Chapter 459 – What I Can Do
Park Ha-eun, who came into his office and faced President Ron, replied with a frown.
“I’m Casey, but what about your senile old man?”
“Heh heh… A married woman would be begging me to say that I am a senile old man.”
“If you’re an old man who comes to other people’s workplaces and messes around, what’s wrong with being senile?”
I openly make remarks that disrespect women, but I don’t really care. I’ve heard that kind of thing thousands of times while working as a mercenary.
Seeing Park Ha-eun’s reaction, Chairman Ron immediately spoke to a man next to her.
“And is that John?”
“…”
Lee Jong-wook, who was called a mercenary in the United States, just looked at Ron with an expressionless face as soon as he entered.
I had been spending quality time with his family for the first time in a while, but he ruined everything.
He had all planned out how to spend his time today, but now that it was canceled, Lee Jong-wook was quite upset.
“Heh heh… The couple just do the same thing.”
When one of them speaks, he replies without hesitation, and the other does not even respond at all.
Ron, who hadn’t been treated like this since becoming president of a prominent American military company, was offended, but he didn’t take it anymore.
‘This is what’s urgent…’
The PMC guys here don’t know, but he was in a pretty urgent state right now.
A threatening letter arrives at the house where her granddaughter lives.
It wasn’t just mailed out, either, but at the desk where her granddaughter was studying.
There were a lot of enemies around, so only the family placed guards with tight security, but that was pierced.
So President Ron pretended to be okay, but he had no choice but to be in a hurry.
‘They say the two of them are so good.’
The two Asian couples in front of me were said to be quite famous in the mercenary industry.
In the part about the escort request, there were many saying that there was no one who could follow him at an almost unrivaled level.
Of course, President Ron always believed in seeing things, not rumors, but seeing the two of them in person, I thought it was worth it.
‘He’s full of confidence.’
A look full of pride that thinks he will never bow down to anyone.
It was the eyes of successful people who can only be seen when they have confidence in what they are currently doing.
I haven’t checked my skills yet, but I think my first impression is a passing grade.
“You said inspiration found us?”
“That’s right, I nominated the two of you myself and asked for a request.”
“And I’m sure you’ve heard that it was rejected.”
“I heard, so why didn’t you come to see me?”
“You must have heard all the reasons, but did you think of coming to see me?”
Even if the person in front of her was the chairman of a military company with strong power, Park Ha-eun never gave up.
Even if the power over there is higher and there are many funds available, there was no reason to bow down even if it boasted tremendous power.
On this side, there are a lot of people who made me owe the debt of their lives while working as mercenaries.
Among them, there were figures corresponding to the political side, presidents who made a lot of money, and there were many famous mercenaries.
It didn’t matter that I came out like this, since everyone would surely help me if I just told them to pay off the debt of their life.
‘It’s okay as long as it’s an old man who comes to visit even though I said it was a vacation.’
Of course, you might think that there are people who don’t keep it, but there was a high probability that it wasn’t.
In the mercenary industry, if you owe your life and don’t keep it, that person will be paid in some form someday.
For mercenaries who always risk their lives, vacation means a lot.
Ordinary office workers do not take a break just because they want to take a break by using their annual or monthly leave.
Because being a mercenary was an extremely stressful job that could cause you to die if you were fussy.
For them, a vacation is a much bigger part of mental rest than physical rest, so those who knew even a little would never invade this part.
And President Ron, who knew all of that, was well aware of what nonsense he was doing to these two.
‘Negotiations won’t be easy…’
Although he is the chairman of a military company with quite a bit of power, he cannot overcome everything alone.
There were many other excellent military companies in the United States, and even now, we always have to be wary of competitors coming up from below.
There are things that people automatically realize as they live a long life. That’s right, making a lot of enemies won’t do you any good.
If you make a lot of enemies when you are young, all of them will become your karma and come back to you.
‘It doesn’t matter if only I’m in danger.’
It won’t matter if you get all the karma back, but karma doesn’t come back honestly.
It is karma and resentment that comes back worse than what you did.
Knowing that, President Ron quickly decided that there would be no benefit from forcibly leaving this place.
“Sorry to interrupt your time with your family, I wish we could sit down and talk…”
“Didn’t you clearly express your intention to refuse the request?”
“There is something that can’t be helped here either.”
“There are many other talented guys besides us.”
“But the two are the most suitable for the person I think.”
“Ha…”
Park Ha-eun sighed at Chairman Ron’s attitude of not backing down even though he knew how rude the situation was.
When he turned his head and looked at his husband next to him, he also wrinkled his eyebrows as if he was uncomfortable.
Even her husband, who always thinks rationally when working and rarely shows emotions, shows discomfort, but how frustrating it must be to be more emotional than that.
‘I tried to spend some time with my son after a long time…’
The stubbornness of Ron, the chairman of Keitel Military Corporation, is famous, so everyone in the know knows it.
When everyone was making weapons with good cost-effectiveness, he insisted on making another weapon, even taking a huge loss, and eventually succeeded.
Although he succeeded because of his resourcefulness, he does not give up even though he has failed several times to reach that point.
She knew that nothing would do to deal with that persistent inspiration.
I’ve already made plans to stay with my son for a month to spend time with him.
Being caught by that old man in such a situation, it seemed like it would be quite annoying now.
‘But I can’t be anywhere else.’
