262. Earth (5)
Originally, I made a simple promise to Lee Ha-yeon.
But on Earth, she’s no different than my partner.
At least he said that he would reach out to her when he climbed the tower or returned to Earth.
But so far I haven’t kept that promise properly.
To the point where it feels really savage.
-Contrary to what you promised , you climbed the tower silently and never contacted properly…
Is it because of your mood that the nape of your neck suddenly feels cold?
─It seems that you have such a close acquaintance at the tower?
The words Lee Ha-yeon whispered with a small smile lingered in her mind.
‘Uh…’
And at the sa ti, when I saw her smiling brightly, my mouth closed tight.
…What should I do when this happens?
To be honest, I wanted to gloss over it, but I couldn’t because of the feelings I had for Lee Ha-yeon.
I don’t know why, but she was drawing feelings like anxiety or nervousness.
In response, I shook my head for a mont and then pretended to be okay and said,
“This is how we got to know each other. yes. And what I couldn’t contact was—”
but.
“There must have been an unavoidable situation. don’t be like that So, even when you ca out of the giant tree labyrinth, you didn’t say a word to , did you?”
Should I say it’s a counterattack that continues like flowing water?
I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut like a mute who had eaten honey.
It was worth it.
Even then, honestly, I could have said a few words to her and climbed the tower.
Especially when it cos to partners who take care of all the troubleso chores every ti they co to Earth.
‘…I just delayed it because I thought it would be a waste of ti.’
Soon after that, the mont I try to make another excuse.
“I understand. There must be sothing else important to Sungyoon. I was just a little upset.”
Lee Ha-yeon scratched her cheek and said as if she didn’t an it.
“So let’s sit down for now. There seem to be a lot of people who haven’t arrived yet.”
It felt like it was all a prank.
“Ah yes…”
Seeing her natural gesture, I nodded naturally and followed her.
And following her gestures, he sat down.
But…
“It’s been a while…! you! Is this the first ti I’ve seen you since the giant tree labyrinth?”
…Why is the place she guided to?
Before I knew it, I was sitting in the middle between Lee Ha-yeon and Catherine Bennett.
Catherine Bennett looked at with a bright smile, but there was no ti to answer.
“By the way…”
It was justified.
“Who is the woman sitting there?”
Because Katherine Bennet let go of her eye smile at once and asked that question.
Of course, the corners of her mouth are still drawing arc lines, but…
I didn’t think I could see that as a bright smile like before.
Just like a dog wagging its tail stiffly, wary of strangers.
She, too, was smiling warily.
“hello?”
Lee Ha-yeon turned her head to that wary question and said with a smile.
“nice to see you. Catherine Bennett. I am Lee Ha-yeon, the new guild leader of the Baekeun Guild.”
And…
“I’m also a top challenger in the 9th place on the 17th floor.”
next mont.
“Perhaps I will be in charge of all of Sungyoon’s auxiliary activities…”
She lightly put her hand on my shoulder and gave Catherine Bennet a deep smile.
“As much as possible, I will do my best to support Seong-yoon so that she never gets entangled with Catherine Bennet.”
…For so reason, my head felt dizzy.
***
A self-introduction that makes you feel cool even though you don’t know where it is.
“Huh… I don’t know why, but it seems like sothing interesting happened?”
“Iknow, right. hmm. There’s still plenty of ti left for the eting, but it won’t be boring.”
“What is that again…? pestilence. As I live, I see all sorts of things. … like an envious child.”
So of the eyes in the conference room were focused on this direction.
A gaze as if watching a fire in soone else’s house.
However, among the sudden attention, there were those who recognized it as a fire in their own house, not as a Buddhist scripture.
“That’s right…”
Right…
“Does that sound interesting?”
Catherine Bennett was like that.
She twisted her red hair with a trembling hand and drew an arc around her mouth.
without a smile in the eyes.
As it was, Katherine Bennett’s blue eyes narrowed as she continued to speak.
“I didn’t expect to et soone who is famous for being an exploratory challenger here.”
What the hell is this all about?
‘To think that his na is widely known as a searcher type challenger…’ I
was curious as the strange voice ca and went as if it were natural.
It was worth it.
I also wonder if Lee Ha-yeon, who was suddenly in charge of the team leader, beca the guild leader of the Baekeun guild…
Hearing that she beca famous in less than a few months, I felt a sense of alienation.
‘Was Lee Ha-yeon that good as a challenger…?’
Of course, if you look at the mana that is felt in her body right now, you can roughly understand it.
Even so, it was difficult to accept the changes that occurred in a short period of ti at once.
Especially if it’s the growth of an acquaintance that I didn’t think of.
However, the sense of heterogeneity that had arisen in my head had to disappear as if it were separated sowhere.
“is that so?”
He would…
“I never thought I’d see Catherine Bennett here.”
It is because Lee Ha-yeon’s face turned colder before she knew it.
“Ah, I never expected to see him act like an immature puppy.”
A cold expression that didn’t match the voice that seed to be praising.
That’s why I noticed right away.
