Chapter 81: Slightly different and special people (3)

Yekaterina, a witch who used to be a sole prophet of earth. She used to live as a Witch while retaining her feelings, it was quite an exhausting life. Other witches who lost their emotions and judged with their logic always saw her as a foreign entity.

However, Yekaterina was too useful to be thrown away. So, they decide to do something to Yekaterina.

It was Confinement.

She lost her freedom. Moreover, in exchange for her prophetic ability, she lost her sight, her magic, and her passion, music.

And then, once she decided to throw away her prophetic ability, she regained her magic and music. Her sight was yet to be restored. But she said, with the help of magic she could read anything her fingertips could reach.

“You want to abandon the Morian guild and come to my guild?”

“Yes. I’ve lost my prophetic ability, and they never even treated me as a human being there. Moreover, my existence is unknown to the world, and within a few months, the prophet will disappear cause she died in some unknown place.”

Yekaterina replied to Seodam’s words, as she flipped through a magic book in her hand.

“Our guild is unable to provide you with a mansion and grand piano. The meals are also very bad. It will be difficult for you to adapt to Korea.”

“It’s okay.”

She laughed lightly.

Really, it was okay.

Instead of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of steaks at each meal, it’s okay for her to just eat stuff like canned food.

Instead of royal beds that costed tens of thousands of dollars, she could sleep with just newspapers on her back

Instead of an elegant and expensive mansion, it was okay for her to stay in a small single room 

If it meant freedom. Uncontrolled, and live the way she wanted.

It was enough to have a place where she could hum freely even without a grand piano.

If anyone could get her out of her current place, she was confident she could even sell her soul to a devil.

By the way.

‘I already sold my soul a devil, right?’

Yekaterina laughed happily as she looked at the man who was busy looking at her with confused eyes in front of her.

“I don’t need any materialistic things like that. I just want the freedom to choose a place to sleep on my own, rely on myself, and be able to speak, sing, and work on my own.”

In the end, her words convinced Yoo Seodam.

But right after that, she ran into the real problem.

“I can’t get you out of Morian on my own. The Murim Alliance and Another League are very small new guilds, while Morian is a world-renown guild.”

“It’s okay.”

Morian, one of the top 10 guilds in the world. Recently, he had heard that they partnered with Lost day to work on a gigantic project. A top 10 guild in the world, would Yoo Seodam be able to put up a fight against them if he decided to say something about ‘Prophetic’ ability?

Even though he had SSS-rank Seol Jungyeon as a backer, by crossing them, his scope of activity and future growth would be halted or even blocked completely if those giants guild decided to meddle with his affair.

‘In addition, Morian is also a place where witches who use magic gather. The number of witches will be at least several hundred….’

Endless sense of helplessness washed over him.

“I….. There’s really nothing I can do for you.”

It had been awhile since last time he felt this hopeless.

Yekaterina tilted her head, as if she didn’t understand what he was talking about.

“You’ve done enough for me, haven’t you?”

“What? What did I do for you?”

“You broke the curse-like prophetic ability of mine, gave me knowledge on magic that I could explore endlessly, and even offered me a place to stay for free. To be honest, what you’ve done for me is too much for me.”

“No, that is….”

“From now on, I have to do it myself. I’m going to get up on my own and walk out of Morian Guild on my two feet. I don’t need or want any more help.”

With her transparent eyes, she looked straight at Seodam and said it.

“···well okay. I’ll really welcome you if you want to join our guild. But as I said before, do you really want to work to the bone when you come to our guild? Freedom? Maybe there is no such thing?”

“Ahaha. It’s okay. It would be more valuable than wasting the rest of my life doing nothing like this.”

She laughed.

“I promise. Within half a year, I will surely leave Morian and visit Yoo Seodam’s guild.”

Then suddenly, she asked as if she just remembered something,

“Then, was the guild name, Another League?”

“Yeah. It’s cool isn’t it?”

She was slightly flustered by his sincere eyes.

“…Yeah? Ah….Yep. It has to be cool when two cool words come together.”

“As expected of you, I know you could understand me.”

Yekaterina changed the subject while breaking into a cold sweat.

“Then, what is the meaning of the guild name?”

“Nothing special……”

Yoo Seodam said as he looked at the magic book.

“Earth was filled with superpowers and science. But there’s only a handful of people who can perform martial arts and magic. So, another league means a group of slightly different and special people.”

“Ah…..”

Thinking that way makes it feel slightly better… or not…? Yekaterina who fell into contemplation suddenly raised her as she felt someone tapping her cheeks.

“Ah. My guard is waking me up.”

“What?”

“It looks like it’s time for the ‘witch meeting’.”

Even though her mind was in the library, her senses were still connected with her body in reality. 

Yekaterina hurriedly got up from her seat, smiled brightly, and closed her eyes tightly.

“Then see you next time.”

After she bid him goodbye, she opened her eyes again.

A black world appeared.

That was her reality.

“Miss, It’s almost time for the meeting. That’s why I woke you up. Sorry for tapping your cheeks.”

“It’s okay…..”

She got up from her seat with a firm expression.

In exactly half year, Yekaterina planned to challenge Morian guild leader to a witch’s duel with the guild leader based on the “Witch’s Law,” and she would win against her and confidently get out of this guild

Before this, it was impossible because she couldn’t use magic.

Also, it may seem ridiculous for someone who was new to magic to challenge someone who had practiced magic for decades into a duel.

