Chapter 114.

[Today, I received a report on Kwang-Oh . ]

As soon as she read the first line, her investigators sent her a message, saying that Kim Hajin was admitted to an orphanage near the Kwang-Oh Evacuation Shelter .

Yoo Yeonha felt sad that she didn’t have potato chips with her as she slowly turned the page .

Now that she was older, she could easily read Hanja, which her father often used to write .

[The media reported last night’s incident as ‘Djinn Attack on Kwang-Oh Evacuation Shelter’ . That civilians and nine Heroes who evacuated to the shelter were massacred by a single Djinn… .

…I would never be able to forget what happened that day in Kwang-Oh for the rest of my life . ]

At first, it seemed like a simple recount of the Kwang-Oh Evacuation Shelter Massacre .

However, starting from the next paragraph, the tone of the writing changed .

[…President Kim Sukho declared Jin Younghwan, who troubled him, to be a secret agent of the Djinns . However, I knew that Jin Younghwan was an honest man . His only flaw was that he was too honest, and perhaps Kim Sukho didn’t want his embarrassing secrets to leak out .

However, Chae Joochul agreed that Jin Younghwan was a Djinn . Chae Joochul also wished for Jin Younghwan’s death . But Jin Younghwan was a trusted man with many loyal subordinates . If he was assassinated when he was alone, it would have surely raised suspicions . As such, Chae Joochul ordered for a massacre, hiring a skilled assassin and leaving me to oversee the plan . ]

“…?”

Yoo Yeonha turned the page back and read it once again .

But she couldn’t understand the content even after reading it a second time . Thinking that she misinterpreted a few words, she even translated it with a smartwatch app . However, the content was unchanged, and Yoo Yeonha continued reading her father’s confession in confusion .

[On that day, I received a transmission from Jin Younghwan . His voice was urgent, but it was me who concocted that monster invasion . I told Jin Younghwan that saving civilians came first and drove them to a corner .

Kwang-Oh Evacuation Shelter .

Jin Younghwan tried to protect the civilians in that place . ]

The neat handwriting Yoo Yeonha recognized pricked her eyes . Yoo Yeonha felt a strong headache .

However, she couldn’t stop reading .

[November 8th, 8 P . M . , the assassin Chae Joochul hired invaded the evacuation shelter .

He murdered Jin Younghwan and his subordinates .

That was their end .

I wanted to bury this incident in my heart .

But the very next day, I received the assassin’s report . That one of Jin Younghwan’s subordinates was with his pregnant wife . ]

Pregnant wife . Yoo Yeonha froze when she read this word .

Pregnant .

Kim Hajin was admitted to an orphanage the day after Kwang-Oh Incident .

[There was another interesting matter in the report . That an umbilical cord was found at the site .

Even in the face of death, the mother had given birth .

The corpse of the baby was never found . ]

When Yoo Yeonha reached this part, she fully realized what happened . Although there was no evidence, her heart was screaming . Yoo Yeonha squeezed her chest, hoping that the baby wasn’t Kim Hajin .

[This baby was fated to die . Even if he extended his life by a little bit, he would have no future . So, I set out to find him and kill him . ]

When she read father’s heartless declaration, she felt something inside her shatter .

Pieces of her memory flashed by her mind .

—Don’t worry about it and sleep . It’ll be over by the time you wake up .

An image of a man who fought against an entire army of monsters to save her emerged in her mind .

He had put his life on the line to save her .

However, her father had led his parents to death and had tried to kill him as well .

[But I suddenly remembered April 29th, when my daughter was born . Although she couldn’t do anything by herself, just her existence brought me great happiness .

I called the assassin and asked what happened . He said that he threw away the baby without killing him . ]

Yoo Yeonha dropped her head and tightly clenched her trembling hands .

At that moment, a familiar voice rang out in her head .

—Hey, don’t you think we can become good allies?

It was her own voice .

For the first time in her life, she had asked someone to become her ally .

Though insignificant, it was her way of showing her gratitude .

[In the end, I omitted information about that child from the report . However, I killed his parents and didn’t help him live . Left alone on the cold ground, he might be slowly dying at this very moment .

I have no intention of denying this . ]

—Buddy means friend . Don’t you know?

In a not so distant past, he had acknowledged her as an ally . His voice from that time transformed into a sharp blade that struck her heart .

Yoo Yeonha’s fingers trembled . She no longer had the courage to turn another page .

Her heart began to beat violently .

