7 – Encounter (6)
I saw Yoo Seo-eun, surprised by the familiar voice.
Of course, her older sister Yoo Soo-ah was also by her side, but she hurriedly covered her younger sister’s mouth as if she didn’t want to be found out.
“Eh…?!”
I was so embarrassed that a short question came out.
Since she broke up without saying goodbye, she met her again.
Am I destined to meet my sister somehow?!
… It’s not like that, but I tried to find it anyway, so that’s good.
He approached and greeted me.
“Hello? How are you? What… Would it be awkward to see you again after a day?”
“Ah. Ah. Hi… Good morning. Alright… how are you?”
Like a broken robot, Yoo Soo-ah creaked.
He looks flustered, not knowing what to say.
Maybe it’s because she broke up without saying goodbye, but she got back together right away.
Um… Things like that happen, too. Because unexpected encounters are always embarrassing.
“Don’t be so nervous. It’s okay if you leave without saying goodbye.”
“Yes… Yes? Ah…”
Yoo Soo-ah was startled, and her face darkened a little like a guilty person.
… What. Wasn’t this
She was trying to say something, but she seems to have said it wrong.
She’s determined to regress and change, but she doesn’t suddenly increase her eloquence either.
She hurriedly said something before her mood turned sour.
“Ah! No. So you don’t have to mind what I mean. Why don’t you just leave without saying goodbye? You really don’t have to be so sorry.”
“Yeah? Ah… I’m not like that…”
Yoo Soo-ah looked at me with sad eyes as if she had something to say.
But she only opened her mouth a few times, and after thinking about what to say, she stopped.
She can do whatever she wants to say…
I’ve only met her twice so far, so I can’t help it.
Let’s go out step by step without being too greedy.
“Rather than that, what are you guys doing? Do you live here… by any chance?”
“Yes. We live around here.”
Yoo Seo-eun answered instead of Yoo Soo-ah, who was hesitant and nervous.
But I wonder if her older sister felt nervous at the same time as her nervous appearance.
She had lost the lively look she had shown when I first saw her.
Does it bother her that her brother also left without saying goodbye…
It’s okay, but even if you say it’s okay, it won’t touch her sisters very much.
It would be more helpful to keep smiling and approaching brightly.
“Really? That’s really surprising. You’re here to work.”
“Work?”
“Yes.
“A villain?! You were a hero?!”
“…Um. That’s right.”
Yoo Seo-eun seemed completely surprised, and she was greatly surprised.
No. It’s not that surprising, is it? How many heroes are there in this era?
… No My appearance looks 10 years older, so there is a high possibility that I will not look like a hero.
With that thought in mind, I felt the need to tidy up her appearance as soon as possible.
“Wow… I’m seeing a hero for the first time!”
“Huh? Really?”
“Yeah! Ah. That’s right. My sister told me not to say things like this. Let’s…”
This time, Yoo Seo-eun stared at me as she covered her mouth with her hand.
I thought it would look strange.
As if in a hurry to make an excuse, Yoo Soo-ah handed over her words.
“This. Heroes don’t come to places like this! I guess that’s why Seo-eun said this.”
“…Ah…”
There are many heroes who help everyone, but he doesn’t help everyone.
To be precise, the degree of interest was different.
Because I want to work in a city where even one building is built, rather than in a slum like this.
However, since there are police, I think they will take care of this kind of place…
It’s an excuse.
Isn’t it just passing it on?
It is the rule and rule of a hero to help everyone, but to be honest, he is pursuing his own interests…
I am also a hero, so I have nothing to say, but if I had to make an excuse, I thought it would have gotten a little better by catching villains at random, regardless of location.
“…I’m sorry. Heroes, not adults, should have done well.”
“Ah. No! There is no need for you to apologize. And villain incidents don’t happen often here. Rather, I hope you don’t get hurt fighting villains.”
“…Thank you.”
After apologizing, Yoo Soo-ah waved her hand.
She must be going through something bad, but the way she worried about me made the tip of her nose frown.
A corner of my heart was cold and I felt nostalgic.
It doesn’t matter when you’re young or old, you… You are considerate of others.
