36 – Ryu Ye-rin, the illegitimate daughter of the family by family name (1)
Shoot aaa.
Heavy rain poured down under the night sky.
Thick raindrops were pouring down.
Dark dark clouds floated around.
Odokani When I looked up into the sky, only the endlessly falling raindrops were clear to my eyes.
…… It was raining like this on the day Yerin Ryu came to her house.
“Is this here?”
I stared at the dripping raindrops, then glanced back to check the time on my phone.
The appointment time was approaching before I knew it. I hurriedly drove the car. Suddenly, the apartment complex where Yerin resides caught my eye.
Yerin lives alone with her mother.
A little old apartment of 28 pyeong.
If it’s normal, it’s ordinary, if it’s old, it’s an old apartment.
It was a place large enough for two people to live in, so I took a look at the apartment and stepped out to board the elevator.
I pressed the 10th floor.
The elevator rattled and moved.
The old elevator swayed anxiously.
I arrived on the 10th floor all of a sudden and got off the elevator.
“… ….”
The hallway of the apartment was dark.
The dark weather was also the weather, but for some reason, it felt creepy that it was blank.
I dusted off my umbrella once for nothing and walked slowly in front of Yerin’s front door.
An old, shabby front door stood before my eyes.
I slipped my finger and pressed the doorbell.
Then a short doorbell rang.
A dark and quiet apartment hallway.
The sound of the doorbell sounded unusually loud.
After a while.
I could feel the presence from inside the front door.
Dada da da da da da hurriedly running.
“Ah.”
Kikii Iik…….
The front door moved slowly, squealing from its half-worn and rattled hinges.
As the front door was half open, a woman with gray hair stuck her head out from the inside.
It was Yerin Ryu.
“Oh, uh, welcome…… Teacher.”
Yerin Ryu greeted me with a shy smile.
Her cheeks were flushed, her lips slightly parted and the corners of her mouth raised.
Averting her eyes, she looked restless like a young girl, reminiscent of a rabbit.
Especially because of her gray hair and red eyes.
“That, sir, sir?”
“Oh, yes.”
“For now, would you like to come in?”
“Yes.”
Liu Yerin, who was a bit hesitant, shook her head well, and then she suddenly escorted me into the house.
“…… It’s been a while since you came to my house, so I’m a little nervous.”
Yerin Ryu moved her steps towards her living room with her nervous smile.
‘Come to think of it, it seems like it’s been a while since I’ve been to Yerin’s house.’
She reminded her of the past when she took care of Yerin’s tutoring.
In the first place, her tutoring was not done with permission from Yerin’s mother.
Her aunt wanted Yerin to grow into her hunter, and Yerin wanted to go to university.
She was not happy with me for taking care of her tutoring so that she could not stop her attachment to going to college.
‘So when she took care of Yerin’s tutoring, she either did it at my house or at a cafe or something.’
At that time, her parents were alive and well.
My parents cared for Yerin a lot.
She awkwardly averted her eyes as Yerin was a little shy, but it wasn’t that she didn’t like it.
I miss that time, I miss it.
“Teacher? What do you think?”
“Oh, no. Nothing.”
Yerin, who had been watching her, quietly asked a question.
I suddenly came to my senses, scratched the back of my neck, and shook my head.
Thinking of my parents made me feel a bit confused.
“Yerin. By the way, the house is a bit dark, isn’t it?”
“Ah.”
I looked all over Yerin’s living room.
The living room, permeated with gloomy darkness, had a bleak feel.
A pale moonlight fell through the window, and only a small candle on the table in the living room and a light in the kitchen flickered weakly.
I took one look at the small light that streamed out, and suddenly I moved my gaze toward Yerin’s face.
“Is the living room light off? Why did you leave the kitchen fire on?”
“That… ….”
Yerin licked her lips with a puzzled expression.
“I’m sorry, sir.”
“Huh?”
“Actually, I think the light in the living room went out. I didn’t know that the light was broken because I didn’t use the living room light for a long time. So, I turned on the kitchen light for now, but the kitchen light is also a bit uneasy.”
…… ?
Can the living room light be turned off for a long time?
I had some doubts, but since it had nothing to do with me, I tried to shake off my doubts. I also didn’t use the TV for a long time and didn’t know it was broken, so I thought it might be a similar case. Or not.
“I wonder if the lifespan of the lamp is over, but it doesn’t turn on well…… I guess I’ll have to change it later. I should have told you earlier, but I’m sorry, sir.”
“I’m fine…… What doesn’t your mother say?”
“Ah. Mother?”
Yerin slightly lowered her eyes and she hesitated with a blurry expression.
“Well, my mother actually went overseas… ….”
“What?”
The lady?
“I had to go abroad for work.”
Yerin awkwardly continues her words as she lights up her flashlight.
“So I am alone for a while.”
“I see.”
I slowly nodded and walked towards the living room table.
“It’s a bit dark, but a candle and a flashlight will do just fine.”
“Can’t we just go to the master bedroom? Isn’t the light in the bedroom broken?”
“Ah… ….”
