Chapter 82 – Revenge

Break time.

Calmly sit down on the bench. If you look at the clouds that flow quietly, a lagoon sits right next to you.

“I’m here?”
“Huh.”

I had a conversation via text yesterday… I decided to just let go of the horse at this point. Maybe it’s because we’re in a similarly suffering situation, it’s just an instant to become friends.

“Ha…”

Seok-ho rolled up his swollen body and stretched himself, then sighed briefly.

After opening the bag and pushing the red bean bread into his mouth, Seok-ho opens his mouth.

“It’s Taeho.”
“Huh?”

Seok-ho lets out a short sigh.

“How are you and your girlfriend these days?”
“Heung-eup extreme, gulp.”

Bangs his chest with his fist. How are you?

“…My girlfriend doesn’t do gaslighting, so don’t worry.”
“Fuck…”
“Do you know how to curse?”
“Then do it. Mr., How many things have I accumulated…”
“But.”

Seok-ho nervously opens the bag of bread and sighs heavily.

“If it wasn’t for Sehwa, I would have been punished even now.”
“Sehwa? Who is she?”
“Didn’t I tell you?”

It’s like I’m vaguely thinking… No. I don’t know. Nod.

“My name is Ryu Se-hwa, and she risked her life to tell me that I was being gaslighted… Ha ha.
“Ah, I vaguely remember.”
“After hearing the news that Ia-Lin was kicked out of the family, I tried everything from contact, inquiry, and all sorts of things, but I couldn’t find it. At that time, she couldn’t even say thank you…”
“Are you still looking?”
“I’m looking for you, ha ha…”

I sit quietly on a bench and watch the passing clouds. Right. Come to think of it…

“Hey, I was just curious, but what I said via text message yesterday… Are you serious?”

I implicitly ask Seok-ho.

“…Like what?”
“Iarin.”

Seok-ho’s mouth shuts tightly. Expression slightly distorted He lowers his head and sighs lightly.

“…It’s not that I’m not thinking at all.”
“…Really?”
“It’s not that I don’t care at all.”

The lagoon looks at me.

“It’s true that I don’t have a heart anymore. Now that I’m practically a stranger. But… I can listen to you at least.”

Seok-ho looks up at the sky and lets out a short sigh.

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It’s lunch time.

Avoid, run away, wave your hand.

If you ask for help, he is busy running away, and he wants to disappear from sight for 20 minutes, telling him not to worry and saying that he is fine anyway. He seems to have hardened his heart, and dozens of attempts have all gone in vain, and he grabs his pounding head with his hand.

What? Are you okay? It’s just words, but it’s clear that he’s having a hard time. It’s gaslighting and sleeping doesn’t matter anymore. I’m just anxious because I don’t know when I’ll reach my limit if I continue to stay in that state. You can’t just rely on your side. We need to fundamentally solve the problem.

Haha, rough breaths fly out of your mouth. Sweat beaded on my forehead.

“…Were you here?”

Rooftop.

Irene frowned and looked at me.

“Seriously, it’s okay… It’s okay…”

“It’s okay, I can clearly see that the mind is concentrated on the end.”

“You don’t have to help me…!”

Iarin climbs onto the railing. Just as she was about to fall off the spot-

“What’s wrong!?”

Quickly grab Iarin’s wrist and hold on. Iarin’s cheeks turn bright red every second. I clenched my teeth and pulled Arin towards her. Iarin is held in my arms. If she runs away from here, she’ll have to play that damn tag again. She is doing this without even eating, and she cannot miss this opportunity.

“Ugh, ugh…”

Cold chest and stomach I can feel the beating heart pounding through my skin. Grab Iarin’s shoulders and let her slowly drop. The red, tomato-like face stares at me.

“Listen, Iarin. No, Arin.”

I look at Lee Arin with serious eyes. Ia Lin awkwardly avoids her gaze.

“Will running away like this solve the problem? Now, Arin? Arin, look at me.”

