Chapter 59
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Things progressed quickly.
First, with the aid of the Dawn, Sae-Jin could safely negotiate plicated ‘consultations’ and ‘interview’ procedures with the Korean government as well as other related organizations. Of course, the person who had attended all these meetings was not Kim Sae-Jin, but Jo Hahn-Sung instead.
However, some information got leaked to the press in the midst of all that and landed on the front pages of many newspapers. That prompted Sae-Jin to hold an official press conference and later on, submit images of Muffin performing a test flight to the press.
As expected, the voices of opposition were numerous. The organizations related to Monsters approached him with crazed fervor, while several hardline Knights showed up with their weapons drawn, saying they came to kill the Monster.
But then, only a week later, most of the opposing media outlets got suppressed ruthlessly and smoothly when Sae-Jin uploaded a footage to his SNS profile.
In that footage, one could see Muffin with her eyes arching gently, smiling in a lovable manner. The cute sound of giggling captured within the short clip proved to be a nice bonus, too.
One could also see Jo Hahn-Sung having a somewhat bitter face while looking at Muffin during the filming of this footage but to Sae-Jin, his Griffin was just the most adorable pet ever.
At that perfectly-tamed appearance, the academic circles hotly debating the pros and cons of this whole thing became utterly stunned. Well, they believed that this master-slave relationship was a temporary one enabled by the promise of food, after all. But from that footage, it seemed like the creature had been truly tamed by the owner and was loving the presence of humans.
And so, most of the media shifted towards the "Yes" side.
In the middle of this, though, a strange opinion suddenly popped out of nowhere. And it was enough to send Sae-Jin into a bit of ‘panic mode’.
The original instigator of that opinion was unexpectedly some entertainment TV show.
– So, are you saying that ‘he’ can potentially speak to the ‘Hero Orc’ as well?
It was basically a talk show for Knights to e on air and share their stories. Yu Sae-Jung was the guest this time, and the emcee naturally asked her about Kim Sae-Jin.
– Eh? Well… Probably. But I dunno what is what exactly. I’m just a gopher, you know. Yep, that’s exactly it, I am a gopher. I never know what is going on. And he never tells me anything anyway. But, that’s because I’m just a gopher, you see?
She was upset by the fact that Sae-Jin had not told her a single thing about what was going on with the Society. And so, whenever the topic of him came around, she always spoke in a very unhappy manner.
– …Ahhh, so that’s how it was.
And that topic came to an end with only three paragraphs uttered, but the aftermath of that show was puzzlingly fierce.
Firstly, the sight of Yu Sae-Jung referring to herself as a gopher in the self-mocking tone must have left a deep impression, as gifs of that moment spread throughout the internet; and naturally, the contents of that interview received much interest as well.
Since it had not killed anyone but actually rescued people, wouldn’t it be possible to talk to the Hero Orc? An actual professor from the Hankook University came to speak to Sae-Jin about this very topic, even.
Of course, as the person who knew the truth, Sae-Jin was rather frustrated by the absu
rdity of it all.
"By the way, even I am curious if it’s possible or not."
Kim Yu-Rin carefully asked Sae-Jin while taking a quick glance at his reactions.
Currently, albeit belated, these two people were making good on the promise they made over three weeks ago.
"…Even Miss Yu-Rin, too?!"
"Ha, haha. I’m sorry. As expected, it’s nonsense, right? Hahaha, even I ended up saying some unnecessary things…"
Strangely, though, he found her state during dinner quite odd, to say the least. Every time she spoke, and whenever she moved, her eyes were always carefully observing changes in Sae-Jin’s moods. It was so very different to how upfront and proud she was back then.
"Well… It’s not a total nonsense, I guess. If we get to converse properly, then that Orc might truly help us."
"Ahaha, is that righ… ouch!"
Maybe it was because she was so tense, Yu-Rin ended up biting her tongue.
"Uhm, are you alright?"
"Ahh, yes. Ai aem phinee. Just… please excuse me. I should, to the ‘ladies’…"
In the end, she hastily got up from her seat as if she was running away and headed for the bathroom.
‘Just what is the matter with me?’
Standing in front of the washbasin and the mirror, Yu-Rin deeply sighed out. Even though she came here alone after having a showdown with Chae Young-Ho… But right now, she felt like crying at the moment.
The burdensome words Chae Young-Ho told her - stuff like "He’s an important person
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