Episode 236: Dream in the game becomes reality

52. Rondel's changes (7)

When I stopped by the Bucheon house, my parents, who had been waiting for me in advance, had prepared a sumptuous feast.

Of course, Blake and Arcia said they liked it and started devouring the food.

I left those two people behind and told my parents about Arsia's pregnancy.

"what!? "You're having a child?"

They were so happy to hear that I was having a child.

In particular, her mother even shed tears while stroking Arsia's back as she craved Japchae.

"But you don't seem to have morning sickness, seeing as you're eating well like this."

"We did it often a while ago, because Arcia has such a strong appetite."

Appetite that overcomes morning sickness.

It was indeed like Arcia.

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

Using magic, it is not that difficult to examine the unborn child.

But I couldn't answer my parents' questions.

Because it was still early in the pregnancy, the fetus had not grown enough to distinguish between genders.

"I guess I won't be able to tell you the gender until my next visit."

I am visiting Earth every 3 days, and 3 days in Earth time corresponds to the 30th day of Rondel, so I will be able to find out by then.

"It would be nice if it were my daughter."

My mother's response that she hoped my first child would be a girl.

I had to ask why.

"why?"

"How pretty would a daughter with a face like yours be? "These are the best genes."

That is certainly true.

The child born between me and Arcia will have no choice but to have a good appearance.

Looks aren't everything in this world, but there's nothing wrong with looking good.

I let out a heartless laugh, and the two people looked at me like this and gave me a somewhat bitter expression.

"But, that child cannot be called our grandson. "Your parents in Rondel are your real grandparents."

The two of you and I are not related by blood.

But so what?

I didn't mind at all.

Both Rondel's parents and my parents on Earth were all precious family members to me.

Later, when Rondel is integrated with Earth, I plan to take you two to the Duchy of Lawrence.

Perhaps my parents in Rondel will understand what I mean.

I told them both that there would never be any change in our relationship.

The two people nodded and smiled, as if those words were comforting.

"That's right, do you remember me as Minhee?"

We talked about various things like that for about 5 minutes.

My mother immediately mentioned the name of a somewhat familiar woman.

I was reincarnated in Rondel and lived there for over 20 years.

Therefore, it is normal for the memories of the old Earth to be blurry... .

"Oh, Kang Min-hee?"

My brain, which had achieved Circle 9, perfectly recalled even small fragments of memories from the past.

A woman named Kang Min-hee was a cousin of the same age, with whom we neither had a good nor bad relationship.

"Yes, Kang Min-hee."

"Why him?"

In response to my question, my mother pondered, saying she didn't know whether to tell me this or not, but then she confessed honestly.

"That child is currently serving as a female soldier. But he hasn't been able to contact me at all since 3 days ago. "I was wondering if you might recognize me."

My parents know my status to the extent that I have a close relationship with Count Rayers.

Coincidentally, Count Rayers' territory has a military cooperation relationship with the government of the Republic of Korea, so he made this request.

"Yes, I will take a look."

"Oh, my son Baek is strong."

"haha."

The complexions of the two people brightened.

After receiving information about Kang Min-hee's affiliation from my mother, I immediately took action.

For your information, since I met the President today, I did not need to contact the government through Count Rayers, but contacted the Secretary's Office directly.

'Lieutenant Kang Min-hee, Headquarters Unit, 56th Homeland Infantry Division, Capital Defense Command.'

Perhaps because the agency belongs to Subangsa, the response to the request for information came quickly.

But the content was surprising.

[Lieutenant Kang Min-hee's publicly known affiliation is different from his actual affiliation. She is currently serving as a company commander in the Women's Special Forces Company, and the unit was selected as a gift pilot unit and is participating in research activities. I just contacted the person in charge of the organization, so you will receive a call later today to let me know.]I didn't expect that Kang Min-hee was a special forces member who had to use disguise, and that she was a major character enough to be mobilized for such secret activities.

