[Incest] Creating a Friendly Family 585 (Cheol-jin, Semi, Moms) (Oksang, Cafe) (Assumptions and Hypotheses 2)

585

“Seeing the fetus photo attached to the lease agreement, it seems that Ms. Yoo-ye-na or the academy knew all about the slaves successfully giving birth after being leased out.”

“Well, up to this point, I was just thinking, ‘Okay, things like this can happen in a place that does this sort of thing…'”

“But after being there for a bit, I suddenly had this thought, you know?”

“Why send me these materials and ask me to monitor things, as if they’re trying to make an issue out of it now?…”

“If the goal is to monitor the meeting, there’s no reason to tell me all this information, right? Don’t you think?”

“Maybe they just want to test whether they can trust me or not…”

“But why would they go to such lengths to test someone like me, who’s practically an outsider?”

Cheol-jin-gun says with a self-deprecating smile, twisting his lips slightly.

Then, as if organizing the words he’d spoken and the thoughts in his head, he pauses for a moment before continuing.

“So, I really thought about it carefully afterward…”

“But no matter how much I think about it, it seems like that’s the only conclusion I can come to.”

There was a heavy, awkward tension in Cheol-jin-gun’s voice.

“What, what is it? What’s the conclusion?”

Shi-woo asks Cheol-jin-gun in a trembling voice, as if trying to relieve the heightened tension.

“That thing your dad had. And your deceased dad…”

Cheol-jin-gun carefully opened his mouth, as if cautiously pulling out the conclusion he had reached with difficulty and care.

“What?”

Shi-woo reacts as if he’s been stung again, as soon as his dad’s name comes out of Cheol-jin-gun’s mouth.

“It seems that what you’re inheriting from your dad, Shi-woo, isn’t just a simple object or a light authority.”

Cheol-jin-gun was conveying his conclusion to Shi-woo, as if emphasizing it once again.

Shi-woo just listens to Cheol-jin-gun’s story with a blank expression, as if he no longer has the energy to be surprised.

“That day, when I was about to leave that dark cafe, I suddenly had this thought, you know?”

“I was thinking that maybe it’s possible to form relationships here without knowing who anyone is, without interfering in each other’s lives…”

“Like coworkers, or senior and junior classmates at the academy, emotionless male and female friends, teachers and students…”

“Even relationships like Mom and son, dad and daughter, uncle and niece, or older sister and younger brother.”

“Or maybe that place was created for that purpose in the first place…”

Cheol-jin-gun stares at the floor, as if taking a moment after spitting out those words…

“I was thinking that those items are probably a list of slaves, an organizational chart of the group, or important data that could reveal the identities of the participants.”

“Sensitive and vast data related to personal information and relationships that even the manager, Ms. Yoo-ye-na, can’t fully know.”

Cheol-jin-gun was speaking without hesitation, as if releasing the thoughts that had been floating in his head.

Shi-woo recalls the other two binders that were in the desk along with the slave ledger, the day he found it.

The two binders that he hadn’t properly examined in his tired and confused state…

The two binders filled with slaves’ family photos and legal documents…

Shi-woo’s heart was pounding heavily, as if he had missed something important.

“And maybe your dad…”

Cheol-jin-gun looks straight into Shi-woo’s eyes, as if about to say something important.

But as he tries to say those words, Cheol-jin-gun swallows what he was saying, as if something is blocking him from the inside.

“No… I think it’s better to talk about this when I’m sure… I’ll tell you after I’ve confirmed it a bit more…”

Cheol-jin-gun shakes his head from side to side, wearing a complicated expression.

**

After a moment of silence, Cheol-jin-gun looks at Shi-woo, his expression back to normal.

“After finishing my drink and calming down, I left the cafe.”

Cheol-jin-gun starts to continue the story again, following the flow…

Cheol-jin-gun’s story seemed to be heading towards its conclusion.

“I went back through the long corridor decorated like a forest and reached the stairs.”

“I was climbing the stairs while still thinking about what had happened in the cafe just now.”

“But I saw a girl I didn’t know standing at the top of the stairs, leaning against the railing.”

“No, to be honest, I knew her face. Because I had checked her SNS several times while investigating the meeting.”

