°Can you now go back to your sit? The break is finished.°
"Whatever-"
I needed to make money. It wasn't a hopeful wish, but a necessity. When I looked at the bill that came to my room, I almost lost consciousness. I had a 300 million won debt. In other words, I had taken out all the loan a Cube cadet could get. It had to be Chundong's doing.
"Wha- he talks about his body with such disrespect." said Nayun with a sarcastic disappointed look.
"Yes, he should at least be a little bit thankful." added Yeonha to joke and shaking her head.
The loan only had a low 1% yearly interest, but as I wasn't making any money, I was simply losing money. Unfortunately, the bank account Chundong left behind only contained 3 million won. It was nowhere near the amount needed to live in this world, where power and money was everything.
"It was not wise of him to create a world like that then."
"But he never knew he would be stuck in it until he transmigrated." responded Rachel to Nayun's comment.
Thankfully, there were multiple ways I could become rich.
"He already had big intentions back then. Impressing-" Hajin was known to be tactical and adaptative, it was not a big surprise to see him aim high.
First was the stock market. Towers and Dungeons were constantly being created in the world. I knew the names of guilds that would discover or conquer them. Guilds in this world were treated like companies, so one could buy stocks of public guilds from the guild stock market.
Today was March 2nd, 2025. My settings book should be full of juicy information.
'Gossip or informations about dungeons?' asked Yeohnha in her mind.
I opened my laptop.
▷Settings List
[March 15th, 2025. Newly found guild, 'Packhorse Master,' goes public. July 4th, 2025, they conquer the Dungeon, 'Suwon Royal Devil's Nest.]
In reality, the Packhorse Master guild was established by Djinns. Because they would play an important role in the story, I made sure to note them down in the settings book. Conquering Suwon Royal Devil's Nest would skyrocket their stock prices by a 1000%. It wouldn't be until three years later when they were discovered that they would be delisted.
"I'm surprised. It seems like his book had a lot of details. Yeonha are you sure I can't find this novel in a library?" Nayun looked at Yeonha with envious eyes as her friend repeated for the 100th time that it wasn't possible.
[December 8th, 2025. Guild, 'Creator's Sacred Grace,' announces its plan to conquer 'Tower of Miracle.']
This incident would become the lowest point for the currently ranked 1 Creator's Sacred Grace. It was also the decisive event that made Yun Seung-Ah become its leader. This plan, which Yun Seung-Ah opposed, would bring their rank down to 7.
"So the number 1 ligue will come down at the 7th place?"
I had two opportunities to make money with this incident.
First was before the plan is announced, and second was before the plan failed.
Without having to know much information, with just these two — though, these two were the only early financial incidents written down in the settings book — I could make a fortune.
"The problem is..."
"...?..." they looked at the screen with curious eyes.
I didn't have any money to work with.
°It was obvious right?° Nayun and Jonghak stared into space with annoyed looks before returning to the screen. They didn't need some useless comments from a kidnapper.
"Do I need to go out to the Field?"
Field referred to danger zones where monsters appeared. Unlike Towers and Dungeons, the danger level of Fields was vastly dependent on their grade, so one didn't need permits to enter the less dangerous ones.
I should be able to enter the Field in Gangwondo.
"I'm envious of his source of informations." whined Nayun.
"Too bad for you, when I'll recruit him I'll ask him about all he knows" said Yeonha proudly with arrogance in her tone. Nayun stared at her like she grew another head but snapped out of it quickly.
"Wait."
I remembered something about Gangwondo. There was a setting I arranged in Gangwondo. I wonder what it was.
Using CTRL+F, I searched for a specific word.
[Year 2026. Djinn, Tomer, discovers Aether from Gangwondo's Gari Mountain Dungeon.]
Found it. Mystic grade formless weapon, Aether. (When I readed the novel, I thought of Genshin Impact at this sentence (Ｔ▽Ｔ) )
"I wonder if he would give us some places where we could find weapons if we asked him." mumbled Yeonha but she was enough loud for Suho to hear her before responding:
"I don't know why but I feel like he would just ignore the question after telling you that he didn't know."
I wanted to take it for myself, but without Aether, Tomer would be left without a weapon. Not to mention, Tomer was an important antagonist in the story.
"He's worried for the villains in his story now?"
Of course, without a weapon, the story would become easier. But if I took Aether just for that reason, it might impact the future in an unknown way. I was afraid of that uncertainty...
