Chapter 211 – Side Story) May All Lost Souls Be Happy (1)
“Ha…”
“Um, Assistant Manager Seong? Is there something going on these days…”
“Hey, hey! Pay attention! Haha, Assistant Manager Seong, enjoy your meal!”
“No, why?! Ugh?!”
“Oh, that…”
An abominable sigh that can be clearly heard even in the middle of a noisy restaurant.
When my colleague, who was drawn to the sound I made, approached me with a worried smile,
Another colleague smiled sheepishly and grabbed his shoulder and returned to his place.
I hate it, I hate it so much.
My sighs and melancholy create this atmosphere.
I’m so hateful and annoyed that I’m making everyone uncomfortable.
“Whoa…”
Rice and side dishes on the plate that won’t shrink even if you chew them.
I finally put down my spoon and got up from my seat because I couldn’t get my appetite back.
Throwing away the leftover food in the leftover container after looking at the gaze of colleagues like a field of thorns,
I grab a can of coffee from the vending machine in front of the restaurant and go out into the windy garden.
It feels like the sweat soaking my shirt is drying and freezing in the still bitter cold.
It’s empty and cold, but it’s much better than the worries and worries that fill the inside with the company.
“Ha…”
I tried to hold it in, but the sighs that escaped spontaneously turned into pure white fog.
I don’t know how many times I sigh, but I quickly try to cover it up with warm coffee from the vending machine.
The chest and empty stomach are filled with warmth, but it only lasts for a moment.
I start to have useless thoughts again.
My boyfriend disappeared, leaving only a text saying that he found a girl he liked more than me.
Even though there is no way to get a reply, I keep foolishly asking why,
A weekend where I cried and fell asleep while begging to meet and talk.
I checked my phone every day and thought about it while working like a corpse.
Let’s go to that bastard’s house this Friday and finish everything.
And today is that Friday.
Before I knew it, the end of the weekdays, which I had endured desperately, was approaching.
I get angry, irritated, and sad, but I don’t cry anymore.
I was planning on meeting him today, cursing him coolly, and ending it coolly, but I couldn’t do it.
Honestly, it doesn’t seem to have any meaning, and I’m so scared that I’ll only be hurt more.
“…”
I really liked it, but I was the only one who became a fool.
I didn’t even notice that there was another girl, and I was liking her like a fool.
Like a fool, I didn’t even know that my lover’s heart had already gone to another woman.
“Oh, really… Why are you doing this again…?”
As the warmth of the coffee that filled my stomach disappears, my eyes become blurred with tears.
To drive away the heat gathering around my eyes, I fanned my hands and looked at the sky.
Despite all my efforts, cold tears eventually flow down my cheeks and land on the back of my hand.
Embarrassed by the outpouring of sadness, I hurriedly get up and walk quickly to find a place where no one is around.
Restroom, lounge, bathroom, anywhere.
That time when I went back to work to hide my tears.
“Hyomin unnie?”
“Ah…”
Unfortunately, I ended up running into a close junior who was coming out to the garden right in front of me.
My legs became stiff in embarrassment as I couldn’t escape either inside or outside the company.
I tried to hastily cover my face, afraid that it would be directed at me again, but there was nothing.
No place to hide, nothing to cover your face.
But.
“Sister, it’s okay.”
“… Ugh…!”
The junior looked at me in surprise for a moment, then smiled slightly and gave me his embrace.
Thanks to this, I was able to cover my face in my junior’s chest and cry sadly while receiving comfort.
“Ugh, huh…! Ugh…!!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
My junior was smiling brightly as he continued to pat me on the back.
A comfortable smile that feels strangely reassuring, like being in a cozy cradle.
It was a smile so deep that it seemed impossible to escape, as if it contained something.
“Hyomin? Can you tell me what’s going on?”
There is no benefit to telling you about this.
It’s obvious that I’m going to cause unnecessary worries again.
“… Ugh, yeah…”
My head moved freely at the irresistible warm voice my junior made.
After giving up on the foolish act of chasing after a relationship that had gone far away, the place I found was a bar.
The sound of the junior’s empty glass hitting the table mixes with the jazz music.
“How much did you do for that person? Say goodbye to them in a transfer.
“He’s an ungrateful piece of trash and a horny bastard who even exposes other women.”
“Don’t curse too loudly, people around you will hear…”
While shaking the ice in the glass, I stop my junior from swearing under his breath.
She didn’t tell anyone because she was afraid she would get such unnecessary worries.
Why did I tell this story to a junior who was younger than I?
It was complicated, and I felt sorry for no reason, but at the same time, I felt relieved.
Thanks to my junior who did what I originally wanted to do but couldn’t.
“Oh, it won’t be easy, but don’t worry too much. There’s nothing you can do anyway.
If you care more about it, you’re only wasting her feelings and time, right? In that case, let’s play like this!”
“Foot, I already decided to do that. Thank you, and I’m sorry.”