“By the way, if you guys live here, can I visit you later?”
“Yes. Yes?!”
I didn’t want to have my sisters in a place like this anymore, so I tried to slow down.
Would I have been too hasty?
Yoo Soo-ah was flustered and gave an evasive answer.
She doesn’t want to be found out, so it looks like she’s trying to hide it.
“Oh. No! It’s okay! You don’t have to come. Besides, my parents are at home and…”
“Okay. I’m sorry. I said something stupid.”
“…No.”
With a light smile, Yoo Soo-ah shook her head.
Once again, her sadness and loneliness were revealed.
… She felt compelled to hurriedly retire and help her sisters.
“Then I’ll go. See you later.”
“…Yes.”
By shaking her hand to say goodbye, her sister and Lee Seo-jin parted ways.
However, after leaving, her sisters continued to look at the place they had left and the direction they had gone.
Like a person who hesitates because he is full of regrets.
I was standing there thinking of a person who was pierced with longing.
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The place where Sterone was located was deep inside even in the slums.
A construction site in ruins.
A place where people stop coming and build a building.
It was a perfect place for homeless people and criminals, but maybe it’s because of the villains?
I didn’t see a single person like that.
“I’m sure he didn’t leave.”
The location prediction is here, but there is a possibility that it may have left, so I tried to go inside to find it in a hurry.
Whoop!!
I heard the sound of a sharp wind somewhere.
Craft!
An electrified spear immediately landed right in front of me.
However, it was not impossible to avoid.
“Whoa. You’re quick.”
As I lightly dodged and widened my distance, a middle-aged blond man with a formidable appearance fell from above.
He glanced this way as if unexpectedly, and pulled out the spear.
A window through which electricity flows… It’s pretty scary.
Though he is a menacing villain in this era, there were plenty of such guys in the war.
Fortunately, the spirit is intact, so even if the body is weak, it can react slowly but sufficiently.
“Are you the hero who came to catch me?”
“Yes. The Association is pretty good at finding people, isn’t it? It’s to the point where it finds you even in places like this.”
“Keukkeuk. That’s right.”
With a villainous laugh, Steron held the spear high.
Kwajik… Kwajijik-!!
Electricity fluctuated all over the place with the momentum to knock even a lightning bolt from the dry sky.
“Okay. Take me somewhere!!!”
“I thought so even if you didn’t tell me.”
Steron hurled her spear at lightning speed.
Craft!
Electricity passed through the ground and came this way.
However, if you can cope enough… ?!
“Kuh!”
“What a laugh!”
She turned to avoid it.
But she couldn’t completely evade it.
As her spear grazed her arm, it was thrilling because it surrounded her with electric shock.
The plague. Aren’t I the one who can’t avoid something like this? Why are you doing this?
… Ah. Right.
You understand with your head, but your body doesn’t follow.
That’s a headache. The problem that the mind and body have a sense of separation is too big than I thought.
I didn’t expect it to be this serious.
“My head hurts. I’m embarrassed to hang on to a guy like this.”
“Ha! You speak well! It looks like you don’t have any skills, but that arrogance will take your life!”
“Noisy.”
A gap between mind and body?
It doesn’t matter. If you’re weak, you just have to fight as you become weak.
I’m not the kind of person who would sit down on a problem like this.
If I did, I would have died long ago in the war.
I was a swordsman, and my sword was the pinnacle that other superhumans couldn’t reach.
That knowledge.
As long as that realization is complete, I am still a Sword Saint.
“You looked ugly.”
“You’re only good at talking. Let’s finish it now!”
Steron stretched his arms behind him, ready to charge.
Pajijik—!!
The electric shock from the spear raged and wrapped around it.
Critical hit at the moment of brushing.
Lee Seo-jin instinctively felt that a single attack was threatening.
I had to prepare.
Whoa…
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Taking a deep breath, Lee Seo-jin slowly pulled her foot back.
I closed my eyes, pulled out the sword, and held it in reverse.
The atmosphere changed in an instant and the tension flowed.
With calm like flowing water.
The sharpness that seemed to destroy the earth was clashing.
“Anti-sword”
A moment of silence.
