Chapter 7
[Inauguration]
Eunha had initially planned to teach Euna how to handle mana slowly.
Over the course of a year, however, Eunha was forced to change his plans as Euna began to struggle with the increasing amount of mana.
Too much of anything is poison.
As Ive said before, mana is the power that allows life to exist in tiny amounts.
Mana that is not controlled by the body can run amok, causing death or transforming into monsters that are beyond the scope of life.
Until now, Euna has been walking a tightrope by unconsciously releasing uncontrolled mana.
However, the amount of mana in her body increased by leaps and bounds when she entered elentary school, and it was not uncommon for it to leak out of her body, sotis causing her to lose consciousness and collapse.
Even in his previous life, Euna had been weak. It was blur, but he rembered going to visit her in the hospital when he was younger.
He didnt know her dical history at the ti, but in his second life, he could now see that she was suffering from mana accumulation.
So he was looking for a chance to teach Euna how to handle mana.
As luck would have it, his older sister asked him to teach her how to handle mana first.
Of course, when her parents heard the story, they were very much against it at first. Partly because he was too young, but also because Eunas condition had not been stabilized by hospital treatnt.
That was understandable.
At this point, there was no specialized treatnt for mana accumulation.
Simply pumping mana out of the body wasnt enough to deal with the constant buildup of mana.
If Euna knew how to manipulate her mana, she could fix the underlying problem, but that would risk causing a mana explosion, and the hospital couldnt do anything about it.
But in his second life, Eunha knew a thod that hadnt yet been established by the dical science of this era.
He was able to help Baekryeon, who was about to go into mana overdrive, manage her mana.
No matter how much mana Euna possessed, it was nothing compared to the awakened Baekryeon.
Ugh, this is hard.
It requires constant direction and force, otherwise youll lose your balance and fall.
Euna pouted her lips as she looked at the top toy. (E/N: Picture below!)
Right now, Euna was struggling with the delicate handling of mana.
She was born with the blessing of mana, but ironically, she had no sense of controlling it.
Perhaps it was inevitable.
Shed had a vast amount of mana since birth, and it would take ti for her to get the hang of managing a small amount.
So Eunha devised top toy training, which, on the surface, seems to require only the ability to direct mana in a certain way, but is actually quite difficult.
You have to constantly apply the sa force to mana, which is out of your control the mont it leaves your body, while trying to keep it moving in a certain direction.
If she was even slightly off balance, the top toy would topple over.
Moreover, Euna was in the midst of battling Eunha, who was not using mana.
Go~ shoot!
Ugh~ thats fatal.
Eunas pouting was futile.
This was not a trivial matter.
Unbeknownst to her, Eunha didnt have enough mana left to spin her top toy indefinitely.
So he was using his shooter in the longest line, like fish in water.
I win.
Ugh!
The shooter had won again.
There was no way Euna would give up like this.
One more ti!
I cant help it.
Look at that.
Euna was competitive. Its nice to see that she wont give up until she wins.
However, he had to be careful because if Eunha took it lightly, he would keep playing all day long.
Even before the regression, he had learned how to take care of Baekryeon, but it was harder to make Euna feel better than Baek-ryeon.
I wonder if Dad will join in!
Dad cant. Hes worse than you.
Dad, go learn how to shoot again!
Dont look down on Dad! Three, two, one! Go for it!
Youre not even using mana!
Hahaha, how about it, do you think you can beat daddy!
I didnt know who was the child and who was the adult.
Shes using mana, and hes using shooters.
I feel sorry for noona.
Oh, I was just doing the sa thing, well, its a draw.
Eunha! What are you doing? Go, shoot! You have to push Dad!
I cant help it. Go!
If this were a cartoon, the top toy would move the way I think it should.
Using mana is tiring. Phew.
Still, it was better than Euna getting exhausted. Eunha considered her remaining mana and launched the shooter.
Pincer attack, two of you!
Youre worse with a shooter!
Dad and Euna were running with excitent.
Eunha, who had run out of mana, declared himself out of the ga early and watched the confrontation.
Shes good at it now, too. Shes strong in practice.
Its like we have three kids instead of two.
Even to his mom, who was watching the year-end entertainnt awards, dad who interrupted the childrens play looked like a child.
Its almost ti for next year. Next year, Eunha will be six, and hell have to go to kindergarten, right?
I dont have to go.
No, you have to
My mom always respected my opinion, but she was firm about kindergarten.
She wanted him to get out and socialize with kids his own age, if only for a little while.
In the end, Eunha had finally caved and promised to go to kindergarten only next year, when he turned six.
And next year was already here.
It was now less than a month away. The year-end entertainnt awards her mom was watching was the proof.
Kindergarten.
The thought of being stuck in the middle of a bunch of crying, noisy kids was horrifying. I wondered if I would be left behind in taking care of the children.
Aaaah! I won!
Why is it bouncing! Why! Why! Why? One more ti! One more ti!
It was just as loud on this side.
In the blink of an eye, Euna had beaten her father.
Ah, thats how you win.
Shes doing well even without being told
Eunha thought to himself.
Euna had coated the area around the top toy with mana, so dads top toy couldnt touch it and bounced off.
Coating an objects surface with mana required even more control than spinning a top toy, which surprised him.
If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.
Euna was quick to pick up dads tricks.
Yeah, Ill just pretend I didnt see it.
You two, co here now.
Is it already that ti?
Mom, who was watching a celebrity, changed the subject.
Dad, who was playing with Euna, finally looked up from the TV.
Huh?
Euna scratched her head as the screen switched to the end of the closing ceremony.
