Chapter 299 – Question 2 (3)
Approximately tens of billions of won were spent on the entire laboratory facility alone.
Even with all kinds of expensive machines, dozens to hundreds of days.
After a process that would otherwise have taken years was reduced to just a few hours by one person’s ability.
She asked me
“Your eyes… , Can you see the magical power?”
She replies with her delightful smile at the woman who has finally got her right.
“Answer.”
And the mask that was firmly over her face is shattered.
“That… !”
Han Joo-hee is biting her lower lip with a frown.
I know very well what that expression means.
When my self-respect or something I value is damaged by someone else.
She used to make that face.
If it’s something worthwhile at this point, it’s probably… , Isn’t it her magical achievement?
She asked me in a trembling voice.
“… What does the visible magic look like?”
A wound that cannot even be estimated whether it can be healed or not.
While hurting there, she bumps into me with an unquenchable curiosity.
To this I
“Well.”
He sighed and delayed answering.
Minutes, no, seconds.
Even that, she would suffer from the thirst brought about by intense curiosity.
Savoring that painful expression, he opened his mouth slowly, very slowly.
“Colorful thick smoke or haze.”
Mana is often seen in the form of smoke, haze, or water.
Materials that can flexibly change their shape at any time and become anything.
Maybe it’s only me who sees it that way, and maybe that’s why I can exercise this kind of dominance.
“The magical power I see is usually in that form.”
“Smoke, haze…”
Repeating the words I spit out, she chews them up and nods her head as if she agrees.
“It’s intuitive. Because magic is a free resource that can bring about change in any form.”
Even in the midst of shock, the attitude of accepting information is quick.
Her questions follow.
“It was obviously colorful.”
“It was.”
“Are the colors different depending on the nature of her magical power?”
“That’s right. Depending on the properties or properties, the color looks different.”
“Then…”
She raises her mana in one of her hands.
“My magic is… , What color is it?”
A sad and sorrowful expression.
Do you really want to know what color my magical power is shining?
“Red.”
Her magical power, which has a high concentration of fire-attribute magical power, is red.
However, it is not cloudy and bloody red like a drug in a red pill.
“No, rather than that.”
Much clearer and cleaner than that… , So to speak.
“Crimson red would be more accurate.”
A noble, dignified crimson like the color of her hair.
“… Okay.”
Did he like the color of my magical power?
She stood silently for a long time, staring vaguely at the hand that raised her mana.
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Clearing her confused mind, she quickly took care of the things in front of her eyes.
It was thanks to the fact that the property analysis, which was expected to take the longest time, was completed at once.
After that, all you have to do is enter the property value into the analyzer as it is, add it to the database, and find the combination formula that best reacts with it.
After frantically pounding the computer powered by her magic stone, she finally removes her hand.
“… It’s done now.”
Complex modifiers popped up on the screen.
“If you add the organized technique to the tester, you will be able to capture the reaction of new drugs.”
“You worked hard.”
This time it was sincere.
There are only a few people in Korea who can organize such a complex technique in such a short time.
But she seemed so driven that even such a simple statement could not be taken literally.
“Suffering is… , You did it all, not me.”
A self-deprecating smile painted on his lips.
I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen him stretched out like that.
Therefore… , Is it the first time since I was broken up by a witch I accidentally bumped into when I was in the middle of making a name for myself as an A-class?
What can I say because I’m looking at you like that…
“… Do you think the current situation is funny?”
Han Joo-hee stares at her with a sharp gaze.
As she said
I am laughing
Because things are so much fun right now.
“Just seeing Hunter Han Joo-hee dead… , I think I can smell a little human now.”
Intoxicated by the smell of her long-time attendant from her.
In fact, this is only a secondary reason, and the biggest reason is separate.
That he succeeded in flattening the bridge of her nose.
Even with the magic that Han Joo-hee is so confident about.
An immense, incomprehensible pleasure runs down my spine.
“Ha…”
She did not respond to the ridicule that was handed over in the relaxed tone of a winner.
No, I’d say it’s something you can’t do.
There are so many talents that I may or may not have even if I study for the rest of my life.
It’s more fun to see the current state, but… , This state should not last long.
It would be difficult if I gave up trying to dig into my abilities and acquire them.
“Can I give you some hopeful news?”
I throw her bait, and she jumps up and down.
“If you’re kidding, you’d better stop. No more room to accept…”
“Overwhelming control over magic, and eyes that can see magic.”
