81.
Although he subdued Bacardi, he was still a problem after that.
“Is there a place to lock him up?”
Amber said with a puzzled expression.
“There’s kind of a place on the basement floor, but wouldn’t it be difficult?”
That person was one of the strongest in the United States. A temporary prison was useless.
“So, in the end, you need a keeper, but there are only a few people who can do that here.”
In the event of an emergency, there were only three people here who could subdue Bacardi. Besides, all three were not US citizens. It was not known what would happen next.
“What about ripping off his limbs? Then the recovery time will be a bit delayed.”
First, Hyeon-woo gave his opinion. However, the opinion was dismissed because it could lead to a shock death by doing something wrong. They were just passing the time like that, until they felt a presence from above.
“I don’t think there’s any hostility.”
“I know.”
Eventually, the crowd arrived at the door. Just in case everyone was getting ready to fight, the door opened, and a familiar face appeared.
“Leon-nim!”
Amber exclaimed with a bright smile.
“Amber.”
Leon’s gaze, looking inside, fell to the floor, towards Bacardi, who was lying on the floor. A look of regret crossed his face.
“Why did you betray humanity?”
“You betrayed me. Why do we have to side with humanity in the first place?”
In response to Leon’s question, Bacardi asked again.
“Because our roots are there.”
“Nonsense!”
Bacardi twisted and laughed.
“I’m on the same level as a weak, noisy, and clueless bug? No, no.”
“Are you really crazy?”
“If you think I’m crazy, I must be crazy.”
With that, Bacardi shut his mouth. Leon let out a deep sigh, then turned his body and bowed deeply to Hyeon-woo.
“Thank you for your help. I’ll definitely remember this grace.”
He waved his hand saying it was okay, but Leon steadfastly bowed his back and thanked all the people gathered. It was an act worthy of the leader of the Guardian Guild in pursuit of justice.
“I’m sorry, but could you help me a little more?”
At Leon’s words, Hyeon-woo nodded. Hyeon-woo said, so Seon-woo, of course, agreed, and so did Do-jin.
“Erasing debt isn’t a bad thing.”
Even Ga-jun joined there.
“Amber, can we continue?”
“Of course!”
There, Amber, and the staff also busily moved and settled down.
“Bacardi will be watched by me. As soon as things settle down, he’ll go to the prison where villains are held.”
Leon spoke firmly. And after that, after Amber solved the communication jamming, the same thing as in Korea before was repeated.
When Amber informed them of an emergency, Hyeon-woo’s party split up and rushed there to help. He also heard that Awakened people from other countries, such as Japan, Russia, and the United Kingdom, moved quickly to help.
Most of the now-villainous Phoenix guild members of the Phoenix Guild. They also shouted surrender at the slightest disadvantage, perhaps because they were afraid of death. It wasn’t easy to kill someone like that.
Of course, even if they shouted ‘surrender’ at Hyeon-woo, he still beat them to death.
“I surrender!”
“So that I won’t kill you?”
Hyeon-woo snorted at the protesting villains. And around that time, a rumor started to circulate among the busy Awakened.
About a black-haired boy who rode a Red Boar.
He didn’t look like a villain, but he didn’t feel like an ally either. He didn’t help either side, he just asked a question and moved on. And because of that question, the news was delivered to Hyeon-woo.
‘Do you know a person named Ji Hyeon-woo?’
That was the boy’s question.
“Do you know him?”
For guidance, John, who was attached there for guidance, asked.
“No, I don’t know.”
Hyeon-woo scratched his cheek with his finger and tried to remember. There was one person he thought of, but he was the No.1 demon in the Demon Realm.
When he asked out of curiosity in the past, the fairy did answer. He said he couldn’t easily pass to another world.
“He’s too strong. For the balance of the world, the strong cannot easily move into other realms. Hyeon-woo-nim was originally born on Earth, so it doesn’t matter, but Alberg-nim is a complete demon. If he goes over, you will be in trouble.”
‘So, it wouldn’t be Alberg?’ Hyeon-woo thought.
But if he thought about it that way, there was another part that didn’t fit.
