Chapter 901 – 901. Ju Hyeon-Seong (4)
Verdandy, who confirmed his guess with the affirmation of his epiphany, could not continue his words.
He then muttered involuntarily in a trembling voice.
“How… West?”
Why did Eun-hyeon from another world line kill Eun-hyeon?
Did I hate you enough to want to kill you?
I also don’t understand why.
Seeing the reaction of the goddess who couldn’t continue her speech with a blank expression, Joo Hyun-seong laughed bitterly.
“Well, please don’t say anything to him too much.”
Belldandi raised his eyes and glared at Ju Hyunseong.
It is because he defended Eun-hyeon despite the atrocities of Eun-hyeon, who broke Eun-hyeon’s neck and stopped breathing in his own form.
“… Are you saying that after you have brought your child to this point?”
“Haha, this is very difficult.”
“Trouble, what!? Anyone can see that ‘that kid’ did something excessive… !”
“Because I don’t really think he did anything terribly wrong.”
“What, what… ?”
It felt as if I had been hit in the head with a blunt weapon.
I was so flustered that I couldn’t even speak properly.
Belldandy asked in a trembling voice.
“To the child… He was told that he was the teacher who taught him how to fight. Wasn’t that how much he valued the child?”
“So does he.”
Whether Eun-hyeon, who died in Belldandi’s arms due to his neck bones being broken, or Eun-hyeon from another world who borrowed her own body to break his neck bones, the starting point is the same in that they learned to fight from themselves.
Ju Hyeon-seong couldn’t criticize or favor either Eun-hyeon or one side, so he only smiled bitterly.
“How could that be…”
Verdandi couldn’t help but put on a dazed expression at the fact that Eunhyeon, who was bound to suffer one-sidedly, was not sided with anyone.
It was the moment when the impression of Ju Hyeon-seong in Belldandi’s head changed drastically, as Eun-hyeon had explained to him from time to time.
If Eun-hyeon knew this, what kind of expression would he have made?
Would he have felt betrayed or disappointed?
Ju Hyeon-seong saw Belldandi’s sad expression and belatedly corrected the wrong fact.
“Well, it’s true that this guy was too aggressive and rough. But… I don’t think this guy’s behavior itself was a problem.”
“… Are you serious?”
Belldandy glared at Ju Hyunseong.
“Yes.”
Despite the stare, Joo Hyun-seong showed a positive intention again with a firm intention.
Soon after, Ju Hyun-seong continued his words at Belldandi’s gaze demanding an explanation.
“In the first place. I can’t be so kind to the existence of you, the goddess itself.”
“… What?”
“If there really was such a thing as God, why did you just watch the world fall apart like that?”
“…”
Belldandy was at a loss for words.
Earth is doomed.
In that hellish time, many people’s lives rolled on the floor like passing stones and crumbled like dust and floated in the air.
If only God really existed, the God that so many people longed for and cried out for salvation.
Why didn’t they send salvation to the underworld?
Why didn’t they answer their prayers?
Why did you leave the world to perish?
“That… I couldn’t help it.”
Belldandi also avoided Ju Hyeon-seong’s gaze with a heavy expression.
“Being a god doesn’t mean you can figure out what’s going on in the underworld. It is even more impossible to interfere.”
“I know. I know now that I can’t help it. But… You know better that saying that you couldn’t help it can’t give us any comfort. At least you must have seen and felt many things while watching this guy.”
“…”
Belldandi couldn’t deny it.
In fact, as she experienced many things with Eun-hyun, the goddess was gradually influenced by the world of the underworld, and now more and more people, including Eun-hyun and his wives, Iliana, Eleanor, Lily and Erin, are watching her with affection. .
Nothing compares to the sense of loss and sadness that fills the void in her heart at the loss of her precious person.
“Shall we talk about him, not me?”
Joo Hyeon-seong, who had a bitter smile, told the story of another Eun-hyeon who existed in another world line.
