The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 427

425. Midnight Guest (2)

“I don’t know.”

A curt voice returned.

“You don’t want to come in? You need to clear my suspicions.”

“Suspicions or whatever, Guild Leader Sesung should know. You said you came to me disguised as someone else.”

So Han Yoojin couldn’t possibly know. Sung Hyunjae tilted his head slightly and touched the glass door with the cloth. A cool sensation was transmitted from beyond the fabric.

“Then what about Chief Song Taewon? He must have known I was meeting Han Yoojin.”

“I didn’t know at first either. More importantly, you can’t keep Hunter Han Yoojin outside.”

“Can’t you protect even one F-rank? When did you realize I was the Sesung Guild Leader, huh? Han Yoojin.”

As if frustrated, he slammed his hand roughly against the glass door, causing it to ring out.

“I told you directly to come to Sesung!”

“Hunter Han Yoojin, lower your voice.”

“Did I say that?”

“Damn it, you don’t even remember? I thought it was a joke, but…”

The lowered voice growled. Sung Hyunjae tapped the cloth with the back of his hand.

“That can’t be. But you would have refused, Han Yoojin would have.”

“What kind of nonsense am I going to hear if I go? It’s Sesung, even. They’ll say I’m badmouthing my brother and even betraying him.”

“I can hide you perfectly.”

Sung Hyunjae continued soothingly.

“A large mansion with a garden that won’t feel cramped, safely isolated from the world. I’ll even make a pond if you want. It’s okay to raise puppies or cats.”

“…Are you crazy? Is this some kind of strange hobby of a rich, well-off person with too much money?”

“Only for Han Yoojin, let’s put it that way. I have no intention of doing that for anyone else.”

“…I’m going to report you. The Awakened Management Division Chief is right next door.”

“Didn’t you say you wanted to come in? You have to be nice to the person holding the key.”

A sound of frustration was heard. Except for trying to get into the hotel, there was almost no sense that it was fake. An impulse to pull back the cloth, even if he didn’t open the door, came over him, and Sung Hyunjae looked back at the young Chaos.

“What happens if you let it inside?”

“The Nightmare is a member of the King of Innocence. It will try to eat your memories, starting with the parts related to those things.”

“If I’m still F-rank, it won’t be easy to stop.”

“The act of hearing the request to let it in and opening the door is a kind of contract agreement. That’s why people near the Misty Sea closed their doors and blocked their windows when the sun went down.”

Don’t call out names when the sun goes down. Who is knocking on the door? Even to the longing greetings and affectionate whispers. Since all the lovely ones have fallen asleep, may you rest together as well.

In the end, it was a world swallowed by the fog and disappeared long ago.

Bang!

At that moment, a sudden loud noise was heard.

“Please open the door!”

Han Yoojin shouted urgently, and the metallic sound of him taking out a weapon rang out. Kagagagak, something scraped against the asphalt floor.

“Even if it’s Hunter Han Yoojin, please!”

Song Taewon said desperately. Sung Hyunjae raised the corner of his lips slightly. Certainly, it would have been difficult for anyone else to endure.

“What other stories did we share, how did we spend our time together?”

“You son of a bitch!”

“I must have heard that many times.”

Krrr, the growl of a beast echoed from beyond the glass. As if trying to respond, Song Taewon’s heavy footsteps pounded the floor.

“You said you wanted me and Chief Song to be safe!”

“Of course. I cherish both of you the most.”

Just seeing these two appear like this. They were the only two who were meaningful.

“Then open it! If you’re not going to let me in, then come out!”

“Han Yoojin’s brother is here too.”

Han Yoojin’s screaming voice suddenly stopped. You real bastard… he muttered softly.

“If you’re trying to act like Han Yoojin, you can’t come in. Isn’t that right?”

“Damn it, me, now that it’s come to this… I’m thinking about Yoohyun……”

“You must have thought about it a lot. You must have told me.”

“…You know and you’re still doing this?”

“If you’re okay with your brother being harmed, I’ll open the door.”

Han Yoojin inhaled sharply. The current words were a definite truth, not a lie. If Han Yoojin abandoned Han Yoohyun and wanted to take care of his own safety, Sung Hyunjae would gladly open the door. But even if it was fake, as long as it was Han Yoojin.

