Creating Hidden Endings

Chapter 34

Translated by Tam

Is it because I’m the only one who doesn’t have that experience? I started to feel sorry for him little by little.

The child doesn’t seem to have much power—I frowned because I felt guilty at the sight of raising sympathy.

And perhaps noticing the sign, the boy who was constantly struggling with his limbs reached out his hand desperately as if he was asking me for help. Maybe he saw that I was the easiest one.

However, no matter how hard he tried, Lee Jehee’s tightly held hands had no loss of strength.

“I, if you kill me, you’ll regret it, human!” 

“Why?”

“I, it’s because the successor isn’t ready yet! If the Keymaster disappears without a successor, they will reset all dungeons!

“Speak in an easy-to-understand way. Because I don’t plan on having a long conversation with you.”

Lee Jehee’s slow voice arose wildly as if ripped by a pitchfork. At that bloody momentum, the guy called Keymaster looked at Lee Jehee with fearful eyes. And I, who was just watching from the side, felt the same emotion.

Somehow, I felt a little sick of it, so I sneaked toward Shin Sora. It was a shallow calculation that she would protect me no matter what happened because she was a person who liked me.

“I, if I die right away, all the dungeons that are currently cleared will disappear! Instead, when a new Keymaster comes, all the dungeons will reappear with reset, y, you stupid human!”

—It will reset all cleared dungeons?

“Yes! This dimension is beyond the number and acceptable volume, and I’m here to reduce it! So even if you kill me, another keymaster will come over soon, and then everything will be reset! Because there was no one who could succeed in the middle!”

Lee Jehee looked quietly at the Keymaster, who kept raising his voice as if he wanted to hide his fear. From that gaze, there was a clear trace of thinking about whether to kill or not, so a punk named Keymaster swallowed dry saliva. I also felt nervous and moved my neck.

Taken together, it seemed to mean that the existence of a Keymaster appeared to reduce the volume of this dimension, which had grown abnormally, resulting in dungeons or outbreaks. And the meaning of the word came a little different to me.

Keymaster and dimension.

I think I can go back to where I used to live if I’m good at persuading that clumsy guy. If not, maybe I can get some hints.

Impatient, I approached the boy Lee Jehee was holding and asked while putting my face to it.

“Then did you also cross the dimension?”

“Of course! I am the descendant of the great Typhon!”

I don’t know if it’s a Typhon or a coupon, but from the fact that the boy who had been hanging on to it until now had a face like that, it must have been something great.

So, is it the Typhon that allows you to cross the dimension? Then, didn’t I come here wrong because of the problem that the volume was increased? There may be some connection between the fact that it brought me here and the situation.

“What does it mean that the volume got bigger?”

“I have nothing more to say! This is something that humans shouldn’t know… Kyaa!” 

When the Keymaster, who had a pale face at my question, started talking nonsense, Lee Jehee, who had been listening without a word, waved his hand violently. The boy ripped like laundry in the air, screamed, and answered my question right away.

I don’t know how such a weak person could be a Keymaster who came to destroy the dimension.

“I, it means, of course, that the dimensional energy has grown so much that it is overloaded! That’s because a lot of abnormal people who broke the rules appeared!”

“Those who broke the rules? Are you talking about Hunter?”

Baek Taera, who was standing crookedly with his arms crossed and listening, opened his mouth.

At the annoying question, the boy, who was looking at Lee Jehee, drooped his arms and legs. It was obviously a loss of fighting spirit.

“That’s the case, but…the awakening nature of your people, it’s not the system we created in the first place…it’s threatening to other dimensions because it keeps collecting too much dimensional energy.”

Is the awakening attribute the problem? Perhaps everyone thought the same, but the groups with awakening attributes exchanged glances once in a while. Then Hana stepped up as a representative.

“Then who created the awakening traits we have? We didn’t awaken because we wanted to.”

“Those who lend the power of the awakening attribute are crossing the dimension at will! We’re also very troubled by it.”

“…That is why some people awaken and some don’t. The awakening quest was a condition for them to pass.”

The Keymaster nodded helplessly at Hana’s clear explanation. At that moment, there was silence among the parties.

Looking around the quiet party with their own thoughts, I sneaked up to Lee Jehee. And I tried to get the Keymaster out of his hand. Seeing this, Lee Jehee twisted his mouth and lips without releasing the strength from his grasp, noticing what he didn’t like so much. I smiled awkwardly at such a guy and removed his fingers one by one as if to soothe him gently.

