The Monster Aspires to Be a Hero!

Seo Juwon, the heir to the GB Group who would become the next chairman, looked at his younger sister raising her hand with a complicated expression.
She hadn’t fully recovered yet, so she wasn’t kneeling, but if their mother hadn’t stopped her, she would have had to use the cane as well.
“Heeeng…”
She was deliberately acting cute, but her appearance was pretty enough to provoke sympathy.
Still, since his sister who had been gravely ill was alive, as a blood relative, he didn’t want to say anything too harsh.
However, that was that, and this was this.
“You know it’s illegal to use clairvoyance without reporting it first, right?”
“I know…”
“You know, yet you did it?”
“Heeeng…”
Juwon looked at his sister with a complicated expression.
Not long after scoring well on the college entrance exam and celebrating with family, she had fallen ill with the Ability Syndrome and been bedridden.
Perhaps because of that, she still looked like a 19-year-old high school student, making it difficult to reprimand her harshly despite needing to.
With a 10-year age gap, it was too difficult to treat her cruelly.
Still, a crime was a crime.

“You can’t cook, clean, or do laundry… you can’t do anything. Yet you’re throwing a tantrum about living alone?”
“I, I can if I try!”
“Yeah, right.”
Housework like cooking, cleaning, and laundry are things anyone can do if they put their mind to it.
However, they were born into an environment where they didn’t need to do such chores themselves, so Yuna had never done any housework.
In that situation, she suddenly declares she’ll live alone.

“Do you really like that guy that much?”
“…”
At Juwon’s blunt question, Yuna’s face flushed red and her head gradually lowered.
Yuna had taken illegal actions to investigate the man she was interested in, and as a result, that man was preparing to move for safety reasons.
Going a step further, Yuna introduced him to a place and devised the reckless idea of moving into the neighboring unit herself.
Brilliant.
Whether induced or by chance, the fastest way for a man and woman to grow closer is to frequently meet.
Living next door is an enormous advantage, he thought.
Yuna had also turned 21, the age for dating.
However, that was that, and this was this.

“Do you know what could have happened if the media found out about this before I intervened?”
“Heeeng…”
“If you ‘heeng’ one more time, 30 minutes added.”
“Hi, heeheng!”
Yuna’s sudden verbal shift made Juwon’s head spin for a moment.
It seemed Yuna couldn’t bear to see the man she liked being criticized online and in the media, leading her to have an accident.
She dug up a story that would have remained quietly buried, prompting media attention.
The 3 victims became perpetrators, and the 1 perpetrator became a victim.
Information about the school was leaked, and teachers were harassed by consecutive prank calls.
It’s fortunate it ended at this level.
If the GB Group’s involvement in this commotion was reported again, that would also be a problem.
Among the now perpetrator trash, there is someone whose father is a politician.
Then the GB Group could face a political issue of excluding or supporting a particular party.

Operating a company requires caution even over such trivial matters.

“Tsk tsk.”
This brat who claimed she had no interest in men and would live alone her whole life, when did she become like this…?
Juwon felt regretful that he couldn’t treat more harshly the girl who used to follow him around calling “Oppa, oppa.”

“Um, Oppa…”
Seeing Yuna looking up pitifully with a cutesy voice, all he could do was sigh.
“What is it?”
“Um… how can I get closer to him?”
“Do you really like him that much?”
“Y, yes…”

Her face flushed even redder than before as she just nodded, dissipating his anger.
Right, she had only just recovered from her sickbed, this was enough.
“Put your arm down.”
“Huuk, huaah…”
Yuna let out a brief moan while massaging her arm.
Watching her, Juwon fell into contemplation.
“Increase the time you meet him.”
First impressions are important in relationships between people.
If that first impression was completely misaligned, you need to keep meeting and creating good memories to erase the preconceived notions formed from that first impression.
“But… you two aren’t meeting properly.”
Yuna opened her eyes in February but still can’t walk properly, so she’s taking remote classes for the physically disabled.
In contrast, Jinwoo is attending school and will soon begin hero activities, further decreasing their meeting opportunities.
“Why don’t you invite him to our office?”
“He said he’d prefer somewhere he can frequently patrol and avoid overlapping routes with other heroes.”
That way, he can help people in trouble where heroes can’t see, he explained.
When I investigated this guy Yuna is interested in, just in case he’s some reckless punk, he seemed quite decent.
That comment was probably not just empty words either.
He didn’t ask for money despite saving the GB Group’s daughter, which was likable too.
Since even Yuna, who swore she’d never marry, is so besotted with him, as someone who acted as a parental figure to her in place of her busy parents, I wanted to help as much as I could.