"That's a fair point." said Nayun after finding the answer to her complaint earlier.
"Well, whatever."
"Just like that...?." said Rachel with disbelieved eyes. Hajin was not always like that right? Everyone looked like Rachel at the moment and before they knew it, they were now trying to understand Hajin's personality from the start.
Tomer was strong even without Aether. Once all of my stats grew to about 3 or 4, I should go take Aether.
Wiing—
At that moment, I felt a vibration on my wrist. It was a message.
[Traveling Club Announcement]
—There will be a short trip on Sunday to serve as a freshman orientation.
"... Oh right."
That was a thing. Immediately after I recalled information about the traveling club, the smartwatch vibrated once more.
[Academic Club Announcement]
—There will be an orientation on Friday for the freshmen.
"Now that I think about it, this b旦st旦ard already knew what was going to happen and planned it all." Jonghak cursed under his breath at his conclusion.
"And there was this too. So annoying."
I thought I could rest a bit in the weekend, but there were clubs over the weekend. Not to mention, the academic club was tomorrow.
"Well, you decided like that for your plan so don't you dare complain after all you have right now!" shouted Nayun loudely. Her voice resonated in the room after.
**
Cube's combat training was on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. As such, I should have been able to relax on Mondays and Fridays, but on this precious Friday, I was walking towards a certain clubroom. Some distance ahead, Yoo Yeonha was showing off her elegant stride.
Nayun looked at her friend with a weird look before returning to what she was doing previously.
Academic club's clubroom was room 304.
When I entered, I saw many first years as I expected. There were about 30, and 23 of them were girls. Most should have been bewitched by the club president.
"Hester what does he mean by that" asked Suho. A moment passed without response and before he gave up on getting his answer.
°They had a crush on him or thought it was a simping class°
They were not prepared for this kind of response but came to the conclusion that not everything said by Hajin had a deep meaning.
After sneaking a look around the clubroom, I turned towards Yoo Yeonha's direction and sat behind her. I could smell a flowery scent from her hair. After unavoidably smelling this scent for five minutes...
(I don't want them to react to this sentence- It'ld be too awkward for me to write~ )
The club president finally showed up.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Yun Hyuk. Welcome to our academic club, Veritas."
The club president was 'Yun Hyuk', a third year.
I didn't enter this club just for Yoo Yeonha.
Yun Hyuk was a Djinn. Soon, several incidents would happen in Cube, including a monster invasion. Yun Hyuk would be the mastermind behind it.
'Did he perhaps prepare for this event?' thought Yoo Yeonha.
Of course, I had no reason to trouble myself by shouting, 'That guy is a Djinn—!'
"That's obvious dumb旦ss" spatted Jonghak.
Though, that would probably give me a decent amount of SP.
"I'm sorry to say that but Hajin, don't think too much about SPs." said Rachel looking a bit embarrassed.
In any case, Yun Hyuk was contracted to the Devil of Enchantment, Lilith. In exchange for selling his soul to the devil, he obtained a beautiful appearance and an ability called 'Enchantment'. Currently, he should have his eyes out for Yoo Yeonha. That was the reason why Lilith gave him a high-rank ability like Enchantment.
"Does this mean that this guy didn't look like that at first?" asked Nayun weirded out.
°It was never said in the novel but you can say that if you want°
"Since today's just the orientation, we'll only briefly discuss what our club is about."
Hearing his charming voice, the eyes of the female cadets were already shining.
"In Veritas, we research and discuss classification, weaknesses, behaviors, and attributes of monsters. Topics include monster classification, how they behave, where their vital points are, what their attribute is, and how to deal with them efficiently."
"Hajin was in the club just to monitore the events- He already knew every answer to the problems and didn't say anything." said Yeonha exasperated.
What Yun Hyuk mentioned was an important topic in modern society. 'Monster analysis' was one of the most competitive college majors, and there were even non-combatant Heroes who emphasized researching monsters. These Heroes, who didn't have the Gift for combat, were still treated as Heroes because they had Gifts that aided in trans-human knowledge.
"I'll give a quick example. Let's take a look at this monster. As I'm sure you know, it is a totem scallop."
A hologram image popped up. Just like its name suggested, the totem scallop was a scallop that produced a totem. Having high intelligence and capable of using magic, totem scallops were high-intermediate rank grade 3 monsters. Thankfully, they were gentle natured and didn't attack as long as one stayed out of their territory.
