'...' Elysia just stood silently outside the balcony of a hospital treatment room. She was still in invisibility, just staring emotionlessly at a patient in the room.
After several years had passed, she strangely didn't feel anything about that woman who had betrayed her in the past. One that Ali once loved.
Right now, that woman was just lying on the bed in a pale state. That woman had been in this hospital for the umpteenth time, and this was not the first time she was there.
Not only did she suffer from three terrible diseases, but that woman's future had also been ruined because of my infidelity, alcohol, and a few financial problems. For some reason, that woman had also lost all of her hair due to her diseases therapy.
'Ely, are we going to do it?' Elena tried to get Elysia's attention. She was aware that Elysia neither agreed nor disagreed with this action. Still, she would only let Elysia decide what to do.
'I, I can't do that. She has suffered so much, and karma has done everything for us. Yokouchi Ringo gets natural punishment for what she did. While the real mastermind is quite a lot. It turned out that not only one was involved. Ali was clearly not the only victim. She is just a puppet, a tool to bring down young entrepreneurs like Ali. Those giants want an easy business by swallowing company assets that they can take advantage of. The business world is truly cruel.' Elysia sighed as her conscience held her back from doing what Elena suggested.
'Very well, that's fine, Ely. I'm not forcing you to do anything. If you feel better by forgiving everything that has hurt you in the past, then let's turn over a new paper because you already have a new life. We also still need to think about our new surname, right? Our new little family.' Elena smiled warmly from within the Soul Realm.
'En, thank you very much, Sister Elena.' Elysia looked at the patient in the treatment room once more, then flew away like a gust of wind.
'Yeah, it's okay to be nice every now and then, but you need a bit more aggressive and active. Let's give those giants a little shake to their ego if it's necessary then.' Elena was aware of Elysia's current intentions, and she completely agreed.
Instead of dealing with the unimportant shrimp, it was better to deal with the mastermind like a boss.
"Hmm?" Ringo glanced at the window. She felt like something was watching her from there, but she reassured herself that it was just her imagination.
She felt like her chest was slightly relieved by something she couldn't understand for some mysterious reason. However, her chest felt a little sore after a while. She immediately pressed the emergency button for immediate medical assistance.
Meanwhile, Elysia was already on her way back to her hotel room. The return trip from Seoul to Busan did not take long because the distance was only about two or three hundred kilometers.
"I'm back." Elysia opened her hotel room door with a smile.
"Ooh~ Welcome back. I'm glad you came back sooner than expected or I'll be bored to death because our translator doesn't understand what I'm saying at all. She's not a multilingual expert, Ely." Sylvia waved her hand.
Vanessa just jumped off the bed and rubbed her body against her master's legs.
"Mm, thanks for waiting. Now is the time for us to go to breakfast and to the Esper Association. Shall we go now?" Elysia crouched down and carried Vanessa in her arms.
"Yes please!" Sylvia jumped off the bed. She had been ready to leave earlier.
"Uhm, please excuse me, but can you use a language I can understand. I don't know the language you guys speak at all. Is it the regional language of a country in Europe?" Eun-Hee raised her hand awkwardly.
It had just been an excruciating twenty minutes during which she needed to hear a lot of chatter from this white-haired foreign girl, but she couldn't understand a word. She used a good automatic language-translation tool, but it was completely useless. So, they just ended up staring at each other while waiting for Elysia to return.
"Ah, please forgive us. I may have forgotten to introduce you to my friends. She is Sylvia, and she is Vanessa. Have you had breakfast? We are going to the Esper Association to sell something, and can you come with us, Miss Eun-Hee?" Elysia waved her hand with a sharp move to change the topic of conversation.
"Mm, okay. We can go in my car. For the whole day, I'll be with you to deal with your language barrier problem." Eun-Hee nodded and got up from her seat.
"Hmm?" Elysia could see that the refreshing elixir tea she gave to Eun-Hee was still on the table. This girl didn't trust her whatsoever, but she was just being nice with no bad intentions.
