51 – The girl from the past who changed
“Hello, Wonwoo.”
Han Yu-ra ignoring my words and sending a refreshing greeting.
In line with that freshness, it caught my eye that she was wearing a light blue dress that gave off an innocent atmosphere, rather than the usual flashy clothes that showed off her figure.
“Did you not hear what I said? Why are you here?”
“Ah, it’s been a long time since we met, so why are you so angry?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know that?”
I was very annoyed at Han Yu-ra’s behavior, as if she completely forgot what had happened before.
She had an important practical test right in front of her, but she suddenly came and couldn’t figure out why.
“That’s right…. I’ve been thinking a lot myself too. I did a lot of wrong with Wonwoo. I don’t know that you worked so hard and cared for me. I’m really sorry.”
Han Yoo-ra is apologizing with her head slightly bowed as if she is regretting everything.
Surprise filled her heart at this situation she had never even imagined.
The Han Yoo-ra I know would never show such words and attitude. I thought it was strange and asked if it was someone disguised as Han Yu-ra.
“Who are you?”
“What do you mean? Wonwoo loved him so much, but he was like an idiot who didn’t know that.”
Han Yoo-ra, her distinctive arrogant and unpleasant tone of voice disappeared, and she spoke softly.
She said yes, but she pretended to be kind to be seen by others, and she was completely different from what she was back then.
When she acted, she had the feeling of instilling bright and kind energy, but now she has a gentle appearance without sharpness, like someone who has regretted something.
Of course she said yes, but she wasn’t stupid enough to easily believe it as it seemed, so she pressed on even more.
“So why the hell are you here?”
It’s a bit surprising to see Han Yoo-ra’s sudden change, but she hasn’t changed much at all.
The day Han Yu-ra came. My feelings for Han Yu-ra were empty in my heart. If I say that she remains, she will only have bad points.
Even now, there was no reason that our relationship would change if she repented and apologized.
I was just curious about the reason for her sudden visit. If it’s useless, it’s much easier to send it quickly.
“Isn’t S-class hunters, excluding affiliated guilds, unconditionally obliged to observe the grade review? So the request came from the Hunter Association.”
‘Just looking at it, it’s that human’s fault.’
I remembered the face of the president of the association, who smiled like he had a good impression but seemed to have a sinister mind.
As with the A-class dungeon raid, it was evident that he was aiming for it openly.
I thought we would never meet, but it seems like he wants to cause trouble by somehow tying us up with Han Yu-ra.
“Then can’t we just observe and go? And after a while, I’m nervous because I have a real test right around the corner, so I don’t have time to talk more.”
I didn’t want to see her face any more, and I didn’t like the fact that I kept being forcibly entangled by others, so she hurriedly turned around and said.
“You don’t have to worry about that. They said it would take some time for the president of the association and Hunter Choi Sujeong to come. I have plenty of time.”
There’s no way Han Yu-ra wouldn’t notice that she’s trying to avoid her, but I feel that she clings to me with a strange tenacity.
‘This can’t be…. Isn’t it?’
She came up with an absurd idea, but immediately gave up. It was something she could never have. The Han Yu-ra I know couldn’t do that because of her pride.
She didn’t feel like giving up easily and decided to pry because she wanted to have a purpose.
“I’ll just ask you openly and honestly. Why did you come to see me?”
“… I came because I wanted to see Wonwoo.”
She hesitates for a moment, then makes a shy girlish face and says Han Yu-ra.
If it was the Han Yu-ra I knew, it was the words and expressions she would never say. In the past, I reacted negatively to me for saying such emotional words and hated them by saying all sorts of vicious words.
Seeing the shockingly changed Han Yu-ra, I couldn’t say what I should have said in an instant.
‘I heard that people change before they die. Could it be that?’
She had all sorts of crazy thoughts, and after calming her down a bit, she looked at Han Yu-ra and said:
“If I said it this way, now you know what I mean? I don’t know what kind of trick you’re trying to do with me, but I don’t want to have anything to do with you, so I’d like you to leave.”
In fact, she tried to speak more calmly with ill feelings, but held back.
However, she also said that she had come to observe my re-examination in the first place, and I thought that she might be trying to harm us by using the name of Seong-gwang Guild, which Han Yu-ra belongs to.
It’s a relationship that’s already been sorted out, but if you overreact and get entangled with guilds, it could affect Sujeongi for no reason.
I was having a hard time because I was busy with work, but I couldn’t be a burden too.
Of course, due to Sujeong’s personality, if Han Yu-ra is involved, she’ll rather want her to lash out at her.
“hahahaha, I guess… ? You’ll have no choice but to keep looking at me with a bad gaze. It’s okay though. Because it’s good enough. I can stand it though. I will wait for you to forgive me.”
Han Yu-ra speaks with a sad smile and sorrowful feelings.
I decided to nail it once more to be sure, as the fact that I kept saying something with sincerity as if it were a confession made me feel strange.
“Han Yoo-ra, I don’t have any feelings for you anymore. No, it would be a bad feeling if it stayed. I don’t know what happened after the recent clearing of the Class A dungeon, but it’s never like we meet again. And unlike then, I’m dating Sujeong seriously now. I don’t want to see you anymore.”
