After developing a sense of patriotism in Ulleungdo, Yumir and Baek Seol-hee beca close enough to refer to each other as sisters. Though Baek Seol-hee used honorifics with Yumir, it wasn’t strange since she naturally spoke formally.
The real peculiarity was in their interactions.
“So, the Goblin disappears after battles by turning invisible.”
“It’s not invisibility. I’ve watched it several tis. It’s not turning invisible, but the physical existence just vanishes. It’s like being erased from that spot.”
“Then it must be spatial teleportation?”
“It’s not teleportation… Ah, if I knew, I would have countered it. Yumir, any ideas?”
“……”
Exchanging ideas about abilities was good.
I explained the techniques from novels and comics that didn’t appear in this world, and they tried to incorporate those abilities into their own.
“I wouldn’t know. Unnie has known the Goblin much longer than I have.”
“Sigh, really. Next ti we et, maybe I should trap him in an ice barrier like locking him in a fridge?”
But discussing the Goblin in front of was a bit much.
Especially…
“What do you think, Ji-hwan?”
I had no answer when they asked my opinion on matters related to the Goblin.
“It’s like when a cockroach is trapped under a big paper cup, you know? It starts to scuttle around under it, trying to get out.”
“Should I also create an ice barrier on the floor? Hmm, it’s tricky….”
Eventually, I ended up suggesting ways to catch myself as the Goblin, and Yumir didn’t make any gestures like teasing in front of Baek Seol-hee.
“Teacher, you looked really flustered earlier, didn’t you? Surprised, right?”
But she teased when Baek Seol-hee was not around.
“If the Goblin’s ability is similar to Yumir’s spatial teleportation, there’s no reason for him to appear like that.”
“Reason for appearing?”
“He shows up riding a bike. Not like Yumir, who opens a space right there, but he jumps out from behind the crowd.”
“Does it appear like that?”
“Not often, but it has suddenly appeared a few tis. That’s why everyone thought, ‘Ah, the Goblin just ran here really fast.’ But it’s confusing because it disappears in a different way.”
Baek Seol-hee is right.
He appeared from a distance but vanished as if turning into a ghost.
“How does he disappear from people’s sight like that? Rember at Gimpo when the Goblin appeared?”
Ah.
I rembered.
It was when I went to kill a demon on the Gimpo Airport runway, a villain who got off a plane shot at as I was leaving.
“The bullets grazed the Goblin, and his body blurred. Like he turned into a phantom.”
“What? So he beca like a ghost?”
Yumir extended her arms like a zombie, curling her lips.
“I am the Goblin ghost…! Like this.”
“Sigh. Enough. Let’s not talk about it. Yumir, let’s talk about your ability instead.”
Thankfully, the topic shifted from the Goblin to Yumir’s ability, spatial teleportation.
“Teach .”
“Eh, no. If I teach unnie, she’ll keep sneaking off to the teacher. Then she’ll forget to take off the Taeguk Watch, and an accident will happen.”
“I’m managing it thoroughly. Look. Right now, I don’t have my smartphone or Taeguk Watch.”
“But you’re always busy checking it. Even now, you’re anxious if a text ssage cos.”
“Grrr…!”
Baek Seol-hee wanted to learn spatial teleportation, and Yumir refused to teach her.
“Sharing one’s techniques among ability users is like giving out your bank PIN and account. Unni, you know that, right?”
“How much would it cost?”
“If you could buy every ability with money, then wouldn’t the S-rank mbers of Haegung have beco the strongest in the world?”
“Ugh… Really, I don’t get why you won’t tell when you know it’s necessary!”
“I’m saying this because I know where you want to use it. Traveling between Sejong Island and Busan to deal with villains all over the country? I’d respect that. But that’s not it.”
“……”
Baek Seol-hee was utterly refuted.
“I wouldn’t sell it even for a hundred billion.”
“What if I double it?”
“Even for ten trillion won, I wouldn’t sell it.”
“That would require taking out a loan.”
“No, I’m not selling! It’s just a taphorical expression! Ah, how far can this unnie go to gather funds if she’s talking about taking out loans for 10 trillion won?”
“It’s national funds.”
“You an you want to buy my ability with taxes?”
“If it’s for the nation’s sake, the country might support it.”
