Chapter 449 – Misunderstanding (4)

“Who do you think was the one who kept the suspicions away from those troublesome sisters in Geumhyang until now?”

“…”

Do Ye-hee’s attitude that she had nothing to shy away from, rather made Si-hee lose her words and keep her mouth shut.

While meeting her eyes, Do Ye-hee proudly spoke her opinion.

… Although it was a bit awkward seeing her continue her serious talk while still naked.

“Perhaps it was the rose and the soothing sisters. If they moved in line with my vacation, they’re the only ones.”

“… It’s true that those girls are offended, but I still can’t take your word for it. Spitting out another plausible name just because you’re being suspicious…”

“Well. But at least if you try to interrogate me, you won’t be able to find out whereabouts. And anyway, the best people to use Nari are the sisters. When you think logically, even if I sold the child, wouldn’t it be natural for me to hand it over to the land of gold, where I can pay off the most debt?”

“That, that means…”

“Don’t pass it over. Not that I did. But logically, I would have moved that way. Always figure out the character of the other person and think about how to move. And prioritize.”

The words themselves were unpleasant and good for causing misunderstandings, but if you look at them simply logically, Do Ye-hee’s opinion was a little more persuasive.

Even if you don’t trust Do Ye-hee in the current situation, you have to come to a separate logical conclusion, because that logical conclusion was the words that came out of Do Ye-hee’s mouth.

I couldn’t simply deny the most objective and powerful opinion just because I didn’t want to believe it.

“What is the most important thing to you right now? Are you angry and violent while asking me why you sold me? Or are you going to rescue the master and bring him back to safety before it’s too late?”

“… Rescuing Nari…”

Yes, I guess.

Even if Do Ye-hee was the culprit who sold Na-ri or not, the issue to be investigated now was not at that level.

The first thing to secure is the identity of Na-Ri Geum, who disappeared three days ago. Finding out who the real culprit was was the next step.

“Then don’t procrastinate. It’s around late evening, so it’s the perfect time to move in secret.”

“Is this a good time?”

“… It meant that it was a good time to make room to entice the sisters of the Geumhyang Group, and to secure me, Na-ri.”

Do Ye-hee, who answered my question, made an expression as if she had finished organizing the plan to some extent in her head.

Before moving in earnest, she started to tell Si-hee what the blonde lady had to do one by one.

“First of all, Sihee, you go home and bring me a few dresses that suit me. Not too flashy, but not too boring either. Even your underwear.”

“What about that red dress you loved so much?”

“Well. This way… Mr. Kim Seong-cheol was a little excited and made it like this. The bra hooks are all broken, so I can’t wear them again. … Ah, ta, I don’t really blame you. That’s because I just said the objective facts…”

“… I know.”

Do Ye-hee, who exudes an air of a lofty conglomerate lady when dealing with Si-hee, but suddenly returns to her former self when looking at me.

… Really, in many ways, he was a person who was confused as to which rhythm to match.

“… What are you doing here while I bring clothes?”

“First of all, I have to clean the man smell that remains on my body. I have to tie my hair back and tidy it up. If you look untidy, the sisters will be wary. … Well, it’s urgent, but, yo, it’s okay to rent a bathroom for a bit… Would you?”

“Do whatever you feel like. I don’t know if things like our shampoo or body wash will fit your surname.”

“That, it doesn’t really matter… Oh, and bring along a trusted healer. Facing that sister with swollen cheeks like this would certainly arouse suspicion.”

If you see that you are facing each other, are you thinking of meeting and negotiating with the sisters of the Geumhyang Group?

I said to Si-hee and me, taking my right hand to her face, which was still hot.

“You don’t need to call a healer.”

“Come on, don’t come suddenly. I, I, I’m not used to you yet… What?”

“Because I can help you recover. Just take it from me.”

“… Ki, Seongcheol Kim… All, were you able to use your recovery-type abilities as well?”

“It’s not that I’m treating you because I like you. As you said, it’s an urgent situation right now.”

According to Sihee, it was already three days after the disappearance of Geumnari.

If he procrastinated like this and the date passed, he would blow another day of his chance to find the golden nari.

And the person who feels the most eagerness to save her must be Si-hee, who has spent time with her Geum Na-ri for many years.

“All right. For now, it seems to make sense to do as you say, so I have no choice but to act that way.”

“If you know, move quickly. It will get even more difficult as the night progresses.”

“I’ll be back, Mr. Seongcheol.”

“Yes.”

“Oh and.”

“… ?”

Do Ye-hee speaks as if she is trying to catch Si-hee, who is about to leave the house, hastening her steps.

Do Ye-hee pointed at me and delivered her last request to Si-hee, who turned her head to see what she wanted to say.

“Please also bring a set of ‘butler clothes’ that are the size for Kim Seong-cheol to wear.”

“…”

“Perhaps, because you might need it.”

I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on in this woman’s head.

One of the first intuitions I felt for sure was that tonight was going to be quite long.

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As Do Ye-hee said, about 30 minutes after each moved to prepare.

