The Man with Hypnotic Powers Doesn’t Hold Back the Second Time Around

Seol Hayeon was speechless.

After her heartfelt retirement ceremony, she had enjoyed an indulgent company dinner before heading back to her quiet countryside hometown. Life was finally supposed to slow down.

But then a Gate had appeared nearby. It was only a C-Class, so she decided to handle it herself.

"Huaaah… Hm?"
I fell asleep? Inside the Gate?

Her memories felt hazy, almost as if they were cut off entirely.

She clearly recalled clearing the Gate. She even remembered retrieving the core. But after that? Nothing. She couldn’t recall stepping into the return portal or leaving the dungeon.

It felt as though she had blinked and somehow teleported from the boss room to the outside of the Gate in an instant.

Something definitely happened inside the Gate…

She desperately searched her fragmented memories, piecing together two faint recollections:
First, she had easily defeated the dungeon’s boss monster.
Second…

—Chills.

…There was a monster. A monstrous woman, wasn’t there?

She couldn’t recall the creature’s appearance or strength, but her instincts screamed that she had encountered something far from ordinary.

What on earth…?

—Pat, pat.
[The Constellation of Compassion gently pats your shoulder.]
["You’ve worked hard all this time. Now, find happiness."]

Unbeknownst to her, all of this had been orchestrated by Mir.

The Constellation had slyly joined her during her trip to the countryside, quietly taking a seat in the back of her car. From the moment she entered the Gate, Mir had been tagging along. A mischievous smile crept across the Constellation's lips.

"There was definitely a monstrous woman…"

—Ding.

[Hmm. I thought I erased that memory. Does your head still hurt? Sorry about that. Hypnosis isn’t exactly my forte; Yujin’s the expert. Let’s see, where’s the problem~?]

A small hand rested on Seol Hayeon’s back as she continued to complain about an odd sense of unease.

Then, like a tidal wave, fragmented memories of the previous night flooded her mind—traces of an instinctive experience she hadn’t been able to erase entirely.

First came the most vivid memory, the moment right after she cleared the Gate. She had defeated the boss monster and was preparing to leave when…