Chapter 116 (1/2)
Chapter 116 Quickening
'She's…'
Now that he thought about it, there was someone else When Seol Jihu and Maria first entered the room, there were two people inside The first one was the bob cut Lara Wolff, and the other was this girl with the white headband Because she hadn't said a word this entire tiotten about her existence
Her snowy silver-white hair matched her white clothes She was deeply absorbed in soaze
Soon, the girl's eyes curled to a crescent moon shape, and she covered her mouth with her hand
'She's laughing?'
What was she laughing about? Seol Jihu's eyes narrowed as he glanced in the direction the girl was looking There, he saw Sophie Chalet as receiving treatroans, Lara Wolff who had fallen into despair, Straight Face who had her ar
One who suffered, one who sneered, and one who enjoyed watching
Suddenly, Seol Jihu was reuilt after abandoning his wife and daughter to run away He was also rehed uncontrollably
'She's different than how she looks, huh…'
The girl aze as she raised her slim face Their eyes met Her arced eyes blinked a couple of ti by the way her thin, pale lips were quivering slightly, shein secret
The girl didn't avoid Seol Jihu's gaze She tilted her head slightly before setting it straight and beckoning him with her frail hand
'Does she want et closer?'
Seol Jihu didn't hesitate It didn't seem like a bad idea to try and talk to her, so he walked forward iirl was reood distance That said, they were both in the same room
Once he got close, the girl gave hi me”
Her voice was quiet and soothing like a hed, but it wasn't because I was sneering at theht funny”
The girl ad but pleaded her case skillfully Seol Jihu noticed how good she was at reading people's thoughts and felt a bit sorry
Even if the girl did laugh, Seol Jihu had no grounds to pick fault with it He could think badly of her in his head, but thea nosy person
At the very least, that was Seol Jihu's perspective regarding the matter
“It's fine I don't mean to interfere in your business”
Hearing this, the girl s at me so much…”
Seol Jihu observed the girl's hollow s at her up close, he noticed hohite, or rather pale, her cheeks were Her waist was also extremely slender and delicate as if she would snap in half if he held her with a little force She clearly had an illness of some sort
“If it's okay with you…” Seol Jihu asked bluntly, “can you tell e her He waselse
The girl looked up at him and muttered softly, “Because it seemed like a play”
'So she also felt that way?' Seol Jihu laughed bitterly
“Right?”
“Yes,” Seol Jihu agreed as he had also been thinking that Straight Face was just enjoying her hobby
“I ondering why the ot separated… I didn't expect to be role-playing at e”
“…Excuse me?”
“I haven't even done it when I was little”
The girl shtly Seol Jihu mulled over what she just said It sounded like they were talking about different things
“Role… playing?” Seol Jihu tilted his head “You mean like a puppet show?”
“No, I wouldn't say puppet since everyone is acting as they normally would…”
“M true to their nature… Since no one is playing an assigned character or a fictional role, this isn't an ordinary role-play”
In an instant, the girl fell into a world of her own Looking at her, Seol Jihu wondered if he should continue talking to her or walk away He wasn't sure if he was the idiot for being unable to understand her, or if she was si in a cryptic way
The girl glanced at hie, she realized that the youth had yet to understand
“You see, I think there is a good chance that this group has been put together deliberately”
What did that mean?
“I guess you could say this conflict was bound to happen”
“Why?” Seol Jihu immediately asked back
The girl opened hera troubled face, “Mm— I know the reason in my head, but it's hard to explain in words It's like different extremes or like counterparts”
She gently scratched her lips with her index finger, seeood way to explain her theory Soon, she pointed at her self and began, “For example, if I am the altruistic person…”
Seol Jihu stared at her fixedly The girl smiled sheepishly
“What? I'm really kind”
“Anyways, if I am the altruistic person, then that person is the selfish person”
The person the girl was pointing to was none other than Maria Yeriel
“What do you mean?” Seol Jihu asked back, but he immediately became speechless He realized that the phrase, 'selfish person', described Maria perfectly
'How did she know?'
Did she hear Maria talking toour oay? Or was it because she refused to cast barriers?
“So you see…”
While all sorts of theories brushed past Seol Jihu's irl clenched her hands into fists and bumped them into each other
“That person and I are counterparts”
Seol Jihu stared at the girl with a co, but accepting it was a different matter
“Also—” Next, the girl's finger headed to Lara Wolff “If she is the type of person who values cooperation and ht Face “…Then she is the self-centered maverick”
Seol Jihu only looked half-convinced What the girl was saying ht that there was no way to confirm it
The girl's finger then headed to Sophie Chalet “If she is the gentle person…” She then pointed to Snake Eyes “…Then she is the vicious person”
“Vicious?”
“Yep” The girl nodded her head before saying, “she smells rotten”
She pinched her nose and said so to die early because of it…” The irl talked, the more mysterious she became
'Let's see'
Seol Jihu chuckled inwardly and activated his Nine Eyes When he checked Snake Eyes' Status Windoith the green color of 'General Observation'…
He gasped
His eyes trembled as it confirmed the trait 'Vicious (Deliberately cruel and heartless)'
That wasn't all Lara Wolff, Straight Face, and Sophie Chalet weren't too far off froirl said As for Maria, she was obviously spot on
'Im… impossible…'
“Think about it”
Seol Jihu turned back to the girl idened eyes
“With four pairs of people just as incompatible as water and oil, how can a conflict not break out?”
Seol Jihu subconsciously agreed, “Not randoroup was put together deliberately”
“It fits too well to be a coincidence”