“The situation is quite bad.”
In front of the guild master’s office at the Cathedral, Kang Su Jin sat at a table, hands clasped against her chin, looking sternly at Lud and Yi Hyeon. Always stringent, her demeanor today seemed even sharper.
“It’s an erosion-type gate at an educational facility. And everyone inside the school is a non-awakened person! Do you understand what this means?”
“Yes.”
Lud and Yi Hyeon nodded. Erosion-type gates were known to be particularly troublesome.
Erosion-type gates start with the mobs outside the gate turning into a fluid-like state. Sometimes they dissipate naturally, but often they infest the building’s structure, leeching the life force of people inside. This parasitic infestation into the buildings is why they are named erosion-type gates.
Handling these gates is complex due to the real-world implications, including potential claims for damages from building owners. Moreover, the mobs dropping no items meant that few willingly took on such cumbersome tasks.
“But an erosion-type in a public institution? Especially a school, which should be careful with magistone management.”
“It’s not unheard of. Plus, that school had a low safety rating. I heard it was due for reconstruction.”
Responding to Lud’s question, Kang Su Jin pressed her forehead, looking pained, then sighed and relaxed her expression to look at them.
“Normally, under the unspoken rule, the Cathedral wouldn’t be able to intervene in this gate. But this time, the state has directly assigned us. So!”
Kang Su Jin lifted her hand from her forehead, lightly hit the table with her fist, and looked at them earnestly.
“There must be no casualties. Not a single one! Not one student can die! Do you understand?!”
“Yes.”
“Understood.”
The two nodded and left the guild master’s office, following Kang Su Jin’s gesture.
The seriousness of the situation was clear, especially from Yi Hyeon’s troubled expression.
“This is serious.”
Lud and Yi Hyeon looked ahead with grim faces. The entire school building was surrounded by a barrier made of magistone, and rescue workers in protective suits were busily moving around the school playground.
“Sir, please step back! Erosion-type is extremely dangerous upon contact!”
“My Siyeong is in there! How can you say that? Then rescue them! Please… please, I beg you! I can’t live without my child. Please…”
The area was swarmed with parents and officials. Watching a parent eventually kneel and plead with a restraining officer, Lud turned away.
“Daytime gates are this horrific…”
Night gates, usually devoid of such extreme situations, reminded Lud of the criticisms he faced for treating gate clearings as a playground.
From a civilian’s standpoint, treating gate clearings, which are disaster situations, lightly could indeed seem deceitful.
“Lud, let’s go inside.”
“Ah, yeah…”
Snapped back to reality by Yi Hyeon’s words, Lud headed into the school. Passing through the blue barrier, they were immediately hit with the toxic air.
A government official, wearing a gas mask and directing the scene, rushed over upon seeing them.
“Hello! You’re Lud and Kang Yi Hyeon from the Cathedral…!”
“Yes, we are the dispatched hunters. What’s the current situation?”
“Ah, yes! One moment, please!”
The official hastily pulled out a tablet, showing them the school’s layout and a map indicating the conditions throughout the building.
The map already showed most of the school’s interior marked in purple slashes, indicating extensive erosion.
“As you can see, all floors except for the library are eroded. The safety devices were outdated, so the erosion spread incredibly fast.”
The official enlarged the map and pointed to the east corridor of the school, where the magistone storage was marked.
“The origin point is here. The building stores magistones in various places, using the balance of their power for protection. If one side fails, the power weakens. It seems there was an issue with the magistones on this side.”
The official clenched and unclenched his fist, looking anxious. Lud frowned and asked.
“What about the survivors’ rescue?”
“Only the first floor has been evacuated. Rescue workers can’t enter the upper floors. Non-awakened and D-grade awakeners can’t last long even with gas masks.”
Thankfully, most of the third-year students were absent due to the end of college entrance exams a week ago, the official explained, resizing the enlarged map on the tablet to its original scale.
“Those rescued are being treated in an unaffected annex, but the situation is not good.”
Realizing the gravity, Lud and Yi Hyeon exchanged looks. Without needing a word, Yi Hyeon spoke up.
“I’ll go to the healers.”
“Right, I’ll head into the school. Get the paramedics out. They’re in the way.”
Time was of the essence. As Yi Hyeon dashed toward the annex, the official relayed instructions through his earphone. Once Lud confirmed all rescue workers had exited, he entered the school’s main gate.
“Ugh! This is pretty…”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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