The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 129

"Why is there so much work on a day like this!"

Cheon Yuhwa, having hastily dealt with only the most urgent tasks, got up to go to where Lee Shin was.

While working, she had ordered Kim Jaehyun to find out Lee Shin's current location, so there was no hesitation in her movements.

The moment Cheon Yuhwa got up to go to where Lee Shin was.

Woong-

The phone, which had been sitting quietly on the table, rang.

Thinking it might be Lee Shin, Cheon Yuhwa hurriedly checked the phone.

"Hello?"

-Yes, is this Alice?

"Yes, it's me."

However, the person who called was not Lee Shin.

"Yes, Unni, what's up all of a sudden? Is there something you want to ask?"

There had been times when she had called like this to ask something, so Cheon Yuhwa guessed it was something like that and asked.

But Oz's business was not that.

-Ah, it's nothing much, but I'm in Korea right now with Merlin and Crowley.

"What? What do you mean all of a sudden?"

Cheon Yuhwa, once again confirming the truth of the world that bad things happen all at once, said urgently.

Normally, she wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

But the timing was just too bad right now.

"No, wait! Unni, wait a minute, stop those two!"

-Sorry~ Actually, I was worried about you, so I called without them knowing. And we've just arrived in front of house, so I'm hanging up.

"No, how did you even know the house location…!"

-See you later then~

Beep-!

"Agh, really!"

As Oz playfully hung up the phone, Cheon Yuhwa, annoyed, immediately opened the window and threw herself into the air.

In the pitch-black darkness, a dizzying sense of flotation and a fierce wind enveloped Cheon Yuhwa's entire body.

Woong-!

At that moment, wings of pure white light formed behind the falling Cheon Yuhwa's back.

Not wings made of feathers like a bird's, but wings of transparent light with a beautiful appearance like a glass craft.

Outwardly, it was doubtful whether they could function as proper wings, but.

Hwioooo-!

Cheon Yuhwa, as if to shake off all such doubts, flew far away with a single flap of her wings.

-Turn right after 1km.

"There it is!"

While using her smartphone as a navigation system.

***

Ting-dong-

"Uuuhm…"

At the sound of the doorbell from outside the house, Lee Shin slowly opened his eyes and woke up from his sleep.

Slowly unwrapping the blanket that was wrapped around his entire body like a cocoon, he checked the window and the clock in turn.

The number the clock was pointing to was 7.

It was the time when the night was starting to heat up, and it was also a time that felt a bit late for a guest to come to the house.

"Haaaam~ What is it? There's no way a guest would come to my house in the first place."

Ah, thinking about it, he could come up with the possibility that it wasn't his guest, but a guest of the other kids.

Lee Shin, who had thought of that possibility, stopped in his tracks for a moment, then slowly got out of bed and staggered towards the entrance.

Perhaps because the impulse that had been running wild in his head and causing a severe headache had subsided, his physical condition had returned to normal.

Well, the impulse that hadn't disappeared was making his head throb, but this much was not much different from usual.

He had already gotten used to this level of headache before graduating from elementary school, so it was nothing.

Lee Shin ran his hand through his slightly messy hair from sleeping and opened the front door.

And seeing the three people standing in front of the door, Lee Shin smiled widely.

He had thought something fun would happen because his heart had been pounding since he woke up, but this was a surprise he hadn't even imagined.

"What brings three such precious people to such a humble place at this late hour?"

"Ahaha! It's really just as Alice said."

A man with slightly messy brown hair smiled lightly and extended a hand towards Lee Shin.

"Sorry for coming so late. I thought it would be better to come during the day instead of at night, but I remembered what Alice told me about you and just came now."

The man said that and smiled sheepishly.

A slightly naive appearance.

But a strange, undeniable atmosphere flowed from the man.

It was a feeling like an ancient book that had become more atmospheric despite being slightly tattered and worn.

"Hmm, I thought so, but it seems that Cheon Yuhwa has been spreading rumors about me here and there. What did you hear from her?"

"Do you want the honest truth?"

A woman with her hair divided into black and white smiled like a playful cat.

At that, Lee Shin smiled back.

"Yes, as honestly as possible. I'd like you to tell me exactly what Cheon, no, Alice said, without missing a single syllable."

At Lee Shin's words, the three people spoke in turn.

"She said you're a self-centered person who acts as you please, ignoring the thoughts of others and the surrounding environment."

"She also said you're a person of interest who needs to be constantly watched because she doesn't know what you're thinking or how you move."

"She also said you're a psychopath-like guy who's crazy about fighting and killing monsters."

Oz and Merlin looked at Crowley as if to say 'did you have to say that much,' but Crowley was calm.

"Hmm, it seems she didn't lie and only told the truth."

Lee Shin, the person in question who had heard those words, did not show any signs of being offended and just nodded his head.