That, in fact, was a high-level slicing, like a sword that hid a life.
I couldn’t figure out why it was turning around so suddenly.
But I couldn’t stay still like this.
‘I don’t know why you’re doing this all of a sudden, but I’ll have to diate…’
The mont I tried to diate between the two.
“Immature puppy…?”
Suddenly, a chilling voice ca from the left.
All of a sudden, Katherine Bennett’s eyes were filled with emotionless, black dead light.
It’s also very chilly.
But that was only for a mont.
She glanced over here with her teeth clenched tightly, and then let out a laugh as if laughing.
“Huh…”
That’s…
“Ah- co to think of it, if you don’t know what kind of colleague relationship Sungyoon and I are, you can see it that way.”
The kind of laughter I’ve never heard before.
“Really…”
Nothing else…
“Poor.”
It was a ridicule that winners often blow at losers.
***
As Katherine Bennet let out a quiet sneer, the reaction ca.
It was nothing else, but the lines of the corners of her mouth that Lee Ha-yeon had been barely maintaining were distorted.
very quickly too.
Seeing that, Catherine Bennett drew closer to , smiled softly, and innocently said:
“Ummm… Co to think of it. I haven’t heard from Seong-yoon about challenger Lee Ha-yeon, so it must be because of my mood, right?”
And that too in a very bright and bright voice.
“I don’t think I’m close with Sungyoon, but it’s okay if you give moderate support.”
Calling him by his first na, Sungyoon, unlike the
previous nas he used to call him with loose ends.
I didn’t know why, but I didn’t have the courage to ask the question outright.
It was worth it.
The emotions of these two sitting on the left and right were growing thick as if nervousness, anxiety, and hostility were mixed.
As if being jealous.
“…You don’t seem friendly? What do you an?”
“No, that’s right~. They still call each other by such hard nas. hmm. I’m sorry if I’m mistaken.”
“…It’s an illusion. And since we are all involved in business in the first place, there’s no way we can call it that lightly, right?”
“Yes, yes. Since I only have a business relationship with Sungyoon, I guess I haven’t heard anything about challenger Lee Ha-yeon.”
“That can’t be… how good I was at assisting Mr. Seong-yoon… there’s no way I could.”
Lee Ha-yeon, who had been slightly pushed back in the war of nerves before she knew it, turned her gaze to as if she was anxious.
Her eyes glowed with desperation, as if pleading.
It’s also very bright.
“Sungyoon-san… is that so…?”
The eyes of a small animal on the verge of being abandoned by its owner.
I had no choice but to open my mouth.
and.
“…it’s just that we haven’t had that kind of conversation with each other because we don’t have ti.”
After replying, I could see that Lee Ha-yeon’s face brightened noticeably.
However, Katherine Bennett began to notice her impatiently.
He seed to doubt whether his own guess was wrong.
As I was watching it, a voice with an interesting tone suddenly rang in my ears.
Exactly…
―Ho….
It was Damcheonwoo.
―I heard that even slugs have a knack for rolling…
He let out a sarcastic laugh as if the current situation was amusing.
―Has sothing interesting happened that doesn’t suit you?
‘…don’t talk needlessly, just be quiet.’
-hate. It’s been a while since I’ve had such a fun thing. How can you just skip this?
‘Then I’d rather give you so advice that would be effective in this situation.’
―Clack… It seems foolish. At tis like this, if you just keep quiet, half of the ti will go.
‘…’
In a word, it ant to stay like this.
And then I couldn’t help but laugh quietly.
It was worth it.
I had never experienced this kind of developnt in my entire life.
‘It’d be easier to climb the tower.’
I never thought I would have to go through an unknown war of nerves as soon as I ca to Earth.
It seems like they’ve never t each other, but I don’t understand why they harbor feelings of jealousy…
But it was also difficult to diate on this side.
It seems to that the reason why the two of them are jealous of each other for so reason now exists.
More than anything, it bothered that I didn’t contact these two because I saved every minute and second even though I could contact them.
‘Actually, it’s a big deal that I broke all these promises.’
Originally, it wouldn’t have been strange even if I had heard bitter words over and over again.
So, I had nothing to say.
Because they have a lot of things tailored to .
But it couldn’t be like this forever.
‘…Still, it would be better to diate than to stay like this.’
The mont when they tried to stop fighting nerves by revealing their jealousy to each other.
“Isn’t there a completely new drama now?”
A miracle-like variable appeared.
“I was told that he was a challenger for the number one ranking, so I tried to look at his face, but what kind of a bastard he is…” It’s
nothing else
…
Suddenly, one of the challengers in the conference room said so.
It was a provocation that would have been insignificant before, but…
at least now it doesn’t feel so insignificant or annoying.
It was worth it.
“A bug-like guy is a man in the grass, and he walks around with his neck tightened.”
Unlike the current situation, which cannot be dealt with with force…
「Accomplished the achievent ‘Evasion of Arrogance’.」
「Agility increases
by 3.」 “That’s true…”
Because this fight can be dealt with with force.
“He says sothing funny.”
It’s very simple too.
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