A Horror Novel’s Supporting Character Wants to Live as a Human

Chapter 248

Tika? Why was Tika here?

For a moment he doubted his eyesight, but the child in front of him was Tika. Moreover, it was Tika after she had gotten black hair.

But this was impossible.

Tens of millions of years had passed now. No matter how long Yurik's children lived, they couldn't still be alive.

Could it be that only a few hundred years had passed?

No, that was crazy.

Unless he had gone mad, there was no way he could mistake tens of millions of years, not just thousands.

But there was no way he wouldn't recognize this face...

Tika's duplicate, who had been watching him in confusion, hesitated and then asked.

"Can... you talk?"Ahhh! And she was speaking in a language he could understand!

Having met a living person after such a long time, he felt like he had unwillingly become a socially awkward shut-in.

While he was stammering and creaking,

A shout came from inside the cave behind him.

And it was coming this way with thumping sounds.

[Believer! Impudent believer, I said I don't want to hold this! What the hell are you-]

"Have you gone mad! Don't come out with the statue!"

[Ahhh!]

After committing the sacrilege of kicking Aphoom-Zhah back into the cave, he looked at Tika's duplicate again,

And she was staring at him with wide eyes.

Tika's duplicate also had blue eyes that looked exactly like Tika and Shan.

She stammered and said.

"Can. Can you talk?"

Cold sweat ran down his back. Social skills, social skills, please manifest here! You can do it, Yu Yesung!

"A, a little. I'm not good at it."

Contrary to his resolve, his mouth betrayed him.

Moreover, he bit his tongue, making his pronunciation slurred and making it sound like he really couldn't speak well.

He thought 'Shit.'

He wanted to die in that moment, but Tika's duplicate's face immediately brightened.

"Wow! You're good at it! I got lost. I was following my sister and brother but got lost and have been wandering around not knowing where this is. Do you know where this is?"

"Here?"

"We were looking for a race similar to us. They said they were definitely around here."

"Nearby?"

"Yeah! People who look exactly like us nearby. People exactly like you and me. Where do you live? Did you come from there? Take me there."

He thought he knew what she was talking about.

He nodded, recalling the community he had seen before coming here.

The person who resembled Tika smiled brightly and pulled his arm.

He thought it would be good to escort her since he didn't know what might happen on the way.

He let himself be dragged along as she pulled him, and decided to postpone the problem of the unhatched Shaguna Fan for now.

The conversation never stopped while walking with her.

Of course, he was only giving light responses like "yeah" or "no,"

And most of the conversation was led by Tika's duplicate.

Even this resembled Tika, making his feelings strange.

How could Tika's genes remain so strongly? Would Shan burst into laughter if he saw this, or would he be enlightened and say it couldn't be helped?

While he was walking lost in such thoughts, she suddenly got excited and waved her arms as she ran forward.

"There! That must be it! Do you see? Brother and sisters are there!"

"Yeah."

"If we just go there, surely sister and brother will also... huh?"

"Wait a moment."

He stopped her from running ahead recklessly.

Ahead of them, people could be seen down the gently sloping hill.

But somehow the atmosphere was strange.

The people were divided into two groups. One side had people with blonde and dark hair clustered together,

The other side was huddled together, very wary.

At a glance, it was clear that the side with mixed blonde hair were Tika's duplicate's siblings and descendants of Shan and Tika.

They were shouting something with very troubled faces,

But the other side was just hesitating and glaring, unable to understand.

Those who had originally lived on this land were clearly showing hostility toward the newly arrived group of strangers.

"Should, should I not go now? Why are sister and brother standing like that?"

"Wait here."

"Huh?"

Leaving Tika's duplicate in that spot, he moved forward first.

The closer he got to them, the more clearly he could hear what Shan and Tika's descendants were shouting.

"We won't harm you! We came from a very cold place. We just want to live together with you!"

"We have no weapons!"

They were pleading with tired looks from their long journey, but those words couldn't reach the other side.

He took a deep breath when he came close enough to clearly see both sides, and shouted as loudly as possible.

"Ten steps back!"

Both sides looked at him with surprised expressions at the sudden shout,

But it was Shan and Tika's descendants who reacted hesitantly.

"Ten steps, back!"

When he shouted once more, he tasted blood in his throat.

They looked puzzled, then began to retreat as a group.

Then the other side, the primitives, began to be wary of him too.

He walked as slowly as possible to avoid provoking the very sensitive people and spoke to Shan and Tika's descendants.

"Where did you come from?"

"You- you can speak? We came from Theem'dra. Do you know Theem'dra?"

A woman with shiny black hair tied up asked.

Ah, this one was a duplicate of Shan.

"A little. But now doesn't seem like the time for such talk. They cannot communicate. Not right now."

"What? But."

"So right now they won't be able to accept you. Retreat slowly. It would be better if you could settle somewhere else if possible."