"Uhm… anyway, the reason we came at this hour is because we heard about your personality from Alice. We thought you might disappear somewhere if we came in the morning."

Oz's playful yet curious eyes sparkled from under her pitch-black pointed hat as she looked at Lee Shin.

"You thought well. I was planning on leaving the house again tomorrow."

"It's a good thing the timing was right. Still, I apologize for coming so suddenly at this late hour."

Crowley, with his golden hair neatly combed back, said that and bowed his head slightly towards Lee Shin, and following him, Merlin and Oz also bowed their heads slightly.

"Ah, it's fine. I don't care about etiquette myself, so I'm not thoughtless enough to point out others' etiquette."

Lee Shin said that and swung open the door he was holding with his hand.

Lee Shin smiled playfully and said to the three.

"It's a bit much to talk at the entrance, so come on in. Since you seem to have come to chat, I'll bring you some simple snacks and drinks."

Lee Shin said that and, as if to say 'come in if you're coming in, don't if you're not,' he went inside the house without hesitation.

At that, the three, once again surprised that the video Cheon Yuhwa had shown them was not manipulated in the slightest, followed Lee Shin into the house.

Lee Shin took out various things from the refrigerator and heated them in the microwave, and the three sat on the sofa and waited for him.

Oz looked at Lee Shin preparing the food and asked playfully.

"By the way, is it okay to let us into your house so easily? We might have come to attack you, not to talk."

"Then you're even more welcome."

At Oz's words, Lee Shin smiled brightly as if he were happy just thinking about it and said without hesitation.

"I haven't had the experience of fighting a skilled mage before."

O-ssak-!

For a moment, the three's faces hardened at the killing intent Lee Shin emitted, and without realizing it, they sprang from their seats and distanced themselves from him.

At the same time, they moved their circles so that they could cast magic at any time.

It wasn't an action ordered by their heads.

Their bodies had reacted to the killing intent Lee Shin emitted and moved instinctively.

Seeing the three who were about to cast magic at any moment, Lee Shin waved his hand lightly with a disappointed face.

"Ah, sorry. I'm a little excited right now, so I'm not controlling my killing intent well. I just got a little excited at your words and my killing intent leaked out, so relax."

"…Are you calling that an excuse now?"

At Oz's words, Lee Shin smiled lightly and asked back.

"Didn't you guys come here knowing what kind of person I am?"

"…"

As Lee Shin's words were indeed true, the three did not say anything.

Looking at the three, Lee Shin lightly took a stance.

Taak-

His feet were slightly apart, and his waist was slightly bent forward as if looking at a child.

In that state, he tilted his head slightly to the side and smiled widely at the three.

A sneer mixed with a clear provocation that even a three-year-old child could understand.

"Well, if our Ten Kings are scared, it doesn't really matter if you turn tail and go back~"

On top of that, when Lee Shin's sarcastic, drawn-out tone was added, its power was beyond imagination.

Pajik-

A vein mark appeared next to Merlin's eyes, which had a strange dizziness.

Pajik-

The corners of Oz's eyes, which had been lightly curved, went up like a wildcat's.

Pajik-

The corners of Crowley's mouth, which had been the epitome of expressionlessness, went up in a smirk.

"Udeuk! I see, I completely understand why Alice reacted that way."

"Bbadeuk! Right, honestly, at first I thought she was exaggerating a bit, but I guess not."

"On the contrary, it seems she downplayed it a bit."

The three said that and each sat back down where they had been sitting before.

At that, Lee Shin smiled widely and placed the things he had prepared on a tray on the living room table.

It was a sudden reception of guests, but it was fun, so it didn't matter.

For reference, the snacks were Eun Yeonwoo's special 5-piece snack set, and the drinks were beer for Players.

"We said we came to talk."

"Isn't conversation something you do in a light state of intoxication?"

Chiik-

Lee Shin said that and, without hesitation, opened a beer and drank it.

Was it because he had that dream?

Even though he drank beer, he didn't feel drunk, and his head just cooled down.

After that, Lee Shin looked at the three people in front of him.

Merlin, the head of the [Magic Tower], who was said to be researching all magic.

Oz, the head of the [Sabbat], which all the witches in this world dream of entering.

Crowley, the guild master of [Meister], who was said to create all kinds of luxury items and artifacts.

The three people who could be called the heads leading the magic world were now sitting in front of Lee Shin.

"Hoo, so this is tteokbokki? I wanted to try this once I came to Korea."

"I wanted to try this! Sundae!"

"Is this kimbap?"

While showing interest in the food Lee Shin had brought.

'What is this… The picture I had in mind wasn't like this.'

Lee Shin thought for a moment about how to deal with the current situation, but no particular conclusion came out.

"By the way, your Korean is very fluent. Did you learn it somewhere?"

In the end, Lee Shin decided to just make small talk while filling his slightly hungry stomach.

(End of Chapter)