Chapter 596 – Chapter 596 Hero Academy (5)
Ki Cheol-ho’s voice trembled like a vibration and came out of his mouth….
“Oh, Sehyun Oh….”
Kang Han Na, who heard Gi Cheol-ho’s answer, shouted with a bright smile without hesitation.
“Ding!”
“Keuaaaaagh!!”
I stabbed the back of Ki Chul-ho’s hand with a dagger, and after repeating her subtraction, she started spinning round and round as if it had become an annoyance before I knew it.
If you want to turn it a few times and the bleeding gets worse….
Chii profit!
“Heekaaaaagh!! Stop!! Stop!!!”
With her dagger open, she poured the potion on the back of his hand.
Looking at the dagger that was strong, like the back of Ki-cheol’s hand, she opened her mouth once more.
“I didn’t know it would be such a hardship from the first problem. You seem smart, but you seem to have no talent for quizzes?”
“Huh… Whoa….”
Gi Cheol-ho began to salivate as he saw the dagger stuck in the back of his hand.
After drooling like that, I finally opened my mouth reluctantly.
“Gi, Ki Chulho….”
“Oh, I finally got the answer.”
“!?”
Ki Cheol-ho lifted his eyelids as if his pupils would pop out and started looking at Kang Han-na.
Of course, he knew that he would have a terrible experience of turning the blade again, and he looked at Kang Han-na with an expression of disbelief.
However, his doubts were not resolved and he moved on to the next question.
“The second problem… This is the password for this facility. Now, can you tell me the answer?”
“….”
Ki Chul-ho told him the password with tears and saliva in his eyes.
“……… All.”
“….”
At Ki Chul-ho’s words, Kang Han-na started glaring at him with a low expression.
Ki Cheol-ho, who judged that the atmosphere was not serious again, exclaimed in his haste.
“Gee, it’s real! Real… ! Aaaaa!!!!”
Kang Han-na let out a sigh as she twirled her dagger in the back of his arm again.
“How many times will the second problem be solved?”
“Ji, it’s real!!! Aww! Fuck! Stop it! Stop it!!!”
Even after that, Ki Cheol-ho’s screams continued to spread.
And after dozens of wrong answers….
“……… All.”
“Answer~”
“No, that’s nonsense.”
Gi Cheol-ho couldn’t stand the question that was rising inside him and began to spit it out.
“My, how do you know I’m lying?”
It was an incomprehensible situation.
It was Gi Cheol-ho, who had lived his whole life using lies as if he were a talent.
A woman who accurately catches the correct answer among the words he says, who is good at lying.
It was a situation that I couldn’t understand except for the thought of reading people’s hearts.
However, strong I did not answer Ki-cheol-ho’s questions, and she just hummed with a sharp smile.
“I see everything. In my eyes.”
“No, no way….”
Kang Han-na’s words only injected Gi Cheol-ho with frustrating questions and a gloomy future.
Ki Chul-ho opened his mouth with all of that in mind.
“Mo, what the hell is the purpose! And where do you belong?”
It wasn’t that I was hoping for a clear answer.
It was just because of the expectation that she might get some hints.
For revenge later….
But he didn’t get the answer he wanted.
Kanghan I ignored Ki Chul-ho’s words and spoke to Lena with a frown on her face as I squeezed and opened her hand.
“Whoa… My hand is starting to hurt. Can you change it?”
“….”
Lena approached Ki Cheol-ho with a calm expression.
Ki Cheol-ho couldn’t help but feel a little relieved.
‘All it takes is that psychopath bitch…. It seems like we’re having a conversation, so somehow….’
It was the moment Ki Chul-ho rolled her head trying to coax Lena out with her words.
“I waited a long time.”
“… ?”
Ki Chul-ho made a questioning expression, and Lena raised her tool in a low voice of anger as she changed her murderous eyes to him.
The tools Lena is holding….
“I didn’t know that I would use the method I heard from an old demon torture technician like this.”
It was pliers.
The pliers in Lena’s hand slowly began to move toward Gi Cheol-ho’s hand.
“The suit that bothered the master… I will brand it so that I can remember it for the rest of my life.”
“Now, wait a minute… That stop… ! Stop! Mkyaaaaagh!!!”
Hard! Crunchy!
