106 – Symbol of Peace (3)
Pile a tall glass cup full of ice and add a little vodka. Pour orange juice over it until the glass is full. Complete by stirring with a long teaspoon.
It is a cocktail screwdriver. In the past, Jaejoong Han worked part-time at a bar to earn money to prepare for the civil service exam. He didn’t want to show his face, so his job was in the kitchen, and making a simple cocktail like this wasn’t a big deal for him.
I handed it to Baek Ah-hee and sat in the front seat.
“Thank you.”
Oh, Baek Ah-hee let out a small exclamation and looked at the glass with bright eyes. Han Jaejoong laughed as he watched her admire her cheap cocktail as if it were her ultimate wine.
“It’s just an ordinary cocktail.”
“What about mine?!”
“Why do minors drink alcohol? “Just drink some juice.”
“It’s much healthier than drugs or cigarettes…”
One day, I cried a little. She handed her a glass filled with just plain orange juice.
‘I didn’t hear anything.’
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At the same time, I decided to treat what Haru just said as just an exaggerated comparison. It was obvious that my heart would break if I thought that an overseas magical girl could soothe her mind and body with something like that. Magical girls live only by drinking dew!
“My gun?”
“There was coffee left over from earlier.”
“When I saw that friend’s face earlier, I started to need a drink. Should I just pour vodka into my coffee?”
“Mix some whipped cream or milk. “That way it’s delicious.”
“Okay~ Oppa’s too?”
“Yes, please.”
It will be a White Russian with only slightly changed ingredients. Suppressing his guilt for drinking during the day, Han Jae-joong asked Jo Ayun.
“Oh… This is sweet!”
“Because it’s sweetened.”
“This is what alcohol tastes like….”
Baek A-hee smiled brightly and continued to move the glass. Before I knew it, the glass was half empty. Only then did Jaejoong Han realize that screwdriver was one of the lady killer cocktails.
Lady Killer is said to be a cocktail that easily gets women drunk. This refers to cocktails that have a high alcohol content but are sweet so they are easy to drink and at the same time get you drunk quickly.
It was my first time drinking alcohol, so making it sweet to make it easier to drink had the opposite effect.
“Mr. Ahee. “Drink it slowly.”
“hehehe~? Why? Is it delicious? Is it because Jaejoong rode it? Why is it more delicious?”
“What do you mean when there is no comparison group? Drink it really slowly. And then I get drunk.”
“Yes~”
Baek Ah-hee listened and then put the glass to her mouth again. Haru, who had been grumbling earlier, looked at Baek Ah-hee with an excited expression, as if she had regained her excitement again.
“I want to see Jiknyeo drunk… I want to see it!”
“No. I can’t handle it. Hey, drink it slowly.”
Ayun Jo, who flatly refused, brought a cup of coffee with alcohol in front of Jaejoong Han.
“Thank you.”
“So? “What do you mean you want to use this as a base?”
Are you still listening to everything you need to hear even though you’ve lost the day? Jo Ah-yoon asked Baek A-hee with a serious face.
“Oh, that’s okay! Jaejoong~ Sister~ Cheers, cheers!”
Baek A-hee, who lightly ignored Jo Ayun’s words, raised her glass high and urged her to toast. Han Jaejoong frowned as he felt the cold glass lightly hit his cheek. Jo Ayun sighed deeply.
It seemed difficult for the story to progress properly without dealing with that.
“…Oppa can handle that.”
“In times like this, a senior should take care of it.”
“It’s too much… You don’t want to drink with me?”
“Oppa, take responsibility quickly.”
Baek Ah-hee got drunk even before he taught her how to lead or teach her manners. How weak are you to alcohol? Is this my fault? Han Jaejoong suddenly felt aggrieved.
Nevertheless, Han Jae-joong, who could not refuse Jo Ayun’s offer to help Baek A-hee drink, raised his glass even though he was internally displeased.
“Yes, yes, let’s toast and now get to the point….”
“hehehe~ Okay then! Wishing you success! As a wish for progress! Castle….”
“Yes, cheers!”
