episode_0101

“… … What?”

At the sudden words, not only Shigure but also the other people who had been chattering away looked at Do Yu-jin with surprised rabbit eyes.

“What does that mean?”

“Exactly as I said.”

Doyujin spoke again, looking at Shigure’s father.

“The alcohol you are drinking now contains poison.”

“… … It doesn’t seem like you’re joking to lighten the mood.”

“I’m not the type of person who would joke around like that.”

“Haha, I guess that’s what it looks like.”

He said that and laughed lightly.

And then he immediately said with a hardened face as if nothing had happened.

“But we’d rather think of you as just a playful person. That’s how hard it is to believe what you’re saying right now.”

Thud-!

He waved his hand lightly, and a shuriken shot out of his empty hand and stuck into the table.

“Well, there are some old, washed-up guys, but all of us here are ninjas, so naturally, handling poison and hidden weapons is a basic of the basics.”

Eyes that were sharp like shurikens and sticky like poison, completely different from the friendly eyes he had seen until now, flashed at Do Yu-jin.

“That’s why we find it hard to believe what you say. We suspect that you might be trying to do something.”

As soon as the leader finished speaking.

Shuaaaah–!!!

The momentum of dozens of refined ninjas poured down on Doyujin at once.

Shudder-!

Erio reacted by shivering slightly when he saw him.

“Calm down, it’s okay.”

Do Yu-jin brushed off the momentum as if it was nothing and calmly stopped Erio who was next to her.

A slight strangeness flashed through the leader’s eyes as he watched the scene.

‘It must have been a sharp momentum that even a superhuman wouldn’t be able to withstand, but they just let it slide so calmly. It seems like neither of them are at the level of ordinary students.’

Shhh-

“Okay, if you’re that confident, then you must be certain of something. Explain it to me.”

Do Yu-jin nodded and explained.

“Actually, it is said to be poison, but it is not real poison.”

“Then what?”

“It’s energy.”

“What is energy?”

Do Yu-jin nodded to the leader’s words.

“Yes, if you think of fire or cold, it will probably be easier to understand.”

“Hmm? That means… … ”

“What the heck!”

Those who heard Do Yu-jin’s explanation nodded as if they understood.

And some of them coughed uncomfortably, as if they had noticed something.

Chalang-

Do Yu-jin looked at them and asked them directly.

“What is this liquor made of?”

“… … Dad?”

“Keuhuhuhuhum!!!”

At Shigure’s words, he turned his gaze elsewhere.

Then Shigure ran towards his father without hesitation.

“Dad! I told you not to drink liquor made with monsters because it’s dangerous! Why on earth would you drink liquor with snakes in it!”

“Ahem! But Shigure, that’s definitely our town’s traditional liquor… … ”

“Ah, that’s enough. Just drink what they sell on the market! Don’t drink anything that dangerous!”

The author, who was supposedly the leader of a village, couldn’t even make any excuses and got slapped on the back by his own daughter.

As I was watching, I felt a bit sad.

As he was looking at her with such sad eyes, he gestured towards Do Yu-jin as if asking for help.

‘I can’t help it. I still have something to say.’

Sigh-

“It’s probably not just because I drank the alcohol that was used to ride a monster… … No.”

Do Yu-jin thought for a moment and then spoke informally.

If it were normal, I wouldn’t have known, because I had already introduced myself as a friend.

“To begin with, this liquor doesn’t seem to have turned out like this because the monsters were brewed incorrectly.”

“Then?”

“I don’t know the details either.”

Do Yu-jin shrugged her shoulders and pointed to the bottle of alcohol with her finger.

“The only thing we know for sure is that this drink is a cursed drink that uses the attribute of darkness as a medium.”

Do Yu-jin said that and created a small sphere of shadow on her palm.

“You, that’s… … ”

“So that’s how you were able to read the spirits in alcohol.”

The leader, who had lightly pushed Shigure away with his eyes wide open, nodded as if he had realized something.

“That’s right, so could you give me a light hand?”

“Oh, you can take a pulse too?”

“I can’t do anything that grand, I just know how to check the light status.”

“Haha! We call that a pulse test.”

The leader said so and rolled up his sleeves and held out his arms.

“It may sting.”

Do Yu-jin made the shadow thinner than a hair and inserted it into his blood vessels.

