Ch 94
Episode 93 – 25th floor.
As the light emanating from his body faded, everything became clear.
Tears flowed as I looked down at the sight.
The burning hot tears warmed my cold cheeks.
Tears that had trickled down his neck and tickled him seeped into him and reached his heart.
“···haha.”
Following the laughter that comes out of nowhere.
“Popoi?”
The lives in their hands responded.
Popois, who were so small that it was hard to even feel the weight, rubbed their soft fur with a certain weight.
They weren’t the same size as when they first met, but the Popois have grown significantly to the point where it’s hard to fit them all in the palm of your hand.
“Popoi!”
In the end, Raha, pushed out of the palm of his hand, jumped and landed on Kim Jae-joo’s shoulder.
Even Kodin jumped up to his head as if he couldn’t lose, and only Berin remained in the palm of his hand, enjoying Kim Jae-joo’s thumb stroking him.
“Did you enjoy the sea?”
Kafnil looked at Jaejoo Kim with a gloomy look on his back.
Jaejoo Kim rubbed his eyes in embarrassment and cleared his throat.
“Yes Yes. Thank you very much.”
Then he politely bowed his back and thanked him.
“Goodbye. After all, you did it.”
Kafnil’s eyes turned sharp as he looked back up.
“Put the spirits in now. I don’t have much time.”
“What do you mean?”
“The manager will find out soon. You won’t like it when you see the revived spirits.”
“················ogue.”
At that, Jaejoo Kim picked up Codin and Raha, who were licking their cheeks, and set them down on the floor.
“Would you like to come in for a moment?”
“…Popoi.”
The popoes, who were looking at Jaejoo Kim with their twinkling eyes, jumped into their backpacks one by one as if they knew what they were doing.
“Feel free.”
Jaejoo Kim hurriedly covered his mouth at the burst of laughter that came out without me knowing.
Because the fact that he laughed naturally was awkward.
Then, realizing that there were no viewers to tease him, he lowered his hand again.
“I didn’t know you had a hobby in theater.”
Kafneil narrowed her eyes and looked at Jaejoo Kim.
“sorry.”
“Suddenly, my emotions seem out of control.”
“yes?”
“If it were you, you would have looked down at the Popois with expressionless eyes, right?”
Kim Jaejoo’s eyes widened.
“…how do you do that?”
“It all showed on his face.”
Just because your emotions run wild doesn’t mean your head is running wild.
Kim Jae-joo’s eyes became sharp.
“It’s not that, didn’t you say that it was the original me?”
“It did.”
“Are you watching me?”
“Of course. I am one of the viewers.”
Kafnil smiled faintly.
“When is it…”
“From the first floor. As soon as you arrived, the manager started moving.”
“I have a lot to ask you.”
“Who am I, Kafnil, why did I call you, Jaejoo Kim, what’s the situation with this, etc. right?”
Leaving behind Kim Jae-joo’s confused expression, Kafneil walked outside.
“Follow me.”
Jaejoo Kim couldn’t deny that.
In any case, the transaction was a transaction, and Kafnil came up with an answer that Kim Jae-joo was satisfied with.
Now the situation is reversed.
There is no unfavorable favor in the world, and Kafnil clearly wanted something from Jaejoo Kim.
Following him closely, Jaejoo Kim carefully opened his mouth.
“Are you . . . really Capnil?”
“If you’re asking if it’s a monster that rips and kills humans with one hand on the 99th floor, yes.”
When I came out of the entrance of Goseong, a dry wind blew past Kim Jae-joo’s cheeks.
“Didn’t you say it was fake?”
“Because it is an illusion created by the manager.”
Kafnil turned around the entrance and headed to the back of the castle gate, and Jaejoo Kim followed him, clearing his mind, still confused.
“That’s an answer I don’t understand.”
“It’s not an answer I was hoping for understanding.”
Kafnil was talking as if he knew all this.
“Isn’t the manager the absolute of the tower?”
“right. Only at the top. He used to be good at ‘imitation’, so he was able to duplicate any twisted world. There, he is a god.”
“You’re talking as if this isn’t a tower. Where the hell is this place?”
Kafnil hurried his steps, noticing what was so urgent.
Behind the castle where they arrived, there was a field of flowers full of purple.
What is unusual is that the only three petals are made of sparkling crystals.
It was shining brightly, as if it were made of jewels.
“················ogue.”
Kim Jae-joo was speechless at the splendid sight he had never seen before.
“It’s the place I cherish the most.”
Jaejoo Kim suddenly had such a thought.
Why are you showing such a place to yourself?
“Why are you helping me?”
Kafnil stood in the center of the flower garden and turned to face Kim Jae-joo.
“Did you tell me? The manager has shown interest in you. That’s what caught my attention again.”
“Is that all?”
“haha. You are quick-witted.”
Kafnil shrugged and bent down to pick up a flower.
“Did I say that managers are good at ‘imitation’?”
“···yes.”
“okay. But that’s all for him. He has the ability to create a lot of ‘fakes’, but he’s never able to create ‘real’ things.”
“Is that something to do with me?”
“Of course. Because you are the only human who has entered the tower with the ability to create ‘real’ things.”
Jaejoo Kim shook his head.
“It’s absurd. I am an ordinary person.”