She felt an unknown emotion rising from the depth of her heart .

Guilt, resentment, anguish… . She couldn’t think, and she didn’t want to either .

Cold sweat formed on her forehead . Her vision turned blurry as a world-shattering exhaustion engulfed her body .

[I’ve lived the life of a coward . Even if I dirtied myself more, it would make no difference .

So I decided to forget .

For my daughter and for my clan .

But I am leaving the truth behind in this diary .

Was I just trying to appease my guilty conscience? Or was it to spite Chae Joochul?

That, I didn’t know . ]

Kim Hajin’s face and her father’s confession joined together to form an image of a monster .

Yoo Yeonha couldn’t withstand this monster .

Kim Hajin, Kim Hajin, Kim Hajin… his name flickered in her vision like an apparition .

She choked up, and her heart ached .

The torrent of emotions was too much for her to bear .

**

[Seoho Memorial]

On a dark night, a crescent moon shone down cold light .

Tomer was standing alone under this pale light .

She had already dealt with all of her personal affairs before coming here .

She couldn’t predict what her days would be like going forward .

She lived her life for revenge, but now that revenge was impossible to achieve, it was entirely possible that she tears her father’s will apart and takes her own life .

Kiik—

Tomer roughly opened the silent memorial’s door and looked for Agus Benjamin’s name .

Soon, she found a cabinet engraved with his name, which stood out from the rest .

[Agus Benjamin]

Inside the small, square cabinet was a cremation urn with the name ‘Agus Benjamin’ written in Spanish .

Because of the flowers surrounding the urn, it didn’t look so lonely .

“What’s this?”

Dumbfounded at the number of flowers inside the cabinet, Tomer pulled the cabinet all the way out and picked one of them up . On it was a small card .

[2024 April, Kim Hajin]

Tomer immediately checked the rest of the flowers .

[2024 August, Kim Hajin]

[2025 April, Kim Hajin]

[2025 August, Kim Hajin]

They were all from Kim Hajin .

Because the flowers were uselessly refined with mana, they didn’t wilt either .

“…The hell . ”

Tomer cursed and threw the flowers aside .

Then, she found a yellow envelope inside the cabinet .

Tomer carefully held it up .

Written on the cover in Spanish was the phrase, ‘To my daughter’ .

Immediately, a fiery heat rose up from her heart .

She ripped the envelope open and began to read the letter .

She was curious what excuse her damnable father had cooked up .

[Dear my beloved daughter,

As I am writing this letter, I am wrought with complicated emotions . On one hand, I hope that you don’t read it . But on the other, I hope that you do . I am also worried how you will feel afterwards…]

Tomer skimmed over the letter . It was partly because it was hard for her to get used to reading Spanish again .

[Unable to withstand the temptation, your mother sold her soul to a Djinn . ]

[I couldn’t let anyone find out that she became a Djinn . ]

[It was the only way to save you from a society where relatives of Djinns were lynched or executed . ]

However, there were several sentences that she found hard to understand . Furthermore, she found them harder to accept .

Rather than acceptance, Tomer felt rage .

As far as she was concerned, her father was refusing to repent and was blaming her mother .

[I wanted you to go to Korea . I wanted you to live a more stable life in a more stable place . But when I came to Korea, you were gone . I gave up everything I owned to a friend to protect you, but I couldn’t contact him either .

Feeling like everything in the world betrayed me, I thought to end my worthless life…]

Tomer crumpled the letter without reading it until the end .

She considered it a lie and was about to tear it apart .

It was then that two items fell on the ground from inside the envelope .

A rusty brooch .

The birthday gift her father gave her when she was little .

A small watch .

The gift she gave her father by saving up her allowance .

Tomer stared at the two items in a daze .

At the same time, she felt the foundation of her being rumbling .

Tomer leaned against the wall, and opened up the crumpled letter .

Collecting her thoughts, she began to read the letter again .

This time, slowly and thoroughly .

**

The Lotus Inn, Busan .

Currently, I was staying at the presidential suite of this luxury hotel .

On the balcony of this 500-square-meter room, I was sipping on a glass of wine .

Usually, a suite like this was hard to come by even with money . But because someone canceled right before I made the reservation, I was able to do so cheaply . Though, it was still a room that cost 8 million won a night .

In any case, luck made my daily life comfortable to no end .

“…What a beautiful view . ”

Sitting on the balcony, I stared into the horizon .

The beach was within my view, and as it was the night before the festival, the streets were lit up with beautiful colors .

