Chapter 604 – Chapter 604. The Culprit Was Lee Ho-Yeon.

“Kuhup, what are you doing right now…!”

The mana circuit suddenly twisted.
Seongmin Moon, who took the damage as it was, collapsed on the bed vomiting blood.

Lee Ho-yeon stared at him with indifferent eyes.
Although it was painful, with the magician’s healing power, it wouldn’t hurt like this.
He even rested until he was in perfect condition, so he should be all better in about an hour.

“That’s what I want to say. Father-in-law. What are you doing? It’s not something you would do as a father to disappear without saying goodbye to Surin noona.”

“… If you tell Surin, I won’t let you go.”

“Then you don’t have to leave. Surin noona will want that too.”

Moon Seong-min closed his eyes with his mouth shut.
Moon Soo-rin was so kind that she tried to take her father who had abandoned her and keep her by her side.
That is rather a weakness.

“… What do you want me to do? I’ve already hurt Surin too much. I can’t be a nuisance to Surin anymore.”

She herself is a demon, not a human.
It is a weakness to Victoria Academy and to Moon Su-rin personally.

Her own existence does not help Munsu-rin at all.
Moon Seong-min knew better because he lost his ordinary wife.

“Before, whenever I closed her eyes, I remembered her wife’s face. But now, when I close her eyes, I think of the people I have killed.”

When Moon Seong-min almost lost his self as a demon, he even touched civilians who had nothing to do with his wife’s revenge.
Moon Seong-min, who received the information belatedly, was shocked.
As the trauma of being her wife faded, the memories of the innocent victims came back.

“I don’t deserve to be by Surin’s side. … Disappearing as quietly as possible is for Surin’s sake.”

“Ha…”

Lee Ho-yeon looked at Moon Seong-min and sighed at her.
Completely blind

She ‘disappears before her eyes because there is nothing she can do for her daughter.’

It must have been a decision Moon Seong-min thought about on his own.
As a father, he didn’t want to harm her sister, let alone help her.
But to Lee Ho-yeon, that situation is not important.

“I know what your father-in-law is thinking, but she says that it doesn’t matter to me that your father-in-law is having a hard time.”

Moon Seong-min became a demon to avenge his wife’s death.
His revenge ends in vain.
The demons who killed his wife were used as ponytails, and the real culprits hid their identities.

‘In the end, I go crazy saying I’m going to kill all the demons.’

I know Moon Sung-min’s story all too well.
He knows how pitiful he is, and if he had been in that situation, he might have gone mad like Moon Seong-min.

“What’s important to me is not my father-in-law’s mood, but Surin noona.”

Lee Ho-yeon clenched his fists tightly.
If I run away, swayed by my immediate feelings, what will Surin noona do?
That’s running away from what’s in front of your eyes, really not for Munsurin.

“You’re regretting it so much, are you going to regret it again?”

“…”

“Surin noona needs a father-in-law. Please stay for Surin noona.”

“I am…”

Hearing Lee Ho-yeon’s words, Moon Seong-min pursed his lips and lowered his head.
Complex and esoteric emotions filled his head.

*

While Lee Ho-yeon and Moon Seong-min were talking.
Moon Soo-rin, who was waiting outside, was taking care of the academy’s business to save even a minute and a second.

– Student President. Submitted an agenda related to the normalization of the academy. Soon the professors…
– Student President. I would like to talk about the Victoria Academy operating cost reduction this year…
– Hello. I am Min Ye-ji, the team leader of the Iron Blood Guild. She is none other than a current freshman…

Most of the damage from Lucifer’s attack has been normalized, and now it’s time to talk about normalizing the academy.
Because she couldn’t be resting forever.

The return of the academy’s directors and professors.
Meetings with security partners or large guilds.
From purchasing training materials, protective equipment, potions, and cold weapons.

It was all Moon Su-rin’s job.

“It’s more difficult because I don’t have a grandfather. As expected, I should listen to Hoyeon.”

The chairman wasn’t playing around.
However, because she was old and in poor health, Moon Su-rin took on most of the work.

As Lee Ho-yeon said, finding a professional manager would ease the burden on Mun Su-rin.
However, he felt reluctant to entrust the academy, which he had personally managed until now, to someone else.
Because Victoria Academy was left behind by her parents.

“Ha…”

Moon Su-rin raised her head and looked at the hospital room.
Inside, the man she loves and her father are having a conversation.

The other day, he said he was taking good care of her daughter, but I wondered what kind of conversation would come this time.

‘I hope you don’t say anything strange.’

When I was little, I missed my father.
As she got older, she resented it and thought she had no feelings anymore.

‘But why do I get nervous every time I see my father?’

What are your current feelings towards your father?
Even Moon Soo-rin herself doesn’t know.

“… I wonder if Hoyeon can even hear her voice.”

In a frustrating situation, Moon Su-rin put on her earphones.
At this time, it was Lee Ho-yeon’s voice that brought her peace of mind.

[Hoyeoni’s confession of love]

– Sister Surin. Love you…

“Hoyeonah, I love you too.”