“You really think so? On the 5th floor and on the 15th floor. When others laugh at all of that as fake. You were the only one who took it all seriously.”
“It’s just my personality…”
“The spirit of the World Tree will laugh at you. You have the real thing you created right in front of you, yet you don’t know that fact.”
“················ogue.”
Jaejoo Kim was speechless.
When he remembered the Popois who resisted the manager and fought for him, he could not refute Kafnil’s words.
Seeing Jaejoo’s blank expression on his face, Kafnil smiled and opened his mouth.
“Do you know?”
“…what do you mean?”
“The fact that the prince of the Astrod Empire went crazy and that caused the destruction of Tarha, all have to do with the demon realm.”
Kim Jae-joo was not embarrassed by the sudden talk.
“I had a heart attack.”
I was vaguely guessing, but I couldn’t be sure.
Even so, the heart of the servant who caused the destruction in Tarha was a plant from the demon realm.
“However, I wasn’t sure if it was his personality or someone else’s conspiracy that caused Sloane to go crazy.”
“It was precisely the plan of the Demon Realm. The fact that the world tree was broken, that the spell of destruction was secretly conveyed to the tower, and that a large hole was dug in the desert.”
Kim Jae-joo’s forehead wrinkled as he felt his head throbbing.
It was hard to believe that the demon realm was the main culprit that destroyed the world of Astro.
If Capnil didn’t show him a favor, he would laugh at him saying that he was bullshit.
“why······.”
“The manager crossed the line. It’s been that way since I first built the tower, and lately I’ve even been on my own.”
“What do you mean?”
“You won’t understand. If the fake tries to become the real thing, will the real stand still? His identity is being shaken.”
Kafnil’s story was unkind from one to ten, and it was difficult for Jaejoo Kim to accept it.
Jaejoo Kim did not open his mouth prematurely, so Kafnil approached and handed him flowers.
“It’s been a long chatter. Let’s get to the point. get it.”
Jaejoo Kim reached out with a flower and paused.
“…what am I supposed to do?”
“If you don’t want to play in the manager’s hands anymore, take it. It’s not bad for you.”
“What if I was just playing with you instead?”
“I have a lot of doubts. good posture But if I was going to play with you, I wouldn’t have done such a troublesome thing. ”
Kugugugu Palace.
It was then.
Suddenly, all the surrounding scenery shook, and the purple flowers began to shine brightly.
“this. It looks like you’ve come all the way here. What would you do? Either accept my offer or keep playing with the manager. Choose.”
Jaejoo Kim had nothing to worry about for a long time.
He quickly reached out and grabbed the flower.
Capnil smiled and opened his mouth.
“You’re going to go through three more areas.”
Jaejoo Kim quietly nodded.
Probably referring to the 25th, 35th, and 45th floors.
“What should I do?”
“After clearing the ordeal, plant flowers in the ground. Then the petals will change one by one.”
“And?”
“When all three petals change, plant them in the center of the 50th floor.”
“Then what will happen?”
Then the landscape shook without a break.
The purple flowers, the black mist that spreads in the distance, and even Capnile.
Everything was shaking like a haze.
“You can see why the manager is such an idiot.”
Kafnil’s voice sounded faintly like a whirling echo.
Even if it’s right in front of you.
“But, will the manager stand still?”
Jaejoo Kim’s voice resounded like an echo.
“You already have the power.”
With those words, Jaejoo Kim’s consciousness flew to the other side.
Kafnil sent Jae-Joo Kim back to the tower, and stared at the place where he disappeared for a moment.
Then he sighed and turned his back to the distant black mist.
The mist that was waving quietly quickly turned into a wave and shook violently.
“Capnile.”
An old man walked out into the shimmering mist.
“Are you here?”
“What kind of trick is it?”
Every time the old man spoke, black smoke erupted from his mouth.
“what?”
“I didn’t know you would be interested in something like a human.”
“Yeah, you’re a human being you’re interested in, so I wanted to talk to you too.”
“gibberish.”
The old man raised his foot and hit the floor.
A harsh shock wave was fired from his feet, but as soon as it touched the purple flower, it disappeared like a lie.
“Really. I just said a few words.”
“If you’re thinking of doing something stupid, then stop.”
“haha. No way.”
As Kafnil spoke with a smirk, the old man’s expression wrinkled.
“I don’t know why you’re doing this all of a sudden.”
Kafnil tilted her head at the old man’s words.
“That is what I want to say. Are you rebuilding a broken world?”
“It’s a simple experiment. It is not your concern.”
“Such. Our great manager. Don’t you know that one fake is enough?”
Kafnil smiled softly and continued.
“You have crossed the line.”
Jaejoo Kim opened his eyes and was relieved by the familiar scenery.
The forest glistened in the sunlight greeted him.
The spirits hiding behind the petals were staring at Jaejoo Kim with curious eyes.
“Your guy. What is it?”
There were watchmen aiming spears at Kim Jae-joo’s neck with a solemn expression.
In a landscape so familiar.
“···haha.”
Jaejoo Kim, who raised his upper body and looked around, fell back on the floor.
“You look funny!”
Jaejoo Kim closed his eyes and felt the breeze blowing through him.
Then he slowly opened his mouth.
“I want to see the elder.”