I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 60

Memento (3)

Of course I didn’t cry.

Kim Chae-min pretended to wipe her eyes with her sleeve. Her face was covered in dust, so even if she had really cried, it wouldn’t have been noticeable.

Still, Kim Chae-min left a photo of that side of her. It decorated the main pages of various portal sites.

“After all, it was right to go in separately.”

I nodded, checking my phone in the hospital elevator.

“What becomes of me?”

“What happens? “You become a kind-hearted archmage who cares about his companions who have been with him in life and death.”

“Aren’t you a mean archmage who put his companions who lived and died in danger?”

“Wouldn’t it all depend on how you decide?”

Chaemin Kim kept his mouth shut.

Just then the elevator stopped.

There is no one on the way to the VIP room. This is because Lee Mi-seon valued security above all else. She doesn’t know what kind of uproar there will be if word gets out that Hong Seok-young was hospitalized and pretended to be hurt when he wasn’t even there.

Since it was the first day, it had to be more serious, so Kim Chae-min also used the hospital’s main entrance. However, today is the third day since Hong Seok-young was hospitalized. Everything has to be in moderation to be effective. There’s nothing good about being seen by people for no reason.

Even after passing through security, it is the innermost hospital room.

“Didn’t you cry today?”

As soon as we opened the door and entered, Kim Chae-min and I both frowned at the words we heard.

“Teacher Wu, I heard you decided to cry too? “It would have been more effective if I cried by today.”

“The kids are doing well, so I’m fine.”

Yesterday, Kim Chae-min and I stopped by the school briefly. Since I had already seen the news, there was nothing to explain.

Kim Chae-min turned his head towards Hong Seok-young and raised his voice.

“that’s right! “Be sure to apologize to the kids after you leave!”

“why?”

“yes?”

I’m really curious about Kim Chae-min’s home environment. It is said that his grandmother and mother were not wizards, but even taking that into account, what was the atmosphere like at home that led to this personality?

In fact, Hong Seok-young, who asks what he is talking about, looks more like a wizard.

Well, there is someone like France’s generous giving archmage, Kim Chae-min… .

“Voila! In fact, not a single hair was hurt and the news was all a lie! “If I do that, I become a bad person who lied, but if I just stay quiet, the kids become good kids who were worried about their teacher.”

“Are you saying that now?”

“The kids will feel more at ease that way.”

“Are you saying it’s real?”

Hong Seok-young opened the beverage box on the table, listening to Kim Chae-min’s words with one ear and leaving them with the other. Among them she picked up aloe juice.

Gulp, gulp… .

Hong Seok-young erased his illness in one go.

I know this is all a show, but seeing that carefree behavior annoyed me. She returns to the past and all she feels is frustration and sighing.

It was heartbreaking to see so many depressed kids, but I agree with Hong Seok-young.

There is no need to involve children in adult matters that they do not need to know about.

“So, is it somewhat effective?”

“What effect?”

I glared at Hong Seok-young without even responding. Hong Seok-young chuckled.

“ark? “There is no noticeable movement yet.”

“The time I was supposed to stay in the hospital is 15 days. “What if I don’t get caught on the ark?”

“If you don’t catch it, you won’t catch it.”

Hong Seok-young answered casually.

“If you move, it’s good, and if you don’t, there’s nothing bad.”

“I guess it’s Teacher Hong. “Didn’t I get 15 days of vacation?”

“Did you notice?”

Hong Seok-young gave Kim Chae-min a bottle of orange juice and gave me a tomato juice bottle.

… What are the standards? I feel strangely bad.

Still, I gave it to him, so I opened the lid and drank it.

Kim Chae-min and Hong Seok-young sat on the sofa and talked. I listened to it for a moment, but it was just a trivial sound. To be honest, even if it was only the first day, what would have been done if I stamped my attendance here? I came because Kim Chae-min dragged me here.

And I hate hospitals. Especially in a large hospital like this.

Strangely enough, the smell was similar to what I smelled in the lab.

“But how on earth are you safe?”

“hmm?”

