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Like a young bird shivering in the rain, Nam Da-eun trembled in my arms.

I waited until Nam Da-eun calmed down.

How long has it been?

By the time Nam Da-eun’s body in my arms stopped shaking, I lowered my head.

“are you okay?”

“… sorry.”

Nam Da-eun then slightly pushed me away.

There was a mark on my chest that looked like it was wet with tears.

“Do you feel relieved now?”

“… huh.”

Your eyes are still red. Tsk.

★ Heroine status window

[Nam Da-eun]

– [Likeability: 99] (+ 0.1)

– [Liberty: 80]

– [Appetite: 45]

– [Fatigue: 50]

Current status: I want to continue being selfish today.

Likeability 99.

It stopped here again.

As expected, I knew that something more was needed for a complete attack.

‘I want to be selfish… ?’

What does that mean?

After checking the heroine status window, I checked Nam Da-eun’s face.

Nam Da-eun, who had tears in her eyes, was looking at me carefully.

“Can I be more selfish today?”

“No. Continue living selfishly from now on. If you have a hard time, I will help you.”

Nam Da-eun should be rewarded for what she endured.

Because I will back you up.

If you made an attack, you should at least take responsibility for that.

“then….”

“huh.”

“… cafe.”

Nam Da-eun looked into my eyes and quietly opened her mouth.

“…huh?”

“I said I would go with you. To a cafe…. to eat, to watch a movie….”

Looking at Nam Da-eun’s slightly red face, I wondered what that meant.

“ah.”

And it soon dawned on me.

Because I was only focusing on revenge, I wasn’t thinking about it.

At a time when Nam Da-eun was still tied to the Buyers Guild.

Since I had nothing to say to my younger brother, whom I met once a week, I sold my name as the only person I spoke to at the academy.

‘No, it’s not a setting. ‘Because it’s a story that didn’t exist in the original.’

Nam Da-eun’s anecdote that came about when she met me.

Anyway, at that time I said, ‘It won’t be a lie if I say we hang out together from now on.’ There was a time when I said this.

Nam Da-eun is talking about that now.

“That’s right. Cafes, restaurants, movies, whatever. Let’s go.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Nam Da-eun smiled and held on to my clothes again.

“… When it’s over, let me repay you.”

“… Do whatever you feel like.”

I could tell without even asking what the reward meant.

*

Wiggle-

A few hours have passed since Nam Da-eun and Lee Ho-yeon disappeared.

Min-gyu Park’s body began to move in a quiet warehouse with no one around.

“Turn it off….”

ha. ha.

It was not easy to remain conscious and not move your body at all for hours.

Park Min-gyu slowly stood up, clenching and unclenching his fists.

“Kyakak … 퉷.

He is a beginner because he makes mistakes that a veteran like him would never make.

Park Min-gyu let out a heavy breath and took out the sword in his arms.

The sword with veins showing on its surface wriggled as if it were alive.

“… I feel bad, but I can’t help it. I have to live for now.”

A demonization artifact obtained through a connection somewhere.

24 hours after being stabbed by this sword, it turns into a demon.

It was an item I had kept as a spare since it would heal any wounds I got in the meantime, but I have only used it now.

“I’ll tear you to death. Lee Ho-yeon… Nam Da-eun. This whore….”

Park Min-gyu expressed his anger by holding the sword handle as if it would break.

Since I had just turned into a demon, my body still needed time to adjust.

The moment adaptation is over, you must flee immediately.

“How did they know this? It’s really fascinating.”

“If Scarlett doesn’t know, I don’t know either.”

At that time, I heard the voices of women I had never heard behind Park Min-gyu.

“W-Who are you? Fuck!”

Ttogak- Ttogak-

A blonde beauty and a black-haired woman wearing a neat uniform slowly approached Park Min-gyu.

“Iris Guild’s Korean branch leader… No. What would I do by introducing myself to a test subject?”

“What’s the point… turn it off!”

Before Park Min-gyu could finish speaking, a black hand emerged from the shadows and covered his mouth.

“It’s noisy. It’s trash. Branch manager. Please take it with you.”

“Yes~. Thank you, Scarlett.”

Kang Hyo-rin continued speaking while examining Park Min-gyu’s magical power.

“S-Class… Isn’t that too bad? Still, considering the weight class I went up to while transforming into a demon, it may be ambiguous, but I can give you the S-Class title.”

“Puuha. Now, wait a minute. What on earth is this…!”

Park Min-gyu could not adapt to his body transformed into a demon.

Although she was barely able to escape Scarlett’s grasp and speak, Kang Hyo-rin, who saw this, smiled and snapped her fingers.

Just-

At the same time, Park Min-gyu’s body began to be sucked into the small bag.

“Then I’ll take you.”

“S-Stop it! That’s it! Please save me just once…! I even turned you into a demon. Just this once….”

“It’s okay. I’ll give you my life. I gave you a lot of money, so don’t just ask me to kill you. An S-class demon will be a test subject that can last a long time, right?”

“Ugh! Why are these bastards treating me…?”

Park Min-gyu really regretted everything at this moment.

But it was already too late.

Because your entire body will be subjected to such bizarre experiments that you might think it would be better to rot in prison for the rest of your life.

It’s painful, but it won’t die, and you’ll rot for the rest of your life as an experiment that can’t commit suicide.

Gurgling-

With the sound of the toilet flushing, Park Min-gyu was sucked into the artifact.

“I guess I should use it up a bit and then sell it. Hmm, that’s good.”

Kang Hyo-rin patted her bag cheerfully.

“… Thank you for your hard work, branch manager.”

“Oh, it was Scarlett who did the hard work. I found good material at a cheap price.”

Scarlett was surprised to see Kang Hyo-rin, whom she met while coming to clean up after Lee Ho-yeon’s words.

