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***
Inside the Vice President’s Office.
This time, Seo Hyun-woo personally visited the vice president’s office.
Normally, there was hardly any opportunity to leave the student council president’s office to carry out work or to think about various things.
The succession festival had just ended, and there were still problems with the managers, so I stopped by once.
“…orchids are not going to be easy to manage.”
“It’s not as difficult as you might think. If you put it in a shaded place, it will grow well on its own.”
Baek Seo-yeon gave the central sofa she was using to Seo Hyeon-woo and sat on the sofa next to her.
Seo Hyun-woo glances at the orchid by the window and sips his teacup straight away.
“You should still give me water.”
“You don’t even need to water it often. Sometimes just putting it outside whenever it rains is enough.
“That… the leaves were often cleaned, too.”
“It doesn’t mean much. Wouldn’t it look ugly when dust accumulates on the leaves?”
“Are you just wiping the dust off? Isn’t there any other reason?”
“Yes.”
Baek Seo-yeon gave a soft smile and answered softly.
Did you know that Seo Hyun-woo would ask such a trivial question?
It’s something I’ve always felt, but I wondered if that humanity wasn’t highlighted today.
“Can I not get the sunlight?”
“I leave it for you to receive it from time to time.”
“Ah, it looks like the leaves were also cut.”
“Sometimes it’s good to cut it.”
“Well…”
Seo Hyun-woo finds a bookshelf in one corner and observes it carefully.
There were mainly books on the development of the awakened’s ability, the operation of magic, and the improvement of strength and stamina.
Seo-yeon Baek followed Seo Hyun-woo’s gaze and opened her mouth first, looking at the bookshelf.
“I had never seen a book like that. I wanted to beat the president, so I bought one.”
“If you add effort to your talent, no one can beat you.”
“…we haven’t beaten the president yet.”
“If you say the same thing, your mouth will only hurt.”
“What does it mean to win after you become an old man?”
“You seem to be looking too far.”
Seo Hyun-woo laughed and shook his head.
Even though he said that, he did not neglect training.
Rather, he would have more training than himself because he went to the personal training room at a set time every day.
“But you can’t win after you die, can you?”
“If there is an afterlife, it’s not quite impossible.”
“Do you believe in something like an afterlife?”
“I don’t believe it. So did you assume that there is?”
“…”
Baek Seo-yeon, at a loss for words, reaches out for a teacup.
Seo Hyun-woo could not break the silence first and only swallowed the silence.
“You already know that those two have been disciplined.”
“Did it really need to be? It’s okay to follow the rules, but I think it’s too much.”
“You’re not like the president. You haven’t forgotten the work of the former head of the Special Forces, have you?”
“You have to look at it differently. They just kissed lightly.”
“Kissing is also considered promiscuous. The president once told me to refrain from engaging in promiscuity in Miterichi.”
Seo Hyun-woo does not ask any more and shuts his mouth again.
Seo-yeon Baek proceeded with her work according to the rules, and there was no reason for her to stop it.
Above all, it must have been that the direction toward disciplinary action was solidified because of the case of the former head of the special division.
“If that’s the case, then I’m the only one who became the bad guy. You would think that you fell on purpose because you risked something that could have been passed on.”
“Whatever you think, that is their freedom. Didn’t the president follow my will, knowing that it was not right?”
“Because you are not wrong.”
“I am the same. As long as you do not act as a problem, I will always be on your side.”
Seo Hyun-woo nodded his head and believed him.
In fact, there were several times when Baek Seo-yeon moved separately for herself.
Since he has shown consistent behavior for a long time, of course, he has no choice but to trust.
“Still, the punishment was a little weak.”
“There is a 14-day ban, and I have to do volunteer work in Miterici for 7 days. It seems that the president looked after him a lot because he was a manager.”
“But you can’t get kicked out of your position as a manager, can you? Even if I was the chairman, I couldn’t do that because it was a waste.”
“There is no use in having good skills. Breaking the rules and acting arbitrarily will only get in the way.”
Baek Seo-yeon was feeling proud about the disciplinary action given to Kang Jin-ha and Yoo Si-eun.
I didn’t like what I was doing, and I thought it was the cause of spreading bad rumors about the student council.
But at the same time, he violated Miterichi’s rules during the succession system, so he didn’t hesitate to ask for disciplinary action.
“I can’t even meet the two of you face to face.”
“It doesn’t get better just because we meet face to face.”
“Vice President, I think you are showing too much personal feelings.”
“Do I have any reason to hide my personal feelings?”
“…not.”
Seo Hyeon-woo answers directly, but looks at Baek Seo-yeon’s face.
Contrary to his words, his indifferent expression did not seem to have changed.
However, since the pitch and feel of the voice changed, it seemed that the emotional expression had been achieved a little.
