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[Even if it means turning the world into an enemy (13)]
On the 18th floor, the outer wall of the building and the inner wall of the corridor shattered side by side.
A fierce wind raged.
I barely managed to open my eyes against the wind, and the view of the city sparkled like a jewel.
The world may have been destroyed once, but the people who live in it still shine.
Beautiful.
Leaning against the side wall, Eunha looked out over the city lights and thought.
It’s still dark over there.
The outskirts of Gangbuk were locked in the night.
It would be a long time before Seoul would shine brightly under the night sky.
Eunha reminisced about the time when he and his companions looked out at the cityscape before regression, then turned his head.
«Julie. Are you hurt?»
«Bru. I’m fine, you’re the one who’s hurt, you’re burned all over, are you okay, does it hurt a lot?»
«…It’s okay, I’ll get better with medical attention.»
«Bru.»
«Julie.»
Two people hugging each other and giving love.
Eunha couldn’t understand what they were saying in Italian, but he had a feeling he wouldn’t need to.
«Bru. I have a confession to make to you.»
«What is it?»
Bruno asked, running a hand through her hair.
She slid into his arms and wrapped her pure white arms around his back.
A back that was too big for both of her arms.
And she liked it.
Being able to be deeply embraced like this.
«We’re having a baby.»
«A child?»
«Yes, your child.»
«…Aah….»
Bruno didn’t quite understand what she was saying.
After repeating it over and over again, he was able to accept the unbelievable reality.
His heart swelled with joy.
He wanted to protect this person until the end.
And also their future child.
«…Thank you. I’m so happy.»
«I hope this isn’t a dream.»
«It’s not a dream. Since the day I swore to protect you in Sicily.
We’ve never dreamed. This is reality.»
«Bru….»
«Julie.»
The two stared at each other with even more passionate gazes.
I can’t take this anymore.
Eunha decided to let them know of his existence.
«Uncle Bruno, Julieta noona , it’s nice that you’re having a touching reunion, but can you help me?»
With a bullet wound in his leg, Eunha could barely stand up.
His internal mana was tangled up, and blood was flowing from his injured leg.
«I’m sorry.»
«Sorry, Eunha!»
The two of them checked on him.
Julieta hastily administered first aid.
Then her eyes locked with Bruno’s, who was still staring down at her.
Ah.
She read his mind.
He nodded.
She did the same.
To prove that this reality was not a dream.
To escape Valentine’s weeknight once and for all.
She rose from her seat and stood beside him.
«Huh? Julieta noona? Uncle Bruno?»
Leaning against the wall, Eunha couldn’t figure out why the two were suddenly looking at him.
Even as they sat down on one knee, he couldn’t comprehend what was happening.
«Eunha. I’ll never be able to repay you for what I owe you today.»
«Thank you for saving me. If it weren’t for you, I would have lived in despair.»
«Ah, uncle, noona, please stop.»
Eunha waved his hands in the air. It was a bit overwhelming to see two people kneeling and speaking so earnestly.
Nevertheless, they continued in silence.
«I would give my heart to repay this debt.»
«I would give my life for you, too.
Of course, Bru wouldn’t approve.»
«I don’t care. I’ll give my heart for Julie, too.»
«Why are you saying that?»
The atmosphere is strange.
Eunha tried to get the two up, bewildered, but they still refused to listen.
If he could move his body, he would have forcibly lifted them up.
He regretted not being able to do that.
Even as he did, Bruno craned his neck and murmured something.
«On this night, under the brilliance of the moon and the stars, in the silence of the night, I make a holy covenant in humble language.»
The words were received by Julieta.
«I entrust everything I have to the one I accept, and swear to protect the honor of my brothers.»
No way…!
Eunha had a hunch. The words the two began to utter were an oath, and they were even dedicating that oath to themselves.
«If someone asks about your origin, answer like this.»
Bruno murmured,
And both of them answered simultaneously.
«My father is the sun, and my mother is the moon.»
Haha.
Eunha couldn’t help but let out a soulless laughter when he saw the two lowering their heads.
I have no intention of becoming a player, and even less so a mafia.
