104 – 104. Q&A at Night (1)
“…… Intruder. Exclusion…… “
“Don’t move.”
“Yup.”
At Seol Ah-hyun’s kicking, one of the hounds grabbed his stomach and groaned. Next to the hound were nineteen other hounds lined up side by side like fish for sale in the market.
Ahyeon Seol constantly moved around him and knocked down the hounds trying to stand up.
“They really don’t know what surrender is. Each limb is broken, but the energy is good.”
“Your tone is slurred and you must have been brainwashed.”
“That’s right. I don’t know who is behind these things, but Suho seems to have been involved with some pretty annoying people.”
“That older brother is usually the type to get involved in this and that.”
Taehyung Ryu shrugged his shoulders and wiped the blood off his fist with his hand. Seol Ah-hyun asked Ryu Tae-hyun indirectly.
“Could it be that Mr. Taehyun… …. Are you close with Suho? … ?”
“Me and my brother? They are very friendly!”
It was an answer without hesitation. Actually, the two were not close enough to be said to be very close, but at least Ryu Tae-hyun thought so. He was a man with a positive personality.
“Then can you tell me what kind of person Suho is?”
“Hyung, what a good person. Nice kind and full of mission I can’t bear to see injustice. Oh, and he’s also very good at fighting. This is insanely strong! It’s not like this, but should I say that learning is fast? Maybe if I was an academy student, my homeroom professor would have been drooling and trying to teach me?”
“Is that so?”
“But why are you suddenly asking this question? Isn’t Ahyeon also familiar with Suho hyung? When you introduced yourself, you two said you were close.”
“Just like that. I was curious about how that man would appear to others. Hmm. Suho was such a person…….”
Ahyeon Seol shook her head and smiled slightly. He wondered what he would do if he was a person with a problem, but once he listened to Ryu Tae-hyeon’s comments, he didn’t seem to be that kind of person.
‘But isn’t Suho really strong?’
There was a bit of a puzzle to hear, but Seol Ah-hyun didn’t take it seriously. What she was curious about was the personality of Ahn Su-ho.
‘By the way, a person who is so nice can change that much in bed. No, rather, it changes like that because I usually suppress my true nature…… ?’
What kind of nonsensical idea is this when the battle has just ended. However, it was a very important issue for Seol Ah-hyun. Because Ahn Su-ho was the first man she recognized as the opposite s*x in her 26 years of life, which was not short for more than 30 years before returning.
It is not that I have romantic feelings for Ahn Su-ho just by seeing a future poem.
However, seeing such a future, he couldn’t help but be conscious.
“…… Hour. Earn…….”
“Don’t move?”
“Gagging.”
Seol Ah-hyun let her imagination fly as she stepped on a hound that was trying to get up again. The beginning was something sweet about what it would be like if I dated Ahn Su-ho, but in the end, it ended up with a lot of flesh-colored content.
“…… hehehe.”
Seol Ah-hyun blushes while trampling on the enemy’s back.
Watching Seol Ah-hyun like that, Ryu Tae-hyun swallowed dry saliva. A cold sweat runs down his spine.
‘…… You must be really tired too.’
Is it simple compassion? Or is it the same as those who are in the same situation?
Ryu Tae-hyun over the warehouse wall. Looking at the direction of the mountain that Ahn Su-ho and Ji Ye-won had climbed, he let out a deep sigh.
***
Meanwhile, at that time.
Ji Ye-won and Ahn Su-ho. The two went down the mountain path side by side. Kang Ha-neul, who has lost consciousness, is carried on Ji Ye-won’s back.
Ahn Soo-ho’s wounds were healed almost completely thanks to the potion Ji Ye-won gave him. A little bit of anemia and pain due to blood loss remained, but that was within the range of tolerance.
Ji Ye-won asked Ahn Su-ho a lot of questions. It was mostly about what happened after they chased Carly. And Ahn Soo-ho said everything without hiding anything. Naeun-joo intruded in the middle, and finally killed Kali.
Ji Ye-won did not say much about the fact that Ahn Soo-ho killed people. On the other hand, when it comes to Naeun-joo, I was startled.
“Somehow. That’s what his ability was…… “
For Ji Ye-Won, who had been exposed to Na Seon-Joo’s abilities earlier, it finally felt right. Of course, at that time, she wasn’t mind-controlled, but only lightly suggested.
