Chapter 168
Episode 168
Deepening night.
rain pouring like a downpour.
Sumire’s eyes were wide open like a rabbit surprised by Shin Yoo-sung’s past.
“Huh…”
Sumire’s mouth stopped to say something. Sumire also explains why Shin Ha-yoon is reaching out to her now. The eyes of Shin Yoo-seong looking at Shin Ha-yoon. and on rainy days.
I was able to understand all the facial expressions Shin Yuseong had in mind.
Poo-wook.
Sumire hid behind a pillow with her body shrunk and looked at Shin Yoo-seong.
To Sumire, Shin Yoo-seong was a trustworthy party leader and a strong person who could always be relied on. The reason why he thought so was Shin Yoo-seong’s unwavering determination.
Shin Yoo-seong believed that he was different from himself who was shaken by the slightest wind, so he always admired Sumire.
‘But…’
Shin Yooseong didn’t say anything, but Sumire knew. Shin Yoo-seong was a person who did not cry even when he was sad, did not express his feelings when he was lonely, and had to become stronger.
The time of half a year that he locked himself in his room for fear of ‘the incident’ and the time of Yuseong Shin who worked hard for 12 years despite being abandoned.
If there is a difference, it is only that he endured it head-on unlike himself who was locked in a room.
‘…I feel strange.’
Deep in Sumire’s heart, she felt a sharp pain.
“It’s okay though. I had a master.”
However, not knowing Sumire’s feelings, Shin Yoo-seong smiled casually with a calm expression.
“Because you are there now.”
Like a callus formed from a wound, Sumire thought that perhaps Shin Yoo-seong’s heart had been worn out by the sorrow and hard training he had suffered at the age of five.
Now, even if it hurts, you don’t even know you’re sick. Because Shin Yuseong is strong unlike himself. Surely it will.
But Sumire knew.
[I’m fine!]
Saying I’m fine doesn’t mean I’m really fine. Wounds fester unless treated. Even if you become stronger so that small wounds do not hurt, the wounds accumulate and pile up.
The tip of his nose rings as if he had eaten wasabi.
“As expected… Yoosung is strong.”
Sumire opened her mouth.
“But…”
Sumire, who gathered courage, met Shin Yoo-seong’s eyes.
“…very. I think you must have been lonely.”
Then he said with a face that I couldn’t tell if he was crying or laughing. To be abandoned by a family who should have believed in you more than anyone else. If it were me, I would never have been able to stand it.
So, what you can do is feel like this. Because she had never experienced it, Sumire could not understand Shin Yuseong’s sadness. It was just an inference.
“…okay?”
Shin Yoo-seong also did not deny Sumire’s empathy. Although it has faded over a long time, there was definitely sadness in the emotions he felt.
“Perhaps.”
Let Shin Yoo-seong answer with a light smile as usual. Sumire smiled with a brighter face than before.
When Shin Yooseong smiles, I feel good for no reason. If you look deep in your worries, you have a lot of thoughts together.
Even though Sumire thought she was stupid, she didn’t feel bad.
‘I guess I really like Yoosung.’
The lights go out.
A desolate moment with the only sound of rain on the window. Sumire lay down next to Shin Yuseong. Shin Yoo-seong was happy that he was sleeping in his bed.
Because it’s like a couple.
‘Ah…’
His face heated up again.
Recognizing that Shin Yuseong was by her side, Sumire couldn’t fall asleep easily.
Sumire
pretended to be talking in her sleep and turned her head towards Shin Yuseong. In the moonlight shining through the window even though the lights were off. Shin Yoo-seong’s face was visible.
White skin.
smart nose.
thump- thump- thump-
thump- Sumire’s heart thumped at will, and it seldom calmed down.
unusually close range.
Inside the blanket where you can feel your body temperature.
Just looking at the sleeping Shin Yoo-seong, Sumire feels that she is doing something bad. The figure of Yoosung Shin who was sleeping was so defenseless.
‘Mr. Yooseong…’
Sumire felt good about Shin Yoosung’s warmth through the blanket.
‘If…if I can become Yoosung’s family…’
Sumire was always confident of being on Shin Yooseong’s side. If not from the Shinno family. How nice it would be if you could be a family.
Sumire burrowed into the arms of Shin Yoo-seong. At all, he put himself against Shin Yoo-seong’s body and listened to his breathing.
“…Yoosung.”
Sumire muttered in a low voice that you wouldn’t be able to hear if you weren’t paying attention.
“I like it… very… I like it very much.”
Sumire is not a party member or colleague. I wanted to be the object of affection for Shin Yoo-seong. However, it is a dream that is too much for you now.
“I. …therefore. So that I can become a person who suits Yoosung… I will continue… I will do my best.”
