The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 198

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 198
When I opened my eyes, my first impression was nothing special.
-How have you been?
An old man waving his hand at me with a gentle smile.
She was the grandmother who had raised Kim Min-chul in my previous life.
“Ah.”
I chuckled at the sight of her.
What a ridiculous dream.
Truly absurd. This old woman appearing in my dream? That was nonsense.
“At least it’s not a nightmare, thank goodness. Still, how irritating.”
-My grandchild.
“Don’t call me that. When I asked you to come out, you wouldn’t even if it killed you.”
I waved my hand dismissively.
I had long since erased any lingering attachments. The old woman had told me to let go of such things.
Since I had sent her off with my own hands, there was no reason for such feelings to remain.
Then, what was the reason for this sudden dream?
“Ah. I see.”
The reason was obvious.
“There has been quite a lot happening lately.”
There were far too many things demanding my attention from all directions.
I suspected that this stress might be the cause of such an occurrence.
“It seems my energy has been depleted quite rapidly.”
To experience something so trivial as this.
I smiled faintly and moved my hand.
Zzzzzzzt-!
As my hand cut through the air, reality tore apart like paper.
-W-wait, grandchild.
“Silence. Don’t irritate me further.”
To the thing wearing the appearance of a grandmother, I spoke coldly.
Crack-!
I seized it by the throat.
-Ugh!
Its face contorted in panic.
“Why do you pull such infuriating tricks?”
Screech.
-Gack… gack… aaaargh!
The creature’s expression twisted in agony.
Yet my grip did not weaken.
Soon after, I snapped its neck.
Crack-!
A chill ran across my skin.
Had it been human, it would have died long ago.
“What are you doing?”
I didn’t believe it. I smirked, twisting my lips.
Then the one with the broken neck, who had been feigning death, rolled its eyes open.
The pupils bored into me.
It looked eerie. At first glance, these were clearly not human eyes.
-How… how did you…
A question erupted—how had I seen through it? Seeing that, I wiped the smile from my face.
“How what.”
I’d encountered this so many times—how could I not know?
“You look like pure filth. Absolutely repulsive.”
I raised my finger and drove it straight into the man’s eye.
Squelch—!
A nauseating sensation wrapped around my finger.
Crackle—!!
Space collapsed in an instant.

* * *
Flash.
My eyes opened. I saw the familiar room, and before me, a wavering spirit flickered into view.
It wasn’t a Demon, but it seemed to be nearly at that level.
A Goblin or Minor Demon.
It had been a spirit for some time now, but since its obsession and lingering attachments weren’t strong, it hadn’t become a Demon.
-Kuh… kee… kraaah…
A twisted, wavering spirit.
Watching it, I clenched my fist without emotion.
Crack—!!!
-Kyaaaaaaaa!!!
The spirit scattered and dispersed into the void.
Then.
Whoosh.
It was suddenly absorbed into my body.
Hum.
“Ha.”
My internal energy increased. Feeling this, I laughed in disbelief.
‘So spirits could achieve enlightenment through physical means?’
I already knew that my internal energy grew when I helped spirits achieve enlightenment, but I never expected this method would work.
Tsk.
I clicked my tongue and brushed off my hand.
‘My energy has weakened considerably.’
For even a goblin to dare approach me like this.
It was something that shouldn’t happen unless I was extremely exhausted.
‘At least there’s one saving grace.’
The goblin’s approach was almost entirely by chance.
It seemed the creature had simply taken advantage of the gap created by my weakened energy.
‘It’s been a long time since I’ve directly exorcised a demon.’
It might have even been the first time in this lifetime.
Well, if I count that creature from Patcheon Gung—the one I dragged out and exorcised—then this would be the second time.
‘Never mind.’
I didn’t want to dwell on such details. The more I did, the further I drifted from the life I truly desired.
“Sigh.”
I exhaled and lifted my upper body.
Turning my gaze around, Yoo Cheon-gil was nowhere to be seen.
“Tsk.”
He must have gone somewhere.
I had a feeling this would happen.
‘If Yoo Cheon-gil had been here, another goblin wouldn’t have dared approach.’
He was an existence with formidable energy. As long as Yoo Cheon-gil was present, trivial goblins couldn’t even get close.
