episode_0009
by adminReality is not a game.
A set character appears at a set time and does not say the set line or act.
The same was true for Cheon Yu-hwa.
It’s not that she didn’t appear in the game at all. He only appeared briefly as one of the welcome party participants.
We never encountered each other while playing the game, so we won’t meet again this time.
Complacently, I thought so.
I concluded that she would never approach the player directly at this time.
But reality was not a game. She deviated from the set scenario and came to me on her own.
“How did you know?”
What started the story was a question from Cheon Yu-hwa, who was looking at me intently.
“What?”
“What I have.”
After hearing Cheon Yu-hwa’s question, I kept my mouth shut for a moment.
It wasn’t because I didn’t want to answer or because I used an dishonest method.
It’s much simpler than that, but it’s a reason that’s hard to explain.
‘It’s just a feeling…’ ?’
I really just felt like I was popular for a moment so I turned around.
I was so surprised to hear a sign of presence inside the detection barrier where no one was present.
After a moment of hesitation, Cheon Yu-hwa’s head tilted.
“Is it difficult to tell you?”
“No, that’s not it. Because I just noticed it intuitively, it was difficult to explain.”
After hearing my answer, Cheon Yu-hwa nodded.
“Intuition… ? Okay. It’s a intuition.”
Honestly, I can’t follow the context of the conversation at all.
Cheon Yu-hwa asks a question one-sidedly, and I answer her question. This process is simply repeated several times.
I have no idea what she was after or why she approached me.
Although Cheon Yu-hwa originally had a strong My-Pace personality, he would not have had this kind of mystical personality.
It was hard to know what he was thinking right now.
‘I’m scared because I don’t know what I came here for.’
Chun Yu-hwa’s physical ability is such that he can easily even fold a person’s spine in half.
Rather, it is not strange to show origami by crumpling and folding a person’s body here and there.
I was breaking out in a cold sweat inside, but I endured it without showing it to the outside. My heart was pounding like it was going to burst.
My whole body was so tense that I felt nervous. As sweat began to pool in her palms, Cheon Yu-hwa’s mouth opened once again.
“My name is Cheon Yu-hwa. What is your name?”
“… This is Seong Yu-jin.”
She immediately introduced herself and asked my name. I answered while trying my best not to stutter.
“Do you think you can become a hunter even if you don’t have magical power?”
Why did she ask me this question?
It was difficult to understand her thoughts, but I didn’t think about it too long and complicated.
In response to Cheon Yu-hwa’s question, I expressed my thoughts honestly.
I think it can be “. What is important for a hunter is not the presence or absence of magical power, but saving people from the threat of the dungeon.”
Save people from the threat of the dungeon. It is a fact that no hunter of any era has denied since the cataclysm.
The debate over whether magic exists or not is meaningless.
“… Yes, that’s right.”
Cheon Yu-hwa’s voice sank somewhat. But her expression was somewhat relaxed.
She nodded slightly and smiled at me.
“Thank you for your good opinion. Well then, see you next time.”
Those words were goodbye.
Just as he had appeared, Cheon Yu-hwa disappeared in an instant without a trace.
It was impossible to follow the movement. From the beginning, her movement speed exceeded my visual acuity.
What I was looking at with my eyes wide open was not Cheon Yu-hwa’s new model.
All that remained where Cheon Yu-hwa had been were leaves swaying in the night wind.
She appeared in an instant and disappeared like the wind.
It disappeared from before me like a mirage, as if to say it had never been there from the beginning.
The barrier was unaware of any changes until the leaves fluttering in the night wind touched the ground.
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Until the era before the cataclysm, people treated magic as a fantasy energy.
I tried to explain everything in the universe using math and science. It was a time when all the principles of the world were based on mathematical laws.
But a cataclysm occurred in that world, and the world that was driven by mathematics changed overnight.
Magical power, once dismissed as a fantasy, has openly covered the earth.
People absorbed magical energy into their bodies, became superhumans, and used magic and abilities that had been treated as fiction.
As demons poured in, the existing civilization was devastated. The once collapsed world was rebuilt using magic as a new foundation.
Yes, this world is all about magical power.
