The dart was locked in with a percussion sound.
Choi Hyun-woo made an ambiguous expression on his face as if it didn’t work out the way he thought it would.
“This is a lot harder than I thought. Is it because it’s your first time?”
“Well… Maybe it’s because it’s a hunter dart? When I saw you earlier when you were playing regular darts, Hyeonu, you were really good at what?”
Lee Yu-na calmed Choi Hyun-woo, saying, “Isn’t that the case if the original weapon changes?” and picked up a dart with a skillful form.
Contrary to the command that said “Ah,” the dart she threw flew away with a terrifying force and was locked in the middle of the dart.
“Keep it up… !”
“… If I had known it would be like this, I would have practiced throwing skills a bit.”
Choi Hyun-woo shook his head with a complicated expression next to Lee Yu-na, whom he likes, clenching his fists small.
As Jin Ye-seul, who had been staring at him, got up from her seat and walked towards it, Han Soo-young drank the juice with a squeaking sound.
We were now at the Darts Cafe located inside the academy.
It was in the name of a party to commemorate my recovery.
When the topic of where to go came up, at first there were several places such as karaoke, billiard room, or bowling alley. Opinions that may go were excluded from me.
In the end, the place I chose was this Dart Cafe.
I heard that Choi Hyun-woo and Han Su-young often came here with other friends.
At the words of me, Jin Ye-seul, and Lee Yu-na saying that they had never thrown a dart, Choi Hyun-woo brought a strangely confident smile and told him not to worry because he would teach me.
and… .
“No, crazy! Hey, Jin Ye-seul!”
“Surprised, why are you screaming?”
“Are you lying that you never threw a dart? Hey, that’s a foul!”
“what?”
Choi Hyun-woo looked at Jin Ye-seul with an absurd expression as if it was unfair, and Jin Ye-seul looked like he was wondering what the problem was.
In the middle of Jin Ye-seul’s dartboard, darts were placed in the middle of the dartboard, and the darts were placed like a train along the back of the dart.
Five of them too.
Even without a break, he kept throwing it and putting it in like that.
“Am I really throwing darts for the first time?”
Jin Ye-seul said while bouncing the dart in the air with one hand or playing with her finger.
“I threw a lot of other things.”
As soon as the words were finished, she threw the darts she was holding at once, and they were sucked into the center of the darts as if they were lying.
Lee Yu-na, who was standing next to Choi Hyeon-woo, who looked at him as if it was ridiculous, was also putting her own darts in the center without missing a single one.
Choi Hyun-woo also threw well, but compared to Jin Ye-seul, who deals with memorization in the first place, and Yu-na who handles numerous weapons skillfully, the results were inevitably poor.
Because in the first place, he wasn’t the type to swing and throw the sword.
“You are last.”
“Wow, this is my first time trying darts.”
Jin Ye-seul, who spoke softly and sarcasticly, and Choi Hyun-woo, who made a tearful expression for a moment at the appearance of Lee Yu-na, who was purely happy, pulled out all the darts in the dartboard and spoke in a quiet voice.
“It’s a dart for hunters that I’m trying for the first time. Now that you’ve got it, let’s do it one more time.”
“Um, that’s annoying.”
“Whew… .”
Choi Hyun-woo approached Jin Ye-seul with a sigh and started whispering something as if whispering in his ear.
Jin Ye-seul, who had a troubled expression on her face, immediately questioned with surprise.
“Ji, really? are you real promised? If it’s a lie, don’t leave me alone!”
“I don’t lie.”
For some reason, Choi Hyun-woo glanced at this side and said so, and Jin Ye-seul nodded her head with a solemn expression.
“great… then.”
As soon as I watched Jin Ye-seul pick up a dart with a solemn expression on her face, something suddenly popped out in front of my eyes.
“Jihyuk, look at this.”
It was Han Soo-young.
She tapped the cell phone in her hand and showed me an Internet article.
“yes?”
The Internet article had a picture of a very familiar person.
It was a photo of the paladin Laura Hartmann.
[The frustrated paladin… Even if the dragons were blocked, they couldn’t stop the Falcons from losing 11 in a row… .]