“I saw that it was definitely in the right place!”

“You must have seen it. It was right in front of you. “It was first class.”

“He’s exactly the same as Teacher Wu!!!”

I looked around the hospital room. When I first came, I couldn’t look around properly.

It is spacious enough to be considered a family home. In fact, did you say that it is used more by presidents who want to avoid the public eye for various troubles than a hospital room? Whenever something difficult happens, a few faces come to mind who choose to go to the hospital. He was living such a luxurious life there… .

I won’t let you do it this time. It’s a personal grudge.

I plan to prevent destruction anyway. Then you have to think about what happens next. I’m tired of working, so it might be a good idea to save up some money and enjoy a comfortable retirement life. I’m enjoying my vacation, which was blown up along with the dungeon.

To do that, we also need a good country to live in. At the very least, getting rid of the things that come to mind every time I watch the news will help my blood pressure.

… It seems like I’m doing more work with my own hands.

“You got it right!”

“That’s right.”

“But why are you okay?”

“Are you dissatisfied because I’m fine?”

“That’s not it!”

The ridiculous conversation continues over there.

I checked the beverage box on the table. It was probably brought by Lee Mi-seon.

I took it to the kitchen. I organized the beverage bottles and placed them in a large refrigerator that showed almost no signs of use.

Even if it’s not drinks, the refrigerator is full. Was this also filled by Lee Mi-seon? Or the standard option for a VIP room?

I should have lived in a place like this to know.

To get rid of the sweetness of the thick tomato juice, I took out a bottle of high-quality mineral water from the refrigerator and quenched my thirst.

“No, I said there were no injuries! Why should I at least peel the pear?”

“What am I doing looking at a guy like Mr. Hong’s stomach?!”

“what? mister?!”

“If you’re Teacher Hong’s age, you’re an old man! Oh, are you a grandfather?”

“Teacher Kim, you speak harshly!”

Hong Seok-young and Kim Chae-min’s fruitless verbal wrestling continued.

I ignored it and searched the kitchen. There are other pots in the kitchen cupboard. It’s a snack that looks as expensive as the bottled water in the refrigerator. There are some fruits that look good on the table.

I looked at the fruit once and then picked up a snack.

I put them in my mouth one by one and mumbled them as I looked at the two people. In the end, it was Hong Seok-young who lost.

“Okay, okay! “Won, you must never talk about this anywhere!”

“Listen.”

“That’s tricky. But it is true that it is my secret weapon, so only Mr. Kim and Mr. Wu know about it.”

Hong Seok-young’s face became serious. Then Kim Chae-min was embarrassed.

“Uh, uhh, if it’s that important, you don’t have to teach me.”

“You want me to know?”

“If you get that wrong, you’ll be in trouble!”

However, Hong Seok-young still did not listen to Kim Chae-min.

“Weren’t we all on the same boat anyway? “It’s good for you to know, just in case.”

Hong Seok-young hesitated and put his hand inside his collar. I put down the snack I was eating. I lost my appetite.

“Do you see this?”

Hong Seok-young showed a small piece of metal hanging around his neck.

Two small iron plates fastened with old leather straps.

I have one hidden in my purse now, but I originally had one of them hanging around my neck.

The day I was adopted by you, the first thing you gave me was.

“this… “What is it?”

“What do you think it is?”

Kim Chae-min blinked. Hong Seok-young smiled brightly and turned over the piece of metal.

“I found it in a dungeon in Mongolia five years ago.”

A smooth surface with nothing written on it. However, there is a faint stroke engraved in the upper left corner. The ‘ㅎ’ character was finally completed.

“Absorb the damage I receive.”

“… “There is such an item?”

Kim Chae-min asked back with a look of disbelief.

“Of course it’s not infinite. The total amount is set, and when you receive damage, your name is engraved in proportion to that amount. “Thanks to Siren, ‘ㅎ’ was completed.”

Yoo Ji-eun used to say that the dog tag was the best armor in existence. Don’t be mistaken. Not the best. It’s not all-powerful.

