Chapter 104: Messing Up Is A Hero's Basic Skill (2)
A little while later, at the Hero Alliance’s Gangneung branch office.
“Ah, so from now on, I will brief you about the ‘Yuliana’s Gene Theft’ case.”
Three S-rank heroes gathered at the headquarters of the Hero Alliance in Gangneung, along with representatives from the Alliance and the government. They convened in a dark conference room to discuss the situation, which had been somewhat resolved.
“First, regarding this case, we would like to hear from Armored Taejo…”
The Chief of Gangneung started the discussion, but Baek Seol-hee couldn’t focus properly on the meeting.
Do Ji-hwan was a married man.
She had even heard him talking directly with his wife when they went to Ulleungdo, and he had also received his wife’s kind-of permission.
However, it was a warning comment that said, ‘Ah, yes, go ahead if you want to. Haha.’
Which woman in the world would allow and watch her husband hang out with other women?
The reason why the kings of the Joseon Dynasty could have so many women was that it was forbidden by law to incite competition between the queen and the concubines, but in reality, all sorts of secret battles were fought among the women.
What woman would allow and watch her man hang out with other women?
Even if it were just Baek Seol-hee, if she had such a relationship with Do Ji-hwan, she would express significant discomfort if a new woman appeared next to Do Ji-hwan.
However.
The problem was that she herself was now in the position of that ‘new woman’.
And she didn’t know if she’d come to have the mindset that she could even handle that or if she’d unconsciously forgotten that she was in the position of such a woman.
Baek Seol-hee was attracted to a man named Do Ji-hwan.
She did not realize that she had made a move on a married man, and only after making a huge mistake did she realize her position.
-That’s right! So what if you’re an S-rank hero? You really did it because I told you to?! Let’s die, you and me! Oh my, everyone in the world!! Snow White is a mistress!!
A morning drama would unfold.
Love and war were envisioned.
Baek Seol-hee couldn’t fight back at all from the attack of Do Ji-hwan’s wife, who threw the food brought for PPL at her.
‘If I was the type of woman who could calmly steal another woman’s man, if I was such a malicious woman, I wouldn’t be in this country.’
If.
If Baek Seol-hee were a person who could be shameless in such situations, she would have considered emigrating from this country long ago instead of being a hero here.
‘But I’m not like that.’
Baek Seol-hee remained an S-class hero in this country because she was not that kind of person.
‘It’s clear that flirting with a married man is wrong.’
However.
That was just the mindset of a hero; her mindset as a woman was different.
‘So am I going to give up?’
As a woman.
If she were a normal woman, it would be right to cleanly give up.
‘You gave the permission. If they said to fight, then I should fight. That’s what heroes do. …or isn’t it?’
The triangle inside Baek Seol-hee’s mind was gradually being whittled down by her self-indoctrination and self-justification, becoming rounder.
‘Baek Seol-hee. Are you going to throw away your pride and give up like this? They’re telling you to steal it if you can, and you’re hesitating. The goalkeeper is lying in front of the goalpost. Aren’t you going to kick the ball?’
The words’ infidelity’, ‘nuisance’, and ‘NTR’ were clearly written on the outside of the triangle, but as Baek Seol-hee’s thought process accelerated, the parts with those words written on them were being shaved away.
“…with that, I hope you will weigh my sincere regret.”
Clap, clap, clap.
While Baek Seol-hee was deep in thought, Armored Taejo finished his long speech with an apology and a 90-degree bow.
“I hope Taejo’s mistake will be a great opportunity for growth. Now, let’s discuss how to deal with Yuliana Feygreen.”
“Whew.”
Taejo looked satisfied as if he thought he had spoken very well.
What he said would definitely remain in the video records.
Unless specifically searched for, Taejo’s regret would probably remain just as data stored somewhere.
“Younger sister, how was it?”
“…It was somewhat acceptable. What about you, Seol-hee unnie?”
“……Yeah.”
“What is it? You have that tone of not listening. It’s the first time he has shown such remorse.”
“Right. I was surprised. Impressive.”
Baek Seol-hee needed time to organize her thoughts more than anything.
“Hmm. So, let’s discuss whether to send Yuliana Feygreen to Uruguay. Yuliana tried to steal Taejo’s genes and ran away to America. Since Taejo is the person directly involved, it would be difficult for him to make an objective judgment, so we would like to hear the opinions of the two S-class heroes.”
The director of Gangneung turned his gaze towards Baek Seol-hee and Tae Irin.
“I’ll speak first. Such a woman should be forcibly sent to the Uruguayan Ability Users Detention Center. She’s the kind of woman who goes after someone else’s man.”
Blush.
“Yes, Taejo made a mistake, but Yuliana approached him knowing that he had a girlfriend. Essentially, a woman who’s in an engagement-like relationship.”
“Hmm. That, I said I’d apologize again once we return to Busan… I’ve explained the situation and apologized via video call.”
