Episode 394
In a way, rumors travel faster than light in the academy, a small society. This was especially true when the target was the student council president who was highly respected by the students.
“Did you hear the rumor? The student president…”
“The one that dropped out of the academy?”
“Seeing that the vice president went out with him, did he move because he was scouted?”
“no. He said he didn’t go through the school transfer procedure. They just left all of a sudden!”
A group of female students chatted in Gaon’s garden with a fountain, and Lee Chae-hyun, sitting on a bench, sighed at the unusual atmosphere of the school.
“…To believe Shin Yoo-seong’s gang really beat that student council president. Should I call this a successful bet?”
“What did the chairman do? Seeing such a promising student drop out, but the principal and the Hunter Association remain silent… it’s not unusual.”
However, Min Seong-hyuk’s Lee Chae-hyun, still in doubt, shook his head.
“I don’t know! My head hurts now Besides, I got a token of friendship from a well-to-do friend~ Tada!”
When Lee Chae-hyun lifted her top and showed off the killer whale key ring hanging from her waist, Min Seong-hyuk covered her eyes.
“hey! be careful! You can see the belly button! And what about that childish killer whale doll on your waist!”
Lee Chae-hyun looked at Min Sung-hyuk’s double reaction with contempt.
“Ehh… In the meantime, I’ve seen everything I need to see again. This killer whale key ring is a proof of friendship between Kim Eun-ah and me.”
“When did you act like you were going to kill each other?”
“Yesterday’s enemy is today’s blah blah blah. What does Shinsung Group not forget grace? One day, Eunah Kim decided to help me. It was kind of like walking a tightrope.”
Min Seong-hyuk nodded like Lee Chae-hyun. After all, this guy is quick to calculate profit and loss.
“I was frozen for three hours because of Adela.”
“I’m glad you’re alive. How are you thinking about flirting with Adela?”
“Kuh…”
Min Seong-hyeok turns his head after taking a shot at Lee Chae-hyun. While the two duo of S class were exchanging jokes, I could see Amy marching in the distance.
“Hello everyone~ I am Amy, who is running for Gaon’s next student council president. Good morning everyone~ Class A there! two! Don’t pretend you don’t know! Since we’re in the same class, will you vote for me?”
“What kind of student council president are you!”
“That’s right~ Even though I’m still in first grade!”
“Ugh! Behind me is the party leader! Everyone knows what I mean!?”
Accompanied by a small truck she had found where she got it, Amy was roaming around the school grounds wearing an election strip called [Symbol No. 3 Amy].
“What is it, Amy, I thought she was going to run for student council president?”
“Crazy. Of course, I will be selected from the second year. How outstanding is that line even without a vice president?”
Even while Min Seong-hyuk and Lee Chae-hyun evaluated the fight as a no-win fight, Amy smiled brightly and waved her hand. Even accompanied by a loudspeaker, he campaigned in earnest.
[Ah-students are stars! Symbol number 3 Amy will do her best for Gaon Academy that makes big stars! It’s the symbol number 3!]
Great transfer of power!
A wave of cataclysm struck.
* * *
How many people in Korea fear Jin Byeong-cheol, who has reached the position of a 6th-class hunter and the honor of being the principal of Gaon Academy?
“That means we… students from Gaon did that. As a principal, how should I take responsibility for this unsavory thing…”
However, Jin Byeong-cheol gave up the seat of honor to the other person and carefully watched.
“It is not necessary to quantify the damage. Because Shin Yoo-seong had already taken care of the case before it became huge.”
Meirin, the branch manager of Academy City.
“Hehe, Yooseong already took care of that, so it doesn’t matter! Rather, the fault of our Hunter Association for not preventing it in advance is big!”
And it was Kang Yoo-chan, the president of the Hunter Association.
“ah. W Also! Our Yooseong is the pride of our Gaon Academy! Shin Ha-yoon… I let him go because he said he handled things well! Such a heinous act behind the scenes…”
It is only natural that Jin Byeong-cheol has no choice but to bend in front of absolute power. Jin Byeong-cheol thanked Shin Yoo-seong again in his heart and asked a sneak peek.
“Then the chairman came to Gaon…”
“We will take care of this externally, so let’s ignore the Shin Ha-yoon issue.”
Jin Byeong-cheol did not hear exactly what Shin Ha-yoon had done.
He was hiding a very dangerous artifact without reporting procedures, and he almost became a victim using it. I only knew a bit of clichéd information.
Nevertheless, Jin Byung-cheol did not ask for an explanation.
“Oh old!”
Rather, as if showing loyalty, he even saluted Kang Yoo-chan. If Yoo Won-hak and Jin Byeong-cheol were seniors since he had just become an active hunter, Kang Yoo-chan, the president of the association, was the superior of superiors.
“All right! Association President! Then we will deal with it!”
In response to Jin Byeong-cheol’s polite reply, which reminded him of an army, Meirin finally took out an object from her bosom.
“…And please give this item to Yuseong Shin. It is a gift from the association president.”
What a great gift it is if Kang Yoo-chan says this. However, what Kang Yoo-chan took out was at most a piece of white paper. Of course, mana was felt, but the amount was insignificant.
“This one?”
“If you go to the owner of the paper, you can solve your current concerns. Just tell me that much.”
′′ worry… I get it. I will tell Yooseong as it is!”
