“Hey, Yuna. because it’s really good… .”
After falling for a while and moaning, Yoona grabbed me and led me into the hospital room as soon as I came to my senses.
Then he brought a blank piece of paper from somewhere, took a pen, and wrote something diligently in a round handwriting.
It was a loan.
“… It can’t be okay.”
Lee Yu-na looked at me with a sullen expression and wrote it down on the paper.
Then he looked around, took a small case from his bag and placed it next to a piece of paper.
“What is that?”
“I received a promotional post-it set while working part-time. But there’s an Inju here too… .”
When I clicked and opened the case, I found a half-wrapped post-it note, a memo pad, and a small pad of padding inside.
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On one side of the case, a large sign reads ‘The best entrance exam school in name and reality!’ A phone number was engraved with the Iranian slogan.
Lee Yu-na wiped her thumb and wiped it on her clothes, and immediately pressed the in-jug and stamped it on the IOU.
“Come on, check it out.”
“No, it’s really okay.”
Yoo Na without a word handed me the loan.
Then, Shin Woo-seok slipped forward and said,
“If it’s okay, can I check it for you?”
“Oh, please.”
Shin Woo-seok carefully accepted the loan certificate from her.
Then, with a serious expression on his face, he began to scan it.
“The borrowed amount was 18.275 billion won. I promise to borrow the above money in good faith and fulfill the provisions below. First, interest is set at 5% per annum, and on the last day of each month, the creditor’s address must be paid or deposited into the account… The repayment of the principal is until the full amount of the borrowed amount is paid off, and for repayment, the debtor must perform whatever the creditor’s request is legally correct… .”
Feeling that the atmosphere became quite heavy, I told Shin Woo-seok.
“Isn’t the interest rate too high?”
“Originally, unless otherwise specified, I receive roughly this amount.”
That means you have to pay close to 1 billion in interest every year.
It didn’t feel real to the amount that was too large.
“… Should I write a body renunciation memorandum?”
Meanwhile, Lee Yu-na sat blankly and muttered like that.
When I glanced at him, Professor Grossman was also making a serious expression without any restrictions.
“Mr. Shin Woo-seok.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Let’s go out and talk for a while.”
I went out with Shin Woo-seok.
Then, I strongly expressed to him what I wanted, specifically, that I did not want to burden Yuuna.
After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth to me, asking what if he was like this.
“Then why not hire her formally?”
“Hire?”
“Yes. Wait a moment… .”
He took out a small notebook, checked it, and nodded.
“My memory is correct. Up until this point, there was no one other than the lady, so the head of the household… The master is also a member of the main family, so he can receive preferential treatment under the rules of our clan. Of course, the same goes for those who will become close aides to the master.”
“Can you explain a little more?”
“First of all, if you’re a member of the home family, you can have almost unlimited number of employees to attend. From escorts, secretaries, driving, errands, for whatever reason. And in this case, the users who fall under this circumstance also benefit greatly.”
He said, carefully putting the notebook back in.
“In a nutshell, if the master’s close friend is officially hired by the master and becomes an aide, then there is no need to worry about this at all.”
“Are you my entourage?”
“Yes. Even so, isn’t there currently no one officially hired by the master or accepted as an aide? So, as far as is known within the clan.”
“What… Yes?”
Shin Woo-seok nodded and added.
“Actually, there are quite a few people who only look for opportunities to become a close associate of the master. Of course, by the head of the family and me in advance… Uhm, this wasn’t important now.”
He let out a small sigh.
“If the master hires her and announces that she is his entourage, she will be formally hired, ignoring all necessary procedures. They will start with very high positions there.”
Looking at him as if he needed more explanation, Wooseok Shin pointed his hand at him and said.
“You can think of it as a case similar to mine. Just because I am a close aide to the head of the family, I have a considerable voice. If she becomes the master’s closest confidant, on the surface, she’ll be in a position similar to mine.”
“Huh… .”
“Of course, it is possible that some people in the clan have a young schoolgirl as their closest confidant, with no experience or track record, but… what would they do? The master’s will is clear, and the head of the family will approve it, and I will also be on his side.”
Shin Woo-seok snorted as if he wasn’t the same.
It’s a new feeling, but I wondered if this person was also trembling in front of me or Yeeun Lee.
“The story is a little off. Anyway, if she is hired by the master and becomes an entourage, she can also be treated as a member of the clan temporarily, so that, according to the rules of the clan, her debt can be wrapped up as borrowing from an insider rather than an outsider.”
“Ah, then in the discipline… ?”
“Yes. Insiders have almost no interest. There is a title of ‘closer to the person in the home family’, so you don’t have to pay interest at all. It’s a monthly salary, and something like a bonus will help her quite a bit.”
