Proposal (1)
“No, why did you come into the crack without me? Why?”
“It’s okay now…”
Han Yeon-soo hurriedly returned as soon as she heard that I entered the crack.
“I was worried. Whoa…”
She looked concerned about the blood covering my body, then sighed in relief upon knowing that it was all monster blood.
“Are you okay, Uncle?”
Seong Hyun-woo also appeared.
“Of course. Did you do well on the test?”
“Huh!”
I took the document on the little boy’s hands. The words ‘Level 3’ was written on it.
Thank God. What I was worried about didn’t happen.
I had a lot of useless worries.
The bracelet wrapped around Seong Hyun-woo’s wrist looked slightly cracked, but it seemed that he was able to manage his strength.
Now, the Association has marked him as an appropriately ‘gifted’ awakener.
“Excuse me…”
A middle-aged woman approached me.
“Yes?”
“Thank you…”
Her hands did not stop trembling, and her face was very pale.
She repeatedly thanked me over and over.
Probably, the mother of the child I saved.
When the crack occurred, she froze in place, unlike the people who ran away.
She stayed on the spot as she watched her little girl disappear into the rift.
She fell to her knees and cried. No one helped her.
“If it wasn’t for you…” she trailed off, then bowed again.
As I looked at her, I felt an overwhelming emotion that I didn’t feel when I was an analyst.
Her hands that grasped mine were warm. As she wept, I remembered what the hunter that saved me when I lost my family told me that day.
“I just did what I had to do.”
Those words made me what I am now.
* * *
Time passed since then.
Quite a few by-products were gathered from the crack. They were all cashed out and deposited to my account, and I was able to earn a lot of money.
“Are we doing the same thing?”
“No, something more elaborate. We will train your abilities even more.”
“Huh!”
Training with Seong Hyun-woo went smoothly. He had enough power, so I didn’t need to grow him further. He just needs to learn how to use them properly.
Of course, the total amount of power he has was so great that even a little miss during training would be…
Still, he followed instructions well, and we had no problems so far.
“Well… you said you got a love call?”
“Uh, yes. From Explorer’s Eye…”
Lee Jin-woo was also growing steadily. He received an invitation from a guild to sponsor him and an offer to come to them after graduation.
“I think it’s a fine guild.”
It was a respectable guild. Also, there wasn’t much good about bringing Lee Jin-woo around in his current state. Rather than being with me, it would be more helpful for him to enter a suitable guild where he could gain experience and develop his skills.
After graduation, Lee Jin-woo and I will play in different fields.
It would be much better for Lee Jin-woo to grow steadily from below.
“So… what did you mean that time when you said that he was someone at your level?”
[Well, I don’t think it’s time to tell you yet.]
“Ah…”
After meeting Kim Min-jae, I steadily prepared myself. I couldn’t afford to have the strong power of the Association running after me. But no matter how dangerous he is, he couldn’t be a threat to me, who had knowledge of the future.
“What? I thought you would be sharing it with me…”
[The timing is a little early now. You will now everything later, anyway.]
“Wow.”
I covered the notebook.
[Stop analyzing and start today’s training! You’ve already been holding that pen for hours.]
“I will.”
It was already dark outside.
But no matter how late it is, I couldn’t rest.
My muscles are used to the tension, and my body aches if I missed exercise.
“I have to learn more stories today. I’ve been holding onto only one being for a week.”
[Well, other users of Akashic Records only spoke to one entity for a year or even ten years…]
“Yes. But I am not in a situation where I can relax like them.”
I stretched my stiff neck and shoulders. I felt refreshed when I heard the joints crack.
I went outside through the dark corridor until I reached the cadet training ground.
It was very dark, but instead of turning on the lights, I prepared for training by turning Nightmare into a weapon.
『Aren’t you going to turn on the lights?』
There was a magnificent-sounding voice in my head.
Along with it, a tingling sensation rose inside my chest.
“What for… It will be bright soon, anyway.”
『Hahaha… Interesting. I hope your skills will satisfy me as much as your sense of humor. 』
Instantly, mana filled my body. This time, the mana was of a pink color, distinctly different from my blue-colored mana.
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