episode_0090

The world inside the gate is different from reality. Weather, seasons, ecology, etc. None of them are the same.

The day was slowly getting warmer outside. It was peaceful inside the gate. A moderately pleasant breeze passed by, shaking the blackened tree branches.

A little distance away from the area where the barracks are gathered. In a dark forest where monsters do not roam around.

Park Jeong-woo and Chae Seo-ah were standing there.

Maybe it’s because it’s late. Is it because the day is like this? Park Jeong-woo thought that Chae Seo-ah’s face could not be seen clearly.

Chae Seo-ah also had the same thought. Her pink eyes were a little narrower than usual just to examine Park Jeong-woo’s face.

“Why did you call me?”

It was Park Jeong-woo who tried his luck first. Did he know that she didn’t call him with a good idea? His voice was not very bright.

Chae Seo-ah scratched her cheek as if thinking about what to say. So as not to be heard by Park Jeong-woo any time soon. She sighed softly and opened her mouth.

“Why did you do that?”

“I don’t really know what you’re talking about.”

“If Mr. Park Jeong-woo had been insensitive, he would not have said this. but. I’m asking why you acted like that even though you knew.”

Chae Seo-ah’s voice was harsher than usual. Even the slightest anger could be read in the narrowed eyebrows.

Park Jeong-woo spoke, struggling to keep his voice even.

“What am I? You didn’t do anything that strange.”

“Do you really think so?”

Park Jeong-woo was chewing his lips. Avoid the pink gaze that is strangely visible even in the dark. His eyes turned slightly to the side.

“I don’t remember ever being scolded like this.”

“Don’t you know what Ha-yeon Moon was trying to talk about? Also, she showed great courage.”

“That’s… .”

Chae Seo-ah was vaguely aware of Moon Ha-yeon’s situation. Years spent as a vigilante. It was one of the events that left an impression on her memory during that short period of time.

So, also, how much courage she must have had. Because Chae Seo-ah knew it well. She didn’t seem to be in a very good mood.

Park Jeong-woo still looked away and muttered in a low voice. His clenched fists clearly revealed his nervousness.

“… Is that such a big mistake?”

“Of course. Mr. Park Jeong-woo. At least you value her at least a little. No, if you thought we were close, you shouldn’t have done that.”

Right after Park Jeong-woo interrupted himself. I remembered the expression Ha-yeon Moon had on her face.

Feelings of betrayal and resignation. A mixture of those things. Thinking of the face of Moon Ha-yeon, whom he had never seen before, Park Jeong-woo patted his chest.

After a long silence filled with only the sound of the wind. Park Jeong-woo opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Can’t we just overlook this?”

“Yes?”

“That’s right. That’s right. I’m just passing over what Ha-yeon Moon and O-jik did. I have to endure this much.”

Even though it is common sense and at the same time extremely cowardly. Chae Seo-ah’s expression didn’t look that crumpled.

Just take your phone out of your pocket and check the time. I just stared at him as if waiting for something.

“You haven’t even reported it until now, so you’re just leaving it to the side. Shouldn’t you be grateful to me instead?”

“Maybe so. However, Mr. Park Jeong-woo, do you really think that way?”

Park Jeong-woo’s expression crumpled. The words you spit out after biting your lips. It was as if each word was being chewed and spit out, full of intense emotions.

“Of course! Even if you’re doing well now, it doesn’t mean it never happened!”

“I have no intention of denying that. Mr. Park Jeong-woo. It’s a relationship where there’s nothing strange about breaking up at any time if you want. I am not here to talk about the fact that Mr. Park Jeong-woo is trying to exploit strange things as weaknesses.”

Chae Seo-ah shook her head. Long black hair swayed leisurely in the wind.

She slowly opened her closed eyes. The fact that those pink eyes that seemed stern contained only sadness from the beginning. It was only then that Park Jeong-woo noticed.

“I don’t want to ask you to apologize to Ha-yeon Moon. Honestly, I don’t even think about doing that. You can distance yourself from her as much as you want. She probably knows that too.”

“Then why… !”

“Mr. Park Jeong-woo. It’s you I’m worried about.”

actually. Chae Seo-ah didn’t know much about Park Jeong-woo.

Staying away from family. I have lived in economic poverty. Is it just that he is obsessed with becoming a famous hunter?

Maybe it’s because it’s dark. The high wall that Park Jeong-woo erected between him and himself seems particularly thick. Chae Seo-ah thought.

“I mean relationships with other people. It is exchanged with each other. Mr. Park Jeong-woo.”

“I know that!”

To Chae Seo-ah, who sounds exactly like a succubus. As if I was taking out the anger I couldn’t express at her. Park Jeong-woo shouted.

Chae Seo-ah slowly nodded.

“Of course you know. Isn’t that because you know that very well?”

“Ugh… .”

Park Jeong-woo let out a small sigh without realizing it.

“When you hear her story. I’m saying that he did it because he felt like Park Jeong-woo needed to talk about it too.”

“That’s… !”

Park Jeong-woo, who was about to answer belatedly, was cut off.

