Chapter 2 – Episode 2
The moment you open the door and enter the house.
I couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Sky. What is this all about?”
The house was cluttered.
“What kind of expedition did you pack so much for?”
Haneul’s job is similar to mine.
She’s not in the same company, but what she does is also follow her awakened people and take care of them.
Well, it’s good to say it’s care, it’s no different from running miscellaneous errands.
Anyway, certain dungeons take close to a month to clear.
When heading to such a dungeon, of course, there would be a lot of luggage.
But even if there were a lot of luggage in front of my eyes, it was too much.
“Why are you here so late. Didn’t you say you had something to say!?”
The sky was angry all the time.
Even I was assimilated by that irritated tone.
“I went to the company and did some work. Why are you having a temper again? In the morning, I wish you good luck.”
“What kind of company are you paying monthly rent for?”
“I can go. You know that? I’m the team leader from tomorrow.”
“What about the team leader? Are there any team leaders whose subordinates are all superiors?”
That’s not wrong.
In the first place, it is impossible to say that all the members of the team are awakened people and subordinates.
Who doesn’t know that
But I don’t know why he’s fighting like this today.
No, should I get angry to relieve the stress I received today?
“So. What do you want to say?”
“Before that. How was the test today?”
I couldn’t answer
I lowered my head and just let out a deep sigh.
She looked at my reaction and put on a look like ‘I knew I would’.
“What did I say? Why waste money on such useless things! It’s not even a penny or two!”
“It’s already past. This was the last time anyway. Let’s stop talking about that.”
“No. I can’t stop. I’m going to get out of here.”
“What?”
“I’m leaving this house. Let’s break up. I want to end it with you now!”
She cried out.
“… What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Ask me about that? You really don’t know?”
I was puzzled.
Couldn’t that be the case?
Even though we had a fight and didn’t talk for two weeks, suddenly saying goodbye.
Unable to understand the situation, I said something I shouldn’t have said.
“Why. Since I always deal with the proud Awoken, am I not satisfied?”
The moment I uttered my words, I wanted to cut off my hand that hadn’t covered my mouth.
I immediately tried to apologize.
Usually, when a quarrel continued like this, the sky would always shed tears first.
But today was different.
“I-Mi… I’m sorry…”
“No. That’s right. There are Awoken people who promise to make you happy for the rest of your life. It’s good, right?”
“What’s wrong? I was so angry that I said nothing. I’m really sorry.”
“It’s okay. I’ve already packed everything, and I’ve been thinking about this ever since my brother said he’d have a re-examination a month ago.”
I sat down on a shabby sofa with faded leather and tore my hair out.
I looked back at the past to see why this situation suddenly happened.
A little time passed like that.
I could barely find my cool.
You must be angry
Let me be patient
Where did you fight for a day or two…
“Where are you going? You don’t even have a house.
“I have a home to go to.”
“What? Where did the house come from all of a sudden?”
The sky and me
We have no other family.
It may have been that they were attracted to each other more after knowing that it was a sympathy for each other.
“Yes. I told you. There are a lot of men who want to buy me a house.”
“What are you talking about? Someone bought you a house. Why are you leaving me with women who are widely spread among Awoken people?”
“I don’t know. It must have been whimsical. That’s why I must have chosen a woman like me. Anyway, I’m going out today. Eat well and live well.”
I noticed I had made another verbal mistake.
But this time my head was full of other stories.
“What… You look like a real man…?”
My voice trembled in embarrassment.
I shouldn’t have asked
The answer that came back was hopeless.
“Yeah… I’m sorry. I don’t care if you curse at me because I’m a bad bitch.”
“Uh, since when…”
“Two months have passed since I confessed.
“What, what is that… You mean it? It sounds like you’re dating another guy because of me.”
“Think freely. I rode a nice car, wore nice clothes, and went to a nice house, and I felt a new feeling.”
What the hell is this woman talking about?
“What? You can’t…”
“…Goodbye brother.”
