IBSSSCEA Chapter 75

Chapter 75

 

They couldn’t let that child escape like this.

Lee Yudam quickly leaped towards the child and shouted.

“Baek Yi-heon-ssi. Let’s go capture her first!”

“Understood.”

The child swung her short arms, sending out a black energy similar to mana.

However, that attack was dispersed and disappeared with a single strike from Baek Yi-heon.

“…Damn. This child’s body is weak and inconvenient.”

The child gritted her teeth looking at him and turned to attempt escape again.

Of course, she didn’t forget to swing both arms and launch another attack.

Yu naturally deflected the attack with her mana-wrapped arms.

Bang!

The deflected attack flew into the house wall, crumbling the door.

The child, trying to quickly escape through the collapsed ceiling, was caught by Yi-heon’s hand.

“Ugh…! Let go!”

“You… Are you really that man’s subordinate?”

Baek Yi-heon asked, binding both hands as gently as possible to avoid hurting the child’s body.

This unidentified being was ridiculously weak compared to Yoo Hyun-min’s group they had faced so far.

“And a young child at that.”

Lee Yu, looking confused, pondered to Yi-heon as he landed back in the living room.

“To contract with an evil god, one needs to abandon their humanity… How is this possible?”

“The name is also strange. ‘Minseo’? They always used names from the Bible.”

Choi Yudam followed up with another question.

The child, who had been struggling in Yi-heon’s grip, soon gave up and went limp.

Instead of resisting, she shot a vicious look at the group.

“…Fine. I’ll tell you that much if you’re curious. My real name, given by Father, is ‘Rahab’.”

“…Rahab?”

“More importantly, Father?”

Choi Yudam narrowed his eyes, examining the child who looked barely seven years old.

“Surely that man didn’t have another child without Noah knowing?”

Remembering Noah’s expression when they encountered Cain in Dowonhyang, Choi Yudam added in a very small voice.

“…She’ll be hurt again.”

At those words, the child snickered.

“As if our great Father would do such a thing with a worthless human.”

“…He did though. At least twice.”

Lee Yu quickly interjected with a calm face.

“This child is probably not his biological child. Seven years ago, that man would still have been in prison.”

“…True.”

Moreover, Rahab didn’t look anything like Yoo Hyun-min at all.

Then, Baek Yi-heon, still not relaxing his guard, asked the child in a low voice.

“But why are you telling us this?”

The child, with both hands caught, giggled and laughed.

“It’s to tell you this. That woman headed for the shelter in Paju, right? …My siblings went there.”

At those words, for the first time, a crack appeared in Yi-heon’s expression, which had remained unmoved even after the child’s identity was revealed.

Looking up at him, Rahab burst into a mocking laugh.

“In fact, two of them went. That human woman could never handle them alone.”

“…Shut up.”

For the first time, a harsh word left Yi-heon’s mouth.

But Rahab had already realized that he could never kill her while she had the appearance of a young child.

Rahab whispered in a cunning voice, pretending to be sympathetic:

“She’s probably dead by now. Ah, how pitiful. Bleeding profusely…”

For a moment, Yi-heon’s expression wavered greatly.

Rahab wouldn’t miss that gap in his heart.

[“Is Noah really dead?”]

“Hey, stop…”

[“Am I losing someone precious to me again? If so, I can’t bear it anymore…”]

“I said stop!”

With an anguished cry, he struck the solid living room floor with a thud.

The tremendous force cracked the floor, creating a large hole.

Yet even so, he ultimately couldn’t bring himself to harm Rahab, who had the appearance of a child.

Seeing this, Rahab burst into gleeful laughter.

“It’s fun, so fun! I’m really glad I was born as a human!”

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I swam out of the underwater cave and started swimming again.

Swimming towards the increasingly close, shimmering surface, I pondered.

Should I return to Ganghwa Island like this? Or should I just head to Paju?

Let’s think about this coldly.

According to what I heard over the phone, Yoo Hyun-min had already sent his subordinates to the Paju shelter.

If I don’t go right now, I won’t be able to prevent the shelter from being destroyed.

Then, there will be no place left on this earth where I can safely live alone.

On the other hand, Baek Yi-heon is on Ganghwa Island. Of course, Yu is also there.

They’re both top-tier powerhouses in the current world.

So they should be able to fend off anyone who comes.

‘Yeah. That’s right.’

Moreover, the Ganghwa Island camp has developed much faster than expected.

It’s probably thanks to Seo Jae-hyun coming to Ganghwa Island, which Yoo Hyun-min couldn’t have anticipated.

“…Puha!”

I swam to shore and stood on solid ground.

“Huff, huff...”

So, if everyone works together, they should be able to overcome Yoo Hyun-min’s group.

…So, I just need to quickly escape to Paju alone.

Soaking wet, I stared blankly at Ganghwa Island in the distance.

Memories of Hwacheon Prison suddenly came to mind.

Then, too, I was standing at a crossroads.

The path of revealing all the truth and pursuing Yoo Hyun-min, my father.

And the path of ignoring the truth, deceiving Baek Yi-heon to the end, and going to the shelter to survive alone.

I also recalled what Indra had said to me not long ago.

 

[Whether humans are good or evil.

Whether you hate or love humans.

Until you reach enlightenment someday, ponder this thoroughly, my avatar, my beloved human child.]

 

It’s a question that doesn’t need pondering.

I hate humans.

I’ve always found people hateful and detestable, unbearable.

 

“You psychopath!”

“It’s because you’re lonely! Like a dog wagging its tail when it sees its owner!”

“If only I hadn’t given birth to you…”

 

So it’s fine if this world perishes.

If all the humans on Earth died, I’d feel relieved.

…Surely, surely that’s what I thought.

 

“Noah will understand someday too.”

“Next time something like this happens! Don’t go alone! Got it?”

 

Surely that’s how it was…

 

“It’s because of you.”

 

I kept thinking of the faces smiling at me, and the large, warm hand patting my head.

“…It’s unfair.”

Muttering in a very small voice, I lowered my head deeply.

A tear that had been welling up fell to the ground.

It had been a very long time since I cried thinking of someone.

In fact, it was the first time since the days I had constantly told myself I was a psychopath.

“Ugh. It’s so unfair…”

Tears kept pouring out uncontrollably.

I roughly wiped my eyes with my arm and kept grumbling.

See, this is what happens when you like someone – you end up crying like this.

This is exactly what I hated. I was afraid of getting hurt every time I gave my heart to someone.

So it took so long to freeze my heart as hard as ice so that I would never cry again…

Why is it so easy for that heart to melt again?

Just by kindly calling my name.

Just by asking about my well-being and making sure I ate.

Just by accumulating times of laughing and talking together…

The wall I had painstakingly built around the depths of my heart came crumbling down.

I lifted my face, a mess of seawater and tears.

By now, all hesitation and reluctance had disappeared from my eyes.

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