The Chosen

Courtesy Call

The next thing the Chosen Squad saw after teleporting out of M By M's official residence is a spacious room that looks like an office. It was relatively large and spacious with simple furniture and decorations. When they arrived, SVT bowed down.

"We have returned, sir." S.Coups stated with a formal tone.

The Chosen Squad were surprised when the chair on the other end of the room rotated and revealed a respectable-looking man in a suit.

"Ah, welcome back, SVT. I assume everything went well." The aforementioned man said.

"Yes, sir. Allow me to present to you, the Seer Successor and four members of the Chosen." S.Coups introduced.

"Nice to meet all you. It's a pleasure to have you grace us and our province with your presence. I am Han Sungsoo, current ruler of Disple province" The said man stood up and bowed.

"Nice to meet you, I am Kang Daniel, the Seer Successor."

"Hello. I am Lai Kuanlin, the seventh Chosen." Kuanlin displayed his mark.

"Greetings. I am Ha Sungwoon, the eleventh Chosen." Sungwoon also displayed his mark.

"Hi, I am Yoon Jisung, the eighth Chosen." Jisung did what Sungwoon and Kuanlin did.

"And I am Lee Daehwi. Based on my mark, I am the third Chosen." Daehwi also exposed his mark.

Both Mr. Han and SVT members were mesmerized at the sight of their Chosen marks. After all, only a few people had even laid eyes on IOI's marks in person before.

"I have always wanted to see a real-life mark of a Chosen." Hoshi murmured.

"We all do, Hoshi-hyung." Woozi agreed.

"So, what brings you to our humble province?" Mr. Han interrupted the fantasy of SVT.

"Well, as you may have already known, as the Seer Successor, I was tasked to find and gather the scattered Chosen. In relation to this, according to the information given to me by BoA, one of the Chosen is residing here in Disple province." Daniel elaborated.

"Really? Wow, what a huge honor for our province to be, once again, the origin of another Chosen." Mr. Han exclaimed.

"Once again?" Daehwi pointed out.

"Yes. Once again. Two of IOI's members were from Disple province. I remember it was being celebrated by the whole province once it was officially announced." Mr. Han explained.

"So, being that as the case, we actually need your help and support for the search. Other than the general location, we have actually no idea who where specifically is this Chosen." Daniel continued.

"And from our experience, this Chosen may or may not have his powers manifested yet. So far, all four of us had our marks manifested just recently." Sungwoon added.

"Also, can keep this a secret between us here? We don't really like the publicity, especially since we are hiding from the Five-Pillars." Jisung hastily added to their request.

"Do not worry. I will have SVT to be your personal assistants until you find your fellow Chosen. Feel free to roam around the province. You are given special permission. Just ask SVT what you need, anything you need, and I will make sure it will be delivered to you. What's ours is yours. Also, your secret is safe with me and our magical troops." Mr. Han said to the Chosen Squad.

"SVT, please assist our very important guests in everything. I leave them in your capable hands. Please give them rooms to stay in your official residence." Mr. Han, this time, spoke to SVT.

"Certainly, sir." S.Coups answered in behalf of the team, "If you'll excuse us, sir, we will now escort our guests to their accommodations."

"Very well. I'll be meeting all of you again one of these days." Mr. Han dismissed SVT and the Chosen Squad.

Teleporting once again, SVT and the Chosen Squad arrived in front of what looked like a five-star hotel painted in the color Serenity. The Chosen Squad stood at awe with the building, Daniel even more so, simply because it was four-storeys high.

"Honored guests, we would like to welcome you to our official residence, Carat." S.Coups welcomed them.

"Are you sure you have room for us? There are thirteen of you, you know." Sungwoon stated.

"No worries. The third and fourth floor are always reserved for important guests like you." Dino mentioned.

Thus, all five members of the Chosen Squad were given individual rooms on the third floor. The rooms were very spacious actually, considering the size of the building. Meanwhile, they have noticed that with the exception of the third and fourth floor which are all guestrooms or bedrooms, the first and second floors have only four bedrooms each. The rest of the rooms were of unknown usage.

"Are you sure we are not intruding? Aren't there only eight rooms for the thirteen of you to share?" Jisung verified again.

"No problem at all. It has always been that way. I share my room with Wonwoo. Woozi shares with Mingyu. DK and Joshua have their own rooms. The six of us occupy the bedrooms here on the first floor. Hoshi shares his room with Vernon. Jun, Seungkwan and Dino got the biggest room and The8 and Jeonghan have their own rooms. The seven of them occupy the four rooms in the second floor. So, just relax and make yourself at home." S.Coups reassured, "By the way, hyung, please gather in the dining area. We are having our lunch."

With that, all eighteen current residents of Carat were now gathered on the dining area and were eating their lunches.