episode_0027

“I’ll contact you as soon as I pay off my debt! Then, I’ll buy you cup ramen!”

“Haha… I’m looking forward to it.”

After receiving a send-off from Kang Na-ri, who promised to return the favor with success, Eun-ha left her semi-basement with a light body and mind.

I don’t really have anything to talk about, and my complexion has improved a lot, so I can walk around slowly.

‘People who are burdened with debt like that are living hard, so I should also live hard.’

Before leaving, we exchanged phone numbers to report each other’s survival.

It was a budget phone.

A debt collector who can’t live without debt.

The first meeting with Kang Na-ri, the youngest daughter of the ‘Blue Dragon Family’, ended with each other smiling.

… … .

“Oh my. It’s a coincidence, Eunha. Were you taking a walk?”

“Hiya?!”

Did I walk exactly ten steps after leaving the semi-basement?

Ban Harin appeared without a sound and hugged Eunha from behind and spoke to her.

She gives a back hug and wraps her arms around Eunha’s slim waist.

Eunha, who was startled, let out a cute scream and shuddered.

I didn’t even know it was coming.

Is it really a ghost?

Phew… Phew…

The sound of Ban Harin’s hot breath as he struggles to breathe.

Did something urgent happen? Her breath on the back of her neck dyed Eunha’s earlobes red.

It tickled.

“Wow, I’m surprised… What is it, Mr. Banharin? I was surprised.”

“I’m sorry. Are you inadvertently… tempting me by walking around defenseless?”

“Not at all? Wait, where are you taking me…”

Ban Harin, who hugged Eunha from behind, suddenly lifted her up.

The so-called princess hug.

Eunha, whose condition had not yet recovered, did not have the strength to resist, and calmly hugged Ban Harin and wrapped his arms around her neck.

Wow, it’s comfortable.

Warm and soft.

Is this why Eunbangul keeps falling into her arms?

“You have severe anemia. I’ve parked the car nearby, so I’ll take you home.”

“I can walk alone.”

“Aren’t you overdoing it? Did you continue to donate blood without keeping your promise?”

“…How on earth do you know such a thing?”

“I know it when I see it.”

I relaxed my body while listening to Ban Harin’s nagging.

Even though I was holding Eunha, I couldn’t hear any footsteps, and her embrace was so comfortable that I felt like I was going to fall asleep without realizing it.

At times like this, I felt lucky to be a woman.

Otherwise, it would have been truly embarrassing for others to see.

“But Eunha, what was a person reeling from anemia doing in a place like this?”

“Ah… I was resting at my friend’s house.”

“……friend?”

“Why. What? You’re my friend, right?”

“Would you wear something like that to your friend’s house?”

Ban Harin looked down at the shabby clothes of Eunha in his arms and spoke bitterly.

Earlier, in Kang Na-ri’s semi-basement, the clothes that were covered in blood due to blood donation were exchanged for her old clothes.

Since it’s a benefactor’s clothes, are you saying you’ll wash them clean and return them?

Thanks to you, it saved me a big problem.

If you had thoughtlessly gone outside with blood-stained clothes, you would have been immediately picked up in a police car or ambulance.

But these clothes are too old. Should I use it as a mop when I get home?

Even now, I’m worried because my whole body itches because of the fluff.

“What’s going on, Mr. Banharin? He said he was going to work.”

“I fell asleep during the meeting and got kicked out. I had nowhere else to go, so I met Eunha on the way to the cafe.”

“It didn’t work out well.”

“This is what I like about being a low-level office worker. There is no one who will work under me, so as long as I do a good job, I am a better person than I thought.”

Ban Harin spits out harsh words without even blinking an eye.

I envy that kind of confidence, but I don’t want to be like him.

Then, suddenly, as I was being held by Ban Harin and looking up at the sky blankly,

The blindfold covering her left eye came into view.

“Mr. Banharin, what is that eyepatch?”

A gray eye patch with dark red stains.

Ban Harin continued walking as if it was no big deal.

“I was dozing off at work and got stabbed in the eye by the eraser on the back of a mechanical pencil. It wasn’t a serious injury, but I will have to wear an eye patch for the time being.”

“Well… Mr. Ban Harin wasn’t in a position to worry about others. He’s okay, right? Please get him down quickly. Don’t let the sick person lift heavy things.”

“Eunha is not heavy at all.”

She responded casually, but frowned subtly as if her left eye kept throbbing.

She, who is famous for her lack of expression, is frowning… Was she seriously injured?

Although there seemed to be a subtle smell of iron, the unfamiliar smell of perfume kept disturbing Eunha’s sense of smell.

“……Did you spray some perfume too?”

“It’s been a while since I went to work, so I did something cool. How do you feel?”

