Before heading out to stop the rift incident, there was sothing I had to do. Sothing that might even be more important than the rift itself.
Before leaving the office, ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) I crouched down to et Cha Sahyeon’s eyes.
“Kiddo.”
Cha Sahyeon, who always wore a half-vacant expression when not talking to , tilted her head at my call.
“Let’s make a promise.”
“Promise?”
“You don’t want to stay here alone waiting for , right? You want to co along.”
“.......”
“Then you have to make a promise with . And you have to keep it, or I won’t take you.”
Glancing at with an anxious expression, Cha Sahyeon asked in a reluctant voice.
“...What’s the promise?”
“If I touch — uh, no, if I hold hands with other people, don’t get mad. And behave properly when I tell you to.”
Cha Sahyeon’s eyes instantly turned cold. Why the hell was a kid glaring so murderously?
I couldn’t afford to lose ground here. I responded even more firmly.
“If you don’t promise, you’re staying here. You’ll have to wait alone until I get back.”
“No.”
“Then promise you won’t get mad.”
“...Don’t want to.”
“If you don't want either, what do you expect to do? Pick one.”
“.......”
“Quick. Stay here, or co along and stay with .”
I intentionally rushed her before she could think too deeply. Cha Sahyeon, pouting and furrowing her brow in dissatisfaction, anxiously hesitated, worrying I might really leave her behind — and finally slumped her shoulders and said,
“What if I get mad anyway? I can’t control it.”
“You have to try. Everyone else does.”
“It’s hard......”
“Life’s hard. Deal with it.”
Maybe it sounded dramatic, but Cha Sahyeon wasn’t an ordinary kid.
If she couldn’t control her emotions, the Catastrophe would arrive even faster — and that would an the end of the world. So, more than anyone else, Cha Sahyeon had to learn to regulate her emotions properly.
“Kiddo.”
Still... she wasn’t wrong, either.
Even adults struggled with controlling anger. I myself tended to explode physically when I got pissed off.
Cha Sahyeon’s hypersensitivity whenever I made contact with others stemd from her unstable psychology — the constant fear of being abandoned.
Forcing and suppressing it wouldn’t solve anything.
“That’s why, if you keep your promise, I’ll buy you another present.”
“Present?”
“Yeah. This ti, whatever you want. We’ll go shopping together.”
The mont she heard the word ‘present,’ life sparked in Cha Sahyeon’s big eyes. Both her cheeks flushed a rosy pink.
“Really?”
“Really. And even when we go, except while working, I’ll stay with you the whole ti. I’ll even bring snacks. How about that?”
When I asked with a grin, Cha Sahyeon’s cheeks visibly turned redder, and she hurriedly nodded.
“I-I’ll go. I’ll keep the promise.”
Seeing how serious she looked, I patted her head. Successfully persuading Cha Sahyeon as planned, I let out a breath of relief inwardly.
“I’ll trust you, then. Let’s go?”
“Yeah.”
Straightening my knees, I held the kid’s small hand. Cha Sahyeon, still blushing, looked up at with sparkling eyes.
eting that gaze gave a strange feeling.
It was a face that seed to think I was the center of the world — as if only I mattered.
“.......”
Had I ever received unconditional affection like this before?
My stomach churned. Suppressing the strange feeling rising to my throat, I quickly looked away.
***
I took the car Kwon Taehyuk had sent and headed to the rift appearance site, Uidong, Gangbuk-gu.
The car climbed near Mount Bukhan and stopped in front of an area cordoned off with prohibition tape. Getting out of the car with Cha Sahyeon, I looked around.
This place, near the Uidong Valley, had the vibe of a quiet countryside village — and had often been used as a drama filming location in the 1980s.
Now, due to the rift, large guards were stationed to block civilian access, and only Yesung Guild mbers and Bureau officials bustled about.
“Welco, Guildmaster Won.”
Just then, a secretary who had been waiting nearby approached and politely greeted .
A familiar face — he was Kwon Taehyuk’s secretary, who I had seen several tis before. Apparently, he had been dispatched to et .
“This way, please.”
Following the secretary past the guards blocking the entrance, I moved inside.
Inside, even more hunters were visible than from the outside.
Except for the Bureau officials, everyone here must have been Yesung Guild hunters. Just as Kwon Taehyuk said — determined to prevent civilian casualties, they had mobilized a serious force.
