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25. Leaving Garam and going there (2)

The day before leaving Garam.

Hyunseok helped Lee Seokhyun and Jinhee by going around the inside and outside of the settlement and helping people.

Yeonseo, along with her older sister Yeonwoo and Mr. Jinseok Kim, gathered information by organizing the news that Mr. Seojin delivered.

And before I left, as I had done in the Mokdong settlement, I treated the wounded and listened to people’s stories.

A close friend died trying to protect himself. A child sacrificed himself to save his old self.

My mom told me to hide so I hid, but I never saw her again. That’s the story.

My heart ached while I was treating him. I can treat him even if his body is cut off or he is almost dead.

It was so hard that their wounded hearts could not be healed.

But at least it keeps those people from getting hurt by the devil anymore.

To do that, we must first conquer the Namsan Tower.

With that determination, I began treating the people who still remained and listening to their stories.

*****

” Are you ready? ”

” Yeah. ”

” You two, come quickly! ”

Yeonseo, who had already taken out her summons, shouted at me and Hyunseok.

” So you’re going straight to Seoul Station like Yeonwoo said? ”

” I think so. I heard that the settlement located at the war memorial is not allowing people in right now. ”

” Really? Is it because of this attack? ”

” That’s also the case, and it seems like there was an internal problem there too. Well, someone who had just come in suddenly took the people they were with away… ”

Hyunseok said something unexpected to Yeonseo, who was speaking with a rather troubled expression.

” That’s true, but it seems like someone in our settlement… told a story he saw at the theater. ”

” What happened at the theater? ”

” Yeah, so it looks like they’re trying to get rid of those items in other settlements too… but since they’re disguised as items that people can easily obtain, there seems to be a lot of backlash. ”

” Sure, it’s candy or pills. Haa, they say one loach can really cloud the whole pond… ”

Yeonseo said calmly, as if that were possible.

” So that settlement is not accepting people for internal security reasons? ”

” Yeah, so I think it would be better to just go through Seoul Station and go straight to the Blue House. ”

” Then, let’s think about it as decided and go. Get on quickly! ”

At Yeonseo’s shout, Hyunseok and I rode Yeonseo’s summons and we left Garam Settlement.

I saw a lot of pain in a short meeting.

And to overcome it, people still live today.

We left to protect that routine.

To seize the future.

As I was driving along the main road, I soon found myself passing the War Memorial Settlement.

As I ran along the road, I could see a few settlements, and it seemed like quite a few people were pitching tents outside or staying in less-collapsed buildings.

” What do you want to do? ”

Hyunseok asked me and Yeonseo, but I didn’t understand what he meant.

” What are you… talking about? ”

” Should I go and talk to the people there and get some information or just pass by and go straight to Seoul Station? ”

” I think I should just go to Seoul Station. I don’t know if I’ll get any information from those people anyway. And… we don’t have time. ”

Yeonseo felt it was unfortunate, but it was better to quickly go to Seoul Station and relay the situation to Yeonwoo and then quickly go to the Blue House.

Surely, as she said, we don’t have… time.

” As Yeonseo said, there is no time. It’s a shame, but… I think it’s better to go to Seoul Station first than those people over there. ”

” Okay. Then let’s go to Seoul Station quickly. ”

Leaving their appearance behind in the distance, we ran back towards Seoul Station.

Without even knowing what was happening there, I just thought complacently that nothing would happen.

*****

As we arrived at Seoul Station, the sun had already set and the moon was rising, illuminating the dark night where the glow had disappeared.

” Phew, we finally got here. Are you both okay? ”

” I’m fine. Yeonseo, what about you? ”

” Sigh, I want to rest quickly. It’s hard enough to maintain a summoned creature, but riding it for so long is making me sick.

As Yeonseo said while shaking her butt, I had been riding for so long that it started to hurt there.

Hyunseok scratched his head and asked us.

” What should I do? Should I go straight to Seoul Station? Or should I rest nearby and come back tomorrow? ”

” Phew, since we’ve come this far, let’s take a break and go. That’s okay, right? ”

” I also think it would be better to rest for now like Yeonseo. Even if I go now, other people will probably be sleeping or something. ”

” Okay. Actually, I’m a little tired. Well, let’s just… pitch a tent in the open space over there and rest. ”

I pitched a tent in an empty lot near Seoul Station and took out a curtana and put it in there just in case something happened.

‘At least… it would be safer to create a territory.’

” Hey, what are you doing? Let’s go in and rest quickly. ”

” Okay. I’ll be there right away! ”

Yeonseo went into the tent faster than anyone else, and Hyunseok seemed to be looking around like me.

