Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

- Are you looking at the painting again?

Yun Seok. No, Rick Gersei looks up at the portrait, his back against the wall.

‘Disaster’ looked down on him.

Yoon-suk met on the eighth floor of the mission.

Where am I? ’

Gray skies. A sleek city where similar stone buildings are tiled without character.

I was used to the sight that seemed strange.

‘No way, the plaza...? ’

- It's time to start. It's dangerous to drag time from here.

Just when Yoon-suk realized where this place was.

At the end of the disaster, Rick rolls his portrait around his back and wakes up.

- Come back here when you're done. You must be getting ready to leave.

Rick nods and starts walking the streets of the square. That's when we got away from each other.

Suddenly disaster called out to him from behind.

- Rick!

— ……?

- Really……. Are you sure this is okay? It's not too late now.

The eyes of the calamity were filled with worrying colors.

However, Rick is able to see the emotions hidden in it at the same time.

Obviously, I didn't have the strength to do it again, and I thought it would be a big burden only on this side.

What a foolish fellow.

—... it's not too late.

Rick turns back, smiling carelessly.

I already made up my mind. Of course, until the end... No, something invisible was pressing against my shoulders at this moment...

Ironically, it felt like the weight had been lightened by the words of the disaster. Is it true that this is a friend?

— …….

The catastrophe no longer catches Rick.

Rick walks out slowly, not in a hurry.

The touch was smiling, and someone else was expressing their concerns to someone with a serious face.

Rick continues walking with everything he sees in his eyes.

Since the beginning, nothing comes out of nothing.

All of this seems to have been built up by someone.

Boom.

Soon Rick stops moving.

It was a large circular square.

There were many challengers gathered there.

Rick steps back to the center of the square. Some look at Rick like that, but don't pay much attention.

Until Rick pulls the sword out of his waist.

Whoo-hoo!

Rick's sword gently bends the wind.

And that moment.

Shhhhhhh!

Buildings, people, laughter, worries, relationships and fates that one person would have had.

Everything that came into contact with the wind became dust and scattered.

Someone mutters as the dust settles.

- Er, the Monarch of Destruction…….

When did that name become so natural among the challengers?

- No matter how many times I do this, I never get used to it.

Rick smiles bitterly.

However, soon news will be sent to the tower manager, so there was no time to stand still.

Rick steps away from his seat and wanders around the square.

At the same time, I wielded the sword of destruction, which I received from the queen in return for the contract.

Shhhhhhh!

Once, twice, three, four times.

Whenever a gust of wind came from the sword, at least dozens, and many hundreds, were unleashed.

Every time, Rick feels more and more crushed on the shoulder. However, he never stopped walking.

How long has it been?

Five minutes? Ten minutes?

I don't know.

Then how many did you kill from it?

This was also unknown. No, I didn't want to know.

— …….

Rick stands still.

And I watched the scattered grey city turn to dust for a moment.

Somehow the sadness was gone.

-El…….

Rick pulls the portrait out of his arms and puts it back in his eyes.

I couldn't look straight into the eyes of a 10-year-old girl smiling brightly in a sunny picture.

If we meet again someday, what will this child say to himself as a monster?

— … Rick, the tower has begun sanctioning. We have to go.

Rick puts the portrait back in his pocket.

Misses and fears came together.

* * *

“ ……. ”

Yoon-suk opened his eyes quietly without breathing.

Eshton, who was watching beside him, was flawed.

His eyes, staring into the air, felt like someone else.

“Phew.”

Yoon-suk took a breath.

Afterwards, Ashton relaxes as well. I don't know if I was mistaken for a moment, but my usual Yoon-suk is right now.

“Would you excuse us for a moment? ”

At Yoon-suk's request, Ashton left the room without a word.

As he left, Yoon-suk remained on the couch.

There was a deep feeling that could never be compared to any other time.

“ ……. ”

Maybe it's because it's a memory with a clear vector.

