Chapter 187 – Lives of Others (5)
I am not a beast.
Yeonju Choi muttered that as soon as she woke up in the morning. The woman in the mirror was not a woman mad with lust. She has wide-open eyes, charming lips slightly twisted, clear skin and red hair. She was Choi Yeon-joo as usual.
By no means was she a beast driven by lust.
It just seemed like that happened because I was in a bad mood that night. She decided to think so. What happened last night must have been a dream. Even now, Jung Soo-hyun’s thick penis and Kim Yoo-jung’s lascivious voice were still vivid, but it was clear that it was a dream.
“After…”
Choi Yeon-ju muttered once again as she watched the water fill the sink. I am not a beast. And, this is not a dream.
“Hello.”
Jeong Su-hyun, who met me at the office after breakfast, looked more energetic than usual. Compared to how she wasn’t feeling well right now, it was the complete opposite. Yeonju Choi felt oddly upset when she saw him looking fine.
“Let’s start with Dalian.”
Thanks to daily sparring and training, Jeong Su-hyeon’s ability to improvise and his physical skills were getting better day by day. As Jung Soo-hyeon thrust the spear deep, Choi Yeon-ju turned her body to the right, where her shield couldn’t block it. Then, Jeong Su-hyeon leaned over to his side and tackled him as if he was aiming for it.
The heavy shoulder muscles touched her chest, and she lightly let go of his tackle as if it were nothing. Jung Soo-hyeon, who had taken a few steps in vain, regained her balance and turned around. The moment she touched her shoulder muscles was so vivid that Choi Yeon-joo’s face flushed.
“Ah…”
Jeong Su-hyeon shook his head in regret. Yeonju Choi said.
“You are strong among the c-class, but it is too reckless to give me a tackle as an s-class. If you fight the Black Dragon Ark like that, you won’t be able to walk a few steps, your energy will be drained, and you’ll become a mummy.”
She squeezed her hand once, measuring the line of his shoulder. She said naturally as she stood next to him and grabbed her by the shoulder.
“I like the idea of deliberately giving up a gap to feed the blow. But, if you’re going to use it like that, rather than using this shoulder like that…”
The tips of her fingers ran across Jeong Su-hyeon’s shoulder. The touch from his shoulder to the neckline made Jeong Su-hyeon a little embarrassed. Choi Yeon-joo removed her hand after realizing that she had been massaging Jeong Su-hyeon in a way that was too lascivious.
“Oh, sorry. So, if you’re going to stick out your shoulder like this and hit it, why don’t you wear a piece of equipment and give it an extra hit? I was going to make that suggestion.”
As she said that, she put her hand on her floor. Large shoulder armor and pistols emerged one by one from under her ground. Choi Yeon-ju held her two instruments in both hands like scales and took turns explaining one by one.
“This is a weapon often used by hunters who use spears and shields, but now it is a gun attached to a shield. When he doesn’t have time to turn around, he raises his arm slightly and uses the muzzle attached to his shield to keep the opponent in check. Even S-class hunters get hurt when they get shot, so they have strong stopping power.”
“It doesn’t seem right to me. Out of habit, I pull my arm back, but I think it will hit my arm at the wrong angle.”
“There are actually a few cases where people have accidentally fired and retired.”
Jeong Su-hyeon looked back at Choi Yeon-joo with a puzzled face as to whether he had given it to use. Choi Yeon-ju avoids Jeong Su-hyeon’s sharp gaze and explains about her shoulder armor. It was as hard as a shield, and at the same time, the horns on its shoulders were sharp, so it could have been used as an excellent means of containment.
“This one… It’s a protective gear in case of emergency, but in fact, I don’t usually use it because it’s too heavy when I put this on the safety equipment I wear when putting in the gate. By the way, when you fight without gate equipment like this time, there will be no protective equipment like this.”
Jeong Suhyeon listened to her and tried on her shoulder armor once. I just wore it, but it was information that my arm would go down slightly because of the heavy feeling. Choi Yeon-joo lightly slapped Jung Soo-hyeon on the right shoulder.
As she was hit so fast that she couldn’t react, her body shrank. However, she only tingled a little, but it didn’t hurt as much as I thought. Yeonjoo Choi said.
“Of course, I am too, and Hunter Choi Soonhong will break if he decides to hit, but just being able to block an attack that could incapacitate you once is enough. How is it?”
