Chapter 580 – Chapter 580 Hero Academy (5)
A soft female voice came from behind me.
“Instructor Sung Soo-ho. Hello.”
“….”
It felt like my heart was burrowing into my organs.
How many women call me Instructor?
First of all, there was only one place where I heard the honorific title of ‘instructor’.
Consulate.
And in that consulate, there were countless beings who spoke respectfully to me.
No, come to think of it, no one speaks flatly to me.
Sung Soo-ah and Cho Seo-hyun… Even the principal speaks respectfully to me out of courtesy.
I couldn’t figure out who the owner of the voice was.
If it had been a male voice, I would have turned around and greeted him without hesitation.
By the way, she is a woman.
What if I turn around and see Cho Seo-hyun or Seong Soo-ah in front of me?
I felt like I was watching an asteroid rushing towards Earth as the flame pierced my heart with a burst of momentum.
It was the moment when my heart beat like it was about to explode.
[No need to worry. First of all, they are not Cho Seo-hyun and Seong Soo-ah.]
‘Eh?’
Armonia’s words made my heart melt.
“Perhaps… Aren’t you Instructor Seong Su-ho?”
I turned to face the woman who asked back to me in a relaxed state and checked her body.
The woman standing behind my back….
“Fortunately, I was right.”
“… Cadet Seo Ji-eun?”
He was a cadet in the magic department I was in charge of.
I let out a loud relief that boiled like a beef bone inside.
‘Wow… It was really cold.’
[In the first place, you are alone now. You don’t have to be too nervous.]
As Armonia said, there was no need to overreact.
If only a scene like a date with a woman is not captured, there can be countless excuses.
I relaxed my expression and greeted Seo Ji-eun.
“I didn’t expect to meet you in a place like this, did you? What’s going on here? And….”
Instinctively, my eyes went to the woman standing next to Seo Ji-eun.
She looks like a woman in her late twenties, mid-160 tall, black short hair, glasses, and a stylish black suit.
She is a woman belonging to the beauty class, but as soon as she saw this woman, even without looking at her temperament window, her personality was guessed.
‘Nice… Just looking at it, it looks prickly.’
It was a career woman award that seemed to mix harshness, strictness, and arrogance.
[I will open the temperament window.]
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Sohyun Lee
[Sincerity], [Thoroughness], [Logical], [Stubbornness], [Knowledge], [Loyalty], [Excessive vigilance]….
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‘Big… After all, my eyes are accurate.’
Contemplation also does not lie.
When I looked at Lee So-hyun with questionable eyes, Seo Ji-eun immediately replied with a light smile.
“You are my mother’s secretary.”
“I’m Lee So-hyun.”
Lee So-hyun held out her hand without hesitation and asked for her handshake.
“Hello. At the consulate, Seo Ji-eun is Sung Soo-ho, who is in charge of her cadet’s assistant instructor.”
“I have heard the words from Mrs. It’s been a while, but she’s grateful for saving her.”
Haha… Because it was my job.”
It was a woman wrapped in a businesslike atmosphere from head to toe.
It was only natural that she would take on the vacant positions of Seojia’s president and the president’s wife as deputy in the first place.
By the way….
‘What? But why are you so young?’
Lee So-hyun’s appearance looked like she was in her thirties, no matter how many times I tried.
[Recorded as 35 years old. Maybe I didn’t manage it well.]
‘Five… Looks like you took really good care of it.’
Even at the age of 35 he couldn’t help but be amazed.
‘At that age, you are acting as a representative for the president of a large company and his wife? That’s great….’
Although she is in a different field from Kanghan, she was a woman who gave off a feeling similar to strong me.
I finished her check on Lee So-hyun and formally asked Seo Ji-eun.
“By the way, Seo Ji-eun and her cadet, what’s going on here?”
She said, “She’s going to go back after a quick stop at the hospital, and since it’s nearby, she’s going to have breakfast here.”
“Oh, I see.”
Looking at Seo Ji-eun and her secretary, it seemed very natural to eat at a place like this.
