In the Devil Hunter’s club room, I help Hajin on setting up the place. I carry various paraphernalia Hajin will be using, and set them up as he instructs me to do. Our club room is modest, but sizable enough for us to use. This must be the result of the Rank 1 and Rank 2 clout.
I can only imagine how confused the faculty instructors are after learning that the Club that Rank 1 and Rank 2 freshman cadets are founding has lower rank cadets as leaders.
“I know who is going to be the next target…” Hajin softly intones while he boots up the main computer.
Of course, Hajin knows. “Is that so?” I offhandedly comment. There is no way he doesn’t know. He is the Author. I listen closely to him.
“I still want to save them…” Hajin adds. “Attacking the Djinns in a bloodbath might be too reckless. But that is the easiest method I can think of to save the others… If Nayun and Suho manage to off Yun Hyuk, then all the better. We are lacking manpower. We cannot place bodyguards on them 24/7. I know who will be next. Instead of bodyguarding Yoenha, I should have you, bodyguard, the next immediate victim, but I cannot risk it… Remember, Hyon… Yoenha must not die… Among the protagonists, no one among them must die…”
I understand why he wants to massacre the Djinns hiding within Cube. Since the story is already changing, there is no use to preserve the original story to distort the timeline. Thus, we now have the luxury to do as much as we want. We must do anything we can to achieve our goals.
In retrospect, failure is not allowed as a single mistake may lead to a disaster.
“Then, shouldn’t we involve Rachel if we do lack the manpower? We can protect Yoenha better too if she is aware of the danger in her life. I did suggest we use her as bait, but if we can save the others’ lives, then all the best, isn’t it?”
“No,” Hajin shakes his head in denial. “As I said, we cannot risk their lives. Not until they have achieved their destiny, their best versions of themselves…”
I sense paranoia in Hajin’s voice.
From Hajin’s writings as the author, the reason why Yun Hyuk is kidnapping women is to use them as sacrifices to improve his own Djinn powers. But what if in this timeline, there is a different reason why Yun Hyuk is kidnapping women?
“Hajin… Is there something wrong?”
“I…” Hajin looks hesitant, but he answers nonetheless. “I think we must consider the worst-case scenario.”
“What is that?” I fiddle on my smartwatch, checking up on Yoenha. Hajin has my smartwatch connect and hack Yoenha, using his SP to aid my bodyguarding duties.
Hajin shortly answers. “The worst case scenario is that Yun Hyuk is using the women he kidnaps to advance the incubation of the Devil’s Seed…”
***
It is evening, and the class dismissal ought to allow Suho and Nayun to do as they please.
Suho and Nayun head for Yun Hyuk’s dorm side by side. They plan to converse with him in private, pressure him into admitting his Djinn origins, and after hearing his confession, Suho and Nayun will then proceed on exterminating the Djinn.
“Hey, Suho… are you really fine on doing this?” Nayun worriedly asks Suho as she knows how much of a righteous character he is. Assassination is not really the nicest thing to do.
Suho simply shakes his head. “Don’t worry. Killing someone is not beyond me…” After all, he has his fair share of killings when he is in Akatrina. “Moreover, I am planning to interrogate our quarry. If we can avoid as much bloodshed as possible then all the best…”
“Nah, I agree with Hajin… It is best if we kill all the Djinns here within Cube. If they are really converting other Cadets into Djinns, then Cube is suffering from severe cancer that we must cure no matter what.”
Planet Earth is at war. People have achieved some semblance of normalcy thanks to the Heroes, but they are always at war against monsters, Djinns, and sooner, the Devils.
“I never took you for a bloodthirsty person…” Suho says in surprise as he feels that Nayun’s motivation is quite something else. From what he knows, Nayun’s hatred must come from the fact that her brother is afflicted with the Devil’s Seed.
At this moment, Suho feels bad as he plans for murdering her brother after this fiasco in Cube. The Devil’s encroachment is something he wishes to stop at all costs.
The two of them arrive at Yun Hyuk’s dorm.
~Bzzzt ~Bzzzt
Suho presses the electronic buzzer to call Yun Hyuk. However, after several minutes of insistently pressing the electronic buzzer, there is still no response.
