Chapter 217:

Chapter 217:

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Chamber of the Transcendent: Canales (5)

In Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City, Japan, there stood the “Atsuta Shrine,” a renowned landmark.

One Korean Holder was stepping foot inside this grand Shinto shrine, which is counted as one of the Three Great Shrines of Japan.

With her ash-blue hair and clear eyes, and a long bow that covered her upper body, the beautiful woman was Moon Ga-eun, an archer-type Holder from the <Royal> Clan.

“Wow...”

Moon Ga-eun looked at the majestic shrine with a sense of wonder. While she had visited Japan a few times before, this was her first time seeing such a grand historical site up close. Despite coming here for a different purpose, she felt like a tourist.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been to Japan.”

Beside her was Seong Na-yeon, a senior clan member of <Royal> and an A-grade Holder. She had received approval to be dispatched here, and was accompanying Moon Ga-eun as her escort, though in reality, it was more like a winter vacation for her.

Moon Ga-eun’s visit to Japan was nominally a dispatch, but it was primarily for personal reasons, and with no major issues, the risk to Seong Na-yeon’s escort duty was low. <Royal> had also acknowledged Seong Na-yeon’s contributions and the major incidents within the clan had all been resolved, so they readily allowed this dispatch.

“Have you visited Japan a lot too, team leader?”

“I told you to call me unni (older sister).”

“Ah, right. I’m so used to calling you ‘team leader’.”

Seong Na-yeon gently scolded Moon Ga-eun, who sheepishly scratched her head. The two had been close clan members from the start, but had grown even closer lately.

Seong Na-yeon had been taking on more of Moon Ga-eun’s escort duties recently, but her increased interest was also due to another factor, Moon Ga-eun’s love life, the sweet story of a 21-year-old lady Holder.

“I’ve been here a lot, especially with your father.”

“With my father?”

“Yes. When I was actively doing clan activities, your father, Holder Moon Jeong-hyuk, was my senior.”

“I see...”

Moon Ga-eun nodded and looked around again. There seemed to be a strange sense of anticipation in her shining eyes.

Seong Na-yeon looked at Moon Ga-eun with a peculiar expression.

“You’re thinking right now that you want to come here and play with Do Jae-hyuun, aren’t you?”

Struck to the core, Moon Ga-eun jumped in surprise.

“Huh? No, that’s not it at all! Do you really think I’m always just thinking about Jae-hyun?”

“Haha. I’m right though. Last time you even asked me to tell the story about the skinship...”

“Aaah, I can’t hear you!”

Moon Ga-eun walked ahead, covering her ears, while Seong Na-yeon followed, laughing.

The real reason the two were in Japan was to establish a mutual cooperation contract between their <Royal> Clan and the Japanese clan, <Man’s Term>.

<Man’s Term> had already signed a trade contract with <Judgment of Fire>, and its recognition and favorability had further increased after experiencing the ‘Villain Extermination Operation’.

As a result, they had more exchanges with Korean clans and established friendly relationships. <Royal> was one of the clans that joined this trend and signed a mutual cooperation contract.

‘...But the real reason is something else.’

In fact, the contract itself was almost complete. The clan representatives had already met and verbally agreed, and had even finalized the details.

What remained was just the review and signing of the contract document.

So there was no real need for Moon Ga-eun to come to Japan for this.

The true reason she came to Japan was standing in front of her.

“Welcome to the Atsuta Shrine. I am the shrine maiden, Akiba Miyu.”

But what does she mean by admiring him?

Can I really take her as a mentor?

With slightly forced questions, her gaze grew sharper.

It was absolutely not because she felt threatened by Akiba’s appearance.

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‘How scary...’

All around me, the landscape was torn and deformed into a wasteland, the air scorching hot.

In the midst of this whirlwind, I stared ahead with a haggard expression.

In front of me was Kang Juyeon, controlling the flames with a terrifying expression, as if intent on repaying all the humiliation she had endured.

It was such a frightening sight that I could barely find the words to speak to her.

“Um... Juyeon? Isn’t it time to stop now?”

I carefully tried to speak up.

The situation was almost over.

Kang Juyeon’s newly awakened flames displayed an entirely different power.

Before, her flames had been consumed by the Transcendent’s flames, but this time, her flames were the ones devouring the others.

Her pure and immaculate flames were now sweeping across the surrounding area, almost like a calamity.

The attack that had dragged us around for 15 minutes was easily blocked.

“....”

However, Kang Juyeon showed no signs of stopping.

The flames she had created through her incantation of “Burn endlessly” had already subdued the situation, but she continued to utilize her runes and magical power, not ceasing her assault.

The already barren land was becoming filled with ashes.

“... How dare they try to harm Jae-hyun.”

“....”

I gave up on trying to stop her further.

I seemed to have heard some words that should not have been spoken.

Delving deeper might plunge me into an unknown abyss.

After another 5 minutes had passed...

“Enough! Stop this at once!”

A woman with vibrant red hair appeared before us, her expression just as pale as mine.

“The child who has inherited my power has turned out to be such a stubborn one.”

The one who had inflicted this ‘trial’ upon us, the owner of this <Chamber of the Transcendent>, the entity known as ‘Canales’, the ‘Crimson Red Dragon’ as Kang Juyeon had mentioned before.

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