episode_0090

After catching Yoon Jae-deok and handing him over to the police, thinking that the National Intelligence Service would take care of it.

I returned to my normal life and was having a day like any other day.

At least… .

I thought so.

“Narae. Don’t waste your magic. You have a lot of magical power left, but why do you keep saving it? This gate is dangerous, so I told you not to spare it.”

“Oh, sorry… .”

“Hannah too. If you try to hold on no matter what, your posture will be ruined and the shock will only accumulate. Spill what you can. If you fall, the subjugation is truly over.”

“… Sorry, sorry… .”

“And Seowon. Please save your energy. It’s good to be strong, but since you give every shot, there’s no going back. Shock is cumulative. It’s the same whether you hit it twice moderately or hit it hard once. Got it?”

“… Yes.”

“… okay. Let’s take a break and try again.”

After giving short feedback and leaving the members behind, I headed straight to Gyu-ri Han to check the collected data.

“Data came out?”

“Ah, yes… !”

Then Gyu-ri Han hurriedly handed me a tablet with a somewhat stiff expression… .

“… Stir… . Producer.”

She, who was secretly observing me from the side, quietly spoke in a strangely cautious tone.

“That… . if… , what’s going on… ?”

“… Yes?”

“Just, well… . Did something bad happen to you… .”

She suddenly asks me how I am doing.

“No, that’s… .”

At that time, I was looking at her flustered figure as if she had said something for no reason.

“Let’s see who they had a fight with.”

Kim Jun-hyung, who had been away for a moment, sneakily approached and joined in.

“I was always like this after fighting with someone.”

“Cum, fight?”

After hitting the nail on the head, I glared at Kim Jun-hyung and retorted.

“… What are you saying all of a sudden?”

Then Kim Jun-hyung looked at me and smiled as if he knew that would happen, then put down the documents he was holding and said vaguely.

“You’re really sensitive right now.”

‘… ‘Am I sensitive?’

I was instantly awakened by a word I hadn’t heard in a long time, and shifted my gaze to glance at Han Gyu-ri.

“… … .”

It seemed like Kim Jun-hyung was right as he kept his mouth shut and looked at me with somewhat worried eyes.

“Would you like a cup of coffee?”

Move to the training lounge.

“Yes.”

“… Thank you.”

As I took the coffee from the vending machine that Kim Jun-hyung had brought, I was reluctant to feel the warmth at my fingertips.

“Did you bring something hot in this weather?”

There is not much left until the season ends on August 1st.

No matter how hot it was, it was still sweaty, so it was clear that they had brought something hot on purpose.

“I purposely brought you something hot so that you don’t drink it too quickly.”

Junhyung Kim slyly took a seat next to me and, unlike mine, sipped a cup of ice-filled coffee and hinted at something.

“So, who did you fight with?”

“… What’s the point of fighting?”

“Are you Seol Joo-hee?”

Kim Jun-hyung accurately predicted his opponent.

‘How did know?’

When I turned my head in surprise, he rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue as if it was obvious and continued talking.

“If you say so, then yes. What’s happening this time?”

“Just… . A few things happened.”

“What, is it big?”

“… A lot.”

“Umm… .”

Kim Jun-hyung began to cross his arms and nod his head as if he was thinking about something.

I sipped my slightly steamy hot coffee and stared blankly into the break room.

Is it because the air conditioner is great?

Rather, it felt like it warmed up my cold insides.

“… Jihyuk. I think so.”

Kim Jun-hyung speaks while holding his weight in an uncharacteristic way.

“Being a friend is actually a very limited role, so you have to be even more careful.”

I sipped my coffee and listened to him in silence.

“I don’t know what happened between you and Seol Joo-hee… . You and him are best friends. Unless this incident upsets the relationship… . I think it’s a good idea to think again.”

He spoke as if he knew what happened between Seol Joo-hee and me.

Of course, you might have guessed it based on my reaction… .

‘… Friends… .’

Those serious words gave me a chance to think again.

“Fuhu… .”

Kim Jun-hyung, who had quickly downed a cup of coffee filled with ice, held his empty cup out to me, asking if I needed ice.

“No need.”

“Really?”

Then he put an ice cube in his mouth, stood up, and added one more word.

“Anyway, drink some coffee slowly and think about it. I’ll go in and take some time.”

“… I’ll be there soon.”

“Are you trying to be mean to the kids again?”

“It’s not shit, it’s feedback.”

“You must be young… . I go in first.”

After Kim Jun-hyung returned to the training ground.

Left alone in the empty lounge, I indifferently looked down at the vending machine coffee in my hand.