“Gunpai~!”
Han Jaejoong quickly cut him off and shouted a toast before he could complete his embarrassing toast. Where do you see that this is an adult? He’s just an adolescent middle school student who says dirty things or acts and giggles.
Baek Ah-hee grumbled, as if she was disappointed that the toast wasn’t completed. Then he poured the remaining contents of the glass into his mouth.
“Ahee… I told you to work on the Internet.”
“Why is that so? Why did you cut off Jiknyeo’s words?”
“You just don’t need to know….”
“I will search!”
“Don’t do it.”
Why do these juniors, as well as White Dabih, only learn bad things from the internet? Jo Ayun shook her head and felt the need to manage the digital literacy status of magical girls at the headquarters level.
“Indeed, this was originally intended as a play on words! Jiknyeo is a sensible person!”
After a day of nodding with interest, Jo Ayun opened her lips again.
“…You want to use our store?”
“Hi (yes)! “They want to use this as a temporary base to investigate abnormalities occurring in D5 City!”
“Yes~ Please drink~ Jaejoong, I have another drink~ Ehehehe~”
“Stop talking bitterly and drink juice like Mr. Dabih. “I guess I’ll give Mr. Vega a drink again.”
While roughly filling Baek A-hee’s glass with orange juice, Han Jae-joong drank the contents of his own glass.
The bitter scent of coffee once filled my mouth, followed by the scent and taste of alcohol mixed with sweetness that dulled my throat.
“Hmm….”
The Magic Girl Headquarters’ proposal itself made sense. The events that occur in this neighborhood are clearly strange. A monster who takes people away without leaving any trace. If this phenomenon is left unattended, it will only cause anxiety among citizens and undermine the authority of the organization.
When dealing with this difficult case, it would be more beneficial to create a base and observe the city as a whole rather than using a dispatch system.
But this is only a matter of headquarters. They had different circumstances.
If the two people in this store were ordinary people, I would have readily tolerated them coming to the store. But these two were not those people.
‘We cannot overlook the possibility that our identities will be discovered.’
Jo Ayun and Han Jaejoong are special beings who can transform from humans to monsters. It is difficult for the magical girl to realize this.
If you are branded as a monster, you will not only be attacked by magical girls, but you will not be able to rest comfortably even when you are in human form. Everyone in this world will know their faces and be on guard.
It is difficult to convince people that they are human. In a modern society that wants trustworthy heroes, heroes who hide their identities and act like vigilantes are nothing more than villains. If not, I would have to reveal my identity…
‘That’s not possible.’
Whether he is sold as a villain or a hero, either way is a possibility.
Han Jaejoong does not want his face to be exposed to the public. The deeply embedded trauma became fear and confined him.
‘Besides, a hero other than a magical girl. ‘There’s no need for that.’
Their presence will be very attractive to the public who is always enthusiastic about new and unconventional entities. Still, there is a possibility that the position of the magical girl, who is currently gradually losing trust, will be shaken.
You become an ally, and paradoxically, you become your greatest enemy.
“Don’t worry too much! It won’t be used for anything other than a base where magical girls can gather for a while! It doesn’t even mean providing accommodation! Of course we will give you enough money! Senpai knows the personalities of his colleagues! “I’m not the type to carelessly pollute a rented place!”
Haru, who judged their worried expressions to be because this story had no benefit to them, quickly defended the headquarters.
Baek A-hee said that it was not a big deal, but seeing that such a detailed defense was prepared, it seemed like it was a story that had been considered quite seriously.
“Mazayo Mazayo~ Don’t worry too much, Jaejoong! “If this cafe becomes a temporary base, I can protect Jaejoong by his side all the time!”
“No, just work….”
“Ahhhhh, Jaejoong has become so cold. After all, I only have Haru-chan~?”
“Yes! “Come to me, my Jiknyeo!”
“Still, it’s not like I’m younger…”
“Ee uso (lie)”!
After their conversation, Jo Ayun glanced at Han Jaejoong. It was a look in his eyes that said, ‘What should I do?’
