00232 Baek Han-gyeol and Kim Han-byeol ——————————————— —————————=
The process that follows each stem may vary. However, the headwaters do not change. The stray stems return to their original state and eventually return to one large flow. I’m not going to blindly believe this idea. But now that I think about it, I felt like I reacted and acted too complacently when the future first got twisted.
Anyway, the situation I am currently facing is that I don’t have much time left, and I can’t afford to watch any more. This was clearly true. I had waited long enough, so now it was time to go with the flow. However, there must be room to take a step back at any time between the movements.
Entering the 13th week, the conflict between the two clans was intensifying to the point where it was difficult to simply call it a conflict. After the eastern clan began to respond, the southern clan immediately supported their position. Of course, it did not end with simple support.
They joined forces with the Eastern Clan and continuously criticized the excesses of the Golden Lion Clan, and used clan members who had already left to secretly contact remaining clan members. And as soon as new members withdrew appeared, they used a tactic to sway public opinion by placing golden lions in cities under their jurisdiction.
Although it completely denied Shin Tae-seung’s revelations of corruption, the Golden Lion unexpectedly showed a lukewarm stance toward the members leaving. The only way he responded was to stick to the victim’s cosplay and highlight it. If you look closely at the number of people who left, most of them were low-ranking clan members. In some ways, it seemed like they were just letting those who wanted to leave do so.
Instead, the Golden Lion focused on blaming the southeastern clan for the first murder of the godmother. At the same time, work was being done to gradually regain the initiative that had been lost. At the center of it all was the User Academy, and as the days passed, instructors from the southeastern clans were increasingly put on hold. As a result, the newly created vacancies were naturally being filled by members of the northwest clan.
As someone said, seeing them ignoring each other’s defense and only attacking each other made me feel like I was watching a dog fight in the mud. Suddenly, I felt like I could understand why Go Yeon-ju wanted to leave Barbara. If you see the little ones only taking care of their own food instead of truly mourning the death of their godmother, you will fall apart like never before.
Interestingly, this fight began to gradually give the southeastern clan the upper hand due to one incident. The incident was none other than one of the female users who left Golden Lion and exposed the s*xual bribery corruption. And that woman was someone I knew, and her name was Seo Ji-yoon.
To be more specific, he was one of the people who had previously completed the academy with me and was one of the five people who received an offer from the Golden Lion Clan. Seo Ji-yoon revealed that after joining, she was forced into s*xual intercourse by scouts and continued to be harassed in a cowardly manner thereafter.
This incident immediately turned into a commotion. No matter how open the whole world is when it comes to s*x, it only applies to cases where people are of the same mind, and rape and rape are not allowed. Moreover, the Golden Lion Clan has been leading the way in maintaining strict military discipline, but when something like this happened inside, the shock that ordinary users received was indescribable.
The Golden Lion also announced its official position again, as if it was difficult to remain silent about this incident. Seo Ji-yoon and Scout were in a relationship because they wanted each other, and when the situation was difficult, they made an excuse and accused them of being cowards for leaving the group. However, public opinion, which had been prevailing over the Golden Lion, was being paralleled again by Seo Ji-yoon’s tearful appeal.
Since then, the number of people leaving the Golden Lion, although they are low-ranking clan members, has begun to gradually increase. Starting with the withdrawal of 17 people in the beginning, the total number had already surpassed 30 and was approaching 40. This number was equivalent to 1/10 of the total remaining Golden Lions.
Of course, there may be some who have doubts about the future of the Golden Lion due to the failure of the Steel Mountains expedition, the absence of the Clan Lord, and the murder of the Great Mother. However, considering that more than half of them were women, it could be seen as an example that disproves how rotten the inside of the clan had been.
Although things were changing every day outside, the User Academy was quiet. No, he was pretending to be quiet on the outside. As time passed day by day, it was concluded that there were no charges against the Northwestern Clans who had completed the internal audit, and their return to the academy was rapidly taking place. However, for the southeastern clans that still refused the audit, the hold was maintained and dispositions were handed down one after another.
The southeastern clan seemed to tolerate the suspension quite well in the beginning, but in the end, an incident occurred where the impatient Kim Deok-pil went on a rampage. He exploded at the Golden Lion’s overbearing attitude and protested why they had to undergo an internal audit. Although the Rivers Clan was not a clan representing the city, it was included in the audit due to its strong slander of the Golden Lion.
However, Kim Deok-pil also could not avoid being placed on hold due to the Golden Lion repeating the same words over and over again, and he ended up leaving the user academy with all the Reverse Clan members who came into the academy with bad comments.
The Golden Lion did not catch them heading to the warp gate. However, at this time, I thought, “Something stings.” Or, “The user was not qualified to be an instructor in the first place.” The Rivers Clan was heavily criticized and condemned.
Despite what happened, the Golden Lion did not stop issuing reservations, and soon only three instructor positions belonging to the southeastern clan, which previously occupied almost 70%, were left. The only remaining members were Seo Jin-woo and Yeon Hye-rim, two of the top 10, and Seong Hyeon-min, the Han clan lord. However, there were rumors that the three would soon be put on hold as well. And in fact, the number of them serving as educational instructors was gradually decreasing.
As the situation progressed urgently, I felt the need to secure Baek Han-gyeol as a top priority. I talked about joining Mercenary before, but the relationship between Park Hwan-hee and Cha Yu-na was not yet clearly resolved. And since he has very thin ears, there was no way he could have been swayed by my girlfriend’s words while I was away.
