Chapter 575 – Chapter 575 Hero Academy (5)
“… Long time no see. Sister.”
An old man who spits out a title that doesn’t match his appearance at all.
“Long time no see. How have you been doing?”
And a young Yeriel who naturally responds to such an old man.
She had been Yeriel, who had often shown a smile, but she approached the old man with a more natural smile.
But she had a woman who rushed forward faster than she did.
“President! Why don’t you go all the way here….”
“It’s not anyone else, it’s natural that I’m coming out to meet you, since my sister came to visit….”
“Whoa… I’ve got another thing to do with my doctor.”
A secretary in her 40s hurriedly approached the old man and started urging him.
President and secretary.
It was a word and action that seemed like it should never happen in terms of rank, but on the outside, it felt like a conversation between a father and a daughter.
Haha… If it’s not like this, I’ll try moving again sometime.”
“Whoa….”
The old man, who smiled rather happily at the secretary’s sigh, began to look at me and Seong Su-ah, not at Yeriel and the secretary.
Then he opened his mouth.
“Hmm… Maybe those friends… ?”
“Yes. It is them.”
With the secretary’s words, the old man’s electric wheelchair moved and began to approach us.
What was surprising was the fact that the wheelchair was naturally approaching us, as if nerves were connected, even though we didn’t lift our fingers.
After arriving in front of Seong Soo-ah, the chairman smiled benevolently and lowered his head.
“Thank you for accepting the invitation. I am the president of this place.”
“Hello. I am Seong Soo-ah.”
“Hello. I am Sung Soo-ho.”
“I’m sorry for calling you so early in the morning. I… I’m not in a state where I can have a conversation in the afternoon….”
“It’s okay.”
After we formally greeted each other, we began to enter the interior.
The top floor of Ebrica’s headquarters.
All of this floor was the president’s residence.
From the bedroom to the office, to the medical room where medical staff are on standby 24 hours a day….
It was not just an office concept for commuting, but a huge space for the chairman to spend the rest of his life.
Me, Seong Soo-ah, and Yeriel were guided by the staff and started eating together with the chairman.
As for the food, it was so good that I couldn’t help but praise it.
However, the biggest problem was not being able to easily put it in your mouth with such wonderful food in front of you.
[Why are you looking after being invited?]
‘The person concerned can’t even eat properly, so we can’t eat something like this.’
A delicacy was laid out on the table, but the chairman did not touch the food at all.
A weak body that could barely eat a spoonful of porridge.
Still, he could roughly guess why he had prepared food in front of him.
[Just looking at it, it looks like it was set up to be considerate of you. Just eat.]
‘Grunt….’
I glanced around with puzzled eyes.
The first thing that caught my eye was Sung Soo-ah.
“….”
She was like me.
Obviously, the head knew that it was necessary to act naturally for the sake of the other person, but the body did not easily follow.
And the second thing that caught my eye….
“It is delicious.”
She was Yeriel, savoring the food with a smile on her mind.
At first glance, immature… No, it was the naive elementary school granddaughter tasting food in front of her grandfather.
First of all, it was rather good to see it differently from us.
‘It’s different from us….’
After swallowing the food twice, Yeriel looked at me and Seongsuah and said.
“You listen too. It’s not polite to the person who served it if you’re looking at it like that.”
“Ah… Yes!”
Seong Soo-ah hurriedly picked up the tableware at Yeriel’s words, and I also started to eat while paying attention.
Throughout the meal, we started exchanging stories with the chairman.
Most of the content….
“I heard the hard work of the two of you. Thank you so much.”
It was a token of appreciation for me and Seong Soo-ah.
Seong Soo-ah stepped forward as the representative and she exchanged stories with the chairman.
“I just did what I had to do.”
“Kuhh… There is nothing more embarrassing than doing what you have to do.”
Seong Soo-ah is a high-ranking hero, so she seemed to know how to communicate with a high-ranking person.
It was a moment when the conversation was ripe to some extent while eating like that.
“Kuhhh… Pooh!”
