02. A visitor from the future (21)

“No, this is….”

A rough-looking man bursts in after breaking down the door of the library and looks at me, unable to hide his astonishment.

I know I shouldn’t be thinking like this, but what can I say, he really looked like a bandit boss.

It looks like it’s dressed up nicely, but it actually gives the impression that it’s wearing animal skin and eating meat.

He opened his eyes and looked at me alternately with the corpse of the boss monster, then opened his mouth in disbelief.

“No matter how well you hit it, you can only see it as a C-class hunter….”

Um. It’s true, but hearing it directly in front of me hurts as if I was hit in the bone.

No, were C-rankers rather favored? Even though my mana is only D-.

“Lord Lord, the girl in the arms of that boy.”

“Huh?”

“This is the youngest Auror user that has recently become a hot topic. Next to him is the head of the academy’s battle department, which is paying attention to Haneulnuri.”

“What… !”

Only then did the man look at Yoon Seo-hee and Baek Ji-soo in my arms, and nodded his head with a firm expression as if he understood something.

“Yes, I see…” You guys caught the boss monster. Thanks.”

Is it just my mood that I feel like I’m missing the “You” This guy is talking about, unlike before?

I felt anger as well as bitterness.

It’s not because that person looked down on me. Because it is true that I am weak.

The reason I was really upset was that he arrived so late.

Even though the man in front of me who said that would be much stronger than me.

“Is it enough to say thank you?”

“What… ?”

“My friends are hurt a lot. I could have almost died. Shouldn’t the old men have prevented this from happening?”

I looked at Yoon Seo-hee’s sleeping face, who was still unconscious. Her wounds had healed, but her clothes were scorched and covered in black dust from her explosion, and they were a mess.

Lee Byung-joon is still unconscious, probably caught in the explosion. He wouldn’t have to go through this if I hadn’t asked him to change his service hours.

I remember Baek Ji-soo, who tried to fight until the end holding a broken cane. Could she really hold out alone against her boss monster?

I don’t think so. Even a few seconds late could have been a big deal.

In a situation where every minute and every second is urgent, to arrive only after the work is over.

I glared at the man in front of me without hiding my anger.

“Are you aware that people’s lives are in your hands?”

The atmosphere cools down instantly.

The faces of the men surrounding us hardened.

“This bastard… Do you think we came here to play?”

“Does closing the gate look easy? Did you get hurt too?”

Men who look menacing while wrinkling their faces.

Perhaps it’s true that they’re professional hunters, and they’re out of breath when they face the deadly momentum.

But I didn’t back down and took that gaze head-on.

There was a hand that grabbed my sleeve.

“Binary….”

When I turned my head, Baek Ji-soo was looking at me with a dissuading look.

Is it dangerous to create useless disputes?

But this was something I had to say.

At that moment, a loud cry broke the uneasy silence.

“Gaaa!!!!”

A roar that made you want to plug your ears rang through the air.

All eyes were focused on the man in the apparel.

“What are you doing spouting life on a young student! They can’t even use it properly!”

“Ha, but Lord Lord… !”

“Stop! Aren’t you ashamed? If it wasn’t for these students, it wouldn’t be strange to have a string of mourning in the city today!”

After all the men protested at once, he took a step closer to me with his heavy sunken face.

And thump to the floor! He groaned and fell to his knees.

In that sudden situation, the men standing behind hold their breath all at once. I was surprised as well.

“Falcon, Lord Lord!”

“Quiet!”

He looked at me, not paying attention to the voices of the men calling him.

“Student, what is your name?”

“… I am Jinjin Kim.”

“Yes, student Leejin Kim. You are right. People’s lives were in our hands, and I lacked that awareness.”

He put his palms on his knees and slammed his forehead into the ground.

Boom! There was a loud noise that made him wonder if his head had been broken.

“I feel ashamed and sorry. And… Thank you very much. Thanks to you, no one died today.”

“… ….”

I didn’t answer and just stared at the man who hit his head.

He seemed completely unwilling to raise his head until I answered.

On the contrary, feeling that I was becoming more burdened, I finally let out a deep sigh and slowly opened my mouth.

“Keep your head up, mister.”

“But….”

“I haven’t forgiven you yet. Still, the uncle has to take responsibility and take care of it. Because you are an adult.”

At that, the man slowly raised his head. It was an expression that couldn’t hide the bitterness.

“… Yes, grown up Then you have to take responsibility.”

He nodded his head and then lifted himself off the floor. And he indifferently gestures to the men behind him.

“Contact the special affairs department and clean up the wreckage. Move the injured to the hospital.”

“I understand, Lord Lord.”

After completing the instructions, the man in the dopo looked at Yoon Seo-hee in my arms and said.

“What will he do? If it’s okay, I’d like to take you to the hospital.”

I exchanged glances with Baek Ji-soo. She shook her head slowly.

This meant that the treatment had already been completed. If it is Baek Ji-soo, then it must be so. I nodded and replied.

“No, it’s okay. I will take Seo-hee.”

“Yes. Then what are you going to do with the magic stone?”

“A magic stone?”

