Chapter 208: Chapter 208 - Philosopher's Stone (1)
Chapter 208 – Philosopher’s Stone (1)
And how much time had passed?
After Yeon-woo left Edora’s arm, he couldn’t meet her eyes properly . He was drunk from the atmosphere, but as soon as he came back to his senses, it was extremely awkward .
Edora lightly laughed, thinking Yeon-woo adorable . She had only seen his stiff side, so seeing this new side was refreshing . It was interesting that she could also see facial expressions and not just his eyes .
“So you get embarrassed too . ”
“… . . What did you think of me all that time?”
“I’ll leave that to your imagination . ”
Edora tossed a light joke and held out the mask in her hand .
Yeon-woo’s hand was slightly frozen when he accepted it . He still seemed to have a lot of thoughts . They weren’t extreme thoughts like before, but he didn’t know what to say or how to respond .
But as if telling him not to worry, Edora silently grabbed Yeon-woo’s hand . She regarded Yeon-woo with her jewel-like eyes .
“Phante didn’t see your face . ”
Yeon-woo looked at her with questioning eyes .
“When he saw you on the ground, he said he didn’t think it was time for him to see yet . You didn’t reveal your face out of your own will, so he said that he would wait until then . ”
“And I had the same thought but… . . the end was a bit different . I wanted to see what kind of burden you were carrying . Would it be wrong if I wanted to share in that?”
Edora shut her mouth after saying that, like she was leaving the rest to Yeon-woo .
Yeon-woo realized that the time had come . The time to make the decision of whether he was going to say his secret or not .
He had known that this time was going to come someday . He couldn’t hide it forever . And also that if he couldn’t say it, he would have to split from them .
But he didn’t know that it would be this soon, so he couldn’t say anything .
Then, he made a decision . If it were these children . If it were these guys . Wouldn’t it be alright? If he was worried about what would happen after, he could leave then . He would only get in their way if he stayed with them .
He organized his thoughts, and slowly put his mask on .
“Someday . I’ll tell you everything . ”
“Alright . ”
Edora nodded her head and smiled faintly . It was a brighter smile than ever .
Yeon-woo moved with Edora to the room opposite of them . She said that Phante, Sesha, Galliard, and Brahm were staying there . And she didn’t know why, but there was a guest that was still staying with them too .
Creak .
When she carefully opened the door, Galliard tilted his head seeing Yeon-woo . He seemed to be surprised that Yeon-woo was wearing his mask again, but he guessed the reason why .
“You’re here?”
“Yes . ”
“Brahm’s waiting for you . ”
Yeon-woo nodded, and headed towards the bedroom . Phante looked at Yeon-woo with a complicated face and moved to the side . Sesha, who had been sitting on the bed, ran at Yeon-woo .
“Wang! Uncle!”
Had Galliard already explained everything? Sesha was calling Yeon-woo “Uncle . ” and not “Dad . ” But before he could express his happiness of meeting his relative after everything was revealed, Sesha began to sob .
Brahm was lying on the bed, slowly dying . His dried skin, and weak breathing . A god was dying . And a great god at that, one who had once been among the higher leveled gods .
His breath looked like it would extinguish any minute now, but thanks to Yvlke’s help, his life was extended .
For the first time since Yeon-woo met Yvlke, he had a bitter smile . Looking at Yeon-woo, he fixed his monocle and slowly came out from the bedroom .
“You probably have a lot to talk about, so as an outsider, I’ll leave for a moment . Player ###, there’s a message from Sir Hermes, so please leave some time for me later . ”
As Yeon-woo nodded his head, Yvlke rode the portal and hid himself .
Yeon-woo slowly approached the bedroom . Brahm’s eyelids wavered, and he barely opened them . His unfocused pupils slowly moved to fix on Yeon-woo .
“You’re here?”
“Yes . ”
“Can I see your face?”
Yeon-woo nodded, and moved his hand to his mask . As he did, Phante, Edora, and Galliard all left .
Click .
Brahm stared at Yeon-woo’s face for a while . Dark eyebrows . Monolid eyes . A sharp chin . It was a handsome face .
“It’s the same . Really . But the impression is different . ”
“I heard that a lot . ”
“Usually twins are similar . ”
“But strangely, we grew up completely different . ”
“I see . Since the impression you give off is completely different . I’m assuming you fought a lot too?”
“Don’t brothers usually grow up fighting?”
“Haha . I suppose so . ”
Was it because he was at death’s door? He seemed a lot milder . He looked softer than before, and it fit him well .
Brahm usually had a cold face, but it might’ve been a front, like Yeon-woo’s mask .
Then, Brahm smiled bitterly .
“Do you know? I didn’t like that face . ”
Yeon-woo widened his eyes at the unexpected words .
“Since it was a face that made my daughter suffer . ”
Yeon-woo spoke with a sour smile .
“He was a bad bastard . ”
“Right . He was a bad bastard . Definitely . A really bad bastard . ”
Ananta had liked his brother since she first met him . Sometimes, she revealed her emotions, but her brother had firmly rejected her . The reason was simple . Because he had a lover at that time .
Looking back at it now, Jeong-woo was his brother, but he really was a fool .
Ananta had been able to find out that Jeong-woo had a child because she had continually been watching him, and she put everything on the line to save that child . And Sesha was saved .
So Brahm probably didn’t like his brother since he had made his daughter go through all that . Even after his brother died, Brahm’s daughter was fighting somewhere to protect Sesha .
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“I didn’t live a life where I can proudly say I have a daughter . I wasn’t a kind father . But I didn’t like how he made her hurt like that for such a long time . ”
Brahm’s gaze wasn’t on Yeon-woo anymore, but towards someone who had the same face as him .
