The Fate Protection Agency was a place with tight security, so little was known to the outside world.
Visitors were allowed up to the first floor, but only Fate Protection Bureau staff were allowed to enter from the second floor onwards.
Even Shin Su-ah, the head of the five major sects, said that she had never been inside.
“Please follow me. I will go to Team Leader Princess’ office. Please follow me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Annabi started moving.
She was short, so her strides weren’t long, and she didn’t walk particularly slowly, but before I knew it, she was right in front of me.
It was a speed that Seo Kang-rim could barely keep up with if he walked as fast as he could.
‘Do you have any supernatural powers like the art of shrinking?’
It was a speed that could not be explained otherwise.
Even if I wanted to look around carefully, I couldn’t do that if I had to chase after Annabi.
I was thinking of pretending I missed Annabi and going missing while looking inside the building… … .
‘There must have been a twist in the internal structure.’
At first glance, it looked like the interior of an ordinary company, but it had a strangely large number of corners and long hallways.
Also, the hallway was so featureless that it was hard to tell where we were.
If you got lost here, there was no guarantee that you would be able to get somewhere else.
‘For now, let’s just follow the rhythm.’
Seo Kang-rim followed Annabi through the maze-like path for a long time.
Annabi stopped walking after reaching a dead end.
Annabi spoke toward the door at the end of the hallway.
“Team Leader Princess. Trainee Seo Kang-rim has arrived.”
“Come in.”
A hard voice was heard from beyond the door, and the door opened.
As Seo Kang-rim entered, a tall man was standing by the window.
The princess, who had been looking out the window with her luggage on her back, slowly turned around.
“Ah, Seo Kang-rim. Welcome.”
The moment Seo Kang-rim first saw him, he got the impression that he was a person she couldn’t let her guard down.
The princess’s speech was gentle, but her gaze behind her glasses was cold.
And a spirit that cannot be hidden.
The princess approached and held out her hand with a smiling face.
“Nice to meet you. I am Team Leader Gongju from Team 2 of the Central Branch.”
“Hello. My name is Seo Kang-rim.”
Seo Kang-rim grabbed the hand the princess extended.
Unlike Annabi, he was bare-handed and not wearing any gloves.
The face was also not covered.
Seo Kang-rim had doubts.
‘Why didn’t you cover your face and hands?’
The Fate Guardians always wore masks and gloves in case anyone caught a glimpse of their fortune telling.
Because the main means of reading the other person’s fate were fortune telling, physiognomy, and palmistry.
‘In my current state, I can read the four pillars of destiny, but… … .’
Seo Kang-rim shook his hand slowly and let go.
The princess was smiling quietly.
‘I don’t feel good.’
Why are you exposing yourself so defenselessly?
Just to curry favor?
That didn’t seem to be the reason.
‘First of all, let’s not use Destiny. There’s a high chance that Destiny is protected, like the woman we saw in the video last time.’
Seo Kang-rim suppressed the urge to check the princess’s fate and waited for his words.
The princess said with a kind smile.
“You did as I asked you to do in my last message. Seo Kang-rim, the first person to clear the high difficulty level.”
“I was lucky.”
“Luck is also a skill.”
There was a polite exchange of words once or twice.
After the formalities were over, Seo Kang-rim brought up the main topic.
“So why did you call me?”
“You’re being direct. I prefer that. We’re both busy people anyway.”
The princess smiled brightly as if she liked Seo Kang-rim.
“I told you last time. If you successfully clear the higher difficulty level for the first time, I’ll give you an additional reward.”
“yes.”
“I just wanted to give it to you.”
As she spoke, the princess approached the wall and took something out of her bosom.
It was a key with a gorgeous pattern engraved on it.
As Seo Kang-rim watched quietly, the princess stuck a key into the wall.
“It’s a secret, but I’ll show it to Seo Kang-rim in a special way.”
As the princess turned the key in the wall, part of the wall opened like a door.
A look of surprise crossed Seo Kang-rim’s face.
‘Does it have that kind of ability? No, it seems like the ability is attached to the item itself.’
When Seo Kang-rim pretended to be surprised, the princess smiled with satisfaction.
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He spoke to Seo Kang-rim.
“Please come inside. This is a confidential space, so we usually keep it secured like this.”
“That’s amazing.”
Seo Kang-rim said that and followed the princess inside the door.
The inside was obviously connected to another place.
A pure white room, much larger than the princess’s office.
The room was filled with various weapons, equipment, and items.
“What the heck is this place… … .”
“This is my personal armory. I’m not bragging, but I’ve collected just about every weapon out there.”
As the princess spoke, she picked up a whip lying nearby.
At first glance, it seemed like a high-grade item.
Seo Kang-rim glanced at him and asked.
“Are you giving me that as extra compensation?”
“No. I’m not that kind of petty person.”
The princess smiled and placed a hand on Seo Kang-rim’s shoulder.
“You may take whatever you wish from the items in this room.”
