Changed Body 209

Chapter 209 – The First Experiment (1)

Trying to stay calm, I scan Seo-yeon’s body as she lies on the stretcher.

Contrary to the distressed expression, there are no visible signs of trauma.

But… , The flow of magical power around him is rough and unstable.

Just like breathing out loud.

I follow the supervisors with impatient steps and head to the infirmary.

After confirming that the waiting doctor was examining Seo-yeon, who was sitting on a white bed, she asked a supervisor.

“What happened.”

Then the supervisor looked me up and down with suspicious eyes and asked again.

“Are you acquainted with the fallen test taker?”

Dad.

Shouldn’t use it anymore… , No, unusable words gurgling in my mouth.

“Whoa.”

After letting go with a breath exhaled once, I put in my mouth the relationship that needs to be newly established.

“We are seniors and juniors from the same university.”

That’s not enough.

I looked through the album on my smartphone and showed the picture I took with him.

The fourth time, the fifth time.

It was a picture taken with her teammates at a dinner party after completing the dungeon raid.

“I worked as a team member for a year. Everyone here took the exam together.”

Only then did the superintendent’s doubtful gaze be withdrawn.

“We do not know the exact circumstances. Except that I collapsed not far from the entrance and suffered for a long time.”
“Entrance… I say.”

Entrance.

It’s just an entrance.

Another supervisor added.

“Cadet Son Seo-yeon has been in bad shape ever since she entered the maze.”

At his words, the sharpened nerves and the energy poured out go to the supervisor.

Surprised, he hesitates, then straightens his posture and makes a noise.

“… Candidate!”

Oh dear.

With a short bow, I greet him with a sincere apology.

“Sorry. I couldn’t control my emotions at the moment.”

A sincere apology softens the anger on the supervisor’s face.

“I will understand and move on as the situation is the situation.”
“Thank you. However… , I have a question.”
“What is.”
“I was in a bad condition from the time I entered the entrance, so why was it rescued only now?”

It was a question that sharpened my nerves.

If the condition was bad from the time I entered, I should have taken action right away, but now, after a full day of doing what the hell…

“I tried to take action right away, but the test taker refused.”
“Ah…”

After the doctor’s injection, the gaze turns to Seo-yeon, whose breathing is gradually stabilizing.

Even in the midst of a bad condition, you were stubborn.

The doctor who finished the examination from behind sneaks up with his hands in the pockets of his gown.

“Are you done talking?”
“Ah, yes.”

The doctor points at me with his chin.

“Is that your guardian?”
“… For now.”
“Then wait this way.”

Following his hand gestures, I moved to the front of Seo-yeon, who was sleeping with a more comfortable expression.

“Hmm… , Once the test results came out.”

The doctor scratches the tip of my nose and blurts out his words.

Is there something in there that is difficult to say?

“You can tell me, sir.”

At my firm tone, the doctor smiles and looks at me and Seo-yeon alternately.

“Aha, is that your boyfriend?”
“That… , Hmm.”

I could neither deny nor affirm.

If I denied, she was afraid she wouldn’t hear what happened to her, and when I replied that he was her boyfriend, that’s kind of…

“Haha, are you in a secret relationship? Understand, understand Since she is the daughter of a noble family, there must be something like that. Yes?”

The doctor who interpreted the evasive answer to suit my taste.

“Ugh… Yes, yes.”

Let’s do that for now.

“Now, enough of the jokes, let me tell you the results… , Hyperventilation due to trauma.”
“Hyperventilation… What?”
“Yes. Something in the test room touched Ms. Son Seo-yeon’s trauma. As a result, I was under excessive stress in a short time, and the symptoms of hyperventilation came.”

The only thing you can see in the fourth exam hall is darkness… , Ah.

Memories of the past strike like lightning in my head.

“Anyway… , My girlfriend, her mental strength is amazing.”
“… ?”

I woke up to the sudden compliment and looked at him.

“Looking at the condition, it must have been a long time since the symptoms of hyperventilation came. However, it seems that he endured until this happened and tried to overcome it somehow…”
“…”

Come to think of it, the overseer said she wasn’t feeling well from the moment she entered the maze.

Maybe that’s when the symptoms started to appear.

I must have tried to continue breathing somehow while overcoming the pain and fear of not being able to breathe properly.

He collapsed while trying to move his body by forcibly returning the piece of breath he had obtained through his body.

“Anyway, I gave you a sedative, so you should get a good night’s sleep and you’ll be fine when you wake up. Until then, her boyfriend will take good care of her.”
“… Yes, thank you.”

After the doctor leaves, a whisper of breathing plays lightly over the heavy silence.

He pulls up a chair and sits down looking down at Seo-yeon, who is sleeping soundly.

“The dark is still scary.”

I thought I’d forgotten everything, but I wasn’t.

When Seoyeon was young, her body was very weak.

To the point where I thought that I might really die at this rate beyond just being weak.

