It'll be fine, right? Yeah. It'll be fine. They wouldn't fight in a hospital. I heard that won usually resolve things by talking with each other.
It's not that I'm not worried at all.
I'm anxious to death even now. What if the rooftop suddenly collapses? But I tried to comfort myself again that it would be okay.
Irina is a crazy woman, but that's mostly limited to villains. Sotis that madness bursts out toward other people too... You could say it's a hundred, a thousand tis better than what she does to villains.
So if Suhyeon just acts appropriately, Irina won't cross the line either.
'The problem is that Suhyeon is also quite a tough woman...'
Thinking of the blackened Red Witch makes inevitably anxious. And of all places, they're going to the rooftop? Not a garden.
Should I go see even now? Should I follow before things get bigger? Both Irina and Suhyeon. Both are a bit distant from 'normal'...
Click—
"Oh. You're awake. Examiner Baek Seojin. But where are you trying to go?"
The one who opened the hospital room door was none other than Ma Hakjun. Following behind him, Han Jiyoon carrying various things in both hands.
"Dean. You ca. Jiyoon too."
"Yeah. But where were you going? To the bathroom?"
"Ah... well, I was just lying in bed, so I wanted to get so fresh air for a mont... Ngghk!"
Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my leg. It hurt so much that alien language ca out without knowing.
"While doing this, where are you trying to go! Lie down quietly."
Han Jiyoon, who pressed my leg once firmly, forcibly made sit on the bed. Then she clicked her tongue and started pointing at my leg and arm respectively.
"Even though you received ability user healing plus hospital treatnt, the attacker was none other than Hyeon Sujin. You were directly exposed to S-rank mana, so your body isn't normal right now. Absolute rest! Don't you know?"
I know. Absolute rest. But would you believe if I said I've never had absolute rest? For the five days here, I was tornted by sex-obsessed Irina. How much so that I spent nights unable to sleep, clutching my pants.
"Look at this. Your eyes are still sunken. Even if it's frustrating, don't think about moving and rest."
That's also because of Irina.
"Professor Han Jiyoon is right. Right now absolute rest is essential. Moving just a few days after fighting an S-rank won't have a good effect on your body."
When even Ma Hakjun stepped in like this, I had no choice. Irina, and Suhyeon. Please just have a quiet conversation and co back.
"...But where did Irina go?"
At Han Jiyoon's question, I pointed to the hospital room door. aning she had already left here before you guys ca.
Apparently understanding that, Han Jiyoon lets out a "Hah?" with an exasperated sigh.
"She was hit by mole poison, got Kwak Hyuk's spear in her stomach, and left the hospital room like nothing happened?"
"Yes. She looked very energetic."
Hearing my words, Han Jiyoon expresses her feelings in just one phrase.
"Crazy bitch."
I agree. She's definitely a crazy woman.
"No, just surviving after getting a hole in her stomach from Kwak Hyuk's spear is miraculous. On top of that, getting hit by mole poison and walking around so fine? Isn't that brain damage?"
Wow. I almost burst out laughing. Brain damage. I didn't know that kind Han Jiyoon would say such things. How much has she been tornted by Irina to say sothing like that?
Even funnier was that Ma Hakjun next to her had quite a serious expression. He was nodding at Han Jiyoon's ntion of brain damage.
"Dean. Should we have her tested again?"
"No. The doctors would have handled it properly. This isn't so neighborhood clinic."
"Irina's body is a bit special, so they have to test several tis. You never know. Maybe there was brain damage but they missed it and just passed it by."
Having said that, Han Jiyoon diligently unpacks the things she brought. Flowers, fruit, drinks, she ca with both hands full and heavy.
"How's your body?"
Ma Hakjun, who sat beside the bed, asks about my physical condition with calm eyes.
"I'm fine. The wounds have mostly healed, except the injured parts ache a bit."
"That's because you were directly exposed to mana as Professor Han Jiyoon said. It'll fade with ti. Of course, until then, absolute rest is essential. Avoid activities too."
"I understand. And..."
"Don't worry about the Academy. I said we'd pause rank examinations for a while."
Ma Hakjun had accurately grasped what I was worried about. I was going to ask how rank examinations would be handled while I was away. It seems he had already taken appropriate asures before coming to the hospital.
"Will the students be okay?"
"Of course they'll be fine. Actually, it worked out well. The students need so ti too."
So ti?
"Those who ran hard can't imdiately run again. They need to catch their breath."
Hearing Ma Hakjun's words makes feel a bit relieved. If this veteran says they 'ran hard.' It ans at least the Academy students worked very hard.
"...What happened to Hyeon Sujin? Did you catch her?"
