episode_0219

“Cough!!”

Jin Ye-seo stuttered as if she was flustered after seeing Guk Jae-ryong collapse with foam at the mouth.

“Hey, hey… No matter how much I hate him, suddenly… Unauthorized violence on campus… ”

“They’re wasting time. They’re trying to prevent us from finding Professor Shin Jae-yu.”

However, Hyun Lee answered as if it was nothing, and asked in bewilderment.

“You’re wasting time…? Suddenly…? Why is he…?”

“The woman I met in the first city. Do you remember her?”

Jin Ye-seo flinched at Lee Hyun’s unexpected words. The sticky sensation of the tentacles wrapping around her body was still vivid.

“How could I forget that? But why all of a sudden…?”

Let’s briefly explain only the key parts. Jin Ye-seo exclaimed in shock.

“What? So that monster like that woman is in the cradle right now?”

“That’s what I think.”

Lee Hyeon answered calmly.

Then he looked at Kook Jae-ryong, who had fainted and collapsed, and answered.

“This guy must be that servant. Your friend or the second-year senior you met earlier must have been the same.”

“That’s ridiculous. Even if you say that because he’s such a badass, how could he be like that with Ja-in and the student council seniors… ”

“I’m not saying that I did it on purpose. I guess it’s like the city residents who were manipulated by that woman. ”

Lee Hyeon shook his head and said.

Jin Ye-seo put her hand on her forehead, seeming confused.

“… If what you said is true, then this is not the time to continue like this. Professor Shin Jae-yu… Then where should I go… ”

“I guess I’ll have to look into it again from now on.”

“How? I have no clue… ”

Then Lee Hyeon pointed to a fainted male student with a sly expression.

“To this guy.”

As Lee Hyeon said that, he put his hand on Kook Jae Ryong, who was trembling with foam at the mouth.

There was no noticeable movement, but it was immediately clear that he was about to unleash the same mysterious power he had displayed last time.

The man who had been like that for a while took his hand away and said.

“Hey, wake up.”

And as I continued to slap both cheeks of Kukjae-ryong, who was not getting up, his eyelids, which had been fainting, soon began to flutter.

***

“You, you, what are you doing all of a sudden…! Where the hell am I…!”

Kuk Jae-ryong opened his eyes wide and shouted, twisting his body this way and that.

But soon he remembered the identity of the mask, opened his eyes slightly and muttered.

“Huh? You… ”

There was definitely something curious about his attitude.

Although he had fainted after being attacked by Lee Hyeon unexpectedly, it was difficult to see him as someone who had fainted after being attacked by Lee Hyeon just now.

Rather, it felt more like waking up from a long sleep that lasted at least a few days, or maybe even a few weeks.

“I’ll ask again. Do you know the whereabouts of Professor Shin Jae-yu?”

“Huh, how dare you do something like that all of a sudden… ”

The shallow-looking male student snorted as if he had no intention of cooperating.

“Hurry up and let this go. What the hell are you doing… ”

Lee Hyeon let out a small sigh at his appearance, which showed no intention of cooperating at all.

Then he put his hand into his bosom and took something out.

“Hey, Jinyeseo. Why are you just watching… What, what are you doing!!”

And when Kook Jae-ryong saw the sharp folding knife, his face began to turn pale.

“You, you… This is illegal weapon possession…! Do you think you’ll get away with this? Huh?”

It was something prepared with disciplinary measures in mind, as we had learned a harsh lesson from the social gathering disaster. For minimal response.

Jin Ye-seo silently watched the scene, paying no attention to the urgent looks of help.

Because anyone who wasn’t an idiot could immediately guess the meaning of that action.

“Oh my, how dare you try to scare me with something like that… ”

“I don’t think I can explain it in words.”

“What, what? If you don’t say anything, what are you going to do… ”

Suddenly, Jae-ryong Kook realized that Hyun Lee’s gaze was directed at his finger and swallowed a hiccup.

Perhaps because of the glint in his eyes behind the mask, it didn’t feel like a simple threat.

“Mi. You crazy guy… ”

“Let’s start with the thumb.”

“Wait, wait a minute… Okay, okay. I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you everything I know! I just woke up and my memory is a mess! Just give me a moment to think… !”

“Don’t worry. I’ll help you.”

Unlike the anxious Guk Jae-ryong, Lee Hyeon’s voice was still calm.

“Do, what do you mean you’re helping me…!”

“When you see blood gushing out of your finger, you can’t help but think of it, even if you don’t want to.”

“Eek… !”

I felt the cold marble border stones touch the back of Kuk Jae-ryong, who was rolling on the floor.

With nowhere to run, the knife-wielding assailant was gradually closing in on me.

And then, as if he had been racking his brain desperately, Kuk Jae-ryong finally remembered something and shouted urgently.

“Ma, Ma Su’s pen!”

