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22. Splitting Garam Settlement (3)

Starting with Yeonseo, each person began to talk about what was currently happening in Garam Settlement.

“First of all, Seok-Hyeon caught the evil spirit that made his sister like this, but at that time, his family, who was in disguise, saw it, right?”

In order to go over the origin of the problem once again, Yeonseo asked Lee Seok-hyeon,

“That’s right. In order to make Yeonwoo let her guard down, he came up to her in the form of a child and attacked her. Then I made a hammer out of a rock and struck her down.”

“And of all things, they crushed him and left only the human parts.”

“That’s right. Of course, I shouldn’t have done that and should have subdued her separately, but at that time, I couldn’t help it when I saw Yeonwoo being attacked. ”

Lee Seok-hyeon speaks with an uneasy expression because even though he is a demon, he still looks like a child.

Everyone here knows why he makes that face.

Even though he was a demon, he looked like a child. Even more so if he was someone I had known until recently… However, I could understand his feelings that made it impossible for him to kill him.

“Yeonseo, I think what’s more important is the people who protect the child’s father and appeal to others.”

Mr. Kim Jin-seok, who is taking care of Yeon-woo, who has been treated for her injuries but is still unable to move her body properly, gave his opinion.

Certainly, they are the ones dividing the Garam settlement now.

I thought of the crowd surrounding the man holding the child’s arm along with the woman I had seen earlier.

＇ No matter how much I thought about it… It felt more like it was preventing me from talking to other people rather than comforting me. And… ＇

“Oppa. I think so too. We’ve met a few times before going to Mokdong with Hyunseok. I think… if we talk, we might be able to clear up any misunderstandings.

But it seems like the people my brother was talking about are keeping them from approaching that old man. ＂

“Yeonseo, I think so too. Earlier, an old lady came up to me and told me to be careful about talking about this situation.

After that, when I saw them going to where those people were, it seemed clear that they were connected. ＂

Yeonseo seemed to have expected what I said to some extent, and continued talking while tapping her hands on the table.

“Oh, that lady? I know because I saw the two of you talking before I spoke to you. Is that really how it is…?”

“Yeah, what’s more suspicious is that those people are in a situation where they should be comforting me, but instead of comforting me, they were just talking among themselves.”

“Really? That’s definitely strange. Seok-Hyeon oppa. Those people… You said that at first they defended that old man and then criticized us, right?”

“Huh? That’s right. At first, he clearly said, ‘He’s a murderer…’ and drove him away. However, when other people said that his sister had been attacked by a demon, he suddenly stopped talking and took the man away. ”

“What was that man like back then?”

“Huh? At that time?”

“Yes, the man must have heard what people said about the child being possessed by a demon, but he didn’t react at all?”

Lee Seok-hyeon thought carefully about what I said and then answered that the situation at the time was such that he did not have the luxury of looking at such things.

So while we were talking about this situation, there was a sudden knock on the door and someone came in.

“Haa, haa, now is not the time for everyone to be like this! People…! ”

“Jinhee, what does that mean?”

Sister Yeonwoo, who was lying down, got up with the help of Mr. Kim Jinseok and asked.

“So… that… phew.”

The woman who knocked on the door took a moment to catch her breath, perhaps because she had come running out of breath, and soon after, a man approached her.

“Brother!”

As Yeonseo quickly approached him, I could tell that the man was the ‘Seojin oppa’ that Yeonseo had mentioned.

“Jinhee, I’ll tell you. So just rest.”

” yes. ”

As he said that, he sat down on a chair and began to rest, and a man named Seojin began to speak.

“Now, the group that was taking the old man and other people started fighting, and it led to a violent demonstration.”

“What?! What are you talking about…!?”

“I heard that they kept saying that we accidentally killed that old man’s daughter and that we were the devil’s hands, so they asked us not to stay here and to go with them to their settlement.

Of course, there were some who were offended by that story, but they all judged that it was not a good idea to take action in the current situation, so when we refused, they shouted, “You are non-believers who do not believe in God.”

When others asked him what God was doing to allow this to happen, he started fighting. Right now, I have ordered my team members to separate each other.

At his words, Yeonwoo took a deep breath and started to get up.

“Yeonwoo, are you okay?”

“What can I do? I have to step forward since I’m the one leading the settlement.”

“Sister, what are you going to do…?”

“Well, honestly, no matter what I do now, they won’t listen. So… I guess I’ll have to meet that old man secretly or something.”

“What?! Sister! Are you crazy? No matter how much Charlotte treated you, you still can’t move properly..!”

