21 – Saint
“how much? How much can you give me?”
“uh… uh, that’s it… .”
Ellen was terribly embarrassed.
Do you really mean that money can appease you?
To be honest, the words that I would give money had been uttered with the feeling of grabbing straw. He hadn’t really thought about how much he was going to pay.
“Tell me quickly. Because there is no time.”
“Ah, I get it! uh… That, then, a million won?”
“… .”
As Ellen spoke cautiously, the man stared at her incredulously.
Like, ‘Is this girl messing with me?’ Eyes that seem to say… !
“Ah, I get it! Ten million won then!”
“hey… .”
“This, twenty million won… ?”
“… .”
“Eh, I see! I’ll give you 30 million won!”
Ellen shouted loudly as if patronizing. But the man’s reaction was far different from what she expected.
“Hey Ellen, the ransom the client bet on you alone is a whopping 500 million won.”
“5,500 million won?”
“okay. no… Maybe I should have put up more money. 700 million… Maybe a billion.”
“… !”
The man’s words shocked Ellen.
1 billion! How the hell did he want to pay that much money as a ransom?!
Ellen had the title of B-class hero, but she had no fighting skills and didn’t even have much money. This was because she did not receive compensation from the patient when she provided treatment.
In her opinion, her abilities were God-given.
If you use your god-given ability to make money, that’s a great disrespect to God… !
Of course, that didn’t mean she wasn’t getting any support. It was because the Hero Association was currently paying her hundreds of guards and a certain amount of money.
However, no matter how much support she received, it was clear that 1 billion was too much for her. Even the amount in her bank account was only 30 million won, so… !
“So, if you want to appease me here, you have to promise me that you will give me at least 1 billion won. Can you give me that?”
the man asked, staring at Ellen.
Ellen grimaced, then finally shook her head as if she couldn’t help it.
“I’m sorry. I cannot pay that much.”
“why? Don’t you have any money?”
“yes. I have 30 million won in my bank account… .”
As Ellen blurted out with a crawling voice, the man looked at her with new eyes. he spoke again.
“You’re honest. Have you ever thought of getting out of trouble with a lie? If you were like me, you would have seen it at least once, regardless of whether you had a billion or not.”
“I can’t lie.”
“Why?”
“I made a promise to God. The ability to heal people has been bestowed by God Himself, so how could I lie?”
What Ellen said was true. The moment she realized that she had the ability to heal people, she made a promise to God. I want to live my whole life with integrity.
“Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lie… ! I swore to live with integrity before God. So I can’t lie.”
“hmm… Is a saint really a saint? Come to think of it… .”
“… .”
Ellen swallowed dryly as the man touched his chin and began to stare.
what is he thinking?
No matter how much I look at it, I can’t give you 1 billion… !
“… good. Ellen. Then make a pact with me. If you promise me, I will release you. instead of a billion.”
But it was when Ellen was feeling so tense. When the man suddenly opened his mouth, Ellen opened her eyes wide.
“What, what promise?”
“When I am injured, always treat me first. how is it? Can you promise me?”
“… ?”
Ellen tilted her head for a moment. It was because his suggestion was not well understood.
“When you get hurt… ? How will I know when you are hurt?”
“Don’t worry about that. I’ll contact you separately. You just have to treat me first whenever you contact me. how is it?”
“… .”
Ellen didn’t know. How this pact will work for you.
However, her troubles did not last long. It was a time when she had to hurry up at straws, and to be honest, the man’s proposal didn’t seem too difficult to her.
In the first place, her treatment activities did not cover men and women of all ages. In the past, he had also performed treatment activities against villains.
In other words, it was not too much of a burden for her to treat this man first when he was injured. All I had to do was slightly change the order of treatment.
“… all right. I promise.”
In the end, Ellen decided to accept the man’s offer.
She took the man’s hand carefully, then continued.
“I swear in front of God. to accept your offer. But before that, I want you to reveal your face and name. Because nothing should be hidden from God.”
“hmm… .”
He was conflicted for a moment, but soon took off the mask as if it was nothing special.
“I am Kang Hyuk.”
“… .”
“Ellen?”
“… ah! Go, it was Kang Hyuk! all right!”
When Kanghyuk called, Elec came to his senses in shock.
Kang-hyeok’s appearance was much taller than she had imagined.
‘Why would such a person do something like kidnapping?’
Ellen didn’t know at all, but decided to finish the pact first. If they spent too much time in the car, other hijackers might view them suspiciously.
“… Above all, I promise before God.”
After that, Ellen’s oath finally came to an end.
‘Heh.’
Kang Hyuk smiled with satisfaction and got out of the car with Ellen.
Although the situation went differently than expected, Kang Hyuk was still very satisfied. It was because I got a valuable ‘Heal Pack’ called Ellen.
Saint Ellen, a B-class hero, was a person with tremendous healing powers. She could quickly restore severed limbs, and even make a heart that had been stopped for a certain period of time restart.
Her ability is 10 billion… ! No, even compared to 100 billion won, you can see that it is not lacking… !
In other words, since these tremendous powers became Kanghyeok’s heel pack, it was natural for him to be satisfied. With Ellen alone, it was clear that Kang-hyeok’s ability to survive would rise enormously compared to now.
‘As time goes by, I will face more powerful enemies. There will be a lot of injuries! But if you have a healer named Ellen… no, you won’t have to worry too much. The pact with Ellen is a tremendous income that cannot be measured with money!’
Kang Hyuk let out a laugh.
He didn’t think Ellen would break her pact.
At the time of playing the game, Kang Hyuk had actually heard of a character called a saint several times. I don’t remember the details because it wasn’t a very important character, but I remembered at least one thing. That she is truly a devout believer.
A devout believer could not lie before God. Because it was close to impossible for her… ! Anyway, because of that, Kanghyuk was currently thinking that Ellen would keep the pact with him. It was because he had played the game himself, not anyone else, so he could be sure.
“… Too late, ugly.”
After a while, as they approached the entrance of the abandoned factory with Ellen, Red Skull greeted them.
Red Skull was smoking a cigarette, but it seemed that he was keeping an eye on when Kang Hyuk and Ellen came out of the car.
“What conversation did you two have alone inside?”
“I just asked something.”
“What?”
“I asked for an evaluation of my face. He said he was handsome.”
“… .”
At Kanghyuk’s words, Red Skull nervously flicked out his cigarette. He strode forward and stood in front of Kanghyuk’s nose.
“Ugly. Even a joke should be played according to the mood.”
“Isn’t that funny?”
“Stop talking bullsh*t, hurry up and get past that year. Then take the money and leave.”
Red Skull said coldly.
He didn’t like the ugliness from the beginning.
No, it wasn’t that I didn’t like it, it was that I was very suspicious of the ugliness. Because I couldn’t figure out what he was thinking.
Actually, that wasn’t all. There was one more thing that got on his nerves, and that was the atmosphere of the ugly. He could feel the atmosphere of a veteran mercenary. It was said that there was something to be said for being a D-class villain.
‘No matter how you think about it, this guy is dangerous. I have to hurry up and get the money and send it.’