Chapter 213
Chapter 213: Inevitability
Jerry and Adem were trapped together in the detention facility.
Min Yu-ri and Kim Si-hu talked to them under the watchful eye of Yang Ji-cheol.
“Am I doing this right?”
Kim Si-hu’s wooden staff gracefully moved through the air, tracing a soft curve.
His magic slowly gathered around the staff.
The result created at the end of this process was—
[Quick Illusion]
The illusion magic used by people from another world.
Adem couldn’t hold back his admiration as he watched the magic unfold before his eyes.
It was on a level that was entirely commendable compared to the magic he used.
“You’re truly a genius.”
“Anyone can do this if they know the tricks.”
“How many mages in the world have such tricks?”
Adem was a mage who had learned illusion magic under the guidance of a seasoned master.
Even he, having been taught directly by his master, struggled for quite a long time to grasp the magic.
Yet, Kim Si-hu independently figured out the principles and completed the magic without anyone’s help.
His skills were far ahead of the mages from the past in Ajesia.
“If you’re gonna be my partner, you should at least be able to do this!”
Jerry felt a strange sense of pride watching Kim Si-hu successfully perform the illusion magic.
Meanwhile, she was also advising Min Yu-ri as a former monster tamer.
The tamer and she had a fair amount of common ground.
“Do you know how I was able to control monsters?”
“You used that drug called milk, right?”
“Wrong! Nope!”
“Wrong?”
“That was a side effect used to forcibly awaken Earthlings without magic. We don’t really rely on that.”
Jerry explained to Min Yu-ri how to control monsters without the intervention of drugs.
In summary, it involved forcibly taking control of the monster’s consciousness with magic and making it act as desired.
“Curious? Want to know how it’s done?”
“Why are you being so cooperative with me?”
“You need to be of help to our darling!”
“…….”
“I’ll cooperate with anything, so… just tell him to visit at least once a week. Got it?”
Wink!
Jerry winked at Min Yu-ri.
She was determined to cooperate with Yoo Ji-han in any way possible.
Even while trapped in this prison-like space, her obsession continued.
“Chirp! Whatever you mean, I don’t want to!”
Chilla displayed a strong rejection because he remembered when Jerry was controlling monsters.
Min Yu-ri felt the same way.
“I understand what you mean, but I must decline.”
“Huh? Why? It would be a big help to you!”
“Chilla is not my slave; he’s my friend and colleague.”
“Chirp! That’s right, only the master exists…!”
Min Yu-ri maintained a close relationship with her pet as a tamer.
Watching the two of them lovingly alternate glances, Jerry said with a sly smile.
“There was someone in Ajesia who used to say something similar to you.”
“I guess there was a normal person after all.”
“It was my former magic teacher. He treated monsters not as livestock but as friends. He died in vain as destruction approached.”
After briefly looking down at the ground, Jerry continued.
“If you want, I can tell you about my master’s methods. It won’t affect your hamster at all.”
“Stop calling him a hamster! Chirp!”
“You’re just a big hamster!”
“Chirp, chirp! I dislike this woman!”
*
Yoo Ji-han lightly bumped fists with Kazimir and entered the room following him.
As soon as he entered a space where they could talk comfortably, Nirochi hit Yoo Ji-han’s arm and said,
“Brother! Why did you come so late? I just wanted to see your face.”
“I’ve been busy with this and that.”
“Hey Sylph, you can talk now, right?”
—Woohee! We meet again!
Sylph fluttered happily towards Nirochi and Kazimir, recognizing the two people she had met before she could speak.
“So? So how did the sampling go?”
Nirochi’s eyes sparkled, showing her interest in Yoo Ji-han’s unique skill that had helped them immensely during their expedition.
Yoo Ji-han’s response was brief.
“I was there from the beginning to the end of this expedition.”
It was thanks to the power given by sampling that they first recognized the existence of people from another world, easily escaped various illusion magics, and ultimately managed to defeat them.
If it hadn’t been for that bizarre power, Korea would have been just a step away from destruction.
“If the sampling couldn’t repel mind-affecting magic, I wouldn’t be here.”
“That kind of magic wouldn’t work on you.”
“……?”
Sampling had protected Yoo Ji-han from various mind-affecting magics like hypnosis and illusions.
Nirochi deemed that to be completely natural.
“I told you! Your power is connected to the truths of the world. Do you really think a mere magical phenomenon could deceive the truth?”
“I don’t really get it, though.”
“Ugh, you dense one! Just take my word for it!”
Nirochi was a little frustrated with Yoo Ji-han for not keeping up with her understanding.
But since she couldn’t just pull her brain out to show him, she had to move on.
“Give me your hand.”
Nirochi grabbed Yoo Ji-han’s hand.
She wanted to check his unique ability once more.
Whooooosh—!
A bright light erupted from the gem on Nirochi’s forehead right from the start.
In response, Yoo Ji-han turned his head and closed his eyes, while Kazimir donned dark sunglasses.
Having experienced such brilliance before, their response was very skillful.
Soon as the light faded, Nirochi let go of the hand she was holding.
“You’ve changed a lot, just as expected.”
“What do you mean?”
