Chapter 162 – Chapter 162 – Promise (5)

Sister Rehabilitation Program.

The name sounds grandiose, but in reality it was nothing special.

Finding a new support point besides ‘me’ for Areum-i, who is extremely lacking in self-love and is engulfed in anxiety.

To give an example, Areum reads a comic book called Trouble Love, which she reads and is interested in.

It was necessary to simply find these tastes, and fix Areumie’s personality while boosting her confidence.

To do so, he had to go outside, and first he visited the shadow family to ask for permission.

It is also meant to be combined with training.

“Are you here, Bocchan. Miss?”

“Hello.”

When we arrived at the large wooden door of the Shadow family, the gatekeeper who always guards the front greeted us.

I greeted the gatekeeper, but Ah-Reum quietly hid behind my back.

Messy.

It’s been almost three weeks now, but Ah-reum held her T-shirt tightly with her fingers behind her back, and lowered her head this time.

In the past, I passed on these things, but from today, I had no intention of accepting childishness.

It moved one step to the side.

“Oh… My brother?”

But, like a half-dragon, Ah-reum follows me behind my back with tremendous physical abilities.

Sssss

Even if I persistently moved sideways, Areumie quickly clung to my back, leaving behind an afterimage.

Let’s sigh and look back.

Looking up at her with golden eyes, Arum cried.

“Why… Why are you like that, brother?”

“Hello properly, you’re the one I’ve always seen.”

As he spoke to Areumi in a slightly firm tone, the doorkeeper who was listening swayed his hand.

“Aw~ I’m fine.”

“……”

As if you heard it, Ah-reum shows a sense of unfairness.

However, I had no intention of stepping down, so I immediately used Chukji behind Areumie.

“Brother?!”

And like Areumie, I hid myself behind Areumie’s back.

Areum was about to return right behind me, but I opened my arms to block her.

“No.”

“Oooh.”

Somehow, Ah-reum, who took the form of being held in my arms, trembled as if embarrassed.

Beautiful, caught between me and the gatekeeper.

In the end, realizing that she had nowhere to run, Areumie gradually looked back at her and bowed her head.

“Ah… Hello.”

Unexpectedly, the appearance of Areumie who bowed her head in a very polite manner and greeted her.

The doorkeeper grabbed his heart.

“Heuk!”

As if Areumi’s greeting was very touching, the gatekeeper muttered.

“It’s been a wish all my life to have a daughter… But it seems like I’ve eased that sigh a little today. Kheuheugh!”

Swoop.

Although Ah-reum hurriedly hid behind my back at the exaggerated response of the gatekeeper.

Still, since you greeted me sincerely, I decided to give you a prize.

“Look, you can do well.”

He brushed Areumie’s light green hair and complimented her affectionately.

Whips and carrots.

Now that I had resolutely pushed Areum, it was time for me, whom I depended on the most, to give a prize.

Hehe..Hehe.”

As if feeling good, Areum rubbed her hair against my touch like a cat.

For some reason, I wondered if this was true, as it seemed to depend on me more.

For now, as far as I know, I was planning to educate them step by step.

Profit.

The gatekeeper with a happy smile opened the door.

Inside the Shadow House.

The members of the Shadow Family, who were doing various things, stopped when they saw us.

“”Are you here, young master? Miss.””

Seeing them bowing in greeting, I turned to Areum.

“Oh… Brother, isn’t it?”

“Right.”

Hehe.”

Although Areum made strange noises, I dragged her around and made her greet everyone.

* *

“Are you here?”

Jihye Kim’s office.

Kim Ji-hye, who had her dark circles hanging down as usual, was holding a cigarette to her lips.

As we entered the office, I stopped the pen I was signing.

“Yes, you are having a hard time today.”

“Struggling is a piece of shit… Just doing what needs to be done. But why is he like that?”

Kim Ji-hye, with her eyebrows twitching, shows a rare expression of bewilderment.

“Ah, is it beautiful?”

I looked back.

Then, Ah-reum, who had become limp like a mollusk, came into my eyes.

“Oh… Brother.”

Due to the excessive greeting, one side seemed to have lost its taste.

I called Kim Si-hee, who was watching this from the side.

“Yes, Bocchan.”

“Will you take care of Areum in the small room for a while? I have something to say to Hye-hye.”

“All right.”

After skilfully supporting her areum, Kim Si-hee headed for her side room.

Because she was Kim Si-hee, who until now only gave her something to eat, and she didn’t touch anything special.

Areum unexpectedly accepted Kim Si-hee’s hand.

Then, Kim Si-hee’s narrow eyes flashed with the characteristic sinister look of wanting to feed her delicious food.

After looking at the back of Ah-reum as she is being dragged away, let’s be left alone with Kim Ji-hye in her room.

I immediately got to the point.

“I think she should go outside for a while.”

“… Whoa.”

At my words, Kim Ji-hye, as if her hair was pounding, brushed her own bangs.

Kim Ji-hye, wearing her slightly loose suit and brushing her hair, was tough enough to take my attention away in an instant.

“If it’s outside, it must be downtown, right?”

“Yeah, I guess I’m going to go to places like this.”