“Well… .”
It was a better way than I thought.
Because I knew very well how much interest you have to pay every month can dry people’s blood.
Since they were the clan of the World Tree, their salaries and bonuses would be fine.
“There is also a way in which the master gives special instructions, and when they are completed, the debt is reduced in the name of incentive money. To be honest, if you put your mind to it, you will be able to repay it all within a few years without any credit or other social problems.”
Having said that, he muttered quietly.
“If you pack up like this, I think your close friend will accept this condition without any objection.”
At his words, I couldn’t help but stare at him in amazement.
It seemed that he had grasped Lee Yu-na’s personality and, therefore, immediately noticed that she was looking for conditions to accept without any objection.
“I would love to do that.”
I nodded and looked at him.
“Thank you, Shin Woo-seok. To be honest, I didn’t expect you to find a good way to think so seriously. In this way, I don’t think Yuna or her will strongly oppose it.”
“I’m glad it was helpful.”
After talking with him for a while, I opened the door to the hospital room again and entered.
Then, looking at Yuna who was looking at me with almost dying eyes, I brought out the story I had just discussed to her.
The more he talked, the more Prof. Grossman gave me a slightly relieved expression as if he was happy, and Yoona Lee said to me with a worried expression for a moment.
“Then it’s not a very favorable condition for me… ?”
“It’s not like that. To be honest, I have an unstable position within the clan. Because you suddenly became a member of the family, right? There are a lot of people who don’t like me very much.”
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t wrong.
Even if people who thought like that gathered together, it wasn’t even a threat.
“So, being a close confidant can be dangerous for you in a way.”
I paused for a moment and looked at her.
“You don’t want to?”
“uh? No, it’s not that I don’t want to… Rather, it is me, thank you. but… … .”
She was making an unhappy look on her face.
Seeing her like that, I opened my mouth in fear that she might refuse.
“And if it’s true, it’s not my fault, is it?”
“yes?”
“I just told you to heal me, so… Because I didn’t say that expensive things are drugs. Strictly speaking, this is probably a scam.”
I said that with a smile, but Lee Yu-na didn’t seem funny at all.
She looked at me with a serious expression and opened her mouth.
“In that sense, I am a bad person. Because you said that you would treat my illness with good intentions, and I just accepted that it was good. Jihyuk, you didn’t even know how much it was until just now, didn’t you? And if I hadn’t happened to hear it, you probably wouldn’t have brought the story to the end.”
“When Jihyuk went out with him a while ago, I checked Yuna’s condition.”
Professor Grossman spoke quietly.
“… What you said is true. I hope that forty-something is an incurable disease, not an incurable disease. Well, who would have expected that such expensive items would be needed… Anyway, it is true that Yuna recovered because of you.”
“Yeah, so it’s not like Jihyuk cheated on you or anything like that. To be honest… uhm.”
She seemed to ponder for a moment, then shook her head.
“Um, I don’t know what to explain. Then I’ll just say whatever comes to my mind.”
Lee Yu-na muttered in a quiet voice.
“To be honest, I am just very grateful to you. Originally, I thought it was an incurable disease, and after suffering for over 3 years, I would have had to live with the aftereffects for the rest of my life, but thanks to you, I was able to fix it. What… If you work hard, you will be able to pay it back someday.”
Having said that, Lee Yu-na looked at Shin Woo-seok with a bright smile.
“So, am I going to be Jihyuk’s subordinate from today?”
“Strictly speaking, from the moment the contract was signed, I will send it to you in the near future.”
Shin Woo-seok said so and looked at Lee Yu-na.
“And I’ll also organize the little things you need to know and send them to you. You can discuss work-related matters with the master later.”
“Oh, uhm. I see… .”
She nodded and said to me.
“Then, I wish you all the best in the future, Master.”
I didn’t know that calling me a master would be so repulsive.
Even when Shin Woo-seok or Jin Ye-seul called him the master, it wasn’t like this.
“… Just call me normally.”
“Then boss?”
“Call me by name, just.”
I got up and said to her.
“For a few years, we just went to the academy together as normal… Okay, let’s escort me when it’s dangerous. Why is it like, when you watch a drama or a movie, you go undercover and escort you?”
It was a slurred word, but Yoona seriously nodded her head.
For a moment, perhaps because of her mood, it seemed that her head was tilted in a strange direction.
“So your relationship with me is a secret to anyone else. Until we graduate, we’ll just have to be friends as we are now, okay?”
“… uh? yea what… If you want to.”
Yuna nodded her head.
Somewhere her eyes were blurry, so when she glanced at Professor Grossman, she spoke silently with a mouthful.
‘I’m probably not crazy right now. It would be nice to share more details later.’
I nodded and turned my gaze to Yuuna again.
