episode_0055

Although I can tell you in detail why this woman came at this hour, I am in a big problem.

“Isn’t this sexual harassment?”

“What is it?”

“I am now naked in the open-air bath, and across from me, Baek Seol-hee is sitting wearing a long padding.”

I am naked now.

Although it is said to be an open-air bath, I came in alone with a reservation, so of course I came in naked.

What if someone sees it?

Is there really a CCTV in the open-air bath attached to a place where you pay 5 million won per day to stay?

at all.

It may have been there before, but it isn’t anymore.

To protect the privacy of people visiting here.

Thanks to this, even if Baek Seol-hee is here now and even if I come in here naked, it won’t be recorded on CCTV or anything like that.

instead.

” Baek Seol-hee. Why aren’t you looking away?”

“You can’t see it anyway because of the hot spring heat and water, so what’s the point?”

“If the genders had been changed, there would have been a real uproar.”

“Really? When I watched a public TV drama, there was a woman going into a men’s bathhouse with her clothes on, pulling out the man’s head, and taking him out.”

“…….”

So, I wanted to ask what would happen if the gender was changed, but Baek Seol-hee’s current state seemed too depressing for that to happen.

“You can’t see it, right?”

“Yes. I can’t see it. Even if I want to see it, I can’t. As if Do Ji-hwan can’t see inside my long padding.”

Baek Seol-hee was still wearing long black padding that reached her ankles.

At least one good thing is that there is nothing on her wrist.

“You left your Taegeuk watch behind. Well done! If it were known that she was with a man on Ulleungdo after being tracked by Taegeuk Watch, Baek Seol-hee would probably be in the spotlight with a scandal of the greatest magnitude.”

“Yes. So, I took off my Taegeuk watch to avoid causing a scandal. By now, the higher-ups over there must have thought that I was drinking beer and having a good time in my official residence.”

“Did you fight?”

“Yes. properly. We fought very well. In that sense… could you give me some advice?”

“Um.”

I don’t know why Baek Seol-hee thinks of me as a trash can for the criticism of high-ranking people.

This is a bad idea, and if I think positively, it means I am more comfortable.

It’s not like I was caught as a goblin.

If I had been caught, it wouldn’t have been like that now, it would have been looking at me warily, but that’s not the case at all.

“Good. What on earth did the higher-ups provoke Baek Seol-hee?”

“Duty as a human being.”

“Hmm…. If I think about what happened today, there is only one answer.”

As with Red Scarf, the answer is already there.

“Did you try to conceal the information about the villain who died above and disguise it as a ‘simple runaway incident’?”

“…Similar.”

“Similar?”

“The government is trying to manipulate this incident into an incident caused by the rampage of an unidentified goblin follower. No, I already manipulated it.”

What does this mean?

“It’s different from what I heard at the scene.”

“Were you at the scene?”

“Yes. I follow the staff manual from afar, so I know the basics. The doppelganger student also talked about patents on site.”

“…Yes. But the sound of the scene became unimportant. What is important is how the government makes an official statement. Do you have a Taegeuk watch? The statement has probably been released by now.”

“Um….”

I found Baek Seol-hee’s official statement through Taegeuk Watch and quickly scanned the summary.

“The villain Doppelganger is a goblin follower who was obsessed with goblins, and wanted to become a goblin by making his suit into a new goblin look. The goblin appeared on the scene and denied this, ultimately leading to the doppelganger’s rampage.”

“Yes. In reality, that’s not the case.”

“Um….”

Those who were at the scene clearly heard the story about ‘patents’, but when they looked at related news, they couldn’t find any talk about patents.

-No, why is there no talk about patents?

After refreshing the comment, it changed to ‘This comment has been deleted by the author.’

“It’s under control. I think the topic of patents is a bit sensitive.”

“Do you use Sunshade often?”

“No. I am participating in the sunshade boycott. Fried chicken is a Western food and seasoned chicken is a Korean food, so ever since they started selling fried chicken at a higher price, I have been hating Sunshade.”

“Do you like fried food?”

“Yes.”

Patriotic marketing has its limits, but how on earth can they lower the price of seasoned chicken just because it is Korean food?

“There was a shadow behind the patent. And the sunshade quietly slipped away so that they would not be criticized.”

“That’s right. And heroes were also told to join. Even if I skip it because there are a lot of people on Sejong Island who get sponsored from Sunshade, I am a newcomer to this island.”

Baek Seol-hee’s voice became increasingly depressed.

