episode_0015

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“Yeah. This is… … This is… … .”

Jinwolhee slowly stood up and looked at herself in the mirror, having achieved enlightenment.

Eyes that glow and burn, lips stained the color of fresh blood, and a look that is overflowing with a vibrant, lifelike energy unlike anything before.

“This was… …love, love, toward the boy, for the boy.”

The beliefs she had maintained for over five hundred years of her life were clearly the most important values to her.

The love she held for the boy was so great that it shattered even five hundred years of beliefs.

“This time… …I was so excited that my appetite went wild and I ended up doing something I shouldn’t have done. So――”

In that case, you should eat another human being, not a boy.

Although it might not taste as good as the meat of the boy Jin Wol-hee loved so much, at least if she filled her stomach with human meat, the unfortunate incidents that would occur due to failures in basic emotional control would disappear.

Yes. Let’s have cannibalism and use the life force of human flesh and blood to make elixirs.

Then, even if the boy suffers a major injury – even if another unfortunate ‘accident’ happens and someone eats his limbs – he can be revived again and again.

With this, the course of action has been decided. So, what should we do about the boy who has just left our arms?

Jinwolhee thought of the person who took the boy, the president of the Awakening Association.

If the person who took the boy was a woman named ‘Sister’, Jin Wol-hee would have gone crazy as soon as she came to her senses, but fortunately, she was not the boy’s sister, but the president of the association.

But why did the chairman of the association show up at a crucial moment to treat the boy and take him away? Did he try to monopolize the boy?

“No. That can’t be.”

Jin Wol-hee immediately denied it. At least, he couldn’t be Jin Wol-hee’s rival ‘biologically’. Her intuition as a woman convinced her.

And logically speaking, the president of the association would not send the boy back to the woman he called his older sister.

A great man, the chairman of the association, could not possibly not know the flow of magic surrounding the boy. He is a rational person. There is no way he would send the poor boy back to his sister and subject him to mind control.

Well then, we can rest assured for the time being. Let’s build up our strength first.

Anonymous, brain dead, corpse. It doesn’t matter what. Just eat them while maintaining a line of undetectedness.

“Boy, this won’t happen again. Because I will protect you forever.

… … Especially, from that woman named Noona.”

Jinwolhee’s eyes sparkled with an ominous red light.

… … … … …

“You have to understand. I like cute girls like you, but I don’t want to turn into… …a little too blindly like them.”

The president of the Awakened Ones Association, sitting across the table from me, spoke to me.

I also heard about this person through TV news.

He was the first and most active Awakened person during the emergence of the dimensional gate and the Great Invasion, and he is a mysterious person whose movements are unpredictable.

Saying it like this may make him sound like he’s above the clouds, but internet rumors say he’s quite an outgoing, humane, and nice person.

“What are you talking about… … .”

“Ah, you don’t have to know. There’s a saying that ignorance is bliss.

First, let’s talk about your… ‘sister’.”

The president of the association explained that he had completed the discharge procedures while I was sleeping and brought me home instead of my older sister, who was my guardian.

“Where is my older sister?

If something goes wrong――”

“Don’t worry too much. She’s still fine, just a little late in coming back.”

I sighed in relief at his words. That was fortunate. But there was still something unsettling about it.

“Then why is your return delayed? Is there something beyond the dimensional gate that would take over a week?”

“Some very useful resources have been discovered beyond the dimensional gate. Work has been done to build a bridgehead for extraction.

Ms. Lee Seo-yeon was assigned as an assistant, and her return was delayed because the work was prolonged. ”

“Ah… … .”

My heart ached when I thought of my sister being in danger. She was obviously an incredibly strong person, but still… … .

“Don’t worry. Miss Seoyeon Lee is a very capable Awakener.

If you still feel uneasy, think about it one step further. Is Seo-yeon Lee competent enough to take care of you personally?

If she was just an ordinary high-ranking Awakened, I wouldn’t have had to step forward and take care of you.”

“… … … .”

I nodded silently at the president’s words.

