Chapter 873 – 873. Hero Academy (6)
I thought to myself as I looked at Seong Soo-ah, who was making a silent call with a puzzled expression.
‘… Something bad must have happened to Yeriel.’
The only relief for her is the fact that she doesn’t have to worry about her, considering her skills as Yeriel…
‘I’m glad you arrived this way.’
It was the fact that Sung Soo-ah was in the direction I was heading.
When I saw the temperament windows of Seong Soo-ah and her church members mixed in front of my eyes, I ran to Seong Soo-ah as if she had lost her reason.
And he was able to rescue Sung Soo-ah at a critical moment.
I was relieved and said to Armonia.
‘Armonia, nice timing.’
[I made it because I thought it would be necessary, but I’m glad.]
The reason I praise Armonia is because of her voice modulator.
The quick-witted Armonia made an Enello voice modifier so that my identity would not be revealed.
Thanks to that, there was no concern that Sung Soo-ah would find out.
I took a shallow breath and looked around.
‘It was rewarding to run without rest.’
If I had taken a break even for a short while on the way back, Sung Soo-ah would have suffered a really big blow.
Seong-soo, knowing whether she knew what I was thinking or not, looked at me and opened her mouth.
“Please wait a moment.”
“…”
Looking at Seong Soo-ah looking at me with a troubled expression, I smiled bitterly while covering her cloak.
‘It’s harder than I thought.’
I had saved Sung Soo-ah without considering her afterlife.
Her problem was that after she saved her, she treated her coldly without even realizing it.
Armonia’s voice came through the communication.
[She thinks that way is much better than revealing her identity.]
‘Okay…’
I can’t reveal my identity to Sung Soo-ah anyway.
However, if I tried to be friendly, I thought my true identity would be exposed, so I was cold-hearted.
I smiled bitterly and asked through the communication.
‘What happened to the rest of the guys?’
[Currently, Lena and Moon Ju-ah are chasing them. I probably won’t be able to catch them all.]
‘Okay.’
The guys who ambush Seongsuah’s search party were divided into three groups.
I headed towards the mixed group with Seongsuah, and the other two groups ordered Lena and Moonjua to attack separately.
And as if the surprise attack had worked, he subdued several people and was even chasing after the fleeing guys.
The members of the organization were also not average, but Lena and Moon Ju-a, who ambush them, were one step above them.
In addition, Lena and Moonjua were not magicians, so they were not affected by Cubic.
‘Tell me not to push too hard. If I miss it, I’ll catch it later.’
[All right.]
When I sorted out the situation like that, just in time, Seong Soo-ah spoke to me.
“Now I am far away from Yeriel-nim. Due to the nature of the dungeon, it can be difficult to face it in a day or two.”
“So… ?”
“If you really want to meet me, I think you should accompany me.”
“…”
Once I have the composition I want.
Even if Seongsoo-ah didn’t want to hang out with me, she had to follow her.
But just then, another voice came through the communication from Armonia.
[Lena’s side got everything. However, there is one peculiarity.]
‘Significant?’
[Mr. Lena, I was able to hear about the problem with the organization where Yeriel was located.]
The radio entrusted to Lena was a radio that communicated with the members of the organization headed for Yeriel.
And just as it happened, the situation there was relayed through Lena’s radio.
[The fact that Yeriel and many of her gang members disappeared due to a transfer gimmick.]
‘… Now I think I understand why Seong Soo-ah is so embarrassed.’
Seong Soo-ah tried to lead me while keeping Yeriel’s situation a secret from me.
Seongsuah seems to be using my meeting with Yeriel to take advantage of my existence.
‘It’s good.’
Apart from not being bad, it was welcome from my point of view.
Because the purpose was to accompany Sung Soo-ah in the first place.
I put on my cape and laughed and made a sarcastic voice.
“Would you like to speak directly?”
“… I think that would be difficult. It is used for emergency communication, so you cannot pass it on to others.”
“…”
“You decide. I will go with you or not.”
“…”
Maybe he’s flirting with me, thinking I don’t know about Yeriel’s problem.
I smiled leisurely and nodded.
“Good. I was just bored, but I’ll match it to the rhythm.”
“…”
“Remember what I said earlier. Let the other guys do well.”
“…”
Seong Soo-ah, instead of answering her, just glared at me with a lot of anger on her face.