“One of Se-hee Noona and Shin-bi Noona’s academy friends who seemed to be participating in the meeting…”

“Kang Se-mi…”

“Because of the secret things that had happened in the cafe just now, I was briefly taken aback when I saw that face, which was more familiar on the screen…”

“I didn’t even have time to think about why Se-hee Noona and Shin-bi Noona’s academy friend was standing there…”

“Seeing her in person, she definitely seemed prettier than on the screen, and her figure and atmosphere were good, and her smell and feeling were nice, too?”

“But as soon as Se-mi saw me, she started complaining as if she was annoyed, asking why I was so late?”

“Just like a girlfriend nagging and complaining to her boyfriend who’s late for a date…”

“I was surprised to hear Se-mi’s voice. Her voice was so familiar, just like her face…”

“That voice was the voice of the girl who had guided me in the dark cafe just now… No doubt about it…”

“I immediately reached out and grabbed Se-mi’s wrist… so she couldn’t go anywhere…”

“It was definitely a familiar feeling on my wrist… soft and elastic skin…”

Cheol-jin-gun was telling Shi-woo about his first encounter with Se-mi Noona, as if he was very pleased.

“After meeting Se-mi again like that, I went to a dessert cafe nearby and had a brief conversation.”

“It seems like Ms. Yoo-ye-na ordered her to, but Se-mi was apparently waiting there to tell me more details about the situation and information related to the meeting.”

“So-ra and Sae-rom also know about the academy or the gathering, but they don’t seem to know that Se-mi and I will be secretly monitoring this meeting.”

Cheol-jin-gun was explaining to Shi-woo the reason why Se-mi Noona was waiting for him, and additional background, information, and circumstances about the meeting.

“And I also heard roughly about the story of the parents of the Hyungs who came out this time…”

Then, Cheol-jin-gun starts talking about the parents of the Hyungs…

“As expected, it seems certain that the parents are slaves and their owners belonging to the gathering.”

“But there seems to be a bit of a difference from the general participants?”

“It’s called ‘sponsor’ that I mentioned earlier, and it seems that the route to participate is a bit different.”

Cheol-jin-gun was trying to carefully talk about the situation related to the parents of the Hyungs, and the circumstances under which they came to participate in the gathering.

“Different?”

Shi-woo raises his eyebrows and asks strongly, reacting to Cheol-jin-gun’s story as soon as the word ‘sponsor’ comes out again.

“Yeah… It’s not that a couple or a couple in a master-slave relationship participated in the gathering together from the beginning for the sake of play,”

“But one of the husband or wife first participated in the gathering, then separately requested to bring in a partner, and then created a master-slave relationship afterward.”

“It seems that most of them reach the gathering through hospitals or clinics…”

Cheol-jin-gun explains to Shi-woo as if he is slightly excited.

“Hospitals or clinics?”

Shi-woo asks with a sharp voice, as if he is once again concerned about the story of the hospital.

Shi-woo seems to be reminded of the incident of Se-young-yang, who was introduced to a magic academy for treatment purposes after receiving medical treatment at the hospital with Mom before.

“Yeah… Hospitals or counseling clinics! There were several other routes, but what was it? It seems like there were also model agencies or yoga centers.”

Cheol-jin-gun was telling Shi-woo the information he had heard from Se-mi Noona that day, as if recalling his memories.

“Did you know that before the meeting? But you said at the police station that those Ajummas were the slaves we had to get back, right? What did that mean?”

Shi-woo asks, recalling the mysterious words Cheol-jin-gun left at the police station.

“Yeah. As I said just now, I knew about those parents before the meeting… And if what I’m thinking is right, then it should be… Anyway, all three of them broke the rules.”

Cheol-jin-gun answers Shi-woo in a firm tone, shining his eyes coldly.

Shi-woo seemed to be repeating Cheol-jin-gun’s words in his mind with an expression that seemed to know and not know.

Then, he slowly composes the breath he had taken deeply, as if trying to calm down.

“Then… the fact that the Hyungs and we went to the police station? Was that also planned from the beginning with Se-mi? To show me those Moms?”

Shi-woo asks Cheol-jin-gun, as if trying to shake off the emotions that remained like suspicion.

“Ah~ Se-mi and Ms. Yoo-ye-na must have been a bit surprised about that. The police station wasn’t originally in the plan.”

Cheol-jin-gun was answering Shi-woo’s question with a playful smile.