Episode 20
【……huh?】
Geo crossed his legs.
He also slightly twisted his chin.
“I said I wouldn’t sign a contract. But why are you talking like a fish that’s already been caught? Am I a fish?”
【What are you talking about! You’re a cat. I can’t tolerate such a strange interpretation of the character.】
No, this is not it.
【why?】
The saint was at a loss, like a raccoon who lost cotton candy while washing it in a stream.
【Where can you find a contract that gives everything like this?】
Dear Customer, it would be troublesome if you suddenly change your mind like this.
The counselor was emotionally questioning me like a rookie counselor with only one month of experience.
Nine-year-old elementary school student Kyeonji-oh did not back down and responded like a seasoned customer.
“No, there are a lot of options, but I can’t quite figure them out.”
【Of course, you wouldn’t know just by hearing about it. Come experience it for yourself. It’s amazing!】
You have to try it on yourself to really feel the difference from other brands, sis.
This is a child who has been carefully selected and chosen from all over the universe. You will never regret it.
Geo folded his arms like a veteran consumer who has seen it all, responding to the typical over-the-top advertising shopping mall-style answer.
Psychologically, this posture is interpreted as discomfort or defensiveness toward the other person.
“……”
No more words are needed.
A master knows how to exert pressure without saying a word.
The anxious Sungwi began persuading customers at their eye level.
【Yeah, yeah.】
【I spoke a bit too harshly. I admit it. I reflect. I regret it. I did it out of greed to show off, I’m sorry.】
【But listen carefully. Baby, you’re signing a contract with this guy, right? Then, no matter how much you eat, play, and sleep, you’ll always be number one.】
【Because of the top student in the school next door, Seonyeong, our baby didn’t show it, but how stressed out was she? I know how upset our baby felt.】
“hmm……”
【Now, whenever Seonyeong brags about being number one, all Geo has to do is laugh inwardly.】
【’Hey, you little shit! You’re just the number one in Saetbyeolcho? I’m number one in the world. I have a whole truckload of brothers and sisters under me! Huh!’】
“Hmm……”
As expected of a nation weak to retaliatory cider, the little Korean boy, Gyeonjio, was shaken.
The imitation of the Angkaljin Castle was particularly tasty.
After that, a life of honey-sucking comfort that is different from others, a life of ultra-luxury where you never get a drop of water on your hands, etc.
Seongwi, who had been pulling out all sorts of repertoires, made his final declaration.
【I’ll make sure you only walk on a flower path.】
“……”
【Our stance is to do everything except what you don’t want to do.】
“good.”
【If that’s not enough…! Huh?】
“Good.”
Why? Why do you hate it?
I don’t care.
Geo, who had crossed his arms arrogantly, clasped his hands behind his back like a tyrant from the Joseon Dynasty.
……This reckless little brat. He’s really playing with it.
He called the manager before the little rat-sized brat could make another mistake.
【Babel.】
The ground beneath Gyeonjio’s feet floats.
The transcendent beings, the constellations, appear along with the disaster that leads the world to its end.
There are still differing opinions as to what these beings are.
Some believed that they were benevolent beings who had come to help humanity.
Some people also hate it, saying that it is in cahoots with Babel and one of the causes of the apocalypse.
But after looking into everything, the conclusion was always similar.
Whether good or evil.
Whatever it is.
If they hadn’t existed, humanity would have ended long ago.
There was no price to pay for the power they bestowed upon the ‘incarnation’ once they had formed a relationship with them.
From the observatory on the tower, the stars simply watched, simply helped.
Again, it was just a protection.
Thus, through the contract with the stars, humans were able to overcome their limitations and succeed in becoming more than just simple awakened beings.
Babel called this contract a sacred promise, a ‘covenant’.
As if it was natural, as if it had been called that way since time immemorial.
Geo took a deep breath.
different.
Even a small child could tell that something huge was ‘properly’ happening.
The son-in-law who suddenly became dark.
A crushing presence soon looms.
Explosively encroaching on space,
The highest rank.
– -. – – – .
Unknown golden patterns began to fill the air.
And as the wall cracks, the space opens up and reveals the eyes in the abyss!
‘what?’
Geo swallowed dryly. His hair stood on end. Goosebumps? Fear?
An instinctive fear came over me at the overwhelming difference in status.
He whispers soothingly.
【Do not be afraid.】
【There’s no need for that.】
【This is the oath of soul and origin.】
【According to the oldest promise, you and I will share our fate.】
【I will watch over you until your last, final step.】
【Keep it.】
【Will you sign a contract with me?】
……
……
I don’t like ambiguity.
I hate weak things even more. If I’m going to do it, I really have to do it right.
Geo finally checked.
“Are you sure it’s really that strong?”
【It’s hard for this incarnation to be too young. Yeah, Seda.】
“……Change it to Unnie instead. It’d be weird if you were always following me around. You’d sound like a pervert.”
【Even though he talks nonsense, he’s still cute.】
“As an incarnation. Of course, I am the only exception.”
【You haven’t even answered yet.】
“I will do it.”
The saint laughed.
I couldn’t see it, but I felt it.
“The ultimate saint, ‘■■■■’ requests the administrator to notarize the covenant.”
[Babel Network confirms external special contract.]
[Accessing the target’s history for approval.]
[Insufficient access rights. Operation stopped.]
[The verification process for covenant approval is omitted with higher-level constellation authority.]
[Execute the Covenant Seal.]
It was at the same time that notifications I had never seen before started popping up.
Underneath the floating feet, a pattern was drawn, the Babel emblem that Geo had been familiar with.
Within seconds, the space suddenly goes blank.
“……Hmph!”
A silent scream rang out.
I couldn’t tell where the ceiling was and where the floor was.
Geo was falling rapidly, his direction changing randomly and he was soon lying on his back.
Click, click.
The feeling of chains binding my whole body.
Dark gold chains rose from the air and enveloped Geo.
And just like that, the view fades away.
【My little Geo.】
[The only true incarnation – Gyeonjio.]
【The covenant has been concluded.】
[Your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’, informs you that the Covenant has been concluded.]
【you.】
[you are.]
【This time, it is mine, ■■■■. ■■■■.】
[ – An error has occurred. The voice of the saint cannot be read.]
* * *
In a blurred consciousness.
The last thing I remember is a hand sweeping across my forehead and a soft voice.
【Don’t be too sad when you go back. It was an inevitable time to receive a different grade.】
【Early or late, the result would not have changed.】
* * *
I knew right away what he meant.
Geo opened his eyes on a hospital bed.
It was a university hospital in Seoul, not a traditional Korean medicine hospital, and the family members who rushed to the hospital were all dressed in mourning clothes.
“G, G, G.O. Oh, G.O. Thank you, thank you… Our G.O. My daughter, my baby, my baby… Mommy is here. Do you recognize our daughter’s mommy? Are you okay? Yes?”
“mom……”
“Yes, Mom. It’s okay, it’s okay now. It’s over, it’s over……”
Kyeonji-oh stared blankly at the calendar while his mother sobbed while comforting him.
The date of awakening was April 1st.
Funny and coincidental,
It was April Fool’s Day.
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