We have completed full-fledged preparations for the full-scale operation to rescue Geumnari.

Do Ye-hee treated her wounds, washed her body clean, and changed into new clothes.

And I don’t know why, but I changed into a butler’s uniform.

And even Si-hee, who came back with clothes for me and Ye-hee to change into. The three of us started talking in earnest while facing each other face to face.

“First of all, there are three places where Na-ri is presumed to be currently held.”

Along with those words, Do Ye-hee spreads three fingers and shows them to me and Si-hee.

She folded her fingers together, narrowing down her three candidates one by one.

“Namdong-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City. This is where the headquarters building of Geumhyang Construction, the core company of the Geumhyang Group, is located. Among the staff, there are many people who are not official hunters, but use some strength.”

“Hongcheon, Gangwon-do. This is where the office building of Geum Tae-hyang, the de facto owner of Geum-hyang, is located. It’s a bit tricky because the people under the godmother move quickly.”

“And Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do. This is the place where the mansions of Jangmi and Dalrae, who currently run the Geumhyang Group, are located. The surveillance is thorough, and above all, these two are active hunters, so it won’t be that easy to deal with.”

“It means that nowhere is easy.”

“That, yes… Joe…’

First of all, it was a headache in that there were three candidates, and all three places were likely to be attacked by troublesome hinders to rescue only one gold nari.

The biggest problem among them was that all three places were quite far apart.

No matter how much warp gates are active in a world, it is impossible to travel all over the country in one night.

In particular, the other two areas except Incheon were places where you can drive for more than 30 minutes by car even if you take the nearest warp gate.

If I went into a search by mistake and wasted time, I would in fact be wasting the day.

If that happens, the time to rescue Geumnari will be delayed, and maybe something will happen while we hesitate.

Because it had already been three days since the day she first disappeared from her side.

Fortunately, I had a very good means of tracking Eunbyeol’s location.

“It’s tricky, but I can’t help it. For now, I have no choice but to search one place at a time, starting with the nearest Incheon…”

“There is no need for that.”

“… Yes?”

“Go to Yecheon. If it’s one of these three places, farewell… Na-Ri Geum must be at that mansion in Yecheon.”

One of the additional abilities of the Hunter Sexuality Manager system was to track the location of a female Hunter in real time and report her location.

Among them, I could check the location of the person engraved on my list of ‘current sexual desire management hunters’ anytime, anywhere.

Even if there are no restrictions, such as designating the hunter on the surrounding map or having to approach within a certain distance.

“Yecheon… What?”

“Yes, it must be at the mansion in Yecheon. Do Ye-hee, it was when I was in one of the three places you mentioned.”

When I checked the location of Geumnari using the real-time location tracking function, a red arrow floating around me was shining towards the southeast.

Of the three places, the only place southeast of my house in Gangdong-gu, Seoul was Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

“Uh, how can you be sure… ? Eh, if not, I might just waste the day…”

“Because there is a way to know. There is no obligation to explain to you, right?”

“…”

“… If Mr. Seongcheol says so, I will also firm my opinion in the direction of searching Yecheon first.”

Do Ye-hee made an expression that it was difficult to understand something, but because of Shi-hee and me, the opinion had already slanted 2 to 1.

Instead of contradicting opinions by argument, she accepted our intuition by majority rule.

In the first place, time was running out to decide where to go first or not.

“All right. It’s urgent, so I can’t waste time here. I don’t like it because it’s not a logical decision, but…”

“I can be sure. If not, I will take responsibility.”

“Even if I say that the commoner hunter is responsible, she is not particularly trustworthy… Oh no. I didn’t mean to say anything to you. This, this is just my quirk, like a habit…”

“… I won’t say anything, so just move quickly.”

I hurried out of the house with Do Ye-hee, who kept looking at me and talking nonsense.

As soon as I entered the front door, the first thing that caught my eye was the landscape of our yard, which had become a mess.

“…”

The sunken mound of soil, as if some huge mole had dug up the whole ground.

Even the rugged appearance of not only the yard covered with grass but also the part of the road paved with tiles protruded, and stress began to spread in an instant.

… I was prepared to some extent when I heard that it was a mess earlier, but I never thought I would have messed up like this.

“Hey, Do Ye-hee.”

“Yes yes! Whoa, I’ll put it back the way it was! Ji, right now ha, it’s an urgent situation! This, after this is all over… !”

“… Okay.”

As she said, securing gold was more important now. It wasn’t the time to be frantic over something like this.

It was because the priority was to go down to Yecheon’s mansion as soon as possible.

Seeing Do Ye-hee’s back as she hurriedly climbed into the sedan while avoiding my gaze, Si-hee whispered carefully to me.

“Mr. Seongcheol.”

“Huh?”

“… What the hell did that crazy woman do to be so docile?”

“… There is such a thing.”

I didn’t have to explain it because I thought it would take a long time to explain.

Let’s just say that after I tried what I’ve always done with Si-hee, I just did it on my own.

Even Si-hee herself, it wouldn’t have been so easy to believe.