Chapter 144: A pretender

Chapter 144: A pretender

Now how should I explain this to him? Or should I just erase his memories? There's a limitation on how many lies I can tell. Because it will make things difficult to erase one's memories and replace them with fake ones. A normal human can withstand up to 30 memory erases a day.

More than that, he's going to suffer from short-term memory loss.

Viktor looked at Jion's face which was full of confusion. He was rather surprised that people can actually teleport to another place like magic.

He was an otaku.

"Wow... did you just teleport? Please tell me that I'm not tripping or dreaming. Is this real? I have to punch myself!!"

Jion punched himself in his face so hard in excitement that he lost his balance and fell on the solid ground.

"I'm not dreaming!!!"

Viktor became annoyed and said, "Tsk!!! Why are you acting like a kid, huh? Have you never seen anyone using magic?"

"Magic? Does that really exist? The thing you just did was magic, right??"

"Yea, yea." Viktor took a seat on the park bench and said, "Here. Take a seat. We're not in South Korea right now so you'll probably attract attention if you keep acting like a child."

"We're not in South Korea? Where are we right now?" Jion took his phone out and saw that his phone network was out of service. He was definitely out of Korea.

"We're in China right now. In a province near the eastern Russian border."

Viktor lit a cigarette and again said, "I believe that you have so many things to ask, right? You're curious about my identity. Let me say this straight. I am Ivon North, I was actually. After I died, I just woke up in another body with my past life memories. You're an otaku, right? You're well-known about the concept called 'Reincarnation.' I'm one of them. Lucky, right?"

Jion took a seat beside him and said, "I am an Otaku. This is one hundred percent true. But it's hard to believe that it really exists in real life. If you're really my brother, tell me about the red day."

'Oh? His memories are pretty sharp...'

Back in 2015 when Ivon was in middle school last year, he encountered a boy from a high school. The high schooler was upset because Ivon was dating the girl he liked. Ivon being an orphan also made him really angry so he wanted to beat Ivon back to his senses. But something unexpected happened 2 days after they decided to meet in a place where nobody lives.

The fight took place in an old warehouse far away from his home at midnight. Jion, who was also curious, followed Ivon everywhere. So, he eventually got to know when and where the fight would take place.

Nobody knew what happened that night and the high schooler died 3 days later. Actually, Jion knew what happened and happened to help Ivon that night to clean the mess. It was the first time Ivon met Jion and had their first conversation.

Of course, Ivon threatened him to death and after that, Jion avoided him all the time. He was a little scared but he knew his brother wasn't that bad guy.

Their relationship didn't grow closer but they both knew that they couldn't trust each other back in the day. But after Ivon faced that tragic incident, he left the city and went straight to Seoul to live a new life.

Viktor suddenly got a flashback of his memories and smiled a little. He threw the half-smoked cigarette and said, "When you saw me sitting on the top of the boy's back, you came out from the huge box and asked if he was really dead or not. Your face had a terrified reaction and your nose was running. How can I forget that moment? And the kid I beat up had a weak heart that I wasn't aware of. I just happened to punch him so hard, and he just happened to knock out on the floor. Who knew he was going to die like that? I just feel really lucky that he kept his mouth shut in fear."

Viktor looked at Jion and saw he was crying. "What-_-?" He asked.

"Hic..hic...big...big brother!!!! Waaaaa!!!! You're still alive!!!"

"-_-?"

"I had this feeling that you weren't dead!! You also came to mom to see how she was doing!! Waaa!! Even you visited your own grave!!"

"Shut up...you're ruining the mood, orange juice boy."

"You ..hicc.. still remember!!!"

'I should've erased his memories before this disaster. Now I have to carry more burden on my shoulder. Hah...'

Viktor then said, "Calm down. Your big brother isn't someone who'll actually die because of death. I will still be alive even if my body turns into ashes."

"Perhaps, are you a wizard? From my knowledge, I know that magicians can perform reincarnation magic. But they are really powerful and they can live more than hundreds of years."

