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Hanyerwon had been feeling good lately.

There were plenty of reasons for her to feel good as things were going well in her life, but at the center of it all was Kang Yoo-chan.

“Are you taking a shower?”

Looking at her phone without a reply, Ryeowon put her phone away after leaving a message saying she would buy Yoo-chan’s favorite snack.

“He’ll like it, right?”

The thought of receiving a lot of love after a long time made her stomach flutter involuntarily.

“Hehe. It’ll all be over soon.”

Ryeowon chuckled, imagining herself entering the grocery store with Yoo-chan.

In fact, she hadn’t initially thought about marrying Yoo-chan.

No, she had always considered marriage itself to be distant from her, having grown up in difficult circumstances and having her perception of marriage shattered since childhood.

So even when she became an adult, she had vowed never to get married.

However, everything changed when Yoo-chan appeared.

It was curiosity at first.

A small curiosity that made her want to see him again tomorrow if she saw him today.

As they spent more and more time together, her feelings grew.

By the time she realized it, she had fallen deeply for him.

So, like any other man, she made an effort to stand out, and desperately tried to deepen their relationship.

There was a brief separation due to the interference of a crazy ex-girlfriend, but she didn’t give up and patiently waited for her turn, and finally, “the golden opportunity” came one after another.

In the end, it was the victory of someone who patiently waited for opportunities and tenaciously pursued them.

“I should have just died there.”

Thinking back to the story of Ma Yeon-seo’s suicide she had heard from her late father a long time ago, Ryeowon swallowed her regret.

If she had died then, there would have been no need to worry about pointless struggles.

Well, in the end, everything worked out well.

In a way, thanks to Ma Yeon-seo, she learned how to use Kang Yoo-chan without shedding a drop of blood.

In reality, didn’t they easily promise to marry each other?

It’s just that it’s hateful that Yu-chan took everything from the beginning just because they met a little early.

Even if Mayeonseo lives with pain and carries memories for the rest of her life, she was willing to close her eyes.

“I’m here!”

Arriving at Yu-chan’s house, Leywon raised her voice as she put down her luggage.

“Honey, I’m here.”

However.

“…?”

For some reason, the house was too quiet.

As if no one was there.

“…Where did he go?”

He wasn’t in the room or in the bathroom.

Confirming that Yu-chan was not in the house, Leywon made a call, shaking her head.

Then.

Ring ring. Ring ring.

A faint vibration came from the bedroom.

“…Did he leave without his phone?”

His phone was on the desk in the bedroom.

It was always the place where he habitually put his phone when at home.

“What’s going on?”

Leywon decided to wait, thinking that Yu-chan had gone out for a while.

It was hours later that she realized he was missing.

*

In life, crises inevitably come at some point.

A tremendous crisis that makes your spine cold and your head go blank.

And that crisis has now come before my eyes.

“…Yu-chan?”

A luxurious interior room.

Frozen in a posture trying to take off my underwear, I was greatly embarrassed by her sudden appearance in front of me.

“Yeonseo…”

Mayeonseo. She was standing in front of me.

‘What on earth is this situation?’

The sudden change in the surroundings and Mayeonseo’s sudden appearance.

At that moment, unable to accept the situation, I stupidly blinked my eyes.

She glanced down at my lower body.

“!”

Realizing that I was half-naked, I quickly covered myself and asked her.

“Um, excuse me. Could you explain what’s going on…?”

Then, with a slightly surprised look on her face, she seemed to realize something.

“…So that’s what it was.”

Suddenly, she conjured up a flame in her hand and grasped something.

‘What is that?’

What she held in her hand was none other than a seal.

It was a seal with the end part burning red like a torture tool.

“Excuse me, what is this right now…!”

Swoosh. Startled by her quiet approach, he reflexively takes a step back.

“……”

However, she offered no explanation.

She simply pushed the slightly shimmering stamp toward me as if making a declaration.

“If I catch you, you’ll make a contract with me.”

Contract. The moment that harsh word pierced my ears, chills ran down my spine.

I didn’t know what was going on, but I had to run for it.

“Ahh!!”

To get away from her, I dashed towards the door in the distance.

“What the hell is this?!”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t escape far.

“Gotcha.”

With a voice from behind, something unknown wrapped around my arms and legs.

“What?!”

Startled, I turned around to find thick tentacles emerging from a magic circle in mid-air, gripping my limbs.

“This, this is…!”

It was “Sigil’s Hand,” which turned the demon book into an S-class Awakener.

“M-Ma Yeon-seo! What the hell are you doing all of a sudden!!!”

Thinking I was under attack, I desperately protested against her, cursing.

As I did, she slowly pointed her hand, and new tentacles emerged, wrapping around my head and forcing my mouth open.

“Ugh…!”

Now, I couldn’t even resist.

“Ugh! Ugh! Uuuugh!!!”

“Yoo-chan. Just to clear up a misunderstanding, I didn’t call you; you came to me.”

Mae Yeon-seo spoke incomprehensible words as she approached confidently.

Then, she leaned in close to my face, looking at my terrified expression for a while.

“…Cute.”