A senior third-year cadet calls them. “If you are searching for Yun Hyuk, then today is not the day. He is outside Cube and is taking care of personal matters…”
Suho and Nayun share a frown, feeling that there is something wrong going on.
***
Yoo Yoenha is feeling uncomfortable lately. She feels that many eyes keep on watching her, and she doesn’t like it. She hopes she is just being paranoid, but she senses the dangers in her guts.
Outside Cube, inside a café, she sips on her tea to calm herself. She wants to drink some coffee but she might get acid reflux from too much stress lately. She is not one to trust gut instincts, but there is value too on listening to hunches.
Rachel sits opposite her. Yoenha feels that Rachel is a little bit uncooperative lately.
“So, are you suggesting that there is a Secret Society in Cube that fights the forces of Djinns that hides in Cube?” Yoenha asks Rachel, but the way Yoenha understands it is kind of weird.
“No, I am not saying it like that…” Rachel calmly explains herself, as she finds it difficult to pierce through the veil that is Yoenha’s overly active imagination. “There is no Secret Society… I am just saying… There is already a group of people cracking on the matters of Djinns within Cube.”
There is no need for the two of them to interfere, lest they might become a burden as Hajin does emphasize to Rachel.
“No, we cannot sit idly by…”
Before Yoenha can finish her sentence, someone sits at their table. The familiar blonde hair enters Yoenha’s sight. It is Yun Hyuk.
“Wow, what a pleasure… For two beauties to accompany me like this… I am flattered…” Yun Hyuk says with fake ingratiation. “So how may I help you?”
Yoenha glances at Rachel, and with a smile of her own, she tells Yun Hyuk her purpose. “I want to become a Djinn…”
Rachel did not react but simply maintains her poker face as she already knows of the deception Yoenha plans on doing. “I don’t feel the same… But I want to make business dealings with your resources, Mr. Yun Hyuk, Djinn or not…”
“Heh~!” Yun Hyuk snickers at the two’s preposterousness. “Hehe hehe…”
The concentrated pressure of Magic Power gathers on the two of them. Rachel is able to withstand it to some extent, but Yoenha has it worse. Yoenha is very tempted on attacking right now as she is reminded by the Djinn she is confronted with back in the museum.
Yun Hyuk is an intermediate grade just like the Djinn from the museum!
And judging by the pressure Yun Hyuk emits, he should be stronger than the Djinn that Yoenha has fought from the museum. “This is… good…” Yoenha thinks to herself.
With little provocation, she should be able to fool the heinous Djinn who is disguised as a human to reveal his true self in front of her.
“Why? Just so you know, I don’t want to be contracted under you… I want a contract that will give me enough power so that you will be subordinated to me…”
Yun Hyuk leans forward to Yoenha. “I am not a fool… But to think you know of my identity… I wonder how did you learn of it… That aside, if you think the Heroes you brought from your Guild can suppress me, then best of luck… You should have at least brought your dad, the guild master.”
Yoenha realizes that there is something wrong. None of the Heroes she brings from her Guild seems to realize that she and Rachel are being subjected to such magic power consisting of such heavy pressure.
“You know,” Yun Hyuk’s face gets closer to Yoenha's. “I really like you… Alas, I cannot have you… Still, I am a nice guy…”
For a moment, Yoenha imagines herself being killed. But that is not what occurs next. Instead, Yun Hyuk leans forward a little bit more and kisses Yoenha on her lips. The disgust and humiliation in Yoenha are immeasurable.
After Yun Hyuk removes his lips from Yoenha, Rachel’s rapier is already caressing Yun Hyuk’s throat. “You!” She angrily grips her rapier so close to murdering the Djinn disguised as a human.
There is no sufficient proof, but Yun Hyuk’s confession is as good a proof as any. The problem is… they cannot act on the confession as Yun Hyuk is stronger than they anticipated.
The members of the Essence of the Strait Guild have also drawn their weapons at this point, but they cannot act on it as Yoenha is not giving them permission. Yoenha knows that it will be her loss if she decides to attack Yun Hyuk.
“Yoo Yoenha, that kiss is the deposit… You want to be a Djinn... Oh~ I can do you better…” Yun Hyuk says these words as a farewell to Yoenha, walking away from the café unimpeded.
Yoenha bites her lips until it bleeds red.