I didn’t know what to do as the boss treated his employees with respect. If it is realistic, it is right to refuse. Aside from money, you might discover your true identity while looking for a monster hidden in this neighborhood. No matter what, we will find the hidden monster.
But Jaejoong Han could not be realistic.
“I think it’s good.”
From the moment he declared himself the guardian of the guardian, he was unable to prioritize his own interests. I extended my life to prioritize their safety over my own.
[Quest appears. Please accept the offer. The cost of non-compliance was confirmation of acceptance of the death quest. Quest successful.]
As soon as Han Jae-joong expressed his consent, Belt came up with a quest. It was impressive that it was processed as a success as soon as it occurred and the voices overlapped.
Anyway, he had no choice. If it benefits them, you give up your own benefit. Even if it involves risk.
In fact, he did not have any benefit at all. The anomalies in this city had to be dealt with. It is reassuring to have a partner in the process. Information about magical girls may be shared.
“Then it has been decided.”
Jo A-yoon put down his glass and nodded.
“I will cooperate with you.”
“So quickly?”
“I heard you like my brother. “Then it’s good for me too.”
[As expected, he is the person I chose! It’s refreshing! The progress of unrequited love is also refreshing….]
‘Maw.’
If he chooses, Jo Ayun also has no reason to refuse. Although she may not be able to dream, she can protect those who dream, and she was able to infinitely support the path Han Jae-joong decided to take.
“Ahh~ It’s true, right? “Did you really, really, really swear to stay with me every day?!”
“When did you do that? “We just gave them the right to come to the store as they pleased.”
“Hey, that’s it!”
Baek Ah-hee smiled brightly and held Han Jae-joong’s hand and shook it vigorously.
“Please continue to look after me~”
“Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu (Please take care of me)!”
Did I accept it for no reason? Even though not much time had passed, Han Jaejoong smiled bitterly, feeling his spirits sink.
“Then, shall we leave right away?!”
“Where?”
“Of course it’s neighborhood patrol!”
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In the end, I couldn’t refuse Baek A-hee’s words.
“Hmm, it’s a quiet neighborhood! If I live in the future, I would like a place like this! “How are you doing, Jaejoong?”
“I like my neighborhood.”
“Eh~ I don’t like it!”
Baek A-hee, who was looking around the street, grumbled softly.
She asked me to tell her the geography of her surroundings, saying that she needed to find out in advance which neighborhood she would need to monitor in the future. It wasn’t exactly wrong, and the girls were so stubborn that Han Jae-joong and Jo Ayun accepted the proposal.
“We asked you to tell us, but we don’t know either. “It’s been a while since I came here.”
“But isn’t it better than not knowing anything at all? Yubimuhwan!”
“Where does a bastard know such things?”
“You’re a tsundere! “How can you turn a compliment for using such knowledgeable language into something like that?”
Haru, who bravely accepted Jo A-yoon’s words, looked around her street with her cold, sunken eyes, unlike her smiling mouth.
“It looks like there are quite a few shopping malls, but this is the only way to walk down the street… Hmm, I guess the rumors are definitely having an effect.”
“Rumors?”
“Hi! “There is a transparent monster in this neighborhood…”
“Jaejoong~ Please give me a ride on a wooden horse~ I want to see the world from a higher place~!”
“What are your true intentions?”
“I want to be on Jaejoong’s head!”
“Oh, next time Jiknyeo, please ask me too!”
“Ugh….”
It feels like taking a child for a walk. Behind Jaejoong, who sighed out of fatigue, he felt a sign of popularity.
“Realization.”
[Reveal the truth.]
The voice of a monster releasing its disguise.
Han Jaejoong looked behind him as if he was fascinated.
“It’s been a while.”
A monster whose shoulders were decorated with huge scales was located right at the end of the line of sight.
“…Libra.”
“I guess you forgot. Thank god.”
Libra gathered light in her fist. She was bigger than I had ever seen her before.
“I’m so glad.”
When he extended his fist to where Han Jaejoong was located, the light advanced, crushing everything in its path.
