Chapter 146 – Why Did the Periodic Investigation…

When I opened my eyes to the sound of vibration next to me, I saw the sun shining brightly outside.
The phone was ringing the alarm it had set an hour before the maintenance agent’s scheduled visit.
Turning off the alarm sound, I got up and saw myself without a single thread.

‘Kim Joo-won… Is gone.’

I was idly aware that I was lying in bed alone and yawned.
Even though he must have ventilated in the morning, the traces of the run last night were left on the bed.
The smell of the night still wafted through the room.

“Ah, the smell…”

I get out of bed, open the window first, roll up the bedspreads and blankets, and put them in the washing machine.
Then wash the dirty body and erase the traces of the night before.

Because a guest is coming to the house later.
I didn’t want to welcome guests with the smell remaining in the house.
Of course, it won’t be long.

It was then.
Suddenly, I heard Sae-a’s cry in the room, and when I entered the room, it was Sae-a.

He was crying for some reason.

“Should it leak?”

To be honest, I tilted my head at first because I wanted to know why I was crying without thinking.
I woke up in the morning for a short time and fed her milk, and she hadn’t had a bowel movement.
So, without thinking, it was the moment I tried to lift him up and hug him.

‘Wait for a sec.’

Didn’t Sae-ah turn this over by herself?
Come to think of it, I’m sure they lay me down in the middle, but I’m leaning against the wall of the crib…

“Bird, did you turn it over on your own?”

A smile came out of his face.
I guess I was crying because I couldn’t get over the wall.
Even when I held her in my arms and lifted her up, she didn’t stop crying, and when I put her down on the sofa, I smiled at her.

‘I should send it to Kim Joo-won.’

It was amazing.
To think that this little baby, a small child who had to be very careful even holding him in his arms, is now trying to turn over on his own.
Even now, as soon as she put her down, she struggled with her arms alone, as if she had never cried before, and soon turned over on her own.
Of course, I expressed my opinion again by crying, asking for it to be turned over again, as if I had lost my energy there.

‘To think my baby was turning it alone.’

Are you raising a child with this taste?
Joyful and happy, I took a video of Sae-ah turning over by herself and sent it, then picked up Sae-ah, who was only looking around as if she was exhausted, and took her to the child’s bed.
I would have put it on the sofa for a while when I was just lying down, but I had to be careful as the child started to move.

*     *    *

So, it was already afternoon.
It was when I was alone with Kim Joo-won, who liked seeing Sae-ah turn over, and came back from work.
Where is the baby who cried because he couldn’t turn over after being caught on the wall next to him?

“What is it?
“You saw the video I sent you earlier. It turned it inside out.”

Maybe I just wanted to see my mom teased by my dad with things like, “Isn’t that just in your imagination?”
She had a small heartache as she watched Sae-ah just laugh and shake her arms and legs.

“Hey, Kim Sae-ah. Quickly turn it over like before. Huh?”

It was the time when I poked the baby’s cheek out of heartache for no reason.
Kim Joo-won, who was staring at Sae-ah in anticipation from the side, chuckled.
The guy who waited while putting off the fact that he had to go out to submit documents related to returning to school said, “Oh, well, it’ll be overturned someday.” He got up from his seat.

“I’ll go out for a while then.”
“Yes, be careful.”

Click.
I heard the front door slam shut and a rustle when I was alone with the bird in the house.
He didn’t do that when my father was watching.

“Oh hey, it’s a bird.”

I laughed at the child holding my finger poking his cheek, then got up from my seat at the sound of the intercom.
Looking at the intercom screen, a man with a face I had never seen before was standing in front of the apartment entrance.
I pressed the button to open the door, and when I finished cleaning Sae-ah’s mobile that he had been cleaning before coming up, I heard a ringtone from the front door.

Jiing.
When I went straight to the front door and opened the door, a man in a suit carefully greeted me and said he would excuse me.

“I am Hyun Jae-hyun, who visited for investigation under the name of the committee.”
“Hello. I’m asking Lee Seo. Please come in.”
“Then excuse me.”

You seat a guest in the living room, make a simple coffee, serve it to him, and sit down.
By the way, shouldn’t Kim Joo-won come too…?

“I met Kim Joo-won downstairs.”
“You saw it from below?”
“Yes. I couldn’t talk in detail because I was busy.”

After he finished talking, watching him carefully take a sip of coffee, he answered without thinking, “Really?”
I thought I wouldn’t have seen it because it was time to go out, but it’s surprising.