“His case was even worse than mine. He was miserable and harsh, and he died resenting you who made him an apostle until the end.”
“… !”
Belldandi was startled and shook his shoulders.
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His mother, who had raised him alone, died.
Ju Hyeon-seong, who taught him how to fight in despair, died.
Even the scarlet he left behind in his will could not be preserved.
Whatever it was, he had a pitiful life that was helpless and weak that he couldn’t protect properly.
Life was like a weak candle, like a small ember that would one day meet a powerful enemy that could not be matched and crumble in front of that overwhelming force.
That must have been the case, but for some reason, Eun-hyeon survived countless times in the midst of a swirling disaster of mighty deaths.
Eun-hyeon’s existence was like an irregular being that defied the laws of the world.
A variable that constantly twists a set result in a disaster that would not have been strange if he were an ordinary human being, even if he died several times.
That he was discovered by a being in the upper dimension, the divine world, was a set result, be it late or early.
Eun-hyeon caught the attention of Belldandy and was offered the role of an apostle, and he accepted the role.
He was so weak that he couldn’t protect anything. He couldn’t understand why he was chosen by God.
However, he thought that if he could be useful and useful somewhere, he would gladly accept the role.
Eunhyun wanted to prove her worth even a little bit.
He is not to anyone, but to himself as a living being.
Not to the goddess who gave her a role, not to the people who survived in a world that was perishing in a catastrophe, but to herself.
“And he met a noble man who would be a turning point that would change his life drastically.”
A swordsman who had the title of Swordsman, acknowledged by all swordsmen in the world.
Eun-hyeon went to see her and boldly asked her to teach her sword.
She was already recognized by all prosecutors, so there was no way she wouldn’t have been asked to become a disciple of countless prosecutors.
However, Xie Te accepted her Eun Hyeon’s bold request no matter what the wind blew, and she made him her disciple.
Even Eun-hyeon herself, as well as numerous swordsmen who admired her, did not know why she chose to accept the half-punished sewage, who had no talent for swordsmanship, as her apprentice.
Anyway, Eunhyeon learned the sword under Siete, but that time didn’t last too long.
Even Siete, who taught him the sword, lost his life in the battle with the devil.
Eun-hyeon was alone again and began her wanderings.
“Ironically, after my teacher died, he became even more engrossed in the sword.”
It was not a sudden change.
Since her mother and Joo Hyeon-seong died, and many people who were related to her, including Ju-hong and Xie-te, met her death, dark and somber feelings were gradually accumulating in Eun-hyeon’s heart.
He got rid of it by recalling Siete’s teachings and polishing his sword by swinging it dozens and hundreds of times.
No. It might be more accurate to say that he buried it deeper in his heart.
“When she, my teacher, died, he regretted accepting your offer.”
“…”
Belldandy made a surprised expression, but he held his breath and listened to Ju Hyeon-seong.
Eunhyun regretted it.
Once again, a precious relationship with her passed away.
She felt it from then on.
In this hell, he will continue to survive, and someone who has a relationship with him will die.
‘Cause it’s happened so many times before.
What will always be left in this hell will always be you.
“Hyun made a decision then. She learns her swordsmanship left by Shiete, and she tells her to perfect it herself. Because she thought it was her own role.”
In the end, Eun-hyeon interpreted that if she completed Siete’s swordsmanship herself, it would be her mission to protect her underworld with that swordsmanship.
So she became even more engrossed in Siete’s swordsmanship.
Preoccupied she followed her trail, and with each step she grew more and more in love with her master.
And soon after, he hit his limit.
He despaired as he approached areas no longer comprehensible to his own talents, and yet he did not give up.
He pondered and pondered, trying to somehow understand her sword.
Even Eun-hyeon couldn’t fathom how much time had passed before it came to fruition.
Estimating that it would have taken well over ten years, he came to a conclusion.
