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It was windy.
The red shaman costume worn by the child shaman waved gently and the shaman bells he was holding shook quietly.
Jingle, jingle.
The child shaman knew that today would be the last day.
[Long time no see, child.]
The man, no, the devil opened his mouth.
[I wonder if you did get delicious as you grow up? I should’ve eaten you back then.]
The demon who took over the man’s body chuckled.
The child shaman has become the prey of all kinds of ghosts since birth, as the power he inherited from his father and mother is so strong.
It was his mom and dad who kept the ghosts away.
The child shaman recalled the faces of the two people within his hazy memory.
The two, who were always smiling, were driven away by the evil spirit.
[But what’s in you?]
The wind blew fast.
With just one word, the evil spirit released enough power to shake the shaman’s robe roughly.
The evil spirit was runnung wild.
[This is what I was aiming for! I’ve been waiting for it to taste better!]
The child shaman’s shaman bells shook loudly and made a clattering sound.
[Who took you before me?]
The evil spirit screamed as if his mouth were tearing.
But the child shaman remained still.
He just waited for the right moment.
The god inside him whispered.
<Wait a little longer. Be patient. Patient.>
‘Not yet.’
The child shaman thought so, too.
The evil spirit ran wild.
That evil spirit knew it, too. They had to open that child’s mouth and make him use his strength.
“Huck!”
[You!]
“Hahaha!”
When the evil spirit gained strength, Su-hyuk took over his body again.
His body, which was controlled by the evil spirit, fell to the floor like a puppet.
The evil spirit whispered to Su-hyuk, who was barely breathing.
[It’s just him. The only thing that can get me out from you. Beg! Beg! Beg! Beg him to get rid of me.]
Su-hyuk slowly calmed down.
The child shaman looked at Su-hyuk with an expressionless face, but sad eyes.
That man was suffering from evil spirits like his mother and father.
The God said to the child shaman. <Wait. We have to wait.>
‘But. He’s hurt. We need to heal him.’
<You’re too soft-hearted. That’s why I chose you.>
God laughed. When the child shaman first saw Su-hyuk, he closed the door quickly because he thought he would reach out to him unconsciously if he watched him more.
But he needed to wait.
Recalling the death of his parents, the hesitant child shaman nodded at the firm words of God, who took care of him like he was his child.
Su-hyuk saw a child shaman.
His body was in pain and his soul was also in pain, but he didn’t open his mouth.
He just looked at the child shaman with pitiful eyes.
[Beg! He’s so soft hearted that he’ll make you feel comfortable as soon as you ask! Like this!]
A moment of comfort came to Su-hyuk’s body.
Yes, he was now in a state before he was possessed by evil spirits.
[You want to be comfortable, don’t you? You want to go back to normal, don’t you?]
The evil spirit shouted.
[Then beg!]
The stormy wind shook the shaman’s bell, which the child shaman was holding, with a crazy sound.
The sound of the rattling bells hurt his ears, but no one covered them.
Su-hyuk smirked. He couldn’t stand it any longer, giggled and opened his mouth.
“Little boy.”
At Su-hyuk’s call, the child shaman opened and then closed his mouth. Su-hyuk saw the child shaman.
The eyes of the child shaman were slightly shaken, resembling his father.
“Do what you have to do.”
<Now.>
God whispered.
The moon was up.
The child shaman looked up at the sky.
The bright yellow full moon looked down on the yard like the eyes of an animal.
It was a full moon.
The child shaman lowered his head and saw Su-hyuk and the evil spirit in it.
God said.
<And it’s now your birthday.>
Three years ago, in the same date, his mom and dad died.
The child shaman raised both hands.
The gold shaman bells used by the mother in his right hand and the red-letter amulet used by the father in his left hand.
Things that are imbued with the energy of two people’s energy.
He had a hard time carrying out something.
[No way!]
At the same time as God’s words, the evil spirit that occupied Su-hyuk’s body again shouted.
Su-hyuk’s soul grabbed the body trying to run to the child shaman.
He thought his whole body was going to rip apart.
“Darn it! That kid hasn’t spoken, he hasn’t cried, he hasn’t laughed in three years! You’re only seven years old! Laughing and crying should be the only thing for a kid!”
[Get out of my way!]
“If you want to go, kill him! You son of a bitch!”
Jingle.
It was windy.
It blew very hard with the power of evil spirits.
But the child shaman’s bell cried quietly and briefly.
Jingle.
With the help of God, the child shaman infused three years worth of power into both the talismans and bells.
There was a huge aura behind the child shaman.
The power of God, which resembles the yellow moonlight, exploded from the child shaman’s body.
With the golden wind, the child shaman’s hanbok shook.
Something big hugged the child shaman.
