Ruler of the Game 666

Chapter 666 – Mythology Academy

“Edward! Start working.”

“Of course! Master. Is it okay to use Yuna-sama’s studio as the standard for the studio style?”

“Yeah. How long will it take?”

“All it takes is one day.”

“Oh… Is it fast…?”

Seong-il admires Edward’s words that a fairly spacious three-story building can be completed in just one day.

『Because there are Ethereal Stones. If you create and rearrange materials with this, it’s not that difficult to build something like a building.”

‘Looks like Stone suits Edward well.’

Seong-il is intrigued by Edward’s self-confidence and looks at Stone and him alternately.

“Ira. First of all, with Edward’s help, pack some things and rest. I’ll be watching the beacon.”

“Ah! Yep!!”

Her holy day, which will put her troubled Aira to rest, takes her beacon from her and sends her away.

“Whoa…”

Perhaps not long after the storm-like incident, Seong-il feels a surge of fatigue and lies half-stretched on her floor.

“I’ll be fine if I take a rest for a day… Ah!”

An important thought passes through Seong-il’s head as she fiddles with Ruchel’s beacon, given to her by Aira.

“Didn’t the prophecy tell you not to be eaten? Let’s ask again what that means.”

Recalling the image of Ruchel, who was anxious after hearing the result after bouncing a gold coin, Seong-il recalls that he is also a master of astrology.

In addition, I try to meet with Ruchel by using a magic beacon to discuss the situation today.

“Oh! Long time no see. How have you been?”

Fortunately, whether or not he was particularly busy, Ruchel responded promptly to Seongil’s call without much hesitation.

“Ah, yes. Actually…”

Seong-il explains to Ruchel what happened today. In particular, he obviously came out positive when he hit the point, but he wants to ask him for advice on why this division occurred and how to deal with it in the future.

『Whoa… It’s that simple. This is because the corresponding fortune-telling only shows positive and negative.』

“Positive and negative?”

“Yes. Think about it. Suppose Seongil belongs to country A and is at war with country B.

And Seong-il tried fortune-telling to find out the fate of the war. And it came out positive.

Then, let’s say that country A eventually won. So is this a positive result? Is it a negative result?』

“…Yes, right?”

Even after hearing Seong-il’s vague answer, Ruchel nodded casually and continued to answer.

“You’re right. That’s positive. However, what if Seongil was seriously injured or crippled in the process? Or what if you died? But can you really accept it as a positive result?』

“That…”

For a moment, Seong-il feels speechless at Ruchel’s explanation. When he seems to have fully grasped the seriousness of the situation, Ruchel nods and calmly advises.

“That’s why you shouldn’t blindly believe in divination. Fortune telling only distinguishes black and white based on the results, and does not give an answer considering the hardships that arise in detailed situations.”

“Okay…”

『For this reason, if you are going to do divination in the future, I recommend doing divination two more times with different themes.』

“Oh… You’re trying to make up for your shortcomings with multiple divinations? That’s good! From now on, if there’s something important, I’ll do it 10 times!”

As Ruchel said, if you leave the destination the same and hit the dots several times from different angles, you might be able to avoid something like today, so Seong-il replies to him in an excited tone.

“No. You should never do that.”

“Yes? Why?”

Seong-il expresses an incomprehensible expression when he hears Lucille’s advice not to do it out of the blue.

『Fortune telling is a precious secret technique that predicts the future, but it is also a curse at the same time.』

“…Curse?”

“That’s right. The more you look into fate, the more it binds the fate of the caster.”

“Ah…”

Seong-il hears Ruchel’s explanation and naturally recalls the investigation of the Yin-Yang Museum in the past. Nohdosa’s warning that leaking heavenly secrets or looking deeply into it can be dangerous.

“Up to three times. You know? And that too, based on the near point! It’s dangerous to do it from a distant point of view!

And as I said before, don’t rely too much on divination. Divination should be used only as an auxiliary means, not as the main one.”

“Ah… I see…”

As Seong-il seems to understand what he is saying, Lucille across from him smiles and nods his head.

“And… Sharing the truth.”

“Oh, what about that?”

When he finally arrives at the matter he has been curious about, Seong-il quickly changes his attitude and listens to his words as if he had died.

“If it were me, I would honestly share my memories.”

“Hmm? Really?”

In fact, he had almost made up his mind to act like Ruchel’s opinion, but Seong-il looks a little puzzled when he suddenly expresses the same opinion, saying not to share memories together.

“Yes. I can’t be away for long, so I’ll tell you briefly. You’ve reached the end of the case, haven’t you?”

“The end of the case…? Ah!”

Seong-il realizes what Lucille said and exclaims.

“You’re right. Anyway, the ending itself marked ‘positive’ in the fortune-telling that Seongil-nim had hit. In addition, since the water has already been spilled, it cannot be returned. Just go ahead.”

“I understood.”

After listening to the advice of a reliable sage, Seong-il feels that his heart is at ease. So he discusses miscellaneous matters with Ruchel for a while and bids him farewell.

***

Next day.

While taking a break at the Pineapple House, Seong-il quickly moves back into the world of dolls at Edward’s call. And a nice three-story villa that catches his eye.

“Wow… I thought I would build it roughly because I wouldn’t have anything to show anyone, but I made it really neat, right?!”

When Seong-il admires the modern design of the building, Edward approaches him with a satisfied tone and replies.

『Even though there is nothing to show to others, isn’t it the space where master’s followers live? You should be treated appropriately for your position!”

“Did your father grow up too?”

He jokes with Edward, who flatters him, and when Seong-il arrives, Seong-il orders a follower’s door to be set at the entrance.

‘Wouldn’t that be okay? Then it’ll be a headache again.’