She gently brushed aside my hair and pressed the glowing stamp in front of my eyes.

“I-I’m losing it!”

Sweat poured down like a waterfall.

“Uuugh! Uuuugh!!!”

“This is a stamp used when making a contract with a summon. It might hurt a little.”

“Uuuugh!!! Uuuugh!!!!”

“I don’t want to hurt you, but I have to do this.”

“Uuuugh!!!!”

Words about summoning, stamps, and incomprehensible things echoed in my ears.

“Just endure a little longer?”

Mayen-seo seemed to reassure me with a faint smile and stamped my chest as if to put my mind at ease.

But I couldn’t feel any reassurance at all.

“Woohoo!!!!”

Sweeping. Sweeping. I felt a gentle touch searching for its place on my chest.

“Woohoo!!!!!”

In the midst of my shouting, unable to move an inch, I suddenly stamped the seal.

“!!!!!”

For a moment, an intense pain pierced through my chest, almost blinding me.

It was not a physical pain, but a pain from a dimension I had never experienced before.

It felt like… leaving scars on my soul.

“Hack…! Hack…!”

Gasping for breath, I barely freed myself from the restraint and sat on the ground, breathing heavily.

“…Did it hurt a lot?”

Meanwhile, Mayen-seo showed a worried reaction, gently stroking my head.

‘Suddenly, what’s this…!’

Still dazed, I looked up at her briefly and asked for an explanation.

“You… summoned me.”

“…What, what…? What do you mean…?”

The concept of being summoned that she had explained a long time ago flashed through my mind.

A summon, a creature that enters into a contract and assists the summoner.

So, it meant that as a human, I became Mayen-seo’s summoned creature.

“No, no. How… why?”

Even though I understood the situation, my doubts deepened.

I distinctly remembered hearing that summoners cannot designate their contract targets.

Then does that mean I was really summoned by chance?

No, is it even possible to make a human a summoned creature in the first place?

“…Well?”

Mayen-seo initially seemed to genuinely not know, then she casually got up, saying she would give me some warm clothes.

‘…Ah, Ryeowon.’

Belatedly recalling that I had promised to go to Han Ryeowon’s house, I demanded to be sent home immediately.

“I don’t need clothes, just send me home!!”

However…

“What home?”

“…What?”

She brought a bathrobe without heeding my request.

“Your home is here now.”

My head spun.

“What, what are you saying? Don’t joke around! I have to go home right now!”

“Why?”

“Why, why? Obviously…!”

The words “I have to meet Han Ryeowon” rose to my lips but faded away.

“Mine, my home isn’t here!”

“Now it is.”

“Mayeonseo!!”

“…Getting mad at the owner from the first day, huh.”

“You really…!”

Mayeonseo looked at me getting angry and then, as if she couldn’t help it, she sighed softly and tentatively reached out her hand.

It seemed like she was finally going to send me back.

“Of course it should be like this!”

I glared at her, waiting only to go back home.

Thud-!

Soon, just like before, a bright light spewed from the magic circle under my feet and swallowed me whole.

“…Is it over?”

I slowly opened my tightly closed eyes.

“……”

“What…?”

However, Mayeonseo was still in front of me.

Although I should have gone back home, I was still standing in the same place.

I couldn’t go back home.

“Hey! Are you kidding me right now?!”

Thinking that she was doing it on purpose, I furiously expressed my frustration.

Then, she used the reverse summoning spell again with an expressionless face.

Thud-!

“Huh…? What…?”

This time, nothing had changed.

“S-Seriously…”

Cold sweat trickled down my back.

“Now that this is your home?”

A casual remark pierced my ears, making my heart sink.

“T-That’s impossible.”

Feeling the ground crumbling beneath my feet, I sat down hesitantly, urgently trying to think of a solution.

“What would Leywon say? The company? I need to contact them immediately….”

Realizing I didn’t have my phone, I earnestly begged Mayeonseo for it.

“Yeonseo, please. Even if it’s just a phone….”

“Why should I?”

“Please, just this once…!”

“Do it yourself.”

She firmly refused.

“Yeonseo, please…!”

Once again, I approached her desperately, pleading.

Then, she showed a slightly softened response…

“If you meet with me again, I’ll consider it.”

“What…?”

I had been rejected with an absurd statement.

“I’m serious.”

With an endlessly serious expression, she sent me a meaningful gaze.

At that moment, I finally realized her sincerity.

From then until now, she had continued to like me.

“…She’s really crazy.”

Once again, having regained consciousness, I quickly stood up, putting on the gown she had brought and confidently shouted, “That’s it! I’ll go myself!”

“How?”

“Obviously, go outside… and…”

And it didn’t take long for me to realize that it was impossible.

“Oh.”

I was summoned to where Mayeonseo was.

She was in the United States.

In short, I have just fallen naked on the exact opposite side of the Earth.

“Damn, screwed.”

Unable to accept reality, my mind went blank, my legs lost strength, and I collapsed.

Then, Mayeonseo squatted in front of me, casually speaking with a faint smile on her face.

“Let’s live well from now on, Yoochan.”

“……”

That’s how I became Mayeonseo’s summon.