chapter 7
7 – Too many S-class girlfriends (8)
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I am dumbfounded.
Sulpit raised his head and spilled Choi Seo-yoon.
She brushed her bluish hair once and looked up at me with her forlorn face.
“Over there.”
I swallowed her dry saliva and carefully opened her mouth to Seoyoon Choi.
“What do you mean by that?”
“… ….”
She is silent with her lips pursed, as if she is so upset about nothing.
Your complexion is dark and vague, and there is a bit of sadness in it.
Suddenly, Seoyoon Choi took her lips away.
“Mr. Seojun.”
A little affectionately calls my name.
The pale pink lips sway gently.
“Are you doubting my heart?”
Choi Seo-yoon made a sad face.
The purple eyes swayed like a candle in the wind.
Her shoulders hung uneasily.
When she saw it, she felt an unknown guilt.
“I can understand why you think that way.”
Seoyoon Choi carefully floated rhymes with her sad eyes.
“From Seo-jun’s point of view, my actions may be burdensome or suspicious.”
What happened before you lost your memory?
“But I hope you don’t doubt my feelings.”
Thinking about it now, it was something I couldn’t figure out.
“Because I was always sincere.”
However, one thing is certain is that he had a deeper relationship with Choi Seo-yoon than he thought.
“…… Okay.”
I asked her lower lip quietly.
Thousands of thoughts swirled in my head.
An unknown emotion surged up to the top of my neck.
I wanted to get all sorts of questions out of my mouth.
…… But for now, I’ve chosen to be silent.
Because Seoyoon Choi hasn’t finished talking yet.
Let her speak when she’s done talking.
“Mr. Seojun.”
“Yes.”
“As you know, Seojun, I have two awakening abilities.”
“Yes?”
Two awakening abilities?
Choi Seo-yoon’s sudden words made her eyes furrow.
Suddenly talking about something unrelated to the topic.
But apart from that, the feeling of curiosity reared its head.
That’s because normal hunters usually awaken one ability.
Of course, there are cases in which several abilities are awakened in very rare cases, but in Korea, at most, there are less than 10 people with multiple awakening abilities.
I never thought that one of them would be Seoyoon Choi.
“The first is the well-known freezing ability.”
Seoyoon Choi gently opened her hand.
Transparent ice crystals rose from her hand.
It was a beautiful and elaborate hexagonal ice sculpture.
“I can handle cold and ice.”
Choi Seo-yoon’s awakening ability is called synthetic freezing and is very famous.
Generally speaking, ice ability is evaluated as weak, but Choi Seo-yoon’s ability is different.
By using Alchemy, Synthesis Magic and Awakening ability in combination, it has a hardness and strength that is incomparable to normal ice, so it can freeze even high-level monsters.
A monster cannot escape once trapped in the synthetic freeze. Blood and bodily fluids freeze, eventually leading to death. It also compensated for weaknesses such as absorbing heat and shock. It was one of the few cases in which compatibility was overcome.
There is no shortage of S rank awakening abilities.
“The second ability is telepathy, which is not known to the outside world.”
Sensitive ability?
Of course, I knew Seoyoon Choi’s freezing ability because she was so famous, but I had never heard of her possessing the ability to transmit emotions.
“Since I was very young, I have heard the voices in people’s hearts.”
Seoyoon Choi muttered in her low voice.
“The inner thoughts that normal people can never hear came to me as if they were natural.”
The ice crystals she created began to melt little by little.
“At first I thought this was normal.”
It turned into a transparent liquid and tilted the table.
“But at some point I realized that I was different.”
The liquid trickled down and tried to fall under the table, but quickly turned into steam and flew into the air.
Choi Seo-yoon watched the scene for a while, then she opened her mouth again.
“People’s emotions…… Mind…… Voice…… All of that was so clear to me.”
Her voice trembled a little.
“As the days went by, my skills started to grow stronger. It was not controlled properly, and people’s voices were heard arbitrarily.”
“… ….”
“Even if I covered her ears, even if I locked myself in my room with the blanket wrapped around me, I could still hear people’s voices.”
“… ….”
A side effect of a powerful ability.
It happens occasionally.
“Seojun. People always look at me and think. Appearance, background, abilities. I think, imagine, and delusion a lot of things.”
I felt a little desolate as she trembled low.
Her face was as expressionless as usual, but for some reason there was a hint of sadness.
“People’s filthy delusions and desires…… It was harder than I thought to have no choice but to listen endlessly. To the extent that it is difficult to live a normal life.”
“That’s right.”
“I didn’t attend Ilsung Group’s events very often, and I refrained from contacting people as much as possible. When I touch my body, I hear and feel more things. Things like emotions and desires, especially.”
That’s why Seoyoon Choi always wore white gloves.
I suddenly felt sorry for Choi Seo-yoon’s situation.