This was completely different than usual.

Not just what he saw from Rick's point of view, but what he felt, what he was doing, and a vague memory were conveyed to Yoon-suk much more clearly.

Thanks to this, we were able to get a lot of information, even though more than half of them had been involved in a ruthless massacre.

Yoon-suk took out the messy things in his head one by one and organized them on a note.

1. Rick Gersei has signed with the Queen.

I guessed, but this time it became more clear.

She was the Queen when disaster and Brits only spoke of her.

Rick made a deal with the Queen for a very specific purpose.

2. The queen's goal is to destroy the tower.

This is also what I was expecting.

Just as the tower raises challengers to assassinate the queen, the queen also made a deal with Rick to destroy the tower.

However, we still don't know what Rick will get out of that contract.

I only made a careful guess that the reason was not related to 'El.’

3. Disasters are helping Rick like that.

It seems to play a significant role in getting Rick to come to the square, not a challenger.

The only thing he helps is Rick, not the queen.

There are countless scenes where disaster does not appease the queen and you try to stop Rick.

Then why is he helping Rick?

Yoon-suk thought that there would be an answer to his "curse."

4. The Monarch of Destruction is Rick.

This was not expected at all.

I thought he was real, but he wasn't Rick?

I don't know, but maybe the tower was reconstructed based on Rick's original power.

5. Rick misses El.

That I remembered the day I would meet you again.

This alone proves that Rick recognizes that El survived and became a challenger.

That raises questions.

How do you know that, and yet Rick stands with the Queen? And why is El on Rick's side of the enemy tower?

- Literally. No, because you didn't get a choice from the tower!

After becoming a challenger, El asks if you've met Rick.

I didn't meet Rick when I was a challenger.

‘Rick knew the existence of El, but she didn't know it until she became a manager. ’

If guessing is correct, it wasn't until El became a manager that he realized that Rick was the "Monarch of Doom" who ruled among the challengers.

But El's feelings for Rick remain unchanged.

You can see that we have been waiting for 500 years alone to have a reunion of the next life that we saw in the future.

Then why does El still stand by the tower and tell himself that the queen is the enemy?

See each other again.

They must have wanted the same thing.

‘There's still something I don't know. ’

I sighed for some reason.

It wasn't that important to Yoon-suk.

Because I'm me.

Choi Yoon-suk who grew up in Korea and became a twisted and twisted human being who was harassed by Kang Hyung-woo.

That's why it doesn't matter how much Rick loved El, no matter what promise he made to the Queen.

The feelings I felt now and the relationships I had built up in my life were much more important than those of my past life.

However, the problem is that, regardless of this doctor, the cause in my past life keeps interfering with my life.

‘We'll have to keep finding out if we want to be prepared. ’

No tower, no queen, no El, no disaster, no Britsman.

Everyone is expecting something from Yoon-suk.

And they move this way as far as they can and work their way under the water.

Therefore, Yoon-suk had no choice but to continue searching for memories from his previous life.

It's a full-scale fugitive from geology.

In order to go the way they want without being deceived by their deceptions, at least they need to know exactly what's going on around them.

Maybe that's why I felt so comfortable with Thousand Horses.

It's the only relationship that's ever been made without a previous relationship.

“I have business to attend to. ”

“Yes. Whatever it is, I hope it all works out. ”

Soon, Yoon-suk greeted Eshton and returned to the tower. Now that I've postponed it long enough, it's time to face El again.

“El."

The recitation of Yun Seok resounded to the awkward waiting room. No one listened except for him, but Yoon-suk waited quietly.

How long has it been?

"The Lady of Liberation is calling you.

Would you like to respond?

Unlike usual, the call that had been waiting was made a long time later. Yoon-suk grinned bitterly because she hesitated in the passage.

I miss it, but I'm afraid to see it.

I think I can understand Rick a little better now.

* * *

El's hut was the same as before.

Everything stops as if it were time.

