Chapter 131 – How to Tame Her (2)
Buried in the back seat of a luxury sedan costing over 100 million won, I blankly stare out the window at her.
Then she turned her head and glanced sideways at the middle-aged man in the driver’s seat.
I wondered why I was familiar… , Was really someone I knew.
When was the last time you saw
“One… , It’s been about five years.”
The well-groomed middle-aged gentleman’s name is Hwang In-guk.
What I do… , I don’t have a specific rank, but an aide would seem appropriate.
His face looks like he’s about fifty, but he’s actually over seventy.
The secret to being young is not because you were born young, but because you are a hunter.
When I was a rising star, I was an A-class hunter who was making a name for himself.
What was this name…
“Was it a bloody gentleman?”
It must have been the nickname given to the concept of an English gentleman who always wears a monocle in a suit and his fists are always stained with the blood of monsters.
He became a bit famous abroad as ‘Bloody Gentleman’, maybe.
The old man seen through the room mirror is smiling with a benevolent expression.
“Haha… , I didn’t expect that there would be some young people who would remember my tinnitus.”
It seems my self-talk has gone all the way there.
Well, even if it’s rotten, there’s no way an A-class hunter will miss the sound coming from inside this narrow car.
“He was a person who enjoyed an era, and of course I remember him.”
Actually I don’t know.
I only remember because I know you.
The conversation didn’t last long and ended there.
With the passage of time, his forgotten tinnitus came out, so he gave such a long answer. He is a man who gives the necessary answer to most questions and closes his mouth.
Gangnam is where the car stopped with heavy silence.
More precisely, it was in front of an unusually tall building among the tall buildings used by large guilds as guild houses.
A unique building with the entire outer wall of the building made of glass.
This is the magic tower.
An organization specializing in magic established with the support of the World Hunter Association and the government.
What do you do?
From fostering wizards to developing new magic, improving existing magic, and researching how to create magic artifacts.
First of all, it can be seen that all things related to magic go through this place.
“Come on, let’s go in.”
The spirit of entrusting the tea to the staff waiting at the entrance led me inside.
Get on the elevator located in the center of the building and head upstairs.
Ding!
[The 66th floor.]
66th floor.
Top of the tower.
Unlike floors that are divided into several zones according to people and uses, this entire floor is used as a single space.
The reason is that this is a space that is only allowed to be used by one person.
The owner of the mage tower, the administrator who holds a huge 66-story mage tower in his hands.
Upon entering, what I saw was a study decorated for only one person.
A bookshelf made entirely of dark brown wood with countless books and scrolls.
Weird plants decorate the perimeter of the glass.
A huge desk in the middle of them and piles of papers stacked on top of it.
And the red-haired woman who quickly turned the pages while examining them one by one.
Everyone in Korea knows her.
And I know her better than anyone.
… No, she thought she knew.
One of only five S-class hunters in Korea.
Alias ’Scarlet Witch’.
A wannabe of all women of this era, boasting attractive crimson hair that seems to have been carefully dyed with clear drops of blood, and an explosive body that stimulates the taste buds when looking at it.
And a sex symbol for men that does not change over time.
As far as I remember, even now, offers for photo shoots and advertisements are flooding in.
She is simply rejecting all offers of enormous amounts of money because she is busy and does not want to be naked in front of others.
“As you said, I brought Kim Do-jin, young lady.”
“Thanks for your work. It’s good to go to work now.”
“Yes, then.”
The old man who received the order from work turns his back and walks past me.
Eventually, she disappeared along with the elevator, leaving only me and her alone.
She finally raised her eyes, which were fixed on her stack of papers, and stared at me.
“Nice to meet you.”
A dry tone and cold eyes.
The attitude of welcoming people from afar is so calm that I wonder if that’s right, but I can see it.
A ray of curiosity flows in her dry eyes.
How do you know?
“I’m Han Joo-hee, the owner of the Magic Tower.”
“…”
Because she’s my ex-wife.
No matter how estranged we became, I know how to read that much.
Until I met old man Hwang In-guk and came here by car.
I was constantly troubled.
When I met her for the first time with this body of hers, what words should I say and what expression should I show?
I had planned her perfectly until I stepped into her building, no, until I met her.
The moment she saw her, her black ink painted over her head.
All sorts of emotions rush through.
I have feelings of resentment, and I also have feelings of welcome like an asshole.
But even with all these emotions put together, I couldn’t overcome the doubt I was feeling right now.
I want to ask.
Why did it happen
Why were people so cold-hearted and didn’t even look at them?
And I want to ask
Do you know how hard I was and what I was thinking?
But, because it can’t be.
“… Hello. This is Kim Dojin.”
She smiled and bowed her head towards her.
