After checking the status window, I opened the door and came out.
“Siwoo?”
Outside, I saw my mother, Choi Woo-hee, preparing the table.
I took a deep breath and called my mother.
“mother.”
“huh? what’s the matter?”
“I want to go see my father.”
“… “What does that mean?”
At this point, Lee Si-woo does not know that his father is a barrier.
Sure, you may think it’s strange, but I had to force myself to go see my father with my mother.
“Gyeolgyesa, Lee Si-hyeon. “I want to meet my father.”
My mother’s expression hardened momentarily at my blunt words, but then returned to its original state.
“Siwoo, what do you mean? Your father is working abroad now… … .”
As expected, this seemed not enough.
“Sniper, Woohee Choi. “It’s my mother’s second name, Mom, you don’t have to hide it anymore.”
“you… Where did you hear about that… … .”
My mother’s eyes turned red at my words.
My words must have brought back memories that I never wanted to think about again.
“sorry. I’ll tell you when it’s all over. So, go to your father.”
My mother’s eyes wavered at my words.
***
“Nice to meet you all. “I am Kang Joo-hyuk, the homeroom teacher of Class 5.”
Kang Joo-hyuk, who was the homeroom teacher of class 5 in the first grade, held up the attendance sheet and started calling out names.
“Hwang Da-bin.”
“yes.”
“Selina.”
“yes.”
“Ji Tae-hoon.”
“yes.”
“Yoo Ah-ram.”
“yes.”
“Jeong Joo-won.”
“yes.”
Most students were answering correctly.
Well, it’s the entrance day of Gakseong High School. Now that my admission was confirmed, I couldn’t even think about being late or absent.
“Lee Si-woo.”
“… … .”
“Lee Si-woo? “Student Lee Si-woo, didn’t you come?”
When I looked around half the classroom, there was one seat empty.
“I don’t think Lee Si-woo came.”
Kang Joo-hyuk nodded at the words of Hwang Da-bin, who was sitting at the front of the classroom.
Kang Joo-hyuk crossed out Lee Si-woo’s name on the attendance register, thinking that there was someone who didn’t come even after entering Awakening High School.
2.
I gave up on things like entrance ceremonies.
If it were Lee Si-woo before, he would have entered school today and built friendships with a variety of friends.
However, for me, who realized that there was something to be resolved first in order to truly see the ending, meeting my father, who would be guarding the barrier, took priority over the entrance ceremony.
Fortunately, it wasn’t difficult to convince my mother.
As my mother and I arrived at the barrier sealing the final gate, we could see the guards blocking us.
“Choi Woohee? I didn’t hear about the visit… … .”
“Wait a minute, next to me…” “Is this your son?”
I stepped forward after seeing the guards’ expressions suddenly change when they saw me.
“I guess I told Choi Kang to contact me when I show up?”
“How dare you, Choi Kang… … .”
I waved my hand. The orb that was circling my hand shot out at the guards at incredible speed.
“Huh?”
“dare!”
One guard could not react, but the other guard did.
When I saw that, I moved towards the guard who reacted to the bead.
“Gagging.”
The guard, who failed to react to the marble’s movement as expected, was struck in the neck by the marble and lost consciousness.
However, another guard saw the marble flying and even struck it down with the spear he was holding.
However, he was so busy hitting the marbles that he didn’t notice me approaching.
With a quick movement, I went behind him and struck the back of the guard’s neck with the blade of my hand.
“Gagging.”
“Ah, son… … . When did this… … .”
My mother, who saw my movements for the first time in the 4th episode, couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
“Shall we go?”
My muscles screamed at the sudden movement, but it didn’t matter.
I just had to hold on until I met my father.
As I approached the barrier, I was able to meet my father, who was maintaining the barrier, for the first time.
“honey?”
My father, who discovered the two of us approaching the barrier, looked at me and my mother in turn with an expression of disbelief.
“Siwoo’s dad!”
“No, how can we get here…” … .”
“Nice to meet you, father. I am your son, Lee Si-woo.”
At those words, Lee Si-hyeon’s eyes in the fourth episode began to be filled with surprise.
“No, how…” … . “Are you my son?”
“Yes, father.”
“many… “You’ve grown up.”
My father’s expression as he looked at me was full of regret and disappointment.
“Due to the circumstances, I don’t think I can talk at length.”
“So, how did you get here? I even gave permission to Siwoo’s mom, but I definitely wouldn’t have been able to meet you… … .”
“I brought down the guard.”
“you… The awakened one… … .”
Seeing my father’s surprised attitude once again, I told him without any further delay.
“father.”
“huh?”
“The reason I persuaded my mother to come see my father is to ask for one favor.”
My father, who saw my serious expression, had the same expression as the father I saw in the principal’s office at Awakening High School.
“Let me ask you this. “Please lift the barrier right now.”
“Si, Siu, what are you talking about?”
My mother, who heard my request, tried to dissuade me.
It seemed like he thought I wouldn’t know what would happen if I lifted the barrier.