I wanted to throw a word at me for belittling my colleague, but I thought I was holding back as much as I could because I thought the situation would get worse if I did something wrong.
And that kind of Sung Soo-ah…
‘And… It’s tingling.’
It gave me a thrill.
Since she met Seongsu-ah, she had never seen her make such an expression.
Seong Soo-ah, who always smiled and grumbled even when she was angry, had a look of sincere contempt on me.
Thinking I had a good experience, I called Lena and Jua Moon.
When Lena and Moon Joo-a dragged the captured gangsters back, Seong Soo-ah, embarrassed, asked me again.
“Who, who is it?”
“My colleague.”
A total of five members were captured by the two.
Lena caught three, and Moon Joo-a caught two.
Moonjua grumbled as she saw Lena, who had caught one more person than herself.
“Just looking at it, it seems that only the secret ones were selected and captured.”
“…”
It seemed that Munjua didn’t like that Lena caught one more guy than she did.
I don’t think there’s a need to be competitive in a place like this, but I didn’t say anything.
I told Seong Soo-ah after checking the condition of the gang members who had already fainted after being tied up.
“They’re the ones who attacked you earlier.”
“Okay…”
“That’s right, what is that?”
“… Yes?”
I shook my chin at the guys I caught and said as if ordering Seong Soo-ah.
“Quickly take those guys.”
“Me, are we?”
“Then you guys are going to take them, who is going to take them?”
In fact, it was a reasonable move.
Those guys were the ones who ambush the search party led by Sung Soo-ah.
From the point of view of the search party, they will be needed to find out the information of the ambush guys.
Looking at Seong Soo-ah, who was perplexed, I said calmly.
“If you don’t intend to take him, I will kill you right away. We have no reason to take them with us.”
“… Please wait a moment.”
Seong Soo-ah started meeting with the search team members again.
She seemed to be unable to make decisions arbitrarily, perhaps because she took on the position of manager at a young age.
And while Seong Soo-ah is having a meeting with the members of the search team…
“Madam… If you gave me a little time, I could have brought one more guy…”
Jua Moon grumbled next to me and started making excuses.
“If only I had the time, one person… No, could you bring two more?”
“… Well done, be quiet.”
In the first place, Moon Joo-ah did better than I thought.
But compared to Lena, she seemed reluctant to see her underperforming.
“If you keep doing it like that, I’ll do what you want after work.”
“Ohh… Really?”
“Only what is possible. For example, buying me a present I want?”
“Sheesh…”
After making Joo-a Moon quiet like that, Seong-soo-a just returned from her meeting.
“As you said, we will take them with us.”
Seong Soo-ah’s decision was reasonable.
No matter how dangerous the situation, they were the guys who ambush them.
Extracting as much information as possible from those guys would be an important part from Seong Soo-ah’s point of view.
“Good. Then, if you decide, go.”
“…”
After that, me, Lena, and Moon Joo-ah took the lead, followed by Sung Soo-ah, and the search team followed.
..
..
Not long after joining together, we had no choice but to stop.
The reason was simple.
“I think we should camp here for now.”
It was because Seong Soo-ah suggested a shelter.
And I agreed with her.
“Good.”
Me, Lena, and Jua Moon hadn’t been in the dungeon for a while, but the search team had a different story.
It had already been about 15 hours since I entered, and the time outside was already looking at midnight.
In addition, the place I arrived at was also a huge hall.
It was a perfect place to respond even if the enemy suddenly attacked.
After hearing my answer, Seong Su-ah looked at her and asked me.
“How are you going to do your night shift?”
“You decide among yourself. We’ll decide by ourselves.”
“… Yes.”
There was a bit of annoyance on his face.
‘Kya… It’s facial expression art. I want to take a picture.’
[…]
Where else would you see Sung Soo-ah’s expression like that?
While I was thinking in vain, the search team finished preparing for the camp.
The search party kept a reasonable distance from us, and about three people, including Seong Soo-ah, began to stand guard.
And our side decided to stand guard in the order of Munjua, me, and Lena.
Lena and Moon Joo-ah, out of consideration for me, suggested that we swap turns with her.
In fact, as the girls said, the middle of the night watch was the most tiring.
But I shook my head and refused.
“It’s okay, wake me up when it’s time.”
“… You’re really stubborn.”
