Chapter 18

Chapter 18

It was obvious no matter how many times she looked at it.

It was in fact in Korean.

According to Erden, the book was copied by someone.

Perhaps because of that, the handwriting was uneven. A foreigner who did not know Hangul seemed to have painted it awkwardly.

But it wasn’t hard to decipher it. The unspoiled parts were visible at a glance.

“…About the Demons.”

I read it aloud.

Erden, who was watching in tension, was startled. He shouted, excitedly, far too loud.

“Did you just read it?”

“Yes…”

“You could decipher this book? I showed you just in case, and you really did!”

Leticia looked awkward with Erden’s enthusiastic response.

It’s not a big deal at all right? It’s a language of past life, so it’s natural for her to read it fluently.

Erden did not know that and is amazed as if he had met a sorcerer.

“Can you decipher here, too? Here too?”

He poured out questions as he looked deep from place to place. He couldn’t wait to find out what is said in this book.

It took some time of course.

He lost his parents at an early age and was defending the castle alone. If you can get the mysterious knowledge of The Great Book of Secrets, there is no greater contribution.

‘I hope this is something useful.’

Leticia opened the book carefully, hoping so.

“I’ll read it to you slowly.”

After passing a few pages, the story is understandable.

Leticia read aloud the recognizable words.

” ‘Pandemonia.’ The demons here are evil and cunning… This is the part that explains the demons here.”

Erden looks intently at Leticia.

‘Let me see.’

Leticia read through her eyes in the meantime.

I wanted to Erden know as much as I could.

But the damage was too severe. Few sentences remained readable. Only a few words were connected to each other.

That’s why.

Leticia was convinced.

There won’t be any gains in studying this for a hundred days.

Even if she managed to figure out which word or sentence structure is repeated, she couldn’t be able to tell what concept it refers to.

For example, even if the word ‘Ke’ is repeated over and over again, how does she know what it means? There is no one who can speak Korean.

That’s why the book became a secret.

“… It’s difficult. At first, just as I thought…”

One passage caught her eye from the broken contents. Leticia filled the empty part with a few guessed words and read it to Erden.

“There is, nevertheless, the secret that I was able to successfully subdue those demons.’”

“Finally to the point?”

Erden couldn’t hide his excitement, he got close to the book without even reading it.

Leticia was curious as well. She hurriedly read the next paragraph.

“I caught the demons off guard with things in this world……’

Ah.

My shoulders drooped down.

“The man who wrote this book must have brought back the things he used in his own world.”

Leticia said in dismay, the great sage was not reincarnated like herself.

“He must have done some kind of dimensional shifting.”

Erden snorted his head.

“Dimensional Shifting?”

“Oh, I mean, from one world to another? I can’t do that originally, but…”

“Oh, you crossed the border of the world? So should we cross the boundary line and bring some mysterious objects from the great sage’s world?”

“Wait a minute. And then it says, But things are just a backup. The important thing is to use your brain.”

“How can I do that?”

“Well…”

The damage was even worse and the letters are in mess in the following parts, then suddenly a very clear paragraph miraculously appeared.

“The modern world is real and has more wicked people. To subdue the demons, mankind cultivated and fished for hundreds of years since the 19th century and it was used by upper species of the demons in Pandemonium. I won the demons on this kind of basis.”

Leticia read it all with her big eyes.

“What are you talking about, Madame?”

Erden was thrown into confusion.

Those were difficult words for Leticia, too. But I could understand it through previous life’s knowledge stored in my head.

Of course, understanding is one thing and explaining is another.

She then responded to his question.

“In other words, the world where the great sages used to live was a world where there were more wicked people than demons.”

“Ah! That’s what modern life is.”

“You’re saying?”

“Similarly, in that world, everyone competes to maximize their profits. Since money can’t do anything, all kinds of evil and evil methods were developed. For over 100 years, the culture has been a top business for demons. The great sage defeated the demons with it.”

“Is that really possible?”