Can’t I just live an ordinary and happy life like this?
Of course, the two didn’t pay any attention to his wishes.
«Eunha, please take care of us in the future.»
«Should I call you Boss Eunha from now on? Oh, Bru! How about raising the baby that will be born this time as the exclusive heir to Boss Eunha?»
«That’s a good idea.»
«Um, excuse me, but I don’t need something like that. Just call me as u… Huh? A baby? What baby?»
While Eunha was trying to somehow resolve the situation, he caught onto a point that couldn’t be brushed aside.
As Eunha tried to deflect the situation, he heard something he couldn’t help but point out.
Julieta giggled, Bruno smirked, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
«I’ll tell the Eunha Boss, we’re having a baby!»
The night was still deep,
and the lights of the city lit it up.
☆
Detention cell.
Im Gaeul, leading the guards, spoke to the man behind the glass.
«The situation has changed this time.»
The man, with his face wrapped in bandages, didn’t say a word. He just blinked his eyes, trapped in restraints.
Albert Valentine.
A few days ago, his face half-buried, he was still undergoing treatment for his injuries. It was uncertain whether he would fully recover before returning to his home country.
«It would be troublesome if you ran amok in our country.
Isn’t that right, Albert Valentine, the mastermind behind the Alice Hotel terrorist attack?»
Im Gaeul provoked.
Then Albert Valentine revealed signs of life.
The guards behind her took a stance ready to draw their swords at any moment.
But she raised her hand, signaling the guards to stand down.
The guards sighed and withdrew their hands from their swords, but she ignored their reaction.
She was simply waiting for Albert’s response from behind the glass.
«…I did not commit any acts of terrorism. What you’ve done is nothing short of imprisoning me and falsely accusing me to the Italian Embassy.»
Currently, Albert Valentine was confined in a detention cell beneath the Blue House on the grounds that he was the mastermind behind the Alice Hotel terrorist attack.
Only in name.
He had never actually committed the act of terrorizing the Alice Hotel.
That’s why he intended to use that point to persuade the fairy.
In another sense, he was considering proposing a deal.
But Fairy Im Gaeul was not a lenient person.
«Is that so? Even though we obtained a video of you murdering Tom Myron? And the fact that you and Zenko Myron kidnapped an Italian woman.»
Im Gaeul smiled.
Even if the charges were only nominal, she was already prepared to call black white.
«That’s all….»
It wasn’t all me.
Albert tried to slip out of the trap she had set for him, if only to seal the deal in his favor.
His intentions were completely undermined by her next words.
«Are you trying to tell me that an elementary school child killed Zenko Myron and carried out a terrorist attack at the Alice Hotel? Who would believe that?»
She looked at him with pitiful eyes.
The emotions reflected in her eyes were pity, sympathy, compassion, and empathy.
It was a gaze that only someone in an overwhelmingly superior position could cast down.
Albert snapped. He snapped, but he couldn’t refute anything.
An elementary school child killing the renowned Zenko Myron from Italy?
It was ridiculous.
Even if it had happened, the moment he claimed it, Italy’s honor would be greatly tarnished.
Besides, no one would accept it as the truth.
«At first, I couldn’t figure out what you and Big Mama were plotting in Korea.
But as I gathered information about Big Mama’s political position in Italy, the Valentine family in Sicily, and the Myron family, it became clear.
You and Big Mama were trying to kill Zenko Myron and suppress the power of the Myron family, weren’t you?»
Albert Valentine said nothing.
She was right.
The current Tredici was composed of members of the dominant family in Italy.
Two of them, Albert himself in the Valentine position, and Zenko in the Myron position.
At first, Big Mama empowered Myron as a force to be reckoned with in Sicily, but after a while, Myron grew stronger and more intent on consuming Big Mama.
At this point, Big Mama and Albert Valentine’s thoughts coincided.
Big Mama was looking to reduce Myron’s influence and find a new family to support her. Albert Valentine had a plan to rebuild Valentine, away from Myron.
The two planned to take advantage of Zenko Myron’s visit to Korea and kill him out of Myron’s shadow.
