Chapter 244 – Reunion (6)
A black liquid poured out of my chest. Seong Ha-yeon jumped up on her arms, startled by the things that suddenly poured out in front of her eyes, and Ichie looked around. Senior Yoojeong held Seong Hayeon and Ichie’s hands tightly to calm them down.
And the black lump that protruded from my body took shape again in an instant and changed into the lofty appearance of the Almighty. She drew a V with one hand as she wore her usual elegant hanbok and let her long hair flutter.
And, like the main character in previous stories, she shouted while bending her legs in a strange way.
“The Almighty Appears!”
“…What?”
Seong Ha-yeon, taken by surprise, shouted such ridiculous and draining lines to become an omnipotent emperor, and her tension seemed to be released when she appeared. Senior Liu Zheng, whom she had already seen once before, greeted Almighty Emperor with her familiar face, and Ichie still looked at Almighty Emperor with a dumbfounded face.
The Almighty Emperor gave up her erratic posture and stood up again in a graceful manner. I said looking at her.
“You’ve heard a lot about it. It is a fragment of the Almighty within me.”
After I finished the introduction, the Almighty Emperor nodded slowly and called out my women by name.
“Nice to meet you. Seong Ha-yeon. In a sense. Youjeong Kim. Right?”
“Ah, nice to meet you.”
“Ah yes. Nice to meet you.”
“Soo Hyun-sang. Is the important announcement the summoning of the Almighty?”
Ichie asked me the question again. The question she asked seemed to be one the other women were also very curious about. They were all looking at me and Almighty Emperor with the same expression. I looked at the Almighty again at Ichie’s question. The Almighty Emperor nodded, and I opened my mouth.
“Today, the important announcement to be made is related to the Almighty Emperor. But, that… It’s a bit complicated.”
“A complicated story?”
At the word complicated story, everyone’s eyes turned to the Almighty. When the Almighty Emperor saw people staring at her for the first time in a long time, she said to me with a slight blush on her face.
“This is a bit embarrassing. It’s been a long time since people looked at me. Was this a bit embarrassing?”
“You have to get used to it.”
“Is that right?”
The Almighty Emperor nodded at my words. I gave Almighty Emperor a slap on the back and said.
“It is a story about the identity of the Almighty Lord who has helped me so far. This is a person who has been helping us all along and had a very deep relationship with me. I found out too late and couldn’t stop him from dying, but even after he died, he was helping me as a fragment of the Almighty.”
Yoojung’s face turned white at those words. Seong Ha-yeon frowned and stared at the fragments of the Almighty Sacrifice. A body that has changed from a black lump, a noble tone that seems to have jumped out of a historical drama. And mighty power.
“Stop, please…”
Ichie also seemed to notice who it was. I also saw senior Yoojung and Hayeon Seong sharing gazes and nodding their heads. Almighty said.
“Since you seem to have figured out who I am, I guess I can just tell you my name. I am…”
Before she could finish her words, she shouted three people at once.
“Oh, uncle?”
“I am the guild leader?”
“Choi, Choi Soon-hong?”
Each of them had different ways of expressing themselves, but their shouts pointed to one person. Even as they shouted to themselves, they seemed to desperately wish that they weren’t that person. The Almighty, who tried to change into Choi Yeon-ju, stumbled, and I had to turn my head to hold back laughter. The slightly enraged Almighty shouted.
“It’s Yeonjoo Choi! Yeonjoo Choi! The S-class hunter who died to protect you guys, and the former guild leader of [Paradise]!”
“Ah…”
At the same time, exclamation came out as quickly as the name was shouted. Almighty Emperor’s whole body was wrapped in black, revealing red hair, a strict face, and a tight-fitting suit. Then he cleared his throat and looked back at the three of them.
The three people who mistook each other were busy avoiding each other’s eyes, and the place of reunion, which should have been a crucible of emotion and shock, ended with a funny comedy. The Almighty Emperor seemed very unhappy that the chapter announcing the news of her return ended like this.
“You confuse me with that old man. What’s wrong with your eyes? Where do you see that I am Soonhong Choi? Uh? I wish I looked alike, but how do you think that?”
Seong Ha-yeon, who was sitting there, said as she grumbled.
“No, if you wear a hanbok, have long dark hair, and use a classy tone, then of course you think you are my uncle. What a surprise. I was horrified because I thought that our Suhyeon had finally crossed the line.”
“Tsk.”
