#50. …I found it.
I had already been bombarded with nagging by Jena, and for the rest of the rehabilitation period, I hardly went out and just stayed at home.
It was weak, but I could feel the magic slowly returning.
Of course, I thought that it was far from getting back to normal, but I thought it was fortunate that it was not getting worse.
The media was very hot due to the Yangjae Magic Tool Workshop incident.
The captured Sulwhasoo adherents were detained as they were, and Lee Ji-eun was revered as a hero who saved an academy class.
Because she was not yet familiar with the official statue, she could not find a place to put her eyes on the popping camera flash on the TV screen.
[How did you come up with the idea of leaving that place alone?]
[A man who was there told me about it.]
[It is said that 30 Sulwhasoo believers were found at the site. Is it true?]
The press was in the middle of the press.
There were only 10 people.
[There weren’t that many. About 10 people?]
[Then, did you take down all 10 people by yourself? Great!]
[I didn’t do it alone… Some man…]
She kept trying to turn her ball towards me, but it did not start.
I was not only in disguise at the time, but now my academy people knew that I couldn’t go to school because I was sick.
There was no one who could say that I was there.
People seemed to be much more interested in her performance, called a genius, than the mysterious man who left no trace.
I turned off the TV and turned on a pleasant stretch.
“Yeah, this is it~”
Of course, if it hadn’t been for Lee Ji-eun’s help, a catastrophe would have happened, but I felt good because the purpose was achieved.
With this, I succeeded in preventing the death of innocent people through the first chance I had again.
That was enough.
But at the same time, there were some concerns.
Sulwhagyo.
It’s a little bit further in the future for them to appear above the surface, but their identities were discovered because of me.
I had no idea how this element would change the future.
If Sulwhagyo were to be cleared before it inflated its size, there would be nothing better, but conversely, if they hid in a deeper shade, troublesome situations would occur.
Clearly, their internal policy was to change with this incident.
There were many great events that Sulwhagyo caused that I still remember.
It was questionable whether they would reproduce it in the same way.
Well… You’ll find out when you go.
If it was around that time, I thought maybe I would be able to regain the power of my previous life.
First of all, Sulwhagyo was Sulwhagyo, and I had a bigger problem right now.
Coming back tomorrow.
The return to the academy was a problem.
Harin must be sitting right next to me…
It was as if the blood had dried up in the awkward airflow that was already flowing between us.
Sihwa was also no different.
The message that the student council president sent me last night was that the first-year activities have resumed, so take care of yourself and come back.
In that case, I have to participate in the student council activities again…
And last.
Club.
Jena went in and out of this place as if it were her own house from time to time during my stay with her.
She became very close with her mother, and sooner or later, her mother was eager to tell her the password to her house.
Every time she tried to get the story right about something regression, Jena turned the subject like a loach.
She wanted to hear with her mouth exactly what she was thinking, but she never answered.
But one thing was certain: she really cared about me.
As far as I know, she was living a different life from Sihwa and Harin.
It was not economically sufficient, and there would not be much leisure time.
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Nevertheless, every time she came, she brought home even a small amount of vitamins.Even if I said that I was really okay, she was like that every time I told her to just eat and get better.
Does Jena want to be good with me again like other ex-wives…?
Even with these thoughts, in a corner of my heart, I thought that it was impossible.
She was me who did her terrible things to her.
Jenna thought that maybe it was because I was pitiful, so she was doing me a favor.
I was hit by Ezion and became a body that even an A-class hunter could not defeat alone.
Because I fell from the top of the S-class, does good Yena feel sorry for me with sympathy?
If that’s the case, my heart hurts a bit.
I calmly finished preparing to go to the academy and laid down on the bed.
You’ll find out if you go.
…Tomorrow’s I came to know that sometimes there are things that you don’t know even if you go there.
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When I arrived at my class, the kids in the class rushed towards me.
“Hey! Choi Inwook! Are you okay?”
“Wow. But I made a really good save in the final. It’s a pity.”
