Chapter 513 – Notice

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A man who entered the recovery room greeted me in a friendly manner.

“Rachel.”

Sweet voice.
Rachel smiled at him and raised her hand.

“Hello, Seunghyun. How did you come Only the doctor and medical staff are allowed to enter here.”

“You said you wanted to visit the hospital, so you said you would only stay for 20 minutes?”

“Who?”

“Dr. Clark.”

“Okay? It must have looked after the situation because I was so bored.”

“Can you stop using the herd?”

“Will you do it alone?”

Yoo Seung-hyun, who exchanged light jokes with Rachel, brought a chair next to her bed and sat down.

“Do you feel less Evelyn energy than yesterday?”

“Of course. The recovery is going well.”

“That’s fortunate, but isn’t it faster to recover when you transform?”

“The doctor told me to stay like this for about two days. He said that if I keep transforming, my cells may adapt to my increased physical abilities, and if that happens, I may not be able to hold out normally.”

“Okay…? It’s hard. I think I can understand it roughly.”

“I don’t know either. I just do it because the doctor tells me to. However…”

Rachel, who was speechless, stared at Yoo Seung-hyun.
Yoo Seung-hyun, who was somewhat embarrassed by that gaze, scratched one cheek, and Rachel continued.

“Where are you going to tell me now? Your relationship with Leona.”

Rachel’s words with a mischievous smile.
Yoo Seung-hyeon burst into an ahh exclamation and cleared his throat several times.

“That? Wait… I’ll prepare my mind.”

Thinking that he was so naive, Rachel waited for Yoo Seung-hyun in silence.
Before long, he took luck with his hard eyes.

“I’m only talking to you… You’re going to keep it a secret, right? I hope you don’t tell everyone at headquarters, not even Grace or Irene.”

“Was your relationship so secret that you couldn’t even tell your colleagues?”

“Hmm… I guess I could say that.”

“Are you telling me not to tell Grace and Irene?”

“That’s right. It’s not that the two of you are unreliable… I trust you the most in Command…”

“Is this belief limited to Command? Does that mean it’s different when you go outside?”

“That, it wasn’t like that.”

He is a naive person who enjoys teasing.
Being so mild, when dealing with monsters, you can’t be reckless… I don’t know if the gap is too big.

“I’m kidding. Try it now.”

“Okay. Leona is my childhood friend. We’ve been together almost our entire lives.”

“I expected that.”

Yoo Seung-hyun, tilting his head at Rachel’s somewhat indifferent reaction, asked.

“How?”

“I could tell just by watching them talk. They spoke in a voice full of longing for each other.”

“Gee, really…? Did you feel the longing for Leona too?”

“It was how I felt. But you seem very happy?”

“That’s because we broke up badly at the end.”

“Did you fight?”

“Rather than fighting… Um… What should I say…”

The awkward smile on Yoo Seung-hyun’s face.
Rachel, who saw this, was sure that the two were not ordinary childhood friends.

‘Was it a relationship?’

If you listen to Yoo Seung-hyun’s tone of remorse, it’s probably like that.

I don’t know because I’ve never seen Leona’s normal appearance, but she must be just as beautiful as when she transformed.
To be honest, I was very, very, very close to her.
It’s not that I’m thinking this because I don’t like Yoo Seung-hyun, it’s just that it’s an objective evaluation.

Anyway, aside from her looks, she seemed to fit well in terms of her personality, so why did they break up?
They are childhood friends who have been together for a long time, and both have a strong sense of justice and mission to the point of becoming beast slayers.

“It was because I was pathetic.”

Yoo Seung-hyun reproaches himself in a self-deprecating manner.
She gave him an understanding smile and Rachel decided to divert her topic slightly.

“How did you pass the command inspection while hiding this fact? I’m more curious about that?”

“All it took was a will.”

“Isn’t that your usual will? Enough to fool the command.”

“I didn’t want to cheat. But…”

“Know. Since you know Leona-san’s true identity, you must have hidden it because you thought it might be a nuisance if it was discovered.”

“Exactly. After all, you have great insight.”

“Anyone can understand, but isn’t that too candy-coated?”

“Is that so…?”

“But can we just talk like this? Wasn’t it like a secret to take to the grave? Have you reached an agreement with Leona?”

“When we met this time, Leona did that. If you have reliable colleagues, it’s better to tell them openly than to be upset.”

Did Leona say that?
It’s an abstract advice, but it seems that Yoo Seung-hyun noticed her when he was with her.
Or is Yoo Seung-hyun feeling sorry for making a big mistake.
I’m curious, but I shouldn’t ask because it’s a personal area.

