episode_0102
by fnovelpiaWhen it comes to reverse oscillation, it usually comes down to one of two things.
One who sets out on a difficult journey to resist an unreasonable fate.
Another is the one who cannot accept fate and chooses the easy path of resistance.
In the former case, there will be heroes written about in history books, and in the latter, there will be cowards like apostate monks.
hero.
When we say hero, we don’t only mean those on the front lines of the battlefield.
Just as a girl living in a mountain village might be a hero to the mischievous boy next door, it doesn’t have to be something grand.
So where does Karami belong?
At least it doesn’t seem to be the latter, so if we do elimination it will be closer to the former.
It wasn’t a big surprise. Black Rain wasn’t an ordinary fox, and over the long years she had lived, she had occasionally witnessed those who were called heroes.
Still, Heukbi couldn’t help but be surprised.
I’m not surprised that Karami is walking down the path of reverse trajectory.
“Are you a guest? The one who woke up the nine-tailed fox.”
“Should I say I woke you up? When I went, you came to me first.”
Karami smiled and agreed, as if it wasn’t something to hide.
The one who woke up the nine-tailed fox and raised the eight-tailed fox was none other than him. That was why Heukbi was surprised.
“You didn’t come to see the girl to get her fortune told.”
“It wasn’t the main, but it was a sub. I think you could say that I did my work and also had hobbies.”
The old-fashioned way Heukbi refers to herself as a girl is something that is rarely seen on modern Earth.
If I were to compare Karami’s feelings after talking to Heukbi, it would be like talking to a character voice actor who had a very strict concept. Cosplay was a bonus.
From the moment he encountered Black Rain, Karami was in a state of nervousness.
Of course, it wasn’t from Heukbi’s perspective. He was promoted from an ordinary man to a dangerous person on par with, or perhaps even more dangerous than, a gumiho.
If there had been a scout measuring the risk, it would have exploded.
“Fate is not something that can be changed like turning the palm of your hand. The same goes for fortune telling.”
Karami’s horoscope is not just about him. It includes everyone who is tied to him. Naturally, the nine-tailed fox is also included.
“But didn’t I change the horoscope?”
“It’s just a stretch.”
“Then it shouldn’t have changed even if a natural disaster occurred. The wind blew or it tore before changing. Why did you make people excited and now say it can’t be done?”
“Such nonsense… .”
“Anyway, I’ll do this, so just know that.”
What kind of stubborn person is this? Is this really a man who pulled out the cow’s tail? Should I call him honest? It’s like seeing the stubbornness of a three-year-old baby.
It would be better to be angry and ask for a change in fate. If that were the case, I would have driven them out by force.
Since I tried to change the horoscope with my own hands, Black Bee couldn’t say anything.
I feel mentally exhausted when I’m with you.
I have to send it as soon as possible.
“It seems like you’ve been chasing the nine-tailed fox, but unfortunately, she’s not here.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
Heukbi speaks with an indifferent tone and look in his eyes. Even when Karami stares at him intently, he doesn’t waver even a little, like a person who has confessed the truth and is upright.
“Is that so? If not, then there’s nothing I can do.”
Karami obediently gets up from his seat. He takes the three cards he picked and shows them to Heukbi.
“Can I take this as a souvenir?”
“Do whatever you want. Why don’t you take them all while you’re at it?”
“Ah, is that okay? Yoohoo~”
Karami did not decline.
I took all twelve of them while humming a tune.
“Then I will go now.”
“Yes, please go quickly.”
Black Rain chasing after Karami.
It was similar to trying to drive out animals from the temple.
Karami, who came out of the Eumwolsa Temple, looked around.
A nod as if searching for something.
“Around here?”
It was when Karami took out a red bead from her cloth bag and was about to throw it.
grasp!
Black Rain, who had been following cautiously, suddenly accelerated and roughly grabbed Karami’s wrist. The bead clattered to the floor.
Kwak.
“Ugh.”
Black Rain tightened his grip. Karami squinted at the evil power of the water man that surpassed that of an ordinary woman. However, he forced a smile as if everything was fine.