He spent 10 years in the Demon Realm with respect to the flow of time in Middle Earth. The fact that the other person was a boy meant that he was a child in the past.
‘But I didn’t know any children.’
When he was in middle school, he only went back and forth between school, his part-time job, and home. There was no child he knew back then.
“Still, I’d like to meet him just in case.”
“Then should I help bring him to you if I come across him again?”
“It would be nice.”
If Hyeon-woo saw him, he would know who it was.
***
“Would you like some milk?”
Misha looked at the boy sitting in her chair with her legs crossed and asked kindly.
“I also have juice.”
“Juice would be better.”
The boy raised his finger and spoke arrogantly. Normally, it was normal to be in a bad mood, but his overwhelming beauty erased those thoughts.
“Yes, I will bring it to you soon.”
Misha stepped out of her door with swift steps. And the boy, Alberg, who was watching that scene from behind, gave a small yawn.
She said that she would let him meet Hyeon-woo, so he quietly followed her, but he intended to kill everyone if he made a mistake. But he didn’t even know that, and watching him flounder, he felt strange.
“Are all humans like that?”
Everyone laughed and tried to be nice. It looked like the liver had come out of the stomach. If you are weak, don’t you have to be as careful as you are weak?
It was a natural law in the Demon Realm where the more beautiful and kinder, the more poisonous it is.
“It’s apple juice.”
Before long, apple juice was placed in front of Alberg.
“Please listen while drinking.”
“I will.”
“May I know what your relationship is with Hyeon-woo?”
“Relationship?”
His relationship with Hyeon-woo. It was a question he didn’t even have to ponder.
“We’ll soon become partners.”
The first crack appeared on Misha’s face, who had been smiling the whole time.
“Do you like him?”
“Yeah.”
“Uh, I see.”
Misha stuttered.
“That’s right.”
In response to the answer that followed, Misha unconsciously touched her forehead with her hand. Then she glanced at the boy again.
He looked like he was in his mid-teens, but was he actually older? But even so, Hyeon-woo was in his early 20s.
And there was one more problem.
“Aren’t you a man?”
“Does gender matter?”
It was important. Of course, it’s less important for a boy’s age like him.
“May I ask your age?”
“Well, I haven’t counted since I passed 1000 years old.”
“Oh.”
Apparently, the boy had some mental problems.
‘People can’t live to be 1000 years old!’
Misha held back what she wanted to shout. It was because she was afraid that the boy would be shocked if she did something wrong.
“Then what is your name?”
“Alberg.”
This time a normal answer came out. Misha then sighed in relief and praised the name.
“That’s a great name.”
“Yes, I built it. Originally, my father intended to name me Aloha. I didn’t like it, so I killed him, and I chose a new one.”
She was wrong. Misha tried to smile as she swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out again.
Everything Alberg said was true, but it sounded absurd to Misha.
She was thinking about what more she should say now, but there was a commotion outside.
“Hyeon-woo-nim, you are here?”
As soon as she heard that, Misha jumped up from her seat. It was because it seemed that it would be better to inform him of the boy’s condition in advance than to just let him in.
“I’ll bring Hyeon-woo!”
Then, as soon as she ran out of the room, she saw Hyeon-woo and his party.
“Are you here?”
“Yes, but what about the boy?”
“Waiting inside. By the way.”
Misha lowered her voice.
“It looks like he has a bit of a mental problem. He makes strange nonsense. I think you should be careful just in case.”
“What do you mean?”
“Stories like being over 1000 years old or killing his father and renaming himself.”
Hearing that, Hyeon-woo’s expression hardened.
‘I heard from the fairy that Alberg will not come to this world.’
It seemed that it was an outright lie. He was thinking what to do now when the door suddenly opened. Then, a handsome boy with long black hair jumped out and hugged Hyeon-woo.
“Hyeon-woo!”
Brilliant purple eyes twinkled. He hoped it wasn’t, but it was the real Alberg.
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
HW: I wish I didn’t have to say this… but…. It’s Alberg da. yaay!
Davine: Alberg is a mood. I dunno what DJ and SW will think of this confession…
YRR: Yet another contender for HW.
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