209 – Dark Confession
“…What is this?”
Why is only the belt left?
Jo Ayun looked around. He was quiet and showed no signs of popularity. There is no Han Jaejoong. But there is a belt.
Obviously abnormal situation.
Belts always wander near the wearer. This is to quickly respond to any emergency situation. Because of this, it is not possible to keep the distance between the wearer and the wearer longer than a certain distance.
Also, if the belt is in a deactivated state with such an iron ball, it should not be visible to anyone other than the wearer.
But now, in Jo Ayun’s eyes, he can clearly see the shape of an iron ball.
Is this a new belt that has appeared? That’s not it. If that were the case, there is no way it could be connected to Jo Ayun’s communication now.
Jo Ayun tried to suppress the sound of her heart beating loudly due to anxiety, and calmed down her thoughts.
‘Let’s be calm. Calm down. f*ck! Let’s calm down.’
Party! He slapped me hard on the cheek and somehow pretended to remain calm.
‘I am the only one here who knows the belt in detail. Helios only knows the early prototype of the belt, and Baek Ah-hee only knows that she can transform into a belt. ‘I have to figure it out.’
This is something that cannot be discussed with anyone. Moreover, it is urgent. There is no time to leisurely exchange explanations.
You must draw a conclusion based on the information you have.
Han Jaejoong’s sudden disappearance.
A belt that still remains in place.
The relationship between the belt and the wearer, which cannot be separated beyond a certain distance.
One conclusion comes to mind right now.
Han Jaejoong canceled his contract with Belt.
‘…Is that possible?’
It was not a very reliable conclusion.
It was a relationship bound by obligation to begin with. Unilateral destruction would be impossible. Even if it had been destroyed, Han Jaejoong’s body would have remained.
His body disappeared.
Disappeared….
‘Where?’
Is the disappearance a change in location? No. If the contract had not been canceled and the location had been moved, the belt would have disappeared along with it.
The location remains the same, but only the body disappears?
The presumed conclusion is….
“Are you in here?”
Han Jaejoong’s body is inside the belt. Considering the function of compressing and storing a monster’s body, there is a good possibility that it can also store a human body.
Furthermore, the sudden disappearance of the lion that occurred simultaneously with his disappearance.
Jo Ayun did not predict this series of processes as a coincidence.
“You’re trapped here…?”
Maybe it’s just someone’s trick to make him invisible to those around him. However, that does not explain the abnormal situation that Belt sees with his own eyes.
Some kind of storm is brewing within this belt. Jo Ayun guessed that.
[But what to do?]
The mascot, who was quietly listening to Jo Ayun’s conclusion, asked.
“What can I do?”
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Zech. She took out the butterfly and placed it between her fingers.
“I need to use my miracle.”
Connect.
That was the miracle granted to Jo Ayun.
This award-winning belt will directly connect your senses. If you do that, you’ll be able to figure out what’s going on here.
I don’t know the side effects. Your brain may just burn out, or you may end up just wasting your time without any results.
The amount of starlight we currently have is not much. This is because we wasted a lot of starlight by trying to move the lion.
A lot of starlight goes into these superficial connections.
Except for the last time I experienced connecting hearts and connecting lost things and lost people, today is the first time.
“Huh….”
Jo Ayun sighed and touched his belt. W-shaped buckle. He pressed the levers on either side.
Jiying. Intense light poured out from the five lenses embedded in the buckle along with a strong high-pitched sound.
Concentrating like that, Jo Ayun felt butterflies on her belt.
Soon all of her senses were lost. I can’t see anything and I can’t hear anything.
At the same time, the senses open.
I can see and hear.
But that’s it. She cannot be touched or placed anywhere. Jo Ayun recognizes this strange space, but no one else can recognize her.
It floats around in the air like a calm wind.
In the meantime, I found someone.
Han Jaejoong and Red Spica holding him.
And…..
“I am the root of all evil?”
Sky Polaris.
Here, the dead people were chatting.
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Sky Polaris nodded her head repeatedly.
“Yes, it is a consideration worth considering. “It’s something I actually hear often,”
I smiled back without avoiding Red Spica’s sharp glare.
“No… Rather than saying I heard it often, isn’t it correct to say I heard it almost exclusively? I also understand everything. No matter how you look at it, I’m in the dark. I made the belt, and that lion over there suddenly appeared with me, and there was actually me inside the belt. Moreover, such a sly and beautiful appearance. “This fits perfectly with the dark side.”
