210 – Stop
Sky blue eyes stared at Han Jaejoong without wavering for a moment.
Intense like a transparent summer sky. I felt a heat comparable to that of the rays.
The stars are guided by will.
The belt is a machine that artificially imitates the star and mediates contracts between real stars and people.
This is the reason why Han Jaejoong always encounters the Sky Polaris belt.
No matter what world Han Jaejoong came from, he always felt the same way.
No matter what past and background we went through, no matter what environmental factors changed, it was the same.
Han Jaejoong always wanted to be the guardian of heroes.
He did not do it for self-satisfaction, nor did he want to be recognized by those around him. At least he didn’t have the heart to get closer to those heroes.
Philanthropy.
It is narrower than love for humanity, but broader than love for just one person.
Agape only for heroes.
That will is so vast. Jaejoong Han always got the last belt of Sky Polaris.
“You had pity on us in any world.”
This is probably due to the influence of having magical girl acquaintances around me since childhood.
Most of the time it was Yun Seol-hwa, sometimes Jo Ayun, sometimes Baek A-hee, and An Su-chae. Sometimes, I developed a friendship with a magical girl that I had no immediate contact with.
Is it because he has seen magical girls up close since he was young? To him, the women who were respected by everyone in the world seemed pitiful.
In fact, if we were to point out environmental factors, it would be so. Sometimes, I harbored such feelings in my heart without any relatives. Even when he was having the most difficult times, he was the first to sympathize with others.
He did not stop at just pity. If there was an opportunity, he took action without hesitation.
Han Jae-joong was that kind of man.
“I was just repaying that compassion.”
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Sky Polaris spread his arms and approached him now. His face turned pale with fear. I know that the cause of that fear is not simply myself.
“Look at it now. You are not only my madness. Even in this situation I’m in, I’m scared. “Are you still pitiful towards me?”
The return of an astronomical number that is truly unfathomable. Rather than his anger at how his life had been designed, Han Jaejoong was afraid that one person was in such danger.
“I am lovable.”
Sureuk. The sound of clothes rubbing against skin.
Sky Polaris stretched out his hand. A long white finger protruded from between the long sleeves. It’s a beautiful hand. He is so clean and beautiful that you would never think he had been covered in blood his whole life.
Han Jaejoong looked at the hand as if he was fascinated.
Every small movement seems to have been created through hundreds of millions of calculations. Thoroughly restrained artificial beauty. It is the gesture of someone who knows what attracts people.
Just like that, the magic beast of Sky Polaris slowly approached Han Jaejoong.
“Get off!”
Understand! Red Spica threw his body back while holding him. The eyes are burning as if they will not allow even the slightest approach.
Sky Polaris smiled regretfully and dropped his hand awkwardly.
“Are you rationalizing your actions like that? It’s all to protect Jaejoong and protect the world? Don’t talk nonsense! “Do you know how many people died because of you?”
Even if she didn’t kill herself, hundreds of millions of people would have died as part of her plan.
No matter how much it is done to protect the world, there is no way that such an exchange fee can be acceptable.
“Why are you laughing so happily after ruining my life…? Because of you, my mom…!”
How many people have had their lives ruined by that person?
“Jaejoong too! Do you think Jaejoong will like it just because you did that? “This is a kid who would rather kill himself!”
Sky Polaris nodded her head.
“That’s right.”
She made no excuses.
“It’s completely normal for you to hate me. Of course, it’s natural to be resented by many people. I just explained my actions and have no intention of being convinced, right? Do not misunderstand.”
Her cheeks puffed out and she looked pouty.
“I am not crazy. I came to this conclusion after thinking extremely rationally. I realize everything I have done, and I know all the sins I have committed. I know the lives of 383.56 Million and 7,291 people whose lives were turned upside down by my wrong choice. Of course it’s watercolor. Your life too. “I can explain in great detail how you suffered.”
Her voice was cold. The expression was like that too. She looked extremely peaceful, like the face of a prisoner ready for execution.
“Jaejoong. Do not misunderstand. I didn’t say this because I wanted to be forgiven by you. Don’t you know? “Your heart right now is what I want.”