But just like pearls produced by ordinary scallops, the totem scallops' totems had an incredible value, making them the target of guilds everywhere.
'Poor creatures...' thought Suho and Rachel at the same time.
"As you know, totem scallops are extremely hard to kill. But careful analysis shows that they're classified no differently than an ordinary scallop. But because no other monsters share similarities with them, it is hard to guess where their vital point is."
Yeonha grinned at the screen thinking about how Hajin gave her this important information and now knew it.
Yun Hyuk's explanation continued. But because it was everything I already knew, I couldn't help but yawn.
"Huaaaam..."
Immediately, Yun Hyuk's eyebrows furrowed, and other female cadets sent me attacking glares. I wouldn't be surprised if they attacked me for real if I yawned one more time. Only Yoo Yeonha kept her eyes on the screen.
'Hajin didn't ask for anything and is still targeted and received glares....' was the kind of thoughts that Yeonha, Suho and Rachel had after reading the sentence while Jonghak and Nayun didn't look bothered at all.
"Kuhum."
Yun Hyuk let out a dry cough before continuing his explanation.
"Because of its ambiguous attribute and behavior, the totem scallop's vital point hasn't been discovered. But for other monsters like the 'Thousand-Mile Horse'..."
**
The orientation ended 40 minutes later. This time, I got up yawning inwardly as I didn't want to get attacked.
I was about to leave when I saw Yun Hyuk approaching Yoo Yeonha. I paused.
"Yeonha cadet-nim."
"Yes?"
"You forgot this."
Yun Hyuk handed Yoo Yeonha a paper she left behind. This wasn't something I wrote in my novel, so I didn't know much about the paper. But I knew he was scheming somehow. Rather than Yoo Yeonha forgetting the paper, Yun Hyuk probably pulled it out with his magic power.
"I don't see the use of it-" said Jonghak.
"Ah, yes, thank you."
Yoo Yeonha took the paper with a smile. That seemed to be the end of their encounter.
After leaving the clubroom, I went to a nearby vending machine and pulled out a Coke and a Sprite. Looking at their names, I couldn't help but laugh. I named them Coin Cola and Spring Sprite to avoid trademark problems, and that was exactly how the names appeared on the cans.
"Hey Hester what's the original names?" asked Nayun out of curiousity.
°Coca Cola and Sprite°
"He didn't change much of it" she said back.
Meanwhile, Yoo Yeonha left the clubroom.
With the Coke and Sprite cans in hand, I stood in front of her as though to block her path. Then, I handed the Coke to her.
"Here."
"...?"
Yoo Yeonha's face was full of question marks.
"I'm in the same club. Same team and now the same club. Funny coincidence, right?"
This was a test. Even working out as though my life depended on it only gave me 4 SP. Then how much SP could I get by talking to a leading character?
'Wait- Was I his experiment for his theory?' said Yeonha in her mind flabberghasted.
"...Do you think I'll drink something like this?"
"Yes you would-" as Nayun was about to continue, she received a blow behind her head and got a death glare from the girl in question.
Yoo Yeonha's eyebrows furrowed and her lips protruded out as though she was furious. But since it was the reaction I expected, I hit it off casually.
"I just got it from the vending machine."
Yoo Yeonha was likely attracted to bad boys. Of course, being 'handsome' was a requirement as well.
"Does he not think of himself as handsome?" the question slipped from Yeonha mouth but she got a response from Jonghak who said.
"He's not even mid-"
"I think that Hajin's handsome" he was about to continue his critics but heard three cadets mumbling this sentence. (If you don't understand, it was Nayun, Suho and Rachel)
"Touch it. It's cold."
"I'm fine. You can have it. Also..."
I could feel hostility from the glare she gave me. But that was as much of her true feelings the false mask she wore revealed.
"Don't talk to me so casually. This is the first warning."
That was it. Yoo Yeonha walked past me without waiting for my reply. Seeing her perfect figure walking away, I popped the Sprite can open.
Psssh— Gulp, gulp.
Yoo Yeonha's shoulders twitched at the sound. According to my setting, Yoo Yeonha loved unhealthy food like carbonated drinks, hamburgers, fried chicken, and ramen. But she couldn't buy them to save face, so she made her trusted butler or attendant buy it for her. Even then, she could only enjoy it once a week.
