Chapter 23

Chapter 23

TL: IceCherry

ED: CheeryCheri



Does awakening change a person’s personality? I only met him once, but I don’t think he was this kind of person.

In the novel Kang Soo-hyun is a righteous man.

Maybe it was because of his brother who sometimes acted recklessly, but it was his role to stand before him and say all the right things. His role was not to help a Villain with a gun commit a crime by smiling beside him like this.

“...Can’t you step aside for a bit?”

I asked him, as it would ruin my image in Kang Soo-hyun’s eyes even more if I let him see me do this, but he just tilted his head when he heard me.

“Will you be okay? If I leave, he might attack hyung.”

“Hmm.”

The look in the watchdog’s eyes was obviously hostile. When conciliation doesn’t work, I plan to do something by force. Well, without Kang Soo-hyun, an S-class, he probably would have thought that Han Yi-jin, who was a B-class, could be easily subdued even if he was holding a gun.

“Well, I don’t know what his ability is.”

“...!”

I stuck the shiny white gun to the watchdog’s forehead. He opened his eyes wide in disbelief as he felt the cold muzzle of the gun press against his forehead without wavering.

I looked at him nonchalantly and spoke.

“You can’t avoid it when it’s this close.”

“Ugh...!”

As the fear of impending death engulfed him, the watchdog’s eyes greatly shook.

“Wa–Wait! Wait!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll finish you in one shot.”

“Please hear me out!”

I don’t want to hear him out.

Still, I couldn’t shoot him in front of Kang Soo-hyun who was still watching, so I shook my head as if telling him to leave.Visjt novelbin(.)com for new updates

“I–I’ll do whatever you say. Please save me. Please?”

“Hmm.”

I looked at the watchdog who spat and spoke desperately, and opened my mouth.

“What is your ability?”

“Concealment and spatial travel. Spatial travel is only possible for me and the distance is short, but it’s quite useful when used with concealment.”

“Hmm.”

That’s why he appears everywhere? My eyes met Kang Soo-hyun’s because unexpectedly, I made a mistake. Looking at his skills, he must be as useful as Eden.

Even so, I don’t believe him. I don’t want to be betrayed because I believed him for no reason.

Just when I was tilting towards the decision to just kill him, Kang Soo-hyun, who was watching this with great interest, intervened.

“Should I use my skills?”

“Your skills?”

“I have skills I can use at times like this.”

“What are they?”

However, after asking, I belatedly remembered Kang Soo-hyun’s skills. Certainly, among the skills he had, there was a skill to keep the watchdog at bay.

That was “Covenant.”

It wasn’t a skill with a sweet meaning like its name, but an ability that was able to greatly restrain the target. This was because if Kang Soo-hyun used this skill, even if it was just a verbal agreement, it would create strong restrictions and bind the other party.

In the novel, Kang Soo-hyun used this skill to make enemies reveal their information. Nevertheless, it was rarely used for crime or blackmailing someone.

I looked at Kang Soo-hyun with an uncomfortable face.

“It’s a skill called Covenant, and if I use it, he’ll follow your orders, hyung.”

“Really...?”

Kang Soo-hyun added an explanation after seeing my uncomfortable expression. He seemed to think that I was wondering if his skills would be of any use.

“Yes. It also has a high rating. S-level...”

“Um...”

I thought differently from Kang Soo-hyun, but I was worried. Can I accept help from Kang Soo-hyun?

But I’m not in a position to be picky right now. If I can have complete control over this watchdog, I might be able to get out of the Loki Guild sooner than I planned. It would also screw with the guildmaster.

I couldn’t say that I would go to his hyung’s press conference in front of him, Kang Soo-hyun, so after a bit of hesitation, I answered back with a question.

“You won’t be attending Kang Yoo-hyun’s press conference?”

“I won’t? Why should I?”

“Isn’t that your hyung...?”

I know very well that the relationship between the two is not very good. It’s not their fault. At first, I thought it was the author who made the setting that way, but now... I’m not sure.

Han Yi-jin, who cares so much about his brother, makes me feel a little strange.

“Is hyung going to the press conference?”

“Well, yes.”

“...”

Kang Soo-hyun shut his mouth when I answered nonchalantly. I didn’t know that he would bite his lip as if he didn’t like it.

Does he hate his hyung that much? What would the world be like if he wasn’t on the side of the main character? Kang Soo-hyun suddenly opened his mouth while I was seriously thinking about the existence of such a world.

“Then I’ll go, too.”

“...What?”

Until a while ago, he was the one who asked me why he should go to his hyung’s press conference, but now he turned the situation around like it was a piece of cake.

I asked Kang Soo-hyun dumbfoundedly.

“You said you weren’t going earlier.”

“I just changed my mind.”

“Why?”

“Just feel like it.”

As I looked at him with a reluctant face, Kang Soo-hyun spoke in a subtle tone.

“It would be better if I went with you.”

“What would be better?”

“Well, since we’re family, they won’t check my identity, and we can go to the waiting room where reporters can’t enter...”

When he said the last two things, I was already overflowing with joy at the benefits. I planned to enter while utilising my skill, but it’s better not to wastefully use my ability if possible. I don’t have to worry about being caught and kicked out if I go with him.

“Alright. Let’s go together.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

I happily agreed and grabbed Kang Soo-hyun’s hand. After all, Kang Yoo-hyun wouldn’t stop his brother at the gate, would he? Since it wasn’t going to happen, it would be better to start with the Odin Guild, where Kang Yoo-hyun was. Let’s just try it!

“Excuse me, hyung.”

“Yes?”

“But, hyung...”

While walking vigorously for the first time in a while, Kang Soo-hyun looked at me with slightly relaxed eyes.

“You really don’t use cologne?”

“...”

He’s asking this again. It overlapped with the first time we met.

D-do I really stink? Then, I asked, trembling with fear.

“Do I... smell of something?”

“No, it’s not a stench... but there is a faint scent.”

“Scent?”

“Yes, it’s a very sweet scent.”

“...?”

At that moment, I raised my arm and sniffed, but I didn’t smell anything. I only smelled a little sweat.

I was confused and tilted my head, but Kang Soo Hyun’s face came a little closer.

“Really... It smells delicious.”

“...”

I got goosebumps for a moment.



T/N: Yes! Finally have an editor and didn’t expect that my editor also got the same “cheery” name lol ????????????