episode_0031

“Hoo.”

A few days after receiving a letter from Astra, in a garden.

I checked my outfit and grabbed a bouquet of flowers.

‘It’s been a while since we last met, so I’m a bit nervous.’

I was supposed to meet a woman today.

A very strong, beautiful woman who would be of great help to my safety.

Thud. Thud.

So I took a deep breath and walked slowly into the garden for a while.

After a while, a woman appeared.

A cold-looking beauty with long, ash-colored hair and sharp, blood-red eyes.

“Chief.”

I smiled and handed her a bouquet of flowers as she looked at me with a blunt expression while sitting in her wheelchair.

“It’s been a while.”

***

count.

The leader of Eclipse and a strong figure in the latter half of the original story.

And he was the owner of the letter that Astra had given me.

‘Please come as soon as possible.’

‘I’m sure the commander is bored too.’

The general looks me up and down with a blank expression.

“..It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. Maker.”

A voice without any highs or lows rang in my ears, contrasting with her doll-like appearance.

…It doesn’t look like you were particularly bored.

She just stares at the bouquet she received.

“How have you been?”

“It was the same as usual.”

“I see. Can I pull the wheelchair from behind you?”

Nod.

I walked around the garden in a wheelchair behind her.

‘It would be nice if we could become even a little closer’

She is a person who values her people even if she pretends not to.

Just getting into it will yield enormous benefits.

While walking around the garden, I talked to her a lot.

“The flowers are really pretty.”

Nod.

“Do you have a favorite flower, sir?”

“Not really.”

“I like hydrangeas. They are fun because the meaning of the flower is different depending on the color.”

“I see.”

But in the end, short answers like this continued, and the conversation continued to cut off and on.

‘Do you hate me..?’

Although she was the one who chose me as an executive, we still didn’t have the same bond as the other executives.

I also felt strongly that I was chosen as an executive out of necessity.

‘If she really hates me, then it’s a little difficult…’

She is one of the strongest people in the world, no matter what.

In the end, one of the plans is to cure her and live comfortably while hiding behind her back.

If you hate me, it’s unclear whether you’ll protect me… If I do this wrong, I might just be used and then thrown away.

“..How about taking a rest on that bench over there for a moment?”

Nod.

As my thoughts grew more and more pensive, I suggested that she rest on the bench to collect her thoughts.

“Excuse me.”

Then he picked her up and moved her from the wheelchair to a chair.

“Is the bench cold or something?”

“It’s okay.”

There was a moment of silence between her and me.

Glance.

She looks at me.

“..This time, you don’t say anything like “I like you so much.””

Finally, today, for the first time, I heard a question from her.

“I was holding back my words because I thought you were being too harsh.”

“I see.”

“It’s so sad that I have to suppress my love for this.”

“You don’t look that sad.”

I looked at her like that and smiled awkwardly.

‘Would you like to work for our organization?’

‘I will make your wish come true.’

When she asked me to come to Eclipse as an executive,

I threw a tantrum at her.

‘Desire… So, if I say I want you, will you accept it?’

‘?’

‘Actually, it was love at first sight.’

And not just once, but several times.

It’s been longer than I thought since I lost contact with the commander after I was assigned my first mission.

“If the Commander wishes, I will express my feelings again.”

“..It’s okay.”

Well, honestly, that was a point where I was cornered.

Who would have thought that 20 years of planning would all go down the drain.

I needed something to hold on to.

‘Now that things have stabilized somewhat, there’s no need to try to seduce her.’

Still, there is no harm in maintaining a close relationship.

I looked at the commander and smiled broadly.

“..How is the terrorism going?”

“All is going well.”

The commander looked at me intently and then asked me another question.

I’m not sure exactly what she’s thinking, but she definitely seems more eager to engage in the conversation than before.

“If everything goes smoothly..”

“We are operating according to our ‘purpose’ of committing terrorism.”

The purpose of terrorism.

If you think about it, it’s obvious.

There is no reason for such a large organization to commit terrorism when there is no purpose.

‘Usually large organizations do not commit terrorism, but rather remain silent until they achieve their goals.’

Don’t do anything that will attract attention like this.

So why did Eclipse decide to reveal itself and commit terrorism?