His eyes widened and his focus widened. I was looking at a point in the sky, not at Chae Seo-ah.

*

Current remaining space: 69% (significantly reduced)

*

Only then did Chae Seo-ah put her cell phone in her pocket. With her hands on her waist, she slowly approached Park Jeong-woo and sighed.

“I calculated it just in case. I never thought I would write it like this… .”

Chae Seo-ah muttered in a low voice.

Go on an expedition. In times of similar emergency. If Park Jeong-woo’s Sage Time debuff is activated. The promise is that the person closest to you will first remove the debuff – giving you one step away.

Because of that new promise, Chae Seo-ah thought, he had no idea that the roughly calculated time for his debuff to return would be used in this way.

Park Jeong-woo’s expression, seen up close, was tinged with nervousness. He slowly took a step back and stopped only after his back hit a tree so large that an adult could not hold it in one arm.

“It’s okay to be honest. Mr. Park Jeong-woo.”

Chae Seo-ah’s voice was softer than usual. I bent down a little and made eye contact with him. Chae Seo-ah spoke quietly and slowly.

“I think you’re regretting it. Am I wrong?”

“But, if you throw it away. Because I have to talk too… .”

Park Jeong-woo was still unable to make eye contact. His voice was filled with nervousness. Chae Seo-ah shook her head.

“Okay then. Do you want to keep your distance like this?”

“That’s… . It’s not like that, but still, I… .”

Chae Seo-ah’s hand, which was leaning down and resting on her knees, slowly came up and touched Park Jeong-woo’s cheek.

She strokes his cheek slowly. He spoke in his unique, plain and calm voice.

“There are things we don’t want to talk about with anyone. We’re not too young to know that. If Park Jeong-woo didn’t want to talk about it, no one would have asked.”

Chae Seo-ah sighed softly. While holding on to Park Jeong-woo’s small shoulder. She spoke as gently as possible.

“Just because I’m talking about it. Suddenly I hate you. There will be nothing to leave or do. Please trust us a little more. Mr. Park Jeong-woo.”

“I’m not as cute or that kind of person as other people think… .”

Even though I was muttering nervously, I didn’t shake off the hand that touched my cheek. Rather, seeing Park Jeong-woo rubbing his face.

Chae Seo-ah slowly opens her arms. I hugged him.

“If I, I, am afraid to say such things… .”

“It’s okay. Mr. Park Jeong-woo. No one will ask. Because it’s okay if we don’t talk about it. Please open your mind a little more.”

Park Jeong-woo was sobbing softly. Soon, he buried his face in Chae Seo-ah’s arms and began to cry.

Chae Seo-ah feels a strange sense of guilt. I slowly stroked his back, which was shaking like a small animal.

Why are you so childlike? Do you have low self-esteem? He tries to hide himself, and when he sees a path that seems to lead to his simple dream of becoming a famous hunter, he jumps in on a subject he normally forgets about. A topic that can’t hide its loneliness and doesn’t care about who comes. Are you trying to avoid revealing yourself?

Chae Seo-ah became unbearably curious about things about Park Jeong-woo.

*

Humans are truly foolish creatures. Especially my host. This was especially true for a person named Park Jeong-woo.

Because he didn’t want to listen to me, he put all of his magic out into the outside world. I can’t believe you left it like this. Rather than being foolish, it was more appropriate to say that he was stupid and stupid.

The inside of the barracks had the atmosphere of a mourning house. A person named Moon Ha-yeon was sobbing while buried in a blanket. Yang Ji-hee and a man named Ojang were sitting side by side, looking at the entrance of the barracks.

“Why didn’t you go?”

Among the humans in this space. Yang Ji-hee, who seemed the most relaxed, asked Ojeong.

“No, whatever. That’s it… .”

“Hehe… . I think I know. I can clearly see what Mr. Park Jeong-woo is thinking.”

For a year, I was speechless. He talks like he knows everything for a year. Damn it was a good harvest.

In the first place. Even I, who can read his memories and thoughts, don’t understand that person at all. With what confidence do you have to say something like that?

What’s even more shocking is that it’s true. It was a blonde woman with an expression that seemed to say.

“Because it’s like that sometimes. Am I shameless or stupid… .”

“Because he is a person who does not like to reveal his true feelings. For something like that, it can be seen clearly. That’s what makes it cute though.”

Yang Ji-hee covered her mouth and spoke while laughing. There were people among humans who acted like they knew everything like that.

“Okay. what. … by the way. Why did you catch it earlier?”

a moment ago? ah. Was that twin-tailed woman just before taking Park Jeong-woo away?

It seemed like Park Jeong-woo didn’t see it. Did Yang Ji-hee catch Ojiro who was the first to approach him? How can you even decide your turn with something like this? It was such a stupid thing to do.

“That? hmm… .”

Yang Ji-hee raised her index finger to her lips as if she was thinking about it. I only stared at the ceiling of the barracks.

Within. She lightly shrugged her shoulders and spoke.

“If we went. Wouldn’t Mr. Park Jeong-woo be broken?”

what is that. I’m scared of humans… .