Coins holders (4)

[One day, the Church of the Fool received a peculiar guest.

It was a man with bronze skin, an average height and build, black hair, brown eyes, and gentle facial features.

After stepping through the door, the man looked around.

The priest approached him.

"Hello. Is there anything I can help you with?"

The man turned his gaze to the priest and softly smiled, his eyes containing indescribable feelings.

"I am the Angel of Death under the throne of The Fool." The man claimed.

Azik had read the Holy Bible of The Fool by chance and had been surprised to see himself being referred as such, but accepted it. He also realized why his anchors seemed stabler than before.

The priest was stunned before leaving and searching for someone.

Eventually, Derrick arrived in front of Azik Eggers. He felt the strong aura of death emanating from him and respectfully addressed the man.

"Hello, Your Excellency, can we know what is the purpose of your visit here?"

Azik handed a coin to the boy.

"I only felt that I should leave this here."

He glanced around, his eyes full of complicated feelings that little Sun couldn't decipher, then left.

That was Derrick's first meeting with the Angel of Death.

At the Tarot Club, the members discussed the issue of the remaining coin.

"I already received one from the Angel of Fate." Miss Justice said.

"Moreover, we still don't know what the use of these coins is." The Hanged Man added.

The Star Leonard spoke up.

"I also received one."

They deliberated on who should receive the coin, anticipating that it could have something to do with the awakening of The Fool.

Finally, The Hanged Man Alger backed down because of his duties in the church, Little Sun had to lead the City of Silver as well, Miss Judgment worked in the MI9…

After elimination, the only person left because she didn't have much to do was surprisingly Miss Magician.

That's how Fors Wall acquired the remaining coin.]

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Xin Jian crossed the path of Yoo Jonghyuk, who was holding Yoo Mia's hand.

Then, the regressor noticed her and put his gaze on the person next to her, Jung Heewon.

Xin Jian realized that he had noticed them and inwardly facepalmed. However, she now had an opportunity to get rid of Jung Heewon by giving her to Yoo Jonghyuk.

Seeing that Xin Jian was traveling with this familiar person, Yoo Jonghyuk narrowed his eyes and immediately used his skill on her.

Then, he frowned for a different reason than when he saw Cale's attributes. Xin Jian's system window contained a lot of strange skills.

[Name: Xin Jian (?).

Age: 17 (?).

Constellation Support: ???.

Personal Attributes: 1st Holder of a Gold Coin (?), The Forgotten One (?).

Constellation Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.

Skills: Imagination Lv. 1, Immortality Lv. 13, Bad Shooting Lv. 15, Bad Memory Lv. 22, Losing Your Way Lv. 7.

Stigma: None.

Overall Stats: Stamina Lv. ?, Strength Lv. ?, Agility Lv. ?, Magic Power Lv. ?]

Yoo Jonghyuk: ???

Was this skill broken?

In anticipation of meeting Yoo Jonghyuk, Xin Jian had personally written herself a fake status window. Since she couldn't open her true status window, she had only filled it with what she knew, that's why the attributes' grades and her stats didn't appear (since she didn't know it).

The constellation alignment was also a bluff while the constellation support 'Most Ancient Dream' she had written was automatically changed to '???'; and the skills 'Bad Shooting', 'Bad Memory' and 'Losing Your Way' were total bullshit to give Yoo Jonghyuk a headache.

The Oldest Dream had approved of the plan.

Yoo Jonghyuk questioned his eyes and wondered if he had seen the skills wrong.

Was it even possible to have such negative skills? What did 'Imagination' mean? He had never seen these skills before.

He turned to Jung Heewon and went straight to the point.

"You. Come with me."

'Yoo Jonghyuk is collecting Pokemons.' Xin Jian thought.

In her mind, she heard the Oldest Dream choke.

'Oh? You weren't sleeping?'

「I am currently dreaming of this timeline.」

Xin Jian frowned.

'So you're sleeping, but you can talk…'

She gave up trying to understand the Oldest Dream.

Anyway, someone who was able to sleep more than 23 hours a day already surpassed common sense. It was a coma at this point, even cats didn't do this.

'What is common sense? It doesn't exist, I tell you. Tsk tsk.'

The Oldest Dream felt that Xin Jian didn't have the right to say that since she had even less common sense than him.

Jung Heewon frowned at Yoo Jonghyuk.

"No, I'll stay with her."

Xin Jian snapped out of her thoughts. Was this the famous cliche where she jinxed it by wanting Jung Heewon to leave with Yoo Jonghyuk?

Yoo Jonghyuk glared at Jung Heewon but the latter didn't back down.

Xin Jian had an idea.

"Then, why don't we come with you together?"

Why did that guy have to take away only one of them after all? Couldn't he keep things simple?

「That's not the problem here…」

'Hmm? What did you say?'

