CH 81

“And, this is a different story…”

Lee Joo-ha, who did not leave after saying goodbye, looked around, lowered her voice, and opened her mouth again.

“That’s what Tae-heon said. You wouldn’t be the kind of person who sells information to the Requiem Master.”

“…yes?”

What does this mean?

I frowned at the sudden remark. Selling information? From me to Cheon Sa-yeon?

“Actually, I used to doubt you before. I thought you were going to give Tae-heon an SS-class coat and wield it as a weakness. So when I heard that the Master Cheon Sa-yeon threatened Tae-heon with an SS-class coat, I was very angry.”

“……”

It was difficult to properly understand what Lee Joo-ha was saying. A cold aura fell into the corner of my heart.

“However… Tae-heon said to me in the underground of the gate earlier. He doesn’t think you are like the kind of person who would do such a cowardly thing. I’ll trust you once. If the owner of the coat says so, and I doubt it, what will I do? It is true that I owe you my life.”

As if she spit out her tight feelings, Lee Joo-ha smiled satisfactorily and held out her hand.

“Anyway, let’s bury the unpleasant incidents for now. I’ll also put aside my stupid thoughts and get to know you properly.”

“…thank you for saying that.”

Hiding my confused mind, I forcibly pulled up the corners of my mouth and shook her hand with mine.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your rest. I’ll get going now. Get treatment for your injuries.”

Lee Joo-ha turned her back with her relieved face. Looking at her back as Lee Joo-ha was leaving, I closed my eyes tightly.

‘Cheon Sa-yeon… threatened? To Ha Tae-heon?’

With the SS-class coat that I got for him?

Furious anger engulfed my chest and all sorts of negative emotions running through my head. I lowered my head and covered my eyes with my cold hand. Something hot was gurgling and rising out of my throat.

‘Therefore…’

Therefore Ha Tae-heon looked at me like that. From the day I visited Roheon Guild for mercenary work, I remembered the attitude of Ha Tae-heon, who was particularly cold and confused me.

“Ha, shit…”

I spit out a swear word with a disappointing smile, biting my lip painfully.

I knew. Cheon Sa-yeon is such a bastard. It was very annoying that the emotions that never calmed down.

I certainly knew that if it was for his own benefit, he was a piece of garbage that would leave without guilt for using everything around him.

It was like that…

“Han Yi-gyeol?”

I slowly lowered my hand and raised my head to look ahead. I saw Cheon Sa-yeon standing looking at me with his suit jacket on his arm. When I saw that face, all of a sudden, all of this felt so ridiculous.

“What’s wrong? Where does it hurt more…”

“Don’t come.”

I stopped him as he came closer. Cheon Sa-yeon narrowed his eyes at my cold gaze. A sharper atmosphere than ever before fell between me and Cheon Sa-yeon.

Cheon Sa-yeon, who looked around slowly, opened his mouth in an unfavourable voice.

“In between those moments…”

“……”

“Looks like someone has been there.”

I opened my mouth, but couldn’t spit out anything. What’s the use of having a conversation? After all, the relationship between me and Cheon Sa-yeon was just using each other.

‘I’m stupid to feel betrayed by that bastard.’

However, contrary to what I thought, my complicated feelings kept dragging me to the bottom without end. I felt pathetic for myself for feeling this way.

“Tell me, Han Yi-gyeol.”

“……”

“What happened?”

Instead of answering, I shook my head. I didn’t want to share any words with Cheon Sa-yeon. When I closed my mouth and avoided his gaze, Cheon Sa-yeon removed the smile that was hanging like a mask.

“Ugh…!”

He strode over and grabbed my wrist. The skin that touched it was quite cold.

“The fever is rising again.”

“Let go.”

“What happened to you all of sudden?”

“Uh… it, it hurts!”

A strong pain came over my wrist. As I clenched my teeth and twisted my body, Cheon Sa-yeon slightly loosened his strength. He spoke with regret.

“If you are honest, there will be no pain.”

I smiled with my face distorted by pain. Who’s the one who’s being hurt now? Annoying.

“It has nothing to do with you, so don’t worry.”

Yeah. This is just between me and Ha Tae-heon. There’s no room for a guy like you to step in.

Cheon Sa-yeon wiggled his eyebrows with a displeased expression. Just as he was about to say something more, an unfamiliar voice intervened between us.

“Han Yi-gyeol-ssi?”

It was the healer who gave me first aid earlier. She bowed her head slightly and said hello to Cheon Sa-yeon, pointing to the back.

“It says that the space transfer installation is complete. We’ll start with the injured people first. As soon as we arrived in Incheon, we had an ambulance on standby so we could go to the hospital.”

“…let’s go right away.”

Cheon Sa-yeon, who answered on my behalf, released my wrist and supported my shoulders so that I could raise my body instead. It was a very different attitude than when he grabbed my wrist.

I felt like I wanted to get rid of it, but I gave up and accepted it because I didn’t know how to be stubborn.

I was supported by Cheon Sa-yeon and moved to the place where space transfer was installed. A white, round light was shining brightly on the floor, and Choi Mi-jin was standing in front of it.

“Talented Han Yi-gyeol.”

Choi Mi-jin, with a face covered in dark circles, approached me. Even though she looked tired, she had a smile on her lips.

“I heard what happened at the gate. On behalf of everyone, I would like to say thank you.”

“No. I just did what I had to do.”

