BXBX NOVEL Chapter 219: Leader of the Light (3)
“Waaaaaaah! Waaaaaaaah!”
Flustered, Yoon-seok couldn’t say anything. 500 years had passed since then. However, Elle’s time had stopped then.
“…”
She spent 500 years alone as an admin. After thinking about what had supported her for such a long time, it was understandable. Reflecting on all the happy memories from that time every day, she must have waited. But the future was different from what she imagined.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Yoon-seok was Yoon-seok. He drew a definite line to Elle to differentiate him from Rick during his past life. Of course, it was okay up until here. Didn’t she wait 500 years just to repay what she received from him, even if it was just a little? Even for the next life when he wouldn’t remember her.
“It used to be like that. Hic! Used to…!”
However, after being rejected by him, her heart ached. Only then did Elle realize she was expecting something from him, too. She wished for something else, not just feeling the joy and satisfaction of giving.
“I’m sorryyyyy. Waaaaaaaah!”
“P-please stop crying. It’s fine, so…”
“But… buttttttt… Hic!”
“…”
He had no idea what to say to calm Elle. Eventually, Yoon-seok decided to wait and stand by her side until she calmed herself down. Time’s the best medicine, after all.
Elle’s breathing eventually stabilized. However, the hiccups didn’t stop.
“Hic! Hic!”
Yoon-seok quietly moved and patted her on the back. Elle’s face heated up.
“…Hic!”
“Don’t hold it in. Just stay put.”
“…Yes.”
Sometime later, the hiccups stopped. Yoon-seok felt as exhausted as a person who had just experienced a storm with their bare body. After apologizing, he had planned to say more, but he couldn’t remember what.
“…”
“…”
After she was done crying, an awkward silence wrapped around them. Yoon-seok sighed.
“…Can you show me the powers available for purchase?”
“…?”
That was the only thing he could think of right now.
She was momentarily surprised by Yoon-seok’s request. But perhaps she also wanted to break the awkward atmosphere as she quickly opened the power page. Then, she handed over the 200,000 WP that she worked hard to collect to Yoon-seok. With that, he had a total of 4 million WP.
Yoon-seok read her powers one by one again. There were a total of three options.
*Evolution – An evolution gauge that rises over time appears. Additional corrections are received according to your thoughts and actions. When the gauge is full, you can evolve.
Price: 1.5 million WP.
When purchasing power from Elle for the first time, Evolution was set aside for Skill Synthesis. It was 500,000 WP more expensive than Lady’s Commandment.
*Leader of the Light – The more followers you gain, the stronger you become.
Price: 850,000 WP.
At that time, he skimmed past this, but as Ashton advised, this didn’t seem so bad anymore. He had the Guwon-gyo on Earth, the Bloodseeker Sect in Seheranbad, and the Cult in Moorim.
*Clairvoyance – At critical moments, you can see the future.
Price: 3.5 million WP.
The last one was Clairvoyance. Elle’s trademark power was more expensive than the other two combined. He put it on the options list, but he wouldn’t use it properly because of b Divine Ultimatum}.
His mind was already set.
「Power Evolution is added to your soul.」
Yoon-seok spent 1.5 million WP to purchase Evolution. It would take time to see the effect, but it was a worthy ability. Elle said this increased her magic power by six when she was a challenger.
「Power Leader of the Light is added to your soul.」
Subsequently, Yoon-seok purchased the next power. He waited for the phrase to appear, to reveal how it would manifest and increase his power. However…
「Detecting all your followers from all dimensions. Please wait a moment.」
It required time for the effect to be applied. Thinking that the Tower’s work wouldn’t take long, Yoon-seok shifted his attention to the 2.35 million remaining. There were no decent powers to purchase from Elle anymore. Of course, that didn’t mean WP was useless. He would get a chance to purchase power from a random admin if he spent 100,000 WP.
“Elle, how can a challenger meet another admin?”
If it were a question with restrictions again, he would let it slide, but Elle replied:
“It’s impossible unless the admin makes contact first.”
In short, it meant there was no chance unless it was a special case like Kanna Blitz.
‘In the end, do I have no choice but to use WP as an experiment…?’
“By the way, it’s almost done!”
While Yoon-seok was choosing powers, Elle made tea, served snacks, and set the table. Then, she rested her chin against her hands and watched him closely.
“…Aren’t you going to eat?”
It was bothersome when she looked at him like that, but he couldn’t reject her. Yoon-seok picked up a snack and sipped tea. Only then did Elle smile. Although the mood was a little awkward, it didn’t last. Yoon-seok enjoyed sweet tea and snacks just as before and chatted with Elle.
Sometimes they talked nonsense, and sometimes they had a heart-to-heart.
“If you can make a wish on top of the Tower, what will you wish for?”
“…It might sound childish, but I hope no one suffers like me again. But now I don’t know. Whether it’s right or what I want.”
“…I see. It’s not childish at all.”
Elle grabbed Yoon-seok’s hand.
“I think I know why so many people like and follow you.”
Feeling suddenly awkward, Yoon-seok changed the subject.
“On the contrary, what wish would you make?”
But after asking, he thought he shouldn’t have. If he thought hard enough, he wouldn’t need to ask.
