Chapter 19: I take Refuge (Namu) (2) (1/2)
Chapter 19: I take Refuge (Namu) (2)
At Chi-Woo’s sudden announcement, everyone’s eyes darted to him
“A juk?[1]” Zelit asked
“Ah, I don’t mean an enemy…How do I put it? Is the translation off? Or does it have trouble passing on itsbecause it’s a homophone?”
“No, that’s not it” Zelit’s eyes shone There was only one reason why Zelit cao Like how Zelit saw Ru Amuh’s potential and joined him as a companion, Zelit had felt Chi-Woo’s If he had to coreater curiosity towards Chi-Woo than he did towards Ru Amuh, especially since there seee and Chi-Woo’s entrance into the recruith we are unfamiliar with the term, I can’t say the autoive us a detailed explanation please?” Zelit asked
Chi-Woo scratched his head All he did was mutter a word, and now, everyone’s attention was on hi a raft in a rough current Thus, he felt a great need to correct the situation
“It describes a ghost that died and becaain”
“So, is it a soul that has died hosts or jukgwi”
Zelit looked lost, so Chi-Woo felt the need to explain wis are always like that They try to stir up trouble and inflict har people?” Shakira asked
“No” Chi-Woo shook his head “They not only harhosts are also afraid of jukgwis”
“Even ghosts are afraid…?” It seemed from Shakira’s surprised expression that it was her first ti this piece of infored According to Shakira, they had been looking for ways to defeat those beings for a long time, but failed to come up with even an accurate description of it All their attempts and plans had been coless losses Eventually, they gave up on confronting the beings head-to-head and were forced to be always on the run But now, a h places that no ordinary person could even is were No matter how dire and hopeless their situation was, she couldn’t help but hope again
“It’s an ingenious interpretation,” Shakira said “And it sounds like you have fought these jukgwis before”
“Well, yes” Chi-Woo agreed hesitantly Jukgere rarer than cohosts or evil spirits, but it wasn’t like he had never seen one While following various masters and teachers, he had encountered several and sa they handled these beings
“Then” Shakira’s weak voice had more power to it now “Do you kno to deal with them too?” This was the most important point This could finally be the end of their miserable days, where they only strived for survival because they couldn’t die
“Uh…” No one washis mouth in the silence No, he si up the topic This was because his Earth was a couarantee that this being was a jukgwi
“I see Now that I think about it, you were different” While Chi-Woo was trying to find the right words to wiggle out of this situation, Zelit suddenly interrupted “When you met Ru Hiana and explained what happened, you told her you heard a suspicious sound when you were transe room You then hid in the corner as the sound approached, and the door suddenly broke After the sound disappeared, you went outside and met Ru Amuh’s spirit”
‘This daood mereat shock
“Oh, that’s right,” Eval Sevaru added He had been listening to the conversation indifferently, but now he looked at Chi-Woo with interest “When I first heard how a spirit guided hiht he was just solared at Zelit with exasperation, feeling the urge to des and pierce a nail through his long head to spin it around However, Zelit simply smiled at him
“Is that true?” Shakira asked “Can you really see spirits?”
“No That’s not it” Chi-Woo quickly tried to backtrack from the conversation “I didn’t see what that broken spirit looked like since I was hiding”
“But didn’t you say that you saw your companion’s spirit?”
“…”
Chi-Woo closed his mouth ‘Ha’ He didn’t expect that story to bite him in the neck like this It alranted another person a favor ‘This is why you can’t just blabber about stuff YouI suppose that means you’ll be able to see the spirits who have been broken and eaten”
“Give it up,” so passionately Surprisingly, it was the guard captain “What if the sa to do then?”
“That ti to a realization
“What do youdeal…no, I suppose I can’t say that,” Shakira continued hesitantly, “Actually, there was another person who saw the broken beings’ real form”
“Hm? Didn’t you say that no one had ever seen them before?”
“That’s the case for us, but a sorcerer of the fifth recruitment said that he spotted the broken spirits”
“Ah, the fifth recruitathered for the recruitment, it was understandable that at least one of them could see spirits
“What did that sorcerer say? No, where is that person?”
“I don’t know From what I heard from the sidelines, the sorcerer said that there was no way of handling the broken beings, and we should avoid theht them However, they also said that if another hero that could see spirits cas could be different…” Shakira then explained that the sorcerer had lived quietly for the next couple of days until they disappeared, never to be seen again
‘Went , huh?’ Perhaps the sorcerer had been bewitched Chi-Woo wetted his dried-up lips; his face had burned soo
“Help us!” It was Ru Hiana who broke and crawled towards Chi-Woo, clinging to hiht theaze
“Please, it can be anything I’ll do as you say No, just tell , I’ll never bla Ru Hiana, Chi-Woo became ashauel had felt Chi-Woo wanted her to stop, but Ru Hiana was even kneeling and bowing to hi to do anything, however crazy, if I could just save Ruahu” Her eyes atery with tears “I swear by the Ru family’s name Please help, please—”
Chi-Woo understood her state of mind It seemed Ru Amuh was a companion she treasured more than her own life, but the problem was that Chi-Woo wasn’t a hero He had come to Liber not to save it, but for his own personal reasons
‘It’s not a difficult thing to tell her’ However, it wouldn’t even make a difference Chi-Woo could only i it for many years; there was no way that Ru Hiana would be able to do it in a few days Irresponsibly telling her the ive hihto in her place at all, either
If their enewi, there was ato confire after co all the way here Since Chi-Woo was just human, he wanted to meet his brother in the safest way possible
‘I can’t…deny this part of h Chi-Woo could differentiate between right and wrong, he put his safety and life first
(Neutral)
Chi-Woo recalled this word on his user inforh, he rejected her “Even if I tell you the method, you won’t be able to do it, Ms Ru Hiana And I’m not sure if it’ll even work”
“I’m—!”
“To say it more precisely, it’s not like you can’t do it, but even if you do, it won’t work for you”
“Then—”
“That’s enough,” the captain sharply said “Didn’t you hear what that guy said just now? He saw your friend’s soul” She didn’t extrapolate further, but everyone got the o since her friend had probably died already
However, Ru Hiana couldn’t control her heart even though she was a hero, so she continued to look up at Chi-Woo with pleading eyes She wanted him to tell her that it wasn’t too late On the other hand, Chi-Woo was also not certain about this nize it immediately?’