I Live Alone in the Inventory - Chapter 97

Chapter 97

Jung-min and Leah turned the keys at the same time.

“…”

I waited for a while but nothing happened.

After waiting a little more time, Jungmin said.

“Uh… nothing happened here. Is there any change on Leah’s side?”

-no. Same goes for this one. That’s strange.-

Jung-min frowned and looked around, but nothing had changed.

‘I’m sure if you turn the key at the same time, the gate to the top floor will appear… what happened? ‘

As Jung-min was thinking, he heard a voice calling him from afar.

-It’s the gate! Gate created!-

The main character of the voice soon arrived at the key room where Jung-min was.

Liddell was breathing heavily.

Jeongmin was surprised and said.

“Is the gate created?”

Liddell gasped for a moment and spoke to Jung-min.

– Yes, the gate has been created. It’s right in the middle of the fork in the road where you and Leah broke up earlier. Let’s move on.-

Jung-min approached the key box where the key was inserted and said hastily.

“Miss Leah, have you heard? A gate was created where we parted.”

– Yes, I heard. I’ll go there, see you there.-

When Leah’s voice was no longer heard, Jung-min and Liddell ran to the place where the gate was created.

When the two arrived, Leah had already arrived.

And a white gate spawning in front of her.

Beyond the gate, a huge piece of machinery caught my eye.

Jeongmin looked at the gate and said.

“If you pass this gate, you are finally on the top floor. Apparently, the message Eun-jin read to you said you shouldn’t just pass through. Only authorized personnel can pass through..”

Leah nodded at Jeongmin’s words and said.

“I did. He said I should use Jung-min’s teleportation. I’m really curious. Who is the sender of the message… Can I meet him on the top floor?”

-well. As in the previous message, this gate was said to be available only to the ruler of Kyrsian. That is the same as saying that only the ruler of Kirsian can go to the top floor. There’s no way the Kirsian ruler sent us a message.-

At Liddell’s explanation, Jeongmin and Leah nodded.

“Well, maybe we’ll find out if we go. Let’s go quickly. We’ll use teleportation.”

Jung-min took Leah’s hand, placed his hand on Liddell’s shoulder, and used teleportation beyond the gate.

After the three disappeared, the gate to the top floor disappeared on the spot.

All white, a huge white space.

The thick lines extending from the huge mechanical device in the middle stretch out in all directions and are embedded in the wall.

In the center of the gigantic mechanism, something in the shape of a translucent green hemisphere protrudes.

Three people appeared in a place where no one was present and only the quiet machine sound flowed gently.

Jeongmin, Leah, and Liddell.

The three of them arrived at the top floor by spatial movement.

Jeongmin looked around and said.

“It’s a large place.. This is the origin of the Kyrsian system..”

Jeong-min and the party walked towards the mechanism in the middle of the huge white space.

“Lidel. We’ve come this far, but what should we do now?”

-Um… Technically, there’s no way I can do anything about it. However, since the main computer here is in charge of all systems, wouldn’t it be okay to destroy it?-

“Is that so?”

Jeongmin summoned a sword and raised it above his head.

“Back off. It could be dangerous.”

Liddell backed away, and Jung-min swung his sword at the mechanism in front of him.

A crescent-shaped sword that shoots from the sword.

As if the sword flying through the mechanical device was blocked by something, it shattered with a ‘parking’ sound.

Jeongmin said as if he knew that.

“Well, it can’t be destroyed this easily. It’s a machine that’s like the final boss.”

“I’ll try.”

Leah stepped next to Jeongmin and raised her sword above her head.

Leia’s sword began to radiate tremendous energy of destruction.

When I was about to unleash the power of destruction carried on my sword,

-Wait-

A voice coming from somewhere.

As Leia’s movements stopped, a voice continued to be heard.

-Its power is so strong. It’s a force I can’t stop.-

“Who are you! Reveal yourself!”

Jeongmin looked around and shouted.

-I want to show off. So please take away that destructive power.-

At the earnest voice, Leah scattered the destructive power of the sword.

There was an air of relief in the voice that came back.

-thank you. Could you please come closer?

“Come closer to where…”

-This way. It’s where the main computer is in front.-

Jeongmin, Leah, and Liddell looked at each other and slowly walked towards the main computer.

As I approached the computer, something floated on top of the green, circular membrane protruding toward the sky.

Jung-min and Leah were startled and aimed their swords at the existence that appeared in the air.

– Please don’t be vigilant. I cannot do you any harm. Please take the sword.-

A girl in a white dress floating in the air.

Blonde hair, black eyes, and white wings contrast with Kirsian’s white eyes and black wings, giving an unfamiliar sense of difference.

A young-looking girl, about 15 or 6 years old, is floating on a green panel.

Despite the appearance of a girl who doesn’t feel like an ‘enemy’ at all, Jeong-min and Leah didn’t lower their swords without relaxing.

