episode_0093

The small drinking party that took place at the hospital continued until late at night.

Although the small capacity pack of soju was only half empty.

It was enough for the two people, who had never had a place to share common ground, to soak up old memories.

“Inchan is that guy. Actually, it was very popular.”

Maybe someone will listen. Park Moon-seok, who lowered his voice as much as possible, secretly revealed his subordinate’s past.

“He looks neat and has a good personality. To the outside world, it looks like he’s single and doesn’t have a girlfriend, so people around him are very excited.”

“Definitely… . It was that kind of image.”

“But he also had a bit of a pushy temperament, so he couldn’t fight off women who approached him.”

“No, about my mother… ?”

Yu-chan, who had already begun to concentrate on the conversation, ended up reacting in a ridiculous way.

Even though you have a child who will soon be starting kindergarten, you still spill the beans to those around you.

I couldn’t even imagine how difficult it must have been for the mother raising her child alone.

“At that time, it wasn’t really a problem because the female employees were fighting among themselves. Well, it didn’t last long either.”

“… Did he organize it himself?”

“Aight. If that were the case, I wouldn’t have said anything! Your mother did something big.”

“Uh, are you your mother?”

“Your mother contacted me directly using my number out of the blue. She says she’s Kang In-chan’s wife.”

Park Moon-seok, who was laughing and saying, ‘How on earth did you find out?’, sipped a small pack of soju and recalled the times when he met Kim Yun-jeong.

Unlike now, he was very healthy and met Kim Yun-jeong at a cafe, a secret from In-chan.

She was in her early 20s at the time, and unlike her peers who were in college, she showed up carrying a small child instead of a backpack.

“That child was you.”

“… !”

Kim Yun-jeong, who met Park Moon-seok like that, made a bold request to him, who was almost her father’s age.

“I know that my husband has a woman. Please give me the women’s contact information before spreading it to the media and making it public. I will sort it out myself.”

Recalling that time, Park Moon-seok quietly exclaimed, “ugh.”.

“She was a truly rare woman. Your mother.”

“… … .”

Yu-chan, who was listening to his mother’s unexpected story, was at a loss for words.

‘That was a mess.’

After that, all the women who approached In-chan disappeared.

After learning about his subordinate’s situation, Park Moon-seok began to take care of Kim Yun-jeong without Inchan’s knowledge.

“I don’t have a daughter, but I should say she looks like a daughter… . anyway. In-chan was blessed with women.”

Park Moon-seok, who was thinking about a long time ago, lowered his head with a bitter expression.

In the end, I couldn’t follow him to the funeral. I couldn’t bear to raise my head.

“… Then what do you do? I made my wife go through all the trouble.”

The more Yu-chan heard the story, the more he resented In-chan.

As we talked, I understood to some extent that he had been hiding the fact that he was my father.

He couldn’t reveal his occupation properly, and because of his nature, it wouldn’t be surprising if something happened, so he hung around him in an ambiguous relationship as a boyfriend.

Even though it felt a little too much from my son Yu-chan’s point of view, on the other hand, it was somewhat understandable… .

As a result, everything became meaningless because he left us at such a young age.

To the point where I think it’s worse than if it never existed from the beginning.

“… But don’t blame your father too much.”

Park Moon-seok, who took a sip of soju, spoke with a serious expression.

“Your father died saving you.”

“… You saved me?”

It was around the time when Yu-chan had just started learning Hangul.

Inchan, who was in the midst of performing his duties in the field, participated in a multinational tower excavation team.

“Was that probably the third mission?”

“… If it’s a tower excavation… .”

Yu-chan could sense that this was the content he had been waiting for.

“Okay. That rock.”

“!”

A time when the existence of the Stone of the Beginning was not yet known to the world.

There was a world-wide boom in the archeology industry, and excavations of ruins inside the tower were actively carried out.

“That industry is more closed than I thought. Because it is a non-mainstream field of study, there is a lot of tightrope walking.”

In-chan, who was brought in after thorough preparations to secure information, left his wife and children as usual and went on a business trip to the Middle East.

And that’s where the problem arose.

“I found a strange stone in the ruins.”

The excavation team that Inchan belonged to was the only awakened person in the world with language skills.

The names and abilities of the stones discovered so far all come from the information he left behind.

“That is the first primordial stone discovered. It is a ‘stone of space’.”

“… !”

In the ruins, along with the stone of space, the power and usage of the stone were left behind.

“Even people who cannot handle even a single magic power can use stones to wield enormous vitality and tremendous power.”

The power of the stone is comparable to that of a god.

Basically, it can be attached and detached using magical power, but there is also a way to force it into the body and slowly absorb it.

“In the body… What do you mean?”

