Chapter 26 – There Was a ‘Book of Truth’!

“Do you know me?”
“I don’t know.”

Park Eun-ha stood still and looked Shin Hye-yeon up and down.
She remembered Choi’s expression and attitude when she was with Shin Hye-yeon.
It was similar to what he saw in the past when he was with Kim Seo-yul, but there was a fundamental difference.

‘A good woman…’

While working in the underground guild, Park Eun-ha developed an eye for people.
Not simply because of conditions or appearance, but what the essential character of that person is like.

Even at a glance, Seulgi Lee was a garbage year.
She couldn’t believe that such a woman had stolen Choi Seong-gyu’s heart, even for an instant.
Although Choi Seong-gyu had never had eyes for women, it was a mystery how a woman like Kim Seo-yul and Lee Seul-gi could be seduced one after another.
Lee Seul-gi was a woman who would suit her brother, Park Jong-gil.

But this woman…

Seeing her up close, she felt more confident.
If it was Shin Hye-yeon that Seong-gyu Choi dated in high school, he could yield himself.
Even if you see them laughing and chatting together, you wouldn’t have felt alienated or lonely.

‘Not now but.’

I realized it when I saw Choi Seong-gyu today.
That his own life is complete only with him.

Life in the underground guild was difficult, but not every moment was like that.
Now that he had survived and took a share, he was enjoying a better life than before.

But there was a huge hole in his own life.
At first he thought it was because he was sad about living the life of an outlaw he didn’t want to be.
He thought it was because he found out that even his brother, the only member of his family, was a pervert who lusted after his real brother.

But the moment I saw Choi Seong-gyu, I realized.
That his life is complete only through him.

My past self didn’t have the strength to do that, but now it’s different.
He felt that it was all fate that he met him again.

‘Never…’

I will never miss him again.

“One of your friends is Seulgi Lee, right?”
“Yes? Is that…?”

Shin Hye-yeon’s face showed concern.
She still believed her friend couldn’t have betrayed her.
That there must be some secret
When a woman with a dark impression I had never seen mentioned Seulgi Lee, I immediately thought of that.

“What happened to Seulgi?”
“How stupid.”

Park Eun-ha put her hand in her inventory.
I took out a wad of money from Seulgi Lee and threw it to Hyeyeon Shin.

Swish-

Shin Hye-yeon accepted it with her icy heart.

Swish-
Swish-

Park Eun-ha threw a wad of money in succession.
Shin Hye-yeon received her fourth one, but more than that was impossible because her hands were not enough.
The wads of money fell to the floor.

“What is this…”
“A friend of mine gave it to me. The money lady gave it to you, right?”

Park Eun-ha was quick to notice her.
She recalled Seulgi Lee’s elated attitude as she held out her money at her cafe.
It was completely different from the previous day when she gave out five hundred and was flustered.

It was clear to her that the money was not something she had saved herself.
And she knew more than necessary about Shin Hye-yeon’s financial condition.
I felt that he was very jealous of it.

And the Shin Hye-yeon I saw today…

She gave off an innocent impression, as if she had built a wall from being suspicious of others all her life.
It was crucial that she looked embarrassed when she brought up Seulgi Lee.

That the money came from Shin Hye-yeon was a conclusion she could draw without thinking deeply.

“Why is Seulgi giving this money to you…”
“Please take care of the lady. She says she cheated on her boyfriend. Is that correct? Did the real lady seduce Choi Seong-gyu?”

When the name Choi Seong-gyu came up, Shin Hye-yeon was startled.
Anyway, she was wary of how far this woman knew.

But what she said caused her chagrin.

“No!”
“No?”
“Yes! No!”

Park Eun-ha smiled and raised her sunglasses.

“Are you sure? The young lady has nothing to do with Choi Seong-gyu, right?”
“That…”
“Okay, okay.”

Park Eun-ha walked up to Shin Hye-yeon and tapped her on the shoulder.

“Originally, it is my rule to never bite a request once, but I will make an exception this time. Girl, you’re good at keeping money. This is not the lady’s money, it’s the lady’s parents’ money. And being friends doesn’t mean never betraying. Make her friends by covering her up. Understand?”

Park Eun-ha turned her back.

Shin Hye-yeon felt uneasy as she watched her recede from her back.

“Hey!”

I tried to call out, but Park Eun-ha did not stop her steps and left the underground parking lot.