Seong-il orders Aira to register the door, hoping that something absurd won’t happen, such as the building he built doesn’t register the door of his followers.

“Can!!”

“Oh… That’s great. You can take the Little Pineapple House.”

The holy day that solved all the primary problems was the Harvest Goddess, Hana, Aira, Yuna, Erisha, Aruril, etc. He calls all the key talents of each world.

After sharing the situation, he moves back to the world of Mythology Academy, fully prepared.

“Hey… The installation is complete. Would you like to come out?”

“…?!”

They thought they were together with Seong-il, but when they heard a familiar voice from outside, the professors frowned and glared at their alter ego.

“Sorry~! He’s preparing something! Go out first. Then all the professors’ questions will be answered.”

It was a fleeting moment, but the alter ego, which understood the whole situation due to the shared memory with Seongil, naturally answered Aaron and the other professors.

“…”

The professors go out of the tent laughing, probably not even having the energy to get angry at that shameless figure. And together with Seongil, they were able to see a small, grotesque house the size of a human head.

“…Did you invite us to show you this bizarre ornament?”

When Seong-il doesn’t keep his promise and continues to procrastinate with strange behavior, Professor Ahindel asks Seong-il with a slightly reddened face if his patience has reached its limit.

“It’s an ornament. This is a really fun item. Follow me! Inside, the information and witnesses that professors are curious about are waiting.”

“What the hell, how do you ask me to follow you…”

When he hears Seong-il telling him to follow him to the decorative house the size of a small potted plant, Professor Wi-Rain also looks at Seong-il and shoots him, perhaps angry.

However, Seong-il completely ignores their words and starts walking toward the Little Pineapple House.

“…!!”

Surprisingly, as Seongil gets smaller and closer to the building, the professors who were about to spit out vicious words lose their words and stare blankly at the scene.

“Isn’t it amazing? We did the same at the beginning! If you walk into that house wishing ‘I want to go in’, you’ll get smaller and you’ll be able to go in!”

After explaining how to enter, the alter ego strides along Seongil and moves to the Little Pineapple House.

Seeing that, the professors look at each other with bewildered expressions and start walking quietly behind them.

“…”

A bizarre pineapple-shaped house that has been transformed into a large one arrived shortly after walking. Seong-il, who arrived earlier, gestured to the faculty.

“Follow me! Come inside and you’ll know the whole truth.”

“…”

Unlike before, the faculty just snoops around and observes, and they quietly follow along without saying anything.

“…The inside is quite nice.”

The interior scene of the building as evaluated by Professor Wirain. Unlike the slightly bizarre exterior, the interior has a surprisingly normal appearance with antique furniture, which surprised the faculty positively.

Click!

“…?”

While the professors take a quick look inside, the owner, Seong-il, takes a seat at a table provided inside and takes out a memory ball prepared in advance.

As their eyes reach him again, Seong-il asks the professors one last time if they want the truth.

“Knowing the truth doesn’t necessarily lead to positive outcomes. Do you really want the truth?”

“…Of course!”

After all this chaos, they came all the way here, but they had no intention of withdrawing, so the three professors very resolutely demanded the truth from Seong-il.

“Yes. Then you can take a look at this memory orb. You’ve already used it once, so I don’t need to explain how to use it.”

After all the explanations, Seong-il sits on the sofa and closes his eyes and pretends to wait for their choice.

“I’ll look first. There’s no reason everyone should take the risk at once.”

Having said that, Professor Aron immediately reads the memory using the memory beads without waiting for the other professors to answer.

“!!!”

And the shocking memories that come in. Totally different from the world we live in. For some reason, the modern world, which seems to have developed technological civilization, discriminates against psychic people and gives them education that is close to torture.

And Seong-il appears as one of the suffering beings in that life. For a child, the only joy in life is playing old-time games made before civilization declined.

Then, one day, Seong-il accidentally awakens the power of being a game master and is able to enter and exit the game. Having gained such a chance, he begins to strengthen his abilities little by little in various worlds by going around the games he enjoyed.

‘…Game? No way?’

While reading his memories, Aaron realizes the existence of games and game worlds, and feels a chill in his spine. However, as a seasoned psychic, he desperately catches up with himself and concentrates on watching his video.

Seong-il, who developed his skills by wandering around several game worlds, accidentally discovers the secret of his world based on it.

‘It’s an extraterrestrial civilization… Alien…’

In fact, mankind has been thoroughly defeated, and the shocking truth that a group of extraterrestrial fanatics with transcendent civilizations have captured humans and ‘bred them up’ to suit their taste.

After that, Seong-il, whose purpose is sparse, begins to develop his skills faster and stronger by wandering around the world.

The reason he visited his world was actually to improve his skills. Aaron realizes that he wants to receive a formal education that he lacks on holy days and an education where he is treated ‘humanly’.

‘…Was this world also a game?’

In the meantime, after realizing the truth of reality, Seong-il does his best to help people in the game world who live a difficult life.

In the midst of confusion, Aaron realizes that Seong-il has secretly provided a lot of support for his world.

‘It wasn’t a lie.’

Professor Aron was able to realize why Seong-il was so proud of them. However, apart from that, the fact that he might be a fake is a pretty big blow even to him who is deeply disciplined, so he feels that his reason is shaken.

‘…!!’

In the meantime, he blankly stares at a video of a cookie that Seong-il took Lucille’s advice to. A strange conversation between Seong-il and a strange cosmic being called Space Space Meow.

“What is the truth, what is a lie?”

A transcendent being, more than a foreign press invading his world, doesn’t mind hearing that he is a fake from Seong-il. He even throws a bizarre Seon dialogue to Seong-il.

‘…Is that so?’

Just like Rachel did. Professor Aron also makes an expression as if he realized something after seeing the conversation between Seongil and Kitty.