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"So, what did you want to talk about?"
Hajoon got into the car with Association President Kim Jeongyong. Sitting in the seat next to Hajoon, Kim took a mont before turning to Hajoon with a serious expression and speaking.
"Actually, a few days ago, I received a ssage from the great hero, Helen Belhar."
Helen Belhar.
The world-wandering British hero had contacted the Korea Hero Association President, which left Hajoon with a puzzled expression. Helen wasn't known for casually contacting people or revealing her presence.
Hajoon asked with a curious expression, "Why her?"
"I only heard a simple request from Helen, so I don't know the exact reason. However, she said she would like to et Student Hajoon soon."
"Soon? As in, you dont know exactly when?"
"Yes."
At that, Hajoon scratched his cheek with a sowhat sour expression.
Maybe she was coming because of so troubleso matter?
"There's one thing, though..."
"......?"
"She asked that you co with Han Siyoung."
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A few days later.
Having received a ssage from Association President Kim Jeongyong, Hajoon and Han Siyoung stood in front of a hotel room door.
"Is Helen really here?"
"The Association President said she would be here."
Han Siyoung looked doubtful as she faced Hajoon.
Well, honestly, it's understandable to be skeptical since Helen is one of the hardest heroes to et face-to-face.
Without hesitation, Hajoon knocked on the door.
Soon, a familiar voice ca from behind it.
-The door is open, co in.
Without hesitation, Hajoon and Han Siyoung entered the room.
Helen, whom they hadn't seen in a long ti, was leisurely enjoying tea, sitting on the sofa in the living room.
"It's been a while."
"It has indeed."
"Sit down. We have a lot to talk about."
At that, Hajoon imdiately sat on the sofa opposite her.
Han Siyoung sat next to Hajoon, though with a slightly reluctant expression.
Helen, looking at Han Siyoung for a mont, smiled warmly and said, "You're Han Siyoung, right? It's been a long ti."
"Do you know ?"
"You wouldn't rember, but I saw you once when you were just a baby."
Upon hearing this, Han Siyoung made an unusually subtle expression.
Helen just smiled wryly at her expression.
Listening to their conversation for a while, Hajoon looked at Helen and asked about the purpose of their eting.
"So, why did you call us here?"
"Ah... well, a troubleso matter has arisen," Helen sighed, sounding almost like a complaint.
Then she looked at Hajoon and Han Siyoung with a serious expression and spoke of her concern.
"The Sword King has gone missing."
"......"
"......?"
At those words, Han Siyoung furrowed her brows, and Hajoon looked incredulous.
It seed like a minor issue to Hajoon, despite the gravity with which it was presented.
"His whereabouts are usually unknown, arent they?"
Hajoon remarked.
Helen shook her head in response and continued, "He contacts occasionally. As fellow wanderers, you know. But then, suddenly, the contact stopped."
"Since when has he been out of contact?"
"A few days ago. After you t the Sword King. Since then, there has been no contact."
Han Siyoung glared at Hajoon with a dumbfounded expression.
Ignoring her gaze, Hajoon continued to question Helen, "So, the contact just suddenly stopped?"
"Yes, I've been looking for him for a few days now I ca to ask if you knew anything about it."
After a mont of thought, Hajoon shook his head and replied, "I don't have any guess."
There was one thing he suspected, but it wasnt information that could help find the Sword Kings current location.
Then, Helen's gaze shifted to Han Siyoung.
Han Siyoung also seed deep in thought but rely shook her head in response.
"Hmm... well, the last contact and disappearance were in Korea, so he must be here sowhere... But since you dont know, theres nothing we can do."
With those words, Helen slowly stood up from her seat.
She draped a brown leather cloak over her shoulders and spoke, "For now, I'll look for him in Korea. What about you two?"
"We'll look for him too."
"Alright, then. See you later."
With those words, her figure faded into a faint light and vanished.
After Helen had left.
Hajoon stood up from the sofa, preparing to leave.
When he turned to look at Han Siyoung, he noticed he was deep in thought.
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The next evening, after classes at the academy had ended, Han Siyoung visited Hajoon's accommodation.
Considering the late hour, Hajoon opened the door and, with an annoyed expression, asked the abruptly visiting Han Siyoung, "Why?"
"I think I know where the master might be."
"Huh?"
Hajoon looked puzzled.
How could he know that in just one day? Especially since they had classes together in the morning and afternoon.
"How did you find out?"
"I rembered a place where I went with the master in the past. I'm not sure, but he might be there."
"Is that so? Then let's go tomorrow. It's late now."
"No."
Han Siyoung shook his head in disagreent.
With a calm expression, he said, "Lets go now."
"At 9 in the evening?"
It was Hajoon's usual bedti.
At that, Han Siyoung looked at Hajoon with a stern gaze and continued, "Tomorrow is the weekend anyway. And you slept all day during class."
