Chapter 916 – 916. Homecoming (6)
Eunhyeon couldn’t believe her ears for a moment.
Someone sued him.
What is a complaint in the first place?
Eunhyeon was so confused that she even remembered the definition of the word ‘sue’.
In his life, he has never harmed anyone or done anything that would be against the law.
Who sued me for doing that, and for what reason?
“…”
Even though they were talking on the phone, Eunhyeon couldn’t hear the police’s voice coming from the other end of the smartphone.
[Are you listening?]
“Ah yes… Yes. All right. I’ll see you right away tomorrow morning… Is.”
I was so nervous that I couldn’t even speak properly.
Eunhyeon ended the call and stood blankly for a while.
“Hyuna? What’s the matter?”
The first to notice Eunhyeon’s strangeness was Erin, who was snuggling next to him.
Erin, who was chatting next to her and having fun together, tilted her head and looked at Eunhyeon’s expression.
“Sue? What is that?”
Erin, who has better hearing than others, unintentionally overheard Eunhyun’s phone call.
“That is…”
Unable to find a way to explain this, Eunhyeon hesitated with a troubled expression.
“Complaint refers to a victim who has been harmed by a crime reporting it to an investigative agency and requesting the indictment of the criminal.”
Eleanor, who was sitting at the table in the living room, explained to Erin on behalf of Eunhyeon.
“… Yes?”
Of course, Erin didn’t understand a word.
Eleanor didn’t understand her explanation at all and she continued to explain in more detail to Erin, who had a puzzled expression on her face.
“Well, let’s say someone hurt Erin.”
“I’m not weak enough to get hurt by anyone?”
“… So you say what if? Hmm… Okay.”
Eleanor paraphrased Erin’s analogy to help her empathize more.
“Let’s say someone hurt this person.”
“Omg.”
“Can Erin just ignore that?”
“I can never forgive you!”
“…”
Why did she assume that the analogy was something that was happening to her, and why could Erin accept it right away and become overly immersed in it? There were so many things she wanted to say, but Eunhyun held back.
“Who does such a bad thing?”
“Okay. It’s a very bad thing. But punishing someone who did such a bad thing might be impossible for an ordinary person, right?”
“Hmm… Yes?”
In general, violent criminals were the easiest example.
From the perspective of ordinary people, there are many cases in which they are helpless if they do not have the means to resist even if they are harmed by the violence they use without notice.
“Ah! I see! “Sueing a complaint means asking them to punish the people who did that bad thing, right?”
Erin naturally found her answer in Eleanoa’s explanation.
Eleanor chuckled and nodded her head.
“Huh. Well, that’s roughly right.”
The tone of voice and the way of expression were cute, but the role of the word ‘sue’ that was being explained was generally correct.
Even if the civilizations that make up the world are different, as long as the ‘society’ that makes up it was created by intelligent humans, its essence itself does not change.
This kind of society also existed on the Archena continent where Erin and her other wives lived.
Of course, there were criminals who harmed others and disrupted the world, and there were also people like knights and vigilantes who maintained public order by tracking, punishing, and eliminating them.
What Erin thought of were the members of the Artia Knights who ran around day and night to keep the security of the Kingdom of Pernias.
Those who honed their power for the safety of the kingdom’s citizens and worked to eliminate criminals and disasters that threatened the people and the kingdom.
There was a similarity between those who did their best to maintain social order and the safety of people, and the judicial authorities of the country called Korea on Earth.
If I were to explain the difference, the Knights of Artia were more like police officers who took direct action rather than an administrative agency in charge of complaints, but it would have derailed the story too much to explain that part in detail.
Eleanor resumed her story.
“You’re being sued?”
“… Yes.”
Eunhyeon answered Eleanor’s question with a heavy expression.
She was so surprised that Erin, who was listening to the story next to her, spoke in astonishment.
“Nonsense! “That means Hyun-i did something bad and needs to be punished!”
“Do you have any guesses? “I heard you got into an argument with someone recently.”
“A scuffle… Ah.”
There was one incident that came to Eunhyeon’s mind.
When she reflexively looked at Erin, Erin, who tilted her head for a moment, also had something in her mind.
“Ah… !”
“… Erin?”
Eleanor tilted her head, unable to understand why Erin was sighing so late, but Eunhyun immediately explained.
“Actually…”
The day she first brought her wives down to her hometown and introduced them to her mother, Eun Yeon-hwa.
While stopping at a convenience store with Erin, she explained about her past feud with her classmates.
Eleanor, who had heard her entire explanation, frowned as if she was offended.
Their words and actions were utterly inconsiderate, but I couldn’t understand why Eunhyeon had to be sued.
“If you just listen to the story, it’s Erin who should be sued…”
“It’s too much! Eleanor! “I didn’t do anything bad!”
“Anyway, it’s true that I hit those people.”
“I got hit because I did something that deserved it!”
Erin complained of her injustice with all her heart.
They mocked and despised Eun-hyeon, repeatedly mentioning that she did not have a father.
And that too in front of her own eyes.
Erin couldn’t stand the fact that Eunhyun was the subject of her insults, more than she could have tolerated the dirty looks thrown at her and her work at stake.
