Chapter 64 – Chapter 14. Recruitment.
Sup, pu-hu-u-.
A thick layer of smoky cigarette smoke rose. Suddenly, the dice box shook. The sum of the two dice on the bowl is 10. She loses money. Still, there was no change in facial expression.
The participants sitting next to each other changed frequently. However, she held her place for a long time. Win or miss, she didn’t care. The bet amount is always 1 gold coin. It always has been.
She threw the burnt cigarette ashes on the floor. Then the staff took care of it and brushed it with a comb. Her eyes were empty. As if the whole world had been lost.
Then someone sat down next to her. Still, she didn’t even pay attention. His gaze was always focused on the bowl where the dice landed. It wasn’t until the tobacco leaves were burnt out and replaced that she averted her gaze for a moment.
She bet 1 gold coin for men, just like women. Unlike other noisy gambling boards, this place was quiet. All I could hear was the sound of the dice rolling.
The two walked like that for a long time with only one gold coin. The women’s tower of gold was rapidly shrinking. Conversely, the man’s golden tower grew little by little.
When she was about to lose her money, he took half of her tower of gold coins and filled her money. The woman glanced at her coin tower for a moment, then struck it fiercely with the back of her hand. Gold coins rained down. Gamblers turned their eyes away from picking up what had fallen.
“지랄 염병 떨지 마, 이 개새끼야.”
The woman poured out thick curses in a friendly tone. The man laughed even after hearing the curse.
“Don’t say you don’t want to receive it. Why waste all your money?”
“Catch your dick.”
The woman looked at her bowl again and asked for a pipe. Then her man opened her mouth again.
“Grace Mendeva. 24 years old. He was a skilled healer, but is now retired. Please correct any mistakes.”
Grace’s head turned slowly again. Her eyes flashed fiercely.
“… Get off, when you say nice things.”
“Why would you do this, our player. … You’re here for good Just talk.”
“I have nothing to say.”
“There should be.”
“I said no.”
Eventually she spurred her seat and got up. She wanted to get out of this filthy place quickly.
Then, when she heard what he said, she stopped.
“Reig warrior. … Didn’t he die two years ago?”
ㅡㅡ!!
“They said they were in love.”
She began to shake her body. And then suddenly she spun around and she rushed at him.
“You bastard!!!!!”
However, the power of a human woman who was a healer could not be strong. She grabbed his wrists briefly. She groaned in his face.
Then the guards guarding her gambling house came running and grabbed her. She screamed that she would kill her.
“Hey, take me to your room.”
“Yes, warrior.”
Only then did the woman realize that the man in front of her was a warrior. Of course, that didn’t mean she was going to fix her temper.
“Dog, you will kill you, you know who I am? Do you know who it is?
Grace continued to scream and yell.
They soon entered an enclosed room. The hero told the guards to go out. They left her and left her room.
“Sit down.”
The hero pointed to a chair with his hand and invited him to sit down. She was still pissed She, of course, did not sit down, but with her arms crossed, she glared at him.
“You don’t want to sit down? Then stand and listen.”
The warrior crossed his leg.
“My name is Kang Ji-hyeok. As you heard earlier, he is a warrior.”
“Fucking bastard.”
“It looks decent, but its snout is fierce.”
“Because you’re a fucking bastard, you say that you’re a dick.”
“Yes, then a fucking baby will suggest.”
Joy. She snorted her snort as if nothing had happened. Let’s talk about it once.
“You remember the incident from two years ago, right?”
“… Don’t talk about it. I warned you.”
Grace gritted her teeth and glared at Jihyeok. The two eyes were ferocious, as if they were going to be chewed on at any moment.
“It was an unfortunate accident. I express my sincere condolences to the hero.”
Jihyuk said seriously. Grace, too, could not bear to curse at the grieving person. Isn’t that target the lover he loved?
She suddenly became depressed. She still couldn’t forget her dead lover. … No, she seemed to never be forgotten.
“Is that all you want to say? … I will go now.”
She turned around. I wanted to leave this stuffy place as soon as possible. Then he said again and again.
“Don’t you want to get revenge? To the devil.”
ㅡㅡ!!
Grace slowly turned her head.
“He is still alive and well. But are you going to leave him alone?”
“… What is your business?”
“I will help you avenge yourself.”
“Don’t try to fool me with sweet words.”
“You’re cheating. I’m serious. … Yes, let’s be honest with each other.”
Jihyeok did not go round and round. She said it was rather counterproductive to her now. It would be far better to shove hard in the front.
“I need your strength. But you can’t just accept the offer. Of course I understand. I was so shocked.”
Grace said nothing and just glared at him.
“I thought you definitely wanted revenge. That’s why I said vengeance in exchange for your power. … Is this reason enough?”
Of course it was enough. If I could really get revenge, I was confident that I would sell even my soul. … But the problem is that revenge is almost impossible.
“… How can I believe that?”
“Or you can stop. You know best that being a healer isn’t something you can force yourself to do, right?”
She was shaken
It was because of one word: revenge.
She still hated the demon. The wicked one who mercilessly chewed and swallowed her beloved.
She was still having nightmares. The sound of him chewing and screaming was still in my ears. When she wakes up after a nightmare, she has seizures. It wasn’t something I could have sanely endured.
Revenge was needed. She had always thought of it. I will definitely kill that demon. Whatever you do, definitely.
But the reality was grim. The warriors did not dare to enter that dangerous limb. Her vengeance was hers alone, no one else’s.
Of course, there were many warriors who wanted to work together. However, this was the first person who spoke of revenge. Of course, I have to open my eyes.
