142 – Guard-1
“How long do I have to stay at this size?”
Today is the 4th day since my height decreased.
If it’s long, it’s a long time, if it’s short, it’s a short time, but for me it was an incredibly long time.
“Are you uncomfortable?”
“No, it’s not uncomfortable.”
Where would you be uncomfortable? The women do all the work in the house, and I just sit still, but I rarely have to work hard even when I have something to play, so there was little discomfort in my life.
“Then why do you want to keep growing?”
“It’s because I originally wanted to find my height. You can’t be shorter forever.”
“Everyone likes you if you put up with your brother, so why do you keep wanting to grow up?
Don’t you want to listen?
I took out the excuse I had been thinking about this morning.
“You can’t go anywhere else with this height.”
“Why can’t I go? If my brother wants it, I can leave.”
“You can go out, but you can’t be treated like an adult. You’ll probably be treated like a child wherever you go.”
“Isn’t it okay to be treated like a child?”
The younger man tilted his head and said.
“I’m going out to do something because I’m afraid I’ll get depressed if I’m at home alone. Wouldn’t it be nice to be treated like a child?”
“What do you have to do when you go out?”
“I don’t know that, so maybe I’m going out to find it? To be honest, it’s boring because I’ve been missing a lot lately. At least, the last time I sneaked in, I was angry, and I got shorter while infiltrating, but I felt alive.”
“So you want to do something that will make you feel alive?”
“right.”
Even when the kids go to work, at least one of them stays in the room, and when everyone goes to work, they turn over to Liu Ying and Hyeon-soo, so it’s a little better, but there are times when lethargy overflows all over the body.
“Should we all talk about this once?”
“Can’t I think about it after growing my height? First of all, you have more options when you’re tall than when you’re short.”
“You can decide what to do first, and if you need your height at that time, you can just go back. Why are you trying to increase your height now?”
Really… do these guys really like it when the person they like is stocky?
“Even putting the issue of your brother’s height aside, I think it’s clear that we need to create a new interest for you. It’s to the point that he says he’s going to get depressed, so let’s talk about it when we’re together tonight.”
I feel like a wife who is alone at home after her husband goes to work.
“Is there anything you want to do?”
“I don’t think of anything right now… Even if you say you’re good at it, it’s only about fighting. But no matter how well a non-Awakened person fights, it’s meaningless.”
“There is no point in fighting.”
The young man let out a deep sigh.
“Aren’t you interested in sports?”
“Sports? Is there anyone who is interested in it or not?”
“Yes, high-ranking people also play screen golf…”
“You don’t want to tell me to go play golf by looking at me, even in this state.”
“hahahaha, of course not.”
Time passed without an answer.
“I’m here.”
“Ah, Heavenly Demon-nim is here.”
“Yes, I came.”
“Did you work out well?”
“There’s no such thing as a solution. I came here after hearing a regular report, so I didn’t do anything else.”
You haven’t been there since dawn, so you must have been to China?
“Isn’t the atmosphere a bit dark? I think the two of us would be having fun together if it’s the tension of a younger person.”
“That’s it. My older brother says he’s living a very boring and gloomy life these days. He’s often alone at home and doesn’t do anything desperately.”
“Hmm, that’s understandable. After returning from the Heavenly Demonic Church, except for the last infiltration, I spent most of my time playing. I think it’s inevitable that Ahae, who has lived a fierce life, feels bored.”
“I’m wondering if there’s a better way.”
“I think we’d better talk about it once everyone’s back.”
While waiting for Wol-ha and Ha-yeon to return, boredom grew.
As I repeated rolling on the floor without thinking, the Heavenly Demon and the younger sister stopped me with worried expressions.
“Ahahahaha, is it that hard?”
“It’s not that hard…”
Two more hours passed like that, and Ha-yeon and Wol-ha left work.
“Urgent meeting! Urgent meeting!”
When the younger man shouted, Liu Ying suddenly jumped out of the porch.
‘How did you hear?’