His words were a little cold, but I could tell that he thought Seoyeon was important to me, so I felt a little bit reassured.

“By the way, I got this back. Isn’t it yours?”

What he was holding in his hand was none other than my cell phone.

“Oh, it’s my phone! How did you find it?”

“I found it at the terrorist scene. I found it because you said you lost it. It was quite difficult. The scene was a mess.”

I took the phone with a series of grateful greetings. As I connected the charger and turned it on, notifications started flooding in.

“Uh… …What is it?”

When I checked the screen, a text message from the mart caught my eye. My heart sank as I read the contents.

[We would like to inform you that your part-time contract has been terminated due to long-term absence, absence from work, and loss of contact. Wages will be paid immediately on Monday of next week… …]

“Ah… … .”

“What’s going on?”

The president asked, wondering if the change in my expression was too noticeable.

“He got fired from his job. It’s only natural since he was gone for over a week… … .”

“Hmm, so what are you going to do now?”

“Um… … For now, I’ll stay home and wait for Seoyeon, and at the same time, I’ll look for a new job. When she comes, we’ll discuss it… … .”

At those words, the president’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

“I see. Then I have a suggestion for you.”

“Yes… … ?”

“We have a rental house owned by our association. The monthly rent is very cheap and it is fully furnished. Why not try living independently?”

The suggestion was so sudden that I was momentarily dumbfounded and couldn’t continue speaking.

“I… … I really appreciate your kind words, but why are you doing this to me… … .”

The association president smiled when asked the question.

“Hmm, it seems like you don’t understand at all. Well then, let me explain a little bit.

… … Have you ever heard of my powers?”

“Oh, yes. I saw it on the news. It’s supposed to predict the future… … .”

“Yes. That’s what it’s known as. But the truth is different.

You could say that my ability is to ‘observe’ the outcomes of all possible choices.

I have called this the quantum bifurcation observation, but… … others have called it the ‘Schrödinger vision.’”

The sight of the association president slowly explaining things was certainly quite strange.

What should I call his current state? It’s hard to describe, but his silhouette was strangely blurry, like a noisy hologram.

“Ah, I look a little strange right now. I’m observing the quantum branch while explaining it to you. Please understand.

To put my abilities into a simpler metaphor, let’s say you’re hungry right now.

You can either order delivery or cook and eat it yourself.

This is where the ‘branch’ splits. My ability is that I can observe the present of both you, the person who cooked the food, and you, the person who ordered the food.

… … Do you understand?”

“Ah, um… … roughly?”

Actually, I didn’t really understand it, but it seemed clear that the president’s abilities were incredibly great. That’s why he was able to do such things up until now.

The association president nodded slightly after hearing the answer. He was still in a daze.

“Then, let’s get to the main point. First of all, the reason I’m helping you is… …because the turning points after your death were not observed at all.

That is, if you die, the Earth in that universe will be destroyed… … That’s how it should be seen.”

“Ah… … … ?”

“I know what I’m saying is ridiculous. Just know it like that.

… … So, I have observed quite a few realities in order to save you. To explain the deaths or death-like destructions you have avoided… … .”

As he continued his explanation, the new image of the president of the association became more blurred. He seemed to have entered a realm that I could not possibly understand, with only one leg remaining in reality.

“First of all, there are those who cannot escape homelessness and die on the streets.

Next… … Yes. There was also an ending where the person who first picked you up lost his senses because he came into contact with you too deeply.

And… … Unfortunately, even the new guardian with strong mental powers couldn’t maintain her sanity for long. You are the one who brought the most destruction to her. ”

“… … … .”

“When your brain was first touched, you resisted so much that she accidentally broke your neck, resulting in your instant death.

The fact that you ended up becoming an idiot after being brainwashed because you didn’t give her proper intervention and advice was a good lesson for me.

Oh, there was a time when I intervened in her early, but unfortunately I was not in my right mind. That would have inevitably led to me coming into too much contact with you.

In other words, there are times when you get lost in the game and end up alone in a corner of your room, wasting time… … This means that humanity has not yet gone extinct. However, my prediction is pessimistic. ”