When I saw the magicians who, even after becoming zombies, could not let go of their mission and clung to their reason.
Seeing the hearts that had endured, hoping the same disaster would not befall others, I had thought—
I wanted to see them happily flashing peace signs.
“VV.”
Flashing peace signs in order to become happy, and flashing peace signs because one was happy.
The magicians of the Isrein Empire were now the latter.
We gathered in a line and happily flashed peace signs.
There was no camera, so I couldn’t record this scene in physical form, but it was clearly engraved in my heart.
There was nothing more I had to do here now.
As I prepared to return to Earth, I told them about the summoning.
“When I need help later, would it be all right if I summoned the magicians and Mr. Seed for 72 hours? Ah, if you want to refuse the summoning request, you can refuse.”
“A 10th Circle magician can even do something like that…?”
“You saved our world. How could we refuse a summons? If it is a situation where you need our help, we will come to aid you no matter what.”
“If you need fire support, call on us anytime.”
“We shall burn everything to the ground.”
Mm. So this is a Peacester Call.
I think I’ll have to be careful about pressing this button.
First, I corrected their misunderstanding.
“I’m not 10th Circle. I’m 8th Circle.”
“Wahaha! You couldn’t lie during card games, but you’re good at it at times like this!”
“I was worried you might get scammed somewhere, but now I feel a little relieved.”
???
“I really am 8th Circle.”
“I see. Everyone!! Lady Yuyeon is an 8th Circle magician!!”
“Aha!”
“Let’s go with that!”
It wasn’t something to go with. I really was 8th Circle.
Why on earth didn’t they believe me?
Maybe it was because I was too strong for an 8th Circle.
“I would like to give you something before you leave… but I’m sorry we have nothing to give.”
“? I’m fine.”
“We are beggars. We should not have burned the capital.”
“I resent our incompetence, that the only thing we can do for Lady Yuyeon is provide fire support.”
Perhaps because they thought they had nothing with which to repay me, the magicians’ expressions looked complicated.
“It’s enough for me that all of you are happy. More than any treasure, your happiness is important, so please live happily.”
“……!”
“And, as much as you’ve become happy, please share that happiness with others as well.”
“!!!”
I hope happiness goes around and around until a world comes where many people are happy.
As I flashed double peace signs before the magicians, whose expressions had become even more complicated, Eldrion spoke.
“…I think I know the first three things you placed into your peace sign.”
“Oh.”
It seemed he really had understood my peace sign.
From Eldrion’s peace sign, I could feel peace power of the same nature as mine.
“Happiness. Hope. Victory… am I right?”
“You got it exactly right.”
“We, too, will follow that path, taking your peace sign as our example.”
Even though I had revealed the answer, the magicians wiggled their fingers as if mulling over the three meanings first placed into the peace sign.
Then they showed me double peace signs once more.
They were double peace signs that carried the same meaning as mine.
“It is not easy to imbue it with dignity on top of that…!”
“How on earth did Lady Yuyeon add dignity, flames, the universe, and a tornado to it in that state…?”
“Would you like me to explain?”
“No! We will try it ourselves!”
It seemed that from here on, they wanted to advance through deduction and research again.
Hoping that the magicians would be filled with happiness and hope, I flashed a peace sign.
***
After Han Yuyeon’s 20th floor broadcast turned off.
Not only the Tower Gallery, but much of humanity on Earth was preparing to welcome Han Yuyeon’s return.
[No, how long has it even been since she went into the Tower and she already cleared the 20th floor]
[All of Earth welcomes Lady Yuyeon’s return]
[Lady Yuyeon is a god! Lady Yuyeon is a god! Lady Yuyeon is—oh right, a maid]
Among them was someone browsing the Tower Gallery while waiting for Han Yuyeon’s return in Korea.
An old man who had secretly closed an S-rank gate without anyone knowing, Johan Konrad, urged his secretary Elena.
“Have you finished contacting the chefs?”
“Yes. The world’s finest chefs are currently on their way to Korea.”
“We must serve Lady Yuyeon the finest bungeoppang. Put your heart and soul into it.”
He wanted to serve her food far better than something like bungeoppang.
But since Lady Yuyeon had said she wanted to eat bungeoppang, his will burned to serve her the finest bungeoppang.