“Bullshit, really……”

“I’m serious.”

“From the start, you approached me because I raised Yoohyun! It’s not just once or twice, don’t test people like that!”

“It has nothing to do with Han Yoohyun anymore, Han Yoojin.”

Such things didn’t matter.

“Right now, I want to see Han Yoojin prioritizing himself the most.”

“Damn it, just listen to me dying.”

Han Yoojin gritted his teeth. Even though he was a being who had to tempt the other person to open the door, he gave up on that. He refused the offer to open it.

Kwaang! An explosion erupted. But it was just a sound, and no vibration or movement of magic power was felt. In reality, it was just a calm street with only a thick fog flowing. Following the sound of something colliding, Song Taewon’s suppressed groan leaked out quietly.

“Chief Song! Then help Chief Song, at least! Come out! Sung Hyunjae!”

“It seems you know Chief Song Taewon better than I thought. Have the three of us ever met?”

“Yes, we have! Ack!”

Tududuk, the splinters that flew up rolled. As if hit by them, Han Yoojin’s voice dropped sharply. He seemed to be crouching down.

“Are you very close to Song Taewon?”

“…He’s a hundred times better than the bastard in front of me.”

“I can’t deny that. A hundred times is a bit much, though.”

I’d accept about twice as much. At the leisurely words, Han Yoojin burst out with curses. Tung, the sound of his forehead leaning against the glass door was heard.

“You made it so obvious that you saw people as nothing.”

“Everyone felt that way.”

Sung Hyunjae bent down and placed his knees on the marble. Wooddeuk, something broke and was thrown away roughly. Heavy breathing disturbed his ears.

“Han, Yoojin, Hunter……”

Immediately after Song Taewon’s voice was heard,

Kwadeuk!

Sung Hyunjae’s ears accurately caught the sound of a person’s body being pierced. Tung, the glass door shook weakly. It could be the wind. The body leaning against the glass door slid further down.

Sung Hyunjae’s eyes unconsciously turned to the floor, to the gap in the door. Blood was not seeping in. The stench of blood was not felt either.

“Han Yoojin.”

“…Show me your face, at least.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Anyway, I want to see Yoohyun more.”

My brother.

“You said you’d tell me……”

“Tell you what.”

“Why Yoohyun… left me. You said you had a guess……”

“That’s right.”

“…I was waiting.”

The panting gradually grew fainter. Sung Hyunjae’s hand clenched tightly into a fist. It was a little harder than he expected. He was clearly aware that it was fake, but the unpleasantness was strong.

“Thank you for buying me drinks. I said a lot of annoying things… but me too… about my brother……”

Until the very end, instead of asking to be let in, Han Yoojin asked desperately.

“What was the reason……? Yoohyun.”

“To protect Han Yoojin.”

“…That’s foolish.”

A weak laugh was heard.

“Han Yoohyun loved only Han Yoojin from beginning to end. Still now, and forever in the future.”

“Even if it’s just empty words, I’m grateful. You’re not the kind of person who says such empty words, are you……?”

“Of course not.”

“That’s, right… okay……”

With another thank you, the voice stopped abruptly. Jiijik, the sound of dragging a body was heard.

“Han Yoojin, Hunter. Han Yoo…jin, 씨……”

Song Taewon called out Han Yoojin’s name as if spitting out blood. To kill Han Yoojin first. The Nightmare knew too well how to make the scene more painful.

“I, I……”

“Even at this time, you still hated surviving.”

“I have to, protect. People.”

The hem of his clothes brushed against the floor. The tips of his fingers scratched something. The movement of hugging a corpse was drawn in Sung Hyunjae’s mind.

“You said you’d protect me, too.”

“Did we talk about that?”

“So, I……”

“What happened?”

For a moment, only heavy breathing was heard. Sung Hyunjae waited quietly. As an S-rank Hunter, Song Taewon couldn’t die so easily. If he had been recreated in the same way, he would have been able to endure for dozens of minutes even if he had suffered a fatal wound. If he was talking and breathing, it was possible for more than a day.

