Chapter 31 – Day 31

Day 31

“I can do everything related to space.”

“Excuse me…?”

At Cheon Seoa’s answer, the man asked back with an incredulous expression.

Not everyone with spatial abilities could produce the same results.

The most common one was teleportation.

Depending on how far one could move, it was divided into blink, teleport, and warp.
It was such a common ability that it was the first thing people thought of when mentioning spatial abilities.

Of course, spatial abilities themselves were quite rare.

The problem is….

‘It’s not a lie.’

The man who looked at Cheon Seoa with heavy eyes muttered inwardly.

The man is also an ability user.
Although his ability itself is not suitable for combat, so he doesn’t work as a hero.

This man’s ability is about truth and lies.

It was the ability to determine whether the words spoken by others were true or false.

That truth and lie were telling him that the words spoken by the girl in front of him were ‘true’.

Really….

“Are you saying anything is possible?”

“Yes. Anything.”

“Could you explain more precisely?”

“Hmm….”

At the man’s question, Cheon Seoa, who had been looking thoughtful for a moment, smiled brightly.

“Rather than explaining it in words, wouldn’t it be easier to understand if I show you once?”

After saying that, Cheon Seoa acted without waiting for the man’s answer.

“Designation.”

A short, single word uttered.
At the same time, as the faint magical energy flowing from Cheon Seoa settled on the man’s body, geometric patterns were engraved on his skin.

“Move.”

Paat-!

“Huk!”

Cheon Seoa uttered another word.
At the same time, a bewildered sound burst from the man’s mouth.

In the blink of an eye.
No, let me correct that.

Even without blinking, the man was surprised to find his position had changed.

He was certainly in front of the door, but now he was standing in front of a wall hundreds of meters away.

However, the real surprise was yet to come.

“First, teleportation is possible. And next.”

Swish-.

Cheon Seoa spread her fingers, pointing at the air as she spoke.

“Fold.”

The space Cheon Seoa’s finger pointed at literally folded.
If there had been a person in that folded space, what would have happened? Who knows, but their body might have become as thin as paper to match the folded space.

Besides that.

“Break.”

The space shattered.

“Repel.”

The space was pushed away.

“In.”

Space is drawn in.

“Dan.”

Space is divided.

Besides that, Cheon Seoa continuously demonstrated something extraordinary with space.

The man even began to wonder if Cheon Seoa was really the same kind of person as him.

No matter how much superpowers turn common sense into nonsense and nonsense into common sense, this was too much.

Cheon Seoa, who freely manipulated space, created an illusion of seeing a god rather than a human being.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa, who had been playing around with space, smiled at the man and said.

“How is it? Pretty useful, right?”

“Ha, haha.”

At Cheon Seoa’s words, the man just burst into empty laughter.

Useful?
Is this something that can be evaluated as merely ‘useful’?

Among the existing superpower users, the highest grade given to the strongest is Zero grade.

And there are nine Zero grade superpower users on the villain side, and thirteen on the hero side.

However, the man could be certain.
He could declare.

The ability of this girl before his eyes was something that even those Zero grade ability users couldn’t imitate. No, they couldn’t even come close to it.

Just how.

‘How did Gwanghwi find such a monster!’

And then, what?
He’s going to recruit this girl as his sidekick?

Don’t make me laugh.

What is a sidekick in the first place?

Aren’t sidekicks those who possess abilities, but their abilities are too weak to act independently, so they perform the role of ‘assisting’ other heroes?

If this girl’s abilities become known to the world, it will cause chaos.

Numerous countries will try their best to bring this girl into their fold.

Villains will do whatever it takes to kill the girl in front of them.

That’s how dangerous this girl’s abilities were.

Just as the man was about to open his mouth with a stiff expression.

“But, the abilities shown just now. They’re too overpowered for Earth, right?”

What is she saying?

The man felt as if Cheon Seoa’s words were saying ‘I don’t belong to Earth.’

As the man was about to speak again.

“Still, it feels refreshing to use my power after a long time. But, if I show this level of overpowered abilities, it will only cause unnecessary trouble.”

Clap-!

As Cheon Seoa clapped her hands.

Kiiing-.

With a strange sound, the world around Cheon Seoa turned gray.

Birds and planes flying in the sky.
Ships floating on the sea, and submarines moving underwater.
Also, the Earth’s rotation and revolution. The flow of air that follows, and so on.

