(101)
Many people say that revenge is meaningless, and that after doing it, nothing but futility will remain.
But I think… No, it was actually different.
Seeing Bennett suffer, I didn’t feel pitiful or futile at all.
Rather, it was refreshing.
Perhaps the people who said that were saying it because they were in a situation where they couldn’t take revenge.
Of course, I haven’t killed him yet, I just put my life on it and put it in the trunk.
Because I’m not the one who was directly harmed.
I want to kill with as much pain as possible, but the victim’s will comes first.
―You have arrived at your destination. End of route guidance.
Korea University Hospital. This is where Minha is.
The hospital room is already known.
I’m a little worried.
Even if Min-ha is a stupidly nice guy, I don’t think he’ll ever forgive Bennett.
However, there is a possibility that it will be handed over to the police.
Even if Min-ha wants to kill him anyway, he has no intention of letting him kill himself.
Even if you hand it over to the police in the first place, it doesn’t change that Bennett will die.
If he became an executive of Antas, he would have committed more than one or two crimes.
In fact, the death penalty seems to be enough for what he did in Korea.
Even in the original work, Choi Seo-ra, who was blocked by the main character and could not carry out the terrorism, but only planned it, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
But I don’t want him to be judged by the law.
If Min-ha refuses to kill me, I plan to ask Min-ha’s parents again.
Since they are the people who saw Min-ha for the first time and even grabbed me by the collar, I wouldn’t say to let her live.
Unlike Min-ha, if her parents want it, she is willing to tolerate even direct pain to some extent.
But I have no intention of leaving them to the end.
Because only me is enough to get blood on my hands.
[Patient Minha Park]
As I thought about it, I arrived in front of the hospital room before I knew it.
I knocked and tried to enter, but the door opened first.
“Minha’s homeroom teacher?”
He is Minha’s father.
“Yes.”
“Hey, yesterday was really rude.”
“no. If I had been in my father’s situation, it wouldn’t have been any different. How is Min-ha?”
“I keep saying I’m fine… how would you be okay? They’re afraid we’ll be worried… .”
“… sorry.”
“no. Minha kept talking. The teacher said nothing wrong. You weren’t even there at all… . I’m sorry for taking out my anger on you without knowing it properly.”
Looking at my father, who is completely different from yesterday, I can anticipate what Minha would say.
My heart throbs again.
Guy Min-ha, the hardest thing must be yourself… .
“It’s late, but I came because I have something to say to Minha. Can I come in for a minute?”
“of course. It seems that Minha follows the teacher a lot, and she will like it. Come in. The housekeeper is also inside. I will be back soon too.”
“Yes.”
I bowed lightly to my father and opened the door.
“Dad, I already bought a drink… Teacher? How are you here at this hour?”
It looks brighter than I thought, but the tone is subtly a little higher than usual.
“Minha’s homeroom teacher?”
“Sorry for coming in so late. I want to talk to Minha… .”
“ah… Hey, there were a lot of excuses yesterday.”
“it’s okay.”
It seems that my mother’s anger has eased a lot in one day, but Min-ha must have put in that much effort.
Minha That guy is really… .
“it’s okay.”
“But what about… .”
“Ah, I want to talk about that with Minha alone, but wait a moment… .”
“uh? I also wanted to talk to the teacher… . Mom, please step aside for a moment.”
She didn’t like it very much, but Min-ha asked for it, so her mother said she knew and left the hospital room.
“Sir, can I talk to you first? I have a lot to say.”
“uh… ? uh, yes.”
“First of all, I said yesterday that it wasn’t my teacher’s fault, but I hope you don’t make that kind of expression.”
“A-that look?”
“Right now, teacher, you look like a criminal who has committed a crime of high treason. Watching it makes me feel depressed too, can you please cooperate?”
“sorry… .”
“Don’t even say sorry. It’s harder to hear that.”
“ah… sorry.”
“Are you stupid, sir?”
“uh? No matter what, being an idiot to a teacher is a bit… .”
“Yes. Please treat me that way.”
“You don’t have to pretend to be okay.”
“You don’t like it? They said that if you continue to think that you are okay on the Internet, you will be okay.”
“… .”
“You have a sad face again. Sir, it is my choice. I’d be lying if I said I honestly didn’t regret it, but even if I went back to that time, I’d make the same choice, so I hope you don’t mind too much.”
“… yes.”
“Can you please smile a little? I think the teacher’s smile is the best.”
“Don’t be silly. How do you smile in a situation like this?”
“Still, isn’t being a fool too much for a sick disciple?”
Even though he looks playful on the outside, I usually think of him as a deep guy on the inside, but he’s much more mature than I thought.
“Can I talk to you now, sir?”
I don’t know when my father and mother will come back, so I want to finish the story in advance.
“I still have something to say… . But since I said one thing, I should listen to the teacher fairly. Instead, depressing stories are prohibited.”
“Actually, the teacher didn’t go to work today.”
“Yes? Did you use annual leave again? Ah, since the other kids are practicing anyway, it shouldn’t matter.”
“Teacher is chasing the culprit who made your arm like this. If you’re lucky with a clue, you might be able to catch it within this week.”
“Really? The news said they hadn’t found out anything yet… .”
“They are not cooperating with the police and the teacher is pursuing them personally.”
“Oh, my teacher too.”
“I’m not sure, but if the teacher catches the culprit, Minha wants to do whatever you want… What do you want me to do?”
