I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 298

Will (4)

Among the students from the model high school, there are only a few whose whereabouts are known for certain.

Park Seo-hyun and Oh Hyun-wook.

There will be only one freshman next year. Yu Ji-eun.

Aside from these three, nothing was known about the other children who dropped out of school after the Myeongdong Dungeon Break.

Hong Seok-young’s influence may have been there, and Lee Mi-seon may have also interfered to prevent the children from being found. There is no way that South Korean journalists would have left such prey alone. There are journalists who try to enter Yangseong High School, where Hong Seok-young is still standing strong.

Of course, it is impossible to approach secretly since it is an open field with no buildings around.

In fact, my father was not at fault for the Myeongdong incident. If he was, it was only because he trusted the guild in charge of the Myeongdong dungeon enough to entrust him with training.

But the world cheered the hero’s tragedy.

If it were me, I would have given up everything, or at least given up on establishing the management office by focusing only on school. In that sense, my father is still great. My sister is the same. I hate to admit it, but… Han Tae-kyung too.

At first, I thought that Han Tae-kyung had been called by his father to work at the academy as a teacher, which was not his destiny.

Actually, this feeling hasn’t changed much, but now there’s one more thing added to it.

Among the students who dropped out of school after the Myeongdong incident was Han Eun-young. Han Tae-kyung’s younger sister.

Why did Han Tae-kyung work at the school his younger brother left? Was it because Hong Seok-young asked him to? Or was it because he just wanted to try being a teacher?

After learning about the relationship between the two, Han Tae-kyung from the Academy also approached them in a slightly different way.

Han Eun-young would feel uncomfortable whenever she saw Han Tae-kyung, but that didn’t mean she didn’t get along with her brother. If you just watched, Han Eun-young would approach Han Tae-kyung first and pout her lips. If she really hated her brother, she wouldn’t have acted like that. It would be better to just treat him like he didn’t exist.

The opposite is also true. Han Tae-kyung was a bit more open about it than Han Eun-young. He nagged her to answer her parents’ phone calls, and he was the one who got all the irritated by his younger sister by urging her to train. Han Tae-kyung found it amusing. No, to be exact, he found it cute.

If we take away all the adverbs, we can say that Han Tae-kyung and Han Eun-young are siblings who get along well.

In that situation, Han Tae-kyung works at the school that Han Eun-young quit? Perhaps in the original timeline, Han Eun-young would have gotten over that incident and somehow lived her life.

Even if he was Han Tae-kyung, I don’t think he would have worked as a person concerned while his younger sister was having a hard time.

… This is just my guess. There is no logical basis for this. I know I am being too hopeful.

But instead of saying no to something, he stands up and does it, even though he’s so neat and tidy and obviously doesn’t want to do it.

Wouldn’t it be nice if a child who works so hard were living well?

[It’s been a while, Ji-eun.]

Instead of leaving a letter like this.

The letter was not left by Han Eun-young. We do not know what Han Eun-young and Seo Han-seong did after dropping out of school.

… In fact, the one I was most worried about was Seo Han-seong. I would have felt relieved if a child with that kind of upbringing had stayed at the academy and received continuous care.

Or, it would have been better if he had lived a life that had nothing to do with being a hunter or a dungeon. He’s not the kind of person whose father would cut off his support just because he quit being a hunter.

[If you are reading this letter right now, it probably means I am dead or in a similar state.]

Likewise, I didn’t think that Soonsunjin would have continued her life as a hunter.

I calmed my mind and looked at the letter. Sunsunjin’s letter started out similar to the wills left by the Hunters of the Management Office.

Those wills are not readable by anyone but the person who wrote them. I don’t want to read them either. However, after death, as various procedures are carried out, there are times when you have no choice but to read them.

Most of them are similar.

I’m sorry to leave you so early.

You know how much I love you.

love you.

Sorry.

love you….

Sunsunjin’s letter was full of apologies.

[I didn’t want to do anything that would make you feel sorry. That’s why I really tried hard. But seeing how it turned out in the end, I guess there are things in this world that can’t be solved with effort alone. It’s unfair, really.]

Neat handwriting pressed firmly onto the letter paper.

Instead of the adult Sunsunjin I had never seen before, I imagined a small, short-haired girl sitting at her desk writing a letter in the classroom right now.

It was a sight I had never seen before and never wanted to see again.

Although, if these kids graduate from school and become hunters like they want to be now, there will be a reason to write letters like this.

I don’t want to see it.

My father….

How on earth did my father endure this?

How did my father endure the news of the deaths of his children, who called him teacher and followed him?

I don’t know.

I don’t know….

[I tried to meet you, but I didn’t want to bother someone who’s doing well. You’re often in the news, so it’s easy to hear about you no matter where you are.]

Sunsunjin’s letters continued calmly and quietly, unlike the nineteen-year-old high school girl Sunsunjin who liked to play pranks with her friends.

I was prepared for the possibility that my sister, like my father, might leave a letter of some kind. No, actually, I was expecting it.

The last memory I have of my older sister is of us fighting in the conference room because of the Bangi-dong dungeon, and of her being thrown in the middle of a burning Seoul…

If at least you left me with something. If so.

“…ah.”

I wonder if my older sister also left Sunsunjin’s letter here with this kind of feeling.

