160 – Their Hearing (1)

The party was canceled because of Charlotte.

No, what’s important right now isn’t the party or anything like that.

How are you going to clean up after this, clean up after this!

The aftermath of the battle extended beyond the building.

The signs and windows of surrounding stores were broken due to the unknown loud noise and shaking, and people were left in fear.

Jihyun’s telekinesis, Seoyoon’s ice magic, Hwaryeon’s wind pressure and loud noises, etc.

Since a significant amount of power was used simultaneously in one location, it was inevitable that the power would spread outside the building.

Because of that, people around the building were in an uproar. They were busy gossiping about what had happened. They were worried that a terrorist attack had occurred.

There were even people who reported it to the police in case of any unexpected accidents.

The building was shaking violently and ice shards were shooting up through the ceiling with loud noises, so it was no wonder people were worried.

Jihyun had no choice but to release a statement saying that it was an ‘accident due to training’ and paid a small amount of money as compensation to the victims.

To quote Jihyun, it was only a ‘small’ amount of compensation, but it was clearly a significant amount for the average citizen.

Even more so when you think about her usual spending habits.

In the process of paying the compensation, Kang Hwa-ryeon expressed his anger by saying, “Hey! Why are you paying that? It’s all because of that btch Lesbian!”

He growled as if he was going to storm the Seongcheon Church right away.

I had to sweat profusely trying to stop Kang Hwa-ryeon because I felt like he would really start a fight if I left him alone.

As expected from a family of gangsters, he seemed to be the type of person who could never live with being bullied.

Anyway, I was a little worried that the media would use this incident as an excuse to make a fuss, but judging from the fact that they kept silent without saying anything, it seemed like Seo-yoon, Hwa-ryeon, and Ye-rin had put in the effort.

Should we say that these are ladies from large corporations?

It was really reassuring at times like this.

‘It seems like the expenses for this incident are quite large… … But I guess I should be thankful that Charlotte gave me some gold and silver treasures, haa.’

I scratched my cheek with a bitter smile.

And I thought about the gold and silver treasures that Charlotte had given me as compensation.

Although the money was completely wasted on compensation, building repair costs, equipment reinstallation, remodeling(?), etc., thanks to gold and silver treasures, rather than suffering losses, we were able to see financial gains.

Of course, if you really think about it, there is no benefit to it.

That would be the case, since it was something they had earned by shedding blood, and Ji-hyun’s image might not be good among the people who were harmed by this.

Anyway, after I had sorted out the aftermath, they came rushing in and held a hearing for me.

This was not a joke, this was a real hearing, a hearing.

“Okay. Now, have you gathered your thoughts? Don’t think about just going over it like you did a few days ago.”

“Teacher, teacher! Seriously, what’s with that woman! Why did she suddenly barge in? I’m glad you weren’t hurt. Even thinking about it now, it’s really… … !”

“I didn’t know that Seojun and Charlotte Lesberry knew each other. They don’t seem to be on good terms. Did something happen?”

“Hey. Han Seo-jun. I don’t need any of that. When are you going to go after that girl? I won’t leave that girl alone.”

Jihyun, who was frowning with her arms crossed, Yerin, who was pouting her lips and expressing her dissatisfaction, Seoyoon, who was glancing at me with slightly worried eyes, Hwalyeon, who was grabbing me by the collar and shaking me sweetly… … .

It’s not a flea market.

Can’t we speak one by one?

“Kids, calm down… … .”

“If it were you, would you be able to calm down? You’ve been silent for days!”

When Kang Hwa-ryeon let out a loud noise, I couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.

Suddenly, the situation after Charlotte’s mess came to mind vividly.

As Charlotte disappeared using her teleportation ability, they frowned and looked at me with sharp eyes, questioning me.

Who the hell is that girl, why does she seem to know me, why on earth is she causing trouble here… … .

Although their eyes were fixed on numerous questions and suspicions, I told them that the aftermath had to come first and asked for time to gather their thoughts, and they had no choice but to nod their heads, trying hard to suppress their anger.

And today, right now.

The aftermath has been somewhat sorted out.

Then, as if they had been waiting, they gathered in the conference room and began holding a hearing.

No, now that I look at it, it wasn’t at the level of a hearing, but more like an interrogation, so I swallowed my saliva with an awkward expression.

“Hwaryeon, let’s put our hands down and talk. I’ll explain step by step, okay?”