If Do Yu-jin knew how to use magic, there would have been no need to use this method.

However, Do Yu-jin, who could only use her magic smoothly when moving her shadow, had no choice but to use this method.

‘Well, since the shadow’s presence was erased as a characteristic, I don’t think you’ll feel any particular discomfort.’

In that way, Do Yu-jin traced the leader’s blood vessel with a shadow thinner than a hair.

It was my first time moving such a thin shadow, so I was a little nervous, but maybe it was because of my talent?

Despite her nervousness, Do Yu-jin was able to finish taking the pulse without any problems.

“Oh, so what?”

“Hmm, that’s… … ”

Do Yu-jin thought about it for a moment and then just spoke honestly.

“The energy is completely filling up the blood vessels.”

“Are you saying the condition is serious?”

“That’s right. If we compare it to cancer, it means it’s terminal.”

Hearing Do Yu-jin’s words, the people around them opened their eyes wide in shock.

“What the hell are you talking about… … !”

And some people tried to get up from their seats with indignant faces.

“Keep calm.”

When Shigure quietly reprimanded them, they just gaped at him and sat back down with hardened expressions.

With her calm posture and unwavering demeanor, at first glance she looked infinitely calm and collected.

Kwaaak-!

But her hands, which had turned white as she held her father’s, were telling her what she was feeling right now.

“Can you explain in a little more detail?”

The leader said, placing his thick hand on top of Shigure’s pale hand.

“Do you know about the Nine Yin Absolute Pulses?”

“I know. It means a constitution that is naturally cold.”

“Yes, it’s so strong that the body can’t handle it, and the owner of the body will die young. And to put it simply, the old man is now in a state of being a dark version of that old syllable.”

Shigure, hearing Do Yu-jin’s words, couldn’t hold back any longer and intervened.

“That’s ridiculous! There’s no way Dad didn’t notice until his body became like that.”

“There are many reasons for that, but… …the biggest reason is probably the difference in energy.”

Ice made its presence known by freezing everything around it, but darkness did not.

Even if you know it exists, it grows by sucking everything in quietly and secretly, to the point that you can’t find it.

That’s why it’s so difficult to notice, and by the time you notice it, it’s usually already too late to do anything about it.

‘I’m saying that I didn’t compare it to cancer for nothing.’

Do Yu-jin scratched her cheek for a moment and then looked at the leader and said.

“Maybe you’ve been sleeping a lot lately, right?”

“Hmm, that’s right. I thought it was just because I was feeling a little under the weather, but I guess not.”

“But… …!”

The moment Shigure was about to say something again.

Swish-

The leader gently stroked her hand, stopping Shigure from speaking.

“That guy is right. After realizing it, I can definitely feel the changes in my body.”

“But… … ”

Shigure lowered his head as he tried to say something at his father’s words.

And Do Yu-jin quietly watched the scene from the side.

Originally, he had no intention of interfering with their affairs, no matter what happened.

The blood vessels in their entire bodies break down due to the dark attribute, causing them to die?

Are you a part-time worker?

The first thing that was important to Do Yu-jin was her own life, and the second thing that was important was hiding her identity.

Everything else didn’t matter.

‘but……’

ha-

‘This time, my weakness was hit really hard.’

Do Yu-jin scratched her head and spoke annoyedly.

“Now that you’ve sorted out your emotions, I’d like to talk to you about treatment. Is that okay?”

“What?”

“What?”

The people who had been bowing their heads in sorrow at those words raised their heads and looked at Do Yu-jin.

It was the same for Shigure’s father, who was also organizing his thoughts.

“That, is that possible? As you must have felt, it would be impossible to cure the degree of vasoconstriction that has changed my body now?”

“Yes, what… … ”

Do Yu-jin looked at Shigure and her helpless past self next to him.

If it were normal, I would have wanted to speak as humbly as possible, but could it be because of the image of my younger self standing next to her?

I wanted to say something a little grandiose, something that would make everyone here feel as reassured as possible.

“Because I’m a genius.”

“What, what did you say?”

Those listening to the conversation were taken aback by Do Yu-jin’s sudden words.

However, Shigure, and Doyujin from the past who desperately wanted help from anyone, smiled brightly as if they had been waiting for his words.

And since that was enough, the current Do Yu-jin also smiled and said.

“Leave it to me.”