At the same time, Albert planned to recruit Bruno, secretly protect Julieta, and use her as a wedge to bring down Myron in the distant future.
«But it looks like you have a long tail. According to player Shin Seoyoung, there were other Italian players around the Alice Hotel besides you.»
It wasn’t until he heard her words that Albert realized that Myron had been moving beneath the surface.
Tom Myron wasn’t the only player sent to spy on him.
Myron, who had detected his and Big Mama’s plan, must have intended to kill him if he caused any trouble.
«All the Italians who were there, we have them in our custody.»
In custody.
It meant they weren’t killed.
Albert understood the implication. Depending on the conditions he accepted, he could either send them back to their homeland or handle them discreetly.
«Don’t play games with me. You’re not the one proposing the deal.
I am.»
He had to admit it.
Albert acknowledged that he had been completely defeated by her.
As she said, he never had the right to propose a deal from the beginning.
«What do you want?»
«Many things.»
Winners always find a way to smile, while losers have no choice but to accept the winner’s words.
Im Gaeul, holding Albert Valentine’s lofty ambitions and Big Mama’s political leverage, was the winner who had both in her hands.
«Alice Hotel has transformed into a dungeon due to a sudden mana anomaly.
Unfortunately, you, Zenko Myron, Tom Myron, and the Italian players were trapped in the dungeon and, except for you, died while trying to conquer it.
How about it? If you agree to my proposal, the Fairy Government can even fabricate falsehoods as truths.»
It was a weak plan with only the framework, but not bad.
All he had to do was add flesh to it.
Surely the Fairy Government had proposed it with this in mind.
Albert nodded his head.
«So, what do you want?»
«As much as fabricating falsehoods as truths, a lot.»
A lot.
She paused for a moment and then opened her mouth.
«But I’m not without shame either. First, let’s modify the Mediterranean mana alloy we agreed to trade before to 2 tons.»
Albert remained silent.
It didn’t quite add up.
But it was within an acceptable range.
He nodded his head and responded in silence.
«Second, we will change the clause stating that South Korea will dispatch three Twelve Seats for the Leviathan subjugation to one person. Instead, we promise comprehensive support within our capabilities.»
He furrowed his left eyebrow.
To defeat a Rank-Over Leviathan from the Second Rank, they needed sufficient power.
Reducing the number of players comparable to Tredici could disrupt their power.
«Instead, the Twelve Seat we will dispatch is Nam gung- seong <Divine Spear>.»
«…I understand.»
If it was <Divine Spear>, he could accept it to some extent.
Continuing, Im Gaeul raised her third finger.
«Third, in the Mediterranean, there is a Black Dungeon called the <Dungeon of the Abyss>, right?»
«Yes, but?»
Albert interjected bluntly. He found it strange that she mentioned a dungeon she had declared temporarily impossible for humanity to conquer.
«Someday, someone in Southern Europe will attempt to conquer the <Dungeon of the Abyss>. Even if they say humanity cannot conquer it, it doesn’t mean they won’t try to conquer it at some point, right?»
As she said.
Although the current main concern in Southern Europe was the subjugation of the Leviathan, there was ambition to conquer the <Dungeon of the Abyss> someday.
Any country that possessed a Black Dungeon would have the same ambition, regardless of which country it was.
While the whole world publicly stated that Black Dungeons could not be conquered, they were secretly exploring ways to conquer them.
«Allow us to get involved in that as well.»
«I don’t think that’s something we can decide right now.»
«I understand. So, when the time comes, I’m asking you to request support from South Korea if Big Mama still holds power.»
«…Understood.»
It wasn’t a difficult request to accept.
After all, it was a matter for the distant future.
She probably proposed it because she didn’t want to end the deal as it was.
The two things she wanted were likely the ones she presented at the beginning.
«Lastly.»
She tapped the table with her finger.
And then, with a sly smile on her lips,
«Lamborghini.»
She spoke with a playful tone.
If you’re thinking of sharing my content, please give credit where credit is due! It takes a lot of time and effort to create something, so it’s always appreciated when people respect that and acknowledge the source. Thanks for being a responsible and considerate sharer!
