Jin Ye-seul, who called me by text, was waiting for me on a sparsely populated promenade.
The sky was gradually getting cloudy, just as he had said.
I stopped walking for a moment at the sound of a strong wind coming from somewhere and immediately moved my legs.
I thought it was going to rain soon.
The day I went was a market day, so why the hell is the weather like this at a time like this?
“hi.”
As she approached her and greeted her, Ye-seul Jin turned her head without saying a word and looked at her.
It was as unfamiliar as when I first saw her, who was acting in a shabby way at first.
“… … .”
It had only been a few days, but Jin Ye-seul was quite exhausted.
When I thought that the cause was solely because of me, my taste buds were just bitter.
The dark circles that settled around her eyes were clearly visible from a distance.
It was strangely contrasted with her dark hair and uniquely white skin, giving it a somewhat decadent feel.
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Oddly enough, I thought it really suited her.
“You came on time.”
Jin Ye-seul looked at her watch and muttered that.
Wait, is it respectful?
“I thought it would be better to discuss simple matters and move on, so I contacted them.”
Jin Ye-seul looked at me while speaking with a clear pronunciation as if she had become a hard clerk.
“… uh, um. okay.”
I didn’t hear it wrong.
I couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
“Can I give you a brief description of the three remaining legacy before that?”
Jin Ye-seul still looked at me with respect.
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Oddly enough, it reminded me of Jin Jeong-jeong, whom I had met a while ago.
“What would be the explanation?”
“Well, for example, the names of those heritages… .”
I recalled my memory for a moment.
Although he remembered the abilities of the remaining legacy, the names were a little fuzzy.
At that sight, Jin Ye-seul frowned slightly, but didn’t say anything.
“The shadow of Henir, the twins of mirrors, and the hooves of scorpions. There are only three left.”
The mirror twin is a technique that creates an intangible foothold that only those who cast the skill can recognize in empty air.
Due to this skill, Jin Ye-seul in the original work was able to attack from various directions along with three-dimensional movement without being restricted by space.
The scorpion’s hoof was a slightly unusual attack-type skill.
When using this, once at a slightly faster timing and once at a slightly slower timing.
Two extra hits follow.
Simply put, it means that you can inflict three blows with one attack with a time difference to the opponent.
It was a simple yet powerful skill that, if used in combination with a flowing snake, could not even resist and collapse helplessly.
“Certainly, the name is as it appears in the literature.”
“okay.”
Jin Ye-seul nodded slowly.
That figure seems to test this one.
“So what are you going to look for?”
“… Are you going to go find it already?”
At my question, she slowly narrowed her eyes and looked at me.
“I want to organize things that are exchanged with each other as soon as possible and clean them up. If you don’t believe me, just let me know and give me the other two after I’m done with you.”
I nodded my head slightly at the sharp reaction.
In her arms, the bracelet that Jinjeong had given her was making a rattling sound.
Yeah, just a little bit more… .
“okay. What. You should also have insurance.”
First of all, I thought that the most versatile one would be better.
… Naturally, the most menacing shadow of Henir was to be found last.
‘Perhaps it will be there.’
Henir’s shadow must have been sealed in the book still in the archive.
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Of course, since I brought most of them, returning to Jin Ye-seul would be considerably weakened… .
He clearly remembered that some shadow remained in the sealed book.
“The twins of the mirror. Let’s go find this.”
She nodded at my words.
“Then can I go out this week? Can we find it in two days?”
“Yeah, there’s plenty of time. But the two of us alone will not be enough.”
Jin Ye-seul looked at me with eyes asking for an explanation.
“We have to break through the dungeon, but we need at least three people. I have to take one more.”
At those words, Jin Ye-seul looked worried for a moment.
“… But I’ll let you take Yuuna.”
“Choose companions as you like. It doesn’t matter the reason or the fact that he is reliable enough.”
“Then I know you are going out this weekend. I’ll talk to Yoo Na and ask her to accompany her… .”
gurgling.
At the moment I heard the sound, I reflexively grabbed my stomach.
Jin Ye-seul frowned slightly and looked at this side.
“Oh sorry. I can’t eat lunch.”
I told Han Soo-young not to starve and take care of my own meals, but this is actually starving.
It was ridiculous, but I couldn’t help it.
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Oddly enough, there were a lot of people visiting at lunchtime today.
There was only 10 minutes left for lunch, so I had no choice but to buy snacks and eat on the way.
“… What are you doing so you can’t even eat?”
Jin Ye-seul muttered in a small voice as if grumbling.
Then he looked at me and tried to say something, then stopped and kept my mouth shut.
“Anyway, you should know that Yuuna will accompany you on the weekend. The small preparations will be done here.”
At my words, she looked at me for a moment and then nodded.
“yes.”
After a while, she shook her head slightly.
“Then you will know. I will call you back then.”
Excuse me.
With those words, Jin Ye-seul passed me and started walking.
Looking at her back, I sighed inaudible.
I thought that there would be a possibility of reconciliation even a little bit with Jin’s words, thinking that I was a really stupid person.
* * *
“Hey, Jihyuk-ah… .”
It was a time when I was just indifferently wielding a spear and a sword in both hands during my advisor’s class.
Lee Yu-na, who was standing next to me suddenly, glanced around and asked me in a cautious voice.
“What is that, did you have a fight with Yeseul?”
“uh?”
As I looked at her as if asking a question, she scratched her neck in embarrassment.
She, like me, was wearing a full-neck polati.
“No, just looking at it, Ye-seul’s expression is down, and she looks bad… I can see that you are also very complicated right now.”
she muttered in a low voice.
