Chapter 35 – I Still Like You.

Park Eun-ha took off her sunglasses and put them in her pocket.

Staring at me, she opened her mouth.

“Hey.”
“Huh.”
“Do you know that I liked you?”
“…”

Of course I knew.
But that’s because I saw the ‘Book of Memories’.
I couldn’t decide whether I should reveal this fact or not.
However, I was not used to doing this kind of acting, so I couldn’t say anything.

“Do you remember what happened that day…?”

I seemed to know what Park Eun-ha was referring to.
The case where Kim Seo-yul mobilized her friends, who could be called her subordinates, to lynch her Park Eun-ha.

“Yeah, I’m still thinking about it.”
“Why are you sorry? I got hit less thanks to you. That bitch, no, but she’s my ex-girlfriend, is it rude to say that bitch?”
“No, it doesn’t matter.”
“Kim Seo-yul knows how cruel he is. It’s over like that because you stepped out. Otherwise I might have been crippled. Then Hunter wouldn’t be able to do it like now.”

I think it’s a bit harsh speculation, but there was a part that couldn’t be denied.
That Kim Seo-yul was a cruel woman.
She had been like that since she was in high school, and it got worse afterward.
In the future, she would gain prestige, but at the same time notoriety.
Should never be touched.

“So, what happened after that? Why didn’t you come to school?”

It was a story I already knew.
But she couldn’t go to the next level without hearing this story from herself.
If I knew too much, Park Eun-ha would not accept it as natural.

Park Eun-ha told me the story I asked.
Except for the details.
Family circumstances forced her to drop out of school and earn money, she said.
She seemed to be able to hear about the underground guild if she asked more, but at the stage where she didn’t dare to tell, she decided not to ask further.

“That… Must have been hard work.”
“Yeah, there’s something I don’t want you to misunderstand.”
“What?”
“I am not close with my brother. It’s been a long time since we lived separately. So me…”
“Don’t worry. I don’t think you’re the same person as your brother. I don’t remember you badly You were definitely a better kid than Kim Seo-yul. Then she regrets not being closer.”
“…”

Park Eun-ha lowered her gaze.
I guess I never thought I would say it this way.
With her sunglasses off, she didn’t look any stronger than necessary.
It’s not that her personality is bad, it’s just a tough impression.
If you think differently, it was also a great attraction.
A charm that neither man nor woman can dislike.

It was true that she regretted not being close to her in high school.
Whether she liked me or not, it was unmistakably true that her school life was unhappy for her.
When she thought of it from the point of view of a 40-year-old, such a high school student could only be regretted.
If we had been close, Park Eun-ha and her school life would not have been as unhappy.
Even if we were dating.
If so, I would have been happier too.
At least Park Eun-ha is not as bad a woman as Kim Seo-yul.

“You will never know why it happened.”

Park Eun-ha put on her sunglasses again.

“I liked you. And I had a habit of taking notes like a diary. Thinking about it now, it’s childish, but I wrote down in my note that I like you. Because that would make me feel a little more comfortable. You heard that That’s why Kim Seo-yul was angry… I understand. I would have been uncomfortable if I had a kid who liked my boyfriend.”
“Even so, I wouldn’t have beaten you up with my friends.”
“Beat it? Ho Ho.”

I flinched.
Unknowingly, an uncle-like tone came out.

“I said I liked you, but are you okay?”

Park Eun-ha held out her upper body.
Although her eyes were covered by her sunglasses, she could see that the pupils inside them were shaking.

Unfortunately for her, I knew everything.
So shockingly, it was not accepted.
It’s already a long time ago.

“Thank you.”
“…”

Park Eun-ha made a dumbfounded face.
She said nothing for a moment, then she burst into laughter into the air.

Haha.”

I’m cool.
“Thank you.”
It was a very rude answer.

“Sorry.”
“Don’t do that~”

Park Eun-ha waved her hand.

“It’s still the same, Choi Seong-gyu. So nice So I liked it.”