At Seong Ha-yeon’s words, Ichie nodded her head, and senior Yoo-jeong smiled bitterly. The Almighty Emperor didn’t like her delusional situation, but she didn’t have anything else to say, so she just clicked her tongue. Ichie said.
“When did you find your memory?”
Finally, a question like a question came up. Those who escaped from comedy once again realized the meaning of the situation and returned to a slightly solemn atmosphere. Seonghayeon also looked at Almighty Emperor with a pitiful expression, and Senior Yujeong shut her mouth and nodded her head. The Almighty Emperor answered her reasoning question like this.
“It was right after ‘Choi Yeon-ju’ died. In that moment, I clearly remembered who I was. It was not a very good experience.”
“Then, what do you plan to do next?”
This time, Yu-Jung sunbaenim asked a question. In fact, the treatment of Almighty Emperor was a problem that I had a lot of worries about. I wanted to inform Choi Yeon-joo’s bereaved family right away, and it was because I didn’t know whether I should share this news with [Paradise] Or not.
Almighty said.
“I intend to live like this. With our Jung Soo-hyun and you guys. To my family… It would be much better to be known that I am dead. Because I can’t define myself precisely. A half-life of a family is a tragedy. If there is an empty place in my memory, and when I face my family, if I reveal that gap, how tragic would that story be? To be honest, I was a bit worried. Should I see my family or not?”
We actually talked a few times. At that time, Almighty Emperor said that he could not come out himself yet, and that people who had suddenly lost her family would not believe him, so he asked to wait. After deferring her judgment several times, she eventually chose not to meet her family.
“Does [Paradise] Know about this?”
This time, Seong Ha-yeon asked a question. Almighty Je shook his head at Seong Ha-yeon’s question.
“I do not know. You don’t even have to tell me. I don’t know what kind of complicated story it’s going to be. Except for the people here right now, no one knows that I am a fragment of the Almighty that inherited the memories of Choi Yeon-ju.”
Silence struck again. It wasn’t the embarrassing silence created by the skit earlier. Just like a snake that has swallowed a huge prey shrinks down to digest it, it was stillness to understand the huge facts.
“After…”
Seong Ha-yeon exhaled her breath and looked at Almighty Emperor again. Her omnipotent waved her hand at her, showing that she was still alive. Ichie said.
“Then, from now on, will you be able to come out like this all the time like Misaki?”
“If Jung Soo-hyun becomes stronger, of course he can. But not now. It’s because if you don’t borrow the power of this [Prototype Field], You won’t be able to summon me for long.”
Ichie nodded her head. The atmosphere seemed to be getting more and more subdued. Senior Yoojeong smiled and said.
“Welcome anyway. We’re doing well.”
Her remarks instantly changed the atmosphere that had been settled. His Holiness, who was a little lost in thought, and her reason, all looked at the Almighty Emperor and smiled. When they smiled, Almighty Emperor also smiled broadly. She stroked her red hair, then changed back to her dark-haired form and stood next to me.
She then put her arms around me and said.
“Thank you for accepting me. That… Now that we’ve become a family, can I ask for one thing?”
“What is it?”
Seong Ha-yeon and Yu-jeong asked at the same time. The Almighty Emperor rolled her eyes around with her face flushed, then shrugged her shoulders and said:
“Now, I’d like you to step aside for a moment… Because I-I can only stay for 3 hours… That…”
As the Almighty Emperor said so, she glanced at the bed.
Haha!”
Seong Ha-yeon laughed. I shyly averted my gaze. Ichie shook her head and looked at Yoojung. Senior Yoo Jeong also looked at Almighty Emperor with a smirk on his face. The Almighty Emperor wrapped his arms tightly around me and said.
“No, don’t make fun of me! Uh? Me, me too, like that… ! Do you know how excited I am to do something like that!”
“All right. Don’t be angry.”
Yoojung sunbaenim laughed and stood up. As Seong Ha-yeon got up, she said to me.
“Baby. My dad is a playboy right?”
Ichie massaged Hayeon’s shoulders and pushed her into her room. A room separate from the living room. Senior Yoojeong opened her door slightly and spoke to us.
“Then tell me when you’re done.”
“Ah, yes… Go, thank you.”
The Almighty Emperor’s face turned red from the consideration of the three, and he looked at me while holding tightly to the hem of her clothes. A bed and an empty room. And the sound of the two of us breathing.
I stroked her hair, and the Almighty Emperor looked at me with her watery face and said,
“It’s just the two of us now.”
