episode_0298

Above and below.

Leading and being attracted.

I thought it didn’t matter who gets what in a marital relationship.

Whether she is on top or leading.

Because my love for Han Joo-hee has never diminished or cooled.

“The saying that Hunter Joohee Han needs someone… , I guess that’s right?”

Even though she has an expression of hurt pride, she nods her head as if she had heard an offer she couldn’t refuse.

Only now, too late, did I realize that the thoughts I had in the past were wrong.

ah.

Letting things out as they wish for the sake of the other person was not a good option.

I finally realized that even if you loosen it, you still need to tighten it once in a while.

Was the smile on my face unlucky?

She tried to fight back by shooting him a sharp gaze.

“Don’t be cocky. I don’t know how on earth that’s possible… “Don’t forget that this research started because you wanted it.”

The point of the speech is this.

Since you started this research because you wanted to, don’t stretch yourself to the limit and don’t even think about saving money.

what… , on the surface it is every bit as true.

“It started because I wanted it, but now it seems like Hunter Han Joo-hee is more desperate than me… , is not it?”

“… … .”

Han Joo-hee glares in this direction while keeping her mouth shut in response to a direct question.

I don’t know about anyone else, but you can’t try to beat me like that.

I know better than anyone else that you are fascinated by research that interests me.

Han Joo-hee, who stopped looking at each other for a while, asked in an irritated tone.

“ha… , so what are we going to do? “Does this mean you have to pay a price to use your abilities?”

“yes that’s right.”

Of course, Han Joo-hee.

I mean, he’s really good at getting to the core of the conversation.

I don’t want to give her anything for free.

I don’t know about others, but I always want to make her pay a fair price.

Whatever I plan to do in the future.

What I would receive in return for using this ability was also determined.

“You didn’t forget the contract we signed a while ago, right?”

“that… .”

One question I was allowed to ask under the condition of continuing the experiment to uncover secrets about myself.

“I’d like to ask a second question this time.”

She bit her lower lip as if she knew what I was going to say next.

“But that…” , It will only be effective if the experiment involves your secret.”

“Then, let me tell you a little about my abilities.”

As soon as I finish answering, her head drops about 20 degrees.

You’re probably thinking about it.

Which would be a better option for me: accepting my offer or rejecting it.

I whisper in a low voice to ease her worries.

“If you find out, you probably won’t regret it.”

A voice that whispered as if talking to itself.

But there’s no way she couldn’t have heard.

If you put your mind to it, you can even hear the sound of insects crawling in the farthest part of this laboratory thanks to the senses of an S-class hunter.

After much thought, she raises her head.

Straight eyes clearly show his personality of pushing forward like a bulldozer once he sets his mind to it.

“… great.”

An exhilarating sensation running down your spine.

It was such a pleasure to make someone else’s mind move in the desired direction.

* * *

Unbelievable things are happening before your eyes.

A red pill made by mixing magic of unknown nature with a highly addictive drug.

It is disintegrating piece by piece in Kim Do-jin’s hands.

‘How on earth… .’

Her evaluation of the character Kim Do-jin was simple and clear.

Ori Mujung (五里霧中).

A person full of abilities that seem to completely deny the magic he has acquired through a lifetime of immersion.

Just when you think you’ve finally figured out one of them, something else comes along.

‘What is the principle?’

Her eyes turn to the magic extractor placed on one side of the lab.

How can human hands do something that is impossible even with machines costing billions of dollars each?

From unknown principles, she feels endless wonder and possibility.

‘If you figure out the principle of that… .’

Magic that remains at a standstill can make great progress.

No, the modern lifestyle that surrounds humans may itself be able to go beyond improvement and innovate.

Yes.

In the end, unknown principles were no problem to her.

Rather, it is a good thing.

It is such a joy to have new challenges that you will devote your whole life to solving.

but.

‘Why do I have that kind of ability…? .’

The only problem is that the person who holds that infinite ability tightly in his hands is Kim Do-jin.

‘What on earth do you want?’

A question asked in return for demonstrating ability.

With that question, the other person is trying to delve into my private life.

The problem is that it doesn’t seem to end there.

The questions I’m asking now are just a preparatory step, but in reality, I feel like they’re trying to look into my inner thoughts.

Then she realized.

‘The real problem was something else.’

There is a more fundamental problem than the fact that Kim Do-jin possesses such abilities.

Even though I understand the intentions of the other person who is trying to see into my inner thoughts, I cannot turn him away.

Isn’t that the real problem?

“Where should the extracted magic power be transferred?”

She suddenly came to her senses at Kim Do-jin’s question and pointed to a machine placed on one side of the lab.

“You can just put it in there.”

Magic storage box.

It was literally a machine that forcibly contained magical power that would naturally dissipate if left unattended.

The magic power flowing from Kim Do-jin’s grasp seeps into the transparent glass tube.

A concentration of 88% appears on the small screen above the storage box.

In other words, the amount of magical energy from one pill filled 88% of the area of the glass tube, which is 30cm in width, length, and height.

