Chapter 6 – Reincarnation
Here, ranker refers to the top adventurers who venture into the labyrinth.
The labyrinth is a passage that connects Lumen, the world ruled by the Bright God, and another world that is invading Lumen.
There are many labyrinths in Lumen, but among them, there were 3 labyrinths of exceptional level,
One of them was located in Remumuni, which in ancient language had the grand name of the last citadel of mankind.
Thanks to this, Remumuni is said to have prospered as much as the capital of the empire with by-products from the labyrinth and adventurers who ventured into it.
“Is it such a great place? “I can’t wait to go.”
“… Even if you say that, they won’t let you go. “You are still too young to leave the village.”
“Tch!”
Jun clicked his tongue lightly, then smiled heartily and held out his hand to Leonard.
Leonard tried to ignore the touch, but Fortuna approached him and glared at him so harshly that he had no choice but to take a fairy tale out of her pocket and place it in his hand.
“Lol. Thank you, boss.”
“A nasty guy.”
Leonard shook his head as if he was tired and continued talking, gesturing as if to say goodbye.
“I will take care of the rest, so take Leon to the market and come back.”
“Uh, are you there yet? “I thought Linda and Hennie took Sangsang as soon as he arrived.”
“Hehe. “I haven’t finished drinking ‘that’ yet.”
A mischievous smile appeared on Leonard’s face,
“Ah.”
“‘That’.”
Soon, mischievous smiles appeared on Fortuna and Jun’s faces.
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Jun and Fortuna left Leonard’s office and walked straight to the dining room.
After a while, the two people arrived at the restaurant and could see a handsome boy sitting alone at the table, glaring at ‘that’.
Even though he was just sitting normally, the sight of the handsome boy reflected in the sunlight coming through the window was like a painting.
“Leon.”
“Ah. June, Fortuna. “It’s coming now.”
Leon, a handsome boy with blonde hair, smiles brightly at Jun’s call.
Is it simply his mood that makes the surroundings seem brighter just by his smile?
“Father Leonard was looking for you. Did you meet him?”
“Yes, he asked me to help him with some work.”
“Did the village chief do something wrong again?”
Leon’s soft voice calmed down.
Jun and Fortuna, who were sitting across from him and joking with each other, turned their heads to look at him when they heard that voice.
He had extremely cold eyes befitting his age.
“Jun, tell me quickly.”
A short but powerful request.
Jun, who hesitated to teach the dirty side of adults, eventually nodded his head.
“He embezzled the village’s public funds. I think he used it as a bribe to get back to Lemum Muni.”
“… Will there be punishment? “It’s already been passed over twice.”
“It will be difficult any longer. As for the last embezzlement, you barely got away with it by sending your son to Remumuni and gathering all your connections.”
“Then that’s a good thing.”
As if he had just had a moment, Leon smiled softly again.
Likewise, the cool atmosphere surrounding the restaurant changed to warm.
Looking at him like that, Jun thought.
This boy is absolutely not an ordinary child.
‘Well, what if it’s not normal? It’s not causing any harm to me.’
To be honest, even a few years ago when I just realized his specialness, Jun spent every day anxious.
Just by looking at him, it was impossible to know what kind of trouble he, who was born with noble blood, would bring about here.
But fortunately, even as the years passed, the feared thing did not happen, and naturally, Jun’s anxiety was greatly diluted.
Well, it may change when he becomes an adult, but by then, Jun will have disappeared, leaving only an indefinite promise: ‘Let’s eat together sometime.’
“Okay, so don’t worry about that anymore and mind your own business.”
“Yes, shiny. Quickly drink all of that. “The boss told me to take you to the market.”
“Ugh!”
At Jun and Fortuna’s urging, Leon frowned like he did when he first saw him and began glaring at the ‘thing’ in the cup.
Bubbly
A black liquid that bubbles like a witch’s poison even though a considerable amount of time has passed since it was boiled.
Every time an air bubble burst, a stomach-churning stench permeated the tip of my nose.
“Whoop!”
Leon closed his eyes tightly and lifted the cup, but in the end he couldn’t even bring it to his mouth and ended up gagging and putting the cup down.
After several retries, he finally managed to put it in his mouth, but before he could drink it, he started crying and puffed out his cheeks as if he was going to vomit at any moment.
