71. Disgust and resentment

“Everything… What did you just say?!”

Won Yeo-jeong shouted, startled by Joo-won Choi’s remarks. However, Choi Joo-won replied as if she did not care.

“Let your daughter take care of herself, because I have no intention of reconciling her, let alone forgive her. I hate people like you who try to solve everything with money. I have a lot to worry about right now, so I’m just going over it, but if you do something like this one more time, I won’t let you go then, so take care of it.”

“Everything… How can you be so rude…!”

– Boom

Choi Joo-won hung up on her.

He lay back on the sofa and murmured.

“Please… Leave me alone… I’m begging you.”

-Kwook…

Choi Joo-won pressed his temples again from the surging headache.

So, he suppressed his anger again. I felt like I was going crazy just with the situation that had already happened.

**

-Kwajik-!

The sound of a cell phone breaking reverberated throughout the hall.

“Oh, what an ungrateful bastard…”

While Yeo-jeong Won was getting angry, Joo Tae-hun, the vice guild leader who was next to her, spoke.

“What is it, guild leader?”

“A guy named Choi Joo-won… I tried to bow down and apologize first on my side, but he cursed at me and hung up the phone.”

“…Is that true? Are you sure you don’t know who the guild leader is?”

“Looking at what you say, it seems you don’t know who I am. Well, if he had known that I was the head of Feld’s guild, he wouldn’t have been so unlucky.”

Daffeld. Like Wiggrove or Baal, it is one of the high-level guilds that exist in this country. It’s a bit more powerful than Wiggrove, but this place, of course, doesn’t reach Baal either.

Nevertheless, the words Won Yeo-jeong uttered were not useless confidence. Because of the recent death of more than 100 guild members of Weegrove, who had been keeping Dafeld in check, the status of Dafeld has risen even higher.

“Whoa…”

As if the original journey was not enough for her, she sighed.

“You’re not an idiot. I wonder if you can talk like that when you meet.”

She was a good mother to Baek Hyeon-seo. However, even externally, she wasn’t such a nice and benevolent person. This is natural. If she had a kind hearted and benevolent character, she would not have been able to become the guild leader of a high-ranking guild, and she would not have been able to survive in this harsh world.

“You’ll have to deal with that cheeky lecturer later. He tried to go over well even by looking at the letter, but he made me use force. Due to the fact that he was an S-class instructor at Helmund Academy, he seems to be ignorant of my topic like a frog in a well, but I should let him figure it out.”

The original journey calmed her down calmly, and she talked to Joo Tae-hun, the deputy guild leader.

“How far has Hyunseo come? Have you contacted the secretary?”

“Baekhyun Seo is said to be arriving soon. Judging from the fact that she said that she would come to see the guild leader without much resistance, it seems that she doesn’t have only bad feelings for the guild leader. If you talk well, it might be something that can solve the relationship.”

She said with a happy expression on her face.

“It’s good. Now, Hyunseo is the only reason for existence left in my life. Baek Joo-soo… That damn bastard is now in prison too, so she can finally clear up the misunderstanding with Hyun-seo.”

One journey, she looked at her ceiling with a sad expression.

At that time, there was a knock on the door.

– Smart smart

“Who are you?”

“This is the assistant secretary. I brought Baekhyun Seo.”

“Come in.”

-Kikkiik….

Along with the sound of the door opening, Baek Hyun-seo looked at it blankly.

In Baek Hyeon-seo’s eyes, a woman with the skin and appearance of a 20-something came into view.

“Uh…?”

Baek Hyeon-seo couldn’t help but be surprised. Because the face of her original journey has not changed at all.

The face of her original journey did not change at all from the appearance Baek Hyeon-seo saw when she was young. That is, aging has not progressed at all.

If a stranger saw her, she would have seen her as Baek Hyeon-seo’s older sister.

As Baek Hyeon-seo looked at her original journey with her surprised eyes, the original journey smiled kindly and she tried to hug Baek Hyeon-seo.

-Shudder

But Baek Hyun-seo stepped back. Instinctively, the defense mechanism was activated.

“Hyeonseo…”

Won Yeo-jeong looked at Baek Hyun-seo with her sad eyes. And she told her her story.

“Hyeon-seo, do you still think that your mother abandoned you?”

Baek Hyeon-seo answered his mother.

“Everything… Isn’t it obvious? You left me when I was young. He never came to me after that. There was no contact or even an attempt to talk. After you left, I lived alone with my father. Before entering the academy, I had no friends and had to play with the money and dolls my father gave me in an empty room. Do you know how lonely I’ve been? How could you call me so shamelessly, leaving me alone like that? There is no other reason why I came here. Because I wondered why you abandoned me. Why the hell did you do that to me?”

