25: Tsukimine Shrine

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The members of X1 appeared in a forest area in the middle of the night somewhere.

"It's nighttime here? Seriously? I hope we don't get jetlagged," Minhee chuckled.

"So, where are we exactly?" Seungyoun looked around.

Thankfully, the moon was full and bright enough to provide decent illumination in the surrounding area. Just a walking distance away, the fourth rulers of Hallyu could distinguish a large Cherry Blossom tree and several hints that they were in a religious shrine. When the coast was clear, they emerged from behind the trees and went near the solitary Cherry Blossom Tree.

"Wow, this tree stores great magic," Yohan commented when he touched the tree.

"Why do we have to arrive in this universe at night? We cannot do much at this hour," Dongpyo whined.

"We also don't have anything to spend on accommodation," Hangyul pointed out. "We don't even know what currency this universe is using."

"Any help from the supernatural will do," Eunsang pleaded to the cosmos in a hushed voice.

And as if the heavens had heard Eunsang, a teenage girl with short brown hair and wings behind her back landed in front of X1. When she gained stable footing, the wings turned into swirling masses and reconstituted as a card in her hand.

"Who are you?" the girl gently asked with her six-pointed star staff being held forward using her two hands. The girl was speaking a language that was not prominent in Hallyu.

Having an idea who the girl might be, X1 introduced themselves in the girl's language, "Fly high, X1! Hello, we are X1!"

"X1-san? Like the fourth rulers of the Kingdom of Hallyu?" the girl questioned.

"Yes," Eunsang had to use his Photokinesis to better illuminate the immediate area.

"Hoeh! I'm sorry for acting aggressively," she visibly relaxed. "I am Kinomoto Sakura. Nice to meet you."

"The pleasure is all ours. We are honored to be personally meeting one of the Four Founders of the Arcanus Alliance," Seungwoo did not hesitate to return the compliment.

 We are honored to be personally meeting one of the Four Founders of the Arcanus Alliance," Seungwoo did not hesitate to return the compliment

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"I don't want to sound rude but may I ask why are you here?" Sakura asked.

"Unfortunately, we are here to meet you due to an emergency," Wooseok stated.

"An emergency?" Sakura noticeably flinched. "If you want, we could talk about it at my house."

"That would be fantastic. Thank you very much."

They were about to go when a group of five people teleported in a light yellow tornado.

They were about to go when a group of five people teleported in a light yellow tornado

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