NOVEL NEXT chapter 408
408 – Scene 408# Time to Walk Through Memories
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“… “Where?”
When I opened my eyes, I was in a thick fog. Even when I looked around, there was only thick fog.
Hell? Is it the afterlife?
When I came to my senses, I searched my memory for a moment.
“For sure…”
A little while ago, I succeeded in breaking the ceiling of paradise.
The clouds broke before my eyes. I had to cover my face with my arms as fragments of clouds falling from the rainwater poured down.
The ceiling of paradise shattered with a loud sound like thunder. Was it because they forcibly broke it down without finding the entrance?
At that moment, I felt a strange sense of floating. The body sitting on the flying dragon floated. At that moment, I felt a powerful force coming from the crack in the broken ceiling. Gravity like a black hole that sucks in everything around it.
-Tristan!
-Count!
An urgent voice was heard. When I turned around, Bella, Helga, Blanche, and Wendy were coming towards me, driving a flying dragon. To save me.
-Ship, Count!
-Don’t come!
It was a loud cry that even surprised me. The girls who tried to reach out to me looked at me with dumbfounded expressions. Even at that moment, the distortion of the ceiling was pulling my body.
-If you come close, you will also be caught in it.
-Are you okay! We’ll rescue you soon!
-No. That’s it.
-Count?
-Thank you for coming here with me. I owe you guys a lot.
-Why are you suddenly saying that?
Rarely did Helga shout.
-I told you I would accompany you wherever you go! Even if that place is hell… ! I told you I would follow the Count until the end!
It was a desperate cry without any lies.
-Eight!
-Now, wait! Helga!
-Helga?!
Without any time to stop him, Helga stepped on the flying dragon and leapt. Sharp fragments were floating around the ceiling as if in weightlessness. She reached out to me without caring about the fragments.
-Hold my hand!
-Helga…
– Come on! I will never let you go! Never! Because I won’t let you go even if I die…
Helga’s pitiful appearance left me speechless. Her outstretched hand she was trembling.
-A little bit… Little bit more… !
I was obsessed with Helga’s desire to hold her hand her. I wanted to hold her hand and move forward together. No, I just wanted to forget everything and go back. I wanted to go back and live the rest of my life with her at her her mansion her her her. It’s definitely not a bad ending, but…
-I’m sorry, but I can’t go with you.
-Why! If it were me… I can protect the Count! There is no one who can protect the Count better than me!
-That’s why it can’t be done.
-Yes?
There was blood on Helga’s cheek. If she follows me, she will be covered in scars again. She will sacrifice her body for me.
-Helga. I am… I don’t want to lose you. So I can’t hold your hand.
Helga wouldn’t know. How many times she gave up her life for me. She will never know if she died while protecting me in the rain of arrows. That’s why she can’t take her with her.
-Count… !
-I’m sorry.
I shook my head. A clear intention to refuse. Sadness spread across Helga’s face when she saw that.
Helga’s outstretched hand was moving away from mine, pitifully. As I was looking at it, a voice suddenly came out.
-… Helga. Do you remember what I said before?
-Yes?
-I said that you must be in my ending.
-Yes yes! Just remember! I remember!
Helga nods her head vigorously.
-Then, in my ending in advance… Can you wait… ?
-Yes?
-It’s shameless, but… Request. If you guys are waiting… I am…
That was a message not only for Helga but also for the women behind her. Even as I was being sucked into the ceiling, I smiled to reassure them.
Even if it’s completely unsuitable…
-I will definitely come back to you.
With those last words, I was sucked into the ceiling of paradise. I lost consciousness and when I opened my eyes, it was here.
For a moment, I felt embarrassed for throwing out a cringe-worthy comment, but… I shook myself off and woke up.
“First… Is this the ceiling of paradise?”
Under the circumstances, this is above the sky of paradise… Seems like. Now I see that the thing surrounding me is not fog, but clouds.
I got up and looked at my body hers. My body was weak due to pouring all my magic and personality into destroying the ceiling, but other than that, I didn’t seem to be injured anywhere. As I thought about it, the ceiling closed and swallowed me up. Seeing as there were no other people around, it seemed like I came in alone.