“What is it? Have you become attached to me? Are you lonely after I leave? Should I stay with you?”
“What the hell are you talking about? ”
“I need to take my slave.”
“Slave… ?”
“Didn’t you know? The nine-tailed fox is my slave.”
Heukbi, not understanding what was being said, narrowed his eyebrows and glared. Karami smiled and stared at a certain spot. That place was empty space.
“Didn’t you say that the nine-tailed fox isn’t here? Well, it’s definitely not a lie, but there is one nearby.”
“… How did you notice?”
“Even if you are in a different space, you can feel it when you are this close.”
Phew!
The marble that fell to the ground burst and red smoke poured out.
Heukbi didn’t have the luxury of analyzing what it was.
Another magic bead from Cheonho.
I don’t know what abilities he has.
It reverses the very existence of the black rain bead.
The marble that fell to the floor disappeared with a puff of smoke. It happened in an instant.
“Wow~ You respond really quickly.”
“Because I’ve already seen what it is. It works once, but it doesn’t work twice.”
“That was a twist, wasn’t it? A magic trick using the power of the silver eye.”
“I see that’s what Cheonho said… .”
“Oh, that’s not it. I knew that all along.”
“It’s better to not tell a lie than to tell one that’s so obvious it’ll be discovered.”
“It’s true… .”
Cheonho would have felt wronged if he heard that. She really didn’t tell him anything. Karami knew everything before she told him anything.
Of course, Heukbi had no way of knowing that fact, and even if he were told, there was no way he would believe it.
“Even if you know the girl’s ability, nothing will change.”
“Hmm, is that really true? It’s an ability with obvious vulnerabilities.”
“Are you talking about loopholes?”
Karami continued speaking with a light laugh.
“Eun-an’s ability is to reverse things that existed in reality. It’s not destruction. So where do those reversed things disappear to?”
“That’s….”
“Um, like a mirror world?”
At that moment, Heukbi’s droopy eyes, which gave off a languid impression, suddenly widened.
It was a satisfying reaction. It was really fun to surprise a woman who looked like a noblewoman, like a black bee. Karami couldn’t hold back and let out a low-level laugh of joy.
“The vulnerability of such a space is that it cannot withstand impacts from inside or outside. Like this.”
Wedge!
An object flying from somewhere at the speed of a bullet passes by Heukbi. Heukbi’s black hair flutters wildly in the strong wind.
It was a blue bead.
‘where?!’
Heukbi suddenly turned his head and stared intently at the direction from which the marble had come.
It was quite a distance from the Eumwolsa Temple. I could sense a subtle movement that I wouldn’t notice unless I paid full attention.
“Fuck, why the hell do I have to do this shit!”
The one there was Hilde, who had been waiting far away to carry out Karami’s orders.
The moment the signal flare sent by Karami exploded, he threw the oil painting bead he had handed over.
A blue orb exploded at the location where the barrier was located.
The last bead that Yuhwa squeezed out, the one that contained the power to turn fate back to its proper course. That power was like a natural enemy to the nine-tailed fox and the password.
Damn it.
The air cracks with a crashing sound.
The space seemed to be collapsing, but it only cracked and did not collapse. This was because the oil painting had weakened.
Heukbi lets out a small sigh of relief. He then narrows his eyes sharply and glares at Karami.
“The girl was complacent. If I send you back like this, it will be a great harm to the world.”
“Didn’t I tell you to hurry up earlier? Are you trying to change the subject now?”
“It’s okay. That’s the password. Can’t the fox, who can even reverse fate, change a single word?”
“You acted all noble, but then you were so deadly… Ugh.”
When Black Rain grabbed Karami’s wrist as if he was going to break it, Karami couldn’t stand it anymore and collapsed.
Heukbi looks down at Karami, who is kneeling on the floor.
A man with extraordinary ability to defy fate despite being a powerless human being. This needs to be nipped off before that time comes.
The surest way to get rid of that sprout.
Eun-an captures the image of Karami.
What will be turned around is the life he is holding on to.
