I Am the Only Totem in This World

Episode 204. Afterword (4)

Episode 204 Afterword (4)

Status window manager?! It was a story even harder to believe than that of Tundani, who was about to ascend to heaven.

Well, there is a way to find out if it’s real or a lie.

[If you are a real administrator, you should block the community for 30 days to the close-in spy.]

[Skynet: Ah. There was a possibility of misunderstanding.]

[Skynet: I don’t manage the entire community, but rather a transcendent system called the status window. My job is to maintain and repair the data center that forms the basis of the status window.]

[Skynet: If it were possible to block communities, people like Atomic Rex and Charon would have been blocked first.]

That’s right.

By the way, data center? Is there such a thing as a server room? I’m embarrassed that a modern concept suddenly pops up.

[So the status window is running as a mechanical device?]

[Skynet: No. A huge tree with magical powers is the data center of the status window.]

[Skynet: I call it Yggdrasil.]

Since it is a fantasy world, it was replaced with natural objects. Goddess Ishtania may be a concept lover.

[So]

[Why is the status window manager looking for Malak’s messenger?]

The important thing is this. Why did you keep this important fact hidden until the portal was closed, and then reveal it to me now?

[Skynet: I would like Malak to decide whether the status window should remain.]

… What?

[Skynet: We will tell you where Yggdrasil is located.]

[Skynet: I will accept whatever decision Malak makes. Please see for yourself and judge for yourself.]

***

A new schedule was set following Skynet’s sudden proposal. It is ‘Visit to Yggdrasil’.

We couldn’t take many people. It was quite a long road, and since each person had a role to play, it was a bit difficult to pull it off.

So I decided to take just one person, my dedicated bodyguard, Lakhe.

Oh, of course I’m not going with Lakhe. I got hurt and my body is weak.

It’s unlikely, but couldn’t this offer be a trap set to kill me? Lakeya is the strongest in the world and can use the self-teleportation skill through ‘summoning a believer’, so it’s okay, but not me.

Just like I did with Lakhe before, I decided to transfer my consciousness to Totem No. 3 and go on a journey.

“Welcome back.”

I waved my intact left hand at Lakhe, who was packing his luggage and preparing to leave.

“…Did it really have to be that paladin?”

Lakhe glared at Hanna, the paladin standing next to me.

No, this couldn’t be helped. Hanna was the quickest to volunteer for the position of my temporary bodyguard.

The paladin level is also level 8. As long as I’m not attacked by a superpower like Myeongseop or Princess Dina, I’m at a level where I can block them all.

It was the most reasonable decision, so I hope Lakke, who hates Hanna, will also understand…

“Good trip~!”

Looking at Hanna smiling at Lakhe and waving her hand, and Lakhe gritting her teeth, that seemed far away.

Hmm. I’ll have to move my consciousness to Totem No. 3 after a while and have someone to talk to. I have to let go of my anger.

So, after sending Lakhe away, Hanna and I were left alone.

“…What are you going to do from now on?”

Hanna scratches her head, probably feeling awkward.

“Nothing special. All you have to do is follow him around and help him sometimes. If anyone gets too close, stop them.”

“Is that the end? Still, it’s a bodyguard, but shouldn’t it be done more professionally? When food comes out, eat it first… “

Phew. This guy, you’ve watched too many dramas and movies. It’s not like it’s some kind of sign.

“Why bother when you can receive healing and purification just by going near the totem? There’s no need to do something like that.”

You can just go near the totem and cast ‘Healing Totem’ before eating.

“Don’t think too hard.”

“Okay.”

A horse is not a bodyguard; he is just a person who moves for me when I need to work hard. It’s like a well-trained younger sister who brings food when you say ‘rice’ and brings water when you say ‘water’.

“…What have you been doing on Earth?”

When both were looking for something to say, Hannah spoke first.

“It’s just me… After graduating from college, I was working part-time while preparing for a job. “And you?”

Preparing for employment is a lie. It’s a bit unfair to just say he’s a sidekick.

I tricked him into saying he was a messenger. Wouldn’t it be okay to lie this small?

Hannah laughed and said proudly.

“Programmer.”

“Pro gamer?”

“No, programmer! A web developer.”

Web developer?

“Ah! That coding? Was that what you were doing?”

Actually, I don’t know. I was a college student taking the tech tree of ‘liberal arts – humanities – chicken restaurant & unemployed’.

“Well, it’s similar.”