“Anything?”
“anything.”
The reward was bigger than I expected.
Even without activating ‘Fate Seeker’, at first glance, there were quite a few items of noble or higher quality mixed in.
‘Besides, that’s a dragon-grade weapon, isn’t it?’
Although it is placed roughly, it is clearly a dragon-grade weapon.
While looking inside to see what items were there, Seo Kang-rim felt something strange.
‘Why are all those low-grade weapons placed like that?’
Items that looked flashy but were of low grade were placed on pedestals and shelves.
On the other hand, high-grade items were scattered around like junk.
‘Did they leave it like that on purpose to make people take low-grade items?’
Seo Kang-rim glanced at the princess and Annabi.
Annabi was wearing a mask so her face was unreadable, and the princess also had a cold smile on her face.
‘No. If you were going to give them a low grade, you wouldn’t have taken out all the high grade items or brought them here in the first place.’
If by any chance Seo Kang-rim can take a high-grade item.
As I was wondering like that, a thought crossed my mind.
‘… … Are you under suspicion?’
A normal person would take something that looks flashy.
But anyone with the ability to read fate would naturally take luxury items disguised as trash.
‘I’m testing to see if I have the ability to read fate.’
Now I thought I understood the strange layout of the room, and why the princess had her face and hands exposed.
He was blatantly encouraging people to read his own fortune.
‘Were you trying to see my reaction?’
I don’t know what the princess’s fortune is like, but anyone who has risen to the position of team leader must be quite capable.
If Seo Kang-rim read his fortune, he might show a faint look of surprise.
If not, you may be equipped with an item that activates when the fortune is read.
‘I can’t let anyone find out that I have the ability to see fate.’
If you are caught with the ‘Fate Seeker’, your future plans will be disrupted.
To hide that fact, you can just take an item that looks decent enough but has low stats… … .
‘I can’t miss this opportunity.’
There was a dragon-grade item right in front of me, but it was too good of an opportunity to go back with a human-grade item.
Meanwhile, the princess smiled brightly and urged Seo Kang-rim on.
“So what would you like to choose?”
“Let me think about it for a moment. I have too many things… … .”
“Yes. I understand that you may be worried. Take your time and look at it.”
The princess answered leisurely.
While Seo Kang-rim was looking at the items in the display case, the princess was also looking at him.
‘Does he really have precognitive abilities?’
As Seo Kang-rim had predicted, the princess guessed that he had the ability to read foreknowledge or fate.
He also had an item in his possession that would trigger a warning if his fortune was read.
It’s been quiet so far though.
‘Even if God helps, there are many things to worry about for Seo Kang-rim.’
Find the secret area and complete the hidden mission.
In addition, a giraffe was hatched from an unknown egg with a near 0% chance of hatching naturally.
Although the latter half of the performance was said to be due to the help of God, the princess was also suspicious of that.
‘If he really had the ability to read, he’d take that dragon-grade weapon.’
The princess looked at the junk and abandoned dragon-grade weapons on one side.
The sword placed there is said to have been used by King Taejo Yi Seong-gye.
It was the weapon that defeated King Woo, who was a descendant of the dragon and therefore impervious to any weapon.
But now, the hilt had been deliberately replaced with a flimsy one, so that anyone who saw it would see it as an ordinary sword.
‘It might be a little bitter to take that, but it will make it clear that Seo Kang-rim has the ability to foresee.’
At that point, it would have been appropriate to call the director and check Seo Kang-rim’s fortune.
While the princess was waiting for Seo Kang-rim’s choice.
Seo Kang-rim approached the princess after making a decision.
“Have you decided what to take?”
“yes.”
“What would you like to take?”
The princess asked the question with a pretended cheerfulness.
Seo Kang-rim slowly raised his hand and pointed somewhere.
The princess looked puzzled at the gesture.
“……yes?”
The person Seo Kang-rim’s finger was pointing at was the princess.
Annabi, who was standing next to me, asked with a puzzled look on her face.
“Are you saying you want to take the princess team leader away?”
The princess’s face became slightly blank at those words.
You want to take yourself?
What kind of nonsense is this?
“Mr. Seo Kang-rim. I admit that you are a desirable person, but… … .”
The princess sighed and pushed up the bridge of her glasses.
‘Seo Kang-rim… … . You’re so wise. You realized that I’m the most valuable thing here.’
I felt slightly better about Seo Kang-rim’s choice, but even so, the initiative should always be mine.
The princess said, her expression softening.
“No matter what, you can’t have me. If you really want, I can let you join Team 2 and work under me… … .”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Seo Kang-rim said with a blank expression.
The princess looked puzzled at his cold reaction.
“Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“I am not a human trafficker.”
“But you clearly pointed at me, didn’t you?”
“What I was pointing to was the object in Team Leader Princess’s hand.”
Seo Kang-rim was pointing at the princess’s hand.
What the princess is holding in her hand now is a key.
It was the key to the door leading to the princess’s armory.