“I know that if the barrier is lifted, the final gate will open and the demon will awaken. However, if things continue like this, my father, mother, and I will only become unhappy.”
“but… … .”
“father. Don’t think that this world is maintained because of your sacrifice. There are a lot of people to fight with. Seven heroes… No, traitors are also the first people to come out if the barrier is broken. “I don’t have to sacrifice for people anymore.”
My father seemed shaken by my words.
Why not?
It was a whopping 17 years.
The moment his son was born, the father was unable to stay by the mother’s side.
I always wanted to watch my son closely, but circumstances did not allow that.
But I was getting more and more tired of this life. The son’s words that appeared in such a situation were truly a sweet temptation.
“Now your father has the right to be happy too.”
Lee Si-hyeon collapsed at the last words he spoke.
“Anyone wants!”
At that time, a familiar voice was heard from behind.
3.
Choi Kang and Yoon Ga-on appeared after hearing that the guards at the barrier had fallen.
“Lee Si-hyeon, if you lift the barrier, countless people will have to suffer again.”
“Can you handle all that pain?”
I slowly looked back at the two people.
“Same goes for you.”
The faces of the two people who saw my face were full of puzzled expressions.
It seemed like he thought it was his mother who knocked down the guard.
“Choi Woohee! What on earth did you do… … .”
“Mother doesn’t care. “I moved it all on my own.”
At those words, Yoon Ga-on turned to Choi Kang.
Choi Kang asked me.
“What is the same?”
“Do you guys feel at ease if your father continues to maintain a barrier like this here?”
It was Choi Gang who answered what I said.
“Even if we feel a little uncomfortable, shouldn’t we prioritize the safety of many people first? “When I think of the sacrifice made when the barrier was lifted and the gate appeared again.”
The best answer was an extremely reasonable one.
It certainly seemed like I would have said that even in my strongest position.
However, even if they saw the ending like this, they couldn’t be happy.
Of course, they may not want to be happy.
‘But to get the ending everyone wants, you guys have to be happy.’
I looked back at my father who was maintaining the barrier.
Then, I asked my father again the question I asked him in the third session.
“Father, let me ask you one more question. “Father, can you forgive those who trapped you in the barrier?”
At my words, Lee Si-hyeon looked at Choi Kang and Yoon Ga-on.
Lee Si-hyeon had heard that they were called the Seven Heroes.
The real heroes are themselves, but they did not tell their story to the public.
All things considered, the Seven Heroes were traitors.
“I am… “I cannot forgive them.”
When my father answered the same way as the third time, I spoke to him again.
“Then, please follow my lead. “If my father cannot forgive them, it is right to lift the barrier here and now.”
My father’s expression shook at my confident words.
I looked back at my mother with an expression hoping for her to fire back.
My mother noticed my expression and helped me.
“Honey, it was Siwoo who asked me to come here today. “I don’t know where he heard about you, but Siwoo gave up attending Awakening High School and came here.”
At those words, Lee Si-hyeon opened her eyes wide.
Although Lee Si-hyeon was cut off from the world, he was listening to stories about the world through his wife and guards.
He also knew very well what kind of place Gakseong High School was.
However, the fact that he even gave up on enrolling there and came to see him meant that his son had made a big decision.
Lee Si-hyeon couldn’t bear to let her son’s decision be filled with regret.
“I’m sorry. “Even if everyone sacrifices, I want to follow my son’s decision.”
“Lee Si-hyeon!”
“no!!”
The power that maintained the barrier returned to my father.
Then the barrier began to collapse.
4.
[The barrier protecting the final gate has collapsed. The final gate appears again to the world.]
Something this easy.
With just one word from me, my father released the barrier, and a system message appeared once again around the world.
I smiled as I saw the system message.
It went as planned.
Opening the gate at this point might have entailed great sacrifice.
However, this choice was the best.
[An error occurred, an error occurred. An error has occurred in the system. The difficulty increases rapidly.]
“huh?”
At that time, a system message appeared saying that an error had occurred.
-Hahaha!! The barrier finally collapsed. All troops advance!!
Amidst the broken barrier, the shining final gate began to open.
“shit! We have to stop it! “Demons are coming from the demon world!”
“Issihyeoeon!!”
I watched Choi Kang and Yoon Ga-on running towards the final gate.
Something was wrong.
‘Wouldn’t it have been enough for my father to break the barrier and make it so that the feelings of the Seven Heroes would no longer be hurt?’
I thought that even if the gate opened right away, seven guilds would be able to cover it.
I thought I could think about it later, but I couldn’t.
-Hahaha!! I’ve been waiting for this day!! Strongest!! Gyeolgyesa Temple!! Everyone die!!
When I saw the demon coming out of the final gate, I activated ‘Transfer’ without hesitation.
“Using the talent ‘Undo’. “It goes back to how it was before the regression.”
When the talent ‘Revert’ was activated, a huge vortex of light began to surround me.
