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Episode 13 Report

We returned to the association and went to the gate processing department to immediately report what we had experienced to Manager Park.

Manager Park seemed surprised to see Harin at first, but he quickly pretended nothing had happened and asked her what business she had come back for.

We reported a situation where the Blue Gate turned into a Black Gate and the gate connecting to the outside world disappeared, leaving the person isolated and unable to escape from the dungeon right away.

Everything from wandering around for 3 hours when I first came in, fortunately the boss was already in a dying state, and killing the boss and turning it into a gate.

“So… what you just said is that you two went in to deal with the Blue Gate, but the Blue Gate changed to a Black Gate?”

“Yes.”

I answered Manager Park’s question again, asking me if I was sure what I heard.

Harin just nodded without saying a word.

“This has never happened before… I will report this to the higher-ups… By the way, the blue gate has changed to a black gate… Have you checked the time after coming out of the gate? ”

“Yes. It was 12:25 before we entered the gate, and it was 12:30 after we left. And I think we were inside the gate for about 5 hours.”

“Then it’s a little strange. Apparently, I was at the Blue Gate for 3 hours. Even if it turns into a black gate from the moment the gate disappears, it is normal only after 3 hours and 2 minutes when you go outside.”

So what Director Park is saying now is that one hour at the Black Gate is the same as one minute in the outside world. It seems that the formula was used.

What he said is not wrong.

Because time flows in the Blue Gate the same way as in the outside world.

“Even if there is a margin of error, 3 hours and 3 minutes are worlds apart.”

“Director Park, I think we were thinking wrong.”

After hearing what I said, Manager Park put his left hand on his waist and his right hand on his chin.

“I don’t think we entered the Blue Gate in the first place.”

**********

We were looking at it wrong from the beginning.

The place we entered was black, not blue.

In other words, it was destined to be isolated from the beginning.

After hearing what I had summarized again, Director Park hurriedly went upstairs to report.

I said I could leave work early and go rest.

It is unclear whether this will be well received by the higher-ups.

Maybe because it was the first day today, I couldn’t get any information.

‘Let’s not be too hasty…’

‘Time is on my side… perhaps?’

It’s so hard for me now that I want to go home and relax.

The gift Harin gave me was so heavy that, to be honest, I started to break into a cold sweat.

My left arm felt numb.

“Harin. I’m going home now.”

“Ah.. Are you going in already?”

“Yes, I should also bring the gift you gave me.”

“That. It wasn’t a gift to use as decoration in your house?”

Harin put both hands on her waist and looked as if she was trying to admonish me.

“Oh, by the way, Harin. Could you please give me your contact information?”

“Is this a sudden task? It’s not that easy to get my number.”

“Don’t play around.”

“It’s true… me. Still, it’s S-class…”

“Quickly.”

“Tch, okay. Come on!”

I worked hard to get Harin’s contact information.

I immediately saved Harin’s contact information to my phone.

But do visually impaired people also use KoTalk?

You can’t see it, but the text on the other side of the screen is unreadable no matter how good your senses are.

And it was clear that it would be difficult to type in the first place.

“Harin… can you send a text message?”

To resolve my curiosity, I immediately asked Harin.

“No? Would you be able to do things like text even though you don’t have eyes?”

“Of course…”

“.. Well, I can still exchange voices with you over the phone, so it might not matter..”

Harin seemed to only be able to talk on the phone.

“Okay. At that level, there will be no problem in communicating.”

Harin’s ears turned bright red.

Her hair was white, so it was immediately obvious that her ears were dyed red.

“Why do you suddenly need my contact information?… Could it be… that you… like me…”

“Why, since you are a colleague, shouldn’t you at least know his contact information?”

“…”

Harin became the cold person I saw at the store earlier.

I had no idea what I had done wrong.

“You… stop calling me a colleague.”

“What is it? Weren’t we colleagues?”

Harin clenched her fists tightly.

“Instead of colleagues… we are friends.”

