Chapter 22 – Day 22

Day 22

Growl-.

“Uung-.”

At the growling sound coming from her stomach, Cheon Seoa stretched out.

Glancing out the window, she saw that darkness had settled in, indicating it was late at night.

Just how long.

“How many hours have I been at it, I wonder?”

Realizing she had overdone it even by her own standards, Cheon Seoa couldn’t help but give an awkward smile.

She had been so engrossed in the game she hadn’t played in a while that she lost track of time.

Perhaps, though she wasn’t sure, several days might have passed since she first started playing.

Growl-.

“I’m hungry.”

The alarm clock rang again, and Cheon Seoa quietly came out to the living room.

At the same time.

“Have you come out, miss?”

The shadow creature, who had been melted into the shadows in the corner of the living room, opened its eyes and spoke as it sensed Cheon Seoa walking out of the room.

“Did I wake you up?”

“No, it was my turn to keep watch tonight anyway.”

“I see.”

As Cheon Seoa nodded nonchalantly at the shadow creature’s words.

Grumble-.

The stomach growled even louder compared to earlier.
Hearing that sound, the shadow creature revealed a gentle smile, and Cheon Seoa blushed as if embarrassed.

“You seem to be hungry. Please wait a moment, I’ll prepare a meal right away.”

“Thank you.”

As Cheon Seoa nodded and spoke, the shadow creature maintained its gentle smile and headed to the kitchen.

Cheon Seoa, who was sitting on the sofa and blankly watching the scene.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t asked for your name yet.”

Flinch-.

At Cheon Seoa’s muttering, the shadow creature cooking in the kitchen flinched.

Indeed, they hadn’t revealed their names to Cheon Seoa yet.

Not only because Cheon Seoa hadn’t asked, but also because the right timing to reveal their names hadn’t come up.

However.

“I’m, I’m sorry!”

The shadow creature that was cooking using shadows suddenly apologized to Cheon Seoa and slammed its head on the floor.

For Cheon Seoa, it was merely a mutter to herself, but the shadow creature interpreted it as ‘Why haven’t you told me your name yet?’ and ‘Do you not want to tell me your name?’

If this fact were to reach the ears of its master, the Seven Sword Emperor…

‘I’m, I’m dead-!’

The creature’s body trembled instantly at the thought of death.
Meanwhile, due to the loud noise caused by the shadow creature slamming its head, the young man who was sleeping in the room came out lazily.

“Hey, what’s going…”

The young man’s body flinched as he walked out with dazed eyes.

Cheon Seoa was sitting on the sofa, looking at his colleague with lifeless eyes that showed no emotion.
In contrast, his colleague was slamming his head towards Cheon Seoa.

As the young man’s unfocused eyes suddenly sharpened.

“I’m, I’m sorry!”

Although he didn’t know what his colleague had done wrong, it was right to apologize first in this situation.

So the young man also took the same position as the shadow creature, slamming his head on the floor.
He took the position commonly known as the ‘Wonsan bombing’.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa, who was watching the two, tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand.

“Why are you suddenly acting like this?”

“We’re so sorry that we haven’t revealed our names to you yet, miss!”

So that was the problem!

At the shadow monster’s cry, the eyes of the young man who was also bombing Wonsan widened in shock.

Come to think of it, he had completely forgotten that he hadn’t told Cheon Seoa his name yet.

If this fact were to reach the ears of the Seven Sword Master, what would become of him?

The young man’s eyes, filled with the same thoughts as the shadow monster, gradually began to fill with the emotion of fear.

The shadow monster and the young man trembled in fear, imagining their deaths.
At that, Cheon Seoa smiled gently and gestured.

‘Wh-What-!’

The shadow monster and the young man were flustered.

As a gentle breeze from somewhere flowed in and brushed past them, an irresistible force lifted their bodies.

At the same time, the shadow monster and the young man realized that it was Cheon Seoa’s power forcibly lifting their bodies.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa looked at the two of them and said.

“Well, isn’t it fine to know now? So please tell me your names.”

“I-I’m Kang Minho.”
“I’m Shin Daejin.”

The shadow monster, Kang Minho.
The name of the carefree (though not anymore) young man was Shin Daejin.

Cheon Seoa nodded at the two people’s introductions.

“I see. Now go about your business.”

With those final words, Cheon Seoa buried herself deep in the sofa and closed her eyes.

