episode_0217

Saturday day. Iron Blood Hospital.

“Thank you for your hard work, saint.”

“Thank you. I’ll go first.”

After finishing her work, Baek Ah-young stood up.

“Yes! Thank you for your hard work!”

– Thank you for your hard work!

“Thank you.”

When Baek Ah-young leaves work, everyone at the hospital greets her. Even patients.

After making eye contact with each person and saying hello, Baek Ayoung went outside.

Again and again.

Now that I’ve finished all of today’s work, I’m thinking of going home and resting.

‘There are two days left.’

When I return to the academy, I will have to work as a school nurse again.

The position of school nurse was created in a hurry by the academy to accommodate Baek A-young, so to be honest, it was not a busy position.

‘It’s not bad to work with patients after a long time.’

The intense emotions I felt every day when I worked at the association.

Helping people and being appreciated.

For Baek Ayoung, that was healing.

“Ayeong~ Are you done?”

As soon as she left the building, a high-pitched voice hit Baek A-young’s ears.

“…Yejiya?”

“I came here because I missed you for a long time~.”

Min Ye-ji, a cat-like beauty.

He is Baek A-young’s acquaintance.

She is the team leader of the Sanghyeol guild, and it was thanks to Min Ye-ji that Baek Ah-young entered the Sanghyeol Hospital where Lee Ho-yeon was hospitalized.

“Why are you busy with work?”

“I have something to stop by here at the moment. I have something to investigate.”

“inspection?”

“Yes. They said it looks like a child from a famous guild has become a demon.”

“aha.”

A Hunter becomes a Mine.

It’s rare, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

Min Ye-ji and Baek A-young were both ignored.

“I came here to see that our Ayoung is working hard. It’s not okay for the person I set up to play around.”

“Hehe. Thank you. Still, I’m glad you found it convenient.”

“No. It was a great help for the saint to be at the Sangvis Hospital, even if only for a short time. Come to think of it, did you and Hoenn have a good time at the hospital?”

“… huh.”

The hospital stay I spent with Lee Ho-yeon.

It was only about a week, but it was a happy time.

Because we confirmed each other’s feelings and created a solid relationship.

Especially when they confessed to each other… It was really good back then.

Baek A-young’s face turned slightly red as she thought about that night, and Min Ye-ji looked at her and wrapped her arms around Baek A-young.

“Wow, it looks like it was really good. Look at our Ayoung’s expression. She was such an innocent child.”

“… That could be possible.”

Baek Ah-young managed her facial expression as she pushed Min Ye-ji away.

Because the corners of my mouth tried to turn up without notice.

“Okay. Let’s get together again after work at Sanghyeol Hospital. How about a drink with Sol?”

“I’m not good at eating, but… I like it. Come to think of it, Sol is still researching?”

“Yeah. But it’s almost finished. They say there’s going to be a magic fair and all that next week.”

“Magic fair?”

“That’s true, but I don’t know what I’m doing either.”

Min Ye-ji raised her arm and made a gesture that she didn’t know, but Baek A-young remembered hearing it from Im Sol.

‘I definitely said I was going with Hoyeon.’

Lim Sol and Lee Ho-yeon.

Although you are a teacher and a disciple, you must not let down your guard.

“Isn’t that what you do with Hoenn?”

“Oh… I guess so? I guess I did.”

“….”

“Hey, don’t worry. Sol doesn’t care about men. If I’m teasing you, I’m just teasing you.”

“… Yes. I know.”

But Baek Ah-young still remembers the feelings she felt before.

When Im Sol talks about Lee Ho-yeon.

I don’t think it’s a big crush yet… There was definitely a liking for it.

‘You can always be a competitor.’

Even if you are ahead now, you must never let down your guard.

Because Lee Ho-yeon is that kind of man.

Baek Ah-young strengthened her resolve and clenched her fists.

*

“Are you okay? It’s going to be hard to follow.”

Rebecca and I came out of the training area inside Rebecca’s hideout and stood face to face.

He was holding a staff with a purple crystal ball attached to it, but it didn’t seem to be a particularly helpful artifact.

“Is that wand an ornament?”

“Ah, yes. Did you notice? It makes you look a little more scary this way.”

That definitely makes her look like a real witch.

“Well, after all, it’s better to stop now….”

“why?”

Rebecca repeated those words from earlier.

Is it difficult to ask you to tell me about the rune barrier?

If you see that they are trying to revive Rune’s clan, it’s not like they don’t want to tell you.

“… The rune barrier is not simple.”

“Let’s just give it a try.”

Anyway, it’s been a while since I came to the training ground, and I feel strange.

It’s been a long time since I went to the Academy.

“This is not an area covered by talent… but the education passed down from Rune’s clan….”

Why are there so many worries?

You just have to do it.

“Okay, Rebecca. It’s okay. I’ll just do it.”

I said a little firmly.

“…Hmph. Okay, listen carefully. Don’t get hurt if you say no.”

Oh, it’s like they’re afraid I’ll get hurt.

There’s no need for that.

Slurp-

After a while, Rebecca’s magical power began to surround the inside of the training ground.

It is a familiar rune barrier.

I observed the magic sphere spreading slowly, but as expected, there was nothing different from my magic circle.

“The Rune clan must completely dominate the Rune Barrier.”

Rebecca muttered quietly.

It is a completely different appearance from the atmosphere shown so far.

Exciting-

At the same time, the air around me became heavier.

A tremendous pressure pressed down on my shoulders, and my fighting senses began to activate.

“Try to activate the rune barrier.”

“….”

