Chapter 130: Do Ji-hwan's Ambitious Project (7)
After finishing the meal, it was now irreversible.
I had braced myself for this from the beginning, but now that it had happened, it felt a bit awkward and embarrassing, yet part of me felt it was the right thing to do.
“Wow, I’ve never been to a place like this before.”
We immersed ourselves in an open-air bath.
Despite the facility being covered overhead to prevent outsiders from seeing in, it still felt a bit exposed.
‘Being alone is one thing, but three of us naked in an outdoor bath…’
In Korean sentiment, bathing naked in an outdoor hot spring was unimaginable.
So, just in case, we wore swim-like attire.
One peculiar thing, though.
“Is that really a swimsuit?”
“Isn’t covering the essentials what matters?”
Baek Seol-hee pointed to her outfit.
“I had to improvise because there wasn’t enough time to get a swimsuit. I developed this after hearing Ji-hwan’s advice.”
Baek Seol-hee extended her hand and used her ice magic, creating a white glove instantly.
“Wow, how did you do that?”
“I imagine covering my hand with mana and then hardening it.”
“Doesn’t that burst out mana from the skin?”
“Well, that happened initially, but it’s about delicately controlling the mana.”
“There are pros and cons to everything.”
Transforming too quickly during a change could tear and explode clothes.
But if I transformed slowly, imagining mana enveloping my body, there were no problems.
“Wow, so if you transform regularly, you could just wear that as your clothes…? What do you think, teacher?”
“If Seol-hee has enough mana, sure. But remember, maintaining the mana around your body consumes it. If it were me…”
I took out my smartphone.
“Are you going to take pictures of us with that?”
“No. Imagine the mess if it got cloud-hacked. I turn off auto-upload, but you never know with these things.”
“Maybe I should get a digital camera later…”
“It’s not always necessary to capture every moment. Anyway, look at this.”
It was waterproof, so it was fine to take out in the hot spring, and I showed them a scene on the phone.
“This is…?”
“The Goblin’s transformation. Remember when the fake Rider showed up with a patent joke?”
At that time, I erected a rectangular mana barrier in front of me to block long-range attacks.
I walked towards it, and as soon as the mana passed through me, I transformed into the Goblin [Gunggi form].
“The Goblin transformed like this.”
“Yes, I remember. You told me about it then.”
“Yeah. How about taking it a step further and adding a new gimmick?”
“A gimmick?”
“Think of this barrier as holding the transformative mana information. It’s like enveloping yourself in mana.”
I splashed some water from the hot spring onto my body.
“Like this, as if water is covering me. How about this method?”
“But to release mana, you still have to extract it from your body, right?”
“Extend your hand forward. Think of releasing mana towards your hand first, then envelop it back over your body.”
“Hmm…”
Yumir looked puzzled at me.
Discussing this might help them, but it was useless to the Goblin.
“Is this advice?”
“A suggestion?”
“Or just being nosy?”
The truth was, ‘This is a method the Goblin usually can’t use,’ but Yumir just tilted her head.
‘It must be confusing. The Goblin doesn’t do it this way.’
The Goblin, who lived with the side effects of transformation, did not use this method? It must seem odd.
But there was no need to reveal that the Goblin’s original mana level was weaker than others and that it was supplemented from elsewhere.
“Yumir, you can definitely do it. Seol-hee can adapt it right away.”
“What’s with that tone? As if you could do it.”
“Even a non-ability user like me can come up with such methods. I don’t see why two ability users can’t.”
“Hmph.”
Then, before reaching the truth, it was enough to make it seem like a misunderstanding as if I was just giving advice without any basis.
“Alright. Then, I’ll try it right here.”
Yumir went outside.
Like Baek Seol-hee, she was wrapped in a bikini-like form made of mana.
If that mana was removed, she would be naked, and that would definitely be unfit for broadcast.
But that wouldn’t happen.
Yumir was thoroughly covered, and her mana bikini was as dark and opaque as a black T-shirt.
“So… first, the initial transformation.”
Whooosh.
The moment Yumir released her mana, in less than a second, she transformed into the Golden Priestess.
