Episode 75
A look of contempt as if looking at an insect.
Isshin said to Sumire in a voice so cold that he was frozen.
“…Hanajima Sumire. You really have a thick face.”
Sumire was terrified, as if she had expected this kind of reaction. That kind of thing made Isshin even more angry.
“…while I couldn’t see it. Have you become dumb? If you have a mouth, why don’t you make an excuse?”
“I am… I…”
Sumire was about to say something, but paused. Isshin frowned even more.
Took.
Isshin stabbed Sumire’s forehead with the index finger of his left hand.
“…okay. there’s nothing I can say Betray your party members. Like you, who fled to Korea.”
Sakura, who was watching Isshin, smiled with a tired face.
“Poop. there again I became a high school student, but are you still like that?”
“hey! Stop eating! A fight with a guest…”
Even Seiji, the head of the party, stopped him, but Isshin did not stop.
“…It was a favor done out of pity for you. The one I put in my party. Even lending a hair to your eerie ability. …entire.”
Let Isshin aim. Sumire lowered her eyes and averted her gaze. Isshin looked back and forth between Shin Yoosung and Sumire and smiled.
“From the looks of it, it looks like it will come out in a competition. no way. don’t be one You don’t think that’s… your skill, right?”
Isshin moved closer to Sumire and cursed in a quiet voice.
“…pretending to be so pitiful. To cling to a strong person. Is it your ability?”
“I am…”
Sumire repeats the same words like a broken music box. Isshin didn’t blink an eye.
“It’s like a parasite. …hey. Don’t be one.”
Isshin touched Sumire’s forehead again with the index finger of his left hand.
Took.
“japan.”
Took.
“korea.”
Took.
“Where next?”
Despite Isshin’s questioning, Sumire remained silent. roaring inside. It was also painful to face the past head on.
Before coming to study abroad, Sumire wanted to throw everything away and run away from an uncomfortable situation. That’s it. I couldn’t even think of the position of the remaining party members.
Sumire’s heart was too weak to face and endure in the same place as the people she had hurt.
“I’m… I’m just…”
Tuk-tuk.
Sumire sheds tears at Isshin’s questioning. Isshin tried to push Sumire’s forehead with his index finger again.
“Ask or answer… ugh!”
Kwadeuk.
However, Isshin’s index finger caught in Shin Yuseong’s hand. When Shin Yuseong squeezed his hand, Isshin’s expression twisted.
“Kuh…”
“Stop it.”
Shin Yoo-seong was calm as usual, but he was overwhelming the surroundings with his momentum.
“Yeah you… know what!”
Isshin shook his hand and stepped back.
The power that makes the whole body go numb just by being caught for a moment. Isshin frowned.
“This! The two of us…”
Shin Yuseong stood in front of Sumire, ignoring Isshin.
“It doesn’t matter what happened between you two.”
A calm and quiet Shin Yoo-seong’s tone.
Even while her hands were shaking, Sumire held onto Shin Yoo-seong’s collar. Seeing this, Isshin’s eyes narrowed terribly.
But the opponent is Shin Yoo-seong.
“Sumire is the representative of Korea. I came here to attack the castle of dreams.”
Shin Yoosung was not angry.
Rather, he was ignoring his emotions as much as possible and looking at Isshin.
“Anymore. I, the party leader, will not tolerate disrespect towards Sumire.”
“Before being the representative of Korea, Hanajima is Japan.
Isshin clicked his tongue at Sumire, saying that he was not worth dealing with, and then turned towards the exit.
“Because I can’t entrust my back to a traitor anyway.”
At Isshin’s exit, Seiji reached out again to stop him. However, Sakura, who was behind, interceded for Seiji.
“Isshin. You really…”
“It’s okay, Seiji. I’ll be in, so just let him go.”
Confused Seiji and relaxed Sakura.
After Isshin left, Seiji apologized to Shin Yuseong and Sumire.
“…sorry. I looked ugly to the representatives of Korea. Especially Sumi… no, even more so for Miss Hanajima. I will apologize.”
Seiji and Sumire had already known each other since middle school. The point of contact between the two is, of course, Isshin. Sumire shook her head helplessly.
“Oh no. It’s my fault… that’s right. …because he ran away from Japan without saying anything to the party members…”
“Hmm… A handsome man came after a long time. Because of that hateful image, the atmosphere is really… uhhh.”
Let Sakura sigh. Sage was accustomed to organizing the situation.
“Then there is nothing you can do. Let’s have a party with the four of us like this!”
“that’s right. It doesn’t seem like they’re in the mood to plot with each other. …today! Are you satisfied with what we talked about?”
Saying that, Sakura smiled. When Choten’s students leave, the only ones left are Shin Yuseong and Sumire.
“I’m sorry… Shin Yooseong… It’s because of me…”
Sumire sat down hugging her knees as if her legs had lost strength.
