Chapter 388 - Truth

# Republic of Korea, Seoul.

An apartment building next to a university.

"Phew... I'm exhausted, so exhausted."

After finishing my daily routine and returning to my studio apartment, I took a shower and sat on my bed.

Lately, I've had so much to do that each day seems to pass in the blink of an eye.

Usually, after finishing my daily routine, my golden rule was to read some of my favorite comics—ones I've practically memorized—before falling asleep.

...But today, maybe because I was too tired, I decided to just go to sleep.

Let's see. Tomorrow I need to...

'Senior Da-in! You absolutely have to come!'

...Right, a junior asked me to meet them at the engineering building.

I should stop by there first tomorrow...

I fell asleep with a slight smile at that thought.

Somehow feeling like my body was getting heavier.

And I seemed to have a strange dream.

'...please. ...here... ...!'

'...nior! Senior! No...'

'...hey! ...ah.'

Then.

After waking up.

"...Tsk. What's going on?"

With a feeling that my body had somehow become heavier, I got up.

What is this? My head hurts a bit.

...Wait.

"What the..."

After getting up.

Whoooosh

...I found myself waking up in an empty white space.

What is this? Where am I? I definitely went to sleep in my bed last night.

As I looked around in confusion.

I realized someone was standing in front of me, looking at me.

"...Who are you?"

Standing a few steps away from me.

A delicate-looking blonde woman wearing clothes made of white fabric, looking at me with a small smile.

"...Hello, my child."

That was.

My first meeting with the Star God.

***

"...What's this about, oppa?"

Back to the present.

Momentarily lost in memories of the past, I snapped back to reality at Seo-eun's questioning voice.

The living room.

Since I had called everyone together saying I had something important to tell them, everyone was sitting in the living room facing me.

From Su-bin standing to one side looking at me with concern.

To Choi Se-hee and Seo Ja-young sitting in the living room watching me.

Ha-yul sitting in front of me, and Seo-eun and Eun-wol sitting right next to me looking at me.

...And the spirit leaning against the opposite wall quietly watching me, along with Uncle Desik standing there wearing an apron.

Except for Ariel who was still being held by Atlas, and Halo who I had sealed just in case, all our Ego-stream members were gathered here.

And all of them were looking at me, waiting to hear what I had to say.

So, looking at each of them one by one.

I quietly decided what to say.

'...Soon, the Sun God's declaration of judgment will come.'

To prevent everyone from feeling confused when that happens, it would be right to inform our family members about this.

And considering that things will become very chaotic and busy after the declaration of doom, and who knows what might happen during the final battle.

'...Now would be a good time to reveal my truth.'

I quietly thought to myself.

My secret. That I came from another world and received powers from the Star God.

I intended to resolve all the questions they might have had about me and move forward together in unity. I planned to tell them everything.

'...'

Honestly, that's just an excuse...

'Just.'

After the battle, I might not be able to tell them this.

And if they end up living without knowing anything, I'd feel uneasy about it.

I don't want to keep secrets from my Ego-stream colleagues anymore.

So.

In this place, I will tell everyone the truth about myself.

'However.'

...The problem is, saying this might make me seem crazy.

But I still need to say it.

With that, I cleared my throat.

Meeting everyone's eyes, I began to speak.

"I have something to tell everyone. About me."

Perhaps sensing that I was being very serious,

everyone was quietly listening to my words.

...Hmm. It's a bit burdensome.

Whatever. Better to face the music head-on.

With that, I closed my eyes briefly, then opened them again and dropped the bombshell.

"The truth is, I came from another world."

"I received an order from a god to save this world."

.....

After saying that, I waited for their reactions.

They'd probably say something like 'What?' or 'Oppa, did you hit your head somewhere?' I had anticipated all of that. So I had prepared more persuasive words for later.

As I was quietly waiting for such reactions.

"...I thought so."

"Huh?"

"Somehow I suspected it might be something like that."

In front of me, Su-bin nodded while saying that.

...Wait, she's taking it too calmly?

While I was slightly taken aback,

the reactions of the others weren't much different.