BibellThx bunny bacon for your kind donation and support! ❤
[Even if it means turning the world into an enemy (13)]
On the 18th floor, the outer wall of the building and the inner wall of the corridor shattered side by side.
A fierce wind raged.
I barely managed to open my eyes against the wind, and the view of the city sparkled like a jewel.
The world may have been destroyed once, but the people who live in it still shine.
Beautiful.
Leaning against the side wall, Eunha looked out over the city lights and thought.
It’s still dark over there.
The outskirts of Gangbuk were locked in the night.
It would be a long time before Seoul would shine brightly under the night sky.
Eunha reminisced about the time when he and his companions looked out at the cityscape before regression, then turned his head.
«Julie. Are you hurt?»
«Bru. I’m fine, you’re the one who’s hurt, you’re burned all over, are you okay, does it hurt a lot?»
«…It’s okay, I’ll get better with medical attention.»
«Bru.»
«Julie.»
Two people hugging each other and giving love.
Eunha couldn’t understand what they were saying in Italian, but he had a feeling he wouldn’t need to.
«Bru. I have a confession to make to you.»
«What is it?»
Bruno asked, running a hand through her hair.
She slid into his arms and wrapped her pure white arms around his back.
A back that was too big for both of her arms.
And she liked it.
Being able to be deeply embraced like this.
«We’re having a baby.»
«A child?»
«Yes, your child.»
«…Aah….»
Bruno didn’t quite understand what she was saying.
After repeating it over and over again, he was able to accept the unbelievable reality.
His heart swelled with joy.
He wanted to protect this person until the end.
And also their future child.
«…Thank you. I’m so happy.»
«I hope this isn’t a dream.»
«It’s not a dream. Since the day I swore to protect you in Sicily.
We’ve never dreamed. This is reality.»
«Bru….»
«Julie.»
The two stared at each other with even more passionate gazes.
I can’t take this anymore.
Eunha decided to let them know of his existence.
«Uncle Bruno, Julieta noona , it’s nice that you’re having a touching reunion, but can you help me?»
With a bullet wound in his leg, Eunha could barely stand up.
His internal mana was tangled up, and blood was flowing from his injured leg.
«I’m sorry.»
«Sorry, Eunha!»
The two of them checked on him.
Julieta hastily administered first aid.
Then her eyes locked with Bruno’s, who was still staring down at her.
Ah.
She read his mind.
He nodded.
She did the same.
To prove that this reality was not a dream.
To escape Valentine’s weeknight once and for all.
She rose from her seat and stood beside him.
«Huh? Julieta noona? Uncle Bruno?»
Leaning against the wall, Eunha couldn’t figure out why the two were suddenly looking at him.
Even as they sat down on one knee, he couldn’t comprehend what was happening.
«Eunha. I’ll never be able to repay you for what I owe you today.»
«Thank you for saving me. If it weren’t for you, I would have lived in despair.»
«Ah, uncle, noona, please stop.»
Eunha waved his hands in the air. It was a bit overwhelming to see two people kneeling and speaking so earnestly.
Nevertheless, they continued in silence.
«I would give my heart to repay this debt.»
«I would give my life for you, too.
Of course, Bru wouldn’t approve.»
«I don’t care. I’ll give my heart for Julie, too.»
«Why are you saying that?»
The atmosphere is strange.
Eunha tried to get the two up, bewildered, but they still refused to listen.
If he could move his body, he would have forcibly lifted them up.
He regretted not being able to do that.
Even as he did, Bruno craned his neck and murmured something.
«On this night, under the brilliance of the moon and the stars, in the silence of the night, I make a holy covenant in humble language.»
The words were received by Julieta.
«I entrust everything I have to the one I accept, and swear to protect the honor of my brothers.»
No way…!
Eunha had a hunch. The words the two began to utter were an oath, and they were even dedicating that oath to themselves.
«If someone asks about your origin, answer like this.»
Bruno murmured,
And both of them answered simultaneously.
«My father is the sun, and my mother is the moon.»
