Chapter 85 – Episode 85 Lee Hye-Ri and Lee Kang-San
‘It’s bold.’
To say that he would become the number one tanker was a great confidence.
Not even other people, but Lee Kang-san himself.
Of course, that didn’t mean that Hyeri had no skills.
She said that if she acted as her dealer, she would be able to rise to a higher position than herself.
Even if she is not up to Choi Woo-sung, she will be able to play an active role as an S-class dealer or higher.
I was sure.
Because it’s her own little brother.
Tanks, however, were a different story.
It was clear that if she succeeded as an evasion tank, she would probably become the Hunter everyone wanted.
But how easy is that?
It wasn’t enough to hit her own attack a few times.
“What evidence do you have to prove what you say? Not the look you saw, but the clear evidence.”
“Because… Didn’t you already show it?”
“What?”
“Lee Hye-ri beat Kwon Jun-hyeok, the most talented dealer in her class.”
I heard that Kwon Jun-hyeok was severely punished for losing to Hye-ri at the academy.
I was delighted with Lee Hye-ri’s growth, but at the same time it strengthened her conviction that she had the talent of her dealer.
“A confrontation between dealers is not applicable…”
“You must have been very busy lately. You don’t even know how the end-of-month evaluation went.”
“What?”
At Siwoo Kim’s words, Kangsan Lee looked at Hyeri.
She was nodding her head with her face showing a little disappointed.
“This time, I played against Kwon Jun-hyeok as a tank. It was an exhibition game, a fight with certain conditions attached, but all the professors who were watching acknowledged it. It is my victory.”
“As a tanker?”
“Huh.”
“Her…”
Her nerves, which came from a quarrel with Dae-sung, were only on work, so she couldn’t care about Hye-ri at all.
“Sorry.”
There was no excuse.
She, who valued her brother the most, knew that she had been missing her news about her.
Even though the news is important to Lee Hye-ri’s future as a tanker.
“Are you okay. This can be happen. Her brother can’t always think of me. My brother is a great hunter, Lee Kang-san of the iron wall. Because I have to protect many people.”
“What? What do you mean?”
“Because I knew that my brother couldn’t just take care of me. I also try not to rely too much on my brother.”
“…”
Lee Kang-san looked at Lee Hye-ri who was sitting next to him.
She kept her lips firmly shut, as if determined to do something.
“I will be a tanker. To do that, I will take any class from Mr. Siwoo. I don’t care if my brother opposes it. I’ve made up my mind, and I’m going to run for it.”
“Hyeri…”
“Like the teacher said, I also defeated Kwon Jun-hyeok this time. He beat the guy he couldn’t beat as a dealer. Like the teacher said, I think I have the same talent as my older brother. So cheer me on.”
It was unfamiliar.
A bit sharper than usual Hyeri, and a firm reaction.
I could feel her sister’s affection in her voice, but not like it used to.
How to say
Should I say it feels like looking at a grown-up child?
It’s wonderful, but at the same time it feels sad.
“Ha…”
Just as there are no parents who win over their children, no brother can beat her little sister.
I felt it the moment I heard Hyeri’s words.
No matter how much she opposes her, Lee Hye-ri will learn from this man and grow into a tanker.
“Is that true?”
“What do you mean?”
“Hyeri can surpass me and become the number one tank.”
“I can’t beat you in a traditional tank way. But Hyeri will take first place in her own way. She must be active in more diverse ways than Lee Kang-san of Iron Wall.”
She looked at Kim Si-woo, who calmly spoke of his aspirations.
I wondered what tricks Siwoo Kim had used to make Hyeri so possessed.
I felt wary.
Wouldn’t a child who doesn’t know the world suffer from anything?
So, she forced Hye-ri to beat her and met her.
I was afraid she might be a weirdo.
“Hmm…”
It didn’t seem like Kim Si-woo had done anything to her right away.
But is he trustworthy?
Well, it wasn’t.