The chairman, who had been having an exciting conversation, lowered his head and began to cough lightly.
The moment he coughed, the secretary and medical staff hurriedly began to cling to him.
An ordinary person would think it was just a joke, but considering the chairman’s age, even such a case gave off a dangerous atmosphere.
And Yeriel also hurriedly approached the chairman and began asking pitifully.
“It’s okay? If you feel unwell, even now….”
“Puhuh… Oh no…. Huh… Huh… Are you okay. Now, it’s okay.”
“….”
Despite his youthful appearance, Yeriel looked at the chairman with an expression bearing all his worldly worries.
The president, who was coughing like that, couldn’t calm down at all.
“Once to the medical room….”
Eventually, the meal was finished on the spot, and the chairman hurriedly began to head to the medical room.
The chairman disappeared, and the secretary remained to talk to us.
“Sorry. The president invited me because he was judged to be in good shape recently….”
At her words, Yeriel closed her eyes and muttered helplessly.
“Whoa… Did you stop by for nothing?”
“No. It was what the president wanted. Especially… He really wanted to meet Yeriel-nim.”
“… Okay.”
The secretary, who had seen Yeriel’s bitter expression, looked at us with her heavy sigh and said.
“Sorry. I will deliver the words that the president has not yet delivered.”
“Uh? The meal is over, but I have to….”
“The president invited us not just for a meal.”
I thought that the chairman did not invite Seong Soo-ah and me to this place just to have a meal.
Of course, it would be because of the reward for what happened that day.
“You promised support and compensation in a way that does not cause problems for the company.”
I know that I will give you a reward, but I couldn’t get a sense of just hearing this.
Even if you receive a blank check, it is human beings who do not know what to write.
“Support and compensation….”
“You don’t have to tell me right now. If you need it later… You can contact me here at my contact number.”
Seong Soo-ah and I received a card similar to a business card from the secretary.
Contact information was also written on the card.
“By the way, if you use that card, you can not only communicate with me, but also use the facilities of all Ebrica branches freely.”
“Oh, is that similar to the one I have?”
“It is the same authority card as Yeriel-sama has.”
“Wow… I never thought there would be someone outside of me who has it.”
Yeriel smiled bitterly and opened his mouth as he looked at the seat where the chairman had left.
“Then shall we go? It would be a nuisance to stay for a long time….”
“Ah, Mr. Yeriel.”
“Yes?”
Yeriel tilted her head at her secretary’s call and looked at her.
And the secretary cautiously opened her mouth to Yariel.
“The president said he has something important to say. Until the President recovers… Could you please wait a moment?”
“… Sure.”
After answering her secretary’s question, Yeriel looked at us and opened her mouth.
“Two people. Aren’t you busy today?”
..
..
Kang Han Na’s dejected voice was heard.
[… Nonsense.]
‘….’
She had gone through several things that exceeded her common sense, but this was the first time her voice was as desperate as mine.
And she was heard again.
[Nonsense. Is that the kid?]
‘I’ll say it for the fifth time, but it’s my original self.’
[No, what….]
There is one reason why Kang Han Na is so desperate.
“Isn’t it embarrassing to stare at you like that?”
“Oh, sorry. I’ve seen it before, but I didn’t get used to it easily….”
It was because of Yeriel’s avatar.
The avatar that imitated Yeriel’s adult appearance in the past seemed to have given Kang Han Na a big shock.
In real life, Yeriel felt like a well-bred young daughter of a foster family.
However, her adult form, Yeri-L, gave off the feel of her stepbrother.
And the aftermath of that shock was rolling over to me as well.
[Don’t you think it’s strange? In real life, you are a child. Calm down.]
‘….’
Who needs to wake up….
After overhearing my strong nonsense, I looked at Yeriel in her adult form and said in a nervous voice.
“Are you really okay?”
“Attack as much as you like. Just because I’m hurt here doesn’t mean I’m hurt in real life. More than anything….”
Yeriel laughed at Seongsuah, who watched her restlessly from a distance with her graceful pose.
“Isn’t it nice to show a good side here?”
“….”
