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[CHAPTER 16]

"The Meddler"

"Where are you going?" Hakyeon asked him.

"I'll be back real soon. Don't worry about it, okay? Be good and wait here for me," Hongbin told him and gave him a kiss of reassurance.

It's been a week since Hongbin returned to Moirae's Edge on a short notice. After receiving the urgent call from Jaehwan and Wonshik, he had no choice but to return. It was for Hakyeon's sake after all.

Hongbin sat in the middle of the library with Hakyeon's book in his hands. The book looked as if it was alive, but in a very frightening way. The black ink started to ooze out, overflowing and unstoppable. The text was all jumbled up and scattered that Hongbin didn't even know what was going on with Hakyeon in the present time. Everything was morphing together than separating all at once. It was a complete mess.

Jaehwan suggested for Hongbin to see the new Supervisor of the Scholars' department as well as other Supervisors for their advice on what is happening to Hakyeon's story. But can Hongbin trust those people that he's never met before? Even his own Supervisor, Seo In Guk, was lazy and never inside the Library while on duty. Hongbin really doesn't know what to do.

"Still deciding?" Wonshik barged in on Hongbin's silence.

"Yeah," Hongbin sighed.

"You should just listen to Jaehwan-hyung and meet this so-called Supervisor."

"Have you met him?"

"Ran into him a few times but didn't talk much with the guy. He's a bit... scary."

"I don't think you have the right to say that," Hongbin mocked him.

"Whatever," Wonshik ignored it. "There's no point in just sitting here and doing nothing. Cha Hakyeon's story is a mess, even you can see that right? If we don't do something now, we might end up being too late to do anything if we stall time."

"I know, but I just... don't know at the same time. What if... we can't trust these people?"

"Like Jaehwan-hyung and I said before, if anything does go wrong, we'll be there to back you up. It doesn't hurt to try does it?"

"I guess. So, where do I meet this new Supervisor anyways?"

"In the main facility up north. He's in charge of all the scholarly research up there and everything the students report goes directly to him to monitor as well."

It took Hongbin a bit to really think about whether or not to take the bet and meeting this new Supervisor but Wonshik was right, it was better to do something while they can before it becomes too late. Either way, Hongbin was powerless, even if he didn't want to admit it.

"So what makes this Supervisor so special anyways?" Hongbin asked along the way as Wonshik led him to the north facility.

"Apparently he worked in the fields right when he got admitted to the department."

"In the fields?" Hongbin was confused.

"It's a rare opportunity but he was allowed to work on Earth and study the humankind in person. Almost like what you were doing except he did it legally."

"I see..." Hongbin sighed.

"Anyways, he's gotten a lot of achievement and helping the facility in their research on fate, like a step closer to the Goddesses so he got promoted to being a Supervisor right when he came back."