Although he was as careful as he could be, his mercenary work for a long time led to enemies knowingly and unknowingly.
As long as you have a son, you can’t go to an unsafe place, so it’s not easy to leave this place.
When I move to another place, for safety, I place personnel for about a month and make sure it is safe.
‘No answer.’
At most, he was happy that he could spend time with his son, but when this happened, Park Ha-eun even started to live.
Because of that old man, today’s schedule was strangely turned upside down, and I didn’t know how much trouble he would annoy me while I was here.
In the end, Park Ha-eun opened her mouth after realizing that if she stayed like this, the precious time she could spend with her son would be wasted.
“How long is the request period?”
When Park Ha-eun, who seemed to be in an iron fortress, asked about the request period, Chairman Ron said as if he had waited.
“I think it will be about a week.”
“Why is it a week?”
“With that much time, this side will be able to prepare perfectly.”
“Are we just going to use it to pass the time?”
“Isn’t that even better? Of course, if you want to look at it longer, I’m welcome.”
“No, I don’t intend to spend more than a week.”
“So, are you accepting the request?”
Park Ha-eun, who talked about the period of her request, spoke to her husband, who was sitting next to her and her eyebrows wrinkled a little more.
“What do you think honey?”
“Hmm…”
Lee Jong-wook, who had been quietly listening to the story of Park Ha-eun and Ron, was doing basic calculations in his head.
Known for his good brains and always making plans with as few variables as possible, he worked hard on his brain.
‘Escort for a week…’
Originally, when you officially get a job, if you get an escort job, you get caught every six months at least.
It has a name value and was popular, so it is necessary to pay for it.
He didn’t want to be interrupted in spending time with her son, but he seemed to think Park Ha-eun would get it, so he had to plan for it himself.
“I think it can be done in two days.”
“Did you hear? Just wait two days.”
“I get it. Then, let’s come back one more time.”
“I’ll let you know the time in advance from here.”
“Thank you so much for accepting the request.”
“It’s all debt. You know what it means for mercenaries to be on vacation, right?”
“You know well, if you call me later when you need it, I will do my best to help you with all my heart.”
“Then we’ll go.”
Knowing how important a vacation means to mercenaries who risk their lives, Chairman Ron nodded his head.
Thinking that they couldn’t break that promise since there was even Chrome as a notary public next to them, the couple got up and quickly moved to see their son who was alone.
When Lee Jong-wook and Park Ha-eun left, Chrome looked at Ron, who was still seated, and said while stroking his hair, which was shining in the sunlight, beyond the window of the office.
“Do you know what it means to be indebted to both of them?”
“I know that well… Military companies are also close to mercenaries, so there’s no way they wouldn’t know that.”
“Are you in such a hurry that you’re indebted to those two?”
“It’s urgent, someone broke into the room where my granddaughter sleeps and goes about her daily life without a sound.”
There are countless people who are indebted to those two in their escort work.
And those two were the beings who always got the price they deserved, the ones who got the debt anytime, no matter what.
“Then let’s go, I’m sorry I suddenly came and forced you.”
“It’s okay. It is also a debt.”
“Haha…”
And it was the same with Chrome.
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Around the time Lee Jin-seok’s parents were having a conversation about the request with Chairman Ron at PMC.
“Haa…It ended up like this.”
Lee Jin-seok, who was watching the whole situation through the system, sighed when he saw his parents accepting the request.
‘I wanted to go as quickly as possible.’
Looking at it now, it seemed like I would have to stay much longer than I originally thought it would be a week.
When my parents took a break from their mercenary work and spent time with me in Korea, I once saw my dad come up with a plan when someone asked for help.
It was the first time I saw my dad working since he was always resting at home.
For four days, doing nothing else and locking herself in her room, making plans.
I spend most of my day concentrating on planning. Concentration to the point where you can’t hear what I’m saying.
At that time, it was so new to see her mother bringing meals to her father, who was working directly.
‘I always urged you to come quickly…’
When she cooks rice, her mother, who used to say that she didn’t come on time, doesn’t nag her father at all, but quietly helps her with everything behind the scenes.
It was a very new look, so it was clear in my memory even though it was quite a long time ago.
“Then how can I help…”
After thinking about my past for a moment, I came to my senses and thought about how to help my parents.
First of all, I have absolutely no knowledge about the mercenary work my parents are doing.
Because of my parents’ wishes for a quiet, safe size, I’d never thought about it.
The other day, when I thought mercenary work was cool and brought it up without thinking, I listened to a sermon for 5 hours, so I never said it again after that.
I thought about what I could do to help my parents in the absence of knowledge, but I remembered that there was only one way.
‘There is nothing I can do but this.’
Anyway, the veteran dad will come up with the plan, and the mom will take care of the shortcomings.
In such a situation, I, who have no knowledge, cannot step forward and help with something.
That’s why I decided to help by using the items that I could protect myself as much as possible in the shop.
‘Because if something unexpected happens, I can watch it through the system.’
I have no intention of talking about my abilities anyway, and it becomes annoying if I secretly guard it and get caught.
I don’t know about her father, but her mother’s intuition is such that even a ghost can be frightened.
It might be okay if we desperately plan this side, but I give up because I’m not as smart as my father.
On the contrary, it was fortunate that it didn’t bother me, so I quietly searched the store for items that would protect me.