The moment the world was tinged with gray, time itself applied to Earth stopped.

In that frozen time, the only one who could move was Cheon Seoa alone.

“Hmm, simply reversing the time applied to Earth would cause errors.”

Kiiing-.

As Cheon Seoa, muttering in the gray world, clapped her hands once more, this time even the flow of time applying to the universe came to a complete halt.

“It’s fortunate that Earth belongs to a ‘single dimension’. If it were more than that, it would have been quite troublesome.”

Muttering like that, Cheon Seoa smiles and spreads her hand.
With that, an enormous amount of magical energy gathers above Cheon Seoa’s outstretched hand, revealing a giant clock.

Tick-tock.

When the second hand makes a full rotation, the minute hand moves.
When the minute hand makes a full rotation, the hour hand moves. It was clearly a clock in itself.

Cheon Seoa places her finger on the minute hand, one of the hour, minute, and second hands that continue to move even at this moment on that clock.

“Ten minutes should be enough, right?”

Kigigik-.

The minute hand, which used to move with each full rotation of the second hand, now moves backward following Cheon Seoa’s gesture.

With that, the world where time and space had stopped flowing shook unsteadily.

“Don’t resist unnecessarily. You might really collapse if you do.”

Cheon Seoa whispered as if murmuring into the void.

As Cheon Seoa’s murmuring dissolved and disappeared into the void, the unstable trembling that had enveloped the world finally ceased.

Simultaneously, everything began to reverse.

Not only the Earth’s rotation and revolution, but also the movements of all living beings on Earth.
Even the sun and all the planets that make up the solar system.

Only after the universe itself reversed exactly 10 minutes back in time…

“…your ability is in the spatial category…”

“That’s right. But it’s nothing special. All I can do is twist a certain space to deflect attacks. Even then, I can’t deflect anything above 7th grade.”

“Is that so?”

At Cheon Seoa’s answer, the green light in the man’s eyes flickered.

His ability of truth and lies informed him that the words of the girl before him were true.

“I understand. Still, you need to take the test, so please wait a moment.”

With those words, the man moved somewhere.
As Cheon Seoa watched the man’s back gradually disappear.

“Indeed, time-based precognition is convenient, isn’t it?”

She muttered with a slight smile.

* * *

“W-what happened?”

“Here.”

Towards Jin Yuri, who was waiting anxiously outside, Cheon Seoa held out a single card.

The card Cheon Seoa presented was a kind of license, an essential item necessary for hero activities.

Here’s the translated text:

The license only contained information such as rank, hero name, type of ability, and a photo. However, the card itself was imbued with a kind of supernatural power, making it impossible to forge through ordinary means.

“Hmm, 7th rank. Not bad.”

Kang Yeseul glanced over Cheon Seoa’s license and commented with a somewhat indifferent expression.

In contrast.

“7th rank! That’s amazing! Seoa! Don’t be discouraged by that mean sister’s words. Getting 7th rank at your age is incredible!”

Jin Yuri exclaimed with visible excitement.

Cheon Seoa beamed at Jin Yuri, seemingly pleased herself.

How long did they rejoice and celebrate like that?

“Yuri? We’re running out of time, aren’t we?”

Kang Yeseul’s voice came from behind.
Only then did Jin Yuri make an ‘Oh no!’ expression.

“Huh? Do you have an appointment or something?”

“Ah, well. To be honest, we pushed this whole thing on our own. Feeling sorry about that, I made a reservation at a great restaurant.”

“A great restaurant?”

“Yes. It’s a really famous place. What do you think? It’s about dinner time, want to go together?”

Jin Yuri’s expression was somewhat deflated, worried that Cheon Seoa might refuse.

“I’m fine with it. I already told them I’d be home late today anyway.”

“R-really?”

“Yes. But what’s on the menu?”

“You’ll find out when we get there! It’s kind of a surprise, you could say?”

Surprise.
Is it still a surprise when everything has already been revealed?

Well, it’s still a good restaurant, they say.

So, as Cheon Seoa once again followed Jin Yuri’s guidance towards the restaurant.

Meanwhile, Kang Yeseul, who had briefly parted ways with them….

“A distortion of space, huh.”

She skimmed through the documents about Cheon Seoa that someone had handed her, with a peculiar look in her eyes.