A woman who was suggesting going to Ulleungdo first?
-Dr. Love, I have a question. A girl I’m seeing suggests we go to Ulleungdo together. What should I do?
-Oh dear. When she says let’s go to Ulleungdo, it’s like suggesting booking a wedding venue! How can you even date if you don’t know that? All you need to do now is to book accommodations in Ulleungdo! Even if you spend your entire month’s salary, make the reservation!
-She’s already made the reservation.
-In that case, you should be deciding on baby nas right now! What are you doing?
This was quite the situation.
It was undeniably significant.
Not just a patriotic duty but a situation where one could elevate the nation’s prestige.
If one simply saw this situation as between the Student Yumir and Teacher Do Ji-hwan, it would be so.
“Look at this?”
Yumir was trying to seduce .
Not just ordinary seduction; she was determined to reel in.
Though she might act shy, demure, and innocent…
In reality, she was hiding her intentions, much like the praying mantis who consud the male after mating, intending to suck everything out of him.
Of course, I didn’t an she’d literally eat .
Joking about our conversations aside, since she already knew that Do Ji-hwan was the Goblin, seducing Do Ji-hwan was the sa as seducing the Goblin.
She aid to gain significant aid for her hero activities through this.
She had an objective of asking the Goblin to ‘execute’ villains or demons she didn’t want to kill.
Ultimately, her goal was to convert the Goblin from a despised creature into a Golden Priest, a Sunlight Rider, or sothing similar.
Not simply out of affection.
Not just because she liked .
She was trying to “claim ” not just as a man but also in the realm of heroes and villains.
“Are you serious about this?”
“Yes, I’m serious.”
“Do you understand the implications? Once we enter Ulleungdo, records of our entrance will be made, and there’ll be rumors.”
“I want to make those rumors a reality. Isn’t it possible?”
“Ah.”
It was not possible.
Because right now, Yumir believed I was “two-timing,” but she didn’t think I was “octopus-legged.”
“Yumir, there’s sothing you don’t know about .”
“… I think I know everything about you.”
Of course.
She knew Do Ji-hwan was the Goblin.
But there was sothing she didn’t know.
“Do you really think you know everything about ?”
“Yes?”
“Yumir.”
I whispered coldly in her ear.
“Do you think you’re the only girl I’m in contact with?”
“……!”
Yumir’s expression turned cold.
Her hands and feet trembled, and her eyes shook.
“What…?”
“I an exactly what I said. And one more thing.”
I opened an app on my smartphone and showed a reservation I had made.
“I’m going to Ulleungdo in the morning.”
“……Who with?”
Yumir imdiately pressed for answers.
“Who did you find out that I’m dating? Is that person the main one, and I’m the side?”
“It’s not quite that, but…”
“But? Not ‘no’, but ‘but?’”
Being a perceptive girl, she quickly grasped the superficial reason why I was saying all this.
“Who is it? Tell . Even though I’m an E-tier ability user, my heart is EX-tier-”
“This person.”
I showed her a photo, and Yumir was imdiately shocked.
“That’s impossible… How…?”
“For the sake of honor, I’d like you to keep this quiet for now.”
“No, wait a second. Ah, ugh…”
Yumir, deeply shocked, clutched her head and began to wobble.
“Is it true that you approached her?”
“Rather than approaching, it just naturally happened. For , it just turned out that way while I was simply breathing and chatting.”
“Hold on. Did she go there…?”
“She took off her Taeguk Watch and flew over.”
To be precise, she didn’t fly. She surfed between islands.
Even national swimrs were able to swim for extended periods between Ulleung Island and Dokdo with enhanced stamina. Why wouldn’t it be possible for an S-grade ability user?
“Are you joking?”
“Does it look like a joke to you?”
“It sounds like a an joke. How could you do that today?”
“What did I do today? I just did special tutoring as Do Ji-hwan.”
“……!!”
A mix of confusion, anger, and betrayal flashed in Yumir’s eyes.
“Huh. I see. Naturally.”
It seed as if she had realized sothing; negative emotions faded, and a sense of superiority began to show.
“Are you making fun of right now? I get it. It’s not yet ti to go to Ulleung Island, right?”
“You’re starting to escape from reality. Are you confident?”
Today, there were many instances where Yumir’s resolve was questioned, but this felt different.
“Why don’t you follow to school? It would be interesting to have a three-way confrontation.”
“Are you crazy?”
“It’s easier for both of us if you trust .”
, Do Ji-hwan.
“When you say ‘two-timing,’ it sounds trashy, but ‘a flower in each hand’ sounds skilled.”