“Okay? Are you lucky anyway? Both of them become beast slayers…”

“I didn’t know it would turn out like this either.”

“Does this mean it is destined to come together?”

At Rachel’s playful tone, Yoo Seung-hyun’s face turned red.

“Wh-what…?”

“That’s right. Of all the people in the world, there are only nine Beast Slayers, and two of them were childhood friends who knew each other well… It’s not a coincidence. But why do you like it so much?”

“What I liked… Me, I’m going to go do some training in the training room…”

As he hurriedly rose from his chair, unable to contain his embarrassment, Rachel saw him off with a smile.

“Bye. If you’re bored, come over again.”

“I will come often.”

“Not too often.”

“Ah Okay.”

“I’m kidding. It’s so serious that I can’t even joke about it.”

“You know I’m not having fun.”

“Don’t humble yourself like that. Be confident because you are fun enough and cool enough.”

“Thanks…”

Yoo Seung-hyun, who conveyed his sincere gratitude, smiled at Rachel, who was smiling brightly, and left the recovery room.
And Rachel, who was looking at Yoo Seung-hyun’s back,

Pounding-!

He tilted his head as his heart pounded in the wrong direction.

‘What…?’

I suddenly get goosebumps.
I can’t describe it, but if I had to express it, I think it should be called an intrinsic rejection.
It was just a passing feeling, a passing feeling, but…

Click.

Rachel pressed the green button on the wall next to the bed.
It was because she remembered Charlotte’s words that if she felt something, no matter how trivial, she would call it unconditionally.

Moreover, what I just felt was a negative emotion.
It could have been that ‘that monster’ was playing around and causing side effects, so she had to be like this.

Rattle.

Shortly after pressing the button, Charlotte came in.
Good thing she’s in her medical room.
Thinking so, Rachel explained her circumstances to her Charlotte, who came to ask what was going on.

The doctor who listened to Rachel’s story in silence came with a syringe and test kit.
Then she drew some of Rachel’s blood, put it in her kit, and pressed her button.

Beep-!

Tests with instant results.
Charlotte, who checked various numbers on the monitor of her palm-sized kit, showed her kit to Rachel and said.

“All numbers are normal. The Evilian energy is still there, but it’s less than what I tested this morning.”

“Are you saying there is nothing wrong? But why would I…”

“Hmm… I think there may have been a psychological factor at play.”

“A psychological factor?”

“Yes. That monster’s Evelyn energy enters my body and I feel bad, I feel like I’ve become a villain for some reason… Well, these negative things… Did you ever think of that?”

“Honestly… I’d be lying if I said I didn’t. I was worried that I would never be able to work as a beast slayer again, and in the worst case, I might become a monster… Maybe it felt strange because of those things, right? In reality, nothing is wrong.”

“Yes.”

“Ha…”

Rachel let out a sigh that contained her own rebuke, and smiled bitterly.

“I feel sorry for myself. Even if you think positively, it’s not enough…”

“As the danger of that monster is much greater than the ones I’ve seen before, it’s understandable to think that way. Besides, being alone in a stuffy and quiet recovery room must have a lot of worries.”

“That said, but… I am a beast slayer. How could he be making such an anguish…”

“No. Before being a beast slayer, I am a young person.”

“Ah…”

It gives me strength.
It makes me feel better because they think of me as a young man in his early twenties rather than an agent of the headquarters.

“You can let go of the burden a little bit. Isn’t the headquarters there to support Beast Slayers, including Agent Rachel?”

“Aren’t you using it?”

The doctor was momentarily taken aback by Rachel’s prank, which revived her.
Looking at your wide open eyes, you are still weak at jokes.
Thinking so, Rachel waved her hand.

“It was a joke. Thank you, doc. It feels like my head is clearing somehow.”

“I’m glad I was helpful.”

“Oh, by any chance… I’m really sorry, but could you give Grace and Irene permission to visit?”

“It’s possible, but do you have anything to apologize for?”

“The command’s official order is to recuperate until you’re cured alone without visiting… So I was wondering if you’d be in trouble if I insisted on this… Of course, I know you have a lot of authority, but…”

“It’s not that I don’t have a lot of authority, it’s just that I was lucky enough to be in the eyes of the doctor at headquarters and my status rose naturally.”

“You are very humble. By the way, doctor, do you have a favorite food?”

Rachel, who had relieved her burden a little, talked with Charlotte for a long time.
And finally, like the last time, she opened her legs and received a slightly chilled infusion of nutrients.