The Iris Guild basically does not intervene in each other’s work.

However, in case you encounter members of the same guild while working, you put a sign in a conspicuous place, and Kang Hyo-rin had the branch leader’s sign attached to her.

‘How on earth did Hoyeon get to know the branch leader?’

Since the right to request from Ellis was a personal reward from Ellis, the Iris guild members could not know.

In fact, it wasn’t a good thing to use her position as a daughter to steal the right to request.

Scarlett, who didn’t know that, once again reflected on Lee Ho-yeon’s connections and nodded, saying that she had caught the line well.

“Scarlett. What are you doing these days?”

“… This is Miss Ellis’s personal business. I also didn’t expect to see Hyorin Kang here. I didn’t even know she was the head of the Korean branch.”

Scarlett and Kang Hyo-rin were not meeting each other for the first time.

We became close friends with a few young women in the information guild, and although we hadn’t seen each other for several years due to work-related issues, we used to be close friends.

While Scarlett was settling into her position as an Iris guild member, Kang Hyo-rin rose to the position of branch leader.

“Huh. Aside from that, it seems like you and Cadet Lee Ho-yeon are having a pretty fun life. Well, I respect individual work. Bye-bye, Scarlett.”

“… yes.”

Kang Hyo-rin waved her hand and left, while Scarlett ate her appetite.

‘Did you get caught?’

That meaningful smile clearly means that he knows that he is not concentrating on his work and is doing something else.

Considering that Lee Ho-yeon’s name came up, you can think that you know all the facts.

Due to Kang Hyo-rin’s personality, she is not the type to talk to others, but it was not a good sign.

Even though I was careful when meeting Lee Ho-yeon, I got caught.

Even if your stealth skills are quite high, there is always a level higher than yourself in the world.

‘I might have to stay away for a while.’

Now the fun is over.

Scarlett slowly left the warehouse, thinking of Ellis.

*

Whether it’s a cafe, a movie, an amusement park, or even Mt. Geumgang, it’s an after-dinner sight.

“How much does this cost?”

“How much was this? If you look at the menu there, it should be there, right?”

“Menu? Ah. Wow…. How many reactions will there be for one plate of this?”

Liliana’s eyes widened when she saw the price of two pieces of sashimi.

“This is not all, it comes as a course.”

“Ah… but it’s still expensive!”

I laughed to myself because I thought that was cute.

After getting revenge on Park Min-gyu.

In order to lighten the mood, I took Nam Da-eun, Nam Da-hee, and Liliana to eat out at Jojangdang.

This is the restaurant that Su-rin Moon often brought to.

I wanted to bring Nam Da-eun with me at some point, and when the opportunity arose, I brought her in right away.

Since the Buyer’s Guild is gone, it’s okay to move around as you please.

“Eat whatever you want. I will live today.”

“Thank you, Hoyeon oppa.”

“I’ll eat it well. It’s delicious. Is it Dahee?”

“Yes, sister. You eat this too.”

To be honest, I was worried about Nam Da-eun’s condition, but fortunately she didn’t collapse or die.

On the contrary, he seemed to be in a good mood at the thought of having fun with Nam Da-hee as much as he wanted.

“Let’s eat, go to a cafe, and go to an amusement park.”

For reference, the amusement park is the result of Liliana and Nam Da-hee’s careful consideration.

“Okay! Are Hoenn, Liliana, and Scarlett going together?”

“Yes. Of course.”

“Yum yum. Now that I think about it, where did Scarlett go?”

“I couldn’t come because I had personal issues. I’ll join you later.”

I put the raw flounder into my mouth, thinking of Scarlett, who was cleaning up afterwards.

hmm. It’s expensive because it melts as soon as you put it in your mouth.

‘What would this have been like if Scarlett wasn’t there?’

From infiltrating the Buyer’s Guild to cleaning up after, there is no place that Scarlett’s hands haven’t touched.

It’s scary to even imagine how complicated things would have been without Scarlett.

This time, I have to repay you somehow.

“Sister. But why are we going outside to play?”

“Um… you can do that now. Hoenn and I took care of everything.”

“Wow! Are you going to play with Hoyeon and your sister now?”

“Yes. Of course.”

Nam Da-eun smiled as she answered Nam Da-hee’s question.

It seems like she wants to do everything she couldn’t do for her as an older sister.

“So are you and Hoyeon dating now?”

“… uh?”

“Tsk.”

But I guess I couldn’t have imagined my younger brother’s sudden question.

I secretly smiled while looking at Nam Da-eun’s embarrassed face.

Nam Da-hee was confined to a hospital room for a long time without being able to see the right people.

So, I thought it was cute that he had such a pure side even though he was originally at the age of entering middle school.

It would be nice to have a sister like that… .

“I… I guess so?”

While I was thinking about random things, I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard Nam Da-eun’s answer.

“what?”

“Oh, I guess not. Otherwise.”

Nam Da-eun put beef into her mouth with a red face.

The right hand that was using the chopsticks was trembling.

“What? Sister! Why are you stopping talking? Brother, tell me! Are you two dating?”

“hmm….”

I glanced at Nam Da-eun’s gaze.

Nam Da-eun was concentrating all her attention on this, pretending not to care.

For your information, Liliana wasn’t satisfied with her portion of braised ribs, so she stole some of mine while we were talking.

what… If Nam Da-eun shows up like that, there is no need to worry.

“Yes. That’s it. Dahee.”

“Wow! Awesome! Sister~! Now I can live at Hoyeon oppa’s house for the rest of my life, right?”

“… Yes. That’s right.”

Looking at Nam Da-eun, who couldn’t make eye contact with me because she was embarrassed, I smiled pleasantly.