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The center of Seoul, Namsan Tower in Jung-gu.

Even after 20 years, the top floor had only undergone simple repairs, carefully preserving traces of the battle that took place there.

It was the site where Armageddon, the leader of the Seven Demons who claimed to be the new humanity and planned terrorism across the country in the past, and players led by Noh Eun-ha fought a battle with the nation's fate at stake.

As a result, the top floor of Namsan Tower was considered a monumental place for the people of this country.

"Fairy, it's time now."

"Yes, shall we begin then?"

2nd Fairy Ha Baek-yeon.

She was there, with her snow-white hair tied in two braids and wearing an ornament that looked like a tiara.

Unlike when she first took office as Fairy, she calmly opened her eyes with the dignity befitting the head of state.

"The night is especially beautiful today, as <Stargazing Witch> said."

The moon was hanging above.

Stars could be seen occasionally.

Ha Baek-yeon walked beneath it.

Click, click.

The sound of her heels spread across the windy top floor.

Whoosh.

If red was the symbolic color of the first Fairy Lim Ga-eul, blue was Ha Baek-yeon's color.

The hem of her blue dress fluttered in the night breeze.

"..."

The people accompanying the Fairy quietly gazed at her, emanating a mysterious atmosphere as if she were not of this world, like a fairy from a fairy tale.

Eventually, she stood at the center of the circular top floor.

"We'll stand guard, so Baek-yeon, you focus on the magic without worrying."

Yellow hair, green eyes.

A man who looked to be about 2m tall spoke cheerfully with a smile.

It was <Unbreakable > Noh Avenir, who serves as both a sub-lord of Pandora Clan and Ha Baek-yeon's bodyguard.

"That's right. If anything happens, we'll protect the Fairy with our lives, so don't worry."

Meanwhile, a woman in a neat suit had purple hair and eyes as red as a monster's.

She also had a long horn protruding from her forehead.

Mein Hermit.

She was an administrative officer of Pandora Clan and was known unofficially as a strong person with considerable skill.

"Thank you so much, Avenir oppa and Hermit unnie, for saying that. But as I've said many times, please value your own lives more. I'm not as weak as I used to be, and I have the strength to protect myself now."

Ha Baek-yeon faced the two and relaxed her face that had been stiff until now.

Her eyes held trust for the two.

Knowing her feelings, they smiled and responded.

"Then I'll leave the guarding to you."

"Yeah! Let them come if they dare! I'll blow them all away before Eun-ha hyung arrives."

"I'll join in then too. If we combine our strength, it should be less burdensome."

"Thank you, oppa, unnie."

Avenir and Hermit stretched and moved forward.

Ha Baek-yeon took a deep breath after seeing them manifest their internal mana to be ready to fight at any time.

"Phew."

She exhales.

The internal mana sleeping in Ha Baek-yeon's body rose, emitting a blue energy.

She spread that energy far and concentrated her consciousness to proclaim to the world.

I deny everything.

A single word was never light.

The words Ha Baek-yeon uttered spread to the world, making the atmospheric mana vibrate.

Her myth, built up as Fairy for over 20 years, stretched.

Her energy enveloped all of Seoul, creating a kind of cocoon.

And I affirm.

A glowing hemispherical veil.

Ha Baek-yeon, standing at the center under that veil, denied everything with her gift <White Silver>.

She also affirmed what she didn't deny.

That is Ha Baek-yeon's myth.

In this country, especially in Seoul.

She has the power to define the nature of existence with a single word.

Extremely, she can kill or revive existence with a single word.

In this country, her words are absolute for beings rooted in this country.

This is not limited to beings.

I affirm.

She can even interfere with the principles of the world.

If Ha Baek-yeon defined what will happen in the future with her myth, it will happen with a very high probability.

The probability of success increases.

That's why she unfolded her myth as the first step of the plan.

"Then I'll leave the rest to you. Do well, Yu-bin's dad."

Her role was over with this.

Ha Baek-yeon looked out at the distant world with a warm smile.

Meanwhile, myths originating from this country can manifest without any cost within her myth.

Because her myth affirms manifestation and denies cost.

That was why Korea had become one of the world's leading player powers after she manifested her myth.

Ha Baek-yeon manifested her myth.

No one could fail to notice the situation where a white veil brightly illuminating the night sky surrounded all of Seoul.

That means the calamities that might be somewhere in this country, or in other countries, may have noticed too.

Of course, those guys can't rashly step into Ha Baek-yeon's myth.

Nevertheless, they had to be prepared.

Because those guys were unpredictable beings.

"We also manifest our myths."

Pandora Clan members and players were scattered throughout Seoul to protect the mediums for magic.

<Divine Spear> Ryu Yeon-hwa gave instructions to the scattered Pandora Clan members and manifested her myth.

Under Ha Baek-yeon's myth.

All myths originating from this land gain higher realizability.

"We need to lend our strength."

Meanwhile, her myth requires considerable compensation to be prepared for, as powerful as it is.

Therefore, they needed to share the burden she bears.

Ryu Yeon-hwa, turning the surrounding area into a snow world and fluttering her blue hair.

