I’m the Bad Guy, Can I Leave?

I thought he would grab my wrist again this time, but Geum Myeong-yeol only took an empty cup. I was unconsciously trying to pull myself out, but I stopped.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh… nothing, and the treat is fine, it wasn’t that big of a deal.”

“But I don’t feel at ease.”

Geum Myeong-yeol said, visibly relaxing.

“Han Cha-soo, you don’t hate me, do you? Otherwise, why would you make me a person who only receives things and washes his hands of them?”

“Of course not, I’m just grateful that you’re so concerned about me that you came to see me.”

“Oh, so you prefer frequent visits to material things? Hmm… Okay, I’ll make a special effort for you.”

At Geum Myeong-yeol’s meaningful smile, I frowned. I was going to say no, but somehow it became more troublesome.

“Do as you please.”

We can say hello a few times before I go into hiding. I answered roughly and moved between the medical staff. People surrounded me as if they had waited.

“Are you ready to leave now, Guild master Exilis?”

“I think Han Cha-soo has entertained you long enough.”

“Well, I can’t sweep them all away in one go.”

Geum Myung-gyeol, who muttered with a relaxed smile, turned to me and continued to talk.

“Oh, I wasn’t talking to you. How could I touch you, Han Cha-soo?”

Okay, please go home. Amidst the cursing from the medical staff, I muttered tiredly.

“You should probably go home.”

“It’s been less than an hour. You’re being unfair. It took me three hours just to get in here.”

You said you’d come again. It was a time when I frowned.

“Should I call the manager?”

The man with glasses glued to his side and asked. He looked as cautious as if asking for permission from his superiors.

“Didn’t you feel uncomfortable being with Exilis guild master?”

“There, I can hear you.”

Beyond the crowd, Geum Myeong-yeol muttered in exultation. But the man didn’t even care. It was a great distribution.

“The closest one from here is the security office, but he would have been out of the office by this time…. If you tell me, I’ll go to the research building right away.”

“No, thank you.”

I was startled by the word ‘security room’, I shook my head quickly. Ki Tae-yeon was working on the final overhaul of the training system. I didn’t mean to disturb him.

“I shouldn’t cause him such trouble.”

“…You’ve changed.”

“What?”

“Nothing. Are you going to go back to your room then?”

“I’d like to, but….”

Han Cha-soo thought he was going to follow him until the end. The man frowned when he saw Han Cha-soo’s eyes gaze land on Geum Myeong-yeol.

It was quite unconventional, but I didn’t care much. I’m aware of the medical staff’s overprotection of him.

“Guild master of Exilis, I’m sure you have a limited visit time.”

“Was there such a thing?”

It was the moment when Geum Myeong-yeol shrugged and laughed.

A rippling murmur of voices swept through the air from afar.

“Hmm?”

At the same time, awakened people who were clearly combat personnel popped up here and there, and a gruff voice rang out.

“I’m here to meet a man named Han Cha-soo—-!”

It was a heavy voice that tore up the atmosphere.

Today had to be a noisy and normal day as always, thought the main gate guard at the main gate.

He could count on two hands the number of fights he’d had in five hours, and he’d had to catch people trying to climb the walls every day, but that was bearable.

Compared to the current situation!

“Go back!”

“I don’t know why you’re so wary, I thought you said you were only here to meet people?”

Dolls with long sleeves surrounding a huge object, stepped on the ground one by one. They were all extraordinary in appearance, but only the pad on the waist was the same.

[Haetae]

The de facto head of the Liberal Alliance and rival of the Awakening Management Bureau.

Haetae appeared.

“Are you here to start a war?”

There were many skirmishes between Haetae and the Awakening Management Bureau. They were all old stories. Something that hadn’t happened since the peace agreement.

But now there was no guarantee that it would not happen again.

‘Especially now, with de facto head of the Liberal Alliance…!

The guard’s eyes were stiffened. Crack. The jab in his hand sharpened his senses.

It was then.

A stab.

The one with a long braid stepped forward. Tension coursed through her veins from the bottom.

‘I’ve pressed the emergency button. By now, the fighters of the bureau must have been called.’

Besides, there’s a CCTV on this side. The guard braced himself for the arrival of his colleagues.

A powerful wave of energy washed over him from behind.

Swoosh-!

And a sharp trajectory, like an arrow, grazing his cheek.