In the Devil Hunter’s club room, I help Hajin on setting up the place. I carry various paraphernalia Hajin will be using, and set them up as he instructs me to do. Our club room is modest, but sizable enough for us to use. This must be the result of the Rank 1 and Rank 2 clout.
I can only imagine how confused the faculty instructors are after learning that the Club that Rank 1 and Rank 2 freshman cadets are founding has lower rank cadets as leaders.
“I know who is going to be the next target…” Hajin softly intones while he boots up the main computer.
Of course, Hajin knows. “Is that so?” I offhandedly comment. There is no way he doesn’t know. He is the Author. I listen closely to him.
“I still want to save them…” Hajin adds. “Attacking the Djinns in a bloodbath might be too reckless. But that is the easiest method I can think of to save the others… If Nayun and Suho manage to off Yun Hyuk, then all the better. We are lacking manpower. We cannot place bodyguards on them 24/7. I know who will be next. Instead of bodyguarding Yoenha, I should have you, bodyguard, the next immediate victim, but I cannot risk it… Remember, Hyon… Yoenha must not die… Among the protagonists, no one among them must die…”
I understand why he wants to massacre the Djinns hiding within Cube. Since the story is already changing, there is no use to preserve the original story to distort the timeline. Thus, we now have the luxury to do as much as we want. We must do anything we can to achieve our goals.
In retrospect, failure is not allowed as a single mistake may lead to a disaster.
“Then, shouldn’t we involve Rachel if we do lack the manpower? We can protect Yoenha better too if she is aware of the danger in her life. I did suggest we use her as bait, but if we can save the others’ lives, then all the best, isn’t it?”
“No,” Hajin shakes his head in denial. “As I said, we cannot risk their lives. Not until they have achieved their destiny, their best versions of themselves…”
I sense paranoia in Hajin’s voice.
From Hajin’s writings as the author, the reason why Yun Hyuk is kidnapping women is to use them as sacrifices to improve his own Djinn powers. But what if in this timeline, there is a different reason why Yun Hyuk is kidnapping women?
“Hajin… Is there something wrong?”
“I…” Hajin looks hesitant, but he answers nonetheless. “I think we must consider the worst-case scenario.”
“What is that?” I fiddle on my smartwatch, checking up on Yoenha. Hajin has my smartwatch connect and hack Yoenha, using his SP to aid my bodyguarding duties.
Hajin shortly answers. “The worst case scenario is that Yun Hyuk is using the women he kidnaps to advance the incubation of the Devil’s Seed…”
***
It is evening, and the class dismissal ought to allow Suho and Nayun to do as they please.
Suho and Nayun head for Yun Hyuk’s dorm side by side. They plan to converse with him in private, pressure him into admitting his Djinn origins, and after hearing his confession, Suho and Nayun will then proceed on exterminating the Djinn.
“Hey, Suho… are you really fine on doing this?” Nayun worriedly asks Suho as she knows how much of a righteous character he is. Assassination is not really the nicest thing to do.
Suho simply shakes his head. “Don’t worry. Killing someone is not beyond me…” After all, he has his fair share of killings when he is in Akatrina. “Moreover, I am planning to interrogate our quarry. If we can avoid as much bloodshed as possible then all the best…”
“Nah, I agree with Hajin… It is best if we kill all the Djinns here within Cube. If they are really converting other Cadets into Djinns, then Cube is suffering from severe cancer that we must cure no matter what.”
Planet Earth is at war. People have achieved some semblance of normalcy thanks to the Heroes, but they are always at war against monsters, Djinns, and sooner, the Devils.
“I never took you for a bloodthirsty person…” Suho says in surprise as he feels that Nayun’s motivation is quite something else. From what he knows, Nayun’s hatred must come from the fact that her brother is afflicted with the Devil’s Seed.
At this moment, Suho feels bad as he plans for murdering her brother after this fiasco in Cube. The Devil’s encroachment is something he wishes to stop at all costs.
The two of them arrive at Yun Hyuk’s dorm.
~Bzzzt ~Bzzzt
Suho presses the electronic buzzer to call Yun Hyuk. However, after several minutes of insistently pressing the electronic buzzer, there is still no response.