On her way to Korea from the US, she did some research on Kim Si-woo.
‘There was none.’
There was no specific information coming out.
The only information was that she entered and graduated from the academy.
Besides, there was no record of what guild he joined and was active in.
Maybe it was because I couldn’t join a guild that was big enough to make a separate record.
‘I couldn’t join the guild after graduation.’
Why?
Why is there someone who has the ability to grow Lee Hye-ri like this?
At least, the academy professors would have wanted to use it as an assistant, and it would have caught their eye?
It was so suspicious that the record was clean.
It was clean, as if someone deliberately manipulated the record.
If there is at least one flaw.
Code number NO. 2-2554.
He said he was framed, but he didn’t know.
Didn’t Marcuson say he hadn’t heard of what was involved?
‘He’s someone I can’t understand.’
However, Lee Kang-san couldn’t bring himself to say it.
The reason was simple
Lee Hye-ri next to him.
She now had deep faith in Kim Si-woo.
To the point where I feel like I’m seeing the same way I used to follow him.
I understand.
Because he was the one who made it possible for everyone to say no.
‘I’m used to it.’
Lee Kang-san looked at Kim Si-woo.
No matter how you look at it, something was familiar.
It was an impression as if I had seen it somewhere.
Eyes that seem to penetrate people’s hearts, lips tightly closed.
And that dignified attitude that never gets intimidated even while looking at oneself.
It reminded me of one person.
‘Shadow mask.’
A man who got kicked out of the hunter world after being involved with Daesung and Shin Seo-ah.
‘It’s similar, but different.’
At that time, the man was a little rougher and gave off the feeling of a wild beast.
“Have we ever met somewhere?”
“I don’t think there is.”
“Is that so? Which guild were you by any chance?”
“I toured several small guilds whose names I do not know.”
“Is that so… ? Someone like you?”
“I am only talented at teaching.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
Lee Kang-san didn’t ask any more questions.
It was because of Lee Hye-ri, who caught her own hem and gave her attention.
‘Huu, there’s no other way to follow them like that.’
Li Kangsan, who swallowed a sigh inside her, opened her mouth.
“Just one warning.”
“Please speak.”
“If something happens to Hyeri because of you, or if I hear that you are touching Hyeri…”
The energy of the iron wall rose fiercely.
Hard.
The tableware in the house was shaking.
“At that time, I didn’t come so politely. Keep that in mind.”
“Don’t worry. It won’t happen.”
Lee Kang-san stood up from his seat.
“I’m done talking, so get up. I wish you well in the future brother. I hope we don’t meet like this in the future.”
“Of course. Next time, I hope to see you as the guardian of a student who has safely graduated from the academy.”
Following Lee Kang-san, Lee Hye-ri and Marcuson also rose.
“Then see you in the next class.”
“Okay. Enter carefully.”
They left Siwoo Kim’s house.
***
“Whoa.”
I thought she would die of a heart attack.
Also an S-class Hunter.
My body trembled at the intimidation of her face just by facing her.
It’s been a while.
When she first encountered the Sword Master, she felt a similar sensation.
‘Even though Marcuson didn’t feel this way.’
He was definitely at least one, no more than two.
Even in the same S-class, it was not for nothing that they said that their ranks were different.
She thought her heart would drop when she asked at the end if she had ever seen her.
The crisis that could have been revealed was safely passed.
It doesn’t seem like you’ve completely relaxed your guard against me yet.
‘I’ll do a background investigation.’
I needed to prepare for the next time I met Lee Kang-san.
At that time, she might not be able to see her smiling like this.
If we find out that the shadow mask is Siwoo Kim…
I’m sure he’ll attack with a killing force.
“It’s not a bad start.”
Lee Kang-san’s parents visit this time was a lot of time for me in many ways.
Lee Kang-san’s affection for Lee Hye-ri.
It is said that he made a relationship with the executives of the Saint Guild, a huge guild that can face Daesung worldwide.