In the photo, she was wearing a baseball team cap, a T-shirt, and even a strange headband.
It was an exquisite photo of him slumping down on a chair, even holding a light stick while he was dazed.
Under the title of the article scratching people’s clothes, it was briefly stated that the baseball team she was cheering for was hit by a comeback home run at the home stadium and was losing 11 straight.
“Is it fun? Is there anything more than this?”
Han Soo-young pulled a chair to the side and fixed her phone to make it easier to see.
Every time she tapped her thin and slender fingers and touched the screen, funny photos, articles, and videos appeared one after the other.
A video of Anastasia Rukiyanenko holding her head while eating shaved ice on a topic dealing with a cold enough to freeze a tsunami, a picture of Lee Myung-jun being beaten on the back by her sister for something wrong while shopping, and strange sleep talk while sleeping. Ahn Joo-hyuk’s appearance… .
Most of them were related to the ten rivers.
“right?”
Han Soo-young asked me with a smile.
When I noticed it, I was smiling with her too.
“thank god.”
Han Soo-young muttered like that and glanced at my bag and said.
“… Because of that, Jihyuk’s expression on your face was so bad.”
“… Well, it was.”
What Su-Young Han was talking about meant nothing other than a book without a name.
An item obtained from the library, whose date it was obtained is unknown.
And when I opened it, there was nothing written on it, and there was no response except for a notification window that said ‘I am not eligible’ appeared once.
However, Han Soo-young said that he had read the sentence ‘I am qualified.’
“What the heck is that, huh?”
… At her words, I showed them all to the other children and asked if there was anything written on them.
However, Choi Hyun-woo, Jin Ye-seul, and Lee Yu-na all responded that it was not just a notebook.
At that time, Su-Young Han seemed to have noticed that the book was strange.
“I do not know either.”
Sadly, this was the only answer she could give back to her question.
It really was.
It’s an unnamed book, I swear it was the first thing I saw.
I could confidently say that it was an object that had never been seen, heard, or even mentioned in the original.
And to my answer, Han Soo-young nodded as if she understood.
“I see… .”
She looked at me with a worried expression for a moment.
“What do you know, Jihyuk?”
“All I know is that I don’t deserve it, and that I was in my arms at some point.”
“Qualification, qualification… .”
With a serious expression on her face, she began to mumble quietly.
He didn’t even think that I was lying or joking.
And he nodded his head and said to me as if he had noticed it sensibly.
“what’s the matter?”
“yes?”
“It’s a bewildered expression because I trust him.”
Han Soo-young said so and smirked slightly.
“Hey, you can’t make fun of me like this. There are other kids too. I don’t know if there’s something magical about this book, so I’m teasing me with elaborate pranks… .”
She murmured, gently stroking the cover of the book.
“Now that I look closely, it is very strange. I don’t feel any magical powers, so strangely. No traces, no reverberation. Even if it’s gravel on the side of the road, somehow, traces of magical power or reverberations will remain.”
After fiddling with the book a few times, she covered her mouth with her finger as if contemplating.
It was a habit of her that appeared when she was immersed in deep thoughts.
“Qualification, what qualification are you talking about… You and I felt Jihyuk, but the other kids didn’t even feel it. I mean, Jihyuk and I met some conditions, unlike the other kids. There you don’t deserve it, but I do… .”
Han Soo-young said so and quickly glanced through the book.
But, as if he didn’t find what he was expecting, he pouted his lips a little.
“I can’t see anything other than that first sentence. Did I meet the qualifications, but still not enough?”
“At first, I didn’t even know what the conditions for that qualification were. Most of all, I don’t even know what this thing means.”
“yes… .”
Han Soo-young glanced around and whispered.
“I wondered if it was related to the Seven Evil Bells, but if that’s the case, then Ji-hyeok, not me, is the one who deserves it.”
After those words, we stared at the book silently for a while.
Then, when I heard a strange noise and turned my head, I saw Choi Hyun-woo, who was sitting helplessly in a chair, and Jin Ye-seul, who threw a dart without hesitation even with his eyes covered with a cloth.
“Yuna, how are you? You’re right?”
“Uh, yes. But yes, it’s dangerous, so I think you should stop covering your eyes… .”
