episode_0046
by fnovelpiaAfter Kyungtae returned. Late afternoon in the hospital room.
“… Mr. Jo Seong-hoon. Your driving skills are really good. I can’t help but think this is a miracle. ”
The doctor in charge smiled happily as he looked over the medical record that was filled with my medical records.
When I came to, the first thing I heard was a grim warning that I would be stabbed so deeply that I might be disabled for the rest of my life.
But as the doctor in charge said to me with a smile now.
My recovery was incredibly fast for a wound so deep, even a fatal wound to my internal organs was showing miraculous results in just one day.
“Of course, even after you’re fully healed, you’ll still feel a stinging sensation for a while? Haha.”
“Haha… … .”
The doctor’s coquettish smile made me laugh too.
Yeah, whatever.
Of course, a stinging pain is better than a lifelong disability.
“If everything goes well, you can probably go back to normal eating within a week.”
“Oh? Really?”
A truly welcome sound followed.
Because of an internal injury, I was eating food that was thinner than porridge for breakfast and lunch, food that felt like I was forcing myself to eat just to survive.
It was to the point where you could almost say it had no taste at all.
It was a strange food that was neither sweet nor bitter, but just had a cool taste like eating slightly solidified water.
“Teacher. Then, is it possible to exercise?”
“Hmm. I don’t recommend strenuous exercise because it can tear the wound. Light exercise for rehabilitation purposes should be fine. Of course, as long as you don’t overdo it.”
“Ohhh… … .”
Hey, my body guy.
You are amazing.
In the past, while attending the Hero Academy, I worked very hard at physical training to make up for the limitations of my abilities.
Thanks to that, it goes without saying that he has a better body than the average person, but how can he recover so quickly even after being stabbed by the villain’s long claw blade?
In fact, I began to think that maybe my ability wasn’t being nullified, but rather my body was being restored.
Of course, that’s not likely to happen.
Because it is an academic consensus that the human brain can never have the ability to multiply, due to its limited capacity.
“Anyway, the most important thing is stability, stability. So, get some rest.”
“Thank you.”
The doctor in charge left the hospital room with a happy smile on his face until the end.
A guy who was brought in unconscious with a hole in his stomach made a full recovery in just one day. As someone whose job is to save people, I’m sure he feels good.
“Um… … .”
I looked around at the suddenly quiet surroundings.
In my 20 years of living, have I ever stayed in a quiet and spacious single room like this?
I can confidently say that there is none.
If you need to be admitted to a hospital, the minimum is a 4-person room.
Wouldn’t it be standard for low-income patients to use a room for up to eight people?
Even at first glance, this royal special room, with a daily hospitalization fee approaching several hundred thousand won, is clearly the result of the intervention of an invisible hand.
If not, it could be that Si-eun got admitted here at her own expense.
“By the way, that Han Si-eun guy… He never came to see me.”
Among the members who were at the restaurant yesterday.
The only person who hadn’t come to see me yet was Si-eun, the organizer of the meeting.
Kyungtae said that in addition to just now, he also came to see me right after I had the surgery.
Dude. He doesn’t show it, but he must be really surprised.
The guy who said he was going to the bathroom got stabbed by the villain out of the blue and was bleeding profusely.
And the night before Ruina sets out to hunt the villain.
I came in here secretly through the window.
“I guess it’s because you feel uncomfortable looking at my face… … .”
It was a reasonable assumption.
To be honest, if Si-eun hadn’t made that dinner appointment, I wouldn’t have been stabbed by the villain.
But I had no intention of blaming her or anything.
Such an accident was simply an unexpected accident that could easily happen anywhere in this day and age.
Didn’t you just go to the bank without thinking and run into a gang of robbers last time?
“It’s a bit odd to experience this kind of incident twice in one month.”
Anyway.
Judging from the fact that Blaze went to find Ruina, it seems she has been released from confinement by the agency.
Even though visiting hours would soon be over, Si-eun still hadn’t shown up.
“Should I contact you first… … .”
It was the moment I wanted.
Ding ding.
I could hear the sound of the pulley of the sliding door to the hospital room opening.
Let’s look back at the door, there it is.
“Ruina?”
“Hehehe… . I’m here, honey… .”
Instead of the girlfriend I had in mind.
I had a girlfriend who was always hesitant and timid.
Her outfit wasn’t the villain outfit you see on TV, but a plain, pretty bustier one-piece dress.
“You saw it all… …right?”
He’s probably asking if I saw everything he did today.
“Yeah.” When I nodded and answered, she just tried to giggle and smiled bitterly.
If it were normal, he would have run up to me like a lively puppy and thrust his head in.
Perhaps it is because it clearly shows the past.
She hesitated to approach me.
“Come here.”
To her, I stretched out both hands wide and smiled brightly.
“But I… … .”
“Okay, so come here for now. I want to see it up close.”
“Yeah… … .”
Like a puppy getting wet from the rain.
Ruina approached the bed where I was lying, her head and shoulders bowed.