A person’s value is determined by how much magical power they have and how skillfully they handle that magical power.
So I hated this world.
─Magical power… There isn’t… ?
─I’m sorry to say this, but this child will have to live in this world without magical powers.
Because he was not born with magical powers, he was abandoned by his parents.
─Why are you freaking out about not having any magic power?!
─Teacher, he hit me!
─A kid with no magical powers, doing something like that just because he’s so good… .
There was no way the orphanage or school would accept me, as I had abandoned my parents.
No matter where I went in society, people despised me and ostracized me.
It was impossible to become a demon or even a villain.
Even those who were called human beings or trash had magical powers.
─Doesn’t this bitch look pretty?
─Are you a bastard? … Well, since it doesn’t have any magical power, let’s just play around with it and deal with it.
Running away from perverts and criminals was everyday life.
Thanks to his excellent physical ability and healthy body, he has so far avoided severe punishment.
However, this was not the case for an isolated mind with no place to lean on. Unable to find shelter, the girl’s spirit gradually began to break down.
The class in society has fallen to the point where people are no longer considered low-class or even human beings.
It was not protected because it had no magical power. Because it lacks magical power, it easily becomes a target of crime.
Naturally, it was targeted by countless people. I was kicked out and ran away for several years.
I thought about it every time that happened.
‘why?’
Why wasn’t magical power given only to me?
Why do I have to live such a miserable life just because I don’t have magical powers?
The first feeling that sprouted in my heart was loneliness.
On Christmas Day, I wrapped myself in newspaper and shivered in a shady alley. Under the colorful lights, I saw a child my age holding his parents’ hand and smiling happily.
The sprouted loneliness became a sprout and created a pair of cotyledons.
Envy and resentment. The emotion with that name was born in an empty heart in the form of a cotyledon.
I envy that kid. I want to be like that. Why is my life like this?
Me, who cries out in the pit of the abyss every moment, and you, who laugh happily in a bright place far away.
What on earth is different to create such a discouraging difference?
In that way, despair appeared without me even knowing.
Frustration, grief, grief, depression, lamentation, confusion, displeasure, doubt, loneliness, envy, resentment.
All kinds of negativity and evil colored my mind with a dull and ugly color.
─You can see a collapsed child on camera… There is no horsepower.
─If it doesn’t have magical power, it’s a corpse. Unfortunately, I can’t afford to take care of the body right now.
When the gate collapsed and monsters poured into the streets, the hunters who were called heroes of the time did not save me.
There is no magical power felt in my body. Based on that fact alone, they concluded that I, who was still alive and breathing, was a corpse.
It was then that my world completely fell apart.
The child was abandoned by the parents who were supposed to protect him. I was kicked out of the orphanage that was caring for an abandoned child. I ran away from school, where I was supposed to teach society, because I was bullied.
An entity that is not tolerated in any society. But I thought it would be different for Hunter.
A hero of this era who saves everyone. I thought it would be different for them.
‘ha ha ha… .’
Stupid bitch. How dare you destroy yourself by relying on such flimsy hopes?
I was angry with myself. I hated this world that made me angry at myself.
But that’s my situation. People didn’t care about my situation at all. The same goes for the monster that has come before my eyes right now.
‘Kruk!’
The monster snorted and rushed towards me.
Ah, yes. Because this is for living.
[The deadly star eats your will and blinks.]
that’s right. It’s to live.
Surviving… … .
Crunch-.
It’s not a sin.
.
.
.
Without knowing what I had done, I came to my senses and before I knew it, all the monsters in the street were dead.
Everyone became a piece of meat under my feet.
That fact was quite funny. Okay, why didn’t I know this simple fact?
The reason the world didn’t listen to my voice was simply because I lacked strength.
‘iced coffee.’
For some reason, my head went up. The ‘black star’ rising high in the night sky was shining on me.
Under the black and dark night sky, black stars shine.
A world full of contradictions from beginning to end. I really liked that star, as if it was looking at my arms.
[The deadly star is focused on you.]
It’s a strange sentence. An unusual phrase appeared on a square hologram seen on the street.
After swiping my hand a few times, the hologram disappeared.
But ever since that hologram appeared, I have become aware of my innate power.
