episode_0366

The place where I met Juyeon again was none other than our school.

In fact, speaking of Hankook University, where I attend, the campus site itself is so large that there are many side gates, but the place I chose to meet is right on the road when you go through the gate, so it is usually very sparsely populated.

Thanks to this, there was no other place better for a secret meeting.

‘Actually, we can meet at a place like a cafe…’

Since the content of the conversation that had to be shared after meeting was the content, it was a bit difficult to use a place like a cafe where there were many listening ears as the meeting place.

So, after much deliberation, the result was to meet at the side entrance of Korea University.

Juyeon grumbled something about my choice in a text message, but I completely ignored it.

Thanks to the guidance that led me into such a misconception, the control of the situation was clearly in the hands of the main character, but the disappointing part was also there.

I showed my guts and said, “Don’t hate it,” and eventually he accepted.

And the result was the black sedan parked in front of me right now.

‘No, this one…’

A kid so young is driving a sedan that looks like the CEO of a major company would drive…

What is sense, really…

As I was thinking that to myself, the window went down with a sound like “Jiiing.”

It was on the backseat side, not the passenger side.

“What are you doing? Don’t get on it quickly.”

“···.”

“Ta.”

If you see voices coming from the backseat rather than the driver’s side, is there someone else driving the car?

Probably something like that.

Actually, it wasn’t that strange.

The stock price of Rahee’s guild, Wave of Flame, has been rising day by day due to Rahee’s recent activities, and their family, which is ranked among the top 10 guilds, is also a quasi-chaebol.

Hiring at least one driver shouldn’t be that difficult.

Rather… wouldn’t Rahee, who drives around with her own hands, be considered a special breed in this world?

Anyway, it was a bit difficult to just stand there, so I quietly opened the door and got into the empty seat. Juyeon, who had seen it, said to the woman sitting in the driver’s seat.

“Sister.”

“Yes, lady.”

“Please drop me off at my officetel and leave work for today.”

“I will do so.”

“Oh, and… please keep the fact that you met him a secret from your dad.”

I thought the driver was a man, but it turned out to be a woman…

Well, from the main character’s perspective, he might be more comfortable with a woman like him than a man…

“Can you keep it a secret?”

“···I will do that until the guild leader asks a question.”

“That’s fine.”

By the way, Han Joo-yeon… she’s surprisingly kind to the people around her…

The image that remains in my memory is of him always picking fights with Ra-hee, and he also had the appearance of a villainess, so it was an image that seemed to be a bit of a threat to those below him.

Is this why you have to look to know anything?

While I was coming to this realization, the car quickly drove down the road and entered the underground parking lot of a residential-commercial officetel complex built in one of the central areas of Seoul.

“Thank you for your hard work. Just go in now.”

“Yes, lady.”

“What are you doing? Don’t get off right away.”

It would be great if you could show me even half of that politeness.

Or is he doing this on purpose?

There was no possibility.

That’s because I had a record of rejecting Han Joo-yeon’s confession.

Han Joo-yeon, who firmly believed that her confession would not be rejected, but then was kicked out by me, would naturally not be able to say anything kindly.

Maybe… he might be getting back at me by using a tone like this that gently scratches my nerves.

by the way···.

“It’s good, I’ll buy it.”

“The good thing is that it is an officetel anyway.”

“But bugs aren’t likely to come out here.”

“Ah, that’s right. You were actually living with Rahee at her house, right?”

As you know, Rahee’s living room, or rather, her house(?), was a single-family home with a yard, which was rare even in Seoul.

And the disadvantage, not the disadvantage, of a single-family home with a yard was that it attracts a huge number of bugs.

Now that it’s winter, it seems like they appear less often… but even so, there are times when you’ll go and say, “Bye!”

“Why? If a bug comes out, Rahee will just cling to you to catch the bug, right?”

“Sometimes?”

“That’s all pretense. Coy. You know that? With Rahee’s ability, she can turn everything, bugs and all, into ashes with just a snap of her fingers.”

“You may not be able to show off your talent because you are embarrassed.”

“To be naive… Well, if you wanted to believe that, then you believed that.”

As we entered the elevator, continuing what I couldn’t tell whether it was a conversation or an argument, Juyeon placed his palm on the cylindrical pillar that was sticking out of the corner of the elevator.

At the same time, the stopped elevator started moving automatically.

“Oh, advanced technology.”

“What do you say, this is the standard for new construction these days?”

Indeed… the rich use fingerprint recognition not only on their cell phones but also in elevators…

As I was engraving this newly learned fact into my mind, the elevator reached its destination in an instant and its mouth was wide open.

“Get off and turn left.”

As I followed Juyeon’s lead, which started at the same time, what I finally encountered was a completely different landscape from the officetel I knew.

Is this… an officetel?

Not an apartment?

I think this place would be better than most apartments…

As I was momentarily stunned by the scenery that unfolded as soon as I entered the entrance, Juyeon stood with his hands on the wall, took off his shoes, walked forward, and sat down on the soft-looking sofa.

“Okay then… shall we start the real story now?”

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Yoon Soo-hyun probably doesn’t even know in his dreams.

How long I have been waiting for this moment since we parted ways at the banquet hall where the party was held.

You’ll find out soon…

How was the late Rahee able to stand tall as a hunter so quickly?

Is it because I am confident that it will happen?

My heart was pounding and I was starting to feel nervous, to the point where my palms were sweating slightly, but I never showed it to the outside.

Even if we did that, it would only end up showing the other side how badly we wanted that information.

And if Yoon Soo-hyun’s son found out about that fact… maybe he would take control of the situation.

So, I adjusted my facial expression to the best of my ability… and asked Su-hyeon with a distraught expression on my face, as if I was dealing with a fraud whose true intentions were clearly visible.

“So, what method did you use?”

Honestly, it wasn’t that difficult.

Perhaps because of the background she had from birth, there were always people around her trying to get a taste of it in some way.

If they wanted to deceive people, they would hide the greed shining in their eyes, but instead, people rushed at her with their eyes wide open, trying to trick her somehow just because she was young.

Since I controlled my mind to think that I was dealing with such people, my facial expressions were made automatically without much effort.

And fortunately, did that facial expression have an effect?

A very cautious voice came out from between Yoon Soo-hyun’s lips, as if he was watching what others were thinking.

“There’s nothing I can’t tell you about the situation that has come to this… But before that, I’d like you to make a promise first.”

“Hmm… strange? Are you in a position right now where you can put conditions on it…?”

“···If you don’t promise not to spread what I’m saying to others from now on, I don’t want to talk about it either.”

“Ah, what is it? Is that what a promise was? That’s it… okay. I won’t go around talking nonsense.”

Even without making a promise, I had no intention of going anywhere and talking nonsense.

It is true that Yoon Soo-hyun knows something, but if he really knows something, it is information that should be monopolized as much as possible and not something that can be spread carelessly.

“So what are you trying to say?”

“Uhm… First of all, I hope you don’t laugh after hearing it.”

Usually, there are many cases where scammers make their fortunes like that… The words filled my throat for a moment, but I held it in and waited for the next words.

In any case, there was no need to stand up and start a situation when the other person decided to open their mouth.

“Have you ever heard of Gi?”

“···Gi?”

The one that appears in comics or novels?

“Gi is a power that has a completely different concept from the ‘talent’ of awakened people that is widely known to the world. And I… am one of the few people who knows how to deal with it.”

Kira…

I was wondering what he was taking this long to say…

“Ha…! Are you asking me to believe that now?”