CH 231

“Huh? WHAT? What do you mean, I created the world, Andras?”

“Please explain in detail so that we can understand, brother.”

Lilia and I asked Andras for an explanation with curious looks on our faces.

Andras replied while looking at us with a calm expression.

“Sihyeon, this place. Don’t you remember anything?”

“Here? Hmm… I think I have seen it somewhe…”

Andras pointed his finger at the vast meadow.

“That’s the fence. Beside it is a barn and a warehouse….”

“……….!!!!?”

“Imagine a strawberry field over there, and a farm building over there.”

“Ah!”

I realized what Andras was trying to say.

I understood why this place felt familiar for some reason, this place looked the same as the topography of the Demon Farm, where I go to work every day.

I didn’t know because there were no large fences or farm buildings, but thanks to Andras’ hint, I was able to notice.

“What, brother? Why are you two talking alone? Tell me, too!”

“You don’t know because you’ve never seen it in person. This place looks exactly like the farm where I and Sihyeon work.”

“Huh? So Brother Sihyeon created this world while keeping the image of the farm?”

“Maybe…”

“Now, wait! Wait a minute.”

I stopped the conversation in a flustered voice.

“But, why is it me who created this world? It could be Andras. You know well about what the farm looks like. Why can’t it be you who created this world?”

“Of course, that’s a possibility. But I don’t know anything about Mr. Bellion, all I know was what I read about him in the history books. If that’s not a fake Bellion, I think Sihyeon is the only one who could have materialized him here.”

Bellion added, giggling softly.

“Hahaha, I’m not real either. I’m just the materialized version of that person’s thoughts. Well… it’s hard to say I’m a fake because the memories and thoughts I have come from the original person.”

” Even if you leave Mr. Bellion. What about the beasts? There is no one who could have tamed them except Sihyeon?”

“……..”

“And finally, since Sihyeon created this world, you were able to lead us in that unstable dimensional door.”

I stared blankly at Andras after hearing all his explanations.

The wide meadow, the green forest, the Demon beasts, and Master Bellion.

‘Did I really create this world?’

It was an incredible hypothesis, but I couldn’t deny it.

If someone really created this world, I would be the one who would perfectly fit the bill.

“Wow! If that’s true, Brother Sihyeon has an amazing ability, right? Great!”

Lilia exclaimed and made a fuss.

I said, scratching my head awkwardly.

“I don’t think… it’s that great? If I did, I would have made a much better place, not a sloppy one like this.”

It was similar to the scenery of the Demon farm, but it wasn’t a perfect imitation.

The edge of the meadow and the sky seemed foggy, and there were no small bugs or singing birds. It doesn’t fit the expression of ‘New World’. It felt more like a low-budget movie set.

Andras shook his head with a grim expression when I said it was not much of a deal.

“As Sihyeon said, it looks a little sloppy, and it may feel like nothing. But, it doesn’t matter what it looks like.”

“Why…?”

“It matters that you created a new world.”

Andras said in a voice that trembled a little bit.

“Even the Angels, with various knowledge about dimensions can’t create one. They just try to manage and maintain an already-created world. Even the Demon Lord, the greatest being in the Demon world, does not have the ability to create a world.”

“……”

“To be honest, I’m so confused right now. So far, Sihyeon has always surprised me, but this time I’m surprised to the point where it’s hard to compare with the things that happened before.”

His sincere explanation naturally hardened my face.

I wasn’t happy at all.  This was because it felt like I might once again get dragged into things that had nothing to do with me due to this ability. And once again called “a pushover” by everyone around me, especially Kaneff.

I’m not a protagonist of a novel or a movie. I’m just a normal guy. All I want was just to work hard and relax at Demon farm with my children.

“Hey…”

Lilia raised her hand and opened her mouth cautiously.

“I understand that Brother Sihyeon created this world and brought us here. So how are we going to get out of here?”

Her question reminded us of a purpose that we had forgotten for a moment.

Things got a little twisted with the sudden appearance of the Angels, but what we were originally going to do was send Lilia back to the Demon world.

“Since Brother Sihyeon built this place. You can get us out, right?”

“Sihyeon?”

Lilia and Andras looked at me with eyes filled with anticipation.

Naturally, I didn’t know anything, so I looked at Bellion.

“Why are you looking at me? If I knew how to get out of here, I’d be the first one to get out of here.”

Unfortunately, Bellion also seemed to know nothing.

Just in case, I looked around at the Demon beasts around me…

– Pow wooo?

– Kiiiiiiiiii

“Why are you looking at me, Popi?”

“I got nothing. Can’t we just re-create the dimensional door device that you guys made at the lab earlier? We can definitely find a stable coordinate this time.”

“We can, but the problem is, we lack all the materials and equipment needed to make the device.”