“Die.”
It was a simple one word.
***
“… … Hey!”
“Um… .”
“Wake up!”
The nine-tailed fox forcibly woke up to the sound of the horn blaring loudly against her eardrums. She got up, clutching her pounding head.
The place where the nine-tailed fox was was still a reverse world full of mirrors. The black rain was nowhere to be seen, as if it had left behind.
A space where the gumiho is alone.
But then another voice was heard.
When the nine-tailed fox looked down at her feet, the mirror underneath was also looking at her. There was only a slight difference in the movements.
As if I were someone else.
The posture was different and the atmosphere was also different.
“You… .”
“How many times have I called you, Lin? Why are you waking up now?”
The one reflected in the mirror was Lin.
Another personality inhabiting the same body appears on the other side of the mirror.
“What, didn’t you just cry yourself to sleep?”
Rin was caught stealing the spirit of her master, Karami, and ran away after being hurt by harsh words. But now, she was in good condition.
“What are you talking about? It’s because of you that Lin was forced to wake up.”
“What?”
The gumiho checked her condition once again.
Are you really the one occupying your body right now?
Did Lin wake up and have her personality taken over by the reversal?
The sensation is vivid, as if the two exist simultaneously, facing each other in a mirror.
As the gumiho looked blank and unable to come to her senses, Lin raised her voice in frustration and spoke.
“Now is not the time to be doing that. The owner is outside!”
“That guy?”
The nine-tailed fox raised its head and stared into space.
surely….
Outside the barrier, his aura, or rather the chains connected to his soul, react. I told him not to come because it was bothersome, but he came anyway.
Why on earth did you come here?
On the subject of having no power whatsoever.
No matter how much she thought about it, the gumiho couldn’t figure out the reason.
“We have to get out of here quickly! Otherwise, the owner is in danger!”
That’s right.
There’s no way the password will leave Karami alone.
Even without that, the gumiho had no intention of staying here forever.
“I’m here because I want to be. I can’t go out, so I have no choice but to stay here.”
The problem is that there is still no way out.
The Reverse Heaven and Earth Realm is a space created by the power of the Black Rain, so it is difficult to fully exert power and it is also difficult to break the barrier.
Even if you go outside, if the black bee expands its territory again, you’ll be in trouble.
“You’re so great! You’re such a great nine-tailed fox! But how can you be trapped and helpless after being hit by something like that?”
“It ended like this because I was the one, if it were you, you would have died a long time ago?”
“You’re talking too much after losing!”
“… … .”
In the end, it was true that she had lost, so the gumiho kept her mouth shut. Talking more would only harm her.
More importantly, we need to find a way out of here… .
‘If only I had my strength.’
If only the power of the Ilyeongan and Wolyeongan were available, a space like this could be destroyed as easily as eating a rice cake while lying down.
It was when the gumiho was biting her lips in anger.
Thud.
A marble fell out of nowhere and rolled on the floor.
Push profit… .
The marble was emitting red smoke, but its momentum was weakening as if its strength had run out.
However, the gumiho could sense a faint energy contained in the smoke. It was Cheonho’s bead.
Why did this suddenly pop up?
Is Karami doing something outside?
I have no idea what it is.
“What is this green orb?”
Likewise, it seemed that a bead had appeared on Lin’s side as well.
How can he only say things that are so annoying?
It’s exactly like a gumiho.
“What are you talking about? How is this green? It’s red to anyone who looks at it.”
“What happened to your eyes? They’re green, right? Can you please stop messing with Rin’s body? It’s yours.”
“Why is this yours… …?”
The nine-tailed fox, who was about to vent her anger on Lin, discovered a red orb below. It was definitely red.
And the other side of the mirror.
There is smoke spreading from the same location in the same shape. Its color is green, and the beads are also green.
It was clearly the same bead, but the colors were opposite.
“Reversal… .”
The nine-tailed fox absentmindedly chews on the word.
A world turned upside down.
A realm of codes where even personalities appear reversed.
A lightbulb went off in the gumiho’s head.
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