The Divorced Man Has Returned chapter 36

The Divorced Man Has Returned 36

#36. Because we are strangers…

There was a small park near my house that was far from the road that only people in the know had, so it was not accessible.

In the park where no one is.

Me and Sihwa were sitting side by side on the bench.

Only the sound of crickets filled the stillness between us.

“…Since when did you know?”

I asked her because she couldn’t make eye contact with her.

“I noticed that it was strange when dealing with the student council case, but I was sure…”

She didn’t finish her words.

I didn’t need to say more.

Like I did, it was clear that Sihwa learned her truth through her breathing in the dungeon.

“…Honey.”

Sihwa once again called me by the title he stole from me.

“I hope you don’t call me like that…”

Actually, we weren’t even a couple, not even lovers.

A little closer than others.

We were just normal school friends.

“…Choi Inwook.”

She turned her head and looked at me.

I had a painful expression in her eyes.

With her one word, ‘Honey’, I had no choice but to recall the painful memories of my previous life.

The days when I wasn’t her husband.

“…Let’s start over.”

Sihwa put her hand on mine.

“This time…”

She stopped breathing for a moment.

“It’s different. I can do really well this time.”

“What’s different?”

I quietly listened to her and opened my mouth.

“I told you… The reason you were so close to me.”

It hurts, but I have to admit it.

“Because I thought we didn’t remember each other.”

Her blue eyes trembled.

“Maybe as you said, we could be happy again. We could have loved each other, if either of us knew nothing.”

“No. I can. Why can’t I. Again. Another chance has come…”

Her voice, which was sad and desperate, echoed through the park.

But I had to tell the story of the last life.

“It’s Sihwa.”

The last time I called her name, I stroked her blue hair.

“I… It was too hard.”

“I’m really sorry that I didn’t tell you everything before marriage.”

“My world has been hell since the day you left me.”

Sihwa bit her lip.

“My day job after quitting hunter activities was to blame myself.”

“Why didn’t I talk to you like an idiot first?”

“Why did I mistakenly think that you would accept everything from me?”

“Why did I become alone again?”

“Why…Why was I born with this body?”

I felt more and more strangled in my neck.

“There were many days when I thought I would rather die.”

Sihwa’s eyes were dyed red.

“…I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m really sorry…”

She apologized to me.

But it was too long and painful memories to disappear like snow melted just by making an apology.

“… I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that word about starting over.”

This was the right decision.

“It’s Sihwa.”

Sihwa didn’t answer, her head bowed and only looked down at her floor.

“Let’s wish each of us happiness in this life.”

“Because there are many other wonderful men who are not me.”

Before I could finish my words, Sihwa jumped up from her seat.

“…I’ll go.”

Her face, which she couldn’t see because she bowed her head, was covered with her tears.

“It’s Sihwa…”

I wanted to hug her and hug her because of her very painful appearance, but …

That was not the case.

…Because we are strangers.

I just looked at her back as she moved away.

* *

Sihwa did not participate in the regular student council meeting on Wednesday morning.

The president asked me to inform Sihwa of the message, so she went to the front of her class.

“Didn’t Yoo Shihwa come?”

“Yoo Shi-Hwa isn’t there? I didn’t see you today.”

Even though the inquiry was about to start, she said she had not arrived.

Is it truancy…

It wasn’t a big deal or anything like that because Hunter Academy was not a compulsory curriculum, but her behavior was quite surprising because it was a poem that emphasized grades.

But I knew the cause better than anyone else.

To be honest, before I left the house in the morning, I thought about whether or not to go to the student council meeting several times.

I had no idea how to face her.

I heard it was uncomfortable to be with my ex, but my wife divorced me.

She felt her breath suffocate.

Why don’t you just go to meetings… Why are you missing classes?

I’m sorry but worried.

I couldn’t meet Sihwa, so I went back to my classroom.

“Hello. Harin-ah.”

“Hey!”

It seems that Harin still has some residue from the attitude I showed at the restaurant yesterday.

“I’m sorry for yesterday.”

I apologized to her by bowing her head slightly to her.

