Chapter 151 – 25. Omens (3)
“Who are you?”
At the sound of the doorbell, Cyana Plata awoke.
There’s no way anyone will come this night.
She trudged toward her front door, wondering if there was anyone she could find.
A low-resolution security camera on the gate illuminates the outside.
Before long, a person’s figure was revealed through the erratic flickering of street lights.
She was someone she knew well.
“It’s me, Siana.”
“I checked. I’ll open it right away.”
The front door opened and a woman in uniform stepped inside.
Even compared to Shiana, who is on the taller side, her height looks a bit taller, and her expressionless expression makes her look cold.
The woman’s cold eyes looked straight at Siana… She drew a soft arc as if she had never done that.
“You look very tired. Shouldn’t you be taking a few days off?”
“I still have to do it. Elin said she was sick and was taking a break, so can we go around late at night like this?”
The woman called Elin smiled instead of answering and sat down on her sofa.
Seeing her act accustomed to it, as if it were her own home, Siana’s expression went blank for a moment.
Even though we’ve known each other for more than ten years, the reason I still feel embarrassed by Elin’s behavior from time to time is because she’s reacting too sensitively, or because Elin’s personality is peculiar.
“It’s okay, it’s not someone else, it’s Siana.”
“Because I’m not okay…?”
“Ah, is that between us? How can my sister comfort me? Even a warm hug after a long time?”
Seeing her smirk, Shiana let out a deep sigh.
Her woman’s name is Elin Day Hearts.
She was Arba Delin’s professor and one of the few people who knew Cyana Plata’s motives, as well as Sanya’s secret.
Contrary to her usual behavior, her skills were so certain that even Sagna vouched for them, but in Shiana’s opinion, she had one major flaw.
Elin Dayhearts was surprisingly moody.
First of all, if there is something she doesn’t like, the power of her ability is drastically reduced.
When she’s in a bad mood, sad, or depressed, she can’t even use her powers properly.
In her own words, she is said to be ‘a bit sensitive’, but Shiana still wondered if she could wrap it up with just the word ‘a little’.
“It looks like you have something to say, so tell me quickly. Elin may be off tomorrow, but I have to go to work.”
“Oh yes, it was. I almost forgot and couldn’t tell.”
Elin’s head turns to face Sianna.
As if trying to organize something in her head, she paused for a moment, then blinked her eyes a few times before opening her mouth.
“It’s not a big deal, it was during the sea dragon incident… What did you say was the name of the student who contacted you at that time?”
A casually asked question.
However, for some reason, Shiana felt an unknown reluctance in that short sentence.
‘Was there such a thing in the report I wrote last time?’
Obviously, the report written after the sea dragon incident was completely closed did not contain a single sentence of ‘contact with the student’.
The reason for this was that he deliberately avoided commenting on all students, following Sanja’s belief that it would not be right to hold students accountable for the horrific incident.
Then, of course, Elin had to be unaware that Cianna had been in touch with one of her students.
But, for some reason, she knew it as if it were natural.
“Is there anywhere you need that information? I thought it was already over…”
Cianna asked Elin again to dispel her doubts.
I must have picked up on what I accidentally spilled one day and asked a question, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
However, as if betraying her last expectations mercilessly, her Elin eyes grew cold.
“Yeah, I need something. Can’t you tell me quickly? I am a bit tired.”
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly subsides.
It was a disaster.
‘…Can I win?’
It is not a type with strong attack power, but it is versatile enough.
On the other hand, she herself was in a state of being cursed so that she could not use her magical power half forcefully.
If you think about it coldly, it was a gap to the extent that you had to seriously consider whether you would be killed, let alone win.
‘If at least my body was fine…!’
Theoretical lectures, combat practice, and even the hard work at the faculty meeting.
Currently, Sianna’s physical condition would not be surprising if she collapsed immediately if she were a normal human being.
She is holding on only with her strong mental strength, but the moment she loses that string of hers, she can never defeat Elin.
That’s why Cyana Plata thinks of the next best thing.
Even if she collapsed herself, she had to let others know Ellin’s true identity.
I don’t know what her intentions are, but her purpose of digging up unknown information doesn’t seem very good.
‘Assuming the worst… The identity of the infiltrator…’
Siana’s eyes shook at the number of cases she hated even imagining.
Elin was still staring at her with her cold, cold eyes.
As if she was in no hurry, as if she could beat a half-awakened person like you at any time.
Immediately, Shiana made a decision.
I have to tell Sagna and Lee Ji-hoo about this as soon as possible.
But as soon as she shows signs of using the communication device, she will be attacked by an enemy, how will she contact her?
Through her many crises, her brain races furiously to draw her best conclusion.
‘Gives up light. A very intense light.’
