Book 2, Epilogue 4 - Return of the Hero(?) (4)
‘That’s Gun?’
Sagittarius Lewis. He used to be Galan, and he had gone through the inheritance process when he died.
He was tense as he looked at the squirming Lee Gun in Yooha’s arms.
‘I…Is it really him?’
The baby had a pretty face, and his little hands wriggled. He had a full cheek like that of a hamster. The baby was so cute that it was hard to think of him as the tyrannical monster Lee Gun.
‘By the look of his eyes, he does seem to be Gun.’
Lee Gun didn’t resemble his father, but he probably resembled his mother, who was known to be an absolute beauty.
Sagittarius became surprised when he met eyes with Lee Gun.
“Byaa?”
Sagittarius put a hand over his mouth when he saw Lee Gun babble.
‘What a cute little…!’
As he was enjoying himself, he became startled. He suddenly shook his head from side to side.
‘Don’t be fooled! That’s Lee Gun…!’
After having gone through inheritance, the young Saggitarius was meeting baby Lee Gun for the first time. It was understandable since he was currently being raised by other gods, the Constructs of the Virgo temple, who remained on the earth.
- You might not have your memories, but you’re still a pillar-rank god. You will grow up in no time.
All the gods who opposed Lee Gun had been sent to the Cycle. On the other hand, the allied gods went from being gods to being part of the Divine Race.
In other words, they were “Gods who didn’t go through the process of inheritance.”
The process of inheritance was possible if a god possessed a Divine status. However, all the gods with Divine status had been sent into the Cycle (Cradle) by Lee Gun.
In other words, the Divine statuses of the remaining gods were copies, which Lee Gun had made.
This was why his generation of gods was the last. Once they died, it would be the end of the gods. The genealogy of gods would no longer continue. So they chose to spend their time on the earth by becoming part of the Divine Race. They were now a special race possessing Divine rank abilities.
They had said to him.
- Sagittarius-nim. You have to quickly grow up to fill the seat of Baby snake-nim.
Sagittarius had gone through the process of inheritance before Lee Gun got rid of all the gods. Thanks to luck and timing, Sagittarius was able to go through the process of inheritance. That was all well and good, but this posed one large problem.
‘I went through the process of inheritance, so why do I still have my memories!!’
In a normal inheritance process, gods were reborn without their memories. For some reason, Sagittarius possessed all his memories from his past life!
So he wondered if Lee Gun was able to keep his memories like him.
‘Yes. He’s the mighty Lee Gun. Gun was able to consume all the Great Spirits.’
There was no way Lee Gun lost his memories because of inheritance. It may look like he didn’t have his memories, but he was probably tricking everyone into thinking he had lost his memories. He had also fallen for the act right now.
In truth, Sagittarius was in a precarious situation.
‘Damn it! It’s all over if they find out that I still have my memories…!’
Sagittarius hadn’t told anyone that he still had his memories. The reason was simple.
“Uh? When did you arrive?”
“!!”
Sagittarius was surprised as Hugo approached him. Normally, it would be unimaginable to see Hugo give him such a kind smile. Sagittarius started to sweat.
“Baby god-nim, are you comfortable appearing in front of us now?”
“…!”
Yes, everyone, including Hugo, treated Sagittarius with kindness. In their mind, the current Sagittarius was a separate person from the previous Sagittarius.
‘They are treating me like this because they think I’m a different person…!!’
In truth, he was right.
When Sagittarius had opened his eyes for the first time, he had screamed and fainted as soon as he saw Hugo. Later, Hugo became cautious in how he treated Sagittarius.
Hugo seemed to think that a young god was startled by the energy of a Cluder. At the end of the day, Cluders were predators and natural enemies of the gods.
In the end, Hugo scratched his cheek.
- I guess I have no choice. I’ll have to be careful in how I approach you.
However, the truth was completely different! Sagittarius had screamed as soon as he saw Hugo because he had never expected to be reborn!! However, he had been reborn. Moreover, he had been scared of being killed by Hugo, who had regained his memories!!
That was why he had fainted.
‘I was the culprit who killed his friend! Now that he has regained his memories, there is no way he’ll spare someone he considers an enemy!’
Eternal Change had a great love for the entire tribe of Creators, and he had been a friend to Sagittarius’s father. However, Sagittarius had killed his father and tribe members! There was no way Hugo would let Sagittarius live!!!
‘Also, he isn’t the only problem!’
Sagittarius’s younger sister was the goddess of the Virgo temple. Normally, Virgo would make fun of him by saying he was bald and impotent. She pitied the wife that he would take on in the future. So how were things right now with her?
- Are you in any pain? If you need anything, you can tell me. You can ask for anything from my subordinate.
