22 – Saint of the Church, Reitana [EPISODE – 1]
First of all, all misunderstandings were resolved, and the conversation with Park Jin-ha, who tried to kill me, ended well.
In the process, the hospital room became a sea of tears for some reason, and it felt like the humidity in the room had risen a lot.
In any case, it worked out well.
So now I feel like I want to be alone in this hospital room.
Either way, I’m a patient, and I’m in a position where I need to get enough rest.
It wasn’t particularly nice for me to be huddled together like this.
I looked at the clock on the wall of the hospital room.
Seeing the time of 9:30, Lee Si-eun realized that, originally, this would be the time to be at school.
“Sieun-ah. Go to school soon. Thank you for running.”
I told Si-eun Lee to go back quickly.
He must have heard the news about me at school and came running.
There’s nothing wrong, so I think it’s better to go back to school.
“… oppa… can’t I stay by your side?”
After hearing my words, Lee Si-eun asks with a worried face.
“Why? Because you want to hang out?”
“No… it’s not like that… I’m worried…”
I stroked Lee Si-eun’s hair.
Right now, Lee Si-eun seems to be worried about me.
Still, I said, comforting Lee Si-eun.
“Can’t we stay together?”
“Yeah. No. I have to go to school.”
“…but…”
“Brother. You’re healthy. Go quickly.”
“… okay…”
A bit of a verbal battle ensued, and Lee Si-eun had a gloomy expression throughout, but in the end she agreed to my words.
I feel that no matter how injured I am, I still have to go to school.
But still, when I saw Lee Si-eun’s gloomy steps leaving, I called Lee Si-eun one more time.
“Sieun-ah. I’m going to buy chicken for dinner tonight.”
“yes…!”
And with a bright smile, he told Sieun Lee.
Fortunately, Lee Si-eun hears me and smiles broadly.
As expected, ‘God’ seems to be a great existence that makes even a crying child laugh.
So Lee Si-eun came out of the hospital room.
“Shouldn’t Jinsu go too?”
And this time, I spoke to Park Jin-soo.
Park Jin-soo shouldn’t be here right now.
Today was a very busy day for Jinsu Park.
“You said you had an important meeting with the Hunter Association today.”
“Okay…”
I know this from looking at the company’s business files, but it was the time Park Jin-soo would have been to the meeting normally.
It’s a meeting with the Hunter Association, and regardless of the content of the meeting, if you refuse the Hunter Association’s call without prior notice, you will receive a significant penalty.
So now, when Park Jin-soo heard that, his face slightly darkened.
“That’s true, but how could I leave Siwoo hyung…”
“It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s because I don’t want anything to happen because of me.”
Park Jin-soo thought about it for a while and then slightly rejected my words… but you know that’s not even him.
I told Park Jin-su that it was okay, and Park Jin-soo also agreed with me.
“… Yep.”
“Ah. Mr. Jinsu. And put a request for protection to the Hunter Association.”
“Okay. Siwoo hyung. Take good care of yourself.”
Park Jin-soo left the hospital room with the words that he would come back later.
Now that two people have been sent, only me and Park Jin-ha remain in the hospital room.
“Umm… Mr. Jinha… Aren’t you busy?”
I asked Park Jin-ha.
Because I wanted Park Jin-ha to go soon.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I gave a sneak peek.
Please notice the signal I gave you and leave the hospital room now.
Unfortunately, Park Jin-ha doesn’t seem to notice.
“Yes…! None.”
A very lively and bold answer followed.
It was a very bright answer.
“It’s S rank, aren’t you busy?”
“Yes. I just came back from a business trip, so the association told me to take a break for a while.”
“Haha. I see.”
I’m actually aware of the fact that if there’s nothing else to do at the point where you’ve just risen to the S rank, you’re giving yourself a little extra time like this.
Since the S-class promotion test is that harsh, I knew it from the time I served as Yu Eun-ha’s manager.
I don’t know, so I’m not asking…
I tried to notice it somehow, but Park Jin-ha didn’t seem to notice.
Ehyo.
“Siwoo-sama…!
Park Jin-ha is sending me bright eyes.
Apparently, Park Jin-ha had no intention of leaving here.
I looked at Park Jin-ha for a while, then sighed lightly and thought I was going to do that.
Park Jin-ha is in a position where he has done quite a bit of wrong to me, and he probably wants to make amends for me somehow.
In a way, if it’s unique, it must be such a unique personality.
I am also in a position to forgive Park Jin-ha, and I am not that twisted, so I don’t think it would be bad to have him attend the hospital for a while.
“Hmm… can you give me the water over there?”
“Yep…!”
First, I pointed to Jinha Park at the kettle on the shelf, and Jinha Park heard me and immediately ran there.
