episode_0700

30 minutes after the call ended.

Ding dong!

At the sound of the doorbell ringing, Han Ju-yeon opened the door and went out to greet her sister.

“Come on in, Sister.”

“How have you been?”

“I’m always doing well. Are you okay too?”

“Well… .”

Han Joo-hee tilts her head at the usual greetings and smiles bitterly.

I guess I should say something happened.

Or should I just say it doesn’t exist?

It was still ambiguous.

But now you will know.

Which side is closer?

“Come in quickly.”

“Excuse me.”

Han Joo-hee follows Han Joo-yeon into her house.

It was my first visit.

“Sorry. You kept saying you’d come, but you never came until now.”

Han Joo-hee suddenly apologizes out of regret.

“Hey, no. Everyone in the world knows that you’re busy.”

“I had time to visit my younger sibling’s house once.”

“Hehehe… , then I accept the apology. It’s okay! ”

Han Joo-yeon lightly pats Han Joo-hee’s head while smiling brightly.

It was an old habit.

My sister was always like that.

There were many instances where I suddenly realized something, became aware of it, and apologized.

At first, he waved his hand and said it was nothing to apologize for, but later he lightly patted her head and accepted her apology.

Because sometimes I’ve realized that accepting an apology can make the other person feel better, rather than trying to erase the apology itself.

“It’s late, so coffee is a bit much…, is tea okay?”

“Yeah, anything is fine.”

“I’ll get you a towel soon, so sit down. If you’re bored, you can look around the room.”

“Yeah.”

She entered the living room and looked around with a light gaze.

A large TV, photos from my childhood, and various paintings.

There was nothing that looked special.

After finishing looking around the living room, I was about to open the bedroom door.

“Let’s have some tea, sis.”

“Oh, yeah.”

At that moment, Han Joo-hee came out of the kitchen and heard Han Joo-yeon calling her name. She returned to the living room, sat across from her, and received a teacup.

“Chamomile tea. Does it smell good?”

“Oh, good.”

Han Joo-hee takes a sip of tea that has been heated to the perfect temperature for drinking.

As I was feeling a faint sense of stability from the scent of chamomile filling my mouth.

Han Ju-yeon, who had put down her teacup a moment earlier than her, asked.

“By the way, what are you doing at this late hour?”

“That’s it.”

She pauses for a moment.

Because I can’t express in detail the doubts that have been burrowing into my head.

“I suddenly miss you.”

“Oh my, really?”

“Yeah.”

That wasn’t a wrong statement.

After I stopped, I started missing everything.

My daughter who never listens to me, my husband who ignores me, my younger sibling who never paid attention to me.

She asked.

“Nothing special?”

“Ugh… , it’s a bit ambiguous to answer.”

“… Why?”

“The world is so dangerous these days.”

After the emergence of an evil force with overwhelming power, the world was thrown into chaos as villains who had been hiding from the hunters’ pursuit joined the Hexagram one after another.

First of all, the crime rate skyrocketed.

As individuals or small groups who had previously committed terrorism joined forces to commit a series of large-scale terrorist attacks, public anxiety also skyrocketed.

That wasn’t all.

The number of dungeons generated, which had remained constant for decades since the introduction of hexagrams, has nearly doubled.

As a result, the hunter industry was suffering from a manpower shortage that it had not experienced since the first generation.

There is no choice but to deploy a considerable number of hunters in each city to cope with the threat of possible terrorism, and to deploy more hunters than usual to conquer dungeons.

Naturally, this influence was also directly reflected in the Twilight Guild.

No, the Twilight Guild was the one that was most affected by it out of all the guilds in the world.

Because it was revealed that Guild Leader Kim Do-jin was a key member of the secret organization that fought against Hexagram together with the Saintess.

“That’s why I’m worried. The problem will get bigger in the future, and I think Dojin will be at the center of it because of his personality.”

“I see.”

Han Joo-hee nods as if she understands.

She asked slyly.

“Hunter Kim Do-jin must be busy too.”

“Yeah, I’m busy. It seems like I’m still busy moving around here and there.”

“Stirring up?”

“I don’t know why, but they’re destroying all the Hexagram hideouts one by one. And they’re traveling all over the world. Isn’t he really diligent?”

“Ah… … .”

Han Joo-hee hurriedly shuts her mouth after a short sigh.

It wasn’t diligence, it was persistence.

He’s been like that since long ago.

