episode_0433

Does a place make a person?

After calming down Kim Yun-ji, whose brain was soaked in patriotism as soon as she arrived at Ulleungdo, I entered into a full-scale strategy meeting with her.

“Are you sure you want to do this?”

“Okay then. Even if it’s in front of Taeirin, I have to do it.”

“Senior Baek Seol-hee, it really is a bit excessive to say this in front of you.”

“What should I do? I made her like that.”

It’s all my fault that Baek Seol-hee’s patriotic corruption – it’s ridiculous to even say this in the first place – is all my fault.

“I caused Baek Seol-hee to go crazy like that, so I must take responsibility. If there’s any fault, it’s me who made Baek Seol-hee go crazy over there.”

“Something… it seems like a very irritating statement, but it also seems to be true.”

“Because he’s that handsome. So warn me in advance.”

I definitely drew the line at Yunji Kim.

“You too can become like Baek Seol-hee, so don’t be foolish and think, ‘I will do it with Do Ji-hwan.’”

“…….”

“It may seem like I’m going around meeting this woman, but I’m a man who only deals with women for whom I am responsible.”

That means it’s not just trash.

“I do my best with a woman who gives me her body and mind, but it is better not to start with just a moment of curiosity. It’s the same thing as adults telling us not to drink or smoke for no reason.”

“Is a man named Do Ji-hwan more harmful than drinking and smoking?”

“It’s not that it’s harmful, it’s that it’s full of addiction.”

As someone said, I am such a deadly being that I can turn a woman who was so calm and quiet before into a patriotic warrior in an instant.

Especially for female talented people.

“Well… I’ll leave this warning to you, and if you plan on doing it, I’ll make it clear. If you do it, just don’t do it. We’ll give you the best experience.”

“……Are you telling me to do it or not to do it?”

“I will do everything with certainty. I’m trying to be vague and unwavering.”

You can either not do it at all and just maintain a public relationship.

Either form a deep relationship with the intention of completely immersing yourself in it.

“Among S-class heroes around the world, there are many who have a simple business partnership with goblins.”

Right now, it’s the same with Black Taejo, it’s the same with Cheonma, which we decided to form a new relationship with, and there are more S-class people in other countries than you might think.

“However, the number of heroes that goblin clearly takes care of beyond a simple cooperative relationship can be counted on ten fingers, or even on one hand.”

Baek Seol-hee.

Ymir.

When I think about it, there is nothing more ‘yet’.

Hero.

“If I were to add one more person, it would be Yoon I-seon. Maybe today. Or tomorrow.”

“Are you sure?”

“Okay. Would you like to ask yourself directly?”

I moved aside.

“Lee Seon. Is it true?”

“Yes. You know that I’m a goblin fan.”

“I know that, but…”

“My sister and I are indebted to goblins in many ways, but unlike my sister who needed a goblin mask, I want to have a goblin.”

“…That, in front of senior Baek Seol-hee.”

“As a fan, as a fan.”

Iseon Yoon lightly waved his hand at Yunji Kim and smiled.

“It’s not like I’m taking Do Ji-hwan away from Seol-hee. I just tried it out of curiosity when Seolhee said, ‘Do you want to try it?’”

“Keu, keuhm.”

Yunji Kim cleared her throat and took a step back.

“Let’s take a look at it from Irene’s perspective. If I accept Seolhee’s proposal, I will just treat the goblin as a fan, and my relationship with Teacher Do Ji-hwan will go beyond that of teacher and student, breaking down the barriers between each other.”

“Well, that’s how it happens…”

“The same goes for you, right?”

“I, I….”

Yunji Kim brings her hands slightly in front of her and wiggles her fingers.

He was looking at me from the corner of his eye from time to time, and was having a hard time calming his blushing face.

“…Lee Seon. Are you prepared to do this in front of senior Baek Seol-hee, Nana, and Lee Rin?”

“Hmm. It might be a little embarrassing, but maybe there won’t be any problem?”

Yun I-seon didn’t think it was that big of a deal.

“Actually, I’ve already seen everything there is to see with this person.”

“What…!”

“Ah. Nope. I’ve seen it all, but you’re not a teacher, right?”

“That’s right.”

It’s really interesting that the title “teacher” came up without me realizing it, but I didn’t bother to question it.

Because that is definitely true.

“Senior. One of the friends I made during my previous training is Ymir. Do you know him?”

“……Who?”

“There is a foreign girl with D-level abilities. I’m a freshman at the academy, I’m 20 years old, and I’m a teacher and partner.”

“What…!”

Yunji Kim’s eyes widen in an instant.

“No way, that side…! Hidden power…?!”

“Patriotic partner.”

“Ah. Uh, hmm. …….”

“What. why. I am entering into a relationship with the intention of taking responsibility.”

Yun I-seon mentioned Ymir, but hid his identity, and I also agreed with Yun I-seon.

“Do you think I am just a slob who treats a female college student who came to Mallita from a foreign country to study as someone who is just playing with fire and forms a relationship like that?”

