141 – Intermission_11
It has been quite some time since Seol-ha Beks went to LA to watch the academy match and returned to Laplace Academy.
Nevertheless, the roar of the day and the cloud of dust.
The sounds of screams and cries, the old voices coming and going, and the scene of the broken city are still vivid in my memory.
But isn’t the old saying that time is medicine?
Now, using time as an excuse, I have been trying to gradually forget about witnessing the cataclysm of the skyrocketing island, and I have also succeeded in posting results in my own way.
Of course, since I was at the center of the incident, interviews come every day. If you look at the internet or the news, only that incident is highlighted every day. My achievements were also reset, and even if I tried to forget it, it kept reminding me.
But time passed and passed again.
The medicinal effect went round and round.
How long has it been?
Things that had been forgotten due to various eventful events came to the surface.
“This is the result of the investigation you requested.”
“The results of the investigation?”
He looked at the secretary who brought the papers to the pile of papers on his snow-white desk with puzzled eyes.
“Didn’t you tell me the other day? I want you to investigate all the incidents that have happened at Laplace Academy and so on.”
“Oh.”
Come to think of it, there was a time like that.
According to Mr. Yuun’s words, I asked for an investigation after hearing that there might be a culprit or a person involved in the incident among people inside the academy or those around the academy.
‘Why did I forget?’
Perhaps the recent incident was such a big event that I didn’t have a moment.
“I see. Then I’ll take a look.”
I started looking through the white papers.
The fall of Sky Island was a big event. Unlike other academies, no one involved in Laplace Academy was miraculously harmed.
On the contrary, some of the cadets also fight against villains. At the scene of the incident, as a pre-hero student, he was seen as an example to others, so he received a commendation from the Holy Empire.
So, unlike other academy officials and directors who participated in the academy competition, I didn’t have to focus on snow-white follow-up measures.
Even so, there were various tasks such as care for cadets who were shocked by the disaster caused by the fall.
“Mmm.”
There was nothing wrong with it.
Most of the contents were no different from what Seolha Baek knew.
The alibis of those who were related or suspected were mostly perfect.
But…
“It takes two people.”
There were two people who always put their names on big and small cases.
It’s only once or twice that I got involved by accident, but it was only natural that I would have doubts if the name was always listed.
Isn’t there such a thing?
Once is coincidence, twice is inevitable. Three times is fate.
But if it goes beyond 3 times, how should we view it?
I don’t know what to point out exactly, but shouldn’t we see it as destiny?
“Chun Yu-seong and Lee Seong-hyeon…”
In the middle of the documents on the desk, Baekseolha fell into small trouble while looking at the profile file with the photo attached.
I don’t know every one of the students, but looking at the photos and names, I remembered those two.
Chun Yoo-seong caused several problems from the beginning of his semester. He was a person of interest because he had caused several incidents related to Changchun Lee and the Lindberg Group.
Lee Seong-hyun was a victim of various incidents within the academy, and as a model student and a dark horse who hid his skills, he had to face it, so it was impossible not to know.
In addition, Lee Seong-hyun even ran into him several times.
‘He was a student with a good impression and a heroic spirit who prioritized victims over himself.’
Anyway, the one thing they had in common was that they were both cadets, and that most of the incidents that had happened so far had their faces exposed.
And the alibi is perfect.
He didn’t look like he would have caused the incident.
But it takes a while.
I don’t know if it was the woman’s touch or the ex-hero’s touch, but those two snow white people were strangely caught.
“Is there anything wrong or subjective about the research?”
“Yes. Although I cannot say that subjectivity was completely absent from the dozens of contrasts. This is a data based on as objective data as possible.”
“Is that so? Thank you, uncle.”
“No. Rather than that, what should I do now?”
“I see, what will I do next…”
There is no evidence.
There is no alibi.
I don’t want to doubt the academy cadets in the first place.
But don’t friends say close enemies are closer?
Although it seems a bit out of focus, didn’t the old sages say it?
The clue to solving the case is unexpectedly nearby.
“I need to investigate these two.”
If you decide to be suspicious, you should have nothing to hide as a cadet.
How to doubt and doubt everything.
“Please investigate by any means.”
“But…”
I know why he hesitated.
But it’s just what needs to be done.
And if it had nothing to do with it, you could just bow your head and ask for an apology.
“Please. Mister. I don’t like it either. Something like Raiden Academy could happen. There is nothing we can do to make the academy safe. And if the investigation turns out that they are all innocent, even if they don’t know about it, I will reveal the facts first and ask for an apology myself.”