* * *
Since Velvet’s collapse, only a few days have felt like a long journey to Shin Yoo-seong.
I hear the sound of small feet stepping on the carpet. The sound gets closer and closer towards you.
“…Hey Dad, isn’t he sleeping yet?”
He rubbed his still half-awake eyes cutely and asked.
“You woke up.”
What is strength?
Shin Yoo-seong, who had been abandoned due to lack of power, was eventually able to win over Shin Ha-yoon, who only pursued power, and protect something precious. What was Shin Ha-yoon longing for so much? Is that really power?
What is a stronger force?
It is like an unquenchable thirst.
‘…Strongest.’
What is the true strongest that Master said? What is the path that he asked to walk instead of saying that he could not reach it?
It wasn’t the mana contained in the body or the strength of the body that protected the divine meteor at the desperate moment when Morgan’s power attacked.
Suug-
“Dad has serious thoughts, and of course he’s still handsome…”
Is his arm more comfortable than the bed? Yoosung Shin felt the weight of the velvet on his arm.
“sorry. Velvet You were making a scary expression without even realizing it.”
“no. It’s… a sad, happy expression.”
“Su sad happy expression?”
Shin Yoo-seong, embarrassed by the word he heard for the first time, paid attention to it and asked the question back.
“huh! sad look! Velvet knows! You have to laugh at happy times and cry at sad times, but Dad doesn’t do anything.”
Could it be that among the hundreds of books in the library, Sumire placed at least a philosophy book rather than a fairy tale?
Velvet was the world’s most philosophical genius dragon hatchling.
“Laugh for happy times and sad ones…”
“You have to cry! Velvet also cried a lot because Orca left…”
When Orca’s story came out, Velvet’s expression became sullen. Look at the tail hanging down without strength. It didn’t seem sad at all.
“Then your father is dishonest?”
“No, Dad is a person who became an adult early!”
Strangely, Velvet, who thought that she was just a child, seemed to know the answer to Shin Yoo-seong’s worries.
“Because he became an adult early. It’s a difficult story…”
Of course, when Yooseong Shin couldn’t keep up with his knowledge, Velvet told a difficult story as if it couldn’t be helped.
“Kyaahang… Hmm, it’s like an egg turned into a chicken!”
“Eggs have to become chicks, learn to walk, and learn to eat earthworms! Dad… chickens from eggs!”
Although Shin Yoo-seong was compared to a chick and a chicken, Velvet’s claim was a vague story. Even as a child, the claim had its own philosophy and insight.
“Adults worry that if they eat two cakes, tomorrow there will be only one! I’m not happy with the cake!”
“Hmm…but I’m happy with cake, right?”
“Hogok!”
Yooseong Shin smiled at Velvet’s cute reaction. I was joking around, but the child’s gaze could have been the correct answer.
Could it be that he tried to walk on a path that was too difficult? I didn’t know that the strongest road that Master said might not be the thorny road as I thought.
‘There must be a hint from Master’s words for the answer to that path.’
Master and his colleagues, who never gave up, faced the ‘truth of the tower’ and eventually gave up climbing the tower.
What is the undisclosed truth that only Master and colleagues know? That’s probably the answer to this question.
Shin Yoo-seong, who had
sorted out his thoughts, stroked the head of Velvet who was sleeping on his lap before he knew it.
‘And why Shin Ha-yoon to me…’
[13th. 21:00 Above the blue blue sea lighthouse. I’ll wait.]
Shin Yoo-seong saw the last message Shin Ha-yoon left. However, Shin Ha-yoon was not the priority right now.
Now, the first priority was to keep the promise I made with Velvet.
“Kyawoon… Come on, I’ll go find you soon…”
Mumble mumble.
Even while asleep, Shin Yuseong saw Velvet muttering Orca’s name while munching her thumb.
Velvet had three mothers, but Orca was her only friend.
[Velvet asks Mom and Dad for a favor…]
Shin Yoo-seong still remembers what Velvet said for the first time after she regained her energy.
[Save Orca!]
Shin Ha-yoon laughed at Shin Yoo-sung and Velvet’s relationship. Yooseong Shin believed in the value of a dependable family, as Sumire said, rather than simply being a stranger by blood. So no matter what anyone said, Velvet was her own daughter.
But what is this power for if you can’t even save your daughter’s one and only precious friend?
“…Don’t worry, Velvet.”
Shin Yooseong brushed Velvet’s forehead. He tidied up his disheveled hair and whispered affectionately.
“I will definitely save Orca.”
Of course, it was never an unfounded confidence. What Shin Yoo-seong is now holding is an unidentified white piece of paper that is said to be a gift from Kang Yoo-chan.
At first, I didn’t know what this object was. Although it contained mana, it was not an artifact that was incomplete.
“…the sun is rising.”
However, the story changed when Yoosung Shin shone the paper in the sunlight shining through the window. The white paper gradually became stained with various colors.
“Is that what you think?”
The identity of the paper was a photograph.
Of course, it’s not clear and blurry, but Shin Yoo-seong could tell who the people in the picture were.
The muscular and brazen man on the far left is his teacher Yu Won-hak. It is Kang Yoo-chan who has a sharp look and a blunt expression. And the beautiful woman standing on the far right…
Lorelai’s mentor.
Yuwonhak’s colleague, the legendary Hunter.
“…this person is.”
It was Alice, the witch.