“And. “Then were you an engineering student?”

“Right?”

Hannah was an engineering student? It doesn’t suit Hanna very well.

Anyway, we were so speechless that we chatted without realizing the time passing.

How long has it been? When the conversation slowly came to an end, she moved her consciousness to Totem No. 3. She explained to Hannah that she was in contact with Malak.

– Guardian Lakhe.

“Ah, Malak. “We have almost arrived at our destination.”

Lakhe decided to call me Malak when in totem state. I also decided to use a hard tone.

I guessed what I said in advance to avoid making mistakes later.

– I see.

Lakhe was running like the wind. She runs so fast that the surrounding scenery flies by.

It’s almost like the Fast and the Furious.

– Did anything happen while you were there?

“There were several demons dying due to lack of demon energy. It definitely ended my life.”

– Well done.

“…What happened to that paladin?”

– Guarding the messenger.

It’s definitely awkward because they call me in the third person. It seems like a concept.

“I might do something strange to the messenger’s body.”

Oh no way. Hannah isn’t that shady.

I was chatting with Lake about trivial things.

“Ah, we’ve arrived.”

Lake, who was running hard, stopped in front of a huge rock wall.

She said to send a message when she arrives. She sent it right away.

[Arrived. Please open the door]

[Skynet: Confirmed.]

After a while, the rock wall split and a new space appeared.

Skynet and Yggdrasil are in here.

“I will go in.”

– Good.

Lakhe advanced slowly but fearlessly.

What can I say inside the rock wall? It felt like an ecological park where structures and nature were mixed together. A stream flows and there are houses.

“Hello. This is Skynet. “You are Malak and his guardian, right?”

A woman wearing a shabby cloak appeared in front of Lakhe. She is a very strict-looking woman.

Skynet, it was a woman. Conceptualism may exist regardless of age and gender.

The woman, who introduced herself as Skynet, led us to Yggdrasil.

“Oh, hello! “I am a Holy Knight!”

“Nyannyang!”

New faces and familiar faces passed by. Love death cat… I wondered where he had gone after the war, but he was living here.

So where did the unicorn that Love Death Cat rode around? Did it just fly away because it was the goddess’ holy water?

I didn’t need to ask.

“This is Yggdrasil.”

A huge tree came out and greeted Lakhe. It was a tree that took root deep in the ground.

I think I saw something similar to this somewhere… Oh, that’s right.

Sesu, the creator of the spirit world. That tree and Yggdrasil were very similar.

– The divinity surrounds me. I’m sick of it.

Although it was a deity, it felt different from the deity of a goddess. Which one should I say is closer to Loa?

It was a time when I felt doubt.

Purr-!

Along with Touregil, a unicorn appeared behind Yggdrasil. A beautiful white horse is staring at me.

And then.

[It looks like Malak has disappeared.]

Isn’t he talking to me suddenly?

– … What.

[Don’t panic. Representative of Malak. My voice can only be heard in your head.]

– … !

How did you know my identity? How do you speak?

“Let’s talk. Then… “

Skynet retreated, and Lakhe drew his meteor sword and glared at the unicorn.

– You were Loa.

After being confused for a while, I checked the unicorn and Yggdrasil alternately, and was able to find out their identity.

The godhead surrounding Yggdrasil was connected to the unicorn. This white horse is Yggdrasil, and Yggdrasil is this white horse.

The true administrator of the status window was not Skynet, but this beast. No, should I say it is the status window itself.

… What I didn’t notice when I met him in person was because I only saw the unicorn.

The unicorn that was looking at Lakhe sent telepathy again.

[In the distant past, the world was in danger due to an evil spirit. The gods of entertainment and the gods of evil fought a long war.]

I listened quietly.

[Like Malak, I also loved this world and my believers. But it wasn’t as strong as him. Even if he descended or appeared directly, the limits were clear.]

The unicorn looked up at Yggdrasil.

[I made a deal with Yu Hee-shin. He stole Sesu’s branch and fled to the material world, becoming mortal. To establish a system called your status window.]

– …

It was the moment when the truth about the status window was revealed.

[That was the best I could do.]

-What do you want from me?

I asked purely out of curiosity. It doesn’t seem like it was called with bad intentions.

[Now that the devil and evil spirits have fallen and Ishtania has been banished, the status window has fulfilled its purpose.]

The unicorn continued.

[Take all my divinity. Then, you and the status window will disappear.]

[You deserve it.]