He knew nothing about cooking, but he believed that, in any case, first-rate chefs would be able to create incredible bungeoppang.
“And bungeoppang alone will not be enough, so prepare a great many dishes of every kind. Lady Yuyeon has subspace storage, so she should be able to take them with her when she returns to the Tower.”
“I will do as you command.”
Humanity’s hope was coming.
When large-scale gates broke out all across Earth, she had ended the gate crisis in less than 24 hours.
And though it had been less than 40 hours since she entered the Tower again, humanity’s maid, who had cleared the 20th floor, was returning.
Therefore, there could be no inadequacy in their hospitality.
He contacted the Hunter Association and hurried their preparations, and he pressured the leaders of each nation and the guilds so that they would not pointlessly waste Lady Yuyeon’s precious time.
“Even if Lady Yuyeon returns to Earth, she will not be able to stay long before entering the Tower again. Therefore, there must be no factors that disturb Lady Yuyeon’s rest.”
There was not a single human on Earth who had not received help from Han Yuyeon.
For that reason, the Hunter Association and the influential figures of each nation also decided to cooperate actively.
“She said she wanted to open a maid café, so how about we make her a maid café?”
“That sounds good. Build the finest maid café on Earth.”
For Lady Yuyeon’s sake, he could do anything, as much as she needed.
While he was burning with enthusiasm as he prepared to welcome Lady Yuyeon, he felt a change in his body.
“…It feels as if my strength has increased. Is it just me?”
“I have also grown stronger. My mana has grown stronger as well.”
As they were bewildered, a message appeared.
「VV.」
It was truly a message that made it impossible not to know who had written it.
“Hahaha!!! It seems Lady Yuyeon has done something again.”
“I have never heard of a maid possessing a unique skill like this…”
“It is probably a special skill she acquired after clearing the 20th floor. And there is a high chance that the ones affected are humanity again.”
At times like this, there was a simple way to check quickly.
All he had to do was browse the Tower Gallery.
[Title: Why the hell did I suddenly get strong as fuck?]
Author: NotSellingSnakeOil
(A picture of shattered potion bottles)
Fuuuck, my grip strength suddenly got crazy strong and I broke all my alchemy reagents lol
I was like, what is this? I haven’t taken any strength doping? So I checked the system message and it looks like Lady Yuyeon gave us a buff
But the buff level is insane again
I’m an alchemist with 1 measly point in strength, but it feels like I’m over 10 times stronger now
At this rate I might be able to fold the guild master who kidnapped me in half
- You’re not the only one who got stronger, so you’re the one getting folded
ㄴ NotSellingSnakeOil) Ah why!!! Lady Yuyeon whyyyy!!!
ㄴ Stop posting on the gallery and go make potions
ㄴ You chose this… oh, you said you were kidnapped (Hang in there! priest emote)
Starting with NotSellingSnakeOil’s post, discussion about the new buff began to circulate.
[I’m a magician, and it’s not just my strength that got stronger, my mana got stronger too]
[I’m a priest, and my strength and divinity got stronger]
[Lady Yuyeon, is it you again…]
[It seems certain that the buff is being applied to all humanity?]
Three pieces of information appeared consistently.
Strength, mana, and divinity had become especially stronger.
Classes that did not invest in strength claimed that, by sensation, their strength had increased by more than 10 times.
And classes with mana or divinity stats unlocked claimed that their mana and divinity had also grown stronger.
Then came additional information.
[Title: We just barely cleared an A-rank gate]
Author: DontLiveOnYourKnees
(Picture of raid members collapsed on the ground)
While we were beating the boss, it suddenly went into some damn rampage pattern and spewed poison gas everywhere, so we almost got wiped, right?
I got an S-rank weapon from Lady Yuyeon and was acting all confident, then nearly died
But suddenly my poisoned body started recovering, and the poison gas stopped bothering me at all;
The priest was unconscious too, so I was wondering what the hell happened, and then I saw the double peace sign in the message
Looks like the buff Lady Yuyeon gave us includes something related to poison resistance
Thanks to that, we somehow managed to clear the A-rank gate (I cut it… swordsman emote)
- I think it’s not just poison resistance, there’s cold resistance too?
