Chapter 9 – – Senior Researcher Yun Lee –
There were too many eyes in the cafeteria of the institute, so it was not suitable for a proper conversation.
In the first place, even though the lunch break seemed ample, it also passed quickly, so Sung Ye-han postponed the conversation with Lee Yun until later.
“Is it so. I’m waiting for you in front of the lab entrance after work.”
She readily accepted Seong Ye-han’s offer and left the restaurant.
Even after she left, his suspicious and curious gaze toward Seong Ye-han did not fade, and in the end he had to leave her restaurant without even eating half of Dam’s rice.
Other personnel were hired as research assistants in the afternoon, so he spent his time arranging the byproducts of monsters as usual.
His colleagues around him looked at him as if he had something to say, but Sung Ye-han intentionally ignored those gazes.
Because he would have been very tired if he had reacted unnecessarily.
In the first place, even he did not know why Lee Yoon had spoken to him, but he had nothing to explain.
Before lunch break is over.
Likewise, it was terrifying to imagine what would have happened if he hadn’t explained to Han Dong-wook, who was full of curiosity and shining eyes, that he knew nothing.
What the hell.
Over the past year, there have been several opportunities to see each other’s faces. Because only a few days ago I could see her in her restaurant.
The only thing that has changed between him a few days ago and now is that his physical abilities have dramatically improved through his new career.
But how did Lee Yoon know that?
Even though it was like a change that only an awakened person could feel, Han Dong-wook, who was closest to him right away, didn’t notice anything about his change, and she wasn’t even an awakened person in the first place.
“Ah. I don’t know.”
He realized that further pondering would be a waste of time and cleared his mind.
In the end, whatever it is, you have to face it to know, so let’s focus on what we have to do right now.
“But brother. I heard you quit your job.”
“Uh. It happened.”
I was sorting out monster materials for a while, and Han Dong-wook sneaked up to me and asked.
“Did something good happen to you?”
It seems that Han Dong-wook became curious when he heard that he, who had not shown any signs of that at all just last week, suddenly quit.
When I said that he would become a hunter by roughly blooming his special ability, receiving an ability evaluation, and raising his grade, he congratulated me innocently without any jealousy.
He was a really nice guy.
“So, how about a drink to commemorate?”
“That won’t work.”
“And. Brother. Aren’t you doing too much?”
The guy who keeps saying things like he doesn’t have affection, when will he drink if he doesn’t drink at a time like this.
“Yeah, not too much. Because there is a prior agreement in the first place.”
“Ancient? Does your brother have a prior arrangement? You’ve never had anything like that before. Do you know everything about your brother?”
“I have it when I am too, dude.”
Fuck it, it’s really naked fact violence…
“Anyway, stop messing around and go do what you have to do.”
“There’s no way I have a hyung… Huh?! No way?”
I’m trying to somehow push the tangled guy away and resume work, but he asks with an expression as if facing a huge shock and fear.
Is it just because of my mood that I feel like I can read his mind clearly?
“Brother. Isn’t it? Maybe with the head researcher?”
“Because it’s not like that. I also have friends and juniors, huh? I have everything!”
Really. I don’t like quick-witted guys.
After that, Sung Ye-han silently finished the work, ignoring Han Dong-wook, who continued to send suspicious eyes.
Seeing that gaze, Sung Ye-han was worried that something big might happen if he saw Lee Yoon at the main gate on the way home from work.
***
After work.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Except for a high-end, heavily tinted foreign car waiting for him.
People’s eyes were briefly fixed on a rare foreign car in these days, but it quickly disappeared. Maybe that’s because you couldn’t see it very much in the parking lot of YP Lab.
“Ride”
Lee Yoon’s face is revealed through the dark window of a luxury car, which Sung Ye-han, who had not even had a bicycle that assisted driving with magic attribute, would have never dreamed of, let alone a car.
I couldn’t see where the glasses I was wearing every day were gone, and about two shirt buttons were undone, so the breastbone exposed was attractive.
After only seeing his thorough and intelligent appearance at the company, seeing his slightly relaxed and different appearance made my heart pound with tension.
Her thump thump Her beating heart, Sung Ye-han tried to calm her down and quickly pushed her body into the car door she had opened.
The car starts off smoothly as he gets in.
In a world where everything became scarce after the Gate incident, a car was arguably one of the great luxuries a person could afford.
