Side Story Episode 6 – The Strange Stranger (2)
Seo-joon’s amazing dismantling work continued.
The swarms of flying spiders were so numerous that they covered the sky in pitch black.
However, Seo-joon’s hand movements were so fast,
Most of all, it was because of the power that was sealed on its own.
Kwajik.
puck!
The scattered swarms of flying spiders were dead, just right to be dismantled.
‘Isn’t it rather nice?’
Seojun continued the dismantling work with a smile.
Usually, there was nothing to dismantle, because it just broke.
So, I used to entrust the dungeon raid to my teammates…
‘Come to think of it, I don’t know if the team members are doing well…’
Kwajik.
puck.
As if Seo-joon was shaking off the thoughts that came to him.
The demolition work continued.
And just then.
“Uh, how could you…!”
A trembling voice came from somewhere.
Turn your gaze in the direction from which the sound came.
There, Carls was looking at Seo-joon with an expression of disbelief.
“I-I can’t admit it! This is… this is…!”
It was an expression of disbelief.
For some reason, it seemed that he couldn’t acknowledge Seo-jun’s skill, which was superior to his own.
Apparently Carls is called the Sword Master.
Of course, he was never the sword master that Seojun thought of him.
Is your pride in yourself blooming in the wrong direction?
Or am I just stupid
That was the first impression, but
Seo-joon could clearly see Carl’s tendencies.
That’s why Seo-joon didn’t say much about the situation just now.
I didn’t see any reason to prove it.
I don’t want to believe it even if I see it with my own eyes… What can I do?
In the first place, whether Carls believed it or not.
It didn’t matter anyway.
There is only one thing that is important to Seo-joon.
“These corpses are mine, though. I can’t yield.”
Scattered corpses of flying spiders.
That was the money he could get!
Kwajik.
puck.
Should Seo-jun go and steal the corpses?
Disassembly continued at an astonishing pace.
And Carls, who was watching it.
“·······”
For the first time in his life, Carls could feel the outrageous experience.
A stunning silence that fell for a while.
How much time had passed like that?
Suddenly, Seo-joon raised his head.
Then, Seojun asked Carls again.
“Oh. Are they dispatched from the capital by any chance?”
At Seo-jun’s sudden question, Carl’s mind began to go blank.
Even so, why are you asking that?
Suddenly, while disassembling a monster corpse!
As if he knew what Carl’s question was.
Seojun immediately continued.
“In that case, could you please guide me to the capital? Maybe it’s my first trip, so I’m confused about the route, and I have to meet the Emperor.”
“What, what?”
Carls could feel the experience of returning Oi once again.
No, I was on the verge of ascending to heaven this time.
That would be the emperor of the empire Seo-jun said.
As the ruler of this dimension, he was the most noble of all dimensions.
Of course, it was an existence that I did not dare to meet.
To be precise, it was an existence that I could not meet even though I called him like a friend.
“Stop talking nonsense!”
Carls yelled and continued talking as if in anger.
“His Majesty is not someone your Cat would dare to meet!”
“Uh… is that so?”
“Yes!”
“okay.”
Seojun nodded as if he understood.
Kwajik.
puck.
Then, the disassembly begins again…
“·······”
Carls really couldn’t understand Seo-joon.
I didn’t even want to understand.
Right then.
width!
A mentor came out of Seo-jun’s arms.
“postmark···?”
Carls looked slightly surprised at the sudden appearance of his mentor.
A dwarf the size of a fist.
It was the first race that Kals had ever seen in his life.
The mentor whimpered and landed on Seo-jun’s shoulder.
He crossed his arms and puffed out his cheeks.
<It’s very expensive.>
“He is the emperor. It can be anything.”
Seojun continued the dismantling process and naturally received the mentor’s words.
<If that’s the case, Aren’s letter of recommendation isn’t very useful, is it?>
“Um, well…?”
Seojun was speechless and received the mentor’s words.
It was because the words of the mentor sounded plausible.