With that said, Yewon Ji shut her mouth as if she had something to think about. Ahn Su-ho also did not want to continue the conversation.
– Jerking off.
Only the sound of stepping on blades of grass or tree branches echoed quietly.
“An Su-ho.”
Then, breaking the silence, Yewon Ji opened her mouth.
“Do you remember what I said the day I left for a mission?”
A sudden question.
To that question, Ahn Soo-ho felt that her chest was getting uncomfortable, and she barely answered.
“…… Uh. Remember.”
“It hasn’t even been a week yet, but since we met like this, I’ll ask. It’s probably because Min Chaeryeong’s mission will be suspended for a while because of this incident. That, anyway.”
Yewon Ji said, she deliberately did not slow down her walking speed. She was about five steps ahead of An Su-ho, as if she didn’t want to show her face.
Is that a consideration for Ahn Su-ho? Or is she just a defense mechanism for herself.
No matter what the truth is, Ji Ye-won asked Ahn Su-ho a question without facing him.
“What are you going to do with the sky?”
-Stand up.
At that question, Ahn Suho reflexively stopped her steps.
But immediately he resumed his walk. As if he was trying to hide his agitation. Thinking that it was really fortunate that Ji Ye-won was not looking at him, he organized his thoughts.
Ji Ye-won likes herself.
River Sky Also, she probably likes herself.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been stuck between the two and thought about what to do. However, Ahn Su-ho has not yet come to a conclusion. While he was inconclusive, new facts were thrown at him.
The fact that Kang Ha-neul is a possessor.
That meant that Kang Ha-neul was the only real thing in this world of lies.
That smile as bright as the sun.
The innocence of being grateful for even the smallest things.
The attitude of being too humble and considerate of the other person.
The innocence that he sometimes shows as a younger brother.
Although the complaints are severe, in the end, the will to overcome somehow.
The tears shed when Ahn Su-ho was injured because of him, or when he was in danger of dying.
Even a handful of warm breaths of relief you exhaled when you overcame a crisis.
And finally, through such a process, he reached a love affair with Ahn Su-ho.
If only Kang Ha-neul was the truth in this false world. If only her love was true, she would have to accept it. Above all else.
Obviously, Ahn Su-ho in the past would have thought that way.
But now, to Ahn Su-ho, this world was no lie. At least Ji Ye-won in front of me accepted it as the truth, not a lie, even though it was a character in a novel.
Even if she is a fake made up of a few lines of text, she will accept her as her real self.
That day, the day Ji Ye-won and Ji Ye-won overlapped, Ahn Su-ho thought so.
That’s what he thought.
If selfish greed were allowed to me, I would like to have both.
I have it, Rani. How arrogant and cheeky is this? However, in a situation where the two of them had already cast their love for Ahn Su-ho, for Ahn Su-ho to accept that heart was indeed an act that fit the expression of ‘having’.
That’s why Ahn Soo-ho had a wish. He said that he did not choose either of these two hearts turned to him, but wished to have both.
Neither of them wanted to give up and neither of them wanted to give up. That was Ahn Su-ho’s selfish sincerity.
But will that be possible?
When it comes to dating between a man and a woman, it is socially reprehensible. Harem was allowed only in creative works such as novels. Of course, this world is a fiction. The main character, Ryu Tae-hyeon, may not have known it, but for An Su-ho, a foreign substance who got in the middle, the logic of this world did not flow so conveniently.
It was fortunate for him that Ji Ye-won would be favorable to Ahn Su-ho’s decision. Early on, she spoke with her own mouth. He told me to make up my mind whether he chooses himself, the river or the sky, or straddles both legs. And please don’t hide it.
However, that was limited to Ji Ye-won alone.
One other person. It was unknown to Ahn Su-ho how Kang Ha-neul would accept Ahn Su-ho’s selfish decision. Moreover, she is not a character in a novel, but a modern person from the same ‘original world’.
Will modern people with ordinary sensibilities tolerate a harem, as well as a protagonist in a novel?
Ahn Su-ho thought that the possibility of Kang Ha-neul accepting this was infinitely low. And if Kang Ha-neul doesn’t accept her, eventually Ahn Su-ho will have to make a choice.
