38 – Ryu Ye-rin, the illegitimate daughter of the family by family name (3)

“You know what, sir?”

Yerin put her hand on her chest and muttered in a bitter voice, assuming her modest posture.

“Are you naturally weak?”

I glanced at Yerin.

Yerin had one characteristic different from others.

That’s an albino. Yerin was an albino. Usually, in nature, albino animals do not live long and die. Because it’s a mutation

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“Your eyes are red, your hair is white… ….”

Red eyes reminiscent of jewels full of eggs, and white hair reminiscent of scattering ashes.

“Compared to my peers, I’m smaller in size and weaker… ….”

Small body and slender arms and legs, about two cheeks taller than those of adult men.

“I was always the target of bullying from kids.”

With a smile tinged with loneliness, he suddenly started talking about the old days.

“Teacher. Our old house was a small single room.”

“Single room?”

“Yes. It was hot in summer and cold in winter. But just being with my mother was nice.”

“Really?”

I calmly nodded her head and agreed with Yerin’s words.

It’s because I felt like I was laying groundwork for the story of Seong Baek-hyeon from the family of surnames.

“My mother raised me alone. Raising a child alone is not an easy task in Korean society, is it?”

That’s right.

“People around me don’t look at me well, but my mother took care of me steadfastly. There would have been a choice to throw me into an orphanage because I was weak, but my mother didn’t.”

It was a bit shocking, but it was undeniable that it was a realistic choice.

In fact, it is because there were many people who had difficulty raising children by themselves and sent them up for adoption or abandoned them.

In that sense, it seemed that Yerin’s mother did her best to take care of Yerin.

She was at least a responsible person.

“I asked my mother before. Who is my father?”

If Yerin’s father is Seong Baek-hyeon, the head of the surname family.

“My mother said with a lonely face. She said, ‘He’s a wonderful person,’ and ‘I’ll see you soon.’”

A great person?

Who left Yerin and her aunt?

I gulped and swallowed the words that rose to the top of my neck in an instant.

For now, let’s listen to Yerin’s words to the end.

We haven’t finished Yerin’s words yet.

It is said that you have to listen to the end to know what Koreans are saying, so Seong Baek-hyun might have some circumstances.

“Teacher.”

“Yes.”

Yerin, who blankly looked up at her empty space, chanted quietly.

“My mother always wanted to meet her father.”

The light from the dim light was quietly sitting on Yerin’s face. The parts where the light did not shine were dark and dark.

“Really?”

“Yes. To my mother, rather than me…… More of her father…….”

Yerin muttered with her complex face, tossing the tail of her horse.

“Then one day. Eventually, my mother and I met our father.”

He brushes her hair roughly and continues her words.

“The head of the surname family…… Seong Baekhyun Hunter is my father, right? Isn’t that amazing?”

“But why… ….”

…… Are you living like this? I was about to say that, but unconsciously, I bit her lip. Because she knew that Yerin was an illegitimate child.

“My mother took me to Seong Baekhyun Hunter’s mansion. The mansion was said to be very large, reminiscent of a palace. A beautiful pine tree, a spacious dojo, numerous servants, delicious food, a nice room… ….”

Abruptly, he suddenly looks up and looks at me.

The two pupils just stared at each other in silence.

“…… Is there a different world that you have never seen before?”

“I see.”

“However, Seong Baekhyun Hunter’s life in the mansion was not very good.”

Moment.

The word “Out-of-wedlock” Disturbed my mind.

I could roughly predict how a child born without a formal marriage registration would be treated.

“The children of Seong Baekhyun Hunter. So my brothers and sisters didn’t like me. I just treated Hunter Seong Baekhyun like an insect attached to him. Of course, I wasn’t wrong. Actually, I went to Seong Baekhyun Hunter’s house after suffering from poverty.”

“Yerin.”

“By the way, sir, do you know that?”

“Yerin Ryu.”

She hurriedly called Yerin’s name when she saw Yerin looking a little excited, but Yerin didn’t care and just chewed on her lips.

Yerin chewed her lower lip hard and spat out one letter after another.

“Did you know that family names have been grafted since ancient times?”

“What about grafting?”

She swallowed dry saliva.

It was an open secret.

I only heard about it through rumors.

…… The act of intentionally mixing the bloodlines of powerful people to create children is called grafting.

