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Episode.39 Infidelity

Harin… works in the same gate processing department as me?

No, there is no way I, an employee of an association, can solve this cold case.

Even if an S-class hunter came in the first place, he would not be able to unlock the secret of the gate.

‘I have to say what I have to say.’

【…They say if I just stay still, I’ll get halfway there?】

I immediately refuted the association president’s words.

“But, what I can do is-”

“I know.”

The president of the association cut me off and answered.

“Yes? Well, then why…”

“It’s just a matter of saving face. It’s not about hunters, it’s about showing the general public that the association is always working hard.”

The president of the association turned his chair back to face us and looked through the floor-to-ceiling glass at the buildings below.

‘Really… I can’t even imagine what the president of the association would think?’

【The association is rotten from the top down… After all, the top water must be clear for the bottom water to be clear.】

“But, President of the Association. How?”

Harin seemed to want a clearer answer.

“Hmm… If you’re asking for a specific method… How about you just close the gate a little more, just the two of you?”

The president of the association half-heartedly suggested a method that seemed like he just came up with it.

“Ah, yes…”

“And when it gets hard, just give up.”

I almost burst into laughter at the sight of him trying to solve a troublesome problem in a haphazard manner.

“Hmm… Anyway, doesn’t it seem like a pretty nice sight to sit in the association president’s office and watch the snow fall in winter?”

Harin’s body flinched when she heard those words.

“Association personnel are also quite valuable resources. You have to pay to move, especially on cold winter days like this.”

She clenched her fists tightly.

– Boom!

Harin hit the president’s desk as hard as she could, like someone who got mad while playing a game.

“… What are you doing?”

The president of the association turned his chair and looked at us again.

“I don’t mind sending a dispatch regardless of my will. Because that’s my ‘job’.”

Harin continued speaking while tapping the desk.

“I always didn’t like this.”

“What do you mean?”

The president of the association responded immediately.

“What on earth is the association here to do?!”

I don’t know now, but Harin seemed to have a lot of bad feelings toward the association.

【Oh, so hot?】

Due to Harin’s actions, the atmosphere in the association president’s office quickly became cold.

“If a hunter is a job that clears and closes gates, then the association is there to use the power of those hunters correctly.”

“Okay, if you give them money or something shiny, it moves, so it doesn’t matter, right? What on earth are you so dissatisfied with?”

The association president remained calm.

But on the contrary, Harin became more and more excited.

“The thing that works for compensation is a ‘guild’! Is the association operated privately?”

“But it’s not a public institution either.”

“Tsk!”

Harin was speechless at the association president’s calm response.

‘It’s neither public nor private.’

【Then what on earth is it?】

After listening to the story of the two, it seems that they are fighting like this because their interests do not coincide.

“Hmm… Anyway, Miss Harin, is there anything else we can do even after fighting like this? Just doing what I say is for the people. Throw away that unnecessary sense of justice.”

【What can you do? Is this something like this…】

“That’s it! I cannot admit this kind of immoral corruption!”

– Squeak, boom!

“Needless denial.”

Harin is probably the only person in this building who can act like that in front of the president of the association.

Suddenly, I was left alone in the association president’s office, so I slowly moved toward the door to follow Harin out.

“You there, what is your name?”

“Yes, yes! My name is Siwoo Han.”

【Why are you so scared?】

I can’t help but feel scared.

Less than a year after joining a large company like Samx Electronics as a new employee, they suddenly asked me to come to the president’s office. I came, and the same situation that happened before happened, and the president asked my name. Wouldn’t everyone have this attitude?

Let me make an excuse that is not an excuse.

‘Honestly, I’m not a special spy or special agent who infiltrated this association.’

【Eh? Isn’t that you?】

“Yes, Siwoo. You seem to have a pretty deep relationship with that kid just now, don’t you? Because they are wearing the same couple coat.”

“Yes, well.”

It doesn’t seem like they’re in a deep relationship yet, but if it’s Harin, wouldn’t that be the case?

“Miss Harin and I almost always fight like this. Spoiled brat. If the association feeds and puts you to sleep when you have nowhere else to go, you should be grateful.”

“Ah… Haha…”

“What do you think I think? There is no need for unnecessary flattery.”

“Well, I…”

【Why are you asking the obvious? Of course, please tell me that this is an idea that an old bastard like you would do!】

“I think I’m more attracted to Harin’s opinion.”