Is it Ji Ye-won or Kang Ha-neul?
Or will you choose neither of them out of concern for the one who is not chosen?
In the end, it was no exaggeration to say that Ahn Su-ho’s choice was determined by Kang Ha-neul’s choice. Having thought that far, An Su-ho opened his mouth.
“…… I’m Ji Ye-won, you’re precious. But Kang Ha-neul is also a very precious person to me. Maybe as much as you.”
“………… So?”
I didn’t feel any emotional agitation in that voice when he asked me back. A calm voice, like a lakeside in a forest on a quiet night, brushes Ahn Suho’s ears.
“So, I want to be greedy.”
“Are you going to have both? He is a very greedy man.”
“Sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing? I don’t really care.”
Ji Ye-won, who stood tall, looked back at Ahn Su-ho. With Kang Ha-neul on his back.
“Hey. Ahn Soo-ho.”
“Yes.”
“Am I precious?”
“I told you. Precious.”
“Then do you like me?”
“Yes.”
“Then do you love me?”
“…… That.”
“I love you.”
Ahn Suho pursed his lips at the unfamiliar word love. My lips didn’t come off at all.
“…… Kick.”
Ji Ye-won thought it was funny how a man who had fought all sorts of villains and even had a fight with the boss of an overrank dungeon hesitated because he was shy about saying just one word, love.
“Don’t you answer me?”
“Love…… Summer solstice. Okay. Uh. I say I love you. I’m serious.”
“Really?”
A mischievous smile appeared on Yewon Ji’s lips. She said, pointing her chin to the sky of her river, which she carried on her back.
“If I had to give you one piece of advice, tell him confidently that you love him when you confess to him. If you hesitate like that in a position where you are already declaring both legs, he will accept it.”
“Thanks for the advice, really. But that…….”
“But what?”
“Okay…… Are you? You. Even if I say that he, you and the sky cross both legs.”
“It’s okay.”
There is no woman in the world who would be okay with hearing the person she likes declare her legs. Nevertheless, Ji Ye-won answered like that.
“I love you.”
Forcibly pretended to be okay. It had to be okay. If he does not tolerate his selfishness, An Su-ho will eventually have to make a choice.
“And you love me too. Isn’t that what happened?”
Choose. Yewon Ji was afraid of that. As a result of her choice, she feared that she would not be chosen.
“If you think about it more than that, it’s just complicated. So it’s okay.”
Ji Ye-won knew how much An Su-ho treasured her river sky. His actions in the past represented his heart. So, if Ahn Su-ho had to make a choice, she was afraid that he would choose Kang Ha-neul instead of herself.
In that case, I’d rather.
Rather than leaning into an uncertain choice, she wants to stay by his side, even if this man ends up with another woman.
After all, Yewon Ji was a timid woman. She couldn’t help it. How could she, with her criminal identity, raised as a spy for the Dawning Corps since childhood and never been loved by the opposite s*x, have confidence between her men and women?
In the end, all he can do is bend himself, yield, and beg for Ahn Su-ho’s sympathy. Ji Ye-won thought so.
She was Ji Ye-won who always showed a confident and relaxed attitude, but paradoxically, she was so weak and dangerous inside. That was the bare face of a woman named Ji Ye-won.
“Thank you. For telling me you still love me.”
With those words finally, Yewon Ji turned her steps. She urged Ahn Su-ho to go down the mountain and join Ryu Tae-hyeon and his party.
However, An Su-ho’s steps were heavy.
She must have heard the answer she wanted to hear.
She must be in a good mood now that Ji Ye-won told her that she would affirm her selfish choice and that she would endure it.
She says that for some reason, a corner of her chest feels heavy, like being pressed down by a rock.
When the two arrived at the factory warehouse at the foot of the mountain, Seol Ah-hyeon and Ryu Tae-hyeon were waiting for them in front of them.
“The enemies?”
Seol Ah-hyun answered Ahn Su-ho’s question.
“I overpowered them all.”
“…… Subdue?”
“Yes. All 20 people cut ligaments in both wrists and ankles. No matter how superhuman you are, you can’t move because of that. If you turn this over to the police…… “
“That, for some reason, we can’t call the police.”