Looking at her actions in Yeriel, she had some intuition.
And she was convinced by the lines Yariel threw now.
[I think I noticed the relationship between you and Sung Soo-ah.]
‘….’
[Why are you so nervous? It looks like a woman with a heavy mouth.]
As I said strong, Yeriel looked like a woman with a heavy mouth even when I saw her.
However….
‘When a secret leaks out, it ceases to be a secret.’
[But….]
The fact that even one person knows isn’t all that good.
But fortunately, it was the fact that there seemed to be only heart symptoms and no physical evidence.
There was a high possibility that she was just aware of it as a friendly relationship.
Putting that fact aside for now, I looked at Yeriel seriously and opened her mouth.
“Then I will go.”
“Huh, that momentum is good.”
I started attacking with Yeriel’s laugh signal.
..
..
I opened my eyes helplessly and made a sound of pain inside.
‘Whoa… I will die.’
The training room that I had seen earlier had disappeared, and only the inside of the capsule greeted me in front of me.
I thought I had to leave the capsule, but….
‘I can’t move….’
Even though he obviously didn’t use mana directly, his body was weak and his power didn’t go in easily.
As I was idly inside the capsule, someone opened the door to my capsule and reached out to me.
“Are you okay?”
It was Sung Soo-ah with a worried expression.
I answered while holding her hand and struggling to stand up.
Haha… Yes. It’s okay.”
I came out of the capsule with the help of Sung Soo-ah and started stretching carefully.
“Turn off….”
But even simple stretching was a struggle.
Obviously, there was no problem with the body, but it felt like the energy couldn’t support it.
Sung Soo-ah sighed as she looked at me in an exhausted state.
“You were overdoing it.”
Haha… Unbeknownst to me, I had a desire to win….”
It wasn’t empty talk, it was sincere.
Even when I first sparred with Yeriel, I was just in the mood of taking a skill test.
Being in VR, it wouldn’t be a problem if I got hurt, and the sense of relief that if it was Yeriel’s level, my attack would be sufficiently blocked, definitely played a role.
However, as my attack didn’t work at all, the drug rose without my knowledge, and as I gradually increased the intensity, the real desire to compete began to kick in before I knew it.
I stretched and looked around.
“Yeriel-nim, did you go to the president?”
“Yes. As soon as the secretary came and called, he left immediately.”
“Grunt… In the end, I couldn’t get a single effective hit until the end.”
“… That’s amazing.”
“Yes?”
Could it be that Sung Soo-ah is sarcastic!?
I made a surprised face at Seong Soo-ah, wondering if he was making fun of me.
However, Seong Soo-ah was not sarcastic, but had a genuine admiration.
“I was surprised that my skills improved so much compared to when I saw them a while ago.”
“Ah….”
“In such a short time, I could not have thought that it would suddenly change like this….”
Well, the last time Sung Soo-ah saw my skills was during the last Erica raid.
It seemed that the difference was too much due to the drastic increase in Enello abilities in the middle.
“So, Yeri-sama, you couldn’t even touch her collar?”
“… 95% of the mages in the tower were scared and couldn’t even attack like Instructor Seong Su-ho did?”
Haha….”
Once I listened to Sung Soo-ah, I began to feel that she had improved her abilities with Enel.
At this point, it seemed that she had simply surpassed her cadet level in terms of sheer skill.
In addition, if you add the magic circle and aiming power, it didn’t seem difficult to deal with guys of intermediate level or higher.
But apart from that, I have a question.
‘Neither can I. Let’s check.’
[… ? What are you checking?]
I sat down on a bench in the blue capsule room and opened my mouth to speak to Sung Soo-ah.
“Whoa… Instructor Seong Soo-ah. Can I take a break for a bit?”
“Ah! Shall we call the medical staff?”
“No. I think you should take a break for a while. I will lie down on the bench for a while and rest.”
“Yes, yes!”
As soon as I heard Seong Soo-ah’s words, as soon as I lay down on the bench, I spoke over the phone.
‘I need to hear what Yeriel-nim and the president are talking about.’
