Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 336 (Part 2)



336 (Part 2)

“But my mother’s hair…”

It definitely wasn’t that color was it?

[I did not know the reason the woman sought me. There was no reason for her to come looking for me.]

The previous owner was already confined and no longer in this world.

If it was a calamity sent by the world.

Simply erasing all living beings would suffice.

The woman went to the World Tree.

“…What exactly did you go there for?”

[To find a way to shed the karma that resides within me. She asked me to tell her.]

The World Tree said.

It meant that the mother had requested to be freed from the calamity of karma that had been imposed upon her.

“Is that… possible?”

The principles laid down by the world were so important.

The World Tree had become rooted here.

Yeonilcheon had resisted time with the power of the World Tree.

Yet in the end it could only seal the Blood Demon without stopping it.

But is there really a way to erase karma?

[No it is impossible.]

As expected.

The World Tree presented a negative answer.

Even as a mere human I could see…

No I even questioned whether I could call myself human.

But putting that aside for now.

It was a story that might not even be possible.

In such a situation.

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[However I thought it might be possible for your mother.]

“Excuse me?”

[As I asked at the beginning to know what your karma is and what the being within you is you must understand about your mother.]

I had heard those words.

[Even if they are the same master… not everyone can be the same.]

Not everyone can be the same?

Just like the Blood Demon and the World Tree.

Even if my mother is the master of a world does that mean she is somehow different?

I still couldn’t believe that my mother was not human.

Just like the World Tree which was conversing with me.

I couldn’t think of her existence as something from a different dimension.

No matter how much I thought about it.

In my mind my mother was just an ordinary woman.

I was looking at the World Tree as if I still couldn’t believe it.

But it seemed indifferent to my gaze.

[The master of the myriad worlds.]

The World Tree continued to speak to me.

[This is your mother’s true name.]

Kyu…

Just hearing it made me feel that she was definitely not an ordinary being.

In a cold air-filled basement.

As if the coldness took shape steam settled on the floor.

A woman wearing a veil knelt with her head bowed.

She was the so-called ‘Dancer.’

She had no other name.

That was what her master called her.

To her that was her name.

The Dancer was a moment in time.

Yet without the slightest movement.

She simply chose to breathe quietly.

How much time had passed?

In terms of time it had barely been a few seconds.

For someone it was a moment.

But for her it was not.

Her master had left this place which was like a nest.

Perhaps the influence from that was not insignificant.

The Dancer was just holding her breath waiting for her master.

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At that moment.

Boom.

A massive vibration shook the room.

Thud thud thud.

Dust fell from the ceiling due to the impact of the vibration.

It dirtied the Dancer’s hair.

Yet she showed no sign of movement.

Just a few seconds passed.

As the brief moment flowed by.

Huuuu…

When the smoke on the floor thickened a bit.

The Dancer lifted her bowed head and looked straight ahead.

Woom.

A vibration emanated from something shrouded in mist ahead.

A faint light flickered.

[Not bad.]

The voice of her returned master tickled the Dancer’s ears.

It was a voice that seemed to carry a hint of laughter sounding quite pleasant.

“…Are you alright?”

The Dancer asked with concern.

And rightly so.

Her master was in a state where he could not recklessly leave this place.

[Of course I am fine. I had a very enjoyable experience.]

Hearing the Dancer’s words the Blood Demon continued with a voice that seemed satisfied.

[There were only traces left and I wondered what had happened… It was truly amusing.]

Only very small traces remained.

And nothing else was left.

The Blood Demon had been curious until now.

What the master of this world had done.

And.

What the reason was that a being that had deviated from the principles could stand in his way.

[It was for a reason more trivial than expected.]

The master confined in the realm of the damned for violating the principles.

Yet still did he have lingering attachments to this land trying to struggle?

Whatever it was.

[It is not entirely bad.]

Even if one strays from the principles laid out.

The world does not allow it so it returns to the original path.

Nevertheless the sight of struggling to break free from the path.

Was inherently amusing.

However.

[The price to pay was greater than expected and that is the problem.]

The Blood Demon felt the anomaly that had occurred to him.

To protect his mind from the realm of the damned where the original owner was confined.

He had to expend a considerable amount of power.

Moreover it was a task of entering a vessel that had already lost its value.

It could only be more difficult.

Dancer.]

“Yes.”

At the Blood Demon’s words.

The Dancer’s veil fluttered.

[Prepare the scales.]

At the command the Dancer’s shoulders flinched.

To prepare the scales.

This meant.

That the Blood Demon who had been holding his breath for a long time was about to move directly.

“What do you mean by that…?”

[It seems the time I have been waiting for will come sooner than expected.]

Throughout the conversation the Blood Demon’s voice was filled with joy.

It was a voice so excited that the Dancer had never heard before.

Hearing such a voice.

The Dancer cautiously spoke up.

“…What should be done about the vessel?”

[The vessel huh.]

If the Blood Demon was going to move directly.

A physical body was needed.

The Dancer already knew the answer to this question.

If the Blood Demon was going to move directly.

He already had many means.

He just hadn’t wanted to until now.

Just as the Dancer was about to rise to find a way.

[The vessel of the Zhang family has died.]

The Dancer had to freeze at the Blood Demon’s words.

The issue of Namgung Cheonjun was one thing.

But the death of the Zhang family’s vessel carried multiple meanings.

Especially for the Dancer who knew the identity of ‘that.’

[It seems it has not completely died yet. But it will surely come to that.]

It had not completely died but.

The fact that the Blood Demon said that meant that it would face ‘another’ death anyway.

Accepting those words the Dancer slowly looked at the Blood Demon and opened her mouth.

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“I will prepare a new physical body. And also the memories…”

[No that is not necessary.]

At the Blood Demon’s denial the Dancer looked at him with a strange expression.

Why would he refuse?

The existence known as Jang Seonyeon was still a necessary figure for the Blood Demon’s purpose.

That’s why it would be better to keep her even if it was a bit forced.

How could he say such a thing?

As the Dancer looked at the Blood Demon with that expression.

[The soul and memories have been retrieved. But there is no need to put the memories into a vessel.]

As if resolving the Dancer’s doubts.

[Because I will enter it myself.]

The Blood Demon provided the answer.