Ep.132 The Wrong Encounter

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on vacation, so I had a lot of fun.

I took a nap on the sunbed, played in the water, and played volleyball on the beach.

I was able to do some activities again after a while.

For dinner, we had a barbecue party at the pension.

It was delicious.

And the sun went down.

We went out together because there was a night market nearby.

It may be quite eye-catching if people with colorful hair are clustered together, but no one seems to notice since we were covered with derecognition magic.

Of course, the animal costume was still a bit exaggerated, so Desik went into the ring.

“Hey! Look at this!”

While everyone was looking around, Choi Sehee called us from a distance.

“What is it?”

Choi Sehee pointed with her fingers as if she saw something funny. We walked towards her.

And what we saw

“Hey, look at this. It’s Egostic doll!”

There’s a prize hanging in the booth where you throw darts at balloons.

It was a two-head tall Egostic doll.

“…Whoa, I didn’t expect this.”

“Pfft. Hey, you got a doll. You’re a celebrity now. Wait, celebrities don’t even have their own dolls, do they? You’re a superstar! A superstar!

I shook my head to Choi Sehee, who poked me on the side and teased me, then I looked at the other dolls.

Most of them were basic green dinosaurs, but there were also unusual things like Egostic dolls.

Oh, look closely, Stardus doll, Icicle, and Shadow Walker. There are heroes’ dolls, too. I kind of want Stardus.

…Wait, what’s that?

“Hey! Isn’t this you?”

“Hahaha… What?”

Laughing at the authenticity of the Egostic doll next to her, I began to panic when she took out the doll of a woman with orange hair.

“…It’s embarrassing.”

“It says Electra on the tag here. Hey, this one has the Shaman suit on. Is it Eunwol?”

“Oh, I think this is Death Knight.”

“Da-in, there’s no me?”

“Seo Eun? Let me see… I don’t think so.”

“…This is so unfair. I’m doing the next terrorism!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Choi Sehee walked up her sleeves as she was trying to comfort Seo-eun, who puffed her cheeks showing that she was sulky.

“Everyone, get out. Let me get that doll for you.”

“Sehee, are you good at throwing darts?”

“Of course! Just trust me. Mister! We’ll play a game!”

“Welcome! One round? Here you go. You’ll get this doll if you get 8 out of 10 shots, and these ones if you get less than that! And if you get all 10 shots right, this big one!”

“Oh… I’m in big trouble then. I should get two wrong on purpose.”

Choi Sehee was bluffing.

“Four shots! Here’s the prize for four shots.”

“……”

“Sehee…”

She got a squid key ring.

She held the key ring in her hand with a stunned look on her face.

Yeah, now is my time to step up.

“Hah. Pave the way. It’s my turn. I’ll show you how to get 10 out of 10.”

“…Gosh. Hmph! The balloon kept moving, so it was harder than I thought. You’re probably worse than me.”

I threw the darts while listening to Choi Sehee’s curse-like words.

I got 10 shots.

“…..”

“Wow… You got everything right… The prize is this doll…”

“Oh, I won’t take this big one, so can I take some of those little dolls instead?”

“What? Yes! That’ll do! Take three!”

“Come on, kids, pick some dolls.”

“…This is a foul. You used your powers, didn’t you?”

“I didn’t. Do you have proof?”

“Gosh, I hate you…”

Of course, I manipulated the darts with telekinesis.

“We’ll take this one!”

Eun-wol and Seo-eun snatched the Egostic doll right away.

…Do you guys really have to take it?

Choi Sehee and Eun-wol took their dolls, so I took the Desik doll and the Stardus doll.

“…Da-in, why did you take the Stardus doll?”

“Huh? I mean, know thy enemy know thy self. If I put the Stardus doll on the shelf, wouldn’t it burn my fighting spirit?”

“…I think it’s just you fanboying her.”

Even Soobin, who was quiet, spoke some words.

They stared at me with cold eyes.

Gosh, I cannot live with this insult. I deplore myself to see subordinates who cannot trust their leader.

Anyway, we spent time eating, playing, and doing different things at the night market after that.

And we came back to the pension.

I unpacked, washed up, and got ready to sleep…

“Da-in, why did you bring these masks and guns?”

Seo-eun, I don’t know what will happen in life. Don’t you remember the last Busan incident? What if someone comes into the pension at night?”

“…I want to say that you’re overreacting, but something did happen last time.”

“See.”

“…What are you guys talking about?”

“Oh, let me tell you. Listen, the last time we went on vacation…”

As Seo-eun answered Eun-wol’s question, who was curious about our conversation, Choi Sehee’s voice was heard again.

“Hey! Look at this!”

“What?”

A voice suddenly came out looking for me.

When I went out to the small garden outside the pension, Choi Sehee was doing something with Death Knight.

“What?”

“Look at this.”

[Ahahaha, Da-in. Look, you’ll be surprised.]

“…What are you guys planning? It’s suspicious.”

“Don’t worry, look! It’s Electric Knight!”

At the same time as he said that, Choi Sehee fired electricity at Desik. Come on, what are you doing?

[Hahahaha! It’s tingling!]

However, Desik laughed cheerfully as if there was no problem. But his black armor and the way electricity flows to his soul.

…What is this?

“Look! If I supply electricity like this, Desik will become an electric type.”

[That’s right. Yay!]

Desik wielded his sword.

Electricity gushed from his sword.

“What do you think?”

“……Not bad!”

“Huh? Really?”

Choi Sehee was startled by the words.