“The Seongssi family wanted a strong bloodline as they were a hardline martial arts group that thought power was important from the old days. So she married high-ranking talents and gave birth to children.”

“That… ….”

“Yes. It’s an anachronistic method, but usually the children of powerful people tend to have more potential.”

“By the way, isn’t your mother an ordinary person?”

“Yes. That’s right. My mother is an ordinary person without any power.”

“Then why?”

For a moment, an idea flashed into my mind.

It could have been a bit childish and absurd, but one possibility called Maybe tickled my heart.

Perhaps, because of love, Yerin’s mother and…….

“It was a farmland street.”

“Huh?”

Ha, Yerin laughs.

As if they were mocking my expectations.

“Wait what?”

I blinked at Yerin’s sudden words. f*ck. What did I just hear?

“Just…… Just…… Just for fun…… He said he did.”

“No, what is that?”

“I wondered what it would be like to mix with the blood of a normal person…… He said he did…… I did and left…….”

Yerin laughed helplessly as if she was in a state of collapse, and suddenly she bit her lip hard.

“…… Because I was a defective product.”

A defective product?

“Because I was weak.”

“Oh, yes, but only for that?”

“It’s not just that, sir. Seong Baekhyun Hunter is that kind of person.”

My appetite was bitter.

“My brothers and sisters bullied me for being an illegitimate child. I was weak and even fell out, so I didn’t recognize her as her family. The bullying continued to intensify as time went by, but her father only sat by the sidelines. I guess he wasn’t interested in defective products like me.”

Yerin smiled distortedly.

“But it’s okay. I can tolerate it enough. I am used to being bullied.”

My heart fluttered when she said that she was used to it.

“Mother seemed more than happy to be with her father. She gave birth to me and was abandoned by her father…….”

She muttered in a voice mixed with resentment, but Yerin immediately looked at me.

“…… Aren’t you so stupid?”

“… ….”

I couldn’t answer.

Yerin wasn’t trying to get an answer either.

“I kept putting up with it. It was the first time I had ever seen my mother so happy. Because she knew I would have to put up with it. Of course, I didn’t want to be abandoned again because I was useless, so I trained even harder. Martial arts training was essential for me as a family by family name.”

It’s the training of the largest martial arts group, Seongssi Sega……

Would Yerin, who was weak, be able to endure it?

“Honestly, it was so hard that I wanted to give up. But I couldn’t give up because if my father judged me useless and abandoned me, not only me but also my mother would be abandoned again.”

“You think your mother is very important.”

“Yes. It was.”

…… The word is in the past tense.

Are you saying it’s not now?

“I was always bullied by my brothers and sisters and ignored by the servants, but it was okay. It was enough for me that her mother was happy. However… ….”

“By the way?”

“Has there been a small ‘accident’?”

“Accident? What suddenly?”

“I, just… ….”

Yerin’s upper lip opened slightly.

I was hesitant to say something.

Yerin, who pursed her lips a little, shook her head.

She seemed to have decided not to tell me.

“It was a minor accident. Anyway, after that, I was abandoned. It was the same with my mother who brought me. That was the moment she went from being a rogue to a really worthless scavenger.”

She wondered what the accident was, but knowing that it would be useless to ask, she just listened quietly to Yerin.

“I threw it away at will, picked it up on a whim, and threw it away again. My father is me and my mother.”

“Tsk.”

I inadvertently clicked my tongue.

f*ck. You’re such a f*cking guy

No, well, I’m a piece of trash with four legs, but Seong Baekhyun has gone too far.

“And that day. I was hit by my mother for the first time.”

“Huh?”

Yerin Ryu moved her hand quietly.

She gently touched her own cheek and smiled sadly.

I couldn’t help but stare blankly at Yerin since her loneliness and confusion were mixed laughter.

“My mother slapped me on the cheek. How hard she hit. I did a few laps on her floor.”

“No, hey.”

She resisted swearing.

Whoa. Let’s calm down.

“Her lips were cut and her nose was bleeding, but even more shocking than that was that she was beaten by her mother.”

“Yerin, that is.”

As if the memory of her was still clearly lingering in her head, Yerin frowned and caressed her cheek.

“Then my mother told me. It was abandoned because of me. That I was wrong So I was able to realize. The fact that my mother never cared about me in the first place.”

