main job is to roam here and there to defeat the demons that disturb this land. The land was agitated and the atmosphere was unusual, so I ran into nobles while I was on my way out. If that demon really escaped, then this is not an ordinary thing.”
You make it your main job to exterminate youmas? Are you talking about adventurers?
When Loa looked at Nuri, Nuri shook her head.
“It is no exaggeration to say that Han Kingdom is the East Continent within the West Continent, so even if you are not an adventurer, there is a force that can defeat monsters. Apparently, Jincheong belongs to one of those forces.”
“Nuri-kun is right. And unlike the adventurers, I mainly deal with beings other than monsters.”
Other monsters that aren’t monsters?
“In the West, it seems that everyone calls them monsters, but we classify them a little more subdivided. That’s why there are various categories such as monsters, monsters, monsters, demons, and monsters. Among them, I’m the one who faces monsters, demons, and monsters.”
Swimming? And looked at him.
I don’t know, but I thought it was something great.
“Among them, the queen ant of blood is a sprite that came from between the Great Demon and the 1st class demon. It gives birth to monsters called blood indefinitely, and its strength is no less than that of dragons, no, it is a monster among monsters that surpasses dragons.”
With new information that even Dragon didn’t know, Loa listened to Jincheong’s words.
“If such a dangerous monstrosity came forward and directly targeted my inner child, then surely the inner child would be a very important person in this world. I will personally help you. I have a feeling you’ll need it.”
Roa looked at Tia again.
I wonder if I can trust this person.
“He is a very pure spirit. Just like Dad.”
Seeing that everyone in the party let go of their guard against Jincheong at those words, Roa eh? And looked at his companions.
Oh, no, what did I say?
“That’s right… I’ve never seen anyone as gentle as Roa.”
“She was that part of my mom’s crush on my dad, so I think she’s believable”
“Umm”
“If it’s like Lord Loa…”
At everyone’s reaction, Roa sighed and slightly distorted her expression.
What is that, really!?
However, seeing that everyone was positive about Jincheong at Tia’s words, Roa eventually had no choice but to sigh and accept him.
He thought he was, because he wondered if he was that great.
She had thought that those who had gathered by her side were those who had gathered by her side, except for Mr. Cashew Winn.
She wondered for a moment whether she should share the greatest secret of this journey with her now that she thinks that he is also her company.
And again, it was best to ask Tia about these matters.
At that, Tia made a strange expression on her face.
Rather than expressing my opinion in a negative way, it was her expression asking if she was asking herself.
She sighed and sighed, but Tia nodded her head.
“It’s good to be careful, but sometimes trust her father’s intuition.”
“Kuhm”
As Jincheong watched Roa and Tia talk with each other’s eyes and wondered what was going on, Roa decided to reveal the biggest secret of this expedition to Jincheong, who might risk their lives fighting together.
With Nuri’s help, the loa unlocked the lock that held the coffin behind Talos’ back and lowered it. After a moment of hesitation, the loa opened the lid.
He was surprised to see the coffin lowered from behind, hidden by the huge Talos, but Jincheong was once again surprised to see the coffin open.
Jincheong, who was at a loss for words at the sight of a woman with features and beauty that did not look like a human being frozen with a hole in her chest, looked at Roa to ask for an explanation, but saw YuRia frozen cold in her coffin. Roa’s eyes alone explained everything.
Loa’s eyes filled with sadness and longing said that the woman in the coffin was his inner child.
“What is this? Didn’t your insider say he was injured?
“Yuria is still alive. It’s because she immediately frozen and preserved her heart right after the ant pulled her heart out.”
At those words, Jincheong looked at Yuria again.
She looked just like a frozen corpse, but when I looked at it again, I was surprised to see that the aura still remained in her body.
“I see, it seems that the devil feared and targeted the sage.”
“I don’t know what the term ‘seonin’ means, but that’s roughly it. It’s probably because the small continent has Yuria’s heart stolen, or there seems to be something that can replace Yuria’s heart.”
“That’s right. So, on the small continent… But how can you be sure that Sojeo’s heart or a replacement for his heart is on the small continent?”
Roa took out a card that Yuria had made from the pages of a demon book from her arms.
Jincheong looked at the card Roa pulled out and looked at it with interest.
“This is very rare. A divination that shows the most common denominator among many things that will happen in the future, not fortune-telling.”