The shadow monster and the young man, Kang Min-ho and Shin Dae-jin, looked at Cheon Seo-a with eyes that couldn’t understand her.

* * *

Early morning.

A few hours earlier, Cheon Seo-a, who had started playing Valorant again after eating the late-night snack Kang Min-ho had prepared for her, ended the game as sunlight poured through the window.

“Shall we go out for the first time in a while today?”

Cheon Seo-a said with a bright smile.
Kang Min-ho, who was standing behind Cheon Seo-a, nodded in response.

“Then I’ll get ready right away…”

“Ah, it’s okay.”

Cheon Seo-a, who stopped Kang Min-ho as he was about to quickly prepare for the outing, made a light gesture.
With that, a gentle breeze swept over Cheon Seo-a, and simultaneously, her clothing changed.

If she had been wearing something like pajamas prepared by the Seven Sword Emperor before.
Now it had changed to the black dress she had been wearing since she first arrived on Earth.

Having finished her preparations, Cheon Seo-a said.

“Well then, I’ll be going out.”

With those words, Cheon Seo-a moved.

Passing through the wall so naturally to step outside the house, Cheon Seo-a soon began walking on thin air, heading somewhere.

Kang Min-ho, who had been quietly watching this scene…

“Then I’ll be going.”

“Alright, take care.”

Kang Min-ho, who was slightly displeased that Cheon Seo-a was going out on the day he happened to be on duty, soon moved to follow her.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa, who stepped out of the house…

“Let’s see. The location of KKB Arena is…, over there.”

As Cheon Seoa muttered and took one step after another, she moved hundreds of meters at a time as if folding space and space.

KKB Arena.
The reason Cheon Seoa was moving towards that place was nothing special.

Valorant, a game she had become interested in a few days ago.
In Valorant, Cheon Seoa had achieved Immortal, the highest tier, in just a few days.

The Immortal tier consists of users in the top 0.3% to 0.03%.

Users belonging to Immortal, commonly referred to as the “heavenly realm,” show almost “semi-pro” level skills.

Thanks to this, although Cheon Seoa hadn’t achieved the “Radiant” tier, which is above Immortal and the ultimate level in Valorant with pro-level skilled users, she still often played games with many pros.

Because of this, Cheon Seoa was able to hear the news that a Valorant tournament was being held at KKB Arena today.

“Ah, Seven Sword Master?”

[What’s the matter, miss?]

Cheon Seoa suddenly called the Seven Sword Master while moving towards KKB Arena, folding space and space.

“I heard there’s a Valorant tournament at KKB Arena today. I was wondering if I could get tickets for that.”

[That’s not difficult at all.]

The Seven Sword Master replied nonchalantly to Cheon Seoa’s question.

Would it just be entrance tickets?
If Cheon Seoa said she wanted to meet the Valorant pros, the Seven Sword Master would immediately prepare a place.

There was no need to even move as the ‘villain’ Seven Sword Master.
Using the power of the company he had built, that much was nothing.

However.

[However, that much could have been done through the children you’ve taken in, miss.]

A chilling killing intent surrounded the voice of the Seven Sword Emperor as he said that.

He had expanded their authority to grant whatever Cheon Seoa wanted.
What were those two worms doing to make Cheon Seoa personally ‘request’ something from him?

Noticing the Seven Sword Emperor’s thoughts, Cheon Seoa smiled gently and said.

“I called like this to hear your voice after a long time. Did I make a mistake?”

Cheon Seoa spoke in an innocent voice.

At the same time, the Seven Sword Emperor’s startled voice echoed through the smartphone.

[N-No way! Not at all! Not at all!]

“That’s a relief. Then, I’ll make my request.”

[I’ll prepare it right away.]

With those words, the call ended, and Cheon Seoa had already arrived in front of the kkb arena.

At the same time, with a vibration, a ticket sent by the Seven Sword Emperor appeared on the smartphone screen.

“That was fast.”

Smiling and muttering, Cheon Seoa entered Hall 3 where the Valorant tournament was being held.

However….

Although she sat in the seat indicated on the ticket sent by the Seven Sword Emperor and waited for the tournament to start, the expected tournament did not proceed.

Instead.

“Everyone, bow your heads!”

Bang!

With an explosion, villains who rushed in from somewhere are only threatening with their abilities.

In Cheon Seoa’s eyes, looking at those villains, for the first time since returning to Earth, emotions of ‘displeasure’ and ‘anger’ were present.