“It may not cost as much as saving your life, but your recent actions weren’t trivial either.”
Yuna flinched and cautiously gauged Juwon’s mood.
“It was the right thing to do, but there were victims, and if mishandled, it could have impacted the company to a dangerous degree.”
“Yes…”
“So you’ll accept this much of a request at least.”
“Hmm?”
As Yuna responded with feigned cutesy tones, Juwon informed her how to proceed.
Life seemed to return to Yuna’s previously dejected form.
At that moment, Yuna’s smartphone rang.
“Hel-hello?”
It seemed to be that Jinwoo guy calling.
Yuna excitedly answered and sprang to her feet.
Although not fully recovered, Yuna had regained enough mobility to walk short distances without crutches or a cane.
She hurriedly entered her room, then began making a commotion.
Perhaps puberty came late, but she seemed to find intelligent-looking, cold women attractive.
Most guys would be charmed just seeing a girl flustered and fluttering about over a single call like that, but she didn’t realize it.
No matter how she packaged herself, she was bound to reveal an awkward side when put into practice…
Or perhaps there was an endearing quality to that subtle difference.
Juwon recalled the man Yuna was going to meet.
A multiple ability user with bodily enhancement, physical hardening, and an ability to prevent object degradation.
Assessed with an A+ potential rating, the highest in South Korea.
His academics and grades were decent, he had a good appearance, and his mind seemed fairly sharp too.
So he probably called Yuna.
According to Yuna’s accounts and his investigations, the guy was a rarity these days – a virtuous person.
From a company perspective, this could even be advantageous.
A hero so honest he’d be considered foolish for a company to sponsor.
For various reasons, Juwon decided to support his sister’s love.

An hour later, when I left the house, Yuna was already there.
From the familiar vehicle, without even crutches… huh?
“Hello.”
“Ah, yes. Hello. Are your legs okay?”
“I can walk to some extent now.”
She had recovered enough to walk after over a year bedridden?
She must have worked incredibly hard.
Come to think of it, she’s my lifesaver, yet she didn’t accept any compensation, so she may have investigated me out of suspicion.
Initially, I was the one who decided to move first, and I ended up living in an inexpensive place too.

As expected, an easy man.
Ignoring Greed’s weirdly painful jibe, I headed towards her car.
Then she tilted her head and looked at me.
“You’re going to walk?”
“Yes.”
Do I look like I know where you’re taking me?

Habits are scary. You were naturally about to get in.
Ah, I suppose so.
“Is there anything you’d like to eat?”
As the one who invited her to a meal, I should have considered that, but I didn’t know her preferences.
Jieun liked places with no queues and a clean atmosphere…

Then just take her somewhere like that.
I suppose so.
“Let’s go with whatever Jinwoo would like today.”
“Shall we?”
I didn’t plan on a hearty meal like gukbap (thick soup with rice).
Being a woman, she’d probably prefer somewhere more refined.
I took her to a slightly pricier but excellent pasta place nearby.
Since she’d still have difficulty walking, the proximity and higher price point seemed a suitable choice.
“Um, with your legs being inconvenient…”
Why did she wear heels…?
“How’s this?”
“It suits you well.”
With her slim figure and overall well-proportioned body, she seemed like someone who could pull off any outfit.
Her confident posture and aura made even aggressive red outfits seem fitting.
The airy, floral-patterned dress she wore today suited her as well, of course.
“Thank you.”
Her slightly sullen expression softened.
She must have put quite an effort into her outfit, feeling dejected when I didn’t comment.
Usually portraying a domineering persona, she had an oddly childlike side.
Perhaps that’s why I felt a sense of closeness.
Matching her pace, we arrived at the restaurant in about 10 minutes.
It was past lunchtime, so the place was quite spacious, and we took a seat in a corner.
After ordering from the server and with our surroundings now quiet, this was my chance.
I bowed my head to her.
“Ji, Jinwoo?”
“I may know how to apprehend monsters or villains, but I was lacking as a hero.”
“What do you mean?”
“If not for you, that student would have likely ended up in court. I’m aware enough to know that.”
It was a complicated issue involving businesspeople and politicians.
If mishandled, her company could have faced political difficulties too.
She helped in that situation, yet I’m just trying to compensate with a meal – I have no conscience either, it seems.
“So it seems I’m the one indebted this time.”
“Indebted…”
“Yes. I’ll do anything I can for you.”
About all I can do is physical compensation.
There’s nothing I could obtain that she couldn’t anyway.
Upon hearing me, Yuna flashed a bright smile before clearing her throat and composing herself.
“Ahem. Then how about this.”
Yuna recommended a hero office to me.
As I’d hoped, it was an obscure office focused mostly on patrols, she explained.
“Interning there would be enough?”
“Yes, enough.”
Rather, this is what I wanted.
It’s not just a shell company existing to receive government subsidies either.
In a legitimate location with patrol routes I can plan, it seems convenient.
To the point where I want to request they let me work there.
“Yes, I’ll do that then.”
I wondered how this would help her, but she must have her own reasons.
In any case, I’m glad we could converse within the bounds of what I can do.