“You shouldn’t have created a situation that needed apologizing. Falling for a blonde woman’s seduction? Knowing that you have a fiancée? You should have clearly said no.”
“Well, it’s my fault too, but isn’t it worse that she knew he had a fiancée and approached him…?”
“Haah. Men, really. Sister. What do you think, sister?”
“……”
Was this what a hot seat felt like?
“Well, perhaps.”
Baek Seol-hee carefully opened her mouth with a serious face.
“Suppose Taejo was married, and Yuliana Feygreen knew that and approached him and did such things… what should we do then?”
“She should be killed.”
“……Right.”
Baek Seol-hee closed her eyes at Tae Irin’s radical words.
“Well… let’s consider such a thing as youth that can happen between men and women.”
“Sister?”
“Wow, sister. Are you understanding me?”
“It’s not like that, but there’s definitely something wrong, anyway.”
Baek Seol-hee took a deep breath.
“Stealing genes is certainly bad.”
At least she didn’t do that.
Anyway.
What was the starting point for a hero to fall into villainy?
It was when they compromised with reality. Only when one always maintained an upright heart to uphold justice and maintain peace could one truly be called a hero. When that heart broke, or they started to walk the wrong path even once, the road to villainy opened up.
I wanted to be free from that, so I became a villain.
I didn’t hesitate to receive a large sum of money in exchange for escorting people according to the contract or even confront heroes in the process of escorting.
“Has the payment been made?”
“Yes. It feels like I’m healed as soon as I see the deposit amount.”
2.6 billion.
It was directly deposited into the bank account.
Although it was transferred several times through a paper company and came in as cryptocurrency, 2.6 billion for about 4 hours of work from dawn to morning was quite a substantial business.
“What will Chairman Desmond do now?”
“Do you care?”
“He sent us this much money. We should care.”
Although we didn’t make a contract specifically about the participation of the Goblin in the battle, Desmond Feygreen paid me a ‘bonus’ in addition to the originally agreed contract price.
“Oh, right. Chairman Desmond he said he was a fan of yours. He wanted an autograph.”
“What if my handwriting gets exposed from signing?”
“So, I received a text from him. He asked to relay his thanks for protecting October Travel.”
“What about the story of Yuliana?”
“It’s all contained in that one sentence.”
He chose his company over his granddaughter, who caused a major accident. He must have made that choice after seeing Stern’s case.
“I wonder how they would have covered it up if it was a B-class or A-class case.”
“It’s because it’s a C-class. On the chairman’s scale, even if she’s his granddaughter, the weight of the company is probably heavier. How many family members does he have under him?”
“Capitalists sometimes need to be ruthless.”
“If she hadn’t made a big mistake in the first place, none of this would have happened. In the end, it’s all Yuliana’s fault.”
“…Sigh.”
Yuliana Feygreen made her grandfather, Desmond, do something that would make him cut ties with his Ability User granddaughter.
“What will they do now? Exile her to Ganghwa Island?”
“No, not even the Korean Peninsula, but the other side of the world? Uruguay.”
“If they put her in as an international criminal, some information about the incident will spread.”
“Only those who need to know will know. Compared to accidents happening in other countries, isn’t this nothing more than a minor issue?”
“…We should hope she doesn’t become a demon in Uruguay. If she’s at the level of October Travel, she should be able to live quite comfortably with a large bail.”
Her punishment for that action ended with her being locked up in Uruguay.
I could only hope that she didn’t become a demon.
If she became a demon, I would have to kill her.
“More than that, Manager Do, shouldn’t we check the Taegeuk Watch?”
“…I was scared to check on purpose.”
“Be a man and confront it. Fighting!”
Encouraged by Gunggi, I carefully checked my Taegeuk Watch and smartphone.
Missed calls, 7.
Unread messages, 20.
All calls and texts were from midnight to morning.
Only three people sent them.
“…One text is from the chairman, and one from Yumir.”
“Golden Priestess? What did she send?”
“One text. ‘Teacher. I have a question. Please contact me when you have time~ Hehe.’”
“There’s a lot of meaning in one ‘hehe’. Then the rest is…”
“Baek Seol-hee.”
7 calls. 18 texts.
Scary.
“For now, I’ll try calling.”
I gathered my courage and dialed the number.
Brring, brring.
“Hello?”
The call was cut off.
It seemed to be cut off hastily, and while I was surprised, another call came in.
“Um, Ms. Seol-hee? I’m sorry I couldn’t pick up your call last night. The thing is-”
[Ho, perhaps!]
Baek Seol-hee’s voice was mixed with apology, urgency, and embarrassment.
[…Were you in the middle of patriotism with your wife?]
“…….”
Ah.
This woman, was she perhaps…?
“Well.”
Watching Gunggi enter the shower room, I caught my breath.
“…She just went in to take a shower.”
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