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 21. Six words (1)There are two main ways to control the otherworld's crack.One, clearing an otherworld. Clearing meant going into the deepest part of the otherworld, knocking down the boss and then vanquishing the otherworld.Second, dominating an otherworld. It meant personally becoming the otherworld's boss by interfering into the otherworld with a supernatural wave and taking control over the otherworld and the Enemies inside of it. [1]The second way needs a much more powerful superpower than the clearing, and there is a big chance of the being attempting to become a boss turning into an Enemy.Like this, it was well known that 'Otherworld Domination' was very risky even for Jin people or those who are capable.Moreover, the otherworld which is under someone's dominance, is called a 'Garden'. [You, you're that Jin who dominated that garden then…!] [2] Ju Su-hyeok in the 3rd year.Ju Su-hyeok met with Nabiryeong a few times.Nabiryeong, a suspicious woman who throws meaningful words and then disappears.Ju Su-hyeok learned Nabiryeong's identity in her garden. [Haha, isn't that Ju-Oh Group's young master[3] who had cleared my garden then? Hi.][… After I entered the boss area, you gave up the otherworld domination and disappeared. I didn't clear your garden.] Bang—! Before the next sentence, the sound of ground cracking rang out.At the place where Nabiryeong stood, a giant crack and Maeng Hyodon appeared. [Hey, Ju Su-hyeok! Seeum died in the otherworld this butterfly bitch dominated! What are you pretending to be friends and having a conversation!?] Maeng Hyodon shouted with burning eyes.He slammed his fist against the ground.Maeng Hyodon corrected his posture again, and his whole body emanated murderous intent aimed at Nabiryeong. [He didn't attend the school even for half a year…!] Same year, the 1st January.Together with Ju Su-hyeok's party, Maeng Hyodon infiltrated the Fantasy Auction and played an active role in Sawol Seeum's rescue.Maeng Hyodon felt sorry for Sawol Seeum, who was put in much more miserable circumstances than him, though his situation in the Fighting Club before was similar.Sawol Seeum, who had been absent from school after his disappearance, returned to school as the 1st year junior and as school and dormitory senior, Maeng Hyodon was often concerned for Sawol Seeum.And Sawol Seeum died in this Jin's of the Jeop tribe, Nabiryeong's, garden. [This butterfly bitch has this dog-shit Gwangrim, but if I tie her with my Gwangrim and we all attack together, we can catch her!] It was An Dain who blocked the way of Maeng Hyodon who was about to use a Gwangrim. [Stop. If we fight this Jin now, someone among us may die or be greatly injured again. And we don't have clues. If we can't obtain information now, our school…] An Dain's voice gradually went quiet.Ju Su-hyeok's party already watched many people leave, but there was no one who got accustomed to this pain.An Dain was also one of the people who together with them suffered watching the scene of Sawol Seeum dying in front of them.It wasn't that Maeng Hyodon didn't know that as he shut his mouth. [Damn it…] After Maeng Hyodon lost his fighting spirit, Nabiryeong's body, which was blurred and lost between the boundaries of reality, returned to its original form again.Nabiryeong looked at Ju Su–hyeok with an unreadable expression while smiling.Even though she was attacked by Maeng Hyodon a moment ago, she didn't seem to have a thought of repaying him. [It ended up like this because that messenger boy was too nice. Because That Person had thought that if that child suffered for a few years, he would be ruined or corrupted, but he didn't change.] Ju Su-hyeok's party realized that the one she called the 'messenger boy' was Sawol Seeum and were shaken.After hearing Nabiryeong's words, Ju Su-hyeok was suspicious of the remark: 'Because That Person had thought that child would be ruined or corrupted' and asked: [You weren't targeting Seeum out of your own will? These actions are because of someone's instigation?][...] Nabiryeong didn't reply.Ju Su-hyeok recalled the scene of Sawol Seeum's death.And the appearance of the Puppet Specter[4] Enemy using Sawol Seeum's uncle, Sawol Semin's corpse.With the nature of its shape or power, it was difficult to think about that Enemy as Jeop's family. [… Didn't Ju-Oh Group's young master rescue that messenger boy and protect him inside Eungwang School? In addition, because of the young master, that boy's very annoying Gwangrim awakened. Thanks to that, a certain person furtively looked only for the opportunity to lure him outside of the Eungwang District to kill him.][Hey, this fucking butterfly bitch! Are you throwing Ju Su-hyeok as an excuse here, you're nuts! Shut up!] Maeng Hyodon couldn't hide his suffocating and frustrated mind, and shouted.Nabiryeong's words continued to the end. [The reason was that your friend's skill and Gwangrim