Park Eun-ha has become a more outspoken personality, at least compared to before.
At the age of a high school student, she joined an underground guild.
She couldn’t even imagine the hardships she must have gone through.
It must have been enough experience for her to realize that her personality changed, no, that she was better off expressing herself fully.

“Look how I really did today.”

Park Eun-ha sipped her coffee and said.

“I thought I could never say something like this before. Come out drunk If she knew it would be like this, she would have confessed when she was in high school. I would have been beaten up anyway, so I would have been more comfortable.”
“No, it’s better to say it now.”

When I was in high school, I would never have accepted her heart.
Because I was that kind of person.
He was never the type to betray his girlfriend.
I’ve never met two women at once to the point of being naive.
Not once in over 20 betrayals.

“Hmm…”

Park Eun-ha scratched her cheek.

“Actually, I didn’t meet you just to talk about the past.”
“Then?”

I thought that this would be the main topic from now on.
I’m sure this will be fundamentally connected to the quest.
No matter how you look at it, this quest was heading towards its end.

The relationship with Shin Hye-yeon was established, but not with Park Eun-ha yet.
I couldn’t figure out how to complete this quest.

Are the conditions unclear?
In order to get that hint, it was important from now on.

“I’m still…”

Park Eun-ha said with the feeling of squeezing her voice in her throat.

“I still like you.”
“…”

Also.
I expected that.
She was not conceited, but that was the impression she got from Park Eun-ha when she saw ‘Book of Memories’.
Like Shin Hye-yeon, she is not the type to easily decide and change her mind.

She wondered if her feelings for me were still going on in her.

I couldn’t say anything.

“I met you again and got to know you. What do I want the most Actually, I forgot about you for a while. When I was in high school, especially when life was difficult, the feeling of love came so easily. It’s natural to want to escape from reality in search of bright feelings. But it wasn’t.”

Park Eun-ha sighed.

“I still like you. This feeling is not light. Probably forever… It’s funny to say this, but I can’t help it. That’s true.”
“Eunha…”
“Do not misunderstand. It’s not that I’m forcing you. I have no intention of harming your girlfriend. You don’t have to accept my heart But no matter how many girls you date, even if you have sex with other girls in front of me. Won’t change my mind I am that kind of woman.”

Tough confession.
I’ve received many confessions from women in my past life, but this was the first time.
What can I say?
I left everything and felt moved.

Park Eun-ha smiled self-deprecatingly.

“Sorry. I don’t mean to burden you It’s already too late, but I won’t hurt you either. Just let me watch over you like before. I’m satisfied with it. Just like that time, I will feel the hope of living through you.”
“Eunha…”
“Aaaaa~~”

Park Eun-ha suddenly stretched her body.

“Are you tired because you haven’t slept a bit lately? I’ve said everything, so I’m going~”

She whipped herself up and, befitting her long legs, chugged out of her café.
As she walked away, one of her muttered words was, “See you tomorrow.”
At least now I couldn’t understand its meaning.

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I came home with a mess in my head.

Park Eun-ha…

To be honest, my feelings for her were confusing.
If it wasn’t for Shin Hye-yeon…

Perhaps she would have accepted her heart.

It’s not just because I’m the type who can’t ignore a woman’s heart, but because her sincerity was fully conveyed.
Seeing her through the ‘Book of Memories’, she didn’t feel like anyone else.
I was sure that I would have a strong relationship with me in this life.

‘However…’

How is the quest going?
I did not know what became of Park Jong-gil and Lee Seul-gi.
When Park Eun-ha appeared and talked to me today, she felt that the situation had been sorted out to some extent.

When I looked into it before, the contents behind it did not appear, but in any case, the only thing I could rely on to solve this question was the ‘Book of Truth’.

I took the thick book out of my inventory.

And the day Park Eun-ha stood in front of my house.
I searched for what happened behind it.

Pallappalak, the bookshelf fell over.