“Kkeukkeuk”
“Kikiki”
“… Please stop laughing so hard.”
“I don’t like it.”
“I don’t like it.”
“Haa~.”
Leon sighed at the sight of the two people shaking their heads without the slightest hesitation.
Then he looked down at the black liquid again and said.
“What on earth was the wise man thinking when he made this so tasteless?”
“Well, didn’t they make it that way so that I could give up the idea of growing easily?”
The identity of the black liquid in Leon’s cup is an elixir of growth created for future generations by a wise man who was active during the Second Defense War 500 years ago.
Short-term use is not effective, but long-term use will develop the body, improve core performance, and grow the soul.
It is not yet clear exactly what it means for the soul to grow, but at first glance, it was not a particularly harmful effect.
The first two effects alone were more effective than any other elixir, so many people drank this elixir regardless of social status.
However, only a very few people saw the efficacy of the elixir.
It wasn’t that it was particularly difficult to obtain.
This elixir was very easy to obtain because it was made by adding a few commonly available herbs to the process of neutralizing the alien mana, also known as demon energy, emitted by the labyrinth by the mana of this world.
However, the reason why only a few people have seen its efficacy is because this elixir is truly tasteless.
The taste of this elixir is truly out of this world.
It tasted spicy, bitter, salty, sour, and somehow burnt.
Moreover, the texture was absolutely disgusting.
It was thick and sticky, like a mixture of watery poop and snot.
Because of this, there was a saying going around in the world that it would be better to take a poisonous medicine than to take this elixir of growth.
In fact, in some countries, prisoners were given this elixir when they were being tortured.
“If you add a little water…”
“Will it work?”
“… It won’t work.”
This elixir was as easy to corrupt as it was easy to make.
Even if you add a few drops of water, it quickly deteriorates and loses its effectiveness.
So, when you drink it, you must drink it on an empty stomach, and you cannot eat anything else until digestion is complete.
Because of this, it was also impossible to paralyze the sense of taste with special drugs.
“If you can’t eat it, just throw it away. How long will I hold on to you? “Linda and Henny will be waiting for you.”
“Whew~. I understand.”
In the end, Leon gave up on taking the elixir.
However, rather than throwing the elixir away, he held it out in front of Jun.
Jun received the elixir familiarly, as if he knew it would happen.
He always didn’t throw away the elixir he couldn’t drink and let Jun drink it instead.
“Wow!”
Jun gently lifted the cup and smelled the elixir, then immediately put the cup down and retched.
After that, the cup never fell off the table, as if it had been glued together.
“Stop playing around and eat now.”
“Tch. “I urge you on a subject that is far away.”
“My Juni, what did you say just now?”
“I didn’t say anything. “Mom.”
Jun responded to Fortuna’s harsh question with a smile and then exhaled all the breath in his lungs.
He then activated the psychic core,
With his significantly improved thinking ability, he clearly imagined himself drinking the elixir right in front of his eyes.
Quiet~
It goes without saying, but imagining what you want doesn’t mean it will actually happen.
However, Jun’s skills used one after another made it possible.
Skill-Realize
The cup, which had been immovable, slowly began to move.
After a while, the cup reached Jun’s mouth, and he opened his mouth and gulped down the elixir as he had imagined.
Gulp
The sound of the mokuldae moving and something being swallowed echoed throughout the restaurant.
Fortuna and Leon watched Jun drink the elixir, their faces turning pale even though they were not drinking it.
“Wow!”
There were times when my skills were lost due to the harshness and disgust of the elixir.
Each time, Jun used the skill again with the power of his characteristic ‘endless mental power’.
“Turn it off!”
Tak!
Nevertheless, he consumed the elixir in the cup without leaving a single drop.
“Oh, good job, my Junie.”
“You’re so amazing, Jun!”
Fortuna and Leon clapping and cheering.
However, the location of the two people was still far away.
No, in fact, the distance between them widened further, and the two people were halfway out of the restaurant.
It was a reaction he had been seeing since he started taking the elixir when he was around 3 years old, so Jun got up and ran to them without saying a word.
And then…
“Puh-ha! Poison Breath Dot!”
“Aaaaah! “You crazy guy!”
“June! “I told you not to do that!”
Feeling anxious, he followed the two people running away and spread his bad breath like crazy.
