The military is a love-hate thing for men.
If you’ve ever been there, you’ll know what I mean.
You can’t just hate it, nor can you just love it… .
It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but when I think about it, all I can remember are horrible memories… .
There were certainly enjoyable and meaningful experiences, but as time passes and I look back on them, I realize that they weren’t all that meaningful.
If someone heard this, they might ask why it’s so unnecessarily philosophical, but I think many would agree.
That’s what it means to have a love-hate relationship.
As much as a girlfriend who wears her rubber shoes backwards….
“Why do you keep talking to yourself? And you’ve never dated a girl before?”
“… Brother Dokgo, you don’t hit people with facts.”
“Hey! Call me sergeant! This is the army, not the outside!”
“A letter from the heart… .”
“… … Just call me hyung.”
It was Dokgo Hyung who was grumbling and complaining to him, and Lee Han looked at him with curiosity as he muttered to himself, ‘Ah, if I hadn’t gotten promoted, I would have beaten this kid up.’
‘It’s so realistic.’
Not only the face, but even the way he spoke and his personality were all like that of Dokgo, the brother he knew.
My older brother’s father read a martial arts novel and was impressed by it, so he named him ‘Gu-Pae’. Perhaps because of the name, he had a great personality.
He doesn’t treat his soldiers rudely, and he knows how to take good care of them. Even when there are people like Lee Han who call him “hyung”, he just grumbles and ignores them.
So, even the soldiers who had a firm belief that ‘officers are the enemy!’ only designated Dokgo Hyung as ‘on the same side.’
‘Because he was a good person… .’
Only those who know know what a great achievement it is to be called as one of the executives.
Lee Han ended up laughing out loud.
“Why split it?”
“No, I just like seeing your face.”
“…?”
“There is something like that.”
“…you crazy bastard.”
… There is no need to implement such swearing as if it were real.
‘What a fucking [trap].’
That too is very bad… … .
* * *
It didn’t take long for Lee Han to realize that he had fallen into a terrible trap.
There was some confusion, but I think it was time to realize that this was an ‘illusion’.
That too.
‘It’s a wonderfully well-made fantasy.’
An illusion where even the five senses and pain feel real.
The breeze feels cool, the food tastes good, and exercise makes you feel painful and out of breath.
Even the sensations felt so real that if it were anyone else, they would have even suspected that they had actually been resurrected from their previous life.
However, Lee Han did not ignore the ‘strange feeling’ that was tickling in a corner of his mind.
Feeling uneasy.
The unpleasantness of naming things like that makes us realize that this world is an illusion.
The biggest evidence of all is.
Pfft!
“Wow! This snake, what kind of gunshot sound is coming from your fist?!”
“oh my god…!”
It is a miracle, a feat he created himself, proof of his efforts and what history teaches us.
… that this world is nothing but an illusion.
‘The reaction is very slightly delayed.’
Micro-level finesse.
An ordinary person probably wouldn’t even notice the subtlety.
Because it was just a very small element in micro units.
But how many times did these micro differences save Lee Han’s life?
Even if Lee Han denies everything else, he cannot deny his own efforts.
Because it was an act of insult to one’s own life.
That’s why this world is full of lies.
‘How do I wake up?’
I realized that it was an illusion.
Then there must be a way to break it.
that….
“-Ah, there’s something I have to do before that.”
Lee Han suddenly remembered that there was something he had to do in this fantasy.
should….
“-Hey, you crazy kid! How can you beat up the battalion commander and his son like that!”
“But did you feel refreshed inside?”
“… … That, that’s not the problem…!!”
“Haha.”
“Don’t laugh so strangely, Inma!”
Lee Han laughed heartily inside the military prison.
Because it can’t help but be a refreshing moment when ten years, no, forty years of stagnation are suddenly cleared away.
* * *
In his previous life, he had several enemies he held a grudge against.
