Became the Blind Male Lead in a Reversed World

42 – Goldfish Deity

1.

Eun-ho came down to a pretty noisy village. Despite hiding his identity, Eun-ho, who wore clothes based on beauty standards, naturally drew all the women’s attention.

“Has a precious person come to this village?”

“Amazing…”

“What’s so amazing? You can’t even see his face.”

“It’s just that he has an aura.”

Ryu Cheon-hee watched the murmuring women and whenever her eyes met someone else’s, they avoided her gaze.

“Well…I want to hear about the Blood Sect.”

“I’ll investigate that. Stay close to me and enjoy yourself.”

Cheon-hee went into a place that seemed like a guesthouse and asked various questions. But it seemed like things weren’t going well.

“What? The Blood Sect? What nonsense is that? Get out if you’re not gonna buy anything!”

“What’s going on here?”

“I’ll be out for a moment.”

As muscular women approached threateningly, Cheonhee briefly sent Eunho outside. And shortly after, the sound of things falling was heard as Cheonhee came out.

“I don’t seem to know anything in particular.”

“You didn’t kill, did you?”

“If there’s a need to kill, I’ll kill. But if I kill now, it’ll draw attention.”

Eunho smirked at Ryu Cheonhee, who came out while brushing his hands.

“Buy snacks~ Buy snacks~”

As they entered the market, there were street vendors everywhere. When Cheonhee asked what she was doing to someone else, an unexpected answer came back.

“We are holding a festival to pray to the gods for a good harvest and abundance.”

“Gods?”

“They are the ones who descended from heaven with important missions. If you see them, you instantly think, ‘Ah… that person must be a god.’ I heard that the village chief asked them to manage this village due to certain circumstances.”

Ryu Cheonhee quietly pondered over the words.

“God…”

A pensive expression crossed her face. Although Eunho couldn’t see it, he could sense the atmosphere, so he asked softly.

“Isn’t Cheonhee a god too, when you think about it?”

“That’s right. We should go and confirm your abilities. If you can’t handle it, we’ll abandon this place and leave.”

“But didn’t we come here yesterday…?”

“There’s nothing we can do. The world is vast; it’ll be fine. Let’s first discreetly find them without drawing attention.”

Eunho smirked once again and said, “Even if we’re tightly bound like this, will it still not look suspicious?”

“If we take it off, it’ll attract even more attention. It’s too cool.”

Cheonhee grabbed Eunho’s hand and said, “Don’t worry. I’ll interfere in a way that’s hard to perceive.”

There are three types of gods. Like Cheonhee, there are demi-gods who only gain strength in their own domain. The second type is closer to yokai, appearing through people’s imagination. And lastly, there is Okhwang, who appears in this novel’s world.

‘It’s probably not the third case of descending from heaven… Maybe the second case would be better.’

Gods born from people’s desires or resentments are not particularly powerful. If everyone’s imagination were embodied, it might be different. But if their roots are human imagination, the level tends to be weaker, like a wild dog.

Therefore, if there is a god in the vicinity of Cheonhee and Eunho’s house leading an area, the probability of Cheonhee being at a disadvantage is higher.

Cheonhee’s domain is a battlefield, while that unknown god on the other side clearly already considers their territory as their domain.

Although they were not speaking to each other, both Eunho and Cheonhee had similar worries.

“Do you want a snack?”

Cheonhee asked to lighten the atmosphere. Eunho nodded, and Cheonhee immediately ran and brought back several types of snacks.

“Where did you get the money, Cheonhee?”

“You’ll hate it if I tell you.”

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“I’m just curious.”

“When the war broke out, I got a lot of money from wealthy places. Sometimes the followers also gave me some.”

“You have followers?”

“I never asked anyone to serve me as a follower. They just do it on their own. I didn’t grow up eating faith anyway.”

As Eunho looked surprised, Cheonhee urged him.

“Enough, hurry up and eat. What do you want to try first?”

“Give me the one in your left hand.”

Eunho picked up something crispy and put it in his mouth.

Crunchy. The outside felt a little puffed up, and the inside was slightly chewy.

“It’s like medicine?”

Squishy. Even though Eunho asked while eating, Cheonhee didn’t know either.

He didn’t know about these types of snacks because he only learned what humans ate.

“Try this one too.”

“Don’t you eat, Cheonhee?”

“I can eat if I want to, but I don’t really need to. I don’t require food.”

“Mm-hmm… Try it.”

“…It’s not that great. Ah~”

After putting another snack into his mouth, Cheonhee quickly swallowed and made a disgusted expression, sticking out his tongue.

“I prefer greasy over sweet.”

Eunho also ate the candy-like thing that Cheonhee handed him.

*Crunch.*

“….?”

When he bit into it again, there was a sound of something breaking.

“”Bbak!””

“Sunbae, are you alright? You sound a bit off.”

“Oh… this is a sugary fruit. Like candied fruit.”

I managed to break the thick sugar shell with my teeth and tasted the strawberry inside, roughly identifying the nature of this candy.