“Eng, tsk. All the young kites…”

– gulp.

I became cautious about being disadvantaged by the president of the association.

【ah! No, Siu! Why didn’t you stick it in your head!】

‘Would it be okay if I were like you?’

【Money is everything, do you need to be scared? Wow, this is so absurd.】

Wow, I wasn’t there anymore.

“Listen carefully, young friend. Sometimes… no, no. In most situations, that is. A cow must know how to sacrifice itself for the greater good.”

The president of the association went into lecture mode.

“The world runs only when people like us are alive. Anyway, in the old days, it was no help for kids who couldn’t do anything to survive.”

After that, I had to keep listening to the old man’s muttering.

Then he sighed as if he had finished speaking.

“Even if you fight with me like that and don’t like my orders, Miss Harin handles everything. I mean, you know? I hope you handle it well. We too have to eat to live.”

“Yes.”

“Okay, there’s no need to report it. I’m sure you guys will handle it well. They say that as you get older, everything becomes bothersome?”

Eventually, the president of the association issued an order to congratulate me.

After hearing the president’s congratulatory message, I quickly left the president’s office, which felt as uncomfortable as the teacher’s office during my school days, like a fish in water waiting for its right moment.

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I took the elevator down and came to the association’s revolving door.

Outside the revolving door was Harin, standing outside in the snow.

She leaned against the glass wall of the association with her head down.

Her eyes were closed, but her expression showed melancholy.

“Harin?”

I couldn’t get over my anger earlier, so I ran out of the association president’s office and ended up standing in a place like this.

“Ah, you.”

Harin walked towards where I was.

“This time, instead of running away, you came to me. Like ‘last time’.”

“Ugh, well, back then it was a little… what should I say. I’m embarrassed-”

【Last time? What did you do last time? Why am I not aware of this… Could it be that this happened when I was not around?】

‘Go, don’t suddenly intervene! ‘You stopped talking.’

【Why is it my fault?】

‘It happened when you were there. At that time, you peeed in the elevator-‘

【Ah~! I remembered! So please don’t say more!】

“Because you’re embarrassed?”

Harin was puzzled that I had stopped talking and asked back what I said.

“Um, uhm… What is it, I mean… Do you want to go to my house first? Let’s go, go, let’s talk as we go.”

【huh? Are you crazy? What if I bring a dangerous person home!】

‘Then what should I do? You really did a good job of improvising. How can you get around better here? It’s much better to just say nothing.’

【Ha… at the level of improvisation.】

“… Yes, but it’s okay if you don’t have to say it, you.”

“Huh? Yeah…”

“Yes, more than the pain of that day, the fact that I couldn’t talk to you hurt… more…. ”

She smiled faintly.

Harin held my left hand with her right.

With a pod in place.

“But since you didn’t leave it, it seems like you didn’t hate the kiss that day… I’m glad you still have a chance. Now, shall we go to your house like this?”

He raises his head and smiles at me.

This time, not with a faint expression, but with an expression of 99.99% pure joy.

“Ugh, yes.”

“But you. What is the ring on this left ring finger?”

Her grip on my hand became stronger.

And while she was looking at me, the smile on her lips was still there, but her eyes were not smiling.

Her face was so bloodless that even if pricked with a needle, not even a drop of blood would come out.

“Well, that? Ah… It’s for fashion… No, actually, I wore it once and it didn’t come off often.”

Obviously, the ring I wear on my left ring finger is the ‘Pledge Ring.’

I can’t figure out what this ‘Pledge Ring’ is used for.

‘Where on earth is this used?’

【Isn’t it just a simple wedding ring? Give me one quickly! I will lose my player to that woman!】

‘Sorry, I can’t marry a ghost.’

【… you bastard. I know that because when you die, I will definitely eat you like a dog.】

I have to live a long time.

“Who is the person you are sharing with?”

There was a bit of silence.

“Huh? doesn’t exist. I tried it on myself.”

When she heard what I said, her face filled with joy, and it finally became a smile full of 100% pure joy.

The corners of the mouth draw a beautiful arc, which is impressive.

“Hmm, I see? In that case, I should take the empty seat. Now, let’s leave for your house.”

Harin’s face is red.

Now, it felt like if I pricked it with a needle, I would bleed excessively.

She looked very excited now.