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Side Story 30
A fake Seah, huh.
Yoon Seah, who was sharing senses with Seong Jihan.
At first, when she heard that phrase, she was even doubtful that the word could be referring to her.
However.
"Returning Flow Respiration. It's a breathing technique used by those who train in the Primal Chaos Unifying Qi Arts, when they rapidly gain internal energy through Remote Energy Transfer. It will be a suitable training method for fake... no, the fake Seah."
"Hmm... Returning Flow Respiration, huh. It's a perfect method for that Seah over there."
"Yes. I've quickly compiled it."
Listening to the conversation between Seong Jihan and the woman in martial arts uniform.
It seemed that fake Seah was definitely referring to her.
And then.
Srrr...
As Seong Jihan flipped through the notebook that the woman had given him.
'A method to control the rapidly grown power as one's own...'
She realized that Returning Flow Respiration was a perfect method for her own situation, where she had explosively grown to level 196.
And then.
"I'm in your debt this time as well, following the Primal Chaos Unifying Qi Arts."
As Seong Jihan even mentioned the Primal Chaos Unifying Qi Arts.
It became clear who the fake was referring to.
'If I'm the fake... is she the real one?'
Yoon Seah, who she saw through Seong Jihan's eyes.
Their appearances were the same, but.
There was a fundamental difference between her and herself.
'......She's so bright.'
A face without a single worry.
She had no idea why the world ranking 1 story came out, but.
In any case, there was no shadow to be found on that Yoon Seah's face.
In contrast, her own life had been greatly lifted up from the bottom by the 'Martial God', but.
On the other hand, if the Martial God's descent were to end and the original 'uncle' returned.
She could easily fall back down to the bottom at any time.
So, she thought that she shouldn't miss the current opportunity with the Martial God and.
She needed to grow and establish her position...
'Uncle? The Martial God?'
If it was the Seong Jihan that she knew, there was no way that would happen...
Yoon Seah, in a state of confusion, just watched what he was seeing and hearing.
When she lived in the basement two-room.
The old Sword Palace, that came out in her dreams countless times.
"My senses... have almost all returned."
She had no idea what he meant when he said that his senses had almost all returned.
But when Seong Jihan went to the kitchen and took a bite of an apple.
That taste was conveyed to Yoon Seah as well.
Not just sight and hearing, but.
The completely real and vivid feeling of taste and touch as well.
Yoon Seah, in a daze, just watched what Seong Jihan was doing.
Then, with a clunk.
She was surprised when the door opened and Seong Jiah came out.
'Mom is... fine too?'
This world.
Wasn't it like heaven to Yoon Seah?
As she was flustered while seeing Seong Jiah who was vividly alive and moving.
"Jihan. What are you thinking of doing over there now?"
"Huh? Why suddenly?"
"That Seah over there... wouldn't it be okay to just leave her with my counterpart over there?"
Seong Jiah opened her mouth with a pitiful expression.
"Leave Seah with the Witch of the Void?"
"Yeah. You're not going to be there forever anyway."
"But that world is a world where the outer world is not manifested. Even if Seah follows the Witch of the Void and becomes part of the void, there won't be anywhere to interact with."
The outer world was not manifested?
At that, Yoon Seah remembered that the elf looked broken when she was with the Martial God.
Could that phenomenon be... related to it?
Meanwhile, their conversation continued.
"......Is that so?"
"Yeah. In that case, it would be better for Seah if we turned my sister back into a human."
"Uh... is it possible for my counterpart over there to turn back into a human?"
"We should try."
As Seong Jiah nodded at that,
Yoon Seah hurriedly joined in the conversation.
"Yes uncle! Please be good to me over there! You're going to return here completely after you defeat Dongbang Sak, right?"
"Maybe, probably."
"Then, I'll be left alone... ah, will uncle come back?"
"The gambling addict Seong Jihan?"
"Ah. That's right... we, we definitely need mom to come back too. Then I think I can live without being discouraged."