Haha.
Eunha couldn’t help but let out a soulless laughter when he saw the two lowering their heads.
I have no intention of becoming a player, and even less so a mafia.
Can’t I just live an ordinary and happy life like this?
Of course, the two didn’t pay any attention to his wishes.
«Eunha, please take care of us in the future.»
«Should I call you Boss Eunha from now on? Oh, Bru! How about raising the baby that will be born this time as the exclusive heir to Boss Eunha?»
«That’s a good idea.»
«Um, excuse me, but I don’t need something like that. Just call me as u… Huh? A baby? What baby?»
While Eunha was trying to somehow resolve the situation, he caught onto a point that couldn’t be brushed aside.
As Eunha tried to deflect the situation, he heard something he couldn’t help but point out.
Julieta giggled, Bruno smirked, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
«I’ll tell the Eunha Boss, we’re having a baby!»
The night was still deep,
and the lights of the city lit it up.
☆
Detention cell.
Im Gaeul, leading the guards, spoke to the man behind the glass.
«The situation has changed this time.»
The man, with his face wrapped in bandages, didn’t say a word. He just blinked his eyes, trapped in restraints.
Albert Valentine.
A few days ago, his face half-buried, he was still undergoing treatment for his injuries. It was uncertain whether he would fully recover before returning to his home country.
«It would be troublesome if you ran amok in our country.
Isn’t that right, Albert Valentine, the mastermind behind the Alice Hotel terrorist attack?»
Im Gaeul provoked.
Then Albert Valentine revealed signs of life.
The guards behind her took a stance ready to draw their swords at any moment.
But she raised her hand, signaling the guards to stand down.
The guards sighed and withdrew their hands from their swords, but she ignored their reaction.
She was simply waiting for Albert’s response from behind the glass.
«…I did not commit any acts of terrorism. What you’ve done is nothing short of imprisoning me and falsely accusing me to the Italian Embassy.»
Currently, Albert Valentine was confined in a detention cell beneath the Blue House on the grounds that he was the mastermind behind the Alice Hotel terrorist attack.
Only in name.
He had never actually committed the act of terrorizing the Alice Hotel.
That’s why he intended to use that point to persuade the fairy.
In another sense, he was considering proposing a deal.
But Fairy Im Gaeul was not a lenient person.
«Is that so? Even though we obtained a video of you murdering Tom Myron? And the fact that you and Zenko Myron kidnapped an Italian woman.»
Im Gaeul smiled.
Even if the charges were only nominal, she was already prepared to call black white.
«That’s all….»
It wasn’t all me.
Albert tried to slip out of the trap she had set for him, if only to seal the deal in his favor.
His intentions were completely undermined by her next words.
«Are you trying to tell me that an elementary school child killed Zenko Myron and carried out a terrorist attack at the Alice Hotel? Who would believe that?»
She looked at him with pitiful eyes.
The emotions reflected in her eyes were pity, sympathy, compassion, and empathy.
It was a gaze that only someone in an overwhelmingly superior position could cast down.
Albert snapped. He snapped, but he couldn’t refute anything.
An elementary school child killing the renowned Zenko Myron from Italy?
It was ridiculous.
Even if it had happened, the moment he claimed it, Italy’s honor would be greatly tarnished.
Besides, no one would accept it as the truth.
«At first, I couldn’t figure out what you and Big Mama were plotting in Korea.
But as I gathered information about Big Mama’s political position in Italy, the Valentine family in Sicily, and the Myron family, it became clear.
You and Big Mama were trying to kill Zenko Myron and suppress the power of the Myron family, weren’t you?»
Albert Valentine said nothing.
She was right.
The current Tredici was composed of members of the dominant family in Italy.
Two of them, Albert himself in the Valentine position, and Zenko in the Myron position.
At first, Big Mama empowered Myron as a force to be reckoned with in Sicily, but after a while, Myron grew stronger and more intent on consuming Big Mama.
At this point, Big Mama and Albert Valentine’s thoughts coincided.
Big Mama was looking to reduce Myron’s influence and find a new family to support her. Albert Valentine had a plan to rebuild Valentine, away from Myron.
