You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿-Chapter 169

I shook my ears, wondering if something was wrong with them, but unfortunately, there was no issue with my hearing.

“What... have you been looking for?”

Of course, I answered that your soul had already left your body, and you wouldn't be able to find it in this world.

Despite my astonishment, the boy continued with his words, speaking matter-of-factly.

However, Orbis didn’t give up. They sought the wisdom of this dragon, persistently asking if there was any way to find the soul of someone who had gone to another dimension.

“Is there such a method?”

If their purpose was driven by late-found affection and regret, I would have answered them, but...

I remained silent, knowing that wasn’t the case, and waited for the next part.

It seemed they had another purpose. It seemed they wanted to bring your soul back to revitalize this world. That’s why I didn’t answer.

“Grrr...!”

Leo growled aggressively at the illusion.

Although he didn’t understand all the words the dragon had spoken, it seemed he understood that there was no good for me in what was being said.

And thanks to Leo’s reaction, I felt a bit calmer.

I patted Leo’s head and continued listening to the dragon.

They were the type to never give up, and I wanted to inform you that they had come, but... I too will soon be leaving this world. I cannot wait any longer, but just in case, I decided to leave this message.

“...”

If you are reincarnated and return, my golems will not recognize you and will attack. Given your personality, you will likely destroy them all, so the chances of this message reaching you are very high. I would win if we were to bet on it.

Having seemingly won a bet that hadn’t even been placed, the dragon, now in human form in the illusion, smiled.

With this, I’ve proven my friendship. If we meet again, I hope you repay this debt, Lucy.

With that, the illusion disappeared.

A mana core dropped onto the broken remains of the golem soldiers, which had turned to dust like sand.

I bent down and picked up what the dragon had left behind.

The object containing the mana was a scale from the dragon.

I showed it briefly to the little white lion, which looked like a smooth pebble at first glance.

“Here, look at this. Go around and collect similar ones. Got it?”

“Meow!”

The lion nodded and eagerly ran off.

Since the dragon’s scales had likely been used to make the golem’s cores, it wouldn't hurt to gather them.

“Grr, grr...”

More importantly, Leo, who was angrier than I was, seemed to require the cub’s isolation.

If I left the cub nearby, it might get scared and shrink to the point of disappearing altogether.

The lion, made from my anger, had already shown aggression since it heard Orbis’ name come from the dragon’s mouth.

I patted Leo’s cheek, showing my appreciation for his anger.

“Thanks for getting angry for me.”

Honestly, I wasn’t angry; I was more at a loss for words.

“This is obsession, isn’t it?”

She killed me, and when the world collapsed, came to find me to use my soul? Truly, what a wonderful family.

Even people who aren’t related by blood wouldn’t exploit others like this.

It was obvious what Orbis had intended to do with my soul.

Even a regular soul could become a great source of power if turned into a soul core, and mine would have endless uses.

‘No... something else is bothering me now.’

The dragon, as a creature, was as bothersome as a demon.

They never say anything directly, hiding what they want to say in a seemingly polite manner to confuse mortals.

Being a long-lived species, they enjoyed such games, and it was incredibly frustrating.

The dragon, in its message, had said that Orbis had no way of finding my soul, but also that Orbis would not give up.

In other words, it wasn’t that Orbis didn’t have any way to find my soul.

‘Could it be...?’

I had already found it strange when I learned that the items created by Orbis had started circulating the market 20 years ago.

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Could it be... that Orbis never gave up and eventually found a way to locate my soul?

And after getting my soul, perhaps Orbis found a dimension like Earth, a good place to connect to this destroyed world.

Then, if they reincarnated my soul on Earth to use me...?

“...No, surely not.”

I tried to stop myself from drifting into such dark thoughts.

While it wasn’t impossible, it didn’t seem reasonable.

“Orbis wouldn’t have any merit in reincarnating me.”

If Orbis really managed to find my soul...