Whether it was an expression of trust or simply shock therapy, I was able to obtain Kang Min-hee's confidential information, but an ordinary person would not have been able to even access her information.

[Is there anything else you need?]The chief secretary on the phone asked in an extremely polite manner.

"thank you. That's enough."

[Excuse me, but what is your relationship with Lieutenant Kang Min-hee? .]The chief secretary secretly asked me about my relationship with her.

"Then I'll just hang up."

[Ah yes.]After finishing my business, I hung up right away without continuing the call.

"What?"

"They said they were busy with work. "The family will be contacted later today."

"okay? Phew, that's a relief. I thought something happened again... ."

Seeing my mother and father relieved, I had to smile on the outside but feel uneasy on the inside for some reason.

'Kang Min-hee and Giftra… … .'

I had forgotten about it for a while, but the mention of my cousin, who I was close to, and the situation where he received a gift, made me feel uncomfortable.

Is this a situation that would be perfect for a goddess to play around with?

'Am I overreacting too much?'

Because I lack faith in the goddess, I seem to think about all sorts of things.

"I guess I should go back now."

My parents expressed regret at what I said, but they had nothing to do.

Today I spent more time than usual meeting the president.

"I can't help it. "It's the first stage of your pregnancy, so take good care of it, and as a husband, you need to pay a lot of attention."

"Yes I will."

Still, there will come a time when this regret will disappear.

The problem is that that change will come with disaster.

* * *

As countries around the world became aware of the existence of gifts, they wondered how to use them.

The nation's curiosity about special powers such as magic was great, and high-ranking government officials gathered in one place to rack their brains.

And people came to this conclusion.

The place where that mysterious power can be best utilized is the military.

As a result, organizations were created in each country to conduct research from gift acquisition to practical application, and this was no different in Korea.

[Lieutenant Kang Min-hee, we will be conducting the 13th gift experiment. The arrival point is the headquarters of the 7th Mobile Battle Group on Jeju Island.]South Korea carefully selected those who would receive the gift from among special forces throughout the military.

Among them was Adrian's past life cousin Kang Min-hee, and the gift she received was a space movement type gift.

It boasted an ability comparable to 7-circle teleportation magic, allowing it to jump over a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

However, the number of times it could move through space was limited to a maximum of 10 times a day, and it had no particular use in battle other than the ability to infiltrate, so even though it had a 7th circle level ability, it had to be evaluated as ambiguous.

However, as it turns out, this was an error that occurred due to a lack of proper understanding of her abilities.

In hindsight, Kang Min-hee's gift was not the ability to move through space alone, but the ability to move with a person within a 2.5 meter diameter around her.

Thanks to this, now that her abilities were properly understood, she was being re-evaluated.

The ability to infiltrate enemy lines alone and the ability to infiltrate platoon-sized personnel into enemy lines had completely different meanings.

"Then Lieutenant Kang Min-hee and 9 others will jump."

In this way, an all-female special unit with Kang Min-hee as the company commander was put into the test.

Since her ability could only move people within a 2.5 meter diameter, the 10 unit members were hugging each other.

Although it didn't look that good, both the people watching the experiment and the unit members who participated were serious.

Soon Kang Min-hee used her ability, and soon space movement began centered around her.

-Pot!

I felt a little dizzy, with the feeling that my body was floating in the air.

And the female special forces members, who felt that the surrounding scenery had changed in an instant, released their arms that were hugging each other.

"Wow, this is amazing."

Everyone was amazed at the sudden change in scenery.

Having this ability is truly magic.

Therefore, the unit members expressed surprise and gave Kang Min-hee a thumbs up, but when Kang Min-hee actually used her abilities, her expression was completely distorted.

"Company commander? "Why are you doing this?"

A member of the unit with the rank of sergeant noticed something strange about Kang Min-hee's appearance and asked, and soon the attention of all members of the unit was focused on her.

Kang Min-hee swallowed dry saliva and said.

