I Became the Younger Sister of the Game's Villain - Chapter 8.1
“I’m back……”
“Miss!”
Gu Seo Bok welcomed me as I returned from the exhausting journey through the guild. Of course, he didn’t seem delighted; he looked almost as if he might faint. Pushing the face that invaded my personal space away, I said,
“I’m tired. Later.”
“Tired or sleepy, is that what’s important now? Where did you go? You disappeared without saying a word!”
“If I came back fine, that should be enough. Why are you making a fuss?”
Gu Seo Bok was left speechless and stood frozen in the front hall. Muttering sounds reached my ears.
“Is this what they call a rebellious phase…?”
In response, I slammed the door shut with a loud bang.
I was tired, tired, tired.
I collapsed onto the bed.
“For a job that pays a thousand won, it’s way too exhausting.”
To describe today’s party in one word, it was a complete disaster.
A failed team project in every sense.
『”Hyunsoo-nim? What are you doing!?”』
『”Oh, I, I had a sudden full buff….”』
『”Sorry, but my skills seem to be more favored by Plumpies.”』
『”What kind of element are you, Sui-nim? Is it Earth? …Did you apply without checking the expected attributes?”』
It was fortunate that Yoo Minho was there.
If I had taken those people and entered the portal, I might have been killed by monsters rather than accomplishing anything.
There was no organization whatsoever.
In the end, my plan to slip away and discreetly catch a bus completely failed.
I dutifully burned Plumpy, a D-grade plant, with a blunt instrument.
In other words, I, a nobody, gave him a ride on the bus.
‘Those five were truly bastards.’
It was beyond comical.
In the middle of it all, I even regretted not stealing a sword.
He was just useless, incapable of even basic mana combat skills.
To activate a skill, I had to trigger it, and the flames would gather in the air before dispersing.
Afterward, due to the mana returning in reverse, light symptoms of exhaustion would sometimes hit me.
Even when standing still, it felt like there was a hole in the middle of my stomach, and my hands would tremble unexpectedly.
My body would go numb, as if I’d just been on a plane.
This was the first time I’d ever not been able to use mana at will, and it was quite disconcerting.
In games, you just hit a few keys and the sky falls, the earth rises, etc……..
“That doesn’t work.”
It’s usually like that for the first time. Along with muscle soreness coursing through my entire body, all that remained were a few leaves of Plumpfy, handed over as loot.
My wild thoughts and the fact that I had nothing but a small pocketful of pocket money made me sad.
I sniffed. I could still smell the phytoncides on my hands.
Swimming in a sea of depression, I tried to look for the bright side.
‘I’m glad I haven’t used diamonds yet.’
Resisting the urge to buy a new item paid off.
If I had known how precious diamonds were, I would have regretted not using them all day long.
As that thought sank in, I stood up straight like an owl.
There was no time to waste.
If it didn’t work, I had to find another way.
“No matter how I think about it, they wouldn’t just give it away.”
The only hint I possessed, which stood out among what I had, was my sole clue.
I seriously eyed the banner of ‘Tomorrow’s Newspaper.’
Why tomorrow’s newspaper, not today, not the day after tomorrow, not a week from now?
All the clues seemed to be floating around, missing some kind of connection.
My head was clouded.
A scheduled narrative shift. Scheduled…….
“No way.”
A possibility flashed in and out of my mind.
【You have purchased ‘Tomorrow’s Newspaper.】
300 diamonds was not too much to spend to confirm a hypothesis.
Carefully and meticulously, I scanned through the articles.
【Hunter Daily 2XXX/08/06】
― Instance barrier appeared in the heart of Gangnam, estimated casualties of military personnel… ‘At least a few thousand’
― Hunter Association transaction fees on the rise again… Concerns about “the tail becoming bigger than the dog”
― Perilous disappearance portal management in the city center… Safety measures are lax
…
…
No suitable article caught my eye.
Just when I was about to fall into a sense of loss, thinking I wasted precious diamonds on this already tough game…
“Huh? This… “
I found a tiny article and proof photo tucked away in the corner of the page.
― 【20s male entangled in the disappearance portal at Ssangmun Study Cafe, urgently rescued and transferred】
The face, ordinary but somehow gloomy, looked familiar.
I definitely knew this person, where have I seen him…
Ah.
‘Isn’t he Kang Min Hee’s younger brother?’
Eureka.
