I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 77

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77.

 

 

 

 

“You’re trying to absorb this.”

 

At Seon-o’s question, who had perfectly understood why Wolbi was searching for Rift Sound Stones through his recent experience, wariness returned to Wolbi’s eyes.

 

Wolbi had also succeeded in absorbing the Rift Sound Stone after consuming it.

 

The power gained in return was tremendous, but that didn’t mean she wanted to experience such trickery twice. The Rift Sound Stone might be absolutely necessary for Seon-o as well. However, he acknowledged that Wolbi, who had arrived here first and even attempted Disguise Infiltration at the risk of her life, had priority.

 

Seon-o muttered as if exasperated.

 

“You’re going to keep doing this every time… Good grief…”

 

He suddenly wondered what kind of hallucination Wolbi had seen, but there was no way he could get an answer.

 

Seon-o, who had handed the sound stone to Wolbi, rubbed his throbbing shoulder and grumbled.

 

“Well, I understand everything, but don’t go looking for these bastards for a while since it’s dangerous.”

 

The worried voice stabbed deeply into Wolbi’s unguarded heart, making her dark blue eyes flinch.

 

“You saw it, right? How these bastards made you helpless?”

 

There was no mockery mixed in his sighing voice. Seeing the faint worry in Seon-o’s eyes, Wolbi’s lips parted slightly.

 

“And don’t go around telling everyone you’re a Super-Deity, please.”

 

When Wolbi didn’t answer and stiffened while glaring at Seon-o, he sighed again as if truly worried.

 

‘Sigh, really, what are you trying to do, kid.’

 

At the sound of that sigh, something surged up in Wolbi’s throat.

 

It was because she remembered her childhood, when only children with parents could enjoy such nagging, and how she used to envy that nagging.

 

“Oh my, who told you to go in there! You can’t live like this! I told you not to go because it’s dangerous! You can’t go again, okay?”

 

Even when she came back covered in dirt and wounds all over her body, wanting to hear that worried voice, there wasn’t a single person who worried about Wolbi. Only harsh beatings would come for dirtying her clothes.

 

One day, when she was beaten until her calves were tattered, Wolbi realized a cruel and sad truth.

 

That she was alone in this world, that no one worried about her, and that everyone only wanted to use her.

 

But this strange Phoenix candidate had not only blocked her path to protect her, but was also giving her the sound stone she had risked her life to obtain, without any compensation.

 

Moreover…

 

“…”

 

He was nagging her.

 

As if she was someone important.

 

But it was already too late. Now? She had already decided to be alone until death.

 

Suddenly surging rebelliousness made Wolbi’s eyes sharp again.

 

No matter how strong a human who had absorbed a Rift Sound Stone might be, she would never give him the right to boss her around.

 

“I don’t want to.”

 

When Wolbi bluntly gave her stubborn answer, a heavy silence flowed for a moment.

 

When Seon-o stared at Wolbi intently, she flinched inwardly but pretended not to care and glared at Seon-o even more fiercely.

 

Soon Seon-o answered nonchalantly.

 

“Yeah, then go look for them.”

 

It was a tone that said he wouldn’t care anymore.

 

When Seon-o finished speaking and turned around as if his business was done, Wolbi’s eyes wavered.

 

‘What…?’

 

It was an unexpected answer.

 

However, Seon-o was already taking steps without any lingering attachment.

 

“…”

 

At the sound of Seon-o’s footsteps growing distant with splashing sounds, Wolbi’s heart became inexplicably anxious. Eventually, without time to weigh this and that, Wolbi ran frantically and urgently blocked Seon-o’s path.

 

Seon-o’s steps, which were just about to leave the cave, stopped abruptly.

 

When he stared at Wolbi with eyes that seemed to ask what this was about, Wolbi’s lips twitched and moved.

 

“More…”

 

Wolbi, who had been biting her lips as if troubled, finally spat out the words that had risen to her throat like a duel.

 

“Shouldn’t you try to stop me more?”

 

At those words, Seon-o’s face became slightly bewildered.

 

“Why should I?”

 

Wolbi was left speechless by the logical question.

 

Why…?

