episode_0016

#3

It was about three days after I met the Yeon siblings.

I still often contact Yeon Su-jin through KakaoTalk.

After becoming a TS pretty girl, I was proud to have my first friend of the same sex.

We still can’t talk to each other, but as we get closer, we should start talking since we’re the same age.

I had such a grand dream.

There hasn’t been any talk yet about my younger brother, whom I’m aiming for as my assistant.

I think maybe Yeon Soo-jin is the one blocking it. She seemed to care for her younger sibling quite a bit.

What a pity… .

As usual, I was killing time by playing with my phone, but that day, the scent of moist soil wafted to my nose.

As expected, it started pouring rain in the blink of an eye.

Thud! Thud!!

On top of the transparent plastic film, pitch-black clouds were pouring down large water droplets indiscriminately.

Because there was a plastic sheet laid on the floor, I didn’t have to wrestle with the damp mud, but I couldn’t stop the sticky feeling from spreading all over my body.

I clenched my fists and shot a venomous gaze at the damn sky that was spitting out rain even at this very moment.

“Ugh… Why is it raining and all this crap.”

The pension materials must not be damaged… .

There are already many things that are weak to moisture, such as herbs and bone meal. If the humidity is this high, they could spoil quickly.

That’s why the master said that the most important thing for witches is the workshop… .

Because the workshop is the safest place to store magic materials.

I tried my best to control the situation by wrapping the ones that were particularly vulnerable to moisture in clothes and stuffing them in the deepest part of my bag.

But I was still anxious… .

By the way, I don’t know why it’s raining so hard, as if there was a hole in the sky.

Is it already the rainy season?

“If this keeps up, isn’t a landslide really going to happen?”

Shouldn’t we pack up all our stuff and go down to the park right now?

I couldn’t help but think that way.

Even if I’m a witch, if I get swallowed up by a landslide, I’ll have no choice but to die, right?

However, even if I had decided to go down, carrying these items down in the pouring rain was a task.

Should I use space teleportation?

But where to?

In this situation where the clock is cloudy and the materials are soaked in moisture and have lost their flavor, would it be possible to successfully perform such a difficult magic trick?

Sigh… If I had known this would happen, I would have come down earlier.

Why can’t the damn weather forecast even tell you the weather properly?

I threw myself onto the blanket, letting out a sad sigh toward the weather station.

Of course, the blanket was also quite moist, so I couldn’t feel any pleasant fluffiness.

For now, we need to watch the situation and keep an eye on the tent as much as possible.

To prevent damage to the tent, I dug deep drainage ditches to divert water in a different direction, and I also used alchemy to reinforce the structure, so I was confident that it wouldn’t collapse unless there was a fairly large landslide.

Still, I guess I’ll have to wait with my raincoat on for now since I don’t know when I’ll have to go out and do some maintenance.

In fact, this kind of unlimited waiting is extremely boring.

I fiddled with my phone, looking for any interesting news.

As usual, I went into the Hunter Gallery to look through the commissions and read the concept articles, but the rain didn’t stop.

I thought I should watch the news, so I went to a green portal site, and an emergency message rang out on my phone.

what?

[A monster believed to be a special class monster is appearing throughout the Korean peninsula. Citizens are requested to remain indoors and wait safely.]

what!?

A special monster??

Shit, shit.

What is a special monster?

This was a rank given only to monsters that were dangerous enough to shake the fate of the nation, such as the Chain Letter, Alien Gate, and Blood Christmas.

In fact, whenever a special monster appeared, hunters from all over the country, no, Awakened ones, were mobilized and large-scale suppression operations were launched.

‘That guy just showed up now??’

Judging from the content of the emergency disaster text, the exact location did not seem to be known yet.

However, given that strange events have occurred across the entire Korean peninsula, it can be inferred that the phenomenon is occurring over a wide area.

‘Surely he won’t show up in my direction?’

Even though I’m a witch, I don’t think I could win against a top-class monster.

Even if he is a master, I don’t think he would be able to defeat a special monster.

Because the Master and I are alchemists.

Alchemy isn’t a field suited for combat in the first place!

What should I do…? Should I go down right now and hide in the building?

I started to think a lot and became extremely nervous.

Thud thud thud!!

Amidst the sound of the pouring rain, a rustling sound could be heard.

“Ouch!”

I turned my head in the direction of the sound, trembling with fear. Is it an animal? It is an animal!

But it wasn’t an animal.

Then is it a monster??

It wasn’t a monster. It was a person.

It was a woman wearing a billowy robe and a large witch’s hat.

witch…?

Why is the witch here…?