Eleanor did not criticize that in itself.
“Good job.”
“Yes?”
“… Yes?”
It was a completely unexpected compliment.
At Eleanor’s praise, Erin and Eunhyeon both opened their eyes wide and looked at Eleanor.
Even Erin, who couldn’t hold back and threw her fist, never thought she had done anything wrong, but she still thought she would be scolded for not being able to control her emotions and using violence against her. Did.
But unexpectedly, Eleanor was smiling.
“Good job. Or did you want me to scold you?”
“Well, it wasn’t like that, but… “I thought you would scold me.”
“If you insulted this person like that… I wouldn’t have been able to stand it either. “The same goes for Lily and Illyana.”
It’s probably a good thing that this news didn’t reach those two people.
Eleanor let out a small sigh of her own.
“You should be thankful that this story never reached the ears of you two.”
“… “Oh, I see.”
Erin also agreed.
When faced with any problem, including interpersonal conflict, Eunhyeon’s four wives, including Eleanor, each act in different ways.
First, in Erin’s case, she sees the solution as physical violence like this time.
Eleanor sees the solution as political pressure using her wealth and power.
Erin’s method seemed very problematic on the surface, but Erin and Eleanor’s solution was very realistic.
On the other hand, Lilina Illyana is different.
Lily sees the solution as mental brainwashing, which involves breaking down and manipulating the other person’s mind, which is the cause of the conflict, to achieve the desired result.
And in the case of Illyana.
‘Illyana doesn’t see a solution.’
The very existence of the man who cursed Eun-hyeon may have simply been erased with magic.
If you told this story to someone, they might laugh and say it was too exaggerated, but Eleanor and the other wives knew her Illyana’s true nature all too well.
Excluding those within her enclosure, Illyana is so heartless that she would rather be alive or erased from this world.
At first glance, she was similar to Eunhyeon, but the difference was even more severe than Eunhyeon.
“Anyway, what I don’t understand is that if they were filing a complaint, it should have been you, Erin, and not this person. “It was Erin who carried out the action and committed the violence, not this person.”
Regardless of right or wrong, it was Erin who actually took action, not Eunhyun.
“… Yes?”
After listening to Eleanor’s explanation, Erin also sensed her strangeness and belatedly tilted her head.
“… “I think my doubts will be resolved only when I go there in person.”
“You’re going in person? “Where?”
“You said you were going to the police station where the complaint was filed tomorrow to be investigated, right? “I will follow you too.”
“No. Until then…”
“I can’t let you go alone. “Because I’m worried.”
Eleanor’s doctor was firm.
“…”
“Hyuna! I will follow too…”
“Erin.”
“Yes?”
“I’m not going there to have fun. “Would you please wait quietly at home?”
“… Yes.”
Erin responded to Eleanor’s stern attitude with a dejected tone of voice as if she immediately lowered her tail.
If her ears and tail were on, it would have soothed her right now, leaving her looking limp and sullen.
Since it was obvious why she wanted to follow Erin, her attitude was also understandable.
It was probably because he was worried about Eunhyeon.
“Are you okay. Because nothing will happen. “You know you have to keep it a secret from Illyana and Lily, right?”
“Yes. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
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As soon as the next morning came, Eunhyeon took the bus and headed to the police station.
Eleanor, who followed along, was wearing a neat suit.
Eleanor, feeling Eunhyun’s gaze, glanced at Eunhyeon sitting next to her.
“Why are you doing this?”
“Oh, no. “I think this is the first time I’ve seen something like this.”
Eleanor’s impression in a suit was unusually intelligent and had a strange charisma, enough to attract the attention of others.
Soon, Eleanor’s collar came into Eunhyeon’s field of vision.
To be exact, it was the lawyer’s badge on her lapel.
“… “Are you a lawyer?”
“I just took the test.”
Although she passed the exam, she had no serious intention of becoming a lawyer.
The reason Eleanor studied the law here was to find out how the country’s civilization and society were structured.
She thought that the most effective way to do this would be to find out what kind of order and laws constituted and supported this country.
She said, “I have no intention of becoming a lawyer or practicing law, but this will be the most effective way to accompany you.”
“… “Just the test?”
As far as Eunhyun knows, just because she passed the exam doesn’t mean she will receive a lawyer’s badge.
She knew that she would have to go through complicated procedures, such as going to law school or the Judicial Research and Training Institute and completing a two-year graduation course, to obtain her lawyer’s license and receive a badge.
Eleanor, noticing Eunhyeon’s gaze, smiled and answered his doubts.
“I just bought this from a used site.”
“… Do you sell things like that?”
“There was nothing that wasn’t sold. It is?”
That means it is a lie.
It was a ridiculous idea to disguise himself as a lawyer and appear at the investigation with him.
“… “If you get caught, you’ll be in big trouble.”
“It’s okay as long as I don’t get caught. “I also learned this from you.”
“…”
Eunhyeon was at a loss for words.
I couldn’t even imagine what kind of person my future self would be.
It would be more accurate to say that he couldn’t imagine it.
She lives with four wives, and living among these women, all of whom are strong-willed and have strong personalities, was a tiring life that was frustrating every day.