“As I want?”
“By the way, the culprit is highly likely to be an Antas executive.”
“Antas? Besides, if you are an executive, isn’t it dangerous for you alone?”
“Sir, you’re an S-rank hunter. I’m not afraid of things like Antas at all.”
“I guess so. Do as you like… . There, sir.”
“yes?”
“If I ask you to kill me, will you kill me?”
I thought that with Min-ha’s personality, there was a higher possibility of handing him over to the police, but I was a bit surprised.
“Sure.”
I wanted to add that I would kill him in the most terrible and painful way in the world, but I held back because I thought I would get Min-ha’s disapproval if I said that.
“This is what you meant when you said you would take responsibility for everything when my parents were with me yesterday. I was very excited to know that you would marry me.”
“uh… uh?”
No, I never thought I’d take it that way… .
I’m so embarrassed.
“just joke. It would have been fine even if the arm was fine, much less now… .”
“What are you talking about? Minha how are you My teacher never thinks like that.”
“Don’t say anything out of your mind. Anyway, even if you really mean it, I won’t marry you.”
“uh?”
I thought you liked me… wasn’t it?
“I think people in the world will curse me a lot for getting married because I took advantage of my weaknesses. Even if I don’t look like that on the outside, I’m the type who cares a lot about things like that.”
“Minha you… Do you like the teacher?”
“Yes. What girl doesn’t like a nice guy like you? If you don’t like it, that’s even worse. Besides me, my classmates… No, there are a lot of people at school who really like it.”
“… .”
It’s a sudden confession, so I don’t know what to say.
How did the conversation turn out like this… .
“So I hope that when you catch the culprit, you hand it over to the police.”
“uh? No, earlier… .”
“I’m sorry, but I skimmed that. If you were an Antas executive anyway, you would have done a lot of bad things besides this case, so if you go to trial, wouldn’t it be the death penalty?”
“There’s a good chance that’s going to happen, but it could be something like life imprisonment.”
“I don’t think that’s too bad either? Anyway, I am alive. He will either die anyway or suffer in prison for the rest of his life, but I hate it more for the person I like to become a murderer because of me.”
It’s usually a style that is easily swayed by others, but I really can’t refute this time.
His thoughts are so mature that I wonder if he is the real Minha I know.
“Still, because it made me, my parents, and my teacher very difficult… I’ll close my eyes to the fact that you don’t die before handing it over to the police. Will that work too?”
“yes. I promise I’ll risk my life and turn it over to the police.”
In fact, I’m already in that state right now, but I have no intention of passing it on right away.
I’m going to ask Mr. Kim to make me feel a little more pain after treatment.
“Hey, just risking your life.”
“What are you freaking out about? You were the one who asked me to beat you to the point where you wouldn’t die first.”
“But since you’re so serious, I’m a little scared…” . Anyway, now it’s my turn again, right?”
“Well, there’s one more thing I want to say, too… .”
“Please follow the order.”
“yes. What do you want to talk about?”
“I was going to tell you after I was discharged, but I already confessed that I like you… I haven’t told my parents yet, but I thought it would be better to tell the teacher a little earlier… .”
“What are you going to say?”
“I plan to drop out as soon as I am discharged.”
“Withdrawal?”
“It’s impossible to be a Hunter with this arm.”
“… .”
“I know everything. Since you were injured in the portal, you can get a pension from the Hunter Association, save children, and get something like a righteous person. Yes, the Vice Principal said yesterday that there will be rewards from the school. If you put everything together, it may not be as good as the teacher, but wouldn’t it be enough to live happily with your parents in the countryside with good air?”
It’s only been one day, but I’ve been thinking a lot.
If I had known I would talk like this, I would have said I would tell you first, even if I was stubborn.
“Now then, it’s the teacher’s turn again, right?”
“Yes? Ah yes, but… .”
His expression is not good, but he seems slightly offended that I didn’t say anything.
“I have no intention of allowing you to drop out.”
“Yes?”
“Who wants to drop out? Don’t you know that in order to drop out of Hunter School, consent from the teacher is required? I will never allow it.”
“But… .”
“It may have been your way when you came in, but it’s not like that when you go out.”
“What is that… . I… I didn’t say it lightheartedly.”
“It is the same for teachers. Are you serious too?”
“I told you before. Even if I don’t look like that, I’m the type who cares a lot about the people around me. I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the class properly… .”
“What is it? The teacher definitely said it yesterday. I, Boo, will take responsibility.”
“I heard that you meant to catch the culprit.”
“I think our Min-ha misunderstood, but if that was the meaning, he would have said he would catch the culprit, but he wouldn’t have taken responsibility for everything.”
“So what do you mean? What, do you really want to marry me?”
“A little bit of marriage… . Well, it will be difficult right now, but I don’t think it’s impossible when Minha graduates later.”
“Don’t play around if you don’t have a heart!”
“I’m serious? Park Min-ha, don’t you trust the teacher?”
“It is not a matter of believing or not believing. As I said before, I don’t like marriages made out of sympathy.”
“No, not marriage… . sorry. The teacher took too many turns.”
“If you believe in the teacher, even until the first semester… No, won’t you wait for just two months?”
“Two months? What will be different in two months?”
“Trust me, teacher. I wish I could continue to go to school, but if it’s hard, it’s okay to stay in the hospital.”