chapter 53
53 – Hee hee, do you have proof?
“A low-level villain was hiding at the academy?”
“Yes. It is said that he was subdued for trying to blow up the alchemy laboratory.”
“Who is the Subjugator?”
“Han Tae-jin, I am Hanna’s cadet.”
“… Han Tae-jin?”
Lying halfway down on a chair with her eyes closed, Kim Hye-seo, who was receiving the report, raised one eyebrow and opened her eyes.
Dongjin nodded and answered her question.
“Yes. That cadet I saw back then is right.”
[Han Tae-jin]
His name, who had contributed to the subjugation of B-class villains just the other day, was heard again.
Hye-seo, who received the report as she lowered her leg on the desk, turned the page and asked again.
“What is the probability that he is Jaeger?”
‘Jaeger’ came out of her mouth.
It is a word that means a sniper or hunter in English, and it was referring to a human who was inactive these days, but used to hunt mid-level and lower-level villains.
And that Yeager was also the human being who drew her attention.
The reason for hunting the villains and the hunting method of luring the villains to avoid CCTV seemed quite proficient.
Above all, the line of movement that seemed to be predicting where the villain would appear could not help but attract her suspicions and interest.
Also, according to the investigator, it seemed that he was hunting for private interests, not public interests such as protecting civilians.
Because of that, I was conducting an investigation in my spare time to figure out his identity, but since he was a quick and meticulous guy, his identity was still unknown.
Knowing that, Dongjin shook his head with a sad expression.
“The odds seem slim. Yeager’s main weapon is a blunt weapon, and his fighting style is different from that of Cadet Han Tae-jin.”
“It is not… . Hmm.”
Hye-seo also seemed to be disappointed, so she licked her lips and leaned back on the chair.
And I closed my eyes.
Strangely, Han Tae-jin’s face is drawn.
And beside it, the face of Han Chang-ho, who is my shooter and is now infiltrating as a spy for Illusion, comes to mind.
“The odds of it being Jaeger are low… .”
Hye-seo murmured and let out a long breath.
The main weapon can be changed, and the combat method is also replaced at any time depending on the weapon.
That’s why Hye-seo didn’t see the probability that Han Tae-jin was Yeager as 0.
Strangely, it was also a presence that kept getting stepped on.
More than anything.
The bodyguard named Raina did not reveal any information.
Even after searching for information about his face, name, and Han Tae-jin.
Being like a ghost.
So, Hye-seo was planting a seed of doubt that Reina might be a new human being born as a result of the experiment of illusion.
And during the tracking process, we confirmed that Han Tae-jin’s past activities and information were also strange.
The feeling that someone intentionally erased family relationships and the past.
Clearly, that level of expungement power was possible only for those who were quite high-ranking even in government agencies.
That’s why Hye-seo had to think about Han Tae-jin’s face for a while in the darkness of closed eyes.
“It’s really strange… .”
[weird]
Among the many words that characterize Han Tae-jin, the word strange is probably the most appropriate.
And if Han Tae-jin is Han Chang-ho’s family with a one-in-a-million chance, he has an obligation to protect him as a secret investigator of the Monster Management Bureau.
Hye-seo had to stay up all night repeating the strange words for a while.
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“Don’t lower your posture too much. Power up your toes.”
“Sweet, first of all, concentrate your magic on your Achilles tendon and thighs. Attack is next in order.”
“Imagine that you can see the place you want to move right in front of your eyes, as if you were looking through a telescope up close, and move with one single step. Because that is the cornerstone of learning electroluminescence.”
A skill that even Park Na-yeon, who is called a rare talent, said it took 3 months to acquire.
As much as that, [Electrification] was close to the ultimate among short-range skills.
Therefore, no matter how much I know about principles and foundations, it makes no sense to wake up in one day.
No, if you teach calculus to someone who came to learn equations in the first place, how will they learn it?
However, I think I knew the rough sense, so I succeeded in imitating it.
of course.
“That and Ang are also over-up.”
“Yes?”
“It would be faster if I yawned once.”
In the eyes of the S-class teacher, he looked like a newborn baby.
“Still, it’s quite good. Because I crawled away.”
“You’re too picky about compliments.”
“mint? Do you like peppermint candy?”
Park Na-yeon, who suddenly made a strange gag, leaves the training ground with a fresh smile.
My spine gets chilly and the sweat on my whole body cools down.
… Even in the original work, I used to joke about it sometimes, but it feels like reading it in writing and actually being subjected to it are on a different level.
‘Ah, the dimension is different.’