I took a deep breath with a bitter smile.

I meant to say this sometime ago, but I ended up saying it today.

Looking back, I should have told them a long time ago, but I kept putting it off because of my optimistic thinking that ‘everything is okay for now’.

But now, right now, I had to tell them.

Regarding regression.

“Huh… … Before I explain my relationship with Charlotte, there’s something I need to tell you first.”

I exhaled lightly and took on a slightly serious tone.

But wouldn’t Jihyun just snort and say, “Huh?”

It was as if he was looking at me as if I was looking at a cheating husband, so I couldn’t help but blink.

No, why is he like that?

“Hey, you weren’t trying to seduce that Lesbian girl and it went wrong, were you?”

I looked bewildered at the sight of Jihyun spreading absurd speculations while crossing her arms.

“No, what are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Why? It’s reasonable doubt.”

“What is reasonable doubt?”

“You’re a pervert who wags your tail whenever you see a pretty girl. Aren’t you?”

… …Fuck.

“Jihyun-ah. Honestly, if you think about what’s happened so far, it might be a little hard to believe. That girl, Lesbian, is a little young. No, she’s definitely older, but she looks like a teenager. How could I have had such strange thoughts?”

I explained it to Jihyun in detail with a trembling face, but she didn’t seem to be listening at all.

Instead, he frowned even more and looked slightly tired.

“Well? I can’t believe you’re dating someone like that.”

“That kind of kid?”

Jihyun nodded at the petite girl.

The ‘that kid’ who was suddenly pointed out had his eyes wide open like baseballs.

And then, as if he had been humiliated, he quickly slammed the table and stood up, shouting.

“Me, that kind of kid? What’s wrong with me!”

“Are you really asking because you don’t know?”

Yerin, who furrowed her eyebrows, chewed her lips, but Jihyun snorted again and looked over Yerin’s body carefully.

At that blatant gaze, Yerin gritted her teeth with a bewildered expression.

“I’m an adult?!”

“Who said what?”

“Raspberry, you’re not as small as that girl!”

“Oh, really?”

Jihyun shook her head slightly with a pitiful look in her eyes, then carefully crossed her arms more tightly, which made the large fruit stand out even more.

Yerin, who saw with her own two eyes the two fruits hanging lusciously and blooming profusely, couldn’t help but tremble her shoulders, and Jihyun, who repelled Yerin without saying anything, turned her gaze back to me with a sly laugh.

“Anyway, Han Seo-jun.”

“Uh, yeah.”

“You’ve been on the legs of many women before, right? Not even Lesbian.”

“That’s why I said no.”

No matter how many times I denied it, Jihyun didn’t seem to believe me.

I was worried that I might develop hypochondria if I continued like this.

It’s not something I should say, since I’m on all fours.

“… … Haa. Jihyun, can I explain first? I can’t keep going like this.”

When I asked with a sigh, Jihyun nodded as if she had no choice.

“Okay, then… … .”

I started explaining to them one by one what had happened.

What happened roughly in the future, how did he regress, and why did he have friction with Charlotte?

I repeated the story as concisely and clearly as possible so that they could understand.

Oh, of course, I recited things that would be embellished if they knew about them.

Because I don’t want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Before I knew it, some time had passed.

It was a short time if it was short and a long time if it was long.

They closed their eyelids tightly.

And then I slowly opened my eyes.

“so.”

Jihyun was the first to slowly move her lips.

I swallowed hard and waited for Jihyun to say something next. Jihyun slowly but surely asked me a question.

“You regressed?”

“maybe.”

return.

It’s a setting that seems to appear only in novels.

However, when I combined the dreams I had of the future with the stories I had heard from Edelin, I was almost certain that I had returned.

“Regression, regression… … .”

Jihyun tapped her fingers on the conference room table and nervously ran her fingers through her hair.

The bangs rose for a moment and then fell back down, and I could see Jihyun’s eyes sharpen slightly.

“… … Are you kidding me?”

“You don’t believe it?”

“Then did you think I would just nod my head?”

“… … .”

Of course, I didn’t think I would believe Jihyun’s words so easily. If Jihyun suddenly said, “Seojun, I actually regressed,” I would think, “What did she eat wrong?”

“Haa… … Okay.”

“huh.”