It took a lot of determination to cover not only the purchase of a car, but also the fuel needed to keep it running with the salary of an ordinary office worker.
In particular, in Korea, where there is no drop of oil, cars that run on oil or other electricity or magic attribute powered cars boast high maintenance costs compared to before the gate.
The past, when there were two or three cars per household beyond one car per household, has now become unimaginable.
It is a comfort that cannot be compared to the subway where people are standing close to each other like bean sprouts.
It is said that Koreans don’t smell very much, but as there is a certain limit to that, a crowded subway was painful in many ways.
On the other hand, the inside of Lee Yoon’s car, with the faint scent of soft coffee, is literally the difference between heaven and hell.
Unlike the past, the traffic itself has decreased considerably, and the short drive with Lee Yoon was very satisfactory, including the condition of the roads, which were pleasant to drive on the way home from work.
When life improves, he himself will get a driver’s license and will definitely buy a car.
“Cook!”
As I was doing that, I heard laughter from the side. When I looked to the side with my doubts, I saw Lee Yoon’s face with a small smile.
“Ah. Sorry. I’m not kidding…”
“No. I just want you to laugh all of a sudden.”
“Something was so intense that he was looking inside the car so it was cute.”
How cute Isn’t that a word that has nothing to do with a 25-year-old black man? Even Seong Ye-han’s appearance and physique were by no means small.
“Hmm. You seem to have a special sensibility.”
“Oh? Do you feel sorry for being treated like such a strange person?”
“Usually weird people don’t know they are weird.”
Lee Yoon furrowed his eyebrows as if he was speechless at his answer. In the company, she had the image of a snow queen with chilly vibes, but could this be her true self? He had a more friendly personality than I thought.
“Is it so. I’m a bit of a weird person. What.”
“Sleep… Cool!”
The moment I tried to soothe her, who seemed a little pouting. Her body, pulled by the inertia of the car to a sharp stop with a screeching sound, caught on the seat belt and choked her breath.
“I’ve arrived, so get off.”
Lee Yoon just said what he had to say and quickly got out of the car.
“It’s more angular than I thought.”
Her behavior reminds me of a cat somewhere. But it didn’t feel bad.
Unfastening the seat belt and getting off, I see Lee Yoon waiting for him in front of me.
After confirming that he got off, he immediately locked the car with the electronic key, stuck out his tongue, and went straight into the store.
Even so, there is a certain elegance or arrogance in the way you walk into the store.
“Under-!”
What? Is it a ghost?
For some reason, feeling her tingling sensation on the back of her head, her Sungye Han followed her and moved her steps.
***
The place where Sung Ye-han and Lee Yoon entered was a room-style bar with an impressive soft yellow lighting.
A place where the melody of music that gently bends around the ears naturally relaxes the atmosphere.
As for the drinks written on the menu board at first glance, Seong-ye-han had a hard time even reading what they were, but even the prices were unimaginable to him.
“You can enjoy it comfortably. I was the one who invited Seong Ye-han.”
A fascinating liquid with a clear and deep color that pours out in a shape and pours into a glass.
Even Seong-ye-han, who knew nothing about alcohol, was instantly sated by the rich, non-irritating scent that gently tickled his sense of smell.
I don’t think it’s a drink that I can enjoy comfortably.
“Then thank you.”
I said enjoy it, so enjoy it.
It’s true that nothing is free, but at this point, whatever she’s talking about, it’s okay for her to listen.
“I heard you resigned.”
“Hmm?”
The words that came out of her mouth were again unexpected.
It is certainly true that Sung Ye-han submitted her resignation letter today. But if that’s something that the head researcher cares about, it’s because it’s not.
In the first place, she is a researcher, and she is not working in personnel administration.
“I was wondering why she was suddenly quitting her job, which she was doing well. It wouldn’t be easy for an E-level Awakener to find a job comparable to our YP Lab. Do you think something good has happened? For example… Even a very strong special ability has blossomed?”
Seong Ye-han hesitated for a moment at Lee Yoon’s confident tone.
What the hell is this woman?
Was the natural wariness revealed in his expression?
Before Sung-ye Han could say anything more, Yi-yoon answered her.
“There is nothing to be too wary of. It’s just that I’m kind of interested.”
“Interest?”
“I don’t know about human personality… But there is only one. There is something good to see.”
Lee Yun, who spun the clear purple wine around in a transparent glass, took a sip of it and said with a smile.