“It is the dungeon practice period soon. It shouldn’t be as problematic as last year.”
“Is it okay to think about dungeon practice later?”
Seo Hyun-woo unconsciously answers and falls into thoughts.
Soon, Invokers would appear on Mt. Bukhan.
Originally, the citizens living near Bukhansan would be killed or injured by Invokers, but measures have already been taken.
“What do you mean?”
“… There is still time before the dungeon practice begins, right? Let’s think about it a little more leisurely.”
Seo Hyun-woo is belatedly coping with his speech mistake and glances at Baek Seo-yeon.
Baek Seo-yeon did not take her eyes off her.
Perhaps he knew that his words had a special meaning, and he was trying to understand them somehow.
“Did you find anything?”
“What am I?”
“Aren’t you always prepared before an accident happens?”
“I’m not that smart.”
Baek Seo-yeon had already thought that Seo Hyun-woo had the ability to see the future.
Otherwise, it would not be possible to respond quickly and flexibly to the accidents that have occurred so far.
However, there was a bit of awkwardness in seeing the future, so I couldn’t be sure.
“We’ll have to check it out later. If it is as expected of the president, an accident will occur somewhere before the dungeon practice begins.”
“So you mean that an accident proves that I can see the future?”
“I don’t know. I’m just guessing. Maybe it’s a good feeling, or maybe it’s something you really want to relax.”
“I think I set my standards too high.”
“no. The level of the president has always been high. That fact is nothing compared to seeing the future.”
Seo Hyun-woo meets Baek Seo-yeon’s eyes and keeps silence.
Then, he immediately emptys the teacup and turns his gaze naturally.
Since I spent a lot of time with Baek Seo-yeon, I thought that I might have gotten suspicious.
‘Did you pretend to know too much? I don’t think it was that way.’
***
Near Bukhansan Bohyeonbong.
A small magic crack was occurring in the air.
It seemed like a blue air stream was flowing out little by little, and then it gradually increased in size.
Eventually, the magic rift created a huge gate and started to let something through.
Zuz, uh…
Jigsaw, Jigsaw!
A yellow current bounces wildly and wraps around the gate.
At the same time, legs covered with blue scales cross the gate one after another.
It looked like it was the leg of a horse, but because it looked so thick and hard, it was immediately recognized that it was the body of a monster.
“Kurre…”
A blue snout and blackish horns followed him.
The black eyes embedded in the yolk quickly scan the reversed background.
Drop… Drop…
There were wounds engraved on the body that passed through the gate.
I thought that the broken left horn and the diagonal wound around the left eye were the most conspicuous.
Other than that, orange fluid was flowing from the wounds everywhere.
“Kreuk… Whooping… Whooping…”
The monster with blue scales barely crosses the gate and hangs a huge body on top of the peak.
Then, breathing hard, he quickly clears the gate.
Jijik… Hwareuk!
Supportive, damn it!
The nearby trees were burning violently due to the electric current spurting out of the monster.
In addition, it was enough to shatter it into pieces, leaving soot on the rock wall.
The yellow electric current continued to spread, and the earth cracked and dark clouds were about to form in the clear sky.
Touk, thump.
Pavat, surre…
The current streams were constantly increasing in size while interlocking with each other.
As a result, the animals around them died without even screaming.
The birds that flew in the sky fell helplessly, and the animals that flew on the ground became black masses.
In fact, it was no less than a disaster in the world, and if left as it is, Bukhansan Mountain would be completely destroyed.
“Wow!”
***
On the outskirts of Bukhansan, near the temporary command post.
The waiting hunters were quickly gathering towards the temporary command post.
Not only the hunters in Seoul, but also the hunters in each province were all called.
The Setinos Hunters responded to the committee’s call, and four people were present here.
“I can’t see it as a third-class monster.”
“Isn’t it grade 2 or higher?”
“With that level of power, I think I should hit a level 2 or higher.”
“If it had been before the injury, it might have been graded first.”
Han Yoo-jeong answered while looking at Bukhansan Bohyeonbong with binoculars.
A considerable amount of electric current was pouring out from the monster lying on the bohyeonbong.
There, a fire was rising around it, producing black smoke.
‘I hoped it would be as the student council president said… If I hadn’t taken action in advance, I would have wasted my time evacuating the citizens. As in Cheorwon, how do you expect all these things?’
Han Yoo-jeong puts down her binoculars and feels relief later.
Even seasoned hunters could not predict the appearance of monsters with just a few pieces of evidence.
But, didn’t Seo Hyun-woo persuade the three Setinos Hunters including himself with certainty?
‘Can you detect the appearance of a monster? No, that doesn’t explain Cheorwon. I might even be able to see the future.’