Though Yoo Cheon-gil had made my life strange, it was also the reason I could live comfortably regarding ghosts and spirits.
“The time is….”
I checked the sunlight through the window gap. I hadn’t slept long. It seemed to be just past morning.
“I should start preparing.”
Today was the day of the second main round.
Since I wasn’t participating, it was a leisurely day for me.
Should I eat something from the morning? Since my energy had been drained from the start, I needed to eat something.
With that thought, I reached for the door.
“…Whoa, damn!”
I was startled the moment I opened it. Someone was standing right there.
“You… what are you doing here.”
I asked while looking ahead. The figure standing before me simply stared at me quietly.
Geombong.
Geombong Yoo Yeon was staring at me.
Right in front of my room door.
“…What is this?”
“….”
What is this, first thing in the morning.
I was more startled than when I saw the ghost.
I tried to calm my racing heart and compose myself.
“….”
Geombong gestured at me, moving her hand in a chopstick-like motion in front of her mouth.
Was she saying something?
“…Shall we eat?”
She nodded.
Yoo Yeon nodded her head.
“Now?”
“….”
She nodded once more.
Watching Geombong like that, I spoke.
“…Sure, let’s go.”
It didn’t really matter to me.
Thinking that way, I headed downstairs.

* * *
The meal was no different from any other time.
Since I only intended to fill my stomach, I ordered thin noodles.
Yoo Yeon also ordered thin noodles just as she had before.
The meal proceeded in silence like that.
Slurrrp.
In the quiet, only the sound of eating noodles could be heard.
It was somehow awkward and uncomfortable.
‘…I’ve learned her identity, but.’
Though my relationship with Yoo Yeon had become different,
‘those were just childhood memories.’
A considerable amount of time had passed. We lived together for only about a year.
And after we parted, several more years had gone by, so it felt even more awkward.
So we ate in silence,
“Hey.”
I spoke first.
The moment I asked, Yoo Yeon froze the chopsticks she was holding in midair.
“What should I call you?”
“….”
Geombong Yoo Yeon?
Or Hong Daecheon as I saw her back then?
Naturally, since she had become a completely different person now, I should call her differently,
but I asked just in case.
Then.
Yoo Yeon stared at me and spoke with her lips.
Interpreting this, I said,
“Anything?”
I nodded.
“Anything works…”
I scratched my cheek. After a moment of thought, I spoke to her.
“Then let’s go with Yoo Yeon.”
“…”
Calling her Hong Daecheon didn’t feel right, so I thought it better to ask using her current name, Doming.
“…”
Yoo Yeon nodded her head, though a hint of disappointment seemed to show through.
I was staring at that with slight curiosity.
Splash.
Yoo Yeon carefully poured water into my empty cup.
“Oh, oh, thank you.”
I wasn’t particularly thirsty, but since she poured it, I drank it.
As I was drinking, something suddenly came to mind.
“Ah, that’s right.”
“…?”
“You, that long spear. That thing.”
The long spear that Yoo Cheon-gil used. I remembered Yoo Yeon bringing it.
Along with that, the long spear of the Hwasan Sect that I possessed—I was about to ask about this when.
“Ahhhhh—!!”
“Ah, damn it.”
A voice I shouldn’t have heard from the entrance rang out.
“Son! Are you here!? I heard our son was here!?”
All eyes turned to the man who appeared with a loud voice.
If it were just that, it would be fortunate, but as he appeared, the inn erupted in commotion.
-What? What is that face…?
-…Ha, what…
-…Wow…
Most of the reactions were disbelief, admiration, and comments about witnessing something impossible.
A man among the select few who could be counted as exceptionally handsome.
“…Ah, damn it.”
My Father had appeared.
“Aha!”
Upon appearing, Father looked around the surroundings, and as soon as he spotted me, he approached with quick steps.
“Second Son, did you sleep well?”
“…No. I had a nightmare.”
“Good heavens. When you’re in a foreign land, you should sleep well, you rascal.”
And whose fault is that.
I don’t understand why he’s saying such things when it’s because of him that I’ve ended up like this.
“Sigh…”
I let out a sigh while looking at my Father, when suddenly a wound on his cheek caught my attention.