I thought she lived happily without being envious of others as a member of the Ilsung group, but it seemed that she suffered a lot because of her awakening ability.
The ability to read other people’s thoughts at will is terrifying to even think about…… Huh?
‘…… People’s voices can be heard on their own?’
No. Wait for a sec.
Then doesn’t Choi Seo-yoon read my thoughts up until now?
Until now, I didn’t know because I wasn’t in a situation, but I’m in a bit of a dangerous situation.
Because I’m in a relationship with Lee Ji-hyun, but even with Choi Seo-yoon, her atmosphere is a bit strange…… No no. Stupid don’t think, please
“Of course, I am much better now. It gave me some control.”
…… Okay?
“This Rosario helped me a lot.”
Choi Seo-yoon carefully adjusted a small necklace.
It was a pure white cross adorned with elaborate decorations.
“This rosario has the power to suppress mental abilities. I couldn’t suppress all of it, but it did make me unable to read the other person’s thoughts.”
At that, I let out a sigh of relief in my heart.
It looked like nothing special from the outside, but it seemed to be some kind of Noble Phantasm.
The Noble Phantasm was very valuable, but since it was from the Ilsung Group, it seemed like they somehow secured it for Choi Seo-yoon.
“However, I can read the fragments of the emotions that flow implicitly.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Of course, in the case of someone with strong abilities like senior Jihyun, it’s difficult to hear even if you want to hear it.”
“Oh, I see.”
I glanced at Seoyoon Choi with many thoughts.
You can read the level of emotion, d.
I need to be careful.
“In the meantime, I met Mr. Seojun.”
What was I thinking when I first discovered Seoyoon Choi before I lost her memory?
It was clear that she was filling her head with thoughts like the other men.
I felt a bit embarrassed.
But.
“I was the first person who couldn’t see anything.”
“Yes?”
What, me? Why?
“Thoughts, emotions, heart, voice… ….”
She quietly closed her eyes and muttered, as if recalling her old memories.
“Really…… I couldn’t see anything. Even though she didn’t use the rosario, she couldn’t feel anything.”
Why?
A sudden doubt raised her head.
But one thing immediately came to my mind.
Because I guessed something.
‘…… Could it be because of my ability?’
I never dreamed that the debuff ability, which I usually thought was useless, would be used like this.
‘No, I destroyed Choi Seo-yoon’s telepathic ability with my ability?’
The rank of my debuff ability was a bit high, but was it strong enough to destroy Seoyoon Choi’s telepathic ability?
Aren’t you a B+ rank at best?
Of course, Choi Seo-yoon’s ability to communicate mentally could have been lower than that, but if the ability was out of control, it would be higher than expected?
Several questions filled my head, but I decided to think about it later.
“It was really, really, amazing.”
Choi Seo-yoon had a slightly vague look.
“It was my first time seeing someone like Seo-jun. Even S-rank hunters can feel some of the emotions, but Seo-jun really felt nothing.”
She suddenly looked at me.
Her purple eyes shone a little.
“Is it because of that? I was curious about Seojun. What kind of person is that person? Why is my ability not working? Could it be that I have an awakening ability that can offset my ability? Etc.”
It deserved it.
If I had been in the same situation as Choi Seo-yoon, it would have been a dinner party.
“At first, I was interested in Seo-jun because of his ability. Unlike other people, Seo-jun couldn’t hear his voice, and when he held Seo-jun’s hand, it wasn’t a strange desire or emotion…… Because I really didn’t feel anything.”
Choi Seo-yoon said that the ability becomes stronger upon contact.
But the ability didn’t work?
This is kind of surprising.
Well, it’s a problem because it’s useless for monster hunting.
“But at some point, I started to like the person Seojun himself. He was starting to look forward to talking to Seojun and having a meal together. If I don’t hear from Seo-jun, I worry all day about what happened to Seo-jun, and I hesitate whether or not to send a call…….”
“Oh, um.”
“But you haven’t contacted me for several weeks. I also contacted Seo-jun several times, but there is no news.”
“That’s it.”
I hesitated for a moment.
However, Seoyoon Choi continues her words with an expressionless expression.
“Did my heart become suspicious because I seemed to only approach Seo-jun based on his abilities?”
“No, that’s not it.”
“Is that why you hate me? To the point where you deliberately cut off contact and don’t even pretend to know?”
“Over there.”
I gritted the back of my neck, unable to calm my anxious mind.
Hot heat rose up in the back of my neck. What kind of situation is this? I was so dizzy that I couldn’t speak properly. He licked his lips and hid his gloomy feelings.
“Choi Seo-yoon.”
“Yes.”
What should I say in this situation?
My relationship with her?
What happened in the past?
No, there’s something I need to say before that.
“I actually have amnesia.”
“Yes?”
Choi Seo-yoon’s eyes trembled.