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Chapter 24 : Awakening
It was early morning, before the sun had even begun to rise.
Ga-yeon was running along the dimly lit walking path of a park. Dressed in a pink tracksuit, she passed the occasional early jogger heading out for exercise.
Only for a moment.
They vanished from her field of view almost instantly.
It wasn’t that Ga-yeon had stopped.
Ëńùḿ а
She was simply running too fast, leaving them behind.
“…Maybe I should pick up the pace a little more.”
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Despite already running far faster than any adult could manage, Ga-yeon wasn’t satisfied with her speed.
If she was serious about becoming stronger, then she had to train with everything she had.
Ignoring the startled looks she left behind, Ga-yeon pushed more strength into her legs.
“Was it here?”
Е ṅǔ m ā.іd
The place she stopped at was a wide, open clearing tucked away in one corner of the park.
Elementary school kids often gathered here after classes, but at this hour it was completely empty. Better yet, it was far removed from the main walking paths residents used, making it relatively safe from prying eyes.
After checking once more to make sure no one was around, Ga-yeon quietly moved her lips.
“When the boundary of the world was broken, another world revealed itself.”
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At the incantation, a now-familiar red landscape washed over the clearing.
The reason she had come to such a secluded place at such an early hour—
Ẽ ń um a
Was to retrace the realization she’d gained during her battle with Rania a few days ago.
“I’m sure I did it like this back then, right?”
Transforming into Unibel, Ga-yeon extended her staff forward.
The image she focused on was compression.
Not spreading power outward, but gathering it in.
“Flare.”
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A red flame bloomed in front of her.
Up to that point, everything was the same as usual.
“Hah!”
With a short shout, she focused her mind. The flame began to flicker.
But unlike on the rooftop before, its movement was unstable.
The flame wavered, shifting between red and blue, trembling more and more by the second.
Ѐń üm̌ а
At the sight of it, a memory flashed through Unibel’s mind—her own rampaging self reflected in Unibel’s memories.
Bang!
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With a surprisingly cute explosion for its size, the flame vanished into thin air.
A clear failure.
She knew the reason.
Fear—fear of rampaging again—had broken her concentration midway through.
W̃е.b̆n̄о v̊ е̃l̊ Е̃n̆ ǔṁ а
“…Flare.”
Bang!
“Flare.”
Bang!
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No matter how many times she tried after that, the result didn’t change.
If anything, the more she tried, the shorter the flame lasted.
Е̌ ǹ ǔ m̄ ӓ
Before she realized it, thick beads of sweat had formed on Unibel’s forehead.
“Haa… haa…”
Breathing heavily, Unibel slumped down onto the ground.
Even she thought it was pathetic.
A magical girl who couldn’t even control her own magic because she was scared.
If her teacher saw this, they’d definitely be disappointed.
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Unibel rummaged through her pocket and pulled out a silver gem.
A transparent, star-shaped crystal—Starlight.
『Would you like to increase your level by 1?』
Just like Ha-ran had told her, bringing it close to her chest caused a translucent window to appear in midair.
Starlight, obtained by defeating monsters, was said to be a mysterious ore that strengthened a magical girl’s power. Rania’s overwhelming strength was supposedly thanks to it.
But—
Ѐn u m a
—It’s better not to use it if you can help it.
Why?
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—Once you let it take root in your body, you can never go back to how you were.
Now, Ga-yeon understood.
Ha-ran wasn’t nearly as bad a person as she’d first thought.
When she said that, her face hadn’t belonged to a middle school girl—it was the face of a warrior.
W е bnо̇ v̆ѐ l̈ Е́nu m̈ а
Ga-yeon didn’t fully understand what Ha-ran meant by “going back to normal,” but she could tell it wasn’t anything good.
—…Because you’re talented.
Moongmoong had said that.
That she had exceptional talent.
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Ha-ran had said something similar.
That even without relying on things like that, she could become strong.
Ŵ е̌ ḃñ о̇vе l̊ Ëñ ǔm̄ā
“Honestly… everyone just says whatever they want.”