He was usually very easygoing, but when something came up that needed to be resolved or a grudge built up, he would never stop until it was resolved.

So there used to be a saying like that.

I’d rather be enemies with King Yeomra than with the national hunter.

Through this, her confidence in him became stronger.

Now the only one left is Han Joo-yeon.

“But how did you know?”

“What?”

“Kim Do-jin, the hunter. Didn’t you expect him to become such a great person? That’s why you turned down other guild offers and joined the guild of a mere prospect. ”

Han Joo-yeon laughed at her question.

“Huh… , I see.”

A clear vision in the crescent-shaped eyes is directed towards Han Ju-hee.

“That’s not what I expected, sis.”

“If it’s not what you expected?”

“I would have been by that kid’s side, no, whether he succeeded or failed.”

From the moment Son Si-woo’s soul took possession of Kim Do-jin’s body, failure was impossible.

But it didn’t matter to her.

Even if he had become a beggar and wandered the streets, she would have embraced him.

Because just because it’s that guy, everything else loses its meaning.

“That person… is that kind of person to me.”

Her cheeks turn bright red.

Han Ju-hee, who saw this, asked back with a stiff face.

“Do you love that person?”

She answered immediately.

“Yeah, I love you.”

A voice that is absolutely resolute.

It was as if he was asserting that there was absolutely no other choice.

She asked again, even though she knew the answer was already decided.

“What if… , there is a reason why you can never love that person?”

“What is the reason?”

“Whatever it is.”

Quickly moving glances.

Han Ju-yeon, who noticed something in it, opened her mouth, completely erasing the smile on her face.

“Sister, you know everything?“

* * *

The place Chris took Kim Do-jin to was a laboratory filled with all sorts of cutting-edge equipment, through a crack-generating device of unknown technology.

It was amazing.

Han Ju-hee’s research lab, located on the 77th floor of the building, is so small that it doesn’t even have a business card.

“This is where you’ll be for a while. How’s it going?”

“Well… , not bad.”

Kim Do-jin and Chris made a deal in exchange for not destroying Francis’ soul.

The content is to participate in an experiment led by Chris for one week from now.

It wasn’t a contract that was made without any thought.

Since it is a dangerous task, I have set some conditions.

In short, we will conduct experiments, but we will never conduct experiments that could endanger life or cause physical damage.

In other words, it also meant that any experiment that did not endanger life or cause physical harm should be accepted.

Even if it is followed by a pain worse than death.

“Okay, this way.”

Chris pointed with his hand to the experimental bed with restraints installed.

Kim Do-jin swallowed dry saliva and laid down on the bed, placing his arms and legs directly on the unlocked restraints.

Crunch!

Crunch!

Arms and legs are bound.

At the same time, the magical power that was actively flowing within the body began to be sucked into the core as if running away like a mouse meeting a cat.

It was because of the magic circle that controlled the flow of magical power mixed in the restraints that bound his arms and legs.

Kim Do-jin was amazed.

“Huh… , are you restraining my magic power to this extent?”

Judging from the fact that Kim Do-jin’s magical power, which could never be contained by an ordinary magic circle, was controlled, it seems that an incredible catalyst and dozens, or maybe hundreds, of high-level magicians were mobilized.

“We don’t have much time, so should we start right away?”

At his gesture, the experimental bed, which had been lying horizontally, was raised vertically.

Chris, who was suddenly standing and seemed to be tied up, approached him with an excited smile on his face.

Kim Do-jin asked in a very relaxed manner.

“So, where should I start?”

If you don’t die and your body parts aren’t damaged, all that’s left in the end is pain.

Kim Do-jin was confident.

Because he had a knack for enduring pain.

To this Chris replied:

“I thought about it as I came here.”

I’ve been thinking about it for a long time.

Mastery and delicate control over amazingly superior magical powers and powers.

Can you make this much of a difference just because you have a great sense of magic?

‘no.’

One conclusion was drawn.

“Can Mr. Kim Do-jin feel magic through other senses?”

“… … .”

Two or more.

It is clear that Kim Do-jin feels the magic not only with his sixth sense but also with other senses.

So what is it?

What sense is best suited to controlling magical power so delicately?

There was only one answer.

“Shall we start with the eyes?”

The blade of magical power clearly visible on Chris’s fingertips dug into Kim Do-jin’s left eyelid.

Phew!

“Kkaaah-!!!”

An excruciating, unbearable pain coursed through his body.