“Let’s sit down and talk.”
The two of us sat on the wide sofa by the window and looked at each other.
“I’m sorry for calling you so suddenly. I wanted to visit him myself, but… , It can get a little noisy.”
“I understand.”
Because she was the most famous person next to me in the past.
“I will ask straight forward. The reason I asked to see you here… , How much do you guess?”
There must be only one reason why she invites a stranger, especially a wizard, to this place alone.
Recruitment to the Magic Tower.
It must be to bring in the talented wizards who are scattered outside.
“It’s probably not a Scout offer.”
“Yes that’s right. I’ve been putting student Dojin Kim on the recruiting list for a long time. Then, the video that was uploaded this time became an opportunity to harden my heart.”
“Ah…”
That guy’s video is so heartbreaking in so many ways.
“That magic… , It must have been an arrangement of an ice shield, right?”
Her eyes started to shine for the first time.
She has been a woman who has not been able to use magic since long ago, but it seems that that has not changed even now.
I readily answered.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Honestly, I was amazed. I was surprised to find such a young student with the talent and creativity to develop basic magic in that way.”
“Haha.”
Heated conversation.
What she so longed for as her husband is being done with this body.
I even think so.
If I had been a wizard like her, wouldn’t I have been able to continue at least her conversation.
“I was convinced when I saw it. That student Dojin Kim is an essential talent for our mage tower.”
She looks at me with deep eyes.
“Come to the magic tower, student Dojin Kim. Twice the amount offered so far… , No, triple it.”
“… Three times?”
The average down payment for new hunters nesting in large guilds is around 500 million.
Among them, this year’s best prospects can be multiplied by two to four times.
If you calculate it, it’s about 1 billion to 2 billion lines.
The highest amount of the scout offer that came to me this time was exactly 2 billion.
But three times here is 6 billion.
Now, it is an excessive amount to call a hunter who is only a freshman in college.
If the only person in front of her was not her, even if she asked if she was senile, she would have nothing to say.
“Student Dojin Kim is worth it. If you enter the Magic Tower, the talent that started with billions… , It will bloom into hundreds and hundreds of billions.”
It’s a sweet, heartfelt story.
Her voice has a natural talent for moving people, especially her man.
Uh… , Is it because of the face and body, not the voice?
“Other than that, I’ll listen to anything you want. Private research labs, research funds and supplies, etc… , All I can do for you.”
It really feels like you’re doing your best.
The more you do, the colder your heart becomes.
Seeing her husband, whom she has lived with for decades, throwing away me and showing off a fun magic like this, her heart is twisted.
“This seems like a tempting enough proposal… , How is it?”
“Exactly… , It sounds tempting.”
What… , I can’t help but be tempted.
6 billion is not the name of a dog, and it is even more strange if a wizard who is recognized not only in Korea but also in the world rushes begging like this, but he is not willing.
But what about
“But I have no desire to belong anywhere until I graduate from university.”
I still don’t want to go in.
The first cracks appeared on her face.
A fine brow narrowed between her triumphant eyes.
Is it embarrassment or anger?
“… Usually, the person who says that is because of himself. When I graduate from college, I am confident that I will raise my ransom higher than now.”
I smiled and nodded.
“Yes, there is.”
The emotion that money can give me is attractiveness, that’s the limit.
I’ve already had a lot, and I know roughly how to have a lot.
The money of 6 billion is tempting, but… , Because it’s not money I can’t get hold of.
Also, as she said, I am confident.
By the time I graduate from college, I have confidence that will make me sing not 6 billion, but 60 billion, no, more than that.
“And because what I need is not money.”
“It’s not money… , Need something else?”
“Yes.”
I really wanted to spoil the conversation.
I was cold-hearted to any words, and I just thought that I should end this moment quickly…
Sitting side by side, making eye contact, and having a conversation, I suddenly thought it was a waste.
She fell for Jap Siu, another man.
The inside may not be very good, but her shell is worth it.
In fact, I’ve had her and her sex all my life, and I’ve never had the thought of ever getting sick of her.
So I changed my mind a bit.
I hated sending mine into another man’s arms, and I wanted revenge.
In my head, the scale tilts to both sides mercilessly and returns again and again.
A sharp confrontation unfolds over whether she can take her away with her body or not.
“Therefore… , What do you want besides that money?”
At the same time, one step further.
If you succeed in taking her away.
How far can she drop her?
In addition.
By the time I fell deep enough, when I revealed that I was your husband, Son Si-woo.
What kind of expression will she make at that time?
I smiled brightly and replied to her staring at me with only her lips pierced.
“That’s… , I hope the Master of the Magic Tower will find out for himself.”
A shudder runs down the spine.
