Chapter 687 – The Ark
As if the words in the above line were correct, the water drop surprisingly made an expression on her face and then glared at Lee Ah-hyun as if scolding her.
“This… Is this?!”
Lee Ah-hyun stutters in amazement at the appearance of a strange creature she has never seen before.
“It’s a water spirit. Isn’t it cute? You can only meet a spirit by opening the spirit realm using magic… But even if you don’t learn magic, with the help of a wizard, even a person with superpowers can try to make a contract.”
As if proud of the water spirit who is on his side, Professor Wee Line raises his hand and gently strokes the water spirit.
『Por…』
The spirit seems to be satisfied with the professor’s touch, and calmly accepts her touch with a very happy expression.
“Miss Ahyeon.”
“…Yes?”
“I can understand how unbelievable this situation is right now, but surprisingly, everything that is being shown here is true. Try to open your heart and accept what is happening here.”
Professor Wi Rain calmly explains the current situation to Ah Hyun in a soft and warm tone.
He explains that he is a person from another dimension who has received the grace of a goddess, and that he is a kind of dimensional wanderer who has visited this place by borrowing the power of a great temple that overlaps dimensions.
“…So I won’t be able to help the people of Earth, but I can help teach you as much as I can.”
“Ah yes…”
Even now, she can’t believe the current situation, but Ahyeon nods her head as if she understands for now.
“Then shall we go see the next professor?”
Since there are no students yet, there will be time to spare. Professor Wiline personally escorts the group and introduces the faculty from Mythology Academy.
After introducing psychic people such as Aaron, Rosag, and Professor Nahdi, he introduces Professor Pione and Ahindel, confirming the existence of wizards again.
“Ms. Ahyeon will usually be taught by Professor Aron or Professor Rosag… But I will also have occasion to see her.”
Professor Wee Line explains that he teaches meditation and that through meditation he can help psychics solidify their images.
“Ah yes…”
Still unable to believe the current situation, Ahyeon answers briefly with a dumbfounded expression.
“Next…”
Aruril gestures to show the Mythology faculty and take Ah-Hyun to the science building. At that time, her Ah-hyeon grabs her, saying he has a question for her.
“Will all hunters rescued from now on be retrained here?”
“No. Not everyone.”
After Ah-Hyun cuts her words adamantly, Aruril explains that only Hunters who have converted to the Goddess Cult can receive an academy education.
“…Why?! Isn’t that too unfair? To say that non-Goddess psychics are deprived of educational opportunities.”
At best, after claiming to be a great cause, when Aruril spoke as if he would discriminate between believers and non-believers, Ahyeon questioned in a strong tone, saying that the act was unfair.
“Not at all? The truth is that believers are more likely to lose money?”
Aruril explains that in exchange for depriving non-believers of their right to education, she will help them lead normal lives.
“Non-believers will be guaranteed a normal and comfortable life in exchange for being excluded from the center of Eden’s power.”
Aruril explains that she will also assign non-believers a role that will bring them to a minimum of responsibility as members of society.
Whether you work as a public servant or run your own business, at least you can live with minimal chores by tending a vegetable garden.
Aruril emphasizes that she will allow non-believers to enjoy all the rights they should enjoy as human beings.
“It’s true that we want to give more rights and power to hunters who believe in the goddess. However, considering the sacrifices they will have to make in the future, that much is cheap.”
“…You’re entrusting me with work?”
In response to Ahyeon’s question, Aruril tells them that in the future, they will train hunters who have converted to the Goddess Church to travel between realities to rescue people, or to take on dangerous missions such as destroying dungeons and delaying aliens’ plans.
“…Send Hunters to reality?!”
“Yes. Then, should I rescue that many people alone?”
“…”
Aruril explains that there is a limit to her power and that she needs the help of a hunter to rescue many people.
“Once you become a member of the Goddess Church, you and the priests will be able to read the feelings of the followers to some extent. In that case, you will be able to foresee the appearance of an alien spy or traitor.”
However, in the case of non-believers, since this minimum safety device is absent, non-believers can never be returned to reality, and Eden explains that he has no intention of taking any risks.
“Isn’t it natural to give privileges to those who will make great sacrifices in the future?”
“Hmm…”
Lee Ah-hyun must have come to sympathize with Arrill’s answer, which makes sense in her own way, and she ponders something with silence.
“And you don’t have to worry too much about discrimination. It’s kind of wartime right now, so we have no choice but to treat them differently, but we’re going to get rid of that once we’ve saved all of humanity.”
“Um…”
As soon as her next justification was firmly nailed down, Lee Ah-hyun fell silent one after another, as if it was more difficult to refute.
“This is the science wing.”
Upon arriving at the research building where Dr. Jun and other professors from the Pocket Girls World live, Seong-il quickly steps up to Ah-hyeon and explains the place.
“Science wing…? Teach Hunter technology and science?”
Lee Ah-hyun is puzzled when a science-related research building suddenly appears in a situation where she has to invest all her time just to secure combat personnel.
“There must be some believers who haven’t awakened their superpowers. It’s for them.”
“Ah, well… If that’s the case.”
Certainly, non-competent people needed to take on a role, so Ahyeon nodded as if she understood.
“…And actually, this place is still unfinished, but it’s also a place that has a great technology. It’s an artificial psychic awakening technology.”
“This… Artificial awakening of psychic powers?!”
Lee Ah-hyun is shocked at Seong-il’s words that only those with selected talents can artificially awaken supernatural powers.
“Uh. It’s not yet stable enough for a large-scale procedure, and it can only awaken telekinesis, but it’s true that the technology exists anyway.”
