Chapter 58
“Cha Si-hyeon, stay here and guard this place.”
Meanwhile, Cha Si-hyeon was quite perplexed.
It was surprising enough that Yoo Yi-joo suddenly came to find him with a request, but that request was…
“Don’t come in under any circumstances until I say so. Absolutely not.”
He was told to guard in front of the 2nd faction leader’s room.
‘How did it come to this?’
He had been resting in his room. Suddenly, he heard news about going to catch the monster that had been causing a stir lately. He was reluctant at first, but was dragged out by Baek Doha…
“Wait, Cha Si-hyeon. Don’t go. You have something else to do.”
Yoo Yi-joo had stopped him.
She then took him to a passageway. And there was a figure wrapped in black cloth.
Realizing it was the one he had seen in the corridor, before he could draw his sword, Yoo Yi-joo calmly led him somewhere with that monster. And that somewhere was in front of the 2nd faction leader’s room door.
No matter how much he thought about it, Cha Si-hyeon found it difficult to grasp the situation and finally let out a hollow laugh and asked.
“What are you doing? What was that thing you just brought?”
“……”
Yoo Yi-joo remained silent. Instead, she turned her head for a moment to look at the door.
An eerie energy that could be felt even from beyond the door.
The monster she had brought to break the mirror and show her brother was in there.
“Where’s that 2nd rank leader? What the hell are you up to alone?”
Cha Si-hyeon asked anxiously. Yoo Yi-joo turned her head again to look at him.
“I asked to empty the entire faction for a while. Because it’s dangerous.”
“……”
“And because it’s dangerous, I called you.”
It was strange.
“So I’m asking you. Please guard here.”
For Yoo Yi-joo to make a request like this.
‘I thought she’d never ask for favors, even if she died.’
Whether it was trust or if this was Yoo Yi-joo’s ‘method’ of combat…
Cha Si-hyeon grabbed Yoo Yi-joo’s wrist as she turned away. Yoo Yi-joo, pulled by the force, turned back and blinked at Cha Si-hyeon.
Looking at those unusually calm eyes, Cha Si-hyeon fumbled with his words for a while before asking.
“Why me?”
“Huh?”
“There’s Baek Doha and also Hyung-nim.”
Baek Doha is more sensitive than him, and Lim Yuchan is stronger than him. So why him of all people?
To that question, Yoo Yi-joo answered without hesitation.
“You were closest to Mungchi.”
Cha Si-hyeon is the second closest to Mungchi after herself. Although the two often bicker, unlike others who are wary of monsters, they got along without reservation.
‘Mungchi wouldn’t follow you for no reason.’
Yoo Yi-joo looked straight at Cha Si-hyeon, raising her head.
“I thought you would understand me helping the monster.”
With those words, Cha Si-hyeon slowly let go of the wrist he was holding.
“Take care.”
Yoo Yi-joo saw the warmth fade away and immediately turned her back.
Click, Yoo Yi-joo stepped through the open door and disappeared.
Cha Si-hyeon, unable to take his eyes off her retreating figure until the end, leaned against the wall.
As he slowly closed his eyes, the piercing in Yoo Yi-joo’s ear flashed through his mind.
‘Right, with that, it should be okay.’
Cha Si-hyeon tried to suppress his anxious feelings by recalling the piercing he had given her.
It was one of the S-class relics belonging to the defense category.
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[Mirror…..]
As soon as they entered the room, the monster’s voice muttering behind her back was heard.
“I’m going to break the mirror now, so it’s dangerous, step back-“
I stopped mid-sentence.
It looked so human that I treated it like a real person. Even if it’s dangerous, it can’t be more dangerous than me.
Now I even worry about monsters, I let out a hollow laugh at myself, then just stood in front of the mirror.
[Skill, ‘What’s Yours is Mine (-)’ is used!]
[Successfully stole the skill ‘Smash Down (B)’ from the target ‘Kim Ha-neul (A)’!]
[Skill ‘Smash Down (B)’ is used!]
Crash!
An enormous power was imbued into the sword and it smashed down on the mirror.
The mirror shattered into pieces and the fragments fell to the floor with a clatter.
And,
And……
‘Huh?’
Nothing happened.
I naturally assumed it would be sealed in the remaining mirrors, but it wasn’t.
That can’t be right? It should definitely be here?
My thoughts stopped in confusion. After fumbling around for a while, even that stopped because of the voice I heard from behind me.
[Sister……]
Ah.
‘I’m screwed.’
Cold sweat trickled down my back.