I was furious.
Who wouldn’t be angry in a situation like this?
“Hey! Shin Ha-neul! You really aren’t like this!”
Ding-dong.
A bell rang as if it were in time with my shouting.
Who at this hour?
There is no one to come.
It was the new sky that opened the front door.
And beyond the door, a sturdy male silhouette began to appear.
Even if you don’t want to see it, you can’t help it. A luxurious suit that comes into sight.
Very expensive looking shoes.
And even a handsome face.
At that moment, I felt a deep sense of defeat.
The size of the sense of defeat increased the anger.
“Are you…”
“What is it? Didn’t you finish talking to your boyfriend?”
“Brother. What should I do if I come this far? I said I’d go out and contact you…”
I couldn’t listen to the conversations of the two bastards anymore.
“Where is this bastard?!”
“What, what are you doing brother. Then die!”
You said you were an oppa to another guy, and you called me an oppa again?
My eyes widened with anger, and I jumped in without hesitation.
The fist, filled with all the strength of his body, rushed in a straight line at the man beyond the front door.
Chin.
“Keah-!!”
My fist couldn’t even get close to his face and was caught in his hand.
Then came the maddening pain.
“Hey ex-boyfriend. Your girlfriend is mine now. Admit it?”
When I didn’t answer and only moaned, he grabbed my hand even tighter.
More pain came and I couldn’t stop the screams that came out of my mouth.
An Awakener is someone who can turn my fists and the bones of my whole body into powder whenever I want to.
I still didn’t answer.
Tears began to flow down my cheeks.
“Does it hold up well enough? Okay, let me ask you one more time. Or live without hands for the rest of your life. Now, Shin Ha-neul belongs to Min Hyuk-joo. Admit it?”
“Keugh… This, admit it…”
I couldn’t help it.
It’s pride, shit, and it’s a plate that makes you lose your hand.
The girl named girlfriend is already cheating on her.
It’s not like that bitch will come back just because she acts like a guest here.
“Ha ha… Ha… Cough Cough.”
I hunched over in the strewn hallway and gasped for breath.
My hand hurts, but why do I cough?
Something flew over my head where I had been doing that for a while.
It was a bill
“Don’t misunderstand me because it’s medical expenses. Just, don’t think that I bought your girlfriend with money. Don’t be delusional.”
Without answering anything, I barely turned my head toward the new sky.
Say something.
Please tell me you’re not dating someone like that because you really like them.
But she didn’t even look at me.
“What’s so much luggage? Oppa will buy you clothes, so just throw them away. Let’s go quickly. Let’s enjoy tonight too!”
“Yes, brother…”
She left all her stuff and followed the man with only her small handbag.
The front door automatically locked, and I lay down in front of the front door, staring at the ceiling.
It seemed that today must have been the worst day of my life.
**
How the day passed
I didn’t go to the hospital.
I wrapped the bandage I bought at the drugstore.
It looked fine on the outside, but there must have been some cracks in the bones in his right hand.
I suffered through the night in pain, but it made me feel better that way.
Because I was so focused on the pain that other pain took a back seat.
I couldn’t sleep well, but I went to work in that state.
Now I have to pay the rent alone.
The money he saved was wasted on inspection fees, so he couldn’t quit the company now.
I frowned and poured a painkiller I bought at the drugstore into my mouth to forget the pain.
“Huh? Hey Kang Jeonghyuk. What’s wrong with your hand?”
It was the same senior in charge of the F-level dungeon who joined the company six months before me.
“Oh, no big deal…”
My unfocused eyes. I didn’t ask more about the circumstances if he read something in my expression.
Just because I have to work.
“Will you be able to go on a business trip today with that hand?”
“Yes… It’s okay. The company will drive you anyway.”
Equipment haulers under contract with the company.
Without them, entering the dungeon itself would be impossible.
“Still, it’s a big deal when you do. The most important thing is your life. Don’t die for nothing.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
In the first place, this job itself always comes and goes.
