Chapter 620 – The Doll’s Knight
In fact, she feels her spine go down at the words of Ruchel that she heard her sword and all the lines she shared from the beginning.
“What in the world are you? Apostle of God? Prophet?”
“…”
“I originally thought you were a cultist. Based on the sword you talk to over there or the ring you wear.”
“Hmm…”
“However, during the fight, I felt that you could never be an apostle of the Shinigami. Especially since the holy, vital fire that saved you from my mortal spell is the exact opposite of the cult’s power.”
After her words, Ruchel watches her holy day with cold, emotionless eyes.
“Are you from the continent beyond the veil of eternity? Do you think there is a magic empire there? And did you get rid of the wicked there and get the artifact?”
‘Ah, are you mistaking me for a traveler who has passed through the veil of eternity that divides the world?’
Doll’s Knight World View Award. It turns out that the primordial continent was torn into three pieces due to the war of the gods in the distant past.
It wasn’t enough that it was split like that, so there was an endless sea where no wind blows between the continents, and in the middle of the sea there was always a thick fog that thoroughly blocked the sunlight, thoroughly blocking exchanges between the continents.
‘However, the man in front of me is a man who later succeeded in passing through the fog and crossing over to another continent.’
“…Legends say that in the middle of the three continents, there are the remains of two true gods who died together. It is said that the mist that now blocks the continents flows from those remains.”
“…”
“Interestingly, it is said that there is an island with mysterious power in the middle of the sea surrounded by thick fog. It is said that there is no thick fog and holy power overflows there.”
‘That’s the great holy place that appeared in the third part of the Doll’s Knight.’
The Doll’s Knight series consists of three series because there are three continents. Seong-il, having played all of those games, hears what Ruchel says and realizes that he is talking about the Holy Land.
“A legend has it that the chosen one can see the past, future, and present in that sacred place. Have you ever been there?”
Although he misunderstood, Ruchel spits out sharp deductions so that he is not ashamed of his title as a great mage and sage.
‘How is it…? You lie based on gameplay…?’
Seong-il feels that he can manage this situation if he makes excuses to match the words of Ruchel.
‘…But strangely, Dr. Jun just overlapped…’
Dr. Jun, who suddenly realized his true identity in the past while listening to Ruchel’s words, popped into his head.
If he had been himself in the past, he would have dismissed those thoughts as wandering thoughts, but now Seong-il is well aware that all the strange thoughts and sensations that come to him are a kind of prophecy stemming from his own psychic ’emotion’.
‘…Wouldn’t it be better to tell the truth? It’s difficult.’
Seong-il leans back on the sofa for a while, closes his eyes, and begins to ponder. Ruchel also seems to have sensed something from that solemn appearance, and she shows an appearance of waiting calmly without paying attention to the holy day.
‘Hmm…?’
While thinking about it, a movie scene passed through Seong-il’s head. Seong-il sees a scene unfolding in front of his eyes, showing the protagonist a blue pill and a red pill and urging him to choose, and gets a hint from it.
‘…Okay. Sometimes I don’t have to take all the responsibility.’
Having made up her mind, Seong-il wakes up on the sofa and carefully opens her mouth while looking at Ruchel.
“I’ll give you three options.”
“…Three?”
“Yes. You can choose for yourself.”
The time when Ruchel was embarrassed by the sudden remark of the holy day. Seong-il calmly begins to recite the condition he thought of a moment ago.
“First. Just pretend not to know in moderation.”
“That would be impossible.”
Upon hearing his first offer, Ruchel immediately shakes her head in denial. Seong-il himself expected it, so he nodded his head obediently and continued.
“Second. Listen only to important facts, such as the future of this world in moderation. I swear you will have no problems in your life if you listen to this. This is probably the option that will benefit you the most.”
“Hmm… The last one?”
“The last thing… In addition to the second part, you’ll hear all the unnecessary truths. The additional information has nothing to do with the world here. Of course, it can have a serious negative impact on you. Be prepared. That would be nice, because sometimes not knowing certain truths can be the medicine.”
Spitting out the last words, Seong-il explains the danger to Ruchel as if warning in a serious tone.
“Hmm…”
As if the sincerity was conveyed, Ruchel sits on the floor, closes her eyes, and begins to ponder something seriously, just as Seong-il did a while ago.
“There is still plenty of time, so think slowly.
“Ah…”
Seong-il gives Lucille the Elixir she took out of her inventory earlier.
“Maybe it can restore your wasted lifespan.”
“…It’s okay. If it’s something that can even revive the dead. Use it for something more important.”
Ruchel knew that the mysterious potion in front of him was an elixir with tremendous efficacy because he had overheard Seongil’s conversation in a collapsed situation. Ruchel refuses to take the drug, perhaps feeling remorse for using this precious drug for his mistakes.
“It would be right for me to bear my mistakes.”
“No. This is a potion that regenerates five times a month. Just drink it. You can use it permanently with this bottle, so don’t be afraid to drink it.”
“Hoo…”
Upon hearing Seong-Il’s words that he will regenerate a subject he had vehemently refused a moment ago, Ruchel begins to pick up the Elixir that Seong-Il gave him without hesitation.
“…Don’t you doubt it? I could hurt you?”
“That’s not possible. First of all, I can feel the pure and mysterious power flowing from this potion. And if you wanted to kill me, you could have killed me right away, right? But now, what are you afraid of?”
“Hmm…”
Having said that, Ruchel begins to drink the elixir without hesitation.
“Ohhh…Surely my soul…”
Lucille drank the elixir Seongil gave her, not to mention her lifespan, which had been damaged by using a great spell a while ago. He feels that even the wounds in his soul that he suffered from the battle with the apostle of death a long time ago are being healed, and he looks greatly surprised.