The words of Baek Hyeon-seo, who spat out calmly. She spoke skillfully, as if she had prepared dozens or hundreds of times so far. It was something she always wanted to ask. When she met her mother, she wanted to ask. Why the hell did you abandon me, why did you never come back after that?

Won Yeo-jeong spoke softly with tears in her eyes.

“Hyeonseo, it’s a misunderstanding. Mom didn’t abandon you.”

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Little by little, she walked towards Baek Hyeon-seo and continued her words.

“First of all, I have to tell you why my mother distanced herself from you. Your father, Baek Joo-seok, used to make dirty jokes with women on the excuse of work. That’s why I was angry about such an act. The small quarrel grew, and later it flowed to the level of killing each other. Baek Joo-seok That person did not tell me even after he died that he had changed his behavior, and he and I decided to divorce. But don’t get me wrong. Your mother was going to raise you no matter what. Baek Joo-seok I never intended to leave you with him.”

-Sueuk

She wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at Baek Hyun-seo.

“Hyeon-seo, as you can see, my mother is not old at all. This is an area outside the laws of physics. It’s never the usual way. From a very young age, my mother dabbled in state-banned magic.”

“Wh… what magic are you talking about?”

She hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“Mother’s magic is that you can obtain life force by offering sacrifices.”

Won Journey, her unique magic. [Sacrificial Temple] By offering a person’s life force, you can absorb that life force yourself. Magic that not only increases magic power but also prevents physical aging when a certain amount of life is absorbed.

It is not well known, but [Sacrificial Temple] Is a technique that obtains that much vitality in return for sacrificing a living person.

A forbidden skill that can only be obtained through genetics. Of course, the state does not allow such ridiculous magic.

So, a long time ago, the clans with [Sacrificial Temple] Magic were completely exterminated by the state, but some survived, and the survivors gave birth to children and passed on the generations, and that continued to the original journey.

Won Yeo-jeong actively used her magic. She was basically a greedy person.

She wanted youth and mighty power. She thought that to protect her daughter, she needed stronger strength, and she considered even her youth and beauty to be one of her weapons.

She has been willing to sacrifice the living, and in return she can covet youth and strength.

However, Baek Joo-seok, who lived with her, knew her secret.

“Mother’s magic is forbidden by the state. If her presence is discovered, she doesn’t know what punishment she will face. But Baek knew this, and she abused it. Baek Joo-seok threatened me that if this mother wanted to raise you, she would report it directly to the state.”

“Everything… Sacrificing someone else… Using such magic?… My mother?…”

Baek Hyeon-seo remembers that her mother was a warm person. She says that although she abandoned herself, she was not greedy enough to covet her reward by offering something.

“Don’t get me wrong, the sacrifices my mother used were monsters and livestock, not people.”

Won Yeo-jeong naturally lied. Baek Hyun-seo didn’t know about this magic anyway. The [Temple of Sacrifices] Pays the price only when a living person is sacrificed. He said that even if he sacrificed leather or monsters, he would not get anything.

“….”

Baek Hyeon-seo believed her mother’s words. Of course, the possibility of using [Sacrificial Temple] Is open to Baek Hyeon-seo as well. It’s because it’s a magic that’s passed on through inheritance. However, the temple of sacrifice is a magic that is opened through difficult conditions. That’s why Baek Hyeon-seo had never used it or heard of it, so he had no alternative but to believe it.

“So, are you saying that my father abandoned me and neglected me for fear of reporting it to the state?”

Baek Hyun-seo’s expression did not relax. No matter how much President Baek threatened with such content, it makes no sense that he never came. Baek Joo-seok was always busy with work, and Baek Hyun-seo was always at home.

Won Yeo-jeong looked at Baek Hyeon-seo with her pitiful eyes.

“Perhaps you are right. In addition to threatening to report it to the state, Baek Joo-seok forbids me from using my cell phone and forbids me from leaving the house, fearing that I would contact you. Didn’t you feel it too? It means Baekju-seok’s control is not common.”

Baek Hyeon-seo agreed inwardly. She hadn’t had that common cell phone for over 20 years.

And before the actual magic class at Helmund Academy, I had never even left the house alone.

She thought it was strange. However, she never imagined that it would have anything to do with this reason.

“After attending Hellmund Academy, I became free… Why didn’t you come to me after that? According to you, when I was a bit freer, you could have come to me secretly. Looking at the people around my mother, I don’t think her strength was that weak.”