“He threatened me in order to tame me and to take advantage of my bad relationship with the goblin. If you don’t want to become an incompetent person who lost the goblin and turned the villain into a devil, then quietly join in ‘turning the goblin into trash’.”

“I have two questions.” “What?”

“How dare the government threaten S-level Baek Seol-hee? How dare you?”

“……That’s right.”

Baek Seol-hee sighed with a gloomy face.

“It’s such an ironic problem. Even if the country presents me with numerous unfavorable conditions, I have no choice but to ultimately accept them.”

“Why?”

“Because I know I can’t leave this country.”

Baek Seol-hee is being threatened.

Being held hostage by the emotional issue of patriotism.

“Sometimes I see posts like that anonymously while I’m browsing online communities. If you have a lot of money, there is no reason to stay in this country. All you have to do is go abroad and make a living. Anyway, once you reach S rank, you don’t have to worry about the mana of this land, and you can reign as a hero and god abroad.”

That’s actually true.

Among Koreans, there are already a significant number of people with special abilities who have moved to the Middle East, Europe, and Africa and established themselves as the sole gods of those regions.

“Can’t I just leave?”

“You can leave. If you immigrate, they will give you enough money to spend your whole life there, and they will also provide you with a house and a car. But…”

“Are you saying that you can’t give up your nationality?”

“That’s right.”

Baek Seol-hee laughed.

“What nationality really is, this thing drives people crazy again and again. Villains do that sometimes. Heroes are indoctrinated into patriotism from a young age, so they cannot think of resisting the government. If you just throw away that meager patriotism, freedom will overflow, but if you can’t throw it away, you will continue to suffer creative losses.”

“It’s all because the country is threatening with patriotism and forcing passion pay.”

“Passion…Pay?”

“Because it is an experience that becomes your blood and flesh, you should think of it as earning money because you have gained a life experience that is more valuable than money.”

“…….”

Baek Seol-hee smiled slightly.

“As expected. I had a good time talking with Jihwan.”

“Is it because it’s a national anthem?”

“Yes. I thought Ji-hwan was the only person around me who could speak so harshly to the government. As expected, it was the same.”

“Why are you quitting?”

“Jihwan, you live in Seoul.”

oh.

Local drip here?

“Not all people who live in Seoul are Korean.”

“But don’t most people living in Seoul have a negative attitude toward the government? They don’t even send heroes.”

“I said it wasn’t 100%.”

We became close friends by sharing hobbies, but I think Baek Seol-hee felt a little attracted to me because I was a citizen of Seoul.

“Anyway, for their own benefit, they turned a man into a devil, manipulated it into a cover-up, and put all the blame on the goblin, and it wasn’t enough. They felt disillusioned with the country that made threats with Baek Seol-hee’s patriotism, and wanted to curse them all. You’ve come to the right place.”

“Exactly. It seems like the congestion is finally going down a bit.”

Baek Seol-hee’s smile gradually became more relaxed.

The problem that Baek Seol-hee has is a problem that I, a man named Do Ji-hwan, the librarian of the library, cannot solve.

However, sometimes counseling on concerns can be achieved just by quietly listening to the story.

Women are not people who want solutions to their problems.

These are people who listen to my concerns, want me to curse with them, and want empathy.

“After listening to Baek Seol-hee’s story, I think it’s really too much. I am confident that we can continue to boycott Sunshade.”

“Hehehe. That’s a good thing. The shade of the sun, the country, the association… haha.”

Baek Seol-hee looked up at the sky for a while and then turned her gaze to me.

“What I don’t understand the most is the response to the person called ‘Dueoksini’.”

“Are you old?”

“Yes. They’re making a fuss about catching the mysterious goblin while they need to immediately arrest the person who uses strange magic that seems to create demons.”

“Witchcraft that turns people into devils…?”

“Yes. Well, have you seen the video? Something like a tentacle entered the doppelganger’s body.”

“I wasn’t there at the time… so I tried to watch the video again, but it all went down, so I couldn’t watch it.”

“That’s right. The video was also taken down. Since you said you didn’t see it in person, there’s nothing you can do. Why are you making a fuss about catching the goblin when you have to catch that person?”

Baek Seol-hee lamented and placed her hand on the long padded zipper.

“Can I go into the hot springs?”

“……Yes?”

“It’s okay. No problem.”

fluttering.

“Even in this country where everyone says everything is good, I want to curse at people who are truly shitty.”

Baek Seol-hee quickly took off her long padding and sat down on the railing.

“Will you be my bamboo forest today?”