SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

s for such a person to become a Duke.

The room erupted, and thanks to that, it created the perfect environment for the two of us to exchange stealthy whispers.

“The Gold Dragon’s Eyes.”

“Yes.
The Gold Dragon’s Eyes, is there something wrong with them?”

“The Gold Dragon’s Eyes can see everything.
From an omniscient viewpoint.
You have one body but you can see the entire Tower.
It gives you the ability to see all things at once.”

“That’s not wrong.
So?”

“…in addition, you have [Ice River Dragon’s Breath].”

My heart pounded in my chest.

“[Ice River Dragon’s Breath] allows you to go to any time you wish.
[Eyes that can see anything] [Breath that lets you go anywhere].
You have both.
If you wished…”

“If this one wished?”

“It would be possible to watch the very moment when the granddaughter was whipped to death.”

I said.

“That’s your omniscience.”

That was what gave the Tower Master the power of omniscience.

“Using [Gold Dragon’s Eyes] and [Ice River Dragon’s Breath], you could personally witness all of the death and despair in this world.”

“…”

“Those two powers allow you to watch everything that happens in the Tower.”

At that moment.

[Right answer.]

[Acknowledged that you have overcome the second gateway.]

[Gold Dragon’s Eyes and Ice River Dragon’s Breath form the Tower’s Observatory.]

There was a moment of silence.

Purple eyes admired my face.

“That’s right.”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung slowly opened her lips.

A smile gently hung off of her soft lips.

“Not bad.
The information given to the Advisor wouldn’t have been much.
You were able to put all of that together on your own and guessed a project this one planned to use.”

“You…”

“The warrior should receive a reward for finding the correct answer.”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung reached out and grabbed my wrist.

“—Now, I’ll show you the death of the granddaughter.”

Trickle.

I felt something crawl up my leg.
It was cool like the skin of a snake.
Surprised, I looked down and found darkness on the surface of the water, darkness that I could only describe as a shadow, slowly climbing up my skin.

“Follow me.”

In the next moment, I was consumed by the shadow.

4.

Shwack-

The snow splashed as it was struck by the whip.

The balls of snow were heavy with blood.
They leapt into the air, but didn’t sail very far.
In clumps, they plummeted towards the pool of blood that had dyed the ground red.

“It’s your fault!”

“Please…spare…me…”

“You-, it’s all your fault! You! Because of you! If it weren’t for you!”

The whip struck the air.

The balls of snow sitting on the surface of the pool of blood melted.

“Ah…”

The little child convulsed.

The last bit of the child’s body temperature flowed down her body into the snow beneath.
A small puddle of water, created by the child’s body heat, spread.

“…”

“That is the child.”

Ja Soo-jung raised her finger.
The two of us stood in a dark alley.
There were pedestrians on the street, but perhaps they were scared by the aura the Marquis’ guards as they all ducked into alleys to avoid them.

“Marquis Baek Seol-to.
Now, she is Young Miss Baek Seol-to.
The child the Young Miss killed when she was 10 years old is laying there.”

I instinctively tried to run out.

But I couldn’t.

A hand with strength surpassing my own was wrapped around my wrist.

“No.”

“Wh-, why not? We have to go immediately.
If we go right now and take her to a clinic, maybe…!”

“Perhaps she can be saved.
Yes.
Perhaps she might suffer terrible pain during the winter season, but as time passes, she would get better and would be able to live a normal, happy life.
The Marquis would give them a hefty compensation.
In fact, they would probably be able to live a much better life.”

“Then why are you holding my wrist…!”

“Advisor.”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung smiled.

“Mr.
Kim Gong-ja.”

The sound of the whip echoed in the distance.

“Do you know how many times this one has seen scenes like this?”

The Young Miss ferociously beat the body of a young child who would soon die beneath her whip.
Someone’s winter was ending here.

