Chapter 62 – Episode 62- Three-Way Meeting
A space covered with shadows.
On a large platform, there were rows of whitish figures.
People look at each other and talk.
I stopped talking when I saw a person walking under the podium, the only brightly lit space.
Another angle, another angle.
The sound of heels clattering on the stone floor.
Just by hearing this sound, the figures could predict who the owner of the footsteps was.
It spreads with a constant sound, but with a slight dragging of the forepaws as if annoying.
I felt tired, but this gait that was more confident than anyone else was because only one person who could enter this place was able to evoke it.
“…..”
The person who arrived like that was Kim Ji-hye.
She is the current head of the shadow family, and she is so influential that she is even mentioned in the title of “Onmyoji” That only the best shaman can receive.
Under the bright lights, I quietly took out a cigarette and listened.
Profit.
As if she had something to say, Kim Ji-hye lit a cigarette and looked up at her podium.
Even though their positions are naturally divided, and they are in a position to look up to them.
Instead, Kim Ji-hye looked down on them.
The cool black eyes with dark circles were sunk colder than any other I’ve ever seen.
Some of the figures hiding in the shadows flinched.
“Keuheum…! Big!”
And one of the figures who had just shivered coughed, as if trying to lighten the mood.
As if she had something to say, In-young, who once drew attention, gave her words to Kim Ji-hye.
“The shadow family, Kim Ji-hye, the head of the family. I heard that in two days you will move your family to the witchcraft and monster academy. Is that true?”
Kim Ji-hye took a deep breath on her cigarette without saying anything, and then she exhaled.
As if ignoring In-young’s words, Kim Ji-hye, who savored the taste of her cigarette, nodded her head.
“Yeah, what’s she going through when she already knows everything?”
Let’s get to the point quickly.
Jihye Kim snapped her fingers.
She took out her cigarette again, and In-yeong raised her voice and said to Kim Ji-hye.
“Even knowing that, did you proceed with the plan on your own? It’s an academy that hasn’t admitted any family or clan into the academy and has maintained neutrality. We don’t know how much your family will benefit if you bring the shadow family into the academy. Do you think it is?”
“Benefit? If I had been arguing about that from the beginning, I would have been fighting like a dog from before.”
Kim Ji-hye moved her gaze to In-yeong who spat out her words without making any expression.
“But this case crossed the line.”
“You mean there was a traitor in the academy?
During the midterm exam, the anti-space transfer operation.
The client in the academy, who is one of the reasons why the magic of Hongma-dong, prepared in the golden ball, was successful.
They were found by Kim Ji-hye and put in her cell.
But among them, some of them were faces Kim Ji-hye knew.
In-yeong, who couldn’t overlook the fact, asked Kim Ji-hye in a fishy tone.
“By the way. I know that one of the clients used to belong to the Shadow House. Are you also involved in this situation?”
Nonsense.
In-young must have known better than anyone else that Kim Ji-hye, who was suffering from her work while sleeping less, had nothing to do with this incident.
But with the purpose of expanding her own position and putting pressure on her Kim Ji-hye.
In-young caught her fault and fired at Kim Ji-hye.
“For you to establish a family within the academy. What kind of ridiculous demand is that?”
“…”
As if Kim Ji-hye didn’t have to respond to In-young’s words, she kept her silence without showing any irritation.
Then, putting her cigarette in her mouth, Kim Ji-hye spoke in a cool voice.
“I’ve definitely asked for one thing from before. I don’t care about all of your trivial political games, just one thing.”
Jihye Kim continued her words as she tucked her hand inside her suit.
“Kang Han-jun’s safety. I’m sure I’ve told him several times to pay attention. I’ve definitely realized this situation.”
What Jihye Kim took out was an old cigarette pack.
Among the human figures here, there is no one who does not know the identity of the cigarette pack.
The figures widened their eyes.
“The fact that you guys don’t pay attention to Kang Han-joon in the first place. No, rather, he’s uncomfortable because he’s worried that he’ll get in the way if he grows up.”
Took.
Kim Ji-hye opened the cigarette pack.
The cigarette pack contained four cigarettes.
Kim Ji-hye took out one of them and declared to her people.
“So, I will take responsibility and protect it.
A chilly stillness hung over the space.
The fact that Kim Ji-hye took out a cigarette from that old cigarette pack meant that she was openly showing her hostility toward her figures.
However, none of the In-Youngs hastily confronted Ji-Hye Kim.
Kim Ji-hye’s chilly appearance now.
It was because she instinctively knew that if she really touched her, she would suffer a big blow.
So, she did not show any hostility against In-yeong, who had just spoken to Kim Ji-hye, but rather pretended to be the victim.
“Are you threatening us. Even knowing what will happen if you hurt us?”
Widely.
Jihye Kim snapped her fingers.
Then the shadow behind the figure shook, and her black scythe protruded.
“……”
In-young stiffened her body without saying anything.
The blade of the cool shadow that had been cast over her own neck was actually touching her neck.
And from her own neck a few drops of her blood were dripping.
Shadow food.
Kang Yi-joon’s sorcery that raised a nameless family to the highest level.