“I thought he was acting like a man to create the image of a man named Do Ji-hwan.”

“No. Even if you act like you can, at least you don’t do such trash when dealing with women.”

“……That.”

Kim Yun-ji pointed to her wrist, where the Taegeuk watch should be, with a very cautious look on her face.

“Isn’t most of the information posted on the wiki…true?”

“Wiki?”

“Yes. This is a wiki with sighting information about Do Ji-hwan. Currently, Hero Wiki is uploading data about a man named Do Ji-hwan every day.”

“Oh.”

I didn’t know that.

I knew there was something like that, but I couldn’t check how much more was added.

“Do Ji-hwan is a parachute, does his work sloppily, takes long vacations under the pretext of going to the hospital, etc. These are all true. That’s-”

“There was also a story about buying three or four boxes of traitors at the convenience store every weekend.”

oh.

“I bought that for image making.”

“Then….”

“I don’t use things like that.”

“…….”

Yunji Kim looked at me as if she was looking at something indescribable, but I lifted my right hand and placed it lightly on top of my heart.

“If you are not patriotic in this country, your luck will be bad, so of course you should become a patriot.”

It’s not a joke.

This is a serious story.

“And above all….”

“Above all else?”

“It’s better to do it with Jjin.”

“Really, you’re not hiding it. That being said, if it happens later in the living room over there…”

“Going to Jjin.”

I tapped my foot lightly on the floor.

“This is the patriotic island, Ulleungdo. There is only one thing on this island that is not for sale. I don’t have to tell you what it is…you know, right?”

“Kkkk…!”

“In the first place, ‘those items’ were prohibited from being brought into Ulleungdo. Although you can buy what you need on Sejong Island, it is against the law to bring it to Ulleungdo.”

It’s real.

This country has made such a law.

In the first place, why would a person who spends as much money as an office worker’s salary buy such items and go to Ulleungdo?

“Oh, no. Then the people of this island…!”

“Sister. When Ulleungdo residents have children, the government provides subsidies.”

“Ah.”

“If you give birth to someone with special abilities, you will lose hundreds of millions of dollars, so there is no need to stop it. The government pays all child support expenses. Ulleungdo residents.”

“…….”

Yunji Kim pressed her forehead with her hand for a moment.

She looked at the wall, lost in thought for a long time, as if something was bothering her, and said nothing.

“… Anyway, in front of Taeirin, I will always act like Do Jihwan. Whatever you do in front of Taeirin, keep in mind that it is against Dojihwan, not the goblin. Do you understand?”

“…Let me ask you one thing.”

Yunji Kim bit her lower lip and opened her mouth in a slightly trembling voice.

“What if, really, what if I get carried away by the atmosphere and cannot resist Baek Seol-hee’s pressure and eat Do Ji-hwan?”

“Is it working?”

“What happens if it goes ‘Ulleung’?”

It’s loud.

What happens to Yunji Kim when she does something that contributes to the increase in the birth rate in Korea?

“It’s simple.”

I stretched out my hand towards Yunji Kim.

“The child’s father is not Do Ji-hwan, but I, the goblin, will take responsibility.”

* * *

That time.

“What are we talking about for so long?”

“…Maybe it’s like an interview.”

Next to Baek Seol-hee, who was sitting on the sofa and looking up at the ceiling anxiously, Tae-ilin, who was scooping up ice cream from a cup, tapped the ice cream with her spoon.

“I will test whether you really are a suitable man for senior Baek Seol-hee.”

“Then you’re hitting rice cakes on top-”

“Sister.”

Taeirin looked at Baek Seolhee with a liberated expression.

“No matter how much it is called Ulleungdo, it seems like you are too obsessed with it these days.”

“But….”

“Do you like it that much?”

“…….”

Baek Seol-hee said nothing and just wiggled her fingers.

“Oh my god. Do you like it that much?”

“Hmm…. Irene, you too will find out, even if not now, if you do it later. Of course, this is only when I meet a man who is as good as him.”

“…I see.”

The conversation shows no signs of getting any further.

“Shall I go up?”

“Well, will you do that? thank you. Then, in the meantime…I’ll be preparing food.”

“Yes. all right. If, as you worry,…”

Although I can’t hear any creaking noises from above.

“If the three of you are already contributing to increasing national competitiveness, if you get there, the four of you can do it together.”

“…….”

Surely, Baek Seol-hee would do that.

Then, Taeyrin will have to stay alone in her room.

“I’ll be back.”

Taeyrin stood up.

And then I walked up the stairs very slowly –

Stop.

I stopped walking for a moment, placed my hand on my forehead, and looked back on my memories.

“……That’s right. that’s right. My memory can’t be wrong.”

In memory.

“The first time we met was…”

My first meeting with Do Ji-hwan.

“At that time.”

For Taeirin, it was an unforgettable moment of great shock.

“With a blonde Western female college student in the bathroom-”