Entering a dungeon with the body of a non-awakened person.
It was nonsense just a few years ago.
However, the number of Awoken is limited.
Dungeon gates that are constantly being discovered.
There was a limit to leaving all dungeons to the awakened people.
So the state made the Awakeners focus only on dungeon raids, and reorganized the system so that ordinary people could do other chores.
At that time, a place like our company was created.
I packed up the documents at the office and headed to the meeting place at 10:00.
The office is on the 5th floor, but the meeting is at the cafe on the 1st floor of the building next door.
It was our company that did not even properly prepare a space for Awakened people to meet.
A sigh came out of nowhere.
I opened the cafe door and entered.
The pleasant fragrance that stimulated the tip of the nose slightly loosened the frowning brow.
There were already four Awoken people waiting for me, and I recognized them at a glance.
He headed straight for the table.
Didn’t order.
For me, coffee is just a luxury.
“Hello. I’m Gang Jeong-hyeok in charge of Team F.”
Today was the first time I met them.
Asking the Awakened to come was money on its own, so until now everything had been done over the phone.
I don’t know what other big companies are like…
Well, I didn’t mean to die.
After all, the guys in front of me are all the ones with the lowest grades in the academy.
Me, my company, or these guys.
It’s all the same that it’s trash.
“First, Isol Kim.”
“Okay.”
Long black hair. The lady with rather cold eyes… Is two years younger than me, and she speaks plainly.
After… Let’s wait.
“Your main weapon was a sword, right?”
“That’s right.”
“I’ve prepared a C-class steel sword for now.”
“Hmph. Okay. It’s mainly used at the academy.”
Next is Baekhwayeon.
This one is 170 tall.
There was no model with new white skin.
Should I say that I feel like the daughter of a conglomerate family?
But why are the academy grades so low?
“Baek Hwa-yeon is an archer, right?”
“Yes…”
An incongruously small voice.
Looking at how he uses archery, his mana must be in the upper-middle class or higher.
It was strange that the grades were so random.
Awoken who specialize in long-range attacks are popular because they are safer than those who specialize in melee attacks.
However, since mana has to be loaded onto the weapon, more mana is required.
Not to mention the magicians who attack by converting the properties of mana itself.
The following is a mobile article with the shortest and cutest face among them.
No, why did their parents name them this way?
She was really a round-looking woman, just like her name.
“Dong-geul Lee. Is this your real name?”
“Yes. That’s right. That’s my name.”
I felt like the words were round.
“Excuse me. Dongle is a healer…”
Healers also require a lot of mana, similar to magic.
It is said that not everyone can say that they are awakened.
“Yes! I want to be a healer.”
Who wants to graduate from the academy?
How do you know this is a real kindergarten?
In his profile, he said he had awakened as a healer.
I hastily double-checked her file.
– 1 number of recovery skills. (Normal Hill)
– Lack of recovery standard.
– Skill can be used up to 2 times.
– The number of times you were stunned by forcefully using a skill in a situation where you were on the verge of running out of mana 7 times.
– Below average mana recovery rate.
There was no answer.
Healers are essential for dungeon raids.
But what if that healer stretches out with only two skill uses?
There really is no answer.
I barely managed to hold back a sigh and spoke out with a smile.
“I’m relieved to have a healer.”
“Hehe. Thank you. But why did you do that to your hand?”
“Oh, no big deal. Just a little hurt.”
“Give it to me.”
“Ugh…”
An annoyed groan erupted from the sudden pull of his right hand.
But then I couldn’t help but be surprised.
A group of lights burst out from Donggeul’s hand, and the pain in my right hand that had been bothering me from beginning to end gradually disappeared.
What is this?
I stared blankly at Lee Dong-geul’s round face with round eyes.
“Are you well?”
“Ah, yes… Thank you… No, not that…”
What am I supposed to tell her now…
She couldn’t get her way.