were annoying, but… that person wanted this child dead, I guess that person had a lot of dissatisfaction with this country's last dynasty king. So that person wanted the most miserable death for the successor of the messenger the king's dynasty cherished.] The expression of Ju Su-hyeok's party, which found out that Sawol Seeum didn't die simply because he was drawn into Jin people's game, hardened.Nabiryeong spoke up before they could. [Did you say you have something to ask me about? However, there is no need for that. Because, among your school friends, a cute young miss who is the president of the Newspaper Club seems to know something.] School friend, president of the Newspaper Club.There was only one person who came to mind at those words.It evidently pointed to Mun Saeron who was quick to gather news materials and talked in a friendly way with Ju Su-hyeok's party. [Wouldn't it be good if you go quickly? Knowing a lot is not a particularly good thing in this world.] The face of An Dain, who tried to call Mun Saeron with the device, turned white. [I can't contact Saeron.] Ju Su-hyeok turned around without saying goodbyes to Nabiryeong. [Let's go to Saeron…!] Looking at Ju Su-hyeok's party disappearing while showing their defenseless backs, Nabiryeong waved her hand slightly as if she was sending them off.Among the events during Ju Su-hyeok's and An Dain's 3rd year, this was the event Nabiryeong had the most lines. 'During that time, characters continued to die and the situation was chaotic, so I couldn't look at it calmly like I do now.' While watching all Playable Characters die miserable deaths, my mentality crumbled.In addition, there were many matters in reality which I had to consume my energy on, like the military and job hunting.It wasn't a situation where I could invest all the time in the world to it like I did now, so I couldn't help but consider the story more shallowly then than now. 'At that time, I thought Nabiryeong was just one of the characters to throw explanations and rice cakes[5]. However, now that I think about it more…' In this world, which became the reality, Nabiryeong's actions were weird.Nabiryeong is on the villain's side, but as a result, the information was leaked out several times. 'But she could just cause disorder for fun.' Nabiryeong was the owner of the garden, which was Sawol Seeum's death stage, so I couldn't confirm her as a completely kind role.However, she never leaked out fake information to arouse disorder. 'That scale breaking effect comes out when Nabiryeong uses her ability to send a message. The message should also be included in the conversation log.' It was less than a second and the sequence of the letters flowed out far away, beyond the wall, so there could have been something I didn't catch or my memory was mixed-up.If I check it with the Exclusive Menu's conversation log, I could check it for certain. ⟨Reading relevant area's log.⟩ Between the bits of recordings of the audience's cheers and chatting when changing music.After scrolling, I saw Hangul consonants and vowels and the Latin alphabet, supposedly left by Nabiryeong.Combined result was as follows: 의외. 예매. 그대 [6]items. exhales. dame 'What is it saying?' English word 'exhale' means to breathe, to let out air, it's '내쉬다' (breathe out).'Dame' was the title used to call the woman who received a medal in England, and in United States it was a word that was almost never used, but in general it was a word used to call a woman. '… Kwon Jane did receive a medal of honor from the queen of England, but didn't receive a title. As a Korean, Kwon Jane couldn't receive a title. Dame was a title given to those who received 1 and 2 rank medals and those who were appointed as knights by the inaugurator.' Korean Kwon Jane, who didn't give an oath of loyalty to the queen of England, couldn't be given the title of Dame. 'It's just a sequence of meaningless words by looking at it, but why trouble yourself putting '.' in the middle?' My thinking was halted by Sawol Seeum's bright voice. "It was surprising that senior Kwon Jane-nim suddenly rushed out when she was receiving a standing ovation, but I didn't expect her to come here! Looking at her up-close, she looks even more gorgeous." It seemed that while I was checking the log, Kwon Jane disappeared somewhere with Jared Lee. "That time was really like a dream..! We have to make sure to go to the next concert.""Yes. I want to go see it with all of our classmates next time!""I'm going to train ticketing, starting today!" It was unknown when the whimsical Kwon Jane would hold a concert again, but Kim Yuri seemed to be full of enthusiasm.As Sawol Seeum also thought the same, he started to plan training.Talent was also needed in ticketing, but what couldn't be done if two of my talented Playable Characters put effort into it?I will leave the next ticketing to them. "… I'll also train!" Lee Lena couldn't put a handkerchief down since the 'for LENA' performance started.Even after the performance ended and during the continuous applause, she continued to bow her head.Lee Lena was ashamed by the fact she cried in front of her classmates once her tears stopped to a degree.Kim Yuri calmed her down from the side by saying 'If there was a song named 'for Yuri', I would cry more than Lena!'