Following Kim Ji-hye’s fingertips, it was being reproduced.
Besides, if you light that cigarette, you could do worse than this.
In-young swallowed her saliva and kept her silence.
“I don’t care what happens or what happens to this world. According to Kang Yi-jun’s will, I have to put Kang Kang-jun first. And whenever this happens, I always insist on your safety…”
Kim Ji-hye created her shadow dagger in her right hand, then placed it on her own wrist.
“On the contrary, if I die. Have you thought about what will happen?”
In the words of Kim Ji-hye, who insisted on her own safety in her role, In-young could not respond.
Kim Ji-hye spat her sneer at her silent figures and put her cigarette in her mouth.
“Stop being greedy. You guys should be thankful for being alive.”
Kim Ji-hye looked at the figures hiding in her shadow.
Among them, let her realize that a few remain silent.
Kim Ji-hye let out a sigh without realizing it.
That they, who had apparently somehow sided with her in the past, also fell into that arrogant power game as time passed.
It was disgusting, yet annoyed.
So Kim Ji-hye put a new cigarette in her mouth and lit it.
Even though she knew it was hurting her body, she couldn’t quit.
Thinking that her own teacher, her Kang Lee Joon, might have smoked her cigarettes because of this.
Kim Ji-hye turned her body around her, and she slipped out into the light.
In the shadows of her darkness, the figures silently looked at Kim Ji-hye’s back.
* *
After finishing a messy night with Seol-hee in her hospital room.
A huge change has taken place in my body.
Among them, the biggest change was a new sense of heterogeneity felt inside my body.
Even though I was weighed down by a huge sense of difference, I couldn’t help but get excited when I noticed that this small sense of difference was a negative energy.
That’s also true, because I, who always used only the wage rate, finally had the conditions to learn a new spell.
And speaking of other changes, my body has become a little stronger.
At first, it was just a hunch, but when I heard the iron myself, I knew it for sure.
In one night, I lifted more weight than I was used to.
And Kim Cha-ryeok, who was watching me like that, clapped and cheered.
“Hmm…! Hanjun, did you do any exercise at the hospital? To think you’ve grown like this in just a few days. As expected, Hanjun, you too must walk the path of iron like me.”
I did exercise, but in a different sense I did physical exercise.
Kim Cha-ryeok, unaware of this fact, seemed to enjoy working out with me for the first time in a while, smiling innocently and helping me with my workout.
In the meantime, I fell asleep exhausted after overworking the muscles of my body that night.
The next morning, I went to school as usual.
I exercised as soon as I was discharged in the evening in the hospital room and went to school the very next morning, so I was quite tired.
Let’s yawn and walk with Darae and Kim Charyeok on the way to school.
Miho waggled his tail from afar and approached us.
“Han Jun-ah!”
We’ve already said our regards over the phone, but it’s nice to see you in person after a few days.
Miho was smiling.
Miho, who had grown enough to be called Samiho by now, wagging his tail, approached me and grabbed his arm.
Hehe. Han Jun-ah, are you okay?”
“Yes I’m fine.”
So many big things have passed, but I felt something strange when I realized that I was going to school like before.
Even though I arrived at the dorm and not much time had passed since the incident.
We noticed each other, and didn’t bring out the story at that time in detail.
This is because there are so many stories and events that have come and gone.
What Hong Ma-dong said to me.
And if you listened to my reply, you could definitely notice that I was the son of ‘Kang Yi-jun’ who created this world.
But we deliberately didn’t bring it up.
Obviously, they seemed to be waiting for me to speak up first as they were caring people.
And today, after school, I was about to bring up a story about him.
The moment I was thinking in my head about what to start with.
Miho, who was sitting right next to me, started making strange snoring noises.
“Huh~?”
Slightly nervous hum.
As if Miho didn’t like something, he vigorously waggled his tail.
Soon, he buried his nose in my arm.
“Huh~hehe~?”
Red eyes frowning.
Miho’s eyes looking up at me were filled with doubt.
I shuddered at the sight of it, which I had never shown before.
“Why… Why, Miho?”
“Huh… No.”
Although Miho denied it as if it was nothing.
Apparently in a bad mood, Miho’s tail waggled a couple of times as if annoyed.
Let’s go into the classroom with Miho, who has become so nervous.
As always, Seol-hee, who was sitting in the back seat by the window, was revealed.
“Ah.”
Seol-hee saw me and spat out a lonely word.
Seol-hee seemed to recall the memory of that time, slightly dissipating her blunt expression.
He blinked his eyes with a flushed appearance.
In addition, the white aura that spread around Seol-hee was surprisingly refined to the extent that it only stuck to Seol-hee’s body.
Miho, who watched all of this by my side, called my name.
“Kang Han-jun.”
Miho, who has called me “Jun-ah Han” In a friendly way, has a voice filled with aegyo and murderousness to the extent that I can’t even imagine that he called me by my name.
Miho looked at me and Seolhee, then he told us.
“After school, the three of us talk separately.”
The figure of Miho, who stiffened his tail and grinned.
It was dizzying enough to swallow saliva on its own.