"That explains... everything you've shown us so far, oppa. I thought it was strange how you seemed to know everything."

Seo-eun explaining and convincing herself.

"It's surprising, but... somehow not shocking. You're not the type to lie about something like this."

Choi Se-hee nodding as she spoke.

"A savior who came from another world because of a god... Da-in, are you Jesus?"

Seo Ja-young cracking jokes even in this situation.

When I looked at her in disbelief, Seo Ja-young actually looked at me with genuine curiosity and asked:

"But if it's another world, are there things like dinosaurs there too..?"

"...Haha."

Hearing that, I couldn't help but relax, letting out a small laugh and a sigh.

...It seemed like this was going to be a long story.

***

And after that.

I slowly explained how I came to this world.

Of course, I didn't say things like this world was from a comic I had read. There was no point in saying that, and it would only cause confusion. Even I wouldn't feel good if someone told me the world I lived in was from a comic book...

Instead, I explained how I came to this world.

I lived in a world very similar to this one but without heroes or villains, a world of people without abilities.

One day after waking up, I suddenly met the Star God who told me to save the world and I was dropped into this world.

...So I came here with abilities and "knowledge" from the god, I explained roughly like that.

Of course, I cut this story short before it got too long.

I went straight to the real reason I said this, the main point.

"Soon, the god will destroy this world."

"...What?"

This time, instead of being vague, I should explain in detail from the beginning.

With that thought, I jumped up from the sofa and walked to the window.

And receiving everyone's gaze, I took out a marker I had prepared and began to write something on the surface.

"There are three gods in this world."

I said.

As expected, since I had already informed them about the existence of gods several times, they didn't seem particularly surprised.

So I began to explain about these three gods in more detail.

The Sun God Helios.

The Moon God Aluna.

The Star God Siders.

The three gods who created this world.

"In ancient times, they ruled the world."

Helios gave people special abilities.

Aluna gave people magic.

Siders gave love to everyone.

"...However, this didn't last long. Conflict arose among the gods."

Perhaps the reason was that the Sun God tried to destroy all humans.

...The Star God, who loved humans more than anyone, blocked him, and after a long battle, finally succeeded in driving away the Sun God.

Creating a huge invisible cognitive barrier to protect the world from him.

As a result.

Helios was banished to another world.

The Moon God Iluna, who was said to be neutral from the beginning, soon departed to her own world.

And the Star God Siders, who was severely injured while fighting the Sun God, soon disappeared.

And now.

"...So, that Sun God is coming back to destroy the world?"

"Yes."

"But... how do we stop that god? I mean, it's a god? A god is coming to destroy us..?"

Seo-eun speaking with a worried expression.

To her, I smiled and said:

"Don't worry too much. The god can't fully use his powers here."

To explain precisely, the god's true form cannot directly descend to this world. He can only come in human form, as an avatar. The dimensions are different.

And Helios's power would also be greatly weakened from the battle with the Star God... and the Star God has installed a barrier in this dimension.

And especially.

"There is someone else chosen to fight directly against the Sun God and stop him."

I was about to say that but hesitated.

The person chosen to fight and defeat the Sun God is Stardust.

...But should I mention her name here? Our Ego-stream members don't seem to particularly like Stardust...

But well, I can't hide the truth.

So, worried about their reaction, I said with a small sigh:

"...And the hero chosen by the Star God along with me to save this world is Stardust."

And the reaction to this statement...

...was slightly different from what I expected.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"As expected."

At my mention of Stardust, Choi Se-hee, who had been quietly listening until now, smiled and responded to my words.

"I see. The reason you've been concerned about Stardust all this time is simply because she's needed to save the world?"

Hmm.

No. It's more because Stardust is my favorite.

Of course, I didn't say that, and soon the women of my Ego-stream began nodding and convincing themselves.

"Of course. I thought so. There's no other reason why oppa would care about a woman like that."

"Right. So even running her fan cafe was to gather information..."

'....'

Hearing those words, I decided to just stay quiet.

Well. Let them think what they want.