It was a disgraceful act to waste such a precious elixir. Therefore, she drank it before they left the hotel room.
"..." Eun-Hee felt a bit complicated, but she stole a few glances at Elysia. She couldn't guess what this girl might be thinking at all.
Even so, she only guided her client's group to get into her car. She drove them to a small restaurant close to the Esper Association's headquarter.
"Excuse me, Miss Eun-Hee. Is this place really the Esper Association? It looks like an ancient herbalist shop." Elysia looked at the maps street view on her smartphone to display the building they would visit.
"It is indeed an ancient herbal shop in the eyes of ordinary people, but you will know what happens if you show them this identity card. I am one of the members. So, are you a member of the Japanese branch of the Esper Association?" Eun-Hee showed a white card between her fingers.
"No." Elysia shook her head.
"Oh, eh?" Eun-Hee was stunned for a moment. She was afraid to believe it, but she dared to ask in a whisper. "If, if so... What is the purpose of you asking me to find out information about the Esper Association then?"
"Not much reason other than to satisfy curiosity. Ah, we also want to sell some things for money. That's all." Elysia put her hands together.
"That's all?" Eun-Hee felt a little doubtful.
"Yup, that's all. We don't have much on the agenda in South Korea actually. After selling a few things, we'll just go for a walk before heading back to Japan. Everyone needs money, you see..." Elysia nodded with a bright smile.
"Ah, um, yes, that makes sense now. But, you're an ability user, right? I don't want to be punished just because I leaked sensitive information to commoners and brought them to headquarters." Eun-Hee heaved a sigh of relief.
"No worry. We're much stronger than you, actually." Elysia demonstrated a little fraction of her power by breaking the chopsticks in Eun-Hee's hand with just telekinesis-like power.
"Uh, alright, I'm convinced. It's the power of telekinesis with good concentration. One of the elders will test you if you offer him something. Please don't be surprised if you receive mental pressure. You just need to resist it, and all is ok." Eun-Hee picked up other chopsticks and ate her breakfast.
"Understood. Thanks for the reminder." Elysia resumed her breakfast.
After that, she had a little chat with Sylvia and Vanessa. Then have a light discussion with Elena and Rhea. Until they finally went to pay a visit to the Esper Association's headquarter.
Eun-Hee didn't mince words and went straight to a place some distance away inside the herbalist's building. She conversed with an elder, and that man guided them to another room.
An elder was sitting cross-legged in that room while painting something on white paper. Eun-Hee pressed her index finger to her lips and whispered. "The elder over there is Elder Wu Yeong-Jin. He is the one who will help you to sell anything of value. Hopefully, what you have to offer will catch his attention or something for the benefit of the association."
"That, of course." Elysia gave an ok hand gesture.
A while later, the elder finished painting his art. He folded the paper into a scroll and looked at the three girls by the door. "What are you doing there? Tell me why you came here."
"We apologize for coming so suddenly, Elder Wu Yeong-Jin. However, my friend here wants to sell something to the Esper Association." Eun-Hee gave a polite greeting in the local language.
"Is it like that? Uhm, if I'm not mistaken you were the college student who caused a bit of trouble at the auction house last month, huh? Well, where do they come from? They don't look like local residents and are definitely not members of our association." Yeong-Jin stroked his beard while observing the two foreign girls and the cat.
"You are right, elder. They're stong ability users from Japan who is traveling in South Korea. She needs money and only intends to sell something that might interest you or the association." Eun-Hee smiled awkwardly. She didn't even know what Elysia was trying to sell.
"Strong ability users? Then, let me test them." Yeong-Jin snorted arrogantly. He then applied inner pressure to the two foreign girls.
Ridiculously, his pressure was thrown back at him. He gasped and immediately looked for the culprit. However, only the girl with the cat looked at him with confidence.
"I presume we has passed your test. Introduce, my name is Elysia. I have come to sell high value items and some quality resources.. Allow me to ask this at the beginning, but can you or the association afford to buy them?" Elysia gave a slight bow of respect with a faint smile on her face.
