episode_0391

“Come on in.”

These were the words she said after finding me standing in front of the door.

After receiving a cup of tea from the middle-aged woman who served her, she sat down on the sofa.

“Umm… .”

She was staring intently in this direction, occasionally letting out unintelligible mutterings.

When my hand goes inside the veil once in a while, it’s like stroking my chin.

By the way, what on earth is that veil made of that I can’t even see with my eyes?

There seems to be some strange energy… , I don’t know what it is.

“Mmm.”

It’s been 30 minutes since I listened to her sobbing and drank tea poured by the dedicated maid.

I asked her, feeling like I needed to say something.

“… “Do you see anything bad about me?”

“yes that’s right.”

“… … .”

Shouldn’t I say that it’s not usually times like this?

“very… , I see something very bad. however… “And when you actually look at it, it doesn’t seem to be that bad.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“well.”

Instead of answering with a vague expression, she quickly shook her head and continued speaking.

“I don’t know either? “This is the first time something like this has happened.”

“… Ah, yes.”

Should we attach significance to the fact that it is the first time?

For now, I want to know one thing for sure.

I have no intention of being honest about the thoughts I have inside.

Then there is no need to hold on.

“It’s been a while, so I’d like to talk about work.”

“is it so. I also don’t think anything will be resolved like this… , Let’s get to work first.”

After completely emptying the cooled tea, she spoke.

“The task is simple. “All you have to do is watch over me until the meeting ends two days later and I board a plane back to my home country the next day.”

“Of course.”

The meeting is in two days.

Who on earth do we meet and what do we talk about in China, so far away from the Vatican?

I was very curious, but I didn’t bother to ask.

I don’t think I’ll be able to give a clear answer, and listening doesn’t mean my job will change.

And to me, there is something more important than that.

“As we discussed earlier, I would like to receive payment in advance for escorting.”

“Of course. “Where is the patient now?”

“It’s a hospital in Beijing.”

Baek Hyun-ah arrived in Beijing first on a different plane than me.

The hospital she was admitted to is a general hospital in Beijing, and it is said to be a good enough hospital that it has signed a business agreement with Korea University Hospital.

After hearing what I said, she immediately got up from the sofa and asked me.

“Can you guide me?”

“yes.”

I like this part because it’s refreshing.

* * *

It was the most miserable life in the world.

Of course, there are many people in this world whose fate is more unfortunate than his own.

‘What do you know?’

By nature, humans are beings who care more about their knees that got hurt when they fell on the street than about someone else who got stabbed by a knife.

To her, her life and her brother’s life were the most miserable and painful.

‘Since when did it start?’

Maybe that was the first time.

That was when my parents, who were returning home, were caught up in the crime of terrorists and lost their lives in vain.

He became the head of the family at a young age and worked hard to live with his younger brother.

From then on, thanks to her already gorgeous appearance and body, she was swayed by frequent temptations.

‘They said they would give me some money if I stayed for one night… ?’

I don’t remember the details because it’s a memory I don’t want to bring up, but it was a very large amount.

Even if she worked for a whole month as a young girl, she wouldn’t get even half of that amount.

It was a body that would rot and crumble when it died.

Even if your body gets a little dirty, isn’t it okay if you can live comfortably?

There was a time when I thought that way.

‘That can’t be possible.’

I didn’t want to be an embarrassing older sister.

I was also worried that my past might hold my brother back in the distant future.

Was heaven amazed by that mindset?

She awoke.

He also possesses the talent of a wizard, which is the most in demand and the least in supply in this country.

It was a success.

Perhaps because I had a clear sense of purpose, I was promoted quickly and recognized quickly.

If things go on like this for a while, you will have enough money, and then you will be able to live happily.

Just as I was thinking that, a second misfortune came when my younger brother collapsed.

I spent all the money I earned to save my younger brother, fell for the word that it was a cure, and took on the guise of a villain who was no different from the enemy who killed my parents… .

‘I lived hard, I.’

She is aware.

I know that soon my life will end.

‘I’m tired now.’

Some time has passed.

Since the guardian did not show up and pay the hospital bills, the injection of magical energy into my younger brother would have stopped.

He may be in critical condition by now, or maybe he has already left one step ahead of him.

‘Hang in there.’

I don’t want to play on the tip of their tongues anymore.

However, I don’t think I can go back to a normal life.

So there was only one way for her to become comfortable.

‘I hope this breath ends quickly.’

Ending a lackluster life and returning to the earth.

When you close your eyes and sink deeply, accepting the force pulling you from behind.

A pure white hand penetrated the darkness, grasped her sinking body and pulled her upward.

“Sigh… !”

A body rising at a speed incomparably faster than when it fell.

At the same time, the previously dull sensations gradually become more vivid.

A tingling pain felt in the forearm.

