67. Baek Hyeon-seo’s decision in sorrow [Confession]

After the black gate phenomenon occurred, Hyeon-seo Baek often visited the instructor’s office after breaking up with Joo-won Choi.

The desk Joo-Won Choi was using was now being used by another lecturer, but for some reason, I felt like I could see Joo-Won Choi at any moment when I was looking at the desk he was using.

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Longing.

Joo-Won Choi, whom I saw in the dungeon, had new colleagues.

He used to teach and encourage Baek Hyeon-seo at Hellmund Academy, but now he works as a mask instructor and is with more perfect students.

‘I said Park Hye-yeon…’

– Choi Joo-won? Is that your instructor’s name? You… How do you know the instructor’s name?

Remembering the strangely wary questions asked, Park Hye-yeon did not seem to know that the masked instructor was Choi Joo-won. Of course, now you know.

‘That girl… The instructor seemed to care…’

Entering the dungeon, Choi Joo-won hurriedly ran to save his new disciples. As if the high-ranking monsters that appeared at the Black Gate were nothing, he threw his entire body to save his disciples. He could tell just by watching from afar. That Joo-Won Choi cares for them.

‘And that girl… Must have feelings for the instructor…’

And, one of the new disciples, Park Hye-yeon, often looked closely at Choi Joo-won in the dungeon.

Baek Hyeon-seo is short, but I confirmed how cold and blunt that girl was while entering the dungeon together. I couldn’t forget the gaze that such a girl looked at Choi Joo-won like a child.

The girl who seemed to have no emotions. Park Hye-yeon, with her white hair, could tell that she was strong even at first glance.

‘Unlike me, who is of no help whatsoever… If you’re that kind of person, just being by your side would be helpful…’

A pretty face, a slender body, and yet the overwhelming skills he showed in the dungeon.

A person who is not interested in others. Park Hye-yeon, whom she had never seen before, was a typical person who did not care about others. However, Baek Hyeon-seo could not forget the look in her eyes when such a girl looked at Choi Joo-won, who had saved her life. Those eyes that look like a hero. Baek Hyun-seo saw the girl’s eyes regaining vitality in real time.

‘I was saved.’

Baek Hyeon-seo does not know Park Hye-yeon’s circumstances. However, one thing was known. That she grew up in a very poor environment. The appearance she showed in her dungeon was a model of survival of the fittest by the weak and the weak.

However, she was being saved by Choi Joo-won. The reverence of those who gave their lives for them for nothing in return. No, maybe love. It was clear that she was feeling that way.

I was envious.

Baek Hyun-seo was insanely envious.

Right now, I was so jealous of the girl who could be next to Choi Joo-won. She was envious of Park Hye-yeon, who, by his side, could have a love affair with her.

-Sug…

Baek Hyeon-seo strokes the desk that Joo-won Choi used today. Looking at the chair Choi Ju-Won was sitting on, I see an illusion of Choi Ju-Won.

“Instructor… Are you back?…”

The vision seen in front of her eyes. Baekhyun knows it too. That the Choi Joo-Won she sees in front of her right now is just an illusion she created. However, I tried to talk anyway.

“Instructor… I am really sorry…”

It’s fantasy. So there is no answer either. However, even so, Baek Hyun-seo continued to talk. As if letting go of her own resentment, she murmured.

“Instructor Choi Joo-won… Because of me… If I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have left unfairly…”

She muttered involuntarily. Even if it was an illusion she created herself, she begged for an apology. She wanted to be forgiven. She may be fake. She hoped that he would give her warm words again.

At that moment, I heard the sound of a door being opened from the side.

-Quaang-!

Song Mina was standing there.

Song Min-ah looked at Baek Hyun-seo and talked.

“Answer me straight, because I can’t see anything right now. If you don’t properly explain what you said earlier, I might seriously kill you.”

While Song Min-ah was casting her fire magic, she threatened Baek Hyeon-seo as if she would burn her down with fire right away. Song Min-ah’s eyes lost their luster, and she glared at Baek Hyeon-seo with only her feelings of hatred.

“I… Do you mean what I said…”

Song Min-ah threatened by casting hot flame magic. Baek Hyeon-seo, she was paralyzed by the threat of death right in front of her eyes.

Baek Hyeon-seo knew Song Min-ah. She couldn’t help but know. She was the one who had never missed the top spot since the Helmund Academy practical magic class was created.