It was Min Chaeryeong’s request. If possible, ask them to finish the job quietly without police intervention. It was clearly revealed how the relationship between the two had changed in that they made a ‘request’ rather than a ‘order’.
“Really? Then what do they do?”
“You can just leave it there. If we don’t hear from you, the forces behind them will send someone here.”
“Brother. Is the sky okay?”
“Uh. Fortunately, I think I just fell asleep. At least from the outside, there’s nothing wrong with the body. Still, it would be better to go to the doctor immediately.”
“You can go to the hospital but not the police?”
Ahyeon Seol asked as if she were curious. Unlike the police, if it was the academy infirmary, it was possible because Min Chae-ryeong could reach it, but Ahn Su-ho was speechless as he was trying to figure out how much to explain to Seol Ah-hyun.
“…… If you are, so be it. As an outsider, I dug too deep.”
However, Seol Ah-hyun did not pursue further inquiry. Just vaguely, it was a consideration that came after thinking that if Ahn Su-ho had also returned from the future like himself, he would have his own circumstances.
Ahn Soo-ho, who roughly guessed this, bowed softly.
“Ahyeon. I was really grateful for today’s work. Thanks to that, I was able to safely rescue Kang Ha-neul.”
“What? Between us, this kind of thing, of course, we should help. You promised each other, right?”
“I’ve been curious about this for a while… ….”
At that time, Ji Ye-won suddenly intervened between the two of them.
“You keep talking about our relationship and everything, but what kind of relationship do you two have? How do you know An Su-ho and the guild master of the S-class guild?”
“That is… ….”
Ahn Su-ho explained to the two people what happened at the time of the double dungeon incident and how he was caught by Mid-reum and participated in the raid on the knight’s tomb. While Ryu Tae-hyeon listened with an exciting face, Ji Ye-won had a disapproving expression.
‘I don’t think that’s all… ….’
Is it insight as a spy for the Dawning Corps, or intuition as a woman? Ji Ye-won picked out something from Ahn Su-ho’s words, but couldn’t figure out exactly what it was.
“Well then, let’s go back soon. It’s too late now. Everyone will have work to do tomorrow, won’t they?”
Recognizing the hint, Suho Ahn hurriedly said, As the saying goes, they gathered here in response to Ahn Su-ho’s call, but all of them had to go back to their daily lives from tomorrow.
-The ring.
At that time, as if announcing the end of the case, a system window appeared in Ahn Su-ho’s field of vision.
—–
[ The date has changed. The number of uses of Breath of the Morning Star is reset. ]
—–
‘The timing is so brutal.’
I wish the stock had recovered earlier. Thinking so, Suho Ahn suddenly looked up at the sky.
‘Still, it’s over.’
To have succeeded in overcoming the hardships of this world once again. Ahn Su-ho let out a relieved breath.
However.
Ahn Su-ho himself thought that another case was over, but in fact the case was not over at all.
No, rather, it could be said that a new incident has begun.
Away from the textile factory in Uijeongbu where Ahn Su-ho and his party were located. A wealthy detached house located in Seongbuk-gu.
A three-story mansion perched on top of a hill with a great view. A woman was standing on the terrace.
– Hui oh oh oh.
The night wind that blew from afar blew the woman’s long black hair.
The woman standing on the terrace looked at her room, where the lights were turned off, and then stepped inside. The windows were not locked. When the woman entered the room, she saw a living room lined with luxurious furniture.
The living room was dark and silent. However, there were already passengers.
“I was looking at the night sky for the first time in a while. I didn’t know you would come directly from there.”
A sofa across from the window leading to the terrace.
An elderly gentleman was sitting in the spot illuminated by the soft moonlight. In one hand he held a cup of coffee in a white mug. The mug had a colored pencil drawing printed on it that looked like a child’s drawing.
Na Joo-yong, director of the Superhuman Rehabilitation Research Institute.
That was the true identity of a man. As Kim sipped his coffee, the man asked the uninvited woman.
“So, Min Chaeryeong, what do you want me to do? Did you come to kill me yourself?”
At those words, the eyes of the woman, Min Chaeryeong, bent like crescent moons.
“Well? Did you see your answer?”
A sharp snake-like smile was drawn across her face.