My Two Status Windows

Chapter 69

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Chapter 69: Return to Earth, Missing Helpers

As soon as I received the essence from Elprian, tree roots enveloped me again and returned me to the place I had been before.

The bedroom where I had been with Diana.

Since I’d gone back to the past, the torn bedspread and blanket were completely intact.

So, this is how clean it originally was.

While briefly looking around, I noticed a small speck of dust floating before me.

Then the dust paused.

Not just the dust, but the entire space seemed to freeze.

I couldn’t move a finger or even twitch my body.

How much time had passed in that frozen state?

Suddenly, the dust fell quickly to the ground.

It was like watching a video fast-forwarded at 100x speed.

Scenes of Diana and me appeared, disappearing and reappearing.

The bed tore apart, the blanket shredded, all passing in a blur.

The two of us went about our business, completely unaware of my presence.

Wait, Diana was being quite... enthusiastic?

I felt like an observer removed from the scene, watching a video on fast-forward, which was frustrating.

Eventually, the playback ended with the sight of Diana and me tangled in tree roots and vanishing.

Ah, so this is how I came back from the past to the present?

[When the time rewinds, return.]

Elprian had explained that Diana’s time slip was incomplete, and that everything would eventually revert to its original timeline.

So that’s what she meant.

I double-checked that the Dragon Heart I’d obtained was safely in my possession and immediately returned to Earth.

“Oh, you’re back?”

As soon as I returned, Jinseong approached me.

His face was flushed red, and he held a dwarf’s beer mug in his hand.

Looking around, I noticed the association's top floor was filled with people holding dwarf beer mugs.

Most of them—no, 100% of them—were Awakened.

But their expressions were less joyous and more bewildered.

“What happened?”

“Uh... suddenly, the elves and dwarves disappeared.”

“Huh?”

“They were here just a moment ago. The dwarves brought this delicious beer, and as I was telling my hero’s tale, they started vanishing one by one in flashes of light.”

“They disappeared? Why?”

“No idea. Everyone’s confused. I’ve checked around, and it’s not just here in Korea; the same thing’s happening everywhere.”

Hmm.

Why did they suddenly vanish?

If it was because of breaking Kevrian, they should have disappeared when we returned.

Could it be because of Diana?

No, if that were the case, only Liana would have disappeared, not the rest of the elves and dwarves.

“I can’t figure this out.”

“Yeah, it’s thrown everyone off. We were celebrating victory, and now this...”

“Is it because the world’s fully restoring itself? If that’s the case, what about the high-level dungeons that will appear in the future?”

“Well, with more C-rankers and you at B-rank, we can probably handle them on our own, don’t you think?”

True.

Still, the helpers didn’t just deal with dismantling dungeons.

They also bought mana stones, crafted, and sold magical items.

Most ordinary mages focus on combat magic and don’t understand its principles or such.

Honestly, I don’t either...

Ah.

Didn’t the Magic Encyclodpedia explain some of that?

“Wait a minute.”

I used my Magic Encyclodpedia skill to

Sigh...

When I got home, I cracked open a beer and drank it.

Compared to dwarf-made beer, it was definitely lacking.

With nothing else to do, I turned on the TV, and the news was flooded with the success of the Kevria expedition.

President Trump was confidently saying, “We have achieved total victory!” in an interview.

I did all the work, so why was he taking the credit?

I chuckled and took another sip of my drink when suddenly, a message popped up on my screen.

[Hermes says "The sun god Apollo is really angry. What have you been doing?" and sends a message.]

Apollo.

He had helped me a lot at first by giving me the flame chariot and the Phoenix egg.

But it couldn’t be helped.

I couldn’t just give Artemis Diana’s body, right?

"Communication Hermes."

[Jiho, Apollo is really angry right now.]

"Why is he angry? I just had a good time with the high elf. Oh, and I heard something about replacing the virgin goddess’ body, was that the issue?"

When I said this, Hermes seemed to realize something.

[Ah... So the body you had prepared for the virgin goddess was a high elf. I see. I’ll contact Artemis.]

Then there was a brief silence.

As I listened to the world leaders all happily giving interviews, another message came through.

[Artemis says it’s okay. The body can be replaced again. She says she’s feeling like going for a dark elf this time. She’s even asking for help during the soul transfer. Heh. Artemis is fine with it, but you’re the one being more stubborn.]

"But isn’t Artemis a virgin goddess? Is she not a virgin?"

[Well, that’s... Ah, should I even tell a B-rank about this? It might lower your SP…]

Is it such a big secret that she’s not a virgin?

Does SP get lowered for this?

Before, when Pollux was talking about the order of the world, my SP dropped by 1.

If it’s just a drop of 1 or 2, I’ll hear him out.

"Yes. I’m curious."

[Artemis has always represented virginity, as the goddess of purity. But since Olympus…]

[Hermes talks about the distorted order of the world. Your rank is too low to accept this. SP will decrease by 100.]

What?!

Why is it a 100 drop??

Before, it was just about talking about order, but now it's about a distorted one?

"Stop. Stop."

[Oh, your SP is dropping?]

"Yeah. 100."

[Ugh. I’ll compensate you later. But this is bad... I didn’t expect B-rank to have restrictions like this.]

Hermes muttered to himself.

Then I asked him the next question.

"But where did all the helpers go?"

[The Earth helpers? They were from Kevrian, and since Kevrian has been restored, they went back home. I was thinking of sending you angel helpers instead, but I had another good idea.]

"Good idea? What’s that?"

[We’re giving you a choice. Do you want to use angel helpers for one more year, or do you want to receive a 3-year buff as a human from Earth and become self-sufficient?]

A human buff?

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