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Career Counseling (3)
“Wait… wait wait wait wait!”
Hong Seok-young was embarrassed.
“Okay, wait, wait… wait!!”
I wasn’t just embarrassed, I was incredibly embarrassed.
“…for a moment?”
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this old man so flustered. When was it? Even when I was in middle school…
… … .
My father used to get surprised by trivial things. What did a middle school student do that made him so surprised? He was a bit timid, which didn’t match his abilities.
“How many times do I have to shout?”
“Wait a minute… Hanseong?”
“Yes. I am Seo Han-seong.”
“You know?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“This hunter….”
“… … .”
From the middle, Hong Seok-young started to speak with exaggeration on purpose. When I stared at him without answering, Hong Seok-young smiled awkwardly.
But Hong Seok-young was genuinely surprised, so he kept touching his chin with a puzzled expression.
“No, but… really?”
“I told you so. How many times do I have to say it?”
“Is this hunter from the association?”
“yes!”
“How does he not know that?”
“Isn’t that what I came here to ask?”
Hong Seok-young wiped his face with his palm several times and then asked.
“So… Hanseong just said that he knew that?”
“After graduation, you said you wanted to work under this hunter. Speaking of the association, to be exact.”
“her….”
Hong Seok-young clicked his tongue with a face that was unclear whether it was a sigh or admiration.
“He asked me what I should do to do that. I said that I couldn’t just ask to be given a job, so I wanted to improve my qualifications, whether it was college or something.”
“What did you say?”
I recalled the sight of Seo Han-seong running out of the counseling room in shock.
“No matter what he said, I was too surprised to say anything, and then he apologized and ran away.”
Hong Seok-young tilted his head to the side.
“You ran away?”
“I guess you thought I didn’t know.”
“haha….”
Hong Seok-young still smiled with an embarrassed expression.
“This hunter… No, I think this hunter didn’t come to school today.”
“Yes. I stopped by the chairman’s office before coming here, and they said it wasn’t there.”
“Ugh… .”
“I guess there was nothing Seo Han-seong would know about?”
Hong Seok-young leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed. The chair, which looked small compared to his size, creaked ominously.
Hong Seok-young straightened his back slightly and frowned.
“If you really look into it… there are some things that are suspicious.”
But his face is not very cool.
“That? Is that it? No. More than that. Hmm.”
Hong Seok-young started scratching his head again. I waited patiently for Hong Seok-young to come to his senses.
“So what are you going to do?”
“first….”
Hong Seok-young sighed and got up.
“I’ll talk to Hanseong first.”
* * *
okay.
Of course, it is not a good idea to hear about someone else’s past from someone who is not the person involved. Especially if the person involved is a teenager who is always sensitive. And if the past is related to something that could be called abuse…
So I can understand. It’s also understandable that Hong Seok-young is talking to Seo Han-seong without going through me.
I also don’t want to talk about such a sensitive topic without the permission of the person involved.
But that’s it.
Seo Han-seong came to see me. Has Hong Seok-yeong ever been to a counseling room? On the door of that damn counseling room, there is a phrase written in round font that says it is open to everyone, but all of that applies only to students.
I brought Kang Tae-woo, and Seo Han-seong came on his own, but didn’t anyone else come in the meantime?
Lee Seung-yeon ran away to the counseling room to avoid her aunt’s nagging, and Soon-soon Jin followed her to make fun of her. Park Seo-hyun and Choi Jin-woo came to the counseling room to check on their rune practice, and Yoo Hye-eun came to see me because she was worried about little Yoo Ji-eun’s grades. Han Eun-young came to the counseling room to ask if her brother would get a fatal disease again. Honestly, she seemed the most insane. Yes, even Oh Hyun-wook knocked on the door of the counseling room.
‘I suddenly grew taller… How do I get used to this?’
While I was semi-forcibly guarding this place because I couldn’t bear to let the children come to the empty counseling room, what was Hong Seok-young doing?
On that topic, how dare you drag Seo Han-seong into it!
“… … .”
Maybe I should get a degree in child psychology.
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Going to college is hard, but how can I do it online… Wait a minute. What about the identity that Yimiseon created for me? Did I graduate from high school?
Knock. Knock. Knock.
I was wondering if I should change the name from Counseling Room to Wooheejae Office, when I heard a knock on the door.
Few visitors knock on the door so politely. The moment I opened my mouth to answer, the door swung open.
“Oh, hello, teacher… .”
“… Do you remember what we had in class earlier?”
“… … .”
Seo Han-seong smiled awkwardly.
“Oh my, let’s go in quickly.”
The one who held the doorknob in place of Seo Han-seong was Hong Seok-yeong. Hong Seok-yeong pushed Seo Han-seong’s back and entered the consultation room.
The question of “What are you doing?” rose to the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed it when I saw Seo Han-seong trembling.
“I talked to Hanseong.”
Hong Seok-young looked around the counseling room.
“Hmm. This is my first time here, why is it so bleak? Why don’t you put in some potted plants? There’s a great wizard living next door… Ask him to give you some plants that grow well without having to water them.”
“Mr. Kim doesn’t run a flower shop….”
“Mr. Kim would love that. He said the school was too bleak today and went around planting flowers.”
While Hong Seok-young was talking nonsense, Seo Han-seong was sitting cautiously on the edge of the sofa. He looked anxious as if he might run away at any moment.
