54 – Chapter 3. Island of Miracles and Patriotism, Ulleung (3)

I was honestly taken aback by the sudden phone call.

No, why is this woman calling at this hour?

Isn’t it almost 10pm now?

Why did you call me during the meeting about the demon doppelganger and goblin that appeared today?

[Where are you now?]

“Yes?”

[Can we meet now?]

voice is locked

I immediately got a sense of what the woman was asking to see me this late at night, but unfortunately I can’t physically get close to her.

“That… It’s a bit hard to say this, but I’m outside Sejong Island right now.”

[Yes?]

“I’m on Ulleungdo now.”

[…….]

Baek Seol-hee stopped talking.

I didn’t do anything wrong, but I felt like I did something wrong.

honestly wrong

It’s the man’s fault that he’s in a position where he can’t run in an hour when a woman calls in a gloomy voice at night.

Especially if the other person is not a married woman, or a woman with a boyfriend, but a woman who is living alone (?).

I don’t know why this woman called me, but I think I’m doing a good job as a counselor for the heroes, considering Yun Yi-sun’s words.

I should have called for advice.

So I said I wanted to meet you.

“Hey, did you mess up again at the meeting?”

[Poop…!]

I tried it, but it was correct.

Most of the heroes’ grievances are numerous damages to civilians due to tabletop discussions and hasty administration, and of course, the S-class heroes suffer the most damage.

“Someone asked Seol-hee why he couldn’t catch the goblin and why he missed the goblin without attacking it on the spot.”

[The hair is not peeled off. Have you posted any spies somewhere? Or do you have the ability to hear information over the phone?]

“I think I can understand just by hearing your voice. You want to meet me right now and throw out a bunch of so-called ‘high-ranking people’ swear words.”

It is also an experience as a reader who read the original novel, but when you think of Baek Seol-hee’s voice, situation, and the background of this world, it is a chuck.

“I’ll answer any phone call. I’m at the Ulleungdo Pension right now.”

[…a pension?]

“Yeah.”

[……with who?]

What.

I’m definitely soaking in the hot springs, but I feel something chill down my spine.

It’s cold.

It seems that magical powers fly like daggers and get stuck in the heart.

Is this what makes people nervous just with their voice?

“I came alone.”

[lie. How expensive are pensions on Ulleungdo, but you go there alone. Is that also ‘Ulleungdo’?]

I deliberately strain my throat at the word Ulleungdo and ask me.

Actually, considering the social position of Ulleungdo, I can only think of two cases of going alone.

Going to Ulleungdo with someone and doing a patriotic act, then lying.

Like meeting a woman on Ulleungdo and telling a lie while performing a patriotic act.

It was no different from going to a club in Gangnam to dance.

“Do you want to make a video call?”

[Yeah?]

“I’m soaking in a hot spring right now, so I’m asking for your understanding because I’m only taking out my upper body, but I can make video calls with the Taegeuk Watch right now.”

[Gee, now? …Yeah. Try it. right now.]

I took my hand out of the water and pointed the taegeuk watch at me, and soon Baek Seol-hee’s face appeared on the small screen of the taegeuk watch.

[ah.]

Baek Seol-hee, wearing a white shirt, blushed in embarrassment as soon as she saw me.

I had no intention of having a goblin jjichi party, so I answered the video call with my collarbone soaked, but I still blushed in embarrassment.

“Can you believe it?”

[Are you going to the pension alone without anyone else? That, looks like a really nice pension.]

“It’s a pension with a hot spring.”

[……Is the water warm?]

“Yes. It is constantly maintained at almost 40 degrees. Ulleungdo is a volcanic island. It is hot spring water heated by geothermal heat from there.”

[I hope you like it…]

I am truly envious.

If you want to continue the conversation here or if you want to appease Baek Seol-hee, introducing this place would be the best option, but when you try to talk here, it’s a little awkward.

‘This is a place to increase mana?’

The world’s most efficient mana recovery and maximum mana booster.

It’s not enough to recover my lost mana overnight, a place where I can see my mana stat up in real time.

It is about 0.1 stack per hour, but considering that others increase by 1 in the fourth decimal place, it is a great efficiency.

It can’t be every day.

Because it has its own cooldown.

Isn’t it nature’s reason to not stay here, or a device that allows a very appropriate and light novel-like act to be performed through a place called a hot spring?

but.

What if I could win Baek Seol-hee by telling them about this place?

Even if I give up here, what if I can make Baek Seol-hee my ally?

‘It’s definitely Seolhee Baek.’

It is not a female bird.

It is a rational choice from a strategic point of view.

‘Today’s Seolhee Baek is shaking. Now is the business angle.’

Today, after being shattered by high-ranking people because of the goblin, what if we could listen to Seol-hee Baek’s complaints, and have them come in as members of our organization?

“That, Mr. Seolhee.”

[Can I go?]

“Yes?”

[Can I go there myself? It’s not too far from Ulleungdo.]

“…Is it this time?”

[ah.]

Baek Seol-hee smiled brightly at my question.

[If you ask about this time, you mean you can go if the time is right?]

