episode_0047
by fnovelpiaSwish…
A sky with heavy rain.
“Sigh..”
She sighed softly inside and looked at her hands.
“I’m still not used to long-distance shape-shifting.”
The magical power consumption was high, and it was not easy to handle each grain individually.
“It’s a good thing it rained, otherwise I wouldn’t have caught even half of what I did now..”
Tsk tsk..tsk tsk.
The view that appears when the Ice Queen raises her head.
It was as if the entire street in front of my eyes was frozen.
“[Oh, damn it!!]”
And in the giant ice crystal, a man alone with his lower body and arms trapped in ice was cursing.
“[If only you hadn’t been there!! Damn it!!!]”
A man with bulging tendons on his neck glaring menacingly at the Ice Queen.
The Ice Queen, who had been watching him for a while, soon turned on the interpreter and spoke to him.
“What are you so dissatisfied with?”
“[You ruined all our terror!!]”
“Is it wrong for a hero to stop a villain?”
“[Don’t define yourselves by the name of hero, you disgusting monsters.]”
A distorted smile and a mocking voice.
It was obvious that there was hostility towards the Ice Queen, or rather towards the heroes.
“[How can someone shoot fire and create ice from their hands? They’re a monster.]”
More precisely, it was hostility towards the person with the ability itself.
‘…A group of semi-powered people.’
A group that rarely appears even in modern society, where the ratio of non-capable to capable people is 6 to 4.
They didn’t treat people with superpowers as fellow human beings.
“It’s been decades since the Anti-Discrimination Against Abilities Act was enacted, but there are still people like this.”
“[A ban on that kind of talk? Even if there is such a law, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re monsters.]”
In their eyes, people with superpowers were nothing but monsters.
Whether hero or villain.
“[We hate it when guys like you pretend to be human.]”
The villain frowned as if his anger was rising.
The guy immediately raised one corner of his mouth and sneered at the Ice Queen.
“[You’re the same as me. You were just born with good luck and a pretty face.]”
Where did that pretty face get the ability to turn ugly~ Do you think people will like you? No, they won’t?
The villain smirked and looked at the Ice Queen.
“[Wow, I’m jealous. You were born lucky. I wish there were no hardships in this world.]”
“So, what exactly do you want to say?”
“[..what?]”
But she stared at the villain with an expressionless face, as if nothing had happened to the words directed at her.
Thud thud.
Then he walked closer to the villain with leisurely steps.
“Don’t just keep criticizing, tell me your motive.”
Kwak.
The Ice Queen grabs the villain’s neck in an instant.
She asked in a low voice.
“Is that your reason? Because you hate people with this ability?”
“[Cough..!]”
“Then why did they kill the citizens? What crime did the powerless citizens commit?”
“[Turn off…]”
A stench of burning and a pungent odor.
There were various pieces of meat scattered along the roadside.
Someone was melting while holding a square device with one hand,
A little someone with a figure that appears to be my mother.
Someone else was hugging each other tightly.
“……”
The Ice Queen did not prevent the terror attack in advance.
Rather, the worst was avoided, but at the very least, it was too late.
“[Phu, puhu.. You don’t understand us.]”
“Understand?”
“[Yeah..this is a sacrifice for the sake of the generation…it’s natural, right?]”
“Ha.”
An aura surrounded the Ice Queen.
“You killed a man. Do you understand a man like that? What kind of understanding is that?”
Kwaaak..
The Ice Queen strengthened the grip on her neck.
“[Turn it off..!!]”
“What did those people do wrong? Did they harm you? They didn’t do anything. There are even people who aren’t superpowered.”
“[Ugh…ugh…sigh!!]”
She gave him a moment to catch his breath, but soon blocked his prayer again.
“ Sacrificing cows for the sake of others? What kind of sacrifice is killing innocent people? Do you think people will just let it go if you kill them with absurd logic?”
It’s disgusting.
It was so disgusting.
A man shedding tears in front of her eyes.
Now, the guy who started to tremble at me was so insignificant and disgusting that I couldn’t stand it.
Tsk tsk..tsk tsk.
Gradually, a cold air began to seep into the villain.
“Do you know how many people have died because of your stupid thoughts?”
Beep-
The Ice Queen’s ears were ringing with the same ringing as always.
But the voice heard afterward was a little awkward.
‘And yet, they don’t kill this person?’
A gentle voice, but there was self-loathing in that voice.
‘It’s not the death penalty, it’s prison. What a funny thing to say.’
“……”
prison.
Everyone who commits a crime goes to prison.
