Chapter 289:

Chapter 289:

Yu-hyun, who learned the concept of will from Seo Sumin in the Wonderland, immediately left the Wonderland.

There was no need to devote himself to training right away, because will was not something that could be realized as soon as he became aware of it.

Seo Sumin also advised him to take his time and proceed step by step.

Above all, there was one person that Yu-hyun had to meet right now.

“I request a private conversation with Satan.”

He sent a private conversation request to Satan through the Genesis Network.

It was usually a very arrogant and rude act for a teller to send a private conversation request to a Divine Spirit, but the relationship between Satan and Yu-hyun was not that of an ordinary Divine Spirit and teller.

‘I can’t help it if he refuses,’ he thought, but as soon as he did, an acceptance message came.

He didn’t expect such a quick response, but it was good for Yu-hyun.

[The private conversation begins.]

Soon after, he felt his body being pulled somewhere, and he arrived at the face-to-face room he had seen before.

Thanks to Satan’s influence, the scenery inside was still covered with snow and ice.

At least, out of consideration for the other party, the scenery was closer to cozy and beautiful than sharp.

Yu-hyun naturally sat down opposite Satan.

“It’s been a while.”

“Yes. It’s been a while for me too. But I’m surprised. I didn’t expect you to call me first.”

“I have something I want to ask you, so I requested a private conversation without shame.”

“Something you want to ask me...”

“Is it difficult for you to answer?”

“If it was, I wouldn’t have accepted the private conversation. Of course, I can’t answer everything.”

Everything.

Seeing him say that, Yu-hyun guessed that he already had an idea of what he wanted to ask.

His attitude was still cunning and hiding something, but by accepting the private conversation request, he meant that he would cooperate with him to some extent.

Then Yu-hyun also decided not to refuse his favor.

“I’ve had a lot of things happen recently.”

“I know because I have eyes and ears too. And I have nothing to say about the situation caused by the system error in the middle.”

“I was surprised too. I never thought there would be a Mental Realm inside the Mental Realm. It felt like I unintentionally caused trouble for our subscribers because even the system couldn’t recognize it.”

“Those who would fall out because of that wouldn’t have been worth watching anyway. Rather, most of them are looking forward to when you’ll tell them that story.”

“Inside, well, nothing big happened. I just got lucky and got a story similar to what you gave me as a gift.”

“Oh?”

He said it indirectly, but it was enough to convey his meaning to Satan.

“It seems like you’ve collected all the other pieces?”

“Yes. After all, it was thanks to your first gift that I could do this. It’s all thanks to you.”

“So you didn’t call me to express your gratitude. Do you have anything else to say?”

“I’ve made a new connection recently.”

“A human from the lower world?”

“Yes. He’s quite ambitious and unpredictable. But I heard an interesting story from him.”

Satan crossed his legs and put his fingers together, telling him to go on.

“Do you know anything about the Book of Genesis?”

Yu-hyun threw his trump card right away.

He hoped that at this moment, Satan would show some reaction that he was surprised.

But Satan just listened quietly without any action.

How long did he stay still?

Satan opened his mouth with a dark face.

“I’ve never heard of it.”

“I see.”

He said he had never heard of it, but that was a lie.

Anyone who didn’t know about the Book of Genesis wouldn’t recognize the word itself.

But Satan said he had never heard of it. He knew what the Book of Genesis meant and answered clearly.

In other words, Satan said he didn’t know, but it was no different from saying he knew for sure.

He probably did it on purpose too.

And from here, a new question arose.

If Satan knew about the Book of Genesis, why did he believe that this side had the fragments and gave him Laplace’s power as a gift?

And why did he avoid answering directly and subtly hint at the answer?

He wanted more than what he invested.

‘Well. For now, collecting the scattered fragments is the priority.’

Anyway, the fragments would flow into where there were many of them. Even if he couldn’t collect all the fragments that were stuck elsewhere, there weren’t many of them anyway.

‘I got something from meeting Satan.’

First of all, Satan knew about the Genesis Book for sure. He had one of the fragments himself, Laplace’s power.

And through some process or something, he found out that Yu-hyun had a fragment and gave him Laplace as a gift.

He didn’t reveal the reason, but Yu-hyun judged that Satan knew something overwhelmingly different from other Divine Spirits.

What about the other Divine Spirits? Especially Michael, who was hostile to Satan and called his rival.

[The one who resembles the brightest light has requested a private chat.]

“This is really something. He’s not a good person.”

As soon as I thought of him, he sensed it and requested a private chat.

I knew why he did that. He was wary of Satan and probably noticed my meeting with him this time, and then his competitive Divine Spirit kicked in and he requested a private chat with me.

As soon as I entered, I would probably be asked what I talked to Satan about, or what I received from him, something close to an interrogation.

But it wasn’t too bad.

His way of doing things was not to complain about me receiving something from someone else, but to give me something better that wouldn’t lose to them.

In other words, he was very generous.

“I accept the private chat.”

Yu-hyun moved to where Michael was waiting.

***

The private chat with Michael went as Yu-hyun expected.

As soon as she saw Yu-hyun, he asked what he had talked to Satan about and what he had received.

Yu-hyun couldn’t answer honestly, so he just said that Satan had asked how he was doing and congratulated him as usual, and that he hadn’t received any gifts.

Michael looked doubtful but also said that it was possible for Satan to do that, and smiled triumphantly as if he had won, and handed Yu-hyun a gift.

He was usually rational and cool-headed, but he became quite emotional when it came to Satan.

Yu-hyun thanked him for the gift and subtly asked him.

If she knew anything about the Book of Genesis, that is, in a roundabout way.

And the answer that came back was.

‘He didn’t seem to know anything.’

Yu-hyun thought that a Divine Spirit like Michael wouldn’t be ignorant of the Book of Genesis, but his behavior didn’t look like he was pretending either.

Considering his personality, it wouldn’t be strange if he asked where he had learned about it.

It seemed that not all Divine Spirits knew equally about the Book of Genesis.

And that Satan knew a lot more than others.

‘What about the Firstborn?’

He didn’t have enough rapport with him yet to request a private chat first.

For now, he decided to take some meaning in resolving some of his curiosity.

As he was about to pass by the training room, Yu-hyun’s eyes widened at the unexpected combination.

“Mr. Yu-chan? And Ms. Hye-rim too?”

Seong Yu-chan, who usually never left his room full of computers, was wearing a shabby training suit and visiting the training room.

And the one who was coaching him was Kang Hye-rim.

What kind of novel combination was this?

“Oh? Mr. Yu-hyun. You’re here?”

“Uh, yes.”

“Wow. What’s that above your head? It’s sparkling.”

Kang Hye-rim wondered what the ring floating above Yu-hyun’s head was.

“It’s called a halo. I just received it as a gift. Come to think of it, I forgot about it.”

“A gift? Hmm. It’s pretty but it looks very burdensome.”

“But if you have it, you’ll get more luck and your physical abilities will increase. And it has an on/off function too. But I don’t think I’ll use it much either.”

As if to prove his words, Yu-hyun turned off the ring of light above his head.

“So what are you doing with Mr. Yu-chan? It looks like you’re teaching him how to exercise. That’s surprising.”

“Ah, that?”

Kang Hye-rim smiled awkwardly and scratched her cheek.

“Mr. Yu-chan asked me for some dating advice.”

“...What?”