There are a lot of minor illnesses, the sound of breathing is unstable, and if you eat a little too much, you even vomit…

At that time, Juhee and I were crazy about one thing: to make Seoyeon healthy.

As a result, in order to figure out what the problem was, Seo-yeon had to go into the inspection machine every day.

Why is there such a thing

Something like a cylindrical machine that goes in when you take an MRI.

Seoyeon really hated them.

He said that the sound of the machine coming from the darkness seemed like a monster coming to eat him.

As a result, Seo-yeon extremely hated being alone in the dark, to be precise, in a dark space.

I must have fallen asleep between us every day.

“I thought it would end when I was young…”

After twists and turns, Seo-yeon, who became healthy, seemed to gradually find resistance to darkness.

By the time she reached puberty and was in high school, she preferred to be alone, so I thought she had forgotten all of her old memories.

Looks like that wasn’t it.

“Blanket… Bar…”

A faint sound leaks out of Seo-yeon’s mouth, who was soundly asleep.

She doesn’t seem to have woken up… , She seems to be a drool talker.

As she listened a little longer, familiar words flowed out.

“Dad…”
“…”

I don’t know.

She wonders why the guy who was reluctant to share a meal with her is now looking for her father so desperately.

그토록 관심을 갈구했을 땐 한 번도 쳐다보지 않았으면서 대체 왜.

Angry.

And.

“… Okay. Dad is here, Seo Yeon-ah.”

At the same time, her heart broke.

She knew she would have no regrets anymore.

What is a father

With just one word, one corner of the wall that was painstakingly built up easily falls off.

Perhaps he mistook my voice in his sleep for my father, and his expression became even more comfortable.

The drool that kept the name “Dad dad” In her mouth also changed.

“Hand… , Catch me scared…”
“Okay.”

Gently grabs the hand that is fidgeting under the blanket.

그러자 녀석의 입가에 희미하지만 동시에 선명한 감정이 깃든 미소가 맺힌다.

It was as if he had obtained a powerful force capable of defeating anything.

I look at that smile with a smile, but my emotions suddenly plummet.

Take out your smartphone with the other hand and make a call.

To her another number, which even I, her husband, did not know about.

After a few beeps, a familiar voice is heard over the handset.

-What happened.

What the.

전화 예절은 어디다 팔아먹고 다짜고짜 무슨 일이냐는 말이 먼저 나오는지.

Is it because the bean pods are peeling off?

I want to find fault with everything from one to ten.

Well, good

If so, I have no choice but to speak directly.

“Senior Seoyeon has collapsed.”
-… Where are you now?
“헌터 협회 시험장 의무실입니다. I guess I need a guardian… , Would you like to come?”
– I am on a business trip to the US for a seminar. 당장 제가 가기는… , 어려울 것 같네요.

당신 참 많이 달라졌다.

In the past, when it came to my daughter’s problem, I was someone who somehow came back even if it was on the other side of the world.

A sad voice came out of my heart.

“그럼 이대로 둘까요.”
-곧 다른 보호자가 갈 거예요.
“다른 보호자라면…, 손시우 헌터 말입니까?”

That’s a bit difficult

그쪽이나, 나나 서로 마주치면 안 될 시기거든.

-No.

I’m glad that

“Then, I will stay by your side until the guardian you send comes. 아, 그리고 한 가지 묻고 싶은 게 있는데요.”
-Ha… , What is it
“I guess you lost a lot of interest in me? I think I was going to do an experiment, but they didn’t call me.”

Changed my mind.

Until yesterday, when I was drunk with my sweet new life, I thought it was enough to know why you had changed so much, but it was enough to not know.

I need to know now

Seoyeon and you too.

I feel like I have to dig up the reason why it has become difficult to understand.

The only way to do that is to turn your attention to me in some way.

“I’d say it’s futile if you’re trying to uncover the secret through personal experimentation.”
-… You’re too cheeky, you.
“I have enough secrets that the Mage Tower Lord would be interested in, more than enough for my arrogance, my body.”

For a while, no words could be heard over the receiver.

Didn’t it cut off, did I just get speechless at my self-confidence?

Well, not bad

“What… , If you need my help anytime, please contact me. Then I will hang up.”
-Sleep…

Ah.

I think I was just trying to say something at the end.

“How are you?”

If it’s important, he’ll call you back.

I put down my smartphone and look down at Seoyeon, who is in a deep sleep.

Since the guardian came soon, let’s keep our hands off to avoid a misunderstanding.

“Ah… , No… , Hand… , Give me a hand…”

Suddenly, the boy starts whining.

“…”

The 7-year sexless relationship, and the appearance of a couple in a show window who have degenerated from a lovebird couple.

If he had whined to me like he does now, he wouldn’t have been so lonely.

The grumpy grows up.

Won’t you hold my hand?

Even so, I held the hand of the struggling fellow in search of warmth.

“… It is only today.”

While making a silly excuse that it’s only today.