She was listening to the words she poured out like rapid fire, and she looked into my eyes.
The cloudy eyes that seemed to be distorted were staring at me. Even so, her body was trembling slightly as if she had been shocked.
Then he lowered his head and muttered so softly that I couldn’t hear him. Then he raised his head again and looked at me and said.
“I understand what you mean. But I still can’t give up on you easily. I’ll wait. Because I did a lot of things wrong. I can endure it.”
“Hey! Han Yoo-ra! I’m not saying… “
Her stubbornness was still the same, and the moment she was about to get angry with Han Yu-ra, who was trying to get her way, suddenly, Han Yu-ra raised her hand to stop her, and then she spat out her words first.
“Eventually you will come back to me. You still don’t know exactly what kind of person Choi Sujeong is, right? Is Choi Soo-jung really as good a person as you thought?”
“What does that mean? I heard something about Sujeong, so I’m just saying it carelessly. I can’t do it properly!”
As I tripped over Sujeongi, I screamed furiously without realizing it.
“There will be a day when we can properly talk about that part. I’ll stop here for today. I saw your face and I can’t disturb you anymore. Good practice test, Wonwoo.”
Han Yu-ra suddenly leaves her last words as if she has finished speaking, then turns and walks away.
I tried to catch him and ask him properly about Sujeong, but I let him think that he might be angry and say something like that to get attention.
Looking at him in that state, he would probably try to approach me again, but then I thought that I should ask properly.
“What? Wonwoo. Why are you with me?”
At that time, Sujeongi’s voice was heard from behind.
When I look back, Soo-jung came over and held my hand and smiled happily.
Looking at that face, I felt that the uncomfortable feeling caused by Han Yu-ra was getting better.
“Han Yu-ra came earlier. She said she came because the Hunter Association had decided that she should be observed.”
At first, she didn’t want to tell me because she thought Sujeong would care, but she said it right away, thinking that if she hid it for no reason, minor misunderstandings might accumulate.
“I see. Even if she invites him, she… You must have been in a lot of trouble.”
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“Yeah, it seems like he still wants to pamper me under him.”
“… Is it so? Anything else besides that?”
Sujeong-i asked me with a slight tremor in her voice that only I could notice.
“Ah, nothing special. Except for the fact that it just felt a little different from usual and that I said it with the feeling that I was trying to stir up a difference.”
“Can you hear what he said?”
“It’s not a big deal. He said something like that, Sujeongi isn’t as good as I thought.”
At those words, Sujeongi asked with a serious face.
“So what did Wonwoo think?”
“Of course I was angry. She is my girlfriend whom I love. If you say something like that!”
“Hey… , also. Thank you.”
Sujeong is smiling as if she’s in a good mood. She didn’t say anything, but when she said she met Han Yoo-ra, she must have been anxious.
She must have believed that considering my personality and what Han Yu-ra did to me, she would never change her mind, but it wasn’t strange that her ex-girlfriend made me feel insecure.
Without saying a word, she stretched out her hand and stroked Sujeongi’s silver hair slowly.
Sujeongi said that her heart is most stable when she is hugged and stroked, so she wanted to comfort her even a little bit.
“I like it, when Wonwoo strokes it, it’s the touch.”
“I also like Soo-jung’s hair so soft that I want to keep stroking it.”
As we were looking at each other like that and feeling affection, a sound flowed from the speaker installed inside.
[The actual test of Hunter Lee Won-woo, who is subject to special re-examination, will be held soon. I would appreciate it if the person in charge, including the target, would gather near the stage. I’ll say it again… ]
“I have to go now. I’ll be watching from the bleachers. I saw Wonwoo’s opponent, but there was nothing special. Do not be burdened and come comfortably. Go for it!”
“Yes. Please watch in peace.”
After Sujeongi cheered me on to give me her confidence, she quickly turned back in the direction she came from and left.
I also walked slowly along the path I had come from before, following Kang Young-ho’s guidance.
On the stage we returned to, unlike before, the safety devices were turned on, and the stage was full of lights.
“This is a real test, but I feel like I’m in a place like the strongest motorcycle.”
As I walked towards the stage with a slightly excited mind, three people sitting in a position with a good view of the stage caught my eye.
They were seated in the order of Sujeongi, the president of the association, and Yura Han. The president, who was sitting comfortably, fell in love with them, and the other two just stared at the stage without saying anything, as if they were conscious of each other.
Especially Sujeongie looks expressionless to other people, but I could see that she was very annoyed in my eyes.
‘It’s hard work, Sujeong too. I have to be around awkward people.’
While I was slightly worried about Sujeong, Kang Young-ho came up to me and started talking to me.
“Hunter Lee Won-woo. Are you ready?”
“Yes.”
“Then let’s get started right away. You can go up on stage now.”
I moved to the steps toward the stage that Kang Young-ho pointed out and climbed the stairs slowly.
As I stepped onto the stage, I saw a man on the other side wearing golden armor and a red ax slung over his shoulder.