Chapter 138: Classics Are Helpful In Modern Times (3)
After developing a sense of patriotism in Ulleungdo, Yumir and Baek Seol-hee became 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 times. 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 time we meet, maybe I should trap him in an ice barrier like locking him in a fridge?”
But discussing the Goblin in front of me 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 me in front of Baek Seol-hee.
“Teacher, you looked really flustered earlier, didn’t you? Surprised, right?”
But she teased me 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 times. 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? Remember at Gimpo when the Goblin appeared?”
Ah.
I remembered.
It was when I went to kill a demon on the Gimpo Airport runway, a villain who got off a plane shot at me as I was leaving.
“The bullets grazed the Goblin, and his body blurred. Like he turned into a phantom.”
“What? So he became 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 me.”
“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 message comes.”
“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 members of Haegung have become the strongest in the world?”
“Ugh… Really, I don’t get why you won’t tell me 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 metaphorical 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 mean you want to buy my ability with taxes?”
“If it’s for the nation’s sake, the country might support it.”
This time, it was Yumir who opened her mouth in shock.
“Teacher. Please do something about unnie. She has a dubious intention of illegally entering your house every day and is asking me to teach her teleportation.”
“I’d like to have teleportation ability too.”
“Teacher?”
She felt betrayed.
Yumir’s gaze towards me said, ‘Even you, Goblin!’
“Honestly, I’m envious. With that, I could rush to meet someone 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 meet?”
“When someone wants to see me, I can rush over and show my face right away.”
“What do you mean?”
“It means I’ll rush over whenever someone calls me.”
“Hmph.”
A statement implying that if I had teleportation ability, I would rush to Yumir’s aid in times of trouble – a form of care for her.
‘There’s so much to worry about.’
Caring for both women simultaneously could be a bit overwhelming, but it was still better than my time in the alliance.
Back then, being caught between four executives was truly difficult.
The alliance, well, how should I put it, was extremely… 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 mediate between the two.
“Technical skills once passed on, tend to become similar. Copying Yumir’s techniques might put you, Seol-hee, at risk.”
“Me?”
“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 me? 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 meet me. But there will be times 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 method. For now, let’s put aside the idea of creating a portal to another place.”
For the time being.
“If there comes a day when both of you fight together, learning Yumir’s method and using spatial teleportation afterward won’t be a big issue.”
At least, someday, 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 means 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 overcome this predicament-
“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 beamed with joy.
“Yay!”
Excited, Yumir ran to me and hugged me.
“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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