After all, she’s the daughter of a rich family….
I smiled bitterly at seeing such a natural Seo Ji-eun.
“Yeah, nice to meet you. Have a good breakfast. Have a good rest today and see you tomorrow.”
It was the moment I was about to end the situation like that.
Seo Ji-eun caught me with her words.
“Are you busy?”
“… ?”
I stopped her body at Seo Ji-eun’s soft voice.
And when I looked at Seo Ji-eun, she smiled and opened her mouth to me.
“If it’s okay… Would it be all right if I treat you now for helping me last time?”
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..
I admired as I sat with Seo Ji-eun and her secretary in the hotel restaurant.
“Ah, so this was a hotel run by Seoji. That’s really great.”
“Yes….”
I thought it was just a famous hotel, but I had no idea that it would be a hotel run by Shijiazhuang.
I sat at the table with Seo Ji-eun and her secretary and praised her.
“Reservations seemed to be required for the restaurant, but I was surprised to come in without hesitation.”
“That… Not quite like that. The seat was empty by chance….”
Seo Ji-eun voluntarily invited me to dinner, but she seemed embarrassed to hear the excessive praise.
Even when I added her compliments about the hotel, she was just shy and couldn’t make eye contact with me.
And at some point, Seo Ji-eun started responding with questions to ask me if she felt burdened by my baptism of compliments.
“Instructor Seong Soo-ho, what was your business at the hotel?”
“Ah….”
I carefully began to spit out the excuses I had quickly prepared.
“I had an appointment with someone I knew, but I canceled it because I was suddenly busy. But there was a hotel nearby, so I came in to look around.”
“Ah….”
That’s enough of an excuse.
It is rude to ask deeper questions between Seo Ji-eun and me.
Seo Ji-eun If she was a child of that level, she would have noticed her to that extent….
Perhaps if Song Ara were here, she would have asked questions without notice, but….
It was a moment when I was so relieved.
“Instructor Sung Soo-ho.”
“Yes?”
“Ara… How are you doing?”
… Arabic? Are you Song?
My heart sank involuntarily at the unexpected question.
It made no sense at the moment, but I wondered if he had read my heart.
[Song Ah-ra and Seo Ji-eun are cadets who have been competitive from the beginning of their entrance. It would be natural to be concerned.]
‘Oh right. I said it was like a rivalry….’
I had forgotten what I had heard before.
How to say… Seo Ji-eun, this person embarrasses me by bringing up a surprising subject at an surprising timing.
I immediately nodded and replied.
“Yes. Always working hard.”
“… Okay.”
Seo Ji-eun lightly bit her lip and shaded her face with her answer.
Only the person himself can know whether he is jealous of Song Ah-ra or just lamenting towards himself.
Just like that, the appetizers started to come out just as the silence flowed.
I smiled heartily at the dishes being placed on the table.
‘I don’t know anything else, but I think I’m born with the luck to eat with women.’
Everywhere I went, I struggled, but the beauty I met instead and the food I ate made me feel like I was being compensated beyond my standards.
With that in mind, I started eating.
Seo Ji-eun was stunned by the story of Song A-ra earlier, but she regained her senses and started talking about what had happened during the field trip.
“If the instructor hadn’t helped me, I would have been in real trouble.”
“I was so glad I was just passing by.”
This time, it looks like he will make me feel embarrassed with my compliments.
Seo Ji-eun smiled faintly and started talking about an incident that had occurred while she was on a field trip to Ma.
Perhaps it was because she was the daughter of Gyu-su’s family, even the way she was talking excitedly radiated elegance.
So, Seo Ji-eun’s mouth did not rest until she started with appetizer, main, and dessert.
She was a kid who didn’t move her mouth once in class, but she was amazed to see her suddenly open her mouth incessantly.
‘Was he the talkative type?’
It didn’t even feel like I was forced to tell the story.
Rather, it seemed as if the words he wanted to say that he had piled up were pouring out like a flood.
And contrary to Seo Ji-eun, the secretary just watches our conversation without saying a word.