Hugo said the same thing!
- If you need anything, you can just tell me. Ahjussi will buy you anything.
In the past, when facing him, his Zodiac Saint would grumble with a sour expression. That same person was treating Sagittarius with kindness and gentleness…!
Sagittarius was moved, but also scared.
‘If my identity is revealed… It all ends!!’
If he was caught, he’d receive a group beating. No, he would be tied up and thrown into the ocean!
Despite knowing this, he had come to visit Lee Gun. Ignoring the risk of being found out, he wanted to see his one and only nephew! Also, he came because of the curse that won’t be lifted!
‘I received a new body through inheritance, yet my nephew’s curse remains...’
At this rate, people might pick up on the fact that he was the same person as the old Sagittarius!
In fact, someone already suspected him. It was the Serpent Bearer’s mole!
‘That damn Jaewon…!!!’
The Constructs would say, “Oh my! The new Sagittarius doesn’t have a lot of hair. Is it because he’s a kid?”
The Constructs merely felt pity for him. It was different for Lee Jaewon, who was quick on the uptake.
The shrewd Jaewon’s eyes would flash in suspicion. He even said,
- Unless they are the same person, there is no way a god would have the same flaws as the previous generation did, right?
- What? Of course. They are newly born. In some cases, gods chose to go through inheritance when they died during the war. They were given completely new bodies.
- I see. If a god inherited a previous defect, there might be a chance that he might have inherited his memories too.
Moreover, Sagittarius had let something bad slip in the presence of Lee Jaewon.
- I wonder if my nephew still has his memories.
- What? Nephew?
- Ahk!!!
By coincidence, Lee Jaewon had heard the words mumbled under his breath. Afterward, Lee Jaewon took every opportunity to show up to test if Sagittarius still had his memories!
After catching the god, Jaewon would report this news to Hugo! Sagittarius was sure of it!!
This was why the seven-year-old Sagittarius had sought Lee Gun.
‘If I can extract a bit of Gun’s power, I might be able to lift the curse.’
In other words, he had to get rid of anything that would cause anyone to become suspicious of him!
Previously, Sagittarius had been unable to approach Lee Gun because Lee Jaewon was always near the baby whenever he tried. But Lee Jaewon wasn’t here today!
‘I’ll be able to extract Gun’s power!’
He didn’t need a lot. He needed a pinch! That was all!
‘I’m still not sure if Gun still has his memories, but…’
It did look like Gun didn’t have his memories. The mighty Lee Gun was ill-tempered! However, the current Lee Gun was too cute and was innocently laughing like a baby. There was no way he had his memories.
‘Gun isn’t the type of person who is capable of schooling his expression.’
While others might not notice it, Sagittarius would have, since he was a god. Above all else, Gun wouldn’t smile so brightly toward him if he had his memories!
‘His expression would give him away. If it were his normal self, he would have shown his contempt toward me.’
This was why Sagittarius decided Gun didn’t possess his memories and continued with his plan.
The young Sagittarius was tense about being found out by Hugo as he approached Lee Gun.
“I came because I have a present for the new baby god-nim.”
“Byaa?”
Sagittarius handed a golden water bottle to Lee Gun. It was a holy item that would allow him to extract a small amount of Lee Gun’s power.
Was Lee Gun interested in the present? Lee Gun extended his hand toward the shiny present.
Sagittarius inwardly cheered.
‘Yes. That’s it. Just grab that item! He just has to grab it…!’
However…
“Ahhhk!!!”
“Gun?!!”
Instead of the present, Lee Gun grabbed Sagittarius’s hair.
Ooh-doo-doohk!
Sagittarius screamed when Lee Gun pulled the golden hair hard enough that it felt like it would be ripped out.
Hugo turned pale from shock. “Are you ok, Baby god-nim?! Stop, Gun!!! No!”
Lee Gun refused to let go.
Ooh-doohk!
“!”
It sounded as if Sagittarius’s scalp was going to be ripped off!
Hugo and Sagittarius became desperate when they heard the ominous sound.
“Ahhk!!”
“Byaa!”
“Ahhhk!!”
“Gun! Snack!”
“Ahhk!!”
“Gun!!! Snack!!!!!!!!!”
It was unusual to see Hugo be angry. He pushed a bar of chocolate in front of Lee Gun.
The baby Lee Gun casually grabbed the chocolate instead of Sagittarius’s hair.
“Byaa!”
Lee Gun acted as if it had gone as planned(?). He sucked on the chocolate since he didn’t have many teeth. It seemed to have been a ploy to get some chocolate since he wasn’t usually able to eat them.