Wearing a white uniform, she connected her myth to Ha Baek-yeon's myth.

Similar things were happening in various places.

"It's been a while since I fought together with you."

"If they come to interfere, that is. They'll probably interfere with high probability though. Are you ready?"

"What about you?"

<Sword Saint> Choi Eun-hyuk, the sub-lord of Pandora Clan's Uijeongbu Hall standing at the forefront of northern pioneering.

And <Absolute Sword> Mok Min-ho, the sub-lord of Pandora Clan's Dongjak-gu Hall.

The two manifested their myths.

"Min-ho... Acting like you're not happy to fight with Eun-hyuk after a long time."

Cha Eun-woo lightly giggled watching their backs.

Soon she too manifested her myth to add to Ha Baek-yeon's myth.

"Just got telepathy from Mary! Operation start! Stay sharp from now on!"

"You just need to keep that oppa in check, you know? I don't know what Mary likes about that oppa to marry him and even have a child... She could have just lived single..."

In another place, Jin Pa-rang was being frivolous.

There was no dignity befitting the Twelve Seats at all.

<Lonely Queen> Bae Su-bin, representing the Eun-ha Religion's heresy inquisitors and one of Korea's top witches, looked at him as if he were hopeless.

"Oh my, that's all part of his charm. Isn't it fine if Mary likes it?"

"No, I agree with Su-bin. That's just because Mary is so kind, and she doesn't know any better because she's only dated Pa-rang oppa."

"Have you dated, Min-ji?"

"Si-hyeong, can you shut that mouth?"

"I hear rumors that you're secretly active as a heresy inquisitor..."

"Okay, just die by my hand today. You've only grown older and more sarcastic!"

On one side, Kang Si-hyeong and Kim Min-ji were constantly teasing each other.

Even so, Kang Si-hyeong showed no disturbance in operating the drones flying all over Seoul.

Even after 20 years, his build was still unsuitable for acting as a guardian, but with all sorts of equipment and especially drones, he more than made up for his lacking abilities.

"Honey, let's be quiet now."

"Hmph!"

At that time, Bong Gu-rae stopped the two.

The two looked displeased but didn't fight anymore.

Soon Bong Gu-rae and Kang Si-hyeong also manifested their myths following Jin Pa-rang and Bae Su-bin.

As for Kim Min-ji...

"Anyway, I'll trust you guys. I'll just be in the back cooking or something. If you want anything to eat, just tell me comfortably. I can make pretty much anything."

"..."

The Pandora Clan members were so kind that they had been preserving her pride for over 20 years.

New recruits joining Pandora Clan were secretly educated to avoid evaluating her cooking skills.

So the clan members present avoided answering her words and pretended to focus on their work.

"...Can't we just order food?"

At least Kang Si-hyeong carefully said what needed to be said while watching his step.

Meanwhile, clan members in other places were also preparing to manifest their myths.

"I can't manifest a myth, but I'll diligently support from behind! Yu Nam-hoon! If you die, you die by my hand!"

"...Fox Rain, doesn't it end at that point of dying anyway?"

"That's why I'm telling you not to die, idiot! Just try making me a widow, I swear..."

<Invincible > Yu Nam-hoon.

He felt a heavy responsibility on both shoulders, feeling Fox Rain's glaring gaze from behind.

As a head of household, as a husband, and above all as a father to his children, he inwardly steeled his resolve.

"Do you think those guys will really come for us?"

"I hope they don't come and the magic succeeds safely, but..."

"They'll probably come. They should be able to read the magic formula and figure out what we're trying to do."

<Silver Bullet> Son Ga-yeon, succeeding <Silent > Yu Su-jin as one of the Twelve Seats.

She put on the mask hanging around her neck, awakening her consciousness as a sniper.

<Nocturne > Jo A-ra, tightly gripping her baton, took a deep breath as if facing a decisive battle.

<Divine Bow> Hoshimiya Kaede looked around at what could become the battlefield with experienced eyes.

Soon the three of them also brought out their myths.

The plan moves to the next stage.

If Ha Baek-yeon creates the foundation for the magic to send Noh Yu-seong to the past to activate, Pandora Clan members lighten the burden she has to bear, and they prepare for attacks from calamities considering the worst case...

"Now it's our turn."

Jung-gu Pandora Clan Hall.

The role of the people gathered in front of the hall was to activate the magic.

A myth equal to or perhaps even higher in rank than Ha Baek-yeon's myth in Korea dominated the world.

<Time Witch> Pricis Memory observed Noh Eun-ha's myth harmonizing with Ha Baek-yeon's myth and spoke.

"Is everyone ready?"

"..."

Around her were gathered Shin Seo-young, Noh Eun-ah, Iriya, Noh Yu-rin (Lee Yu-jeong's daughter), Noh Yu-eun, and a few other clan members.

They were all people possessing the gift <Miracle >.

"As long as we're under the protection of the two myths, Paradise of Glory and Relife, <Miracle > won't take much compensation from us. The compensation we have to pay will be further reduced if we share it among ourselves. So everyone focus on the magic."

Pricis Memory, wearing a dress revealing her silhouette and a pointed hat, explained calmly.

