Episode 358
future. And the movement of the soul… … .
What does this really mean?
There doesn’t seem to be any connection between the two.
As I was thinking to myself, other keywords for the magic trick I learned this morning came to mind.
Time travel, portals, dimensions… … .
If we combine these keywords, something might come out?
After trying several things, I came up with a sentence that seemed plausible.
‘Using a time portal to move the soul.’
This is the only thing that comes to mind right now.
The remaining keyword, ‘future’, would be the question of whether the coordinates of time travel are ‘to the future’ or ‘in the future’.
Of course, this is just my guess based on limited information.
There is no information revealed in the recipe.
Because there are still many hidden things.
The future and the movement of the soul… … .
Does that mean that Kim Chang-hyun is now preparing for a new comeback?
Or is there some other purpose, unknown to me, to literally transfer someone else’s soul?
As I was lost in my own thoughts, my eyes met with Han Se-yeon’s, who was sitting across from me.
At that moment, my whole body froze.
This is because her eyes, seen under the dark lighting, gave me the feeling as if she was observing me.
At the same time, I also felt an eerie feeling for some reason.
“… … Seyun? Do you have anything to say?”
In response to my question, she stared into my eyes for about three seconds and then opened her mouth.
“… …Mr. Jinwoo.”
“yes.”
“Can I ask you something?”
“Yes… … ask me anything.”
“Why are you investigating that technique?”
… … Were you curious about that too?
I kind of expected to be asked this question before I came here.
I said the lines I had prepared in advance.
“I discovered a magic trick while touring the ruins and found it interesting. However, it was a bit difficult to solve on my own, so I asked Se-yeon for help.”
This would have been a pretty plausible answer.
But Han Se-yeon didn’t seem to be satisfied with my answer and didn’t give any answer.
He just looked into my eyes and stroked the glass on the table.
But I felt some kind of sadness in her eyes towards me.
“… … Seyun?”
“… … “Oh, I’m sorry.”
Han Se-yeon smiled, lifting the corners of her hardened lips.
It was a forced smile to hide her emotions.
“What’s going on?”
“no. Nothing happened. “You don’t have to worry about it.”
… … It’s nothing. It looks like something is wrong.
What? Did I do something wrong?
While I was lost in thought and my mind was complicated for no reason, Han Se-yeon filled my glass. Then she filled my glass too.
“Let’s have a drink.”
“… … Yes. That’s right.”
Ta-da. He clinked his glasses lightly and drank all at once.
A sweet and bitter liquid with a luxurious fragrance passes down the throat.
It was a situation that should have made me feel good, but for some reason I felt uneasy.
As I put down the glass, I again heard the sound of the glass being filled from the other side.
Han Se-yeon could not stand it any longer and was filling up a new glass.
Then he drank it all by himself without saying a word.
“… … Mr. Seyeon? “Aren’t you running too much?”
“I want to run a little today.”
Han Se-yeon muttered that without even looking at me, then filled her empty glass again and downed it all.
Why are you acting like that all of a sudden?
I think there’s something wrong with me… … .
The appearance of Han Se-yeon, who seems to have lost control, is something I have never seen before in the original work, so I feel embarrassed.
Thinking that this couldn’t go on, I grabbed her wrist as she was about to raise her glass.
“Drink slowly. “We should drink together.”
Han Se-yeon looked into my eyes and nodded.
“I’m sorry. I ran too long alone.”
“no. But if I made any mistake… … ?”
In response to my question, Han Se-yeon looked at my face once again.
Her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if she had been drunk for a moment.
Han Se-yeon gave a different answer to my question.
“right. I told you last time that I found a good drink. “Drink that.”
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Han Se-yeon smiled slightly at me.
I took out a luxurious liquor bottle from my bag. It was a yellowish liquor in a transparent bottle.
I looked at the bottle of alcohol.
“What kind of alcohol is this?”
“White Fauna. A drink known to encourage honest conversation.”
“ah.”
White Fauna.
It was a rare liquor known to be made from special magic ingredients.
If you drink alcohol as she says, it’s a lie
There are stories that you can have honest conversations, but these are just made-up stories and don’t actually have that effect.