"You don't have to be so proud of yourself. You can eat with me if you want-" said Nayun to her friend with a joyful expression.
The reason was simple. Not only did she hate showing such side of her to others, but her mother also detested unhealthy commoner food.
Nayun sighed but quickly said "Don't worry! She doesn't have to find out"
To make up for the pitiful setting I gave her, I threw the Coke can into her luxurious brand bag. Drawing a clean arc, the Coke can landed inside.
'He's good at aiming even with a Coke can! Unbelievebal!' said Nayun in her head.
"Carry me next time too."
At these words, Yoo Yeonha glanced back. Then, she walked away muttering quietly to herself. However, I could hear her voice just fine.
—Who is this crazy guy?
"Your future brother-" Nayun received another blow as Rachel looked at her head with concern in her eyes.
*
Yoo Yeonha's keen senses soon noticed the slight change in her bag. The water from the Coke can's surface was making the textbook in her bag wet.
"...That nutjob."
Yoo Yeonha took out the Coke can with a frown.
Just when did he put it in? That little rat.
"Huu."
Yeonha looked at the screen with a glare and made a note to herself to make Hjin pay for what he did to her textbook.
After a deep sigh, Yoo Yeonha released her magic power. Seeping into the paper, her magic power separated the moisture from the textbook and sent it into the air. When she retracted her magic power, the collected moisture fell down to the ground.
"Can you teach me this?" asked Nayun but her question was ignored.
"Ehew."
With a sigh, Yoo Yeonha broke out in a cold sweat. At the same time, she felt proud. The application of magic power she just showed was hard for even Heroes to accomplish. It was seemingly simple but was actually a mysterious and highly difficult technique.
Nayun understood now why she didn't want to respond her.
"When I see him again..."
After the sense of pride came anger. Yoo Yeonha thought as she twisted her lips, 'That talkative bum, I'll need to ask the guys to educate him...'
But that thought only lasted for a moment. Fiddling with the Coke can in her bag, she looked around. There was no one nearby.
Kuhum. With a dry cough, she took out a handkerchief from her pocket and wrapped the Coke can with it before putting it back in the bag.
"Hmm."
Then, as if nothing happened, she quickened her pace.
"I enjoy my time reacting to this sh_t cuz now I can blackmail people with what I gathered here" Nayun was excited to leave the room but also to learn compromising things about everyone.After spending the rest of Friday working out and training, it became Saturday before I noticed.
Nayun glanced at Suho who responded to her with incomprehension on his face not understanding what she was making an allusion to.
[Traveling Club Announcement]
—There will be a short trip on Sunday to serve as a freshman orientation.
"Does it just skip like that to the main scenes or we'll have to see some minor events?" asked Suho
°You're reacting to the main actions of Kim Hajin so I guess that even minor events have an important part in his story°
The traveling club's orientation was today. The meeting place was 'Cube Portal Station', which connected Cube to Seoul.
After stuffing my gun in my cross bag, I walked to the meeting place. Many of the leading characters — namely Kim Suho, Yi Yeonghan, Chae Nayun, and Yoo Yeonha — were already present.
"Oh yes, it was his first time meeting us apart from me" said Yeonha. For the moment, they only reacted to Hajin, Yeonha and some of Jonghak.
They seemed completely oblivious to my existence, but being with them still made me nervous. Today in Seoul, an unexpected incident would occur. This would be the story's first major incident.
"No wonder the damages taken by the djin before... he already knew where and when he was going to attack..." mumbled Nayun, she took this reaction thing for a waste of time at first but now it helped her to understand what happened.
While I was organizing today's impending incident in my head, the club president arrived.
'Of course he prepared everything I guess' thought Yeonha.
"Hello, I'm the club president, Oh Hanhyun. I didn't believe it when I saw so many club applications, but... it's real. Who knew such amazing cadets would join my club?"
With his average height and gentle first impression, Oh Hanhyun looked around the club members while scratching his neck.
"First, I'll give a short introduction about the traveling club."
With a bashful smile, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It looked like he had a speech prepared. I described Oh Hanhyun as a timid person, so I wasn't too surprised with his actions.
"Does it mean he decided the shitty personality of the girl beside me-" Nayun was again smacked on the back of her head. While she rubbed the attacked area, Yeonha turned her gaze to the screen looking proud of herself.