To be honest, I had been thinking about it for a while, but it was true that I couldn’t pay as much attention as I used to because the surroundings were so noisy. He happened to be able to meet with him as support during a training session scheduled for the day, so he decided to talk to him after class.
however. Despite entering magical talent training, Baek Han-gyeol could not be found anywhere. He wondered how on earth this happened. After the training was over, I caught a new user leaving the classroom laughing with his friends. And when I asked about Baek Han-gyeol’s current status, I received an unexpected answer.
“Oh~. “That scumbag?”
“Jerk?”
“Cook cluck. yes. He’s very famous. I heard that she was completely devastated because she always waited in front of the women’s dorm and her girlfriend didn’t meet her? “What kind of thing is that?”
“Girlfriend? “Did something happen between you two?”
“Hmm~. I’m not sure about that. I’ve seen him fight with his lover a few times, but he’s not that noticeable to begin with. To be honest, even people around him have already given up. What on earth are you going to do after the academy ends? . “Tsk, tsk.”
“… “Okay, I got it.”
The new member clicked his tongue and immediately left the classroom. It seems like only yesterday that I heard that he would never give up, and that he was a wreck. I can instinctively sense that something has happened while I was not paying attention.
It was then. After standing there blankly for a moment, I felt someone tap my shoulder.
“Hey. Mercenary Road. You came out to provide control support today as well. thank you so much. ha ha ha.”
“Ah yes.”
When I suddenly came to my senses and turned my gaze, I saw Jang Yun-ho smiling. His face was full of laughter, unlike before. I had been paying attention to everyone until now, but when the instructors from the southeastern part were placed on hold and disappeared from sight, life seemed to be getting better.
“I took a break for three days after this training. There is no training scheduled after today. What about Mercenary Lord?”
“There is one more mental training schedule left.”
“oh my. That’s too bad. Today, members of the Northern Clan decided to gather together and have a big drink. “As of today, the 13th week of training is over and the weekend break is coming, so it looks like everyone will be running all night long.”
“Formal education will end. However, as far as I know, additional training is provided on weekends starting from the 13th week.”
“ah. I see. that’s my fault. ha ha ha. It’s okay though. The Golden Lion and Western clan members have decided to handle the weekend training, so we are not involved. Oops. Do you have some time on the weekend? There are many colleagues who are curious about Mercenary Road… . How is it. “Would you like to have a drink together?”
Jang Yun-ho seemed to want me to participate. However, I had no intention of doing so, so I said, “I have support scheduled even on weekends.” (In fact, it was packed for Saturday morning and afternoon.) At my euphemistic refusal, Jang Yun-ho looked disappointed and promised another opportunity.
‘It would be a good idea to go right after the weekend control support is over.’
What was important now was not participating in the meeting. As Jang Yun-ho said, after today, the 13th week of regular training will end. In that case, I thought it would be better to check on Baek Han-gyeol immediately after finishing the additional education support scheduled for the afternoon on the weekend. There is probably an unspeakable reason why he became a ruined person. I left the lecture room with a long sigh, hoping that the reason would match my thoughts.
*
There was only one thing that all clans had in common at the User Academy, and that was that the intensity of training had been greatly reduced compared to before. Of course, it was difficult to revive the sparring competition now that they thought it was their own fault and who was to blame. So, what replaced special education was additional education. The purpose was to restore the level of new users, but honestly, to me, it only seemed like a struggle to somehow meet the training cycle.
After completing the tightly scheduled control support in the morning and afternoon, I walked straight to the men’s dormitory with the dinner I had purchased in advance. When we arrived at the accommodation, we could see the empty interior as everyone had gone to dinner. I climbed the stairs to the second floor, reminiscing about my days as a life instructor.
Eventually, when I arrived in front of the accommodation where Baek Han-gyeol was staying, only silence greeted me. When I opened the door and looked inside to see if this guy wasn’t there, I saw a round sleeping bag curled up in one corner. I instinctively knew that there was Baekhangyeol in my sleeping bag.
“Hangyeol.”
“… … .”
“Hangyeol? Hangyeol!”
“… … .”
The hand I placed on the sleeping bag clearly felt heavy, but no matter how much I shook it, there was no response. With urgent movements, I took off the sleeping bag and soon saw Baek Han-gyeol lying down with his eyes tightly closed.
‘Crazy guys. ‘Leave the child to become Lee Ji-kyung?’
After swearing under my breath, I immediately pulled Hangyeol out of the sleeping bag. I kept seeing his gaunt face, probably because he hadn’t been able to eat properly. Moreover, when I saw the tear stains here and there, I became even more angry. How did you discover
When I touched my nose, fortunately, I found that I was breathing slightly. I immediately placed my hand on his heart and slowly released his magic power. As I comforted my weakened inner self, I was overcome by a strange feeling. What on earth had happened to shock me to the point of losing my mind?
‘Did Cha Yuna really betray me?’
After the insides were cleaned for a while, Baek Han-gyeol’s eyelids began to flutter, little by little. As I was pushing myself away, I poured out magical energy to energize him and constantly called his name from the side. As if my quick internal measures were effective, I soon saw Baek Han-gyeol lifting his eyelids with difficulty.
Eventually, he opened his eyes and looked into space with a confused face. Then, as if he had confirmed that I was next to him, he opened his mouth with dry lips.
“brother… ?”
“okay. Hangyeol.”
“brother… ? brother… ?”
“Okay, okay. It’s my brother. I feel sorry for my brother. I should have paid a little more attention… .”
“brother… ! Tongu, tongu, touuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… .”
Baek Han-gyeol called me in a very hoarse voice at first. Then he blinked once or twice, and the moment he clearly recognized me, he cried out for me and started crying. The bright and cute appearance he used to have was gone, and only a dry cry came out, echoing mournfully throughout the room. For some reason, that sight seemed very sad.
I immediately picked him up and patted his back. And Baek Han-gyeol buried his face in my arms and just shed tears endlessly.
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