The Main Characters That Only I Know Chapter 44:

Chapter 44

The hunt went quite smoothly.

The other side was not incompetent, so they hunted down every phantom that appeared.

Of course, the most outstanding one was Kang Hye-rim.

She moved with light steps and slashed the phantoms with one stroke.

A plant-like phantom called ‘Swamp Root’ that was cut in half fell down.

“Good job.”

“Let’s take a break for a while.”

We had several battles on our way here.

It was not a bad idea to rest here.

The ground was full of water, but there were mosses floating like islands, so there was no problem.

“Wow. You’re amazing. You can take down the phantoms with one slash.”

“Wow. I’ve never seen anything like that before.”

The scavenger party mbers tried to lower our guard by praising Kang Hye-rim.

But Kang Hye-rim did not seem to be happy with their complints and answered them briefly and coldly.

So they could not find a way to start a conversation, and naturally silence prevailed.

‘I can see that they are a little restless.’

They must have approached us with contempt at first, but they lost their words in the ensuing battles.

Because Kang Hye-rim was stronger than they thought.

They probably don’t realize it, but they are anxious.

‘The more impatient they are, the more likely they are to make mistakes.

They might move sooner than they thought.’

I thought to myself as I scrutinized the scavenger group.

They all had books in their hands, and the color was all brown.

The cover of the book was brown, and the light from the book was brown.

It was a book that was commonly seen by those who had low talent and reality.

‘Hmm. But what’s surprising is that one of them is fine.’

I stroked my chin as I looked at the book with the na Han Yongwoon written on it.

The other three were human trash without any excuse, but this Han Yongwoon guy seed to be more like a victim who was dragged along like us.

He ca without knowing what he was doing, and found out the truth too late.

He obviously didn’t like this situation, and that’s why his expression was very dark since before.

He must be pretending not to care by keeping a poker face, but I can read him.

‘Hmm. What should I do?’

Even if they ca without knowing it, they were still allies who moved with the scavenger group in the end.

The fact that he adapted to reality even though he suffered from his conscience made him virtually the sa kind as them.

‘Besides, the spirits won’t want to forgive them.’

Now that I knew that those four were scavengers, the spirits were waiting for them to be brutally destroyed sohow.

If I said sothing like ‘This one is nice, so let’s spare him.’ here, there would be a riot in the ssage window.

‘More than anything, I’m worried about Hyerim.’

I joined them pretending to be fooled by the scavengers for one thing, but also to give Kang Hye-rim more experience.

She was strong, but still a novice.

It’s not about the power she has, but her mindset.

‘Collectors usually fight with phantoms, but that doesn’t an they don’t fight with each other.’

It’s a profession where you swing weapons and fight for your life in reality.

Of course, if the atmosphere gets tense, they fight each other, and sotis murder happens.

At least Korea has laws for collectors and they are well protected, but that doesn’t an these things don’t happen.

Just look at those murderers.

Soday Kang Hye-rim will have to fight not with phantoms, but with people.

And if she doesn’t expect it, she might have to kill them.

I was worried about that.

‘Killing is not as easy as it sounds.’

She always showed more than I expected, but I wonder how she will handle this.

I’m not too bothered by killing because I’ve lived harshly, but it will look very different to Kang Hye-rim who grew up in a peaceful era.

She might live with a serious trauma for her whole life.

‘If it seems like a problem, I’ll step in.’

I already have a lot of blood on my hands. Adding four more won’t make any difference.

I got up from my seat.

“Oh. Where are you going?”

“I’m going to see sothing for a mont.”

I lied casually. Of course it was a lie.

They were also looking for an opportunity to act impatiently, so I thought I’d push them from this side.

If I leave my seat, they will also take so action.

I imdiately sent my voice to Kang Hye-rim so that only she could hear.

-Hyerim. Wait. If I move, they will also take so action.

-Okay. I got it.

They probably don’t know that we can communicate like this even when we are apart.

Usually, this kind of telepathy story can only be used by at least rank 4 books.

It’s also very expensive because it’s versatile.

“I’ll be back soon.”

“Oh. Wait a minute. It’s dangerous to go alone, so take one more person with you. Hey, Yongwoon. You go with him. You said you wanted to go to the bathroom too.”

“Uh, uh?”

Han Yongwoon must have never said that, but the leader nad Baek Woo-hyun urged him, so he had no choice but to get up from his seat.

I could read what they were up to.

They seed to be wary of us getting too far away, so they wanted to attach one person.

But wasn’t the person selection wrong?

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Han Yongwoon seed to want to get out of this place as soon as possible, and he urged to hurry up in a voice that only I could hear.

I felt sothing strange about his behavior, but I nodded my head.

Thanks to the fog, we were able to disappear from their sight as soon as we moved.

I stood near a mushroom that was moderately grown, and Han Yongwoon looked at with restlessness.

Hmm.

“I’ve been feeling this since before, but what are you so worried about?”

“, ? ?”

“Yes. You said your na was Han Yongwoon, right? You seem to have so trouble, but you can tell comfortably.”

At my words, Han Yongwoon’s expression changed complexly.

Guilt and regret for what he was doing, and fear of whether he could stop it.

He was now in a tug-of-war between reality and his conscience.

I saw that and lit up my eyes.