A feeling that was different from the feeling of learning something, as if the information had been forcibly acquired, shook my brain.
With that information, I became aware of my innate power.
Although it has no magical power, it has the physical ability to crush an ordinary hunter.
Magic or magical power that touched my body either lost its effect or had no effect on me even if it remained effective.
So we fought. They fought, killed, and stole.
I killed and destroyed the world that denied me one by one.
[Illusion killing becomes more perfect.]
Unusual holograms also appeared often. The more I did it, the more I felt like I was being rewarded for the path I had taken.
Just like that, the little girl who was only thirteen years old suddenly became a twenty-year-old virgin.
But age didn’t matter. Because what was important to me was this world.
Making my presence known to the world and spreading my voice.
That alone is the reason for my existence and the driving force of my life.
One day, while living like that, I met a woman in a city that was in ruins due to a gate collapse.
One eye covered with an eye patch, blonde hair flowing, a golden spear held in hand… She was a woman who somehow exuded mystery.
Before I even showed myself, the woman noticed my presence and turned her head.
‘you… ?!’
The woman was startled when she saw me. His surprised face contorted, and shock and despair were revealed on his face.
After being frozen for a while, the woman revealed her identity and spoke to me.
‘I am Othinus, the head of Eden. ‘Tell me your name.’
‘Othinus… ?’
As soon as I heard that name, my anger rose.
The resentment that had been wandering around aimlessly in my heart for 20 years boiled over.
I was not a person of good character enough to endure such an outburst of negativity that had accumulated over a lifetime.
His expression was distorted with anger. And I asked her. I shouted with all my resentment and resentment.
‘Is this world the paradise you wanted to create?’
I know the speech you made in front of the whole world.
A paradise where everyone is comfortable and peaceful. I remember what you said about building a utopia.
So let me ask you.
‘Is the paradise you dreamed of a world that despises those without magic and dismisses them as toys that can be violated or killed for pleasure?’
Please answer quickly. Othinus.
You established Eden and created a paradise in a world destroyed by cataclysm.
Due to my innate lack of magical power, I became the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which was not allowed to mankind in that paradise.
‘Is it really the paradise of mankind?’
He widened his eyes and raised his voice as if he was going to tear Othinus to death in front of him at any moment.
[The deadly star emits light.]
[Illusion killing is burning.]
However, Othinus, who faced my resentment, did not answer me.
Before I knew it, the distance between her and me had narrowed.
‘I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. I will take on your justified anger and resentment.’
Instead of making lame excuses or persuading her, she asked for my forgiveness.
A woman who could control the world from an extremely high position hugged me and apologized.
… That hug was so warm for some reason.
I thought the reason my life had turned into hell was because the world was created by this woman’s hands.
That thought hasn’t disappeared. I have not yet forgiven this woman, nor have I been able to.
However, now that I was in her arms, emotions that I had never felt before arose.
‘Come to Eden. I will take responsibility for ensuring that you can legitimately express your ideas and raise your voice.’
She suggested that I become a cadet at Eden.
‘Accumulate a lot of experience and broaden your horizons. Eden exists for that.’
I don’t know why, but I accepted Othinus’ offer at that time.
He was given a clean cadet uniform directly by her, given the name Cheon Yu-hwa, and became a first-year cadet at Eden.
“Hunter… .”
There is no way you can become a hunter with a body without magical power.
This is what I heard when I was a girl who didn’t know anything about the world and dreamed of becoming a hunter.
Everyone who heard that dream denied any possibility and laughed at my future, which I had only dreamed of.
‘I think it can be done. What is important for a hunter is not the presence or absence of magical power, but saving people from the threat of the dungeon.’
And today, for the first time, I heard a different answer to that question.
The image of him wandering alone outside the banquet hall came to mind.
Black hair and black eyes. Although he had a handsome face, he didn’t have any special features.
‘Even if you don’t have magical power, you can become a hunter.’
It was a dream I had already abandoned once, but I met someone who did not ridicule my future but rather affirmed it.
“… Yes, that’s right.”
Just like he said. Because the essence of a hunter does not come from magical power.
Once again, I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to dream of becoming a hunter.
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