Like that, Yoon Seah was sincerely worried about the situation after everything was over.
'Am I... being pitied by me?'
The person who was listening to it had complicated feelings.
Yeah.
She knew that they were worried about her.
But when the one who had everything said it like that...
It felt like she, who was called the 'fake', was becoming more pathetic.
On top of that.
"There's no need to care too much about the fake."
"Sister...!"
"It's a world that will disappear after the problem is solved anyway. If you give too much care to it, your heart will only hurt."
"Even so..."
As the woman in the martial arts uniform said that it was a 'world that will disappear' and told her not to give affection to the fake.
The one who was listening to it felt like her heart was being cut.
A world that will disappear.
A fake.
Was that what she was?
Only the Yoon Seah who was living happily over there was real?
'....'
After that too.
She could hear a lot of conversations through her shared senses with Seong Jihan.
"Boss. You're going to go into the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams with me, right? You're not going with Gayeong, right?"
"My lady. Are you not curious? What kind of scene will come out if I go?"
"I'm not curious!"
"Well, I'll ask for your opinion. If you strongly refuse to go..."
"Hey. Don't give me options! Just take me, okay!"
Lee Hayeon and Lim Gayeong, who had seemed to be intimidated by the Martial God,
Were treating him affectionately here.
"Jihan... if I do something crazy again next time, would you just kill me?"
"You're saying that again."
Even her father, Yoon Sejin, had become a changed man for some reason.
He was begging Yoon Seah and Seong Jian to get rid of himself in that world, while being completely dominated by them.
A world that was no less than a perfect happy ending for Yoon Seah.
'....Is that... the real Yoon Seah's life?'
She, who was called the fake.
Just watched it all with heavy heart.
Like that, as she watched 'Seong Jihan' talk to people.
"Then, I'll go now."
"Already?"
"Uncle. You're too absorbed in that place these days~"
Zzzzz...
[The shared senses with 'Seong Jihan' has ended.]
She just blankly watched the pure white letters that appeared in front of her eyes.
And then.
Paaah...!
The world flickered and.
She returned to her original self again.
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'Ah......'
And then.
The world started moving again.
Yoon Seah stretched her hand out.
Swoosh.
And her palm quickly stretched out according to her will.
'.....What was that earlier?'
Yoon Seah just kept clenching and unclenching her fist with a dazed face.
Was she just hallucinating from entering the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams too many times lately?
Rather than the story that this world is fake and she's fake too.
'....I think the conclusion that I was just out of my mind for a bit is better.'
Like that, Yoon Seah hoped that she was just so tired that she had gone crazy.
"Seah."
The 'Martial God' called her.
"There is a method that will help you adapt to the rapidly increased power."
He was talking about the Returning Flow Respiration that she had seen and heard earlier.
"Ah..."
She collapsed to the ground without even realizing it.
What she saw earlier, it wasn't... a hallucination after all.
'Fake....'
She unknowingly recalled the word that Kang Seolyeong had kept saying.
* * *
Meanwhile.
'Huh?'
Seong Jihan, who was about to tell her about the Returning Flow Respiration.
Blinked when Yoon Seah suddenly collapsed to the ground with a dazed face.
'....Why is she suddenly like this?'
Did he mess up his login somehow?
Just a moment ago, she couldn't control her power because of her excessive level up.
But now, she suddenly looked like she had lost it.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem with your condition?"
"......"
"Yoon Seah?"
She was only looking at the ground even when Seong Jihan asked her.
"Uncle... no, Martial God-nim."
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry, but today... can I rest a little early?"
She conveyed that she wanted to rest to Seong Jihan with vacant eyes.
'Was it that hard doing intense action in the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams?'
No.
But she wasn't like this in the Abyss?
She said she was just watching, so she should have been fine.
Why was she suddenly like that now?
Ah.
Could it be?
'Has the void taken hold of her already?'
