## Chapter 56 – The Hero Who Fell for the Villain (2)
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Two days after Lumi and Siyoon defeated the Executioner.
Siyoon, along with the three females, had been driving around in a rented car for over two days, visiting numerous places.
From the outskirts of S City, their base and the location of the Union headquarters, to
Y City, their first destination and a coastal city, and B City, where the airport was located.
They visited all the hideout locations that Chaeryeong remembered.
However, most were either dilapidated like ruins due to lack of management, or showed signs of being used by others.
Only a few showed signs of having been visited, but the leader was nowhere to be found.
Having been busy running around for a long time without much to show for it,
Siyoon and the three females returned to their base, greatly exhausted.
“We’ve been all over the place… but in the end, he wasn’t anywhere.”
“I know, right? The leader seems to know what’s up.”
To soothe their tired minds and bodies, they all sat together on the sofa, enjoying the cool air conditioning,
eating cold shaved ice topped with rice cakes and fruit, and pondering what to do next.
“So, you’ve searched all the places Chaeryeong knows about, right?”
“Nyaa! If it’s not those five places… he must be in a completely different location.”
After taking a bite of the shaved ice, she widened her eyes as if her head was buzzing, making a “nyaa” sound,
shaking her head and answering Siyoon’s question.
“He probably realized that Chaeryeong was caught by the heroes or in a dangerous situation.
If that’s the case… finding the leader might have to be a task for later.”
“Didn’t you have any other means of communication with the leader or other executives?”
“Nyaa… I used to use overseas-based SNS.
But I was always with the leader, so there wasn’t really a need to use it.”
The Hero Union is not a government-affiliated organization, but a completely independent one,
but it maintains close cooperative relationships with the government and the police.
Therefore, using ordinary means of communication would quickly lead to being tracked,
so villain organizations used various methods.
These ranged from physical methods such as using drones or sending messages directly through subordinates,
to using overseas-based messengers like the Dark Knights.
There were also stories of organizations with huge capital building their own communication networks,
but the Dark Knights were not a large organization with that level of capital and infrastructure.
“It’s going to be difficult to find him independently now….
I didn’t expect him to just let us follow him so easily, though.”
As Dohwa said, they couldn’t find him even after mobilizing all the information and methods Chaeryeong had.
“That’s why I did something in advance.”
“Ice Queen! Are you talking about that blue-haired ice hero?”
“That’s right. It would have been a little difficult if I hadn’t taken her down in one go back then… lucky me.”
Siyoon succeeded in contacting Lumi while subduing the Executioner at the rest stop,
and fortunately, he didn’t expose his information to citizens or agents.
Lumi is currently carrying out a large-scale operation to deal with the remaining executives of the Dark Knights,
so they might be able to obtain more accurate and up-to-date information.
“That hero, Ice Queen, seemed completely smitten with Master!”
“I didn’t intend for that to happen….”
Jiwu had also seen that expression on Lumi’s face.
It was the expression of a girl who had fallen in love with a prince on a white horse.
“She was such a stiff and cold person like a machine….
Could it be that she realized how amazing Master is?”
Dohwa, who had worked with her on the operation, also remembered Lumi as being extremely rational and emotionally dry,
with only her words and actions reflecting that.
Of course, the expression she had when she failed to subdue Chaeryeong looked very sad.
“She definitely told me to come to the Union if there was anything she could help with.”
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Meanwhile, at a cafe located in the Hero Union headquarters building.
“What on earth does Siyoon do… and where is he from?”
While enjoying a sweet vacation for several days after subduing the Executioner,
she was preoccupied with thinking about Siyoon.
She had asked and asked Union officials to try and find him,
but it was difficult to find him with only a vague description of his appearance and name.
“If I keep thinking about other things like this… it might interfere with my work after the vacation.”
She had been worrying alone, thinking about him for almost three days,
and comforting herself like she did on the day she returned after subduing the Executioner.
But no matter how much she rubbed her V-spot and experienced light climaxes, she only became more and more anxious.
‘Okay. I have to forget… I have to forget.
This kind of behavior is not like me.
Seol Lumi. You became a hero to find your sister.
You mustn’t be swayed by trivial memories and feelings.’
