episode_0405

“Now, wait a minute.”

“Why, what.”

“Who are you going to do and what are you going to do?”

“You know everything, but you pretend not to know…”

Rahee looked at me with a bewildered expression for a moment, but then crossed her arms and continued speaking.

“You.”

“Me.”

“I’ll make you American.”

“As an American…?”

“It would be more accurate to call them dual nationals with American citizenship.”

What does that mean?

“In that sense… From this moment on, your name is Steve.”

“What?!”

“Why.”

“s, Steve is not allowed. Steve…!”

“What’s wrong with Steve?”

“Ah, no way! I tend to like pizza, but I don’t even like military service evaders…!!”

“What kind of nonsense is this all of a sudden…”

“So? Why did those words suddenly come out…?”

Is this also an effect of the app?

Anyway, whatever the reason, I wanted to avoid the name Steve.

For some reason, it felt like someone was whispering in my ear that it wasn’t enough.

“If you don’t like Steve, go with Andrew. But isn’t that too common?”

“No, that’s okay. Why are you suddenly making me an American?”

No way… I don’t want to see you, so go to America. What does this mean?

I was so embarrassed that I even thought about that for a moment, but Rahee’s expression as she spoke was too calm to interpret it that way.

And with that calm expression on her face, Rahee asked me.

“Hey, Yoon Soo-hyun.”

“Huh?”

“Do you trust me?”

Do you believe it…?

“Of course.”

Even though I really don’t know anything else, I was able to answer that one part clearly.

Even though their reunion after several years was so messy that it was difficult to see with their eyes open, and it was said that the power of hypnosis was used, his feelings for Rahee were sincere.

Should I say that it has suddenly become like that, just like when spring comes, the snow that has accumulated all winter melts, and when fall comes, the leaves fall.

Of course, my feelings for Ari were also sincere.

“···How much?”

How much…

This question is a bit difficult…

After all, isn’t the heart something that can be expressed in numbers like some program?

“If I didn’t trust you in the first place, I wouldn’t have revealed ‘that’ to you.”

So instead of giving specific numbers, I answered Rahee’s question that way, and it was barely a passing score.

A smile spread across Rahee’s face, which had a very serious expression.

In return, the expression of Juyeon, who was watching the whole scene from the side, was crumpled.

Rather than feeling irritated, I should say it feels like I’m trying to get a kick out of it.

“That’s enough. Leave it to me from now on.”

“?”

“I will finish this matter in a way that is most beneficial to you.”

Oh, no, really… I came just to hear the conditions…

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When Soohyun announced her intention to join the guild, she didn’t show it much, but she was very happy.

It was good to see that as long as we were bound together in the name of a guild rather than a romantic relationship that could break at any time, we wouldn’t suddenly disappear one day like before.

The moment you act like that, you will immediately be hit with a 10x penalty, but if you were in the right mind, you wouldn’t act like that.

‘Well… it’s hard to say that my mind was already set straight when I and Ari started dating at the same time.’

I guess it’s satisfying just to have one more shackle to tie Soohyun to her side.

When I think about it now, it was a very dark thought, but at the time, I really thought that way.

So I was happy.

And that joy… gradually turned into anxiety as I began to learn martial arts from Su-hyeon in earnest.

It had no choice but to be like that.

From her perspective, she couldn’t help but feel anxious because the more she learned martial arts, the more she realized what an incredible power it was.

Su-hyeon said that Ari or she is effective because she likes compatibility, but for those who don’t, she said in passing that it would be difficult to see the effect to this extent… But even taking that into account, the ‘martial arts’ that Su-hyeon taught her is ‘ was incredibly correct.

The moment you learn it, you actually gain another talent. If that’s not great, then what is?

Well, the truly scary thing is that you don’t have to be an awakened person.

I said that it is difficult to be sure because I have never taught martial arts to the general public, but I think it will be possible as long as there is good guidance from the side.

And what if it is possible for ordinary people, that is, non-awakened people, to learn martial arts…?

Depending on how you feel, it would be possible to build an army made up of artificially created awakened people.