Hong Seok-young also saw that, but he didn’t say anything. I followed Hong Seok-young’s rhythm. It’s not that I didn’t think he was doing everything he could to make one kid relax… .
This is what the counseling room is like.
“It’s winter, so isn’t it natural for it to be bleak? Or, Mr. Kim, do you have nothing to do?”
“There are only two students.”
“That’s true.”
Hong Seok-young looked around the place where there were coffee pots, coffee mixes, and tea bags. In the end, he chose green tea.
That green tea. I need to throw it away.
“Anyway, Hanseong said he wanted to ask Mr. Hee and Mr. Woo about something.”
“…okay?”
“yes.”
Seo Han-seong nodded, holding tightly to the paper cup with steam rising from it.
Still very nervous. But now I’m leaning back on the sofa. It doesn’t look like I’ll run away like last time.
“As I said before, you don’t need to worry too much.”
Hong Seok-young gently patted Seo Han-seong on the shoulder. It was ‘gentle’ by his standards, but Seo Han-seong’s body shook violently every time Hong Seok-young moved his hand. If he keeps doing that, he’ll spill the green tea.
“Teacher, I had the same worries as you. Didn’t I tell you?”
…what?
“You have nothing to worry about.”
what?
I frowned at Hong Seok-young’s meaningful words. Hong Seok-young looked straight at me and winked one eye, trying to signal something.
“To be honest, I’m sure Mr. Woo will be honest with you too.”
Hong Seok-young spoke with unusual emphasis on the word ‘honestly.’
Even a fool can tell that it’s a signal.
… Really? What do you want me to be honest about?
“Professor Woo. Please take care of Hanseong.”
What are you asking for?
Sir, aren’t you leaving too much to me right now?
No, I grumbled that you caught Seo Han-seong, but you shouldn’t come out like this! Don’t pass it on like this!
If you’re going to pass it on, at least explain it properly!
I looked at Hong Seok-young, unable to hide my bewildered feelings. I wanted to grab the person who was waving his hand and trying to leave without permission and swear at him, but Seo Han-seong was looking at me with strangely expectant eyes, so I couldn’t do that.
Damn, I can’t even complain about being paid less anymore.
Should I tell them to take me to the counseling room instead of returning my salary?
“then.”
Click.
Hong Seok-young closed the door and went out.
“… … ?”
Before leaving, Hong Seok-young bowed his head to me as if he was sorry. It wasn’t hard to read the shape of his lips.
‘I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it.’
… What? I became incredibly anxious.
“… … .”
“… … Ahem.”
I saw Seo Han-seong. Seo Han-seong also saw me.
As the strange standoff continued, I finally opened my mouth.
“so.”
“yes!”
“…What’s happen?”
“… … .”
Seo Han-seong shut his mouth again.
I told you, it’s not good to hear about sensitive pasts without the person’s permission.
But I also have a sense of humor. The person involved is trying to talk about that sensitive past right now. It is natural for an adult to wait so that he can mentally prepare himself.
… To be honest, I was worried about Hong Seok-young’s strange signals.
Only when the green tea Seo Han-seong was holding had cooled to lukewarm temperature did he carefully open his mouth.
“Hey, teacher… I heard you know that too.”
“…What are you talking about?”
I know too much.
“Ah! Yes, this hunter’s… .”
“You work for the association? Yes. I know. I didn’t know you knew when you told me last time….”
“Yes… I heard it from the principal.”
Seo Han-seong nodded silently.
“That, that. Hmm… .”
I thought I was mentally prepared, but Seo Han-seong was still hesitating. If I kept going like this, I was going to fall down.
“If there’s something you find difficult to talk about, you don’t have to force yourself to tell me.”
“No, I want to talk… I heard that you are in a similar situation to me.”
That won’t be easy.
How on earth did Hong Seok-young explain me to him?
“Those, teacher’s parents.”
“…huh?”
“Teacher and Irok… parents?”
… You’re not talking about Hong Seok-young, are you?
This time, I frowned with a different meaning. Hong Seok-young’s apology.
“I don’t mean to burden you, teacher… The principal said that even if he gave me advice on that subject, it wouldn’t reach me. He said that you would be able to explain it better.”
“…Did the principal say that? What did he say?”
“Teacher, your parents aren’t proper people either.”
Seo Han-seong’s words were irritating.
…do?
“A criminal…”
“… Is that all you heard?”
Seo Han-seong nodded with an anxious face.
So that’s why you said sorry to me.
Well, if I had brought up the story of the research institute, I would have been a little annoyed, but this is fine. It is true that my biological parents are criminals. That cannot tarnish the value of me as a human being.
Seo Han-seong swallowed hard.
“My parents are like that too.”
Eyes shaking anxiously.
When I heard that, I understood why Hong Seok-young had brought me here. It was a story that the old man couldn’t handle.
I need to hear the details to know, but somehow I got a rough idea of what Seo Han-seong was trying to say. Why he wanted to go under Im Yi-seon, or more precisely, why he wanted to work for the association.
“Teacher… How can I become like you?”
Ultimately, parents are everything in the world to a child. They are the absolute fence that protects them and gives them love.
There were too many people in the world who failed to fulfill that role as a fence properly. It was the same for me and Seo Han-seong.
Still, I finally found someone who supported me, albeit a little late.
“Even I, who grew up under such a person, can become like you, teacher?”
“like me?”
“Just… catching criminals. Sir, you said you were an undercover agent?”
What on earth did that guy say about me to that kid?
Fantasy, contemporary,