[No, to be honest, it’s embarrassing to say I saw it.

My students and I only watched the broadcast from the safety of an underground shelter.

Lady Daphne made sure the monsters couldn’t even approach the school area, to prevent any harm to the children.

The monsters were truly dozens of times larger than Lady Daphne.

Seeing her alone blocking them while riding a unicorn, it felt like watching something far more impressive than the superheroes or magical girls the children love in cartoons.

What I had imagined about that path being difficult was completely different from seeing it with my own eyes.

If my students hadn’t been able to fulfill that purpose, if they hadn’t shouldered such a heavy burden… I apologize for saying this, but I should have been grateful they didn’t have such talents.

Because it’s certainly not an easy thing. That position must be one where you have to constantly endure fear to stand.

I wrote this not only to thank you for protecting the students’ lives today, but also to express gratitude for continuing to remain in that position.

Thank you.

└This is more normal than other posts.

└Someone so ungrateful gets to meet Daphne in person… why can’t I?;

└└222

└└Ungrateful? What are you talking about? Can’t you read?

└└└From Daphne’s perspective, isn’t this a post where it’s unclear if it’s a thank you or what?

└└└└Why? I don’t see what’s wrong with this post?

└└└└└222 Everyone seems too on edge about Daphne issues these days; There should be a limit to defending her too

└God-phne God-phne~ Wait, aren’t you supposed to be on a break?ㅠ You’re appearing here and there whenever an incident occurs ㅠ I wish you could rest a bit ㅠ

└└Exactly… how did she know to go there?

└Thank you for posting. I can really feel the atmosphere of the scene.

└It’s truly admirable to honestly acknowledge what needs to be acknowledged]

Of course, among these posts about Daphne, the number of posts about ‘Messiah’ also began to increase.

[‘Messiah’ was right about the prediction;

How could they predict an S-class Wave in advance;?

Is there really something to it?

└I always thought it was just some pseudo-cult spamming posts, but… now I’m not so sure

└Is the membership fee really expensive?

└Yeah, that place

└Did they just make a lucky guess?

└How many regions are there in Korea to just guess? And even the grade. Plus, it was much faster than what the officials measured.

└If someone with a lot of money is here, please join and share some information.

└Is there really something if you go there?]

Posts like these, expressing surprise at the accuracy of ‘Messiah’s’ prophecy, continued to appear in succession.

And as if waiting for this moment, a new post written by ‘Messiah’ was uploaded.

[An announcement from ‘Messiah’.

‘Messiah’ is a charity organization based on religion that is friendly to hunters.

We will conquer and lead the way to Laurel, the Towers of Sages in various countries in the long term, and ultimately to Shangri-la.

Existing powers can no longer foresee Waves or save you. Come to ‘Messiah’.

└They’re openly saying they’ll take over Laurel;

└└So what happens to Laurel now?

└Didn’t Team Daphne try to check other countries? Was that just a waste of effort?

└└It wasn’t a check, but a proposal to reduce unnecessary sacrifices and benefit each other. Why do you phrase it like that?

└└└That’s the same thing;

└So is this Laurel going to be a three-way battle between Daphne vs Messiah vs Ageha?

└└Is that even possible? I get Daphne and Ageha, but what’s Messiah? Do they even have anything to compete with?

└└└Seeing how ‘Messiah’ predicted the S-class Wave this time, it doesn’t seem like they’re just saying empty words

└└└Hey, if we’re not careful, Daphne might not be able to get it even after declaring participation

└└└└You never know what might happen when there are too many people involved ㅇㅇ

└└└└If Daphne can’t get it, I’d rather ‘Messiah’ get it… If Ageha gets it again, it’ll be a real hell;

└└└└I really don’t understand what the Japanese government is thinking. If Ageha gets compensated one more time, who’s going to stop him then? Why are they letting a criminal loose in the world? Aren’t they just asking for more murders?

└Worrying about Waves, worrying about criminals… I really don’t want to live these days

└Why do you all think Daphne won’t get it? She just proved she’s world-class; No, not world-class, she proved she’s world top~!~! It’s 500 percent Daphne’s

└It’s not about doubting, it’s that there are too many variables. You know you can’t win when a crazy person is determined to die;] [This is the timeline separator]

While the internet was buzzing with talk about Daphne and ‘Messiah’, Suji was returning to the deep sea area E with Elaine.