Along with Ki Chul-ho’s tear-jerking scream, Kang Han-na, who was next to her, shook her head and muttered.
“I was angry too, but I guess I was really angry.”
“Kyaaaaa!! Stop! Stop! Hakaaaaa!!”
As Ki Chul-ho shook his body with a scream, the bed fixed to the floor began to shake.
Seeing that, Kang Han Na shouted to Lena as if worried.
“If you die, it will be difficult, so make sure to use potions while proceeding~”
“… All right.’
Lena answered and began to apply strength to her pliers again.
There was only one thing Gi Cheol-ho could do now.
“Ikyaaaaa!!! Kyaaaaagh!!”
There were only screams.
***
Before Lee So-hyun read all the ledgers and journals I handed her, she threw them on the table, probably feeling repulsive.
Haha, what is this….”
Then, as if having a headache, he began to gently press the temples on both sides with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand.
After pressing it a few times, he put his hand on the table and asked me if he had calmed down.
“This… Is Lee Se-hyung’s ledger really correct? No… That’s right. If not, there is no explanation.”
Lee So-hyun immediately realized that this was a meaningless question.
Lee So-hyun is a talented person, and even a cursory look at the ledger has the ability to determine whether it is false or true to some extent.
For reference, the ledger and journal only contained information about the operation of the bookshelf.
It did not include any information about the strange creature’s experiments and Seo Ji-eun’s runaway mana.
I looked at Lee So-hyun, who was sighing, and said.
“I also hurriedly grabbed it and caught the one trying to escape and took it away.”
“Sehyung… Did you run away?”
“Yes. Seo Ji-eun’s priority is to take care of her cadet, so I ended up missing it.”
To sum up what I said before handing Lee So-hyun the ledger and journal.
After Gi Cheol-ho kidnapped Seo Ji-eun, he brought a monster from somewhere to get rid of me and Lee So-hyun, who were interfering.
Fortunately, I reached the room first and stopped him, but I said that I couldn’t stop him from escaping because I was protecting Seo Ji-eun.
Seo Ji-eun was saved, but Gi Cheol-ho was missed and was the key.
“You did really well. Because the safety of the lady is more important than anything else.”
Lee So-hyun said so, but he couldn’t hide his uncomfortable feelings.
It turned out that the pillar in charge of the center of the mansion was a fishing hook that was trying to lift the mansion itself.
It was cause for concern that such a person escaped without being caught.
‘Well, since I’ve got it, there’s no need to worry.’
But Lee So-hyun, who doesn’t know that fact, will dry her blood….
“For now, I will take this ledger and journal with me. And….”
Lee So-hyun looked at Seo Ji-eun lying right next to her and said to me.
“I’ll ask for a lady for just one day.”
“I see. After all, I have to go to work tomorrow.”
“… It’s my day off, sorry.”
It seemed that he was deeply sorry for inviting me on a day off and getting caught up in this incident.
Well, I never thought I would get involved in something like this.
“What is there to be sorry about? Cadet Seo Ji-eun is in charge of me, and Mr. Lee So-hyun is… Of course, it’s a relationship that needs help. I’m rather glad I could help.”
After listening to my words, Lee So-hyun withdrew her usual harsh, harsh eyes and smiled at me.
“… Put everything you helped out on credit for today. I will pay you back without forgetting.”
“I’ll remember everything in my head, so don’t say anything else later.”
“Whoops… Then I’ll go. There are not just one or two things to fix right now….”
Just like that, Lee So-hyun left the room and left Seo Ji-eun alone.
As soon as Lee So-hyun left the room, I looked around.
It wasn’t Seo Ji-eun’s room.
However, it was as large and splendid as Seo Ji-eun’s room.
And looking at the picture in the frame hanging in this room, I was able to guess the owner of the room.
I muttered as I looked at the large picture in front of me.
“This is the president’s room.”
Seo Joo-ho.
Seo Ji-eun’s father and former chairman of Seoga.
A person who suddenly disappeared several years ago and has never been found.
A person who has both the magic ability of a hero and the managerial ability of a chairman.
Such a person suddenly disappeared like a drop of water evaporating in the air.
Without a trace….
As I questioned it, I heard Armonia’s voice.
