Chapter 39
Feistar's surveillance officer.?
Balance of dimensions?
What did I do wrong?
When I made a silly face in a situation where I couldn't understand what’s happening, Ryan intervened between me and the woman.
"Ms. Ashmir, wouldn't Sihyeon be surprised if you suddenly say like that?"
"I just said as it is."
" I'm not saying it's wrong… Hmm, can you give us a moment? I think it's better for me to explain it to Sihyeon."
“ Hmm. Okay. Let’s do that. But I can't give you much time. I have to move right away for the next mission."
Ryan nodded his head with an expression as if he was a little tired of the woman's cold attitude that was like a machine.
"Sihyeon, I'm sorry to say this on your way home, but I think you should spare some time."
“Ah, okay."
"Please take a seat. I think the story will be a little longer. Ms. Ashmir, you can also have a seat.”
“ No. I’m fine. I'll stand until you finish your story."
“…… ”
She took a step back.
She’s not interrupting the conversation, but her existence alone made me suffocate.
Once I sat down, Ryan filled me with the information about the current chaotic situation.
"Sihyeon, do you know about the Angels.?”
"Yes… Well, I don't know much about them, but I know about them in general, like every humans do.”
Angels is another beings who appeared in this New world along with the Demon race.
Contrary to the evil perception by people about Demons, Angels had a good beings kind of perception.
"Ms. Ashmir is a surveillance officer at the Feistar Patrol team of the Angel Realm. To put it simply, she's someone who finds beings or phenomena that disrupts the balance in the dimensions."
"Hmm… So she came because I have caused some kind of disturbance to the balance of the dimensions. right?"
"Of course, I don't think that way, but the situation is like that."
"Did I do something wrong?""
The answer to my question came from Ashmir's mouth, not Ryan.
"Sihyeon, did you bring in strawberry boxes to the Demon Realm.?”
"Yes."
“Before today, Have you ever taken things from this world to the Demon world?"
"Yes."
“Now, do you know what you did wrong.?”
“……..???"
No, I couldn’t understand.
How can taking a few boxes of strawberries disturb the balance of dimensions?
It was so absurd that I doubted if the Angel in front of me was out of her mind.
Ryan raised his hand to me for a moment and continued the conversation with her on my behalf.
"Ms. Ashmir. Didn't I explain it before? All the items taken to the Demon Realm are general household items."
"It doesn't matter what kind of items they were. No matter how trivial things are, they should not go beyond the dimension without our permission. Did you forgot what happened last time because of your complacent attitude.?”
“That….that person and Sihyeon are different. Sihyeon is reliable enough, and he’s also in charge of something very important."
"No matter what the Demon's position is, our decisions will not change. Everything should be done in a way that does not violate the rules, according to the set principles."
“Haaah…"
Even Ryan's persuasion seemed meaningless.
With a deep sigh, Ryan shook his head.
As if she didn't care at all about his reaction, Ashmir continued to say what she had to say.
“Since, you admitted to your crimes, I will stop with a verbal warning this time. From now on, you should never take things to the Demon world without our permission."
“Wait ! Then how do I get permission ?"
"Mr. Ryan must be well aware of that. I'm done with my work, so I'll go back.”
She bowed her head briefly and left the office.
"…… ”
We, who were left in the office, stood there like a statue for a while.
"Haaah. Sihyeon, I think we need to talk. How about having dinner with me?"
“Maybe a couple of drinks too.”.
“ Yes,I agree. Let's go."
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The image of the Angels that the public receives through media was quite good.
They actually helped a lot to the human society, which was confused by the appearance of the Rifts, and further taught humans how to control them.
In addition, while helping, the Angels said, it was their mission and did not ask for any compensation.
The move was quite different compared to the Demons, who thoroughly weighed the gains and losses through the contract.
For this reason, there were many people who considered the Angels as heavenly beings and the Demons as evil and selfish beings who only pursue their self interests.
I was also somewhat prejudiced until I met Demons in person.
However, I was quite shocked today when I met the Angel in person.
Although she was covered in a pure white cloth, the atmosphere and the mysterious vibe she gave off was dark.
Sharing these thoughts with the Ryan, he also nodded his head as if he agreed.
"I'm not saying that the Angels are bad. Their absolute sense of mission to protect the balance of dimensions seems great even to me, a Demon. But it's so severe, that sometimes it feels like it’s some kind of a disease."
"Hahahah. Ryan must have been got hit quite a lot.?”
Ryan smiled bitterly at my playful question.
"I've also experienced Mr. Kaneff, who doesn’t listen other people’s words and stubborn to the extreme, but the Angels are way worse than Mr. Kaneff. Sometimes, it feels like I'm just talking to a wall."
“That’s tough…"
I got goosebumps when I heard that they were worse than Kaneff.
