How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 106
Chapter 106
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“Do so.”
Permission was granted.
“And from now on, you don’t need to ask for such permission.”
Even the following words.
“……”
Go Johan simply listened.
“You don’t need to constantly watch Sanctum’s reactions. That’s something the weak should do, not the strong. If the strong accommodate the weak…”
A faint sneer appeared at the corner of Go Jae-han’s mouth.
But Go Johan could tell.
That he was genuinely smiling.
“Then they are great saints.”
“……!”
“For 20 years, you’ve tried hard enough to prove that you’re not a villain.”
This conversation seemed longer than 20 years of conversations.
“Every moment, you tried to push your mother away, push us away so we wouldn’t get hurt. Without even knowing that this was hurting you.”
Did father have this side to him?
“So don’t ask for permission. Don’t hesitate to become a villain. That’s the path you must take.”
“…Father.”
“Hearing you call me that brings back old memories.”
A child who was far too mature.
‘Goddess.’
A child who would recite the name of an unknown god.
‘Is the name Johan wrong?’
To Shin Su-kyung’s joke, Go Jae-han had said:
‘It’s probably not the name.’
That child himself was just wrong.
If there was a god, that shouldn’t have happened.
Making just one person bear so much – wasn’t that wrong?
“Don’t be afraid to take them into your embrace.”
“……”
Go Johan stood up.
“Thank you.”
It was a sincere greeting.
“However, if you ever stray from the right path, I will do everything to stop that too.”
Sincerity could be felt.
“For that, Sanctum must become even stronger. So I will devour everything you give without leaving a single bit.”
Chuckle.
Go Johan laughed.
Grin.
Go Jae-han smiled.
Though this was the first time having such a conversation with his father, it felt incredibly refreshing.
“Please take care of it.”
“Yes.”
Go Johan bowed and left the study.
“Phew.”
Belatedly, Go Jae-han sighed.
He felt like meeting Shin Su-kyung and talking immediately.
And if they met, he wanted to ask:
‘Did I do well?’
Then this answer would come:
‘You were so wonderful.’
But he wouldn’t say it.
More than Go Johan cherished Shin Su-kyung, Go Jae-han cherished Shin Su-kyung.
She was an incredibly strong woman, but that’s why she needed to be cherished more.
“Being a father is…”
Go Jae-han knew.
“Difficult.”
But there was one thing he definitely wanted to ask Go Johan.
Not yet, but a question he hoped to ask someday.
‘What on earth.’
It wasn’t just demons.
‘What are you confronting that makes you go so far?’
It seemed like there was something beyond that.
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The Blue House.
“It may be uncomfortable, but please take care of things.”
“Don’t worry.”
As usual, he didn’t spare praise for the security personnel.
Recently, their existence had become even more crucial for Min Jun-hyeok.
Why wouldn’t he have an attachment to life?
Having seen the heights of power in this small country, now at an age where eternal rest wasn’t far away.
“Please, I beg you.”
His attachment to life had become even more desperate.
Pretending to be detached, pretending it couldn’t be helped, but that was the truth.
“……”
Working for that.
That’s what Min Jun-hyeok thought politics was.
‘Crazy bastards.’
No matter what, trying to detonate something comparable to a nuclear bomb in the middle of Seoul.
No matter how much he…
“Do you think it would be different?”
“……!”
Min Jun-hyeok stopped at the voice he heard.
“If it were you.”
It was a voice that made his brain feel like it would melt just from hearing it.
“Do you think it would be different?”
An incomparably sweet voice, but precisely because of that, like a demon’s temptation.
Min Jun-hyeok, who was quietly trying to sound the emergency alarm, stopped.
“Wise.”
Hearing praise, he realized his choice wasn’t wrong.
“…Who are you?”
The Blue House security personnel were on par with the Association’s top players.
The door wasn’t even closed yet.
Clearly they were standing right there.
“Is something wrong, Mr. President?”
No, they had noticed something strange and entered the room, yet didn’t notice.
“…N-no, nothing’s wrong.”
“You don’t look well.”
“It’s nothing. Just… I seem to have been under a lot of stress lately.”
“If there’s anything…”
A security guard making eye signals, as if to mention emergency procedures.
If Min Jun-hyeok showed even the slightest sign of something strange here, they would immediately rush over to save him.
However.
Gulp.
Min Jun-hyeok wasn’t confident that those security guards could defeat whoever had appeared from the darkness.
‘Ah.’
He just had the feeling that they would end up bloody on the floor, and then he would follow suit.
“Please leave.”
“…Understood.”