“Eh, huh!?”

Ia Lin is startled and meets her eyes with mine. Hahaintermittently, her hot breath touches the bridge of my nose. There are puddles of water in the middle of the floor, probably because it rained yesterday, and a cool whirlwind blows over them like waves and scatters them between me and Iarin. Looking at Iarin, I can see that she is slowly calming down.

“Are you calmed down now?”

Ia Lin nods her head quietly.

“I’ll be honest, Arin.”

Iarin looks up at me slowly. The hand holding her shoulder is slightly cold.

“If you just avoid it now, nothing will be solved.”

“Eww…”

“It’s not that I don’t understand your mind very much. Just ‘bearing’ alone can’t solve anything. To be honest, this feels like trying to replace everything with just ‘bearing’ the pain.”

“…”

“What do you do if you suffer. But if you don’t do anything to the person in question – it’s no different than playing drums and drums by yourself. If you keep going like this, you will suffer as you do, and the lagoon will be uncomfortable with the lagoon. Nothing will be solved.”

“Still…”

“Huh?”

“Even if I approach… Seokho ignores me…”

“You’re ignoring me?”

“Yeah, I’ve only hurt you so far, but I can’t give you more… I can’t approach you…”

I know from yesterday’s text. You said you nailed it when we broke up. But, still.

“I will help you.”

“…What?”

You must not stand still. It’s not like there’s no chance yet.

“I had a conversation via text message yesterday. Nothing can be solved by being like this. Arin, didn’t you say you were giving me a ‘solution’ the other day?”

“Huh…”

“Then I’ll give it back to you. I’ll give you the ‘solution.’

“…”

Irene looks at me.

“…Why do you do this? Me, I’m not worth it…”

“Because we are friends.”

Because of my girlfriend

“…Friend?”

“Yeah. Even though we’ve had sex a few times, friends are still friends. In fact, he’s the first friend I made at the academy, but there’s nothing worthless. So, Mr., Lean on it. Don’t carry it alone like an idiot.”

It’s a lie. No, we had sex, but there’s no way we could be friends.

I looked straight into Irene’s eyes. The cheeks are dyed red, just like Hongsi.

“It’s true that you did wrong. This is certain. You broke a person, and in the end you broke up and now you’re practically strangers. It’s all your karma. It’s all your fault from beginning to end.”

“…I’m sorry.”

Ia Lin nods her head briefly.

“So it’s not that I don’t understand why you’re just pointing arrows at yourself like this and getting beaten up. You said that. I know- I know that you are determined enough to make a decision. But, still.”

“This method is wrong. No, you can’t just do this. There’s still a way, but you have to go further.”

“I texted Seok-ho yesterday, and I was curious, so I asked him about you. What do you think about Lee A-rin, who collapsed on his own to protect you? Do you know what Seok-ho is?”

“I was surprised, I’m not the kind of person who would ever do that.”

“So I asked more. If you apologized, would you be willing to accept it?”

Ia Lin’s eyes twitch. The wind, stronger than before, seeps through her fluttering blouse. She opens her mouth slowly.

“…They said it wasn’t there at all.”

Iarin’s pupils widened.

“…What?”

“I heard Seok-ho already apologized and told me not to come closer?”

“When I asked him, he said he was serious at the time. But now I don’t know. He rolls around like crazy, gets ripped off by the press and gets shot all over the place, and if you don’t care, that’s even weirder.”

“You know. Lagoon is nice.”

“Huh…”

Ia Lin nods her head. The cool wind stops her. The fluttering blouse slowly descends.

“Even if the love has already cooled and only ashes remain. Seeing you suffer… He said that he cares a little too.”

“Why, you weren’t just gaslighting.”

“The story of the ‘parakeet couple’ that you’ve heard so many times that you’re going to get scabs… You know? One of them, when Seok-ho was seriously injured. Morning and night, he always stayed by my side to nurse and helped me.”