With no excuse to make, Hajoon sighed resignedly.
Tiredly nodding, Hajoon followed Han Siyoung out of the academy grounds, albeit reluctantly.
Walking side by side on the road, Hajoon asked Han Siyoung, "So, where are we going?"
"To the mountains."
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Han Siyoung had a specific reason for not going alone and taking Hajoon with him.
Well, he probably thought Hajoon would run away if he went alone, so he used as a shield, or sothing like that.
Anyway, like his master, the disciple is also quite botherso.
However, the reason Hajoon willingly (?) followed Han Siyoung was because of this darn progress rate.
Han Siyoung (60%)
Han Siyoung's episode progress rate started to increase after the news of the Sword King's disappearance.
This made him wonder.
Hajoon's thought about it for a long ti, but how would this boy's final ending play out?
After the 'Villain Alliance,' the main villain organization in Han Siyoung's episode, disappeared, and especially after Saan's death, it was hard to predict how Han Siyoung's ending would unfold.
In other words, the future after that was unknown to Hajoon as well.
If he had known in advance, he might have done sothing...
'Could eting the Sword King be the final ending?'
It was a sudden thought.
In any case, in Han Siyoung's last episode in the ga, he eventually ets his master, the Sword King.
'Should I have just let him et him then?'
Of course, Hajoon knew it's too late for regrets.
Hajoon quietly followed Han Siyoung, who was walking ahead.
However, the more they walked, the less clear it beca where they were going.
He had heard we were going to the mountains, but they had been climbing a naless mountain for hours.
Unable to bear it any longer, Hajoon asked Han Siyoung, who was leading the way, "Where are we going exactly?"
"."
To that question, Han Siyoung remained silent for a mont before slowly opening his mouth.
"Its my hotown."
"Your hotown?"
"Yes, I dont rember it, but the master told ."
Han Siyoung recalled a mory from the past.
It was a mory from the ti he spent with his master.
-This is your hotown, Siyoung.
It was the mory of the first ti he visited that place.
An old mory from when he was only 6 years old.
Han Siyoung rembered the expression of his master back then.
Every ti the master looked at that place, he wore an expression drowned in sorrow.
The master had taken him to that place several tis to rember it, but after being separated from him and several years passing, he had completely forgotten about it.
"We'll arrive soon."
Han Siyoung spoke when they started to descend after crossing over a mountain.
A village not in so hidden location, but between mountains...
Nonetheless, Hajoon felt relieved at the news of soon arriving.
Honestly, Hajoon was curious too.
About Han Siyoung's hotown, which had never appeared in the ga.
That was when it happened.
Suddenly, Philaten spoke to Hajoon.
-My King.
She continued in a serious tone.
-There is a faint aura of a human king beyond here.
Hajoon's brow furrowed at Philaten's words. Hearing her, he quickened his pace, moving past Han Siyoung and through the underbrush towards the location.
When he arrived, Hajoon's eyes widened in shock.
"......"
Hajoon lost his words for a mont, looking around.
He had expected to find a village deep in the mountains, but contrary to his thoughts, there was nothing at the arrived location. Only a gigantic pit in the center, unimaginable in size, as if a teorite had fallen decades ago, altering the landscape.
Arriving belatedly beside Hajoon, Han Siyoung gazed at the spot with composure and said, "Here."
With a longing look in his eyes, as if recalling the past, he continued, "This is my hotown."
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In the center of this wide space located between mountains, there was a gigantic pit, seemingly ford from an ancient impact.
Grass had likely grown over the pit over ti.
Hajoon and Han Siyoung lit a bonfire to ward off the cold.
Incredulous, Hajoon asked Han Siyoung, "This is your hotown?"
"Yes."
"In a pit?"
Was he born in a pit?
Hiding such thoughts, Hajoon looked at Han Siyoung with a puzzled expression.
Hearing Hajoon's words, Han Siyoung slowly stood up.
"Follow ."
"?"
"I have sothing to show you."
At that, Hajoon quietly followed Han Siyoung.
Leaving the pit, Han Siyoung stopped at a certain place and began to search the ground. He soon crouched down and extended his hand.
After touching the underbrush for a while, he drew his sword from his waist and swung it horizontally.
The force of the swing cleared the surrounding dense underbrush, revealing the ruins of a building.
"It was just hidden by the underbrush because it's an old place."
The ruins were of a wooden structure.
A collapsed house.
The remnants of a long-collapsed building were rely covered with underbrush.
"I don't know the original appearance of this place, but..."
As he said this, Han Siyoung looked around.
Hajoon followed his gaze and soon realized.
The things covered by the underbrush were the remnants of buildings.
With a bitter expression, Han Siyoung continued, "The master said there used to be a village here."
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