“Do you know what happened to Park Min-seok?”
I was distracted by their surprise bombing of questions.
Usually, why is everyone doing this when they weren’t interested…
“Everyone. Stop it.”
Harin put the bag down next to me and stopped them.
“…In-wook is a patient. I know it’s because it’s nice, but I want you to be a little more considerate.”
To Harin’s firm tone, the children said they were sorry and went back to their seats.
It’s okay if you don’t do that…
Harin, who used to talk clearly to her other children, was not tired of seeing her eyes with me when I looked at her.
“Mo… Are you okay?”
Harin seemed careful even to speak her words to me.
“Yeah. It’s a lot better.”
Her shoulders looked unusually small these days.
“I’m glad…”
After those words, Harin did not speak to me.
It was a completely different attitude from her, who was always clinging to me, saying that the pair was always one.
“…Harin-ah.”
When the bell rang to end her class, I called her name first.
Harin’s body flinched, perhaps startled by my voice.
“Uh…”
“Would you like to see this for a second?”
Harin showed her face to me for the first time today.
…I lost a lot of weight.
It was her face that looked as if nothing but leather remained.
She was still skinny, but she was so skinny that Harin had barely any bones left.
“…That looks ugly. I’m sorry.”
As I stared at her face without saying anything, she smiled awkwardly and bowed her head again.
How painful was it?
It was clear that she hadn’t even eaten properly.
It would not have been possible for a person to dry up to this level in one week without it.
My heart hurt more for nothing because she was more patient than me.
“Wait a minute.”
I opened the bag and handed a vitamin that Jena brought to Harin.
“This is…”
“It’s just a vitamin. The complexion looks so bad.”
Harin did not put her vitamins in her mouth, but held them tightly in her hands.
“Thank you… Inuk-ah. But you know…”
Harin licked her lips to make sure her mouth didn’t come off.
“It’s okay if you don’t mind me. I’m really okay… Don’t worry about it.”
Seeing her smiling helplessly, the words “I’m fine” Almost reached her throat.
Although Harin’s emaciated appearance was heartbreaking for her, she should not defend what she had done.
However, I couldn’t say that I would know, so I got up and said to her.
“Still, I always eat rice.”
It was my unadorned sincerity.
I left the classroom and headed to the club room.
There were two people in the club that I was grateful to, one was a yeoman who always came to my house, and the other was the manager who sent me texts every day.
To be honest, it was difficult for Oh Tae-soo to figure out if he was worried about me or if he was just bored.
However, I really wanted to say thank you to him for sending me links to a collection of funny videos telling him to laugh while watching these things, even though it hurts.
It was something that could only be done with sincerity.
When I opened the door to the poor room, the manager went inside the blanket as usual and didn’t even look at this side.
“…Are you okay?”
“Me?”
It wasn’t the voice he had expected, so he kicked the blanket and got up.
“Oh oh oh! Who is this? It’s Inwook! Are you feeling okay? Ezion said you got hit. It’s not like that? It’s over there.”
Don’t say anything terrible. You.
Suddenly remembered from my previous life, I almost suffered from trauma.
“Still, thanks to seniors, I was able to spend time smiling at home.”
A nonsense is nonsense, and a thank you is a thank you.
“Isn’t it fun? Is that what I see in the office every day? I’ll recommend another series as well.”
He was overreacting to the point that I wondered if he responded for nothing.
I was likely to hear his profound philosophy of humor for an hour if I stayed here, but I went out of my way to go to the hospital.
Ugh. Get lost
I only listened to it for about 20 minutes, but it felt like I had only listened to it for two hours.
I need to go home and rest.
As I dragged my heavy steps through the hallway, I felt someone running towards me from behind.
Is there another rebirth like Jena who is part-timer?
However, as the distance narrows, the sense of incongruity is felt.
This is…
I reflexively turned around and struck the attack that was aimed at my neck with my fingertips.
“…Found it.”
Lee Ji-eun in the uniform of Sehwa Hunter Academy was looking at me with red eyes.