Somehow, the emperor in this dimension seemed to be quite different from the concept of an emperor that Seo Jun thought of.
In this way, let alone the imperial palace where the emperor resides,
It was questionable whether they would let them into the capital.
‘Ehh.’
Somehow… I felt like I had to go through quite complicated things before meeting the emperor.
And just then.
“Hey, wait!”
Suddenly, Carls exclaimed in amazement.
Seojun suddenly wanted something and turned his head.
and looked at it.
For some reason, Carls was looking at Seo-jun with a shocked expression.
Why are you staring blankly at me?
“Ba, what did you just say?”
Carls asked Seo-jun in a trembling voice.
“Uh… well? did you say that?”
“no! Before that!”
Previously?
“You mean you can do that because you’re the emperor?”
“no!!!!”
Carls yelled out loud with an expression that seemed like he was going to die of frustration.
“Didn’t I say it was Aren’s letter of recommendation!!!”
“uh···.”
That’s what my mentor said, not me.
And you know, why are you asking?
Although Seo-joon was a little unfair…
well anyway
“Why is that?”
“Why is that?!”
Carls shouted again with a shocked expression.
“Yes, you, how do you know Aren?”
“Yeah…”
For a moment, Seo-joon didn’t know how to answer this.
If you think about it…
Because Seo-joon didn’t know how he came to know Aren.
It was the last day that Seo-joon met Aren for the first time.
It was when I came to this dimension for 10 months of training.
At that time, Seo-jun was stuck in a deep mountain and practiced only repeatedly.
The apostolic ceremony is coming,
Until then, I had to develop the strength to deal with the great voice.
I couldn’t be interested in anything other than training.
So naturally, I didn’t really investigate this dimension.
I thought it would have its own civilization, but I didn’t confirm it.
I literally just practiced.
Just repeating the training like that, suddenly.
I had met Aren.
That’s why Seo-joon didn’t know how to answer this.
“How come?”
At least this seemed like the right amount.
Seojun nodded his head, very satisfied with his explanation.
But maybe Carls didn’t like Seo-jun’s explanation.
“What, what is this…”
Carl’s expression was distorted for an instant.
To be precise, it was as if there was no way he could know Aren because of ‘somehow’.
Perhaps because of that, Carl’s expression began to twist and turn.
He seemed to think that Seojun was making fun of him.
And because of Carl’s personality, if he felt that way, he would have rushed right into it.
But is it because I just saw Seo-joon’s inaction?
“this person···!”
Carl’s only clenched his fists and trembled.
I was unable to take any action.
Carls stood there swaying like that for a long time.
And after some time
“Didn’t you also say that you received a letter of recommendation?”
He asked again in a voice filled with anger.
Seojun nodded and responded to Carl’s words.
“Ah yes. I am on my way after receiving Aren’s request.”
right at that moment.
“·······”
“·······”
“·······”
For an instant, a thick silence descended around them.
At the sudden situation, Seo-joon could not hide his embarrassment.
That would also be the case, Carls stood still with his mouth wide open.
After that, not to mention Lieutenant Lelith,
Because the entire Knights who were watching the situation were excited.
Why are you doing that… for a moment.
“That, that, that, that nonsense…!!!”
Carls exclaimed loudly with an expression of disbelief.
“Ah, could Aren-sama write a letter of recommendation for you, Cat?”
“Here I am.”
Seo-joon took out Aren’s letter of recommendation from his bosom.
It was because it seemed that it would be faster to show it once than to explain it painfully.
Also, is it possible that Aren’s mark was engraved on the letter of recommendation?
“・・・・・・!!!!”
The look on Carl’s face as he looked at the letter of recommendation was indescribable with words now available.
“Oh, oh my god…!”
It seems Carls has lost his mind.
He was just spitting out bizarre words.
Lerritt, who had been backing away at the sight of Carl’s like that, approached with great strides.
The man who tried to kill Seo-joon for blocking the path of the punitive force.