"I don't think this is the place I wanted to travel to. "The feeling of moving through space was different from usual."

"yes?"

"No, it doesn't seem like Jeju Island in the first place?"

"What is that?"

Kang Min-hee pointed into the air with her hand.

The ground they were currently standing on was a small hill, and as the unit members' eyes followed Kang Min-hee's fingertips, they were able to see several airships swimming in the distant sky.

"What is that? "Is the ship flying in the sky now?"

"what? "Have you come to a place called the County of Rayers?"

Of course, no one could answer that question.

In the end, Kang Min-hee acknowledged that the 11th jump experiment was a failure and gathered the members of the unit.

"This space transfer was a failure. "Let's go back."

"Oh, I understand."

In this way, Kang Min-hee and the members of the unit used their abilities to return to their original unit.

but.

"why?"

It feels like I'm moving through space, but I keep seeing the same place in front of me.

Kang Min-hee's complexion turned pale, and the members of the unit could sense that something had gone awry.

* * *

When I returned from Earth to Rondel, there was unpleasant news waiting for me.

"What does that mean? "Do you want to open Ophelia Island?"

A request came from the Heresy Inquisition, centered around the saint, to open Ophelia Island, which can be said to be the key research facility of the Duchy of Lawrence.

Of course, the opening they wanted was not simply to allow people to visit the island.

They asked for the opening of confidential areas so that they could look around the island and the right to interrogate key figures.

Of course, the church would step in and spy on the technology, but I had to feel displeased at the fact that the request came from the Heresy Inquisition Department, headed by a saint.

"Anyone can see that this is revenge for a past incident."

The saint who showed hostility toward me after meeting the goddess last time.

I had a feeling that something was going to happen, but I didn't expect it to go out like this.

Thanks to this, the good feeling of handling the mission entrusted to me by the Blue Moon + Americans who visited Earth together was quickly diminished.

"Just typical dwarf volleyball."

"However, considering the symbolism of the cult's Inquisition Department, it is difficult to ignore this request."

Perhaps the target of the cult is Americans living on Ophelia Island.

At the last meeting, instead of revealing the story of my past life, I revealed that I was protecting the people of Earth in order to establish a relationship with the Earth.

The problem was that some of these Americans were disobedient, and it was hard to guess what kind of bullshit they would say in front of the Inquisitors.

"Seeing how you upset me like this, it seems like the saint is also a character in his own way."

I was troubled by the sight of the Foreign Minister waiting for an answer.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, along with the Minister of Internal Affairs, were from Blue Moon.

This was a decision made because it was judged that it would be better to assign someone who is excellent at collecting information due to the nature of diplomacy, but thanks to this, he understood the current situation better than any other minister.

"What is it? There are some Americans who support my work on Earth, so if I dig deeper, I think there will be some problem... ."

"Then, I think we can just bring the Heresy Inquisitors to Ophelia Island, but take their time by interfering with their investigation."

"You mean to buy some time and sort out the issues that could be problematic one by one?"

"That's right."

Although it was reluctant, it seemed to be the most realistic response for now.

"there's nothing we can do. All right. Please take action."

I clicked my tongue and instructed him to do so.

"Saint, what should we do with this bastard?"

Of course, it was inevitable that the instructions would be followed by swearing at the saint.

I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable that such an emotional person was a key figure in the religious order that supported the world.

If they are incompatible, you should get rid of them, but the problem is that the other person is a saint.

It was difficult to process in a normal way.

Thanks to this, I had to continue to worry for a long time even after I resigned from the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"Your Majesty the King."

How long have you been alone with your thoughts?

Gregory, who was probably very tired from taking care of Branguiche on Earth, appeared in front of me as if rising from the floor with no change in his expression.

When he suddenly appeared like this, it meant that he had urgent news to share, so I had to tilt my head.

"A group of people who appear to be Earth soldiers have been captured in the Kingdom of Walther."

"is it so?"

That was certainly surprising information.