Chapter 664 – 664. The Virtual World (1)
A year has passed since Eunhyeon and Belldandi entered the fictional world created by the goddess.
If it was long, it was long, if it was short, it was a short time, but it was a time where a lot of things happened to Eunhyun.
Among them, the most important thing was exchanging affection with Belldandy, who was actively engaged in skinship.
“Hey? What is this?”
As soon as Belldandy entered the house, he saw the box Eunhyeon was holding out to him and put on a puzzled expression.
“I went to the grocery store after work, and I bought it because I thought it would look good on Mr. Belldandy.”
What Eunhyeon bought was a hairpin to hold up the long Belldandy’s hair.
In the form of tongs, there was no jewelry decoration, but it was a pretty luxurious design for common people to use.
It is natural to assume that even Belldandy, who has no concept of price, must have been a formidable price.
“Oh, where is the child’s money…” .”
Belldandi was quite embarrassed and tried to decline the gift Eunhyeon gave her, but contrary to her heart, the goddess’ hands held the gift tightly and couldn’t take it off.
Watching her body and mind move in opposite directions, Eunhyun smiled and said,
“I’m earning a decent amount of money, so don’t hesitate.”
“… Thanks. Child.”
Belldandy showed a moved expression when he received an unexpected gift.
Come to think of it, he was always giving, but it was actually the first time that he had ever received anything like this.
Because she, as her goddess, did not need much of her underworld goods.
However, in the current situation, fixed in the human state, I couldn’t help but laugh at how happy I was with such a trivial hairpin.
Soon after, Belldandi straightened her long hair, twisted it up, and secured it with a hairpin she had received as a gift.
“How are you? Do you get along well?”
“Yes. You look very good together.”
“Whoops. Thank you.”
However, Belldandi immediately pulled out his hairpin and untied his long, fine hair again.
Soon after, he looked at Eun-hyeon with a bewitching yet subdued expression and stood up.
“Wait a minute. Wash up soon and come back.”
“… Yes?”
Eunhyeon put on a bewildered expression at Belldandi’s sudden words and actions.
She immediately saw the goddess stepping into her bathroom without hesitation, and Eun-hyeon hurriedly tried to stop Belldandi.
“Now, wait a minute. Mr. Belldandi.”
“Hmm? Why?”
“Why are you washing up?”
Belldandi smiled and answered Eunhyun’s question as if asking for something obvious.
“Whoops. I received such a wonderful gift from my child, how could I stay still? I was really touched by the kid.”
“…”
Eun-hyeon was at a loss for what to say.
Buying his hairpin in the hope that he would be happy with it as a gift was a success in itself.
It was because Belldandy felt the joy of receiving something from Eunhyeon for the first time and was expressing it with his whole body.
The effect of the gift was too strong.
“That… Can’t you just be impressed? Why do you want to do more…”
“… Would you like me not to wash?”
Eunhyun put on a bright expression, probably thinking that her words were conveyed to Belldandi.
“Yes. You don’t have to wash.”
“A child too… I get it. If the child wants it, don’t wash it. Come here.”
Belldandy smiled bewitchingly and grabbed Eunhyun’s hand and led her to the bed.
‘… I wasn’t talking about this.’
It seemed that his meaning was not conveyed properly.
That night, Eunhyeon couldn’t sleep comfortably.
He was always like that even on days off from work.
“Hey. You sleep late today How would you like lunch?”
“Today… I’m a little tired. I want to stay in bed a little longer.”
“Really? Whoops.”
It seemed that Eun-hyeon misinterpreted the meaning of just wanting to rest comfortably for the day.
“…”
That night, Eunhyeon also spent the whole day making love with Belldandy.
The number of times we exchanged affection like that was not small in the past year.
Perhaps it was because there were no other wives in this world or because she was fixed in a human state, Belldandy monopolized Eun-hyeon’s affection and longed for it.
She used to say that she was doing her best for herself, but in fact, she thought, Eun-hyeon, that it might be Belldandy who was enjoying the situation the most.
While a year passed like that, Eunhyun tried many things.
She steadily went out to work on farms and mines, and based her earnings on her various businesses.
She set up a store in a mall in the manor and handled a variety of products there.
Although the flow of money was not that large because the scale of the territory was not that large, but it was not small, so there was enough capital to hold on to the crops and foodstuffs grown in the territory.
As they took control of the commercial district and gradually expanded their scale, the small shop became so large that it was called Sanghoe.
The fact that Eun-hyeon was able to make the biggest business in Yeong-ji in one year was originally due to his business skills, but the biggest help was the correction effect of fate that was only acting on Eun-hyeon in this virtual world.
Then he saved up money and bought a house.
“If I wanted to buy it, I could have bought it sooner… It’s too late. Sorry.”
Originally, Eunhyeon’s goal was to buy a house three months earlier than now.
He didn’t want to let Belldandi live in a shabby thatched house, if only he did.
Belldandy shook his head with a small smile.
“No. I know very well how hard he worked.”
And he knew how much he cared about him, but he didn’t have the slightest desire to blame Eun-hyeon.
“The child is now… Are you starting?”
“Yes.”
Eunhyeon gave a serious expression to Belldandi’s question and affirmed it.
The reason Eun-hyeon was persistently saving money during this year was because she wanted to serve Belldandy comfortably, but there was another reason that was just as important.
It was to focus entirely on his swordsmanship training.