 

Well…

 

Wolbi quickly found a reason and answered confidently.

 

“Because I’m a Super-Deity.”

 

Right, I was a Super-Deity. Humans liked Super-Deities. So Seon-o must have given me even a Yin Stone to make a good impression on me.

 

However, an unexpected answer came from Seon-o’s mouth.

 

“So what?”

“I’m not a Phoenix yet, am I?”

 

After giving that indifferent answer, Seon-o started walking again. As she circled around Wolbi, who was frozen in shock, Wolbi’s heart began to pound heavily.

 

“…”

 

Seon-o’s words were justified. Since Seon-o wasn’t a Phoenix yet, there was no reason to care for a Super-Deity, nor any reason to stop one. So to the current Seon-o, Wolbi wasn’t an important existence at all.

 

But…

 

The Yin Stone still clutched in her hand seemed to crackle and spark with lightning.

 

Feeling somehow emotional and biting her lips tightly, Wolbi suddenly dashed forward again and blocked Seon-o’s path in front of the stairs.

 

“Ah, what now.”

 

As Seon-o frowned, Wolbi glared at Seon-o clearly and gripped the Yin Stone tightly.

 

“Then will you stop me more when you become a Phoenix?”

“So if you become a phoenix, will you try to stop me even more?”

“…What?”

Seon-o, who didn’t immediately understand what she meant, asked back in confusion, but Wolbi’s eyes became clear as if she had heard an answer.

“What’s good?”

 

Seon-o, sensing something strange, asked sharply, but Wolbi just kept her mouth shut and stared at Seon-o without answering further. With an ominous feeling brushing the back of her neck, Seon-o asked again, urging for an answer.

 

“What’s good about it.”

 

Then Wolbi turned around and flew up the stairs in an instant.

 

“Wait!”

 

Before she could even chase after her, Wolbi’s figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.

 

“Tell me what’s good before you go!”

 

Seon-o cried out desperately, but no answer came back. An inexplicable sense of foreboding made goosebumps rise on Seon-o’s skin.

 

‘Stop you more, she says. What does she want me to stop? She could just not do it herself…’

 

Remembering the Neighborhood Kid who would always wait until she came home before causing trouble, Seon-o’s blood ran cold.

 

She didn’t know what it was, but she felt like she had made a big mistake.

 

“Ugh… I shouldn’t have saved her, damn it.”

 

Seon-o grumbled for no reason and sat down on the spot.

 

It was because her body, still struggling to handle the massive amount of absorbed Yin Power, seemed to be rumbling and resonating.

 

Seon-o, who had swept up her disheveled wet hair, looked at her fingertips that seemed to be vibrating.

 

It felt like she had gained something tremendous in exchange for absorbing the Yin Stone.

 

Glancing back at the storage, Seon-o experimentally flicked her hand, and all the moisture that had been soaking the inside of the storage floated up and scattered into the air, drying up.

 

She could feel that with that power just now, all the alcohol in the wine jars had also evaporated. There was no longer anything like Yin Alcohol in here.

 

“…”

 

What would have happened if she had fallen for the Yin Stone’s trick?

 

Ji-woon’s face that she had seen in the hallucination just moments ago seemed to float before her eyes.

 

For a brief moment, she had desperately wanted to hold that hand. Even after knowing it was an illusion.

 

“Vicious bastards. How dare they mess with family…”

 

But I ultimately passed the test of the Rift Sound Stone. And I also obtained what I wanted to obtain.

 

Moreover, I no longer had to worry anxiously about what the side effects of the Yin Stone might be. Her heart seemed to tremble with this unexpected gain.

 

After catching her breath for a moment, Seon-o groaned and got up.

 

“Still got a lot to do, Seon-o. Let’s go home…”

 

Seon-o, comforting herself, began walking with heavy steps.

 

* * *

 

Thud.

Thud.

 

When someone couldn’t hold out any longer and collapsed, Chae-gyo, who was sitting in front of them, licked her lips and burst into laughter.

 

“Oh my! Just three bottles? How weak, how very weak.”

 

Around Chae-gyo as she spoke, wine bottles were endlessly scattered about.

 

“Now then, who’s going to challenge me next?”

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