Among them, the biggest harvest was Lee Hye-ri’s attitude toward me.
‘I can see that her brother’s dependence has greatly decreased.’
Lee Hye-ri, of course, was self-reliant, and on the contrary, she often made remarks that made it felt that it was me, not Lee Kang-san, that she depended on.
As it is…
Sooner or later, she will be able to grow bigger and out of her brother.
If that happens, it will become our guild’s best power.
Just like she wanted
Thump thump!
Knocked on the door.
When I went outside, Lee Hye-ri was standing in front of the door.
Haha, sir, I’m here to say I’m sorry.”
She was gasping for breath as if she had rushed.
“What are you sorry about?”
“This is what my brother said today. Kangsan oppa doesn’t know the teacher’s skills well…”
“I understand.”
“Yes?”
“Since you have such a pretty little sister, I understand why you are so worried.”
“Ah…”
Lee Hye-ri avoided my eyes and twisted.
“Oh, and I want to ask you something…”
“What is it?”
Lee Hye-ri, who smiled awkwardly with her worried face, opened her mouth with difficulty.
“Are you going to quit the corporal punishment you were receiving for this incident or not?”
“Corporal punishment? Why?”
“Yeah, that’s what my brother said. If the teacher touches me, he will come to me…”
“Corporal punishment is corporal punishment. It’s part of the class. What does that have to do with the problem now?”
“Yeah, it is.”
I continued talking to Hyeri who nodded her head.
“If you do well, I will reward you, if you do not, I will punish you. That doesn’t change no matter who comes.”
“Okay…”
The rewards and punishments Lee Hye-ri received were her driving force to become stronger, and at the same time, her best tool to make her dependent on me.
Can’t throw them away
If corporal punishment and awards are gone, Lee Hye-ri will not be able to show rapid growth like now.
In the end, she was an important factor in our guild’s strength.
It was a snobbish idea, but her mental care was soon connected to the power of the guild.
Upon hearing this, her expression brightened later.
“So pay attention in class. Don’t think of anything else.”
“All right! Teacher!”
“Go away. Your brother will be waiting for you.”
“Yes. All right. Oh, and teacher!”
Lee Hye-ri, who was about to leave in a hurry, looked back at me and said,
“Thank you. Because you told me, even with empty words, that I could become the best.”
“I didn’t do it out loud.”
“Yes?”
“You have the talent to be the best tank. And…”
He looked at Lee Hye-ri and continued talking.
“You promised yourself. I will be the best.”
“Ah.”
“Keep that promise. Because I also kept your promise that you could become a tanker.”
“Yes, got it!”
Lee Hye-ri left with a bright smile.
***
“Your work is over, are you going back to the States?”
At Markuson’s question, Kangsan Lee shook her head.
“You go to America alone. I still have unfinished business in Korea.”
“Could it be because of that friend?”
Marcuson pointed to Kim Si-woo, who was seeing off Lee Hye-ri.
Lee Kang-san’s eyes followed his fingers and looked at Kim Si-woo.
Lee Hye-ri, who smiles brightly, and Kim Si-woo, who smiles softly at Lee Hye-ri.
From the outside, they looked like students and teachers.
However, Lee Kang-san could not erase the string of doubt that still remained in her heart.
“Okay. I’ll have to do a little more research. It makes me very anxious to have a guy like that by my side and leave his little brother alone in Korea.”
It was necessary to dig out the truth hidden behind that smiling face.
“Diana would hate it?”
“Because the Saint Guild’s ace has been away for a long time?”
“No, not like that… Uhh, that’s it What am I talking to you about?”
Marcuson let out a deep sigh.
“Poor Diana. How did you get such a wooden stone…”
“You explain well to Diana. She said she would stay in Korea for about a month.”
Lee Kang-san spoke to Marcuson in a cold voice, and she gave her a warm smile as she saw Lee Hye-ri running towards her.