A sweet voice calms my head.
When she hears Ho-yeon’s voice, she wants to be held in his arms again.

In fact, she should have seen Lee Ho-yeon the day she returned to Korea, but she met her too late.
If it wasn’t for the academy…

“Huh?”

Moonsoo Rin opened her eyes wide.
She seemed to know now why Lee Ho-yeon had asked her to find a professional manager.

“I guess Hoyeon felt the same way as me…”

It was sad that we couldn’t meet her because of her academy work, so she reduced her work so she could meet him more.
It means you want to see more of yourself.
After knowing Lee Ho-yeon’s heart, her voice from her earphones became even more lovely today.

“As expected, a professional manager…”

Kiik-

At that moment, as if the timing was right, the door to the hospital room opened and Lee Ho-yeon walked out.
Lee Ho-yeon looked at him and lightly shook his hand.

“Hoyeonah! Is it all over?”

“Yes. Well done.”

Moon Soo-rin approached Lee Ho-yeon and said with a smile.

“Professional manager. I decided to hire him. Hoyeonah.”

“Really? Phew, good choice.”

Lee Ho-yeon let out a sigh of relief.
Moon Su-rin’s overwork was at a level that would become a problem.
If I had continued, there would have been an accident.

“Yeah. I guess we can see each other more often now?”

“… Sure. Of course.”

Awesome.
In fact, as much as Moon Soo-rin was busy, it was easy for her to manage her schedule when meeting the heroines.
But how can I say something else when I’m smiling with such a happy face.

‘It’s better than collapsing from overwork. If we work hard, we can see each other more often.’

Lee Ho-yeon gave her a sincere smile and hugged Munsu-rin.

“Right. What did you and your father say?”
“You’ll know that when you go in.”

Lee Ho-yeon smiled bitterly at Moon Soo-rin, who tilted her head.

The emotional trough between Moon Seong-min and Moon Su-rin will be resolved by the father and daughter.
She is not in her place.

*

[The black pillar and the suspicious behavior of Lee Ho-yeon, a genius wizard.]
[What is the transaction between Victoria Academy and Lee Ho-yeon?]

“Crazy bastards.”

Lee Ho-yeon looked at the news article and shook her head.

He said that his breaking of the black pillar has caused uproar not only in Korea but also in other countries.
It’s not unexpected.

The public accepts the media’s instigation and fabrication without question.
Even if Lee Ho-yeon’s behavior is dubious, it is accepted as truth.

“If Iris Guild helps, it will be suppressed soon, but…”

Is there any reason to forcibly block the current flow?
The more this flow continues, the greater the effect when the situation is reversed.

[The government and the Hunter Association announced that Cadet Lee Ho-yeon’s behavior could be problematic. They express their fears and concerns about safety, and the act of terrifying the general public as a hunter…]

Lee Ho-yeon narrowed her eyes while watching breaking news from other countries.
As time passes, the maestro becomes suspicious.
According to Munsoo-rin, her behavior has not yet been taken issue with at her association meeting, she said.
But she was breaking news from other countries, not Korea.

That was even more suspicious.
You haven’t been damaged by the gates of hell yet, and you haven’t even broken the black pillars in your own country, yet you’re doing an interview like that.
If it’s crude, it’s crude, and if it’s urgent, it’s too urgent.

“It will take some time.”

[Father. Black-]

“…”

Hoyeon Lee forcibly lowered his senses whenever he heard whimpering coming from his hospital room.
It seems the two of them have a lot to share.
She was worried that she might run away again, but even her father-in-law wasn’t that much concerned.

“Wait a bit.”

He could have gone on to other things, but Lee Ho-yeon turned on his smart watch again and checked the news.
Let’s spend some time with Surin noona today.

*

How many hours have passed
After working hard in the morning, I’m resting still, so I’m sleepy and yawn.

Then, the door to the hospital room was opened.

“Hoyeonah…! Were you waiting yet?”

Munsu-rin, her eyes red and swollen, was startled to see Lee Ho-yeon.
She talked so much that she forgot Lee Ho-yeon was outside, but she was still waiting.
Her heart, which had been devouring her until just now, was filled with regret.

“Come here, Surin.”

“… Hoyeonah.”

Hoyeon Lee spread her arms without saying anything.
She slowly stroked the head of the munsurin who was hugging her chest.

‘Still, I’ve relieved one thing that Surin-noona was worried about.’

Her father, Moon Seong-min, was one of Moon Su-rin’s traumas.
Even from Lee Ho-yeon’s point of view, she should have pointed it out at least once, but she finally relieved her of that burden.

“… Hoyeonah.”

“Huh.”

“Thank you.”

She saw her father’s old self in 10 years.
Although one day was too short to shake off her sorrow that had accumulated all her life, the existence of her irreplaceable family gave Moon Su-rin a great boost.

[Surin. I hope you live a normal life.]
[Do not worry. Father. Because I am strong. … And there are precious people next to me.]

The conversation I had with my father still flashes before my eyes.
Moon Soo-rin hugged Lee Ho-yeon even more strongly, who made it possible.