A senior third-year cadet calls them. “If you are searching for Yun Hyuk, then today is not the day. He is outside Cube and is taking care of personal matters…”
Suho and Nayun share a frown, feeling that there is something wrong going on.
***
Yoo Yoenha is feeling uncomfortable lately. She feels that many eyes keep on watching her, and she doesn’t like it. She hopes she is just being paranoid, but she senses the dangers in her guts.
Outside Cube, inside a café, she sips on her tea to calm herself. She wants to drink some coffee but she might get acid reflux from too much stress lately. She is not one to trust gut instincts, but there is value too on listening to hunches.
Rachel sits opposite her. Yoenha feels that Rachel is a little bit uncooperative lately.
“So, are you suggesting that there is a Secret Society in Cube that fights the forces of Djinns that hides in Cube?” Yoenha asks Rachel, but the way Yoenha understands it is kind of weird.
“No, I am not saying it like that…” Rachel calmly explains herself, as she finds it difficult to pierce through the veil that is Yoenha’s overly active imagination. “There is no Secret Society… I am just saying… There is already a group of people cracking on the matters of Djinns within Cube.”
There is no need for the two of them to interfere, lest they might become a burden as Hajin does emphasize to Rachel.
“No, we cannot sit idly by…”
Before Yoenha can finish her sentence, someone sits at their table. The familiar blonde hair enters Yoenha’s sight. It is Yun Hyuk.
“Wow, what a pleasure… For two beauties to accompany me like this… I am flattered…” Yun Hyuk says with fake ingratiation. “So how may I help you?”
Yoenha glances at Rachel, and with a smile of her own, she tells Yun Hyuk her purpose. “I want to become a Djinn…”
Rachel did not react but simply maintains her poker face as she already knows of the deception Yoenha plans on doing. “I don’t feel the same… But I want to make business dealings with your resources, Mr. Yun Hyuk, Djinn or not…”
“Heh~!” Yun Hyuk snickers at the two’s preposterousness. “Hehe hehe…”
The concentrated pressure of Magic Power gathers on the two of them. Rachel is able to withstand it to some extent, but Yoenha has it worse. Yoenha is very tempted on attacking right now as she is reminded by the Djinn she is confronted with back in the museum.
Yun Hyuk is an intermediate grade just like the Djinn from the museum!
And judging by the pressure Yun Hyuk emits, he should be stronger than the Djinn that Yoenha has fought from the museum. “This is… good…” Yoenha thinks to herself.
With little provocation, she should be able to fool the heinous Djinn who is disguised as a human to reveal his true self in front of her.
“Why? Just so you know, I don’t want to be contracted under you… I want a contract that will give me enough power so that you will be subordinated to me…”
Yun Hyuk leans forward to Yoenha. “I am not a fool… But to think you know of my identity… I wonder how did you learn of it… That aside, if you think the Heroes you brought from your Guild can suppress me, then best of luck… You should have at least brought your dad, the guild master.”
Yoenha realizes that there is something wrong. None of the Heroes she brings from her Guild seems to realize that she and Rachel are being subjected to such magic power consisting of such heavy pressure.
“You know,” Yun Hyuk’s face gets closer to Yoenha's. “I really like you… Alas, I cannot have you… Still, I am a nice guy…”
For a moment, Yoenha imagines herself being killed. But that is not what occurs next. Instead, Yun Hyuk leans forward a little bit more and kisses Yoenha on her lips. The disgust and humiliation in Yoenha are immeasurable.
After Yun Hyuk removes his lips from Yoenha, Rachel’s rapier is already caressing Yun Hyuk’s throat. “You!” She angrily grips her rapier so close to murdering the Djinn disguised as a human.
There is no sufficient proof, but Yun Hyuk’s confession is as good a proof as any. The problem is… they cannot act on the confession as Yun Hyuk is stronger than they anticipated.
The members of the Essence of the Strait Guild have also drawn their weapons at this point, but they cannot act on it as Yoenha is not giving them permission. Yoenha knows that it will be her loss if she decides to attack Yun Hyuk.
“Yoo Yoenha, that kiss is the deposit… You want to be a Djinn... Oh~ I can do you better…” Yun Hyuk says these words as a farewell to Yoenha, walking away from the café unimpeded.
Yoenha bites her lips until it bleeds red.
