Resurrected Immortal 404

Chapter 404 – 404. Promised Protagonist and Created Protagonist (2)

When Cha Han-sung asked why his name was different from the others, his mother smiled and answered.

“It means blood that has been passed down since before the history of the continent began.”

People who inherited the blood and culture of people who once existed before this world was destroyed.
That is the descendants of the ancients.
In a small village of less than 100 people, Cha Han-seong’s parents and family, who were making a living by self-sufficiency, were the only ancient people’s family in the village.
Cha Hanseong has been a little different from others since he was young.
If he taught something, he could learn it all and mastered it faster than anyone else.
Recognized for his extraordinary talent from such a young age, he was quicker to accept teaching than other children of his age, and he learned hunting skills by being taught by the few hunters in the village.

“And that was one day.”

And the year he turned fifteen
The village where Cha Hanseong lived was attacked and destroyed by demon beasts.

“I was the only survivor of the village.”

For some reason, some adventurers who came to the destroyed village found a scar-covered chahanseong among the corpses of the villagers, and he barely managed to save his life.
Afterwards, Cha Han-seong recalls his previous life memories on Earth in the past.
It could be because of the mental shock of losing their parents to the beast, or the physical shock of getting their whole body in a mess, or there could be another factor.

‘I have to be strong.’

Cha Han-seong, who recalled memories of his previous life, began training to live as an adventurer based on basic physical abilities and hunting skills under the adventurer who saved him.
It wasn’t that difficult to learn taijutsu, swordsmanship, or how to use magical powers.
This is because he was quick to learn from someone’s teaching or technique from the beginning.
After a long time passed and he became an adult, he removed his rookie label from Pernin and began to act as an adventurer of the same rank.
While quietly listening to his story, Yuria thought to herself.

‘It’s similar to the basic setting of the novel.’

Losing his family in the village and being rescued by adventurers in a state of disrepair, boyhood Cha Han-seong gradually grows up and begins to act as an adventurer, which coincides with the beginning of the novel.
If so, it is possible to speculate that the reason why there is a big difference between the contents of the novel and the current situation of Cha Han-sung is that something went wrong from the beginning.

“Afterwards, while doing adventure activities in Pernin, I took an entrance exam to the Artia Knights. But… The result was disappointing.”

“I see.”

YuRia nodded her head.
Cha Han-seong, at the beginning of the novel, is a character who follows the cliché standard of a typical protagonist who does not support his skills so much, but is full of ambition and has promising future growth potential.
In the end, while failing his entrance exam, he continues to work as an adventurer, gradually gaining experience and skills, and growing himself.

“I moved my residence to another country.”

“… Yes?”

“Yes? Why?”

“… No. Please continue.”

“Yes.”

Cha Han-seong moved his residence to Lendir Kingdom, located in the south of the continent, at the recommendation of a party member he met while working as an adventurer.

‘… This is it.’

With her eyes shining, Yuria found the part where the story in the novel and Cha Han-seong’s current situation were greatly diverged.
Originally, Cha Han-seong’s party would force a awakening of the nine-tailed fox’s power as a girl named Erin was tricked by a succubus demon, and staged a massive massacre by turning half of Pernin into a sea of ​​fire.
As the main character, Cha Han-seong, gets involved in this incident, the story of what happens to Cha Han-seong, who forcibly calms Shin-soo’s anger that has begun to run rampant, and receives a huge reward in recognition of his achievements.
However, this case was largely turned upside down due to Eun-hyeon’s intervention from the beginning, and it is largely because the direct connection between Fernias Kingdom and Cha Han-seong was not formed.
In the end, as Cha Han-seong moved to the kingdom of Rendir with his party members, all the future events they would experience were turned upside down.

‘I didn’t mean to, but… That guy is really amazing the more you think about it.’

It is a surprise that makes me think again and again whether it is really possible for one individual to twist the future to this extent.
At first, there was a time when I had jealousy and envy, wondering what the difference was between the fact that the man was able to do things that were impossible for me, but after I learned the secret he had, I stopped thinking about that.
YuRia continued to listen to Cha Hansung’s story.

“And… I met them in the kingdom of Rendir.”

“Them?”

“Vampire. They are a race called vampires.”

“Hmm.”

It was Alex who responded with a short exhalation.
Naturally, it was a story that explained the reason why Cha Han-seong knew well about the vampire race, thinking about it in connection with the disappearance of the local territories that Artia’s leader had asked for help.

“… Vampire?”

However, Yuria, who couldn’t grasp the proper information about the case currently being investigated by the Knights of Artia, put on a puzzled expression.

“Doesn’t a case involving vampires appear in the future that the princess knows?”

“… Because I don’t know all the future. All I know is a few fragmentary incidents. It is a story that is of no use at this point.”