Sky Polaris rolled up her sleeves, covering half of her face. She can only see her eyes now.
“I have no intention of being evaluated as pitiful. It was entirely my choice to do this. There was no external pressure. I did this because I couldn’t accept the ending. There is no room for glorification, right? Jaejoong, think again. “I am not someone who deserves your pity.”
Clear eyes. There is no tremor in those eyes. She doesn’t even have passion. She has eyes like paintings or graphics. Eyes that seem to have cut out a moment in one’s life and put it to rest.
In reality, her life had already stopped.
I have seen all the endings and am still going down the path to one of the endings I saw. The end of that road is the end of her life.
I’ve already seen it, so it’s already over.
Even though we are talking here and now, she is ending at a time in the future.
“Even if I say this… You’ll feel sorry for me.”
Because it has already stopped, no one else can stop it.
“…No. “I want you…”
“And, you won’t forgive me.”
Han Jaejoong interrupted and Sky Polaris continued her conversation.
“I know. Now you don’t forgive me. You wouldn’t know if I ruined one of your lives. “I ruined the lives of many people besides yours.”
“…That’s right.”
Compassion and forgiveness are different. Han Jaejoong nodded his head with a dissatisfied expression.
You can forgive yourself for hurting yourself. But everything else is different. What right does he have to forgive the sins he inflicted on others?
Forgiveness is only possible between the parties involved. This was Han Jaejoong’s way of thinking.
Although he can sympathize with her for ruining hundreds of millions of lives, he cannot forgive her.
Although we can love the woman who has lived hundreds of millions of lives for herself, we cannot help but hate her.
Intense love and hate boiled in his heart.
“Don’t look at me like that. What should I do with what I know? “It makes me want to show off.”
“Is it your nature to be very angry when you talk?”
“Then~ Both my beauty and this voice are natural. “I’m going to get better after a while!”
“f*cking hell.”
Han Jaejoong clenched his teeth.
“Okay, now I understand. So….”
“‘Why did you call me here?’”
The lips hidden inside the sleeve drew an arc and smiled.
“Right?”
“Say….”
“‘Wait until I finish speaking.’ But you don’t like it? I know you very well. People get excited when a topic they like comes up, right?”
“That’s normal….”
“‘That’s probably an otaku, not an ordinary person.’ Well, that’s not wrong. I’m an otaku. “I’m an otaku who’s into you.”
“Mr. Lee….”
“‘This f*cking crazy b*tch?’ I know. I said earlier that I wasn’t crazy, but now that I think about it again, it might not be surprising. “I’m crazy about you~ hehehehe.”
The eyes that had been cold until just now became animated. What was so enjoyable about this conversation was that it seemed as if life, which had been stopped, began to flow again.
“You don’t want to talk anymore, right? Yep. I like your angry expression like that. Please understand even if I’m excited. “I don’t have a chance to talk to you except now.”
You cannot have a conversation except when you are inside the belt. Even if you do it, it only gives you quests occasionally. Of course, conversation based on system rules is possible.
It is completely public communication, so it is tasteless.
Isn’t this true conversation, where emotions are communicated directly face to face? That was Sky Polaris’ definition of conversation.
“Should I say I feel the same as a fan who went to a fan signing event? Why are you there? I get excited because I have to talk within a limited time, and I also talk faster. I wanted to see the reaction I wanted, so I told Choi Ae several things. Yeah, something like that. That’s it. So don’t misunderstand.”
What a misunderstanding.
There is no room for misunderstanding. I just know for sure that Sky Polaris is a crazy b*tch.
“Ah~ I’m normal?”
Abnormal people say things like that. If it were normal in the first place, there would be no need to say something like that.
“If you say that, Jaejoong, you’re not normal either.”
“I’m normal… Ah.”
“hehehe, you got caught? Okay… I guess it’s time to talk now, right?”
Sky Polaris chuckled under his sleeve and slowly lowered his sleeve. With a smile on his face, he made eye contact with Han Jaejoong.
Her eyes widened, she glanced at him lovingly as he glared at her, and moved her sleeve to point at the lion.