But even as I got closer, Ruina still turned her gaze away from me.
I gently grabbed her wrist and pulled her into my arms.
“I’m so glad you came back safely.”
He hugged Ruina tightly and gently stroked the back of her head.
A unique, soft, sweet milky scent came to my senses and made me feel good.
“You… … . Is this country okay?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I killed someone again. And a lot of them… … .”
Ah, so that’s what it was.
After achieving her goal, it seems like a deep sage time has come to Ruina’s heart.
I patted her back and opened my mouth.
“Yeah. It’s definitely a bad thing. No matter how evil the guys you killed were.”
“… … … … .”
“So what’s wrong with that?”
“… … in?”
Ruina’s sad expression glances up at me.
“I gave permission. I was the one who told you to have a good trip. So if I have to blame someone, it’s me, not you.”
“But… … . I’m sure I would have… … .”
“That’s why I allowed it. So that I can take responsibility for your actions. So that you won’t regret it later like you did now. That’s the mindset of a hero──.”
No. Isn’t there something more definite to say here?
I cleared my throat with a hiss.
I started speaking again, correcting myself.
“Because that’s the mindset of a man who has the world’s best woman as his companion, Ruina.”
… … Knock. Knock. Knock.
One by one, transparent water droplets fall onto the blanket covering my legs.
I just kept patting her little back as she shed tears.
“So come on in. Ruina.”
“Yeah… … . I’m back. Honey.”
Ruina’s sparkling eyes looked up at me.
What does that look mean?
Now, there was no way I could not know.
Finally, I lowered my head and took in her round lips.
The kisses I shared with my girlfriend several times were still soft and incredibly sweet.
* * *
“Haaa.”
Si-eun is riding the elevator at the general hospital where Seong-hoon is hospitalized.
I let out a worried sigh.
She looked down and saw that in her arms was a basket filled with various fruits arranged beautifully.
It’s only now.
It was only now that visiting hours were almost over that she came to visit Sunghoon in the hospital.
Of course, there were excuses.
Because the agency kept her waiting in the break room of the building all day to keep an eye on her.
Because I came face to face with Ruina who reappeared after about a month.
That’s why I could say that it took me until now to come and visit you.
“How could I possibly make such an excuse… … .”
In the end, the reason Sunghoon got hurt was because she was so complacent.
If Si-eun had just cancelled her promise before An-il, that accident wouldn’t have happened.
It was only Si-eun’s mistake.
In this situation, the fruit basket she brought was Si-eun’s greatest apology and courage.
“Anyway, this is all I can do for you right now… … .”
Now, I couldn’t comfort Sunghoon as a woman.
Well, he already had a really pretty partner.
About 4 years ago.
What would have happened if I hadn’t taken Sung Hoon’s “I might like you” as a joke?
It was possible that Han Si-eun, not Lee Yu-ri, would be next to him now.
“Haha… . You came to visit me in the hospital, but you’re thinking about useless things… … .”
Yeah, yeah.
Let’s just see each other’s faces and leave a message saying that we hope you get better soon.
Si-eun, who had made up her mind, walked with powerful steps toward the hospital room where Seong-hoon was hospitalized.
Her face is known to everyone in the world.
Nurses and hospitalized patients passing by looked at Si-eun in surprise or murmured.
It was a familiar treatment from those around me.
Well, she’s the Blaze of the Island Flower.
But now, she is just a human named Han Si-eun.
Si-eun responded with a light smile to those who pretended to know her and stopped quietly in front of the hospital room.
He is beyond the door she is facing.
An old friend from her Academy days who was called her soulmate, and a man who got hurt badly because of her.
Si-eun clenched her fists tightly around the fruit basket she was holding, and steeled her resolve one last time.
And carefully.
It was the moment when the door was opened just slightly.
“… … … … .”
The sight seen through the slightly open gap in the door.
It was a sight of Sung Hoon and his girlfriend, Lee Yuri, passionately exploring each other’s lips.
It was the moment when Si-eun, who was shaking her hands without realizing it, was about to close the door again.
“… … !!”
I definitely saw it.
Lee Yuri’s slightly open eyes while kissing Sunghoon.
He was glancing at Si-eun, who was peeking at them through the crack in the door.
Those sharp yet leisurely gazes were clearly speaking to Si-eun.
‘There is no place for you now.’
Click.
Si-eun closed the sliding door that she had slightly opened.
[What was outside the door?]
[Ugh. Nothing. Just hehe.]
Their intimate conversation sounded strangely loud beyond the closed door.
‘A moth that clings to nothing… …is that it?’
For a moment, the meaningless words Ruina had said came to mind in Si-eun’s mind.
“Still… … . We’re still friends, right?”
She put down on the floor along with the fruit basket what little useless emotions she had left.
He spoke bitterly.
And then, without waiting for an answer that would never come back, he turned around and quickly left.
Han Si-eun, 22 years old.
It was the first defeat in her otherwise successful life.
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