Leticia thought for a moment and answered.

“You can also do that.”

The newspapers and news she had seen in her previous life came to her.

‘Era of Infinite Competition’, ‘Innocent Fraud’, ‘Devil Manipulation and Incitement’, ‘National drama’, ‘Trying to squeeze until death’, ‘winner’s monopoly’, ‘coordination’, ‘profound interest’, ‘greed’ …Yes, the devil is seen everywhere.

I explained those things to Erden as hard as I could.

I don’t know if he understood it well, but he seemed to admit it right away.

“It’s obviously a higher civilization. No wonder the great sages were able to catch the demons off guard.”

He nodded and accepted deeply, then looked at Leticia again. He seemed eager to know more.

“What does it say next?”

Leticia hurried over to the next page.

But that’s it.

Only a few blank sheets of paper followed and the book ended.

“Ah…”

At the same time, sighs came out of their mouths.

Leticia couldn’t help but flip through the blank paper.

“I’ve shown you everything, but we haven’t figured out anything that much.”

“No!”

Erden said hurriedly.

“You’ve given me enough! Who could have known this valuable information? You were much greater than I thought. I’m sure you’ll be a great sage soon. It’s not gonna be trapped in this northern corner anymore.….”

I glanced over him, and mumbled my words, now he treated me as if I was a god.

Leticia feels embarrassed.

Being treated like a wise man is a wonderful thing.

But Leticia is not a wise man. This is just a piece of knowledge.

When she saw Erden’s pure admiration, she felt guilty. Even if it was kept secret from everyone in the world, it occurred to her that he should not treat her like that.

Erden noticed Leticia moving uncomfortably and asked right away in amazement.

“What’s wrong with you? Did I make any mistake?”

“That’s not it.”

Leticia shook her head.

“Well, the truth is…….”

Her words did not drop readily. She moved a few more times and managed to pluck up her courage and said,

“I’m not a wise man.”

“You’re very modest.”

“It’s not that! It’s just the language I used in my previous life. I remember my past life.”

In the end, I told him.

After exterminating the swarm of ants, she confessed to herself that she was so afraid that she might be caught by Erden.

Erden was astounded.

He didn’t bat an eyelid even for a bit. But this problem was different.

As Leticia knows well, remembering a past life in this world is known as an ominous omen. It’s worth being burned to death by a witch.

There was a moment of silence.

Suddenly, Erden uttered something.

“Madame, have you ever told anyone about it?”

It was a heavy voice. The tension was evident.

“No.”

Leticia replied.

“I’ve never done it before and I’m not going to do it again.”

“Then can I ask you why you told me?”

“That’s… because Erden protects me from everything, so I thought I shouldn’t fool you at all. Being silent again, thinking that not only was it a lie, but it is also treachery if I don’t tell the truth.”

“I see.”

Erden muttered.

“I see what you mean. Thank you for telling me. Wife’s secret is something I’ll risk my life to keep.”

He spoke emphatically.

“First of all, I’ll pretend I haven’t heard anything. Just pretend you have ‘special knowledge’ as the grandmother says.”

“I will.”

Leticia nodded again.

It’s very nice that she doesn’t have to deceive anyone who treats her so kindly.

Her mind was a little relieved.

Her wandering gaze turned back to the book.

“For some reason or other, I can read these letters fluently. If the book had been longer, I would have liked it though I felt sorry for it.”

Leticia picked up a thin book and flipped it over.

“The next part will show us what the great sage did, right? I wish I could read it.”

“We’ll be right back.”

Erden said suddenly.

Leticia looked at him in surprise. He shrugged his shoulders.

“I promise. We’ll surely get to the back for this book.”

“How?”

“There’s a way.”

Erden answered back.

“You’ve given me an important secret, so I’d like to tell you a secret about me too.”

His face turned to Leticia. No, it doesn’t have to be that fair.

But apart from that idea, she is curious about Erden’s secret.

“What’s that?”