Harin, who said that, still seemed displeased.

“I’ll be satisfied with being friends right now…”

Despite the extreme heat brought on by the summer season, the strangely cold temperature near her didn’t seem to be due to the air conditioner inside the building.

“Uh…yeah…yeah…we are friends.”

I answered reflexively, and it wasn’t a 100-point correct answer from her perspective.

“Just friends?”

“So best friends?…”

After hearing what I said, she smiled shyly and nodded.

To lighten the mood, I asked Harin any number of questions.

‘Something I usually thought was strange…’

“Harin. You have a lot of money. Right?”

“Yes, right?”

Harin tilted her head and listened to me.

“But… couldn’t you have received an eye transplant?”

“Are you talking about cornea transplant?”

“No, I mean receiving a transplant of the entire eyeball.”

“Ah.. that way..”

Harin reacted as if she understood what I said.

Harin hesitated and spoke as if it wasn’t that she didn’t try.

Currently, it is not possible to transplant the entire eye.

This surgery is only possible on parts of the cornea, conjunctiva, and sclera. etc.

Simply put, it was impossible to fit an eye into Harin’s empty spot.

“Are you okay?”

After the explanation, I tried to calm Harin, who was depressed.

“Yes.. This is no problem anymore.”

“Perhaps you’ve tried a healing device for your eyes… Of course, you’ve tried it, right?”

“.. Yes.”

It didn’t help at all.

“Can you tell me what time it is?”

“Now? It’s now 1:12 PM.. Why?”

“Ah.. I have always asked people around me about the time at the association to find out what time it is.”

I admired her for always trying to survive even though she couldn’t see.

“Then, do you always stop strangers and ask them the time?”

“Yes. Right?”

“Wasn’t it hard?”

“It was hard… but it’s okay now because I have you.”

Are you just coming to ask me about the time?

‘I’m not some kind of grandfather clock…’

After this, I continued chatting with Harin.

The feeling in my left arm seemed to be disappearing.

**********

After finishing chatting with Harin, she said she would now go to work.

In fact, all she had to do at the association was to maintain her position in the medical room.

Unless she was called somewhere, how could she get seriously injured to the point where people doing office work would need her?

Although she had no other useful place, the association paid her a lot of money and allowed Harin to continue to stay at the association.

What is the reason? Overwhelming healing power? Her body?

It’s just my opinion, but I think it’s to maintain balance in the hunter world.

As the only S-class healer, Harin’s healing skills are incredibly deceptive.

What if it belongs to a guild?

The guild will deal with the gate mercilessly without stopping.

It was clear that even the lower-level gates would be dealt with without exception.

In that case, the first to die are raid parties with low-level hunters, as well as small and medium-sized guilds.

As time passes, large guilds are also bound to suffer damage.

There is also a feeling that the Association may have deliberately captured her in order to seal her ability to cause great harm in any way.

‘You’re not famous for nothing, Harin…’

As I was gathering my thoughts, I found myself back in my studio.

To be exact, Eunbyeol owns it.

I have to tell Eunbyeol what happened today later.

As soon as I entered the studio, I felt cold.

weird. I’m sure I’ve never left the air conditioner on.

no. There is no air conditioning in this house to begin with.

There was only one small fan.

I left the gift Harin gave me on the floor and opened the bathroom door.

– Jump up!

…

There is water in the bathroom sink.

There is someone.

It was almost certain that someone had used this bathroom recently.

The bristles of the red toothbrush, one of two toothbrushes in the bathroom, were further separated.

My purple toothbrush is dry, while my red toothbrush has some moisture in it.

I started to feel scared.

First of all, there was a possibility that someone might suddenly ambush me, so I immediately looked for a gunman.

I unwrapped the gift Harin gave me and picked up the one-handed straight sword that was in the bag.

But this one-handed sword… its appearance is a bit strange.

Where on earth did the good quality one-handed sword go? There was an old, worn-out one-handed sword inside.

Have you been defrauded by the boss’s coaxing?