Chapter 79 Seven Years of Love

My ex-girlfriend Yoo Eun-ha, who had dumped me, came to visit and said ‘I’ll specially date you again if you ask.’

No matter how I thought about it, it was such an absurd statement from my perspective.
‘What did I say to Eun-ha?’

Even though I tried hard to find any reason why Eun-ha would say such a thing to me.

To begin with, I have a body that doesn’t get drunk, and I clearly remember everything that happened with Eun-ha.

I absolutely never gave off such nuances at all.

So this current situation was very bewildering.

Suddenly showing up and talking about giving special chances…

Though I was surprised at first….

Still, I could quickly understand why Eun-ha was acting this way.

‘She’s drunk…’

The strong smell of alcohol spread from Eun-ha’s mouth as she spoke to me now.

If I were to make a reasonable guess about why Eun-ha was acting this way towards me, it must be because of alcohol.

Isn’t she saying these things to me now because of alcohol?

I thought about it that way.

Then everything made sense.

Well, people can be like that when drunk.

“Eun-ha. Should I call you a taxi? Want to go home?”

I smiled awkwardly while tapping my smartphone.

And said while launching the taxi app.

Since she seems unable to think straight due to being drunk, it would be right to send her back quickly.

“…Not going to answer?”

But after hearing my words, Eun-ha started glaring at me.

As if she still hadn’t received an answer to her question…

With an alcohol-flushed face, she started speaking somewhat seriously.

“Hm? What?”

“I said I’ll specially date you again…! If you ask.”

Sigh

I inwardly let out a sigh.

This again.

“Hmm… looks like you’re very drunk. Eun-ha. The taxi will be here soon, so take that home.”

“… I’m not joking.”

I called a taxi, and soon saw a message saying it would arrive in 5 minutes.

I tried to show that to Eun-ha and send her off, but.

“Huh?”

“I said I’m not joking!!!”

I could see Eun-ha angrily shouting at me as if she couldn’t hold it in anymore.

‘I’m not drunk…’

Before coming to Si-woo’s house, Eun-ha had drunk 3 more bottles of soju.

Though it was soju she drank almost habitually, and because of that she could smell the thick alcoholic scent coming from her own mouth just by breathing now.

But if asked if she was drunk, she absolutely wasn’t.

Eun-ha thought she wasn’t drunk at all, and in reality, her mind was quite clear.

So, everything she was saying now was sincere.

“Hurry up and tell me…! Are you going to ask me? Or not?”

“Umm…”

“Answer. Quick!!”

Eun-ha spoke to her ex-boyfriend Si-woo in such a clear state.

Saying she would specially give him a chance…!

It was her own way of wanting to date again with the boyfriend she had dated for 7 years.

It was her way of bestowing recognition on the boyfriend who had been so kind to her.

And this was something Eun-ha was quite confident about.

Eun-ha is truly an extraordinary person.

There’s no need to explain that one by one – everyone knows it, and especially Si-woo knows it better than anyone.

Therefore…

If she went this far…

Wouldn’t Si-woo ask to date again?

Eun-ha had such expectations.

But…

“I don’t particularly want to date you…”

Si-woo cleanly rejected that recognition.

Looking at Eun-ha with a smile, Si-woo’s expression didn’t show even a trace of lingering attachment.

It was just words spoken too lightly.

And.

“What?”

Hearing those words, Eun-ha couldn’t help but be shocked.

She couldn’t help but think Si-woo had truly gone crazy.

“It’s exactly what I said. I’ll call you a taxi, so go back.”

“Hey… wait…!”

So she brushed off Si-woo’s arm trying to send her back.

Glaring sharply at Si-woo, Eun-ha continued speaking confidently.

“An S-class Rank 1 hunter… Don’t you know that a truckload of other women couldn’t match up to just me?”

Right now, Eun-ha had specially given Si-woo a chance but was rejected.

But this wasn’t such a simple matter.

“And yet… you reject me? When I’m giving you a chance? Do you really not understand what that means?”

She was clearly an existence that other women could absolutely not match in every aspect – power, wealth, ability – being an S-class Rank 1.

And the one who would know that best would be Si-woo.

“Don’t you know who I am, Yoo Eun-ha?”