Every time she uses her magical power, she feels joy to the point of rolling her eyes, but that doesn’t mean her magical power is completely sealed.
Just once, if you explode her light after raising her mana to the brink of the limit… You’ll probably be able to set off a flash of light bright enough to be witnessed throughout the city.
Naturally, the gaze is forced to focus on the place where the light occurred.
Although Shiana would suffer defeat with severe side effects in return, she did not know what would happen to her worse than anyone else if she did not sacrifice herself.
‘It’s for three. One two…’
She rapidly begins to focus her magical powers.
Immediately, the curse of her magical power and the reacted body entangle her spirit with pleasure, but she bites her teeth tightly and resists, pulling her up even more.
A little more, a little more.
She can still hold on.
Almost done… Right now.
Match!
“No, what. Didn’t she say no if she didn’t want to talk? It’s a little embarrassing because she’s about to cry.”
“Three… Huh?”
For a moment, Elin’s hand clap broke Shiana’s concentration.
The magical energy that had boiled like it was about to explode as it filled up the essence also calmed down at some point.
Sianna couldn’t help but be more taken aback by the remark she had just heard than the thrill of her trembling pleasure.
“I overheard you talking in your sleep last time. I wondered what kind of student she was to do such a remarkable thing, so I thought she would find out, but she didn’t seem to want to say much. Sorry for not knowing.”
Her cold gaze also stares at Siana warmly as if it had never been.
It was obviously Elin as usual.
Her Elin patted her on the head and lifted her up from her sofa as her Sianna looked at her with her dazed eyes.
“Ah, are you reacting so seriously? I’m trying to be sad.”
“Oh, sorry, sorry. It’s just that it’s not like usual…”
“You must be sensitive because you are tired. Go to bed early today.”
“Uh, yes…”
“Don’t take it to heart too much, okay? It was just a joke.”
Elin, who strode toward her front door, turned her head and asked Sianna again just before leaving.
When Shiana nodded her head shyly, Elin smiled contentedly and left.
Her hair, bathed in the moonlight, glowed dark green even in the dark.
* * *
Click.
Chi-jik… Chi-jik.
[Jihoo. If you are not sleeping yet, wake up and listen carefully. I think there are people who are trying to figure out Jihoo’s identity. It’s still just a heart attack, but things seem to be going unusually… I thought I should tell Jihoo in advance.]
Beep.
Click.
[Beware of Professor Elin Dayharts. Fortunately, I feel like I still don’t fully grasp the relationship between Jihoo and myself. However, if you try to touch it first, there is a high possibility that your tail will be stepped on, so I think you should still watch it with caution.]
Beep.
Wheein… Click.
[Keep quiet for the time being. Please… I’m just saying this because I’m worried about Jihoo. Even if I make a mistake, I will do my best to ensure that only Jihoo and the other students next to Jihoo are not in danger, so please be careful. In the future, I will continue to learn from Sanya so that I can rise to the level where I can protect myself. And finally… I love you.]
“Siana…?”
An unknown feeling of uneasiness creeps up my back.
Three voice messages. His tone, which had been relatively calm until the first, became more and more impatient in the second and third.
As if ‘I have to tell someone in a hurry’.
I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down, but it didn’t calm me down at all.
Could something be wrong with Sianna? Should she even call her on her phone now? No, but what if someone intercepts the connection in the middle and finds out who I am?
I don’t know. I just can’t figure out what to do.
‘And finally… I love you.’
A short sentence lingers in my ears like an echo.
No matter how much you think about the context, it was strange to be an ordinary ending.
It felt like it was close to a final greeting handed over after intuition of one’s own end.
“Ha Yul… Can’t. Seol-ah is having a hard time too. Even if I leave it to Juha…”
Is there anyone who can help?
A way to help the current situation while not putting them in danger.
As I pondered over and over again, a person suddenly came into my mind.
“…Jung Ye-won. I have to go see Yewon.”
Her ability sees through the essence of the target.
By combining the 22 major arcana of the tarot, you can get a vague glimpse of the truth of a specific person.
In other words, it meant that we could receive weak information about how the essence of the desired person changed, that is, what the current state was like.
It is forbidden to visit or call Siana directly because there may be some danger.
That’s why I had to use this method to find out what situation she was in right now.
“Hayul, I’ll go somewhere for a while! Senior, you’re taking good care of the house!”
“Suddenly this night…? It’s almost 10 o’clock already?”
“I went only so that it wouldn’t go through curfew. Be careful not to die.”
The current time is 9:30, and if it is about 30 minutes, you can narrowly match the time.
Of course, there was no guarantee that the monster wouldn’t appear just because it wasn’t 10 o’clock, but right now it was urgent to check Siana’s condition.
The destination has been set.
Go to Jeong Ye-won’s house.