I frowned, resisted the pressure, and created a rune barrier.

It activated by wrapping itself around my body to block the pressure pressing down on me.

– Pazyjik

But as soon as my barrier was implemented, it collapsed immediately.

This is because it could not withstand the pressure sent from Rebecca’s rune barrier.

“The rune barrier is not like that.”

Rebecca approached me, smiled slightly, and broke down her rune barrier.

The rune barrier, which was slowly losing its shape, stopped at some point.

“and….”

The magic is being activated, but it is not activated at the same time.

“No, how is this possible?”

Until now, I have never heard or seen such a phenomenon.

If you show it to Imsol, he’ll probably be shocked and fall back.

“There is only one magic that Rune’s clan can learn in their lifetime. That is why the space within the barrier belongs to Rune.”

Rebecca held out one hand, and I could see that the magic coming out of her hand was connected to the barrier.

“This… isn’t something that’s been maintained continuously. It just feels like it’s been connected from the beginning….”

“That’s right. My magic power is already structured like a rune barrier. … But I haven’t visualized it yet. How did you see it?”

“That’s possible?”

Rebecca questioned, but my eyes widened in surprise.

How on earth is it possible for magic and humans to have the same magical power structure?

“Because it’s Rune’s clan. Well, that’s why I didn’t want to show it. I thought it would only lower your motivation.”

Actually, I didn’t lose motivation.

Rather, it went up when it went up.

Because there is a concept of magic that I didn’t know about.

“Yeah, but it’s okay.”

Rebecca must have misunderstood my eager eyes and started saying something.

I listened to Rebecca’s words through one ear and observed the rune barrier that Rebecca implemented.

A fusion of magic and humans.

‘Is that even possible for me?’

no. Absolutely not.

This is a phenomenon that can only be achieved over a long period of time while the body is still developing.

I am already late. Even if it were possible, I would need not only a rune barrier but also other magic.

In that case, we need to find another way… .

“Because you have enough talent… as long as I have a child with talent, I will nurture him from a young age….”

“ah.”

Rebecca was saying something, but I couldn’t hear it.

Because something started happening in my head.

When I learned a new concept that I didn’t know about as a person with [Magic Sensitivity], as soon as I understood it, my talent forced my body to evolve.

This was an awakening.

Just like when I first felt mana.

Just like when I first used my combat senses.

Like when creating a new skill.

Like when I aroused myself during sex with Liliana.

Perhaps something more than that was happening.

Like Rebecca, it is impossible to completely change the body’s magic circuit.

Because her body is only for the rune barrier.

The nature of Rebecca’s magical power itself changed to match the rune barrier.

Therefore, every time you install a rune barrier, it connects to your body.

Unlike controlling it directly, it is stronger because it becomes one with the barrier.

This is a different phenomenon from ordinary magic.

It cannot be imitated, and it should not be imitated.

but.

This body is capable.

‘If it doesn’t connect, just hold on.’

If it doesn’t work, force it. Adding my own style to it.

“… Rune barrier.”

I opened the rune barrier again.

The threads of magic that came out of my body instantly created a magic circle and were combined in the final core technique.

Since you can’t hold on to the whole thing, just hold on to the core techniques.

In this state, the core technique is changed.

‘With the same magical properties as my body.’

Then like this… .

Crackling-

A sphere-shaped rune barrier was created around my body, and at the same time, the pressure disappeared.

I created my own territory within Rebecca’s barrier.

“Ha… I think it’s okay? How are you? Rebecca?”

I looked at Rebecca with a proud smile.

This feeling of your magic skills increasing.

Because I felt good whenever I felt it.

Rebecca looked at me with her mouth open and then opened her mouth quietly.

“… Our baby’s father has really good genes.”

*

An article reporting that Shin Dong-min, the eldest son of the Shinyoung Guild, had contact with Mine.

The public, who had been burning like fire at first, left one by one to find something else to chew on.

At first I was interested in the article about Shin Dong-min’s disappearance, but it gradually became quieter.

As such, the public’s interest in Shinyoung’s guild gradually diminished, and even though the time had come for him to quietly return, Shin Dong-min did not return to his home.

Anyway, the treatment I would receive when I returned home was obvious.

You will be trapped in a mansion somewhere and under surveillance for the rest of your life and will not be able to come out.

Because he is a demon.

‘Do not kill it, but leave it to your own management.’

Even if my son is a demon, I will not abandon him.

My father is that kind of person.

Maybe they hired hunters to track me down.

To live like that… It would be better to give back what was taken.

The reason why he became like this.

These are Lee Ho-yeon and Moon Su-rin.

Grumpy-

Blood vessels protruding all over the body.

A ferocious face and horns whose original appearance is vague.

Shin Dong-min, who had completely become a demon, ran out of the house and came into contact with the pandemic.

Since I left home and brought with me a lot of slush funds, I was able to hire Pandemic magicians.

“…What is the operation?”

“Yes. We have already departed for Lee Ho-yeon and Moon Su-rin’s dormitory.”

Tadadak-

On the monitor in front of Shin Dong-min, two men wearing familiar skull masks were heading somewhere.

“… I guess you got it right?”

“Yes. These are S-class demons who applied directly.”

“I heard that among the S-class demons, there are a lot of them with abnormal minds. They were bought with a lot of money, so we need to deal with them properly.”

“But… there won’t be any problem in getting things done.”

“… okay.”

This is the last time.

I spent all the money I brought just by rescuing two S-class demons, and I have nowhere to turn.

“….”

Shin Dong-min stood up and saw Mine disappearing from the monitor.