My Ancestor is Watching Me! — Chapter 17

I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE.

I'M IN CLASS 2 OF FIRST YEAR. WHAT ABOUT YOU?

AH, HI...

THAT'S HER. THE SHAMAN'S DAUGHTER.

SHE DOESN'T EVEN GO TO SCHOOL...

SHE DOESN'T GO TO SCHOOL?

THE ADULTS SAY GHOSTS POSSESS PEOPLE WHO GET CLOSE TO HER.

THEY SAY HER DAD WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL TOO, UNTIL A GHOST POSSESSED HIM.

APPARENTLY, HE'S TRIED ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO GET RID OF IT, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK...

NOT BECAUSE OF ME...

THEY WERE

ALWAYS ATTACHED TO PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

MOM.

CAN'T OTHER PEOPLE SEE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS?

EVERYONE TALKS LIKE IT'S MY FAULT.

DAWON.

YOU'RE SPECIAL.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING.

PEOPLE TEND TO CALL THINGS THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND BAD.

THAT'S WHY SOMEONE WHO RECOGNIZES THAT SPECIALNESS IS PRECIOUS.

Like your dad...

JUST AS MOM MET DAD,

I HOPED THAT SOMEDAY, I WOULD MEET SOMEONE LIKE THAT, TOO.

MOM, BUT...

EVEN DAD EVENTUALLY LEFT US.

IS THERE REALLY SOMEONE

OUT THERE WHO WILL UNDERSTAND ME- NO, “US”?

AH~ KIM SOON-AE, SERIOUSLY.

SHE DIDN'T COME TO SCHOOL TODAY EITHER.

SHE SAID SHE'D BE MY MODEL, THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN.

I SHOULD START SKETCHING SOON.

FORGET ABOUT MY ASSIGNMENT FOR NOW,

BUT WHAT IS SOON-AE REALLY THINKING? HER ATTENDANCE MUST BE ON THE VERGE OF GETTING HER IN TROUBLE.

AS LONG AS SHE HAS HER BF♡, DOES SHE NOT CARE WHETHER SHE PASSES SCHOOL OR NOT?

...IT CAN'T BE LIKE THAT.

SOON-AE CAME TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY.

WHAT?!

YOU THINK SOON-AE IS BEING GASLIGHTED?

YES...

I'M ONLY SAYING THIS BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN...

BUT...

SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS IN DANGER.

ESPECIALLY HER GRANDMOTHER,

WHOSE ENERGY HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DRAINED BY THE SNAKE, LEAVING HER SHRIVELED UP...

...GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'VE SEEN SOON-AE GO THROUGH COUNTLESS RELATIONSHIPS,

BUT THIS TIME, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

NORMALLY, WHENEVER SHE'S DATING SOMEONE, SHE CONTACTS ME LIKE CRAZY TO BRAG ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND.

Though she never actually meets me...

BUT THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF BRAGGING ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND,

SHE BORROWED MONEY AND THEN DISAPPEARED.

BY THE WAY, DID YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK?

NO...

SEE?! I TOLD YOU SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

...WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS?

...ARE YOU WORRIED BECAUSE SHE HASN'T PAID YOU BACK?

Well, 300,000, won is a lot of money...

NO! THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

EVEN THOUGH SOON-AE WAS BOY-CRAZY, SHE WASN'T THE KIND OF PERSON WHO'D RUN OFF WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY.

KIM TAEHEON MUST HAVE TOLD HER TO DO THAT, TOO.

SOON-AE IS BEING MANIPULATED BY THAT DEVIL...

I'M...

SO WORRIED ABOUT HER...

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I CAN HELP HER AS A FRIEND...

MINA'S ANCESTRAL SPIRIT...

I DIDN'T NOTICE IT BECAUSE IT HAD SUCH LITTLE PRESENCE ALL THIS TIME,

BUT ISN'T THAT SOON-AE...?

MINA...

DAHAM ~~!!

ARE YOU HERE?

WHAT IS THIS?

WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE SOME KIND OF SHAMAN'S SHRINE HERE?

SENIOR SIAH...

SENIOR DAHAM ISN'T HERE.

WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE DOING A FORTUNE-TELLING OR ASTROLOGY STUDY SESSION THIS WEEK, BUT WHERE DID HE GO...

SERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S AN AVOIDANT TYPE WITH WAY TOO MUCH WATER ENERGY...

ANYWAY, FORGET THAT.

TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.

?!?

WAAAH... SENIOR SIAH...

AHH...

I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TELL HER

NewTube ancestral spirit...?

HMM!

GASLIGHTING! THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW ALL ABOUT.

THEIR METHODS ARE OBVIOUS. FIRST, THEY'LL TRY TO CUT YOU OFF FROM EVERYONE AROUND YOU.

SOMEONE WHO USED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU SUDDENLY STOPS, RIGHT? RIGHT?

THAT GUY IS PROBABLY TRYING TO CONTROL HER EVERY MOVE NOW,

SO THERE'S A HIGH CHANCE THEY'RE LIVING TOGETHER.

SO THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS GET SOON-AE OUT OF THAT HOUSE.

BUT HOW...?

THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS TO FIGURE OUT NOW.

SHE'S YOUR FRIEND. YOU COULD EVEN LIE DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AND MAKE A SCENE...

HUH? WHY ISN'T HE ANSWERING?

Success doesn't Come overnight

WHERE ARE YOU?

OKAY, DAHAM. I'LL GO THERE.

SENIOR DAHAM...

HE HASN'T EVEN CONTACTED ME...

...MY HEAD IS A COMPLETE MESS.

SOON-AE'S SITUATION IS ONE THING,

BUT WHO IS SURYUN, AND WHY DID HE MISTAKE ME FOR HER...?

ALL KINDS OF WILD THOUGHTS ARE RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD.

...I ALMOST WISHED HE'D AT LEAST MADE AN EXCUSE.

BUT THE FACT THAT HE SAID NOTHING IS DRIVING ME CRAZY.

LET'S GO.

...WHERE TO?

SOON-AE'S HOUSE.

WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO BY JUST BARGING IN THERE?

WE CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN AT LEAST LIE DOWN LIKE SENIOR SIAH SUGGESTED...

WHAT?

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

GO BACK HOME.