Chapter 95

[Translator –  Daniel Shin]

[Proofreader –  ilafy]

Chapter 95

Outside of the ball.

The night was approaching, and the blue sky was slowly turning black. Although the sky was still blue, the moon was visible.

Kim EunAh gave a soda to Shin YuSung, who was sitting on a bench.

“Here.”

“Thank you.”

Gulp. Gulp.

The soda went smoothly down his throat.

“Hmm.”

“You’re quite interesting,” Kim EunAh mumbled after she drank the soda, looking at YuSung’s face.

She seemed more serious than usual.

If she thought about it, they’d gone through many things together.

The first cafe they visited together, the hospital where he saved Kim JunHyuk, sharing a tent on Mount Everline…

“Sometimes, you seem dumb; other times, you’re serious…”

Kim EunAh recalled how different YuSung could look depending on the situation as she spoke.

“And sometimes you’re really simple, but there are also times when you’re really complex…”

The Shin YuSung Kim EunAh had seen was one that was reliable at all times.

“Although you look innocent on the outside, I’m not sure about your insides…”

Shin YuSung certainly wasn’t a person that wore his emotions on his slave.

Maybe it was because of all the years he’d spent at Martial Spirits’ Mountain or the sad memories of when he was five, but it was as if Shin YuSung’s emotions had been worn out.

Kim EunAh seemed to realize something as she looked closely at YuSung.

She looked into his eyes and showed a bitter smile.

“All of that made me wonder… Are you okay…?”

Shin YuSung silently looked at Kim EunAh. He wasn’t sure how to answer. From Kim EunAh’s reaction, it seemed like she expected that to be the case.

“Although you’re good at consoling others, you’re a newbie at being consoled…”

Although she was the one saying it, it was Kim EunAh who nervously scratched the back of her neck.

“Well… it’s kind of embarrassing because you aren’t saying anything.”

Shin YuSung was thinking about the Shin-of family and Shin HaYoon, and it seemed like Kim EunAh noticed that. Instead of answering, Shin YuSung smiled.

“I think my worry is fine. After all, everyone has worries. On top of that, I have all of you… right?”

Kim EunAh clicked her tongue and sighed after hearing Shin YuSung’s reply.

“Really? If you’re worried about something, say it. Don’t keep it to yourself…”

Kim EunHa got up and threw the soda can into the recycling bin.

“Oh, yeah… Although I’m not good at darts, I’m great at throwing cans.”

Kim EunAh smirked and extended her hand to him, and Shin YuSung naturally took her hand. EunAh’s reason for taking him to such a secluded place was to teach him.

“You’re a beginner, so we’re going to start slow. Watch your partner’s movements.”

Kim EunAh was good at dancing because she’d received an elite education since she was five years old. She moved slowly, marking the rhythm, as she held Shin YuSung’s hands.

“Beginners are clumsy; that’s why we’re starting slow.”

Kim EunAh slowly dragged him to her. As her hair swirled with their movements, the sweet scent of her shampoo wafted around her.

“What’s after that?”

Shin YuSung was being dragged by Kim EunAh’s flow. Kim EunAh was teaching him a simple folk dance that was easy to learn.

“You need to figure out what your partner wants. Do they prefer a slower or faster rhythm?”

Kim EunAh pulled Shin YuSung around with simple but precise movements.

“You should be able to feel your dance partner’s energy…”

The sky was starting to get dark, and the moon was becoming clearer. Kim EunAh’s straight, black hair was starting to reflect the moonlight.

Her blue dress flowed with her movements. As expected, YuSung was experiencing many things for the first time.

‘The cafe… and the ball…’

Shin YuSung was happy that he was experiencing new things with his colleagues. Every moment was full of new experiences.

‘If it weren’t for EunAh, I wouldn’t have been able to imagine such things…’

His first friend, experiencing what a family felt like, and the new life he’d experienced after moving to the city…

All of those were things he wouldn’t have been able to experience on his own.

“Hey, you’re thinking pretty deeply, right?”

Kim EunAh smiled after seeing Shin YuSung dancing slower.

“It seems like you really can figure out the other person…”

“If you think so deeply, your movements will get slower. Depending on your state of emotion, your movements can become softer or more aggressive.”

Kim EunAh looked serious.

Was it because of the ball? She was earnestly teaching him to dance.

“When you’re dancing, you aren’t doing it alone. You should match the flow of the other person and be considerate of them.”

As the music from the ball came to an end, Kim EunAh made a cool posture and stopped dancing.

“Ta-da! How was that?”

Flap.

The ends of Kim EunAh’s dress were flapping like a baby bird’s wings. Shin YuSung noticed something.