“Ah, that’s true, but wouldn’t that be a bit unsettling? In this situation, if people find out that you’re with a man and a woman on Ulleungdo, Seolhee Baek will be in a lot of trouble.”

[If that’s the case, don’t worry. You can go to Ulleungdo in 10 minutes.]

What kind of S-class violence.

“Ten minutes?”

[Yeah. If you move in the water, you will be there in 10 minutes. Not wet.]

“Are you saying that you will use this ability to come?”

[Absolutely. Otherwise, how can I get from here to Ulleungdo in 10 minutes?]

That’s right.

If I use the power of mana, if I mobilize my imagination using a goblin’s bat, I can cover Sejong Island and Ulleungdo one way within 20 minutes.

[Give me your address. And… I’ll be there in 15 minutes, so please open the window.]

“No, that, wait a minute. If there’s a scandal…”

pop.

The phone is disconnected.

The one-sided phone call was, in effect, unspoken pressure to send an address.

Don’t send your address here?

The relationship with Baek Seol-hee ends here.

In fact, it’s the same as shouting goodbye to Seolhee Baek myself.

“…tsk. Ahh. Send a message to Baek Seol-hee. Ulleung Special Self-Governing Province…”

I texted Baek Seol-hee the address through Taegeuk Watch.

The answer soon was just a short answer [Yes.].

“… Huh.”

What the heck, it makes me suspicious that this woman suddenly rushed to meet me.

First of all, it’s an open-air bath, so you don’t have to open the window and just land right here when you see me, but to be honest, I’m very embarrassed.

“Ah. Text. Please leave the Taegeuk Watch behind.”

I left a message just in case.

The location of S-class talents is caught in the information network of the Hero Association in real time.

But just wear it and come here?

[Shock] Hero S, one night at a pension with a man in Ulleungdo.

[Breaking News] The prince of Snow White appears? dwarves sobbing

[Special] The librarian, the librarian, who is he?

It’s obvious that it will be

“Ugh, I’m going crazy…”

I checked the text message through Taegeuk Watch, but to my real embarrassment, ‘Yes.’ Since then, the ‘1’ next to the sent text has not disappeared.

What do we do?

Shall I call you?

“…No.”

There is no reason to panic.

No, rather the sea I wished for.

If Seol-hee Baek becomes a party to the scandal here, it will be a huge gossip topic, and Seol-hee Baek’s opportunities to approach people around her may increase.

Specifically, to the main character.

Baek Seol-hee is also one of the heroines of the original novel, and she is also the heroine of ‘Teacher Position’.

Student Yoon Yi-sun.

Baek Seol-hee of the teacher.

As he was a popular heroine who was running a double-headed carriage – based on the original setting – the main character will definitely be involved with Baek Seol-hee.

At that time, I just need to meet the main character through Baek Seol-hee.

And using Seol-hee Baek, or together with Seol-hee Baek…

“Tsk. It’s complete garbage.”

Trying to use a woman’s mind to achieve your goals?

That’s why he’s trying to corrupt the organization in a way that benefits the organization by using the hero’s weak and shaky mind.

“…Targeting a hero’s mental weakness and turning it into a villain is the standard brainwashing method of an executive of an evil organization.”

Wouldn’t this be the ‘bewitching goblin’ operation that the goblins in the original novel failed so many times?

‘But can things be solved so easily?’

worried.

So far, Seolhee Baek has been involved in numerous scandals with male heroes, celebrities, and people from conglomerate families.

Of course, all of those scandals were trifles on the part of the man trying to get involved with Baek Seol-hee somehow, and Baek Seol-hee flatly said that he had no interest in them at all.

But if.

‘If it wasn’t for Seolhee Baek, this would be 100% green light!’

What if Seolhee Baek is interested in me?

‘Damn it. driving me crazy.’

What is Baek Seol-hee’s feelings?

Is it to receive face-to-face treatment from a mental counseling counselor in order to fix the shaking mentality as a hero?

Or is it a visit at night to a man who is interested?

If you think of it as a person with special abilities, the former is correct.

Considering the fresh stories of young men and women in their early twenties in modern times, no matter how much you think about it, it is a green light.

The intuition as a man and the hope as a man speak.

If this goes wrong…

“Wow.”

far away

On the sea side, something like a black human figure shone.

I can see clearly because I’m affected by mana, but the soldiers guarding the post probably only see the seawater glistening in the moonlight.

Pa-ang!

Waves splashed with an intense wave-hole.

And she appeared in front of me soaking in the hot spring.

“…I arrived a little early.”

“……Are you really here?”

“Then you really came.”

Baek Seol-hee appeared, wearing a long black padded jacket tightly wrapped from her neck to her ankles.

“Hey, why are you here?”

It’s a prepared comment, it’s a nabal, I just asked whatever came to mind.

“I need counseling.”

Baek Seol-hee looked at me calmly and answered.

“I came here because I thought you would accept me no matter what I consulted about.”

“What is it about?”

“…swearing at the minister?”

“…First.”

I decided to solve one thing, the unbearable thing.

“Even if it’s an open-air bath, wear a few shoes.”

“ah.”

“Take off your shoes, go over there and leave them at the front door.”

There are things that even an S-class hero should never do in this country.