“Since you are a student, it will still be difficult to deal with it, but if necessary, I will exchange it for money. I promise in the name of Ha Seok-cheol, Lord of the Black Sky, that I will deliver it without taking a penny.”

Ah. It’s a magic stone that came out after catching the boss monster.

Anyway, his name is Ha Seok-cheol. After all, this person was the guild leader of the Black Chunmaeng. I didn’t know his face, and people kept calling him the leader, so I wanted someone.

Why is the guild leader called the leader?

“If that’s the case, I’ve already used it.”

“What… ? How?”

He looked surprised as if he couldn’t believe that he had already used up the magic stone, but eventually he nodded his head as if he didn’t bother to ask.

“Something must be wrong. I’ll take care of this next time so that I don’t gossip.”

“Yes. Please.”

“By the way, when the Special Investigation Department comes out, I will have to say your names. Is that okay? We can’t lie that we caught them.”

Um. That’s a bit troubling

If we inform the Special Administrative Department that we have caught the boss monster, of course the academy will be contacted.

Then, of course, my grandfather would know what I was doing tonight, but that wasn’t what I wanted.

As I was thinking about that, Baek Ji-soo tugged at my collar.

“Anyway, the Special Investigation Department will investigate on its own. There is no point in hiding it.”

“… That’s right. Just tell me the truth.”

“I got it.”

We watched as Lee Byung-jun and his party were taken to the hospital by ambulance, and we got out of the library before government agents arrived.

I’ll be interviewing you later anyway, but I’m too tired to be caught now. Whether it’s at home or at the academy, he’ll either come and visit us.

“First, let’s go to my house. You have to stay with Seo-hee until she wakes up.”

“Yes.”

Until the stunned Yoon Seo-hee came to her senses, she decided to use the guest room at our house for a while. You should tell her grandfather about her circumstances.

My house isn’t too far from the messy library, so I walked down the street side by side with Baek Ji-soo.

I could see a few people coming out on the street as if the curfew had been lifted before I knew it, but maybe it was still early, so not many people were visible.

I didn’t want to attract unnecessary attention because I was carrying Yoon Seo-hee on my back, but it was fortunate.

After walking silently, I arrived home in no time.

Coming to think of it, this is the first time I’ve brought both Seohee Yoon and Jisoo Baek home.

How did I come to have a woman in my house so often? With such silly thoughts, I opened the door and entered, and my grandfather was waiting for me.

“Lee Jin-ah, this memo in the living room… Yes? Isn’t that Seohee? Next to him, who was lying in front of the house the other day….”

“… Hello. It is blank.”

“Huh… What the hell is this, Lee Jin-ah?”

My grandfather looked at me with a puzzled expression as if the situation was embarrassing.

I was at a loss as to how to explain this, so I averted my gaze.

“That… grandfather. I’ll tell you later, so can I move Seo-hee to the room?”

Only then did Grandpa see our torn and messy clothes, harden his expression a little, then nod and let us go.

“Okay. First of all, give me some clothes to change into. Please move Seo-hee to her room.”

“Yes. Thank you, Grandpa.”

“No. You’d better get some rest Tell me about it later.”

I was truly grateful to him for being a grandfather who believed in his grandson.

Heaving a sigh of relief, he went into the guest room with Baek Ji-soo and carefully laid Yoon Seo-hee on the bed.

“Whoa.”

Last time, I laid the fainting Baek Ji-soo here, but today I was laying the fainting Yoon Seo-hee down. With the golden ribbon still clenched tightly in her grasp, she opened her fingers one by one to pull out her sword.

“When will it happen?”

Baek Ji-soo crossed his arms and rested his chin on his chin, pondering for a while before speaking to him.

“… There may be shock from the explosion, but the biggest reason for losing consciousness is exhaustion of mana like we do.”

“Yoon Seo-hee also suffered from magical exhaustion?”

“Yes. Because I wrote her season twice… Still, she’ll wake up soon. I’m more worried about what happens after waking up.”

When it comes to seasons, do you mean the technique that makes the lightning flash? Yoon Seo-hee named her Baek-roe.

If she had to use the tremendous skill she showed in her sparring with Lee Hyeon-woo twice, it would have been a tremendous battle.

She was defeated in such a fierce battle, even her sword was broken, and it was hard to imagine how she would feel when she woke up.

But. I shook my head slowly.

“No. It will be fine.”

“… ? Why?”

“Because Seohee is strong. Even if you’re a little discouraged, you’ll quickly pick up your energy. I believe so.”

Baek Ji-soo looked at me with slightly dilated pupils.

This is the look on his face when he heard an unexpected answer. What’s so amazing

“You… You must really believe in Yoon Seo-hee.”

“Huh? Believe it Because we are friends.”

Hearing the answer, Baek Ji-soo suddenly shut his mouth and lowered his eyes as if in great conflict.

There was a long, embarrassingly long silence.

In the end, Baek Ji-soo slowly opened her mouth with a determined expression.

“… Binary.”

“Huh?”

“Before Yoon Seo-hee wakes up, I have something to confess to you.”

Baek Ji-soo and my gaze crossed each other.

Her red eyes glistened in the moonlight with firm conviction.