City of Backstreet Nymphs

39 – 039 – Oinoi and the Little Stationery # 3

039 – Oinoi and the Little Stationery # 3

Nymphs said they like to sing.

「Song of the ditch」 Is a song that nymphs especially like.

That was the song I sang earlier when I called the dog squirrel Kungkongi.

“This oinoi thinks there is another nymph sister somewhere… ! He wants to meet the nymph sisters soon… !”

Oinoi looked very happy as he recalled the existence of another nymph. And the strange liveliness really made me think that the wife of the moving center was alive somewhere.

“How can a person survive that long in that rift? I was locked up for about half a day, and I got sick.”

Lee Seon-ah, the older sister of Jin-ah Lee, an ill-mannered woman, couldn’t believe that her mother, who had been missing for 10 years already, would be alive and well.

Certainly, the cracks were too harsh an ecosystem for ordinary people to live in.

The thick magic of the rift is poison to ordinary people.

At that time, what came to my mind was the story of Yuari.

The constitution of an awakened person is inherited-.

Because of that, she had been exchanging stories with Lee Jung-hoon about an arranged marriage to give birth to the next generation of Awoken.

“There is a possibility that Jin-ah’s aptitude for magic has been passed down from her mother. Originally, awakening by magical power is limited to ages 15 to 25. Still, if you have a similar constitution to her daughter—”

Even if you don’t become an Awakener, wouldn’t it be enough to survive by adapting to the magic of the rift? I couldn’t say for sure whether this was possible or impossible.

But the song of a nymph.

And the boss’s dream.

I thought this was proof of that.

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“There is a high probability that your wife is still alive.”

“Is that real!?”

The owner of the moving center grabs my arm.

Those eyes, which had just come home from work and were tired, began to capture the light with vitality.

“Find me a wife!”

How long has it been since someone clung so earnestly to me? In the past, this kind of situation happened often.

I nodded my head as I remembered what happened then.

“I will do my best.”

Now there was a problem.

The door to the rift that the wife fell into closed by itself after a day.

Some rifts automatically close without destroying the rift core.

The problem was that when and where such a closed rift would open again—was very unknown.

It may never open again.

Why do alternate cracks open and why do they form-.

A mystery that humanity has yet to uncover.

I was curious about how I could reach the rift where my wife was.

What is a crack?

My head was filled with questions I had thought of while wondering why Oinoi came to this world.

Of course, I couldn’t figure out the answer.

However, the person who knew the answer knew roughly.

“Seo Yerim, are you busy?”

I went out to the yard for a while and called Seo Ye-rim.

I was trying to ask about cracks.

“Nothing else, do you know what a crack is? To be precise, do you know how cracks form and why?”

Seo Ye-rim was an S-class Awakener.

And the daughter of a conglomerate.

There was a high probability that she knew more information than others in many ways.

-I don’t know.

But she said Seo Ye-rim didn’t know, she said.

Then she felt like that. She’s got the feeling Seo Ye-rim prefers moving with her body rather than using her head.

He is a field worker.

“Then does Yuari know?”

– Yuari? I don’t know, but Yuari doesn’t know more! Don’t hang up! I’m going to call my dad. There is an advisor to our 5th industry department, and if he is about cracks—.

With that, Seo Ye-rim’s words suddenly stopped. She

She waited for about 5 minutes.

-Here it is. This is the thesis you wrote about cracks? It’s hotly listed. I sent you a text file by e-mail, so read it. You owe me one of these?

Knock-.

Seo Ye-rim ended the call with her.

I immediately went through the emails on my cell phone and opened the text file.

And I felt like my eyes were turning upside down.

“It’s all in English.”

It was a thesis written in English.

Now I see that the name of the author of the paper is 「A. N. Gate”. She was a foreigner

“Is it Dr. Gates?”

Gate is in the name.

Didn’t I say that cracks in foreign countries are called ‘gates’?

It was indeed a crack expert’s name.

The problem was that I was not very good at English. I was able to communicate lightly with foreigners, but I couldn’t interpret such professional papers.

Should I call Seo Ye-rim again?—I thought about it, but her hand stopped abruptly.

Because Seo Ye-rim seemed to put all of my help as ‘debt’.

“Thesis in English….”

Then Yuari’s face came to mind.

I saw in a drama that all medical doctors write and read papers in English. If so, Yuari would be able to do it too.

Yuari also wrote a dissertation on mitochondria.

Can I send the thesis Seo Yerim sent me to someone else?

I asked Seo Ye-rim, and he replied, [It’s a thesis that was published yesterday in the US anyway].

I was relieved and sent the text file to Yuari.

「Ari: Senior, what is this?」

The reply came right away in less than 10 seconds.

I called and told Yuari.

“Have you just received your thesis? It is said that it was written by a famous foreign authority on the 5th industry, but it was difficult to interpret because this was English with technical terms.”

– Is that so? Shall I take a look then? Just wait 10 minutes.

10 Minutes.

That was enough time.

I added a word before Yua Li hung up on her.

“If there is a written part about the reason for the crack, write it down and let me know. And if there is a written part about how cracks occur, take notes.”

But after talking about it, I felt a little sorry.

It feels like asking too one-sidedly.

“If things go well, I’ll buy you a meal. Now that I think about it, I’ve been getting a lot from you Ari lately. I’ll buy you some beef, so please.”

-Good!

It’s good that Ari doesn’t say no.

In 10 minutes.

Yuari called me.