The moment my thoughts reached that point again, the fear that had been sprouting deep inside my heart suddenly increased in size.

That’s right… Right now, things about martial arts are not known to the outside world, so it’s relatively calm, but what if, just in case, information related to him leaks out to the outside world somehow?

Because there were more than one place to target Suhyeon.

Will we be able to stop all those attempts with just the power of our guild?

Among them, there must be a group that goes beyond the group level and is called a nation, right?

Even thinking about cancer alone, it was close to impossible, and that was actually why I thought about a temporary alliance with Juyeon, even though I didn’t feel like it.

It is of course impossible to block ten hands with one hand, but if the number of hands active on this side increases, it is not impossible.

And the Gwangmyeong Cross Society, to which the main character belongs, is not only powerful as a teenage guild, but also has a very broad scope because its foundation is a religious organization.

So, I was thinking of coaxing Juyeon into being an ally who would stand up for Su-hyeon when the time came, even if he wasn’t on this side… In the meantime, something like this happened.

Thanks to this, at first I thought, ‘Ah… I’m coming…’

It was definitely like that at first, but as I drove toward the U.S. Embassy with Juyeon in the passenger seat, I started to think that way little by little.

So… I wonder if this is really a bad situation.

‘Whatever it is, I just need to keep him next to me, right?’

In that sense, since it has come to this, why not bring even the United States into this direction?

Of course, for that to happen, Su-hyeon would have to acquire American citizenship…

nationality?

Honestly, what does that matter?

Regardless of whether she has Korean or American nationality, Yoon Soo-hyun is still Yoon Soo-hyun.

Maybe… it might have been a good thing.

It’s a bit embarrassing to say it this way because it feels like you’re drinking kimchi soup first, but if the father-to-be has American nationality, the future child will have more options.

‘baby···.’

Baby…

Do you really want a girl?

However, a boy who resembles Yoon Soo-hyun might not be bad…

To begin with, Yoon Soo-hyun also has a bit of a childlike side, so if he were a boy, wouldn’t he play well?

It must have been a moment when thoughts were flowing one after another like that.

“···Yo?”

“···.”

“Hey? Don’t you eat it?”

“···Ah.”

Did something to drink come out just then?

When I came to my senses, I saw steaming tea cups on the table.

In order to be polite to the person who gave me the tea, and to bring my mind back to its original state after going off track for a while, I picked up the tea cup and carefully took a sip of the sloshing liquid inside.

After being polite, she opened her mouth, looking straight at the person who was looking at her as if on guard.

“First of all, I would like to hear the conditions that the United States will propose.”

” If you were Yoon Soo-hyun, what authority do you have? ”

“Do you agree?”

“Uh, well, do it like that.”

As expected… I wasn’t even thinking about immigration in the first place.

It was clear that he didn’t seem that interested even though it was his job.

“Phew… Good. Then this…”

“What is that?”

“This is a pamphlet that lists what we can provide to Soo-Hyun Yoon and the rights she will enjoy if she chooses to naturalize in the United States. ”

“Hmm… Can I take a look?”

“···That’s right.”

I was handed a fairly thick-looking pamphlet and began to look at it.

There were not just one pamphlet, but several, so I handed the remaining pamphlets to Juyeon, who was sitting next to me.

“Hmm, why are there so many?”

“We would be grateful if you could accept this as meaning that we are keeping an eye on the talented person named Soo-Hyun Yoon.”

“There are so many…”

“It’s not very practical. Don’t they usually give this kind of treatment to newly naturalized awakened people?”

“So.”

“In addition, there are also obligations that must be observed upon naturalization.”

Was he caught off guard by the words that Juyeon added as if to agree with him?

“Well, that’s…!”

A slightly embarrassed expression appeared on the face of a woman named Amelia.

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“They only list out the rights that can be enjoyed, but they omit the actual obligations that must be observed…”

“Isn’t this a typical scammer’s tactic?”

I thought to myself as I watched Rahee and Juyeon pressuring Amelia without hesitation, almost as if they were one body, even though they didn’t get together in advance.

This combination…maybe the strongest…