“But at the same time, I feel thankful . The person who connected me with my daughter, while I just watched from afar, was him in the end . ”
Yeon-woo thought of a section in the diary . The first time his brother met Ananta was actually for Brahm .
‘Since Brahm didn’t try to help him, he found what Brahm needed and went to convince Ananta . Didn’t he get slapped that time?’
His brother convinced Ananta with tenacity .
At first, it was so he could learn alchemy from Brahm, but later, it was because he hoped their relationship could improve . Since he had family he left behind too, he was able to empathize with them .
“And the person who gave me this child was him . Even if I don’t like him, I’m thankful . ”
Brahm stroked Sesha’s head . Tears welled up in her eyes .
“How can I leave this child behind . ”
There was regret in Brahm’s voice . In the end, he hadn’t been able to catch the demon . Sesha’s illness would become worse, and groups like the Elohim and the Blood Land were targeting Sesha . And his daughter was off fighting somewhere he didn’t know .
He would have too many things to worry about if he just left like this . From when Ananta was born, to today . He was a fool that didn’t get anything right .
The god of creation, Brahma? A higher god? What did all that matter? He was just a halfling not able to protect the precious things next to him .
Regret was filled in Brahm’s hand as he stroked Sesha’s head .
“Brahm, don’t go . ”
Sesha grabbed Brahm’s hand and shook her head . Her depressed tail showed her sadness .
Then .
Yeon-woo turned to Brahm to ask him a question .
“Don’t you want to live?”
There was a way . For him .
Brahm lifted his head to look at Yeon-woo again . The light in his eyes had settled .
“You’re talking about the ability you have . ”
As expected .
He knew about Shanon and Hanryeong in his shadow .
“That’s correct . ”
“Me, live… . . ”
Brahm silently closed his eyes, and slowly opened them again .
“But… . . can I live again?”
His voice shook .
“I committed a sin . I was only a nuisance to the world . But can I… . . live?’
“Yes, you can . ”
Yeon-woo’s voice was firm .
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“Live for Sesha . Live for Ananta . And I’ll also ask this of you . Live . Only then—”
Yeon-woo paused, and continued .
“Will you have someone you can laugh with at that guy, right?”
Brahm’s eyes widened . And he shut his mouth at what Yeon-woo said .
“Also, don’t you have to fix Sesha’s illness, and go meet your daughter?”
“… . . Is there a way?”
Yeon-woo nodded his head .
“There’s a way that I can think of . A way to save both Sesha and Ananta . However, I need your absolute help for that . ”
Brahm faintly sighed .
“You’re the same . Annoying people . He was also like that . ”
“That’s what brothers do . ”
“But once… . . I was called a god . Haha . Now I’ll be bound to someone . ”
If people who knew about Brahm’s strong pride heard about this, they would’ve been shocked .
“But this probably… . . wouldn’t be bad . ”
And with that, Brahm quietly closed his eyes . His rising and deflating chested stilled . He had finished his life . Yeon-woo could see Brahm’s soul leaving his body with his Draconic Eyes .
“Uncle!”
Sesha pulled at Yeon-woo’s sleeve . Yeon-woo rubbed her head, as if telling her not to worry, and spread his left hand on Brahm’s body .
[Bathory’s Vampiric Sword]
Click, clack .
Its teeth sunk in Brahm’s body as it began to absorb the energy .
It wouldn’t be much, because Brahm didn’t have that much power left, but it was still the process of collecting a soul that was once a god, so an enormous amount of energy flowed into his body .
And at the same time,
[You have gained the God’s Blessing . ]
[You have gained the God’s Blessing . ]
It was information about the God’s Blessing .
To Yeon-woo, they were interesting messages . It could be used as a material to awaken his Demonic Dragon Body even further .
But Yeon-woo gathered the God’s Blessing and combined it with energy .
Since he couldn’t even use his Demonic Dragon Body properly, it would only be a burden . Also, right now, he wanted to save ‘Sesha’s grandfather’ using whatever method he could .
Jiiiing!
Just then, the Despair of the Black King rang .
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He spread his right hand . There was a large white soul . It wasn’t a dead soul . It was probably a godly soul .
Soul Familiars and Monster Portents couldn’t dare to match its power .
Yeon-woo thought about whether this large soul would be able to become a Lich or a Death Knight .
It was bigger than he had expected to become just an undead . A god was still a god .
So he was about to try,
“Wait, Uncle! Here, here!”
Sesha pounded the bracelet on her arm and opened the subspace . She stuck her hand inside of it for a moment, and she pulled something out .
It was a small glass bottle .
Yeon-woo widened his eyes when he saw what it was .
[Homunculus’s Spirit Liquid]
Category: Elixir
Rank: ??? (Unable to be determined, incomplete)
Summary: The material for an artificial living being that Brahm made with his knowledge of alchemy and magic . However, he wasn’t able to find out how to create a ‘soul,’ so it was left as incomplete .
There were two treasures that Brahm was proud of .
If the Book of Mercury was all his knowledge about alchemy, the Homunculus’s Spirit Liquid was the result of his knowledge .
“He said that he would use this if my illness wasn’t healed . Brahm could be fixed with this too!”
Sesha gripped the bottle even tighter . Her two eyes were sparkling . She was filled with trust that her uncle would do it for her .
Yeon-woo unintentionally grinned .
‘It’ll be bad if this doesn’t work . ’
He was filled with the desire to do anything for his niece .
So he accepted the bottle and put Brahm’s soul inside of it .
Hwaaak!
The bottle glowed .
As he looked at it, a thought occurred to him .
He might already be a fool for his niece .
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