It is unnatural to think that there have been more and more items purchased with WP every time you come.

“ ……. ”

I sat carefully where Yoon-suk used to sit.

A table full of steaming teacups and sweet sweets was empty.

Yoon-suk faced El with a strange feeling of loss.

She was also wearing a stiff smile as to whether this meeting was uncomfortable or not.

Somehow it feels more consistent than before.

“… It's been a long time. Yoon-suk.”

“Yes.”

The two finally met awkwardly and looked at each other statically for a while.

El no longer called Yoon-suk ‘Mister’ for fun.

Like Yoon-suk did.

She also had a lot on her mind while she was alone, and she probably organized a lot of things.

After a long time of silence, El bites me with a helpless voice.

“Are you here to buy power? ”

That's true.

I went to Seilandbad in the first place to collect WP.

But that's not the main purpose.

Yoon-suk realized one more thing through El's questions.

“You haven't seen her in a while? ”

Up until now, El has been watching Yoon-seok's every move. That's why I knew the situation without always saying it, and I understood why Yoon-suk came to me.

But not this time.

“… Yes. I thought Yoon-suk would hate it. I didn't want Yoon-suk to call me first. ”

“So?”

“... Well, since I'm the manager of Yoon-suk, you should know the situation. I'm a little worried... ”

After asking Yoon-suk again, El added his words as if he was making excuses.

In short, it meant I had peeked at it sometimes.

“No, the last time I saw Yoon-suk was in Kili. I was a little curious about the sudden change in location……. ”

“So you thought you were here to buy power. ”

“Yes. I thought if I collected all the WP I would come to me……. Uh, that's why you're here, isn't it? ”

El stops speaking and tilts his head.

If I didn't come for power, I felt like I was wondering why Yoon-suk summoned him.

Yoon-suk, who was about to tell me why right now, hesitated for a moment. I came back here because I wanted to have another honest conversation with her.

One thing before that, I had something to say.

“I have something to say first. ”

What the hell are you trying to say, that you're going to keep your voice down?

El squeezes his neck nervously.

“Well, what...? ”

Since then, Yoon-suk hesitated for a long time that his mouth wouldn't fall off easily, and all kinds of thoughts began to come to his mind.

Most of them were sinister imaginations.

I even thought this might be the last conversation I ever have with him.

And that moment, Yoon-suk opened his mouth.

“I'm sorry.”

“… Eek? ”

“I didn't mean it when I asked you if you were making excuses. ”

“… Eek! ”

“… what's wrong with you all of a sudden? ”

Yoon Suk stared at El, who kept apologizing with difficulty to the strange sound that kept popping out.

Then El hurriedly lowers his head and covers it with both hands.

“Oh, no! I was so surprised! Suddenly the hiccups... Hiic! Oh, don't look... ”

Yoon-suk turned his head as El wanted.

And I waited slowly until the hiccups were over. Maybe that's not what Hanael wanted.

“… keep telling me. Heeheehee! Don't look this way. ”

“But……. ”

“Because it's totally fine! Eek!”

Yoon-suk couldn't bear it, so he let it out.

It was different from the atmosphere I had in mind......

Of course not. This wasn't so bad either.

“I didn't mean it.... Ew! Y-you 're saying you trust me now? Hiic! Me? ”

Seeing El, who couldn't even breathe properly, Yoon-suk nodded his head.

“Yes.”

“Are you sure?”

“It's true.”

“… Can I call you anytime now? So like before.... Can I share a cookie with you? ”

“At any time, but I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't bother El. ”

“Cough.”

"What the fuck?"

Yoon Seok turned his head as he looked at the wall at the incomprehensible sound.

Come to think of it, I haven't heard any hiccups since before.

So what was that noise?

“... Hiiiiiiiiiiing! ”

Yoon-suk, who turned his head to confirm his identity, realized.

Not just a newborn baby, but an adult can make this sound when she cries.