“Ah…”

There was no equipment and materials to make a “dimensional door device” here, where the grasslands and forests spread out like a movie set.

‘What… are we trapped here?’

My head began to spin not being able to take in all the new information.

“Sihyeon, do you have anything in mind?”

“I can only trust you here.”

Their eyes are full of trust. However, it only added more to the confusion in my head.

I had no idea how this world got created, and I have no clue how to get out of this place.

I couldn’t disappoint the trustful look in their eyes, so I did my best in thinking of a way.

I walk around meaninglessly for a while, but I couldn’t come up with anything.

My mind was so tired that all I could think was just shout ” Open Sesame”.

The situation was not much different with Andras and Lilia, who were also thinking of a way together.

After quite some time, I sighed deeply and fell flat on the lawn, as I continued to groan for a way.

I shook off my complicated thoughts and stared blankly at the sky.

It was a foggy sky that seemed to be thickly fogged, but it was not bad to stare blankly without thinking.

‘Ughhhhh… If it weren’t for those damn Angels, Lilia would have safely returned to the Demon world, and I would have had dinner at my house and would be playing with Speranza.’

Suddenly, I started to miss Speranza, so I took out the phone from my pocket.

I was going to look at the saved pictures of Speranza. But…

-~♬~♬~♬

As soon as I took out my smartphone, it started ringing as if it had been waiting.

I was surprised, and I hurriedly checked the screen.

It was a call from my mother.

‘What the…?’

I thought we wouldn’t be able to communicate, but on the phone screen, an antenna representing signal strength was displayed as maximum.

I took the call with a puzzled expression.

– Papa?

“Speranza, How?”

– Yes! I asked grandma to call Papa.

A cute voice came from the other side of the phone.

Just listening to the voice made me forget all my worries and smile.

– When are you coming, Papa?

“Um…Sorry, darling. Papa will be a little late?”

Speranza stopped answering when I said I would be coming late.

I was heartbroken when I thought of Speranza’s disappointed face.

However, I can’t tell her that I was trapped in a place that I don’t even know…

I thought I should end the call with Speranza soon.

The top priority right now was to find a way to get out of this place. Since I found out that I can call someone from here, I thought of calling Ryan immediately and asking for help.

The moment I opened my mouth to soothe disappointed Speranza.

“Hmm… whose voice is that?” asked Bellion, who approached me before I knew it, and was pointing toward my cell phone.

“What? When did you get here?”

“I just got here. More than that, whose voice is that?”

“Ah… It’s my daughter Speranza.”

“Hmm…”

Belion frowned slightly and started thinking about something.

– Papa? Who are you talking to?

“Uh. I was talking to my Master.”

– Master? What’s that, Papa?

“Uh… I mean. It’s similar to a teacher.”

– Like Teacher Andras?

Hearing the phone call, Andras and Lilia came toward me.

The two also looked surprised to learn that mobile communication was possible from this place.

When I was about to end the call with Speranza, Bellion, who finished thinking, suddenly opened his mouth.

“You want to get out of here, don’t you, disciple?”

“Yeah! Of course.”

“Maybe the child you’re talking to now knows how to do it.”

“Huh?”

I slightly frowned at Bellion’s unexpected answer.

I looked at him with eyes asking for more explanation.

“Do you remember the time I came to help you during the honor duel?”

“Of course, I remember.”

I was getting pushed by Gladion, who was my opponent, and suddenly Bellion appeared like a ghost and helped me.

I was dizzy at that moment but I still remember it vividly.

“At that time, I should have completely disappeared since the effect of the thought bead ended, but as soon as I heard that girl’s voice, I regained consciousness and entered this world.

“Are you saying that Speranza made you enter this world?”

Bellion replied with a nod.

“The memory of that time is faint, but I remember this voice exactly. It was your daughter’s voice.”

“Um…”

“Sihyeon, I think Speranza has the ability to connect this world to another world.”

“Wow, Brother Sihyeon’s daughter?”

“Is my hypothesis correct, Mr. Bellion?”

“I felt that way.”

Andras and Lilia also expressed interest in Bellion’s words.

My thoughts deepened with a worried expression on my face.

‘Did Speranza have this kind of skill?’

Despite spending a lot of time with Speranza, I never felt anything like that. And I couldn’t just ignore it because it was Master Bellion’s words, the one who had been here for a long time.

If Bellion’s words are true… If… Speranza really does have that ability.… How on earth am I going to make her use it?

My head started to spin once again with one more thing added to my worry.

TRIVIA

“Open sesame” (French: Sésame, ouvre-toi; Arabic: افتح يا سمسم) is a magical phrase in the story of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”. It opens the mouth of a cave in which forty thieves hid their treasure.