Jeongmin said with a firm expression.

“Who are you?”

The girl looked at the sword that Jeong-min and Leah were aiming at as if she was embarrassed. At Jeong-min’s question, the girl held up the ends of her skirt with both hands and bowed her head.

-nice to meet you. My name is ‘Quinarine’-

-Quinarine!!-

At the introduction of the girl, Liddell exclaimed with a surprised face.

Liddell said to Jeongmin and Leah, who turned their heads and looked at him.

– Do you remember the conversation I had with you before? While talking about [Trial of the Gods], didn’t Kirsian entrust all management of the system to artificial intelligence hundreds of years ago?-

“That’s right. We had that conversation.”

-The name of the artificial intelligence you mentioned at that time is ‘Quinarine’.-

Liddell’s words made Jung-min and Leah look surprised.

– But it’s unknown. I knew that the artificial intelligence quinarine, which I had heard about, was really just managing the system, and not a system with enough ego to build and transmit and have conversations like this…-

-Even an insignificant creature will learn about it if it repeats the same action over a long period of time.

You’ve been managing systems for hundreds of years, how do you think quinarine will be the same as the first one?-

Liddell closed his mouth as if he had nothing to say, and Quinarine continued to speak.

-When Eispern, the cataclysm the Kirsians speak of, attacked the Kirsians, even the top floor where this main system was located was swept away in the aftermath of the attack… My ego, which was a simple artificial intelligence system, was awakened at that time. And, from then on, my ego continued to grow, and I was able to grow to the point where the conversation wasn’t as awkward as it is now.-

-It is said that he woke up during the Great Magnificent Eispern incident… but I can’t understand it. The ego of a mere management system is waking up…

“Eispern…”

Leia muttered as if she had remembered something.

Looking at Leah like that, Jung-min asked.

“Lea-san, do you know the name Eispern? I’m sure I’ve heard of it, but I can’t remember. A Kirsian called the commander-in-chief also mentioned his name earlier…”

“Don’t you remember Jeong-min? Where did you get Jeong-min’s ‘Dimensional Shield’ skill..”

“It’s a dimension shield skill, in someone else’s inventory… Ah!!”

Jeongmin nodded his head as if he had just remembered it.

The inventory where the dimension shield skill orb was found during inventory exploration.

The book I found along with the skill beads in that inventory, [The Archmage Eispern Biography].

“I remember. He was probably a wizard who was researching the magic of dimension shifting, right?”

“Right. But did he… have come all the way to this Kirsian?”

Liddell, who was listening to the conversation between Jeongmin and Leah, said.

-Did you ever find Eispern’s inventory?-

“Yes, that’s right. He said he got a skill called Dimensional Shield there. Did Liddell know about Eispern?”

Liddell nodded at Jeongmin’s question.

-If you are a Kirsian, you cannot know Eispern. Hundreds of years ago, on the planet where [Trial of the Gods] was taking place, he was an archmage who infiltrated Kircian by researching dimension-related skills. Due to Eispern, this Kirsian is said to have suffered tremendous damage. I was able to remove Eispern only after receiving a lot of damage, and after that, I couldn’t use dimension-related skills in [Trial of the Gods]. Program development for irregular sanctions such as Eispern has also begun. In many ways, it is a name that is notorious for the Kirsians. Eispern is.-

“I see.. The reason why the person called the archmage came to this place by studying dimension shifting.. was it the same reason as us? I think it’s for some reason.”

-well. I don’t know that either. I haven’t learned why…

-you’re right. It was for the same reasons as you-

Jeongmin, Leah, and Liddell looked at ‘Quinarine’ with surprised eyes.

Quinarine continued to speak with a calm expression.

-Eispern. He, like the other victims, lost everything through [Trial of the Gods]. Just like you, Leah.-

“…!”

-He hated [Trial of the Gods]. Even when others said that it was a trial from ‘God’ and he had to obey, he lost both his wife and children, and in a fit of hatred, he dug up and dug into the [trial of God] again and again. After finding the coordinates of Kirsian by studying dimension-related skills, he came over to Kirsian to meet the existence of ‘God’ himself. And after meeting the Kirsians who were not ‘gods’, I was overcome with anger. No one could stop his anger when he learned that everything was done by a human being like noon. Kirsian suffered damage close to annihilation as a result.

However, individual power has its limits. Eispern, who had exhausted all his magic power, was killed by the bodyguard sword of ‘B-Laonin’, the ruler of Kirsian at the time.-

Jung-min, who had been silently listening to Quinarine’s explanation, asked.

“You know quite a lot. It’s a different story, it’s a story on record, so even if you know it, how do you know about Eispern’s past?”

– Of course I have to know. It’s my father’s business.-

“father..?”

-Yes-

A smile appeared on Quinarine’s face.

An infinitely vague and infinitely benevolent smile.

Quinarine said.

-The person who awakened my ego. He is Eispern. You are my father-