“Um, Yuna, what if you said that? One more time before that… .”
Jin Ye-seul said so, covered her eyes and started bouncing the dart with the back of her foot as if she was kicking it.
Then, by moving his feet lightly, he kicked the dart and put it in the middle of the dart board again.
Seeing this, Lee Yu-na glanced at Choi Hyun-woo, and Choi Hyun-woo was just smiling powerlessly as if he had given up.
In the meantime, Jin Ye-seul looked straight at this side even though she was covering her eyes and burst out a smile without a trace.
“Jihyuk, did you see it?”
“Yeah, that’s great too.”
“Yeah, right?”
She came straight up to me as if she could see ahead even with the cloth covering her eyes.
“Jihyuk, you can do it too. yes?”
“Ah, is that so?”
Simultaneously with those words, I got up from my seat and gently pushed it to Han Soo-young.
I made eye contact with her and nodded as if asking for a favor.
Then, as if to understand, Han Soo-young also picked up the book and put it in her bag.
… It seemed that the book she had would have been better than mine.
I don’t think I’ll think of any nifty methods just because I have one, and if I find out or change something, I’ll let you know right away.
“Come on, Jihyuk. come here.”
Jin Ye-seul, who gently unwrapped the cloth that was covering her eyes, slowly pulled me away while holding my hand.
Choi Hyun-woo, who was looking at the cloth Jin Ye-seul had thrown away, picked it up and brought it to his eyes. Suddenly, a mumble was heard as if it was not funny.
“I can’t really see anything… I thought he was cheating.”
In the meantime, I could see that Lee Yu-na, who made eye contact with me, had a somewhat serious expression on her face.
“… huh? what, why It’s Yuna. Is there anything bad about you?”
But she immediately shrugged, as if startled, and then waved her hand as if insignificant with a characteristic wry smile.
“Uh huh. never mind. I was just a little dazed.”
Then, as if not to ask any more, he shut his mouth firmly and took a step back.
Meanwhile, Jin Ye-seul brought me right in front of the dartboard and even gave me a dart in my hand.
“Does Ji-hyeok know how to throw darts at you?”
“No, I don’t know. That’s why you said Hyeonu would teach you.”
“I will teach you.”
Jin Ye-seul said while single.
“You saw my skills. I do better than him.”
At those words, he glanced at Choi Hyun-woo, and he was holding the cloth Jin Ye-seul had worn in one hand, and he was only bowing his head in a sense of defeat.
Looking at his face, he looked like he had suffered quite a bit of self-esteem.
“Um, come on. then. Spread your legs this far and your arms… .”
It was when Jin Ye-seul naturally touched my body and held my posture.
The rattling sound of the doorbell rang out very loudly.
“Sorry, I am too late.”
With a sad smile, Ivan entered the cafe.
Then Choi Hyun-woo burst out laughing as if he had died and got up from his seat to welcome him.
“What are you doing so late? Have you even met your hidden girlfriend?”
“What about your girlfriend? As you all know, our class usually ends very late.”
Saying that, he kept the door open.
It was as if he was waiting for someone to come in.
“And there are times when I’m late because I’m coming with guests.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone walked in with a dignified pace as if he had been waiting.
And as soon as I saw that person, I couldn’t hide my surprised expression.
“… what?”
“hhh.”
And the owner smiled a little as if satisfied with my surprised expression.
Green hair, which can never come out with dyeing, is not clear and you can feel the natural bluishness.
In contrast, the gold eyes are as clear as if melted and colored with gold.
Above all, it looks more awkward now that she is wearing a school uniform.
“It’s worth keeping it a secret to be so surprised.”
She was none other than Yeeun Lee.
“… I’m really glad that you’re feeling better than that, Jihyuk-ah.”
At the sight of her muttering faintly, I suddenly nodded my head, but for a moment I thought that I was rude to her.
‘ah.’
By the way, I was still a student.
It was the moment when what had been mistaken for being so mature in appearance and behavior was corrected.
And whether or not she knows my thoughts, she was smiling at me in her school uniform that she had been wearing for a long time.
In her inner pocket, the USB she had secretly delivered with her scarf was rustling.