Anyway, I didn’t expect to learn [Electrification Method] in one day, even by luck, so I devoted myself to training until I was sweating, washed up refreshed at the mansion, and went home with Lesha.
It’s already 11:00 at night.
It was a pretty exhausting day today, so I wanted to hurry home and stretch out, but for some reason Lesha’s pace is quite fast today.
Because he used to run past me from time to time.
Even his steps were much lighter than usual.
“Rsha? Is there something urgent?”
“yes?”
“No, because I walk fast today.”
Almost at an alarm level now.
His gait seemed to be pleasant, and he was riding a certain rhythm.
When I asked him that, Lesha evaded his words as if he was embarrassed.
“wife? Is that… ?”
“yes. It was.”
“What… . Are you enjoying your way home?”
“You seem to be having a lot of fun today?”
At my question, Lesha smiles shyly without saying a word and moves on again.
No matter how you look at it, the atmosphere is different.
However, it was a trivial matter to ask again, so I skipped it roughly, and as I followed Lusha’s steps, I arrived at an alleyway near the house before I knew it.
Suddenly, Lesha called me.
“Master, no. Taejin.”
“yes.”
“Taejin is a person who keeps his promises well. Right?”
A question that pops up suddenly.
This afternoon, I was a little nervous because I felt like I was going to rebuke you for suddenly disappearing.
The angry Lesha was cute, but also quite scary.
“… right?”
“Because Taejin is a man, he doesn’t say a word twice. Right?”
“… yes. But why?”
“Because promises are precious. Right?”
“Then why is that all of a sudden?”
An ominous feeling spreads down my spine as if I was interrogating something.
The same goes for laughing and laughing happily.
… Why are you like this all of a sudden?
Is this what it feels like when a married man returns home from work and his wife sits down at the kitchen table and calls out, ‘Let’s talk’ in a low tone?
Leshae, who seemed to be laying the groundwork to drive her into a corner, and I, who naturally became a numb thief, had to follow her and ask anxiously.
“why? Lesha, why? Why are you asking that?”
“he… . Nope.”
Are you more anxious because you laughed when you said no?
“Why, it’s nothing, so why are you asking that all of a sudden?”
“ah! I came home… !”
– Hurry up!
Lesha rushes into the house as soon as she sees the gate.
I had to go home after hesitating for a while in the embarrassment of having cut off the poop in the middle.
and.
As soon as she opens the front door and enters, Lesha’s anxiety increases.
“Le, Lesha?”
“Hee hee, tada!”
Lesha, who had returned to her succubus form, swung her tail and thrust something right in front of her face.
A sheet of rectangular A4 paper.
On the paper, something was written in a crooked handwriting.
It was the letters of Jung-gu Heating that did not fit in size or line.
And when I saw it, I knew where the awkwardness and ominousness of sitting on my back came from.
[Guarantee]
[Every time Han Tae-jin disappears without telling Versha, she must grant 1 wish from Versha.]
[Han Tae-jin: Autograph]
[Versa: Autograph]
… oh
Come to think of it… did you promise
After the incident with the Behemoth, he decided to grant his wish if he disappeared without a word.
uh.
But, wait a minute.
“Lusha, the contents are strange? You have to grant a wish ‘every time’ it disappears without speaking?”
It seems like you promised to grant wishes only for ‘one time’ and ‘not too much’?
Lesha laughed and said what he was talking about.
“not really? Is what is written here correct? Look at this~ You even signed an autograph here~”
The signature was definitely mine.
The memory of signing was also clear.
But… I must have said that it was a modest wish in the first episode, right?
I hurriedly took the paper and tried to read it again, but Lesha rolled it up and quickly put it in my pocket.
“Le, Lesha? It’s like the promise is different… place? I said I would definitely listen to it once… ?”
Lesha’s smile is getting more and more obnoxious.
It was a smile that was already confident of victory.
“Didn’t you ever revise what was written in the warranty?”
“Oh, no. But..”
“What should I do? I’ve never changed.”
Of course, I hadn’t read the content properly.
Because it was so cute that he wrote it in a crooked handwriting to get Lesha’s clumsy side and the certainty of the promise.
So I just signed with a hearty smile.
That too, with a very bold and cool sign.
That’s why all I could do now was to become a citizen who reflected on the foolishness of not reading the contract thoroughly, and file a complaint with Sato.
“No, but I think this is a little different from what we promised… ?”
However, the ferocious Sato Naeuri, wagging his heart-shaped tail and licking his lips, seemed to have no intention of listening to the town hall.
“Hee hee, do you have any proof?”
It’s because I’ve cast an advance payment period.