That’s when the outsider’s benefit kicked in.
[White Fauna (B)]
Description: A drink filled with emotional magic. There is a temporary 15% increase in honesty. (Special ingredients have been added. Honesty has been increased by 5%, a new scent has been added, and horsepower growth for a week has been increased.
This increases by 10%.)
… … is not a made up story, it is true.
At that time, Se-yeon Han poured white pauna into my glass.
Then he poured it into his own glass and raised it.
“Come on, come on in.”
At her words, I looked down at my drink.
In terms of honesty increasing
I’m a little worried that I might make a mistake, but if it’s 20%, well, it’s no problem.
How can you not drink this returning drink?
I smiled lightly and raised my glass.
So we clinked our glasses together and drank it down.
A refreshing scent, something I had never felt before, flowed down my throat.
[You have consumed ‘White Fauna (B)’.]
[Honesty increases by 20% and magic power increases by 10% for a week.]
[You have achieved the ‘Magic Energy Consumption’ achievement.]
[You will receive 3,000 points as a reward.]
“… … Ugh, nice.”
It’s really good.
It’s one of the top three alcoholic drinks I’ve ever had.
You can immediately see why it is being sold at such a high price.
I understand.
Then suddenly I became curious.
“But is white fauna originally yellow?”
I know it’s definitely a transparent color, but isn’t its name also ‘white fauna’?
He asked that, filled the empty glass with alcohol, and then took another sip.
Han Se-yeon put down her drink and said.
“no. “It was originally a transparent color, but when I dipped the Gretel leaves I received from Jinwoo, the color changed.”
“Cough! Cough!”
I was so surprised that I took a sip of my drink and then coughed.
“… … “Gretel’s leaves?”
“yes. I had some leftover leaves, so I soaked them just in case, and the scent was deep and good. how is it? “Are you okay?”
… … It’s definitely okay.
Who would have thought that Gretel’s leaves would have such properties?
I think I finally understand why Han Se-yeon suddenly said that a good drink appeared.
“… … Ahem. It’s definitely good.”
At that time, my eyes met again with Han Se-yeon.
Her eyes, which were filled with alcohol, contained that elegance.
I couldn’t help but meet his gaze and asked, unable to contain my curiosity.
“Anyway, it seemed like you were upset with me earlier.”
In response to my question, Han Se-yeon was lost in thought for a moment and rubbed the mouth of the glass with her fingertips in a circular motion before opening her mouth.
“I was just a little upset.”
“… … Are you angry?”
At my question, Han Se-yeon’s gaze turned to my eyes again.
“It seems like Jinwoo knows everything about me, but I feel like I don’t know anything about Jinwoo.”
Han Se-yeon’s unexpected answer.
She seemed to be speaking to me with the magic of her intoxication and honesty.
And judging by the emotions in her words, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time.
It seemed like that was the part.
Those words made me fall into deep thought.
You don’t know anything about me… … .
It wasn’t wrong.
The ‘Kim Jin-woo’ she knows is not the real one. ‘Kim Jin-woo’ is just a mask to hide the identity of ‘Kim Seon-woo’.
Because it’s just an empty shell.
In a way, I was deceiving her, who believed in me and trusted me.
A bitter feeling for some reason. And as I kept my mouth shut out of regret, she looked straight into my eyes and said.
“I want to know more about Jinwoo.”
The secret hideout of the Ten Horse Council, hidden somewhere in the world.
In front of the throne in the dark,
Main, ‘Jeonghwan’ was kneeling and giving a report.
“Before he died, Yucheol mentioned the ‘power of annihilation.’ And on that day, students from the wizard academy where the child of prophecy belongs were staying at the same hotel on a field trip. The culprit is clearly the ‘Child of Prophecy.’”
Upon hearing Jeong Hwan’s report, the king sat on his throne and fell into deep thought.
“… … This is not ordinary. I never thought the child of prophecy would show up in this case too.”
With this, the child of prophecy saves Mine.
The belief that there is a capacity to divide has been confirmed.
It wasn’t a good situation.