He was engulfed by the enormous power of God, but he felt warm on one of his hand.
The child shaman picked up the amulet.
The talisman, shaken by the wind, stood stiffly.
The red spell on the talisman sparkled.
For the first time, a baby shaman uttered a spell that God had been muttering to him for three years.
“To heaven and earth, there should be rain.”
[No way!]
“I can’t go!”
Su-hyuk’s body went crazy by itself.
If he took a step forward with the power of evil spirits, he will fall on the floor due to the willpower of Su-hyuk.
In the meantime, Su-hyuk, who closed the right eye of his body, looked at the child shaman, who was shedding tears little by little.
Su-hyuk’s eyes were warm.
“A humble being is a poor thing.”
[$@^&%&@!!!!]
<Now, this is the last one.>
God whispered.
The child shaman knew everything because a god who knew everything came into his body.
The child shaman stopped the evil spirit and saw Su-hyuk covered with wounds.
Tears blocked his view.
If Su-hyuk had asked for it as the evil spirit said, the chikd shaman would have listened to Su-hyuk’s request and been eaten by the evil spirit.
But Su-hyuk didn’t do that instead.
If the child shaman defeated the evil spirit, Su-hyuk woukd have died. Su-hyuk was a good person. He can’t die like this.
<As expected, you’re too soft.>
The sighing god showed the child shaman a different future.
The eyes of the child shaman, who had been blurred with tears, sparkled.
<How is it?>
‘Good!’
<I’m disappearing.>
‘Even if I don’t see you, you’ll be there for me!’
God raised his hands. <You can’t beat him.>
A foreign voice intervened in the voice of the the child shaman.
“Let the great soul be upon this body.”
A talisman on the left hand of the child shaman flew away and surrounded the evil spirit.
And then it caught fire.
The child shaman grabbed the bell with both hands.
[!#$^#!!!!!]
“Good job.”
The child shaman shook the bell with all his might.
Jingle!
“The power to burn the dull evil!”
A golden aura in the moonlight rushed to the evil spirit like a golden animal.
Su-hyuk twisted his whole body in the golden flame.
The evil spirit shouted. Screamed.
Su-hyuk screamed out of pain at his soul burning in the hot fire.
Jingle!
“The power to destroy that source!”
The fire, as if made of gold, grew stronger. With the power disappearing, the black devil struggled to escape from Su-hyuk’s body. Su-hyuk’s soul has snatched away the evil spirits trying to escape from this place.
“Thanks to you, I know how to handle the soul!”
[!#%#$&@!!!!]
The evil spirit, who could not escape from Su-hyuk’s hand or God’s hand, died while screaming.
The golden flame, which had ceased to burn, soon calmed down after circling around Su-hyuk like a beast looking for food.
The yard, which was full of screams earlier, soon quieted down.
As the result.
It’s gone now.
When the pain was over, Su-hyuk collapsed to the floor and also the child shaman collapsed.
He looked at Su-hyuk, who collapsed, for the last time with his eyes full of tears.
“Cut, okay!”
His mind came back to reality at director Choi Dae-man’s voice.
Seojun looked at his hand.
How hard did he held the handle of the bell, that the red mark remained intact?
He felt more immersed than when he practiced at home.
Seojun carefully put his hand on his chest. His heart thumped.
[The illusion of the mushroom smiley face] was triggered automatically, so even if Seojun was into acting, he could use it without worrying.
But this time it was different.
Unlike the first shooting, which allowed him to stay still, he had to exhale and disappear with his whole bodies.
He even had to act while controlling the energy of a goblin.
So Seojun dive deep into immersed acting and practiced expelling the goblin’s energy to the point where he got used to it, in case he forgot to use [Bubbly Goblin’s Teasing of Mr. Kim].
“But, it went better than I thought.”
Seojun laughed.
“Gasp!”
Lee Ji-seok, who was lying on the floor, breathed heavily.
Then he slowly straightened himself up.
Seojun found Lee Ji-seok covered in dirt. Jiseok was really good at acting. He felt that he was really possessed by a real evil spirit.
The moment Seojun approached Lee Ji-seok and asked if he was okay,
Clap clap clap clap!
Clap clap clap clap!
“Wow!”
Applause broke out among the staff.
They pplaud to the only two actors in the scene, also to the directors and assistant director guiding the scene.
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That… was awesome. 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for this update. Love it so much!
If you think about it, Lee Ji Seok’s acting is really great, he could stay in character when all of this effect happened around him.
Thanks for the chapters!
A lil confusing but ..that was awesome!!
Thanks for the chapter! 🍀
Author relied too much on how visual novels are drafted coz.. the dialogue tags, descriptions, and transitions are just barely there…as if we’re the artist and we should just fill the big gap 🙃
Thanks
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