Return (2)
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Suddenly, I was conscious and I heard the sound of cutting fruit from my bedside. The feeling of the soft bed behind your back makes you feel comfortable.
‘Here….’
Instinctively, I realized that the place I was right now was a hospital. There was no surprise now. I felt at ease right away, but as I recalled her last memories, I felt absurd.
‘…I was just trying to pretend I passed out.’
Have you really passed out? It’s like I fell asleep trying to close my eyes and not sleep.
Meanwhile, the sound of apple slicing continued to be heard. So who’s next to you now?
‘Aiden? Oh Yoon-ha?’
My eyelids were heavy and I wanted to sleep, but I could not overcome my curiosity and slowly opened my eyes.
And when our eyes met, I was at a loss for words.
“Oh, are you awake?”
Ron Ahart, looking exhausted, looked at my face and said. When I understood the situation, even the sleep that made my eyes heavy ran away.
. . . I knew who was cutting the apples. I could see Ahat’s hands diligently slicing apples.
‘Am I finally around?’
Many thoughts came to mind at the sight of cognitive dissonance, but the first thing that caught my eye was an apple peel that was cut long and uninterrupted at once.
ugh I feel bad for some reason that I am so good at this kind of behavior that doesn’t match my usual appearance.
“Eat.”
Ahat, who did not know what I was thinking, cut the apple into excessive pieces and handed it to me on a skewer. As I opened my mouth involuntarily, Ahat looked at me with a rotten expression.
“…who feeds me like this every day?”
I know. I can’t take it
“sorry···.”
I got up with a shy expression on my face. Fortunately, there was no pain.
He took the skewer and chewed the apple in half. There is a crunching sound and the sweet water spreads into your mouth. It was so delicious that my eyes widened without realizing it.
‘Five. Is it expensive?’
When I was full, I put the remaining half in my mouth. Ah Hart even moved his hand and said.
“You look curious as to why I am here.”
Of course, I can’t help but wonder.
How can I see the scene where the boss of the top scenario is slashing apples to me because I can’t even visit him? To be honest, we’re not really close friends, so it’s inevitable that we’ll be wary.
“Ugh. Are the other kids okay?”
I met with the support team, so there was no problem, but just in case.
Fortunately, Ahat nodded as if nothing had happened.
“Fortunately, everyone is in good health. You are the worst.”
“Hmmm. It would be.”
“That’s the way it is, and it’s not that bad, since I was conscious in one day. It seems that the black attribute you have played a role of resistance to some degree.”
is it?
He seemed to be mistaking the power of the ‘Survivor of the Nether’ privilege for resistance.
Ahat cut the neatly cut apples into slices and handed them to me on a plate. I accepted it gratefully and started eating it. It’s delicious too.
“First of all, I’m sorry about this.”
Then Ahat put the guwa on the table next to him and nodded his head at me. My body stiffened reflexively at the sudden action.
“I put you in a crisis because only you guys were sent. I apologized to other aspiring heroes.”
“Eh. Oh no. We went because we wanted to.”
That Ron Ahat is an apology. Contrasting with the cold-hearted appearance in the original, goosebumps rise.
‘Why are you apologizing so terribly?’
…but to kill. Naturally, a bad family comes to mind.
But again, maybe there was a plan, Ahat slowly raised her head and looked at me. And he opened his mouth in a soft voice.
“…so did you meet Drakhan?”
“Wow…!”
At those words, an apple got stuck in his throat, and there were cases.
Ahart looked at me silently while I pounded on my chest. He slowly calmed himself down and asked.
“Whoa…. What is that all of a sudden?”
If someone else had told me that I had met Drakhan, I wouldn’t have asked this question. It’s obvious she’s stabbing.
As soon as he took his step, Ahat lifted up the flowing glasses.
“I asked because there were traces of Drakhan in the place where I found you.”
trace?
The traces of the battle would not have evaporated and left, but what remains.
“It’s a sign…. What do you mean?”
“This time, a place where the flow of mana was interrupted was discovered by the detection equipment we brought with us. That was where you were.”
If it was a detection tool… he seemed to know what he was talking about. Was it the compass-like device Oh Yun-ha was holding?
“Is it Black Hawk’s support?”
“Yes. Black Hawk’s successor is a pretty good girl.”
Ahart recalled the memory of what had happened with Ryu Seo-yeon and raised her lips.
“It’s pretty daring. ha ha ha.”
Somehow, there was a bone in the horse. It was obvious without even asking if it had anything to do with the tower’s recent mineral incident.
We broke up with Ryu Seo-yeon to solve the problem.
Would you like to apologize again? It was true that the guy was frivolous.
“Anyway, sorry.”
Ahat’s murmuring like that was ridiculous. Of course, I asked in a tone that would not go against my heart.
“You mean I haven’t met the Fallen Hero?”
Then Ahat nodded calmly without denying it.
“Yes. Even though we have known each other personally in the past. I think I’m going to get to know you.”
“Hey, Ahat-sama. I think that’s a bit of a risky statement…”
What do you say to the public?
It wouldn’t be strange if other people heard of it and regarded it as an enemy. Is it something you can say because you are a single head of household who has nothing to fear?
But something is strange.
Even in the original story, when Drakhan ran outside, he must have lost his mind because he was eaten by erosion…
‘That’s not what I just said.’
It was something that could be said on the premise that the fallen hero was maintaining reason.
I glanced at Ahat.
····Maybe the tower has figured out that Drakhan is keeping his sanity from erosion? It’s too speculative, but Ahat couldn’t have made such a joke in vain.
“Anyway, let’s change the topic…”
Ahat stopped talking about Drakhan and started talking about something else.
“I heard from Carol Aiden. She said you might die soon.”