. 'Now, should I help with cleaning and then go to eat with the kids?' When I was mixing among the staff and transporting loads, a message arrived. Ding. [Hwang Jiho] Kwon Jane, Moon Rabbit and Yong Jegeon decided to meet in Silver Light Building.[Hwang Jiho] Do you also want to come? He came to this place as 30 years-old Hwang-ho, but as expected from alter-egos, they were always synchronized.It seemed that he sent a message using Hwang Jiho's version which was out there somewhere. 'Even if I wear a mask and meet with Kwon Jane only for a moment, she may remember my build, so I shouldn't show my own appearance, but it would be a bit much to use Player's Trajectory.' I was concerned about what would come out in that conversation, but I didn't have to hear it in person and judge.Moreover, if I suddenly show up in that place, it may look unnatural.There were many things to do, so I decided it was a bit too much to shift all the work on the three here and go. [Me] Staff work left. But please inform me what the conversation was about later. I sent a message to Hwang Jiho and then began to help again with the work of organizing the stage.Several of the Eternal Lake's members, who were acting as staff, disappeared following Kwon Jane and Jared Lee, but substitute members came, so there weren't any big troubles with work.After all of today's work was finished.The staff invited us to go to the concert afterparty with them.But if they were stuck with us, minors, they wouldn't be able to drink, so we decided to tactfully refuse. "It's still not so late, so I want to talk a bit more…""Me too. If it's okay with Yuri, I want to talk more.""I can go home on foot, so let's talk a bit more!""Me too. Then shall we go to the lounge?" With Kim Yuri and Lee Lena's suggestion, we decided to have a simple afterparty with us only.Because among the four of us, Kim Yuri was a daily student, rather than dormitory building's lounge, we decided on the outdoor lounge on the 1st year zone's trail track.We grabbed a seat at the place with the most street lights and unpacked snacks and drinks we bought at the vending machine. "Senior Kwon Jane-nim gave such a big gift… I was lucky I wasn't there. Though, if senior-nim wants to just talk, I can do it as much as she wants." Sawol Seeum listened with concern about Kim Yuri's hairpin and Lee Lena's supernatural violin card incident.He spoke with a troubled expression as if he felt pressure just imagining this scene. "Right. May I take a glance at that supernatural violin?""I want to see it too!""Ok! Here." Lee Lena put the card in the center of the table.I was curious what type of item a supernatural violin was.Because there was no way to obtain one in the game, and there was only a mention of their existence in the setting book without detailed description. ⟨Reading item data.⟩ [Item Name] Supernatural violin[Type] Instrument[Rarity] SRR – – –[Proficiency] 0%[Effect] Enables one to perform[Description]Instrument which rarity and quality of performance changes based on the performer's experience, expectations, ideas, goals, convictions, etc.Can change up to UR rank. 'This description…' The moment I read the description, I had a powerful feeling of deja vu.Among numerous items, this supernatural violin had a very similar description to the item I possessed. 'Its description is very much like the 'Unknown Fate' I possess!' After Power of Fate activated during Hwang Jiho's interpretation of the ancient book discovered in the basement stackroom of the central library.In the subspace I was led to with the Power of Fate, the item card that white shadow handed to me, 'Unknown Fate'.The writing on that item card was similar to the description on Lee Lena's supernatural violin. *~*~* [1] These two paragraphs at the beginning — both dots there are from raws![2] Ju Su-hyeok's tone towards Nabiryeong – I want to point out that Ju Su-hyeok uses a polite tone towards her.[3] young master – doryeon-nim – a young, unmarried man (polite). No, Nabiryeong doesn't use a polite tone towards him.[4] Puppet Specter – Puppet (or Manipulative/Controlled) category Specter (a ghost summoned by necromancer) species.[5] rice cake – a slang for foreshadowing or Chekhov's gun's pointers in the story. It's like giving crumbs of information to readers, pointing them to questions and mysteries in the story. And this novel is full of them.[6] 의외. 예매. 그대 – Translation: unexpected. booking. like that Translator's note: Do you know how it feels to receive a big, sweet rice cake, but not know how to unwrap it? That's how this chapter feels for this translator.