How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 2
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Chapter 2
After finishing his meal, Go Johan was back in his room.
It wasn’t even nine o’clock yet, but it was an early evening.
“Since I need to get a good night’s sleep, would you please leave?”
He sent out all the nannies and helpers.
Since Go Johan was only six years old, nothing seemed strange except his way of speaking.
“What you’ve given me is too generous.”
This new life, everything felt too generous.
But the more he felt that way, the more his hatred for demons grew.
Flicker.
Demons, whose very existence was evil itself.
[Faith has increased.]
Then the goddess’s voice was heard.
When he first cried, no, he later learned what that voice in his head was even before that.
‘System.’
The system, like a power given to players.
Many people were searching for answers about what the system was and questioning it, but nothing had been properly revealed yet.
But Go Johan knew.
That all of this was grace.
“But I will no longer pray.”
A maniacal smile spread across Go Johan’s face as he rose.
“I will prove everything with the ability you’ve given me.”
He would prove it by killing all those damned demons.
Until that end comes, he would no longer pray.
“Status window.”
The bloodline of the Sacred Family typically awakened as players around the age of fifteen.
Among Go Johan’s siblings, only his sister Go Minji, who was right above him, hadn’t awakened yet, while the rest had already awakened and were balancing their studies with player activities.
But Go Johan had awakened from birth, no, from inside Shin Soo-kyung’s womb.
[Go Johan]
No one knew this fact.
[Job: Dark Knight]
[Title: Fanatic]
[Level 1]
No one thought that Go Johan, who was only six years old, had awakened, and no one could sense any magical power from him.
That was because Go Johan didn’t want it.
‘Not yet.’
But Go Johan’s parents and siblings thought he was special.
His way of speaking, his behavior, even acting normal to ease their worries wasn’t difficult for Go Johan.
But.
‘I am Go Johan. But I am also Michael.’
It felt like even his past self might be erased because of that.
The current happiness was so immense that even past pain, even Gabriel, the younger sibling he couldn’t be with, seemed like it might disappear.
That’s why Go Johan still wanted his parents and siblings to think he was just peculiar.
He hoped this moment would continue, when no one noticed yet because his level was only 1.
When the time came, he hoped there would be no shortcomings.
However.
Swoosh.
[Strength 63]
[Vitality 90]
[Agility 88]
[Magic Power 160]
He never neglected his own training for even a moment.
[Faith 612]
He constricted his entire body with magic power, hiding himself so no one would notice.
If he repeated that action and never let go, not even when falling asleep…
[Magic Power has increased.]
Even that alone could become training.
“This is…”
Go Johan constricted all his muscles through magic power.
Through magic power, he tore his flesh and ripped apart his muscles.
[Strength has increased.]
[Vitality has increased.]
Where would there be a result without reason?
The reason that made him exist here now.
“This is my holy war.”
He would prepare, and prepare again.
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“I’m so sorry.”
Shin Soo-kyung said with sincere apology.
“I know you’re busy, and yet you’re even escorting us.”
“Don’t mention it.”
The man sitting in the passenger seat, Lee Jae-kyung, said.
“I was wanting to take a break anyway because of my slump.”
Lee Jae-kyung, a player known as the Sword Demon.
One of the representative players of the Sacred Guild and ranked 9th in South Korea.
It could be considered a waste for someone like him to be doing escort duty.
“And seeing such a cute son is somewhat healing for me.”
“Our Johan is cute, isn’t he?”
Lee Jae-kyung reached out and patted Go Johan’s head.
“My hair is getting messy.”
“He’s… quite unique too.”
Today was the day they were setting off on the trip as promised with Shin Soo-kyung.
They couldn’t go too far and were heading to a villa in Incheon.
“Johan, is there anything you want to do?”
“I’m fine.”
“Anything you want to eat?”
“I’m fine.”
Shin Soo-kyung rubbed her face against Go Johan’s with a worried expression.
Go Johan was so mature that somehow, the more she looked at him, the more pitiful he seemed.
What was especially worrying was that despite eating regularly without skipping meals, he was getting thinner by the day.
“Oh my, look at this sweat. Are you sick?”
“I’m fine.”
“This child…”
His weak constitution was the biggest worry among worries.
Of course, in reality, this was happening because even at this moment, he was training himself while hiding his magic power.
“We’ve arrived. Security personnel will be around, so don’t worry and rest comfortably.”
“Please take care of us. And if you’re okay with it, join us for meals.”
“Should I?”
There wasn’t much to do.
Going to the mudflats to dig for clams…
“…How many buckets is that already?”
Or watching seagulls at the beach…
“Not a single seagull is coming. Why is that? I’m sure I concealed my magic power.”
