episode_0040

“That’s surprising. I didn’t know you would come to a place like this.”

“Do you hate pasta?”

The place I chose was a pasta restaurant run by an Italian chef.

Fortunately, Isun Yoon didn’t seem to be very dissatisfied with my choice.

“No. Well, I thought men wouldn’t like places like this. Oh, please speak comfortably. I’m comfortable with that too.”

“…Really?”

Then it’s good for me.

“It’s not that I don’t like it. It’s either because it’s a bit of a place for men to come together, or because it’s a bit too much of a place for men to come alone.”

“…Well. It doesn’t usually take courage for a man to come eat pasta alone.”

“Right?”

It is common for a man to go into a soup restaurant alone, eat soup and leave.

But pasta feels different.

No matter how much the status of Korean food and Western food has changed, the cultural position occupied by Japanese and Western restaurants has not changed.

-No matter how popular Korean food is around the world, places that serve kimchi soup for dates are a bit different.

This is the reason why Japanese restaurants and Western restaurants have not disappeared and have maintained their existence to this day.

Moreover, just as the number of foreign restaurants on Sejong Island has increased, there are also stores targeting foreigners on the peninsula or opened by foreigners themselves.

As a result, the cultural element of pasta restaurants – the feeling of ‘a place where women come together’ – has not disappeared from this world.

Fortunately.

“Student Lee Seon, can I spread the word that you came out to eat with me like this? Isn’t there a scandal?”

“Scandal? Not at all. There are so many people I eat with as part of the student council. Is it a scandal if you eat alone with a presidential candidate?”

“…It’s probably not a romantic scandal, but a political scandal.”

“Hehe.”

Yoon I-seon is a smart woman.

Not only is she a highly skilled person, but her political acumen is also considerable.

That is why she has continued to lead the student council until now, and continues to lead it even as a college student.

I will continue to lead the student council in the future.

And after graduating, I will probably try to go into politics.

To promote the human rights of people with disabilities.

‘But back off.’

Yun I-seon does not yet know all the dark sides of the world.

She is a woman who has lived in a field of pure white flowers with no knowledge of devils, human experiments, or anything like that.

I know roughly that there is a bloody muddy area beneath the flower garden, but I don’t know how dirty and vicious the mud is.

There is no need to tell you.

“If a scandal breaks out, how about this as an excuse? The student council is working on a project in conjunction with the library.”

“Project?”

“Okay. Book lending project. They’re holding something like a ‘review contest’ for books in the library.”

“Then won’t the teacher’s workload increase?”

“Not the books in my section, but the literary novels in the 800s over there.”

“Ha. Are you passing on the work to others? Did you provide the idea?”

“Of course. I don’t like living a busy life. I am a person who wants to live comfortably, thinly and long.”

“You seem like a person who lives a thick, long, and bold life.”

“……?”

Did I hear wrong now?

Did you say that to me on purpose?

then.

can’t lose

“Of course, I live a thick, long, bold life, but that can’t always be the case in life. I always walk around and work with my head straight facing forward, but there are times when I just want to lie down on the bed and flop down.”

“Teacher, you want to continue living like that now.”

“When I stand up with my head held high, when someone needs me, that’s enough.”

“When you need it…. It’s funny because it’s like a hero’s answer. Hehehe.”

Iseon Yoon slightly burned the marshmallow in front of her with candles.

“I thought about what you said last time.”

“What? Ah, a contract with the devil?”

“Yes. Considering what you just said, it sounded like you were telling me to become a villain, but I realized the gist of what the teacher said.”

Yi-seon Yoon swallowed the marshmallow in one mouthful and then placed her fork vertically on the table.

“Even if you have demonic powers, what if your actions are not demonic? What if you look like a devil, but act more like a hero than anyone else? Should I say it’s a devil or a hero?”

“Hero.”

I burned the marshmallows slightly on the fire.

“Even if your appearance has become ugly, you can still become a hero if you want to. What’s important is your mindset and actions.”

“Isn’t it a belief?”

“Having beliefs doesn’t always mean you’re a hero. Like this.”

I swallowed the marshmallow in one go.

“This is a marshmallow. But I rode it. How does it taste? The inside is still sweet, but there are some bitter and stuffy parts. I expected the sweetness of marshmallows, but that wasn’t what I actually ate.”

“I think the teacher has a tendency to make metaphors difficult.”

“To put it bluntly, if your actions are not heroic, you are not a hero.”

“Um….”

Yun Yi-seon was lost in thought for a moment.