After that, Lee Seo-jin opened his eyes and spoke softly.
Sterone rushed at the end of his words.
“I’ll pierce you through!”
Craft!
A lightning strike occurred in the place where it passed.
Imperceptible speed.
Steron, who rushed quickly, expected to pierce Lee Seo-jin, but there was no feeling of her spear touching it.
‘No?!’
Sterone was embarrassed inside.
But her own attack is not a single attack, but a series of attacks.
I thought I would be pierced by the next attack and lose my life, but it was a vain thought.
“Ha!”
“Hmm!”
“Suck!”
As they passed by, Steron attacked fiercely.
But it didn’t reach.
It wasn’t a simple evasion.
I didn’t feel any sensation as if I was passing through an illusion made of smoke.
She’s driving fast, but she rather knows she’s being driven.
Go away!
Sterone stopped while generating electricity and realized that speed was meaningless.
Power, not speed.
Now that I realized that even that requires great power.
“Very good! Good! Then, with this…”
Sterone jumped high.
Pajijijik—!!
Electricity gathered at the tip of the spear, and the electricity became the spear itself.
Then, knowing that the attack method had changed, Lee Seo-jin stopped her evasion and counterattack and took up her stance again.
Similarly, a blow that can be finished with one blow.
Sterone’s roughness and sharpness contrasted with soft strength.
“Balken sword”
“I’ll finish it!”
Lee Seo-jin’s sword flashed toward Steron, who was plunging down at high speed.
“Seomhwa”
The lightning-shocked window descends.
The sword moves and draws a trajectory in the air.
The clash of power and power.
However, softness wins over strength.
Lee Seo-jin’s swordsmanship was graceful, like drawing flowers on empty canvas.
A line is drawn.
The line continues.
Finally, Sun became a flower and cut Steron as it was.
Steron’s body, as he fell, had sword scars in all directions and blood gushed out.
Pushyuk—!!
“Kuhhhhhghhhhh.
Missing the slashing spear, Steron suffered a serious fatal injury and fell.
Admitting defeat and praising the enemy.
The battle ended in an instant as the weightless body fell to the ground.
“Whew…”
Catching his breath, Lee Seo-jin led the sword.
At first glance, it seemed like an overwhelming victory, but… Not at all.
I couldn’t get out of the lead position because of my numb right arm, as if paralyzed.
I forcibly moved my arm, which trembled violently and felt the burning pain.
After that, she started to relieve the pain little by little by kneading her right arm with her left arm.
‘Damn it. The risk is no joke.’
I just moved as I knew it, but my body couldn’t support me at all.
Still, I thought I trained my body to some extent in the past, but compared to when I was a Sword Saint, I’m only this much.
Because I only pursued and made a sword to annihilate the enemy, there are no skills that can be used weakly.
In the end, I have no choice but to train my body somehow.
“…It’s not just one or two headaches.”
It has nothing to do with battles with A-rank villains.
The strength is within the expected range, but the fact that the body does not support it is more serious than that.
… It would have been nice to have a warrior at a time like this. Because he also had the ability to strengthen others.
When I went to the battlefield, I felt like I had gained a thousand troops and horses when I received her buff and left.
Of course we met again, but I don’t know if I’ll have the strength now.
“…Let’s catch the villain.”
The more I reminisced, the more I thought of the sisters who kept getting sick and shimmering.
The reason why you are reluctant to go home is probably because you have a side of yourself that you don’t want to show to me.
What is that… Somehow it was easy to infer.
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After the battle, Lee Seo-jin tied up Steron so that he could not resist, contacted the association, and left.
There was only one thing missing, however, that there was someone watching everything.
Originally, he would have noticed it at once in his previous life, but he didn’t notice because he was in a weakened state now.
“Wow, it’s great. Uncle.
“…Yeah. That’s great. If only we were that strong…”
“It doesn’t matter. I like my sister the most.”
“…Me too. Seo Eun-ah.”
The sisters, who had seen them all battle Steron from afar, recalled what had happened.
The battle was so neat that it looked delicate and beautiful.
There was also a wish that they had that kind of power.
As they recall their past times of misfortune, where they had no choice but to live helplessly.