“What is it? Are you injured somewhere?”
“Hm? Oh.”
My Father touched his cheek with a smile at my words.
“Yesterday I discovered a rather pretty woman and tried to strike up a conversation. My, she certainly had a fiery temperament. Ahahaha! My handsome face got scratched by her fingernails, you see.”
“….”
I shouldn’t have asked. The feeling of having asked something I shouldn’t have washed over me in an instant.
‘What an idiot I am for worrying about this man.’
Sigh.
Only sighs came forth. I suppressed my boiling emotions and asked my Father.
“…So, when are you planning to return?”
“Hm? Return?”
He acted as though he didn’t understand what I was saying.
No, it was more like he understood but was pretending not to.
“Still, you’re the Lord of the Clan in name, so you can’t keep leaving the Moyong estate empty, can you?”
“Why worry about such things? Your older brother is there, isn’t he?”
“That’s exactly why I’m worried.”
“Hm?”
That “hm” was ridiculous.
He nodded as if he understood my words, but then my Father looked at me and brought up something else entirely.
“Don’t worry about that either. I left a regent in charge.”
“A regent?”
“Yes, I asked your father-in-law to handle it.”
“…What kind of insane nonsense is that?”
Father-in-law? What kind of absurd talk is this?
Where would I find such a person….
‘…Could it be.’
My eyes widened as I asked my Father.
“Did you leave the regency to Baekwang?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Have you completely lost your mind?”
Baekwang.
One of the Five Kings of All Under Heaven and the Lord of the Moyong Clan.
In other words.
The father of Muyong Youngsoon.
You entrusted the regency of the Moyong estate to such a man?
“You’re leaving the Chongwan and the Younger Master to rot while entrusting such a position to Baekwang!”
“He’s the most trustworthy person there is.”
“…No, I suppose that’s true, but.”
I couldn’t deny it. There wasn’t a single sane person in our entire household.
Everyone except me.
“Still, even so….”
The headache came rushing in at the fact that I’d carelessly entrusted the clan affairs to another Lord of the Clan.
‘Ah… No, never mind.’
It wasn’t as if I’d be inheriting this clan anyway, and soon enough I’d have a place to flee to, so it should be fine.
I steadied my resolve with that thought.
Then.
“By the way.”
My Father’s gaze turned toward my side.
“Who is this lovely young lady?”
Yoo Yeon looked at my Father as he spoke with a grin.
“Oh, truly beautiful indeed. Could she perhaps be your betrothed?”
“Betrothed? What happened to all that talk about father-in-law just moments ago? Where did you sell that idea?”
“Ah, my son. Even though I raised you so preciously, you still haven’t realized it?”
“Realized what.”
“If you’re handsome, you should be meeting multiple women simultaneously as a basic standard.”
“When exactly will you die?”
Indeed, all three of my siblings had different mothers, and this was the philosophy of such a man.
“That’s not how it is, so please stop….”
I spoke while suppressing a sigh.
“Hmm. Well, it is what it is. Anyway, I came just to see your face for now. I’ll come back again this evening.”
“…You’re coming again?”
“Isn’t it too obvious that you dislike it, even though I’m your father?”
“If I don’t show it obviously, you’ll pretend not to notice.”
“See, our Second Son is clever, isn’t he?”
“…Ugh, rot away.”
“Anyway, I need to go see your sister. Let’s meet separately this evening.”
“Please don’t come.”
“I hope you have a pleasant time, young lady.”
He didn’t hear a word I said, just spoke his piece and disappeared.
What am I supposed to do with that man?
As I left the Inn, all the women inside were staring at my Father.
“…Ah.”
I felt dizzy.
My already depleted energy felt even more drained.
I rose to my feet, holding my spinning head.
The food was already finished, and there seemed to be no point in staying here any longer.
So I was about to get up when.
“…Ah, that’s right.”
I asked, looking at Yoo Yeon.
“Hey.”
“…?”
She looked at me with a questioning expression.
“If you have nothing to do, want to go somewhere with me?”
I asked casually.
“….”
Yoo Yeon’s eyes widened slightly.
She nodded.
Then she nodded her head.
It was the most emphatic nod I’d seen from her all day.

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