Hearing Moon Ju-a’s grumbling, he went into her sleeping bag.
As soon as I squeezed myself into the sleeping bag, I spoke to Armonia via communication.
‘Armonia. Because he never wakes me up. Wake me up when it’s time.’
[… All right.]
I started to close my eyes believing Armonia’s dawn call.
..
..
In the middle of a good night’s sleep, a voice like a beautiful rhyme suddenly flowed into my head.
[Suho.]
‘… Is it time?’
[That’s right.]
As soon as I heard Armonia’s answer, I opened my eyes and looked around.
In the darkness, only one lantern like a kerosene lighted the surroundings.
And next to that lantern…
“… It’s not time yet. Sleep more.”
Moon Joo-ah was looking at me with an absurd expression.
It was embarrassing to wake up at the appointed time.
I sneered at her words and climbed out of my sleeping bag.
“If you lie, you will go out and there will be no presents.”
“Really insisting…”
Munjua shook her head and came towards me as if she had finally given up.
And then…
“If you are sleepy, just wake me up. Because I usually sleep less.”
It started to crawl into the sleeping bag I just came out of like an earthworm.
I wanted to ask why he went into my sleeping bag, but I put up with Lena sleeping next to me.
‘I’m not listening to the weird part…’
I thought so and looked around carefully.
It’s a huge hall, but only four lanterns lit up the surroundings because of Sukyeong.
One was on our side, and the other three were on the search party’s side.
And the moment my gaze reached the side of the search party where the three lanterns were installed, my eyes met the person who was on watch at the search party.
“…”
“…”
It was Sung Soo-ah.
‘As expected, I was in charge of the middle hour.’
If it were her, I thought she would wake up at the same time as me for some reason.
Because she has a strong sense of responsibility, there’s no way she can enjoy a comfortable situation.
At the same time, I was also worried.
‘Armonia. Didn’t Joo-a Moon do anything strange?’
Moon Joo-ah had previously engaged Seong-su-ah during the Everycar terror.
She was worried that at that time she would recall the incident and quarrel.
But…
[I don’t think you need to worry about that. She didn’t do anything particularly strange.]
‘Hmm… Did I forget it because it’s been so long?’
Come to think of it, although Munjua fought me and Seongsua at the time, it was me who hid her identity that she hit the last blow decisively.
Since her anger was focused on me, there was a high possibility that she completely forgot me and Seongsuah.
I was so relieved that I continued to stare at Sung Soo-ah.
I just stared blankly, thinking about it, but Seong Soo-ah was still staring at me.
Seong Soo-ah, who was staring at me like that…
‘Huh?’
After talking for a while with a colleague next to me, he started approaching me.
She looked at me, Seong Soo-ah, who naturally approached me, and spoke to me in her thread-like voice.
“Thank you earlier.”
“… Suddenly?”
I wondered if I had come to say something.
Surprisingly, Sung Soo-ah came to me just to say that.
“I just couldn’t tell you because the situation was not good. She saved me, and I have to say thank you.”
“… I see you know what to be thankful for. Unlike those guys, it’s basic.”
Seong Soo-ah opened her mouth with a genuinely annoyed expression at my answer.
“Now that I’ve heard the answer, it seems like I said it for nothing.”
“…”
I shuddered as I saw her Seongsu-ah’s irritated expression.
‘I’ll have to hide today’s work for the rest of my life.’
It was the moment when I sensed how fucked up I was, and resolved to hide my identity for the rest of my life.
Koo Goo Goo Palace…
“!?”
“!?”
As soon as Sung Soo-ah felt the slight earthquake, she started glaring at me.
The reason she glared at me was simple.
‘Is this a transfer gimmick!?’
This was because most of the earthquakes in the dungeons were a sign that the teleportation gimmick was activated.
They probably thought that I had activated the gimmick out of anger.
However, I was not in a situation to enjoy watching Sung Soo-ah stare at me.
‘I can activate the gimmick, but I can’t stop it!’
If the transfer gimmick is activated and Seong Soo-ah goes somewhere else… Put you in the worst situation.
I think so…
“What, what!?”
I ran to Sung Soo-ah.
“For now, stay calm!”
“Oops!”
And as soon as I hug Sung Soo-ah…
Wow!
I felt the movement gimmick activated and felt the sensation of moving somewhere.
