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33. But it has to be him… (4)

As I was leaving the room and looking for Mr. Dosik, the place where people were gathered became noisy.

What’s going on? There are still a lot of people coming in and working at the Blue House, so I thought this level of commotion wasn’t a big deal, but I heard Jia’s voice in the midst of it all.

” Jia… Ahem, Unnie. What’s wrong? ”

As I approached the place where people were gathered, Zia tapped my forehead and made a face as if something unexpected had happened. Then she turned her head and approached me.

” Did you call? Sorry, I’m busy right now… ”

” What’s going on? It looks pretty serious… ”

Yeonseo, who had a rather complicated expression on her face, sighed and opened her mouth.

” That’s… You said there was a team scouting Namsan Tower, right? We were supposed to leave soon… But we changed our plans and left early, right? ”

” Without even telling you? ”

” Hmm, of course I’m in charge of the overall position… but the leader of the Namsan Tower reconnaissance team is that guy you know… I delegated some of the work, but I didn’t expect it to end up like this… ”

A face that comes to mind when I think about who that guy Jia was talking about.

” Choi Young-wol…? That person? Come to think of it, you said he was one of the management team leaders…? ”

” That’s right. He’s quite capable, but… there’s an air of him hiding something, so it’s a bit like that.

Anyway, when I contacted that guy, he had already left, saying he had received a report that there was some movement at Namsan Tower. ”

” What movement was happening at Namsan Tower? ”

” I don’t know. The team members who went with him also said they received such information… But nothing came to me…

Oh, by the way, Mr. Doosik is also on that team. ”

” What?! The old man?! ”

It was surprising to hear that Mr. Doosik was in the reconnaissance team. Why on earth did he join the reconnaissance team?

I couldn’t tell if it was because Choi Young-wol was the team leader or if there was another reason, but I had a feeling it would be dangerous for the old man to go there.

‘The old man… has the brooch I gave him, but still… it’s ominous… ‘

” Sorry, I’ll be back in a minute… ”

” Okay. I have to go back anyway, so see you later. ”

” Yeah. Huh? Later? ”

When I turned my head again and saw Jia, she had already disappeared far away with the people.

” Well, it’s probably nothing. But first of all… ”

When I told Hyunseok and Yeonseo, who were waiting behind me, about the story I had shared with Jia, they were surprised and seemed to not know either.

I told them both that it would be best to contact the old man first, then I walked to a quiet place for a while and contacted the old man.

*****

No matter how many times the signal rang, the old man did not answer.

Obviously, if you look at the signal, it means that it’s not a place where you can’t get in touch…

After calling several times, I finally got connected and that was it.

” Mister?! Where are you now?! ”

– Charlotte? What’s going on?

” I heard that you went to the Namsan Tower reconnaissance team. ”

– Oh, I’m sorry. I was going to tell you, but I didn’t know when you’d be back. I’m heading toward Namsan Tower right now.

The current location is where the department store used to be. They say they are going to camp here now.

” Really? I’m glad you’re okay. Actually, I had some information to tell you.”

– Information? Hmm, just tell me. It’s better to know than not to know.

” First of all, the color of the tower is… black. And some pretty intelligent beings will come out. ”

– The Black Tower… That’s the same story I heard when I started the operation. I didn’t hear that from a more intelligent being…

” There, not the way to enter the tower… they might contact you. That’s what happened to us too. ”

– You got hurt…? Are you okay?

” I’m fine. Yeonseo was a little bit dangerous. Anyway, if you go near the tower, be careful.

In particular, intelligent beings… are not demons, but ‘beings from another world. ‘ ”

– A being from another world… Hmm, thank you. Actually, I was quite troubled because I didn’t have any information. I’ll talk to that guy Yeongwol.

Oh, I guess I should go now. Sleep well and see you next time. I’ll bring you good news.

” Yes, you too, sir… be careful. ”

The call with the old man suddenly ended.

The old man said that nothing special happened… but the screams of pain heard from there… resonate in my ears.

If we can hear such a sound before we even reach the top of Namsan Tower… it means that there are already some pretty strong demons nearby.

I raised my head and looked towards the Namsan Tower where the old man was heading.

Darkness was creeping in from Namsan and the red sunset was turning… a very ominous sight.

I just hope that you are okay…

*****

” Are you here? How is it? ”

I smiled bitterly at Hyunseok’s question about how the old man was.

” I think the old man… was trying not to make me worry… but it looks like there was quite a bit of damage. ”

” Really…? Phew, if only we had come a little earlier… ”

The moment Hyunseok and I were holding each other’s hands and talking about the old man, Yeonseo appeared with an annoyed expression on her face and cut off the hand she was holding.