“…Are you serious?”

She glanced at me.

“Yes. Seriously. Instead, I’ll buy you something delicious next time.”

I think Harin wanted to give a fresh answer, but the corners of her mouth were not cooperative at all.

“Hmm… Well. I’ll think about it.”

What do you think?

If it’s delicious, you can’t use four legs.

Harin liked to eat delicious food.

How many people don’t like delicious food, she was more interested in food than normal people.

Perhaps that’s why she was very good at cooking.

To be honest, I was surprised when I first tasted Harin’s food.

I thought that there would be no cooking experience or sense at all because there are people who cook at home.

Harin found the perfect balance of taste without looking at her recipe as if she was a Korean food survival winner.

I remembered a day when I was stunned by more than 10 side dishes like a king’s sura-sang.

[Harina. What kind of cooking school did you go to?]

[Fufufu. The basics of a current wife’s wife aren’t delicious meals.]

She answered, placing the white flesh of her well-cooked fish on my spoon.

[By the way, it’s really delicious. How do you make it so quickly?]

I asked as I put a fillet of fish that melted in my mouth.

[That’s it… I’ve been practicing to feed my husband and children well!]

There was a happy smile on Harin’s lips.

“So what are you going to buy me?”

Harin said that she thought she was thinking, and she couldn’t contain her curiosity and she asked me.

“Is there any menu you want to eat?”

She

It was difficult for her to choose what to buy because she was such a good eater.

“Um~ I-“

Harin waited a long time to see if she was really worried.

“Yes! Let’s go near your house, Inwook!”

“…Our house?”

Why? I wanted to know why, leaving your expensive neighborhood near my house.

“Yeah! The place where we had dinner yesterday, even at the fair meeting, was all near our neighborhood.”

It was definitely the feeling I was looking for.

For the first time, I nodded because it was an understandable reason, but it was close to my house…

Ah. Shall I go there?

“Okay. Then I’ll invite you around next week.”

“Okay!”

Harin smiled broadly as if she had ever been sulky.

Finally, the class started.

Today was a practice day.

From n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲

Normal students don’t like practical training that much, but Harin seemed very happy.

“So I’m Noonnunannang~”

With her humming her hum, I followed her homeroom teacher’s instructions to her training ground.

The homeroom teacher who called us into the center started making announcements.

“Now, as everyone knows, there is not much left until the midterm evaluation!”

There was definitely a time when we had to prepare slowly.

What was the midterm evaluation of the first semester?

“The first evaluation is a pair-by-pair battle.”

It was only after listening to his homeroom teacher that he remembered that he had done such a thing.

Well… I can’t even remember who my first pair was, but I couldn’t remember what it was about.

“Each of us has been training together for about a month, so I think everyone is familiar with each other’s characteristics and fighting styles.”

“Of course, it is a form of mock battles between students who are not monsters. It is strictly forbidden to over-immerse yourself in trying to harm your opponent or take your own life.”

“Of course, in case of an emergency, the healer team will also be right next to us and intuit our evaluation.”

“And um…”

The homeroom teacher fumbled through the file in his hand to see if there was anything missing.

“Well… I think that’s roughly it… Ah! And that’s right. The winning pair will be able to participate in the anti-fighting pair match as our class representative!”

…Is there anything like that?

I couldn’t remember because I didn’t take 1st place.

I was at the level of an ordinary honor student until the first year, so I never boasted of overwhelming skills or took first place.

But now, if you put your mind to it, it’s like kids who haven’t even gotten a rank yet…

I looked around my classmates.

It seems that there are no useful talents.

Except for Harin, who was right next to me, there was no one who could see the cotyledon.

If this is the case, I thought that the representative of our class would probably become us.

When the homeroom teacher finished explaining, he said that he would give him time to devise a strategy for each pair from now on.

Moving to the corner of the training ground, we thought we were devising a winning strategy…

“Inwook-ah.”

“Huh?”

Harin wriggled her lips to see if she had something to say.

“If it’s okay with you…”

What kind of story are you hesitating about?

“Can’t we just lose this pair tournament once?”

…Huh?

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