It means that I will never forget.

It means that I will always hold you in my arms.

After updating the database, you prevent anyone but yourself from opening it.

I hesitated for a moment whether I should continue reading this.

But anyway, there is no one around to get angry and ask why I read it secretly. If I could find out how Soonsunjin died, I could change that future too.

[I was worried the last time I saw you. But I’m glad that the principal took good care of you. And Seohyun and Hyunwook.]

“… … .”

Was Sunsunjin also a father?

If you know Park Seo-hyun and Oh Hyun-wook, it would be difficult to say that they were taken good care of.

[I was surprised that they were still standing on their own two feet and doing hunter work. Hanseong and I were scared that we would hear news that they died in some dungeon right after they graduated.]

ah.

Is that where the standard is?

If you think so, it’s worth admitting.

More than half of the letter was memories of the time when he briefly spent time with Yu Ji-eun when he was in high school.

[Do you remember back then? When we first met? What was it with Hye-eun? Were you eating a hamburger? You chased after me from far away, telling me not to bother Hye-eun.

Even though we’re friends, you don’t listen. Instead, you shouted, “My sister doesn’t have any friends!” I’ve never seen Hye-eun look so flustered since then.]

There were probably a lot of things I would have teased my older sister about if she were alive.

Sunsunjin’s letters are full of things that kids of that age would do and play with. Although it was a daily life that was shattered in the worst way possible… .

It is still maintained here.

As Hong Seok-young said, saving the children in Myeongdong that day changed everything.

I read the letter to the end. Sunsunjin, who wasn’t a hunter, but left a letter like a hunter.

Soon-sun Jin is close to Lee Seung-yeon’s aunt, Lee Mi-sun. And Lee Mi-sun is not only a South Korean hunter, but also a member of the Association of Extraordinary Abilities. The Association of Extraordinary Abilities’ Special Activities Division is somewhat separate from the work of the Association that manages hunters and dungeons. They deal with illegal raiding activities and black market monster byproducts… They deal more with humans than monsters.

If Sunsun Jin entered the association under Imiseon, it makes sense that she left a letter like this.

[Since I became like this, Hanseong might come looking for you. If one of us was wrong, the other one would deliver the letter I left for you. If Hanseong sees it, don’t curse him too much.]

Then, did Seo Han-seong also go under Im I-seon together with Sun-sun-jin?

The letter did not explicitly mention the association. It did not even mention Im Ji-seon’s name.

Just ordinary, nothing special… … .

No, you shouldn’t say that. I’m not saying that this letter is nothing special, I’m just saying that it seems like a really ordinary letter.

There is a warm feeling as if a friend who went on a trip far away wrote a letter to me after a long time.

[I’m so sorry. I really intended to come find you. That’s why people like us shouldn’t put off doing things we want to do. In the end, I couldn’t do it.

Still, Ji-eun. I always want you to stay healthy. Hye-eun will wish that too.

So, so, Ji-eun.

[You have to be well.]

“… … .”

The letter ended like that.

Next to Sunsunjin’s name, there was a red fingerprint that appeared to be Sunsunjin’s seal.

I closed the window and looked at something else.

If my older sister put the things she had to carry in her magic watch, there might be other people’s things too.

There might be one for your sister too. This one might just be on top.

My father left only a few, though.

My sister didn’t edit the documents that were there like my father. There were Sunsunjin’s will and other people’s wills. There were some names I knew, and many I didn’t know.

So many people left their last words to my sister. Is this considered a successful life? Is it because I received this much trust and love from someone?

Ah. I don’t want to.

I don’t want to receive trust that comes back like this.

But my older sister carried the dead man on her back. It was like being an older sister.

Did she want to prevent those who died like this from dying again? Seriously, that’s really like her.

I’m telling you, he’s exactly like his father.

“……it’s annoying.”

I buried my face in my hands and stayed still. I wish I could think of something else. It was hard to breathe because of the emotions rushing in.

If Kim Chae-min was here, we could have talked about how Magic Elemental’s growth was going and work-related matters, and if Hong Seok-young was here, we could have suggested that they spar so that they wouldn’t have to think about anything at all.

But there’s no one. I can’t go pick up Wooirok in this mood right now. That guy, who seems oblivious but is quick to notice my mood, will hold his breath like he did when he was in the lab.

thud!

“Wow!!!”

But the children’s cheers were heard along with a loud noise from the playground.

The monster corpse hasn’t been removed from the playground yet. I quickly checked outside to see what was going on.

“Ah, Han Tae-kyung!!”

“Should I call you oppa? Or teacher?”

“I don’t like it!!!”

“I told you that if you hit me once, I’ll call you older sister?”

“no!!!”

Han Eun-young gritted her teeth and sat up. There were a few leaves hanging from her hair, as if she had been thrown into the flower bed.

Han Eun-young rushed at Han Tae-kyung. Han Tae-kyung leisurely dodged his sister’s attacks and said.

“If I win, you and Chase get to watch 10 episodes together.”

“How can I beat you, oppa!!!”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

The children burst into laughter. Every single one of them was laughing, shoulders shaking. Even Yu Ji-eun was rolling around on the floor, clutching her stomach.

I stared at the sight for a long time.

Fantasy, contemporary,