"By the way, the Angel Ashmir said as if something had happened before. Is there something I don't know?"
"Oh… It's a shameful story to bring up. But I think I should tell Sihyeon, since the situation has turned out this way.”
He started talking after emptying the remaining alcohol in his glass.
"Before Sihyeon came to the farm, there were a few people who worked in your place."
"I think I've heard of it, even though I don't know the details."
“Most of them left in no time, but there was only one person who was very active. Even though he didn't perform as well as Sihyeon, he was quite enthusiastic about the farm work. But that was a huge deception."
"……?"
“ He was planning to smuggle things with Demons of illegal organizations, taking advantage of the fact that he had access to Demon Realm. If Kaneff hadn't noticed anything strange in advance, it would have been a pretty big mess.”
Ryan looked giddy, recalling the past.
"The smuggle attempt ended in a failure, but the Angels strongly held us accountable. At that time, If the Demon Lord didn’t intervened, I wouldn't have been here."
I nodded quietly to Ryan’s story.
Again, each other's glasses were filled, and suddenly a question arose in my head.
"I don't mean to blame Ryan, but haven't you been pretty sloppy so far even after such a big thing happened ? You never gave me any warnings or never said anything about what I shouldn’t do."
"Hmm…"
Ryan’s face darkened when I asked the question.
He opened my mouth after some moments of pause with great difficulty.
"I didn't say it because I didn't want you to feel uncomfortable, but I monitored you without you knowing it."
"What? Me?"
"In the beginning, I used my power to monitor Sihyeon. It's kind of like a hypnosis. Recently, for some unknown reasons my powers doesn’t seem to have any effect on you."
“……?”
When I made a facial expression as if I couldn't believe it, Ryan focused his attention on to me.
Then I felt like an unknown energy surrounding me.
[The effect of “Yakum's trust” is activated]
[Resisting the unknown energy ]
BAM
The effect got activated and the energy that began to surround me bursted out in an instant.
I could roughly see what Ryan was trying to do.
I muttered as if I was shocked by the fact that I had no idea.
"Hmm… This is what happened during the day of the interview."
"I'm so sorry. Because of the incident that, I secretly interfered with Sihyeon's mind."
Ryan bowed his head politely and apologized.
I felt a little uncomfortable and unpleasant on one hand.
But, on the other hand, I also understood to some extent when I thought of his situation.
"Honestly, I feel a little betrayed, but I think I can understand Ryan's decision. If you hadn't done that, I wouldn't have been able to get a job at the farm in the first place."
"That's… ."
“Even though you couldn’t use your abilities in the mid-way, without doubting, you kept trusting me. That's enough for me."
"Sihyeon…"
Ryan was drunk.
His eyes became moist quickly, and he looked at me with a very moved look.
He's a bit over drunk, so his good looks, looked messy.
But, it was still cool as if it was a scene from a movie,
I felt a lot of pressure even as a man.
I deliberately avoided eye contact and quickly brought up another topic.
“What should we do now? There's something I have to take to the Demon world within two weeks. Can I get permission from the Angels?"
Recalling the contract with Ergin, I asked anxiously.
"There's a way. But I think it'll be a little annoying."
“……..?"
Ryan calmly explained the method.
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We quickly finished our drinking party, since I had to go to work at the farm tomorrow.
Ryan didn't let go of me for a while, perhaps because he felt the guilt for hiding things from me, so he pestered me that he would pay me for the taxi.
In the end, he put the taxi fare in my pocket and left with a smile.
Before I got on a taxi.
I walked for a while to sober up.
While walking I took out my cell phone and searched a name from my contacts.
Maybe because of the alcohol inside me, I called the person without hesitation even though it was a little late.
Tring… Tring… Tring…Tring… Tak!
“Hello"
– Huh? Sihyeon?
Seo Yerin's voice was heard through the cell phone.
"Yes, it's me. I'm sorry for calling you late."
– It’s okay. I'm still awake. What's going on? Why did you call me, did Aunt Saya make a new dish? Do you want me to come over.?
"No. It's not like that."
– Hmm. Then, did you also become a victim.?
"…?"
– You are going to ask for a date with me. Right? Ah. In the end, you also fell in love with my beauty. Hmm. There's nothing we can do about, after all it’s the true nature of the species called MEN.
– But we're not that close yet to go on a date. If you could bring your mother's dishes a little more diligently, maybe…I’ll think about it.
If I had drunk a little more, swear words would have come out of my mouth.
“It's not like that."
– Eh. What.? Tch, it’s boring. Then why did you call me?
"Do you remember what you said when you gave me your business card?"
– Business card? Oh! I remember.
"I have something I want you to help me with."
-……?
"Can you take me to a Rift.?”