I wouldn’t have reincarnated as 'Jeong Da-on.' I would have been used as a motionless statue, stuck in the destroyed world, or worse.

Even if they hadn’t used me as a statue, if Orbis had touched me, I wouldn’t have lived peacefully for 20 years as 'Jeong Da-on.'

This was all a far-fetched assumption.

Yet, despite my logical reasoning, there were still too many unsettling pieces.

‘...In fact, the very fact that Yuhanul’s soul was born here is troubling.’

If fate is when coincidences repeat twice, then it is a miracle when they repeat three times.

And miracles don’t just happen—they’re usually made by human will.

‘I think I should look into whether there was any interference in my or Yuhanul’s reincarnation...’

But how?

No matter how much of a great magician and demon king I was, I didn’t know everything about human souls.

There were limits to me as a human.

So, to get answers, I would have to ask other species, ones with considerable knowledge.

‘The dragon would be hard to find once it’s hidden, and summoning demons... Lilith might tell me, but if I got entangled now, I might end up as a decoration.’

Among the demon species I knew, Lilith was one of the more extreme ones. If she saw me in my current weak state, she might tear me apart just for fun.

So, I’d need to seek out another species, one with significant knowledge...

Thinking hard, I quickly remembered something.

There was a hybrid species, not far from here...

Slap!

The sound of a slap echoed.

Nam Seong-hee looked at her son, whom she had just slapped, with faint contempt in her eyes.

Lee Un-gyul clutched his cheek and trembled, his lips quivering.

“...Did you just slap me?”

“You foolish boy.”

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“What? How can you say that to me, Mom?”

“Do you know what you’ve done? You’ve let go of your only lifeline!”

“What lifeline? I survived being kidnapped! Of course, you abandoned me!”

Lee Un-gyul screamed, tears welling up in his eyes from the injustice he felt.

“What do you think I’ve been through, huh? You probably don’t even care. You tried to control me by feeding me weird bugs. You probably care more about Theo than me!”

These were words he had kept inside for a long time, words he had never dared to say in front of his mother.

“...See, even now.”

He saw her stare at him indifferently, as if she had no interest in his pain.

Lee Un-gyul dropped his shoulders in defeat.

“You don’t care about what I say...”

“I didn’t give you worthless attention, I gave you an opportunity.”

Nam Seong-hee said coldly.

“And despite giving you so many chances, you couldn’t prove your worth. A weird bug? That’s what made you an A-Class Hunter living the good life!”

“No, that’s not true! Even if I did it on my own...”

Nam Seong-hee laughed at her son’s desperate protest.

“If you really knew how much effort real A-Class Hunters put in, you wouldn’t have the gall to say that.”

“I...!”

“Enough, I don’t expect anything from you anymore.”

Nam Seong-hee turned her back and headed toward the study, paying no mind to her son’s angry trembling.

As she closed the heavy door, which had been designed to block all sound, the study became her space again, just as it always had.

All noise vanished, and the space became one where only she could focus.

Within it, Nam Seong-hee sank into deep contemplation.

She knew she had already failed.

She hadn’t truly understood Jeong Da-on and had been completely taken in.

Even her son, who had been turned into a somewhat useful A-Class Hunter, had lost his loneliness, but using items, she still couldn’t win against Jeong Da-on in battle.

‘That’s why he confidently told me to come under his command...’

It had been an arrogant suggestion, but Nam Seong-hee had to admit it.

Jeong Da-on had the right to make such an offer.

“...”

Acknowledging that was one thing, but accepting Jeong Da-on’s offer was another.

Nam Seong-hee, after much consideration, took out a phone hidden deep in a bookshelf.

It was a means of contact made for one person only.

She sent the message, familiar with the process.

Contacted the target. New instructions needed.

A response came quickly.

The phone rang almost immediately.

Nam Seong-hee took a deep breath before answering the call.

Soon, the excited voice of a young man, with a strong French accent, came through.