When I smiled awkwardly and gave a normal answer, Choi Mi-jin‘s eyes twinkled. What is it?

“Do you think so?”

“Yes?”

“What to do…” (Choi Mi-jin probably wanted to recruit Yi-gyeol into Centre Management)

“Let’s stop there.”

Cheon Sa-yeon interrupted in a rare, annoying voice. Choi Mi-jin, who quickly noticed that Cheon Sa-yeon was in a ferocious state, nodded her head and stepped back.

“Okay. Things aren’t good right now… Let’s move right away. Will Master Cheon Sa-yeon come with you?”

“I will.”

“All right. Then, Talented Han Yi-gyeol. See you later.”

Leaving Choi Mi-jin behind, I stood on the space transfer with Cheon Sa-yeon. Space transfer was difficult to install and there was a limit to the number of people that could be moved, so it was only used when there were injured people like me.

The pure white light that had lit the floor grew bigger and bigger, engulfed me and Cheon Sa-yeon’s body. As my eyes filled with light, I felt dizzy and my body staggered. Even in the midst of the frenzy, I could feel the body temperature holding me tightly from behind.

* * *

Many people were shocked by the unprecedented event in which a large number of talented people entered the gate at the same time with the ability to move through space that was activated throughout the hotel floor. Even the news that most of those talented people were guild masters, domestic as well as overseas media flocked to Korea and started to rush here and there.

…that said, it has nothing to do with me, who is only an independent talented person.

At that time, I came to Incheon and took an ambulance that was waiting and headed straight to the hospital. After seeing a doctor and being examined, I was treated by a healer and was able to recover without a single wound.

Cheon Sa-yeon, who accompanied me to the hospital, took me to the guild as soon as healer’s treatment was finished, and a week has passed and I haven’t seen his nose.

‘Of course, he must have been busy because of what happened.’

Not only Cheon Sa-yeon, but also other guild masters would be in a similar situation. We hadn’t found the culprit, let alone how we got it inside the gate, so the commotion would continue for a while.

As I was spending leisurely time lying on the sofa, I felt a heavyweight. When I opened my eyes, Kim Woo-jin, who was on top of my body, smiled brightly. No, seeing this kind of thing, it was not Kim Woo-jin, but his clone.

In order to use his ability more skillfully, Kim Woo-jin always took out one clone. He didn’t seem to like it very much, but well, he needed practice anyway.

“Heavy…”

Despite the bruise, Kim Woo-jin’s clone just smiled and bowed his upper body. While I sighed and patted his back, the owner ran and grabbed the clone’s neck.

“Get up.”

“No!”

At Kim Woo-jin’s cold words, his clone shouted. At first, Kim Woo-jin’s clone, who seemed a bit stern at first, became quite clear after Kim Woo-jin’s efforts. Even though it was still clinging to me.

“If you’re bothering me, I have to hit you, too. Why are you playing along?”

Kim Woo-jin, who scrambled to remove the clone that had been pressed onto my body, was now nagging at me. This is a bit unfair.

“What’s wrong with you? After all, it’s your clone.”

“A clone is a clone, not me.”

What do you mean?

“Are you telling me to cut off the clone and leave him alone?”

I asked because I was genuinely curious, but Kim Woo-jin’s eyes became even sharper.

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“Is that so…?”

It was strangely awkward logic, but I couldn’t figure out exactly where it was. As I rolled my eyes with a puzzled expression, I heard a knock on the door.

“Yi-gyeol-ssi~.”

It was Min Ah-rin who came to play every day for the past week and stamped her attendance. Min Ah-rin patted the head of the clone, who opened the door with admiration, and then approached me.

“You are still lying down today.”

“I should rest when I can.”

I greeted Min Ah-rin while lying down, she smiled and handed me a box of cookies.

“The cookies were bought by a colleague after vacation. Yi-gyeol-ssi likes sweet things, so I brought it because I thought you would enjoy it.”

“Thank you.”

Oh, cookies. As a token of my gratitude, I politely received the cookie box with both hands. Snacks are the best.

Meanwhile, the clone approached me as I opened the cookie box and sat down.

“Eat it with milk.”

Kim Woo-jin placed a cup of milk on the table. I patted the clone’s body that came to me and put a cookie in my mouth. The sweet chocolate flavour spread throughout my mouth.

“Still, I’m glad you look better today.”

“Me?”

Min Ah-rin, who was sitting on the sofa opposite me, put a cookie in Kim Woo-jin’s hand, who had brought her milk, and said.

“Yes. You’ve been depressed since the hotel incident. You also look sluggish.”

“Um…”

I tried to hide it as much as possible, but it was still visible. There was a reason Min Ah-rin came every day for a week.

Kim Woo-jin also didn’t say anything, but he probably noticed it earlier. Even though he looked like that, he was faster than I thought.

“Just, a little… It’s not a big deal to be concerned about.”

“Then I’m relieved.”

I swallowed a sigh as I looked at Min Ah-rin and Kim Woo-jin, who looked at my expressions. I couldn’t make up my mind, so I was holding on to the problem sluggishly, and it made people around me worry for nothing.

As I drank milk, I thought of Cheon Sa-yeon and Ha Tae-heon. Cheon Sa-yeon… I don’t want to meet him yet. Ha Tae-heon, I would try to contact him soon. There were a lot of things that need to be solved here and there, so even if I dragged on more, it only made me feel uncomfortable.