—I hope that person will live only for himself in the next life. As they desire, without any obligation…
Even when she was called to the Tower and became a challenger, even when she failed to ascend the Tower and became an admin, her wishes were the same. Elle wore a bitter smile.
“When I said I didn’t want anything from you, I didn’t mean it.”
“…?”
“No, I thought I was serious then. But at some point, I naturally hoped for something from you.”
“Hoped for something from me… what is it?”
When the Queen said he was her enemy in the past, that might be related to this changed wish. Yoon-seok waited for Elle to continue. Though it took a moment, she pushed past her hesitation.
“…I want to be with you. For a long time.”
Her voice was so small that he might have missed it even though he listened. Was it just his imagination that it sounded like a confession of love? Yoon-seok froze. Maybe if it were assassination or escorting, it would be fine, but this was not Yoon-seok’s specialty. Rather than finding the best answer to this, it would be easier to find an opening in a battle against Cheon-ma.
“Uh, uh… I see.”
Even he knew that it was a lame answer. The atmosphere grew awkward and stiff. Yoon-seok, looking for a way to overcome the current situation by activating Yin and Yang to the limit, used his best avoidance tactic and changed the subject again.
“I-I got a new skill last time. It’s called New Human…”
“Yes, yes! I-I see!”
Fortunately, perhaps she was thinking the same as Elle smiled and replied loudly. Yoon-seok continued to talk with relief.
“There was a message that said I’m no longer human. Do you know what this means?”
He brought it up to change the subject, but was it bad?
“Wow! Amazingly, you’re not a human… what? What did you say?”
Elle, who was answering like a machine, suddenly panicked and froze.
“Wait. Let me check.”
Elle stood. It seemed like she was checking his status page using her admin’s power. Soon after, Elle’s face turned red.
“…Not yet?”
“N-no. Well, I-I knew what it was.”
“Then why…”
“T-that…”
When he saw the phrase that he wasn’t human, he didn’t think much about it, but was it a serious problem? Elle hesitated to answer.
“I’m fine, so tell me.”
Yoon-seok braced himself to accept whatever he heard.
“Y-you’re reproductivity is better. To the extent that ethnic differences are easily ignorable.”
“…What?”
His brain stopped for a moment. Reproductivity? He couldn’t understand what she was saying. However, as soon as he met Elle’s eyes, he came to his senses.
“…What should I do? We even held hands earlier.”
Elle took a step back and carefully petted her empty stomach with a blush.
There were no mixed races in any other dimensions. It was impossible due to genetic differences. Besides that, he also heard that even humans from different dimensions could not have children. But if Elle was right, New Human was the ability to ignore that.
Yet what he didn’t understand…
“Hands? What’s wrong with that…?”
Holding hands was holding hands, and New Human was just an ability. So why was Elle reacting like this?
‘No way…?’
Yoon-seok turned around and asked Elle to confirm. As a result, he soon realized that Elle’s sexual knowledge was only to the extent that Rick taught her long ago. It was hard to believe, but Elle believed that if lovers held hands, they would have a baby.
“…”
Yoon-seok was lost for words. Of course, considering her situation, he understood and even sympathized with her. When she started menstruation and gradually matured to adulthood, she was trapped in Trejan Cults’ sacred land, and then she had to ascend to the Tower.
‘And since she became an admin, she’s been alone…’
He sighed. If he could meet Rick right now, he would hit him hard in the back of the head. But, he had to resolve this misunderstanding first.
“Elle. Children don’t come from holding hands.”
“What? Then how…”
Elle, still touching her belly, looked at him with wide eyes. Yoon-seok paused. Even if he thought this was just sex education, for some reason, his voice wouldn’t come out.
“Uh, what should I say… between a man and a woman, only that thing can….”
“That thing?”
“It’s the harmony of yin and yang?”
“Yin and yang?”
Yoon-seok gave up.
“Holding hands with loved ones isn’t enough; they have to sleep together. So you don’t have to worry.”
“But why didn’t he tell me that…?”
“W-who knows?”
Yoon-seok might know the reason, but he hurriedly left Elle’s cabin. But as soon as he returned to the waiting room, he received a call from Cheon-ma.
「Cheonma-zl Zone invites you to the waiting room.」
「Would you like to accept?」
Did she want to go on a mission or exploration together like last time? Well, he’d find out soon. Unlike what he said to Elle while leaving, Yoon-seok responded to the invitation since he wasn’t in a rush. He wanted to cool off his head, even for a little bit.
Also, he missed the cuteness overload from Yong-yong.
“You’re here.”
Cheon-ma greeted him. However, Yoon-seok, answering with a salute, as usual, tilted his head. There was a newly built table in the waiting room, and a six or seven-year-old boy was reading a book at it. His hair was red… was that Yong-yong’s human mode?
“Yong-yong, what are you doing? Come here.”
“Yes, Mother.”
At Cheon-ma’s call, the boy shuffled over. Then, he bowed politely.
“Son greets Father.”
Yoon-seok’s head throbbed even more. He turned blankly and looked at Cheon-ma. Sitting upright on a cushion, a satisfied smile lingered on her lips.