Chapter 100 – 16. Time for Each Other (2)
Sanya sat on the bed and quietly looked out the window.
It was a very peaceful landscape, unlike the moment before losing consciousness.
He sacrificed himself to prolong the short peace, but how much longer will this peaceful sight be maintained?
It was very painful for her to not be able to use her powers now that events hinting at her catastrophe were erupting all over her world.
“Did Jihoo go back?”
“Yes, I’m on my way to see you off. Are you okay with your injuries?”
“Yeah, it hasn’t been long since I woke up, but I moved too quickly, and it was only a momentary strain. My body is still fine, so don’t worry.”
Sanya squeezed Sianna’s hand as she looked at herself with her worried eyes.
She is the one who followed and relied on her like her mother, so it is understandable that she cares about her like this.
“So, what happened to the sea dragon’s orb?”
“It’s still in the process of purification… You’re not really going to transplant it? It won’t fit your body, and above all, there’s no guarantee that the broken essence will return to its original state…”
“Uh huh, that’s why they say they’re just purifying.”
Sea Dragon Orb.
True to its name, the object in the shape of a jade ball is a type of essence that is not found in normal monsters.
Most of the monsters use their abilities by replacing part of their body with magic because their bodies are made of magic, but the story is different for special monsters with the name ‘disaster’.
They ended up creating their own essence because it was extremely inefficient to manipulate the vast amount of mana at will.
It is an organ that does not appear in demons, monsters, ghosts, or any monsters, but exists only in disasters.
Of course, the essence should also disappear by magic along with the body when it dies, but it was able to be maintained intact thanks to Sanya quickly taking out the orb and preventing it from corroding.
“It’s a useless body without essence anyway. I can’t make artifacts, and I can’t train properly because my body balance isn’t right.”
Sanya was thinking of implanting the sea dragon’s orb into her essence.
The current orb is full of unclean magic, but if it goes through sufficient purification, it will be reborn as an essence with high purity magic.
Transplantation was the only option for Sanya, whose essence was completely broken.
However, since the essence of the monster itself is rare, it is something that has never been attempted before, and even if sufficient preparation and safety are ensured, there is a high possibility that it will fail, so Shiana was very worried about her.
“Well, if that doesn’t work… I’ll make a successor.”
“Has anyone thought of it…? There aren’t many students who know Sanya.”
“Well… I don’t know yet. I’m going to find out slowly.”
Sanya picked up the blade from the bedside table.
Carefully stroking the blunt blade, she thought.
‘Is there really anyone who can handle everything?’
Now that she can no longer function, she absolutely needs someone to follow her.
Even if her transplant was successful and she returned, it was only a temporary measure, and there was a high possibility that she would not be able to use her abilities properly.
Two years at most, maybe less than a year.
Within her remaining time, she must decide on a successor who will pass this sword along with everything she has.
But do people with such outstanding abilities really exist…?
“Ah, I don’t know… First of all, I have to think about a successful transplant. Feed me because I’m hungry. I’m bored after sleeping for a month.”
“Sanya, speak a little nobler…”
“Why? No one is watching, and these days, students like this way of speaking more.”
“I don’t think Jihoo-kun doesn’t like it very much… Even if you’re not like me, try to speak softly.”
It’s been a while since I woke up and I’m nagging again.
Still, it was very cute to see Siana talking seriously with her eyes wide open.
“Well, they say people don’t change until they die. I’ll consider a will.”
“Sanya! I’m not saying that…!”
“It’s a joke, a joke. Let’s have a meal, and invite others.”
When Shiana was in tears, she strode out to call people.
After silently watching her back, Sanya lay down on her bed again.
Joining hands with the government was an inevitable choice, but we need to get back to work ASAP before they do anything to the school.
As soon as the purification of the orb is complete, she thought that she should try the transplantation work first.
Sanya didn’t have much time left.
* * *
[Top Secret Management Division of the National Intelligence Service]
A blue sign with a stern phrase written in white letters.
A woman who looked like a freshman in college continued to pace in front of the signposted door.
“Ray. Come in.”
“Yes!”
The woman she called Ray, when her name was called, she vigorously opened her door and stepped inside.
Her bright eyes and flushed expression showed very well how she was feeling.