Putting the Starlight away, Unibel stood up.
It wasn’t like she had no clues at all. After her fight with Rania, she had a rough sense of what she needed to do.
What remained was her own will.
Just as she steeled herself to try again, someone appeared in front of her.
“…Teacher?”
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Unibel’s blue flame—Azure Fire.
In the original story, she wouldn’t awaken to it until much later, during a desperate battle against another Comet-class monster.
With no one to help her, surrounded by repeated brushes with death, it would bloom at the very last moment.
But Woo-jin had no intention of letting things go that way.
Unlike the fiction of the original work, this was reality.
Еn üm̃ а̌.і d
Even a small variable could drastically change the outcome.
In the worst case—
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Unibel could suffer a serious injury before ever mastering Azure Fire.
That was why Woo-jin had sought out Ha-ran first.
So she could guide Unibel indirectly toward that path.
“…I really am a coward. And pathetic,” Unibel muttered, her shoulders slumped.
W̆ e b ń.ӧv́е̄ l Ё ňu m̄_a
“No, you’re not.”
Woo-jin shook his head as he looked at her.
He was genuinely surprised.
He hadn’t expected her to grasp the essence of Azure Fire already, without any direct intervention.
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“But it’s true. I get scared of my own magic and can’t even use it properly.”
“Are you scared of getting hurt?”
W̌ е̊b̈ ñ о v ёľ Е_n̈u m â
“Th-that’s not it!”
Unibel shouted, then froze, looking more startled than Woo-jin himself.
“I mean, of course I don’t like pain, but I was prepared for that from the start…”
“Then what is it?”
“I guess… I’m scared that I’ll rampage again and hurt other people. And this time, Ha-ran won’t be there to stop me.”
“That’s not being a coward.”
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Unibel slowly lifted her head.
“That’s being kind.”
Woo-jin placed his hand on her head, the soft texture of her hair brushing against his palm.
Unibel stared up at him blankly, clearly caught off guard.
“Want to try again?”
“Huh? B-but—”
Е núm̊а .і̌ d̀
Unibel hesitated.
Even after mentioning the risk of rampaging, Woo-jin hadn’t moved an inch.
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At this distance, he’d definitely be caught up in it.
“Then at least move farther away—no, get out of the barrier first!”
“Then I won’t be able to help you if you’re in danger.”
His calm reply made Unibel feel frustrated.
Еnuma.і̄d
He didn’t know what she looked like when she rampaged.
Even Rania, far stronger than Unibel, had been injured trying to restrain her.
There was no way an ordinary human like him could stop her.
“Flare.”
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After agonizing over it, Unibel made up her mind.
She’d deliberately fail over and over until he gave up.
W̄ė bǹ о̀v.e l Е n̈ ům ȧ
A red flame bloomed between Unibel and Woo-jin.
Maybe because she wasn’t forcing any changes, the flame—normally sputtering out almost instantly—remained stable even as time passed.
Woo-jin watched silently.
He didn’t step away from the flame. He didn’t flinch.
Just stood there calmly.
Seeing him like that made Unibel tremble.
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She was more nervous than she’d been when a teacher checked her summer vacation diary back in elementary school. For reference, she’d only written the first page—the rest had been completely blank.
“I-it’s fine now, right? See? I failed again.”
She canceled the magic and spoke awkwardly.
Her acting was terrible—bad enough that anyone could tell it was fake.
“Isn’t that different from earlier?”
“H-huh? Earlier?”
Е̊ n ùḿ_a. і̊ d̀_
“I thought you said the flame turned blue.”
“Th-that was just… really rarely… sometimes… I don’t even know how I did it…”
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“Then let’s keep going until it happens. I’ll help you.”
Unibel’s face went pale.
“Don’t worry about me getting hurt. That won’t happen.”
“How can you be so sure?”
W̆ е́ b nǒ v̆ еl Е ñu m̆ а
“Because I trust you.”
The words she’d been about to say caught in her throat.