– It’s about 20 pages long, so I read through it. There are many interesting things. I translated the parts requested by you and sent them to you.

I really thought this could be done in 10 minutes, but it really happened.

Ari is smarter than I thought.

So I work as a doctor.

After all, the doctors were great.

Just saving the injured person.

I looked at the translations Yuari sent me.

Even if it was translated, there were many difficult and unfamiliar words, but the part that Yuari emphasized was clearer than I thought.

「Everything has cause and effect. Cracks are not a sudden phenomenon, and there is a logical and scientific way to explain them.”

「Until now, the ‘random theory’ was dominant regarding the process of crack formation and its principle, but this author found an algorithm that can create cracks where desired through collaboration with Telos.」

An algorithm that creates cracks where you want them?

Is that possible?

I had no idea that the world was moving so fast.

And this surprising phenomenon was a boon for me.

An algorithm that creates cracks wherever you want.

I read more papers to find out what it was, and there was a mysterious story written on it.

「Cracks are pulled by intense cause and effect. Causality here can be a powerful awakened person, an object, or a place.”

Cracks are attracted to cause and effect.

It was difficult to say, but could it be interpreted as meaning that the entrance can be opened by artificially pulling a crack in this world?

If that statement is true, it might be possible to open the crack where the mother of Iljinnyeo Lee Jin-ah might be trapped.

# # #

“Did Dr. Newgate write this thesis? It seems to be something that hasn’t been noticed in Korea yet, right? It’s amazing. You forcibly open the rift. How much money did the experiment cost?”

Clap-.

Kang Cheol-min, an iron arm with a mechanical arm loaded.

He stuck out his tongue in the dark room without even a window.

Then Lee Jung-hoon, who was listening to this conversation, answered.

“It really costs astronomically. In Osa, we collaborated with the elves and experimented. If you open a crack and put garbage or industrial waste in it and close it, the environmental problem will be solved.”

“Really? Are companies more tech-savvy than we realize? So Ari, how do you see it? Do you think it can be realized with our current technology?”

“There is no bass at all. No budget.”

Yuari calmly shook her head.

At that time, Lee Jung-hoon spoke quickly as if he was breaking in between the gaps.

“I can support you with all the money and materials! All I have to do is go into the Osa group and secretly take out the documents. Our data is better than Telos! After all, we are the number 1 company. A leader in the 5th industry! Osa!”

Former S-Class Awakener Lee Jung-hoon felt good about having a role within the group.

Then, while manipulating Kang Chul’s arm, Kang Cheol-min punched Lee Jung-hoon in the back.

“Hey, the code name is 「Prince」. Would you like to have a chance to be active in the organization? Well, I guess we should control the rift control technology. It’s too risky to deal with at the corporate level.”

Kang Chul-min recalled the worst disaster that technological advancement could bring.

Early crack initiation.

How many people went missing and died.

As a 1st generation student, he knew the horrors better than anyone else.

“And again….”

Now his eyes slowly read the thesis written in English.

One of the causes of cracks.

Awakener with strong magical power.

“A strong awakener causes a strong crack to occur. Prince. This is why there should be three S-class Awakeners in Korea. That’s why each country intentionally controls the number of S-class Awakeners.”

The higher the level of the awakeners, the higher the risk of cracks.

How big of a disaster was the T-class rift that occurred when an S-class awakener was born.

‘Then, if an Awakener who transcends S-class appears in the world… What will happen?’

Kang Cheol-min smiled as he imagined that.

Because there is no such thing as an Awoken person in the world that surpasses an S-class Awakener.

Of course, it’s partly because they moved before they appeared.

# # #

“They say there is a way to open the rift. I guess this costs a lot of money.”

I told Jinah Lee’s family the truth.

Money.

The CEO’s expression changed in many ways at the story.

“Anyway, there is a way, right? Because you can make money!”

You just need to earn-.

It was my opinion, but it was clear that the amount wasn’t the issue.

Machinery of the 5th industry.

It must be incredibly expensive.

Is it an amount that ordinary people can afford to watch for the rest of their lives?

“Money….”

Lee Jin-ah frowned as well, clicking her tongue.

Looking at his expression, I felt an ominous feeling that he was about to rip people off somewhere.

At that moment, Oinoi trembled.

“This oi noi has a lot of money… ! This oi noi, I picked up a lot of coins under the bed or in the yard… ! There are a lot of them in the coin purse her grandmother gave her… !”

Jjallang-.

Oi Noi took out a red coin purse from her sweatpants pocket and opened it.

It was really full of coins, and the amount was quite large.

When did Oinoi save so much money?

“This Oi Noi, when you meet her nymph sisters, you buy that ‘land’ and the money you worked hard to save to build her a house… ! It’s all about using this money… !”

Saying that, Oh Ino I proudly stretched out her chest.

There was a very special reason for Oinoi to collect money.

Reason-.

Suddenly, the word ‘causation’ passed through her head.

“They said there was a reason for the crack to open. The cracks didn’t come to us. We were pulling the rift.”

10 Years ago.

The village streets at that time.

People who wandered in front of the stationery store.

What if the situation was created as closely as possible?

“Boss, do you keep in touch with all the people who lived in the neighborhood? All the people who moved to other places must have been moved by the boss. Yes?”

“Yeah, by the way. Why all of a sudden?”

“Even if we don’t have money, we have to work hard until we can do it. Please return the call so that we can all meet in front of the best stationery store in the near future.”