This ti, it was Yumir who opened her mouth in shock.
“Teacher. Please do sothing about unnie. She has a dubious intention of illegally entering your house every day and is asking to teach her teleportation.”
“I’d like to have teleportation ability too.”
“Teacher?”
She felt betrayed.
Yumir’s gaze towards said, ‘Even you, Goblin!’
“Honestly, I’m envious. With that, I could rush to et soone I want to see right away.”
Do Ji-hwan also harbored such intentions, so it wasn’t strange that Baek Seol-hee did too.
“Ji-hwan…”
Baek Seol-hee’s care was given to Do Ji-hwan.
“Hmm, I wonder who you’d like to et?”
“When soone wants to see , I can rush over and show my face right away.”
“What do you an?”
“It ans I’ll rush over whenever soone calls .”
“Hmph.”
A statent implying that if I had teleportation ability, I would rush to Yumir’s aid in tis of trouble – a form of care for her.
‘There’s so much to worry about.’
Caring for both won simultaneously could be a bit overwhelming, but it was still better than my ti in the alliance.
Back then, being caught between four executives was truly difficult.
The alliance, well, how should I put it, was extrely… There were no other words to describe it.
“Ugh. Still, teaching spatial teleportation is a bit…”
“I can’t teach demon purification either.”
“I’d like to, but I can’t. That’s my ‘unique skill,’ I guess?”
No matter how much one explained, there were abilities that could not be taught to others.
These unique skills, which only a specific person could use, were often referred to as such, and my unique skill could be considered the Goblin’s Bat.
“Going around telling others that you have the ability to create objects by imagining them is one thing; actually making it your own ability is another matter altogether.”
“Seol-hee, Yumir’s refusal to teach you spatial teleportation isn’t entirely for bad reasons.”
I soothed Baek Seol-hee’s shoulder, trying to diate between the two.
“Technical skills once passed on, tend to beco similar. Copying Yumir’s techniques might put you, Seol-hee, at risk.”
“?”
“Yes, like following the footsteps of Solar Platina. Being an S-rank and all.”
Following Solar Platina.
Baek Seol-hee being a copycat.
Baek Seol-hee’s spatial teleportation being inferior to Yumir’s.
“It’s not copying!”
“Yeah, it’s copying~ A patchwork novel with no originality~”
“It’s not!! You, I’ll kill you for sure!!”
“Try killing ? Can’t, right? Annoying, right? Angry, right? Want to kill, right? What a copycat…ah, why are you really appearing? Uh, aah! The demon of plagiarism!! Cough!!”
“Seol-hee’s intention to use spatial teleportation is only to et . But there will be tis when you might have to use it in public. And inside, Seol-hee’s Snow White will use it, yes, in a similar way to Solar Platina.”
“Then there will be people who criticize that?”
“Yes, definitely.”
There were many people in the world who nitpicked over trivial things, and many of them turned into demons due to stress.
“Even if you develop spatial teleportation, Seol-hee, you’ll need a unique thod. For now, let’s put aside the idea of creating a portal to another place.”
For the ti being.
“If there cos a day when both of you fight together, learning Yumir’s thod and using spatial teleportation afterward won’t be a big issue.”
At least, soday, after Solar Platina and Snow White had joined forces against an enemy, and the public recognized them as friends, it could be used as a ans to that end.
“So for now, even if it’s inconvenient, let’s hold off on spatial teleportation.”
“…If it’s inconvenient, I’ll have to create it myself. Spatial teleportation.”
Baek Seol-hee glared at Yumir, twisting her lips.
“Just wait. I’ll show up here without Yumir’s help, you’ll see.”
“Great, then I’ll just stay at the teacher’s house. No need to always transport unnie, I can just be there.”
The atmosphere turned a bit damp again.
Was there anything that could break the ice?
To overco this predicant-
“Um, how about the three of us have a-”
Beep beep.
Yumir’s Taeguk Watch rang.
After checking the watch and then her smartphone, she bead with joy.
“Yay!”
Excited, Yumir ran to and hugged .
“Teacher, my practicum location just got announced!”
“Already?”
“Yes! Wow…! Teacher, guess where I’m going?”
Yumir looked at Baek Seol-hee, then whispered in my ear.
“Teacher, want to go to Ulleungdo?”
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