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Parents’ Sins (3)
“So, I’m not against your wanting to work for the association.”
Of course, Yimiseon won’t like it.
If we assume that Yimiseon is a proper adult who does not have trauma related to her nephew’s death, then they would not accept a minor who wants to work for the association for that reason.
What? You want to catch other people and prove that it was right to report your parents?
what is that?
And the one who says such things is your beloved nephew’s classmate?
Absolutely not.
I didn’t say anything back.
“But that’s not the reason.”
Seo Han-seong’s hand, which was resting quietly on his knee, trembled.
“but…!”
“Find another reason.”
“… … .”
“Find a more ordinary reason. Like, you want to work because the association pays you a lot.”
“Wow… That’s too vulgar.”
“Does justice feed you? Human nature comes out when you have a full stomach and a warm back.”
“… … .”
“Or, as most people say, I hate crime. So I want to become a police officer who catches criminals.”
“How is that different from what I said?”
“Very different.”
I shook my head.
“You don’t like bad guys. You’re not saying you’re going to catch them because you can’t forgive them, you’re saying you’re going to catch them to rationalize yourself.”
“… … .”
“There are reasons like wanting to reflect on the things you did when you were young and didn’t know what was right, right?”
Seo Han-seong avoided my eyes without answering.
It was funny, sad, and annoying at the same time. But in the end, the biggest feeling I had was that it was a pity. Do you think he wanted to be like this?
We need to guide these kids on the right path, just like my father did for me.
“So, try to find a good reason. If you can’t think of one, try finding something else you want to do.”
“… … .”
“okay?”
I deliberately encouraged Seo Han-seong to answer. There is a big difference between saying it out loud and not saying it out loud.
Seo Han-seong answered quietly after a while.
“…yes.”
“Are you going to think about it?”
“yes.”
I don’t know how much Seo Han-seong took my words to heart, but since he’s a thoughtful person, he’ll probably think about it at least once. That’s enough.
I kicked away a piece of table rolling next to my feet and opened my mouth.
“But why did you choose the association?”
“yes?”
“Why did you want to work for the Association? Well, if you want to do the kind of work you’re talking about… there are a variety of ways to do it, but if you just want to catch criminals, it would be faster to become a police officer and go to the Awakened Criminal Investigation Division than to work for the Association.”
The original job of the Ability Association was to manage hunter licenses and take care of hunters. Im Ji-seon’s position is somewhat special, but basically in South Korea, the police are the ones who investigate Awakened crimes.
“… I did consider that too.”
“however?”
“You’re too political.”
…don’t you think it’s an association?
“When I followed the principal, it was, well, kind of. Anyway, that’s it.”
Seo Han-seong trailed off. His calm face became distorted after his explosion. It didn’t seem like he had any particularly good memories.
“That’s why I don’t want to be a police officer.”
“I see. That could be possible.”
I didn’t say anything further.
Let’s remember. Seo Han-seong is hostile to the police.
Only after I was sure that Seo Han-seong wouldn’t explode did I ask what I was really curious about.
“Then how did you know that this hunter was from the association? Even the principal didn’t know that you knew.”
“Ah. That’s it.”
Seo Han-seong scratched his head.
“The principal… my… um. place where I lived.”
“You can just say it. What’s the point of denying it? Unless you want to reenact your childhood, I don’t care.”
Seo Han-seong laughed with a face of bewilderment. The strength finally left Seo Han-seong’s shoulders.
“… Yes. When you raided our house.”
“hmm.”
“A few hunters came with the principal. I was later introduced as someone from the association.”
“…however?”
“Among them, there was Hunter Choi Max-hyun.”
A sigh came out naturally.
If it’s Choi Max-hyun, he’s one of the hunters who follows behind Lee Mi-sun. He was the hunter who put out an icebox for the kids during his model high school days, and he’s still squirming in the chairman’s office.
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“… You could have quit the association and now work in a multi-purpose field?”
“Carrying around a report with the association mark on it?”
This is what you sow.
I shook my head. Even if they are kids, how can they be managed so carelessly like that? If I tell Yimiseon, she will take care of it.
I saw Seo Han-seong smiling awkwardly. Soon, a storm might blow into the chairman’s office… . I prayed in advance for those poor souls.
Although it was partly due to the sloppiness of Hunter Choi Hyun, Seo Han Sung’s eye for detail also seems to be decent. It seems like the training plan needs to be slightly revised…
“teacher?”
Seo Han-seong looked at me as if he felt something. I waved my hand as if it was nothing.
“No. Then think carefully about what I said. If you still don’t understand, come to me anytime.”
“… Yes. Ah. That, teacher.”
“hmm?”
As I was about to end the conversation, Seo Han-seong called me urgently.
“Teacher… Were you a police officer by any chance?”
“… … .”
I don’t have any bad memories of the police like Seo Han-seong. There were some problems when I asked for cooperation from the management office on official matters, but compared to other places, it was good… .
But even before that, my impression wasn’t bad. When I was rescued from the lab, the police officer in charge of me felt sorry for me standing there blankly without even looking for my parents, so he was very kind to me. He was a good person.
There was a time when I wanted to be a police officer. But I gave it up after I realized that it was a lot of work that required running around on my own two feet.
“No. I’m not a cop.”