“At that time, Baek Ju-seok’s power was growing. His mother’s guild didn’t even have that much power back then. Baek Joo-seok, do you know how many people he has been involved with and built up personal connections with before establishing the academy? Her mother couldn’t bear to touch her. But she sincerely said her mother wanted to see you. That’s why Chairman Baek went to prison, and she came here to avoid his eyes.”

Won Yeo-jeong looked at Baek Hyeon-seo with her sorrowful eyes and continued her words.

“Looking at you, my mother made up her mind. She will never be separated from you again, and even if Baek Joo-seok gets out of prison, she will be by your side no matter what threats she takes. Now I’m not afraid of his threats. Now that she knows how happy she is just to see you, her mother has made up her mind.”

At Yeojeong Won’s heartfelt appeal, Baek Hyeon-seo was shaken.

More than anything else, Baek Hyun-seo needed someone to rely on. He was also abandoned by Choi Joo-won. Father went to jail His friends found out about what he had done and turned away. All she had left was her mother. She was completely alone, with no one left except her mother.

Baek Hyeon-seo spoke in a small voice.

“I haven’t completely forgiven you… But… A little bit… I’ll try to understand.”

At Baek Hyeon-seo’s words, Won Yeo-jeong hugged Baek Hyeon-seo with a thrilled expression.

“Hyeon-seo, mom will do really well in the future.”

Baek Hyun-seo silently accepted her touch.

The moment she hugged her for a long time, she talked as if she remembered something about the original journey.

“Ah, it’s a seonseo… I’m sorry to talk about this, but I tried to reconcile with Choi Joo-won, but her mother failed.”

– Flinch

Baek Hyeon-seo doubted his ears.

“Yes?”

My mother continued to speak without notice.

“You may be offended, but my mother has done quite a bit of research on you through her attendant. I don’t know much, but all I know is that you like the lecturer Choi Joo-won, and that you did a big mistake to Choi Joo-won. So, my mother wanted to reconcile Choi Joo-won and you. That’s why she called.”

“Call…Call?….”

“Yes. She wanted to do what she would have done if the child had done something wrong. I can see clearly what you did, and my mother was not in a good mood. He’ll be sure her mother will take care of it. You too should put aside your feelings for him and be happy with her mother.”

-Parr

Baek Hyeon-seo’s arms began to tremble.

“I… I told you on the phone to forgive me, that I would give him money?”

“That’s right, no one hates money. But he arrogantly refused.”

“….”

Baek Hyun-seo’s eyes began to change.

-Parr Leure

Chicken skin begins to sprout all over his body. His head goes pale, and his heart beats fast. Breathing quickens

The conversation she had with Joo-Won Choi flashed through her mind.

– Instructor Choi Joo-won, what is the action you hate the most?

– Hmm… Behavior I don’t like?

– Yes! If there is something the instructor doesn’t like, I try not to do it as much as possible.

– The thing I hate the most is playing with people with money. When I was young, I experienced a lot of people struggling with money. Ever since I had a part-time job in high school… I don’t know this word, but anyway, when I see people struggling with money, they don’t seem like strangers. Actually, I haven’t told anyone, but I can’t say that the reason I’m donating here and there has nothing to do with my childhood trauma.

– Oh… Then you should be careful.

– Someone like that? I haven’t met that many…

Joo-Won Choi pondered, then she spoke.

– I’m going to throw away the catfish. Never say that again And everyone who is related to the person who said that will lose all of them. There’s a saying that you can play with each other. For the rest of my life, I will never go near someone like that.

“Ah…”

Baek Hyun-seo spat out the words stupidly.

“Ah…Ah…”

Won Yeo-jung looked at Baek Hyeon-seo muttering as if he had lost his mind, looking worriedly, wrapping his head around Baek Hyeon-seo, and trying to ask what was going on or if he was okay.

-Slap

Baek Hyeon-seo hit Won Yeo-jeong’s hand.

“Why… why did you do something I wouldn’t ask you to do?”

“Tongue… What’s wrong with Seo Seo?”

“Why-!”

Baek Hyeon-seo began to have seizures while shedding tears. Her eyes were bloodshot red, and she looked at the original journey as if she were looking at her enemies.

-Sueuk

The time when Won Yeo-jeong tried to hold Baek Hyeon-seo’s hand.

Baek Hyun-seo slapped her hand once more.

“Get your hands dirty.”

Baek Hyun-seo shed tears. Now, at the thought that it was really over with Choi Joo-won, despair and anger surged up.

-Jureureuk

Baek Hyeon-seo shed tears and spoke in a bloody voice.

“Why did you do something I didn’t even tell you to do? By what right do you.”

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Looking at the original journey, her eyes were full of disgust and resentment.