Did you turn on the walkie-talkie?
“What kind of emergency meeting is this all of a sudden? Did something big happen?”
“My older brother is so bored and depressed these days. There’s nothing to do and nothing to work hard on.”
“That’s right, because my height has decreased, what I can do has also decreased.”
“He doesn’t seem to have much of a problem with his height… It’s something worth thinking about.”
“I mean.”
Everyone sat in a circle on the sofa and started thinking.
“You said you wished there was something you could work hard on, right?”
“Oh, I guess it doesn’t matter.”
“How about joining the guard as a new member?
“Isn’t that a bad idea?”
Thinking about the last infiltration, there was a high probability that the job of the security guard would relieve my boredom enough, and there was a high probability that I would have to turn the key again to work as a security guard, so I thought it was really okay.
“Brother, all of our guards know how to dress, so we can’t give you back your height. If you tidy up your hair and put on circle lenses for your hair color, I think you can fake it almost perfectly.”
“…Do I really have to wear a disguise?”
“If you join the guards as my brother, will you be able to do your duty properly? Of course you have to disguise yourself.”
“If Ahae joins the guard, I will also join the guard. It’s the same for me to stay still at home, but if Ahae leaves, I’ll be left alone. I don’t want to experience that, so I request that I be put in the guard too.”
“Do you think it’ll be all right? With Heavenly Demon-nim by your side, there’s less danger.”
There was a very positive atmosphere.
“To maintain tension, I will only use A-rank Awoken or lower performances no matter what.”
“Is the tension maintained at the level of an A-class Awakener? Shouldn’t it be lowered to B or C?”
“No, it’s not even a job to explode a gate if you work roughly as an A-class Awakener.”
Wol-ha, who was relatively unfamiliar with the work of the guards, was refuted by Ha-yeon.
“Then, let’s talk to the guild leader first, and let’s go with the setting of two guards dispatched from Sol. To be precise, the newcomers who came out for training? A woman who is an A-class awakened but doesn’t know much about guard work, and a non-awakened, but a man with great skills. I think it would be nice to do.”
In a short amount of time, the settings piled up.
“Brother, how do you explain your age? Do you keep it as your actual age? Or do you make it younger?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to shorten it a bit? I’m 25 years old with that impression, so it would be very awkward.”
“Then how about 17 years old? It’s not too young, but if you say you didn’t eat well when you were young and grew very slowly, I think it’s an appropriate age.”
Once the alternative of the guard came out, the meeting went very easily.
“There’s a lot to do in the gate department, but I’m in the position of receiving training anyway, so I think it’s okay to take turns learning.”
“If after experiencing so many places, if you feel that this job is not interesting or not suitable for you, you can say that you have entered a solo career and quit. If you find fun in one place, I think you can continue working in that department.”
“Okay, that’ll work.”
The two Baek sisters, who knew everything about the guards, had a hard meeting and came to a conclusion.
“When should I start entering?”
“It’s normal for guard officers to be appointed a week after being notified, so I think we can just tell them that new recruits are coming next week tomorrow and start next week.”
“Let’s go talk to the guild leader first. We need to talk to Sol.”
It was late in the evening if it was late, but the guild leader greeted us with a smile as we suddenly teleported.
Since he was a guild leader who knew the existence of the Heavenly Demon, he might have thought that there would be intangible benefits even if he hid his healing skills and joined the guard.
‘Or maybe I just said okay because I didn’t want to be annoyed by the Heavenly Demon.’
After getting permission from the guild leader, the next task was easier.
After going to the place where I dyed my hair the other day and getting my hair dyed and cut, I paid about 10 million won along with a confidentiality agreement to keep it a secret from others to keep my mouth shut, and even received the uniforms worn by the guards.
“Doesn’t the Heavenly Demon need a different disguise?”
“It’s okay. It’s not common for the Heavenly Demon to go outside anyway, and if you want to hide your identity as a guard, you can go out in your original form.”
So everything is ready.