Chapter 256 – Chapter 12 – Strangers
“… How do you know that?”
Yeo So-cheon’s agitated expression, which is rare.
Yeo So-cheon stiffened her expression and asked back to the demon in front of her.
Because she knew that she shouldn’t.
And the answer to her question is
“As expected, you were right.”
“… Yes?”
“I wasn’t sure, but seeing that you answered like that, it seems like my prediction was right.”
“?!”
It was enough to completely embarrass Yeo So-cheon.
“What are you doing now.”
“Even for me, it’s not easy to read hundreds or thousands of things that she blocked so delicately.”
“Profit.!”
Yeo So-cheon was ready to pull out her sword at any moment with her face turning red, but she couldn’t pull it out, so she just waved it around in the air.
“… Ha. Well, it’s my fault. I was so surprised for a moment that I just said it.”
“Since I’ve already told you, why not answer something else as well? I have quite a few questions about my student, too.”
Yeo Xiaocheon looked worried about a moment, then sighed and opened her mouth.
“Whew. Try it. There’s nothing you can’t answer when you’ve already said that.”
“What exactly is that guy’s identity?”
“… Yes?”
She was Yeo So-cheon, who was very embarrassed today.
“As soon as I saw him, I expected that he came from another world, but the more I look at him, the more strange things he becomes. It smells like at least two scents from an unfamiliar world mixed together. Is it possible for a human to do something like that in the first place?”
The scent of worlds other than this one emanating from his soul.
According to her common sense, it was impossible.
Crossing from dimension to dimension requires passing through the barrier surrounding each dimension twice, which is something that an ordinary soul cannot withstand even once.
If you say you did really well and got over it once, there’s nothing you can’t understand, but if you do it multiple times, it’s a completely different story.
“If his soul power is that strong, he probably has the destiny of a hero. The fate of the world will change through his footsteps.”
“So?”
“If you’ve seen it, you know. That guy isn’t a great person.”
She thought back on her time with him for a moment and then shook her head again.
“I can’t catch a bug because I’m scared. I feel sorry for the prey caught in a trap and let it go. What kind of hero is a guy who clings to me while frequently crying or acting like a fool?”
The guy who was born with the destiny of a hero was afraid of being alone, so I couldn’t leave him alone whenever he slept.
At his age, it would not be strange for him to have grown up and started a family and had several children, but if you look at what he still does, he is no different from a child.
So, I think about running away from home and leaving my teacher alone.
“Hmm… He’s definitely far from a hero.”
Yeo So-cheon also knew this, so he had no choice but to agree with his teacher’s words.
“I don’t know much about that either. What he can tell me is limited.”
“Are you not receiving enough trust?”
“Ha! If you want to make a provocation, make it plausible. Humans have human things, and God has divine things. No matter how much I serve Him, there is no need for me, as a human being, to have the necessary knowledge for God’s work.”
Even though he seemed clumsy, Yeo So-cheon had firm beliefs in this regard.
“Still. I know a little bit.”
“What is it?”
“Very rarely, there is such a soul. A soul that can cross the barrier between dimensions without side effects. It can be said to be a kind of mutation.”
“… I’ve never heard of it.”
“Of course not. What’s the need to know about one soul when you might search through thousands of dimensions and find just one?”
“…”
It’s an absurd probability.
No matter how long a nine-tailed fox has lived and has seen and heard a lot, it is a natural number not to know.
Considering the number of humans living in one dimension, it is safe to say that it is truly meaningless to think about possibilities.
… It has happened now, despite the odds.
“Then. Isn’t it great?”
“Well, you might think so, but it’s not really that great.”
“Hmm?”
“The soul can cross dimensions, but that doesn’t mean it can do it alone. In the end, you have to find a separate way to travel that enormous distance without damage. If the body can’t withstand the process, just take the soul and rebuild the body. I have to do it… But actually, being from another world isn’t worth that much.”
“Is that so?”
“The cost of investment is too great to use it for curiosity or research about other worlds. But is the soul that came across that much useful? That’s random. Maybe he was born with the qualities of a hero, or was he just born that way by chance? It may have been difficult to bring him in, but if he is a person without any abilities, the person who brought him in would suffer a great loss if he was brought in without consent in the first place.”
