The Novel's Extra (0-100)

Chapter 58 - Change

Dorm 4, penthouse.

Chae Nayun was lying on her bed in this large, empty room.

Today was Sunday, and classes would resume tomorrow.

"Haa..."

Chae Nayun let out a deep sigh. Thinking about tomorrow, fear came over her. The result of her bet with Kim Hajin should have spread by now, that she was completely overwhelmed. Some people would feel elated, while some would worry. Chae Nayun hoped that the emotions directed at her would be schadenfreude rather than worry and sympathy.

But what worried her more than anything else was Kim Hajin himself.

"Smoking...."

Chae Nayun remembered her conversation with Kim Hajin in Norway. He had murmured that he quit smoking. At the time, she thought he was just trying to act cool, but with the information she had now, she had to believe that he had a reason for smoking. That with no one to rely on, he had to rely on an object to relieve his pain...

Chae Nayun fell flat on her bed.

There were ample traces of the harassment Kim Hajin suffered. Shin Jonghak's lackeys had written posts on forums and commented on his social media, and Chae Nayun looked through them all. Just like Yoo Yeonha said, she could hardly read most of them without furrowing her brows. Embarrassment, shame, and remorse became tangled up inside her into a complicated emotion.

Change of weapon and position.

Thinking about it now, Kim Hajin had experienced them first.

She read that Kim Hajin was originally a swordsman. Even so, he gave up on his sword. Most likely, it was because he realized his Gift wasn't suitable for it.

Abandoning everything he had worked towards his entire life, choosing an unorthodox weapon like a gun... Chae Nayun wondered what he must have felt.

Chae Nayun pushed her hand below her bed. From there, she took out a fairly big suitcase. She got up from her bed, then opened it. Immediately, her treasured memories resurfaced.

Inside the suitcase were hundreds of pictures. They were something she had buried deep inside her heart to avoid being hurt, but each picture was something she could never forget as they were taken with people she loved the most.

Her mother and her older brother. Inside the pictures, they were happily smiling together with Chae Nayun. The young Chae Nayun looked so happy that she teared up simply by looking at her younger self.

"Huup."

Chae Nayun held back her tears. Then, she picked up the short sword placed in the suitcase.

The sword was only about a meter long, but because it was enchanted with a special magic, it increased in length when it absorbed magic power. From what she remembered, the maximum length was about 4 meters. This mystical sword was gifted to her by Yoo Sihyuk eight years ago.

For the first time in a long time, Chae Nayun held the sword in her hand. Although it looked like a cute toy, it was a deadly weapon that was heavier than the world when she was young.

"What was my limit again? I doubt my magic power control was good when I was 8, but I remember it being around 2 meters...."

Chae Nayun imbued the sword with her magic power. The blade shot up and became long enough to reach the ceiling.

"Wow... I grew a lot."

Realizing something obvious, Chae Nayun stared at the sword for a long time. Then, just like how her master taught her in the past, she enveloped the sword with magic power. Her blue magic power rose up clearly around the blade.