The Gift 2
Mr. Ho-jun, you can register right here.
The department store had facilities where anyone could easily register as a power awakener.
Normally, S-rank and above power awakener registrations were handled at the facilities operated by the Kangin Guild in Seoul, and the media coverage was almost inevitable.
But for Baek Seo-jun, who had no intention of attracting media attention or becoming famous, it was irrelevant.
After all, the power measurement devices and facilities were essentially the same.
“Alright, let’s go in.”
The staff greeted him with professional smiles.
“Welcome. What brings you here today?”
“I came to register as a power awakener and register my identity.”
Power awakener registration required a thorough background check due to the immense power involved.
Just looking at the villains should make it clear that power awakener could be far more dangerous than armed individuals. Therefore, anyone without a registered identity had to undergo an extremely thorough investigation when registering as a power awakener.
If he had come alone and handled everything himself, there would have been significant time wasted on identity verification and investigations.
However, there was a way to simplify the identity registration process.
“I came as his guarantor.”
Seomun Ye-jin declared beside him that she would serve as the guarantor.
The quickest way to register a power awakener with uncertain identity was through a guarantor.
However, providing a guarantee was not an easy task.
The guarantor had to possess a clear identity, be a power awakener themselves, and undergo a light check to ensure they had not been brainwashed or manipulated.
If the guarantor committed a crime while vouching for the identity, they would be treated as an accomplice, which created a dangerous structure.
If Baek Seo-jun committed any act using the identity he was creating now, Seomun Ye-jin would face legal punishment.
Although that would not happen, if Baek Seo-jun were treated as a villain, Seomun Ye-jin would be implicated as a villain by proxy and arrested.
“Understood. Then, let’s begin with a simple check. First, guarantor, please sign here.”
“Yes!”
The staff, upon seeing Seomun Ye-jin’s beauty, showed slight surprise, but they managed their expressions and focused on their duties.
Since all matters related to South Korea’s power awakener were managed by the Kangin Guild, this place could be considered a branch of the Kangin Guild.
They were staff who had received fairly strict training.
Measurement Value: SSS
The mental contamination check machine, which verified whether they had been brainwashed or manipulated, responded with normal.
Having confirmed that Seomun Ye-jin had not been tampered with, the staff then lightly questioned Baek Seo-jun.
“What is your name and age?”
“My name is Kim Ho-jun, and I am fifteen years old.”
Baek Seo-jun stated his alias and age without hesitation.
He might face issues later for using an alias, but he had a justification prepared.
He claimed that he had abandoned the name and identity of Baek Seo-jun after being sold to a villain at age ten and wanted to live as someone else, while his biological parents had wanted to silence him by killing him, so no one could blame him for using an alias.
“How have you been living during that time?”
“About five or six years ago, my parents abandoned me, and I learned from a female master whose name I don’t know in the mountains.”
Even though they asked about his history in this way, the fact that Baek Seo-jun was only fifteen years old was an advantage.
If he had been an adult male or even in his late teens, they would have asked more detailed questions.
However, they did not want to dig too deeply into the life of a fifteen-year-old boy.
“I will guarantee him. I know how Mr. Ho-jun has been living from when he was six years old until recently.”
Seomun Ye-jin volunteered to provide the guarantee.
“Here, Mr. Ho-jun’s parents abandoned him before… and he has been training alone in the mountains until recently, and now he has come down from the mountains after calming his mind.”
With the additional setting added by Seomun Ye-jin, pity was reflected in the staff’s eyes.
At fifteen years old, five to six years earlier would mean he was nine or ten years old, so it was thought that he must have suffered a heavy heart after being abandoned by his parents at such a young age.
“Do you know who this master is? If you could tell us where she is, we would be grateful.”
“She passed away last year.”
By the way, the Lamia who had been assigned the role of the master was in the form of a small black snake, sitting on the sofa in Seomun Ye-jin’s house and watching TV.
“Sorry about that. Then, please measure your power.”
The staff immediately apologized, but their expression did not shake much.
Finding people who had lost family or relatives in this world where villains were rampaging was not that difficult.
After cleanly apologizing and asking to measure power, Baek Seo-jun placed his hand on the measurement device and lightly activated his power.
“Now that I have the ID, you got the phone too, right?”
“Yeah, thanks to you, it was easy. Thank you.”
When I expressed gratitude, Seomun Ye-jin smiled bashfully. She looked genuinely happy that I had helped her and said thank you.
“Then, can I borrow your phone for a moment?”
“Sure.”
When I handed my phone to her, she immediately registered her own phone in the contacts.
Then, suddenly, she turned on the camera function and stood next to me.
“Okay, smile~”
Click-
Then, she took a photo with me, standing close.
“Hmm~ It came out well?”
Seomun Ye-jin looked at the photo she took with me with satisfaction.
Even in the photo where Baek Seo-jun and Seomun Ye-jin had their faces side by side, Seomun Ye-jin smiling brightly looked definitely beautiful.
“Yeah. I should pick only the girl’s face and use it as wallpaper.”
“Isn’t it a photo together?”
“It’s my face that I see every day in the mirror, so what’s the point of using it as wallpaper? It’s better to use the girl’s face.”
At my words, Seomun Ye-jin seemed momentarily at a loss for words. But it was not because she was dumbfounded; it seemed she had come up with a strange imagination from my words.
After saying that, I put the phone in the spatial pocket. If I put it in the spatial pocket, I won’t be able to receive calls when they come, but anyway, there was no one to contact now.
Because the only contact was Seomun Ye-jin in front of me, this girl.
“Then, miss. There’s something I want to ask, so answer me.”
“Okay.”
“Necklace, ring, bracelet. Which one do you like?”
“Uh… necklace?”
The girl did not understand why I suddenly asked that and answered in a somewhat hazy voice.
“Yeah, got it.”
There happened to be a suitable gem necklace.
It was one of the expensive spoils obtained by the villains, but I had personally infused it with my power and processed it.
It was just an accessory, but this necklace with my power added would serve as an artifact with powerful performance, not just a decoration.
“Miss, please stay still for a moment.”
I took the necklace with the blue gem embedded from the dungeon excavation that does not exist on Earth from the spatial pocket and hung it around Seomun Ye-jin’s neck.
Her face turned bright red from my action, but I put the necklace on her neck with a calm face and smiled.
“It suits you well. Look at it in the mirror once.”
I manipulated the power in front of her to create a mirror-like form.
While looking at the power mirror I created that reflects her own appearance, Seomun Ye-jin looked at her appearance wearing the necklace.
“A pretty necklace.”
Her pretty lips formed a smile.
“Does it suit your taste, miss?”
“Yes! I like it very much!”
With Seomun Ye-jin laughing happily, I pointed to her necklace and said.
“If possible, wear it. This necklace also has the performance to protect you. It’s a special product that’s unique in the world.”
“If you wear this, no matter what danger, she won’t get hurt.”
“Also, you can check her safety in real time.”
“If it’s like this, she won’t be in danger.”
Thinking that way, Seomun Ye-jin placed her hand lightly on the necklace and said.
“I’ll cherish it.”
* * *
I let my guard down.
The worst part is that even after experiencing something that surpasses my imagination five years ago, I forgot it.