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Jeong Ha-yul collapsed.

Xiao Lin’s light-like thrust aimed for Jeong Ha-yul’s heart, but Jo Se-hee was a bit faster.

“Not a chance!”

Jo Se-hee, who deflected Xiao Lin’s attack, picked up Jeong Ha-yul and flew to Jeong Gyeoul’s side in an instant.

“Damn! Just you wait.”

“Yeah, look forward to it. Once Ha-yul wakes up, we’re invading China.”

Xiao Lin, groaning, carried Xiao Zhan and left, but Jo Se-hee just watched them go.

“…Aren’t you going to catch them?”

“Rather than fighting me, they’ll probably try to find a way to harm you or Ha-yul if I make a mistake… Anyway, once Ha-yul wakes up, she’ll go kill them all. Let’s just let them go this time.”

“True… But why did Ha-yul unnie suddenly collapse?”

It was more surprising that Jeong Ha-yul suddenly collapsed than Jo Se-hee letting the enemies go.

It was something unimaginable for the Demon King to collapse like that.

“Remember when I was about to surrender? I never imagined Ha-yul would come… She was in Manchester. A two-hour train ride.”

“She ran a two-hour train distance?”

Only then did Jeong Gyeoul understand.

Jeong Ha-yul arrived here in less than an hour.

It was impossible to grasp how much magic power she used as fuel.

“Moreover, judging by her injuries, it seems villains also went after Ha-yul… She must have been holding back, or she wouldn’t have made it here.”

At the crime pub, they not only tied up the Clock Tower and the royal family but also sent villains to tie up Jeong Ha-yul.

A two-hour train distance, villains continuously trying to hinder her.

Jeong Ha-yul broke through that chaos and ran here.

Even if she’s considered one of the strongest in the world, there are limits.

Normally, she would have run while conserving her stamina, even if it meant being a bit late… But she went all out from the start after receiving a call from the Hero Association that Jeong Gyeoul was in danger.

“Anyway, everyone survived. That’s a relief. Thanks to Gyeoul, the bodyguards and that guy Matthew over there also survived.”

“Thank you, unnie. But… why are you here?”

“It’s a long story…”

Jo Se-hee frowned and shook her head.

It seemed like the sound of teeth grinding could be heard.

“Meow!”

“…Loki?”

“What’s that?”

“It’s a cat from the mansion where I stay…”

Suddenly appearing, Loki licked Jeong Ha-yul’s cheek and seemed to say something to Jeong Gyeoul.

“Meow! Meow! Meow!”

“…Gyeoul, can you talk to animals?”

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

Being the youngest Awakened One, Jo Se-hee laughed as if it was absurd to think such an ability existed.

“Did you hit your head while fighting? Talking nonsense.”

“But… can you give me your hand?”

“My hand? Why suddenly?”

Though she asked for a reason, her hand immediately reached out.

Jeong Gyeoul didn’t answer and grabbed her hand, then placed her other hand on Loki’s body.

At that moment.

Whoosh-

Jeong Gyeoul, Jeong Ha-yul, and Jo Se-hee’s new form disappeared with Loki.

***

Wow. This works.

Loki kept meowing, and I suddenly felt something.

It felt like he was telling me to move quickly to where I was thinking.

Half-doubting, I placed my hand on Loki’s body…

The moment I closed and opened my eyes, the space had changed.

It was the hospital I had been transported to with the help of the Clock Tower before.

“What… what is this!”

“I’ll explain later, first quickly move unnie…”

“Uh, uh. Got it.”

Judging by the move to the bushes behind the walking path, Loki must be a genius.

I was even thinking of lying to the press that I could teleport…

You had it all planned, huh?

Jo Se-hee carried Jeong Ha-yul and headed to the hospital.

I followed behind and called Heinz.

…I should have asked to be carried too.

My ribs hurt with every step.

“Hello! It’s Gyeoul! Wait a bit! Grandpa will be right there!”

The call connected before the ringtone even played, and the urgent voice of the grandfather was heard.

“I’m in front of Radcliffe Hospital now. Please help with the admission process.”

“…?”

He seemed unable to understand what had happened.

A brief silence passed.

“…How are you there?”

“It’s a long story, but first, the bodyguards are down on Lambeth Road, and Ha-yul unnie, Se-hee unnie, and I are at the hospital.”

“Got it. I’ll connect you to the hospital director right away, wait a moment. Where are you now?”

“The lobby. I’ll lie down in the lobby.”

“Okay, I’ll handle it right away.”

After the call with Heinz ended, I lay down there.

“Unnie! They said they’ll handle it if we wait.”

“Really? It was tough, but that’s good…”

Jo Se-hee sighed deeply, put Jeong Ha-yul down, and lay down.

The murmurs of other people in the lobby could be heard, but I didn’t care.

