I’m the Only One Who Can’t See Ghosts

8 – Regret

A pink chick claiming to be a strong wealthy girl with superpowers appeared. The chick said this.

“My soul takes the form of a young phoenix.”

“So what?”

“Well, that means my potential is extraordinary. I’ll become a phoenix when I grow up!”

“So you’re weak now, huh? Then I’ll give back what you said.”

What did this chick say again?

Oh right, it was something like this.

“Weakling, insignificant chick. Know your place.”

“Well, I don’t think I said anything like that…”

“?”

I looked quietly at the pink chick.

“I’m sorry. I don’t think I have the right to say anything…”

Did she finally notice my hostile attitude? The chick turned her eyes away slightly and said.

“I, I am also the granddaughter of Lord Jingga. It’s embarrassing to say it myself, but you could call me a silver spoon.”

“Oh, how much is your grandfather’s fortune?”

Well, if there is a decent financial compensation, there might be a slight chance of healing my hurt feelings caused by your disrespectful tone.

“What?! You don’t know about Lord Jingga?”

“I really don’t.”

“It’s a prestigious family so powerful that even the Five Evils can’t ignore them…”

The Five Evils? I’ve heard that word somewhere before.

Right. It was a word that the neighbor often mentioned.

“Ha Jin-ah. There’s no one else but you to inherit the position of the head of the Five Evils.”

“Don’t you have any intention of inheriting the essence of the Five Evils?”

“You should be the next successor of the January 5th Secret Society.”

“Do you happen to know about the January 5th Secret Society?”

Do you keep thinking about inheriting the January 5th Secret Society from me? There is no one else who fits the role of my successor. I remember being annoyed by the way you operated.

But I never expected the existence of the January 5th Secret Society.

Oh, I didn’t see you as a follower of the January 5th Secret Society.

I can’t believe I fell for such a scam, pretending that I didn’t know about people with supernatural abilities.

I just distanced myself from people with supernatural abilities.

“Is this January 5th Secret Society powerful?”

“Of course, it is. It is known not only as the supreme power in Korea but also as the supreme power in East Asia. There are people in this world who don’t even know what Cheonji is, and I didn’t expect that person to be you.”

“Cheonji is not in Korea?”

“What should I say… Cheonji refers to the government, and January 5th Secret Society is considered the strongest organization among the private sector…”

I understood everything instantly. So Cheonji refers to South Korea and the January 5th Secret Society is the number one conglomerate? You explain it well.

“Now, the train bound for Muryangheuksu, Muryangheuksu direction is entering. We kindly ask all passengers to step away from the train.”

“Beep?!”

The train arrived at the perfect timing.

Ignoring the startled chick, I got up from my seat.

“Could the train bound for Muryangheuksu really arrive this early?”

“How did you know that the train bound for Muryangheuksu has a low frequency?”

Looking at his careless manner of speaking, he doesn’t seem to know the timetable.

“My family told me.”

I was speechless for a moment.

So the family knows detailed information about Pian Station.

Could this chick really be from a wealthy family?

So the chick and I boarded the train bound for Muryangheuksu. When I sat down, the chick naturally sat opposite me.

“If your family is so amazing, can you take care of someone who has been disrespected, including the value of saving you?”

“Does ‘조진다’ mean to destroy?”

“Yes.”

The chick hesitated and spoke.

“It’s difficult for a strong person above 천선. If they are a strong person around 천선, there is often a faction that follows them.”

“Then do you happen to know about Cheonsu, the boss of Hongdae?”

“Cheonsu? I’ve heard of him.”

The chick said.

“He’s definitely someone who received a divine sign about his hands, a master of supreme level. I heard he runs a club in Hongdae.”

“Yeah, can you take care of him?”

What answer would I hear? Could Cheonsu be someone who can be dealt with for the price of the chick’s life? I hope so.

“I’ll find out.”

“Do you really mean it?”

“I will be a true helper, and Eun-won will definitely repay the favor.”

With a smirk, the chick strikes a pose as if to show off.

Little does he know that pretending to be tough after being beaten up is laughable.

It’s not really satisfactory, but there is no other way. I decided to get on the chick’s side. In the end, there is no other option than this pink chick, who is the closest to success in the plan with the other students.

Suddenly, something unfolded outside the subway window. It was a sea of very dark and viscous liquid. That dark and thick liquid, the liquid I had played with before. It had a strange texture, and I thought I could make some money selling it as liquid putty to the nerds.

