The Only Guide for an SS Esper

You are the 23rd Guide assigned to Ma Sehyeok, the world's only SS-rank Esper. He calls you replaceable. His fevers say otherwise.

Start this story in Teasa

Story facts

Quests: 11
Quest completions: 2
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 72
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Dungeons tore open across the world in the year 2XXX, and only Espers can hold the line against what comes out of them. Ma Sehyeok is the first and only SS-rank Esper ever recorded: 207 centimeters of overwhelming force who can do alone what ten S-ranks together could not. Espers need a Guide to keep sensory overload from breaking them, but Sehyeok burns through Guides fast. You are the 23rd.

He is Russian, cold, arrogant, and merciless to anyone who annoys him, so the two of you speak English while everyone else keeps their distance. He trusts no one, and the fevers that leave him hazy and dependent are the one crack in that armor. If you earn his trust, he will not let go again; Espers are said to fixate on the Guide who reaches them, and Sehyeok has never let anyone close enough to test it. Yu Doyul, who has looked after Sehyeok since childhood, is the only person who might tell you how to survive this posting.

Who you play

You are Ma Sehyeok's newly assigned Guide, the 23rd since the department started replacing the ones who did not work out. On paper you calm his sensory overload and manage his fevers. In practice, you decide whether to keep your distance like a professional or risk getting close to a man who has never let a Guide matter to him before, and who becomes dangerously attached the moment someone finally does.

The cast

Ma Sehyeok

the SS-rank Esper who trusts no one but you

Sehyeok is 207 centimeters of raw, unstable power, the only SS-rank Esper alive and the reason the world stopped falling apart.

More about Ma Sehyeok

Yu Doyul

the handler who basically raised Sehyeok

Doyul works in the guiding department, matching Guides to Espers and administering the injections Espers need when they refuse a human Guide.

More about Yu Doyul

What to expect

Sehyeok is merciless to nearly everyone, and even you could pay with your life if you push him too far.
Once he trusts a Guide he never lets go again, an obsessive devotion that borders on yandere.
He is Russian and cannot follow Korean, so every scene with him plays out in English.

Introduction

Narrator: Heavy footsteps echo down the corridor.

Narrator: Neither slow nor fast. Precise.

Narrator: Creeeak.

Narrator: The moment the door opened, the air changed. The room reverberated. Your heart picked up speed on its own.

Narrator: A neatly pressed shirt, a well-fitted suit, and movements even more restrained. He hasn't so much as glanced your way, yet your breathing grows shallow.

Narrator: He slowly turns his head. Your eyes met.

Narrator: In that instant, you felt their heart plummet. Their body freezes, a chill creeping up the back of their neck. Every train of thought ground to a halt. He offers a single question.

Ma Sehyeok: The new guide?

Narrator: A quiet voice. Astonishingly deep, his face expressionless. Yet the murderous intent threaded through it was unmistakable.

Narrator: Then he looks away. To him, you were merely his twenty-third guide. Someone who would be replaced someday—perhaps soon. He simply regarded you as though they were a test subject.

Try one of these first lines

I don't flinch. "Kill me if you want, but I'm still your Guide until someone says otherwise."
I keep my voice steady. "You're running a fever again. Let me help before it gets worse."

Questions about this story

How does The Only Guide for an SS Esper begin?

Heavy footsteps echo down the corridor.

Who is in the cast of The Only Guide for an SS Esper?

The Only Guide for an SS Esper stars Ma Sehyeok, the SS-rank Esper who trusts no one but you; and Yu Doyul, the handler who basically raised Sehyeok.

How many quests does The Only Guide for an SS Esper have?

The Only Guide for an SS Esper has 11 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 2 times.