Yeonwoo slowly approached Yeonseo and caressed her cheek as she spoke.

“Yeonseo, I’m in a position to lead the settlement. I can’t just watch the settlement collapse just because I’m physically tired.”

“Sister…”

“First of all, you guys stay here. Especially Seok-hyun, you even more… Don’t show yourself right now. Got it? Seo-jin and Jin-hee, keep an eye on the situation of the settlement residents, and Jin-seok, follow me.”

After saying that, Jinseok Kim and Yeonwoo left the room.

“Haa, I’m sorry, everyone. Because of me…”

“Seok-Hyun, you don’t have to apologize. It wasn’t your fault. I would have done the same thing too.”

“Thank you. More importantly, I haven’t properly introduced myself yet, right? I’m Lee Seok-hyun. I’m 28 years old. As you may know from what I said earlier, my ability is the ability to manipulate rocks. ”

“Now that I think about it, who is this kid? With Hyunseok… I see him clinging to me… No way…! ”

“That’s right, my name is Charlotte, Hyunseok’s girlfriend.”

“What?! Hey, Hyunseok! You dumped me and said you had no intention of having a girlfriend!”

“That’s what I thought back then. But I changed my mind after meeting Charlotte.”

I looked at the woman who was being kicked by Hyunseok while he was holding her in his arms and pulling her into his body by wrapping his arms around her shoulders.

“Uh, uh… hello…?”

“Hello… My name is Na Jin-hee. I’m 27 years old… My ability is… the ability to create a foundation… Haa, I loved you…! ”

As she said that, Na Jin-hee lay down on the sofa. She looked very gloomy.

＇ It’s a shame… but Hyunseok… can’t give in…! ＇

With that thought in mind, Na Jin-hee grabbed Hyun-seok’s arm and clung to him more, and when she saw him, she sighed deeply and turned her head away.

“Is it my turn then? My name is Heo Seo-jin. I’m 30 years old. My ability is the ability to communicate with animals. I’m in charge of exploration-related work at Garam Settlement, along with Jin-hee, who’s crying over there. ”

“And my boyfriend!”

Yeonseo’s expression as she spoke proudly and was held in his arms was one of the happiest expressions he had ever seen.

‘Wow, Yeonseo makes that kind of expression? Wait… She’s older than that… 30 years old?!’

“Uh… there’s quite a big age difference…?”

“Ahem, well, that’s kind of how it is.”

“Hey! What’s wrong with my brother? Age doesn’t matter. I just need him to like me.”

“Okay. Stop glaring. But weren’t there people injured in the fight earlier? If there were, I’d be the one to… ”

“Ah~ Now that I think about it, you’re the friend that Yeonseo was talking about. Hmm, for now, I recommend that you don’t move around in the same way as Seokhyun over there.”

“Huh? What…do you mean?”

“The people over there… were talking about you. ‘We must bring the saint along too. ‘”

“Brother! What do you mean? No, but why has everyone been calling our Bul-yeosi a ‘saint’?”

“Well, I don’t know about that. But it’s clear that there are people out there either trying to subdue the child separately or together with them, so it’s not a good idea to move now.”

Yeonseo, who was listening to Seojin, looked at me with an expression that said, “If you know anything, tell me now.”

“As for that story… I have a little idea.”

“Charlotte…?”

When I said that I knew something about the word ‘saint’, Hyunseok’s hand on my shoulder tightened.

“It’s okay. Anyway… I have something to tell you.”

“Okay. I’ll trust you.”

“Ugh…!”

My heart pounded at the sight of him looking at me with a serious expression.

＇ When you suddenly look at me with that expression… my heart… ＇

“Ahem!”

Jinhee, who was lying on the sofa, looked at us and coughed in vain.

“Hey, you’re not the only one with a boyfriend, are you? ”

“That’s not… that…! ”

“Okay, tell me quickly.”

“Okay. The story you’re about to hear… is best kept to yourself. ”

With their pledge, I began my story.

“First, to tell this story, I have to go back to when I was working at the treatment center in Mokdong Settlement.”

“Well… wait a minute, hey. Isn’t that a long story?”

As I was about to start talking, Yeonseo suddenly came up to me, grabbed my shoulder, and said.

“Well, if I tell you everything, it might be quite long. But why is that?”

“Why? The way you speak… makes me think you’re going to talk for a very long time…”

“What the hell are you talking about? I don’t have time, so I’ll say it again, so just listen.”

I pushed away Yeonseo’s arm that was holding my shoulder and looked at the people gathered in the room before opening my mouth.

“So… I’ll tell you a story about when I was in Mokdong…”