"Hm...you're half wrong, half right. I am a powerful person, not a magician. I am someone who's known as a guardian. The more I level up, the more powerful I become."

"What's a guardian?" Jion asked.

"A being that controls the balance of every element in the universe. There were countless guardians. Now only 111 remain officially."

Jion stared at his face and said, "I am already having trouble processing this shitty story, and you're adding more. How should I explain this to the therapist?"

Viktor knew all along that he was acting as if he believed every shit he said. He was assuming that Viktor knocked him out and took him to an unknown place to mess up with him. Even though Viktor already proved to him that he was Ivon, he couldn't believe it actually. He assumed that Ivon might've told the red day's story to someone and he happened to know it.

"Therapist? Are you sure you can knock me out with that taser in your pocket? It's good to be brave, but having overconfidence is a little too much. Do you really think that I'd leave a weapon in my hostage's pocket?"

He was taken aback because there was no way Viktor would've known that he was preparing his weapon in his pocket. He was a little confused because if he was really kidnapped, why would he still have that in his pocket?

Why would his phone still have an 87% battery percentage?

Why would his body still have the faint smell of his perfume?

Why wouldn't his body feel dizzy from some medicine that he used to put him to sleep?

His mind suddenly became filled with thousands of questions and that's when he saw the banner of some festival in the park behind Viktor.

It was definitely written in Chinese.

"Hah...the weather is really good in Hegang."

Viktor turned on his phone and dialled a number. It wasn't out of service because his sim card had an international service and it reached quickly to the person's phone.

It was Adonis.

"It's almost 3 pm."

*Yes, master. I'm already on my way home. But why are you in China?*

"I'm here with someone from school, want to come over? That kid is threatening me with a taser." n-)o.-V--e).l/-b--1//n

The car nearly crashed into an electric pole because Adonis had already left it. The car was left alone in front of the North house.

"Master!! What is going on?"

"Ahhhh!!!!!!!"

Adonis suddenly appeared in front of them so Jion because frightened a little. He jumped out of the bench and fell on the ground.

"Master, is this the human who threatened you? Shall I eat him alive?"

"No, he's the stepbrother of my 2nd parent. Don't just eat him."

Jion stood up and said, You're Adonis North, the person who runs QH company. There's no mistake..."

Adonis scratched his head and said, "Um... can I help you with something?"

"How did you do that? You guys drugged me so much that I'm seeing things. There's no way you just popped out of nowhere in this empty park. I'm going to inform the police!"

Adonis frowned a little and asked, "Just what kind of problem have you created, master? Can't you just erase his memories? I hate dealing with normal humans."

Viktor lit another cigarette and said, "I was not feeling it. So I just wanted to have some entertainment. But it didn't turn out as I anticipated. This is just pain."

Jion tried to call the police but his phone kept saying that he was out of service. At that moment, his body suddenly became frozen and Viktor touched his forehead. "From now on, you'll never remember what happened in the warehouse. You'll forget about today and you'll never ask about this matter to your mother."

"What are you...even..talki..." He lost consciousness and fell on the ground. He was out cold for good.

"Let's just go home."

"Yes, master."

Viktor grabbed his collar and dragged him into the teleportation magic circle to go back to South Korea. Jion was then all left alone in that alley where he was an hour ago and the both of them left for home.

The sun almost reached the orange horizon.

"How was your date?" Viktor asked.

"It was good. We ate tons of food. Watched a movie. Went to shopping"

"Oh, really. I'm envious."

"There are countless girls who want to date you, master."

"Hah...I'm too tired to form a new relationship with anyone now. How about taking me on a date? Let's have some fun just the two of us."

"People will assume that we're a couple."

"People know really well that we're brothers-_-."

Adonis smiled a little and then said, "Okay then. Let's go on a brother-date in the amusement park."

"How about in a world similar to earth?" Viktor asked.

"If you want to go there for a walk, I'll gladly follow you."

"That's settled then. We're going to E2 next week where AI has taken over humanity and everything."