Our Universe
Chapter 1: Inevitability Ep.2
Thursday, February 27, 2020.
A three-story mansion located in a sparsely populated area near Gyeyangsan Mountain in Incheon. The tightly shut front door opened, revealing Junyoung and Sangyeon, dressed in the guise of celestial foxes.
退魔師 이상연
"Are you going to keep going like this?"
天狐
"No~"
A brown haze appeared in Cheonho's eyes. A hazy mist enveloped him. Soon, Junyoung emerged from the fog.
天狐
"I guess it's best when you're in human form."
Junyoung stretched out both arms and shouted.
退魔師 이상연
"It's a good thing the mansion is located in a secluded area."
天狐 배준영
"I don't mind if you don't do that."
退魔師 이상연
"Why?"
天狐 배준영
"At the forest house, I was always in human form because of the high-level monsters hiding everywhere. But here..."
Junyoung walked towards Sangyeon with brisk strides.
天狐 배준영
"There are only humans. I may lose to higher-level monsters, but I will never lose to humans."
Junyoung pointed to Sangyeon's face with his right index finger.
退魔師 이상연
"...."
天狐 배준영
"Huh? Why are your ears red? It's not even cold..."
退魔師 이상연
"If you've said everything you wanted to say... shall we go?"
Sangyeon cleared his throat and lightly pushed Junyoung away. Junyoung smiled faintly and turned around.
退魔師 이상연
"phew..."
Sangyeon sighed softly as she watched Junyoung walk ahead, humming a pleasant tune.
Junyoung. Don't you know? How beautiful you are when you're human? He'd repeated those words in his head dozens of times. Sangyeon was still completely captivated by the celestial fox known as Junyoung.
退魔師 이상연
"What did you want to do most when you came down to the human world?"
天狐 배준영
"Well. There's nothing I really want to do... but there are things I want to see."
退魔師 이상연
"What is that?"
Junyoung turned his gaze to the flower buds hanging from the tree branches.
天狐 배준영
"There was a flower that my dad always left at my mom's grave...it was so pretty."
退魔師 이상연
"Do you remember? What the flower looked like?"
天狐 배준영
"Um... it was a pink flower and had about 5 petals..."
Creepy- A chill suddenly ran down his spine. Junyoung's face hardened and he stopped dead in his tracks.
天狐 배준영
"Hey. Stop hiding and come out."
유정현
"To meet my kind in a place like this. But what an uninvited guest."
Surprisingly, the person who appeared in front of them was an actor who is currently famous in South Korea.
天狐 배준영
"An actor? You're so shameless for a monster."
유정현
"Oh my. You yellow-haired one, you're Cheonho (天狐)?"
Sangyeon put strength into his hand holding the gun and blocked Junyoung's path.
退魔師 이상연
"Come here and touch even a single hair on this fox."
유정현
"Ugh...what should I do?"
Yoo Jeong-hyeon's head, which had been facing straight ahead, turned to the side. He heard someone else's footsteps at the left fork.
유정현
"An exorcist like you is too easy to deal with."
Pot- Yoo Jung-hyun reached out toward the left fork. A passport bearing the name "Kim Young Hoon" fell from the pocket of the unlucky man who had become Yoo Jung-hyun's hostage in an instant, without even knowing what was happening.
退魔師 이상연
"That deadly xx...!!"
Sangyeon let out a single curse. Yoo Jeong-hyeon placed a sharp blade against Younghoon's neck.
유정현
"Okay. If you don't want to see me in trouble, put that gun down right now."
Sangyeon bit his lower lip and put the gun down on the floor. There was no other way. The priority right now was to keep the hostage safe.
유정현
"Okay. Now bring that fox here. Hurry up."
Sangyeon nodded slightly and reached out to Junyoung.
靑龍 김영훈
"Who dares to touch me now?"
Younghoon spoke in a low, hushed voice. A blue-tinged longsword was summoned into his right hand. "Phuh!" Without a moment's hesitation, Younghoon stabbed Yoo Jeonghyun in the side with the sword.
유정현
"Ugh!...You...what the heck??"
靑龍 김영훈
"Get lost."
Younghoon thrust the knife deeper into Yoo Jeonghyun's side.
유정현
"Kyaaaaak!!"