Ignoring her remarks on the day, she opens her mouth as she pleases.
“It wasn’t manifested by a characteristic.”
The ability to control magical powers has become stronger, and the ability to have eyes that can see them.
It was given after awakening, but it was not an ability inscribed in the body by a characteristic.
As it were… , Meaning something given as a result of an innate talent or an acquired factor.
What does this mean?
“If you figure out the principle of ability through research, it means that Hunter Han Joo-hee might be able to have it.”
I don’t know if it’s the ability to steal the characteristics of others, or the ability to exchange them.
Abilities engraved as traits cannot be coveted.
However, if the ability given to me is the realm of pure talent, the words will change.
The study of magic has reached the present through unprecedented appearances and innovations.
If it seems to have stabilized a little, a new standard that breaks the existing system appears, shakes the world of magic, and takes over the place intact.
As of now, as the hunter society has fully established itself in this world, such unconventional innovations have disappeared for quite a long time, but I don’t know.
A tremendous ability that will shake the existing magic world.
It’s very rare, but with her research and training, she might be able to get her hands on it too.
The expression on her face after hearing all of my words was truly worth seeing.
A clear lotus flower blooming in dirty mud.
It was as if I was seeing a ray of hope rising from the horribly distorted expression due to the difference in talent.
She asked me over and over again.
“Really… , Are you sure? It’s a talent that has nothing to do with characteristics.”
To instill a little stronger confidence, I nod my head straight away and answer.
“You can even swear by blood oath if you want.”
Then she shook her head.
“No… , No. That’s it.”
The flame that had been extinguished in her eyes, which went down diagonally, re-ignited.
Soon, the desire to start burning brightly.
She whispered in a low voice, with a faint smile painted on her lips.
“If I could only acquire this talent, . . . It is not impossible to do.”
It’s so small you can’t hear it well.
It sounds like you’re trying to do something with this talent… , What is it really?
Raising her head, she parted her lips.
“There are many experiments I want to do.”
There must be a lot
Because you have to dig into the source of my ability and acquire it.
It would be difficult to find out by any kind of experiment.
“Every experiment from now on… , Things that would be impossible without your help.”
He should be able to head on the ground.
Of course, you can only start, but it will be almost impossible to come up with an answer.
Knowing that, she also abandoned the high-handed attitude she had taken so far.
Now, in her eyes, I am at least on an equal footing.
Even the eyes that were reluctant to ask me about my private life disappeared.
“I need your help.”
“…”
In her moment, her past seemed superimposed on her.
『I need you.』
With just one word, I was blown away.
For me, who was abandoned even by my parents as soon as I was born and lived on my own, there was nothing sweeter than a word of need conveyed in an earnest tone.
Anyway, I’m a little jealous of this.
In the past, I shared the joys and sorrows of three years just to hear that one word.
Her words follow.
“I’ll give you anything you want in the best of my ability. No… , I’m willing to take on anything that has to be done a little bit.”
In fact, this is tantamount to saying that I will do whatever I want in terms of material things.
Because there is nothing in this Republic of Korea that she cannot gain by overdoing it.
But like I always said.
“That would be nice, but I’m more curious about Hunter Han Joo-hee than that.”
Then she bit her lip hard with a slightly blurred complexion, and then replied with a resigned expression.
“… Of course, we will strictly keep the contents of the oath.”
That’s right.
“If that’s followed, I don’t think there’s any reason to refuse the offer.”
A deep smile bloomed on her lips.
“Then… !”
“Previously.”
But it’s still too early.
“I want you to pay the price for today’s research and continue the story…”
“…”
First of all, we have to make them pay a fair price for this experiment.
“… Great. A promise is a promise.”
“Hehe, that’s right.”
A promise is a promise, cancer.
She asked me with her detached face as she expected without difficulty that if she took a step back stance from the beginning, everything would go wrong.
“So… , What do you want to ask me this time?”
“Well.”
I haven’t really thought about it.
No, to be precise, I have a lot to ask, but I don’t know where to start.
After thinking for a while, I came up with the simplest yet most effective question.
Depending on how the answer to this question comes out, the shape I should take in the future will also change.
“Did you love your husband, Son Si-woo Hunter? No.”
This is not it.
What I want to ask is not the past.
“Are you still in love?”
“… !”
Eyes widened to tear.
Soon, as if she had committed some crime, she turned her head away from my gaze and spat out an answer in a small voice.
“… I don’t know.”
A completely unexpected word shook my head mercilessly.
