Have a Meal Before You Go

“Yes."

Echo stumbles and squats beside him.

“...... ”

Ryu turns his head to look at Echo and smiles.

“…… Oh my God! ”

Somehow echo called me the Demon King. That was more convincing. Ryu sighed with a complex heart.

Turning your head, you see the fallen commander and the Grand Duke.

And then there's the fainted Guardian and another Grand Duke.

The two dukes, the Guardians and the General, have been a thorough group of friends since the time of the Caesar of the Priory.

Ryu grew up looking at them from infancy. Conversation, friendship, trust with them. They were all passing by like shredded leaves.

Somehow.

Ryu was depressed.

“Why, did you help me? ”

Echo replied lightly.

“To repay the debt. ”

“Debt......? ”

“Well, there is such a thing. You don't have to live without knowing. ”

According to Echo, Ryu's head was confused. What debt?

But I didn't have time to clean it up. Something happened too much at once, and Ryu was confused enough.

“Everyone betrayed me. I feel sick because the people I trusted betrayed me. ”

“Really?"

Echo chuckles.

I said, "Can I do it? ”

Ryu mutters in an aggressive voice.

“Maybe, as they say... it's better not to come back." ”

Echo scratches his head.

The situation is a little different, but I know how Ryu feels.

Echo had been there, too.

It was around the time Jeger was punishing the Magic System.

Echo had an enormous number of men. They were very loyal and strong. At the time, Echo was weakened by Chulho.

They cling to the jaeger to see if the opportunity was right this time.

The loss of that moment!

Echo opens his mouth, thinking of the bear.

“And this body. ”

“...... ”

“I'm well aware of the situation. All the men I trusted turned their backs on this body and against the enemy. Yeah, you know that, right? ”

“Yer… I know. ”

“There was a time when he invaded. That's when all the bastards hit back. ”

Yeger's invasion?

Ryu blinked.

“Well, that's a long story. Anyway, it was a great betrayal back then. By the way.”

“...... ”

“Now that I think about it, When everyone betrayed him, there was a man left beside him. ”

Echo smiled.

“It means he's a very loyal man, who would never betray you in that situation. That's why I'm going to marry him. Someday.”

“......? ”

Ryu blinked.

Why all of a sudden?

“I don't know how long you'll live, but life will be longer than I thought. If there's a downhill, there's an uphill. ”

Echo speaks slowly.

“In the process of descent, if you can get a lifetime watcher you'll never betray, that's your gain. You know, kids like that, they're not gonna make it to hell if they don't. Money, power, honor, power. They can't live on anything. ”

Echo's words stuck in my ears for some reason.

Ryu thought Echo might not be a young friend.

Perhaps Echo has lived a much longer life than himself and felt much more.

“Echo. You said…… Demon King. ”

“Uh, former job. ”

“Then…… does Mr. Steelho know that? ”

“I know. He used to kill half this body back in the day. ”

“...... ”

Ryu silently burst his smile.

“Hahaha! Then maybe his nephew, Khan, is a dragon." ”

“Huh? Did you know? ”

Echo opens his eyes wide.

“...... ”

Ryu blinked his eyes as he was mute, eating honey.

“Anyway, but come on. The important thing is... ”

Ryu listened.

Echo opens his mouth cautiously.

“FPS, how do you do that? ”

Ryu burst into laughter.

“Hahahaha!”

“Don't smile. This body is very serious. ”

“Just now, I saw in the city fair...... You're already many times better than me. ”

Echo's face lightly rises. Somehow, I felt proud and asked with a gust of nostrils.

“Are you for real?"

“Is that so? You put a magic bomb on it and didn't kill any of the passengers? ”

“Huh? Huh......”

I thought a few people were dead, but I was going to say yes.

“That's really... amazing. I wouldn't be able to do that if I woke up dead. ”

“Oh, really? ”

Ryu nodded and laughed.

“Of course.”

“Hahaha! I see. This body is amazing! Hahaha!”

Echo jumps up, rejoicing for a long time, and then asks another question.

“Of course.”

“Yes.”

“What do you mean, can? ”

“Can?”

“Yes, you always set your name in the arcade as a can. What does that mean? ”

Ryu leaned up and looked at Echo, asking.

“Echo. Do you know the game called Street Fighter? ”

“Street fighter? ”

“Yes.”

It was the same game as the myth of the 2D fight game. Of course, he was in the arcade, and Echo was working hard.

“I know.”

“There's a character named Ryu. ”

“Of course. He's the main character of the body. ”

“Brothers and rivals come out of the can. ”

Kugu Palace!

Lightning strikes Echo's head.

“My name is Leu Leu Pytirin, but on Earth it's called Ryu. ”

“So it was a can? ”

“Exactly. ”

Echo sits facedown with his chin bent. Somehow, it was a face filled with complaints.

“That was it. I can't believe it. ”

“I'm sorry, that's the only reason. ”

“Ha......”

Echo stands up shaking his head.

I know Echo well because he was the king of Mahjong.

Ryu will have to fight more in the future. You will have to confront many ideologies, and you will have to confront forces.