With her small sigh, Yuria was trying hard to hide her embarrassment at the fact that her seemingly well-packaged foreknowledge of her future was not helpful at all.
As many events have gone wrong due to Eun-hyeon’s intervention, the sequence of events she knew has long since disappeared, and Yuria has not even seen the novel in which Cha Han-seong appears as the main character.
A case about vampires may have appeared in the second half, but she was very vague even explaining it now that she couldn’t confide that Cha Han-sung was the main character in the novel.
How would he feel if he heard that he was a character created from a character in a novel?
Because he couldn’t guess that feeling, Yuria didn’t have the confidence to accurately explain the true identity of the future foreknowledge he knew.

“… Okay.”

Cha Hanseong didn’t understand anything, but he nodded his head and put on an expression of understanding.
Then he looked at Alex and spoke.

“Early ago, Alex-sama asked me the basis for how I can be sure that the mysterious disappearances that are currently taking place in the provinces of the kingdom are the work of vampires.”

“It did.”

“It’s because I’ve encountered a similar incident in the Kingdom of Rendir.”

“…”

While working as an adventurer with his colleagues in the kingdom of Rendir, Cha Hanseong came across a case in which some territories went missing without any warning in a certain local territory, and the residents investigated the case through a request submitted to the adventurer’s guild. It became.

“We were all a new party that started in the same rank, but we were not such a weak party that we were able to achieve ranks in the silver rank while building up our performance step by step. But…”

Cha Han-seong’s hand, which was holding his cup, was released and his clenched fist began to tremble little by little.
Just reminiscing about that time clearly showed how angry he was.

“All of our party members were annihilated except for me. To vampires.”

Cha Han-seong witnessed it firsthand.
The sight of precious comrades who have been together for more than a year, being bitten by vampires’ teeth, sucking their blood, and eating all the remaining flesh, skin, and bones.

“Those vampires deliberately kept me alive.”

-If you leave it alive, it will be more delicious later.

Vampires all looked at Cha Hanseong and evaluated it that way.
Hiding from the strong, thoroughly targeting the weak and preying on human blood, they have an excellent ability to distinguish the strong from the weak based on their standards.
Of course, I recognized Cha Han-sung’s talent, and I kept him alive because I was convinced that if he grew up, his blood with stronger magical power would be created.
It was because, no matter how fast Cha Hanseong grew, the vampires were confident that they would be able to subdue Cha Hanseong.

“I am… I was complacent, powerless, and weak.”

Along with his own rapid growth rate, Cha Han-seong, whose rise was soaring day by day, was full of confidence that the party members would be able to solve anything.
It was only after he had already lost all of his comrades that Cha Han-sung realized that he was arrogant.
He felt guilty for not being able to save the party members and hatred towards the vampires, who were no different from enemies, and he came to realize that he was miasmic.
While making painstaking efforts to reach a steeper and higher level than he had grown up to now, he has now joined the Knights of Artia.

“This is why I am convinced that this incident was the work of vampires.”

People disappeared all at night, and people’s bodies disappeared, leaving only their clothes behind.
There were a lot of things that were very similar to what was happening in the kingdom’s provincial territories right now.
The intense feeling of déjà vu that Cha Han-sung is currently experiencing is by no means an unfounded conviction.
Even the uneasiness that made my heart flutter, which I thought would be okay back then, is the same as back then.

“… Right.”

“Okay.”

Alex and YuRia, who had heard all of Cha Hansung’s story, nodded with firm expressions and replied.

“Thank you for talking.”

“I would also like to thank you from my side. Tell Eira that she will accept the formation of reinforcements.”

“Really?”

“Okay.”

“Me too… Thank you.”

Cha Hanseong bowed his head and thanked Alex for believing in his story and accepting the Artia Knights’ request for military support.

“Whoa…”

After the conversation, Hansung Cha left the room, and Yuria let out a small sigh and leaned back on her chair.

“How are you?”

“… As expected. I found the cause. Let me explain it my way… As expected, it seems that the ‘protagonist’ has changed.”

The future that Yuria originally knew is a story about the main character, Cha Han-seong, who overcomes hardships and adversity in an unfortunate environment and leads the confused continent to peace.
I was convinced that the main character at the center of the story had been replaced.

“He is a hero who gradually grows while overcoming adversity and hardship in an unfortunate environment…”

Alex, who had trouble with Yuria’s explanation, realized that among the people around him, there were people who were perfect for that situation.

“… Princess. I have one that comes to mind right now.”

A woman who grew up in an unreasonable environment, was saved by someone, inherited the power of a divine beast, and at the same time received the teachings of the man who became her teacher and lover, and achieved the gold rank of adventurer in just two years.
Isn’t she a typical person who is walking down the path called ‘heroine’ that Yuria talked about?
YuRia agreed with Alex and nodded her head.

“… She seems to be thinking the same thing.”