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What should I do about the dew problem?
That worry did not leave my mind.

I wanted to go to her right away and ask why she lied to Shin Hye-yeon.
But the quest caught my heart.
I wondered if Seulgi Lee’s vigilance would make it difficult for her to move forward without clear evidence.
Another day passed, so there were 5 days left until the quest was completed.

She hadn’t met Park Eun-ha yet, and it was difficult for her to see that Park Jong-gil’s problems were properly resolved.

‘Is there any other way?’

A message appeared in front of me as I lay on the bed and sighed.

【The sub-quest ‘Show me you’ has ended.]

“Ah…”

The deadline for this quest was 24 hours.
Considering the time the quest opened yesterday, it was right that it would end by now.

‘I only raised it to level 4.’

It’s unfortunate, but doing this much was the limit within my circumstances.

【Reward ‘double level up’ is applied.]
【The level raised in 24 hours is 3. The upper limit of the level of ‘Scouter’ is 5, so the level of the skill ‘Scouter’ has become 5.]

“Ah!”

I forgot about the reward.
This is what ‘double leveling up’ means.

It literally doubled the level I raised.
I had a feeling that it was a roughly good reward, but I didn’t expect it to be such a fraudulent reward.

‘Was the ‘Scouter’ level upper limit 5?’

I didn’t know there was a level cap on this skill.
If she had known, she wouldn’t have regretted that she could only raise to level 4.
If I had known the contents of the reward, I would have only raised it to 3.

‘Because this is also an experience.’

Anyway, ‘Scouter’ reached the highest level, and that meant that from now on, you could see all the information of the opponent hunter and monsters.

For a moment, I was able to forget about Seulgi.
At the same time, I remembered the biggest advantage I had.

‘System…’

The way to make the most of the merits in the return life was to use the system.
Then something popped into my mind.

”The Book of Truth!”

The ‘Book of Truth’ was a book that revealed the truth about the NTR I suffered in my previous life, that is, about the curse I had to solve in this life.
I don’t know how far it covers, but for some reason it seemed that the content I was curious about was also included here.

I got out of bed and put my feet on the floor.
Then, he took out the ‘NTR Book of Truth’ from his inventory.

A thick book with a colorfully patterned cover floated in the air.

“Show me why Seulgi Lee lied to Hyeyeon Shin.”

Flutter.

As expected, the bookshelf began to turn over.
The content about ‘Park Jong-gil and Lee Seul-gi’ was in Chapter 1, so it came out within a few chapters.

I read the contents of the open page.

…

“Fuck…”

Cursing came out spontaneously.

The content of the book started with Park Jong-gil going to Lee Seul-gi in a state of anger.
Seulgi Lee thought that I had come to visit her and opened the door without much caution.

And Park Jong-gil, who came in.
He committed Seulgi Lee like he was raping her.

Seulgi Lee, who changed her mind in the middle, made a secret proposal to Jonggil Park.

“Didn’t you say your brother is in an underground guild?”

When the story of his younger brother came up, Park Jong-gil went crazy like a person whose Achilles tendon was touched.
I knew why.

Park Eun-ha was the most precious person to Park Jong-gil.
Of course, it’s hard to see him as a good older brother who simply cares for his younger brother.
He crossed that line lightly.
It was hard to see the older brother who lusted after his younger brother as normal no matter what he said.

Park Jong-gil got angry.

“Don’t bring up my brother! Okay!”

However, the clever Lee Seul-gi ended sex with Park Jong-gil.
And he coaxed him into getting a chance to meet Park Eun-ha.

Park Eun-ha went to visit with five million won.

I paid attention to this passage.
I haven’t met Park Eun-ha yet in this life.
I knew how sad she had to leave her school and join her underground guild.
She wondered what happened after that.

In the content of the book…

‘It’s changed a lot.’

Judging from what was described in ‘The Book of Truth’, Park Eun-ha is no longer the woman she used to be.
It hurts her heart to think of how much she must have suffered to get to that point.

Seulgi Lee, who thought it easy to meet the hunters of her underground guild, was completely intimidated in front of her.

‘Of course.’

I was well aware of how terrible the underground guild hunters were.
Their life is completely different from that of ordinary people and hunters who walk the legal path.

Meeting them for a trivial purpose and entrusting them was risking their lives.