A mysterious thief grabs hold of one-half of an ancient artifact that threatens the lives of the wizarding community. Byulyi, a magical law enforcer bands together with Jungkook, her mentee, and Jin, a peculiar time-traveling wizard, to collect piec...
Minhyuk!? It can't be! The same thoughts whirled as Byulyi mindlessly gathered research papers from her brother's private laboratory.
She replayed memories of Minhyuk's last visit home. How he said he would be gone for two years, and had taken a job at the Hong Kong Museum of History. He even showed them his employee welcome packet. Two years became three, then three became five. Within five years, Byulyi and Seulgi did not receive a single call or text. All this time their brother had been in Seoul.
But why? Why would he lie?
Byulyi had always practiced keeping her emotions in check, but the quick thumping of her heart betrayed her. Unknowingly, she had held a file folder too loose, and photographs spilled down on the floor.
Secretary Mina saw the little accident and gently bent down to help Byulyi. "These are photos of the stolen jade stone, Byulyi-ssi."
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At the sight of it, Byulyi immediately felt her back turn rigid. The jade stone looked exactly like their family heirloom. The stone that completed their norigae. A memory unlocked a time when she knew how the stone felt in her once tiny hands. Back then she felt pride in keeping their heirloom safe but at that moment all Byulyi felt was the need to run.
"Um. Where do you want these?" Secretary Mina looked on with concern.
"Oh. Er-," Byulyi shook her head. "I- I'll take those. They need to be placed in the main evidence box."
Her brother was in the video footage. The stolen artifact was a replica of their family heirloom. It all hit her like a decisive blow.
Minhyuk, where are you?
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Park Seojoon returned from the city's Statistics Office with the suspect's biodata. When he entered the meeting room, he was welcomed with a tirade from CEO Park.
"I- I want him stripped of his title! His wand broke in half! And- and locked up in jail for eons!" Jaesang's face turned red as he paced back and forth. "Stakeholders are pulling out of projects! Have you seen the write-up?! They say we're a crackpot company! Customers are even calling to have their InvisiblePasslocks removed! We're losing billions every second!"
"Sajangnim, relax," Seojoon said sternly, his voice deep and commanding. "We already have a lead on who broke into the building."
"Yes. But-."
"First, we find Professor Moon Minhyuk. Then we find out how he broke in and fix the loophole in your security. After that, your PR people can throw a party that PSY Technologies is a safe company to put in money again. Understood?"
Jaesang huffed. "Understood. One step at a time. One step at a time."
Jungkook sat down and gave his boss a worried look. "What about the jade stone, sir?"
