300 – EP.11 Promise-2
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“Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”
I was worried. She looked at him with a troubled face.
“I caught the Four Heavenly Kings you begged for?”
“Someone begged me!”
She screamed, and Inho covered her ears.
“Oh noisy! I got it, I got it.”
“Seeing.”
As if her anger wasn’t subsiding, her shoulders moved violently.
“But, will people’s memories be erased too? I’m not sure.”
“You’ll know tomorrow. But it doesn’t matter if it isn’t erased.”
“It would be a pain if even my face was exposed.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Anyway, his identity is unclear.”
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“…Still.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. If you can’t erase people’s memories with the power of the stars, I just have to be careful. And don’t keep complaining, I didn’t say anything about the conditions you asked for.”
“…Okay. I just feel like I don’t benefit you.”
When he came out strong, Kim Seong-ah took a step back.
“It’s late, do you want to eat something? Aren’t you hungry?”
Perhaps he thought the story was over, he got up and headed to the refrigerator.
“No, I’m tired so I’ll just sleep.”
“Really? First, I need to see what ingredients we have.”
Kim Seong-ah saw him rummaging through the ingredients left in the refrigerator and thinking about what to make tomorrow.
“Mister.”
“Why?”
“Why did you have to say such a condition? There is absolutely no reason for you to do it.”
“So you’ve been a magical girl for a reason?”
“That…”
“I’m doing it because I have the power to do so. I don’t have a special sense of duty. I’m happy if people’s daily lives are preserved, so I’m doing it.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
Still for a moment. Kim Seong-ah, who could not stand the silence, opened her mouth again.
“I have another question.”
“What else?”
“Don’t you hate it when a young girl says you like it? Don’t men like young girls?”
“Hey, do you know that when men see a child, they say, ‘Waaat'”? Just learn the weird stuff.”
“Still, isn’t it better to be young than old? You’re not a eunuch, are you?”
“Did you hurt your head during the fight earlier? Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
“It’s because it’s important to me.”
Kim Seong-ah suddenly woke up. Seeing that serious face, Kang In-ho sighed and closed the refrigerator door.
“I tend to think that before considering whether a person is older or younger, taller or shorter… It’s important to see if I’m a good fit first.”
“But appearance is also important.”
“Yes, it’s important. There was a time when I thought it was important too.”
“Then….”
“But.”
He cut off his words.
“But, what’s important is whether it suits me well. No matter how pretty she is or how much money she has.”
At the bitter smile he gave, Kim Seong-ah covered her mouth.
To inquire further, it was because I could not estimate how many wounds there were.
“So, think about it carefully, too. Maybe the crush you have right now isn’t affection. It could just be a feeling that came from being lonely and needing someone to rely on.”
“I…!”
“It’s okay. It’s late, so go to bed. I’ll clean up here and sleep.”
“I’ll help you too.”
“Just sleep. You must be very tired.”
“Okay.”
In response to her firm refusal, Kim Seong-ah went up to the second floor.
Only after Kang In-ho heard the sound of the door closing did she open the refrigerator door and start organizing her inside.
“Oh, everything is ruined.”
He clicked his tongue as if he was disappointed that the side dishes he had prepared went bad.
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By the time he finished organizing the inside of the refrigerator, the day had already passed.
Thankful that the next day was a holiday, he went up to the second floor.
It’s not like I’m taking a break on holidays, but at least I can prepare Seong-ah’s breakfast late.
“You look like you’re sleeping.”
He muttered as he passed by her quiet door.
Then open the room across from you. As if she had cleaned it up, his room was neatly organized.
He threw himself on the bed. My body fell onto the soft mattress and rose slightly.
“It’s hard.”
As the tension went away, muscle pain came from all over my body.
He stretched his right hand toward the ceiling. He opens and closes his hand. And then he drops his hand on the bed again.
I said I was used to it, but my eyes are closing due to the fatigue accumulated from living on the street and the stamina lost from today’s fight with the Four Heavenly Kings.
“Ah… I’m sleepy.”
I tried to resist the force of my eyelids pressing down more and more, but I was helpless.
Like that, your vision closes and your consciousness flies somewhere.
Kang In-ho drifted in an ambiguous point between her dreams and reality.
– Dalkkak
Along with the sound of the door opening, I heard footsteps.
The sound he heard so carefully, as if just passing by, actually stimulated his ears.
The bed shakes once. It looks like someone has climbed onto the bed.
And then a figure rises from below him.
Hot breath touches his nose.
He lifted his eyes with difficulty.