"I'll be in charge of stopping this world's timeline. So please create a passage connecting this world and the past world."

A witch who has lived for hundreds of years, almost beyond the principles of time in a way.

That's why only she could take on the role of interfering with the world's time.

The clan members nodded at her words.

"The theory is perfect. So let's believe the magic will succeed. Let's not have the world will misinterpret our wish and grant it wrongly."

<Empress > Shin Seo-young, Pandora Clan's magic advisor, encouraged the clan members.

Known as a living myth of the current generation, she still hadn't lost her beauty despite the passage of time.

"We shouldn't worry with Baek-yeon and Eun-ha's myths, but mindset is important for magic. So! Let's only think good thoughts from now on! Believe it will go well!"

Noh Eun-ah, who stepped down from the Twelve Seats after they were reorganized, lifted the mood.

Thanks to her cheerfulness, Noh Yu-rin's face, who had been feeling a heavy sense of responsibility for this task, relaxed.

"Yes, I'll only think good thoughts, big aunt."

"Yu-rin, are you very nervous? Should I teach you a magic spell?"

"What kind of spell?"

"Hmm... I'm a bit embarrassed to do it here... Just picture Eun-ha's face in your mind."

"Father's face?"

"Yes, even if something goes wrong, Eun-ha will take care of everything. So don't worry."

"Yes, father would do that."

"Right?"

At Noh Eun-ah's advice.

Noh Yu-rin let out a small laugh.

On one side, Iriya and Noh Yu-eun mother and daughter were talking.

"Yu-eun, understand? Even if by chance the world will speaks to you, don't say anything else."

"Yes, yes, I know. Because the world will can react to even the smallest hook, right?"

"And though you probably won't, absolutely don't get scared. The moment you get scared of the world will..."

"If I, revered as the saint of the Eun-ha Religion, get scared of the world will, it could lower the rank of father's myth, right? I know."

Iriya, with her pointed ears and striking green eyes, gave warnings over and over.

It sounded almost like a lecture.

Noh Yu-eun puffed out her chest with a confident face.

"Then everyone move to your positions."

Not long after that.

Following Pricis Memory's instructions, they moved to their designated positions.

They activated their gifts.

<Gift: Miracle>

Pillars of light shot up from various places.

The light spread widely, merged into one, and dyed the surrounding area pure white.

Do you desire power?

The world will contacted them.

They made one wish.

"Eun-ah, you must be safe."

By the way, Han Chang-jin stood guard.

People's plan succeeded.

Now the fruit of that was appearing before Noh Yu-seong's eyes.

"..."

A door emitting multicolored light, with the inside not visible.

Noh Yu-seong instinctively knew it was a door to the past.

'When I pass through that door...'

He will go to the past.

Noh Yu-seong shook off his fearful feelings and composed himself.

"Yu-seong."

At that moment, Han Seo-hyeon called him.

She, now shorter than Noh Yu-seong, hugged him tightly.

He let himself be embraced and quietly greeted her.

"I'll be going, mother."

"Yes, take care. Make sure to rely on my past self. My past self will believe your words."

"Yes, so don't worry too much. Ah, if you have anything to say to your past self, please tell me. I'll deliver it well."

Noh Yu-seong said to Han Seo-hyeon as he finished the hug and stepped back.

To this, she answered cynically.

"Then tell my past self. Tell her to keep her husband's lower body in check."

"..."

At those words.

Noh Yu-seong was at a loss for how to react.

Han Seo-hyeon smiled slightly, reading his emotions through his gaze.

It had been a joke.

"As much as I'd like to say that... That would be completely denying the current me and the life we've built until now, so I can't. So instead, tell her this."

"What?"

"Tell her to enjoy it to the fullest while they can enjoy it together. If you just say that, my past self will probably understand roughly and try to devour Eun-ha."

"Ahaha..."

"And Yu-seong."

"Yes, mother."

"We've passed on information about what you must do when you go back to the past, but you need to make sure your siblings are born well."

"..."

"Your and your siblings' existence connects the present and the past. If even one of you isn't born..."

"At that moment, a new world will branch off, and this world will be cut off, right? And I'll never be able to return."

"Yes, so keep that in mind."

"Yes, mother."

Noh Yu-seong was aware of this too.

He nodded and answered.

Then he turned his gaze to Noh Eun-ha, who was quietly watching him from behind Han Seo-hyeon.

"Father, don't you have anything to say?"

"Me? Hmm..."

Pandora Clan Lord <Monarch > Noh Eun-ha.

At Noh Yu-seong's question, he thought for a moment before opening his mouth with a chuckle.

It was a face full of mischief.

"Tell my past self."

"What?"

"Just admit it and accept it, you crazy bastard. This life isn't as bad as you think."

"Well, well. Is that something you should say in front of me? Are you happy? Are you?"

"Of course I'm happy meeting you, Seo-hyeon. And the other kids too."

"Want to get scolded?"

Noh Eun-ha gave a bitter smile, and Han Seo-hyeon glared at him.

Noh Yu-seong could easily imagine him getting nagged by her later as he stepped through the door.

"Then I'll be going!"