He almost banged his head on the ground.

Along with this, Lee Hyeon’s steps also stopped abruptly.

“Professor Shin Jae-yu is in the Demon Swarm! Behind the main building! Move the unconscious professor there! ”

“What?? Fainted???”

And then Jin Ye-seo, who had been watching them from behind the whole time, intervened.

Before she knew it, her eyes were filled with fierce anger.

“Hey! Kook Jae-ryong! Why did the professor faint!!”

“That, that’s why… ”

“You really did that? Really? Are you holding a grudge because you got scolded all the time? What the!! This damn bastard is crossing the line…!!”

“Oh, no! I just saw the net nearby! No, I didn’t do it… !”

“That’s it!! Come to work. Today is the end… !”

“Eek… ”

Kuk Jae-ryong flinched when he saw the black flames burning from Jin Ye-seo’s hands.

And then, before anyone knew it, Lee Hyeon stood in Jin Ye-seo’s way, holding up a knife.

“Calm down. I told you. It wasn’t your will.”

“Oh, that’s right! I’m telling you, it’s not like I really wanted to do it… ”

“… ”

Jin Ye-seo looked at Guk Jae-ryong, who was nodding fervently behind Lee Hyeon, with pitiful eyes.

But soon he sighed and put out the flame.

Lee Hyun said as he led her.

“Let’s get moving. Now that we know where we are, there’s no reason to delay any longer.”

***

While heading towards the Demon Slayer pen at high speed.

Jin Ye-seo turned her head and opened her mouth in a worried tone.

“Professor Shin Jae-yu, are you really okay…?”

“… I don’t know.”

Lee Hyun shook her head. She even thought that it would be fortunate if she could end this matter with her life.

“What about the crow?”

“Sent. Just like during the social gathering, something big is happening, so declare an emergency alert. ”

Jin Ye-seo nodded at Lee Hyeon’s words.

“Choi Woojin and Seungheon should speak well… ”

“It’ll be okay. They have good family background and good reputation, so they’ll be persuasive when they talk.”

Jin Ye-seo, who had been speaking to Lee Hyeon as if to reassure him, suddenly turned her head. Then, in an instant, she changed her attitude and glared at him fiercely.

“Hey, can you hurry up and follow me?”

Then, Kuk Jae-ryong, who was panting and groaning, barely managed to answer.

“Ugh… You, you guys are going too fast… Slow down a little… ”

“Be quiet. Hurry up and move. It’s too late now.”

Jin Ye-seo snapped at him as if he had no value.

“Just try to run away. I’ll kill you with my own hands before I hand you over to the security bureau.”

“Look, the security bureau… ”

“Then you thought you could just let this go? You’re already a suspect of treason. So just be quiet and cooperate. At least you’ll get some leniency.”

“Hee, heeing… Mom… ”

Jin Ye-seo made a face of shock when she saw Guk Jae-ryong sniffling with a sad expression on his face.

Lee Hyeon, who was at the forefront and deep in thought, asked him without even turning his head.

“But since when has it been like that?”

“Sniff… What, what is it… ”

“You said it was like a long dream. I’m asking about the general time period.”

“I don’t know exactly… a week… oh, no, two weeks… ”

Jin Ye-seo’s threat seemed effective, and Guk Jae-ryong answered stammeringly, much more cooperative than before.

“Are your memories coming back to you? Is there anything else that comes to mind? What you did, or who made you like that?”

It was already a well-established fact that a witch had infiltrated the cradle. The only problem was finding out who she was.

“… I, I don’t know… My head is still hazy as if it’s covered in fog… Wait. ”

Kook Jae-ryong, who was holding his forehead as if suffering from a headache, stopped walking for a moment.

Lee Hyeon and Jin Ye-seo, who had stopped running, turned around and looked at him.

Kuk Jae-ryong, who was standing tall, opened his eyes wide as if he remembered something and muttered.

“I remembered.”

“What?”

“I thought about who made me like this.”

“Who are you? Don’t hesitate and tell me quickly.”

“I, I can’t remember the name. But I think it looks something like this… ”

At Jin Ye-seo’s urging, Guk Jae-ryong flinched.

And then he fumbled and opened his mouth again.

“I was wearing a first year badge… ”

Then Jin Ye-seo opened her eyes wide and glared at him.

“Are you kidding me? There are over a hundred first graders in the cradle… ”

“Wait a minute… She was a school girl… And… ”

And the moment he opened his mouth again.

Lee Hyun’s body became stiff.

“Brown hair… brown eyes… and freckles… ”

“… What?”

Hyun Lee asked a question without realizing it.

The moment I heard the first impression.

For some reason, I could immediately think of someone who fit the criteria.

The first friend he made when he came into the cradle.

A naive and ignorant person from the ways of the world. A school girl from the outskirts who always greeted him with her characteristic, innocent smile.

Right now, Yena.