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Return home (3)
[Hong Hunter is coming to Korea for a while.]
Im Ji-seon belatedly informed Hong Seok-young of his return. When on earth did she tell him? With a dumbfounded expression, she asked Hong Seok-young, and Hong Seok-young also scratched his head awkwardly.
“At the airport?”
“… Which airport?”
“… … .”
Hong Seok-young answered after a long pause. I could guess what he would say.
“Incheon?”
“… … .”
This guy is real.
I expected this, but just because I expected it doesn’t mean I don’t get annoyed.
Hong Seok-young looked at me carefully and then shrugged his shoulders. Yes. He had been watching me for a long time. It was a gesture that suggested that he had done nothing wrong from the beginning.
Yeah. It’s not wrong, it’s wrong.
I calmed down too.
“Next time I’m going to burn that car down.”
“… … .”
Hong Seok-young quickly changed the subject.
“So, how are the kids doing?”
I sighed. What can I do since I’m already here? I can’t kick him out just because he’s home. I went along to Hong Seok-young’s rhythm.
I had to talk about the kids’ condition anyway. In any case, Hong Seok-young is the principal of this school.
… I don’t know if it’s useful. Is a principal necessary in this school?
Wouldn’t a physical education teacher be enough?
“Yeah, well. Kang Tae-woo, he’s a bit of a problem though.”
“Why him?”
I explained the revenge that Kang Tae-woo mentioned. Hong Seok-young seemed surprised, but soon nodded and became lost in thought.
Hong Seok-young opened his mouth only after the coffee had cooled.
“It will be fine.”
“How can you be sure?”
“I already gave up on revenge once.”
“… … .”
The lukewarm coffee was tasteless.
“I gave up on Hope after I found out my sister was alive. I mean, I have my own standards. So it’s okay.”
“but….”
“It’s hard to give up. So, as you walk that difficult path, you grow.”
Hong Seok-young spoke without wavering.
“As we all do.”
Hearing that, I felt strangely relieved. I nodded almost without noticing.
You may know the depth of ten feet of water, but you don’t know the heart of a one-foot person. Kang Tae-woo may appear calm on the outside, but he can suddenly change his mind on the inside.
There is nothing you can do about worrying about it now. Anyone can make mistakes. It would be strange for children who have not yet learned much to not make mistakes.
That’s how it grows.
If he’s having a hard time, why don’t you help him? Kang Tae-woo now has an adult he can rely on. Instead of the trash who pushed his son into a fake research lab as a test subject.
Hong Seok-young smiled at me and emptied his coffee.
“Then let’s go!”
“… Where?”
“I have something to ask that fairy!”
I looked at Hong Seok-young with eyes that seemed to be wondering if it was true. The excitement I had just felt was completely shattered.
“Are you saying we should go now?”
Hong Seok-young has always surpassed my imagination.
When I see the face that asks why I’m asking such an obvious question, curses that I couldn’t spit out rise to the tip of my throat.
Hong Seok-young checked the time and nodded.
“I don’t have much time left in Korea. I need to quickly go to Jirisan, see Irok, and go through the adoption process…”
“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear the last one.”
“Adoption, that’s going to take some time. Wouldn’t it be better to prepare for it while you’re here to save some time?”
“I told you I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
But Hong Seok-young continued to speak stubbornly. When I got up because I couldn’t listen to him, and when I left the counseling room, he repeated the same thing.
“I wonder if the adult adoption process is different? I’ll have to look into that too.”
“…I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.”
Finally, I looked back at Hong Seok-young in annoyance. Hong Seok-young struck me before I could say anything.
“If Lee Rok-i says it’s okay, then it’s okay?”
The words that were about to come out were blocked.
Hong Seok-young smiled mischievously.
“Don’t you remember?”
shit.
“… Did you ask Irok?”
“Um. Well?”
Hong Seok-young shook his cell phone. The screen was pitch black with nothing on it.
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But as luck would have it, the phone’s LCD flashed to show a message window that had just arrived.
I couldn’t see what message was sent, but I could see who sent it.
Wooirok.
Hong Seok-young looked straight into my eyes and slowly checked the message as if he was taking medicine. Hong Seok-young snickered.
“This guy, Lee Rok. He’s very greedy.”
“What did he say!”
“Having a family is such a joy, isn’t it?”
“What did you say?”
“Okay, my car is no good because I don’t know whose car it is, but someone broke the side mirror… Let’s borrow this Hunter’s car.”
“hey!”
“Now you should call me dad.”
“What the hell are you talking about!”
“If you’re embarrassed, you can also call me father. I’ve never been called that word before.”
“that…!”
“Okay, let’s hurry up and go since we have a lot to do! Don’t forget to tell Isabella that you can’t come in today.”
Hong Seok-young passed me by, staggering along. I barely resisted the urge to slap his back.
I don’t know if it was necessary to endure it.
* * *
Jirisan Mountain, Gyeongsangnam-do.
We arrived at Jirisan Mountain, where the problematic fairy was, just as the sun was barely hanging in the sky.
This time, Kim Chae-min didn’t come along. Han Tae-kyung wasn’t there either.
‘I think it would be a good idea to have someone stay at school at all times, just in case.’
Kim Chae-min said so, and I agreed.