“then….”
“I’m not a member of the Association. I can’t tell you anything more than that. It’s confidential.”
“… … .”
At the word confidential, an inexplicable expression of admiration crossed Seo Han-seong’s face.
I’m at an age where I’m weak to those kinds of words.
Seo Han-seong quickly gave up asking about my affiliation. Instead, he asked something else.
“You said that you were in a similar situation to me, teacher.”
“okay.”
I added it because I felt the explanation was a little lacking.
“My biological parents are people I can’t even get along with. By the way, I lost contact with them at a younger age than you, so I don’t even remember their faces now.”
“…Can I ask why you became an agent, sir?”
“How did it come to this?”
I scratched my head. Seo Han-seong seemed a little sullen, as if he thought I wasn’t answering him properly.
It’s unfair. It’s just that the setting turned out that way. Of course, it was largely my fault for not correcting the misunderstanding at first. But instead of correcting it, I made the misunderstanding worse…
“I’m not kidding you. This is real. I never intended to be a hunter… Infiltration? Why would you do something so annoying and dangerous?”
You said you quickly gave up on your dream of becoming a police officer.
“But you did.”
“So I’m telling you, it wasn’t something I wanted to do. I have nothing to say other than it just happened somehow.”
“… … .”
Seo Han-seong didn’t seem to believe me at all.
Even I wouldn’t believe it.
“I… was lucky enough to have a good guardian. Other than my biological parents. Someone who took care of me in their stead.”
“…Like the principal took care of me?”
“okay.”
I shrugged.
“He said I could live my life doing whatever I wanted. If I didn’t want to do anything, I didn’t have to do anything.”
“… … .”
“So I lived my life doing only what I wanted to do.”
“…that is.”
“What does it matter? Even if I catch criminals, or pretend to be an undercover agent… or teach you here and live as a teacher.”
I smiled brightly.
“I do everything because I want to. There is no other reason.”
“… … .”
“I never do anything I don’t want to do.”
That was also the promise my father made to me on the first day he adopted me. He said he would let me do whatever I wanted.
Seo Han-seong looked at me with a blank expression. I reached out and roughly stroked Seo Han-seong’s head. Seo Han-seong was surprised, perhaps because he had never been comforted like this by an adult close to him.
Still, he didn’t refuse my touch.
“Oh, of course you can’t commit a crime. You can’t do whatever you want. Like stealing things, hitting people… .”
“I won’t do it!”
Seo Han-seong shouted in surprise.
“Look.”
I got up because something just occurred to me. Seo Han-seong stared blankly at me. He wasn’t surprised by the sudden movement. Okay. He didn’t seem wary of me, so I guess I can assume he’s trusted.
There is a teacher’s desk on one side of the counseling room. Unfortunately, I am the one guarding the counseling room, so it somehow became my desk. It’s really strange. There is a separate teachers’ office.
Anyway, since I use this place more often than the teachers’ office, I remember bringing all kinds of small stuff here.
So, of course… it must exist. Ah. I found it.
“teacher?”
I took out the sticker I had taken out after a long time and stuck it on Seo Han-seong’s forehead. The face drawn on the round sticker was smiling mischievously.
“Even without that, you are a model citizen with excellent law-abiding spirit.”
“……wow.”
“You don’t have to prove it.”
Seo Han-seong took off the sticker stuck on his forehead and looked at it.
“teacher.”
“hmm.”
“I collected all ten of those stickers.”
“…already?”
Seo Han-seong smiled quietly.
“yes.”
* * *
An ultra-compact, multi-communication terminal exclusively for hunters.
Also known as the magic clock.
Unless you specifically call it out for information, it’s usually just a plain-looking watch.
But this watch-like object contains decades worth of Awakened Person and Dungeon data.
When you turn on the screen, the most recently opened documents are listed.
[Yoo Ji-eun (Registration No. KH-372-21006-19)]
[Republic of Korea Conquest Completed Dungeon (2011-2020)]
[Republic of Korea Conquest Completed Dungeon (2021-2030)]
[Biosignal Connection Terminal (beta)]
[Paros Corporation patent list]
[International Rune Research Association Standard Rune]
… …
I also saw a document I had been working on the day before yesterday.
After thinking about it for a while, I decided on a title.
[Dungeons warned by Alex Hope]
If it were an official document that had to be properly written, it wouldn’t have such a ridiculous name, but… right now, only I can see it.
The watch is not a finished product. So some functions often have errors. Now, if the magic watch breaks down, there is no way to fix it, so I am using it carefully… .
I put in the list of dungeons Alex Hope gave me and ran the filter function. I couldn’t find anything worth searching for. I might have missed something… . Since it was comparing such a huge amount of data, the unfinished search function had already stopped and restarted several times.
I wish it was worth the effort.
I waited for a long time with an anxious heart.
Documents containing dungeons came to mind one by one.
[Seoul Myeongdong…]
[Seoul Songpa-gu…]
I saw a dungeon information document that I had already opened and looked at several times. I had seen it so many times that I could almost remember it by heart.
Just as I was about to close the window, unable to hide my disappointment.
I frowned.
[Yoo Ji-eun (Registration No. KH-372-21006-19)]
…Why is this showing up in searches?
Fantasy, contemporary,