Of course, because of the large gap between the beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes, there was no communication between them. However, Song Min-ah knew Baek Hyun-seo because she was the daughter of the academy president, and Baek Hyun-seo only knew who Song Min-ah was because her reputation was so strong within her academy.

-Parr Leure

Baek Hyun-seo felt her hands tremble. This is not because Baek Hyun-seo is weak. The magic that Song Mina exudes is at a level that even most wizards can never ignore. It would be difficult not to be intimidated in front of Song Min-ah, who is full of life, even if she is not Baek Hyeon-seo, but any other wizard. Even though she is currently under the ‘harsh fate’ debuff, she was strong. Song Min-ah’s flames even more energized her and burned her.

Minah Song spoke coldly.

“Don’t even think about pretending. I just heard everything you said. Didn’t you tell yourself that instructor Choi Joo-won left unfairly because of you? I don’t like to say it twice. Explain.”

– Instructor Choi Joo-won… Because of me… If I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have left unfairly…

It was only then that Baek Hyeon-seo realized that Song Min-ah had heard her murmur.

Song Mina used hearing enhancement magic to amplify and listen to the sounds around her. That’s why she was listening to Baek Hyun-seo’s small voice without missing it. Baek Hyeon-seo, unaware of such circumstances, naturally thought that Song Min-ah could not hear her own murmur.

‘That… How on earth did you say such a small thing…?’

“That… That is…”

Baek Hyeon-seo tried to explain something, but soon he shut his mouth.

It was because Song Min-ah’s eyes were spreading more and more of her dark flesh.

She seemed to be speaking with her eyes.

He said he would kill her again if he stopped pretending.

‘Lord… die…’

Baek Hyun-seo’s instinct shouted. Here she is told that if she says something wrong, she will die.

Baek Hyeon-seo quickly organized his thoughts. Why the hell is Song Min-ah doing this? It wasn’t difficult for her to guess.

‘You’re missing the instructor… Just like me.’

Baek Hyeon-seo had seen Song Min-ah with Choi Joo-won several times. Song Min-ah, seen by Baek Hyun-seo, had a happy smile every time she talked to Choi Joo-won.

For her, it must have been a big shock for her Choi Joo-won to leave her academy. If it was someone else’s doing, I thought it would be normal to feel even more unbearable anger.

“Four… Actually…”

Baek Hyeon-seo pondered for a moment whether to be honest. However, when he saw the roaring flames, he decided that he could not speak honestly.

‘I might kill you if I tell you the truth.’

The girl’s eyes in front of me were so terrifying that it was hard to explain with a bloody expression. If he found out that the reason Choi Joo-won was expelled was because Baek Hyun-seo was accused of wrongdoing, he wouldn’t know what he would do.

Hyeonseo Baek knew her well.

That’s why I tried to make excuses. She tried to make excuses to take her own life.

“….”

But her mouth didn’t come off.

Because you’re afraid of Song Mina? No. It was because of her terrible self-loathing.

Because of her greed to have Choi Joo-won, she stupidly shirks responsibility because she doesn’t have enough to drive him into the pit.

She herself was aware of it. What atones for Choi Joo-won is surrender or self-determination. However, Baek Hyeon-seo fears both the former and the latter.

No matter which way you choose, you won’t be able to see Choi Joo-won in the future.

It is also true that they are afraid of punishment. But what scares me most is that I may never see Choi Joo-won again. He thought that if he left in this state, even though the relationship was not properly resolved, he would not be able to unravel the tangled skein with Yeong-yeong and Choi Joo-won.

I was afraid.

If you embroider, you’ll end up in prison, and you won’t be able to talk to him and get farther away.

I was scared.

When you apologized for committing suicide, if Choi Ju-won didn’t accept it, you wouldn’t be able to receive his forgiveness even if you died.

Baek Hyeon-seo has only one wish. To be forgiven by Choi Joo-won. Selfishly, she wanted to have a warm conversation with Choi Joo-won at least once.

Go back to the time when you were a teacher and a disciple, even for just one day, no. At least for half a day.

I just wanted to hear her one word again, that warm word that patted her on the head saying she did a good job.

-Jureureuk

Baek Hyun-seo’s tears began to flow like crazy.

Baek Hyeon-seo made up his mind. And she looked at Song Min-ah and talked.

“I framed Instructor Joo-Won Choi.”