You contacted the target? What do you mean by that?

“It’s exactly as it sounds. I contacted Jeong Da-on.”

I told you not to make direct contact!

“I tried to avoid it. They found me first.”

...What? How?

“It’s your fault. You should have told me about James Chen.”

James Chen?

“Yeah, James Chen was working for Jeong Da-on.”

Of course, it was Nam Seong-hee’s son, Lee Un-gyul, who had been the one to move and accidentally left a trail, but she didn’t mention that part.

As a lawyer, it was her job to cover her own mistakes and hold others accountable.

Especially if the other party was inexperienced.

Damn!

After a brief silence, Theo, on the other end of the phone, didn’t question Nam Seong-hee’s words, but took them in without hesitation.

Lee Un-gyul had questioned whether his mother saw Theo as her real son, but that was a big misunderstanding.

‘The kid’s being arrogant.’

Nam Seong-hee had owed her life to Theo, but that debt was really to be paid to Theo’s family.

In the end, the reason she followed Theo was simple.

Being connected to the Yobanovich family brought her many benefits.

‘Their capabilities are proven.’

They had given her the item that allowed her to fight real A-Class Hunters, and had made Lee Un-gyul an A-Class Hunter.

‘On the «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» other hand, Jeong Da-on’s abilities are still unreliable.’

Though the idea of making Jeong Da-on a true Hunter was tempting, Nam Seong-hee chose the other path.

The reason was simple.

This one had more to take.

“And Jeong Da-on also wanted me to work for her. She said she’d make me a real Hunter.”

What? What’s that?

“Honestly... it’s a bit of a dilemma.”

Nam Seong-hee spoke slowly.

This was an important turning point for her as well.

“I have nothing to lose here. Honestly, it’s a huge offer that I could never have dreamed of.”

What nonsense! Have you forgotten that your son’s life is in my hands?

“I think Jeong Da-on would handle it.”

!!

Theo, on the other end, sounded increasingly anxious.

Nam Seong-hee didn’t know why Theo was so fixated on Jeong Da-on, but she only had a vague guess.

She didn’t even care much about the reason.

What mattered was how much profit this new lifeline could bring.

I know you want a new deal, but honestly... what Jeong Da-on says is nonsense.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Theo spoke urgently.

To an experienced lawyer like Nam Seong-hee, his desperation was clear.

‘Yeah, he must be in a hurry.’

Though she was just an ordinary person, Nam Seong-hee was a valuable asset to Theo.

Especially because she had been used so much to cut down Jeong Da-on.

If Nam Seong-hee betrayed him, too much information would be lost, and more importantly, Theo would have to rebuild his connections in Korea from scratch.

He was bound to feel the pressure.

You can’t make an ordinary person into a Hunter. This is all just nonsense.

“You might think it’s impossible for you. But what if it’s your master?”

...What?

“I’ve been with your grandmother for a long time. Of course, I know who the Yobanovich family worships like a god.”

Theo Dora Yobanovich.

The thrill of watching Theo Dora tear a monster in half still hadn’t faded from Nam Seong-hee’s memory.

And that thrill had engraved an unerasable longing into Nam Seong-hee’s life, which had once been ordinary.

I want to be like her.

I’ll sacrifice anything to gain that power!

But in the process of staying by Theo Dora’s side to fulfill that longing, Nam Seong-hee realized something.

To her, Theo Dora seemed like a god, but in reality, Theo Dora was just a believer.

And up until now, Nam Seong-hee had been nothing more than a lackey trying to get rewards from that believer.

Now, she was even on the verge of death at the hands of the enemy.

“You can tell your master.”

Nam Seong-hee said with a smile.

A mere pawn could become a knight capable of taking down the king if it infiltrates deep enough into enemy territory.

Turning a crisis into an opportunity is what a true lawyer does.

“If you make me a real Hunter, I’ll bring you Jeong Da-on’s head.”