Following the Chief’s orders to seduce a hero into infidelity, I aid to bait two heroes at once.
“Just promise . They won’t know about it. Okay?”
“If this situation is as I think it is…”
After briefly biting her lower lip, Yumir gestured with her hand and gave a signal.
I nodded towards her, and in a voice so quiet that no one else could hear, Yumir whispered.
“You didn’t… as the Goblin, right?”
“Of course not.”
“Ah, I see. Hmm…”
Talking to Yumir felt surprisingly easy.
Being the protagonist, she seed to be able to deduce all answers with just a few hints, no need for detailed explanations.
“Alright. Let’s do it. This will be fun in its way.”
“Fun?”
“After all, you’re the one who will bleed-”
“Why would I bleed? The one who ‘sees blood’ is…”
“The ‘person who sees’ it, right?”
“……”
Exactly.
“Let’s continue this over the phone. It’s not good to be outside like this for too long.”
“Okay, but… not that over the phone?”
I dusted off Yumir’s shoulder and whispered in her ear.
“If you talk for more than 3 minutes, you’ll be monitored and traced. In this country.”
“…… You’re lying.”
“It’s true. You probably didn’t know because you never had anyone to call, but that’s how it is. So, if you want to et up, just text . Say you want to look at the moon, and I’ll co to you.”
If the situation allowed for it.
“I’m counting on you from now on, Yumir.”
“……”
I patted Yumir’s back and nudged her into the dormitory.
“……”
The surrounding gazes were filled with aning, and I realized there was no turning back now.
By now,
On the dark web or so anonymous community, there would be posts or pictures saying, ‘Yumir and Do Ji-hwan are dating.’
In this world, on this Sejong Island,
Given that the entire world’s attention was on each ability user, and given that a Korean non-ability user and a foreign ability user were seen whispering in each other’s ears late at night…
The relationship between Do Ji-hwan, the librarian, and Yumir, the student, was practically public by now.
There was no such thing as a secret romance on this island.
That was why I hadn’t t with Baek Seol-hee directly on Sejong Island up until now.
In other words,
It was only a matter of ti before Baek Seol-hee found out about my relationship with Yumir. If she was bound to find out eventually, it might be better to settle things sooner.
Sigh.
After Yumir entered the dormitory, I started my way back to the official residence.
The phone rang.
I dialed the number.
After several rings, a chaotic noise ensued before the call was answered.
“Hello?”
[Ah, Ji-hwan! Why are you calling at this hour?]
“It’s past midnight, so technically, it’s ‘today’.”
The voice, of course, was Baek Seol-hee.
“Actually, I’m going to Ulleung Island today.”
[I’m also heading to Sejong Island today.]
“We’re staying at the sa place, Seol-hee.”
But.
“There’s another person who might be joining. Is that alright?”
[Wait, who is it?]
“It’s a woman.”
[…….]
Click.
The call ended.
“Right, that’s it.”
I shouldn’t be worried.
Even though I was courting two won, I had a ‘title’ I could proudly present to both of them.
Cheating Man.
“If she doesn’t co, I can go to Ulleung with Yumir. If she does, the three of us can travel together.”
If neither decided to co?
“… I’ll cross that bridge when I co to it.”
This wasn’t reckless.
It was the best decision I, Do Ji-hwan, the Goblin, could make.
In the original story,
The protagonist naturally attracted won without effort.
The won created situations to be with the protagonist, and these situations intertwined to make a scene where several heroines were together with the protagonist.
I was not the protagonist.
In fact, the protagonist was Yumir, and I was just a villain troubling her.
For to simultaneously court both Yumir and Baek Seol-hee was absurd in Sejong Island.
If I clumsily created an ambiguous situation, which led to misunderstandings, it could spell disaster.
Especially for soone like Do Ji-hwan, a ‘non’ ability user. If I drew attention, I might not just receive criticism but could even be abducted and threatened.
-Who does this non-ability user think he is to asure up to an S-grade ability user?
-S-grades should stick with their own kind. What’s a non-entity like you doing with a blonde beauty, and even trying to two-ti?
However,
“I’ve never failed before. This is right. I am the Goblin. Not your average villain.”
Avoiding such a situation altogether was the Goblin’s way.
Creating a situation I desired and controlling it was Do Ji-hwan’s way.
“The one missing out isn’t .”
If they wanted to go to Ulleung Island with a cheating man, they should co and submit first.
‘Ordinary novel protagonists have their heroines fighting over them, but the Goblin doesn’t.’
Now,
“The first one to say they want to go to Ulleung with wins.”
Let the rivalry begin.
To begin with,
Making heroes fight each other was the villain’s role.
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