“Ehehe, I told you to take good care of that expression. How come you don’t change after 10 years?”
“Hehe, but that’s what I’m looking forward to! Ah, the academy…! Finally going outside…! If the team leader hadn’t chosen me, Ray would have cried in sadness… Anyway, that’s how good it is!”
“Yes, yes. Okay, so read this carefully. You know very well that you are not going to the academy to play, right? There is a list of missions and things to observe, so you should read them carefully before you go. You understand?”
“Yeah! Team leader, please accept Lay’s thank-you grande!”
“It’s okay, just go out quickly. It’s crazy.”
“Heeing… Yep.”
Even when Ray walked out the door, she couldn’t contain her pounding feelings.
After hearing only her name, she finally goes to the academy…!
She was an orphan, adopted by the government from a young age and semi-secluded from her society. She couldn’t believe her sudden good fortune.
She could not even dream of interactive media such as the Internet and SNS, and she had read only government-produced brochures and thoroughly censored newspapers, so the outside world was unknown to her.
Hurry up and share this good news with the rest of the team.
As soon as Ray opened the door to her dormitory and entered, she shouted in a booming voice for all to hear.
“My sister! Ray is going to the academy!!”
“Uh, yes. Congratulations.”
“Lay, I said it was noisy.”
However, her reaction to come back was not as cool as expected.
Hehe, is it possible that everyone is jealous of Ray?
It could be, as long as Ray understands with her big heart!
“You’re going to the academy? That’s great. That’s how you wanted to go out.”
“Ah, Yuna unnie! Thank you!”
At that time, a colleague from the same team who had been walking from afar spoke to Ray.
Seeing her happy face, Ray jumped up and grabbed her hand and shook it wildly.
“But Ray doesn’t know much about the outside world, so my sister should tell me something. Um… Did she know that at the academy, she has to take off her skirt at the entrance to go to the bathroom?”
“Ah, how true~ Ray knows that much too.”
It’s embarrassing to take off your skirt in front of everyone…
Since she had at least some common sense, Ray had an intuition that Yuna’s words were false.
‘I like Yuna unnie, but she makes fun of Ray too much…’
Since she had been fooled more than once, she vowed that she would never be fooled this time.
However, her determination was shattered by Yuna’s continued words.
“Is it true? I don’t know because Ray hasn’t been out yet. She’s an older sister. She’s been out for a year at most while she was active. I don’t think she believes that her older sister is giving her sincere advice. Going to be?”
“Oh, no! I believe you! Ray must have judged you carelessly… Hee-in.”
Uh, is it true…?
Even when Yuna unnie was teasing her, she had never spoken so seriously…
At her Yuna’s resolute words, Ray decided to believe her even though she tilted her head.
Since she was young, her older sisters stuck by her side and taught her a lot, so this time probably won’t be a joke.
“Well, what did he say…? Tips! Thanks for the tips, sister! She’ll bring a present when she comes back later!”
“Yeah. Good to go.”
Yuna smiled at her, gave her head a few strokes, and walked past her.
Ray also headed to her dorm room to pack her belongings to take outside.
“How will I survive the rest of the week…? I’m so excited that I won’t be able to sleep…”
Of course, there is the annoying task of having to do target monitoring and reporting every day, but she was able to do all of that just by going outside.
When I go out, I buy a lot of delicious food and go to a PC room that I only saw in pictures…
The more I thought about it, the more I looked forward to the life ahead.
“Take off your skirt when you go to the bathroom… I have to memorize this every day so that I won’t forget it!”
If Yuna unnie insists on trusting her, she must be very important…
Ray deliberately packed a few easy-to-remove panties in his luggage.
She’s a little shy, but she thinks that if the academy has a pretty open culture, then she should fit into that too.
“Let’s see… Joe, you’re pretty handsome…? No, you can’t judge by the face…! I’ll find out what kind of conspiracy they’re plotting!”
Ray murmured as he rummaged through the paper her team leader handed to him.
I don’t know what she did to become the target of her surveillance, but with her outstanding skills recognized by her team leader, she vowed to find out all the suspicious things about him.
[Lee Ji-hoo]
The paper had a three-letter name written underneath the expressionless man’s face.