After saying that, Seong-il takes out a coin from his pocket and throws it into the air.
Ugh…!!
Ah-hyeon looks at the situation, wondering if Seong-il will show his time-deceleration ability again. Surprisingly, Ah-hyeon is shocked to see that the coin he tossed into the air remains suspended in the air.
“Did you see? I also received special treatment here and awakened my psychokinesis. I kept it a secret from you until now.”
“…You’ve been fooling me all this time, haven’t you?”
Lee Ah-hyun, while understanding Seong-il’s position, at the same time puts on a slightly pouting expression, perhaps because she was sad that she had been deceived by the man she trusted.
‘Cute.’
Unlike Lee Ah-hyun, who always maintains an expressionless expression, when she puts on a pouting expression, Seong-il strangely looks cute.
“That’s what I ordered, so don’t worry too much about it.”
Aruril, perhaps worried that Ah-hyeon and Seong-il might get involved, puts on a gun and tells a lie that she shut Seong-il’s mouth because of the safety of Eden.
“Originally, I was going to keep it a secret until the end, but rather, Han Seong-il told me that only you are a trustworthy person and I want to share a secret, so I made this place.”
“…”
She feels sad, but when she hears that Seong-il believed in her, Lee Ah-hyun’s expression changes subtly.
While Seong-il, who found Ah-hyeon’s attitude interesting, secretly looked around, the group arrived at Dr. Low’s research building.
“Oh! Seongil-kun, are you here?”
‘Wow… You’ve already set up this far?!’
Seong-il sticks his tongue out inwardly when he sees that the three doctors have installed a copy of the psychic awakening machine in the world of Pocket Girls after only a month since they temporarily settled here.
‘I asked for a facility to be built as appropriate and plausible as possible for acquisition… I think that would work, too?’
After lightly touching the machine, Seong-il grasps the condition of the machine with nanomachines and reactions, and realizes that the machine in front of him is a machine that can really operate.
“I’m Dr. Lowe and he’s…”
The three doctors begin introducing themselves, including their majors. Then, naturally, they talked about telekinetic awakening machines and nanomachines, and Lee Ah-hyun’s mouth opened wide after hearing all the explanations.
“Now, let’s end the introduction here… Shall we go and cool down for a while?”
“…?”
After completing all the introductions, Aruril takes Ahyeon and Seongil and sets off somewhere.
“…Convenience store?”
In front of Ahyeon’s eyes, a space with an interior similar to the canteen she often visited with her classmates when she was in college appears.
“Do you want something to eat? It’s all free.”
Instead of an employee managing the store, a G.E.C.R unit manages the store.
Lee Ah-hyun is fascinated by the lined up of cola, convenience food, ice cream, and snacks that you would find in a real convenience store.
‘It’s definitely nice to be able to directly receive help from the Pocket Girls world.’
It’s just a problem that people are constantly dying because of psionic disasters, but the technology itself is outstanding in the world of Pocket Girls.
Since the technology related to the convenience food brought there is so excellent, Seong-il is satisfied and orders G.E.C.R to bring a box of ice cream in front of him.
“How do you feel about being in Eden today?”
“…That sounds great.”
“Yes?”
As if satisfied with Ahyeon’s answer, Aru Lil smiled and lifted her head.
“…In that sense, do you have any intention of becoming a true follower of the Goddess Church?”
“Hmm…”
Since Seong-il, the owner, has firmly asked him to subdue Ah-hyeon, Aruril tries to subdue Ah-hyeon as much as possible in a moderate, yet frank tone.
“Eden desperately needs help from talented buds like you.”
“…You say you need help from a low-level hunter like me?”
At the words of Aru Lil, who out of the blue paints her own face, Lee Ah-hyun looks at her with a puzzled look on her face.
‘Start.’
When the situation goes the way he intended, Seong-il sends a signal and orders him to recite the scenario he had prepared.
“Do you know the red thread?”
“Ah, that’s…”
Having heard about the red thread from Seong-il, Ah-hyeon replies that he knows something about Aruril’s words.
“There is a high possibility that the existing strongmen have already been infected with the red thread and remodeled to suit the tastes of the aliens. Therefore, once we secure their recruits, we will thoroughly hide them in Eden and try to stop their real activities.”
Instead, Aruril explains that he intends to bring all the talented sprouts that are not infected with the red thread or that have not progressed too much to Eden, grow them in the right direction, and use them as an army to resist the aliens.
“If you join the Goddess Church. If you help us, I will generously provide all kinds of support for your growth, including the telekinesis awakening procedure, just like I did for Seongil.”
Since Auril is not yet a follower of her Ahyeon, she tries to seduce her by subtly releasing some of her more powerful secret arts but not sharing her secrets.
“…Give me some time.”
There are too many things to worry about to give a definite answer right here, and Jira Ah-hyun, who has a complicated mind, tells Arrill that she needs time to think about it.
“Of course, I can give you any amount of time.”
After finishing all the plays she had prepared in advance, Aruril starts to leave, leaving Seong-il and Ah-hyeon behind.
“Whoa… Is your head complicated?”
“…”
Seong-il makes a strange expression and pats Ah-hyeon on the back as he is in trouble. He takes her who has been thinking about her for a long time and starts walking on her campus again.
“Come work with me. And give those fucking aliens a shot.”
“…”
At Seong-il’s words, Ah-hyun looks at him with an expression mixed with all sorts of complex emotions. After hugging her, Seong-il gently strokes her back and whispers.
“We can do it if all Hunters join forces.”