Ah, so it was now.
The countdown started with one minute left.
Eunha realized as he watched the screen transition to the end of the entertainnt awards.
This was a mont that would go down in history.
The screen switched to show the night view of Seoul from above.
The city sparkled with colorful lights.
And in the midst of it all, a red pillar emitting an unusually strong light.
Filling the screen was a stone pathway. And an altar at the end of the path.
Jongmyo Shrine.
The sanctuary, a place where Joseons history was alive and well, and where monsters had never been allowed to approach, was showing its majesty.
[Its finally the beginning of a new history!]
The reporters voice was filled with excitent. Even the sound of the helicopters propellers spinning couldnt stop the reporters trembling.
He couldnt help it.
Eunhas heart was racing a he watched the screen.
High-ranking officials from the Mana Managent Bureau erged from the eastern side of the southern newspaper building, fully ard. They were divided at regular intervals and surrounded the left and right sides of Shinro.
Then, from the west side of the south gate, a woman with long, flowing hair walked out. Without the slightest hesitation, made her way to the path leading to the altar.
The officers of the Mana Administration knelt in reverence as she passed.
The cara view from above changed.
It was replaced by a close-up of her walking down the aisle.
Shes beautiful
Euna said, releasing the breath shed been holding.
Her mother, father, and anyone else who knew her could only nod.
The woman took a step, then another, slowly, as if to make her presence felt, but never hesitated, moving forward in a straight line.
The sound of the helicopters propellers and the reporters intense breathing were too far away to be heard, and only the sound of each ringing sound filled the screen with clarity.
The hem of her dress swayed with each step. The way the red dress fluttered in the night breeze, almost touching the floor, was mysterious.
The waistline of the dress was unrealistic enough to make anyone swoon.
The cara angle gradually moved from the bottom to the top.
When the side of her face ca into view, her hair was half up in a ponytail, glistening in the light.
No, it wasnt a light.
It was mana. The gemstones in her jewelry were reacting to the mana flowing through them. The scattered mana particles were emitting a dazzling light, imprinting an unforgettable presence that one could not take their eyes off of.
Im Gaeul,
The first fairy goddess of Korea. She was the one who opened a new era of history.
She was a person who would do anything to achieve her goals. She was an iron-blooded empress who didnt hesitate to use any ans necessary to achieve her goals, soone who discarded what needed to be discarded. She was a queen of iron will.
Despite her relentless and ruthless nature, she was not soone who could be called a fairy descended from heaven. However, in this mont, she looked so elegant and noble that one couldnt help but be moved as if they had t a fairy descended from heaven.
The reporter had just said it earlier.
The beginning of a new history.
So how could I not be moved?
How could one not be moved by that?
From the mont she stepped onto the stage, hidden behind the scenes, history began to take a different course.
End-of-the-Century Destruction.
The world was thrown into chaos when monsters began rising simultaneously.
In this event, South Korea, which was not properly prepared to deal with monsters, lost 30% of its population and had to defend less than half of its territory.
And humanity, having realized the horrors of the End of the Century Destruction, had to live with the threat of monsters that could appear from anywhere.
In such a world, conventional politics has lost its power. A country that suffered a near-destructive blow from a monster could only paralyze its politics, economy, and administration.
Politicians who could only speak in platitudes lost their popularity, wealthy n who catered to their whims lost their fortunes, and cris were committed by the powerful as the law ceased to exist.
It was only natural that mana, the only power that could defeat monsters, would beco the new class distinction.
The country was finally restored to stability as those with real power, wealth, and mana drove out the old guard and erged as a new force.
But by the ti it did, it was too late.
The connections between cities had already been severed. Isolated regions could do nothing but wait for the monsters to wipe them out.
South Korea had already perished.
Korea was already dead.
A world without hope.
A world where only despair exists.
It was on this day that a small candle was lit in such a world.
The inauguration of the Fairy, Im Gaeul, was a turning point for the nation, which had lost its political, economic, and administrative power. With the power to beco the natural enemy of monsters, she beca the savior of all the people and ford a decision-making body centered around herself.
[Actress Actor Im Gaeul is one of Koreas most recognized actresses, known for her roles in Beauty with a Thousand Faces and Goddess of Midas.
And tonight, Im Gaeul officially becos the first fairy to protect South Korea!]
There were countless words to describe her.
Including national actress, actress leading the 21st century, Beauty with a Thousand Faces, and Goddess of Midas.
From a young age, she was the face of Koreas ho theatre with her outstanding acting skills. As she grew into adulthood, her beauty shone even brighter, and she shed her child actress persona to beco the celebrity that n wanted to be their girlfriends, the celebrity that mothers wanted to be their daughter-in-law and the celebrity that girls wanted to be.
It was inevitable that she would rise to a position beyond anyones reach in the country.
She was the possessor of the Gift of White Silver.
Baek-eun () which negates the omnipresent nature of mana and disperses it.
Omnipresent mana creates monsters, and the monsters ran towards the cities where humans lived.
No matter how many barbed wire fences and walls humans built, they couldnt stop the influx of monsters.
Especially monsters born inside the city. It would be even more dangerous.
In such a situation, the existence of Im Gaeul, who possessed a rare gift that was highly valued as one of the best in the world, was like a ray of hope that erged from despair.
Everyone who wanted to be safe from monsters would support her as she rose to the position of ruler of a nation.
In the end, Im Gaeul withdrew from her life as an actress and was inaugurated as the fairy who rules South Korea
She becos the salvation of all the people.
(E/N: Heres the picture!)
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