But for a hunter like you, there is no other item like that.

He is often misunderstood because of his large spear and stocky physique, but he is fast. Rather than receiving attacks head-on, they fight by dodging or throwing them away. It is difficult to guess such a person correctly. If it were not for the special situation of the Siren Dungeon where there was no proper footing and Kim Chae-min’s mistake, it would have been impossible for the Siren to hit the man.

No, not Mr. Hong Seok-young.

“It’s quite an extra life. Isn’t it awesome?”

“It’s not just amazing, it’s a scam… .”

Moreover, the damage calculated by that dog tag varies depending on who engraved it. If a non-awakened person uses an identification tag, all of their names will be engraved just by the impact of being hit by a dump truck.

Of course, if you are an awakened person, you will not be that shocked if you get hit by a dump truck. At most, the first letter of the name will be engraved on the dog tag.

However, if it were Hong Seok-young, there would be no pretense of being engraved, let alone creating a name. Even if you are attacked by a siren, isn’t one consonant enough?

In other words, if I hadn’t had that dog tag, I would have been seriously injured. There’s no need to put on a show like this, you should really end up in the hospital… .

“You can’t tell anyone else.”

Even twenty years later, he still couldn’t complete his name on the dog tag. This was even though they gave me one of the two dog tags. I could barely complete the first letter.

However, the man’s dog tag that Yoo Ji-eun gave me had all three letters of his name engraved on it.

Did you say you were dealing with a centipede? I guess so? Are there any other monsters like that other than centipedes?

It must have been engraved for killing monsters, right? Or was it because he was trying to save other people like he saved Kim Chae-min? But then what do you do? Even if they were saved, no one survived.

However, if you were a man, you would have smiled with satisfaction because you saved the person in front of you.

… Don’t go on vacation. I said I was going for no reason. I didn’t even say I was going.

‘Heejae. ‘You should take some vacation.’

‘yes? why? ‘I don’t like it.’

‘Because you don’t use it, the kids below can’t rest.’

‘Who doesn’t want to rest?’

‘Uh huh. You’re getting promoted anyway. To commemorate that, let’s go somewhere nice and have fun. A young person is stuck in the office all the time… . ‘I met people too.’

‘People are still watching it to their heart’s content.’

‘Not that kind of person!’

In the end, I couldn’t overcome the man’s bullying and took a leave.

It was clear that after a few days of rest, he would realize my importance and start crying.

‘Chief! We’re in big trouble, manager!!’

I clenched my fists.

An unexpected vibration continues to ring on my wrist. An emergency alarm that a dungeon has exploded. A scream heard from underneath the helicopter. A cry for help. The horrible sound of flesh being torn apart. Then came the silence. The cries of monsters.

The stench of poison and the acrid smell of ash.

‘You live.’

A bright smiling face.

Even after I went to the past, I still held the dog tag that Yoo Ji-eun gave me.

The dog tag reminded me of the man’s death more than the disappearance of the biological response from the magic watch. In the thirty years I wore it around my neck, I couldn’t complete a single letter.

“Please go to the bathroom for a moment.”

I squirmed and entered the bathroom. As soon as I closed the door, I covered my mouth.

“······.”

You shouldn’t pour it out here. At least not here, where Hong Seok-young is beyond this shallow door.

“f*ck.”

The emotions I had been holding back turned into curses and came out through my lips.

I fumbled and took out my wallet. She took out the man’s dog tag from her purse. Unlike the one we saw a moment ago, she has her name all engraved on it. Unlike mine.

I’m not going into the dungeon anyway, so I’ll give it back to you. If that had been the case, wouldn’t you have been able to endure a little longer? Couldn’t I have stayed alive until I arrived in Seoul?

Then I would have been able to see your face one last time.

The thin iron plate digs into my palm.

Hong Seok-young, his name is so vivid there.

This is the only thing that proves that my uncle existed.

Above all else, my…

······For making me realize that my father is dead.

“f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck…”

If I had known this would happen, I would have called him father. What was it that he cherished so much?

In the end, I never got to call you.

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