Enough to make him open the door, even if it was just to end his breath.

“…The moon.”

“Are you talking about the crescent moon?”

“It was trying to, interfere.”

“Even outside the dungeon?”

“Sung Hyunjae, you. Realized the contract, and that.”

The crescent moon was trying to collect the small moon that had almost filled up due to Song Taewon and Han Yoojin. But before that, Sung Hyunjae had noticed the contract that bound him.

“That, by plunder……”

“Was it trying to swallow it with Song Taewon’s skill?”

Not Sung Hyunjae, but the contract that bound him. A contract could also be called a kind of skill. So, theoretically, it wasn’t impossible.

“You were trying to enter the dungeon alone. …But Han Yoojin.”

“You followed me. You did.”

“It’s not Han Yoojin’s fault……”

“Do you remember dying?”

No answer came back. Sung Hyunjae had tried to face his fate alone. He wouldn’t have given up. It was just that, for him, Han Yoojin, as well as Song Taewon, were too weak to bring along.

But Han Yoojin had come up with a way, and Song Taewon had accepted it.

“I couldn’t, get rid of the moon. It must have affected Han Yoojin, too…”

“It seems he lost some of his memories.”

To be exact, the relationship between Sung Hyunjae and Song Taewon that existed within Han Yoojin had disappeared. As well as the relationship with some of the people involved during that time.

“Sung Hyunjae, 씨 is.”

“I’m alive.”

A small cough was heard.

“Alive, and having quite a good time. Song Taewon is still suffering, though.”

“…Me too.”

Song Taewon also didn’t ask to open the door until the very end. He was the kind of person who wouldn’t come in even if it was open. He would only let the weak in and ask to close it.

“…Actually, I didn’t hate it that much.”

“I treated you well.”

“…That’s……”

With a large breath, no more words followed. Only a faint breath was heard. He would die like this for several hours. Sung Hyunjae’s hand lightly tapped the glass door. He didn’t open it.

“Come and sit down.”

The young Chaos said curtly. Then he suddenly looked back.

“Why did those guys come down?”

Footsteps were heard from the side leading to the guest elevators. The young Chaos, who had lightly descended from the chair, turned his body around and kicked the chair with his toes.

Jureureuk─ Han Yoohyun’s foot stopped the armchair that had slid smoothly across the floor. Two Han Yoojins stood on either side of him.

“Don’t come in any further. It’ll be a mess.”

The slightly smaller Han Yoojin wore an apologetic expression.

“Did I come here?”

“You did.”

“Mr. Sung Hyunjae.”

Sung Hyunjae stood up. He turned around nonchalantly and walked a few steps towards the chair he had been sitting on.

“You woke up too early.”

“I remembered something.”

“What memory?”

“I remembered Sung Hyunjae talking nonsense at a drinking party.”

Han Yoojin shrugged his shoulders.

“I couldn’t sleep well, so I was just lying there wide awake. Suddenly, I thought to myself. Ah, I mean, the me from before the regression.”

Something about admiring the moon and drinking, I think we had a similar conversation. Han Yoojin muttered like that.

“Come to think of it, I don’t know where I heard it. There were elders who said such old-fashioned things, though. There was also an uncle who liked Li Bai [a famous Chinese poet]. He said you have to empty three hundred cups once you drink.”

“Don’t let the golden cup be empty, regardless of the moon.”

“I remembered that. Chief Song was there too, at that time.”

Did you come together? Sung Hyunjae nodded at the question.

“I did.”

He didn’t say that he was still there. Han Yoohyun might, but Han Yoojin in this state wouldn’t be able to notice the dying presence beyond the glass door.

“It seems that I and I were a little influenced.”

“Is there anything else that comes to mind?”

“No. Just useless memories. What about you, Mr. Sung Hyunjae? Did you hear anything? Maybe if you hear it, something else will come to mind.”

After a moment of consideration, Sung Hyunjae turned his chair and pushed it. The chair, which had been sliding for a long time, stopped exactly in front of Han Yoojin.

“First, sit down. Both of you.”

Are you uncomfortable? Han Yoojin and Han Yoojin sat down on the chairs at Sung Hyunjae’s invitation.