“That guy tried to give up the power of the goddess you gave him on his own.”
“… Why?”
“It’s because the Goddess’ blessing itself that you bestowed was an obstacle to the growth of swordsmanship.”
“… It is an incomprehensible story.”
“It won’t be a story that you can understand even if you explain it.”
Belldandy knew absolutely nothing about martial arts.
So it was not something that I could understand even if I explained it.
“The important thing is that he was willing to give up the position of an apostle you gave him.”
“…”
Of course, just because he gave up the position of an apostle given by the goddesses, he had no intention of abandoning that role.
Completing Siete’s sword and saving the world and people with her swordsmanship was a mission that was already deeply rooted in Eun-hyeon’s heart.
“But his wish did not come true.”
She gave up the position of an apostle herself and would continue in that role, she asked the goddess.
However, at Eun-hyeon’s request, the three goddesses, including Belldandi, did not respond to Eun-hyeon’s request.
Reluctantly, Eunhyeon began her training with the blessing of her goddess in her soul.
A year passed, ten years passed, and over a hundred years, she cut off her contact with humans, hunted demons and monsters, and accumulated her own karma.
She and she perfected Siete’s swordsmanship step by step.
That ‘work’ eventually led Eunhyeon’s swordsmanship to a new level.
“For the first time, he broke free of human limitations and became a transcendent.”
In the world, he was called the ‘sword star’.
However, his realm of transcending human limitations has reached the realm of ‘God’.
He transcended the limit of his lifespan and obtained immortality even without borrowing the power of authority bestowed by the three goddesses, and finally completed the sword of his teacher Siete, a sword capable of killing demons and monsters threatening the underworld, itself. Because it has gone
“Why didn’t you goddesses answer Hyeoni’s call? Do you know?”
“…”
Belldandi bit his lip and didn’t answer.
The possibility of ‘maybe?’ Passed through my head.
A sword that can transcend human limits and kill demons.
From the point of view of the gods who cannot interfere in the underworld, isn’t it the best weapon that they have no choice but to keep an eye on?
“You seem to have some guesses.”
Ju Hyeon-seong, who checked Belldandy’s expression, couldn’t help but laugh.
“The ‘goddess’ protection’ you bestowed on Hyeon-i’s soul was purely to prevent Hyeon-i’s mind from collapsing and to protect him from external mental interference like brainwashing, but wasn’t there a real reason?”
I thought of it in my head, but it was a possibility that I couldn’t bear to say it out of my mouth.
The gods don’t care what kind of ending the beings of the underworld meet.
It did not matter to them how many people who belonged to the laws of the underworld, no matter how many times they died, whether they would survive to the end and win victory over demons and monsters.
The most important thing to them was only one thing: the continuation of the underworld.
If the gods regarded humans as mere numbers, like texts recorded in history or data in games.
If only you were treating it as a tool.
The treatment of the ‘goddess’ household’, named Eun-hyeon, chosen by the three goddesses of destiny, would not be much different.
Joo Hyun-seong spoke of that possibility.
“That ‘goddess’ protection’ must have been a device for obtaining a ‘sword’ to kill the devil, right?”
It was not intended to prevent the mind from collapsing or being influenced by outside interference.
To completely take over his mind and use it as a sword that obeys their commands.
To use as a means to kill demons and monsters.
“But, how can I stay still?”
The ‘goddess’ and ‘another self’ who used themselves as subhuman and tools.
It developed into a special relationship, and the goddess and herself cared for and cared for each other.
It was a figure that she could never imagine and could not tolerate.
I didn’t want to understand
“…”
In the form of Joo Hyun-seong, Belldandy once again recalled the gaze of another Eun-hyeon, who looked at him as if he was disgusting.
– It’s disgusting.
-Is it possible for a god to cherish a single human being that much?
The gaze that came to mind, his words flew like daggers and seemed to pierce Belldandi’s chest.
