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316 The Duty of a Younger Sibling (1) ‘Atlas? You mean the one from Greek mythology?’ There was nothing to be gained from Kim Chaemin. It was only after I mentioned that it was a pharmaceutical company specializing in potions that she acknowledged it. ‘Ah, that place. Yes, I know it. I’ve heard of it before.’ ‘Don’t you work there with Dayeon?’ It was Gamble who actually recognized it first. But that was the extent of her knowledge. Our areas of interest didn’t…
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317 The Duty of a Younger Sibling (2) Life is not fair. The children of the laboratory, including Woo Irok, learned that lesson quickly. So, did they rage against that fact? Well, if you asked, I could only answer no. Even anger is not distributed equally. The children didn’t know enough of the world to understand that feeling. Those with numbers ahead of Woo Irok, the older brothers and sisters, must have felt differently. They were the ones who had lived outside, like Kang Taewoo,…
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318 The Duty of a Younger Sibling (3) —It’s, it’s getting closer? What do I do?! Woo Irok’s voice was clearly flustered, but it was still steady. He hadn’t panicked yet. This wasn’t an extremely dangerous situation. All the more reason for me to keep my head. Still clutching my phone, I headed for the director’s office. Damn it, Imi-seon was already nowhere to be seen in the hallway. How long could she have been gone? She’s quick on her feet. “Woo Irok. Where are you right…
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319 The Duty of a Younger Sibling (4) The Archmage is competent. To be honest, more than just competent—convenient. Look at Kim Chaemin. Offense? Defense? There’s nothing he can’t do. In truth, Kim Chaemin is an exception. Most archmages, with their clearly defined specialty magic, are highly specialized. It may depend on the type of magic, but if every archmage could do what Kim Chaemin does, the world would have long since been conquered by magicians. It probably has something to do…
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320 The Duty of a Younger Sibling (5) The little doll moved. Its appearance was nothing special. A wooden puppet with a comical face painted on it. There were black stains, as if it had been scorched by fire, and here and there were gouges and nicks, both large and small. At most, it was the length of a handspan. Its size and looks were far too insignificant to attract the attention of the world’s most renowned magicians. And yet, on the stage, there was only that shabby wooden puppet. No…
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321 Guardian (1) What Uirok was saying was simple. “It’s awesome!” Uirok, unusually excited, raised his voice. “I want to do it too! Like this!” With a flushed face, he stretched out his arms. The movement was clumsy to the point of absurdity, but it was clear enough what he was trying to imitate. I wiped my face with a dry hand. Yeah… I get it. I understand why he’s suddenly so eager to become a Hunter. Ironically, I too once dreamed of becoming a Hunter at just about…
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322 Guardian (2) There was not a hint of shadow in that snowy white hair. The strands, remarkably smooth, did not look like those of an elderly woman at all. The old woman, her hair swept up with a large clip, smiled gently. Before I could even react, she pulled me into a tight embrace. “At last, we finally meet!” Her words were so familiar, it was almost bewildering. “Isabella, let me see our grandchild’s face too!” In contrast to the old woman’s abundant hair, the robust old…
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323 Guardian (3) The white-haired foreign couple stood out conspicuously within the school. The school’s regulars were always the same, and it was rare to see any new faces. So, a pair of elderly foreigners who spoke fluent Korean? And they were the grandparents of a classmate, no less? But these were only high school students, after all. No matter how well the couple spoke Korean, it seemed difficult for the students to approach foreign grandparents, and so no one did. Perhaps, in truth,…
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324 Guardian (4) “Uh… um. Yes… that is, no…” “You look just like your brother!” “Why are you so skinny? Did you eat? Should Grandma give you a snack?” “I heard you awakened? Then you need to eat well. Your uncle awakened at your age too, and he ate so much—he rolled around on the floor like he was turning into a pig…” Uirok’s eyes spun round and round. I understood Uirok’s state better than anyone. How lucky I was not to have been in that situation at his…
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325 Declaration of Revenge (1) Ding-dong. The doorbell rang—a sound I almost never heard. I glanced toward the bathroom, then opened the front door. “Good morning!” Isabella Blake greeted me with a bright, beaming smile. “Oh my, I told you we should go together.” “You’re just too slow! How did you ever manage to explore dungeons at that pace?” “And you never thought maybe you’re just too fast?” Isabella paid no attention to Robert’s words. I looked past…