“Ugh…I should have licked it instead…”

“Did it break your teeth?”

“It didn’t, but a lot of sugar got stuck to my teeth…”

Crunch. Crunch. Unable to resist, Eun-ho continued to chew and, despite having an upset stomach, he asked for one more piece, “This time it’s an apple.”

“Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom”

“What’s that? The sound of drums?”

“It seems like a festival happening over there.”

As we headed towards the festival, the crowd became noticeably thicker.

“There are a lot more people here than in a normal village. It feels like a city. Don’t let go of my hand, it’s dangerous with all these people around.”

Eunho held onto Cheonhee’s hand tightly and began walking the streets.

“Boom! Doo-doo-doo-doo! Boom! Doo-doo-doo-doo!”

The noisy sound of drums. The sound of people laughing as they watched something. Eunho could not see it.

He had been blind for a long time, so long that he might have forgotten the fact that his eyes had been completely fine in his past life.

“…Strange? Where does it feel like it’s coming from?”

Seon-hee, as if sensing something, looked left and right in search of someone.

Normally, she wouldn’t complain, but there seemed to be something about this drumming.

“[Uoohh!]”

The ground trembled. But the people didn’t seem shocked, they cheered instead.

“Today! This original blue spirit, descended from the sky to alleviate the regret and anxiety you have felt over the past years!”

“Wow!!!”

“Seonhee, what do you see?”

“I see a large golden carp. Perhaps it’s lucky that you can’t see it. It looks ridiculous, to say the least.”

Seon-hee’s response to Eunho’s question came.

“A giant golden carp. Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t see it. It’s bizarre.”

[Woohoo!!!!!!!]

Hot. Fiery.

Eunho couldn’t see it, but the mermaid with a human body and a goldfish head flaunted his muscles and danced. Its skin was made entirely of scales, and every time it danced, sea water splashed around.

“A god who controls territories. His strength… may be below mine. But since he’s within the territory, he’s not someone to let their guard down against.”

“Is it an evil spirit?”

“I don’t think so.”

[Tell us your anxiety! Speak of your hope! Let it flow into this festival!!]

Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum.

The sound of drums grew louder, and the festival intensified.

“Let’s go. From here on, there’s nothing much to enjoy.”

“Yes.”

“Wait a moment!”

Suddenly, a goldfish pointed in this direction and shouted.

“Is that person not one of the children of Okhwang..?”

Despite its disoriented focus, the goldfish looked foolishly intimidating when its gaze fell on him.

Cheonhee was an exception, of course.

“That’s just a provocation to start a fight.”

Kwoong!!

Cheonhee’s divine instrument exuded the energy of the festival.

A mighty force unlike any ordinary chariot pressed down on the people.

“Why is the God of War serving under the Children of Okhwang in war!”

“Eunho, don’t leave my side.”

“Just a moment! Just to see if they still have the will to fight…”

Cheonhee clicked her tongue.

Whether it was an evil spirit or an ordinary deity didn’t matter.

What mattered was the possibility that at the end of the continent, a blood alliance could come, and with it, the presence of the Children of Okhwang. That goldfish had urged them.

Either summoning the Huaguk or wielding the extermination chariots, they were here to turn this place into a battleground.

[Woohoo!!!!!]

However, the goldfish god rushed in to prevent others from interfering and sent Ryu Cheonhee flying into the sky, ensuring no harm came upon the land.

“Tsk. How troublesome.”

[No one can defeat me in my territory!]

“[Demon Annihilation]”

As Ryu Chun-hee’s drama swung, space distorted.

Just as Goldfish God defended himself with scales against the miraculous spectacle happening strangely, he seemed to be struggling.

“You’re not really a demon.”

If it were a demon, it would have suffered even greater damage from that blow just now.

[Aren’t you the demon then? If I rescue Okhwang’s relic and take it to the sky, surely a second chance will come to me. I’ll live here, celebrating only festivals and gambling with my life!]

Chun-hee glanced at Goldfish God, who was making incomprehensible sounds, feeling a little curious but quickly regained her composure.

In any case, she was aiming for Eun-ho for her own selfish reasons.

To me, he is only a target for extermination.

People in the village below looked up at the sky, confused.

She could only hope that Eun-ho wouldn’t get swept away by the crowd.

[Dragon Dance]

As Goldfish God danced, mysterious divine power was released sharply.

Seeing the drama that crushed it all at once, the focus of Goldfish God trembled.

[You are not an ordinary carriage. However, in my domain!! No matter how much of a carriage you are, you can’t easily overlook it!]

From below, followers following him forced people to dance while beating drums.

Although they didn’t possess much power since it wasn’t a genuinely enjoyable festival, they could at least enter if they had the appearance.

“Did you say Won Eo Dae Cheong(won-eo-dae-cheong)? Is there anything left to say?”

[The abandoned festival deity by Okhwang! I may be weak but I won’t lose to a carriage like you!!]

The clash between the drama and the scales caused an explosion.

The winner was…

[Ki-ee-eek!!!]

It was Ryu Chun-hee.