“I-can I check it, would it be okay…?”
Lelith cautiously asked Seo-jun.
It was a completely different attitude from the previous one, which was ignored and looked down on.
Seojun nodded slowly,
Lelith quietly accepted the letter of recommendation from Seo-jun.
And then the moment you want to check the contents of the recommendation.
Pajijijijijik!!
Suddenly, with a strong spark, the letter of recommendation fell from Lelith’s hand.
It seemed that it was made so that it could only be opened by the emperor.
Lerritt seemed to feel numb in his hands and repeatedly opened and closed his fists.
And Lelith is at the level of a cataclysm hero.
There weren’t many beings who could make a hero of cataclysm like that with just a letter of recommendation.
“This, this can’t be…”
Perhaps because of that, Lelith’s expression also began to change to resemble Calth’s.
Seo-joon quietly said to his mentor.
“Aren seems to be quite well-known here, right?”
<I will. But what… In a way, it is also a natural thing. If you think about Seojun Kim’s place on Earth, isn’t it simple?>
“Uh… Where is it?”
<Of course. Think of what Seojun Kim has done. Rather, you will do more than Aren.>
The mentor continued to speak as if he had said it well.
<Above all, Seojun Kim is very popular at our transcendent academy! In particular, did you throw a punch at instructor Loki?>
<How did it spread and who the hell is the transcendent? Please, please open the lecture. Inquiries are really flooding!!>
“uh···.”
That popularity seems to have a slightly different meaning.
well anyway
<So that’s what Kim said. Don’t you want to take a real lecture? Anything doesn’t matter! Join the instructor of Jecheon Daeseong and feed the instructor of the Jade Emperor! Something like this! If it’s Seojun Kim’s lecture, here and there…>
Seojun shook his head.
No, but wait.
What’s the Jade Emperor’s trick?
Didn’t you say it was a lecture?
<In the meantime, dream trees of fraud will turn on the light in their eyes and run! Maybe even Loki’s instructor secretly applied…!>
Seojun lightly ignored the words of his mentor.
to be so quiet
“You, you… how can you do this…!”
After a while, Carls shouted as if he had come back to his senses.
Then he picked up the bounced letter of recommendation.
Then, with trembling hands, I unfolded the contents of the letter of recommendation…
“huh?”
For a moment, Seo-joon could not hide his bewildered feeling.
Unlike Lelith, who sparked intense sparks,
Because Carls was casually checking the contents of the letter of recommendation.
Wasn’t it made so that only the emperor could open it?
For a while, I wondered what I wanted to do.
“·······”
While checking the contents of the letter of recommendation, Carl’s expression began to harden.
Eventually, Carls brooded over the contents of the letter of recommendation and, as if lost in thought for a moment, gently lowered his eyes.
Since Seo-joon did not know the contents of the letter of recommendation, Carl’s reaction was questionable.
Of course, I was curious about what he wrote, but I didn’t check.
That would be too.
‘You shouldn’t look at the recommendation. You must protect this!’
Aren had asked for trust not to check the letter of recommendation.
That’s why Seojun waited for Carls quietly,
How much time had passed like that?
“Even if we go to the capital… His Majesty will not be able to meet us now.”
Carls slowly opened his mouth.
“Even if I want to meet you, I can’t.”
Somehow… Even with Aren’s letter of recommendation, the Emperor didn’t seem to be a person that could be recklessly met.
The question of how great the emperor is.
At the same time, I wondered why he wrote the letter of recommendation if this was the case.
As if Carls knew about Seo-jun’s question.
He shook his head slowly and spoke.
“It doesn’t mean that. I literally want to meet you, but I can’t meet you. That is···.”
And Carls hesitated, unable to open his mouth easily.
Is it okay to tell this to Seo-joon, that is, to a stranger?
He seemed quite troubled.
But is it because of Aren’s letter of recommendation?
Carls bit his lower lip and continued.
“Not too long ago, since I went to subjugate Beserk… I lost contact.”
and.
“······????????”