“….”
But she had a strange expression on her face for looking at him in silence.
Especially looking at Seo Ji-eun….
[Secretary also seems to be curious to see Seo Ji-eun.]
‘In other words… Originally, this isn’t that kind of kid.’
In fact, there was a part that I guessed a little bit.
When Seo Ji-eun was in her really dangerous moment, she had saved her.
And since she was in an urgent situation, she had no choice but to show Seo Ji-eun how to use her dismemberment technique.
Mana out of control.
At that time, after seeing the dismemberment technique she was using at the time, she must have seen me as someone who could save her from that mysterious strange phenomenon.
However, contrary to Seo Ji-eun’s expectation, her dismantling technique was not like a rope that would save her.
‘She can’t teach me how to dismantle, and above all, learning that doesn’t make things better.’
It’s not that she doesn’t want to know.
It can’t be told
Seo Ji-eun is a child who doesn’t even know the concept of a magic circle in the first place.
So if she learns the magic circle, can she solve it?
Not even that.
Just because she can use that skill herself doesn’t mean she can solve that mysterious mana out of control.
The dismantling technique was not intended to control the runaway, but only to temporarily put the runaway magic to rest.
But Seo Ji-eun doesn’t know that.
[I long for it even more because I don’t know.]
‘But… If I had known, she wouldn’t have stuck with me like that in the first place.’
If he had known, he wouldn’t have shown such good intentions to an assistant instructor like me.
While I was thinking like that, I ate everything, including dessert, and the meal was over.
As soon as I came out of the hotel restaurant, Seo Ji-eun looked at me and opened her mouth.
“Next time, I will formally invite you to my house.”
Haha… You don’t have to worry so much.”
“No need to worry. You saved me I want to repay you as much as possible.”
Haha….”
In the meantime, I just watched quietly, and since I didn’t respond too much, it seemed like I was taking the initiative myself.
It must be said that it is so desperate….
“Then I’ll see you at school tomorrow.”
“Okay. Be careful going in.”
Still, I felt like I was stepping back from this line today, perhaps because I was a discerning child.
After saying goodbye, I parted ways with Seo Ji-eun and her secretary.
I sighed and spoke over the phone.
‘Whoa… From tomorrow, Seo Ji-eun, it looks like she’ll be annoying too.’
[Why? She seems like a very cute child.]
It was Kang Han Na’s voice.
It’s not a normal voice, it’s a voice filled with anger.
[It would be nice. Some wait while starving, while others enjoy an elegant dinner with pretty women.]
‘What is a woman… It’s a child.’
I don’t know about the secretary, but I couldn’t get past using the expression that she is a woman to Seo Ji-eun.
But I have to admit that I was wrong.
‘Sorry to keep you waiting. It’s a situation that can’t be ignored….’
[Well, never mind. It’s because you get that much reward later. But you know what?]
‘Which one?’
I questioned and asked through the communication, but this time a real voice came from behind me.
“Could you give me a minute?”
When I turned around, the strict secretary from earlier was standing there.
And Kang Han Na’s voice came through the communication.
[Looks like that secretary is interested in you.]
‘….’
What else is this….
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Lee So-hyun politely bowed her head towards me and opened her mouth.
“Thank you for saving my lady.”
Unchanging tone of voice.
Businesslike tone.
It was nothing more, nothing less.
It was just a word of thanks.
There was no problem up to that point.
By the way….
“I was just doing what I was supposed to do. By the way….”
I wondered why they came into the hotel president’s office to say thank you.
And leaving Seo Ji-eun alone and even coming like this….
Lee So-hyun, who caught my doubt, explained me with a strict look.
“The young lady went with escorts, so there is nothing to worry about. And since I had to stop by anyway for work, I was directed to this place as a good place to have a conversation.”
“If so… What did you call for?”
“… I’ll get right to the point.”
After Lee So-hyun erased the businesslike expression from before, she slightly frowned and spoke directly to me.
“I want you to keep your distance from the lady.”