But, with the White Witch’s Library,

‘I can get out of this place with my two feet!’

Yekaterina could survive today,

Because now, she could see tomorrow.

* * *

The members of Murim Alliance were spread all over the world, including China. But, surprisingly, the main stage where Seol Jungyeon worked right now was not in China, but in the United States. To be exact, it’s the capital of the United States, Washington D.C.

Yoo Seodam once asked why she preferred to work there, and her answer was because Washington is her hometown.

When Yoo seodam thought about it, he still didn’t know Seol Jungyeon that well. When they spent the night together previously, they talked a lot but there was nothing he could find out because Seol Jungyoon was the one who asked the questions. All he did was answer most of her questions, so by now she probably knew how many spoons he had in my house.

“Yeah. First of all, please send the documents I sent to you by e-mail to Secretary Park Seong-ho.”

Yoo seodam sent her what he found about mystical ability through Yekaterina’s help. When he said so through his smartphone, Seol Jungyeon’s calm voice answered.

-Well, the email is tricky.

“Aren’t you originally a modern person? Even before you went to Murim, emails must have been active.”

-I was very young back then.

“Ah… well. Okay.”

-Anyway, thank you. Thanks to this, the media that criticized the Murim people will stop.

Unlike other people from Murim, Seol Jungyeon was pretty rational. Even though she hadn’t learned anything about the modern press, she knew that Murim people had to quietly accept the society so that they could continue working as Murim people in the future.

There was only one thing Seol Jungyeon, the guild leader of Murim alliance wanted.

It was for the Murim League to become independent, functioning as they did in the Murim without interference from the world. Just like how the government did not interfere with Murim in Jungwon Murim.

But to be honest, from Yoo seodam’s point of view, he thought her dream was too far-fetched. In this time and age, will the nation let some superhuman union work independently?

Seol Jungyeon knew that her dream was unrealistic. However, since he heard that she wants to recreate the world they lived in in the present day, he thought that he would also fit into her dream.

-···It’s roughly finished here.

“Yeah. If you work hard for another half year, Murim will be recognized to some extent. By then, you won’t even have to be tied up as a Murim master.”

-If that’s the case, that would be good. I still didn’t know how to use Mugong to hunt monsters.

Since the birth of the Moorim Alliance, the Moorim people had been making huge amounts of money. They mainly went to the abandoned land where the nation did not intervene in monster hunting. They were very good at fighting, so they were able to net profits with just one knife without any additional equipment. What would happen if they wore etheric gear?

Seol Jungyeon also wore a Korean-style improved ether dispenser uniform, which was commissioned by a special craftsman, and her fans enthusiastically cheered. It even sparked a new trend of hanbok.

When Yoo seodam asked her why she wore a Korean-style clothes, she answered that it was because she’s Korean.

-Anyway, I will visit Korea soon. It would be great if you came before that…

“Le…let’s do that.”

After finishing the call with Seol Jungyeon, Yoo seodam leaned against the chair and exhaled. Since all the work that needed to be done right now was over, it would be good to spend some time hunting monsters.

Even though Ye Sa-hye seems to learn Mugong from Ha Sun-young very well, it would be more efficient for Yoo seodam to hunt by himself rather than joining them.

‘I have to get new armor too.’

Although currently he was using a fairly good first-rank ether suit, it was a little inferior in terms of defense and functionality and did not match his high mobility. However, if you go to a famous artisan and spend billions to commission them to make a personal gear for you, you will be able to wear an ether suit with design and functionality you want, just like Taylor Nine and Seol Jungyeon.

“By the way, what is keeping her so busy these days to the point I can’t even see her?”

Thanks to Yoo Seodam’s help, Taylor Nine had successfully finished Hellony’s escort mission. The SS-rank Murim stalker was arrested and handed over to the Murim Alliance.

Taylor’s reputation as a superhuman who arrested someone from Murim skyrocketed, and because of that, many high-ranking people from all over the world sent her love calls to hire her as their bodyguard.

If you hired Taylor Nine, who is pretty, strong, and competent, it would be a big social issue. Not only were they trying to use her as an escort, they were also trying to use her to build their own image.

Of course, it seems that Taylor refused everything and returned to Russia.

[Yoo seodam: What are you doing?]

[Yoo seodam: If you don’t have any work, let’s hunt together.]

In the past, he could never say those words. It was Taylor who often suggested it to him. The reason for that was because both of them had different styles. Yoo seodam preferred a dungeon that could be strategically broken through while Taylor preferred dungeons that she could break through with force by actively hunting as much as possible.

But now it was different. He also possessed the ability to break through the dungeon to some extent without caring about strategy.

‘Ah, right.’

Yoo seodam remembered something and asked the system.

“Hey, system. The skill rewards obtained from hunting Dharma the other day aren’t here yet?”

He tried not to rush the system, but it was about time to go hunting, so he couldn’t help but wonder.

The system was silent for a moment, before answering.

“What’s the problem?”

“I know. And then we can return to our original world using that energy.”

“…uh? Come to think of it?”

“What? Probability? Isn’t that dangerous?”

He felt sad to hear that.

However, 

“…Then what happens now?”

The system continued her words slowly and carefully, as if taking a deep breath.

“!!!!!!!!”

Yoo seodam couldn’t help but be flustered and embarrassed at the same time after hearing that statement.