#51. Make me a disciple!
“…What are you doing?”
Said to her in her cold voice.
Pretend you don’t know.
What I did the hardest in this life.
It felt like my acting skills were improving a little.
I treated Lee Ji-eun, who attacked me, as a perfect stranger.
“I told you not to go anywhere.”
I didn’t know it was meant to be serious.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. It doesn’t look like our academy.”
“Don’t pretend you’re not. You can see everything.”
Acting is acting, and I still don’t know how she found out who I was.
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No. Before that, I didn’t even understand why he was here.“Jieun-ah!”
From the other side of the hallway, a student in our academy uniform approached us.
“Is this the person you were looking for?”
“Yes. I’m sure.”
It seemed that the two of them were friends.
Then he brought Lee Ji-eun here.
“Sihyun-ah. Do you know this person’s name?”
A student named Si-hyeon stared at me and spoke out as if she remembered something.
“Ah. I was in the 1st year pair final…”
After all, everyone recognized me.
“This is Choi In-wook.”
It will be revealed anyway. I said it with my own mouth.
“Choi In-wook… This is Choi In-wook. Your name.”
Lee Ji-eun looked straight into my eyes and repeated my name.
“Okay, but who was that person who tried to slash the back of my head so rudely?”
When I was in love, she suddenly folded her waist 90 degrees to me and lowered her head.
“I’m so sorry!”
I couldn’t help but be embarrassed by her completely different attitude from a while ago.
What, did you even have a dual personality?
“I made a mistake because there was one thing I had to check. I never meant to hurt you.”
When I apologized to her like this, I nodded her head with a confused expression on her face.
“Ah… Yes… That… From now on, don’t do that.”
I didn’t really have anything to say because I wasn’t really beaten.
“Mr. Inwook.”
“Yes?”
Lee Ji-eun’s red eyes shone brightly.
“Why are you pretending not to know?”
She looked at me with an incredulous look.
“Is there any reason not to talk?”
It was her friend who kept her from coming too close to me.
“Jieun-ah! I think you’re misunderstanding something, but the person who helped you is probably not Mr. Inwook.”
“…What does that mean?”
“Mr. Inwook couldn’t appear at the academy for a while because he was injured?”
As she spoke while looking at me, I nodded her head in agreement.
Sometimes there are good people who help me.
It was me who called for joy inside.
“…That’s what it was.”
I don’t know what she was thinking, but I couldn’t help but be nervous at her words, which seemed more confident.
…Not the reaction I was hoping for. That one.
“Sihyun-ah. Can you spare me for a moment?”
“But… I don’t think Inwook is real…”
“Just a minute. Really.”
“Then I’ll be waiting for you on the first floor. Come over there.”
With those words, Shihyeon went down the stairs.
A quiet hallway with no one in it.
After making sure that no one was around, Lee Ji-eun asked me once again.
“Now let’s talk. Is there any reason why you shouldn’t be found out that you were there that day?”
There are many reasons.
Even if it wasn’t because of my ex-wives, I was someone who shouldn’t be there.
They broke into the facility without permission and knocked out two security guards.
It was full of troublesome things to get caught.
“What you’re talking about. I don’t know,”
“Black.”
Black?
“It was my first time seeing someone with the same magical color as me.”
The color that blooms when I use a skill by raising my magic power is black, though.
And certainly, I have never seen black magic manifested in anyone other than myself.
…Except Lee Ji-eun.
However, in the previous incident, I had never used techniques that were strong enough to visualize my magic.
In the first place, due to Ezion, it was not possible to use it.
So, how did Lee Ji-eun find out?
“And I recognized it right away the moment I dodged my attack. That it is you. So don’t think about it.”
“…What do you want?”
Recognizing that she wasn’t just thinking about it, I wondered what her purpose was.
What are you going to do by coming all the way here to find me?
Are you saying thank you?
“…Mr. Inwook. Me.”
Once she caught her breath, she continued her speech.
“Please make me a disciple!”
What is this again?
…My head started to hurt.
* * *
Since the day I awakened my magic, my world has changed.