Contrary to the excited appearance he showed in Japan for the first time, he was clearly despondent.
“…Yeah, I’d rather not come to Japan…”
Sumire smiled bitterly.
Only then did Shin Yoo-seong understand why Sumire’s self-esteem had hit rock bottom when he first met him. The past in middle school was a wound that was deeply engraved in Sumire’s heart.
“are you okay.”
“Eh yes?”
“We came to Japan to attack the Castle of Dreams. Nothing has changed.”
Sumire weakly nodded at Shin Yuseong’s cold-hearted words. Shin Yoo-seong, the party leader, was a reliable person even in this situation. This is Shin Yoo-seong’s own consolation.
dump.
Shin Yuseong sat down next to Sumire. a sudden distance. Embarrassed, Sumire swallowed in a gulp.
“…Mr. Shin Yoo-seong?”
Sumire’s upper lip trembled as she glanced at Shin Yuseong. Let’s look into each other’s eyes for a moment. For some reason, Sumire’s face turned red.
“That me… me?”
Shin Yoo-seong spoke calmly to Sumire, who suddenly stuttered and broke down.
“Sumire. What you said in the room. remember?”
Shin Yoo-sung’s words suddenly brought Sumire back to her senses. Right before coming to Japan. Sumire didn’t even have to search for memories.
“If it’s insolvent… Is it the day you ate sukiyaki?”
For Sumire, sukiyaki is a food eaten on special occasions. Sumire introduced Shin Yoo-seong that sukiyaki tastes better when you talk and spend time with your family.
“that’s right.”
Shin Yoosung smiled lightly.
It was the same for Shin Yoo-seong himself who received help from his colleagues and learned something.
12 years of training in Musin Mountain.
Shin Yoo-seong, who had no family, taught Sumire something she could never have known while having a meal together.
People change by people.
Shin Yoo-seong was being influenced by his colleagues one by one, starting with the smallest things. It was only after spending time together that I realized that a group of people is more fun than alone.
“I thought then. If you eat that food again. Who should I eat with?”
No matter how much I thought about it, the only person who could say Shin Yoo-seong was a family member was King Kwon.
It was clear that it would be really fun to have a meal together after a long time and talk about what happened after Hasan.
But at best. two people.
If you could pick your family next, who would it be?
Parents who abandoned you?
Shin Ha-yoon, the older sister?
Or is it the Shinno family?
They are definitely blood-mixed, but by Shin Yoo-seong’s standards, they were never family. Shin Yoo-seong’s dreaming family never abandoned a member for reasons such as characteristics.
“No matter what I think. I didn’t come up with anything but you.”
“yes!? Then we are…”
Sumire, taken aback by Shin Yoo-sung’s story, blushed to the point of burning. But there were no false stories. The closest thing to Shin Yoo-seong, who has no family, was his teacher Kwon Wang and his party members.
However, Sumire took the meaning differently.
‘Chi Shin Yoo-seong is my… family?’
Sumire tried to be as calm as possible, but that was impossible. Sumire had already decided on the names of her son and daughter in the midst of her runaway delusion.
Sumire has already completely forgotten about Isshin. Yoosung Shin spoke earnestly as he looked at Sumire, who was holding back a happy laugh.
“that’s right. Party members and colleagues mean that much to me.”
Sumire faces Shin Yoo-seong.
Even while Sumire’s heart was pounding as if it would explode, Shin Yoo-seong calmly continued to speak.
“So that’s about it. Sumire I’m not disappointed in you either. I will not send you back to Korea.”
The perfect side of me that stays by my side no matter what happens. Perhaps this was the ideal family Shin Yoo-seong wanted.
“…Isn’t that what family is like?”
Shin Yoo-seong’s smile looks lonely somewhere. Only then did Sumire know.
[…so let’s keep helping each other. Because we are a party.]
That day.
Shin Yoo-seong, who said that he was helpful to Sumire, was true. It wasn’t just dungeon raids or anti-class battles.
drip.
Sumire has been teased as a crybaby since childhood, but today she feels unfair. He thought that being of help to someone he admired would make anyone cry in such a happy situation.
The tears shed now are definitely tears of emotion that are different from usual. Sumire, who was about to open her mouth to say something, bit her lips again.
back.
Sumire, biting her lips gently, looked at Shin Yoosung. Shin Yoo-seong, watched by Sumire, was upright and kind to everyone. He knew that it was never a favor towards himself.
But…
sniffle.
Sumire sniffed loudly and nodded slowly.
“If it’s alright with me…”
Sumire’s face looks happy even though she’s crying. Only then was Shin Yoo-seong able to let go.
“Sniff! And… I’ll also introduce my family to Yoosung! It’s been a long time since I said that you prepared sukiyaki too.”
Sumire smiled briskly with swollen, red eyes. Yoosung Shin also smiled along with Sumire.
‘…I’m looking forward to it. Sukiyaki.’
