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In the dark (1)
Even if you pay less attention, time goes by so fast that it’s disgusting.
“Time flies so fast.”
Seokyoung Hong put down the document he was looking at and opened his mouth.
“It’s already September.”
I resolutely interrupted Hong Seok-young.
“Work without thinking about resting.”
“… … .”
Hong Seok-young was about to say something when he made eye contact with me and became quiet.
The only sound is the sound of paper being turned again.
“… … .”
“… … .”
In the end, I raised the white flag.
widely.
I nervously put down the paper I was looking at on the table. At that sound, Hong Seok-young smiled brightly and raised his head.
“What is it?”
“No, I have a question.”
I pointed to the document I had put down with the tip of my chin.
This is a list of attendees at the World Unexplored Dungeon Forum provided by Lee Mi-seon.
“Is it related?”
“hmm? no.”
He then pointed at the documents underneath the list of attendees.
Likewise, this is the blueprint of the pilot building that Lee Mi-seon handed over, saying it was completed.
“Then what about this?”
Hong Seok-young shook his head.
This time, I looked at the document Hong Seok-young was looking at.
This is a security blueprint for a pilot high school prepared by Chaemin Kim.
Hong Seok-young frowned.
“Is there nothing to talk about but work?”
I spread both hands and looked down at the table.
Papers scattered around. A tablet PC for work that is being overworked, just like a laptop with the screen on. Empty coffee cups.
There is a lot to do.
In addition to the forum that was just around the corner, there was also an urgent need to build a pilot high school building. Isn’t this a building that lasts only a year or two? It had to be built well when it was first built. There are not only security issues but also durability issues. We need to consider increasing the scale in the future… Considering that the number of students is less than 10, it is not possible to build a large building.
If it has anything to do with Hong Seok-young, it is there, and if it has less to do with it, there is also a lesser magic shield rune revealed.
Something unrelated to the demonstration high school?
We need to check the information related to the orphanage that Lee Mi-seon and Da-seon investigated, and in addition, we need to look into the movement of the ark… .
Recently, after it was revealed that I came from the future, I was even bombarded with questions from Hong Seok-young. There is no way to know yet what information is needed, but future knowledge is very useful even if it is not necessarily information related to the Ark. At the very least, the pilot high school building could be built based on the Hunter Academy I know.
Like this, I am busy.
Thanks to this, I am naturally withdrawing from classes at pilot high schools, which are relatively less important. Since I had roughly prepared the curriculum anyway, I left it to Kim Chae-min and Da-seon’s hunters. To be honest, I can’t ask Da-seon hunters to teach me forever, but I can’t ask Tae-kyung Han to teach me. She cannot subject Han Eun-young, whom she managed to appease, to such a difficult ordeal.
“… Still, when people rest, they should rest!”
“rest. “I will keep watching.”
“Just let me rest, then?”
Hong Seok-young made a slightly resentful expression.
“Okay, why are you doing that? “I heard there’s something I’m curious about.”
“Can I ask?”
“If you don’t like it, work. “I won’t stop you.”
“hmm… .”
“If you’re going to work, check with Alex Hoff one more time.”
“I’ve already seen enough to get sick of it. I heard they are coming to Korea this Friday. No, not this one.”
Hong Seok-young shook his head lightly.
“What I want to ask is…” .”
“What, did you break it?”
“hmm?”
“Or who did you hit?”
“Hmm?”
“All you need is a witness, just a witness…” . No, even if there were witnesses, if they didn’t leave any evidence… . “You have to be especially careful with the camera.”
“… … .”
“There are eyewitnesses and there is footage, so clear at least one S-class dungeon and get out. “If you are an irreplaceable human resource, you have no choice but to pass on.”
“… … .”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Hong Seok-young answered with a somewhat reluctant look.
“Didn’t I say that I will be a civil servant in the future?”
There are complex interests involved that make it difficult to dismiss the head of the Ability Management Agency as a simple civil servant… .
I nodded.
“He’s a public servant.”
“But when I listen to what you say, it’s like a city administration job… .”
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“You acted like a teacher would.”
“f*ck yes! “You sound like I’m going to do it!”
Seokyoung Hong burst into laughter.
After laughing like that for a while, Hong Seok-young calmed down, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
“Stop talking back.”
“I didn’t turn it.”
“Then let’s say so.”
Hong Seok-young quenched his thirst with coffee that had become bland due to the ice melting.
“September 30th.”
“… yes?”
“The one you said was your birthday. “Is it real?”
I was wondering what to ask.
I shrugged my shoulders.
“why?”
“No, I found out while talking with your little boy that his birthday is also that day.”
After finding out that Wooi-rok was me, Hong Seok-young had no more hesitation in approaching Mini-me. If I were to wonder if he had hesitated before, it wasn’t really, but he did pretend to keep an eye on me as his guardian. There was also a guy like Han Tae-kyung, and he wondered where that was.
… I still don’t know how Taekyung Han showed Mini Me the animation featuring that cat.
Anyway, in Hong Seok-young’s mind, the formula ‘future disciple = future disciple’s childhood = my disciple’ was completed. It was obvious to see her being unnecessarily friendly to her mini-me. Mini-me seemed embarrassed by her sudden narrowing of distance.
Although I couldn’t have Hong Seok-young as my father again, I thought it would be okay to have him as my brother’s boss. Because it’s good to have an adult other than me who can help me when things go wrong.
“Isn’t it usually difficult for brothers to be born on the same day?”
“what… .”
I nodded.
“It’s my birthday.”