But for some reason, the shape seemed a little blurry.

It seems like he’s tall, but it also seems like he’s short.

I felt a strange sense of discomfort, along with a sense of uneasiness.

An instinctive alarm bell rang in my head, and I immediately got into combat mode, pulling out various reagents and equipment.

The unidentified witch was walking straight towards me without hesitation.

It was clear that I had some business to attend to.

Shit, shit. What the heck? Are the witches not on good terms with each other?

I have never heard anything like that from my teacher… .

If things weren’t good from the start, there would be no Walpurgis Night.

Towering.

The witch stopped in front of my tent.

Her face was not clearly visible because it was hidden by the brim of her large witch’s hat, but the color of her hair was clearly visible.

It was red.

What are you planning?

Why are you just standing there in front of my tent?

I looked at her with suspicion and opened my mouth cautiously.

“What is it? Are you a witch? Why are you doing this in front of my house?”

She didn’t answer. She just stopped in front of my tent and stared blankly down at me.

The standoff in tension only lasts for a minute or two.

After occupying the space in front of the tent for a long time like this, it was impossible to remain tense.

Even if I ask, there is no answer… .

So I decided to just ignore it.

“Tsk. I don’t know. You’re probably going to keep getting rained on there. I’m busy.”

I took out my phone again and searched diligently for news about the special monster.

If you come to where I’m staying, it’ll be a real disaster. At that point, it might be better to escape from the pension and everything.

however….

Shockingly, breaking news kept coming that a special monster was heading towards where I was.

“That’s ridiculous!!”

Why of all people!? What unlucky thing!!

We have to run away!

The rain is finally letting up, so it might be best to jump in now. That tent you worked so hard to build?

It’s not more important than my life.

The pension materials I’ve collected so far? Same thing. They’re not more important than my life.

The decision was quick, and I went straight outside, taking only my witch’s robe, hat, and staff.

Ah. Now that I think about it, there was an unidentified witch blocking the front of the tent.

I don’t know what kind of woman she is, but I don’t like the idea of just leaving someone to their own devices when they might run into a monster and die.

So, I shouted at her.

“There’s a special monster coming here right now? If you don’t want to die, you should run away quickly too… . Huh?”

But, she had disappeared without a trace.

I didn’t even feel the sound of people disappearing…?

what….

It’s like.

I felt like I was possessed by a ghost.

And… . All that was left where she disappeared was… . ten gold bars and a small note.

‘What the heck?’

Why did you leave the gold behind?

And what’s with the note? Is it a letter to me?

No. This is not the time!

We have to run away quickly!

Why!

Then the disaster message rang out again.

Oh my! Did it really come this far already? I was startled and checked the text message.

[Disaster lifted. The monster presumed to be special has been extinguished.]

“Wheww… Seriously. I almost lost my shit… .”

As I let go of the tension, for some reason I felt like I was getting tired very quickly.

Phew… By the way, what on earth was that witch just now?

And what is that golden nugget…?

I’d estimate it would be worth several hundred million won.

I opened the note belatedly and checked the contents.

What kind of woman are you to throw gold in front of someone’s house and run away?

「 14, Seonjuk-ro 2-gil, Gaeseong-si 」

“???”

Is this the end?

Why is there no mention of gold?

Sigh… What on earth are you trying to do?

Should I just take it all for myself? If I could just turn this much gold into money, it wouldn’t be a big deal to set up a workshop!

… That’s not it after all.

You’ll be sent to prison for theft. 100%. The worst thing is that that weird witch from before will come to kill you for stealing your gold.

By the way, what on earth does the note say?

I was curious, so I took a picture of the address written on the note with my cell phone.

As you can see from the name of the city, Gaeseong, the Korean peninsula where I currently live is unified, unlike before I became a sickly pretty girl.

I don’t want to drag out boring history lessons, so to summarize it briefly, there was no Japanese colonial period, and the Republic of Korea was established naturally during the Joseon Dynasty and took over the entire Korean Peninsula.

So the city number 2 is Pyongyang and not Busan?

“Here it is… . Huh?”

What the heck? Why is there a pawn shop?

I looked at the gold again with a puzzled face.

Were you thinking of selling the gold there?

But why at a pawn shop?

Wouldn’t it be better to go to a gold shop or a gold exchange that specializes in buying and selling gold?

If I go to a pawn shop, I think they’ll just take a lot of commission and not give me much money…

I opened the note again because I couldn’t understand the contents of the note. At that time, I was able to confirm that a new phrase that I had not seen before appeared.

“14, Seonjuk-ro 2-gil, Gaeseong-si

Present present 」

…!?