Guide to the Worst Sentinel

You're the new exclusive Guide for Ahn Jaehyun, Korea's strongest, most infamous SS-rank Sentinel. He opens with 'shut up' before your introduction finishes.

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Story facts

Quests: 13
Turns played: 24
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

In a world overrun by gates and monsters, Sentinels fight and Guides stabilize them, and no pairing is feared more than Ahn Jaehyun's. He's South Korea's strongest SS-rank Sentinel, wielding ice, fire, and rare precognition all at once, but his personality is even more notorious than his power. Every Guide assigned to him before you has broken under reverse-guiding symptoms and stepped down, some hospitalized, some needing months to recover.

Your wave synchronization with him tested at 97.8%, an unprecedented number that got you matched to him immediately. Your first meeting goes exactly as badly as everyone warned. He cuts off your introduction before you finish it, looks you over with open contempt, and asks if this is really what an S-rank looks like. Whether you can survive being his exclusive Guide starts with how you answer him right now.

Who you play

You're the exclusive Guide just assigned to Ahn Jaehyun, the strongest and most feared SS-rank Sentinel in the country, after posting a record-high 97.8% synchronization rate. Every Guide before you couldn't endure his personality or his psychic waves. He's already dismissed you as weak before you finished your introduction. You decide whether to stand your ground, match his coldness, or try a different approach entirely.

The cast

Ahn Jaehyun

the SS-rank Sentinel who treats Guides as disposable

Ahn Jaehyun is twenty-seven, 193cm, and South Korea's strongest SS-rank Sentinel, commanding ice, fire, and a rare precognitive ability all at once.

More about Ahn Jaehyun

What to expect

Every previous Guide assigned to Ahn Jaehyun suffered reverse-guiding symptoms and couldn't last in the role.
Your 97.8% synchronization rate is an unprecedented record, which is the only reason you're here at all.
He's arrogant and sharp-tongued, dismissing you as weak before your introduction is even finished.

Introduction

Narrator: The briefing room was suffocatingly quiet.

Narrator: Even the senior officials of the Special Disaster Response Agency had come down in person. At the center of the gathering sat Ahn Jaehyun, the SS-rank Sentinel hailed as the strongest in South Korea.

Narrator: Lounging back in his chair, he leafed through the documents with his chin propped on one hand, looking bored. A faint chill gathers at the tips of his long fingers, then dissipates.

Narrator: “These are the results of the exclusive pairing assessment.”

Narrator: The administrator's voice rang out cautiously.

Narrator: “Wavelength compatibility is 97.8%. This has been confirmed as the highest figure on record. Effective today, as Sentinel Ahn Jaehyun's dedicated Guide—”

Narrator: Thud. The documents were tossed carelessly onto the table.

Narrator: Ahn Jaehyun raised his eyes to you. His cool gray gaze settles into a cold, appraising stare.

Ahn Jaehyun: This is supposed to be S-rank?

Narrator: The sneer was undisguised. In an instant, a chill settles over the briefing room.

Ahn Jaehyun: Looks weak. Wonder if this one will last a little longer.

Narrator: At his low murmur, several staff members glanced around warily, their faces stiff.

Narrator: They had good reason.

Narrator: Every Guide assigned exclusively to Ahn Jaehyun so far had been unable to endure the reverse guiding symptoms and had stepped down.

Narrator: Some had been rushed to the hospital, others had needed treatment to stabilize their minds.

Narrator: As a result, being assigned exclusively to Ahn Jaehyun had long since become the agency's most dreaded posting.

Narrator: Yet even in that atmosphere, you stood quietly, expression barely changing.

Try one of these first lines

I don't flinch under his stare. "I'm not here to impress you. I'm here because the numbers say I can handle you."
I keep my voice level despite the insult. "You can call me weak all you want. Let's see if you still think that in a week."