The coffee, which was steaming with steam, had cooled down before I knew it and had become lukewarm.

*

“How about it? Are you okay?”

“It’s delicious? Where did you order it at a good restaurant?”

“Hehe… . Try this too!”

After training, I headed to Arin Lim’s house and was eating dinner that she had prepared herself.

The sight of her preparing side dishes with a happy smile upon answering that it was delicious was like seeing a newly married woman.

‘Is this how it feels when you get married? .’

I’m thinking about getting married without realizing it, so what more can I say?

“I ate well.”

After such a happy meal.

“I’m eating this in the living room.”

“Huh? What about you?”

“I’m going to put this away!”

“Let’s clean it up together. It’s faster if you help.”

“No, don’t do anything today… !”

“No, me too… .”

“Seup!”

While Im A-rin was cleaning up after herself, I was kicked out to the living room, so I quietly picked up some fruit and ate it, waiting for her to come back.

‘You shouldn’t make a habit of it… .’

And after a while.

“Are you done?”

“Yes! Just take it out a little later.”

Lim A-rin returns after cleaning up.

“Tskcha… .”

She naturally took a seat on me instead of on the sofa.

To be honest, the position in which I held her wasn’t very comfortable… .

Since I had something to eat, I gently hugged him and accepted his anger.

“You worked hard. Would you like me to massage your arm?”

“Oh, good!”

I slowly massaged her body under the pretext of massaging her.

It felt like a kind of service for her.

“A lot of people have come together here. Haven’t you worked too hard?”

“… Yes… . Something like that… . ah… .”

How long had it been since he was leisurely massaging Lim Ah-rin’s body like that?

While I was listening to her increasingly excited breathing, a question suddenly occurred to me.

Indeed, Lim A-rin did not notice Seol Joo-hee’s condition?

‘… Arin doesn’t know… ?’

Ever since she started dating Lim Ah-rin, she has not often brought up the topic of Seol Joo-hee.

No, unless it came up naturally as the topic progressed, I actually never mentioned her name.

Of course, this is something that is completely understandable.

Because my relationship with Seol Joo-hee is close to the worst, there is a high possibility that Lim A-rin did not intentionally bring up the story out of consideration for me.

however.

No matter what, I didn’t think he would hide from me that he had started dabbling in drugs.

“… Hey, Arin.”

“Yes… ?”

“Are you in touch with the kids these days?”

“Children, children… ? Why all of a sudden… ?”

She flinched and reacted slightly in embarrassment.

I continued talking while carelessly stroking her lower abdomen.

“No, just. There is no news.”

OK.

“You’re probably doing well… ?”

An answer came out that was somewhat unclear.

“You don’t communicate well?”

“Ugh… . I just say hello sometimes… .”

After telling me that Arin Lim didn’t communicate often, she grabbed my wrist and subtly shoved it into my underwear.

“Hmm… .”

The warm moisture you can clearly feel at your fingertips.

She was already overflowing with preparations.

“You can’t do it slowly… ?”

Lim A-rin sent a signal by twisting her body as if she could no longer bear it.

Perhaps because of my mood, it strangely felt like she was trying to gloss over my story… .

‘… It must be an illusion… .’

Given the situation, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal.

“Just a little more.”

“… Yes… .”

After pushing her to her limit as usual, I finally granted her wish.

*

Another hectic few days pass by.

One day before the gate conquest.

“… … .”

I was quietly looking at the message that appeared on my phone screen.

[Yura: See you today. ]

[ Me: What’s happening all of a sudden? ]

[Yura: It’s important. ]

[Me: I will report the schedule and contact you]

It was a message exchanged with Hong Yu-ra a little while ago.

‘What’s going on… .’

At first, I thought she was going to bring up the story about Seol Joo-hee.

but… .

After thinking about it carefully, I soon realized that it was not true.

If it’s about Seol Joo-hee, there’s no reason to tell it to me.

Above all, considering the fact that Lim A-rin had not mentioned anything about Seol Ju-hee’s condition until now, it was highly likely that the story was not about Seol Ju-hee.

So, it’s not Seol Joo-hee, it’s a different story… .

‘Could it be because of Arin?’

Considering the fact that I had lost contact with the two recently, it was a reasonable guess.

“… … .”

It was around this time that I was lost in thought for a while.

“F, producer… ! I’m a producer!!”

For some reason, Gyu-ri Han urgently started looking for me.

“What’s going on in a hurry? .”

“You, police!”

“… Yes?”

“The police are looking for the producer!”

“!”

The story was that the police were looking for me.