“yes. That’s how I first heard it.”
The problem was resolved for reasons I couldn’t tell.
“Do you remember when I told you to come find me because I have something to tell you before we parted at the gate?”
“yes. I remember.”
“I was just going to talk about it. Originally, it was a solution I was not familiar with, so I tried to do it in moderation, but I think I owed it anyway.”
“Yes? no. It’s a debt…”
“It happened because I left the job to you guys for my circumstances. I’m not so ignorant that I don’t even care about things like that.”
no···. It’s just that I don’t have to pay it back, so I hope you don’t get involved with me.
‘It’s dangerous because it’s time to start the Top Scenario.’
Just then, a knock was heard at the door. After a while, the door opened and Beatrice appeared in plain clothes.
‘…I understand why you brought up the story of Drakhan.’
It was because of Mika Beatrice.
“An aspiring hero. Are you okay?”
“yes. it’s okay.”
In Beatrice’s hand was a basket of fruit suitable for visiting. As soon as he entered the hospital room and placed it on the desk, Ahart naturally reached out his hand and ate a banana, and naturally began to eat.
It doesn’t really matter, but that’s mine.
“I’m glad you came to consciousness sooner though.”
“haha. Iknow, right.”
Beatrice dragged an empty chair next to her and sat down and explained what had happened while I was unconscious.
It is said that the support team of the Meteor Academy searched for us by finding the flow of mana using the new equipment developed by the Black Hawk, that is, Ryu Seo-yeon.
It’s an outside search. There were wizards in the meteor academy, and there were a lot of space wizards among them, so if there were only manpower, they would have expanded the scope of their search by searching a certain area and returning.
‘Ugh. I was lucky.’
To be honest, it was thanks to the other guys other than me that I put all my energy into the disappearance of aspiring heroes.
Along with ‘Rian Arwell’, a weapon man, untitled, and ‘Park Noah’, the child of the tower.
In addition, ‘Ellen Aiden’ of the Aiden family, one of the representative families of T.O.P. The riots would not have been riots since the colorful Named had disappeared.
phew. If only I had disappeared, this time would have been very dangerous. After all, he thought he would solve it alone, and borrowing power without installing it was the right thing to do.
“So now the other guys are talking about what happened back then.”
“yes. All of them have no health problems and are in a state of recovery. However, you are an aspiring hero.”
Beatrice suddenly wiggled her tail and began to look into my eyes.
“Yes, tell me.”
Beatrice spit out the question I had expected.
“Have you ever met a fallen hero?”
If you see everyone asking about this, is there any reason for it? A story like this cannot come out of this level only with the evidence obtained from the equipment of the Black Hawk, which is usually reluctant on the part of the Tower.
‘First of all, it seems that Park Noah isn’t even talking about Drakhan.’
I need to clear my mind for a moment. I didn’t want to make a mistake in the future, but I didn’t want to make a mistake.
I frowned and grabbed my stomach. At my sudden cry, Beatrice stood up with a bewildered expression.
“Uh. No, does it hurt a lot?”
Seeing that reaction, it seemed a little daunting, but I couldn’t help it. Still frowned, he said to Beatrice carefully.
“Oh, I’m sorry, but I’m going to go to the bathroom.”
“···yes? Ahh. Yes it is.”
Beatrice, realizing what the noise was, hurriedly cleared the chair she was sitting on and made the way. He was moved to tears by the consideration and moved to the bathroom, even pretending to be lewd.
‘Cheuk.’
I could feel Beatrice and Ahart’s gazes turned towards my back.
When Seo Ji-han was absent, Beatrice made a voice that seemed to be a little mixed with regret.
“Isn’t that also an error? Other aspiring heroes also said no.”
To that, Ahat calmly responded at her usual pace.
“I don’t know. I don’t think the Black Hawk’s successor would have low pride enough to make such a mistake.”
“Pride?”
“It’s about confidence in yourself. Oh, by the way.”
Ahat, who was having a conversation with Beatrice, had a strange smile while fixing the crooked fedora.
“Is Seo Ji-han a little quick-witted?”
“First of all, it’s just a check, so don’t be nervous. Eat comfortably.”
Noah Park did not respond to that.
It was because the person sitting in front of him was not the instructor of the Yoosung Academy. For some reason, instead of the Meteor Academy, a wizard dispatched from the Tower was conducting an investigation into this matter.
It was the same for Arwell and Aiden. It wasn’t even going to be conducted all at once in the same place, but the plan was to conduct the investigation individually.
In an atmosphere like interrogation, they kissed beforehand. Let’s not talk about the village, let alone Drakan.
When discovered later, there was a risk, but Aiden came forward and told me that if there was a problem, we would fix it.
‘…The gate itself was strange.’
As the tower moved directly like this, doubts were further amplified.
Noah Park looked carefully at the wizard in front of her. He is no ordinary wizard. He looked at the scars that were difficult to show in a wizard, so he was a person who had a close relationship with battle.
‘There is no way such a person would have come to investigate the case.’
Depending on the answer, he must have had the power to subdue the aspiring hero. The wizard began to speak while observing his every move.
“Now then, Park Noah aspiring hero. Let me ask you one thing first.”
The wizard asked while looking at the paper he had prepared in advance and Noah Park.
“What did you see when you entered the gate?”
At that blatant question, Noah Park almost smiled without knowing it.
‘Should I just answer? if not···.’
He had already figured out the distance between himself and the wizard. It wasn’t difficult to crush that head if you put your mind to it.
“Park Noah aspiring hero?”
“Oh, yes. What did you see?”
“yes. It’s an important issue.”
Seeing the wizard’s hand moving little by little, Noah Park closed her eyes for a moment.
Now was the time to make a decision.