Eun-ha spoke towards Si-woo as if reminding him again in this absurd situation.

“I’m giving this chance to you, not other men…!”

If it were other men… no, no man in the world would be able to speak like this when looking at Eun-ha.

And… that.

She herself knows it, and Si-woo would know it even better.

Despite that, the reason Eun-ha was doing this was because it was Si-woo that she was specially giving this chance to.

She was giving Si-woo the honor of being able to be her boyfriend again.

But…

“Hmm… I’ll still decline.”

But… Si-woo had rejected that.

Eun-ha found this current situation too absurd.

So.

Therefore.

“But… but why? I’m saying I’ll specially date you? What’s your reason for rejecting?”

Eun-ha couldn’t help but ask Si-woo as if she really didn’t understand.

Asking why he wouldn’t accept when she was giving him a chance.

“Hmm… that’s… hard to explain in words…”

And to such words from Eun-ha…

Si-woo thought for a moment before answering.

“To begin with, when I liked you, I never liked you for your abilities.”

Si-woo answered Eun-ha while smiling gently.

Though Si-woo spoke with a light smile, there was much sadness contained within it.

As if the place where a man’s love for a woman he had loved so much had broken was now filled with sorrow…

Such deep sadness…

“…”

And…

Witnessing such sadness, Eun-ha couldn’t give any response.

Because Si-woo’s words, which seemed to have given up everything, looked so sad…

She couldn’t say anything at all.

Indeed, Si-woo had never once loved her for her abilities.

He had just… looked only at Eun-ha herself.

Forever… he had just loved her.

“I called a taxi. Go back quickly. Get some rest.”

A moment of silence.

Eventually, looking outside, the taxi had arrived.

Si-woo returned home after telling Eun-ha to get back safely with a gentle smile.

Thus ended the conversation between Si-woo and Eun-ha.

“No…”

But even though it had ended…

Eun-ha could only stand in front of Si-woo’s house.

And could only mutter to herself while looking down at the ground.

“This time I won’t abandon you…”

She could only keep muttering.

“So…”

She could only feel the piercing guilt.

Eun-ha who suddenly came to find me.

After talking briefly with such an Eun-ha, I called a taxi and sent her back.

‘Giving a special chance, she says…’

The words my ex-girlfriend who suddenly appeared said to me, ‘If you ask right here, I might specially date you again’…

I couldn’t help but fall into thought, reflecting on those words for a moment.

‘She wasn’t that kind of person, but is it really because of alcohol?’

I know Eun-ha’s personality very well.

Though it was half a way to induce a confession from me, it was essentially no different from Eun-ha confessing to me.

Because of that, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Eun-ha was a hunter who was a serious ball of pride, so her saying such things to me seriously deviated from the Eun-ha I knew.

Though I was a bit surprised…

Still, thinking it must be because she couldn’t think straight due to alcohol, I guess it makes sense.

So this is just a happening and nothing more.

Surely after she sobers up, it will pass as if nothing happened.

That’s what I expect.

‘But… I really don’t like her anymore, huh.’

But despite such a simple happening, I was newly made to realize my state again.

Though I say I don’t feel any emotions towards Eun-ha, still, she was an ex-girlfriend I spent 7 years with.

When such an ex-girlfriend said those things to me, I couldn’t feel anything.

No… there were emotions, but perhaps it’s more accurate to say there was no lingering attachment anymore.

Anyway, it was clear that I no longer liked Eun-ha.

I originally knew this fact, but it feels like I came to know it for certain through this happening.

And knowing this fact for certain through this happening makes me feel somewhat bitter.

Eun-ha was such an important woman to me, and a woman I loved for 7 years.

Because all those emotions had disappeared like a lie.

Somehow, it felt like… I had become someone who wasn’t myself.

Have I changed…?

“Sigh… what’s the point of thinking about it.”

I shook my head and smirked.

Being 24 years old and having such middle school syndrome-like sentiments, I could only laugh at my current situation.

I should just have fun like usual now.

Ding!

As I was about to go back into my room like that.

A message came.

[Mr. Lee Si-woo. Please visit the Hunter Association in the near future.]

A very simple message from the Hunter Association President.