What should I do? Should I run away? Wouldn’t it be okay if I ran to Cha Si-hyeon?
But.
‘There’s no guarantee Cha Si-hyeon would win…?’
In fact, I was almost certain. That Cha Si-hyeon wouldn’t need to step in. That’s why I only brought Cha Si-hyeon, but in the end, we were back to square one.
Just like that dawn when I first encountered it.
I hurriedly shouted at the monster.
“Wait a moment! I’ll find another mirror…!”
That’s when it happened.
[Thank you.]
Those were the unexpected words I heard.
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Current time, around 1 AM.
“It’s not showing up?”
Lim Yuchan looked around, letting out a yawn.
Most of the people who had been preparing to catch the monster were lying down, exhausted from waiting, and some were even sleeping.
Meanwhile, Cha Si-hyeon and Yoo Yi-joo weren’t here either…
Baek Doha also looked around once.
“How long do we have to wait?”
“Maybe it’s not coming?”
People started to whisper. Indeed, they had been waiting for a long time.
Stroking his chin, Baek Doha then stood up from his crouched position.
“Hmm, this won’t do. Should we just go look for the monster ourselves?”
As Baek Doha, being human, was tired of waiting and asked. It was then.
“Wait.”
Lim Yuchan stopped him in his tracks. To Baek Doha’s questioning look, Lim Yuchan pointed at the air.
“What’s this?”
[DUNGEON GUIDE] Error recovery complete
[DUNGEON GUIDE] ‘Protect the Faction from External Intruders – Stage 3’ begins!
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“What?”
I was so surprised that my mind went blank. Did I hear wrong?
[I wanted to say thank you.]
As if to confirm I hadn’t misheard, the creature’s voice was heard again.
Why, why? Is this a thank you for helping before killing me?
I immediately fell to my knees.
“If, if you give me one more chance, I can find it.”
[No, it’s okay.]
Damn. I’m done for. This is the end, I thought. As I was trembling, anticipating death.
[If it’s not here, I guess that child went somewhere else.]
A gentle voice lingered in my ear. I lifted my head abruptly.
It’s clearly the same eerie voice as before, but why does it sound so kind to me?
[Now I remember. I was looking for this mirror.]
The creature continued, touching the broken mirror.
[I just wanted to confirm that my sister wasn’t left alone here.]
“Then from the beginning, you weren’t looking for your sister…?”
[I can’t feel my sister’s energy here. So I thought they might be sealed like me… Now that I know that’s not the case, I should go.]
What?
“You’re leaving?”
Where to? Before I could ask that, the creature spoke.
[Everyone just said they didn’t know my sister, I was just trying to find them, but everyone just cried…]
The creature bent its knees to meet my eyes and reached out its hand.
[Thank you for helping me search for my sister.]
Its cold, pale hand gently caressed my cheek.
[Can I ask one more favor?]
And at that moment.
Ding!
[DUNGEON GUIDE] Error recovery complete.
[DUNGEON GUIDE] ‘Protect the Faction from External Intruders – Stage 3 <Twins Trapped in the Mirror>’ begins!
▸A monster sealed for thousands of years has been released. Before the monster, burning with revenge, slaughters everything, eliminate—
[Call me sister.]
The voice interrupted the system’s text.
“Ah…”
I sighed blankly, looking at the white face.
What was in front of me wasn’t a monster enraged from being trapped for thousands of years.
‘I wasn’t interested in any of that at all.’
How long it had been trapped, how much time had passed, who had imprisoned it. The creature in front of me didn’t care about any of that.
The only thing she was interested in was just one thing.
“…Unnie.”
[…..]
“Unnie.”
[That’s good.]
I stared blankly at her face as she said that.
Ignoring my gaze, she placed a piece of broken glass in my hand.
Why, I could feel my hand trembling. Her pale hand wrapped around mine and slowly pushed it down.
I know she’s not the kind to die from something like this. Yet, she was slowly disappearing.
First, the light faded, then her hands and feet, and gradually her entire form vanished. Then, a warm voice spread in my ear.
[When we meet next time, you’ll be my sister too.]
Following the moonlight flowing through the open window, forms of light rose to the sky.
I looked at the mirror shard in my hand and recalled the creature’s face just before it disappeared.
“See you later, Unnie.”
Hoping that she would smile again then.
[DUNGEON GUIDE] ‘Protect the Faction from External Intruders – Stage 3’ has ended!
[DUNGEON GUIDE] You have eliminated ‘Twins Trapped in the Mirror (BOSS)’.
[DUNGEON GUIDE] Participant: Yoo Yi-joo
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