“I’m resting for now. Your symptoms are starting to improve, but you may not be fully recovered yet.”
“Uh, yes… .”
When Professor Grossman gently grabbed her shoulder and pressed her next to Lee Yu-na, she quietly laid down on the bed.
Then she looked at me and suddenly burst into laughter.
“why?”
“Oh no… that, why we are there then I just… I never said anything bad.”
Suddenly, I looked at her, wondering why she was talking about that time.
“At that time, you said that you would introduce me to a part-time job, but in a way, it seems to have come and gone now.”
“… … .”
Lee Yu-na let out a bitter laugh and muttered.
“… If I had been a little more rational back then, if I had thought about it one more time, would it have been a little different between us?”
She closed her eyes quietly before I could say anything.
Professor Grossman let out a small sigh as he watched her fall asleep as if dead.
“Actually, Jihyuk gave me a narcotic painkiller right before you came. It seems that the medicinal effect is now spinning.”
“Then, shall we go out so we can get a good rest?”
The three of us, who agreed, went out immediately.
To be precise, it looked like Professor Grossman and I were talking, and Wooseok Shin followed me silently.
“… So, in order to get better at forty, it is necessary to ingest all of their energy from a person who has recently developed the disease.”
“There may be a better way, but that’s all I know for now.”
“okay… .”
Unexpectedly, Professor Grossman did not show much regret.
She smiled a little as if she had noticed my thoughts.
“why? Did you think I would be very sorry?”
“To be honest, I thought so.”
“I have been ill with this disease for too long to come and be sorry.”
As always, she looked at me with eyes that didn’t understand the meaning.
“Besides, it’s funny that I say things like this, but just because Yuna has improved… .”
Then, someone’s voice was heard.
“Oh, I was here.”
I couldn’t tell without looking back.
Isaac McDowell.
That was him.
“… Professor McDowell. Are you sure you didn’t take a week off due to personal reasons?”
Professor Grossman said in a voice that was wary of anyone who looked at him, as if shooting at him.
Suddenly, she reached out and gently pushed me back.
“Oh, of course it is. But that… I came here because I think it is the right thing to do to apologize directly for the obvious mistake of our party.”
“mistake? What mistake are you talking about?”
Soon, Shin Woo-seok also stepped forward.
It was Abel Grossman, not Isaac McDowell, who answered.
“… A report came in that a professor dispatched from Urea, Emilia, had done obscene acts to students during class. Of course, Professor Emilia denied it, but there is solid evidence that eventually she will not be able to teach for a while.”
“Indecent? no way… .”
“Yes.”
Professor Grossman was still looking at Isaac McDowell with a cold eye.
“The target of the act was student Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
“It was truly a sad, unfortunate and regrettable event.”
Isaac McDowell spoke quickly.
“Professor Emilia said that in her home country, it was just natural s*xual intercourse, but she didn’t know it was such rude behavior in this country.”
He murmured as if he was really sad.
“She says she would like to apologize face-to-face if possible. Of course, I am here to apologize, because I, as her boss, are also responsible.”
[Carefully.]
Sbangali murmured quietly.
[Your eyes are half-turned in anger. If it wasn’t for the two of you next to me, I’d probably have attacked you right away. To be able to do calculations in the midst of such rage, you are quite a snarky human being.]
Two of his disciples, including Dmitry, had died, and he seemed to have noticed only now that the Leys had been stolen.
Perhaps he had noticed that he had separated from Milited’s children.
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Of course, it could have been both.
“If possible, I’d like to talk with Yoo Ji-hyuk with the two of us… .”
Isaac McDowell glanced at him, muttering as if he was really sorry.
I couldn’t help but smile at that.
Do you think that if we were alone, we would be able to kill this person without difficulty?
Yep, that’s what I was hoping for.
There is no need to deny that they will give you a justification for self-defense.
Thinking so, it was time to nod my head.
Boo Woong.
Almost at the same time, I and Isaac’s cell phone rang.
And both of us checked our phones, no matter who came first.
It was a text message from Lee Myung-jun, Evangeline, and Lee Ye-eun, respectively.
[start. proceeding smoothly. If you don’t know, be careful.]
[Started. Everything is going well. You are a caution, so be especially careful.]
[Jihyuk-ah, never separate from other people. It’s not that I don’t believe in you, but there are always what-ifs in the world. Oh, and you don’t have to worry. Everything is going well.]
Although each word was different, the meaning was the same.
That the subjugation battle for the Big Watch has begun.
And that everything is going according to plan.
“… … .”
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On the other hand, Isaac McDowell’s expression was terribly cold.
His trembling eyes suddenly turned towards him.
I smiled at him without a word.
The most unlucky smile I can make.