For a moment, Seo-joon felt like his mind went blank.
No, beyond the level of being dazed, it was a feeling of absurdity evaporating.
That would also be the word that just came out of Carl’s mouth.
“······ Bar, what did you just say?”
Because it was a word that should never be heard.
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Seo-joon asked for details, but
Carls didn’t answer.
To be precise, he only repeatedly asked if he could go to the imperial palace and talk.
As you can see, the story was going to be long.
Seo-jun nodded as he was planning to go to the imperial palace anyway.
In that way, Seo-joon was able to follow Cals to the capital where the imperial palace was located.
And maybe it was because the place where he met Carls was not too far from the capital.
Contrary to what I thought, it didn’t take long to reach the capital.
So, in fact, there was nothing to complain about.
It’s just Seo-jun’s story.
The story of the knights was a little different.
“Keuk…!”
“Keuk…!”
Each of the knights was making faces as if they were about to die.
They were knights at the level of S-class hunters, but their faces were wet with sweat.
It was also because each of them was carrying the corpses of flying spiders to the limit.
The corpses of a group of flying spiders each carried on their backs.
The reason they carried the bodies of the flying spiders was simple.
‘It’s too heavy to lift alone.’
Because Seojun was too heavy to lift alone!
In fact, because Seo-jun had a key system, there were no restrictions on storage space.
However, the kibisis that Seojun possesses is infinite in space, but it does not even completely reduce the weight.
Normally, that is, before the power was sealed, I didn’t feel much discomfort.
But now I can’t use my full power.
It was difficult to bear the weight of this many objects.
However, it is not possible to leave these corpses behind.
“Keah!”
“Lord, please kill me!”
Everything else was up to the knights.
After so many twists and turns, the capital arrived.
Seo-jun was able to enter the imperial palace located in the center of the capital.
The space where the highest emperor in this dimension resides.
Since Seo-joon was a stranger here, he thought he would need to go through a fairly complicated procedure to enter the imperial palace.
“I have heard all the stories. Eat inside.”
For some reason, Seo-jun was able to enter the palace without any restrictions.
Following the guide, we arrived at the reception room of the imperial palace.
“I thought there would be a civilization like this, but… it sure looks grand.”
<No, you’ve been here for 10 months. What the hell have you been doing so you don’t know anything?>
“Yeah… did you just train?”
<Anyway…>
Mentor shook his head.
Right then.
smart.
jump.
With a light knock, someone opened the door to the waiting room and entered.
It was an old man,
Judging by the outward appearance of his dignity, he looked like a chamberlain.
“His Majesty wants to meet you.”
As expected, the chief chamberlain spoke politely.
By the way, do you want to die?
Didn’t Carls say that the emperor was missing?
With Seo-joon questioning, Seo-joon followed the chamberlain and got up.
That’s how I arrived at the place by following his guidance.
It was none other than a large space located inside the imperial palace.
It felt like a conference room where government affairs were conducted.
Unsurprisingly, there were people who looked like nobles around them.
And the man at the top.
“Carls…?”
He was none other than Carl.
Could it be that Kals is the emperor of the empire…? The moment when I was questioned.
“Ugh! What disrespect to the crown prince!”
Suddenly, a nobleman jumped up from his seat and shouted.
prince?
That which refers to the emperor’s successor?
“ah.”
no wonder.
<Since we first met, I thought I was unlucky… Suck!>
Suddenly, I heard the murmur of my mentor in my arms.
Maybe what I was saying inside was just spitting it out.
As I glanced down, the mentor covered his mouth with both hands and had his eyes wide open.
Seo-joon unknowingly let out a smile.
Seo-joon’s thoughts weren’t too different from his mentor’s murmur.
But the problem is that the mentor was in Seo-jun’s arms.
And that the surroundings were quiet enough to hear the mentor’s voice.
Silence that fell for a while.
“What, what are you doing?!”
“Yeah man!!!”
The nobles who were seated began to stand up in unison.