The two planned to take advantage of Zenko Myron’s visit to Korea and kill him out of Myron’s shadow.
At the same time, Albert planned to recruit Bruno, secretly protect Julieta, and use her as a wedge to bring down Myron in the distant future.
«But it looks like you have a long tail. According to player Shin Seoyoung, there were other Italian players around the Alice Hotel besides you.»
It wasn’t until he heard her words that Albert realized that Myron had been moving beneath the surface.
Tom Myron wasn’t the only player sent to spy on him.
Myron, who had detected his and Big Mama’s plan, must have intended to kill him if he caused any trouble.
«All the Italians who were there, we have them in our custody.»
In custody.
It meant they weren’t killed.
Albert understood the implication. Depending on the conditions he accepted, he could either send them back to their homeland or handle them discreetly.
«Don’t play games with me. You’re not the one proposing the deal.
I am.»
He had to admit it.
Albert acknowledged that he had been completely defeated by her.
As she said, he never had the right to propose a deal from the beginning.
«What do you want?»
«Many things.»
Winners always find a way to smile, while losers have no choice but to accept the winner’s words.
Im Gaeul, holding Albert Valentine’s lofty ambitions and Big Mama’s political leverage, was the winner who had both in her hands.
«Alice Hotel has transformed into a dungeon due to a sudden mana anomaly.
Unfortunately, you, Zenko Myron, Tom Myron, and the Italian players were trapped in the dungeon and, except for you, died while trying to conquer it.
How about it? If you agree to my proposal, the Fairy Government can even fabricate falsehoods as truths.»
It was a weak plan with only the framework, but not bad.
All he had to do was add flesh to it.
Surely the Fairy Government had proposed it with this in mind.
Albert nodded his head.
«So, what do you want?»
«As much as fabricating falsehoods as truths, a lot.»
A lot.
She paused for a moment and then opened her mouth.
«But I’m not without shame either. First, let’s modify the Mediterranean mana alloy we agreed to trade before to 2 tons.»
Albert remained silent.
It didn’t quite add up.
But it was within an acceptable range.
He nodded his head and responded in silence.
«Second, we will change the clause stating that South Korea will dispatch three Twelve Seats for the Leviathan subjugation to one person. Instead, we promise comprehensive support within our capabilities.»
He furrowed his left eyebrow.
To defeat a Rank-Over Leviathan from the Second Rank, they needed sufficient power.
Reducing the number of players comparable to Tredici could disrupt their power.
«Instead, the Twelve Seat we will dispatch is Nam gung- seong <Divine Spear>.»
«…I understand.»
If it was <Divine Spear>, he could accept it to some extent.
Continuing, Im Gaeul raised her third finger.
«Third, in the Mediterranean, there is a Black Dungeon called the <Dungeon of the Abyss>, right?»
«Yes, but?»
Albert interjected bluntly. He found it strange that she mentioned a dungeon she had declared temporarily impossible for humanity to conquer.
«Someday, someone in Southern Europe will attempt to conquer the <Dungeon of the Abyss>. Even if they say humanity cannot conquer it, it doesn’t mean they won’t try to conquer it at some point, right?»
As she said.
Although the current main concern in Southern Europe was the subjugation of the Leviathan, there was ambition to conquer the <Dungeon of the Abyss> someday.
Any country that possessed a Black Dungeon would have the same ambition, regardless of which country it was.
While the whole world publicly stated that Black Dungeons could not be conquered, they were secretly exploring ways to conquer them.
«Allow us to get involved in that as well.»
«I don’t think that’s something we can decide right now.»
«I understand. So, when the time comes, I’m asking you to request support from South Korea if Big Mama still holds power.»
«…Understood.»
It wasn’t a difficult request to accept.
After all, it was a matter for the distant future.
She probably proposed it because she didn’t want to end the deal as it was.
The two things she wanted were likely the ones she presented at the beginning.
«Lastly.»
She tapped the table with her finger.
And then, with a sly smile on her lips,
«Lamborghini.»
She spoke with a playful tone.