'...' Elysia just stood silently outside the balcony of a hospital treatment room. She was still in invisibility, just staring emotionlessly at a patient in the room.
After several years had passed, she strangely didn't feel anything about that woman who had betrayed her in the past. One that Ali once loved.
Right now, that woman was just lying on the bed in a pale state. That woman had been in this hospital for the umpteenth time, and this was not the first time she was there.
Not only did she suffer from three terrible diseases, but that woman's future had also been ruined because of my infidelity, alcohol, and a few financial problems. For some reason, that woman had also lost all of her hair due to her diseases therapy.
'Ely, are we going to do it?' Elena tried to get Elysia's attention. She was aware that Elysia neither agreed nor disagreed with this action. Still, she would only let Elysia decide what to do.
'I, I can't do that. She has suffered so much, and karma has done everything for us. Yokouchi Ringo gets natural punishment for what she did. While the real mastermind is quite a lot. It turned out that not only one was involved. Ali was clearly not the only victim. She is just a puppet, a tool to bring down young entrepreneurs like Ali. Those giants want an easy business by swallowing company assets that they can take advantage of. The business world is truly cruel.' Elysia sighed as her conscience held her back from doing what Elena suggested.
'Very well, that's fine, Ely. I'm not forcing you to do anything. If you feel better by forgiving everything that has hurt you in the past, then let's turn over a new paper because you already have a new life. We also still need to think about our new surname, right? Our new little family.' Elena smiled warmly from within the Soul Realm.
'En, thank you very much, Sister Elena.' Elysia looked at the patient in the treatment room once more, then flew away like a gust of wind.
'Yeah, it's okay to be nice every now and then, but you need a bit more aggressive and active. Let's give those giants a little shake to their ego if it's necessary then.' Elena was aware of Elysia's current intentions, and she completely agreed.
Instead of dealing with the unimportant shrimp, it was better to deal with the mastermind like a boss.
"Hmm?" Ringo glanced at the window. She felt like something was watching her from there, but she reassured herself that it was just her imagination.
She felt like her chest was slightly relieved by something she couldn't understand for some mysterious reason. However, her chest felt a little sore after a while. She immediately pressed the emergency button for immediate medical assistance.
Meanwhile, Elysia was already on her way back to her hotel room. The return trip from Seoul to Busan did not take long because the distance was only about two or three hundred kilometers.
"I'm back." Elysia opened her hotel room door with a smile.
"Ooh~ Welcome back. I'm glad you came back sooner than expected or I'll be bored to death because our translator doesn't understand what I'm saying at all. She's not a multilingual expert, Ely." Sylvia waved her hand.
Vanessa just jumped off the bed and rubbed her body against her master's legs.
"Mm, thanks for waiting. Now is the time for us to go to breakfast and to the Esper Association. Shall we go now?" Elysia crouched down and carried Vanessa in her arms.
"Yes please!" Sylvia jumped off the bed. She had been ready to leave earlier.
"Uhm, please excuse me, but can you use a language I can understand. I don't know the language you guys speak at all. Is it the regional language of a country in Europe?" Eun-Hee raised her hand awkwardly.
It had just been an excruciating twenty minutes during which she needed to hear a lot of chatter from this white-haired foreign girl, but she couldn't understand a word. She used a good automatic language-translation tool, but it was completely useless. So, they just ended up staring at each other while waiting for Elysia to return.
"Ah, please forgive us. I may have forgotten to introduce you to my friends. She is Sylvia, and she is Vanessa. Have you had breakfast? We are going to the Esper Association to sell something, and can you come with us, Miss Eun-Hee?" Elysia waved her hand with a sharp move to change the topic of conversation.
"Mm, okay. We can go in my car. For the whole day, I'll be with you to deal with your language barrier problem." Eun-Hee nodded and got up from her seat.
"Hmm?" Elysia could see that the refreshing elixir tea she gave to Eun-Hee was still on the table. This girl didn't trust her whatsoever, but she was just being nice with no bad intentions.