Squeak.
“I’m here. Siwoo.”
Then he filled it up with water and politely handed it to me with both hands.
It was as if she was extremely sincere like a maid if she only put on a maid outfit.
“Haha. Thank you Mr. Jinha.”
I took the water and swallowed it in one gulp.
“Siwoo-nim. Can’t you just talk to me comfortably?”
“You mean?”
“Yes. Please make it easy for me.”
Hearing what Park Jin-ha asked for, he thought about it for a moment.
After thinking about Park Jin-ha’s words for a while, I decided.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
There was nothing I couldn’t hear.
Park Jin-ha has the status of an S-class hunter, but she is definitely a 17-year-old girl.
I’m the same age as my younger sister Lee Si-eun, and I don’t think I have to continue to use honorifics either.
Rather, it was uncomfortable to say honorifics to a child the size of a younger sister.
“Umm… yes. Jinha…?”
“Yes…! Siwoo!”
I called Park Jin-ha by name at his request, and Park Jin-ha immediately answered.
And very twinkling eyes were sending me.
‘It reminds me of Go.’
Looking at Park Jin-ha for some reason, I remembered the puppy I raised in the country house when I was young.
The Go player who always followed me and gave me infinite affection.
Park Jin-ha’s appearance now is exactly the same as that of the baduk player.
Of course, I’m not a very energetic dog, but…
In any case, the appearance was quite cute and admirable.
smack smack.
I stroked Park Jin-ha’s hair.
To be honest, it is true that I was very unlikable at first about Park Jin-ha.
However, for me now, it was a strong crush.
Even if he did something wrong to me, he was proud to admit his fault somehow and beg for forgiveness.
It just looked very unique.
“…”
For some reason, when I stroked him, Park Jin-ha’s face, which had been bold until recently, turned into a shy one.
I thought I hated it, but luckily I didn’t seem to like it.
I smiled like that and stroked Park Jin-ha’s hair for a few minutes.
“Siwoo-nim… you’re so cool…”
“Thank you. It feels good knowing that you are flattery.”
“Ah… not like flattery…”
After stroking it for a few minutes, Park Jin-ha stared at my face and praised me in a small voice.
I laughed out loud when I heard that.
Maybe Park Jin-ha is complimenting my appearance in order to somehow ease my mood.
Of course, my appearance is on the handsome side, so it’s not completely empty, but it’s clear that flattery was stronger.
“I… Please stop petting me. It’s embarrassing.”
“Okay.”
Park Jin-ha soon removed his head from my hands.
Then, after turning around slightly to hide his expression, he began to tidy up his tousled hair.
“By the way, Siwoo, can I ask you one question?”
And then he asked me a question.
“What?”
“What is Siwoo’s ability?”
“Hmm…?”
I tried to answer Park Jin-ha’s question, but
I had no choice but to hesitate now.
The content of the question was very irritating to me.
“Ah…!
But fortunately, when I put on an awkward expression, Park Jin-ha started waving his hands as if it was a misunderstanding.
“It’s just weird that I’m asking.”
“what?”
And he explained why he asked me that question.
“That’s… One of my abilities is seeing through the opponent’s strength. The feeling before Siwoo-sama fights with me and after the fight is very different.”
“Huh? How are they different?”
“Umm… I guess I could say… I felt a strange power…”
In short, Park Jin-ha seemed to have discovered something in me.
At first, I didn’t realize what Park Jin-ha was talking about, but I soon realized what he was talking about.
‘no way…? Is it about something like the crystal I received?’
I was very interested in what Jinha Park was saying.
I think that the story Jinha Park tells is probably related to what I saw in the burning world while I was fainting, as expected.
That’s why I wanted to ask in detail, but…
smart.
Due to uninvited guests, it had to be postponed for a while.
After a brief knock in the room, the door opened.
And soon after, a blonde woman in a nun’s uniform entered.
She was a woman with a voluptuous body and an exotic and beautiful appearance.
“Oh, you’ve had a big problem. Park Jin-ha.”
The blonde woman smiled brightly and talked to us.
There seemed to be no hostility whatsoever.
“I was attacked by assailants with swords of the Sword Saints?
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Just by looking at his expression, it seemed that he was worried about us, but that figure was just a mask.
Rank 5 in S rank, Saint Reitana. The head of the [Cult].
I know who she is.
“Raytana… you’re so brazen. All of this… you’re like that.”
Park Jin-ha seems to know what kind of person he is.
Park Jin-ha’s eyes gradually grow colder.
“Hehe. I came here because I was worried about Jinha, but I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
However, whether it was or not, Reitana showed Park Jin-ha a more benevolent face than anyone else in the world.
“It’s been a while. Mr. Siwoo.”
Same for me.