“Squeak!”

However, the chick, who looked slightly older than Jamsuni, seemed to have no chance of selling it, judging from his startled expression and how his head was shaking.

Come to think of it, Jamsuni also really disliked that liquid.

“Why do you keep squeaking? Are you called Bongchu? Did you know you were a real chick?”

“Th-this is something I can’t help. The form of my soul is a chick.”

“The form of your soul? Like a divine sign?”

Upon hearing that, the chick looked at me with an expression that couldn’t believe it.

“Don’t tell me you don’t know about the classification of the three generations of psychics?”

“Personally, I didn’t ask about psychics because of personal reasons.”

“The psychic who evolves their own body. The sorcerer who uses a ritual based on the principles engraved in their own soul. The mudang who handles other souls resonating with their own soul. That’s the classification of the three generations of psychics. Well, if you haven’t attended the psychic academy operated by Segas, you might not know. Most people have some kind of psychic ability that is nothing special.”

Oh, I see. That’s interesting.

I should have investigated a little faster.

It seems like I really listened well to my younger sister’s words not to inquire about other psychics.

I made a gesture to continue the story.

“So anyway, I am an evolutionist of spirits that evolves spirits, so I am greatly influenced by the instincts of spirits. Isn’t it inevitable for a chick to chirp? I don’t want to chirp either!”

“That’s true. Other than chirping, there can’t be any other instinct for a chick. It was simply because your personality was dirty that bothered me.”

“Eugh. I acted grumpy to avoid the imprinting instinct of the chick…”

Suddenly, the chick sits down and starts crying.

Speaking of which, what is the imprinting instinct?

“Cheep, it seems like it’s too late.”

“Why is that? Where does it hurt?”

“Please don’t speak so kind…ly.”

He is causing a scene even though I’m already on the chick’s side.

I had to take care of him properly.

So I decided to change the subject of the conversation.

“Speaking of which, why were you scared of outside the subway?”

“Why aren’t you scared?”

The chick whines.

“That’s Mulyang Blackwater, the ultimate negation. When it touches, it corrodes the soul and makes it negative. The soul can feel fear.”

“Negation? I’ve heard of that. They say it negates.”

“Negation is the opposite of the divine soul. It is the essence of our physical bodies. Every act our physical bodies do is a negation.”

I see. Our physical bodies are dirty.

Only the soul is noble, so they say.

But I wasn’t affected even when I touched that black slime.

I guess I was already so negated that I couldn’t see ghosts. Even if I touched it, it wouldn’t make a difference. Do you want to see me eat negation on top of negation?

“Those guys who threw you away. Were you friends with them?”

“They were talented individuals trained by our family. All of them, I trained with them for several years. Maybe one of the elders in my family tried to deal with me. Ha, do you think I would let that happen? Foolish. Those negating bastards…”

The chick’s voice trembled.

So this is what it feels like to sense pain in someone’s voice.

I wrapped the trembling chick in my coat. Come to think of it, she’s a girl, but I let her wear such shabby clothes.

Of course, I handed her the coat while boarding the chick’s coin. If not, I would have simply ignored her, whether she was a girl or anything else.

“Why did you follow me?”

“…because of the chick’s instincts.”

“Oh? What a strange chick.”

After covering it with a coat, I tried to return to my seat. But tightly- small hands grabbed onto my sleeve.

“I, I’m not a vulgar woman. I’m not someone who easily allows others to do something. Do you understand?”

“I know, it’s all because of the chick inside your heart?”

Looking at the girl holding onto me, a certain memory came to mind. Some memories took the form of thorns, piercing and rolling around in my mind just by thinking about them.

It was a day when the snow was falling.

My younger sister also held onto me like this.

“Oppa, don’t go.”

And I coldly pushed that child away.

I shouldn’t have done that.

I didn’t want to do that again.

I naturally sat down next to the girl. Then, she rested her head on my shoulder and made a chirping sound before falling asleep.

The sleeping girl’s expression looked peaceful. I tried tirelessly to find my sister’s face in that girl’s face.

But I couldn’t find that child’s face.

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That fact was a little sad.

“Damn.”

I sighed.

“This next station is Geumjeong, Geumjeong Station. The doors to exit are on the left. This next station is Geumjeong, Geumjeong Station. The doors to exit are on the left.”

And so, we escaped at the Pian Station.