Chapter 227 – Peaceful World (1)
When I went out of the room, my father, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, was sitting in the living room.
To me, it’s something I’m seeing after 5 years, but here it’s only been a year, so not much has changed.
I sat next to my father. I couldn’t see Ellie and her mother, so I looked around and saw them both going to the kitchen to prepare food.
The mother appears to be teaching Ellie various things as if she were her daughter-in-law.
Well, should I think that if I marry Ellie later, she will be my daughter-in-law, so I am preparing for her training?
“Jinwoo, are you okay?”
As I was looking at the kitchen, my father spoke first. He asked in a low-pitched voice that did not differ much in pitch, although he spoke in a blunt manner.
“It’s me… I worked hard and I’m feeling better now. At first, I really wondered what would happen…”
“I heard from your mom. You went to a place called a different world… You must have been through a lot…”
My father didn’t say much. Just a light tap on my shoulder. But he could feel his father’s comfort in it.
Don’t you say that you know something even if you don’t express it in words? I felt a lot of comfort just from my father’s actions. I was so moved that I almost cried.
“Then go in. You say that problems can be solved by playing games? Don’t worry about us and just do your thing. I heard that’s why you came here.”
My father probably heard everything that my mother and Ellie said on his way home from work. My father never asked me in detail what I was going to do.
They just pat me on the shoulder as if they are cheering me on.
“I don’t know what it’s like for Mom over there, but if she saw that you were doing well, she was okay with that. She’s going to go back because she’ll be doing well there, right?”
“Thank you, father…”
It’s been a while since I saw my father, but we didn’t talk much. But I could understand my father’s desire to support me no matter what I chose.
From a long time ago, my father just respected my choice without saying anything. Like now.
I stood up, bowed my head to my father, thanked him, and went back to my room.
With apologies to my parents, I have to spend more time playing this game called Elion for everyone’s sake. Because that’s the way everyone lives.
By concentrating as much as possible on the game, I have now roughly memorized the optimized route to get my character level to level 110. The remaining characters must be completed as quickly as possible.
There shouldn’t be much happening in Gaia’s world while I’m playing the game. The problem is that in this state, it is impossible to know what is going on in the other world.
If Chaos Alcatraz goes crazy and immediately moves to destroy the world, there’s nothing I can do to deal with it right now.
“Don’t worry about that, Jinu.”
The moment I sat down on the chair to play the game, I heard Gaia’s voice in my head.
‘What? Is there communication from here to there?’
“Jinun, the creator god of the world gave permission. “I said I couldn’t watch our world being destroyed!”
‘That’s a good thing. Does this communication have nothing to do with the difference in time? Time passes five times faster there than here.’
“You don’t need to worry about that. This communication is delivered immediately, regardless of the passage of time. Of course… The time it takes to summon Jinu after delivering it cannot be ignored.”
Even if the other side asks me for help and summons me right away, there seems to be an inevitable difference in time between the request and the summons.
Still, it is fortunate that communication is possible. That way I can deal with it somehow.
‘How about Chaos Alcatraz over there? Are there any special moves?’
“Hmm… I haven’t seen any special movement yet. On the contrary, it is so quiet that it is scary. “What on earth are you thinking?”
Should I be happy or worried about the fact that I’m not doing anything?
If he says he’s staying still, he’s definitely planning something bad. If we had inflicted even a fatal wound on him, you would have thought he was still recovering from the wound, but we couldn’t even inflict such a wound.
What is he thinking…
Rather, the lack of movement feels scary.
But what I can do for now is limited. Playing Elion games to grow my characters and defeat Chaos Alcatraz.
That’s all.
Okay, shall we continue?
When I got two characters to level 110, I heard a voice calling me from outside the room.
And then the door opened and Ellie came in.
“Jinunim, your mother wants you to have dinner.”
“I’m sorry, but can you come here with something to eat? You know I’m busy with this.”
I pointed to the game screen inside the monitor.