Yoo Jeong-hyeon was completely destroyed with a loud roar and turned into fine dust.
靑龍 김영훈
"after..."
Younghoon closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The sword in his hand vanished. It was a strange, alien energy, neither evil nor good, something he had never felt before. Sangyeon quickly picked up the gun he had placed on the floor.
退魔師 이상연
"Hey. What are you?"
Is that the Spiritus exorcist family's gun? Younghoon smiled faintly and closed the distance between them.
退魔師 이상연
"If you don't stop, I'll shoot!"
Younghoon shook his right index finger up and down. The gun in Sangyeon's hand rattled. A look of bewilderment spread across Sangyeon's face.
退魔師 이상연
"uh...??"
靑龍 김영훈
"Don't worry. I have no intention of harming you."
退魔師 이상연
"...."
靑龍 김영훈
"Seeing as you're carrying the Spiritus family's gun... it seems you're no ordinary person either."
退魔師 이상연
"You. What are you? The energy emanating from you right now is something I've never felt before in my life."
靑龍 김영훈
"Of course."
退魔師 이상연
"Of course?"
靑龍 김영훈
"Exorcist. Have you ever heard of the Five Guardian Gods?"
退魔師 이상연
"If it's the Five Directional Gods... then it's a legendary animal that represents the four cardinal directions of east, west, south, and north and protects the order of the universe?"
靑龍 김영훈
"As expected, you know exactly. Of course, you also know that the Five Guardian Gods reside in the bodies of specific people chosen by the gods."
退魔師 이상연
"Then...you, surely?"
靑龍 김영훈
"Yes, that's right. I'm a servant of the god Cheongryong, the guardian of the East. What do you think the odds are that an exorcist and a servant would meet in a rural village like this, let alone a temple?"
退魔師 이상연
"Well..."
靑龍 김영훈
"It's probably less than 1%. What do you think? Are you starting to let down your guard against me now?"
Younghoon's speech was flawlessly logical. Sangyeon nodded in agreement, his mouth closed.
Footsteps were heard on the second-floor stairs. Juyeon, who was busy preparing breakfast, turned her head. Younghoon smiled brightly and waved at Juyeon.
半獸 이주연
"Are you awake? Did you have any trouble sleeping or anything?"
靑龍 김영훈
"Yeah. But Jooyeon. What do you mean, it wasn't awkward? You and I are only one year apart. Talk comfortably. What's so great about Cheongryong?"
Younghoon's eyes widened as he turned his gaze to the table.
靑龍 김영훈
"Wow. Did you make all this? You're a great cook."
The table was filled with a variety of side dishes, diligently prepared by Jooyeon, who woke up early that morning. Jooyeon glanced at Junyoung's room on the first floor.
半獸 이주연
"I learned a lot while assisting Cheonho. My father was also a human being."
靑龍 김영훈
"I see."
半獸 이주연
“The food will be ready soon, so please wait in the living room for a bit.”
靑龍 김영훈
"You know, I'll just accept your wishes for now. I don't usually eat breakfast. Instead, I'll go out for a bit and make sure to join you for dinner later."
Among the five gods, there is only one god who is classified as a spirit rather than a god.
That god is the Yellow Dragon. The Yellow Dragon is a divine beast that protects the center. Rather than being the strongest, it mediates between the four gods to prevent them from clashing. It also warns the other gods of impending danger.
A few days ago, Urth coffee located in LA.
黃龍 최찬희
"The beings you will soon face... they are different from the enemies of the past."
Chanhee swallowed dry saliva and said.
靑龍 김영훈
"Different? What do you mean?"
黃龍 최찬희
"What they are after is not the lives of the Four Guardian Gods, but the lives of their followers... that's all."
Younghoon's face darkened.
黃龍 최찬희
"And what my brother asked me to find out before."
靑龍 김영훈
"huh."
黃龍 최찬희
"As luck would have it... except for Hyunjin, the rest of the family are currently staying in Incheon, South Korea."
At Sangyeon's suggestion that he might meet the servants by chance while working at the exorcism office, Younghoon decided to stay at the office for a while.
靑龍 김영훈
"As quickly as possible... I need to find the rest of the retinue and get out of the office."
Younghoon does not want the lives of those who are not connected to the Four Guardian Gods to be endangered.