” You guys know what’s really funny? What? You should’ve come early…? Well, all day yesterday… ”

I quickly covered Yeonseo’s mouth

” That… That’s enough! Got it! Got it! ”

” Ugh…ugh!! ”

Yeonseo tried to pull away from my hand that was blocking her, but it seemed like it was difficult to pull away my hand that had grown, so she started hitting my arm again and again.

” Oh, sorry… ”

” Phew, phew, I really thought I was going to die… ”

” N… Since you suddenly said something like that…! ”

” When the thief sees this, he says, “Please, I’m going crazy.” Oh, that’s okay. Since the old man has already left, there’s nothing we can do about it, so… let’s go get something to eat. ”

At Yeonseo’s words, the sound of his stomach growling made his face, which was already red because of Yeonseo, turn even redder.

” Yeah, I’m hungry too, let’s go quickly. ”

Hyunseok held my hand and headed towards the restaurant, and Yeonseo watched with an expression that said she didn’t want to see that and reluctantly followed behind us.

The stories of people I hear on the way here just pass by my ears, and only his back figure holding my hand and walking forward with a smile captures my attention.

As I look at that sight, I feel a warm warmth in my hand. That warmth gradually leaves my hand, passes through my arm, and heads toward my heart.

Thump, thump, my pounding heart starts to beat harder and my body… gets hot.

‘Haa, now I’m really… completely hooked. Like Hyung… no, Oppa said… it seems Hyunseok has taken me over as his bitch.’

Even as we walked together, holding hands, what kept coming to mind was… that day I spent with him.

‘This… If I don’t come to my senses… Like Jia said… I might get attacked… ‘

As Hyunseok suddenly stopped while thinking about that, Yeonseo, who was following him, tilted her head as if she found it strange and asked,

” No, that’s… This might sound a little weird, but just now, I had a feeling that someone was looking at me as prey… ”

” What? What are you talking about? Move! ”

Yeonseo stepped forward first, tapping Hyunseok’s leg and telling him to move, and I…

‘Wow… That feels good…’

I was surprised that Hyunseok noticed the thoughts I had been keeping to myself, but I was also happy that he had read my thoughts, and my mouth kept watering.

‘Ah, this… I can’t stand it…! ‘

I looked at Yeonseo, who was walking ahead, and Hyunseok, who was holding my hand tightly, while at the same time looking around.

Several rooms appear on the way. I spread my divine power to find a place that was open but empty, and I pushed Hyunseok, who had grabbed me, into that place and locked the door.

” Sha… Charlotte?! ”

” Ouch, sorry… But, this is your fault…! ”

” Hey… Wait?! ”

Ah, it seems like I have to be with him now.

‘Click, click.’ Yeonseo, who was walking while making the sound of her shoes, looked back when she didn’t hear any sound approaching from behind.

There were no two people who should have followed behind.

” Haa, seriously, what is it this time…! No, is it that hard to hold back? ”

A man’s voice was heard from behind Yeonseo, who was stamping her shoes on the floor in anger.

” Huh? Yeonseo? What are you doing here alone? ”

” That voice… Oh, is that Charlotte’s older brother? ”

Hearing that, Yu Ji-seong shrugged his shoulders slightly,

” Hey, he’s my little brother’s friend. Don’t call him that formally. Just call him oppa. ”

” No, I have a different older brother… ”

” Oh… Really? Hmm, boyfriend? ”

When he asked so casually, Yeonseo turned her head and coughed in vain.

” Ahem! So why are you here? ”

” That’s right, I came to eat. Soon, Ji-ah will be here too. So Ji-soo… Charlotte and that guy? ”

” Oh, that was following me… but it’s gone. Look at it or not… ”

Before Yeonseo could finish speaking, she saw Jisung quickly opening the rooms one by one along the path she had passed.

” Phew, I don’t know anymore. You stupid fool who says you don’t know. ”

*****

” Haa, haa, I can’t stand it anymore… ”

” Charlotte? Calm down! Ugh. ”

Hyunseok just remained still as she started to mix her tongues with his lips after making sounds like ‘Haeup, chueup, chureup.’

Clearly, she was just below his chest, but she suddenly grew up and is now tall enough to kiss him without him having to lift his feet.

Her two arms were attached to the wall by her hands and she tried to move them, but she didn’t know whether her body had been strengthened by divine power or whether her physical strength had also become stronger as a result of her growth.

Now he was… being held by her and kissed.

It’s not that I don’t like it, but… I feel like it hurts my pride a little bit to be treated like this

” Charlotte… Stop… If you keep doing this, you’ll get ‘punished’… ”

” I like ‘punishment’. I like anything you do for me. But… right now… it’s ‘my turn’. Got it? ”

The expression on her face as she looked at him while saying those words was… the eyes of a ‘predator’.

That was also quite… tasteless… But seeing himself in those eyes, he just accepted his fate.

” Yeah…. ”

He just quietly gave her his lips.