Sumire whispers softly and gently hugs Shin Yoo-seong, who is asleep. Perhaps because of that, Pyeonrin responds to the owner’s strong desire. Purple mana was emitting softly from the back of his hand.
[Assimilation rate has increased.]
[Current assimilation rate is 67%]
The heart toward Shin Yoo-seong.
And that desire is what makes Sumire strong.
* * *
Only a select few among the most powerful people in Korea were invited to dinner at Shinsung Group’s home.
A place where high-ranking people gather and secretly promote friendship rather than a banquet where a large number of people gather. Kim Seok-han said with a smile.
“What a shame! To be able to attend precious people in such a humble place!”
A joke that can only be made because it is Kim Seok-han, the chairman of Shinsung Group. Even though he gathered prominent people from guild leaders of large guilds to famous hunters and political figures, no one surpassed Kim Seok-han’s power.
“ha ha ha! It’s shabby, it’s a funny joke! President!”
“you’re right. It’s a rumor from the original family. I’ve heard it before, but really… I’ve never seen a palace like this in my life!”
People laughing at Kim Seok-han’s whim. Kim Eun-ah was disillusioned with such people.
‘…what. It’s not even a day or two that they fawn to look good to us.’
But that wasn’t what mattered now. From the moment she saw the list, Kim Eun-ah had only one goal.
[The family did not want an heir with F-class characteristics.]
Kim Eun-ah did not forget the story she heard from Shin Yoo-seong at the cafe. What Kim Eun-ah wants right now is the sweetness of revenge.
“Is it Shin Kang-yoon? Where is that man?”
“The Shinoh family? He’s such a big man, so I memorized his face. wait a minute. Let’s see… Oh there it is! I think you’re talking to your father? The head of the Tides of the Night guild is also with you.”
Kim Eun-ah turned her head at Kim Jun-hyeok’s words. Then, what I saw was my father, Kim Seong-han, and two men.
“Ah, is it?”
Kim Eun-ah approaches her father, Kim Seong-han, with a devilish expression. Seonghan Kim and Kangyoon Shin. And in the waves of the night, Terrian, the guild leader, was sitting at the table and talking.
Kim Eun-ah looked at the table with the eyes of a hawk looking for food and overheard the story.
“As long as we leave the subjugation to the waves of the night… we can match the unit price!”
Terrian, the guild leader of the Waves of Night, was a man with dazzling blond hair. And next to him was Shin Yoo-seong’s father, Shin Kang-yoon. He was a man with distinct features even in his middle-aged age of over forty. The first impression Kim Eun-ah felt of Shin Kang-yoon was like a well-sharpened sharp knife.
“what. He doesn’t resemble Yoosung at all. It looks like a snake.”
Of course, since he did bad things to Shin Yoo-seong, the only thing that gets blown away is harsh criticism. Shin Kang-yoon noticed Kim Eun-ah’s gaze, but tried to ignore it.
This Metro subway subjugation contract is so big that the head of the Shin-O family himself has to come. There was no time to look elsewhere.
“Vice Chairman Kim Seong-han.”
Shin Kang-yoon called Kim Seong-han.
Let’s look at Seonghan Kim as he touches the shape of his glasses. Shin Kang-yoon looked down at Terrian as if looking down on him and said.
“We cannot lower the subjugation unit price. Put the poor hunters ahead. This is because it is different from the business of buying and selling based on price.”
“Come on, business!”
“We have proven our achievements by succeeding in subjugating 100 out of 100 people. That’s why I don’t beg like them, devaluing it.”
“you! what are you saying!”
“I guess you think you’re on the same level as me because you’ve become a guild leader. You better not raise your voice.”
Shin Kang-yoon looked at Terrian with cold eyes. The eyes of a 7th-level hunter, one of the few in the world, had the power to overwhelm even the leader of a large guild, Terrian.
“All right! The choice is up to the vice-president anyway…”
Terrian has already been pushed back from the baseline. No matter how much he lowered the subjugation price, Kim Seong-han did not want to entrust the work to Terrian.
‘As expected, this time…’
The moment when the vote leans toward the Shin-O family. Someone interrupted.
“dad. Let’s go here.”
Kim Eun-ah, who suddenly intervened, chose the Night Tides Guild. Terrian’s dumbfounded face. Kim Seong-han, the father, was also surprised and asked Eun-ah Kim.
“Eh Eunah?”
Kim Eun-ah, who used to hate successors, suddenly showed interest in business. To Kim Seong-han, who was surprised, Kim Eun-ah pointed to Terrian and said.
“I think the guild mark here is pretty. it’s like a wave It reminds me of the sea.”
Shin Kang-yoon frowned at Kim Eun-ah’s absurd reason.
“What is this…”
The head of the Shin-O family. Shin Kang-yoon.
A self-proclaimed cutie of Shinsung Group. Eunah Kim. The two glared at each other.
it started a fight.