“…Is it that dangerous?”

Jihye Kim snapped her fingers.

Kim Ji-hye took a new cigarette, lit it calmly, and stared blankly at me.

I looked at him without avoiding his gaze.

“Yes, quite a lot. If I leave it as it is, I think it’s certain to break somehow. I think I need to improve it step by step from now on.”

When I had left the house for a day before and came to see Areum belatedly.

Thanks to the true appearance of Areumie that I saw then, I was able to realize what her condition was.

Amidst a sad smile, Arum whispered to her to leave with her.

Even though I know how sinful it is to make such a request to me, whom I depended on so much.

The image of Areumi, who persevered in her words, was still clearly etched in my mind.

Since she had been Kim Ji-hye, who had been seeing Ah-reum’s condition, Kim Ji-hye seemed to have noticed what was going on.

Sup.

Kim Ji-hye, who smoked deeply once, asked me a question.

“Are you even dangerous?”

After asking her question, Kim Ji-hye’s eyes cooled coldly.

She looked at those black eyes that didn’t even move to the point of causing a stir.

I vomited a lie

“No, not to that extent.”

“……”

Jihye Kim didn’t say anything.

It was just watching me.

A strange feeling of pressure enveloped me.

Widely.

Jihye Kim snapped her fingers, and in an instant, her pressure was washed away.

“Yes, if you are, then it must be so. But Kang Kang-joon, you said this after thinking about it, right?”

“What.”

“Merlin.”

Just saying her Merlin’s name made Kim Ji-hye chew on her cigarette as her fever rose.

“As soon as you left the succubus inn, Merlin appeared as if he had been waiting for it. He is the only senator who wanders around unpredictably, so Merlin, whose whereabouts are unpredictable, will probably come looking for him.”

Widely.

Kim Ji-hye, who blew her cigarette by snapping her fingers, changed her words.

“No, it will definitely come. It’s not a coincidence, it’s inevitable when things get tangled like this.”

I was silent for a moment.

Verb.

When we met before, I don’t know what kind of strategy was used.

It was Merlin who even used dragons.

It was clear that if Merlin, who was already obsessed with dragons, saw her beauty, something not very good would happen.

But still.

“I have to hide it somehow. Sihee-nuna who followed me might find Merlin’s whereabouts, and he might not notice it when he sees him. Just in case… If something goes wrong.”

I looked at Jihye Kim.

“Now I’m good enough to hold on to that moment.”

Silence prevailed.

Kim Ji-hye looked at me for a long time and sighed.

“…Yes, do as you please. I will do my best to support you.”

“Thank you.”

In the end, it was Kim Ji-hye who listened to my will.

I smirk and do aegyo in my own way.

I approached the coffee machine in the corner of Kim Ji-hye’s office.

As I was making the coffee to my taste as carefully as possible, I heard Kim Ji-hye wake up from behind.

“Kang Han-jun.”

“Yes?”

“Instead of giving permission, I have to tell you one thing.”

“Which one?”

Jerk, jerk.

Jihye Kim came towards me.

The sound of inorganic heels followed.

Kim Ji-hye, who had approached my nose before I knew it, wrapped around me with a calm gaze, as if telling me to speak straight.

“Your growth. With each passing day, your growth is increasing to the point of being ridiculous, so I’m accepting the offer now. So… Just be gentle with me.”

Kim Ji-hye’s black eyes contained only me.

“Kang Han-jun.”

Jihye Kim said as her thick lips parted.

“No way, Hong Ma-dong… Didn’t you kill him then and leave him alive?”

* *

Shoot aaaaa!

A waterfall with a strong stream of water.

In the middle, a girl was sitting on her knees.

Even in the waterfall where the water breaks in all directions and reflects the light, a girl in a red dress stands out.

The girl, with a bandage wrapped around her chest, quietly closed her eyes in the waterfall, she made no movement.

Numerous bruises and wounds on her shoulders and back.

Those severe scars on the area where it met the waterfall showed that the girl hadn’t moved a single step for a long time in this place.

Shoot aaaaa!

Even if blood leaks from her wounds and is washed away by a waterfall.

The girl just silently grabbed the handle of her sword, which was wrapped around her waist.

At that moment.

Toong-!

A huge log was pushed down from the top of the waterfall.

Pushed by the current, it twisted its body and fell at an incredible speed.

Coincidentally, the place where the log fell was where a girl was guarding her place.

Shiiik-!

The log received the force of the current, and fell at a faster rate.

Above the girl’s head.

At that time, the gap between the girl’s head and the head was narrow enough to mistakenly believe that the logs were touching.

The girl moved her body, which had never moved before.

Wow-!

A bright red sword body and a bright blue sword body burst out.

Eventually, the two interlocked and spewed out grayish-white blades, ‘erasing’ the log.

Not only that, but even the falling water.

“Heo-euk…! Heo-euk…!”

The girl, freed from the stream in an instant, drew in her breath.

The girl muttered, staring blankly at her own sword wrapped in her grey-white sword.

“Finally… Caught her toes.”

The girl’s murmur was soon drowned out by the pouring waterfall.

To the extent that she had endured so far, the girl broke her body while holding both swords.