CH 27

After a good night’s sleep, he felt better.

“Hyung, eat.”

Just when Seon-woo called him, Hyeon-woo, who was about to stand up, looked at the jumper on the table.

‘I have to give it back.’

When he went outside with the jumper, he saw Seon-woo and Do-jin setting the table. At first, Seon-woo didn’t like to share the table with Do-jin, but with Hyeon-woo’s words, they ended up having a meal together. Of course, Do-jin didn’t always join them to eat. Mostly because Do-jin avoided it. He said doing it because it was against his job, but truthfully, he just felt that it was awkward. So, he didn’t want to.

“Thank you for the jumper.”

Hyeon-woo approached Do-jin and handed him his jumper, and he quietly accepted it. The jumper was slightly worn out, like the clothes he was wearing now.

“Don’t you get clothes or presents?”

Even if he didn’t care about what he wanted to wear, he was still the guild leader of a guild.

If he was seeing Do-jin wearing something like this, there must be a reason as to why. So he asked and Do-jin nodded.

“Yes, these are the clothes that my sister had picked out.”

So that was why. He could understand Do-jin’s words, but he heard Seon-woo’s voice from behind.

“I, also, still have the clothes my Hyung bought me!”

“Why do you have that?”

He wouldn’t be able to fit in it now. Seon-woo has grown a lot since then, so he would rip it if he did wear it.

“Because my Hyung bought it.”

Seon-woo replied with a smile. Hyeon-woo approached Seon-woo and reached out his hand and stroked Seon-woo’s head. He couldn’t keep the things Seon-woo gave him; he had had a little doll hanging from the bag that was given to him by Seon-woo on his birthday, however, he lost it while he was in the Demon Realm.

After that, he took the risk to find it back then but found nothing.

“Thank you.”

‘So he too, kept the things that I had bought.’ Hyeon-woo smiled softly.

“Thank you. Come on, sit down. Let’s eat.”

Seon-woo pulled Hyeon-woo’s chair and urged him. The meal that Do-jin and Seon-woo made together was unbelievably delicious. He felt sorry that he had become a useless Hyung that just ate without contributing, but Hyeon-woo’s own cuisine wasn’t particularly delicious.

‘I still need to practice a little.’

This was not the Demon Realm, and these days would pass. So it would be good to learn a little something. Hyeon-woo thought so.

—--

“Young people are crazy these days!”

Contributing to the country and promoting its development, they didn’t understand how great this really was. That was why they were showing this type of behavior.

“Ryu Young-jin.”

“Yes.”

A man with a rather skinny body and glasses hanging on his face answered.

“How can this not work?”

“It’s hard. The budget and time were insufficient.”

“What budget and time!”

Kim Cheol-soo crumpled the newspaper in anger and sat down on his chair.

“It couldn’t be all that was revealed. He is a man who has been in the Demon Realm for 10 years. He must know something more.”

“Yeah, but if you summon him in that state, from now on, he’ll force you to eat swear words.”

“Even if I get insulted, I will do everything if I can to summon him.”

The Seon-Hyeon guild would reject Ji Hyeon-woo’s summons. And there was also the possibility of threatening the state again. In fact, there were a lot of cases like that.

“Who would want to serve the country under such pressure? Is our country the only country here?”

With that said, there were also the Awakeners who floated abroad. Once they crossed over to the US, they couldn’t touch them anymore. Because that was what Korea was now.

“Nothing matters.”

“Yeah, that’s right. So there are other stories coming out in the intelligence department.”

“What story?”

“I’d rather not explain it right now.”

“Not right now?”

Young-jin approached Kim Chul-soo and whispered into his ear. His face, which was initially dissatisfied, began to straighten out gradually.

“That’s not a bad plan. But you know what will happen if this fails?”

“Of course.”

“Okay, then, let’s go ahead with it.”

“I will.”

Young-jin greeted Kim Chul-soo and exited the director’s office. And just then, he met Moo-hyuk, who passed by him.

“Long time no see.”

“Hasn’t it only been a few days since I last saw you?”

“It seems that my concept of time has blurred since I have been working overtime in the intelligence department.”

Moo-hyuk, who had quietly listened to Yeong-jin, looked at the director’s office. These days, Young-jin’s office was often visited. He knew the reason why, but somehow he had an ominous feeling. But he couldn’t ascertain anything with only a gut feeling.

“Then I’ll get going now.”

“Yeah.”

Moo-hyuk looked at Young-jin walking away and moved his body again. He looked like he couldn’t stand still anymore.