"Unfortunately, we haven't caught her yet."
The answer ca from Han Jiyoon standing next to Ma Hakjun.
"Of course, it's not like we completely missed her like last ti. We found traces."
"Traces?"
"The governnt official who was kidnapped that day. The one Irina was supposed to protect but had to give up because the enemies were too fierce. We found him this morning."
The enemies' attack was too fierce. So she had no choice but to give up? Well. From what I saw, she just intentionally ignored him because he was getting in the way of the fight. Well, there's no need to specifically reveal this fact. Let keep my mouth shut.
"Is he dead?"
That day, if I had put everything on the line, I might have been able to catch Hyeon Sujin. Instead, the injuries would have been much more serious than now. Hyeon Sujin would have desperately resisted to escape sohow. In the worst case, one of us might have died.
But that very day, I stepped back one step. In that mont's gap, Hyeon Sujin was able to escape with that man.
'Why did I do that?'
Thinking about it, I still don't really know the reason. I stepped back and let Hyeon Sujin escape, and because of that, other innocent people might die.
Originally, I should have seen it through for the safety of others. But I didn't. Or rather, I couldn't would be more accurate.
Perhaps, without knowing it, I harbored anger similar to Hyeon Sujin's. Those who committed unethical acts and ran away without taking any responsibility. I closed my eyes as first and last anger toward them.
Therefore, if that man died, that would ultimately be partly my responsibility too...
"No. He didn't die. Well, instead he'll have to receive treatnt at a psychiatric departnt for a very long ti."
"He didn't die?"
"Yes. Strange, right? Hyeon Sujin isn't such a rciful person. We even examined his body thoroughly wondering if she did sothing suspicious to that man."
But ultimately nothing ca out of the man's body. Really, she just spared his life. Han Jiyoon finished speaking with a puzzled expression.
"Hyeon Sujin wasn't originally a wicked person from the start, was she?"
"Stop talking about the past. And she said it herself. She'll never go back to before. She said she's a villain until she dies. It's strange for such a woman to spare him."
What sche did she have for doing that? Han Jiyoon fidgets with her chin. Sensing sothing strange in that appearance, I asked a question. Whether she knew why Hyeon Sujin kidnapped that man.
"I don't know. As soon as we rescued that man, the governnt took him."
...I see. Then Ma Hakjun and Han Jiyoon still don't know.
What happened to Hyeon Sujin, why she beca a traitor.
'Should I tell them now?'
I considered opening my lips and telling the truth. But I soon gave up. If they knew the truth, they would desperately try to stop Hyeon Sujin.
But Hyeon Sujin doesn't want soone to stop her. What she wants is only revenge. That's all. If they faced her in that state, the end wouldn't be beautiful.
'Later. Just a little later. I'll tell them then.'
I didn't tell Hyeon Sujin, but I also hope they receive fitting punishnt. And I hope that finally securing decisive evidence, Hyeon Sujin will reveal everything. That would be what Hyeon Sujin truly wants, a requiem for her fiancé.
Additionally, though I still don't rember. Soone who survived that hell with but ultimately lost their life. Soone who was once like , perhaps my only family.
"...But aren't Irina's parents coming?"
I subtly changed the topic. I was genuinely curious about this part too.
I'm an orphan with no family, so that's understandable. But Irina has both parents alive and well.
Their daughter suffered serious injuries and is hospitalized. Other people are coming like this, but how co they're not visible?
"I've t Irina's parents a few tis. They do this every ti Irina gets hurt. They say seeing their daughter who doesn't cherish the body her parents gave her and uses it roughly would make them want to beat her back?"
"...Really?"
"Of course it's a joke. The real reason is protection. Both of Irina's parents are non-ability users. Just in case. Really just in case a crazy villain targets them, it would be big trouble. So they'd need tons of security personnel, but the two of them feel burdened, so they rarely go out."
Then of course. No matter how much of a troublemaker their daughter is, they couldn't do that. While saying that outwardly, inside they're probably burning black with worry. They say that's what parent's hearts are like.
Knock knock—
"I'll co in."
The voice from beyond the door was Kang Minseong's.
"Chairman."
"Examiner Baek Seojin."
As soon as he enters the hospital room, Kang Minseong quickly looks around . Then he goes "Huh?" and sighs before approaching.
"You. Did you happen to see Suhyeon? While I was briefly eting so acquaintances and greeting them, she said she'd go to the hospital room first and ca up. Why isn't she in the hospital room?"
Ah, that. She's probably having a showdown right now. More importantly, Chairman. We have sothing to talk about.
"Chairman. Please sit for a mont."
I thought it was a special move, but I almost got killed by my own special move.
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