Yerin shook her shoulders with a stiff expression.
“That, the master bedroom is a bit.”
“First of all, it’s your mother’s room, so isn’t it?”
“Yes…… Sorry. And I’m a bit embarrassed to show my room to the teacher…… Yo. This.”
Ryu Ye-rin, who had been looking at her slightly, turned her back.
“Well, since dinner is almost ready…… Please wait in the living room for a moment, sir.”
“Oh, uh. Okay.”
As if running away, I quickly stepped into the kitchen.
I looked behind Yerin for a while.
Yerin’s behavior was a bit suspicious, but she didn’t dare express it outside her mouth.
Let’s stay still for now, and after having dinner with Yerin, let’s talk.
“Hmm.”
Yerin was boiling her soybean paste stew, relying on dim kitchen lights.
Tak-tak-tak.
Wielding a kitchen knife on a cutting board, he sliced green onion and tofu.
The knife was repeatedly cut without stopping.
The appearance is as skillful as a housewife with ten or more years of experience.
…… What. Yerin is because she has been very good at cooking since the old days.
When she did tutoring at my house, she said it was a reward, and it was memorable that she worked hard to cook. She wore an apron and smiled shyly while cooking. The image of Yerin was as clear as yesterday.
Anyway, it will take some time to finish cooking.
What should I do in this spare time?
I wondered if it would be good to take a look at the Hunter gallery as usual, but I was hesitant as I recalled the memory of Ji-hyeon revealing the post.
…… After all, do the Hunter Gallery only when you are alone.
“Huh?”
As I abruptly turned my gaze, I found a dim light.
A small light was streaming in little by little from the other side of the room.
Anyway, it looked like Yerin’s room, but I was slightly concerned about the light shining through the gap in the slightly open door.
I also heard some noise from inside the door.
Sometimes it sounds like a human voice, and sometimes it doesn’t.
A feeling of slight curiosity stuck out his head.
“… ….”
I glanced at Yerin.
Yerin was busy cooking.
If it were now, I wouldn’t be caught even if I checked Yerin’s room.
“…… What is it?”
There is no need to look at the plans.
Because it was also disrespectful.
But I was very curious about what those lights and sounds were.
Once I started to worry about it, I couldn’t stand it because I felt uncomfortable.
I thought about it for a while, but soon made up my mind.
Let’s just check the identity of that light and come back.
Is that enough?
I moved stealthily along with self-justification that wasn’t much of a fuss.
Little by little. Very little
I approached Yerin’s door.
In proportion to him, the voice in the room grew louder and louder.
It was the voice of a slightly chattering person.
What is it?
I was curious.
I held my hand on the doorknob and opened the door very slightly…….
‘Ah, what is it?’
The light was coming from the television in the room. It was a disappointment. No, I didn’t want anything particularly strange, but I couldn’t help but lose some steam.
‘You left the TV on. What’s the news anyway?’
The news was in full swing on the small television on the desk.
The news content was a story about the surname family, one of the four major clans and the representative of Korea.
The family of the surname has used a traditional swordsmanship called Ildoseonggeom (一途成劍) since ancient times.
This was a very effective swordsmanship that had a great influence on the swordsmanship education system at Hunter Academy.
In addition, as the largest swordsman school in Korea, they were running a considerable number of gyms and dojangs across the country.
I also remember snooping around a few times to learn swordsmanship.
‘Come to think of it, some time ago Seong Baek-han, the head of the family family, disappeared… ….’
Seong Baek-han, the swordsman who was praised as the best sword in the peninsula.
The head of the surname family and an S-rank Awakener disappeared after the succession ceremony.
Because of that, a lot of rice cakes were set on fire in the Hunter Gallery.
This is because the succession ceremony for the successor of the surname family tended to be somewhat radical.
As the Seong family is a representative martial arts group in Korea, their obsession with martial arts was extraordinary.
The successor candidates decide the winner with a real sword, and the heir who wins until the end has the right to challenge the head of the family, or something.
…… Well, the surname family side is quite conservative and closed, so nothing is known properly, and there are a lot of strange rumors like urban legends, so the truth is unknown.
Anyway, if you are selected as the official successor, you will be handed down a sword, an heirloom of the family of the last name…… Since I was once a swordsman, I wanted to see the sword in real life.
‘…… Huh? What is that again?’
I looked at the news for a while and then glanced at the wall, where I could see that there were various photos and papers attached to it.
I was a bit surprised to see so many photos and sheets of paper attached to it.
What kind of children’s pictures or bromides are there?
I took a closer look, frowning in wonder.
I couldn’t see well with only the dim light from the TV.
I couldn’t tell who the person in the picture was.
But when I looked a little closer, I could see that the picture was drawn with something like an autograph fan.
Why did you paint over the picture with a pen? I felt a bit ominous.
I’m a little closer to look at the picture a little more closely……
“Teacher?”
“Uh, huh?”
It was then.
“What are you doing in front of my room?”
Behind your back.
“Have you seen it?”
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Yerin’s cold voice pierced my ears.
Pretty sure mom is dead