After arriving in Busan at 5, we enjoyed the festival eve until 9 .

Water gun wars, fireworks, and even dining at a 3-star Michelin restaurant .

I took pictures of Evandel and Hayang running around and having fun . My personal favorite was Evandel’s face when she tasted a 3-star Michelin dish for the first time .

For the first time in a while, I felt like I was on a true vacation .

[Thanks . ]

That was the message I just got from Tomer .

This also made me happy .

Since the magic power contract was still active, our relationship as the creditor and the debtor still existed .

Now, Tomer should become my ally without careering off course .

“Wow~ look at that, Hayang! We’re inside this paper~!”

I could hear Evandel’s voice coming from the living room . Evandel seemed to be fascinated by the pictures I printed . I couldn’t help but smile at just how pure she was .

When I took a sip of wine feeling the fresh air, I received another message on my smartwatch .

[Um, Hajin-ssi, if possible… can you maybe teach me how to wield magic power?]

The sender was Rachel .

That wasn’t the only message .

[To be honest, I was in awe when I saw the Barrier Hajin-ssi showed in class . Recently, I’ve also been feeling like I hit a wall… (ㅠ__ㅠ)]

Although I found her message cute, there wasn’t anything I could do for her .

I didn’t know a thing about Barrier, since Stigma created it for me .

Rather than that… a wall?

Was the bracelet not working?

I should have tested it before I gave it to her .

[I can even give you lesson fees (★ω★)/ !]

When I was about to refuse her offer, I suddenly thought of something .

Hitting a wall .

If the bracelet I gave her worked as intended, the Butterfly Seedling Dust should have seeped into her, helping her reach a new height . It wasn’t just because it awakened her potential . It was because Rachel’s Gift was related to ‘elementals’ .

“Hmm… . ”

Rachel was a proud girl . I knew it well because I was the one who created her . The fact that a proud girl like Rachel was asking someone like me for help showed how frustrated she was with her current situation .

I couldn’t blame her .

She should have been Enlightened at the end of the first semester, but it was being delayed for close to half a year .

[See you Sunday night . ]

In the end, I agreed . All I needed to do was make the Butterfly Seedling Dust in her bracelet seep into her body .

“Ah~ what a great breeze . ”

Standing up imposingly, I leaned against the handrail . I looked down instinctively . From the presidential suite on the 60th floor, people below looked like ants .

While I was observing the people walking by, my eyes fell on a man walking by a seemingly average street .

No, to be precise, the man caught my eyes . He was dressed more fancily and brightly than anyone else .

Black hair, tall nose, and well-defined facial lines . This handsome man seemingly resembled Legolas .

At that moment, I was struck with an ominous sensation .

I stared at the man intently .

The man looked up as though he felt my gaze .

Although an ordinary person would have never been able to discover me with the distance between us, I could tell that he was directly looking at me .

The man smiled almost as though he was trying to confirm something .

Feeling my heart tremble, I returned a relaxed smile . Then, the smile on his face became even thicker .

For some reason, I felt like I knew who he was .

My intuition as the original author of this world was screaming .

A man who was born in another world just like Kim Suho, but had a completely different personality .

A man despairing at the loss of his home world, and betrayed and worn down by his desires .

A seeker of evil with twisted beliefs, searching for a false paradise .

The ‘growth-type final boss’ I designed, whose name I feared to utter .

However, I was only the original author .

I had no way of knowing what changes the co-author made . Not to mention, I went on hiatus right when he should have started to get active .

…Hold on .

Suddenly, I had a strange thought .

Did the final boss I designed look like that?

It was true that the Busan Festival was where he first appeared .

However, his smile was strange .

He was still looking at me and smiling .

I didn’t remember writing anything about him smiling frequently .

At that moment, the man nudged his companion and gestured at me . It was as if he was saying, ‘look at that guy’ .

Right, he had a companion .

A guy and a girl .

They both looked up at me .

I met eyes with the girl .

A navy haired beauty with a sharp expression who resembled an elf .

Her eyes flickered coldly .

Her piercing killing intent pressed down on me .

This crazy girl was letting out killing intent just because I met her eyes .

“…Wait a minute . ”

Suddenly, I felt a bit scared .

Could it be?

The final boss was supposed to be the polar opposite of Kim Suho .

Could it be that he became… a she?

…Although it wasn’t implausible, I hoped that the co-author had enough common sense to not let that happen .

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