‘It feels like someone is watching me…’

Thanks to the noisy festival, not even Shin YuSung could figure it out.

‘Was it my imagination?’

Shin HaYoon watched Kim EunAh and Shin YuSung from a high place under the moonlight.

“Fufu… Ah~ You’re making me jealous. YuSung… Doing that makes you look like a member of their family.”

Her chilling gaze was locked onto the pair of dancers.

What Shin HaYoon was feeling wasn’t a cute sense of envy. To Shin HaYoon—the successor of the Shin-oh family—Shin YuSung, as skillful as he was, was an ace card.

That’s why Shin HaYoon wanted to get him; she wasn’t planning on allowing anyone to interfere with what she wanted.

“How troublesome. If he were alone, using him would have been easier…” Shin HaYoon mumbled as she watched EunAh’s dress flapping with her movements.

‘No. Is this actually better?’

From what she had seen, YuSung seemed quite fond of his party members—maybe even more than herself.

‘This might be the best chance to bring him under me…’

Shin HaYoon wanted Shin YuSung because she wanted to get another good card. How she did it didn’t matter, simply having him was the most important thing.

‘Then… should I keep a watch on your growth until then?’

Shin HaYoon smiled and turned away.

Even during the festival, Lee Hyuk, standing next to Shin HaYoon, gave her a report.

“Someone from the Shinsung Group has come to the ball. It seems like he wants to scout students. What should we do?”

“It’s okay. Let him be.”

“Really?”

“As long as I’m the student council president, we already own all of the cards I’ve decided to watch.”

Lee Hyuk nodded when he saw Shin HaYoon’s relaxed smile. Hyuk had never doubted her.

She’d created a connection between the guild and the Hunter Club while she was just a student. Not only that, but she’d made it so they could accept jobs from corporations.

On top of that, she’d obtained the title of ‘Student Council President of Gaon’.

‘If it’s Shin HaYoon, she’ll probably bring the Hunter Club to new heights…’

The faction that Shin HaYoon created didn’t seem like a simple student group—it was comparable in size to a guild. Lee Hyuk wanted to remain under Shin HaYoon.

‘I’m sure HaYoon will become the strongest in Korea, but she’s also going to become the world’s strongest.’

That’s why Hyuk wanted to remain under her. Of course, Hyuk knew that depended on how HaYoon felt.

‘To her, people that don’t have a use might as well be trash.’

Lee Hyuk raised his head and looked at HaYoon—a woman who was born with the destiny to rule.

“What are you thinking…?” HaYoon asked the nervous Hyuk with a faint smile on her face.

He playfully smirked and said, “I’m thinking of how I can avoid being discarded.”

It seemed like Shin HaYoon liked Lee Hyuk’s joke, so she laughed.

“Think about that carefully… Not even I know the answer.”

Shinsung’s group president’s office.

“H-how could… Oh, God…”

Kim SeokHan couldn’t calm down after he read the message.

“How could something like this happen?!”

It seemed that she had unexpectedly kicked the hornet’s nest.

‘How did he get discovered? I clearly…’

Lee SuHyun had helped Shin YuSung and Kim EunAh, but that had to remain a secret from Kim SeokHan.

“I realized that from the moment he gifted her an artifact… All men are exactly the same! Are you listening to me?”

“Yes. I… I’m listening.”

“A man wouldn’t treat a woman he doesn’t like well! A tent, and even this… To think that someone so young would use such fox-like tricks…”

Kim SeokHan kept complaining for a while. Lee SuHyun wanted to cover her eyes and run away.

Kim SeokHan showed her a picture of Kim EunAh, whose dress was flapping like a baby bird’s wings, and Shin YuSung.

“This guy! How dare he seduce EunAh! For as long as I live, I won’t allow such a thing!”

Kim SeokHan put his hands behind his head, gripping the back of his neck.

Lee SuHyun lowered her head, dripping in a cold sweat.

“I… I’m sorry…”

“Our pure EunAh has fallen for a feminine-looking man… and that long hair! He looks like a ghost…”

Kim EunAh was her granddaughter, whom he’d raised as if she were a princess. The iron-blooded Kim SeokHan had become an obsessive granddad.

His getting angry was obvious.

Kim SeokHan gave an order to Lee SuHyun.

“Miss Lee, report everything about this guy to me! Don’t let this fox-like guy get any closer to EunAh!”

Lee SuHyun carefully replied, Y-you see… I… I just received a message. The young lady invited student Shin YuSung to the ball…”

It was a finishing blow.

Kim SeokHan collapsed and gripped the back of his neck at SuHyun’s words.