“Hmm.”
I knew that crossing dimensions was very difficult, but I didn’t know that such a situation existed.
It may be natural that we have only heard rumors over the years and have never actually seen it succeed.
But even so, there were still unresolved questions.
“Then how did he come across? Who called him again?”
“… There are circumstances there that are complicated to explain.”
Yeo So-cheon crossed her arms, frowning as if her head was already hurting.
“Originally, the world the man was going to be not this world. There is a world different from this Jungwon that has strange magic and such. It is the world where the white witch who was with you for a short time is located.”
“But how did you come here?”
“Why? The merciful One who happened to find the man walking into hell on his own while reading the stars in the sky allowed him to stay in this world.”
Yeo So-cheon spoke, puffing out her chest in triumph, but those who heard it just tilted their heads and asked back.
“… Isn’t it true that you intercepted the guy who was originally supposed to go in the other direction?”
“It was intercepted! It was definitely a rescue! I don’t know what the circumstances are, but I don’t think there would be a crazy person in the world who would walk into that world on their own. The White Witch claims it was a fair contract, but no matter how you look at it, it’s clearly a fraud.”〈 Br〉
“What kind of condition is that?”
“Well, that’s… Ok. It’s hard to explain.”
I’m not sure, but judging by her reaction, it seemed like she was in quite a bad state.
“What happens next is whatever you think. Now he couldn’t return to the world he came from, and he couldn’t be sent to hell either, so he ended up staying in this world.”
“I understand roughly, but no matter how much I think about it, there’s one more thing I don’t understand.”
“I have a lot of questions. What is it?”
Unlike the questions I had been asking for a long time, this question took a long pause as if I was contemplating whether to ask or not, and then I finally got it out of my mouth.
“What on earth is that body that that guy possessed?”
“…”
And Yeo So-cheon, who had always given immediate answers up until now, seemed to hesitate to answer this question.
“When I first found him, his spirit and body were not compatible and were in a distorted state. That’s why I judged him to be from another world.”
“… But?”
“But as time went by, and I gave it some treatment… It attached itself so easily. It was as if it was a body that originally fit the soul.”
“…”
“If he came from another world, shouldn’t his body exist in this world? Existence of the body means that it is in the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and shouldn’t the soul and body only be able to fit together? For that person, I came to this world at that time. If a new body is created, there will be problems in reincarnation, but if that person takes over someone else’s body, the soul that used that body before will lose its way and there will be problems in reincarnation.”
“Woo.”
“Don’t tell me that the soul and the body coincided by chance. I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I kept looking. That’s his body. Not someone else’s body.”
“… I can’t tell you in detail. There are various circumstances here as well.”
“… So?”
“But… I will tell you that it is related to the answer to the question you asked in the beginning. Why does the Heavenly Demon appear in all of your disciples’ heavenly records?”
“…”
After staring at Socheon for a while with her nine protruding tails shaking, she put her tail back in and started walking.
“That’s it. Now that her curiosity has been resolved, she’s going to go home.”
“… Wait a minute. Are you just going to ask as many questions as you can and that’s it? My question is.”
“If you ask me a question, I’ll answer in detail. There’s no reason why I can’t explain in particular.”
“It feels like the words have bones.”
“So. What are you curious about? Are you curious about his erogenous zones?”
“I’m not curious! And anyway, the whole human body… Ah, anyway!”
Yeo Xiaochen’s face instantly turned red, and she screamed more, as if trying to hide her embarrassment.
“I asked you why you risked your life to save us!”
“Oh. Come to think of it, I asked that question.”
“I don’t know what your intentions are, but it would be better if I don’t give in to this easily. Why would you risk your life to save us?”
“As a teacher, there is no way I can ignore the lives of my students’ wives.”
“… Yes?”
Yeo So-cheon tilted her head with an expression that made her think she had heard correctly.
“I just didn’t want to see him come out and lose the relationship he had built. And also look sad.”
-Jump-jump-jump-jump
Yeo So-cheon could only stare blankly for a long time as she walked ahead.