“Seoha Guardian.”
“Yes?”
“How about living as a civilian? Are you okay?”
“I wanted to live like this from the beginning, but it’s okay.”

You’re asking the obvious
Seeing him nod as if he expected it, I sent a message to Kim Joo-won and slowly drank the coffee I came down to drink.

“I see. The committee is very interested in you two.”
“Why?”
“Well, even though they have accomplished that feat, it must be because you two are still very young.”

Aha.
Are you saying it’s a pity that you had to let go of those two powerful guardians without being able to use them properly?
However, from their point of view, it would have been extremely awkward for them to have me as their guardian, even if they didn’t know Kim Joo-won.

“Ahaha, don’t worry too much about it. I’m just curious about how the two Guardians, who went through an unusual process, are living.”
“Is it so?”
“Yes?”
“The committee will probably be happy that I quit the Guardian. The aftermath of Hyun-seong’s daughter not coming back from the other side will be hard to handle.”
“Ah…”

You probably knew the story, but it must have felt different when you heard it from your own mouth.
The moment he heard that, a slight awkwardness crossed the man’s face.

“Well, that’s just what I think.”

Of course, it’s not just what you think, it’s actually like that.
Even now, the man’s face had the feeling of being stabbed a little.
Committee bastards, if you take the daughter of a conglomerate family out of the limb, I don’t know if there will be any beans.

“I wouldn’t worry too much about it…”

Originally, it would have been solved with a phone call or two.
However, I wonder if the reason I came here today was because I wanted to know what kind of person the daughter of the conglomerate was.
I was wondering if they were the ones to stick with.

“Well, I think you should just report that I’m doing well.”

That’s when the man’s coffee cup was empty until the last sip.
Just at the moment when he thought he was going to go, his eyes changed and it seemed like he was getting to the point.

“I see. I’ll pass it on to the upper management.”
“Okay. That should be enough.”

Fortunately, he seemed to be a person with whom he could communicate well, so he smiled.
It was the moment I was about to send it, thinking that it would take care of itself now.

“But, if I had only this much to say, I wouldn’t have visited Seo Ha’s house.”

But maybe that wasn’t the real business that came to me.
In his haste, as if he had something to say, I stopped trying to get up and turned my gaze back to him.

“What’s up?”
“The Astarte family entered Korea the day before yesterday. To clean up the aftermath of Bella Astarte, who became a terrorist in Korea.”

Terrorist…
A face flashed through my memory.
The problem was that it was my face.

“If it’s Bella Astarte…”
“This is the woman Seo Ha treated.”

Also.
I thought it was not an ordinary place, considering that I was able to use Korea’s education system, not my own country’s more excellent education system, and even know my background.

“Thanks to the committee, nerves are on edge.”
“Don’t you know what the Astartes will do to me?”
“That’s one of the reasons, but the problem is…”

It was then.
In the photo Jaehyun took out of his bag and opened, Bella’s face with silver hair and red eyes was captured on the screen.

“Seoha’s face is…”

But the photos didn’t end there.
No matter how much the world is based on my image, even if the world that became reality is different, what is the difference?
Even though I simply changed the color of my eyes and hair, I was in the tablet screen even though I only turned one page.

“You mean the same as a woman named Bella.”
“Yes, it is.”

That would be natural
This body I’m using right now is a body created by Lee Seo-ha by copying her own body.
The color of her eyes and hair will never change her face, no matter what she does on her own.

“Perhaps if Seo Ha catches their eye, they don’t know what will happen.”
“Why?”
“Seoha’s strength…Is enough to catch their eyes.”

Was Bella’s ability to ignore defense on the surface?
On the other hand, I’m a dimension, and in a way, I’m one level above Bella’s ability.
Besides, they will somehow find out how far my abilities have reached.

“You’ve come to tell me to be careful.”
“Because we can’t talk about this over the phone.”

He nodded his head at Hyun Jae Hyun’s words.
After all, I wanted to come home and do a regular survey for some reason…

“I don’t know where or how they’ll be listening.”
“Hmm.”

As she listened to him, she explored her surroundings with her dimensional eyes.
Of course, no one would come to a civilian area like this.

“Thank you for letting me know. I’ll be careful.”

It was the moment I said that
The sound of Kim Ju-won pressing the password on the door lock came back from work.
He should have listened to this story properly.

“You’re welcome.”

I quickly grabbed the guy who appeared at the right time and dragged him away.