chapter 37
37 – Yeah, sorry. If I did something wrong, should I pay it back?
I asked her, feeling a bit puzzled by the slightly different picture from what I had imagined.
“Forgive me? Not like you, what do you mean by that?”
“.. literally. Since my brother left, I haven’t had a good night’s sleep. I haven’t been able to get a good night’s sleep. I haven’t been able to concentrate at all even when I’m playing games, because the person who has been by my side for the past 4 years has disappeared… I couldn’t do anything normally. .. There was only one thing that came to mind.. There were only memories of the things I did wrong to my brother.”
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Ji-sun speaks while shedding tears with her head down.
From her appearance, I was able to recognize that this was not just a show, but a heartfelt story.
“I… I didn’t know for a while… But after my brother left me, I finally realized. How much nonsense I was doing.. how hard my brother had endured.. after I found out about it.. I really wanted to apologize. At least.. at least I want to make up for the scars I suffered because of me. That’s why I came here… to apologize… to tell my brother I’m sorry.”
“… .”
“I’m begging you.. I’ll do anything.. so please… forgive me for all the mistakes I’ve made up to now… please…”
Although it was a bit of an uneventful story. At least I knew what she wanted to say.
In other words.. It means that I came to feel guilty about what I had done to me until now, and I wanted to be forgiven for this.
And… while listening to her say this.
Of course, I didn’t have the slightest desire to forgive her.
As I said to her before, if you put a person in danger of life for four years and then apologize and that’s it, there will be no need for laws or police in the first place.
Nevertheless, there is only one reason why I didn’t bother to spread the evil deeds of the past 4 years to the world or file legal complaints.
Still, it was obvious that the 28th guild’s ABC-level hunters, who had suffered together, would suffer damage because of this.
In a situation where I was hiding the emotions in the corner of my heart as much as possible, one of the bitches was crying and begging me to forgive him.
With the words that I will do anything.
‘Haa.. that’s true though. The timing is a bit bad for this.’
If I had heard this story in a situation where I was alone with this bitch. Perhaps I would have beaten this dog-like bitch like a dog on the day of the dog, with the grudge I had so far.
As a hunter anyway, the durability of the body must be stronger than that of ordinary people.
No matter how hard I hit it, there was little risk of serious injury, so I could probably use it as a good punching bag and punch it in the face.
But… unfortunately, at this moment, next to me was Are, no one else.
Unlike this bitch, she’s a woman I want to get closer to even a little bit, and a person whose atmosphere has improved quite a bit because of today’s work.
No matter how much the person in front of me chewed on me, even if I was a bitch, I couldn’t show that to Are.
‘How to do it.. Calling it out later and beating it up with excitement… No, is that a little like that? This is what you should do when the mood is right…’
In addition, thinking about it, even though this crazy anger control disorder is sitting in front of me now, if I had another seizure in the middle of the impulse, then I could have suffered.
‘Ummm.. how do I do it? If this is the case, it’s a bit unreasonable to actually beat up… Yes, should I rather use it like that?’
One good idea suddenly popped into my head.
It’s a way to make the most of this year’s guilt and eat it, and at the same time put on a leash that won’t be easily released in the future, and a way to benefit Dreamers, where I belong.
Looking at Jiseon, I said again with a cold expression on my face.
“Forgive me… yes, now I finally know what you did wrong, right? But that’s it. You know it well, but don’t you think the mistakes you’ve made so far are too much for me to forgive you like this?”
“Yes! Now.. I know.. so I told you. I’ll do anything. Blood.. if need be.. I could give my first to my brother..”
– Knock!
The next moment, I hear something behind me as if something is being ground.
I couldn’t figure out what the source of that sound was. Apart from that, I had no intention of wanting to embrace this other distasteful bitch, so I said firmly, frowning at Ji-seon’s words.
“I don’t need that. Anyway, I’m not that stupid. What I want is something else.”
“Different… thing?”
At my words, Ji-seon asks with a voice that somehow feels a bit regretful.
Looking at her like that, I asked for what I had in mind…
Regarding this, Ji-seon seemed to think seriously for a moment, then nodded and told me.
“… Really… that’s it. Will it work?.. For the next four years.. if you just do that, it will really…”
“Yeah, I don’t want any more than that. As I said, this is simply compensation for what I suffered for four years.”
“… okay. Then..I’ll do it.. like that.. as oppa tells me.”
At my words, Ji-seon accepts them even though he still shows hesitation.
Like that… the fact that I had a great source of information that I could use in the future, a smile began to form on my lips.
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“Then… I’ll go… next time… See you next time brother.”
“Yes, yes.. Go ahead. Don’t forget to contact me.”
“yes. Be careful, brother.”
After getting on the bus like that, Ji-seon disappears in front of me with a slightly relieved expression.
Looking at her like this, I started to feel relieved that I had finally let go of the lump of luggage that was attached to me.
And right after that…
I carefully turned my gaze to Are, who had been standing next to me all along and quietly watching the current situation.
There is no particular change, and Are is showing a dry expression as always.
Looking at her, I first apologized.
“sorry. You unintentionally got me involved in a nuisance.”
“No… I’m fine. but..”
The next moment, Are looks at me with a slightly regretful expression.
Seeing her like this, I honestly started to wonder…
Then she looked at me and said in a very serious voice.
“Honestly.. I wonder if the previous response was too merciful. If it had been me, I would have used that bitch as a punching bag and would have repaid the pain one by one with force, starting with putting a fist in the face.”
“…really… it might have been better that way.”
Are, who recited almost exactly what I had previously thought.
As I listened to her say this, I began to feel a little regret that I hadn’t realized Aare had been thinking this way sooner.
Of course.. but I still thought that pursuing practicality in this way was more suitable for me than that way.
“Anyway, it’s getting late, so I guess I’ll have to go home.”
“Yes, to be honest, I would like to go around a little longer for the amount of time wasted, but… it’s definitely a bit of a precarious time right now.”
If we return to work too late, we had to open the front door with our own hands and go through complicated security procedures, so it was better to observe curfew whenever possible.
So, feeling a bit of regret, we headed straight to the parking lot.
naturally at any moment.
Holding each other’s hands tightly for the reason of ‘not being pushed by the crowd’..