Though he couldn’t hide the strangeness, they would have understood.
“Cl-close the door too.”
“……”
Eventually the door closed.
“Huff. Huff…”
He exhaled roughly.
“N-now please tell me. Who… you are.”
“You should already have noticed.”
Swish.
What emerged as the shadow rippled was a woman wearing a crow mask.
Dressed in alluring, captivating clothes, she sat on one side of the table and crossed her legs.
Complete defenselessness.
‘If I activate an item?’
Presidential security wasn’t just about players.
There were numerous special items, things that could block bullets with barriers.
Or else.
‘Could I escape?’
Even the latest technology for spatial jumping.
But seeing the woman before him, Min Jun-hyeok didn’t dare think of such things.
That was because.
“…Go Johan.”
She was known to have greatly contributed to installing warp gates, and was a player who always made spatial jumps beside Go Johan.
There was no way such a person couldn’t interfere with the activation of items that only allowed short-distance movement.
“Does he want to… kill me?”
“There’s a misunderstanding.”
Yoon Seung-Ah was completely different from when she was with Go Johan.
Her speech, expression, even her actions.
“If we wanted to kill you, we would have done it anytime. Don’t you know that?”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
“Six times.”
“……?”
“The number of times demons tried to manipulate you.”
“……!”
“We’re the ones who stopped that too.”
Yoon Seung-Ah stood up and looked at Min Jun-hyeok.
“It’s only because this is the land where He was born and raised, the land He chose as a battlefield, that we protected it.”
“Th-then… then why did you appear here?”
“You should know.”
Something flashed by.
“I was going to stop it! You can check with Guild Master Go Jae-han!”
“I know that too.”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
“However, now we can also be a bit more proactive, because permission has been granted.”
“……!”
“Min Jun-hyeok.”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
“Do you want to live long?”
To that instinctive question.
Nod.
Min Jun-hyeok unconsciously nodded.
“You can be grateful that you’re president at this time.”
Under the crow mask, her mouth was forming a bitter smile.
“You’ll live very long and healthily. If you want, becoming younger is also possible.”
“I-is that really true?”
“Of course.”
Swish.
Yoon Seung-Ah disappeared and appeared behind Min Jun-hyeok.
“What demons can do, we can do too.”
“……!”
Min Jun-hyeok’s mind seemed to go blank.
“We need to take South Korea. How about it, will you cooperate?”
It was selling out the country.
Though he was from the ruling party that got criticized as pro-Japanese, Min Jun-hyeok knew.
This world wasn’t simple enough to be divided by such things.
They joined hands because it was profitable, and endured criticism because it was profitable.
“What should I…”
He had thought about it in the past.
Even if he had been born in those times, could he have stood up for the country?
Of course.
‘I would have.’
He was confident he would have.
No matter how blinded by profit, he was confident he would never become a race traitor or sell out the country.
But now was different.
“What should I do?”
They had already devoured South Korea.
Secretly, in the shadows.
Was it just South Korea?
Overwhelming power.
Intelligence, talent, financial power, political power – no matter what force you brought, there was no answer against them.
And above all.
‘Go Johan is not an enemy.’
A conviction he could have from rolling in politics for so long.
Of course, all these things were meaningless anyway.
“For now, don’t do anything.”
“Nothing?”
Swish.
Yoon Seung-Ah appeared in front of Min Jun-hyeok again.
“The Captain intends to let this matter proceed.”
“……!”
“Of course, Seoul won’t be blown away by a bomb.”
“Phew.”
“Though some blood will be spilled.”
Min Jun-hyeok just wanted to faint.
“We’ll handle the aftermath too. Just stay in your position.”
“I-is that enough?”
“And…”
There was one more thing.
“We need independent land. Extraterritorial rights. Like Vatican City.”
“……!”
It wasn’t an easy task.
“We’ll provide justification, so don’t worry.”
Yoon Seung-Ah was becoming a shadow and disappearing again.
“Magic Tower.”
She was leaving.
“Just know it as that for now.”
Swish.
Long after Yoon Seung-Ah had completely disappeared.
“Hah! Hah!”
Only then could Min Jun-hyeok properly breathe.
Overwhelming powerlessness.
He wondered if he had ever felt such powerlessness in his life.
But.
“Hah… Hah…”
A strange longing was also burning in his eyes.
A president with little time left in office.
“Ha, hahaha…!”
At least this last act felt more magnificent than any policy he had implemented so far.
‘I’ll live long. Healthily, and young.’
It was the moment Min Jun-hyeok had been waiting for so long.
And that day had come.