Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 529
[Level Up with the Gods Side Story Episode 5]
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In a noisy cafe.
Varuna’s vision narrowed.
What you can see and what you can hear are limited to small amounts.
Varuna couldn’t decide whether to admit that she remembered the Yuwon or not.
I sat and thought since morning.
‘Why don’t other people remember Kim Yu-won?’
‘Did you erase yourself by any chance?’
‘Or am I hallucinating? Like memory manipulation?’
‘Yeah, that’s more likely.’
‘It’s a total possibility. You checked everything just in case, right? ‘Is it a skill or not?’
In his complicated mind, Varuna was suddenly overcome by the urge to rip out his own hair.
But even for a moment.
I opened my mouth, convinced that I couldn’t deceive the person in front of me anyway, and thinking that I wouldn’t have come back here if I had pretended not to know.
“…yes.”
Concise answer.
Hwaa-.
With that answer, a magical barrier spread around Yuwon and Varuna.
A film whose color is invisible but clearly exists.
Judging by the faint amount, it was difficult for most rankers to even notice its existence.
‘I was able to block out the sound with this much magical power.’
Magical power so minimal that even high-ranker Varuna would not be able to notice its existence if she were not inside it.
Immediately after admiring Yuwon’s skill in blocking sound with that much magical power.
“…I was careless.”
Varuna first apologized to Yuwon with a look.
He didn’t bow his head excessively.
This was a public place and the fact that he had turned off the sound would have meant that he didn’t want to attract attention.
“You are paying attention.”
Yuwon put down the coffee again and looked at Varuna with his arms crossed. He said he
returned to the first floor, but Varuna did not come to visit Pandora.
Instead, he was sitting in the cafe located on the first floor.
Judging by his gaze, he was not aware of anything about him. It seems like my memories have come back
to me. ‘Do I have business?’
If the memory came back, it was inevitable that it would feel strange.
Kim Yu-won. Ranked 4th.
A being who was registered in the rankings even before reaching the 100th floor for the first time in the tower, and who discovered the conditions to gain godhood.
Anyone who does not know such Yu-won should definitely not be in this tower. “What do you mean
it was careless?”
“I… Kim Yu-won… I
don’t know you and dare to look at you…” Varuna couldn’t bear to say that he had been chasing Yu-won’s wife, so he slurred his words and lowered his head.
No matter how much he revealed himself to women, his life had to be the most important thing.
“It’s okay that I didn’t know. “There must have been circumstances that made it unavoidable.”
“yes. thank you.”
“So, from now on, just pretend not to know.”
“yes?”
“Don’t try to spread the word and spread the word. “For now.”
Varuna’s eyes widened at Yuwon’s words.
There was awe in his eyes as he looked at Yuwon sitting across from him.
‘Was it intentional?’
Everyone in the tower forgot Yuwon.
It is said that a true expert hides his traces by hiding, but Yuwon erased not only his traces but also people’s memories in order to live a quiet newlywed life.
It was truly an amazing ability.
‘This is an opportunity.’
In this tower, the only people who remembered Yuwon’s face and name were himself and Pandora.
‘From now on, I’m going to make a great impression on my brother.’
In Varuna’s mind, his relationship with Yuwon had become that of older brother and younger brother.
From now on, if I can build a friendship with Yuwon little by little before others.
What could be more reassuring than being like brother and sister to him, who stands shoulder to shoulder with Vishnu, the greatest man in this tower?
If he did that, it was natural that his status within the Daeva would increase.
‘I don’t know how long it will take…’
Moreover, Yuwon clearly said ‘for the time being’.
That meant that someday, when the time came, he would reveal his presence in this tower again.
‘Life is basically the same thing.’
Thinking of himself becoming a powerful figure in Daeva with Kim Yu-won on his back.
Unlike the first time, Varuna opened her mouth, unable to hide her excited voice.
“If you say it is for the time being, how long will it be?”
Yuwon’s eyes frowned at Varuna’s sparkling eyes.
What are those burdensome eyes?
Just a moment ago, he looked somewhat anxious and scared, but now he looked like he was looking forward to something else.
“Keep going until I give you permission.”
“All right. Just trust me!”
Yuwon sighed as he saw Varuna pounding his chest.
Just a moment ago, he was still behaving sensibly, but that wasn’t the case anymore.
“…don’t overdo it.”
“yes!”
Varuna smiled and started eating the cake that came with coffee.
Yuwon looked at Varuna as if he were watching something special.
I knew he had a cheerful and friendly personality from the beginning, but I didn’t expect his attitude to change so suddenly.
“But why not now?”
Varuna’s question was natural.
Actually, even Yuwon didn’t have any intention of keeping it a secret until recently.
“I heard there’s a meeting?”
“Me?”
“Not you. “I heard big guilds meet at a round table.”
“How did you know that?”
“I can tell.”
Varuna was about to ask more when he heard that he had no intention of telling him, but stopped.
I think we’re still at the stage of getting to know each other little by little.
