Chapter 76 – Saint Valentina (1)

‘Waiting patiently…’

I knew that it wasn’t that Kang A-jin was overly relaxed.
If we had been elsewhere, we might have been concerned about Jo Dong-geun’s attack.

Because there is no place in Korea where his power and influence do not reach.
It is impossible to avoid anywhere.

But this was a house wrapped in a barrier.
It is obvious how much effort Kang Ah-jin put into not to reveal where she lives.
Even Jo Dong-geun would have had a hard time finding this place.

‘Was everything calculated?’

I looked at Kang A-jin with a new feeling.
I felt like everything about her was coming together, so I saw her again.

Of course, not everything was foreseen.
Some were lucky and some were unexpected.

But I could see that she at least looked ahead and acted a number or two more than her average counterpart.

First, I had to take a shower too.
It’s wrong to smell like Jo Ah-young in front of other women.

When I came out of the shower, Jo Ah-young naturally joined the other women.

The expression on her face as she looked at her phone was unusual.

“I keep calling. The contents of the text messages are also becoming more and more savage.”

Jo Ah-young was the one who saw Cho Dong-geun’s abilities up close.
Even if she didn’t notice his true nature, she must have always felt his force.
Hunters can sense other hunters’ mana.

You can feel the difference in power that you can’t overcome.
The momentum that the opponent only eats his mind was enough to make him pee.

Didn’t Jo Dong-geun use those methods at the same time to keep her daughter Jo Ah-young by his side?
The unspoken pressure that you can’t live without me.

Like a psychopath slowly taming others.

“What should I do?”

Jo Ah-yeong asked with her worried face.

“If you don’t answer me, you’re going to get into trouble?”
“You’re going to get more and more nervous.”

Unlike Jo Ah-young, who was worried, Kang Ah-jin was calm.

“Say that you came to the island to play with your friends. It’s hard to contact them because there’s no Wi-Fi.”

Kang Ah-jin’s words were a little clumsy.
If she makes up her mind and tries to track her down, she’ll be able to figure out that Jo Ah-young didn’t go to the island.
Moreover, if Jo Dong-geun puts his mind to it, the work becomes easier.

But such an excuse would have been an effective way to pass the time.
When you’re nervous, your judgment is clouded.
Now, from our point of view, the more time we dragged out, the more advantageous it was.

“Yes, sister.”

Jo Ah-young nodded her head and typed a text on her cell phone.
Soon, her cell phone started ringing with a frightening force.

“Do you have any important information on your phone?”
“No. Not really…”

When Jo Ah-young answered, Kang Ah-jin used her magic to float her cell phone in the air.

Soon, her cell phone crumpled with a crackling sound.
Within a cell phone crumpled like paper, it vaporized with a sound.

“Ah…”

Jo Ah-yeong sighed as she stared at the place where the cell phone had disappeared.

“Sorry.”
“No. Now I feel relieved.”

It’s not like it’s not, but Jo Ah-young was freed from her cell phone, which could be called Jo Dong-geun’s shackles, and looked refreshed.

“Shall we eat soon?”

In the meantime, it was time for dinner.
Kang A-jin moved her cooking utensils again and opened the refrigerator to let the ingredients float out.
With her knife moving gracefully, she sliced ​​the potatoes and carrots into decent-sized pieces.

It was a strange scene every time I saw it.

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I measured my change with the mana meter Seulbi Kim brought with me in her inventory.
And I was able to confirm the changes I felt as concrete results.

‘Class B…’

It was also a B grade within the top 20%.

I thought it was unusual, but it was a really great leap forward.
As much as I gave the buff to Jo Dong-geun, when the direction was directed to me, the amount of experience gained was beyond imagination.

“It won’t always be like that.”

Kang Ah-jin explained.

“Ayoung was the one who gave Jo Dong-geun a buff that only one person in the world had. However, the relationship between Ayoung and Seonggi is different. It’s like forcibly cutting off the stem of his ability that was directed at Jo Dong-geun and attaching it to this side. So, I was able to gain a lot of experience points in the first relationship, but from the next time on, it will be a little better than normal.”
“Yeah…”

To be honest, it was true that I was a little disappointed because my expectations were broken, but I couldn’t say this in a simple way.

More than anything, it was meaningful that we broke the momentum of our current main enemy, Cho Dong-geun.
If it hadn’t been for Jo Ah-young, and if she hadn’t been exposed to my powers, how could she have dealt with him?

Kang Ah-jin’s house was a space that gave the feeling of being completely isolated from the rest of the world.
No matter how the outside situation went, I studied magic in the basement with Kang A-jin.

When he reached B-class, the range of spells he could use broadened.
Not only did the types of spells increase, but it became possible to use even more powerful spells that were previously used.
In other words, if the magic I used before was level 1 or 2, now I have the ability to use level 3 or 4, and even level 5 magic.

So, taking witchcraft classes became more enjoyable.

I took time to make an amulet that can be used at the same time as taking lessons appropriate to my level from Kang A-jin.
In fact, there was nothing else to do in this space other than this.

Kang Ah-jin, who was giving me a witchcraft lecture with a thick book open, suddenly made a surprised expression.
She began to speak her words into the air.

“Master, is that really true?”

I feel like I’m talking to someone who is visible to her but not mine.
I could guess from her spittle that she was her mentor, as she said before.
Did you say you are Brazilian?

Judging by the atmosphere, I thought it might be a fairly old person.
Gender is probably female.

“Has the situation improved there?”
“Yes, I am not neglecting my studies as always.”

Kang A-jin, who usually showed more of a cold-hearted side, acted like a child when talking to her teacher.
Do you think that look is fresh again?
She was also very cute because I thought the reaction matched her appearance.

“All right. I will be preparing to meet her master.”

Kang A-jin’s conversation with her teacher ended like that.

I was surprised.
Who are you greeting?

Is that person called the teacher coming to Korea?

And it looks like my guess was correct.
Kang Ah-jin said with an unusually flushed face.

“Master is coming here. It went really well.”
“Okay? How soon will we meet?”
“I think it’s been more than five years. Master is revered as a saint in Brazil. So it was difficult to get out of there, whether I wanted to or not. But she recently passed her position on to her protégé. That’s why they say they have a lot of free time and come to see me.”
“Good for you.”
“Yeah. I must prepare.”

I wondered if what she was doing to prepare for her teacher would be meeting her at her airport.
That’s a natural and common guess.
At the same time, she wondered if she could be free from Jo Dong-geun’s clutches if she left the house now.

But her preparation was beyond imagination.
I knew the house was deep underground, but I didn’t know what was underneath.

“Do you want to go with me?”
“Yeah? Are you at the airport?”

When I asked, Kang Ah-jin made an expression asking, “What are you talking about?”

“It is dangerous to go out of the house now. It is best to wait here until Cho Dong-geun is exhausted.”

For some reason, I felt like I was answering alumni, but I realized that I was misunderstanding.

“What are you preparing for?”
“Master will come here from the other side of the earth. With his ability, he can do it alone, but it will be easier if he waits with the door wide open from this side.”
“Yeah? What is that…”

I thought of the bizarre abilities Kang Ah-jin had shown so far.
One of the things that impressed me the most was the ability to warp.
As soon as the heavy car passed through the warp zone, it passed through a long distance at once.

She warped not only the car she was in, but also several people and several cars at once.

I still know very little about witchcraft, but I guessed that this ability requires some sort of preparation.

Hiding the house is probably the result of a lot of time and work.
And setting up a route through the warp zone is a difficult and time-consuming task comparable to that.

‘Then…’

My vague guess turned out to be true where Kang A-jin took me.