Tadak.

On a strand of inky thread, woven like a spider’s web. A man descended, his black coat fluttering.

“I wondered what kind of cubs had the audacity to call my people names…. You’re a bunch of big boys.”

His sun-like eyes glowed in the sunlight.

I rushed to the hospital room. Maybe the word ‘escape’ is the most suitable in this situation.

As I passed through the corridor, voices sporadically burst out here and there.

“Haetae is here? Why are they here?”

“I don’t know. But I don’t think Icarus would have sent them directly from the top.”

“But seeing that they stopped at the main gate, I don’t think it’s a war. Is it a relief.”

“What’s the point of being relieved! I don’t want to see a bunch of unregistered thugs acting like they’re important…”

The disturbance soon ended. Through the speaker, the emergency situation was lifted, so the broadcast rang out to return to its original position.

“That’s kind of creepy.”

“Haetae doesn’t move for nothing.”

I quietly listened to the medical staff’s conversation. When I returned to my room, they didn’t leave. In fact, they clung to my side, almost too much.

Especially the man with glasses. He placed the others in the windows and doors, respectively, and then he himself stood by the side of me.

“Han Chasoo-ssi.”

“Oh, yes.”

I was eavesdropping on other people’s conversations, responded one beat late. The man’s eyes were looking atme over the transparent glass.

“What on earth did Haetae think of visiting Han Cha-soo? Do you have any idea?”

It was a very low voice. a voice whispering as if asking for meaning behind the scenes of others’ backs.

I slowly blinked my eyes. I don’t know.

There wasn’t much I knew about Haetae. In fact, it was safe to sayI knew very little.

‘When did Haetae first appear in the original novel?’

The first half of the novel was Jung Yiheon’s solo act. The protagonist, driven mad by his brother’s death, smashes, kills, and relentlessly burns everything in his path.

It was a move that could not be defined as a good deed by any means. Jung Yiheon’s brutal hands inevitably caused conflicts with the bureau.

In the process, the Liberal Alliance were only a sideshow.

In fact, the banner of the darkened protagonist could be said to be close to liberalism. Therefore, they did not bother to step up and touch Jung Yiheon first.

“I don’t know.”

“Is that so….”

But the question was solved sooner than expected.

This is because Haetae’s messenger came.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Kwon Seo-hong of Priol.”

His hair was reddish towards the ends. Kwon Seo-hong, who finished the introduction neatly, smiled and revealed why he came.

“I came here to deliver a gift from Haetae.”

Priol is a guild that serves as the middle bridge between the liberal union and the bureau.

In fact, it was neutral in name only, but it was like a separate branch created by Haetae to collude with the Bureau.

I roughly grabbed Kwon Seo-hong’s hand and shook it, and immediately brought it up to the main point.

“Don’t pressure me, I haven’t done anything to deserve a gift from Haetae.”

“Yeah, that’s why I want you to get lost.”

Geum Myeong-yeol, who was now standing beside me, said sarcastically. My elbow jabbed him in the back.

“Stay still.”

I said.

I kicked Haetae out. I kicked him out. I didn’t want to be hated by them separately.

Fortunately, Kwon Seo-hong didn’t seem to mind. Indeed, unless you are usually brazen, you will not be able to survive between the two forces.

“What do you mean you don’t have a chance to get a present. We all know what Han Cha-soo has done. “

“What did I do….”

“Baekdam, I heard that Han Chasoo-ssi stopped the long-haired crazy man from torturing the awakeners in a strange way.”

Oh, a gasp escaped my mouth.

‘You mean the one he tried to torture with the training system.’

I forgot that the criminals were unregistered awakeners.

“And that’s all it takes to send a gift?

That’s too much. A sense of vigilance was creeping up.

“By the way, you are very humble, as the rumours say.”

Kwon Seo-hong’s eyes sparkled with a big smile. Gone was the frosty glance he’d given the medical staff upon entering the room.

“Why don’t you meet Haetae in person later? This time, unfortunately, I had to run another errand for them because some high-minded officials got in the way….”

“I don’t think that’s going to work.”

“Isn’t?”

It was very cute to see him sighing. The hair shook in response to the shaking of the head.

Then suddenly, Kwon Seo-hong faced him and asked.

“By the way, don’t you have any brothers?”

He recognized his face from somewhere, and his voice rang in his ears.