Yoo Jonghyuk turned to the other girl and made a complicated expression. With the weird skills Xin Jian had written in her status window, the regressor was scared that she may bring them bad luck (which wasn't entirely wrong with Xin Jian's abilities to jinx herself and create plans destined to fail except when it involves pranking others and not following common sense).

Yoo Mia, who was holding his hand, then intervened.

"Oppa, it's the one who told me to wait for you back then."

Seeing Jung Heewon also agreeing, the protagonist resigned himself and accepted.

'Anyway, if I notice anything wrong…'

「Yoo Jonghyuk is preparing to kill you if you seem suspicious.」

The Oldest Dream reported.

Xin Jian deadpanned.

'But of course I'm suspicious, what did you expect from me?'

Xin Jian decided to seize the next opportunity when Jung Heewon and Yoo Jonghyuk weren't looking to run away. She would leave them at night!

And if Yoo Jonghyuk decided to not sleep, he shouldn't be able to do it every day anyway!

Xin Jian mirrored Cale's scammer smile.

She had come to this world because of the gold coin she had received from Reinette Tinekerr right before everyone forgot her existence.

Yoo Jonghyuk then noticed the head in Xin Jian's hand and narrowed his eyes, awaiting an explanation.

'Oh my.'

Xin Jian blinked.

'I think I am doomed. Kim Dokja, do you have an idea of a good excuse I could say?'

However, the Oldest Dream didn't answer.

'Traitor. I know you're not sleeping.'

She smiled and raised Han Sooyoung's head.

"I picked it up on my way here. A talking head is rare, shouldn't I earn a lot of money if I sell it?"

Han Sooyoung shuddered.

「…Congratulations, you have just let him confirm that you aren't sane.」

"…?"

'Klein sold pirates' corpses for a lot of money, though? And you said Yoo Jonghyuk is a psychopath, maybe we will sympathize as fellow psychopaths.'

「…」

Yoo Jonghyuk wasn't convinced by the excuse.

—Xin Jian, 1st holder of a gold coin.

***

[Haha, everyone! How have you been?]

Cale heard the voice of a dokkaebi and looked at the sky.

[The participants in this scenario are quite hasty. There is still a week before the start of the scenario and people are already waking up a disaster. Are you curious about the next scenario?]

After Xin Jian had escaped at night, bringing Han Sooyoung's head with her, Yoo Jonghyuk was alone with Jung Heewon and Yoo Mia.

He gazed up with a serious expression on his face.

[The dokkaebis have left their positions so I will be here for this period… haha. Now have you all eaten your fill? You do know that this event can't be skipped, right?]

With Sharron still on his shoulders, Zhou Mingrui raised his head and listened to the creature.

[I want to do that but I won't be a dokkaebi if I don't give scenarios.]

In other places, Audrey, Leonard and Fors also paid attention to the scenario.

[The sub scenario – Disaster Prevention has arrived.]

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[Sub Scenario – Disaster Prevention]

Category: Sub

Difficulty: S-

Clear Conditions: Unknown powers in Gangdong-gu are trying to hatch one of the disasters. Defeat them and stop the incoming 'disaster'.

Time Limit: 2 hours.

Compensation: 22,000 coins.

Failure: Early emergence of the Disaster of Questions.

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Xin Jian mischievously curled up her lips.

A while later, people received another notification.

[An early hatching has weakened the Disaster of Questions.]

[Due to the early hatching penalty, you won't be able to attack the Disaster of Questions for three minutes.]

The disaster walked around the area and arrived in front of a woman nearby.

The boy shouted in a clear voice towards the woman.

"Woman! Hey, are you okay?"

"U-Uh… who…"

"Excuse me, can I ask you something? Where is this place? What year is it now?"

"W-Why all of a sudden…"

"Are you asking me a question back?"

The boy's strange tone seemed to bewitch the woman.

"T-This is Seoul and… the current year…"

A system message was heard the moment the woman answered.

[The first question has been resolved.]

[The first seal of the returnee 'Myung Ilsang' has been released.]

"Ha, haha… Hahaha!"

"W-What is that…?"

The boy laughed wildly at the confused woman and asked, "Do you know how much I suffered? Do you know?"

"H-Huh?"

"Have you lived for 100 years? In a place where I was the only human… Do you know that there are other dimensions?"

"Other… dimension?"

"Disgusting insects, werewolves and bird people… I have a problem. Can you guess what it is?"

The confused woman shut her mouth. The boy asked, "Insects, wolves, birds. Which of these three races are the best?"

"What… the best?"

Once the woman asked, the boy laughed like he was dying with joy. It was a creepy laugh.

"Then… who among the three has the most delicious meat?"

The woman didn't answer the boy's question.

"P-Please, spare me…"

There was a sound and the woman's head flew away. The boy chuckled and looked around.

"Now, there is this development. What, a S-grade incarnation? Those scum are squeezing this kid. It is also a heavy duty alliance. No wait, before that…"

[The early hatching penalty has ended.]

[The power that controlled your movements has disappeared.]

As soon as this message was displayed, someone appeared in front of the disaster.