A junior accepts a new glass handed to me by a waiter and holds it out to me.
He gave her a bitter smile and clinked her glass while she was smiling brightly.
“… Isn’t his expression still too dark for something like that? Just looking at him, he looks full of regret.”
“It’s only been a week since we broke up. It’s natural that I still have regrets, well…
Still, I think I feel a little better thanks to your gentle swearing. Thank you so much.”
“Thank you, will you buy me a drink today?”
“Yes, this is the price for listening to such a dull story.”
She laughs at her junior’s cute joke and drinks again and again.
It is true that I can breathe easier than before, but I still need time to sort out my messy mind.
I empty my glass in the hope that this emptiness will be forgotten, like painful memories forgotten after a long time.
As she continued to sip the sweet cocktail, the heat rising to her face, the spinning sensation before her eyes.
Did I drink too much? Still, since tomorrow is my day off, I want to drink just a little more.
“… Hehe…”
“Huh…? What did you just say…?”
“No, nothing. The glass is empty again! Here!”
As I blinked for a moment, another glass filled with alcohol and ice was placed in front of me.
I keep drinking at the pace of my junior, who drinks non-stop, and my memory is erased.
By the way, did he drink this well? I’m drunk, why does he look fine?
Oh, that won’t work. I think I drank too much.
The color of my face that I can tell even without looking in the mirror.
Eyelids that droop arbitrarily prevent blurry vision.
It’s time to stop now and go home…
“… Before that, let me go to the bathroom for a moment… Ah…”
The moment I stood up, supporting my weak legs with my hands,
My hand that was on the table slipped, and my body ended up leaning.
“Tsk, it’s dangerous~”
“Thanks, wow…”
My junior smiled brightly as he reached out his hand to catch me as I almost fell.
I can’t see clearly in front of me, and the surrounding noise is dispersing in a blur.
I feel like my whole body is losing strength as I fall asleep.
She tried to stand on her own, barely able to hang on to her junior’s shoulder her, but she couldn’t feel anything.
I need to stand up, but I’m too tired to think. I just want to sleep…
“… Hello? Yes, Holy Lady, I’m really sorry for contacting you so late!
I found none other than a wounded soul. Yes, he is a senior at my company.
Could you please give this person your teachings and grace?”
“…?”
As my consciousness fades away, I can only hear the voice of my junior talking to someone on the phone and the sound of laughter.
A saint? Master’s teachings? Blessing? What on earth is that?
“Yes, in that case, I will come to the sanctuary now! Thank you, saint…♡
Congratulations, sister! The saint said she would personally help her sister. “
“Uh…? Ugh…”
“Hehe, I’m sure you’ll fall in love with it just like me. The happiness of forgetting all the pain…
It’s rude to compare yourself with that kind of idiot… To receive my master’s infinite love…♡”
A story I can’t understand, a voice I can’t even hear.
What I could faintly see in front of my soon-to-be-extinguished eyes was the expression of my junior that I had seen for the first time.
She smiled, her cheeks slightly blushing, and she supported me, smiling ecstatically.
The sight of her licking her lips as she looks up into space with her eyes filled with awe.
As soon as my eyes took in the strange letters that appeared faintly on the tongue, they immediately fell into darkness.
“Oh my, is this your senior? I never thought we’d meet again like this… Hehe…”
“You say the saint knows your senior? How could it be…”
“It’s a distant relationship that only I remember. More than that, the sister was also kind to me.
Your mission is to save worthy people from the world’s weak desires.
Your master will surely remember your dedication. I will give you a certificate as proof.”
“Ah, thank you…♡ Thank you for the infinite desire and love given by the master and the saints…♡”
I slowly open my eyes to the sound of a conversation between my junior and someone rings in my sleeping ears.
A soft light that covers my eyes without pain, a cozy leather chair that embraces my body.
Two women standing in front of me in a room with a cathedral-like atmosphere but a cozy feel.
A junior kneeling with her hands clasped together and a woman putting a sparkling gold token on her necklace.
“Ugh… ?!”
I was started by the strange atmosphere and ended up making a loud noise.
“Oh, it looks like you’ve finally woken up. Sister, please leave.”
“Yes, then… “
“Now, wait… Where are we? And you…”
A voice drowned in the alcohol that still remains.
The junior hurriedly raises his hand but leaves the room with a small greeting.
And a woman higher than my field of vision, bringing a face hidden in shadow into the light.
“Who are you?”
“Seong Hyo-min, it’s really nice to meet you.”
She was at eye level with me and greeted me with a very warm and kind smile.
Gray hair that is neatly tied and falls on the shoulders, giving a calm atmosphere.
Pink lips that look like they were made of clay, eyes that convey peace.
A beautiful appearance that seems to embody the word ‘Virgin’.
She said, wearing a black veil and a black nun’s uniform over her mismatched body.
“I would like to help Luna Kang and Hyomin.”
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