"Kuhum. Once or twice a month, we will leave Cube to travel. The purpose of the travel is to relax. So training during trips will be strictly forbidden. It's also why our club is called 'Healing Rain.'"
Kuhum. After clearing his throat once more, he put the paper away. What, that was it?
"Today, as part of the orientation, we'll take a short trip to Seoul."
From here was what I wrote. The club members would form 2-people groups and go to Seoul.
"We'll have a theme for each trip. Since today's meant to be an orientation, we'll just have a free trip without anything complicated. But instead of traveling alone, we'll split into groups of two."
Here, Kim Suho would be paired with Chae Nayun and run into trouble while they were looking around a museum. As for that trouble, I would be able to experience it soon.
"That- he already prepared everything! Is it considered cheating if I reported that to the teachers at cube?" asked Nayun considering this stupid solution.
"And what're you going to say? Hajin's cheating cause his the author of our world and knows everything that will happen in the future?" responded Yeonha with a sarcastic tone. Chae Nayun pouted but quickly forgot as the next sentences began to appear on the black board.
"Then we'll start by drawing lots."
Drawing lots was completely based on luck, but I could choose my fate. Thanks to my Gift, 'Observation and Reading,' I could see the content of the lots clearly. With my hand on my chin, I fell in thought. Should I choose Kim Suho? Or Chae Nayun?
"Ouh~" whispered Yeonha at the embarrassed face of Nayun and Suho who didn't expect him to choose one of them.
She looked irritated at the idea of him not considering her since they ended up together as a team while the poor Rachel was thinking that if she was in the club would Hajin consider her as a potential teammate. Jonghak glanced at Nayun and frowned his eyebrows at the scene before him.
"I'll go first."
At that moment, Yoo Yeonha stepped up. I watched her pull out a name without much thought. In the next instant, I realized I overlooked one vital information. It was the oddity known as Kim Hajin.
The lot drawn by Yoo Yeonha had the following name.
"Kim Hajin."
My heart dropped immediately. But there was no change in Yoo Yeonha's facial expression.
With her usual mask in place, she stared at me with calm eyes.
"Bet he took that for a glare personnally~" said Nayun at her turn to tease the girl sitting beside her.
**
I'll remove the unnecessary script here because some sentences are just useless when you already have read the novel.
In the blink of an eye, the surrounding scenery changed to an unfamiliar place. A futuristic mixture of blue and grey, it had to be Seoul Portal Station. With just two steps, I had crossed the East Sea.
"Is it not normal for him to travel like that?" asked Suho.
°Let's say that 2 seconds is way less time than what you normally have to pass in the real world°
"It's 12 P.M. right now, so we'll meet back here at 6."
Because the Portal we were at was connected to Cube, there wasn't anyone around. But the Portal next doors connecting Seoul to Busan should be crowded with people. After all, they were both global cities.
"For now, follow me."
Following the club president, we received another seal from the Portal employees before leaving the Portal Station.
After coming outside, I could immediately see the words, 'Yongsan Station.'
"You can go wherever you want as a pair using the public transportation system. For today, we won't require you to write a report, but make sure you're back by 6. If you're late, you'll be penalized."
With a warning from the club president, cadets left as pairs.
Yoo Yeonha didn't say anything to me, but I followed behind her for now.
When I was checking out how Yongsan Station changed from what I knew, Yoo Yeonha suddenly came to a stop. After quickly turning around, she blurted out sharply.
"Let's split up."
"You didn't like him back then just like Jonghak does right now" said Nayun turning to her friend. Yeonha looked away feeling some regret even though she knows that Nayun also didn't like him before and way more than she did.
"...Hm? Oh, yeah, sure."
Yoo Yeonha most likely planned to visit the guild her father ran. I was fine with it. I planned to join Kim Suho no matter what Yoo Yeonha did.
'Is it for helping him or....' Rachel cleared her thoughts in the blink of en eye as she felt ashamed of what she was thinking.
°You don't have to feel ashamed Rachel for what was on your mind. I honestly kinda felt like that too~°
The cadets turned to see Rachel with widened eyes.
"Can you read minds?" asked Jonghak in disbelief.
°Kinda-° but before anyone could react Nayun grabbed Rachel by her hands and questionned her:
"Hey! What were you thinking?" it felt like she had little stars in her eyes.