You try suffering such injuries and see if you have the energy to sit up properly!

“I really thought I was going to die today.”

“Me too, honestly, when I went to catch Xiao Zhan, I thought it was all over.”

“…Were you really that unprepared?”

“Better to be a strong prisoner caught intact than a beaten and exhausted prisoner.”

“…You’re really hopeless, unnie.”

I looked at Jo Se-hee with a disbelieving gaze for a moment, then heard a commotion.

“Over there! Hurry!”

“The patient’s condition doesn’t look good!”

“I have eyes too. Surgeon! Just in case, prep three operating rooms and clear all the examination rooms!”

“Yes, Director!”

Three patient transport beds and dozens of people were rushing over.

***

“At that time, I dodged the Chinese woman’s strike and said, ‘Your magic power usage… seems mostly stolen, right?'”

“Pfft, what is this, the Chronicles of Gyeoul? Gyeoul, you should write a web novel.”

Eun-chae laughed. There was no exaggeration in my words.

Adding seasoning to my words isn’t my style.

But why is she laughing?

I can’t understand.

“…Why don’t you believe this?”

“Not even in middle school yet, but already has middle school second-year syndrome, what will happen when you actually get to middle school… Yare yare.”

Even Kang-woo joined in teasing me.

…Again, I was the only one being serious.

I was asked to tell what happened that day, so I tried my best to recall and answer…

It seems it was a question meant to tease me from the start.

“Was that really true? When I arrived, you were blocking all of Xiao Lin’s combo moves with no focus in your eyes.”

“…Was that really true?”

Jo Se-hee, lying on the sofa, ate an apple and backed up my words.

Leaving her own room to come to mine, eat my fruits, lie on my sofa, and watch TV.

It felt like seeing a jobless uncle during the holidays, but suddenly my favorability towards her skyrocketed.

“Stop eating and go back to your room, will you?”

“…I saved your sister.”

“I saved you too.”

“…That’s true, isn’t it?”

Jeong Ha-yul, lying on the opposite sofa and eating her stomach, gave Jo Se-hee a guest order.

“…Don’t bully Se-hee unnie.”

Using telekinesis, she pulled Jo Se-hee’s collar and barely managed to sit her back on the sofa.

Are you kicking out the only person who can prove my story?

I see a future where Kang-woo, Eun-chae, and Ha-yul make fun of me.

Do I perhaps have the ability to foresee the future?

“Gyeoul, finish your story.”

“…Seeing the Chinese woman stepping into a true stance and attacking, I thought, if I get hit, I’ll die. If I block, I’ll die. At that moment. With incredible genius and a flash of wit, I used telekinesis to hit myself. The impact made me move away. Then the Chinese woman said, ‘You… I can’t let you live.’ She acknowledged it, she’s really amazing. From then on, I felt a real killing intent…”

“Pfft… Pfft… Sorry, Gyeoul. Pfft… I’m not laughing to laugh… Pfft…”

I glared at Eun-chae, who burst out laughing.

“Ugh… Ugh… Ugh…”

Kang-woo was almost crying next to me.

Damn. I’m not doing this.

Just two days ago, Eun-chae was crying so hard her waterproof makeup came off.

Kang-woo was calling the Clock Tower, the royal family, and Korea to curse them out.

How can people change so much in two days?

They caused a huge uproar with the Clock Tower, the royal family, and the Association.

Yet here they are, teasing me.

“Oh right, the Commonwealth declared war on China.”

“…On China?”

Kang-woo delivered the crazy news.

Can they really do that just because a criminal organization committed some terror outside?

“This has never happened before, the Queen must be really angry. Even her close aides said they’ve never seen such an expression.”

That Queen got angry?

That immortal, transcendent person?

I can’t even imagine it.

Could it be, for me?

….

Is this some new mental illness?

Let’s drop the delusion that the world revolves around me.

“So, what do you think about returning to Korea?”

“Korea?”

“Yeah, there are javelins flying around here. It’s too dangerous.”

That’s true.

What the hell, firing missiles in the middle of the capital?

You can’t even imagine that in Korea.

In Korea, the most you’d see is someone firing a smuggled Tokarev in Incheon.

I also wanted to see Hayan a lot… Going to Korea doesn’t seem like a bad idea.

It’s a shame I couldn’t learn magic power usage at the Clock Tower.

“What about the studies at the Clock Tower…?”

“Actually, that’s why I brought it up, I did it, now call me oppa.”

“…? Oppa is out of the question. Choose between uncle or Manager-nim.”

“Tch.”

Was it disappointing that only I was called Manager-nim? Suddenly spouting nonsense.

And then clicking your tongue?

She’s starting to resemble Eun-chae.

‘Even Kang-woo, whom I trusted…’

This annoying house.

There’s no normal person here.

 

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