Episode 8
I tried smoking some mana just in case, and mana formed on the tip of my finger.
Fortunately, mana was available without any problems.
‘Of course it should happen.’
Two months after getting the stats.
I invested two full months to create a path for mana in my body.
Sitting cross-legged under the moonlight, I used my overwhelming stats to endlessly pave the way for mana.
And at the end.
‘I even underwent a complete transformation.’
A complete transformation that has never been experienced in past episodes.
I have achieved a complete transformation that only the ‘emperor’ has ever experienced.
Thanks to this, my face became soft and smooth like a teenager’s skin.
Therefore, even if he was possessed as a child like now, he could control mana.
‘All you need to know is that you can use mana.’
After clenching and unclenching my grip, I first approached the children.
The clear condition was to relieve the witch’s grudge without her identity being discovered.
In that case, it can be said that the current point is before the witch holds a grudge.
“Guys.”
“It’s nature. “Run away!”
At that moment, as soon as they saw me, the children ran away.
I remained silent without understanding what was happening, but then frowned.
Aside from saying my name, I feel really bad when he runs away as soon as he sees me.
“Tsk, I don’t like kids.”
Of course, it’s not because he ran away from me.
Grumbling, I entered the building.
From the child’s perspective, this was a fairly large building.
I started walking down the hallway, looking around step by step.
‘He must have been the director of the orphanage.’
Realizing that finding the witch came first, I began searching the room.
‘… … ?’
At that moment, I stopped at the sight of an old gentleman beyond the window.
He was staring at the children, and I felt a little strange when I saw that.
This was because his eyes seemed to be looking at money instead of looking at children with kindness.
‘I’ve seen those eyes often.’
Originally, I was also the son of a chaebol family.
In reality, among the people who came near me, there were often people with eyes like that.
And they were all just unpleasant guys.
‘Who was it? The eyes of the guy who was running the mafia in America looked exactly like that.’
As I was briefly reminiscing about the past, the old man took his eyes off the children and started to move, and I tried to follow him.
“Cheonseong, what are you doing here if you’re not playing with the kids?”
The moment I tried to stretch out my foot, it fluttered in the air.
It was because the person behind me lifted me up.
Because I was a child, I couldn’t resist.
I turned my head back and looked away.
‘witch.’
At that moment, a woman with the same face that was in the glass box was there.
Arda Carmoa, a woman who would later be called a witch, was the director of this orphanage.
“Director.”
“Yeah, why are you doing that?”
The witch smiled brightly at my call.
There was no trace of resentment in that smile. After looking at the witch’s face for a moment, I turned my head.
“no.”
“It’s because of my nature and because I can’t get along with kids.”
When I was told that I couldn’t get along with children, I frowned for a moment.
Oh, I feel bad for mentioning my name.
I am Ha Cheon-seong, the youngest son of a chaebol family.
“No.”
“Yes, yes.”
Even though I said no, I struggled in her arms in response to my indifferent response.
Then she released her hold on me, and as I stepped on the floor, I glanced at her.
First of all, the main goal is to resolve this woman’s grudge.
‘Is something going to happen soon that will cause resentment?’
In that case, the old gentleman from earlier is the most suspicious.
As I was thinking that I should have chased after her, the witch continued to talk to me.
“Cheonseong, it’s almost nap time. “I’m going to sleep with the teacher.”
“It’s annoying. “Wow.”
“huh? what… … .”
“no. song. “Director.”
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You also have bright ears.
Anyway, I decided to hang out with the witch and held her hand and went into the nap room.
I really fell asleep.
* * *
By the time Ha Cheon-seong entered the 22nd floor stage, the Sword King, who had barely freed himself from the intense pain in his abdomen, entered the room with a guard supporting him.
He then flopped down on the floor, unwrapped his clothes, and checked his abdomen. There were blue bruises and fist marks clearly visible.
“What the hell is this?”
The Sword King, who shivered as he vividly remembered Ha Cheon-seong’s blow that made him feel like he would faint, gently pressed the corners of his mouth.
Ha Cheon-seong dodged his own attack and even countered.
The counter was a single blow to him, but it was strong and clean enough to make him unable to do anything.
As if they were several dimensions ahead of him.
‘Perhaps your level is much higher than mine… … .’
However, Ha Cheon-seong’s name was not on the ranking table.
Since he himself said that he had no designation, it must have been that he was level 50 or lower, but that attack was not a blow worthy of a low level person.
‘It definitely felt like I had adjusted my strength.’
He is a sword king who has seen the strong countless times.
Her eyes were more accurate than expected, and she was quick-witted.
‘This.’
Is a new powerhouse appearing on Crown Road?
I don’t know what he did, but he had definite strength in his hands.
But if he is Yashin.
‘No, there is no reason for Yasin to clear the 22nd floor. Even Yashin knows that we have been stuck on the 22nd floor for the past month. They know that if they just drag on, they will fail the Crown Road.’
Clearing the 22nd floor may take several more months.
There was no way the Yashins could clear such a floor themselves.
‘In other words, he is likely to be unrelated to Yasin.’
And in the Sword King’s memories, He Cheon-seong always hated and fought against Ya-shin.
In addition, the fact that he was the youngest son of a chaebol family further strengthened his desire to return to Earth.
‘Wait a minute, but he doesn’t know about the witch’s grudge.’
At that moment, a thought crossed her mind and she jumped up from her seat.
The river nature was strong.