Red Spica asked without letting down his guard.
“…Does this mean you are not in the dark?”
“No?”
Sky Polaris shook his head calmly.
“Is this generally true? It may vary depending on how you define the underworld, but if you say it’s someone who plots a plan without revealing it to the outside, it fits the description. That’s right. I made this plan. I am the one who has imprisoned the lion here and set up a private party with you. “It was I who made the belt and gave it to you.”
Pisik. Her clean lips drew an arc.
“What do you think? It seems quite dark, doesn’t it?”
Kukkukkuk. She covered her mouth with her long sleeve and laughed.
Red Spica’s eyes were twisted with anger.
“As expected of you…!”
“But I am not the root of all evil.”
She denied the misunderstanding by waving her other arm around that was not covering her mouth. The trajectory of the hem of the cloth moving in the direction of her hand was quite mysterious. I can’t tell if it’s fluttering to the right or to the left.
Movement that creates an optical illusion.
“It can’t be the root of all evil. I didn’t create the monster. I didn’t create that lion, and I didn’t invent starlight. The most fundamental evil is the environment. You can’t tie people together.
If there is someone who takes responsibility for all evil in the first place, wouldn’t it be right to view that person as a savior to eliminate original sin, rather than the source of all evil? “Just like Jesus did.”
Various aspects overlap within one movement. Even within that small action, there are tens of thousands of possibilities.
“I can’t do that. I’m not even a great person. You can do your best, but you can’t be the absolute best. Of course, the opposite is also true. You can be the worst to someone, but you can’t be the absolute evil.
Do you understand what I’m saying? I think you will understand. You all are so smart. “I just wasn’t educated.”
Red Spica hugged Jaejoong tightly. As if protecting me, as if I would never let that woman take me away. A determined expression, like a sister protecting her younger brother.
Sky Polaris couldn’t help but feel pity for her when she saw her glaring at herself so horribly.
“You guys know. “Has it always been people who cornered you?”
No.
The girl who only had her parents wanted to be a source of strength for them, but her heart gradually rotted away.
Because there is no place to spare. Because I’ve lived like that since I was young. I developed habits before my mind matured, and although my body grew, my mind remained rigid.
The child who lost her parents tried her best to appear adult.
To belie the whispers heard at her funeral, she lived in a way that caused as little inconvenience as possible. She came to take it for granted that she would suppress her desires and sacrifice herself.
A child who grew up too early, she was mature for a child and too young for an adult.
In that direction, only her body grew.
“The reason I made the belt is the same. To overcome that environment. To overcome this harsh reality placed upon us. How sound and good is this idea?
Of course I know. Results cannot be glorified by motivation alone. I have no desire to glorify my actions in the slightest. In the first place, do you think I am someone who can get rid of hate with just words? I was born without a snout like that. hehehehe.”
Belt.
The initial purpose was to be a tool for magical girls,
The ultimate goal was to be a tool for everyone.
“A time when everyone can stand against monsters. It was an object to usher in the era of equality. It was a must-have item. “To prevent the future I saw…”
“Jaejoong. “Don’t listen.”
The red spica covered Han Jaejoong’s ears. I guess he’s planning on bewitching people again with that wicked tongue. She growled sharply.
“Environment? I guess the intention is to talk about destruction again. And he’s probably planning to rationalize himself with that! I don’t get fooled anymore. “No matter how much you try to prevent destruction, ruining one person’s life cannot be justified!”
Sky Polaris nodded her head again.
“I know. I’m not here to justify. I’m here for explanation. Am I really a villain? Look what a suspicious beauty she is. No matter who sees it, it’s a dark scene. “Are you really not listening to me?”
“Tell me.”
Han Jaejoong lowered the red spica hand from his ear.
“Why did I have to ruin my life? Say it.”
“Now, wait a minute, Jaejoong, there’s no need to listen….”
“I need to listen. “You need to know why I’m having a hard time.”
Han Jaejoong’s eyebrows were sharply curved. It was obvious anger. When directed at a monster, the gaze was perhaps even more hostile.
However, Sky Polaris’ gaze was still warm. A philanthropic look. Eyes that seem to say that they will listen to anything you say.
Suddenly, I got goosebumps.
It was unpleasant to know that someone whose face I didn’t even know was in love with me so much, and the fact that the direction of that love was abuse made me feel even more uncomfortable.