“…I understand.”
At the behest of Seolha Baek, secretary Minjun Hong bowed his head and disappeared from the office of the chairman like the wind.
‘…’
I can’t help it.
Everything is to protect the academy.
It was unavoidable even if there was a difference between the belief and the direction I had believed in until now.
‘It must be the right choice. Father.’
If your father was in this position, what would he have chosen?
I wonder if he came to the same conclusion as himself.
Or maybe he said how could he doubt it when there is no clear evidence?
In a situation where he had to doubt the cadet he was supposed to protect, he could only sigh as he sighed.
**
Even in December, the off-season, Incheon International Airport was busy.
That’s because no matter how off-season it is, the name of Korea’s No. 1 Airport is not in vain, and tens of thousands of people come and go every day.
In addition to that, the number of regular workers has decreased due to the adjustment plan from the upper side, probably because of the economic airport caused by the crash of Ella, an island in the sky.
So, it was a natural conclusion that one person was busy doing what two people would do in normal times.
On the contrary, things were worse now than during the peak season.
However, it was better than being kicked out on the pretext of an inevitable staff restructuring, so the airport staff only turned their eyes away even when they were dissatisfied.
“Yes, what are you curious about?”
Among those who looked away was Lee Hye-jeong, who was in charge of the information desk.
She stared at the woman in front of her with a smile.
In the old days, all languages in the world were different, so if you wanted to go abroad, you had to know at least the language of that country. Or, it was basic to carry a guide or dictionary.
If that doesn’t work, she’ll learn a few words and make good gestures.
However, for some reason since the Cataclysm, the language has been unified.
I don’t know the details, but it seems that even if you speak your native language, the mana spread in the air and the mana unconsciously exhaled by the mana holder have a special effect, so the doctor can be interpreted and heard.
So there was no case where I couldn’t communicate even when I went abroad.
Of course I can’t read, but I can still communicate.
“What are you curious about?”
“…”
A fact like that is common knowledge that everyone knows. As usual, she was Lee Hye-jeong, who tried to guide in Korean, but no matter how many times she asked, she didn’t get an answer.
As if you don’t know the meaning of the words.
“Hey…”
‘Are you deaf? Or dumb? I don’t know Chinese very well…’
She’s still in charge of the role of a guide, so she can speak a minimum of English, but the other person is a person from the 17th Commonwealth of China.
She couldn’t speak English.
‘How to…’
Lee Hye-jung was in trouble.
However, I couldn’t think of a way to do it now.
Due to work arrangements, most of the staff at the information desk are taking a break.
In the first place, there was no need for too many guides because they could communicate, and there were few people, and manpower who could speak Chinese was rare.
Because Chinese is hard to learn and hard to write.
“…How do I go to Laplace Academy?”
Around that time, Lee Hye-jung was in trouble.
She opened the mouth of a woman who had thought she was deaf.
Lee Hye-jung was taken aback by that, but she soon regained her senses and opened her mouth.
“You mean how to get to Laplace Academy?”
“Don’t you know Laplace Academy?”
“No, I know.”
There is no way you don’t know.
I hear a little bit of ugly rumors now, but it’s the best academy in Korea, so there’s no way you don’t know.
Although I wondered why she would ask how to get it from the airport.
Still, since you asked, I have to answer.
In addition, if the kindness score is reduced, work adjustments will be made.
“There is no direct way from here. If you transfer, there are about 2 ways to go, and the fastest way is…”
That’s why she was Lee Hye-jung who explained hard.
“…I see. Thank you for your kind explanation.”
“Thank you.”
After hearing the explanation, the woman bowed her head in gratitude, and Hyejeong Lee also bowed her head.
Then the woman began to move, holding the suitcase she had put down.
“That gym is called Laplace Academy… Are you going to take the entrance exam?”
After staring at her for a while, Lee Hye-jung tilted her head as if wondering.
Although Laplace Academy is a famous academy, no matter how much you think about it, it was not a place to go on a trip.
So, she wondered if she was going to take the entrance exam, but the entrance exam was over a month away.
She entered the country too early even if she was a student.
However, if she came to adapt in advance to pass, she somehow understood.
“Isn’t that so? But she has nothing to go there to see.”
However, after hearing how to get to Laplace Academy, her sudden change of expression was similar to that of her detective when she was determined to investigate an unsolved murder case that she saw in a movie.
Doubts piled up.
Even though she was worried, nothing was resolved.
“Hey, can I ask you something?”
And then things began to happen again.
So, Lee Hye-jung forgot her doubts she had until now and she just started working again.