°No way-° Nayun was teleported to her seat. °She ain't saying anything about that. Let the thing take you by surprise in the future.° They were a little confused but decided to do as they were told. They didn't have a choice after all.
"Again."
But as though I ticked her off again, she glared at me with her hand on her hip.
"Don't talk to me so casually."[1]
"Friends don't need respect titles." said Nayun.
"I don't think their relationship could have been taken as friends." responded Rachel.
"...Huh?"
"This is the second warning. There won't be a third time."
I knew that she wasn't bluffing. If I did it a third time, she might really get back at me in an unthinkable way.
"Why did he write her like that when Suho has the perfect personality to fit a hero?"
"You think that you're better? You have the same personality as Jonghak from what I've concluded." defended Yeonha.
"Hey! That ain't true at all!" shouted Nayun and Jonghak at the same time. After realising what happened, they glared at her while she was laughing covering like that Suho and Rachel's giggles.
"Yes, I understand. I apologize."
"... Tsk."
Young lady Yoo Yeonha then walked away without a goodbye. It was clear how much she disliked me.
Thus, Yoo Yeonha and I split up after just 5 minutes of arriving in Seoul.
"Took you some time to reject his presence-"
**
"Whew, I thought I was lost."
After switching buses three times, I finally arrived at the National Weapons Museum. Replicas of weapons excavated by Korea were displayed in this museum.
Today, an incident would occur here. With a trembling heart, I walked in.
"Why did he feel like that?" asked Suho but no response came.
—Daddy, what's that?
—Oh, that's the Four Tiger Sword...
Perhaps because it was a weekend, the museum was bustling with parents and children who hoped to become Heroes.
But no matter the size of a crowd, there was bound to be people who stood out. Chae Nayun and Kim Suho were such examples, but I could only see Chae Nayun for now.
"...I want it."
Smacking her lips, she was eyeing a bow in a glass display.
But my target today wasn't Chae Nayun. Looking around, I began to look for someone. It didn't take long. The main character's tall and handsome features easily stood out.
'Was that what the voice was talking bout? Hajin's descriptions feel a bit compromising' Rachel suddenly remembered that her thought were readen at the moment and as she was red from embarrassement:
°Just say it felt suspicious I can understand what you mean° The young teens looked at her with interrogated eyes but she tried her best to ignire their gaze on her.
Approaching him furtively, I scanned the weapon Kim Suho was looking. Thankfully, it was a weapon I knew.
"Is this the famous Seven-Branched Sword?"
'Starting a conversation first~ That's not of his habit~' Yeonha then began to understand Hester's sentence.
Before the Korean Peninsula was yet unified, the king of Baekje, the then most powerful kingdom, had bestowed this iron sword to the Japanese emperor. It was a historical weapon said to have been found in the final room of the Wiryeseong Dungeon.[2]
"Hm? Ah..."
Kim Suho's sight turned to me from the Seven-Branched Sword. However, it seemed he was at a loss for words. I had a good idea why.
"Kim Hajin."
"Ah, right. Sorry, I didn't expect to meet you here, so I forgot."
excuses~ excuses~
With a kind smile, he pointed at another section of the museum.
"Apparently, the rifle Napoleon used is here. Have you seen it?"
"...Napoleon's rifle?"
"Did this idiot already forgot he chose a gun or what?" said Jonghak. He looked at the screen like he did to something pathetic.
"Yep. Apparently, it was a reward from a Dungeon in France."
According to my world setting, any weapon used by a legendary figure could become an artifact. Since that was the case, it wasn't weird for there to be Napoleon's rifle, even though I didn't mention it in my novel.
"Oh- well, that's surprising. Some things are unknown even for the author." said Rachel.
Though I did want a rare weapon, I wasn't really interested in a replica.
"No, I don't think I'll have time."
I unintentionally answered without zeal.
I felt strange talking to the main character I wrote. I wasn't sure how to describe this feeling, but it definitely wasn't pleasant.
"Doesn't he like Suho? Why was it unpleasent to speak to him then?" after realising her mistake by looking at the persons' expressions next to her she was fast enough to correct herself. "N-NO! I didn't mean it like that! I meant that he discribed him as a kind person so it was strange!"
Kim Suho was handsome, exceptional in martial arts, and had a fantastic personality. He was too perfect, so he felt inhumane. That was why some readers rooted for Shin Jonghak.