"It's difficult for us alone. That's why we came this long way! We cannot survive isolated like Theem'dra!"

The seaside Theem'dra wasn't called that, but the place where Shan and Tika had newly moved and settled was also called Theem'dra.

But the new Theem'dra was land beloved by Aphoom-Zhah and a sanctuary where the believers who first served him slept.

That land, where the breath of the north wind always reached, was frozen completely white.

So it wasn't strange that Shan and Tika's descendants had decided to migrate.

"I understand that well, but trying to mix with them now would be useless. You cannot merge with people you can't communicate with."

"Then what should we do...!"

"First, keep your distance. Maintain a distance where you can see each other but won't clash. It will take time until the two groups understand each other."

"Even so, where should we go?"

What was he supposed to do if they asked him such things?

He didn't live around here either.

He awkwardly scratched his head and pointed beyond one side of the plain.

"...How about over there at the edge? If you keep this distance, those people should be able to feel at ease too."

Several glances were exchanged among Shan and Tika's descendants,

But eventually they accepted his proposal with faces full of anxiety.

"Let's do that. Thank you for the good suggestion."

"I'm glad things worked out well."

Now when they moved, he would show Tika's duplicate the way and return to the cave.

He was thinking this when.

[You faithless bastard!]

-Bang!

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Out of nowhere, a giant icicle fell from the air and stuck right in front of his nose. If he had taken one step forward, it would have pierced his skull.

Dumbfounded, he looked up to see Aphoom-Zhah sitting arrogantly with his legs crossed on top of the icicle.

"What are you doing!"

[Did you run away here after abandoning this being in a cave?]

"I didn't run away, I came to help someone in trouble for a moment!"

[It's obvious without looking. Are these things the offspring of those two vermin you used to cherish? So you completely fell for them!]

"That...! might be true, but anyway I was going to return right away!"

[Do you have a brain or not! Shaguna Fan's statue is sitting right there and you're fooling around chasing after other humans!]

What was he saying!

Don't talk as if he had been unfaithful!

But Aphoom-Zhah's face was too fierce to argue like that.

"Sorry! I said I'm sorry!"

[The believer is always like that. In other timelines too, you just swallowed up this being's power with the word 'sorry' and died! Do you know how many times this is!]

"Uh... which timeline was that?"

He had died using Aphoom-Zhah's power so many times that he couldn't remember.

He asked thinking that if he answered Aphoom-Zhah's anger properly, it might show he was reflecting,

But this seemed to provoke Aphoom-Zhah instead.

He widened his white eyes and shouted.

[You faithless bastarrrrrd!]

"Sorry, no, I'm sorry! Really!"

[You don't have even a speck of intention to reflect. If one of your limbs gets a hole in it, you'll kneel and shed tears in front of this being. Just stand still there. That way it'll be easier for this being to aim.]

"This is believer abuse! Abuse!"

[What do you mean abuse? Haven't you died in front of this being before? I guarantee it will be less painful than that.]

"You're crazy!"

[Believer, you've finally realized. This being is very happy to inform you that all gods coexist with madness.]

As if to show that his words weren't false,

Dozens of icicles were condensing behind Aphoom-Zhah.

While watching the icicles that were drawing moisture from the air and growing in size while sweating coldly, he suddenly asked.

"...If I get hit by this, won't I be cut rather than getting holes in my body?"

[You've gained very deep insight in just a few seconds.]

Aphoom-Zhah was holding up his finger.

The moment that finger moved once, holes would be pierced all over his body.

Aphoom-Zhah mercifully asked.

[Last words?]

"Th, that!"

He tried to think of words that could appease Aphoom-Zhah as his last words, but it was impossible.

Of course. A god's anger was like a natural disaster.

It was the same as begging a typhoon not to come.

Eventually he gave up and humbly accepted reality.

"...If possible, please kill me in one blow...?"

[Rejected. Farewell, believer. It's been enjoyable.]

"Why!"

[You said last words, not a request.]

Bad bastard! How many memories had he sold all this time!

The white eyes glinted coldly. He closed his eyes tightly, feeling like he couldn't bear to watch the icicles flying with his bare eyes.

But contrary to his expectation of hearing the sound of icicles cutting through the air,

He heard someone behind him muttering in shock.

"It's a god..."

What.

He opened his eyes slightly.

Aphoom-Zhah also seemed to have heard that sound, as he was looking at Shan and Tika's descendants with his head turned from him.

[Huh?]

"One who controls ice and calls snow. The god who covers Theem'dra with frost and freezes everything."

"The saying that he's white from head to toe was really true...!"

"The god of Theem'dra is here too. The god of Theem'dra truly is everywhere!"

Shan and Tika's descendants knelt one by one.

They looked up at Aphoom-Zhah filled with surprise, shock, and awe.

The white shadow reflected in their blue eyes wavered with gray flames.

"The people of Theem'dra greet the 'Lord of the Extreme Realm'!"