“Earth Mother couldn’t heal the stigma of the god of death that was stamped on my soul while fighting with the apostles of the Four Faiths in the past… What on earth is this potion…?”
‘Huh… That’s also healed!?’
According to the setting, about 10 years ago, Ruchel had a fierce battle with the apostle of the former god of death. At that time, he won the fight against the apostle, but he had a past in which he was swept away by the apostle’s ferocious self-destruct attack and suffered serious wounds to his soul.
‘…Wasn’t the reason why Lucille retired the biggest reason for the scar you just mentioned?’
In the setting of the game, the apostle of death dedicates his soul to God, and the stigma of the soul stamped on Ruchel as if to curse was terrifying, and because of the bloody internal wounds, it turned out that Ruchel had to train for a long time.
‘…Actually, even in the third episode of the doll’s knight, Ruchel still suffered from the wound… Fuck. You messed up the story again!?’
Somehow, when she touches the storyline in a big way again, her Seongil feels her head pounding with a sense of collapse.
“Why is that?”
“…You are the original”
Seong-il calmly begins to explain to her Ruchel about the wounds in her soul. After hearing all of this, Ruchel laughs out loud as if she is having fun.
Haha!! In the end, the Phantom Thief was planning to twist fate in a big way.”
“Ehh…”
Still, the archmage Ruchel in front of her was no different from the guardian of the puppet world, so Seong-il tried to think as positively as possible and opened her mouth.
“So… Have you decided which option to choose?”
“…Could you give me half a day to think about it?”
“Oh, of course. Instead, please stay here for that time.”
Depending on what choice Ruchel makes, she can decide the degree of exposure of her abilities, so Seong-il asks him to stay in the Inner Plane for a while.
“I will.”
“Elysia!! Can you bring me some tea?”
After being caught, Seong-il even enjoys tea time in peace. He enjoys the refreshments provided by Elysia and questions Lucille.
“I have some time left, so I’ll ask you some questions too.”
“Of course. Ask.”
“How the hell did you avoid my reaction?”
After asking the question, Seong-il begins to explain his feelings to Lucille in detail.
“Hoo…”
After calmly listening to Seong-il’s explanation, Lucille realizes that his reaction is an enormous foresight and looks interested.
“So… Of course, you can grasp everything within a radius of several tens of meters. In battle, you can accurately predict the time 2 to 3 seconds ahead, right?”
“Yes.”
“Even when you’re not using your abilities, do they warn you with a stimulus when a critical situation approaches or an important choice in your life approaches?”
“Yes?”
“Hoo…”
Realizing why Seong-il was able to evade or defend his attacks so easily, Ruchel looks really surprised.
“Okay. Since the Phantom Thieves told me honestly about his powers, I’ll also honestly reveal my secret.”
“…!!”
When Ruchel tells him how he evaded his emotions, Seong-il opens his eyes wide and sits upright on the sofa and tries to listen to him.
“In fact, I can use the secret authority called [Multiple Inner Worlds].”
“…『Multiple Inner Worlds』?”
“Yes. To put it simply, it is a secret technique that expands the inner world by splitting the soul.”
“!!!”
Seong-il, who asked about how to evade emotion, suddenly heard about a secret technique that splits the soul, is startled and jumps to his feet.
“Do you know the concept of spirits?”
“Uh… I don’t know…?”
I know the name, but I don’t know much about the concept, so Seong-il meekly seeks instruction on the subject matter.
“To put it simply, these are the two components that divide the soul. The soul is the core component of the soul, and the white is a flesh-like role that helps the soul operate smoothly.”
“Ah…”
“Originally, if there is a wound in the soul, a serious problem arises, but by using the secret technique [Multiple Inner Worlds] That I have trained and mastered over many years, I can control the problem to a minimum.”
‘…This is important to me.’
Through emotion, Seong-il could feel that what he was hearing was information that would be of great help to him.
“For reference, it is not easy to recover the soul once it is damaged, and the side effects are great, but the concept of the flesh wrapped around the soul to help it, the white (魄), can be recovered as long as it is not excessively cut out. We can restore it.”
“Hmm…”
“The 『Multiple Inner Worlds』 I learned is a secret technique that carefully cuts out the bag to create a split soul.”
“…What do you mean?”
“Yes. I have several souls besides the main soul. If the main body that the main soul resides in falls down, the secondary souls will start working. For example like this.”
Despite Ruchel’s words, Seong-il doesn’t feel anything.
“Don’t try to find ‘something’ that exists. Try to find ‘energy’. The direction is this way.”
‘Energy…’
Seong-il listens to Ruchel’s advice and tries to see the world a little differently. Then, a ‘something’ without presence felt very feeble in his response.
‘It looks like there’s something whitish, but…’
I’m not sure what exactly. When Seong-il desperately projected a response on the place Ruchel pointed out, he could feel a little weak power.
“Looking at your expression, you must have felt it.”
“Yes. It’s hard, but just a little…”
“Perhaps, it is because the split souls made of white are not endowed with ‘destiny’ or ‘causation’. Such existences are inherently extremely vague.”
“Ah…”
Seong-il could roughly understand why Ruchel’s divorce had been able to fool his senses.
‘…You mean this faint soul is projected to the outside in a spiritualized state when the main body collapses and acquires information?’
‘When the main body wakes up, it returns to the main body and shows the facts it has seen all at once…’
Seong-il is really surprised when he figured out how he had heard all this while Ruchel was in a state of collapse.
‘…But what the hell is this technology, is it telling me that this technology is important to me? Why?’