“Anyway, to summarize your story… … After returning, you had friction with the Sungcheon Church, which led to you becoming hostile towards Charlotte, and in the process, you lost your memories? Am I understanding this correctly?”

“Well… … Roughly speaking, yes.”

Jihyun sighed deeply again.

“Ha. Really.”

“Is that because you still can’t believe it?”

Jihyun, who was pressing her temples with her fingers as if she had a headache, muttered to herself weakly.

“… … I suddenly wondered where the precognitive ability was absorbed from, but it turns out he just knew by regressing.”

“My memory is a bit shaky though.”

Right after I lied about having the ability to predict things last time, Jihyun asked me several times about it with a puzzled look on her face, but I just ignored her like a snake jumping over a wall.

Surely you never imagined that I knew the future because I had regressed.

“Me too. Since you kept hiding it, I thought you had seduced some weird woman and absorbed her powers.”

“I thought so too.”

No, what?

Jihyun, this guy is really.

And Yerin, don’t nod your head.

I quickly glared at Yerin. Yerin was startled and scratched her cheek with an awkward smile, saying, “Hehe.” Then she blurted out, “No, I’m joking, teacher. I’m joking. I always trust you.” But I wonder? Is that really true?

“Come to think of it, when we first met after a long time, you approached me too brazenly. You knew exactly what I liked and what I disliked… … .”

“Oh, now that I think about it, I definitely felt that way too.”

This time, Seo-yoon quietly let out a sigh.

“Okay, wait a minute.”

As everyone was thinking carefully about what had happened, a woman turned her gaze towards me with a slightly embarrassed expression.

It was Kang Hwa-ryeon.

“Hey, Han Seo-jun, in that case… … .”

“why?”

“That, that, what he did to me when we sparred… … Could that be… … .”

I smiled bitterly inside at the sight of Hwa-ryeon glancing at me with her stiff face.

“Huh? What did you do to Sister Hwaryeon when you were training, Teacher?”

“I heard that Seojun got completely robbed. What really happened?”

Jihyun and Yerin tilted their heads at Hwalyeon’s unusual reaction.

Then, Hwa-ryeon swallowed a short sigh and shook her head from side to side.

Her hair swayed as she shook her head.

“It’s nothing, so don’t worry about it.”

“Does it make you more nervous when you say it like that?

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“You guys really… … .”

“Everyone, calm down.”

It was always Seo-yoon’s job to dissuade him.

Looking at it this way, she seemed like a mother taking care of her troublemaking daughters.

Seo-yoon has a hard time. Ji-hyeon and Ye-rin sometimes get along well, whether they are on bad terms or not.

“No, that’s not important right now. Hey Han Seo-jun. If that’s the case, then you approached us so you could have sucked our abilities out of us?”

“What does that mean?”

“Your ability is of little use if there’s no target to absorb. Wow, it’s kind of scary when you think about it. All the people around you are S-rank power users.”

… … I can’t deny it.

“I’ve been worried about you since long ago, and now it’s confirmed. You said you had some memories of the future, so you could easily become friends with us, have s*x with us, and extract some of our abilities, right?”

“Oh, I said no.”

“See the horse trembling?”

“… Mr. Seojun?”

One by one, eyes began to focus on them.

The gazes that rush in with a “Pak! Papapak! Pak!” are harsh.

Everyone’s attention was focused on what Jihyun, Seoyoon, Hwaryeon, and Yerin would do.

Their eyes grew sharper and sharper at Jihyun’s slightly blatant and provocative provocation. I swallowed hard. If I say this wrong, it won’t be a good thing.

An idea suddenly flashed through my head.

It was a bit of a nonsense, but I thought it might be effective.

So I cleared my throat and slowly tried to joke.

“Oh, what? You don’t trust me like that? Ji-jun’s mom?”

“If it were you, would you believe… … ?”

At that moment, Jihyun’s words became slurred.

The mother, who had been increasingly disheveled, suddenly disappeared.

Jihyun frowned as if she had heard nonsense.

He thought about what I said for a moment. Then he laughed, “Ha.” as if he found it ridiculous. It was a laugh that bordered on ridicule.

“Hey, what did you just say? Jijun’s mom? What are you talking about?”

“You too. That’s my child’s name.”

Suddenly, Jihyun blinked and asked a question reflexively.

“My child… … ?”

“Actually, I had a child before I returned.”

… … Of course, that’s a lie.