There is no such thing as the death penalty. In a world where buildings are always collapsing and people are easily killed, a strong labor force is needed.
“[Eeeeek!! Eww!! Keuk..!]”
“……”
And it also served the purpose of education.
Mercy that wants me to repent my mistakes and become a better person.
but.
Will anything change if a person like this goes to jail?
Tsk tsk..tsk..
“[Turn it off..Okay, wrong…Save me…]”
In the Ice Queen’s hand, she was holding a rapier made of ice.
And then, the moment the rapier was heading towards the villain’s neck.
Tub.
“[Stop.]”
A middle-aged hero with gray hair grabbed her wrist.
“[Enough, Ice Queen. The chatter is getting too much.]”
“…Victor..sir.”
He was the hero who led this terrorist attack.
But for a moment, the question arises: Why are you blocking yourself?
“[Put away the weapon in your hand.]”
“…ah.”
My mind, which had been blank, instantly returned to normal.
‘What was I trying to do?’
The Ice Queen was startled by the rapier in her hand.
She quickly put her weapon away and lowered her head.
***
“I’m sorry.”
“[Don’t do that again, Ice Queen. It’s already annoying.]”
A little later, at the headquarters of the Russian Hero Association.
Ice Queen, or Seo Yoon-hee, who released her powers and turned black-haired, was reprimanded by Victor.
“[I understand your feelings, I’ve dealt with many guys I wanted to kill.]”
“……”
“[But in the end, my mind wore out first.]”
Victor took off his coat and tousled his hair.
He snickered when he saw Seo Yoon-hee sweating profusely in front of him.
“[This is getting too long. It was just an old man’s interference.]”
“You’re old! Victor…”
“[Anyway, let’s talk. Okay, it’s getting late, so let’s go back and rest.]”
Seo Yoon-hee waved her hands in surprise at those words.
Victor cut her off as she tried to refute him, and immediately gave her a warning.
***
“Haa…”
Seo Yoon-hee returns to her room.
As soon as she closed the door, she sighed deeply and jumped into bed.
“What the hell was I trying to do..”
Unable to control his momentary anger, he almost hurt someone.
If only Victor hadn’t stopped her then…
“That was almost a disaster…”
The Ice Queen stared blankly at her left hand.
‘Why were you so angry?’
And I began to question my own pathetic behavior.
He was just an ordinary villain.
Beliefs are all empty words, and in reality, they are only interested in harming people.
He was a typical villain who could be found anywhere.
And yet, I listened to that contradictory nonsense and got genuinely angry.
‘My name is Maker. I am an executive at Eclipse.’
…Is it because you’re different from that guy?
“…That’s a strange guess. It’s a huge leap in logic.”
Seo Yoon-hee swept her hair back as her mind grew more complicated.
Woohoo-
As Seo Yoon-hee was lying sprawled out on the bed, her cell phone vibrated.
The letters that appeared on the screen were names that seemed familiar.
“Hello?”
– Hi, sis! I’m not honey! I’m your friend Lily!
A clear, laughter that crackles and a playful voice that can be heard.
At her voice, Seo Yoon-hee laughed as if all the emotions she had just felt had disappeared.
“Long time no see, Lily.”
-Yeah, long time no see!
She was Lily Lewis, one of Seo Yoon-hee’s few acquaintances and an active American hero.
“How’s your exchange meeting going?”
-I didn’t go this time! A lot of heroes from other countries came!
“You came to Korea last time. I guess a few people from our side went too. How are you? Are you doing well?”
Lily paused for a moment, saying, “Uhm…”
-It’s a little frustrating! It wasn’t like this when I was there!
“foot.”
Seo Yoon-hee couldn’t help but laugh at Lily’s subsequent old-fashioned remarks.
-It was fun working with my older sister!
“What else is there to do that’s not fun?”
-Still! Just a random number? Looking for someone without a serial number!
‘Come to think of it, it was around that time that Lily came to the exchange meeting.’
Seo Yoon-hee was amazed at the time that had passed.
-So, how are you these days, sister? How are you?
“Me? What about me…”
The moment Seo Yoon-hee was about to answer Lily’s question.
Ah! Lily cut off her answer with a sound.
-I saw my sister do that!
“…?”
-My sister is getting swung around by tentacles…!
“Stop.”
-It looked fun..!
“Stop it.”
A playful voice.
I never thought that my anxiety would turn out to be true.
‘Where on earth have I seen this guy?!’
“Sigh..”
Feeling disturbed again, Seo Yoon-hee let out a deep sigh.
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