“I didn’t just have the ability to observe parallel worlds. As I awakened my divinity, I also gained the ability to interfere with that parallel world… The moment I awakened that power, every time I saw a parallel world, I experienced that world by possessing myself there.”
Sky Polaris’ cheerful voice rang in my ears.
“And every time I experienced a parallel world, I died. You may be killed by a monster, attacked by someone while you are sleeping, die of illness, die in an accident, or reach the end of your life… Or die naturally. “It was inevitable that I would die in the future.”
It was cheerful. It was very cheerful.
“But the world continued even after my death. I kept watching and watching. “The ending was all the same.”
For the voice of a prophet who had predicted his own fate, it was too much.
“The end of the world.”
For a prophet who predicted the destruction of the world, the voice was too bright.
“I became impatient. I can accept my death. But there will be no destruction. I can’t accept it. The world must come to an end through no one’s fault? How can I accept that? So what does this act of protecting people mean now? What about my colleagues? “What about those children who believe there is hope?”
Doubt.
“If you knew, you wouldn’t be able to give up, right? Right? There is no such thing as impossible in this world. “I found a way to prevent destruction.”
Reason.
“What I found through that method was the return of will. Even if my body dies, I found a way to leave behind my thoughts. Like the watercolor painting over there, like me now. The tool for that is a belt.
It wasn’t that difficult. “After all, my starlight is essential to the belt’s function.”
Answer.
“So, after my death, you were the first person to touch the belt. “I saw you.”
Solution.
“You observed our deaths and gave us will in the parallel world I showed you. The will to prevent the ending of this world. And I controlled you like that. To the quest. To prevent this destruction.”
That’s how Sky Polaris began to solve the problem.
There was always a lot of trial and error during the solution.
“But we have not yet been able to prevent the side effects that occur when combining human flesh and starlight. It was a failure. The end of your life is sooner than destruction. “Right before you died, I apologized to you.”
Sky Polaris chuckled, recalling that time.
“What do you think you said?”
Even now, I think of these words and feel astonished.
“‘It’s not your fault.’”
The boy expressed forgiveness toward the enemy who manipulated his life.
It was the girl’s first encounter with philanthropy.
“You forgave me. Of course I wasn’t happy. I would have felt better if I had complained, but it only stimulated my sense of guilt. The first attempt failed.
I refined the belt’s new functions. “We slightly weakened the effect so that it does not affect lifespan.”
“But, the next person was you too.”
“The next person was you, and the next one. “You always touched my legacy, and you always died.”
“The meeting between you and me was inevitable, and your death was also inevitable. If your lifespan does not drop, you will be attacked by a monster. If not, you will be attacked by a person. “To begin with, there was a possibility of being killed by a lion when I was young.”
Meeting the boy and death were inevitable. Even if he entrusted the belt to the right person after his death, the belt was thrown away in the world due to a terrible coincidence.
The boy always picked up the belt.
“At the end of my life, toward the end of my life, I always confessed my sins to you, and you always forgave me.”
I swore countless times every time that happened.
I will save you next time.
I repeated it countless times.
I committed countless sins.
I have been forgiven countless times.
“Now I realize it. “Just controlling you can’t save you, and it can’t save this world.”
I didn’t touch it until then. Family and people around them. Not a single one.
Sometimes the boy had a family, sometimes he had a good relationship with his lover, and there were times when he was alone but bright.
But I slowly realized it.
To save that boy, you have to throw away a lot of things.
“I killed my parents and blamed them on you. I manipulated Suchae and drove her crazy. With the intention of making you stronger later. I prepared for many trials. “To help you overcome, become stronger, and refine your will.”
I really sacrificed a lot.
He used many things for his survival.
After I put aside my morals, my plan progressed a lot.
“You live longer. I got stronger. “After standing still, we started to move forward little by little.”
Sky Polaris laughed, covering her mouth with her sleeve. Her expression was obscured.
“Of course, it was a bit repetitive. But it’s okay. There was nothing I could do to end this all properly. This is all a simulation, and it hasn’t happened yet. It’s just a parallel world. “Because it’s not really my world.”
A voice that seems to be a girl whispering love.
“It’s almost now. Everything will work properly. Jaejoong, rest assured. You will live Of course, this world will be fine too.”
The unique, frantic voice of a worker who has repeated the same task countless times.
“…How long have you been looking at me?”
“It’s more than the number you just thought.”
Sky Polaris’ face was filled with ecstasy.
“I became a dark person in order to find a future where you can live and the world will not perish.”