"Well that's called contradiction-" said Nayun. Jonghak feeled proud that he got to snatch some attention from the main character.
Anyways, it should be about time.
I tapped on the ground with my sneakers.
"Then..."
Right when Kim Suho was saying something...
—BOOM!
The cadets looked at the screen with more attention than before interrested in what happened from Hajin's perspectivve of the incident that time.
A thunderous sound reverberated through the museum. In an instant, everyone became silent.
Koong. Koong. Koong. Repeated thuds pulsed through the deathly silence.
The sound resembling the footsteps of a giant creature soon led to the sound of something breaking. The atmosphere in the museum took a quick turn.
"Kyaaaak!"
"What is that!?"
The unknown led to anxiety, and anxiety quickly led to panic. Ordinary visitors screamed and began to run. However, only death was waiting outside. The safest place was the museum's inside.
'He even knew that...' thought Suho.
"Stay here! Don't go out!"
Knowing that it would be dangerous outside, Kim Suho shouted.
Currently, the outside of the museum was being attacked by an intermediate rank monster and its subordinates.
Just a single intermediate rank monster posed little threat. A Hero would arrive in less than a minute, and 20 minutes was enough to take care of the entire situation.
But that wasn't the only problem.
Djinn.
They all frowned at the sight of this word.
There was a Djinn here. Simply put, it was a double-pronged attack. After coming to a scene, Heroes went to the most dangerous area. Since the museum had security guards, it was less dangerous comparatively, putting it on a lower priority. Taking advantage of this fact, the Djinn Association dispatched an assassin to target a child considered by the Hero Association to have a special Gift.
"Wow so he also knows future talents and all. Impressing."
Clang—
A sharp sound resounded. It was the sound of glasses shattering. The source of the sound wasn't far away. Turning towards the direction of the sound, Kim Suho shouted.
"Chae Nayun!"
Chae Nayun had broken a display case and was taking out the bow inside.
"Are you crazy!?"
"No, I'm perfectly sane."
"Doesn't seemnlike that to me-" Yeonha's talk was interrupted by Nayun's irritated voice.
"I don't think that you're in a good place to say that."
Though it was only a replica, it was still an item on display. The museum's siren rang and its defense mechanism activated. In just three seconds, all exits closed down. People panicked even more, but thankfully, even an intermediate rank monster couldn't break through the barriers blocking the exits.
"This is better than stopping people one by one and warning them."
With that, she cleared her throat and shouted at the panicking citizens.
"Everyone! Stay still! It's safer here! We're Heroes too!"
"Hey, you..."
"Shut it. Don't just stand there, grab a weapon too."
"What? Why should I?"
"Because it's the outside that's dangerous"
Looking at us... No, at Kim Suho, Chae Nayun created a magic arrow on her bow.
"Seems like you disliked him more than me." said Yeonha wanting to get back at the comments she recieved for her attitude toward Hajin.
"Look there."
She pointed with her eyes. A man wearing a black coat was standing there. Before Kim Suho could say anything, Chae Nayun fired her bow without a shred of hesitation.
"Hey, don't—"
Her magic arrow pierced the man's throat. Immediately, Kim Suho froze. He seemed dazed by Chae Nayun's sudden murder.
Any ordinary person would have died to her arrow. However, the man grabbed the arrow sticking out of his neck and pulled it out. Black magic power then rose up from his hand, burning the arrow to ash.
Tap, tap.
The man then turned around, facing the direction the arrow came from. His eyes burned red, as fierce hostility shot out of him.
"Don't describe enemies. That's more useless than your supposed role." retorqued Jonghak.
"..."
Without a doubt, he was a Djinn.
Kim Suho's face paled. Just like Chae Nayun, he shattered a display case.
He took out the Seven-Branched Sword. Though it was a replica, its faithful reconstruction made it similar to a high grade weapon. It should be strong enough to destroy a Djinn of this level.
Suho and Nayun looked perplexed and asked at the same time:
"Why didn't it work then?" The others looked at them in confusion and wanted to ask questions but knew that'ld be in vain.
"Oh, that's a nice weapon. I heard it splits into seven branches."
Chae Nayun approached with a smirk and stood by Kim Suho's side.
I also took out my handgun. I thought about standing next to them, but after consideration, took two steps backward.
"What a coward-" Jonghak scoffed.
I was still too weak. If I showed off too much and got targeted by the Djinn, that would be the end of me.