I have to appease him in order not to make the value of the ‘Be Loved’ skill that I barely raised before leaving the dungeon negative. But actually, even if it’s not for that reason, I hope he doesn’t smile like that. I’m going to die because I’m nervous.

“What are you doing?”

‘I, it’s pitiful… This kid doesn’t seem to have much strength… And he doesn’t look like he’s going to attack us.”

“That’s not a matter that Yeon Seonwoo can guarantee.”

“That’s true, but… Shall we ask directly then? Hey, are you have any intention to attack the people here?”

The boy who was hanging on to my question quickly shook his head. It seems that he has no sense at all.

Anyway, from my point of view, he should never die. Because there was a lot to find out from a Keymaster.

I was afraid that Lee Jehee, who was not the usual, would kill him in a hurry, so I grabbed his hand and tried my best to release him.

“Excuse me, your hands…”

“….”

However, Lee Jehee, who was skeptical, didn’t easily believe the words of the Keymaster. He grabbed my hand and slowly raised his arm. So, I stared at the Keymaster up to my eye level with blackened eyes.

With those emotionless eyes, the Keymaster shook his body and shook his head as if he really had no intention.

“I, I don’t have any ability for temporary! Originally, I was supposed to hide until a new Keymaster comes—Really, that’s all. Y, you doubtful human!” 

“…Any reason to believe it?”

“Iik! I couldn’t open the door of dimension, so the outbreak didn’t happen, you suspicious man!”

Come to think of it—. There was no outbreak even though a new Keymaster appeared. There was nothing special about the dungeon, except that one lesser was found from time to time.

The Keymaster, who read my convincing expression, was showing how weak it was.

…That idiot.

“I’m not an adult yet, so I can’t open the door! T, that’s why I brought Nightmare, and you guys killed him mercilessly! Cruel and wicked people!”

“Then let’s say you’re here temporarily, and when a new keymaster appears soon, the outbreak will start again?”

“Yeah! I haven’t been able to find the next successor yet, so I came as quickly as possible, but soon a new Keymaster will appear and take over your dimension… Kya!”

Before he could finish answering, Lee Jehee swung the Keymaster he was holding and threw it to the floor. There was also me who was holding out his hand from the side, but what do you mean by throwing it away so hard that it hurts anyone who sees it?

Perhaps it hurt a lot, the Keymaster shed tears and woke up again to rise into the air. I wondered how he had risen to find a pair of three-finger wings attached to the back of the back.

It was heavier than I thought. How can he fly with those small wings?

While looking at the wings suspiciously, the boy who flew into my arms buried his face and cried sadly. While looking at the person crying out loud awkwardly and comforting his back, the rest of the group had a serious conversation.

“What are you going to do, Master?”

“If all the dungeons are reset when a new keymaster appears, the problem gets bigger. It would be better to hold him down and find a way to deal with the new Keymaster.”

Lee Jehee, tired of the Chorok’s question, answered without sincerity and swept his hair up. The surroundings were bright because of the sunrise, so Lee Jehee’s appearance was clearly visible. When I checked the time with a watch that showed off its presence on my wrist, it was past 8 a.m.

It means that he finished the dungeon clear in two hours— He took a step back after looking at the group with tired eyes.

“Even if we say we’re dealing with that punk, we can’t solve the basic problem if it’s a system where new key masters keep appearing, can we?”

Lee Jehee shrugged his shoulders as if he had no choice but to agree to Baek Taera’s words.

“Everyone will be tired today, so go back and rest, and we’ll meet at the guild again tomorrow to discuss. There’s no need to rush as a new Keymaster isn’t appearing right now.”

“Then what about me?”

Everyone nodded as if in agreement with the saying that they would meet again tomorrow. As Lee Jehee said, the signs of tiredness were obvious.

However, Sora, who is not a guild member, seemed to point out herself as if she could not tolerate the words. Of course, Jehee couldn’t have cared about that anymore.

“You go back when you’re done with your mercenary work.”

“…Just go like this? When did you use me as a shield? You’re tired because you’re done with your business, right?”

Lee Jehee’s face, which seemed to be annoying when Sora raised it, subsided even more annoying.