It’s the Apocalypse, but My Summons Do Everything - Chapter 19

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Episode 19

#Episode 19

“Come to think of it, you must have leveled up quite a bit this time. Did you learn anything new?”

“I did.”

On the road leaving Cheonan and heading toward Asan.

Kim Yeo-ul, who had been blankly staring at the dystopian scenery outside the window, belatedly remembered to ask.

The skill I gained upon reaching level 40.

Soul Insight – .

Eyes that see through souls.

Literally eyes that see through opponents.

I can see everything from their stats, status, and skills they possess to their future potential abilities.

“Oh? What do you see when you look at me?”

“You’re a summon, so I could always see everything about you.”

“Tch, boring.”

“Oppa, what about me?”

“Aren’t you my summon too?”

“Aha!”

Despite the silly conversation continuing, everyone had smiles on their faces.

The joy of no longer having to walk those long distances was immense.

“I’m experiencing a cross-country journey I never even did when I was alive.”

“Considering the distance we’ve traveled back and forth, we’ve already gone around once and then some.”

“I was feeling overwhelmed thinking about walking all the way to Seoul, but thank goodness we have a car.”

“This is family now… I can never go back to the days without it!”

I chuckled at Seo Iram stroking the back seat as if it were precious and pressed the accelerator enthusiastically.

Today’s destination was Asan.

Since it was practically next to Cheonan, it wasn’t very far.

“I wonder what’s in Asan… I hope there’s nothing special there.”

“Me too… Why do we get caught up in some incident everywhere we go?”

“Then I hope there’s nothing there too!”

As we continued driving on roads with no traffic lights or other cars, it wasn’t long before a sign for Asan City appeared.

An empty plain stretched out where not even an ant, let alone a person, seemed likely to pass by.

“There’s really nothing here at all.”

“Right.”

Since this was better than having monsters swarming everywhere, I pressed the accelerator with peace of mind.

As we entered Asan City Center, gloomy ruins revealed themselves.

The fortunate thing was that the buildings maintained their form without collapsing?

Other than that, it exuded a dystopian atmosphere with not a single person in sight.

“Hey, Hyun-soo, there’s a person over there.”

“Come on, what person would be in a place like this… Oh, there really is one?”

In the distance, I could see someone carrying a large bundle and moving around diligently.

There seemed to be no one else, just that person moving alone.

‘Moving alone in a place like this?’

Moving solo like that on the Korean Peninsula where death is closer than life usually means one of two things.

Either they’re insane.

Or they’re confident enough in their abilities.

But given the timing, most insane people were dead, so it was likely the latter.

‘Let me take a look…’

When I activated my newly acquired Soul Insight, information about the person walking unsteadily appeared.

The moment I saw the letter S, I felt a thrill.

Kim Yeo-ul’s potential ability was originally A-rank, though I pulled it up to S+ rank with Necromantic Awakening.

But to be S+ rank from birth!

I immediately gently pressed the brakes and said.

“They look like they’re in trouble. Let’s at least try talking to them.”

“Should we? They are alone…”

Having just parted ways with the National Assembly Members, my heart was full of humanity.

While I couldn’t help just anyone indiscriminately, I could gladly extend my hand to save the lamb before my eyes.

As I carefully drove closer, the person heard the engine sound and turned their head in surprise.

“We won’t harm you! We saw you were alone and came to ask if you were okay!”

I spread both hands and kept my distance to show I had no weapons.

The person in a black robe pulled down to the very end cautiously raised their head.

“People…?”

“Yes, we’re people.”

Kim Yeo-ul and Seo Iram rolled down their windows and waved.

The person who had been gauging the situation began slowly approaching us.

It felt like catching a wild animal.

They appeared to be a young boy, and had many wounds.

I suppose surviving alone in this chaos wouldn’t be easy.

The boy cautiously raised his head and looked back and forth between me, Kim Yeo-ul, and Seo Iram.

Then he burst into tears.

“R-real people…! Huhuhuuung!!”

The boy was so overjoyed to see actual people that he collapsed and began wailing loudly.

The sight was quite pitiful, so I got out of the car and handed him some water and a chocolate bar.

“If you cry like that, you’ll get dehydrated. Drink this first and calm down.”

The boy flinched at my touch but looked around cautiously, then carefully accepted the chocolate bar.

“Th-thank you…”

“Aren’t you accepting things from strangers too easily?”

“Oh, th-then should I give it back…?”

“Heh… I’m joking. It’s nothing weird, just eat it.”

The boy glanced at me and carefully put the chocolate bar in his pocket.

‘Hoh…?’

At his age, most kids would happily tear it open and eat it right away, but he’s saving it instead.

Is he more suspicious than I thought?

Though for someone like that, he drank the water I gave him without hesitation.

It’s almost like he wants to give it to someone… Ah…!

I went back to the car and brought out another chocolate bar.

“Take that one to whoever you want to give it to, and eat this one yourself.”

The boy’s eyes widened in surprise at my action.

“H-how did you know?”

“You put it away so carefully like you wanted to give it to someone.”

“Ah…”

Kim Yeo-ul, who had been quietly watching from the side, approached and ruffled the boy’s hair.

“What’s your name? You look young but you’re so admirable~”

The boy’s face turned red as he hesitated, then carefully spoke up.

“I’m… Kang Jin-woo…”

“That’s a nice name~ I’m Kim Yeo-ul, this is Cha Hyeon-su, and that one leaning against the window drooling in her sleep is Seo Iram.”

“Ah… Cha Hyeon-su… Kim Yeo-ul… Seo Iram… Yes, I’ll remember.”

Jin-woo seemed to let his guard down due to Kim Yeo-ul’s beauty and carefully ate the chocolate bar.