Hugo felt like he had been duped for some reason. He despaired, but he soon started checking up on Sagittarius. “Are you ok? You already don’t have a lot of hair, yet the baby did something terrible to it…”
Hugo was very kind as he looked at Sagittarius.
On the other hand, Sagittarius was a ball of emotions because of Hugo’s kindness and attentiveness.
‘My Zodiac Saint is…!’
At the same time, his eyes started to roll around once again. Evil(?) thoughts started to appear in his head.
‘It seems he hasn’t noticed yet. Wouldn’t it be better if I take advantage of his kindness?’
His servant always told him that he didn’t have any money. Hugo told him to eat whatever he could scrape together or that he could eat poison. Hugo said spending money on him was a waste, so he could eat tree bark. His servant always made it seem he was in the wrong.
This was why Sagittarius pretended to cry as he grabbed Hugo. “Hyung! I want to eat something tasty!”
“Uh! Is that so? You want something tasty? Do you like meat? Or…”
“I really like sea urchin eggs!!”
“S…Sea urchin egg? Alright. It’s expensive, but sea urchin eggs are great…”
At that moment…
“Byaa!”
“Ahhk!!”
Lee Gun, who had been sucking on the chocolate, pulled on Sagittarius’s hair again. His gesture seemed to say, “How dare you steal from Hugo’s wallet?”
Ooh-doohk!
“Gun!!!”
“Ahhhk!!!”
“Gun!!! Stop!”
However, something more surprising happened at that moment.
“Lee Gun-nim? Does that god’s hair bother you? Is it a wig?”
“?!!”
Sagittarius turned his head when he heard that nonsense, and the sight frightened him.
‘Jaewon?!’
What was he here?!
Lee Jaewon waved his phone as he approached Lee Gun. “Lee Gun-nim called me using Hugo-nim’s phone.”
“What? Gun did that with my phone??”
“Ah! I believe he was touching your phone and called me by mistake. I came because I wanted to meet him.”
“Is that so? That’s great. The baby god wants to eat sea urchin eggs. Let’s eat together.”
“What? Sagittarius asked for sea urchin eggs?”
Sagittarius turned pale when he met Lee Jaewon’s eyes; he started to backpedal.
‘Damn it! He was already suspicious of me.’
The fact that he had his memories would be found out!
On the other hand, Hugo brought up the hotel food delivery app and tilted his head. “Baby god-nim? I’m going to order the highest-quality sea urchin eggs. Do you need anything else….”
“No! Ooh… Uh… I’m fine with eating tree bark!!!”
“What? What do you mean by that?”
Desperate, Sagittarius ran away.
Lee Gun finally looked satisfied as he continued to eat his snack. A smudge of chocolate was spread around his mouth. He had acted as if he knew Sagittarius.
* * *
“What? Sagittarius came looking for Lee Gun-nim again today?” Lee Jaewon looked at Yooha with surprise.
It was time for Lee Gun’s nap. He had been put to sleep after being fed milk.
Of course, Hugo was worried Lee Gun’s teeth would rot, so he thoroughly brushed them.
“Anyway, Sagittarius came because he said he had a present for Uncle.”
“He had a present?”
“Mmm. It looked like something Uncle made in the past…”
When Lee Jaewon heard this, an odd light flashed in his eyes.
Lee Jaewon remembered Hugo grinding his teeth and saying, “He went through the process of inheritance before I could get rid of him” and “He lost his memories. I forever lost the opportunity to sort out my problems with him.”
“Did Jaewon oppa find them?”
“Ah.”
In truth, Lee Jaewon was searching for some people. They were Hailey and her family.
‘He’s looking for Shiva, the Flame Monarch, and Hailey-nim.’
Hailey’s father was Shiva, the Great Spirit of Mahabharata. He had died several hundred years ago, yet he was reborn through some unknown mechanism. The three of them were able to return to the earth.
‘Lee Gun-nim must have done something in the World of Emptiness, which allowed them to come back.’
However, that wasn’t important right now.
Yooha soon asked with a serious expression, “Are you sure they are ok? You said the three of them went missing as soon as Uncle reappeared.”
“Ah. You don’t have to worry about that. I was able to locate them again. They merely ran away from the west to the east of the US. That idiot cat. It seemed they collaborated with the Leo Saint to make the move, but it was useless.”
“…?!”
The disciples found it odd, so they asked the question.
“Why would they move in secret from us? We aren’t enemies….”
“Ah. Shiva seems to be an idiot for his daughter. He’s in a struggle to cut ties with anyone who has any ties with Lee Gun-nim.”
“…?”
He was an idiot for his daughter? What the hell did he mean by that?
On the other hand, Lee Jaewon let out an odd laugh.
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