***

Hyeon-woo was sitting on the wide floor, blankly staring at the other side of the glass window. The blue sky and the slowly flowing clouds were beautiful. That was a sheep cloud, which was a butterfly cloud. That one…

As he was watching the clouds, Kero, who was sitting next to him in the same way, tugged at him and dug into Hyeon-woo’s arms. It was something he couldn’t have imagined doing before, but now he did it often. It was because he knew that Hyeon-woo would not give up on Kero even after this.

“Good.”

This quiet time was so good. He wanted a life where he didn’t have to struggle; something similar to this. Hyeon-woo hugged Kero and laid him on his side. The rugs on the floor were soft to the touch.

‘It’s strangely so peaceful.’

It was the height of laziness.

Meanwhile, Seon-woo was quickly moving his hand though the papers. This was the headquarters of the Seon-Hyeon Guild, and there were Do-jin and Kero next to them. Other than that, the best of the guild members were protecting him, and Seon-woo was also close by, so he was safe.

While knowing this, he still couldn’t bear to hurry and return to his older brother’s side. The anxiety he had cultivated for a long time did not go away easily even after he got his older brother back.

“Guild Master.”

Then Chan-young came to Seon-woo.

“What is it?”

“A dungeon-type portal has been opened abroad.”

There were two types of portals: Gate type and Dungeon type. A Gate type dungeon occasionally opened and released monsters. For that reason, if you did not subdue it in time, the surroundings would become a mess. And in Dungeon type, which was this case, the monster did not come out immediately. Instead, the number gradually gathered from within. Then finally, it broke out.

Either way it was dangerous. Therefore, each country wanted to solve the portal before any possible monsters came out. In Gate-type to destroy the monsters pouring out and in Dungeon-type to kill the Dungeon boss from within. That was the condition for the portal to close.

Both have conditions and could be predicted, but unfortunately, if they occurred in sparsely populated places, they may burst before they could be stopped.

“Where is it?”

“It’s on the side of Africa. The scale is said to be S-class. That’s why they need S-Class Awakeners, so they’re asking for help here and there.”

There were very few S-class Awakeners. It was because the powerful countries offered good conditions and took away even the S-class Awakeners that were there.

“Then there’s no need for me to go.”

“Yes, I don’t think we need to go. Since the conditions given are generous, I think they will probably approach the other countries first.”

“Then leave it at that.”

Seon-woo turned his gaze back to the documents he was reading. But things didn’t work out so easily. Not long after, news came in.

“The portal measurement results say that it seems to exceed S-class!”

Then it sounded quite dangerous. But there would still be Awakeners who would want to go. The more dangerous the dungeon, the higher the value of the given item. Yes, that was right.

“It is said that there are no S-Class Awakeners who gathered to help.”

“Did the dungeon explode at the same time?”

“Yes, it seems like it.”

“Quite amazing.”

“That’s why I’m telling it to you too. The price is also going up.”

Originally, Seon-woo might have been there too. But how long did it take to make a simple round trip to another country? In the meantime, he would be leaving Hyung alone. Unthinkable.

‘I did.’

The conditions reviewed were exceptionally good.

‘The guardian of the phoenix.’

An item that absolutely protects the wearer. Although there was a limit on the number of times it could be used depending on the period, it was still excellent. This was because it was able to block the attacks of S-class Awakeners.

For a moment, Seon-woo thought of the item that his Hyung was wearing. Even if he collected only good things and gave them to him, he still felt that it was not enough. If an S-Class Awakener were determined and attacked his Hyung, it was obvious that he would not be able to properly block it.

‘They can covet him.’

Seon-woo was worried. He went through it to check if this was a plot to covet Hyeon-woo. However, such a tendency was not seen.

“Is it okay if I leave for a while?”

Chan-young replied to the words that came out after thinking about it.

“Of course. As always, I will protect the guild of Seon-Hyeon.”

“I’m more worried about my brother than that.”

“I will protect him too! No matter what happens.”

Even though he looked like that, Chan-young was definitely a strict Deputy guild leader, and his power was not weak. Seon-woo thought for a while before answering.

“Great. Please report that we have agreed to this request.”

“Alright. How many teams will go together?”

“I will take only one team.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to take more?”

“That should be enough.”

Anyway, Seon-woo would take care of most of it, and Team 1 would only play a supporting role.

“I will prepare right away.”

Only after Chan-young went out did Seon-woo take a moment to take his eyes off the documents. He didn’t know if it was a good thing, but he needed items to protect his brother. In addition, if a dungeon-type portal exploded when there was no one to listen to the request, the loss of life would be enormous. It was better to go.