‘Maybe…’

At first I thought I would deal with him too, but now I thought maybe I didn’t have to.

“Yongwoon.”

“Ah, yes.”

“You’ve been looking at a lot since before, do you have sothing to say?”

“…”

I deliberately provoked the part that troubled him.

At my question, Han Yong-woon bit his lip and bowed his head.

“Your na is… Yu-hyun, right?”

“Yes.”

“Run away right now.”

At his words, I suppressed the smile that was about to form on my lips.

On the other hand, the spirits who were watching this scene separately seed quite surprised by Han Yong-woon’s attitude.

Weren’t they colleagues of the sa scavenger?

Why did he suddenly act like that?

Most of them had that reaction.

“Why do you tell to run away?”

“That, that’s because… I know you won’t believe even if I say this, but Baek Woo-hyun. I an, those three are… murderers. They are bad… people who kill others.”

In the end, Han Yong-woon spilled everything he knew.

Baek Woo-hyun forced him to co here, and after he arrived, he found out that they were going to kill two people.

He was shocked by that, and he couldn’t refuse because he was afraid that they would kill him too.

But even so, he gathered his courage and confessed to .

“That, I understand if it sounds strange to you. I, I might look like one of them too. Yes. I know that. I’m also a bad guy in a way. Even if I ca here without knowing, I kept my mouth shut even after I knew the truth.”

“…”

“But still, this is too much. How can they try to kill soone just because they like it? That’s worse than a beast. So please run away. I’ll report it as a lie that I killed you secretly. That woman nad Geom-hoo is fine too. I’ll go and secretly inform her and send her out when there’s a chance.”

“What if you get caught? Not only Hyerim, but you’ll be in danger too, right?”

“That’s…”

“And more importantly, why did they co to kill us in the first place? That’s still a mystery. Why are they doing this?”

Since he had already revealed everything, he answered honestly.

“I don’t know either, but Woo-hyun said so. A teller ca to see him.”

“Oh, a teller.”

I deliberately added a hint of sarcasm.

Well, it was unfortunate for Han Yong-woon, but in fact, I already knew everything about this situation.

Even who was behind those scavengers.

Han Yong-woon, who didn’t know the truth, continued his explanation.

“I don’t know who it is either. But I heard that he belongs to a fairly famous departnt among the tellers. He said that if this succeeds, he would sign a library contract with us. That’s probably why.”

“A library contract.”

Han Yong-woon said with a guilty look, but in fact, this was not just his problem.

This series of events was a dark side that had been accumulated for a long ti in this world.

Collectors who couldn’t get tellers, those who couldn’t sign library contracts couldn’t get the support of spirits no matter how hard they tried, and naturally, the gap widened with the collectors who signed library contracts.

There were too many collectors compared to the number of tellers.

For so high-ranking tellers, they signed library contracts with multiple people and had multiple main characters in their stories.

But they still couldn’t et the excess demand.

Not everyone can be the protagonist of a story. In the end, the seats were limited. And those seats were always for the chosen ones.

“I know that too. We’ll never et a teller even if we die and co back to life. We’re not qualified in the first place. But I thought maybe there was a chance and tried hard. I raised my collector rank and fought at risk sohow. But it didn’t work either.”

Before long, the story turned into Han Yong-woon’s personal lant.

“But this is too much. I want a library contract too, but not at the cost of killing soone else. This is… wrong.”

“But isn’t it just a matter of closing your eyes and doing it once?”

It was funny that I asked such a question, but he answered seriously.

“Of course it is. But I know that. If I do it once, will I be able to live with myself afterwards? I don’t think so. The first ti is hard, but the next ti will be easier. If that happens, I’ll beco a monster that I can’t control myself.”

“I see.”

“So please run away. I’ll take care of things here.”

I didn’t feel any lies in his words.

His eyes looking at were clearly trembling with fear but not trying to deceive .

I glanced up and checked the reactions of the spirits.

Most of them seed to have not expected Han Yong-woon to act like this.

Rather, there was so sympathy for him, judging by the atmosphere.

“Well, then I have no choice.”

“Yes. Then…”

“Yong-woon, you stay here.”

“What?”

Han Yong-woon didn’t seem to understand what I was saying.

“What do you an by…”

“Well, it’s not my place to say this, but we were also lying to you.”

“Lying?”

“Do you think we’re stupid enough to trust people who suddenly approach us friendly?”

“That…”

He had a brain that worked, so Han Yong-woon quickly turned pale.

He looked like soone who had been hit hard on the back of his head.

If he had been a truly irredeemable villain, I would have mocked and laughed at him, but I didn’t.

“Then, you knew everything from the beginning…”

“I knew it. You followed because Baek Woo-hyun told you to clean up after , right?”

“…”

“Well, you don’t have to be too scared. You proved that you’re not a bad person by your actions just now. But those three over there are not.”

“Wa-wait a minute! Then it’s dangerous! That woman nad Kang Hye-rim…”

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

I heard a faint scream from afar.

It was muffled and mixed with the fog, but it was the scream of three people.

“They’re already taking care of things over there.”

When Han Yong-woon confessed to with a guilty conscience and honestly told everything, I had already sent a signal to Kang Hye-rim.

It hadn’t been three minutes since then, so let’s see.

“It should be over soon.”

As I smiled and said that, Han Yong-woon was speechless.