The area in front of the dungeon gate was the same as the last time I came. Kim Chae-min’s alarm magic was the same. Hong Seok-young informed Kim Chae-min that we had arrived. The magic power that was creating the magic was loosened.
If it weren’t for Kim Chae-min’s magic, we wouldn’t have known if someone had sneaked in here. It’s not something we should say, since we’re in a position where we sneak in too.
But it’s not good in the long run. The government has stepped in to manage the dungeons, and yet it’s still like this. Are they doing their job properly?
“Let’s go right in.”
Hong Seok-young spoke as soon as the magic was withdrawn. Instead of following Hong Seok-young, I hesitated for a moment and asked.
“What are you going to do if something like last time happens again?”
“Last time? Oh, mud?”
At that time, it was resolved without any major problems thanks to Kim Chae-min, but now… .
“That fairy… what was her name?”
“Tatiyo.”
“Yeah. They won’t attack us because they know us. Even if they do attack, they’ll stop as soon as they realize it’s us.”
“The problem is the fact that they are attacking….”
Putting aside the fact that you have the ability to escape from it, why go through something you can avoid?
Of course, there’s no way to do it without Kim Chae-min. Should I have brought him? I left him alone because Kim Chae-min has a lot of work to do, but there was no one as convenient as the Great Wizard… because there was no one as capable.
Hong Seok-young didn’t seem to sympathize with what I said, but he still listened to me.
“If you really don’t like it, then throw your sword in first.”
“Is it a sword?”
“Yes, your sword. You noticed it first, so you wouldn’t pretend not to have seen it now.”
I considered Hong Seok-young’s words.
That’s not entirely wrong. If it were another dungeon, I would have objected and asked how much this item was worth, but here… .
The worries were short.
Do you know how tiring it is to drive from Gyeonggi-do to Gyeongsang-do? Even if you are not physically exhausted, it is not something you would be willing to do. It is less mentally tiring to travel by plane or train, but I used a car because it is less noticeable to people.
I also heard the reason why Hong Seok-young had to come here himself, after being stuck in the car for hours. There was a reason why he had to do it.
I was tired and didn’t want to waste time.
I immediately took out my sister’s sword and threw it into the dungeon gate.
“uh!”
I looked at Hong Seok-young, frowning.
“Why are you so surprised?”
“No, I told you to throw it, but wouldn’t you give me time to prepare myself mentally?”
“It’s not even yours, so why do I need to prepare myself mentally?”
“How much does that item cost!”
Did you tell me to throw it in knowing that? I snickered at Hong Seok-young.
I saw the gate. Whatever happens inside cannot be observed from the outside.
It was certainly shocking that Han Tae-kyung could see inside the dungeon. However, you can’t clear the dungeon by relying on just one item. Kim Chae-min must have thought the same. If Gamble hadn’t come out, he would have just passed by. Thinking things like, ‘There are so many unique and convenient items,’ or ‘I want them, but I shouldn’t ask for them.’
When you think about it that way, it’s disappointing that it’s not the item’s ability, but the eye. If it’s an item, you can disassemble it and analyze it, but that’s impossible for the eye.
One can only hope that the combination of a genius magic engineer and a great wizard will work miracles.
After some time had passed, I said to Hong Seok-young.
“Let’s go in.”
“I wonder how you raised Janelle… Heejae, you shouldn’t be so ignorant of the value of items.”
“What are you saying?”
After returning from America, this old man started talking nonsense more. Was he lonely?
If I accept them one by one, only I will have a hard time. I pushed Hong Seok-young aside and passed the gate. Anyway, the fairy in this dungeon, Tati, is a monster who knows Woo Hee-jae, not Hong Seok-young. Not me, but Woo Hee-jae. My brother who disappeared.
“Oh my, you’re so fearless!”
Hong Seok-young followed me, making a fuss. My vision shook. The world changed in the blink of an eye.
The dungeon of the Fairy Tati is full of trees. Trees, mud, and fairies covered in thorns. That’s the impression I have of this dungeon.
How much time has passed since then? The environment of the dungeon that no one has entered has not changed much. The trees are still densely packed, and as soon as you pass through the gate, mud sticks to the soles of your shoes and makes them sticky.
I looked around the dungeon, unable to hide my confusion. There were broken pieces of pottery scattered around the gate. This was probably the golem of the fairy Tati. I broke a lot of them myself, so it wasn’t strange that the pieces were scattered all over the dungeon.
There was something else strange.
“Why is the dungeon like this?”
Hong Seok-young, who followed me into the dungeon, also expressed his doubts. It was understandable, because although I could not feel any life anywhere, there was still green leaves on the tree in the dungeon…
“Why are you all so upset?”
Because it was full of bare tree branches without a single leaf.
The forest where the golem pops out is equally bizarre, but the forest filled with withered trees that look like something out of a B-movie horror movie is also incredibly bizarre.
I’ve never seen a dungeon’s environment change so drastically.
“Hijae!!”
But fortunately or unfortunately, there is one being in this dungeon that you can talk to. A fairy, who is probably the only monster in the dungeon.
Tati emerged from between the twisted trees, clutching my brother’s sword tightly.
“hi!”
The fairy laughed heartily, mud dripping from her head.
Fantasy, contemporary,