24 – Hero (7)

The place where I woke up was a specialized hospital for seekers managed by the association.

“Are you feeling well?”

“It seems fine.”

Seo Han-bit heard that I had woken up and came running first.

Did it take 5 minutes?

When I asked if she was waiting nearby, she said she had been taking care of me since yesterday.

I woke up while I was away for a while.

It was a little surprising.

I wasn’t seriously hurt

It’s not even that close.

“I’ll be by your side all day today, so if you need anything, let me know.”

I don’t know why it’s doing this.

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Just before, with tears in his eyes, he knelt down and apologized.

Are you feeling guilty?

Maybe there was a possibility.

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Jjam Hyeonseong, who copied my appearance, sacrificed his body to save her.

“I’m not in critical condition… You must be busy, but you can stop now.”

“No, I am not busy at all. And even if you’re not critically ill, a patient is a patient. Shouldn’t there be at least one caregiver by your side?”

“It’s okay because there are nurses.”

“Nurses take care of other patients as well. Hyunseong Lee might suddenly collapse, so I have to keep an eye on him.”

It’s uncomfortable, so please go.

The atmosphere was awkward and I didn’t want to be alone with her, so I told her to get off, but she’s a very ignorant woman.

And seeing that reaction made it even more certain.

The fact that a sense of debt stemming from guilt is holding her in this position.

That time when I was trying to explain the facts about the saphyeonseong to relieve the debt.

“Oh! Have a drink, it’s a drink that calms your mind and body.”

Seo Han-bit suddenly handed over a glass bottle containing a green liquid.

What is this?

Is it a potion type?

I had never heard of or seen the green potion.

When I sent a suspicious look, Seo Han-bit added an explanation about this liquid.

“It’s mint milk. It has the effect of healing the body and mind.”

“…The mint milk I know doesn’t have that effect?”

“Can it be? Did I always get stronger just by drinking this? Have a drink.”

I couldn’t refuse the favor and I accepted it once.

Of course, I didn’t drink it and put it on the shelf right next to it.

I don’t eat mint.

“I’m not feeling well right now, so I’ll drink it later.”

“Even if you have a bad stomach, if you drink mint milk—”

“More than that, how has the situation at the academy been?”

He kept trying to feed me mint milk, so I cut off his words and changed the subject.

“ah···. The academy…”

After that, a conversation about the incident continued.

Because Seo Han-bit was so talkative, the story was missed in the middle of the story, but the core content was delivered without omission.

I was worried that the future might have been greatly distorted, but fortunately it wasn’t a future that deviated greatly from the original.

Well, there’s no way that the main story was affected just because one person left.

Above all, Seo Han-bit is not a combat job.

It didn’t do much in the original either.

Rather, the side where the future has changed is the area outside of the story where I was.

Not a single death occurred at the canteen.

It was thanks to Baek Chi-yeol who safely evacuated all the civilians to the air-raid shelter.

‘I’m glad.’

yes. This is the future that got it right.

Even in the original story, it was originally an episode with no deaths, right?

Feeling proud for nothing, I shrugged my shoulders slightly.

It feels like I cleaned up Kim Soo-han’s shit, but I don’t really care.

All I wanted was to live.

The subject of the academy ended like that, and useless conversation continued.

“But are you really okay? You don’t look good on your face…”

Seo Han-bit looked at my complexion and asked anxiously.

It must have been because he was frowning because of the aftereffects of his transformation that hadn’t gone away yet.

“it’s okay.”

“Your complexion is dark… I heard that drinking mint milk will make you feel better?”

He recommends poison without getting tired.

At that time, I was thinking about how to refuse this time.

drooling-

Suddenly the door to the hospital room opened.

“May I…may I come in?”

A middle-aged man holding a large basket of fruit came into view.

‘···Who is it?’

Such a question for a while.

[No, it’s a monster!]

A face and a voice came to mind.

He must have been the first to shout at that time.

“ah. You may come in!”

Seo Han-bit stood up instead of me and greeted the man.

After permission was given, several people followed in a row behind the man who cautiously entered the room.

All the other people were faces that I had seen at a glance at the canteen.

‘This is a familiar situation…’

Memories from past lives flow in like a tide.

The memories of saving citizens and being hospitalized.

[you! Why did you come so late!? How am I going to compensate for the collapse of my building!]

[Why are you late…? If I had come earlier, my friend would not have died… why······.]

[Incompetent bastard. That kind of thing is also a hero.]

[What you looking at? uh? to hit? Try it if you can Do you know what happens when a hero touches the body of an ordinary person?]

The past, when citizens who had been rescued dared to come and do shit.

At first, I thought it was a hospital visit.

But who would have known that they would resent me?

Well, it’s not really traumatic.

It’s because I just ate another spoonful of the curse words I always ate that day.

No, but now that I think about it, it’s ridiculous, isn’t it?

I arrived in 10 minutes after receiving the report, but what is late?

Of course, I felt unfair even then, but like a hero, I had no choice but to bow my head and commit the mortal sin of plaster.

Because that was the hero in the world I live in.

Still, the people who came at that time were yangban.

Since then, Padlip has been bombarded with countless text terrorism.

Anyway, maybe it’s because of those f*cking memories?

After reminiscing, I checked people’s expressions one by one with anxiety.

‘You don’t look angry.’

There must be a store owner there too.

The canteen became a pungbibaksan due to this incident.

It’s not my fault, but it bothers me for some reason.

If there is a stall owner, will he pass the blame on to me?

It was a time when I naturally had such thoughts.