However, it was unclear whether that strength would be effective against the witch’s grudge.
And there are not many people who invest too much in their stats in the beginning.
So wasn’t that why they couldn’t break through the 22nd floor and got stuck?
‘Furthermore, regardless of his ability, he was a person with high self-confidence in the past.’
The Sword King, who remembered the days when Ha Cheon-seong was the emperor, hurriedly opened the door and went out.
Ha Cheon-seong is a newly emerged powerhouse.
If a person strong enough to defeat oneself in one blow is hit by poison on the 22nd floor, clearing the Crown Road becomes that much further away.
‘We have to save him.’
She was a woman who worried more than others.
But there was one thing she forgot.
The point was that the guard who was always there was absent to support him.
Neither the guards nor the Sword King knew that someone had entered the 22nd floor in the meantime.
* * *
Even though I was in the body of a child, I had no idea that I would actually fall asleep, so I made a dumbfounded expression.
‘Have I really physically become a child?’
If that were true, you would become extremely sleepy when night time came.
‘I’m already busy clearing.’
I sighed, adjusted the bedding, and looked around.
Perhaps it was because it was still nap time, but all the children who seemed to be around the same age were falling asleep.
‘The witch.’
When I couldn’t see the director and teachers who had put us to sleep, I got up and walked out the door.
And then he slightly stuck his head out through the door.
The hallway was quiet, so I carefully pushed open the door and came out.
‘I couldn’t find the director’s office earlier.’
Thinking I should look again, I started walking down the hallway.
The room called the nap room is located on the 2nd floor.
This building appears to have four floors, so there are many places I haven’t been able to explore yet.
It was already lunch time, and I was busy walking around the second and third floors.
And it wasn’t until I finally got to the 4th floor that I was able to find a room labeled Director’s Office.
I focused my mana on my ears and opened the door after realizing that there was no one in the director’s office.
Inside, there were bookshelves, a chair high enough for a child to sit on, and a desk.
I went inside, looking at the simple room.
I quietly closed the door and approached the desk.
A desk with a drawer. If you’re hiding things like regular documents, you’d put them in a place like this.
It rattled.
Naturally, the chest of drawers did not open.
I looked around to see if there was a key, but it seemed like the witch herself had it.
‘Why did you have to lock it?’
It means there’s something worth hiding.
While I was contemplating whether to just destroy the dresser, I suddenly remembered one ability I have.
‘I thought it would be useless, but it is useful.’
What I came up with was a mocking Cinderella baptism.
When the Holy See baptizes, the person who receives it is given special powers.
Cinderella’s mocking power is ‘Glass Duke’.
It is the ability to create something of a certain shape with glass.
‘That’s true.’
I placed my index finger on the keyhole of the dresser and activated Glass Craft.
Glass leaked through the key hole due to the activated glass operation, and after a while, it hardened into the shape of the key.
Click.
‘nice.’
When I turned the key, the chest of drawers opened, and I quickly looked at the contents inside.
I don’t know what it was for, but the dresser was full of documents.
I started going through them one by one.
‘this.’
And the moment I looked through all the documents, I frowned.
These documents were all of children who had been adopted.
I opened it thinking there must be something there, but it turned out to be adoption documents.
‘huh?’
Then I noticed a piece of paper between the adoption papers.
‘Balance certificate.’
Is there even an orphanage bank account?
I checked my balance just in case, and I was able to see that money had been coming in steadily.
I don’t know if they were receiving it from the government or if someone was donating it, but the money continued to come in at a steady rate.
However, as it got closer to recently, the amount of money coming in decreased significantly, possibly because the support had ended.
‘Have donations stopped?’
After looking at the balance for a while, I folded my arms and fell into deep thought.
Resentment caused by lack of money.
But I wondered what if that was the real reason she became a witch.
‘I think there’s a connection, but I’m not sure yet.’
Realizing that I still didn’t have enough information, I put the balance certificate back between the documents.
I did all this and got no income at all.
I sighed and locked the drawer.
Afterwards, I looked around the bookshelf to see if there was anything, but I couldn’t find anything.
‘Is the witch really just the director of an orphanage?’
So, it means that the witch’s resentment came from outside, not from within.
As expected, I thought the old gentleman earlier was suspicious, so I left the director’s room.
The moment I stepped into the hallway, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sound of footsteps coming from the other side.
From the sound I could hear, there was some distance, but I was sure we would meet up soon, so I looked around.
There is no place to hide.
then.
I opened the window, looked down, and immediately jumped out.
I jumped from the 4th floor with a slight feeling of floating, landed lightly, lightly patted my hands and glanced up.
“River Castle?”
At that moment, I was startled by the voice I heard and turned my head.
Standing there was a girl who looked to be about 7 years old.
She was looking at me with her wide, bright eyes.
“I finally found it!”
And the moment the little girl shouted, I took a deep breath.
Could it be that he saw me jump?
It’s a big deal.
If things continue like this, clearing is impossible.
“Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you? “Cough.”
At that moment, the little girl cleared her throat and said something incomprehensible.
“What are you talking about? “Why are you looking for me?”
“That’s right, Ha Cheon-seong, because you went up to the 22nd floor alone!”
Oh my, this little kid.
“Are you the Sword King?”
“You really didn’t know?”
“You don’t know. “How do I know?”
There is no way I would recognize the Sword King in his younger form.
After hearing my words, the Sword King flipped his long purple hair to the side and grabbed my wrist.
oh.
fantasy,