“It smells too strong. Don’t ever wear perfume again.”

“All right.”

“And when you hurt your eye, I was told to avoid actions that would increase intraocular pressure, right? Don’t rub your eye because it’s itchy, always wear an eye patch or sunglasses when outside, and… there’s something else.”

“You sound quite motherly, don’t you?”

“Who is the person who always nags me?”

Eun-ha is nagging, as if this is revenge for the nagging she has been receiving for a long time.

At the same time, Ban Harin waved his legs to ask for him to come down, but his posture did not budge.

Some people can’t even lift a bell, but Ban Harin is very strong.

Eunha smiled complexly at the obvious difference in power between her and her.

For some reason, I feel jealous.

It’s also disgusting.

Even though they are the same person, is there such a difference?

‘Mr. Banharin is also a hunter… right? ‘Do you think he’s a combat hunter when he lifts me so easily?’

i envy you. I want to become stronger too, but it’s not easy.

Eunha gently pulled Ban Harin’s cheek to make her grumpy.

“Ahmmm.”

“If you’re sick, put me down. It’s because I’m really worried.”

“Actually, it doesn’t hurt at all, so I’ll just keep going like this.”

“……Mr. A, wait and see. I will exercise later and carry Mr. Banharin around.”

One of the advantages of being a woman.

Skinship has become more comfortable.

Of course, the cute little bell was often held in her arms and loved, but that was only possible because the girl approached her first.

Not only did Eunha approach first, but she was resistant to further skinship.

That’s why, the closer you are, the more cautious you become.

But it’s different now.

Our cute bell? I will hug you as much as I want and kiss your cheek.

I’m going to lie down on the cafe table and do some belly fat.

I’m already in the process of being embraced by a princess, so why hesitate?

… … No, I’m still a little embarrassed.

Do it later.

Wow!! Buaaang!!

At that moment, when I was having a trivial argument with Ban Harin.

A black sports car passed by Eunha with a fierce engine sound.

Did the sight of two beautiful women passing by flirtatiously catch my eye?

Or did he want beautiful women to look at his car?

He deliberately stepped on the accelerator next to the two people and ran away as if to show off.

Banharin, who turned his back toward the road to protect Eunha, clicked his tongue nervously at the sudden noise.

“Tsk. I’ll have to file an official complaint with Euncheon-gu. If you leave a speeding car like that alone, there could be a fatal accident…”

“…….”

“Eunha?”

Ban Harin was ‘observing’ the sports car as it was moving away.

She lowered her head as she felt Eunha’s arms hugging her neck tremble.

“haha…”

“Eunha. Are you okay?”

“Yes…? Ah, haha… of course.”

The state of the galaxy is not good.

Shortness of breath and ice-cold hands and feet. Fine, fast heart sounds.

To make matters worse, her existing anemia symptoms are combined, and her facial complexion noticeably deteriorates.

Grumpy!

Ban Harin, using ‘skill’, ‘observed’ Eunha’s body.

Immediately, a burning pain shot through my left eye, but I gritted my teeth and examined Eunha.

Bright red blood leaking from the eye patch and running down her cheek.

Wow…

What is in Eunha’s eyes is fear and fear of death.

There was mental pain there that was difficult to guess even with Ban Harin’s ‘skills’.

Like a person suffering from trauma.

Eunha breathes heavily and hugs Ban Harin’s neck.

(Aaaah!)

(It’s a hit and run! That bastard didn’t even apply the brakes!!)

A flash of light flashes.

Fountain in front of the Hunter Association.

Green crosswalk.

noisy.

It’s so loud that the back of my head hurts.

The sounds of people echo in Eunha’s head over and over again like a surround.

(Wrong, instant death. Even recovery potions have no effect.)

(Do something! If this person goes wrong, we die too!)

(I… I didn’t think anything bad would happen since it’s near the association! Why, something like this happened in the blink of an eye…)

I remembered.

It was a hit and run.

A bright red sports car. Eerie engine sound.

Memories that were thought of as a dream or déjà vu seem to have left a deeper wound in Eunha’s heart than she imagined.

Because her head hurt as if it was going to break, Eunha desperately hugged Ban Harin.

“Uh, Eunha. It’s okay. There’s no danger. You just need to close your eyes and take a deep breath.”

Ban Harin, who was embarrassed to the point of stuttering, tried to calm Eunha down.

It was quite funny to see someone who wasn’t usually embarrassed get embarrassed.

While enduring the pain that felt like the back of her head was being crushed, Eunha reassured Ban Harin.

“Hehe… Hehe… Hehe… I’m fine… I’m fine… I’m fine… That’s because I moved right after donating blood.”

“Don’t say anything. Let’s go to the car first.”