“…Like a goblin?”

“Goblin.”

An object that was difficult to talk about objectively emerged.

“Goblin is a villain.”

“But the public also calls him a ‘dark hero.’”

“What? Oh, that’s really nonsense.”

Dark hero.

I?

This is nonsense.

“Goblin just kills all villains. It’s the same thing that happened on the Gyeongbu Expressway a while ago, and it’s the same thing at the restaurant over there. Ugh, how scared I was at that time.”

“……?”

“Oh, I was at that restaurant at that time. I was attacked while eating.”

“Really? sorry. If I had known, I would have asked you sooner.”

“No. I’m just glad I survived safely.”

Because it was an accident where someone actually died.

“Anyway, goblins cannot be called heroes, be they dark heroes or anything else. He’s just a villain who doesn’t hesitate to kill people for his own purposes.”

“The evaluation is quite poor.”

“Because it’s true.”

“Hmm…I think it’s pretty good.”

“…Huh?”

Now, what?

“Do you think the goblin is okay? Are you defending the villain now?”

“I’m not defending the villain. You are defending goblins.”

“You are defending a villain who kills people? You’re talking about big trouble.”

“Is that so? I think what he is doing is right.”

“…….”

Should I try floating?

Are you saying that because you think I’m a goblin?

Do you really think that the goblin is right?

“Anyone who kills a person is subject to the death penalty. It’s in the 8th Article of Gojoseon’s laws.”

“It is an ancient law, but there is a problem in applying it in modern times.”

“But continuing to imprison them instead of killing them does not seem to be of much help to society. Once a villain, always a villain… I may not go so far as to say the same thing, but I think that those who commit evil actions should be punished accordingly, and that a person’s death should be replaced by that person’s death.”

“It’s merciless. Then, later on, you might make a mistake and kill the villain.”

“I won’t kill you.”

Yoon Yi-seon shrugged her shoulders and grinned.

“The hero arrests the villain. And the execution of the death penalty is judged by law. Of course, if the hero does not obey the arrest during the arrest process, the hero will not be held responsible even if he is summarily executed on the spot.”

“I didn’t know we would talk like this when I came to eat with student Lee Seon.”

“The teacher spoke negatively about goblins.”

ah.

no way?

“Are you some kind of goblin fan club or something like that?”

“…….”

Yi-seon Yoon took out her smartphone and showed a screen that was indescribable.

“This is Goblin fan club member number 38. He is someone I have seen active since he was a Goblin C-rank. They say they know everything the goblin has done so far.”

oh.

I’m in big trouble.

He is a goblin otaku.

“Oh my god. Is it okay for the student council president to do this to the villain?”

“Yes. There are many people besides me who like goblins. When the heroes frustratingly try to catch the villains by notifying them of the Miranda Principles, there are so many people who cheer when they see the villains coolly breaking the pot. There are people who were saved thanks to goblins.”

“Salvation?”

“Yes. The villains killed by goblins and the bereaved families of those killed by them. It’s roughly like this. Thank you for killing me instead.”

“…….”

I feel like I’m feeling stuffy inside.

“I think like that sometimes. If there are devils in this world, they are not people with superpowers running rampant, but people who commit crimes with malicious intent. Among them, they are those who kill people for reasons that others cannot understand.”

“Understand…. It’s getting more and more complicated.”

“Even if it gets complicated, we have to do it. It’s better than people who just want to conquer the world, right?”

“……What?”

now.

A leader’s dream.

Did you insult me?

“I can’t just leave that behind.”

“…Do you know where I’m talking about?”

“Okay. know. I’m talking about do-or-die and imamangryang.”

“Teacher, do you really think it would be a good idea for an evil organization to dominate the world and turn it into one huge country?”

“…Not necessarily. Not really. I don’t know what the form will be, but wouldn’t it be okay if you show it through actions and results?”

“As expected, you are fun. ah. Are you a member of the Four Heavenly Kings or the leader of the Order of Guardians?”

“……Well, let’s say it’s similar.”

at last.

Although Yun Yi-seon and I had different targets, we reached the same point of agreement.

“Even if you are evil on the outside, if you are a hero on the inside, you can be considered a hero.”

“Yes. In that sense, I brought some sketches.”

“…Sketch?”

“Yes.”

Iseon Yoon smiled brightly and opened the gallery on her smartphone.

“I’m planning to do this with my new costume, how do you think?”

“…….”

I have one thing to say.

“Hot pink Dodge Rider?”

Oh my god.