” How is it? ”

” I looked around through the wind, but there didn’t seem to be anything particularly dangerous. However, it looks like there are quite a few… people gathered at Seoul Station. ”

” That’s how it is. Even from here, you can see the light shining inside. ”

” First of all, like Yeonseo said, we’re tired too, so let’s go in and rest quickly, okay? ”

Hyunseok hugs me as he says that.

” Hyunseok, aren’t you hugging a lot these days? ”

” So you don’t like it? ”

” I didn’t say no…! ”

She gave him a shallow kiss on the lips.

This time he started kissing me and our tongues started to mingle, and when he pulled away again I saw a thread connecting us.

And at that moment! The feeling of a hand on my butt…

” Heeeek, tongue… Hyunseok? ”

” You don’t like it…? ”

” No… no… I was just… surprised… sigh… ”

The heat and sensation of his hand touching my butt made my body heat up.

As his hands slowly caressed me, my legs began to lose strength, and the moment he gripped me tightly…!

Very faintly… my body began to tremble.

” Haaㅡ Haaㅡ I… I have to go in now… ”

” Okay. Then lastly… ”

He took his hands off my butt, grabbed my waist, and started kissing me again.

This time, a deep tongue-licking kiss right from the start.

The sensation of his tongue slowly touching mine as it mixed with mine made my body feel even hotter.

I felt my heart pounding as I placed my hand on his chest to feel him more, touching his teeth while mixing with his tongue.

As I slowly lowered my hand that had been on his chest to his stomach, I felt his abs… My heart started to beat faster.

” Shall we go in? ”

” Yeah… ”

As soon as I entered the tent, Yeonseo saw me and quickly took me to the bathroom.

My legs were gradually losing strength, so I was led by her hand into the bathroom and just sat down.

” The two of you… are being very intimate with each other~ ”

” Hehe… Hyunseok… did it first… so I couldn’t help it… ”

” Really? He’s pretty active for Hyunseok? ”

” Is that so…? Ha… I think so too. Lately, I think I’ve been trying to be physically intimate a lot. ”

” Well, isn’t that a good thing? ”

” It’s…good…hehe… ”

” Our Bulyeoshi. I’m really dying of joy now. Die~ ”

I felt embarrassed by Yeonseo’s words, so I coughed and changed the subject.

Of course, Yeonseo was looking at him with a sly expression.

” Rather… Hyunseok said that there were quite a lot of people gathered at Seoul Station. ”

” Really? I told Hyunseok that there would be quite a few people gathered beforehand… Judging from his reaction, it seems there are more than I expected. ”

” Didn’t Yeonwoo unnie say that? She originally planned to make this place a settlement? ”

” That’s right, but he said he gave up because it was hard to conquer the towers around here.

But now, it seems that many people have conquered the towers in the settlements surrounding the Blue House and the surrounding areas, making it a place where people can live. ”

” Phew, first… let’s take a bath… I feel a little… uneasy… ”

” Yeah, I guess so. ”

Yeonseo was looking at me with a smile on her face as if to say, “Well, that’s right.”

‘ Haha… Looks like I got caught… ‘

Only after I slowly moved my trembling legs and washed with her did the shaking in my legs stop.

Yeonseo’s gaze on me while I was washing was stinging, but rather… it made me feel more excited.

‘No, you’re excited… What are you talking about…!!’

I shook my head from side to side to shake off useless thoughts, but I felt an inexplicable sense of elation… It must be my imagination.

When we went out to the living room, it seemed like Hyunseok had cooked the food that was provided as supplies.

Since I had to leave quickly, I packed mostly instant foods like cup ramen and energy bars, so the food I ate was quite simple, unlike the food I ate at my destination.

” Then I’ll wash up and come back right away. Eat first. This is all I’ll get anyway. ”

” Yeah… I’m off. ”

As he disappeared, Yeonseo asked me in a small voice.

” What the heck… what did Hyunseok do… ”

” Ugh… That’s… ”

I whispered softly in Yeonseo’s ear in case Hyunseok heard.

” Wow… What are you going to do later… ”

” That… I’ll take care of that then… Hehe… ”

” Yeah, if you like it… But Hyunseok aside, didn’t you feel anything at Seoul Station? ”

” Hmm… I didn’t really feel anything. I just felt… my divine power. ”

” What? What does that mean? ”

Yeonseo asked with an expression that said she didn’t know English.

” Maybe… I think there’s someone I met. With this much energy… Maybe… It’s the person who gave me the borsch. ”

” Ah~ That brooch? ”

” Yeah. ”

A brooch obtained as a reward from the tower.

There aren’t many people who have imbued that brooch with divine power.

When I think about it like that, the faces that come to mind are:

It seemed like it would be a long time since I’d seen one of them…