“No, it’s really okay…”

Ban Harin’s steps became faster.

She, who had not made any sound, begins to make sound of footsteps.

Ban Harin said he would drive Eunha to her house, but he deliberately drove around the same place and enjoyed his time with Eunha.

She made urgent footsteps and headed to her car.

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‘Phew… I’ll live.’

Seup… Haa… Seup… Haa…

After a while. Eunha, lying in the backseat of Ban Harin’s car, put a black plastic bag over her mouth and took deep breaths repeatedly.

It appears to be an emergency treatment for hyperventilation.

The effect was evident, as the vision that had previously been blank began to become visible little by little.

Is this what it feels like to be hit directly by a flashbang?

Eunha, who had experienced the ‘flashback’ she had only heard about for the first time, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

Was the trauma this severe?

Thanks to [self-recovery], my body was fine, so I couldn’t worry about it.

Still… let’s think that good things are good things.

Thanks to this, I confirmed that I had this kind of trauma.

From now on, I won’t even go near sports cars.

“If you hide your pain one more time, I’ll admit you to the hospital, so do it yourself.”

“I’m sorry~. And I hate hospitals.”

Ban Harin made a bitter comment while checking the IV pack hung on the ceiling of the car.

Eunha, who had nothing to say, just smiled brightly to show that she was okay.

Today’s common sense.

Low-level office workers carry IV packs and rapid injectors in the backseat of their cars.

What kind of place is her company?

At first, I was even handed the expensive [Emergency Recovery Potion] to drink.

However, after hearing the price of the potion from Kang Na-ri, Eunha flatly refused, and after an argument, they eventually agreed to only receive the sap.

“……By the way, Mr. Banharin, what are you doing with the syringe?”

“I’m mixing the recovery potion into the IV pack.”

“No, the potion is okay.”

“I know. You decided to only receive the IV fluid. And whatever you mix with the IV is up to me.”

She casts Dabjeongner without any hesitation.

I really can’t overcome it with words.

If she continued to refuse, she was going to stick that syringe directly into Eunha’s vein, so she decided to stay still.

“…….”

“…….”

Inside the car it became quiet.

Ban Harin organizes the first aid kit in the driver’s seat, and Eunha lies in the back seat and receives IV fluid containing a potion.

Eunha, who had been staring blankly at the drops of sap dripping into the drip container, turned her head to the driver’s seat.

Ban Harin, who had organized the first aid kit, was wiping away the blood that had flowed from his eye patch.

… … It would be a lie to say that I got stabbed in the eye by an eraser while dozing off at work.

Is it related to the company’s ‘fatal accident’ that I mentioned before?

“…How did you get that eye injury? Who attacked you?”

“……If I tell you… will you explain the wound on that carotid artery?”

Startle.

Is it because I hid the fact that I was sick?

Ban Harin’s gaze, colder than usual, glared at Eunha.

Caught off guard, Eunha covered her neck with one hand.

“…….”

And, Ban Harin observed her actions…

He smiles bitterly.

Fragments of cold and lonely emotions scatter like snowflakes and land on Eunha’s bedside.

“…I know that Eunha has been keeping a secret recently. I also know that she has concerns that she can’t share with me or Eunbangul.”

“……Ban Harin too. You have something to hide from me, right?”

“That’s right. That’s why I’m not asking anything.”

Because I have no right to pry into Eunha’s secrets.

Buuu……

With those words, the car carrying Eunha moves forward.

The engine sounds quietly so as not to startle Eunha.

“…what should I do?”

Ban Harin’s voice is as cold as usual.

But why?

You look sad today.

“…….”

Eunha didn’t say anything.

I just close my eyes and turn my head to the side to avoid Ban Harin’s gaze.

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4. Cognition is the connection of existence.

– Have you heard the saying, ‘Knowledge is power’?

​- Cognition is the passage to the mind, and it is also the passage through which we enter your world.

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– Those who recognize our existence are called [the awakened ones].

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okay. Ban Harin is a woman with good observation skills.

He always sees through Eunha’s lies at once, and even discovers the scars on her fingers that she tried so hard to hide, like a ghost.

The scars all over my body that I clumsily hid with tightly wrapped clothes, and my body and voice that became feminine overnight… It’s so strange that I wasn’t noticed…

Oh my gosh.

For a moment, I had a vision of the [Black Book] opening its mouth in search of a new victim.

“……Mr. Banharin. It takes too long to receive the fluid. Can’t I just drink it?”

“I’m just going to squeeze it, is that okay?”

“I like eating salty foods.”

Eunha thought while receiving jeers from Ban Harin.

Even if I die,

I won’t say anything to Ban Harin and Eun Bangul.