After being rescued. Although he blurted out his brother’s name at the hospital, he otherwise responded well. Age, birthday, things like that. hmm. Except the parents’ names.
Even though I was out of my mind when I first came out into the outside world, I still had the mentality that I shouldn’t say that. I was fortunate that none of the children rescued with me knew that I was the former director of the research institute.
“Won’t your younger brother find it strange?”
Hong Seok-young asked with a worried face.
When I first told him that I was imitating my missing brother, Hong Seok-young had that exact look on his face.
A face that you want to stop but have no way to stop.
In my opinion, this is the best. No one doubts my existence. There is also the fact that it is easier to gain sympathy for victims of pseudo-organizations than for Mirae people.
“Since we are brothers, just say we have the same birthday.”
“… “Would your brother believe that?”
“If I told him I did it because I wanted to, he wouldn’t think anything of it.”
“Umm… .”
“If it’s a day to celebrate each other, then what?”
“Aren’t you ignoring your younger brother too much?”
Hong Seok-young thought for a moment and then corrected himself.
“Yourself?”
“I ignore it even more because it’s me.”
“… … .”
Hong Seok-young opened his eyes wide as if he had been stabbed, and then started laughing again.
“yes. “Of course.”
“But why are you suddenly asking about my birthday?”
“Oh, the kids asked.”
“… “Kids?”
That sounds unsettling.
“Normally, the homeroom teacher’s birthday is like a surprise event for students.”
I pointed out the obvious.
“Receiving personal gifts from students is illegal solicitation.”
“okay?”
Hong Seok-young smiled with a playful face and picked up the document he had put down again.
“It doesn’t matter because we are not a formal educational institution.”
They are saying that if the audit comes out, it will be a big problem.
* * *
I looked at my phone screen.
There was one person on a small screen the size of a palm. Like most hunters, he was fighting monsters while holding a sword.
A broken road could be seen around them, as if they were dealing with a monster that popped out due to the dungeon break. If I turned up the volume, I would hear screams, but that wasn’t important right now. I deliberately turned off the sound to focus on the video.
The person on the screen moves. Because of his small stature, he is not the type to compete with strength. Bleached blonde hair flutters. Avoiding the monster’s sharp claws, he used his legs to climb on the monster’s neck. He lifted his sword and plunged it into the nape of the monster’s neck, then leaned back and tumbled, coming off the monster’s back. The recoil caused the sword stuck in the monster’s body to come out.
An androgynous face that looked like a boy or a girl raised its head, catching its breath. As the round eyes turned towards the camera, the camera shook back and forth. The video ended there.
It was a video of Alex Hope’s battle that Mi-seon Lee had worked hard to save.
The video was filmed three years ago in Australia. Brisbane.
Even considering it’s an old video, his movements are very different from the guy I fought with. If they didn’t have the same face, you wouldn’t think they were the same person.
… Are they the same person?
Or is it someone else who borrowed the façade? If they had used magic to change their appearance, I would have recognized them. But the Alex Hope I saw showed no signs of that.
Of course, it’s different if you use items from within the dungeon. There is an item that can send an entire person to the past, but is there an item that can change one’s appearance?
If so, the question remains as to why they chose Alex Hope’s appearance… .
“Uh, teacher.”
I turned off my phone screen.
Eunyoung Han approached with an embarrassed expression on her face. Looking at that face, it was clear how the conversation I had with Eunyoung Han had concluded. Even if that wasn’t the case, there was only one answer when I saw her hanging out with her friends.
I thought it was because you didn’t come to me. As expected, he came to report to me like a model student.
“for a moment… Would it be okay?”
“What’s going on?”
“Well, the story you told me last time… . “That’s why I quit school.”
“why? “Quit?”
Eunyoung Han was startled and shook her head.
“no!”
As I quietly laughed, Han Eun-young bit her tongue slightly.
“I decided to try as much as I could.”
“Does it hurt your pride to say you’re quitting because of your brother?”
“uh… That’s true, but I think I’ll regret it later if I quit with such a careless attitude.”
“okay?”
“When we first talked about the streets and clubs, I thought that if it was management support, I wouldn’t have to go into the dungeon. But Seo Han-seong said he was good at finding strategies to conquer all dungeons, so why not focus on that?”
Han Eun-young laughed bitterly.
“So I’m going to give it a try.”
“okay… . hmm. wait for a sec.”
“yes?”
I left Eunyoung Han and returned to my room. I must have kept that somewhere.
ah. found.
I returned to Eunyoung Han holding the found item in my hand. Eunyoung Han looked at what I was holding and pursed her mouth.
A sticker was placed on Han Eun-young’s forehead. Compliment stickers.
“In the sense of trying hard.”
“Uh, uh, thank you?”
“By the way, what are you doing as a club activity now?”
“no. Not yet… . I have opinions on various things. However, Teacher Chae-min suggested that we hold a magic theory discussion forum, which we already do… .”
That archmage is real.
“We thought that if Seungyeon did well, we might be able to recruit the archmage, so Seohyun and Jinwoo asked Chaemin.”
I thought that Kim Chae-min would fall for the candy-coated words of 18-year-olds, but she was the one who got the job because she was fascinated by runes.
… You’ll take care of it. If Kim Chae-min really falls for the kids, Lee Mi-sun will hit the ground, but it also means that Lee Seung-yeon and her children are resourceful.
“You have to make the most of it, right?”
“yes.”
“In that sense, the teacher is just like us… .”
“Is the position of advisor not enough?”
“Hey, Dad told me not to guarantee anything before signing the contract!”
Eunyoung Han answered in a cheerful voice.
And at the same time, darkness swallowed everything.
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