Walking past the hunters toward an even deeper area, I spotted a familiar back.
Unlike last ti, where he had been dressed sharply in a suit, Kwon Taehyuk now wore a white shirt and a black leather chest harness.
“You have to leave in 10 minutes.”
“There’s still three hours left. What's the rush?”
“It’s dangerous.”
Kwon Taehyuk was conversing with soone.
The person blocked from my view by the secretary ca into sight as I moved closer.
“Don’t worry. I know how precious my life is too.”
A soft, gentle voice — completely different from Kwon Taehyuk’s rigid tone — brushed past my ears. At the sa ti, white hair glead under the sun.
The face revealed under the snow-white bangs was stunningly beautiful. Clear skin without a single blemish, a small face, and large, well-defined features — like a doll. But the tall height and broad shoulders made it clear at a glance that he was a man.
At that mont — though it was our first eting — a strange sense of familiarity made halt.
Ding!
[User Information: Eun Woojeong (Main Character)]
Age: 30 years old
Main Skill: Chain Summoning and Control (S-rank)
Title: The Spider King
Attack Power: S-rank
Attack Speed: S-rank
Movent Speed: S-rank
Agility: S-rank
Special Notes▼
└One of the Main Characters to Stop the Catastrophe
‘......What?’
Wait a minute, this status window— I’d seen it before. The one who had the title "The Spider King" was definitely...
[We told you, didn’t we? We’re an information group. Of course we’re curious about who you are.]
The leader of the information group “Spiderweb.”
And now, the sa status was showing above this man.
Stunned by the contents of the status window, I stood frozen. Sensing my arrival, Kwon Taehyuk turned around.
“Cha Seohu Hunter.”
“.......”
“Cha Seohu Hunter?”
“Ah, yes.”
Snapping out of it at Kwon Taehyuk’s second call, I awkwardly approached the two.
“You seed to be in the middle of a conversation, so I didn’t want to interrupt.”
“It’s fine. Please co here.”
After dismissing the secretary who had guided , Kwon Taehyuk, looking resigned, introduced .
“This is Cha Seohu Hunter, Guildmaster of Won Guild. Cha Seohu Hunter, this is... actor Eun Woojeong.”
As he reluctantly introduced himself, the man, Eun Woojeong, smiled brightly at .
“Nice to et you. Should I call you Guildmaster Won?”
Eun Woojeong extended a hand as neat and delicate as his face. Suppressing the chaotic emotions inside , I shook it.
“...Just call Cha Seohu Hunter. That’s enough.”
“All right, Cha Seohu Hunter.”
Following the slight upward curve of Eun Woojeong’s lips, I also smiled as if nothing were wrong.
‘Last ti, neither his na nor age showed. Maybe because I’m seeing his real face without a mask, hidden information is now revealed?’
Eun Woojeong— I knew him very well.
He had exploded in popularity as an actor in recent years. You couldn’t avoid him even if you tried — whether on TV comrcials or street billboards.
And yet, he was the leader of Spiderweb. It made sense — both had white hair and similar physiques.
Still, I hadn't even suspected they were the sa person because...
Eun Woojeong, being a celebrity, frequently changed his hair color through dyeing. Even in the refrigerator comrcial airing lately, he had brown hair.
More importantly—
‘Why... why can’t I feel any power from him?’
The leader of Spiderweb I fought back then was definitely an S-rank hunter. I had personally confird it through battle — through his skills and overwhelming presence.
It even said so in the status window: S-rank, Chain Summoning and Control.
Yet right now, facing Eun Woojeong... he felt like an ordinary civilian.
Not just soone with a low rank, or a supporter like — but a complete non-Awakener.
And I also knew — publicly, actor Eun Woojeong was an ordinary person.
The palm I held in the handshake felt chillingly cool.
As we shook hands, I t Eun Woojeong’s eyes up close.
The main reason even a celebrity-indifferent guy like rembered Eun Woojeong was those distinctive eyes.
His gaze — so striking that the phrase “gem-like eyes” sprang naturally to mind — held two distinct colors.
A brilliant golden hue like midday sunlight, and a clear blue like the sky, swirled together, half and half.
Even in an era when diverse hair and eye colors appeared post-Awakening, such eyes were still rare.
And then there was the vivid beauty mark under his eye.
Altogether, a face that irresistibly drew the eye.
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