“..You’ve been through a lot because of me.”

It is none other than to protect the commander.

The commander was a more powerful person than anyone in the past.

Maybe even world conquest, which sounds like a joke.

The situation where she, who was like that, has become so weak.

It was an ideal situation for other antagonistic villains or heroes.

‘And in a situation where everyone was after it, the choice Eclipse made was terrorism.’

It was a kind of self-display.

Even without a leader, our Eclipse is not weak.

A show of self-display that even if you attack, you should be prepared to suffer fatal injuries.

In the end, Eclipse proved to be no easy task, just as they had planned.

‘And then, through regular terror attacks, they continue to imprint on us.’

Even before I came here.

“If I hadn’t ended up like this, they wouldn’t have suffered.”

She soon lowered her head and looked over her condition with her eyes.

“…I need to regain my strength as soon as possible.”

His expression was still expressionless, but he looked somehow gloomy.

“There’s no need to rush too much, Commander.”

When I saw her like that, I started to comfort her to earn some points.

“I don’t know if I can say this since I came in later than the other executives and members of the organization, but Eclipse is not as weak an organization as the CEO thinks.”

In any case, Eclipse is a villain organization that exists until the latter half of the original work.

In the end, he succeeded in briefly restoring the commander-in-chief to his prime, albeit imperfectly.

“Everyone is moving forward in their own way.”

In conclusion, just because there is no leader does not mean that the organization is nothing but a bunch of idiots.

“So, don’t try to go too quickly.”

I got up from the bench and knelt on one knee in front of her.

Finally, the clear sunlight pouring down on the garden. Hmm, the atmosphere is good.

“Until the commander recovers, I will take all the attention.”

I carefully took the commander’s hand and kissed the back of her hand.

And she smiled transparently in the clear sunlight.

“I will always protect you until you regain your strength.”

“…Another lip service.”

She answers my questions curtly.

But she didn’t bother to pull away from the hand I was holding.

And slightly reddened ears.

‘I got points.’

I smiled at her like that.

***

A few weeks later, at an international airport in South Korea.

“Okay, then let’s go, heroes.”

The association’s staff were escorting the heroes who had come to the exchange meeting.

“Suzuki! Sit here! It’s so soft?”

“Wait a minute, Mr. Kato! What is this hero doing that’s so undignified!”

The people they will be escorting today are Japanese heroes.

Because it was close in distance, they arrived relatively early compared to other countries, and were on their way to the Korean Hero Association.

“Wow! It’s so comfortable. Isn’t it? ”

“……”

“..Huh? Hey, Suzuki. Where did Chise go?”

“Have you seen it? I think I just saw it…right?!”

Except for one person.

“Is this the stage I should be on?”

Inside the airport.

A woman of petite stature smiled confidently and took off her sunglasses.

Her true identity is one of the Japanese heroes who came to this exchange meeting.

She was the woman the man and woman who were his colleagues were looking for.

“By the way, it’s so empty! The Korean Association doesn’t even have such small considerations!”

She was grumbling in a situation where there were no association staff or heroes present.

“It seems like the others, Mr. Suzuki, Mr. Kato, etc. went first..hmm, please wait until they come out a little.”

She didn’t know.

Because I was alone in business class, the staff who saw the heroes getting off first just took them away.

“There’s nothing I can do!”

And because she was used to being treated like this, she took it for granted that no one would come out to greet her.

“Should I go alone? To the Korean Hero Association!”

Ohohohoho!

A woman smiling confidently.

Is it because my appearance is closer to a girl than a woman?

Her smile felt somewhat out of place, but she didn’t care.

‘Hmm. I can’t use those kids for personal reasons, so I guess I’ll have to walk..’

I couldn’t use my powers here.

Unlike others, if she were to use this ability, it would attract a lot of attention, and in severe cases, it could lead to her being labeled as a villain and getting into trouble.

Besides, there was also the matter of her own conscience.

Crackle, crackle… ding-ding-

So she took out her old cell phone and opened the map app.

The map app flickers for a moment and then turns on.

“That was great! Shall we go?”

Relying on that map app.

The woman began to go to the Hero Association alone.

Only on foot.