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326 Declaration of Revenge (2) Classes at the co-ed school started at 9 a.m. The current time: 8:13 a.m. It took just over forty minutes to walk from home to school, and we were about halfway there. Even if Kang Taewoo had just spent a short vacation in Hawaii with his little sister, and even if he now had a home in Korea, I wasn’t cold-hearted enough to send an eighteen-year-old straight to the dormitory. I told him he could commute from home just for this week. After all, he lived across…
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327 Return Home (1) After that, Kang Taewoo didn’t say another word. I can’t say I wasn’t curious what he was thinking, but for now, I left him alone. Let’s focus on the bright side. At least he hadn’t tried sneaking into the infirmary, nor had he gone looking for the old lab. Of course, at this strange school where there were more teachers than students, sneaking into the isolated infirmary would be a challenge for kids with their current abilities. The lab in the abandoned…
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328 Return Home (2) I watched the approaching car carefully. It wasn’t one of the black SUVs or sedans favored by Dasun, nor was it Kim Chaemin’s yellow sports car. For the record, Kim Chaemin’s sports car was parked in the school lot, looking pitifully neglected and covered in dust because its flashy owner couldn’t be bothered to wash it. The old, slightly worn white sedan approached at a slow pace. When it got close enough for me to see who was in the driver’s seat, I couldn’t help…
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329 Return Home (3) Imi-seon sent word of Hong Seokyeong’s return far too late. When I looked at him with an incredulous face and asked when he’d told her, Hong Seokyeong scratched his head sheepishly. “At the airport?” “…Which airport?” “……” He hesitated for a long while before answering. I could pretty much guess what he’d say. “Incheon?” “……” This guy, honestly. I’d expected as much, but that didn’t make it any less annoying. Hong…
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330 Mud-Covered (1) “Hello!” The fairy Tati circled around us, beaming. The delicate, almost feminine lines of her form were unchanged, but with mud dripping off her in clumps, it hardly mattered. I couldn’t even make out her face properly. She looked almost like a monster crawling up from the sewers. She hadn’t exactly been clean the last time, either. But wasn’t that because the dungeon had been covered in mud? …Or was it? I still didn’t know all of this fairy’s…
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331 Mud-Covered (2) The bodies Tati pulled from the mud numbered exactly thirteen. I wondered if these were all the Hunters who had died in this dungeon. I couldn’t bring myself to ask. Oblivious to human worries, Tati climbed up onto a tree branch like a captive bird. Mud still dripped from her legs, but the way she rocked back and forth was childlike. Even if she had buried corpses in her own home. And not just one or two. “Hmm…” Hong Seokyeong examined the bodies with a grave…
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332 Mud-Covered (3) A dungeon deep in the mountains of Jirisan. No matter how much the government claims to manage such places, dungeons like this are unmanageable from the start. The Agency’s guideline is simply to close them off. Resources… might be found, but nothing particularly valuable, and they can always be replaced. Even if it’s S-rank, it’s not especially hard to clear—so why bother leaving it open? It’s easier to just seal it and forget about it. Look, even this Jirisan…
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333 Report Smuggling to 125 (1) May 30, 2022. Busan Port. 2:49 a.m. Countless containers were stacked high, forming walls like a fortress. There were lights, but they couldn’t fully illuminate the spaces between the containers. There were people working late—security guards and others—but compared to broad daylight, blind spots were inevitable. It was the perfect time for anyone who wanted to avoid being seen. Two shadows moved through the darkness. The many CCTV cameras were…
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334 Smuggling Reports: 125(2) Whenever an Awakened individual was suspected of being involved in a crime in any country, a Hunter would inevitably be drawn into the investigation. This was true everywhere in the world. The only real difference was which organization handled the investigation. In Korea, it was managed by the police. While the department for investigating Awakened crimes would grow in scale over time, it would always remain a subordinate division of the National Police Agency. Some…
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335 Smuggling Reports: 125(3) “All right.” Hong Seok-young looked down at the child standing before him, whose face was sullen and posture rebellious. The boy had been standing like that for some time, clearly dissatisfied about something. If it had been in the past, he would have mistaken that attitude for a fit of irritation. No, he most certainly would have misunderstood. But now, Hong Seok-young was familiar enough to read the boy’s embarrassment at a glance. If he truly had a…
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