“Besides that, he gave me all the love he could really give. Later on, it was so bad that it lasted me this month… But anyway. He gave me a lot of real love, more than 4 years of gaslighting. Even if it cools down and only ash remains, still. It’s not that there isn’t one.”

To be precise, it’s completely cooled down. I only gained a little bit of strength after watching the press conference. After all, this is very little.

It will turn off soon

I met Irene’s gaze.

“So, now is your chance.”

“As much as the decision you made, I sincerely apologize to Seok-ho. Don’t try to solve everything with just one burden.”

“Because that’s a dead end.”

“Arin, you know? It can’t be undone. It’s already spilled water. But, you can’t stay still like an idiot just because you spilled water. You should bring a dishcloth and wipe it up. But, this isn’t just water- 4-year-old water. It’s karma.”

Take a short breath in.

“Therefore.”

“I will help you.”

“…”

Slowly release the strength from Iarin’s shoulder. At least hold it like this Later, her girlfriend is safe. Even if he says he’s in exile now, that’s true, because he’ll eventually return later. Now… That’s it.

Crisis as opportunity!

“Abandon the thought of being forgiven. Honestly, I think it’s going to be a bit difficult for me too? There are so many piled up… So, instead of being forgiven, think of repentance. I’ll help you, so.”

Ia Lin looks at me with her red eyes.

“It’s okay to wait.”

Ia Lin gives her a brief nod of her head.

“Thank you…”

It’s a little bit, but I like it. I am relieved.

‘…For a moment.’

Come to think of it, Arin Lee is me… He, Mr., Haa… No. Because this just helps. I’m not going to screw up. It’s to relieve some of the core… Write it. It’s unavoidable. It’s all in order to protect my girlfriend, because it’s what I have to do after all.

“Ha…”

She let out a short sigh and removed her hand from Arin’s shoulder. Now… Let’s go to the lagoon.

“I’ll go first.”

That moment when I roughly waved my hand to Arin and tried to grab the doorknob on the roof.

“…Wait, Taeho.”

Ia Lynn opens her mouth. A slightly trembling voice.

“Hey why…”

Is someone down?

“Person?”

Turning her head, she looks in the direction Ia Lin is pointing with her finger. Far away from the front door… The guard is lying on the floor. In the distance, the sound of police cars and ambulance sirens overlapped, and blood flowed beneath them.

“…Uh.”

No way.

…Chun Soo-ah?

I hurriedly lowered her head and looked directly below. The black umbrella of the person wearing the black hood gradually turned into a long sword. Right in front of you is a student-

The faces of Arin and I are stained with embarrassment. Right in front of Chun Soo-ah.

Lagoon.

“…Fuck!”

Grinding his teeth together, he exchanged glances with Arin Lee. At the same time-

Two figures jump over the railing.

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Same time.

Tool work.

When you go to the cafeteria among the students, a stranger runs from a distance. Black hood, black longsword.

…A long sword?

Both eyes light up.

“No, what the hell is that-“

No way.

Look at her face and notice. That is Cheon Soo-ah. Crazy revenge. No, why is Chun Soo-ah here! She tries to move her feet to run away, but the crazy spirit is suppressed and she can’t lift a finger in an instant. A restrained spirit that does not faint as if fainting. In a short time, the mind is driven to the limit. When she turns her head, she glances to the side and sees Han Seok-ho trembling in fear. Fifteen students are in danger of being cut.

Han Seol-ah, what about Han Seol-ah? If there is only one Seol-ah, everything will be solved…! Of course, I was absent when I was in the most danger. Same as last time, Mr., What the hell happened to you so you’re absent every time?

“Ahhh…”

As soon as you finish thinking.

A sharp blue longsword in front of my eyes-

“Haha…!”

Did not come.

Steam rising slowly.

Blood vessels protruding all over the body.

Black skin.

Bright yellow hair.

Heavy body.

In front of my eyes.

“All-“

“Run away!!”

Kim Tae-ho was there.