However, Grace did not easily bite the bait thrown by the hero. As she was also the daughter of a powerful man, she knew all too well the heartlessness of this power.
There was a high probability of being used. Moreover, she had no idea what kind of hero the opponent was or what kind of reputation she had. … In the name of revenge, he might be humiliated.
Of course, Ji-hyeok quickly noticed the other person’s worries. She had already expected that she would not take her offer straight away.
“Well, I don’t mean to make a decision right here and now. You will need time to think too.”
Grace didn’t deny it. It took time to look and think. Jihyeok got up from his seat without delay. Anyway, if I keep messing around here any longer, the answer won’t come out anyway.
“Okay, then think about it. Whatever you choose is your freedom.”
Jihyeok passed Grace, who was standing idly by, without regret.
She remained alone in the room and stood like that for a while.
Reig, Reig… !
With tears in her eyes, she called out the name of her dead lover several times.
· · ·
Thanks to Gide who wanders around well, Ji-hyeok found a lot of talented people hiding all over the capital. However, her placenta had a flaw somewhere. She was a guy with a lot of criminal records, or she was too revealing, or she had extreme anxiety.
Even if Jihyeok had her skills, if there were too many disadvantages, she gave up without delay. He wanted someone who was mentally sound as well as talented.
In that respect, Grace was a rather ambiguous case. She lost a loved one to the devil and was in a very unstable state mentally. If she hadn’t been in a hurry to become a healer, she would have been dropped immediately.
However, since Ji-hyeok knows the person Grace, and he is in need of a healer right now, he made the offer. Of course, I had no intention of putting more effort into it. It was a way of saying that if it worked, it would end.
While he was busy making a guild or recruiting talent, a manager came to the warrior’s office. It was a message that a guest had come.
“Who?”
“She said Grace Mendeva.”
Ah.
Ji-hyeok thought that this heavy-duty swearing healer had finally succumbed to her vengeance.
“Okay. Go soon.”
The janitor quietly left the office. Jihyeok stopped what he was doing for a moment and stood up.
As soon as he left the office, he headed straight to the reception room on the first floor. Healer Grace was waiting for the hero there.
The woman who smoked a cigarette with a dying face in the gambling hall is nowhere to be found, and there is a pretty noble lady dressed in a gorgeous dress and even painted.
“Grace.”
The cigarette smoker, who had been swearing thickly from the start, bowed elegantly like an aristocrat. Jihyeok wondered how a person could change like this in an instant.
“See you again, warrior.”
“It’s kind of surprising. … In many ways.”
Of course, she probably doesn’t know what she means by her words in many ways. However, as if she was a little brazen from her birth, she acted as if she couldn’t remember anything of her past.
Before Grace came here, she thoroughly researched this human warrior named Kang Ji-hyeok.
He was a great person To the point where she wondered why this kind of person came to her.
Candidate of 100 points. A hero who was promoted to C-class at once. A human who has set an unprecedented record in history.
Rumors were huge. Reig was a warrior who belonged to the B-class end, but he was not a person who had driven such a topic. He is definitely a strong man, but among the warriors, he was treated as just such a talent.
Everyone said that it was only a matter of time before this hero named Kang Ji-hyeok reached the S rank. He easily completed the 100-point mission from the candidate and came back, but he couldn’t even go to S-class. That was enough for Grace to agree.
There she saw her hope. She was such a hope that revenge might really be possible.
Grace didn’t care about anything else. He was confident that he would do anything just to tear that vicious demon bastard to shreds and kill him. For her, her revenge was liberation from her pain. She said that if the bastard didn’t die, she would have no choice but to flounder in this pain forever.
“Sit comfortably.”
Jihyeok sat across from the smoker healer. Soon her maid came and gave him tea. He swallowed it with a good taste. This was tea brewed with the same tea leaves that Master had prepared before. The scent was very good. Like a master
“You dressed up like that and came all the way here, doesn’t that mean you can interpret it as a good thing?”
He asked directly without turning around this time.
“Before that, there are a few things I want to check.”
“Good. Ask anything. Please answer honestly.”
“Revenge, did you mean to use me, or are you serious?”
Jihyeok smiled.
“It’s both.”
“… Yes?”
Grace was honestly a little surprised. I don’t know how to be so proud to say I’m using it.
“Doesn’t recruiting itself mean that you will use it? You’re talented, and that’s why we need you on our team. But in order to do that, I need revenge, and I have enough strength to do it. … Isn’t this enough?”
Jihyeok smiled kindly. Grace agreed. … It was better to be honest like this than hide it insidiously.
“… Great. I get that. So, who are your colleagues?”
“Everyone is fine. You won’t be uncomfortable living together. There are two more women besides you.”
“Can I see you again?”
As expected, it was meticulous to check like an experienced person.
“Right now, everyone is out and there are very few of them, so I’ll invite you next time. Take a look then.”
“… All right.”
“Okay, then what will happen? Have you decided … Or should I give it some more time?”
Grace lowered her eyes for a moment. She remembered Reig.
Two years have already passed. But she still couldn’t forget it then. Revenge is now her destiny. It was a duty that must be fulfilled.
Her gaze, which had fallen a little, rose again and she looked straight at him. It wasn’t as blurry as it was back then. Inside, something huge was burning intensely.
“… Great. I’ll do it. I’ll go in. To the hero’s team.”
Jihyeok smiled broadly and held out her hand.
“Welcome, Grace. That joined our team. You will never regret it.”
Healer Grace grabbed her hand tightly.