Everyone looked at Jincheong in surprise at Jincheong’s words.
Even Tia looked very surprised.
“U-how?”
Even Loa knew what Yuria’s wisdom was. Even though he hadn’t even mentioned what he could have known because he had heard about the card from Yuria, he understood the ability just by looking at it.
“Looks like this divination ball was made by Sojeo. Seeing that the aura felt in the divination sphere and the faint aura felt in Sojeo’s body matched exactly.”
“I think I’m tired of being surprised.”
“…”
I still knew very little about Jincheng, but the loa seemed to know one thing for sure.
Jincheong might be a greater person than they thought.
Roa felt a little strange about that, but he thought it was fortunate.
It means that if such a great Jincheong joins them and helps them, the chances of saving YuRia are even higher.
Tia, who was just watching this situation in Roa’s arms, sighed and thought to herself.
If her mother was awake, would she mean that this was a passing scholar who had only heard her words? I wonder if she would have said that.
Tia, who inherited her mother’s memories, thought so too.
I cried all over again. She had to say this because there was no one to understand but her mother.
Still, Tia was very surprised at the person she was named Jin Cheong.
No matter how much she dwells, even if the body she dwells in is a baby, and she did not come directly as a god, but borrowed her mother’s womb and incarnated as a human body, the name and color of the newcomer herself is a human being who can’t grasp everything.
Tia was very astonished at the fact that there was an existence that could partially grasp her mother and her own abilities.
What the hell is this guy?
Is it the kind of person called Shinseon that comes from her mother’s memory?
No, it’s not even a freshman, but a practitioner who is training the Zen method to become a freshman?
Can such people see through her mother’s ability to this point?
She seemed to be hurting her pride, but she thought it was better.
If he is as good as his stupidly good father, he is enough to be trusted even if he is new to him, and even if the system is different, if he shows a high level of understanding of his mother’s power, his ability is also his ability, but it will be of great help to his mother’s recovery.
Above all, it seemed that he would be able to purify the heart of a higher creature to be used as a substitute for her mother’s heart or the purification of a contaminated demon book like her mother.
‘Thank god. If she can’t find her mother’s heart, she was worried that she would have to spend my causal energy to purify the heart of a useful monster instead, but I think he can purify it instead.’
In Roa’s arms, Tia was quietly watching her father and brothers, and Nuri and Delis talking, organizing her thoughts. I stopped thinking for a moment.
“I’ll ask you in case. I’m sure you didn’t steal these people’s children.”
「!?」
Did you understand me?!
Seeing her Tia bewildered, Loa hurriedly covered her Tia with her arm and shook her head.
“It’s hard to explain, but Tia is my child and YuRia’s child.”
“Dad is right.”
Qincheng can’t say that? He made a very puzzled expression.
The fact that a person who seemed to be a god truly called a human being ‘Dad’ was also true.
How could the father of God be a human being?
The god in front of his eyes was saying that he was the parent of his true body, not a pun on words like this young man.
“I see. That’s why you said you can’t tell your true name…”
“… Thebanoa. That is my true name I received from my mother.”
At those words, Jin Qing flinched greatly.
“Could it be that you are Thebanoasi, the god of causality between humans?”
Jingcheng couldn’t understand him even more.
Human body Thebanoa. She was one of the high gods descended from ancient times.
However, to hear that one of those old gods refers to a young man and a girl who are not so old as their parents.
“Didn’t you tell me? The situation is very complex. For some reason, as soon as I was born, I was blown into the past for tens of thousands of years, and there I eventually became a god and reached the present. And my parents giving birth to me again was also arranged by destiny, so I didn’t take my parents’ child away either.”
Jincheong was taken aback by the words, but soon she showed great courtesy in front of Tia.
“The great god t…”
“Don’t tell me its name. Now I am not here as a person, but as a daughter of my parents. As of this body, I am Tia, but as Thebanoa, I am still in the sky, so don’t call me by that name.”
“I understand. Please forgive my rudeness.”
Jincheong’s attitude changed so suddenly that the party was embarrassed.
In many ways, unable to keep up with the flow of the conversation, Jincheong pondered over how to explain the appearance of the party who were staring blankly.
The story was still unknown, but the baby held in Roa’s arms was the incarnation of a great god, and Roa and the girl named Yuria sleeping in that freezer were the parents of a great god who gave birth to such a god.
