HIDDEN CARD: Hidden Card

ESPER: Psychic [08]

"Huh, huk!!!! Please save me!!! Hey, there's someone here!!!!"

As I was shaking off the dirt from my body, trying to determine when to strike, I heard an urgent voice from somewhere. I turned my head in the direction of the sound and saw two male students running towards me.

They looked exactly like the boys we were looking for. Just as I was about to shout, "What on earth are they doing here?", a group of people approached from behind, kicking up a cloud of dust.

김여주

"…and."

It's a rhinoceros.

김여주

"Fuck, is this the animal kingdom or something?"

Rhinoceroses, a rare sight in Korea, were running ahead, not just one, but a whole herd. Their eyes, like those of the birds, were red, and their bodies were covered in something hard, like iron armor.

I saw a group of male students running towards them, being chased by them. The one responsible for all this. I held back my instinct to scream, "Don't come here," and reached out my hand.

…I wonder if I can avoid them and aim well. I'm not sure. Those two boys, moving around here and there, kept coming towards me as I reached out, making it difficult.

At that moment, I had no choice but to run towards them, bumping into them.

A massive shadow burst from the ground, swallowing everything approaching from afar. I held my breath, staring blankly at the sight. Only then, when I finally came to my senses, did I realize I was in someone's arms.

“Phew… If I had been just a little bit later, it could have been a disaster.”

"You were just trying to run over there. Do you want to get run over by those things?"

As if in a back hug, Hoseok's chest pressed against Yeoju's, and he pulled her closer into his embrace, whispering in a growl. Yeoju flinched at the sound of his breath in her ear.

김여주

"Oh, oh, no. That, that, that, let's let go of this."

정호석

"No. If I let go, he'll run away."

Uncharacteristically, I stuttered. I could feel Hoseok's heart pounding behind me, so I couldn't move, and my voice trembled as I spoke. Hoseok firmly replied, "No," and fiddled with his earbuds.

정호석

"Ah. Is this how I write it? I joined the female lead. I also found two male students."

한서준

— Haa, thank goodness. How's the heroine? Are you okay? Are you hurt?

정호석

"what……."

Hoseok, who was just moving his gaze and roughly scanning the female protagonist's body, saw the wounds on her neck, palms, and face, but turned his head away as if he didn't notice and answered calmly.

정호석

"I almost got hurt, but I stopped it. It's okay."

The heroine hesitated at the blatant lie and covered her wounded hand. For some reason, she felt a urge to hide.

김여주

“…Why did you come here?”

정호석

"Because it seems dangerous to be alone."

김여주

“…It’s not dangerous. So now…please let go of this.”

As the female lead, who had become a little more composed than before, sighed and spoke, Hoseok paused for a moment before taking a step back from her. Of course, it was only one step.

The female protagonist, separated from Ho-seok, let out a breath she had been holding and raised her head. She saw the two male students, who had been being chased by the rhinos, collapse in front of her, sobbing.

김여주

"Hey… you guys, really,"

단미래

"Hey lady!!!! Up!!!!!"

As the urgent voice of the future was heard, the heroine's body was lifted into the sky. Her shoulders and back ached as if she'd been stabbed by a hook, but before she could even think about it, her body, which had been floating into the sky, began to fall at a terrifying speed.

I stared straight at the ground, trying to block the wind from my eyes. Six birds, their mouths open, flew toward the heroine floating in the sky.

Perhaps because the birds had already ascended into the sky, Hoseok's ability could only reach a certain distance, and Yeoju grabbed his right wrist with her left hand and reached out towards the birds.

김여주

"Focus… focus, Kim Yeo-ju."

Even as he fell from the sky, he was extremely careful not to let his powers affect those on the ground. And when the distance between the fire, birds, and the heroine was less than ten meters,

The birds disappeared without a trace.

김여주

"It was a success…."

단미래

"Hey lady!!!!!!!!!!"

정호석

"Ah, wait a minute!!! Be careful, heroine!!!!!"

As soon as the birds were gone, the sky opened up and the speed of the fall increased. It seemed like I would hit the ground within ten seconds.

The moment I closed my eyes tightly as I saw the floor getting closer,

Dungsil-

Trapped in a circle.

I cautiously opened my eyes, not feeling the pain I expected, and looked around to see a transparent membrane wrapping me in a circle, protecting me.

As her feet slowly touched the floor, the barrier burst like a balloon. As she stood there, trying to calm her startled heart, Mirae immediately ran over and embraced her.

단미래

"Hey, heroine!!!! Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?!?! Should I go to the infirmary?!?!"

김여주

"……."

Over Mirae's shoulder, which she was embracing, she saw Hoseok and Namjoon, who hadn't been there before. She stared blankly, not saying anything, and Namjoon seemed to sense her gaze as he met her gaze and mouthed something.

'are you okay?'

…it was the first time I was saved by someone.

Yoongi, Hoseok, Namjoon… no, they were all just unfamiliar to me.

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