He must have been very hungry as he devoured the chocolate bar in the blink of an eye.

“You eat well~”

“…Did I eat too greedily?”

“No, in times like these, how could that matter?”

Kim Yeo-ul chuckled and comforted Jin-woo.

“So where are you going? If it’s far, I’ll give you a ride.”

“Ah…”

Jin-woo glanced at us and hung his head low again.

“It’s, it’s okay! The place where I live is nearby anyway…”

His consideration for not wanting to burden others was too mature for a minor.

Since it would be unreasonable to just leave after the young boy said he was fine, I patted Jin-woo’s shoulder.

“It’s okay, we won’t hurt you.”

“If we were going to hurt you, we would have done it already. Why would we bother giving you water and chocolate?”

“That’s… true, but…”

I don’t expect unconditional trust.

I just happened to find him on the way, so if there’s something I can help with, I’ll help.

“Your legs must hurt and you must be tired, let’s go together!”

The boy’s black eyes, now that he had taken off his robe, turned toward us.

His clear, innocent eyes shone like black pearls in this ruined world.

If he grew up like this, he’d probably be a handsome young man who’d make girls cry.

“Th-then could I ask you to take me just to my house…?”

“Yeah, good thinking. Let’s go!”

When we picked up Kang Jin-woo and went to the place he mentioned, we saw a faded building among the ruins.

“Ah…”

The building had a tattered sign that read “Happy Orphanage.”

For a ruined building, there were traces of human presence here and there.

Most importantly, through the dirty glass, we could see several children moving around inside.

“Don’t tell me you’re feeding all the kids in there by yourself?”

“For now, I’m the only one who can go far distances…”

At the boy’s bright smile as if it was nothing special, tears were already welling up in Kim Yeo-ul’s eyes.

Really, this girl has no immunity to this kind of thing.

“Could we also go inside and take a look?”

“Yes… would that be okay with you?”

The social perception of orphans.

People would be reluctant because of their dirty and shabby appearance.

But we have a healer picked up from the garbage dump, that’s what.

“What! This is better than where I used to live?”

“Where did you live?”

“The garbage dump!”

“….”

“Sometimes if I was lucky, I could even eat leftover chicken legs!”

Seo Iram proudly gave a thumbs up.

I ruffled Seo Iram’s hair roughly and said.

“That’s four orphans already, well.”

“Four… ah…”

The boy looked at us with pitying eyes.

Why is he looking at us like that when he’s an orphan too.

Soon the boy withdrew his sorrowful gaze, completely dropped his guard, and nodded.

“Yes, I understand.”

“What, why are you laughing? Am I funny?!”

“Honestly, you are a little funny…”

“Huh, even unnie?!”

We comforted the shocked Seo Iram and entered the orphanage.

Once inside, there weren’t many people.

Only about three children were gathered together among themselves.

Most of the children were thin, as if they hadn’t eaten proper meals.

“Sniff…”

“I told you not to cry every time you see things like this.”

“You evil T type…!”

Actually, I was choked up too, but if I cried as well, the atmosphere would become neither here nor there.

I handed out plenty of choco pies I had brought from the car and asked.

“Are you feeding all those children by yourself?”

“Yes, there used to be more originally…”

“Ah…”

Leaving behind the tearful Jin-woo, I unwrapped choco pies and put them in the hands of the children who were only watching cautiously, then asked.

“How long have you been staying here?”

“Um… I don’t know…”

“A hundred nights…?”

“I don’t remember…”

These children look to be about eight or nine years old at most.

Looking at their nutritional state, if we hadn’t come, something even more terrible would have happened.

Kim Yeo-ul and I gave the children water, then returned to Kang Jin-woo.

Kang Jin-woo was grinning happily watching the children eat their fill for the first time in a while.

Even though he himself was starving after eating only one chocolate bar.

‘With this level of talent, he’d be worth taking even if he weren’t undead…’

But those children are the problem.

Talent aside, Kang Jin-woo isn’t cruel enough as a person to abandon young children.

I had even less intention of taking him while killing these little ones.

But taking those little ones along too would make the journey ahead too perilous.

“What should I do about this…”

At this point, pretending not to know about Kang Jin-woo and those children would be virtually no different from standing by and letting them die, so I couldn’t just ignore them.

‘It’s not like there’s absolutely no way…’

I looked back and forth between the children and Kang Jin-woo for a moment.

‘Still, it would be a hundred, a thousand times better than killing them like this.’

I tapped Jin-woo’s shoulder.

“Want to go outside and talk with hyung for a bit?”

“Huh? T-talk?”

“Oh, it’s definitely not anything weird!”

When I waved my hands dismissively, Kang Jin-woo looked at Seo Iram and Kim Yeo-ul playing with the children, then nodded.

Once outside, I said to Jin-woo.

“…It’s pretty overwhelming, isn’t it?”

At the question that hit the core right away, Kang Jin-woo’s eyes widened, then he hung his head low.

“It wasn’t… easy…”

“You must have had a hard time.”

He was clenching his fists and trembling, but he couldn’t stop the tears like chicken droppings from flowing.

How hard it must be for children to survive together in a place with not a single adult to ask for help.

He must have unknowingly overcome several life-threatening crises.

Just gently patting his shoulder was enough to make tears start flowing.

As the eldest, he had steeled his heart and sacrificed himself to feed the children.

It’s too heavy a burden for a mere sixteen-year-old boy to bear.

I quietly let the tearful Jin-woo lean against my chest.

The boy, embraced in an adult’s warm arms, secretly shed tears.

I simply patted his shoulder quietly to help Jinwoo calm down.

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