The Kids I Saved Are Too Strong chapter 2

2 – Hayeon Baek-2

‘That little boy has grown up like that… .`

It was quite different from when I was younger, but I recognized it right away. Her hair, which was always covered in dust and grime, shone as brilliantly as her talent, and her eyes, which sparkled in the past, contained the strength she had acquired on her own.

‘Why did you think it wasn’t?’

If you’ve seen the picture in the article, if you’ve seen her face on the news, there’s no way you wouldn’t have recognized Baek Ha-yeon as the girl she met when she was a child.

‘Actually, you might have known.’

I didn’t look at her on purpose. I changed the channel whenever I saw her face on the news.

When I couldn’t change the channel, I looked away. That person has been deceiving himself that he is not the child I know.

But now I can’t fool myself. The image of the child who has grown wonderfully has already been imprinted in my mind.

The eyes that had endured the weight of the world while looking at me alone shone loftily, as if they could put everything in the world under them, and the dust-covered hair shone flawlessly white.

I was really proud of him as a brother. When I think of her well-developed figure, a warm smile forms in a corner of my heart.

When we broke up 15 years ago, I remembered the child who cried out that he couldn’t do anything without his older brother.

‘You can’t do anything without me, you grew up so wonderfully.’

She grew up well without me. You don’t have to be by my side.

‘Isn’t that what you left for in the first place?’

I ran away first so that I, who had no talent, would not hold her back, and I, who had not even awakened, would become her weakness. Because I didn’t have anything other than the leftovers I learned to live. Being around her doesn’t help.

Being by her side only becomes her weakness. I don’t know if there are factions within the Sun Guild, but I could be taken hostage by an enemy faction and not be able to do what I was supposed to do while she focused on me.

‘I have to move home first.’

To avoid contact with her,

It feels like my confused mind has been sorted out to some extent. Have I withdrawn because I live too comfortably these days? I hated myself for thinking that I wanted to live a comfortable life relying on my sister even for a moment.

Okay, let’s forget her completely, since she didn’t recognize me anyway, I’d just move my residence to the outskirts of town and live a quiet life.

It will cost more money than living in the slums, but with the money saved up, you will be able to last for a while.

He stood up holding his bloody knee broken on the stone floor.

I trudged down an empty alley. It was late at night and it was clear that the property would not be open, but I didn’t want to sleep at home.

As I walked without thinking, I passed the boundary between the slums and the downtown area and arrived at our gun shop.

– belt ring

“Who’s the show?”

The boss, who was cleaning the gun, said without even looking at the door.

`It’s not a welcome show, it’s a who show… . Most of them must be guests.`

He smiled lightly and opened his mouth.

“It’s me. Lee Soo-hyun.”

“Huh? How long have you been away from work? Did you come as a guest? I ran out of bullets… What happened?”

Did you get that tea?

After working together for 10 years, it seems that there are things I can understand even without talking.

“Nothing special. I just want to sleep with a warm back today. Can I sleep here?”

“I don’t mind sleeping, but are you really okay?”

“Because nothing happened?”

The boss’s eyes were filled with bitter concern.

‘It’s a bit rough, but he’s a good person.’

I’m rather sorry that I haven’t been able to reveal my inner feelings yet.

“Can I sleep on the sofa?”

“Okay, sleep well.”

I stretched out on the guest sofa. There is no way a guest will come in the middle of the night, and even if they do, you just have to wake up.

I fell asleep quickly, whether it was because I was struggling to get the momentum of an S-class Awakener or because I was exhausted from meeting an old relationship after a long time.

***

“Wow, you’re so strong.”

It was a childhood memory. After cutting down all the monsters attacking me, only my older brother talked to me while I was crying.

“I can’t eat this part because it’s so tough I can’t swallow it.”

It was different from the strong and ignorant me. My older brother was only 10 years old, but he was very mature and knew a lot.