To be precise, the way I perceive the world is divided into two.
First, the world you see through your eyesight, no different from others.
The second method is a world that shines with magic.
When I focused my magic on my eyes, another world opened up in my eyes.
In a world like a black and white world.
Only magical powers were able to move and shine.
Red. Blue.
Inside the Hunter Academy, various colors were resonating.
But I don’t think any of them were as black as me.
Until the day our class went on a field trip.
White particles scattered after entering the Magic Tool Workshop’s Magic Control Room.
In the eyes of other friends, it might be considered a beautiful device, but in my eyes it was not.
A warning sounded in my head that I instinctively needed to avoid exposure to this.
As soon as I noticed it, the man in the white robe standing behind us yelled at everyone to evacuate.
I don’t know if he’s actually a researcher or not, but he screams desperately and is taken away by the security guards.
Hearing his shout to run away to the end, I quickly ran towards the opposite exit.
Just as neither my classmates nor the host believed him, it was obvious that they wouldn’t believe me either.
I wanted to tell everyone to follow me, but I couldn’t explain the rationale to persuade them.
‘I can see it in my eyes! That this is a disaster!’
How many people will believe you when you say this?
At first, I wanted to go out the door and watch the situation, but the moment I stepped out, the doorway was blocked.
A thick iron gate came down from the ceiling, as if it were strictly forbidden for outsiders to enter.
The people inside also started to knock on the door, probably because they sensed something strange.
It was clear that someone deliberately put us at risk.
To smash the iron gate with force, he swung his sword with all his magical energy, but only left a scar on the door.
It didn’t seem like it was going to open by force.
Another doorway. I had to find another entrance.
With that thought, I immediately started running down the hallway.
And I found a young man in gown running from the other side.
When he told me to go out and ask for help right away, I thought that it would be better for him.
But it was the men in the fox masks who looked suspiciously that stopped us.
I immediately focused my magic on my eyes as it felt like a battle would happen just by looking at it.
…Is it stronger than you think?
In my eyes, they had the magical power of white enough to dazzle their eyes.
In particular, the man in the middle felt that the amount was unusual.
On the other hand, in this robe man who told me to step back…
A faint black was felt.
Just looking at it, the amount of mana was lower than mine.
However, I was terribly surprised that it was black like mine.
It was because I had never seen anyone with the same magical powers as me.
He easily subdued his opponent with his little magical power.
Although the ordinary people he faced were never strong guys, he couldn’t help but admire his fighting style.
Even though it was neat, it was too neat.
Movement without a single fuss. Rapid adjustment of horsepower made at the right time and right timing.
I could see at a glance that it was far above the instructors of the Hunter Academy.
He seemed to hesitate for a moment when I said I was going to go to war, but he quickly made a subtle expression and accepted my offer.
He naturally flew towards the presumed boss in the middle, and I took over the rest of them accordingly.
Everyone wasn’t weak, but it wasn’t to the point where they couldn’t do it.
I could clearly see where and how they concentrated their magic.
I was nervous because it was my first actual battle, but I calmly defeated them one by one with the skills I had honed.
I felt my whole body drenched with sweat.
You defeated the last opponent, but it didn’t look like there was a game over there yet.
Besides, things didn’t look that good.
Gown Nam, who was right-handed, was holding the sword in his left hand.
It was obvious that his right arm was broken, as he couldn’t move it properly.
Asking him to continue fighting was suicidal.
I told him to run away because I would do anything, but honestly, I wasn’t confident.
Because the white magic reflected in my eyes was showing a vicious force that seemed to swallow us up.
However, even with my urgent words, Nam Gown did not leave the seat.
With a rather serious expression, he told me to listen to what he had to say because he would win.
The moment when I was in doubt as to whether it was the right decision to do.
I noticed that there was something strange about the flow of magic in his body.
Completely different from normal hunters…
It looks like something is clogged up…
What… Is this?
Concentrating more magic on my eyes, I couldn’t help but tremble.
Because inside him, black magic, like an abyss of unknown depth, was swirling.