[It would be good to find out more about Ki Chul-ho’s dream later.]
‘But… I think he might have something to do with it too.’
No. It’s not like there will be, there will be.
But right now Kang Han-na and Lena are taking care of them personally (?), So I decided to put off dreaming until later.
‘Because I can’t leave this place right now.’
I muttered that and approached Seo Ji-eun.
Seo Ji-eun said she had been sleeping soundly in the pajamas she had been wearing since the morning.
There won’t be time to change her clothes in the first place….
I sat in her chair beside her bed and looked down at her cautiously.
‘It’s really unfortunate.’
A child born into one of the few well-to-do families in the world.
I was going through the worst misfortune that such a child could experience in the world.
Her father’s disappearance, her mother’s illness, her lack of talent, and the greatest misfortune among them….
‘Chul-ho Ki’s betrayal… Should I tell you?’
Betrayal of someone you’ve trusted all your life.
Will Seo Ji-eun be able to handle it?
‘I’ll have to decide this story while talking with Lee So-hyun.’
No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t something I could decide on my own.
As an outsider, I might interfere and cause confusion.
It was the moment to sort out my worries.
“Huh….”
“Yes? Woke up Are you okay?”
I immediately got up from my chair and checked Seo Ji-eun’s condition.
At first, the complexion didn’t seem to be a big problem.
“Instructor Sung Soo-ho? Here is… ?”
“It is a mansion. Don’t worry too much, because we’ve got it all sorted out.”
“Ah….”
Seo Ji-eun finally felt relieved and stood her up.
I said while restraining Seo Ji-eun.
“Don’t overdo it, lie down and rest.”
“… Yes.”
Seo Ji-eun listened to me and acted meekly and lay down on the bed again.
As Seo Ji-eun lay down on the bed like that, a quiet silence began to hang over her.
‘Is it because it’s inconvenient?’
If it’s because it’s inconvenient, I thought that leaving me could be one of the correct answers.
“I will call someone else.”
“Yes? Now, wait a minute.”
“Yes?”
Seo Ji-eun grabbed her blanket and wriggled over her for a while, then asked me with her face blushing.
“Can’t you stay with me? I’m anxious….”
“Oh yeah. I hadn’t even thought about that. Sorry.”
After answering that, I sat back in her chair and looked at Seo Ji-eun.
Seo Ji-eun was showing a bit of restlessness, perhaps feeling burdened by my gaze.
Looking at it this way, she wasn’t a young lady, she was like a perfect child.
First of all, it seemed that the gaze was burdensome, so I closed my eyes and was silent.
When I was silent with my eyes closed like that, Seo Ji-eun’s sweet voice flowed in.
“Sehyung… How did it go?”
“….”
I stayed silent without opening my eyes.
It was because I decided that this story could not be easily discussed without an agreement with Lee So-hyun.
However, as if to overshadow my intentions, Seo Ji-eun started speaking without hesitation.
“You won’t be by my side anymore.”
“Cadet Seo Ji-eun… That’s later….”
I tried to calm down the conversation somehow, but Seo Ji-eun did not turn a blind eye to reality.
“Actually, I’ve been feeling it for a long time.”
“… What?”
“The fact that Mr. Sehyung is using me….”
“….”
You probably didn’t know the details.
I just guessed and understood….
“But I… I couldn’t beat him.”
Although Lee So-hyun was by her side, it was because she feared that if Ki-cheol-ho was forced to leave, she might one day be truly alone.
Lonely people know that they are being deceived, but they do not give up easily.
Seo Ji-eun said to me, shedding her tears on the blanket before I knew it.
“Instructor… I… I don’t want to be alone anymore.”
There was no elegance in Seo Ji-eun’s tears.
She was just crying like a child, full of her pity.
I approached Seo Ji-eun and put her hand on her shoulder.
“To me, you are the first disciple. I will never leave you alone until you graduate.”
“Huh!”
“Yes?”
Seo Ji-eun pulled my arm on her shoulder and she hugged me tightly.
I accepted her cries of Seo Ji-eun and comforted her.
But the hug didn’t last long.
Clap.
“Just in case you didn’t know, the schedule for tonight’s dinner…Haha, what is this….”
Because Lee So-hyun witnessed the hug scene of her and Seo Ji-eun.