“yes. For some reason, Olympus and Asgard convened a meeting of all major guilds. “If you look at the scale, it can’t be a secret, but it seems like it’s still going on secretly.”
“That’s why.”
“that?”
A question mark appeared above Varuna’s head.
“So you’re saying it had something to do with that meeting?”
There was no news from Daeva yet about what the topic of the meeting would be.
Neither Varuna, a high ranker from the Devas nor Vishnu, who personally attended the meeting, knew what the topic was.
But Yuwon in front of me knows that topic.
“maybe.”
“maybe?”
“There’s one thing I’m thinking about…”
Yuwon thought of something for a moment and shook his head.
“For now, I hope not.”
So far, it’s just a prediction.
It’s better not to reveal yourself until it’s confirmed.
Thinking that the story was over, Yuwon tried to get up from his seat.
But,
“Why?”
Varuna’s eyes were unusual.
They sparkled as if they contained the Milky Way.
His gaze slowly moved upwards, following Yuwon who was getting up from his seat.
“I wonder if…”
“Why? “Do you have anything else to say?”
“Yes, I have a favor to ask.”
Varuna nods with a determined expression.
He opened his mouth with eyes sparkling like stars and a voice that seemed determined.
“Even if you call me brother…”
“Get out.”
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Vishnu, who returned to Deva after the meeting, had been busy for several days. A
wooden chair and desk. A piece of paper on it.
Creak.
When he laid back, the wooden chair made an unnatural sound. “…It’s stuffy.
”
There was too much to think about.
According to the theme of the meeting, it wouldn’t be surprising if there were some divisions in the tower right now.
Zeus’ words when he brought the news were concise and clean.
“The administrator has started to move.”
Administrators.
Absolute beings, one on each floor, with power and authority equivalent to the highest level high rankers. It was
definitely not normal for them to start moving.
‘For some reason, they did not show up even in the war with the Outers.’
There were many strange opinions about that as well.
Why did they, who pursued the order and safety of the tower more than anyone else, not show up?
In fact, Vishnu met with the manager after that and tried to argue with him, but they had not been seen for ten years.
But then . .
“I ask you.”
The question Zeus asked was like a bomb to the rankers in the conference room:
“Are managers enemies or allies?”
‘It’s only been ten years now.’
The peace was short-lived.
After the war, the tower had barely entered a period of stability.
The strife between guilds had disappeared and the conflicts between races were gradually being resolved.
Vishnu had nothing more to wish for.
He just wanted the tower to remain like this.
But the administrator It became a variable and started to move.
‘Should we meet again?’
For days I wondered if I should meet the manager in person and talk to him.
But just sitting still didn’t change anything.
“Yama.” As soon
as Vishnu
left his mouth, a dark-skinned man appeared from the shadows under the desk. His
face was blurred and not clearly visible.
He has black hair grown down to his waist and lives in the dark. He would never appear outside like he does now. It was rare.
Yama.
One of the high rankers of the Devas, a high ranker with a double-digit ranking.
He was Vishnu’s closest associate and his bodyguard.
“Prepare to leave by tomorrow.”
“You mean tomorrow?”
“There’s no benefit in wasting time. Find the manager on this floor. I’ll go find him in person.”
“All right.”
The whereabouts of the manager are unknown, but if you make up your mind and look for them, there is nothing you can’t find.
In the end, if you chase after the errand boys, there will be a manager at the end.
“And…”
“Yes.”
Yama waited for Vishnu’s next words in silence.
Like that for a while.
“no. It is nothing.”
“….”
Vishnu, uncharacteristically, changed his words.
Vishnu clearly seemed to be about to say something.
I was curious, but Yama didn’t bother to ask what he was trying to say.
Because I thought there must be a good reason for not saying anything.
‘Kim Yu-won, Kim Yu-won…’
What Vishnu was trying to ask was whether he knew Kim Yu-won.
But on the other hand, I wondered if Yama would know a name that I didn’t even know.
‘It was clear that Jecheon Daeseong knew something.’
Son Goku whistling awkwardly.
It was strange that unless you were an idiot, you didn’t notice.
Moreover, Vishnu found one more person within him who reacted differently from the others.
‘Hercules too… I feel like I know.’
Maybe it’s not something to worry about that much.
I looked through the rankings, but I couldn’t find the name Yuwon Kim not only among the high rankers, but even among the top rankers.
however.
‘Why am I so worried?’
It was not simply because he was an acquaintance of Son Goku and Hercules.
To begin with, Vishnu wasn’t the type of person to be very interested in others.
‘…Kim Yu-won.’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t remember any names or faces.
But why?
I felt like there was a big thorn stuck in my throat that wouldn’t come off.
I was repeating the same name over and over again in my head.
“This is a list of survivors and dead from Unity Day.”
After the war ended.
While I was sorting out the fight I had with Outer the other day, Surya brought me some news.
A record of the day of the fight with Shub Nigguras.
‘…that’s right.’
While recalling the record, Vishnu was finally able to recall the clue of the name ‘Kim Yu-won’.
‘I was there.’