I ignored her and began to seriously consider it. It means that if Choi Sehee periodically shoots electricity, he will be upgraded.

Hmm… It’s not bad.

So we discussed a few more things.

The situation ended when Eun-wol, who felt her derecognition magic was shaken, came out.

…She told us not to let electricity out of the garden.

***

And the next day came.

We enjoyed breakfast and came back to the beach.

Well, everyone is having fun without getting tired.

“Yawn…”

I’m lying on the sunbed again.

In my right hand, a glass of Blue Hawaii. This is good, too.

Still the warm beach like yesterday, there are people running around…

“…So sleepy.”

As I lie down in the warm sunlight, I feel sleepy.

While I was thinking of taking a nap, I got a call.

It’s from Lee Seola. What can it be?

“Hello?”

[Da-in, hiccup. Are you still playing on the beach?]

“Huh? Yeah, We’re having a good time. I’m sunbathing on a sunbed now.”

[Really? Well, I have some work there, so can I drop by? If you’re lying on the sunbed, I’d like to have a drink with you.]

“…On the sunbed?”

[Yeah, well. Anywhere. Can I come?]

“Uh… Yeah, well, a moment would be fine. We’re in front of the brown pension.”

[Really? I’ll be there soon, so wait for me.]

“Okay, all right.”

She hung up.

….Well, she can come if she wants to.

She asked to have a drink with me, but she sounded drunk already.

I looked up and then looked around.

Well, everyone’s having a good time.

…I’m so tired, should I take a nap until Seola comes?

Yeah, I should.

Then I closed my eyes.

Soon I fell asleep soundly.

***

-In

“Da-in!”

“What?”

I opened my eyes.

When I woke up with my eyes wide open, Lee Seola was walking from afar.

Simple but outstanding outfits which are suitable for the beach. She waved at me.

I also waved at her.

Yawn, she’s here already. She’s early.

I was going to sit down and greet Lee Seola, but my body stiffened.

…Wait, what the hell?

The woman followed behind Lee Seola.

The woman’s face behind her with an awkward expression on her face.

She looks so familiar.

It’s not, right?

Seola. Fuck, that’s not, right?

“Hello, Da-in! This is my friend, Shin Haru. Haru, this is Da-in, my business partner.”

“…Hello.”

“Ha, haha. Haha. Hello.”

I replied in a slightly quivering voice.

The woman standing before my eyes.

….Long blonde hair, comfortable clothes, and a white cardigan that would make every head turn around.

My arch enemy.

It was Stardus.

And she’s looking at the A-class villain, Egostic, in civilian form, sitting on a sunbed with a pair of sunglasses.

‘I’m… screwed…”

Looking at Lee Seola next to her, she was smiling faintly, as I couldn’t tell her expression.

…I’ll deal with you later. Maybe we’ll need a deep conversation. Haa…

That’s not the issue right now.

As I was thinking about how I suddenly got hit by a bolt from the blue while sleeping.

I mean, apart from everything.

I was making an awkward expression until a while ago, but when I saw Shin Haru’s face, her face stiffened.

I began to be engulfed in extreme anxiety.

Gosh, fuck, Seola. Oh, Seola.

Shin Haru has a super sense! Supersense!

Why did you bring her here?

I still couldn’t pull myself together.

I mean, is this real?

A warm, windy beach. I was sitting on the sunbed on the sandy beach, but is it really Shin Haru who is in front of me with only a cardigan and sunglasses to protect me now?

Is this… reality?

Feeling my legs shivering a little on the sandy beach for no reason, I was now wide awake and tried to grasp the situation.

Stardus in casual clothes is pretty, too. No, it’s not time for this.

While I was so absent-minded.

“Oh, my! I got an urgent call all of a sudden. I’m going to answer the phone for a second. Da-in, Haru. Why don’t you two get to know each other?”

Lee Seola suddenly disappeared in front of our eyes as if she had received an urgent call with her awkward acting.

No, Seola. Please. Where are you going? I’m going to deal with you later.

I’m sitting there blankly.

Shin Haru was standing on the beach and looking down at me.

And I.

“…Your name is… Da-in, right?”

I had no choice but to pray while listening to Shin Haru’s voice from above me.

Please.

May Eun-wol’s derecognition magic work properly.

“…Hahaha, yes. That’s right. I’m Da-in.”

I laughed at her.

But I’m not really laughing right now.

…She won’t find out, right? Right?

Yes, I believe in you, Eun-wol.

***

Shin Haru looked at the man in front of her without realizing it.

…Seola suddenly said she would introduce her business partner to her. Although she didn’t want to, she just followed her.

As soon as she saw the man sitting on the sunbed in the middle of the beach, she felt a strange sensation.

I think I’ve seen this guy somewhere.”

Where?

Where did I see him?

She had a strange sensation for a moment as she was feeling suddenly.

“….”

The man in front of her eyes, the first time she saw him.

Seeing him laughing at her for the first time as if he was a good person, something suddenly came to her mind.

…There’s no evidence, and that’s ridiculous.

Her intuition whispered to her.

The familiar feeling of the man in front of her.

She has that feeling that she often felt in front of that person before.

To be exact, yes.

This man, for some reason.

‘…He has the same feeling as Egostic.’

No.

It’s not to that extent.

A completely groundless, nonsensical…

It’s impossible.

Shin Haru was caught in her thoughts.

‘…Wait.’

‘This guy. Isn’t he Egostic?’

So now, in the middle of this beach.

Stardus and her gut feeling started to do their job.