“… okay. Putting foreign substances into the body.”

Stones that are absorbed in any way gradually become one with the body, and beyond a certain level, they become impossible to separate.

At this point, Yu-chan was also able to roughly understand what had happened to him.

Questions still remained.

This is because the most important part still remains.

“… Well, let’s continue the story. A fight broke out inside the ruins.”

Eventually, the excavation team, who realized that the primordial stone was extraordinary, divided into two factions.

One side says the identity of the stone should be known to the world, and the other side says the identity of the stone should be hidden.

“The heated argument between the two sides led to an emotional fight. In the process, it reached its peak when a person accidentally died.”

Fortunately, Inchan, who had some powers, survived safely.

Several other archaeologists survived.

Among them are Germans.

Another one was Chinese.

“Then… . What happened to that stone… ?”

“It became an item that just disappeared.”

“Yes?”

Taking advantage of the confusion, In-chan escaped with the stone and immediately reported everything to his immediate superior, Park Mun-seok.

And Park Moon-seok, who found out about the whole situation, suggested that the fact that he brought the stone be kept a secret until instructions were given from superiors.

But in the meantime, Yu-chan started to get sick.

“Do you mean me?”

“Didn’t you know this too? You were born with magic intolerance.”

Like Yuna, Yu-chan, who was unable to accept magical energy into his body, suddenly became worse and began to react sensitively to magical energy in the air.

Inchan had no choice but to make the decision to save his son.

With tears in his eyes, he plunged the most dangerous object in the world into his son’s body with his own hands.

‘Nonsense.’

Yu-chan, who finally learned the secret, was overcome with indescribable emotions.

The reason his life went sour was none other than himself.

It was something I couldn’t blame or blame anyone for.

“… Thanks to this, In-chan will be chased for the rest of his life. Even the higher-ups were suspicious of him.”

“Jjo, I can’t believe I got chased. To whom?”

“Who is it? These are the ones who survived.”

Except for himself, only two people knew that In-chan brought the stone.

Park Moon-seok, who was like a father to me.

And his wife, Kim Yoon-jeong.

but… .

Problems began to arise when other survivors mentioned the stone.

China and Europe, including the superiors who were briefed on the incident, began to suspect Kang In-chan.

“How much gratitude I received for that!”

Park Moon-seok shook his head and sipped soju as if he was tired.

“… … .”

Yu-chan, the cause, had nothing to say even though he had ten mouths… .

“… By any chance, you don’t think that happened because of you, right?”

“!”

Park Moon-seok, who put down the soju, comforted Yu-chan indifferently.

“You did nothing wrong. It was all In-chan’s choice.”

“… but… .”

“It’s okay because I grew up well like this. Your parents too. Me too, who sometimes sends me pocket money. That’s enough.”

“… Yes.”

Yu-chan desperately tried to hold back tears from flowing.

“… There’s still a lot left. I can’t even drink anymore.”

Park Moon-seok, who was just fiddling with the pack of soju, asked vaguely with a regretful look on his face.

“Are all your questions answered?”

Instead of answering, Yu-chan nodded and expressed his gratitude.

“Yes. Thank you for telling us about your parents.”

“Draw.”

Park Moon-seok smiled happily, looking a little more haggard than before.

“Then go now. I drank alcohol and felt sleepy.”

“Ah. Yes.”

Yu-chan suddenly came to his senses and stood up, quickly clearing the table.

Meanwhile, Park Moon-seok, who was silently looking at Yu-chan, asked quietly.

“Are you coming again?”

“That’s right. I still have a lot to ask… . Tomorrow I will come with the person I will marry.”

“Oh. marriage? Who are you among the three?”

After roughly cleaning up, Yu-chan took out his cell phone and showed Yeonseo a picture.

“Ah. That was him when he was young. He also grew up beautifully.”

Park Moon-seok reacted as if he knew Yeon-seo… .

‘huh? Come to think of it. Both Yeonseo and I must have appeared in the news often… .’

Suddenly, Yu-chan noticed that his reaction was strange.

It’s like a person with no recent memories.

“When is the ceremony?”

“About 3 weeks left.”

“… 3 weeks will be soon.”

“I couldn’t make the wedding invitation due to unavoidable circumstances… . We would appreciate it if the elderly could also join us.”

Yoo Chan, who brought up the topic of the wedding, carefully invited Park Mun-seok.

Regardless of attendance, it was the first time he personally invited someone to his wedding.

“Me? Because my body is like this, well… . … If you can, go there”

“I look forward to it.”

After hurriedly clearing the table, Yu-chan left the hospital, promising to see the next day.

“Let’s go. Elderly. Rest in peace.”

“Hey, let’s go.”

That was the last conversation I had with Park Moon-seok.