Suji was riding a unicorn with a serious expression, lost in thought.

By the time she had finished the battle, Priya had already left the scene. She had sensed a presence slipping away in the middle, but she didn’t have enough hands and feet to respond to that as well.

“…Haa.”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“You don’t sound fine.”

Suji smiled bitterly.

The battle was one thing, but the short time she had talked with Priya had been strangely tiring.

“Climbing the tower was really hard too, but at least then I didn’t have to worry about such tangled relationships. But now there are so many external factors…”

Elaine, sitting behind Suji, answered with a concerned voice.

“If you wish, returning to the tower is an option. There’s no need for you to get involved in these matters.”

Suji couldn’t help but laugh at Elaine’s serious tone, momentarily forgetting her complicated thoughts.

Just listening to his words, it sounded like going to the tower was like going to a park for a picnic.

Come to think of it, when Suji suddenly went crazy and took off with her game to rest, Elaine had also said something like he would run away with her if she wanted.

‘He’s even more of a dad than Dad, I swear.’

They say anxiety stops your thinking, but with just one word from Elaine, her mind felt a bit more at ease, and the tangled threads of her thoughts seemed to untangle a bit.

There were many pressing matters right in front of her.

Protecting her father’s safety, Laurel, and the sudden appearance of Waves with dramatically increased grades…

Climbing the tower was already a life-threatening, difficult task, but it was inexplicable why life outside the tower was so tumultuous as well.

“If things get really messy, I’ll do that.”

“Exploring a new floor is difficult, but we can pass through the floors we’ve already cleared relatively easily.”

“That’s really funny.”

Suji smiled slightly and stretched.

Taking a shortcut on the way back, they might have encountered monsters, but since they had already cleared the path to Yangyang once, it was a fairly peaceful journey home.

Even in her tired state, having a place to return to was quite a nice feeling.

[This is the timeline separator]

As soon as she returned to the residential area and jumped off the unicorn, she immediately contacted Yeonju.

“Hello?”

− Yes. I’ve already heard the news about you handling the Wave in Yangyang. It seems you dealt with it quite cleanly? I’m getting calls from all over the place.

“From all over?”

− China and Japan have been asking several times if it was really an S-class Wave, and how it could be resolved so quickly. But weren’t you there to meet Priya? What happened?

“I didn’t talk much with Priya… It just turned out that way.”

− That way? What do you mean by that?

Suji couldn’t bring herself to tell Yeonju that Priya had created the Wave.

It sounded too far-fetched even to her own ears.

Suji scratched her head unnecessarily and finally managed to get out the words stuck in her throat.

“I think Priya summoned the Wave.”

−…What are you talking about?

Suji patted her chest as if to show that her feelings were exactly the same, even though she knew Yeonju couldn’t see her.

“I’m not sure what I saw. Whether she’s some kind of magician or what.”

−…No. Intentionally causing a Wave? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Even if it were possible, why would anyone do such a thing?

“I think she wanted to show me the power of ‘Messiah’.”

There was a moment of silence.

Even Suji, who had seen it with her own eyes, could hardly believe it, so there was no way Yeonju could easily accept this. But Suji didn’t have time to wait for Yeonju to comprehend this.

There was more to convey.

She urgently brought up another topic.

“Auntie, there’s more. The monsters I saw today also had status effects attached to them. No matter how I think about it, something’s strange.”

− Status effects? On monsters?

Yeonju’s voice hardened, perhaps recalling the conversation she had with Suji last time.

− Come to think of it, the Wave measurement points were quite different this time too… And the grade was different.

“The measurement team thinks there might be some unknown factor. Having status effects before even encountering them is, no matter how you look at it, an unusual case.”

− That’s right. I haven’t heard of it either.

“Could you investigate a bit more, expanding the scope to include other countries? The more I think about it, the more it bothers me.”

− Alright. I’ll look into whether there have been similar cases. It’s been one strange thing after another since getting involved with Messiah. It’s like some kind of countdown has suddenly begun.

Yeonju’s voice was full of concern.