Only then did I feel relieved. It was fortunate that they didn’t get caught up. Because while I was coming here, I was secretly worried about their companionship.
The reason I came here is to save this world where they live. To me, they are like this world, so it would be difficult if there was a problem with their lives.
Of course, it may be too much to worry about these women who are so strong that they are incomparable to ordinary women… Still, I can’t help but worry since they are my women.
“… Okay. Let’s just consider ourselves fortunate.”
The reason I was able to come this far safely was possible because of their strong support. But from now on, it is the deepest part of paradise. A place where there may be unexpected danger. At least I was fortunate that I could come alone to this last place on this journey. If it were them, they would definitely have returned to earth safely.
While reassuring myself, I started walking.
Considering what had happened so far, it seemed that paradise was not just the heart of the world where magic existed, supplying magical power to this world.
Valkyries Protecting Paradise was a security program I used when I was working at a company. A program created by CEO Park himself to prevent Milky Way’s system from being attacked from the outside. To say that such a program is protecting paradise… Paradise may be a place closely related to the system. No. Perhaps…
“… This could be the ‘system’ itself.”
The system is a powerful force that can interfere with this world. Its power is such that it can immediately install a summon gate and invite tens of thousands of players. In other words, the system has the most threatening power in the world. For me, along with CEO Park, he is the biggest enemy.
‘It’s still just a guess, but…’
From now on, I plan to check that fact with my own eyes before installing a gate here.
I moved forward through the clouds. The deepest part of paradise was completely shrouded in clouds. The direction was unknown. However, it is impossible to install a gate in such a quiet place. The deepest part of the deepest part… A gate must be installed there.
For now, I decided to walk until I could see something… I walked and walked but couldn’t see anything. No horizon, no faint traces, nothing…
Pasrak.
At that time, something was stepped on.
“Branch… ?”
It was a dried tree branch. A tree branch thinner than a finger.
Why are there trees in this place where everything is covered with clouds? I unconsciously bent down to give it to him, but it wasn’t a broken tree branch. It was a tree trunk that was so long that the end could not be seen.
“Did it spread out from somewhere…” ” ? ?”
If so, there must be a place where this tree trunk originated. I somehow felt like that was the center of this place.
I walked along the long tree trunk. 5 minutes, 10 minutes… Indeed, the tree trunk is gradually becoming thicker. Still, the trees were not visible, perhaps because they were obscured by clouds. A tree with a trunk this long… I can’t even imagine how huge the tree is. I’ve never seen it before, but wouldn’t the world tree be like this?
As I walked forward with that thought in mind, I felt a shiver run down my spine. It felt like there was someone around.
What? I can’t feel your gaze…
-Ugh…
I was started by the sudden sound of a child crying.
-Wow… Ugh…
When I turned my head at the sound of sobbing, I saw a figure about ten steps away.
It was the back of a young woman standing in the middle of a thick cloud. When I saw that, I got goosebumps to the point where the hair on my head she stood up.
It wasn’t because I saw a ghost. No, it wasn’t a ghost. You can recognize it no matter how many times you see it… Because it was a very familiar back view to me.
“Conch… ?!”
The woman turned her head at the sound of my voice.
-Who…? Is there anyone there?
Ah… Well then…
My younger sister, Jeong So-ra, was standing there. How much longer will it be? She was there just as I remembered.
My voice barely came out through my stuffy throat.
“It’s me… Ji-hwan.”
But Sora’s gaze was not directed at me. Her eyes, she were not on me, but on my back, her
-Ugh…Who are you…?
-Uh, Mom… ?
When I turned around, there were two young girls standing there. A girl with blonde hair and black eyes wiping away her tears… They are probably the owners of the crying sound heard earlier. No. Wait a minute, these guys…
-It’s not mom…
-Hey…
The girls are somehow disappointed when they see Sora’s face her. Sora asked those children with a trembling voice.
-You guys… Who is it?
-Black… I’m Michaela…
-… Lucaella…
The young twin gods, who looked like they were two or three years old at most, looked up at Sora with tearful eyes.
-Sister… Did you see my mom and dad… ?