“Yes, I understand. I will tell my mother so.”
“Thank you, Ellie.”
I’m sure my parents will be disappointed, but they are very busy right now. Now I have to play games while eating.
This is a total glitch in the game itself. It reminds me of a picture of her mother screaming at her son who was playing a game. Now I feel like I’m doing that.
Still, there’s nothing I can do about it.
It wasn’t long before Ellie came with some of her food and some of her own for me to eat.
“I have to be there to help you, but I’m sorry.”
“No, I’m playing the game, so how can I help you? I guess you can think of it as just a little sightseeing in this world.”
I scooped up a spoonful of rice and put kimchi on top. I really don’t know how long it’s been since I ate kimchi. My mother made some side dishes with things that would not be edible in the other world.
If I go back like this, I might think about food. Ellie, who is eating with me, is enjoying her meal.
“It really tastes amazing. These are foods I’ve never eaten before. Jinu, do you usually eat this type of food?”
“My mother made most of the things I like. Even though I won’t be able to eat this if I cross the dimension again.”
After hearing what I said, Ellie looked intently at her side dishes without saying a word.
“It would be nice if I knew how to cook these dishes too… But it would be difficult because I couldn’t find the ingredients themselves.”
“Why are you blaming yourself so much? That’s natural. It’s not something you should worry about.”
I found Ellie’s regretful appearance to be cute. It’s as if she wants to be my bride and prepare me delicious meals, but she hates the reality that she can’t.
“More than that, did you have a good time wandering around outside with your mother?”
“Yes, it was full of wonders for me. There were countless tall buildings and people were walking around the streets without any worries. In the world I know, it is a place where you never know when danger may arise outside.”
Certainly, the world where Gaia lives and the world where Ellie lived are not as safe as here and there are monsters, so they are dangerous.
“Furthermore, it was amazing how many different things were so easily available. There always seems to be an abundance of food to eat, and it seems like a utopia where the problem of food, clothing, and shelter that people need to live has already been solved. Jinu, you really seem to be living in a wonderful world. .”
From Ellie’s perspective, it might seem that way. As Ellie said, unless you don’t have a lot of money, food, clothing, and shelter are provided to a certain extent. Oh, the house price has become quite expensive, so maybe I should save some money?
It’s rare to get stabbed while passing by, and there are no strangers or monsters trying to kill you. If it is peaceful, it is a peaceful world.
“This world also has many problems. No matter where you go, there are bound to be various problems wherever people live. This world has its own problems.”
“Maybe so. It seems like a very peaceful world to me. How’s the game going? Your… Level? Have you leveled up a lot?”
I nodded at Ellie’s words.
“Currently, out of a total of 8 characters, 4 have reached level 110. Now I think I need to level up 4 more characters and farm equipment. And Gaia sent word from the other world. They say there is no movement from Chaos Alcatraz yet.”
“Hmm… I don’t know what you’re thinking. I’m glad it seems like it’s buying us some time.”
As Ellie said, it is fortunate that it is giving her time to develop the strength to deal with Chaos Alcatraz. If Chaos Alcatraz starts causing trouble right now, we have no answer.
“I think it was good to come to this world. I wanted to see for myself the world Jinunim lived in and learn about how she lived, right? And… I was able to meet Jinunnim’s parents in person. Probably no one can do this. “I don’t think it happened.”
Ellie seemed to smile as she remembered what she had done with her mother today. Was it that good?
“Also, my mother said that she will take good care of Jinu. Even if she goes to the other world, she will be by her side and help her… It’s like a companion who will stay by Jinu’s side.”
This… Seems like her mother gave Ellie tacit approval of her marriage to me.
In addition to wanting to see the world I lived in, did Ellie also have a desire to meet her parents and have her marriage recognized?
“Yeah, really? If you liked it, it doesn’t matter to me.”
We finished eating dinner while we were talking, and that night I stayed up all night playing games for the first time in a long time…