I f*cking just shut up.

“Yes. He was just using me as a stepping stone to connect Hunter Sung Baekhyun and his mother.”

“Ha. Really.”

“I just wanted to live with my mother…… I was able to make at least one mother happy by earning money…… Mother…….”

Ryu Ye-rin muttered in her broken voice.

“My mother was abandoned by Seong Baekhyun Hunter again, but she did not give up. I started forcing myself to work as a hunter, telling me to make amends for myself because I did something wrong.”

“Why do you have to work as a hunter?”

“Because my father wanted a son who was strong and useful, befitting the head of the Mutoupa clan. It was for the reason that if I succeed as a hunter, they will see me again. That’s probably why I was abandoned…… Because it was useless.”

“It’s useless… ….”

It was a cruel word.

Currently, Yerin was a D-rank hunter. She

It could be said that it was a great achievement for her new career as a hunter.

However, Seong Baekhyun’s children are ranked B~S.

There was a difference between Yerin and the sky.

“At that time, I really wanted to die. I don’t want to work as a hunter. I don’t want to get blood on my hands. My mother kept forcing me and forcing me. By the time she got tired of her body and mind…… She met the teacher.”

“Me?”

“Yes.”

He nodded slowly, his red eyes blushing slightly.

“Meeting you has changed a lot.”

“I said something.”

“No sir. I received a lot from you.”

“Never mind. Because it really wasn’t a big deal.”

Yerin shook her head.

“Teacher. What I am today is thanks to the teacher.”

“Huh? No, that much…….”

“If I hadn’t met you, I probably wouldn’t be here.”

Yerin made a bitter expression, but before she knew it, she looked at me with a sad look.

“Yerin. What do you say?”

“Teacher. I am only a teacher.”

“Huh?”

Yerin carefully reached out her hand and took her hand in mine. I could feel Yerin’s soft touch. She was as soft as a child’s skin, and her hand twitched spontaneously at her soft touch.

I reflexively removed her hand.

Then Yerin’s eyebrows slightly twisted.

Her face hardened in surprise.

“Teacher? Why…… Avoid…… ?”

“No, I was just a little surprised. It’s sudden.”

Her red eyes turned dull.

The dark eyes are looking at me.

It’s an eye that doesn’t feel light very well.

“…… Teacher.”

“… ….”

“…… Do you hate me?”

“… ….”

Before I knew it, Yerin got up from her seat.

Yerin jumped up and moved on with her slow steps.

Beyond the dimly lit kitchen lights, Yerin was approaching me.

“…… Why are you avoiding me, sir?”

One step.

And one more step.

She continues to face me.

Suddenly, the other Yerin, who was right in front of my nose, quietly looked down at me sitting in her chair.

Lights from electric lights poured down on Yerin’s head.

The shadow made her face look more pensive.

“…… Teacher. I am.”

I forgot. Flash.

The lights flickered as if there was a problem with the bulb in the kitchen light.

Under the intermittently flickering lights, Yerin slowly opened her lips.

“I really, really like the teacher.”

“Wait a minute.”

“I like it better than you think.”

“Yerin.”

“So please, sir.”

“Yerin Ryu.”

I interrupted Yerin with a strong tone in the middle.

“Huh? Teacher?”

I slightly pushed Yerin’s shoulder as she approached.

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Yerin’s slender body was pushed back a little.

It was light enough for her short frame.

Yerin took a step back.

Her pupils began to widen.

She soon trembles with anxiety.

“…… Why why?”

“Yerin. Listen carefully.”

“…… Yes? Teacher? Why so serious Is it because I, that, don’t like it? My, was I in too much of a hurry?”

“Yerin Ryu. Ha. Really. I kept thinking about it. After talking about this and seeing your behavior, I can’t help it.”

“Teacher? What do you mean? Why all of a sudden.”

“It’s not all of a sudden Ryu Yerin. Listen to me carefully.”

I sighed.

To be honest, I didn’t mean to say it so quickly.

I was thinking of slowly persuading him over a little more time.

It was because Yerin was a mentally difficult child and she made extreme choices.

But she also thought, paradoxically, that she might as well speak now.

“Yerin.”

“Oh, yes.”

I looked into Yerin’s red eyes and said strongly.

“I think we better keep our distance.”

“Yes?”

Yerin’s voice trembled slightly.