The Witch of the Void, who had shown great attachment to Yoon Seah.
Did she intervene in that small gap when he was gone?
'But if I log out, the world should stop.'
Seong Jihan tilted his head while sending the energy of Blue to her to check just in case.
Sss...
Like that, the Blue brushed against Yoon Seah's body, but
'......There's no void.'
Unlike last time when Yoon Seah entered and came out of the BattleNet.
No void was detected at all.
Then, was she just like this because she was simply tired?
'.....Hmm.'
Something felt off.
Seong Jihan thought that, but
".....Okay. You should rest. You must need to rest since you've been running hard for a week."
Looking at her current state, it seemed impossible to teach her the Returning Flow Respiration.
"Yes... thank you."
As Yoon Seah barely managed to get up and entered her room in the VIP room while staggering.
-Why is Seah suddenly like that?
-Yeah, she was fine just now...
-She completely lost it;
-Did the Sword King mess up again? lol
-But if Seong Jihan-nim logs out, this world stops too, so where would he even have the time to mess up?
-Oh, is that so?
-Maybe she was just suddenly overcome with fatigue.
The viewers who saw this also mostly showed their questions about Yoon Seah's reaction.
'Did something happen while she was going through the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams?'
Seong Jihan had no idea that Yoon Seah had seen the real world through their shared senses.
He went over what he might have missed during their intense action, one more time.
But since he couldn't figure anything out even after thinking about it.
'Is it really just because she's tired...?'
He had no choice but to think that for now.
Then, he should let her rest.
'If there's no change after resting, then I should watch her more carefully.'
Seong Jihan, who came to that conclusion, thought about the remaining Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams.
The entrance conditions of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, which said that he had to go with either Lee Hayeon or Lim Gayeong.
'Since Hayeon was so adamant, it would be good to take her if possible...'
Maybe because she saw him married to Sophia with a kid.
Lee Hayeon was fired up, saying that she wanted to be taken to this Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams no matter what.
Lim Gayeong was just picking at her on the side a few times, but,
-It can't be helped. I'm curious about what kind of relationship I have with Seong Jihan-nim, but... I'll endure it this time for my lady's sake.
In the end, she was pushing Lee Hayeon's intentions.
So Seong Jihan was thinking that he would follow her intentions if possible and called the Lee Hayeon here.
"Yes...? T, the Abyss?"
But Lee Hayeon, who came to the VIP room, was strongly showing her reluctance.
"I'm not a player with outstanding abilities like Sophia-nim... I'm no different from a normal person."
"Nothing much will happen there."
"B, but even still... the Abyss..."
No matter how much it was a suggestion from the Martial God.
It was just too much for Lee Hayeon, whose specs were too average, to accept the idea of suddenly going to the Abyss, the final evolved form of dungeon portals.
-Hey, stop arguing and just follow him!!! He even removed dungeon portals for you like you asked. She really doesn't know gratitude!!!
-Boss, let's just kidnap her! What can she do if we drag her by force? She's a normal person!
Although in the chat window, the real Lee Hayeon was strongly pushing to kidnap herself.
'I can't do that.'
He needed to maintain a smooth relationship for Yoon Seah's growth buff.
He couldn't just force her to go to the Abyss.
Still.
"Um... do you really, really need me?"
"It's just this time. I promise that this kind of thing won't happen next time."
Was it because she had received the 'payment' from Seong Jihan?
Even though she was confused, Lee Hayeon was trying to find a way without refusing.
And then soon.
"Um, then, maybe... is it okay if I take one more person with me?"
She had found her own solution.
Of course.
-No, that's not it. Where else can you take someone? It's only Lim Gayeong.
-Let's kidnap her!!! She will thank me too when she goes in!!!
It wasn't the answer that the real Lee Hayeon had wanted, but
He couldn't really kidnap her, so.
"......Okay. Let's go together."
Seong Jihan slowly nodded.
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