“Thank you very much…”

“Thanks to you, I live.”

···uh?

It seems to have matched the sum.

People all bowed their heads and expressed their gratitude.

Even this alone was surprising, and he even gave various items as a gift in return.

The man who is presumed to be the store owner was no exception.

“This is a three-year supply of free tickets for the concession stand. It’s a coupon in form, and if you come to the store, we’ll give you as much as you want for free.”

I didn’t know anything else, but it didn’t seem like this.

The building was destroyed in half, so the damage would be severe. What about a free pass?

“···it’s okay. You must have suffered quite a bit of damage this time, but it’s a bit of a shame to receive a free pass. It’s not like I was expecting something in return in the first place.”

When I politely refused, the store owner smiled and squeezed the free ticket into my hand, as if telling me not to mind.

He added that all the canteens inside the academy belonged to him, and that one collapsed was not a big damage, so it was okay.

In the end, I could not refuse all the gifts and accepted them, so I looked around the people once again.

It was an expression of sincere gratitude to me.

‘…Originally, this must be normal.’

Little by little the world was entering my heart.

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Two hours had passed since the people visiting the hospital had left.

Seo Han-bit still clung to the hospital room like a leech and seemed unwilling to leave.

Now, the awkwardness has decreased a lot…

His ears almost bleed because of Seo Han-bit, who chats non-stop for even a second.

so many words

“hit! Hyunsung Lee, but why do you keep using honorific words for me? From a while ago… no, it was very annoying from before, that!”

During the conversation, Seo Han-bit questioned my tone.

“why. Can’t I use it?”

“You didn’t use it in the first place!”

“What do you like?”

I didn’t intend to correct it because it seemed like it would make it more uncomfortable to suddenly let go.

Even if it was a mistake at first.

Because now I’m used to respectful words.

“And Seo Hanbit-nim also uses honorific words.”

“I was originally…”

When I questioned him once more, Seo Han-bit paused at the end of his words and lowered his head.

Even if you don’t talk, you know why she sticks to honorifics.

At first glance, it seems to respect everyone equally, but in fact, it was to thoroughly draw a line with others and build a wall of mind.

There was not a single person she could open her heart to and speak to.

both in the past and in the present.

And also in the future.

Kim Soo-han is no exception.

Although she is the main heroine, she did not completely open her heart to the main character.

Due to the nature of the novel, it was only called a heroine, but it was a development with almost no sweet romance elements.

Even to his foster parents who adopted him, he always uses honorifics, so what is different about being the main character?

“If Seo Hanbit-nim speaks first, then I will also.”

It was a word that included the meaning of using honorific words from now on.

“…”

Seo Han-bit was consistent in silence.

It’s a natural reaction.

There’s absolutely no way I’m going to let go of my words here.

“Looks like you don’t like that. Then let’s treat each other with respect.”

“···Afterwards.”

“Yeah?”

“Oh, no. ok then When we use honorific words for each other, we feel mutual respect and it’s good.”

Seo Han-bit, who answered that, kept his mouth shut for a while and did not say anything.

as if something had gone wrong.

Strangely, the atmosphere seemed a bit down, so I decided to quickly change the subject.

“Come to think of it, the skill you used at that time was the Archangel of Healing’s final skill, right?”

“Yeah? Oh yes, that’s right.”

“I’m just saying this out of concern, but don’t use that skill too often.”

“···Yeah?”

“The penalty is a bit heavy. Healing others is good, but you have to take care of yourself first.”

It was said out of old age.

Because I know very well that Seo Han-bit is not the type to weigh human lives and skill penalties.

According to the original work, the final skill will be overused from now on.

Eventually, towards the latter half of the novel, Seo Han-bit’s physical age enters his early 40s.

According to the description, even women in their 40s are more beautiful than most women in their 20s.

Readers liked it, saying that it was a thick salty micro heroine, but…

I wasn’t too happy to see her aged twice as much at the age of twenty.

Looking at Seo Han-bit’s reaction, wondering if he was fussing about the subject, it wasn’t a very bad expression. It’s a little bit, but it seems that the corner of the mouth is raised.

“I will engrave it… And I’m really sorry. I wasn’t crazy at the time… It was all my fault that Hyeonseong-nim became like that, so all I could think of was that I had to save him somehow…”

hit.

I tried to correct that part, but I totally forgot.

“Ah, I think you misunderstood something about that…”

Now I have to explain the savvy.

Having a useless feeling of debt is burdensome for me as well.

The moment you try to let go of your next luck like that.

thud-!

Someone knocked the door of the hospital room open.

What kind of example is a person who has not eaten rice?

I turned my head to check the entrance, hoping to see who was acting so ignorantly at the hospital.

However, a completely unexpected figure was standing in front of the door, glaring at us.

“Lee Hyun-seong!”

“Baeksoa…?”

why is he here

Baek So-ah, who must have been dispatched to Japan, suddenly appeared.

Hasn’t it been a week yet?

Baek So-ah strode over to me and observed me closely from head to toe, then let out a deep sigh.

“Are you okay?”

“I don’t think there’s any problem… But weren’t you sent to Japan?”

“I will tell you about that later. for now···.”

Baek So-ah stopped talking and glared at Seo Han-bit with a ferocious expression.

“Hey.”

“Yeah?”

A cool voice full of life.

I have a bad feeling that something is about to happen.

And within seconds, that hunch came true.

“You f*cking bitch.”

Fuck!

Baek So-ah landed an uppercut on Seo Han-bit’s chin.