“…….”
Baek Seol-hee stiffened her face as she watched Yumir.
It seemed that even the kindest ability users harbored a minimum level of competitive spirit, especially when confronted with someone of comparable ability.
“Definitely, the transformation is fast.”
“Right? It’s necessary in many situations.”
Was it just about speed?
Have you experienced situations that required such rapid transformation?
Why did it sound so different to my ears?
Perhaps it was because I had spent so much time with the executives of Yi Maengmangnyang, often hearing their underlying intentions in their words.
“Then, I’ll try the next transformation.”
Just as Yumir was about to extend her hand to release her mana.
“Transf….”
Eeeeeng.
An emergency alert appeared on my smartphone.
I quickly checked the alert, and a troubling situation had arisen.
“Oh, no.”
A villain appeared.
And it was on Ulleungdo.
“A woman, presumed to be a demon, is currently rampaging. At the port of Ulleungdo. The estimated rank is… roughly B-class.”
“Where exactly? Right now-”
Baek Seol-hee was about to dash out but froze in place.
“Ah.”
“…Of all times.”
Villains didn’t care about a hero’s circumstances.
Baek Seol-hee revealing herself here, especially on Ulleungdo without her Taeguk Watch?
-Baek Seol-hee is honeymooning in Ulleungdo!
That would be the news.
Then the problem I worried about today, the world trying to dig up everything about the man named Do Ji-hwan, would unfold.
“…Ah, darn it…!”
“Seol-hee.”
Yumir shook her head from side to side and lightly dusted off her hands.
“Just relax here. Or you can continue what we did earlier. Alternatively, turn on the TV and watch me in action.”
“Yumir, you’re going?”
“Yes. Unlike Seol-hee, who’d be in a lot of trouble appearing on Ulleungdo, it’s no big deal for me to be seen here.”
“But if you do…”
“They’ll try to connect Yumir’s appearance on Ulleungdo with the Golden Priestess? It’s okay. There are ways to handle it.”
Yumir’s gaze suddenly turned to me.
“Teacher. You said it last time, right? It’s not an easy task.”
“… You’re not serious?”
“It’s possible for me. This is when superpowers come in handy, right?”
Grinning.
Yumir waved her hand as if casting a spell.
“……Teleport.”
“Wait, spatial movement? How is that possible for you…?”
“Teacher.”
Yumir smiled broadly, looking as if my question was obvious, and pressed the mask of the Golden Priestess to her face.
“It’s possible, so I’m doing it.”
“That’s incredible.”
“Thanks to you, teacher.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
A golden magic circle appeared around Yumir.
It was an Oriental magic circle, resembling a Western-style magic circle but inscribed with Eastern charm-like scriptures, spinning round in front of her.
“I created it thinking I wanted to be able to go to the teacher’s side whenever I wanted. I did well, didn’t I?”
“… That’s really amazing.”
Developing spatial movement just to meet a man.
It was not impossible.
Not impossible, but…
“Then, please watch! My performance.”
Yumir, as Solar Platina, disappeared through the magic circle.
Soon, the golden magic circle scattered like embers and vanished.
“Incredible.”
I found a live broadcast of the chaotic scene on my smartphone.
[There, there!!]
Swoosh.
A circular golden magic circle appeared in the air, and a person jumped out of it.
[The arrival of the Golden Priestess.]
Yumir, who was just in the hot spring, had suddenly appeared near Ulleung Port.
Impossible?
In this world, with imagination and mana, nothing was impossible.
“That’s amazing. Really. …Seol-hee?”
“…….”
Baek Seol-hee approached me with a cold, calm face.
“Space movement….”
“……Uh, well.”
“I’ll watch Yumir fight for now, and if it seems dangerous, I’ll fly there. But.”
Baek Seol-hee leaned against me and tilted her head slightly.
“Tell me about what you and Yumir talked about. What did you say to her?”
Swoosh.
“Can she really move through space?”
“If I master it… what do you plan to do?”
“Why ask the obvious?”
Crack.
“I could just teleport right into Ji-hwan’s room, like Yumir.”
Why did my legs feel so cold in this hot spring?
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