Fairy Trap

cepting the details of their conversation directly.
Among them, it’s the information that every country is an imperial state and that people who can use magic exist under a ministry called magic tower.
All the while, the words “Stop joking.” kept popping out of his mouth.

Until he saw the two faint moons floating high in the sky in broad daylight. 

‘How is this possible? It doesn’t make sense!’

The world that the golden butterfly took him, was not the world where Yi-Gyeol lives.

If he had a body, he probably would have been tearing his hair with both of his hands.
A lot of what he heard through Sethian was too difficult to comprehend.

‘Isn’t this really a dream…?’

This situation made Yi-Gyeol wonder once again if he was actually dreaming.
However, he knows that he can’t be in his OOBE state and dream simultaneously since each sense is entirely different.

Yi-Gyeol looked at Sethian’s face reflected in the small lamp.
His face reflected in the flickering light was not much different than it was before the conversation. 

−Sethi… Seth, why are you not surprised?

He already learned of the young man’s full name, but it was too long so he shortened it without realizing.
Fortunately, Sethian didn’t seem to mind.

“I’m surprised enough too.”

Sethian recalled an anecdote left by the first owner of the Magic Tower recorded in its history book.
It was all about following a golden butterfly to cross dimensions and bringing a flower containing mana, but the brief information that there was another world was enough to burn the wizard’s academic enthusiasm.
The flower from another world, which is no less proof of that anecdote, was cherished by the wizards and was still in full bloom in the basement of the tower even up to this day. 

Of course, he didn’t mean to believe everything Yi-Gyeol said, since there’s also a possibility that he was lying to him.

However, he had no choice but to believe that he was a human from another world.
Because the content of the history book, ‘Following the Golden Butterfly,’ is something that only members of the royal family and wizards of the tower only know.
Even if it wasn’t, the information from the other world that Yi-Gyeol gave him was so specific that it could hardly be considered that he made up his own words. 

Seth’s interest in Yi-Gyeol grew out of control.
It’s as if it’s not enough to entice him that he’s a soul with a living body, but now he’s even a human from another world. 

It was more stimulating than when his life was on the verge of assassination when he was young.

Sethian quenched his interest in Yi-Gyeol and opened his mouth.

“Earlier, you said you’d do anything for me.”

−What? …Oh!

Yi-Gyeol, who belatedly understood Sethian’s words, asked carefully.

−What do you want me to do? Though I don’t think there’s much I can do for you, even if I want to….

It was only natural to say that since he was in a state of soul without a body, and there was really no need for Yi-Gyeol to grant such a request in the first place.
He was in a fluid state, and he was the one who actually helped, so even if he pretends not to know and disappeared, Sethian would have nothing to say.

However, with only two meetings and an hour-long conversation, Sethian had already understood Yi-Gyeol’s nature.
He was straightforward, extremely sensitive to death, eager to help someone, and was just the right person to be taken advantage of. 

If he only had a body, there were plenty of ways to forcefully capture him, but the adversary was that Yi-Gyeol is only an invisible soul.
In fact, since he was not really in this world, it was not possible to meet him even if he wanted to.
So Sethian decided to take full advantage of his personality. 

“I want to know more about the world you are in.
So come to me every day.”

As a result of their conversation, they found out that time in this world moves much faster than Yi-Gyeol’s world, so even if Yi-Gyeol came every day, the two would only see each other once every few days.
Sethian decided to think of that time as a warm-up period to satisfy his interest. 

They were words that did not contain much sentiment, but as expected, Yi-Gyeol accepted it without any hesitation. 

−Fine.
Then…!

Yi-Gyeol’s bright voice suddenly cut off.
Sethian, who had been waiting for Yi-Gyeol to finish his words, did not hear his voice even after a few seconds, so he called him.

“Joo Yi-Gyeol?”

Sethian’s eyes slightly frowned when there was no response.

It felt like the air suddenly changed from before.
When he was talking with Yi-Gyeol, there was a pleasant coolness that lightens up his mood, but now, the surrounding is just filled with the unique humidity of a cave.
There wasn’t much of a difference, but it was enough to get on Sethian’s nerves.

Come to think of it, he had also suddenly disappeared from his bedchamber the other day.
Such suddenness was not something Sethian liked very much.
It’s already annoying that he can’t touch him with his fingertips, but he even suddenly disappears without a warning.

After calling Yi-Gyeol’s name one more time to confirm, Sethian left the cave only after verifying that there was still no response. 

The sun had already set quite a bit, but it was still bright outside.
After passing through the cave and climbing up the forest road, Sethian saw a long smoke rising in the distance and realized that his knights had already arranged everything.

As he walked towards them, Sethian slowly brooded over the conversation he had with Yi-Gyeol.