If the child of prophecy were to reveal his identity and come under the protection of the Association, Mine would be left with no hope or dreams.
“He’s a very clever guy… …
This guy’s behavior pattern has continued since last year.
The guy moves very cunningly.
He tries to avoid attracting attention from others, acts quietly, and deals with mine one-on-one.
As if he knew that the demon was looking for the ‘child of prophecy’ with the power of annihilation.
Rather than the fact that it possessed the power of a demon annihilator, which is said to be the natural enemy of demons, the king had to feel fear deep in his heart due to the actions and results it had shown so far.
At that time, Jeong-hwan said.
“O king. “I have one more piece of bad news. Are you okay?”
“What is it?”
“The association’s investigative net is narrowing significantly.”
A special investigation team of the association created due to the recent and sudden outbreak of ‘Mine Gate’.
As surveillance became stronger, the space for the demons to stand became even narrower.
Even the Blood Crystals have been stolen, making it difficult to supply blood.
“Things are getting complicated.”
“The good news is that the association seems to be focusing more on the relationship with the ‘Hansung family’ behind it rather than the clan.”
“… … Hanseongga?”
It’s not strange.
The identities of the hidden minions in human society are being revealed one by one, and their hidden relationships with Hanseongga are slowly being revealed.
Perhaps, from the association’s perspective, the ‘human forces’ that were hiding behind them and reaping the benefits were more irritating than the immediate enemy, Mine.
“What was Han Se-jin’s reaction?”
“It looks like something is being prepared, but I can’t be sure.”
The king chuckled.
“… … Well, it’s like I’m covering for Han Se-yeon
“I’m thinking about covering it up.”
Han Se-jin, that guy is more cruel than our clan.
I walked Han Se-yeon, who was drunk and somewhat disheveled, to the front of the house.
“……thank you.”
Han Se-yeon greeted me. I smiled bitterly.
“no. “It’s cold. Come on in.”
At my words, Han Se-yeon seemed to be going into the apartment, but then she stopped and looked at me.
“… …Mr. Jinwoo.”
” yes?”
“In the end, you didn’t say anything. This time too, you were just being blunt… …
Han Se-yeon looked at me with narrowed eyes.
Since I had nothing to say, I just smiled in silence.
“It happened again.”
Han Se-yeon said something like that
I let out a deep sigh.
Perhaps because the weather was cold, a little breath escaped from around her mouth.
Maybe it’s because of the White Fauna’s honesty effect, but Han Se-yeon’s appearance is different from what we usually know.
“I told you earlier. “I will tell you the whole story someday.”
“So when is that someday? “If you have anything unfair or need help, I’ll help you with anything, right?”
Han Se-yeon raised her voice as if she were angry.
It is quite common to say that Han Se-yeon of the Hansung family, the second most powerful group after the association, is helping me.
I’m willing to do it, but…
Because of the circumstances, the burden and regret only grow.
“What is it? Tell me quickly.”
And a sudden thought occurs to me that the difference in honesty of the white fauna is not only 20%.
Looking at Han Se-yeon’s completely changed appearance, it seems like it should be 100%, not just 20%.
As I continued to keep my mouth shut, Han Se-yeon looked into my eyes as if she had given up.
“… … Then at least keep your promise.
“He said he would tell me everything within 6 months.”
… … I made that promise without realizing it because I was attracted by the atmosphere at the bar.
Six months is the time for me to prepare myself mentally after deceiving her until now.
But now that I think about it, I have some regrets. Maybe I got caught up in the atmosphere and acted too impulsively.
Can’t I cancel this?
“Why is there no answer?”
I shook my head at the inexplicable, coercive tone of voice.
I nodded.
“… … all right.”
Now I don’t know either.
Just like with Lee Seo-jun, I have a strong desire to continue to rely on Han Se-yeon.
So I don’t want to deceive her further by hiding under the mask of Kim Jin-woo.
Of course, this behavior could cause Han Se-yeon to feel disappointed in me and break up with me completely.
If you do that, you will feel a lot of discomfort and bitterness in the future developments, but you will not regret it.
“I promise.”
Han Se-yeon held out her finger to me.
I looked at those fingers and locked them.
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