“As I said before, lions are lazy by nature. “It’s an animal that likes to do nothing and just relax.”
“Why?”
“Okay. A lion is an animal that constantly moves between the gaps in reality. I really like the gap in reality where no one interferes, but that doesn’t mean I can continue to live there. Because if you keep going, you’ll get eaten.”
“…Gap? “Are you talking about a place like here?”
“Yes, that’s right. “A lion can walk through the smallest gap between this dimension of reality and another dimension.”
When Red Spica asked again, Sky Polaris nodded his head.
One of the lion’s abilities.
The power to go back and forth between reality and that dimension.
The lion can see the future between the gaps in that dimension.
In the gap, we see a slightly future scene rather than reality.
However, you must not remain still.
This is because the gap is tightening and pressing down on the lion. Therefore, it is necessary to come out to reality periodically.
“You need to keep moving so you don’t get caught in that gap and die.”
“Can’t I just be in a quiet place in reality?”
“Yes. That doesn’t work either. Because even in real life, if you keep going, you’ll get sucked into a gap.”
“…What?”
“Even if you live in a gap or in reality, you are destined to die by being sucked into the gap. Above all, lions hate hot things. “If you were in real life, you would have to increase the size of your mane and use starlight to protect your body. How hot and annoying would it be?”
A tragic fate that has no choice but to keep moving despite being lazy by nature.
“Besides, that beast is nervous in its own way. “Just like I did, I once went into a gap and saw a world being destroyed.”
Even if you stay there, you are destined to die someday.
This was very sad news for a lion who wanted to enjoy the feeling of boredom as long as the stars passed by.
“But I have no intention of actively solving the problem. Because it’s annoying. “I want to rest for the rest of my life, but I have one mercy for this stupid, clueless animal who is destined to die someday.”
Sky Polaris smiled and took a step forward.
“A plan to provide a place to rest for life and at the same time prevent the destruction of the world.”
In an instant, she came in front of Han Jaejoong and placed her hand on his cheek.
“You’ve been worried a lot, right? Now worry.”
[Quest successful!]
The phrase “Quest success” Rang in Han Jaejoong’s ears. It was from a belt that had fallen far away.
“Will the compensation be ready soon? Wait a minute.”
“Get your hands off me!”
Red Spica roughly waved her hand and knocked Sky Polaris away from Han Jaejoong.
She leisurely walked back and laughed, covering her mouth with her sleeve again.
“He has a very impatient temperament. “I have my own thoughts, so just wait.”
Then he moved his feet like before.
The speed is so fast that the eye cannot follow it.
“I was going to take it off. Instead, I’m going to go to you.”
“Pfft!”
This time, it arrived behind Red Spica, not in front of Han Jaejoong.
Red Spica’s knees fell as Sky Polaris gently placed a hand on his shoulder.
“I’m sorry. “Can I borrow your strength for a moment?”
“What is this…!”
Red Spica’s appearance disappeared into starlight, and all of that dark red starlight gathered at the fingertips of Sky Polaris.
It happened so suddenly that it was impossible to react.
“Now~ reward.”
“…Is this your answer?”
Han Jaejoong laughed.
[You will receive life as a reward.]
Once again, a voice came out from the belt and dark red starlight flowed into Han Jae-joong’s body. This is the magic of Red Spica.
“That’s right.”
A way to prevent the destruction of the world and the death of Han Jae-joong.
If you think about it, it was very simple.
“It ends here.”
All you have to do is stop.
“Now there is no need for Red Vega to awaken into a supernova. Since the lion is not dead, the snake owner will not move either. Contradiction will never find its match in life. “There are no other dangerous monsters… Are there any in particular?”
Contain all dangerous variables.
“Jaejoong, except for you.”
The flow in the world was stopped within the belt.
“It ends here.”
Sky Polaris stretched out its hand.
“Thank goodness. “You’ll never be bored because I’m here.”
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
A flash of pink light swatted away the hand.
“…Ayoon?”
“Where before my eyes!”
It was Odette.
“You f*cking fox bastards!”