“This one is currently 18 years old.
However, I have lived an infinite number of lives that couldn’t possibly be contained within the number 18.
I watched the death of a child as I am doing now, hundreds of children, thousands of children, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, billions, trillions.
They all crossed the yellow river right before my eyes.”

“From the founding of the kingdom till now, December 24, 2001, I have seen countless infanticides, robberies, massacres, victories and defeats.
So far, it was limited to the history of this kingdom.
But someday, I will watch this world, no, every world die.”

“And I will not do anything.”

My throat was dry.

“Huh…?”

“This one could prevent that child from dying.
I could undo any number of unfortunate deaths.
I could regress and regress and regress until all unjust deaths are eliminated and the entire world becomes just and righteous.”

However.

“I won’t.”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung chuckled.

“Ever.”

“…”

“I will never interfere.”

“Why…?”

“Only in this way will all of the misfortunes that occur in this world be [this one’s fault].”

The child had died.

Huffing and puffing, the Young Miss kicked the corpse before turning and walking away.
The falling snow covered the Young Miss’ back.

“What was the reason for that child’s death, Advisor? What went wrong that caused her to die?”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung’s voice was soft.

“Is it because she bumped into Young Miss Baek Seol-to? Was that wrong? Or was it the fault of Young Miss Baek Seol-to? Was it because she was raised by her grandfather? Was it because she was born with a brain her grandfather wasn’t satisfied with? In that case, was it wrong because Young Miss Baek Seol-to was born?”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung let go of my wrist.

“It’s not.
That was all a coincidence.
You cannot blame coincidence.
No one is wrong for being born.
There’s no such thing as a life that shouldn’t be born.”

“…”

“There is only one person to blame.”

She placed her hands on her chest.

“This one has the ability to approach the granddaughter and say, ‘the road ahead is dangerous, go another way’.
Then that child could avoid the misfortune that befell her.
This one could also become a secret friend of Young Miss Baek Seol-to, and give her private lessons.
Then the Young Miss would become smarter day by day and be acknowledged by her grandfather.”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung clasped her hands as if she was praying and looked at me.

“This one has the ability to do that.”

“…”

“I won’t.”

“Never.
No matter what happens.”

Suddenly, the surroundings changed.

The blood soaked snow disappeared and the council hall with the flowing amniotic fluid appeared once again.

Count Ah Ru-ho was still pointing his finger in our direction and condemning Viscount Ja Soo-jung.
The courtesan of the capital city who lacked humanity, how could she not grieve over a child’s death, why did she not try to help…

“Advisor.”

In the midst of the noisy council hall, Viscount Ja Soo-jung whispered to me.

“There is no such thing as accidental deaths in this world.
There are no accidental misfortunes.
All deaths and misfortunes were deliberately allowed to happen by this one.”

“…”

“Every misfortune you’ve suffered is this one’s fault.
Because this one didn’t move to stop it.
Because this one didn’t deal with it.
And because this one ignored it.
Countless misfortunes are allowed to happen.
At least in this kingdom.
And in time, the entire world.”

“…”

“Do you understand what I’m saying, this one’s Advisor?”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung smiled like a saint.

Then, the surroundings changed once again.
0
This time, it was the scene of Viscount Sun Heuk-sin eating human flesh.

“Now.”

Viscount Ja Soo-jung stroked the back of my hand.

“It’s time to blame this one.”

My heart pounded.

“Scream ‘why didn’t you help’.
It wouldn’t be a meaningless scream.
This one had the ability to help, and I was right there in your misfortune.
Ask me why I didn’t save you.
It will never be a pointless question.
Because this one was able to solve the problem.”

She clasped my hand.

“Because that’s the type of being this one is.”

I couldn’t breathe.

“Now you know the [culprit] that you should point your finger to without a doubt.”

The one God spoke.

“This one is the [God that never Regresses].
A God who will not regress for anyone, and will only watch your misfortune.”

God softly declared.

“And that’s why this one is a God you can condemn.”

God’s name was Ja Soo-jung.

(TL: 3k words as a return isn’t too bad.)

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