She took a long sip of the ice-cold Americano until her tongue felt numb,
and slapped her flushed cheeks with her palms, whipping herself.
‘…But I can’t forget…!’
“I’m going crazy, really….”
Normally, a single thought to pull herself together would have been enough,
but the heart of a girl who has fallen in love is hard to hide with anything.
Rather, the more she tried to forget, the more Lumi’s heart fluttered.
– Ttiriringㅡ
“Ugh?!”
Lumi was startled by the sudden notification on her hero device.
It seemed like someone was calling.
“…Yes. This is Ice Queen.”
“This is Ice Queen, right? Someone has come to see Ice Queen.
They said you would know if they mentioned the name Siyoon… are you acquainted?”
“Wh- Who? Did you just say Siyoon?”
“Yes…? Yes! They came to the consultation and management department to find the hero….”
“I- I’ll be right there!”
A call from the consultation and management department saying that Siyoon had come to see her.
Lumi heard the call and went to the consultation and management department faster than anyone else.
“Hah… hah!”
This was the first time in her life that Lumi had ever looked for someone with such a desperate heart.
Within the Union, she was known as the Ice Queen, taking after her hero name,
and had a cold and aloof image.
The sight of her, with such an image, running with a flushed face and panting,
became a hot topic among Union officials.
– Screechㅡ
“I’m… here…!”
She arrived at the consultation and management department office after running non-stop.
As she carefully opened the door and entered, a consultation and management department employee greeted her with a bright smile.
“Ah! You’re here. It seems like they’re a very welcome person!”
As she turned her head, she saw Siyoon drinking coffee in the reception room.
“S- Siyoon…?!”
“Ah. You’re here. Nice to see you.”
Lumi ran to Siyoon and grabbed his hands, which were holding a cup of coffee, tightly.
“Finally… you finally came…!”
“Ahaha… your welcome is quite violent.”
“Ah…! I- I’m sorry. I was just so happy….”
Seeing Siyoon looking slightly embarrassed by her rather intense welcome,
Lumi was startled and repeatedly apologized, bowing her head.
“You don’t have to apologize that much. I actually feel like I’m being welcomed, so it’s nice.”
“I- If you say so, then I’m relieved….”
Lumi couldn’t even look Siyoon in the face,
and just stared at the brown instant coffee in the hundred-won paper cup.
“Are you feeling unwell? Your face is very red….”
“Ah… no! It’s just, just because it’s hot.”
The reception room and the consultation and management department office were blasting cool air conditioning,
but Siyoon didn’t bother to point that out.
“It’s nothing much… I was just wondering if we could have a meal together.”
It happened to be a slightly early lunch when Siyoon came to see Lumi.
The consultation and management department employees were also leaving the office for lunch.
“A meal… I’ll pay!”
“I didn’t come here to get a free meal. But if you insist on treating me, I’ll gladly accept.”
When Lumi mustered up the courage to look at Siyoon’s face and said she would treat him to a meal,
Siyoon smiled brightly and stood up from his seat.
“I don’t live in this neighborhood, so I don’t know much about it,
but do you know any good restaurants near the Union headquarters?”
He tried to start a conversation naturally as he walked out of the office,
but Lumi couldn’t control her pounding heart.
“I- I don’t know much either… but I heard that the Japanese restaurant in the building across the street is good.”
“Oh! I love Japanese food. Like tonkatsu or sushi.
Do you like it too, Ice Queen?”
Her head was spinning from Siyoon’s constant questions,
and beads of sweat were dripping down her flushed face.
‘I didn’t do anything. Am I that much to him…?’
Siyoon wondered for a moment if he was that much to her,
but he thought it was a good thing and didn’t bother to think about the reason.
“Are you talking about that place, Ice Queen? The one with the wooden sign.”
“L- Lumi. Please… call me by my name.”
Lumi told Siyoon her name, who was calling her by her hero name.
Of course, Siyoon knew her name engraved on the seal,
but he was acting in a way that wouldn’t make her suspicious, as the personal information of heroes is strictly confidential.
“That’s a pretty name. Lumi.”
“Heueueu…!”
Lumi became even more disoriented when Siyoon called her name,
and Siyoon found her appearance cute and slowly walked towards the Japanese restaurant.
