Da-in, what are you doing?

The Egostream mansion.

I was lying on a sunbed by the lake in the garden, doing my work, when I looked up at the sound in front of me.

And there, peeking her head out of the water, was the blue-haired Ariel.

Since living here, Ariel has been swimming in the lake from time to time because she feels comfortable in the water.

Im working. Im a little worried about something.

I think you work too much. My father didnt work this much either.

Uh huh If Ariel, who just got here, can say that, doesnt that mean youre a workaholic?

As Ariel was saying that, Seo-eun, who was swimming behind her, spat out water and said that.

When she saw Ariel swimming in front of the lake, she decided to follow her and learn to swim too.

At first, she came out confidently in a skimpy swimsuit, then, realizing the cold water and the limitations of her swimming skills, she made a swimsuit similar to the one Ariel wore. It looked like it wasnt quite finished yet.

Anyway, to the two girls who complained that I was only working, I could only vaguely laugh because I had no words to retort, especially Seo-Eun, who worked the longest with me even when she said that.

Anyway, thats what I was doing.

Shinryong, who was lying on the sunbed next to me, spoke up in a languid yet stern voice.

Mr. Da-in is on a mission to save the world. Why dont you support him instead of hindering him?

It was a mature voice, the voice of the oldest person in the house.

If only she hadnt said it while lying on a sunbed with her sunglasses on and an iced mojito in her hand.

Shinryong was the guardian dragon of a village in South Korea.

With her black hair tied back, a scroll, and a sambae robe, she looked like someone from a bygone era. In recent years, she has been rapidly overtaken by modern civilization.

Perhaps because she had been sealed away for hundreds of years, everything that modern science has given her is new and good.

Still, Shinryong was able to survive for quite a while due to her rejection and her mindset of valuing the old and nature She stayed in the forest in front of the house without any instructions from us and was eventually corrupted by Soobin restaurant trips.

The idea of being in nature was a good one, but I didnt expect it to manifest itself as an icy mojito while lying on a sunbed wearing a scarf

Hmm

Seo-Eun dived into the lake while blowing bubbles, thinking that Shiryongs words werent wrong after all.

Still, Im glad theyre having a good time.

With that, I told Seo-Eun and Ariel to stay and play with me for a while, and then turned my attention back to my laptop.

What Im looking at is something Ive been looking into a few weeks ago, the it that sleeps in Carqueas, the only superhuman prison in Korea.

Ive spent the last few days gathering information from overseas and I realized that the situation is quite troubling.

How the fuck am I going to get this thing to stop?

I looked away from the laptop for a moment, and then stared out at the sunset over the lake, silently thinking.

What Im trying to prepare for now is what happens in three pages.

An ancient being, hunted down and captured, sleeping in the deepest depths of Eastern Carqueas.

The most dangerous enemy after Seo-Eun in the Great Jailbreak, the final event of Phase 3, and a potential danger just by existing in the first place.

An ancient creature that seems to be related to an otherworldly god, and serves as a foreshadowing of whats to come in Phase 4.

Carqueas Prisoner 002.

He is called The Wish-Granting One (votum implens).

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Just by looking at his name, which is in a sentence form unlike most modern villain names, you can tell how old he is. He was one of the first people to be put in Eastern Carqueas when the castle was being built, a prison from which there would be no escape.

No, can he really be called a man? Hes not a man at all, but a divine being.

Hmm.

Wish Granter, a black, five-year-old child-sized figure sitting amidst a mass of strange, white, thick tentacles.

He wasnt much of a villain, really. He doesnt hurt people in the first place.

However, if someone approached him, he would open his mouth to make a silent offer.

Your wishI will grant you.

Yes, the one who offers to grant wishes.

And, of course, he asks for something valuable, something precious, in exchange.

And if you pay, he does grant the wish.

Its a terrible, terrible, cruel thing. He grants the wish in a way that the wisher could never have imagined.

For example, if I pray for rain, a storm blows up, or if I pray for her to love me, it transforms the wisher into her favorite cat.

It all seems so ridiculous, so impossible for a human being to do.

Thats why hes a god. One of the Sun Gods creations, to be exact, like the knight me and Stardust defeated before.

Anyway, the Wish Granter appears at the end of the original Phase 3 Great Escape.

The seal of the prison in which it sleeps has been broken, allowing it to slip out of Carqueas.

He is discovered by a villain who escaped from prison, and together with Seo Eun, who is blackened in the second half of Phase 3, they help to create a climax that surpasses the Moonlight Gate incident in Phase 2.

At that point, readers were laughing out loud, thinking, Lets see how far this will go. It seemed like the world couldnt go any lower.For the record, it did.

Of course, unlike the original, the Great Jailbreak wouldnt happen, and Seo-Eun wasnt blackened, so I thought Phase 3 would be safe

Still, I couldnt stand idly by, knowing that such a terrible creature existed within the territory of the Republic of Korea.

Especially when I thought about making wishes like destroy Korea or kill Stardus to a creature that would do anything to fulfill them

I cant do that.

Yeah. I couldnt do that.

Especially considering that hes a creation of the Sun God, and therefore closely tied to Phase 4. The original story had him killed off in Phase 3, so I didnt know what would happen if he survived into Phase 4. I dont know how hell interact with the other creatures of the Sun God.

So Ive actually been meaning to get rid of him for a while now. I did the bare minimum in advance.

I can stop writing in my diary.

However, there was a problem.

But there were many other urgent matters, and he wasnt exactly running away, so I put off the actual plan until now.

And now, as a result of that procrastination, Ive been caught with his pants down.

Even Seo-Euns power cannot penetrate Carqueas.

-Tsk.

I slapped my hand on the armrest of the sunbed, silently thinking.

Getting into Carqueas was the problem now.

A concentration camp exclusively for villains with superpowers, a culmination of all modern abilities and technologies that exist around the world, which gave the International Association its current status.

Even from the outside, it looks like you can never escape from that huge prison island on the foggy sea that gives off an incredibly intimidating feeling.

Naturally, its security is the best in the world. As evidenced by the fact that the otherworldly beasts that have just crossed the Moonlight Gate have left it unscathed. As such, theyre well prepared for teleporters like me. Even if I tried to force my way in, Im sure the automated security system would discover me.

However, breaking into the prison by force was also dismissed, as it would be a disaster if I broke into the other villains cells and let them escape.

Plus, I cant rely on the help of Lee Seola, the ruler of the Korean underworld. Especially since the president of the association still has a tight grip on the association.

The only option left was to make a deal with the president of the association but the structure itself was such that it was impossible to sneak in. As strict security was required, everything was monitored in real time.

There was only one option left.

Ill get caught and put in a cell.

I chuckled to myself at the thought.

Even to myself, it was ridiculous.

***

Hah

After Shin Haru left Lee Seola, who was left alone, had been thinking so much that her head hurt for days.

Its harder to think about a friends relationship problems than it is to think about Koreas economy, laws, and presidential elections, and while others might laugh at the idea, it was a serious problem for her, especially when she was trying to find a way to make everyone happy.

Hmm

As she twirled her pen and thought, her phone rang.

Da-in?

She smiled broadly, until she realized that it was the caller from Egostic. She wondered what it was.

And then.

Yes? What?

The smile didnt last long as she answered the phone.

Youre going to get caught by Stardus and put in a cell?

Was that what she had heard?

Double-checking, she grabbed the phone and sighed heavily, leaning back in her seat.

What the hell are these two?

Why are you two doing this to me?

Lee Seola felt like crying.