“Whoah!! I thought I was going to die, are you okay?”

My brother did not awaken, but he was much better at surviving than he was. Sometimes he fought better than me. I could have survived just by following him wherever he went.

“I’m glad I got food today, right?”

It was all thanks to my older brother that I, who was only strong and could do nothing, was able to eat enough food to avoid starving to death.

“You’ll make it big. I guarantee you.”

Without my older brother, I was nothing. It was close to my brother’s confidence, but I didn’t believe my brother’s words that I would become a great person or succeed. But every time my brother gave me words of encouragement, I would imagine myself living happily ever after with great success.

“Name? Well? I don’t really need to know it. Isn’t brother’s a good enough title?”

My brother hid his name until the end. No matter how earnestly he asked, he only shook his head with a bitter smile.

I should have heard your name at all costs… .

“Hello? We belong to the Sun Guild, and I want to recruit you to our guild.”

At that time, I did not accept the offer. My older brother told me that this was an opportunity and that I had to seize it, so I entered the Sun Guild.

‘If I knew I would never see my older brother again, I would never have entered!!’

After entering the sun guild, I couldn’t meet my brother. My older brother did not show up in front of me, saying that I was only a hindrance to you.

With the determination to meet his brother again, he rose to the high position of captain of a city’s security. It has become an S-class Awakener that there are less than 10 people on the Korean Peninsula.

And today, as if to prove that my life has not been wrong, I met my older brother again, whom I have longed to meet.

“Taehyun, come out.”

The shadow shimmered, and a black figure began to rise.

“The person I just met, Lee Soo-hyun, closely monitor me, make sure he never escapes.”

In-young lowered her head once and disappeared into the shadows of the night.

My faithful confidant, my brother will follow me wherever he goes and report back to me.

When the shadow’s presence completely disappeared, my face turned into joy.

“I found it… I found it!”

could be recognized at a glance. there’s no way you wouldn’t notice My older brother is my benefactor and was the reason for me to exist in the world, so if I don’t notice it, I’m committing a huge sin.

My older brother, whom I met after 15 years, had grown up nicely while retaining his childhood image. Although he became serious compared to when he was younger, there was a sense of playfulness in one corner of his face, and his eyes with a clear direction gave the impression that he was a strong person.

As for the height… . It looked shorter than me, but considering how my brother had lived and lived up until now, he wasn’t that short. Rather, it was small and cute.

When my brother turned around at my call, I thoughtlessly hugged him and almost cried.

But I persevered. I hoped his mouth would convince me that he was my brother.

I wanted you to tell me that I’m your brother and that I’ve been doing well on my own so far.

`I don’t know.’

My expectations were shattered by a sentence made up of only four letters.

My brother must have recognized me. The emotion in his eyes was not fear that a Higher Awakener was looking at him, but one of bewilderment and surprise.

‘Why did you say that?!’

I am the person you were looking for. With that one word, everyone would have been happy… .

She didn’t know why her brother had said such a thing, or why he pretended not to know her even after recognizing her. She was unaware of her heavenly brother’s intentions.

`I don’t know what my brother is thinking about denying me, but I’ll follow his will for now… . But I can’t wait too long.’

Her eyes shone dangerously.

For the past five years, I have been desperately looking for my brother. Trash who dared to pretend to be a brother cut off their limbs and fed them to monsters. I wanted to find it earlier, but before that I was powerless.

He didn’t even care when everyone said he was dead. My older brother is not one to die from monsters. It must be alive somewhere. With that in mind, I came to see my brother.

`Barely… . I barely found it.`

but what? don’t know? Are you a brother? me?

My fever rose momentarily, but then I realized that I was angry with my brother and calmed myself down.

‘I’ll give you just one week. Please reveal the identity of the older brother in it.`

Otherwise I don’t know what I would do.

Suddenly, I thought that the image of my older brother crying and complaining that he hadn’t done well would be quite cute.