“Should we say that person’s ability… Or possibility?”
“Possibility?”
“Well, roughly speaking, it’s a prize that will become a tycoon.”
Lee Yun finished her words and poured the wine from her own glass into her mouth.
Was wine originally something to drink so exhilaratingly? In front of Sung Ye-han, who heard the question
Lee Yoon’s face approached her chin and crossed her table.
The spicy alcohol and the unique scent of sweet yet sour grapes fill Seong Ye-han’s nasal passages.
Seeing her up close, her eyes seemed to contain some kind of spark.
The scent of Lee Yun as a person, different from the scent of alcohol, seemed to bind Seong Ye-han.
“Originally, it was okay, but today it was even more amazing. But what if you suddenly leave the company? I need to catch something.”
“You mean something like contemplation? I didn’t seem like someone I could trust.”
“I don’t believe in that. I trust my intuition and intuition.”
“Isn’t that what it is?”
“It is different. Because I trust her own judgment.”
“Hmm… So in a word, I want to have a good relationship with me. What is this?”
“Saying that makes me feel strange. What. That’s roughly it.”
Her face, which had been approaching suddenly, is moving away again.
As if her heat just now was a lie, she drifted away and sank like a calm lake, refilling her empty glass and enjoying her scent.
She is a very puzzling woman.
“Personally, I hate being in debt to anyone.”
“Oh? All of a sudden?”
“He said he wanted to become friends. Shall we be polite again? Researcher?”
“That’s Okay. It feels like falling down and being bowed down.”
Heung-heung- Lee Yun expresses with his whole body that I am angry. Are you drunk already? I’d like to, but I can’t do that with clear eyes.
Seong Ye-han hardened her face and asked her, thinking that her story would go round and round without end.
“Stop kidding. So what’s the point?”
“It’s kind of an investment.”
As his mood changed, Lee Yoon quickly threw off his dreamy atmosphere and responded with the momentum of a hunter snatching prey.
“Investment and return on it. I won’t interfere with what you do. But that much when you become a bigger person later. Just don’t forget my help.”
“Didn’t you say that you don’t know a person’s personality well? What if I’m a crazy psycho or a guy who eats only food and shuts his mouth?”
“Then it’s an investment failure. Because not all investments are successful.”
Her answer was cooler than expected, and Seong-ye-han lost her words again.
Whether or not he knew what he was thinking, Lee Yun pretended to raise his index finger and continued.
“Step! I don’t believe that just because I failed to invest doesn’t mean I will sit still.”
“Then?”
“As much as I failed, Park! Park! Very night! Night! I have to scrape it off. How dare you eat my favor and run away. I can’t forgive you! I will torment you for the rest of your life!”
He wasn’t cool, he was sticky and soggy.
“Then I must repay you.”
“Yes!”
Two empty glasses. Seong Ye-han snatched her wine bottle from Lee Yoon’s hand, who was about to make her own, and then filled her glass with herself.
“I’m not drinking this.”
“What. It’s a topic that I’ve been swallowing up from a while ago.”
“Speaking like that makes me think I am a drunkard.”
“Wasn’t it?”
“… No.”
“I do care about that strange silence. Well, I don’t care what our water owner likes.”
“Hehe~ That’s a good attitude. Keep that attitude going forward.”
“You suddenly want to be crooked?”
“If you do well, I will give you a special prize.”
“What award?”
“That’s a secret for excitement~”
“Okay.”
“Great. Because you will never regret it. You probably want to bow whenever you think of me.”
“On the contrary, you could be.”
“Whoops. I hope so. It means my eyes are not wrong. Ruler. If we drink this Are you signing a contract?”
Braided-
Charangi collides with the drinking glasses that are about to overflow and drink each other.
She didn’t know what she wanted and whether she was making this offer to herself.
It could be a trouble or a trap somewhere.
But whatever it was, he had the confidence to get through it.
If this Yun brings him favor and benefit,
He also has to repay Lee Yoon.
Otherwise, it is returned as received.
***
“Oh! Always~~ Good Naaaaar~”
A scream that doesn’t match either the beat or the pitch resounds.
What is this man who brought the car…
“Shouldn’t you be quiet…?”
“Sirreoong~ Sireoe~ Lalala~”
This woman Her drinking habits are pretty bad.
Does he have a destiny of getting involved with a drunk woman?
It was a troublesome night.