Now, even if he doesn’t have to worry about it, Eun-hyeon is able to focus entirely on swordsmanship training as he regularly receives a large amount of money in his pocket through the store.
“A child too… Stubbornness is really stubborn.”
Belldandy looked at Eun-hyeon disapprovingly, but soon the expression of a small wry smile seemed to have no intention of stopping Eun-hyeon.
The break itself was enough.
It did not mean physical rest.
The bodies of Eunhyeon and Belldandy realized in this virtual world are only fictional.
What really mattered was that Eun-hyeon’s heart, which was in danger of being eaten at will, was restored.
During this year, Eunhyeon, who took a rest to her heart’s content in a peaceful place free from demons and wicked people, decided to use the remaining year of her life well.
That was another way Eunhyeon chose to recover her heart.
For Belldandy, insisting on training his body to overwork in order to restore his mind was a really foolish and incomprehensible act, but it was inevitable that he harbored the idea that he was like Eun Hyun.
“Then, Mr. Belldandy. I’ll be back.”
“Where are you going alone?”
As Eun-hyeon was about to leave for training alone, Belldandi stopped her by grabbing the nape of her neck.
“… Yes?”
“Could it be that you wanted to leave me alone?”
Belldandy narrowed his eyes and glanced at Eun-hyeon.
Then he let out a sigh and murmured.
“Ha… The child is really… Sometimes he’s very caring, but he’s really insensitive.”
Eunhyeon realized that the sighing Belldandy was trying to follow her and persuaded her goddess.
“Berdandy. Dangerous. There might be wild animals in the hills I want to go to, and living in a barren land where I have to camp will be very inconvenient.”
What Eunhyeon said was 100% correct.
Moreover, the reason why he worked hard for a year to grow a business and buy a house was because of Eun-hyeon’s consideration for Belldandi to wait for him comfortably in this house.
Here, hired servants will clean the house regularly and prepare meals, so Belldandy just needs to wait for Eun-hyeon at this house.
But Belldandy refused the favor.
“What does it mean if I say I’m here alone with my child?”
For Belldandi, being with Eunhyeon was more important than comfortably enjoying luxury.
“… Climbing the mountain with Belldandi-sama’s stamina is unreasonable.”
When I pointed out the most important physical limitation, Belldandi flinched.
“…”
He frowned and averted his gaze from Eunhyun, but even so, Belldandy did not give up his will.
Seeing her, who in some sense was as stubborn as her Eun-hyeon and showed no signs of giving up, her Eun-hyeon let out a small sigh.
“Let’s go.”
Eunhyeon naturally pulled Belldandi into a hug, and he put her arm around his neck, fixing her posture.
At first, he even refused to take such care in order not to burden Eunhyeon, but because he knew that he did not get tired easily, Belldandi did not decline anymore.
Eun-hyeon nodded her head with a wry smile at the childish attitude of her goddess, who told her not to leave her alone for too long.
Wearing the equipment necessary for mountain climbing and a suitable iron sword around her waist, Eunhyeon climbed the rough mountain path with few people in her arms early in the morning.
“If it was like this, I wouldn’t have bought a house…”
“Okay. You’re not going to use that house forever, are you?”
“What… It does.”
Eun-hyeon was thinking of her descending schedule in about a month.
In the future, a lot of money will be needed and the current efforts to create a comfortable base will not be useless at all.
While chatting with Belldandi, Eunhyeon climbed the mountain trail and set up a tent in a suitable flat area with few people to prepare for camping.
Then he ate a decent meal and started practicing swordsmanship.
Before starting the training, Eunhyeon glanced at Belldandy, who was staring at her blankly, sitting on a simple chair at the campsite.
“Do you really not mind just watching?”
“Whoops. Okay. From the beginning, watching children was my only hobby.”
It was something familiar to Belldandi, who had always watched over Eunhyeon by his side, whether in the divine realm or in the underworld.
He replied with a smile as if he was not getting tired of it at all.
“… Yes.”
Eun-hyeon took her eyes off the goddess who was watching her and focused her consciousness on the sword she was holding.
Randomly swinging a sword is not the purpose of this training.
Present Eun-hyeon had no teacher, Siete, to give her advice, and was alone, but the path presented in front of Eun-hyeon clearly existed.
That road was made and walked by Eun-hyeon from another parallel world.
After 800 years of hard work after learning swordsmanship from Siete, Eunhyeon of another parallel world who inherited the title of swordsman arrived.
In the third ordeal given by Jupiter, while repeating her challenges and failures in order to surpass Siete, Eunhyeon descended into her body a part of the future she had reached in another parallel world.
At that moment, she clearly surpassed her mentor, Siete.
Her other self, who held the title of swordsman, was the strongest swordsman who had the ‘completion of swordsmanship’ that her teacher, Siete, had so longed for.
‘My goal is that stage.’
It is not about catching up with Siete, the teacher.
Catching up with another self who had jumped over Siete.
That was Eunhyeon’s goal now.
When he forcibly descended another part of himself, he recalled some of the memories and senses that remained.
Those experiences, memories, and sensations are in a far-off state far away from the present self.
Eunhyun felt as if someone else was talking to her.
‘Can I follow you?’
Will you be able to follow the level you have reached over 800 years?
It was as if the sensations and memories remaining in her body were provoking her.
Eunhyun felt the provocation and smiled.
The time to judge whether it is possible or impossible has already passed.
Right now, Eunhyeon’s mind was full of only the desire to catch up.