Belt- Belt- Belt-

A beep sound that sounds regularly.

and.

“… I kept my insides… yo. this.”

“Yes, persimmon…” is.”

“hour… , Phil… , song?”

“… … .”

The voices of a man and a woman can be heard nearby.

I’m still not fully conscious, so I don’t know what’s being said, but there’s a familiar voice.

‘Who was it?’

The silence that came while I was thinking about it.

At that moment, her eyelids, which had been tightly closed, gradually began to open.

I turn my head, frowning at the light pouring from the pure white ceiling.

I see a familiar face there.

“seaweed… Dojin… ?”

no.

It’s not a familiar face.

Blurry blonde hair and blue eyes.

This is my first time seeing a foreigner.

But why does it keep appearing overlapping with Kim Do-jin’s face, which has a completely different appearance?

He was clearly relieved when he made eye contact with me.

Finally, with a mischievous smile on his face, he spoke.

“I kept my promise too.”

“approximately… , inside… .”

What was it?

What promise did you make with him? .

“ah… … .”

It occurred to me.

When asked to somehow secure his life, he promised that he would do so.

she asked.

“how… .”

I remember.

The terrible pain I experienced right before I lost my mind.

That must have been a restriction placed on me for breaking my oath.

“Ahhh… .”

Yes.

He lived.

I thought I was going to die, but I survived.

Are you happy to be alive?

It wasn’t.

‘What about my sister?’

What would have happened to my younger brother, who would have been left behind while I was down?

What if your younger brother dies and you are the only one alive… !

That’s when my thoughts started running wild.

Kim Do-jin, who noticed this, opened his mouth, wrapping his gentle hands around her shoulders and arms.

“Calm down. “None of the things the professor thought happened happened.”

A low-pitched voice that lightly presses down on your chest.

He regained his senses, even if just for a moment, and continued speaking while gazing into her dim gaze.

“I took good care of my younger brother while the professor was down. And the professor survived because the restrictions were just lifted.”

Every time he opens his mouth, the problems that made her anxious are relieved one by one.

That was enough.

What if not only you are alive, but your younger brother is also alive?

He said, lightly stroking my head in relief.

“I have some work to do so I won’t be able to come for three days. Until then, I am taking good care of myself. “I’ll come back and answer all the questions the professor might have.”

She shook her head with difficulty and answered in a thick, cracked voice.

“Okay… “Yes.”

With the burden off her mind, she fell into sleep.

* * *

“phew… .”

I let out a sigh of relief after calming her, who was almost going crazy from the flood of thoughts.

I can’t help it.

Since I woke up after sleeping for quite a long time, I can’t help but worry about various things.

Still, I’m glad.

In the meantime, you believed me completely.

His face was completely different, so I wondered what I would do if I started to suspect him, but it seems he wasn’t in his right state yet.

Well, fortunately for me.

“Ugh… , I feel a little lighter now.”

As the weight that was weighing on my chest disappears, I feel extremely at ease.

Of course, to solve this, I piled up another debt… .

“You just have to pay it back from now on.”

Okay.

Since it is a clear proposal of what the other person wants, it is enough to just follow it.

ah.

“… “Isn’t that clear?”

They used me as their escort by putting it in quite plausible terms, but honestly, there are a lot of things that are puzzling.

As soon as we met, he offered me a cup of tea and then looked at me intently.

After that, he continued to say incomprehensible words one after another.

I have more than one question about this or that.

“what… “It’ll be okay.”

I decided to turn off my mind.

There’s no way a saint-like person would suddenly point a sword at me.

I already owed her a favor, and now it’s my turn to repay her.

No matter what happens, wouldn’t it be okay to just escort her for three days and then turn around?

After putting my mind in order, I leave the hospital room.

The saintess who gave me some time and space was sipping milk coffee from a vending machine with her personal maid.

“This is really delicious.”

“… “It’s the sweetness that’s perfect for your taste.”

“Hehe… , Yes?”

It seems that our saint liked the 500 won milk coffee.

“Hmm.”

He makes his presence known with a small cough and approaches her side, bowing his head.

“Thank you, saint.”

Then she shook her head.

“It was nothing. “Now you have to do your best to protect me for three days?”

I nod my head vigorously and answer the following questions.

“I’ll give you exactly what I received, so don’t worry.”

“Ho Ho… “Those are very reassuring words.”

well.

Even if we said that to each other, I wonder if I would step forward even if something dangerous were to happen.

That’s because she already has countless bodyguards by her side.

In the hospital, in the form of nurses, doctors, and patients.

Outside, they look like citizens walking down the street.

Also, in the hotel, they take on the appearance of guests and employees.

“Now then, shall we go back?”

He turns around and looks at her walking away, then mutters in a quiet voice.

“… “What kind of saint is so good at lying?”

I quietly shake my head and follow after her.