Chapter 284

Chapter 284

[Congratulations! You have cleared the main quest ‘The Standstill World’!]

[Attribute points have increased by 10.]

[Reputation has increased by 2.]

[A new title [The Second Hand of the New World] has been acquired.]

[Rare items [Demon Bone Powder] and [Mini Petrification Dispenser] have been acquired.]

*Second hand here refers to the second hand of the clock, showing the number of seconds.

And after that.......

“You’ve lost it.”

Cadel’s eyes rolled slowly. In front of him was Kunra, sitting in a stiff posture and giving him an equally stiff stare.

Before the system could tell him that the treatment was complete, Kunra intervened. Cadel’s consciousness was now in Kunra’s grasp, and having adjusted to Kunra’s energy, Cadel didn’t feel the same headache or rejection as he had at first.

“Do you know how surprised I was when I went to check on your condition and found it completely destroyed? Even with the power of this one, you can’t keep up with me. It’s not worth the effort.”

The words were deliberately sarcastic, but Cadel didn’t answer. He just stared off into the distance, still transfixed. Kunra, watching him, clicked his tongue briefly and turned away.

“If you lose consciousness before the healing is complete, you will die, so I intervened to keep you awake. Now that your subordinate seems to have healed you properly, I’ll let you go.”

“......me go.”

“What did you say?”

“Don’t let me go.”

Kunra’s brows narrowed and he tried to say something, but he couldn’t get the words out.

“Just, just a little bit more...... Please let me stay here.”

In the end, the burden of his fate was too much. He didn’t know it when he was loved, because he was so motivated to get through it all. But he didn’t deserve to be loved, and when the one he loved finally realized it. Only then did he realize the existence of this terrible curse.

“I never wanted...... a life like this.......”

He rubbed his tear-stained cheeks and trembled helplessly like a child. As if he hadn’t cried enough, tears continued to pool in the corners of his reddened eyes.

Kunra stared at Cadel, then slowly lowered himself to be eye level with him. He pulled Cadel’s hand, already soaking wet and pointlessly wiping away tears, and wrapped it tightly around his own.

“If I were the god of your world, I would not have done this. Even if I were the only god of this world, I would have prevented the system from intervening.”

“.......”

“But it’s already begun. It has begun, and you are Cadel Lytos, and no one can deny it. Not even you. Even when you go back after everything, when it’s all over, you are the one who was ‘Cadel Lytos’. You own that body now.”

There was no sign of criticism or disappointment in the eyes directed at Cadel. Kunra simply caressed the human being who had fallen into an unfamiliar world and had to carry many burdens, as he pleased.

“If you feel guilty for the soul in you, the solution is simple: accept its feelings. Stop discerning which ones are yours and live as if they are all yours. Even if at the end of the day you lose...... a lot of feelings with that soul. Allow it to feel with you.”

Cadel, who was looking at Kunra with blurred vision, pursed his distorted lips and spoke in a trembling voice.

“Is that okay......?”

“I’ll allow it.”

“I.......”

“So grieve to your heart’s content, the grief, the tears, it’s all yours.”

Kunra had no way of knowing the true nature of the soul that had taken over Cadel Lytos’ body. But what stood before him now was a human being crying humbly. A human who had been swept up in a whirlwind of fate that was quite enormous and shaking helplessly.

It wasn’t that he had any particular affection for humans, but he didn’t want to pretend he didn’t see them wandering off into another world. Cadel might be the one most closely related to the peace he hoped for. So, he hoped that there would be peace in Cadel’s heart as well.

To hope that Cadel could somehow overcome this fate might be proof that he was no different from the system, but for now, Kunra could only hold his shaking head and pat his hunched back.

“I miss Van.......”

It was a sadness that didn’t match the clear sky.