It was a disgraceful act to waste such a precious elixir. Therefore, she drank it before they left the hotel room.
"..." Eun-Hee felt a bit complicated, but she stole a few glances at Elysia. She couldn't guess what this girl might be thinking at all.
Even so, she only guided her client's group to get into her car. She drove them to a small restaurant close to the Esper Association's headquarter.
"Excuse me, Miss Eun-Hee. Is this place really the Esper Association? It looks like an ancient herbalist shop." Elysia looked at the maps street view on her smartphone to display the building they would visit.
"It is indeed an ancient herbal shop in the eyes of ordinary people, but you will know what happens if you show them this identity card. I am one of the members. So, are you a member of the Japanese branch of the Esper Association?" Eun-Hee showed a white card between her fingers.
"No." Elysia shook her head.
"Oh, eh?" Eun-Hee was stunned for a moment. She was afraid to believe it, but she dared to ask in a whisper. "If, if so... What is the purpose of you asking me to find out information about the Esper Association then?"
"Not much reason other than to satisfy curiosity. Ah, we also want to sell some things for money. That's all." Elysia put her hands together.
"That's all?" Eun-Hee felt a little doubtful.
"Yup, that's all. We don't have much on the agenda in South Korea actually. After selling a few things, we'll just go for a walk before heading back to Japan. Everyone needs money, you see..." Elysia nodded with a bright smile.
"Ah, um, yes, that makes sense now. But, you're an ability user, right? I don't want to be punished just because I leaked sensitive information to commoners and brought them to headquarters." Eun-Hee heaved a sigh of relief.
"No worry. We're much stronger than you, actually." Elysia demonstrated a little fraction of her power by breaking the chopsticks in Eun-Hee's hand with just telekinesis-like power.
"Uh, alright, I'm convinced. It's the power of telekinesis with good concentration. One of the elders will test you if you offer him something. Please don't be surprised if you receive mental pressure. You just need to resist it, and all is ok." Eun-Hee picked up other chopsticks and ate her breakfast.
"Understood. Thanks for the reminder." Elysia resumed her breakfast.
After that, she had a little chat with Sylvia and Vanessa. Then have a light discussion with Elena and Rhea. Until they finally went to pay a visit to the Esper Association's headquarter.
Eun-Hee didn't mince words and went straight to a place some distance away inside the herbalist's building. She conversed with an elder, and that man guided them to another room.
An elder was sitting cross-legged in that room while painting something on white paper. Eun-Hee pressed her index finger to her lips and whispered. "The elder over there is Elder Wu Yeong-Jin. He is the one who will help you to sell anything of value. Hopefully, what you have to offer will catch his attention or something for the benefit of the association."
"That, of course." Elysia gave an ok hand gesture.
A while later, the elder finished painting his art. He folded the paper into a scroll and looked at the three girls by the door. "What are you doing there? Tell me why you came here."
"We apologize for coming so suddenly, Elder Wu Yeong-Jin. However, my friend here wants to sell something to the Esper Association." Eun-Hee gave a polite greeting in the local language.
"Is it like that? Uhm, if I'm not mistaken you were the college student who caused a bit of trouble at the auction house last month, huh? Well, where do they come from? They don't look like local residents and are definitely not members of our association." Yeong-Jin stroked his beard while observing the two foreign girls and the cat.
"You are right, elder. They're stong ability users from Japan who is traveling in South Korea. She needs money and only intends to sell something that might interest you or the association." Eun-Hee smiled awkwardly. She didn't even know what Elysia was trying to sell.
"Strong ability users? Then, let me test them." Yeong-Jin snorted arrogantly. He then applied inner pressure to the two foreign girls.
Ridiculously, his pressure was thrown back at him. He gasped and immediately looked for the culprit. However, only the girl with the cat looked at him with confidence.
"I presume we has passed your test. Introduce, my name is Elysia. I have come to sell high value items and some quality resources.. Allow me to ask this at the beginning, but can you or the association afford to buy them?" Elysia gave a slight bow of respect with a faint smile on her face.