Her teacher was always like this.
Even without clear reasons or evidence, he trusted her completely.
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And somehow, every time, her anxiety melted away.
Hearing him speak made her feel like she could really do anything.
Ĕṅůmа̄
But this is different.
She tightened her cheeks, refusing to let herself relax.
This involved her teacher’s safety. She couldn’t take it lightly.
As Unibel kept shaking her head, Woo-jin felt his own frustration grow.
Azure Fire was a crucial magic that would compensate for Unibel’s biggest weakness—her lack of firepower.
To exaggerate only slightly, Unibel with Azure Fire and Unibel without it were practically two different people.
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He wanted her to awaken it here and now.
But the person herself was desperately resisting.
…I guess there’s no choice.
Woo-jin made a decision.
Even if she ended up hating him, he’d have to be forceful.
“…T-teacher?”
Е̄.ñumа̊
“I’ll help.”
Unibel’s voice shook.
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Because suddenly, he had moved behind her.
And not only that—his arms wrapped around her waist as he reached forward to grip her staff with both hands.
In simple terms—
She was being held from behind in a back hug.
Е̇ n̆û m̂а . i d
His breath tickled the back of her neck.
This was the first time in her life she’d ever had this kind of contact with the opposite sex.
Unibel’s face instantly burned red.
“Face forward and focus.”
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“Y-yes!”
She forced her racing heart to calm down and answered. If her teacher trusted her this much, then she would trust him too.
Ê ň ŭ m̃ a . і̄ d̆
There had to be a reason he was going this far.
“Let’s try again. If it feels dangerous, you can stop midway.”
“Yes. I’ll try! Flare!”
Steeling herself, Unibel shouted.
“Picture the image from when you first recreated it!”
“Yes!”
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She nodded, steadying her breathing.
The flame expanded rapidly.
Swelling as it swallowed the air around it, the fire grew so large it looked threatening just to behold.
As Unibel instinctively tried to retreat, recalling her failures, her teacher supported her firmly from behind.
As if telling her not to be afraid—that he’d protect her.
She desperately suppressed the flame, which thrashed like a flare erupting around a massive sun.
Ѐnum ӑ
The fire resisted at first, but gradually stabilized, its form slowly shrinking.
“You’re doing great. Just a little calmer.”
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Just as Unibel began to feel excited at the sight of the controlled flame, he gently grounded her.
She couldn’t forget.
Her teacher was right behind her.
If what she held in her hands exploded now, it would be an irreversible disaster.
Ёñ u m а́
…I can’t fail.
Maybe her anxiety showed on her face.
The flame, stable just moments ago, began to twist again.
A clear sign of rampage.
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She had to cancel the magic before it detonated.
“Step back!”
Е̂ ǹ um а
“Just as I thought.”
His calm voice stood in sharp contrast to her panicked cry.
The next moment, his hands left the staff and pulled her into a firm embrace.
“…T-teacher!?”
Her voice cracked in surprise.
What was he doing at a time like this?
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“Look. It’s stable now.”
“…Huh?”
“I thought so. You keep failing because you’re scared.”
He pointed ahead.
The flare, which had been raging like a wild colt, was calm again.
“I don’t know if it’s fear or anxiety, but your hands have been shaking this whole time.”
W̌ е̌ bn̄о̄v el̇ _Е́ ñüṁа
“Ah…”
“You’re not bad at controlling magic, Ga-yeon. Your hands are just shaking, so the magic follows. Watch your hands as you control it and try again.”
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She followed his advice.
The flame responded to her will so easily it felt ridiculous that she’d been so scared before.
Whoosh.
Seeing the blue flame floating in midair, Unibel’s eyes trembled.
Е̄ nǔ mа̀
“How is it? Easier than you thought, right?”
“T-teacher, you’re…”
“Hm?”
“You’re really amazing!”
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Overwhelmed, Ga-yeon turned around.
Before she realized it, she had thrown her arms wide and hugged him tightly.
Ě ńum̄ ǎ . і̌ d̄
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