In fact, Echo was going to ask Ryu to repay his debt and borrow the zero code.

One day, Chulho said.

- He's got his work to do.

And...

- Maybe we can meet again someday. You'll be able to get the zero-code.

He also said.

Yes, it is.

Now that I'm here, Cheolho is right.

Echo could have taken the zero-code from him. But I didn't want to.

Echo stands still, staring down at the stream.

“Ryu.”

“Yes.”

“The debt is paid. ”

“Yes?”

“My body is first in line now. I wish you the best of luck. I hope you're still alive, but come back sometime if you're bored. ”

Echo turns away after saying that.

Over there.

Booaaaaah!

A motorcycle was coming this way. He smells half human, half machine.

Pythrin. Hey!]

It was an undertaker with an urgent voice.

“Here comes your loyal ally. ”

Pot!

Echo disappears the last time.

Ryu looked at where Echo had disappeared.

“Ah.”

Then I realized.

“I didn't even say thank you..."

Suddenly, he shows up, gives an incredible amount of help, and then disappears along with saying he paid off his debt.

Ryu stares at you, his head bowing.

.

When Echo left the gate, the world was already morning. As soon as Echo leaves the gate, he finds Lex sitting still.

“What are you doing? ”

Lex glances at Echo, smiling and answering.

“Mountain sightings. ”

“Why do you watch all day? ”

“Dragons have a lot of time, so this isn't work. ”

“I see.”

Echo taps Lex on the shoulder.

“Thank you. Here we go. ”

“Hmph, go away. ”

Echo thought, maybe Khan is just like his father. It is very similar to doing everything you ask.

* * *

Echo returns to Earth yawning and stretching his base.

Early one morning.

The world was always so busy.

The world had no interest in Echo. What Echo's been doing, how great it's been.

“...... ”

I felt a sense of otherness

Clear skies, clear clouds. Humans who live intensely in this world.

Echo, who was dazed among the people on his way to work, suddenly thought of that.

How did Cheolho feel?

What kind of lonely fight was Cheolho fighting alone?

He came back after the fight. What was he thinking?

Echo thought about it and moved his feet. Everyone was on their way to work and the opposite direction.

Bloop-!

When Echo opens the door to the diner, there are puffy faces sitting inside.

“Oh, there you are. ”

I was putting the hot, tasty miso stew just boiled on the table.

“Huh."

Chulho didn't ask where he had been and what he had done.

I just smile and say,

“Well done.”

“...... You're welcome. ”

That's not so bad. Echo steals his nose beautifully. Tangerines huddle! They rush up and slam Echo in the trunk.

“Cough! ”

“Come.”

Echo lifts the tangerines lightly and fits the mouth on both cheeks. And I smashed my cheeks and tangerines.

I laughed as if the tangerines were ticklish. Somehow, my mind got cozy and I got tired.

“Ah, Echo. ”

After opening the chamber door, Khan waves to Echo.

“Come here. Do you want me to show you what I brought? ”

“What?”

In his hand was a limited edition 'Godfather's Comix Full Color’.

“I specifically asked the editorial department to get ten copies. ”

“D, D, are you serious? ”

“Yes."

Echo sprints to the Khan in excitement.

Cheolho smiled as he looked at those xenogens.

It was a very ordinary morning, unlike any other.

Echo took his full-colour limited edition comic book from Khan and ran to the spirit system.

“Lise!”

“Oh my, Echo! ”

Echo runs up and buries his face in Rise's chest.

Lise smells nice.

“Did something happen? ”

Lise always asked with a kind, gentle voice.

She was the best treasure I'd ever had in my bad horsepower.

Echo was going to marry Lise one day.

.

Echo stands in front of the arcade.

Phew.

Take a deep breath. You see an FPS joystick in your hand.

Bam, bam, bam!

The bullet Echo shoots is truly blazing. One shot, one kilo, all the enemies have fallen.

Tatattan!

The bosses fall without being hit, receiving bonuses from all stages.

Whoa, whoa!

Spectators are coming soon.

Tata, Tata, Tata, Tata!

Echo pushes away. The stage passes quickly, and the last boss is on his way.

Bam-bam-bam-

Echo's grit settles. The last boss gets a critical beating and collapses.

Sulang Sulang

The crowd began to panic. They stare at the result window, breathlessly.

Tyriri

Somehow.

Time of score calculation. The score was gradually rising.

Tyrie -

I reached a score close to 1st place.

Tyriri -

Echo's score soon surpassed first place. And I stopped at a slightly higher score than I had before.

New!

[Congratulations! You finished 1st place!]

“Hahahaha!”

Echo raises his hands wide with a joystick.

Waaaahhhh!

With a cheer, Echo heads to the first-name column. Echo pondered briefly there, slowly writing out his name.

E_nd

E C_

E C O

Now press' Finish ’to register your name.

But Echo pauses, scratching his head and clearing his name.

Then I wrote down a new name.

C_o

C A_

C A N

I put the name of Can Iran in the new first place.

Now I feel alone.

I really felt like I had paid off my debt.

Echo takes a light step out of the playroom.

End

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Author's Words

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