“Oh, I think this is good.”
Jeong Su-hyeon nodded his head in satisfaction and shook his shoulder armor once. Yeonju Choi saw him smiling and nodded her head while laughing at him.
“Oh, you laughed.”
And when Jung Soo-hyun looked at her and said that, she immediately stiffened her face and avoided her gaze. When Jung Soo-hyeon laughed, she said as if he was displeased.
“It is lunch time now. Let’s go wash up and eat. When you’re done eating, come back to the office.”
“All right.”
When Jung Soo-hyeon disappeared, Choi Yeon-ju made a mirror for her and looked at her own face. She laughed so strangely. Didn’t I always smile like that? Even when she tilted her head and raised questions, no one answered, so she was bound to feel frustrated.
Today’s lunch was tonkatsu. Choi Yeon-ju really liked the deep-fried pork cutlet, because the kitchen of this restaurant made the pork cutlet herself with its own artisan spirit. As she stood with her plate to receive her portion, the chef checked her face and served a separate bowl.
“What is this?”
“It’s a donburi made with tonkatsu.”
“Only me?”
The brown sauce was beautifully covered on top of the mongsil mongsil egg. The finely chopped onion was well-roasted and gave off a sweet scent, and the pork cutlet had a lively texture. The food looked really good, but she couldn’t figure out why the chef was giving her donburi. Originally, today’s menu is pork cutlet, isn’t it?
“I usually owe a lot to the CEO in many ways, so I made a special one. You can just rub it in.”
“Ah, thank you.”
Choi Yeon-ju nodded her head without any doubt at the chef’s words. She took the light soup that came with the tonkatsu today and poured it into the donburi.
“Ah!”
The chef was startled and stretched out her hand, but Choi Yeon-joo just tilted her head as if she couldn’t figure out what the problem was.
“Why is that? Scare people.”
“Oh that… Does it taste good if you eat it like that?”
“It tastes good, and you can eat it quickly. People should learn from me in the first place. Why do we use two bowls to eat? If it goes into the stomach, that’s it. Besides, it tastes different when you eat it like this.”
“…Ah yes.”
The chef gritted his teeth and looked at Choi Yeon-joo, then sighed deeply. Choi Yeon-ju did not understand the chef’s anger and sat down to eat.
After lunch, she checked her mail. She checked her email once in the morning and once in the afternoon, and she had one email that wasn’t there in the morning. Yeonju Choi checked the contents of her mail with a furrowed eyebrow.
[Research on the origin of fragments of the Almighty]
When Yeonju Choi saw the title, she got up from her seat in a fright. She activated a device that could communicate with the Almighty Shard, then she waited for Jung Soo-hyun to come. It was because this news had to be shared with Jung Soo-hyun.
Jeong Su-hyeon walked in with a happy face to see if the tonkatsu was delicious. Choi Yeon-joo could now see that when he was in a good mood, he slightly wiggled his eyebrows. It was the result of observing his face all these days.
“I guess you liked today’s lunch?”
“Ah yes. Tonkatsu was delicious. Plus they serve soup and rice, uh. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a hearty meal.”
“Okay.”
Choi Yeon-ju was somehow happy to hear that he ate well. She said, struggling to keep the corners of her mouth from rising.
“I got an email from the lab. Translation of the document researching the origin of the [Fragment of the Almighty] Has been completed. So… I’m going to read it now, would you please sit here?”
Unlike usual, Jung Soo-hyun’s seat was next to Choi Yeon-joo. She thought it would be better for her to read the text with her own eyes than for her to read it, so she was considerate.
Choi Yeon-joo thought that giving her the seat next to her really came out of ‘pure consideration’.
Now she thought her heart was pounding a little, her breathing a little rough, but it was just her mood.
“Then, Mr. Suhyun. Did you wear a helmet on your head?”
“Yes.”
“Did you knock on Almighty Emperor?”
At Choi Yeon-joo’s joke, Jeong Su-hyeon smiled awkwardly and nodded his head. At the same time Jung Soo-hyeon closed her eyes and concentrated, Choi Yeon-ju opened the machine. The Almighty, who dyed her face red from beyond the machine, shouted.
“Well, didn’t you just say it was a misunderstanding! I don’t usually act so lascivious!”
“Yes. Yes.”
Choi Yeon-joo let go of Almighty Emperor’s wrath and focused her attention on the screen.