The number one priority, no matter what anyone says, was the battalion commander and the lieutenant, in other words, the battalion commander’s son, who were the main culprits of stress during his time as a non-commissioned officer.
To him, who in his previous life considered it a virtue to be obedient and good like a fool, those two guys were no different from mortal enemies.
Frankly, the seven long hours of beating him was a lot compared to what he had been through.
However, Lee Han still had many people he had to beat up.
‘It’s just an illusion anyway, so I’ll just let go of my grudge or something.’
Since we don’t know how to get out yet, shouldn’t we enjoy this world for now?
Boom!
Lee Han immediately escaped from the military prison.
If I continue like this, I’ll only be punished for insubordination and assault, so if I’m going to be punished, I might as well do everything I can and then be punished.
Although his body had powers that were insignificant compared to the abilities of his main body, in modern society, even such insignificant powers would be considered Kryptonian.
Lee Han went looking for his targets for revenge one by one.
“It’s been a while, teacher.”
“Who, who…?”
“They say that perpetrators don’t remember their victims, but even if it’s a fantasy, it’s still really gross. Well, I don’t really need to remember. Let’s get beaten up for the shit you did to me, teacher.”
He tore out the spine and eyes of that teacher who didn’t treat him like a human being because he had no money and no parents.
“You guys are living well, you damn kids. I guess you have to live badly to make a lot of money? All your cars are foreign cars, you rotten punks.”
“Yes, how did you get here….”
“That’s not important, but first of all, I can’t forgive you.”
“Hey, wait a minute…!”
In the case of the bullies from my school days, I was given a full course meal of the most difficult and frustrating things.
It was so good that every bone and muscle in his body twisted in expression of joy.
and….
“Yes, why are you here!”
“Oh, I think that’s a bit lacking compared to what I’ve already said.”
“Go, don’t come any closer! Don’t come any closer!!”
He went back to the battalion commander and his son and beat them up.
Could feeling this refreshed ever be possible?
‘Hey, who are these guys who say revenge is futile?’
“It feels so good, but the guy who said that has never gotten revenge.”
“… … .”
“Oh, really, Dokgo hyung?”
“
Dokgo Gu-pae, who had been behind him for some time, came up to him with his hair disheveled, not saying a word even as he beat up the battalion commander and his son.
“Then you should have stopped me. You didn’t even try to stop me.”
“Are you the kind of person who would listen to me if I told you to stop?”
“You won’t listen, right?”
“Yeah, that’s the kind of guy you are.”
“… … .”
Lee Han stared blankly at Dokgo Gupae, and soon nodded.
“… You really aren’t Dokgo hyung.”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“You seem to be good at imitating other guys, but you seem to have failed at imitating Dokgo hyung. Maybe it’s because of you that I’ve become even more convinced that this world is an illusion…?”
“… … .”
“The Dokgo Gupae I know is a bigger martial arts fanatic than I am. He’s someone who would be more curious about the techniques I use than the indiscriminate retaliation I do. But he has no interest in the techniques I use? That’s not the Dokgo Gupae I know.”
He is the person who led Lee Han to the path of martial arts novels, and at one point even had a discussion about martial arts novels with him.
If Lee Han had a martial arts master, it was none other than Dokgo Gupae.
“I think he was teased as a child because of his name, but he was a gentleman who ended up liking martial arts so much because of his name.”
“… … .”
“So, what are you? The master of this illusion?”
“… … Hmm, I never thought I’d get caught for such an absurd reason… .”
The man with the face of Dokgo Gupae, or rather Dokgo Gupae, had a dejected expression.
As if he didn’t know he would get caught so quickly.
also….
“I didn’t know I could get through the ‘gate’ so quickly.”
“… The gateway?”
“That’s the name of the world you call fantasy. It was originally a security device to prevent illegal intruders. It’s been almost 300 years since it was activated.”
“That kid was acting all smart and all….”
Lee Han thought of the window cleaner.