“I think it’s because of us.”
“That’s too bad.”
In the evening, they returned to the villa where Lee Jae-kyung grilled meat for them.
“That boy sure eats well.”
“Johan, eat more.”
These are times too joyful to have dreamed of in the past.
“I’ll go to bed now.”
Once again before ten o’clock, Go Johan headed into the villa saying he would go to bed first.
“Are you worried?”
Lee Jae-kyung asked Shin Soo-kyung, who was watching Go Johan’s back with a worried face.
“He’s too mature. I heard the youngest is usually very affectionate…”
“You don’t need to worry too much. Although Johan is unique, he’s not strange. You know that thing these days… what was it… chunibyou? Think of it as getting that early, and you’ll feel better.”
“I suppose so?”
Shin Soo-kyung seemed relieved at Lee Jae-kyung’s words and stood up.
“Get some rest. Don’t worry about the security.”
The security personnel alone included ten high-ranking players, plus Lee Jae-kyung, a top ranker.
Moreover, although Shin Soo-kyung was now retired, she was a skilled former ranker.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
They thought there was nothing to worry about.
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Tap tap tap!
Lee Jae-kyung was running quickly.
Using player abilities to move through distances was strictly prohibited illegal activity by the association, but right now that didn’t matter.
“Please…! Please!”
Where did it go wrong?
If you were to talk about problems, there were countless.
“Damn it!”
The biggest was his own mistake.
It was wrong to take on security duty, which wasn’t his specialty, thinking to take a break.
“Please!”
The iron rule of never leaving the security target’s vicinity.
He broke that.
“Pleeeease!”
It started with a report of gate activity being detected near the villa.
The problem began with the report that the gate was discovered in a state close to breaking.
-We’ll check it out.
He should have waited calmly.
But Lee Jae-kyung, who had always been active in the field, felt restless.
-If you go, it’ll be too late. I’ll be back quickly.
He thought he could handle it within 30 minutes at most.
He thought nothing could happen in that time.
Bang!
But when he arrived, it was a trap.
Items exploding as if prepared, and attacks from strangers.
By the time he defeated them all…
“Pleeeease!”
More than thirty minutes had already passed.
And he realized.
Bang!
That contact with the personnel at the villa had been cut off at some point.
He flew through the air, tearing it apart.
His already injured body’s muscles ruptured as he forced it to move, and his magic power was rapidly depleting.
Nevertheless…
“Huff, huff.”
Lee Jae-kyung finally managed to reach the villa.
He forced his barely moving legs forward.
Who the perpetrators were was a matter to think about later.
Right now…
“Ah… No…”
He had to protect what was important right now.
But he was too late.
“No!”
Around the villa lay the corpses of players who should have been guarding it.
Long trails of blood led toward the villa.
What drove Lee Jae-kyung even more mad was…
Whoosh.
How eerily quiet it was around the villa.
There should have been some sound right now.
There should have been noise from surviving security personnel fighting, or at least noise from Shin Soo-kyung engaging in battle.
Thud.
But this situation where nothing could be heard…
“No… way…”
Drove Lee Jae-kyung mad.
Thump.
Finally, Lee Jae-kyung fell to his knees.
At the entrance of the villa lay the corpse of the remaining security personnel, whom he had thought would be his last hope.
What horrific things must have happened inside…
Even Lee Jae-kyung, to whom seeing corpses was like karma, couldn’t bring himself to look.
“What… what should I…”
That’s when it happened.
Creak.
A sound came from the wooden floor of the villa.
Lee Jae-kyung, who had been kneeling, stood up the moment he heard the sound.
Like a spring, he kicked off the ground and leaped.
If any enemies remained here, he would cut them all down and die himself too.
Swoosh!
Just as his sword was about to cut down the enemy without hesitation…
Clang!
Lee Jae-kyung’s sword, which should have cut through anything, wavered miserably.
“…?”
The Sword Demon, Lee Jae-kyung.
“…What?”
What blocked his sword was just a six-year-old boy, Go Johan.
“You’re late.”
“…”
Lee Jae-kyung’s thought process seemed to stop.
He couldn’t understand at all.
“Would you like to come in?”
At Go Johan’s voice, Lee Jae-kyung found himself nodding without realizing it.
That small door felt like a gate to hell.
Creak.
The opened door.
An acrid smell stung his nostrils through the gap.
“There was an attack.”
Along with Go Johan’s voice, the scene inside the villa came into view.
“Hnngh…!”
A sight that made him want to vomit immediately.
Those presumed to be the perpetrators were strewn about everywhere.
“Mother also… was injured.”
Whoosh!
Go Johan’s calm anger became a tidal wave that crashed over Lee Jae-kyung.