“Your unique skill.”
Nirochi looked intently at Yoo Ji-han’s face with a very serious expression.
Most unique skills provide better effects as the user grows stronger.
As for Nirochi, who was right in front of Yoo Ji-han, it was the same.
While the magic that distinguished truths from lies remained entirely unchanged, her unique skill to sense others’ unique skills had gotten far better at extracting information than before.
“To summarize, you can peek into others’ memories through magic, resist mind-affecting magic, find the correct path when lost….”
“And sometimes even sense dangerous moments in advance, and you could observe the structure of magic with the naked eye.”
“What an absurd power.”
Though Yoo Ji-han had been out on the expedition for just under two weeks.
When compared to the last moment Nirochi had sensed him, there was a vast difference.
Kazimir, who stood next to them, couldn’t hide his astonishment, saying,
“Isn’t this a bit of an exaggerated change?”
The change in unique skills usually progresses at a very slow pace.
In some cases, it could take a short time of one year to over ten years to change.
However, what happened to Yoo Ji-han was closer to evolution than mere change.
Nirochi’s eyes sparkled as she stated,
“Sylph! Explain something for us. You said you could recognize sampling as well.”
—Jihan is special!
“Who doesn’t know that my brother is special? Just explain how he uses sampling!”
—Woohee! I wouldn’t really know!
Even a spirit that could recognize and utilize a contractor’s unique skill was unable to properly explain that power.
Nirochi urged Sylph for an answer again, but Sylph merely giggled lightly.
“Anyway… I have a test prepared for today.”
Nirochi brought a desk from the corner in front of Yoo Ji-han.
On that desk was a bag containing more than thirty disposable paper cups.
She handed the bag to Kazimir and said,
“Take them all out and turn them upside down on the desk.”
“Why me?”
“Are you refusing a lovely lady’s request?”
“You could pull out paper cups by yourself.”
“Ah, if you ask, then do it!”
“I’m too lazy to do that.”
Kazimir shook his head at Nirochi’s pouting.
Despite often hanging out together because they were of different races, he couldn’t let that foul-tempered girl drag him around every time.
“If you do this for me, I won’t have to treat you to a meal next week.”
“…Really?”
“If you don’t, I’ll choose something very expensive!”
Nirochi forcibly put the bag into Kazimir’s arms.
Having had promises with her before, Kazimir ultimately had to obediently take out the paper cups.
Nirochi looked at the paper cups on the desk and said,
“One of these identical paper cups has a sticker stuck inside. You just need to find it.”
“What are you trying to do with this?”
“Just try it.”
After a moment, the desk was filled tightly with paper cups.
Nirochi told Yoo Ji-han to choose only one paper cup.
‘Just pick one at random.’
It was just a test, so why would it be complicated?
Gazing down at the cups calmly, Yoo Ji-han picked one paper cup with an easy mind.
And when Nirochi flipped that paper cup—
“Correct.”
Inside that paper cup was the sticker Nirochi had prepared.
Yoo Ji-han, who had picked the paper cup without much thought, was somewhat surprised.
“Now turn around. Sylph, you too.”
—Ehh?
Rustle! Rustle!
While Yoo Ji-han and Sylph were turned around, the paper cups were shuffled here and there on the desk by Kazimir and Nirochi.
Then, when Yoo Ji-han chose another paper cup again—
“Correct again.”
“……!”
He had once again found the correct answer.
After about another 25 tests, Yoo Ji-han kept picking the paper cup with the sticker every time.
Kazimir, who had watched the entire process and result, sincerely admired it.
“How on earth did you do that?”
One time could be chance, twice could also be chance.
Even if you loosely regarded up to three times as chance, going beyond that would be closer to inevitability.
It couldn’t simply be described as good luck.
“Did you develop some kind of precognition?”
“Impossible, that can’t be.”
Yoo Ji-han, who had been turned around with his eyes and ears covered, scratched the back of his head.
This was because he hadn’t used any special method to find the correct answers.
Nirochi, who had prepared this test, stroked her chin and said,
“With this, my hypothesis has been somewhat proven.”
“A hypothesis?”
“The way you used sampling in the past was to figure out probabilities from various possibilities and choose the best option, right? If I hadn’t stopped you, you would have used it to find this paper cup as well.”
“Probably.”
“But the current you can find all the answers without having to consider probabilities. What does this mean…?”
Nirochi pointed at Yoo Ji-han with her index finger.
“It means you don’t need to calculate probabilities.”
“No need to?”
“You’re bound to always choose the best option, even if you don’t calculate probabilities.”
“……!”
Nirochi said that no matter what Yoo Ji-han did in the future, it would always be the best choice.
Yoo Ji-han could hardly believe it.
How could a human be capable of making only the right decisions at every moment, as if they had become some god?
“Yoo Ji-han, I have a favor to ask you.”
“A favor?”
“It’s a very urgent and important request.”
Kazimir suddenly became serious and pulled out his mobile phone from his pocket.
Ready to take notes, he spoke with an eager voice.
“Before we go back, could you tell me this week’s lottery numbers?”
“…….”
—Woohee! A vampire who loves the lottery!
This was the fate of a worldly vampire.