I thought it was great, but in reality, I fell into this trap.
“But don’t scold me too much. Even if it was an illegal trespass, it was still breached. And this gate isn’t all bad. There are many benefits to be gained from it. For example, it can help you overcome past traumas.”
“… Even so, it was just an illusion, so it doesn’t really mean anything, right?”
“Hmm, I can’t say for sure.”
“?”
“This gateway is [mystery] itself. The sacred laws that countless priests have spread are sacred laws, but the power of the sacred relics that exist within the sacred report is also so strong that it creates a world that is similar to reality. … It also summons ‘souls’ that actually exist, even if they are people from ‘another world’.”
“!?!!”
Lee Han’s eyes sparkled at those words.
What I mean is…!
“Then I… .”
“You’ve taken revenge. You’ve struck at the soul, so you’ll probably be in pain for the rest of your life without even knowing why, and misfortune will continue to befall you in various ways. The rest of your life will be miserable.”
“……oh my god.”
Lee Han was more shocked than ever.
To be honest, after I was reincarnated, I forced myself to let go of all the grudges from the past, but I didn’t know it would be resolved like this.
‘Somehow, it had a different taste and I felt refreshed…’
What kind of luck is this!
Lee Han’s eyes widened and he couldn’t understand why this was called a gateway or a security device.
This was a perfect coincidence.
In these strange thoughts… .
“No, it’s the gate. If you were a normal person, you wouldn’t be able to maintain your memories or self in this gate. If you were normal, you would have been assimilated into this gate and would have suffered from trauma forever. But since you are a knight who has ‘trained even your soul,’ you can only maintain your memories and self.”
“… … .”
“And even if you overcome the trauma, there is still a condition that you must succeed in finding me, the [Guardian] who maintains this gate. In that sense, among those who infiltrated the Holy Report, you were the one who overcame the trauma the fastest and found me, the Gatekeeper. So congratulations.”
“Is this, uh, something to celebrate?”
Of course, it was a happy thing to pass through the gate, but in the end, he came to steal the holy relic… .
In a way, I felt a little bit nervous when I received this congratulation.
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But the gatekeeper answered lightly.
“If a knight with an upright soul like you has invaded, there must be a reason. Or it must mean that the temple is doing something wrong.”
“… … .”
“The temple has a lot of accidents and corruption every 30 years or so. It’s something I’m used to, haha.”
“… I don’t think it’s something to laugh about… .”
“I don’t expect anything from humans anyway.”
“… … .”
… Lee Han thought that the darkness of the temple was truly deep, but he still found it refreshing that there was a period of 30 years during which no corruption was committed.
‘Why did I become corrupt when I was in the kingdom, you know?’
I also felt a little dissatisfied.
“life….”
“Haha, that’s just how life is, you know. Don’t despair too much.”
“… … Okay, just let me out quickly.”
“Oh, you have a habit of talking back to your boss.”
“You’re the gatekeeper.”
“Puhahaha, I got caught.”
“……hmm?”
Ilsun Lee Han raised his head.
A warm laughter that is somehow different from the laughter of the gatekeeper.
Hearing this, Lee Han opened his eyes wide as he checked the gatekeeper’s face… no, Dokgo Gu-pae’s face.
“-I’m glad you look healthy. I’ll visit your grave later. Well, even if I don’t go, the babies you saved often go. Can you believe that the ones you saved are already in middle and high school? Hehe!”
“… … Brother Dokgo?”
Lee Han called him late, their eyes met, and he reached out his hand.
But… … .
-Flash!
“… … .”
The next moment he opened his eyes, there was no one in front of Lee Han.
As if there was nothing from the beginning.
Lee Han-eun.
under!
“… I’ll give you some time to talk.”
I shook my head with a bitter smile as I realized the greatness of [Mystery] once again, but my bitter smile only lasted for a moment.
“… I’m glad you look healthy.”
I was just satisfied with meeting the person I had longed for.