“… “This amount of magic power in one pill.”

I couldn’t believe it.

This amount of magical power came from a pill no bigger than the size of a little finger.

She tried to calm her startled heart.

And then I pushed my hand into the transparent glass tube.

A strange sensation soon came to me.

‘This… .’

I feel a slight heat in my hand.

Although it is a small amount, it means that fire attribute magic is dissolved in it.

Her brow furrowed when she felt this.

‘The proportion of fire attribute magic is less than 5%.’

So what kind of magical power does the remaining 95% consist of?

‘… ‘What tests should I do?’

In my mind, images of countless machines that have helped me with my research thus far appear and disappear.

But nothing seems suitable for the current situation.

Kim Do-jin, who was watching this quietly, threw out a word of advice.

“I told you earlier, right? “If you take that pill, it will first affect the user’s magical power.”

“ah… !”

Here’s one way to get past her head.

‘What if I put my magic into a glass tube?’

Han Joo-hee releases the magic power inside the glass tube.

When the concentration dropped to 50%, she stopped discharging water and poured her magical energy into the glass tube to bring the concentration to 100%.

To be exact, 50% of the pill’s magic power and 50% of my magic power.

After getting the proportions right, she watched the situation without removing her hand from inside the glass tube.

1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes.

As time goes by, nothing changes and she begins to wonder.

“… … !”

Finally, change came.

“Wow, magic power… !”

Two different magical powers are merging into one.

As she was thinking that, she quickly shook her head.

“No, this is…” .”

Kim Do-jin, who was watching this, chimed in.

“One side is sticking to the other side.”

“… that’s right.”

It’s just as he said.

The magic power extracted from the pill is clinging to my magic power.

Like a parasite that burrows into the host’s body.

My heart is pounding.

‘A parasite of magical power… , What happens next?’

I waited and waited with the hope that something would happen, but the situation did not change.

At this time, Kim Do-jin came forward.

“Can I ask one thing?”

“What is it?”

Dry tone of voice.

He responded by curling the corner of his mouth with a grin.

“Hunter Joohee Han’s magic skills don’t seem to be that great either… , This isn’t everything, is it?”

“… … !”

Each person has their own taboo words.

You shouldn’t say to a friend who likes games, ‘You’re not good at games,’ and you shouldn’t look down on the work of a friend who makes arts and physical education by saying, ‘Ah, I should have just done arts and physical education.’

How to express this in people’s words these days.

‘Seizure button.’

A word that literally causes the other person to have a seizure at once.

To Han Joo-hee, that meant she couldn’t do magic.

A statement that ignores and insults my lifetime of research and achievements.

She felt dizzy from a sudden surprise.

If someone unfamiliar with magic had said that, they might have laughed at it and ignored it.

However, the opponent is Kim Do-jin.

At the words of someone who possesses several abilities that even he himself is not aware of.

“now… “What did you say?”

Her emotions and magic surged at the same time as she felt truly humiliated.

And in the hand that was inside the glass tube, a change began to appear in the magical power around it.

“… … ?”

My magic power is changing.

No, more accurately, it is being eaten by the parasitic magic power and changing into the same state.

Kim Do-jin spoke to her, who missed the opportunity to express her anger out of curiosity.

“Can you feel it now?”

She frowned and asked.

“… “Did you say that on purpose to make me feel this way?”

“yes.”

A sly smile that doesn’t give the slightest hint of credibility.

But that wasn’t the important thing.

She was amazed as she felt her magical power completely change in character.

‘The destructive power has increased by at least 1.2 times.’

The dense fire magic becomes more active and runs wild.

If magic was used like this, magic 1.2 times more powerful than before would come out.

So isn’t this a beneficial change?

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

“Certain feelings… , a magical power that is triggered using anger as a trigger.”

Even the magical power that has arbitrarily expanded its territory is causing emotions to become stronger again.

That is to say.

The magic power triggered by anger adversely affects emotions, making them deeper.

When this vicious cycle is repeated, the results are obvious.

“I can see why you want to stop this drug.”

The moment this drug spreads, it will become a lawless world where people will die over simple disputes.

After forcibly cutting off the magical power creeping up through my hands.

She asked Kim Do-jin, who was smiling brightly.

“How did you know this?”

I don’t understand at all.

How did he realize the fact that he managed to find out through the machine?

Two hypotheses come to her mind.

“Have you already experienced it yourself?”

If you have already experienced it with magical power extracted through ridiculous magical power control.

But Kim Do-jin shook his head.

“no.”

“… … .”

Then there is only one family left.

I think it is truly ridiculous and impossible.

‘If it’s that person.’

Since the opponent in front of me is Kim Do-jin, I naturally suspect that he also possesses this ability.

she asked with a trembling voice.

“Your eyes… “Can you see any magical power?”

Kim Do-jin responded with a smile.

“answer.”

At that moment, something collapsed in Han Joo-hee’s heart.

It was the pride in the magic she had held until now that was helplessly broken down.