Reverse Fate

Chapter 6

"Hyungnim," Oh Jeong said, bowing deeply when he entered the room, glad to see Oh Gong awake again, even though his face was still pale and the wounds too visible on his skin.

"Oh Gong, how are you feeling?" Winter asked, following Oh Jeong in the room.

"Like hell," Oh Gong answered as blunt as usual. He tried to sit up a little and groaned in pain, making both spirits look at him in worry, "but it could be worse. I saw Seon Mi, alive and well,"

"Yes," Winter said, his frown turning into a small smile, "whatever you did, it kept her safe,"

"Yes, and it switched our powers around. Seems that I'm Samjang now," Oh Gong said flippantly, as if the knowledge wasn't important "you guys need to protect me now,"

"As we did before, great sage," Oh Jeong said respectfully, bowing slightly in his direction "Is there anything we can help you with now? "

"Now that you mention it," Oh Gong said, an evil grin appearing on his face, "I think we need to activate the legal team,"

"The legal team?" Oh Jeong asked, frowning slightly, but listening to Oh Gong's explanation.

Seon Mi was looking at the ball of raw power In in her hand, concentrating as hard as she could to keep it alive and steady. Breathing in deeply, her arm was tingling with the energy and how much she wanted to keep it even, the ball was flickering in intensity, growing bigger and bigger until it went from the size of a tennis ball to that of a football.

Even now, she could feel her tenacious control of it slip, as if she was trying to hold water in cupped hands, the drops slipping through her fingers.

"Okay, now slowly douse it," Ma Wang said, looking at her with worry, and Seon Mi didn't miss how he took a few steps back and went to sit behind his desk.

"How?" Seon Mi asked, looking at Ma Wan with a frown, starting to feel panic bubble up in her.

"You just do," he explained unhelpfully.

"I don't understand how," Seon Mi said, her voice slightly high-pitched. In her agitation, the ball of power growing bigger in her hand, and the tingling she had felt before was getting slightly painful.

"Perhaps you should think calming thought," Secretary Ma answered calmly from where she was looking, stepping out of the shadows.

"Calming thoughts?" Seon Mi asked, looking at the woman.

"Yes. This is how the great spirits use their powers. Ma Wang is perfectly in control of his thoughts and emotions. If you are calm, you can help guide your powers. Panic makes your powers act without you wanting too" the woman said, gazing with admiration towards Ma Wang before putting a colder look at Seon Mi, "of course a mere human as you wouldn't understand,"

"Calm thoughts?" Seon Mi said again, not listening to the woman anymore. Instead she closed eyes taking a few deep breaths and tried not to think about the power that laid in the palm of her hands.

Instead, she thought about going with Oh Gong the cinema or eating floss candy, she thought about him being alive and well. A smile appeared on her face and when she opened her eyes again, the ball of power was completely gone.

"I did it," Seon Mi exclaimed happily.

"Finally," Ma Wang muttered, coming out from behind his desk.

"Well, your instructions weren't very clear," Seon Mi shot back at him, glaring slightly.

"About that, I have a great idea," Ma Wang said, looking both relieved and smug, "since secretary Ma managed to teach you so quickly, the two of you can figure this out further,"