ㄴ I think there’s heat resistance too
ㄴ I think there’s electric current resistance as well
ㄴ Seems like there’s piercing and slashing resistance too
ㄴ What the fuck, then what isn’t there?
At the information that this buff seemed to have all sorts of resistances attached, a brave magician stepped up to conduct an experiment.
[Title: Warning, gross content) Summary of testing this buff]
Author: IWillBecomeAMasterMage
(Video of setting his own hand on fire)
At first my skin burns and it hurts like hell, but the more it goes on, the less it hurts
It doesn’t feel like it stops hurting because my nerves died, it feels like I’m gaining fire resistance
(It does not end here! magician emote)
(Video of approaching a high-voltage current)
At first I was like ueeeeuuaaeeeh, but the more it went on, the more okay it got
Same as before, it feels like I’m gaining innate electric resistance
(It does not end here! magician emote)
(Video of stabbing and cutting his own hand with a knife)
At first it pierces right through, but the more I stab, the less it pierces
Same with cutting, the more I cut, the less it cuts
After a bit of time it goes back to normal, but basically
I think it’s “when the body takes damage due to a specific situation, resistance corresponding to that situation increases”
Also, seeing as I’m regenerating even though I didn’t receive healing, it seems like there’s increased regeneration too?
But that doesn’t mean we’re invincible, so let’s live carefully, everyone
(Understood! magician emote)
- Are you actually insane…?
- “Understood!” he says, Mage Gallery is seriously driving me crazy
- Him going “Agh, agh, it hurts” while burning his hand is honestly ridiculous
ㄴ He doesn’t even show pain when stabbing and cutting himself;;
MasterMage’s summary post was extremely excellent information.
Just as Omega Seed’s legion had adapted to and resisted flames, humanity, too, had gained the power to adapt and resist.
“…Mr. Johan?”
“Shh. It is time for our regular worship.”
“Ah… yes.”
Humanity, having become stronger yet again, could only praise Han Yuyeon.
***
After finishing my farewells with the magicians of Isrein.
And after telling the Constellations as well, I returned to Earth.
“……”
Where is this? I am Han Yuyeon.
When I looked around, there were people staring at me, frozen as if time had stopped.
“Hello. I’m Han Yuyeon.”
“Uh, uhh. L-Lady Yuyeon…!”
“It’s Lady Yuyeon!!!”
“What?! Lady Yuyeon?!”
A commotion arose, and people came rushing over in droves.
“It really is Lady Yuyeon!!!”
“Lady Yuyeon, I love you!!!”
“What, looks like Lady Yuyeon is over there?!”
More.
More and more.
More and more and more.
Before the crowd that had swollen like a snowball, I showed them the maidly dignity double peace sign.
“VV.”
“Kyaaaaaaagh, so cute!!!”
“???”
People collapsed in heaps.
I hurriedly checked their complexions and saw that they were panting, drenched in happiness.
It seemed the maidly dignity double peace sign had become stronger without my knowing.
“Are you all right?”
“W-we’re fine, so… please… have a good time on Earth…”
“The current time is… 5:02 p.m., May 2, Korean Standard Time…”
“?????”
I was grateful that they told me the time before I even asked, but the time was also very curious.
In that case, Lady Ravina should still be on Earth.
I’d have about six hours to spare.
“Thank you. Be happy.”
“We’re happy thanks to you, Lady Yuyeooon…!”
“VV.”
“Kyaaaaaaagh, so cute—cough…!”
“Oh dear. Please get used to it.”
“I’ll get used to ittt…!”
It didn’t seem like there was any problem with their health, so I got up.
Since I’d come to Earth, I should eat bungeoppang first. And go see Lady Ravina.
What kind of time had Lady Ravina spent on Earth while I was gone?
I hoped she had enjoyed her time on Earth.
While eating bungeoppang together, we could talk—
“!!!”
I had no money. Of course. There was no way I, who had only been living in the Tower, would have Earth’s money.
I had even lost the wallet I’d had before being dragged to the 1st floor, so I didn’t have a single coin.
Would barter be possible? Or maybe buying on credit.
Was there a part-time job where I could earn money in a short amount of time?
As I slowly flew up and took in the surrounding terrain, what I learned was—
‘Why are there so many fried chicken restaurants…?’
That our country was a country that actively encouraged fried chicken.