Monster Taming Broadcast

I asked Neo Hyeong-seok several questions.

Like how to become a ruler.

How he ended up here.

If he knows the identity of the giant skeleton monster.

Dramatic pause

[Please wait a moment. I will recall my memories.]

Neo Hyeong-seok took a long time to sift through his memories.

It’s no surprise it took a while—he’s not just recalling Min Hyeong-seok’s memories, but those from the mixed corpses he fused together too.

[Ah, this is the memory of a guy named Min Hyeong-seok. Now, I will answer you.]

Dramatic music

Remembering…

Neo Hyeong-seok answered my questions one by one.

[I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to become a ruler.]

[My arrival here was chosen by the labyrinth. I… I mean, Min Hyeong-seok was an explorer as soon as he got here. There were other explorers chosen with him too. They all died quickly, though.]

[The giant skeleton monster is called Giant Bonefind. Originally, it’s a type that doesn’t attack first, but Min Hyeong-seok went and kicked the stationary Bonefind to start a fight. That’s how the battle began. The information about Bonefind was learned not from Min Hyeong-seok’s own memories, but from reading others.]

“He’s crazier than I thought! Why would you pick a fight with a stationary monster?”

I was flabbergasted.

Is he a Suicide Hopeful?

‘You tried to pick a fight with a monster with an Actual Danger Level of SSS? Getting killed was all his doing, really.’

…Well, Min Hyeong-seok probably didn’t know.

He wouldn’t have sensed how powerful that giant skeleton monster was.

He likely didn’t have an ability like mine to gauge risk levels.

Still, blindly starting a quarrel without gauging the opponent’s strength? That’s just plain stupid.

[Are your questions finished?]

“No. I still have a lot left.”

I continued firing off questions.

I asked how long he had explored the labyrinth.

I asked if there were dangerous areas.

I wanted to know the conditions for dominating monsters.

I even asked what he had done to the monsters he dominated, like Melody Fox…

Curious about what could cause monsters to harbor such Hatred.

The reason turned out to be surprisingly simple.

[I made the monsters fight each other every day. Just for fun.]

Aside from that,

I asked many questions over a long time and got the answers I wanted.

And lastly, I asked if Min Hyeong-seok had ever summoned allies to sacrifice them to the monsters, like the way someone tried to sacrifice me.

Neo Hyeong-seok took a moment before answering.

[Yes, about five people.]

“So he wasn’t just trying it out on me; this guy is a repeat offender. What a lunatic.”

【Mysticism】—

I think I heard everything I wanted.

There might be more questions in the future, but for now, my curiosity was satisfied, so I decided to hear about the love issues I had put off earlier.

Honestly, that’s what I’m most curious about right now.

First, I’ll hear from Pururu.

The fact-checking can be done by Neo Hyeong-seok.

*

“I don’t know. How would I know that?”

Lee Eun-ji was the name of a girl I once liked.

She briefly dated Min Hyeong-seok back in school before they broke up.

Seems like they succeeded in reuniting as adults and even got married.

That was a new fact for me.

Pururu’s statement was quite shocking.

That sweet girl cheated on her husband?

Has all her childhood innocence really vanished?

Who knows how things turn out in life.

“So, is that why Min Hyeong-seok said he was betrayed?”

“Wait, not an affair partner? An affair woman?”

【Mysticism】—

This was shocking too.

So the other party isn’t even a guy?

Every word keeps breaking records.
Seo Dan-bi wouldn’t lie about something like this.

Could this be a rumor instead?

I asked Neo Hyeong-seok to confirm.

And the answer returned was positive.

It really was true that she cheated with a woman.

“…I feel dizzy. Dan-bi, what kind of false charges did she throw at him?”

“… …”

“Yeah.”

I answered honestly.

Liking someone isn’t something to be ashamed of.

My feelings faded quicker than expected, but I can’t deny I liked her.

“Well… she was just nice. Not a little nice, but really, really nice. So much so that I can’t believe what Pururu just said.”

There was no hint of a lie.

Right next to me, Neo Hyeong-seok confirmed this in real-time with an affirmative answer.

“What? Dan-bi, how do you know about that?”

Have I ever mentioned that to anyone?

I didn’t think I told anyone about it.

“Why would I reject her? Obviously, my feelings had faded.”

I was even jealous when she was dating Min Hyeong-seok back then.

But that jealousy didn’t last long.

And my love for her quickly faded.

Probably, I never truly loved her.

That feeling of jealousy might have stemmed from inferiority towards Min Hyeong-seok’s good looks.

“What rejection line? What did I say when I turned her down?”

“It’s been so long, I can’t recall.”

“Go ahead. I’m curious too.”

“… Did I really say that?”

My memory is hazy.

But for some reason, that does sound like something I’d say.

“Well, not really… If the other person has no experience, that’s fine. Anyone would think that, right? Whether it’s a guy or girl.”

Ironically,

I’ve come to prefer polygamy due to adapting to Elemenzia.

Yet I held back my thoughts, knowing they could cause unnecessary ripples.

Right now, I don’t particularly like anyone.

What does that even mean?

Anyway.

Everything I heard up to now was reality with no lies mixed in.

Neo Hyeong-seok, holding Min Hyeong-seok’s memories, confirmed it all once again.

Putting aside what he did to me,

It’s unfortunate how tragically pathetic his life was.

And here comes another shocking fact.

Out of the people Min Hyeong-seok summoned as allies and possibly offered as food to monsters, Lee Eun-ji was included!

After hearing this,

My sympathy for Min Hyeong-seok completely vanished.

Naturally, I felt no compassion for Lee Eun-ji either.

They both got what they deserved.

“That must be a rumor. Don’t spread uncertain stories.”

I decided to stop the conversation here.

There’s nobody named Min Hyeong-seok or Lee Eun-ji in this world anymore.

Let’s keep the mockery of the deceased to a minimum.

*

[Master’s master!]

The Curse Devil urgently called out to me.

“Curse Devil. That title’s been bugging me for a while… I’m not the master’s master; I’m your master’s friend.”

[Then I’ll call you master! A friend of my master is just like a master! Yoo-hoo-hoo!]

“…Do as you please. But why did you call?”

[Ah! The egg has started to crack! You need to hurry!]

The egg has started cracking?

I checked how much time was left until evolution.

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