“If you suddenly don’t notice that Ye-seul is giving you respect as if she’s drawing a line, then you’re stupid.”
“What… It is not.”
I nodded meekly.
As she said, it was rather strange not to notice that the relationship between me and Jin Ye-seul was creaking.
“I’m sorry, I just made you uncomfortable.”
“No what… There were many times like this. It’s always like this during mock dungeon classes.”
At my apology, she had a liberated expression on her face and waved her hand as if it was okay.
The way she burst into laughter was not empty words, but rather familiar with what she said.
Come to think of it, her crew must have been the ones who didn’t look back and pulled out their tails during the last practice.
Looking at him like that, it seemed that his condition had worsened rather than improved even a little.
“And rather than fighting… I made a mistake and was rightfully angry over there.”
“… … .”
In response, Yuuna looked at me without saying a word.
Then he hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and tapped me on the shoulder.
“what?”
“No, just be patient.”
She nodded slowly, as if she knew everything.
Looking at it, it seems that there was another strange misunderstanding.
“Then would you like to fight with me? I don’t know if it’s fighting one by one, but if it’s still holding both hands and fighting at the same time, I’m sure I’ll do better than you.”
“If you do, it’s me, thank you… .”
gurgling.
“… ah, sir.”
I let out a small swear word at the loud noise.
Lee Yu-na, who was next to me, opened her eyes and then burst into laughter with a soft, wind-swept sound.
“Awkward… Hey, are you making that sound this time? Jihyuk-ah, did you not have enough for lunch?”
“okay. I didn’t have much.”
I couldn’t eat for nothing, so I didn’t think to say anything.
… Because it must have been obvious that she would be overreacting to starvation like me.
Meanwhile, Lee Yu-na rummaged through her pockets.
“Wait a minute, I have a good one… jae!”
There was candy in her hand.
It tasted like noodles.
She forced it into my hand and nodded.
“It tastes a bit like nurungji, so it’s good for filling hunger. It’s given to me by my older sister, so eat it sparingly.”
“What kind of older sister is she with a different last name and the same age?”
As she smiled, she made a smirk on her face.
“When is Jihyuk’s birthday?”
“March 22.”
“… … .”
Youna kept her mouth shut for a moment.
And then he immediately nodded.
“Well, there’s no point in figuring out your birthday if the last names are different.”
He then pulled out a few more candies from his pocket.
Fortunately, this time it was just plain things like grapes and strawberries.
“Would you like some more candy?”
“done. This is enough.”
I put the nurungji flavored candy she gave me into my mouth.
As she rolled it in her mouth with a rattling sound, Yuna also tore the candy bag and poured it into her mouth.
It was in the meantime.
At that moment, a squeaking sound was heard from somewhere.
I thought I heard it wrong, but seeing the reason in front of me looking around with a surprised expression, it seems that I didn’t hear it wrong.
“It’s Yuna.”
At some point, Jin Ye-seul came out of the next classroom and called her in a quiet voice.
When Jin Ye-seul saw that Lee Yu-na turned her head and looked at her, she smiled softly.
“The professor is calling.”
“Oh really?”
Lee Yu-na nodded her head as if she knew right away and walked away.
She couldn’t see it, but I could see Jin Ye-seul moving her eyes and quickly scanning Lee Yu-na from head to toe.
Seeing Lee Yu-na entering the next classroom, Jin Ye-seul let out a small sigh.
Then he walked over to me without hesitation and offered me something.
“take it.”
“uh?”
What she handed me was a bar of chocolate.
It was a fairly high-calorie one, with things like almonds and caramel in it.
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Obviously, he remembered Lee Hyun-sung murmuring that he would soon be hungry with just one of these.
“Because if you keep making pesky noises like that, I’m more concerned about this side.”
“uh… yes thank you I will eat well.”
For a moment, I resented myself for having a chocolate bar from her and doubting that I might have burned something like a strange poison inside.
I immediately removed the wrapping paper from Jin Ye-seul’s gaze staring at him.
“… … .”
“Well.”
After hesitating for a while, he took a big bite and asked.
Yes, Nidhogg’s fangs have poison resistance as well as immunity to poison, so I won’t listen to anything, so it’ll be fine.
“uh?”
Then I noticed that the chocolate bar was broken in the middle.
I wonder if I’ve heard the squeaking sound here?
“Why? Does it taste weird? Or are you allergic to peanuts?”
“no. never mind.”
I waved my hand and kept moving my mouth.
Seeing me munching on the chocolate bar while eating, Jin Ye-seul relaxed her expression, which was a little bit stiff.
She stood still and didn’t move, just to make sure I ate all the chocolate bars on the spot.
In the end, in a strange atmosphere, I had no choice but to eat them all.
“I ate well.”
It wasn’t empty words, it was the truth.
As I tried to put the trash in my pocket, she reached out as if asking for her.
After hesitating, she waved her hand once, as if it was okay, as if asking for it to come.
It was finally time to reach out to hand her the trash.
“Also.”
Her hand moved quickly and grabbed my wrist.
For a moment, a few ways to shake off the hand came to mind, but I managed to quit.
Meanwhile, she suddenly grabbed my hand, wrapped her other hand around my shoulder, and placed her hand on my back.
Thick, her breath came closer and tickled the nape of my neck.
We became like hugging each other.
Jin Ye-seul, clinging to me, held my nose between my neck and collarbone and sniffed it.
“why.”
She murmured quietly and looked up at me.
“Do you smell your sister?”
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Obviously I told you not to meet.
Her two eyes were asking me like that, as if they were interrogating.