The Girl I Saved Came Back As An S-rank Hunter

81 – I want to know the truth

“Quickly… , say it. Did you really inherit the blood of a nine-tailed fox?”

I asked Soo-jeong once again, urging me on.

I earnestly hope that you will deny it.

However, contrary to the expected answer, the question came back.

“… Was Choi Woo-suk like that?”

“That’s not important. Really? She really is the daughter of a monster who came over the gate… ?”

“My mother is not a monster!”

For the first time, Soo-jeong shows her repulsion and shouts loudly.

“It was true….”

I realized that Wooseok Choi wasn’t lying to that reaction.

At the same time, feelings similar to the pain of Han Yoo-ra when she insulted me and left filled her heart.

I was fooled like an idiot again.

She promised herself that she would never be fooled by such superficial feelings again.

Already the third.

How many times have I been victimized by people close to me and whom I trusted?

How long does it take to come to your senses?

“aaa!”

Unknowingly, I grabbed her head and screamed.

Her self-pity and stupidity.

A sweet story always has a hidden inside, so I wonder if there is such a thing as learning ability.

“Wonwoo-nim, calm down and return to the guild to find out the details….”

“Let go of this!”

I shook off Kang So-yeong’s hand as she held onto me.

I have a distrust of people to the point that I hate even touching her body.

Everyone has no choice but to use me.

“Secretary Kang, take the kids and withdraw first. I’m going to talk to Wonwoo here.”

“But, lady. They might be aiming for the Seonggwang Guild….”

“Okay, go!”

Kang So-yeong flinched at Soo-jeong’s cry, but she didn’t back down easily.

“I made a promise to Miho. I will protect you no matter what. Even if I die right here, I will never go alone.”

Then Sujeongi lowered her head slightly and said.

“Please go…. Please, Secretary Kang. Allow me to talk with Wonwoo alone.”

She showed a weak side for the first time, and Kang So-yeong bit her lip as if to crush her request.

Then she answered in a low voice.

“… All right. Please return safely, both of you.”

After saying that, she lightly greeted Kang So-young, who headed for the door she came in from.

After confirming that Kang So-young was gone, Soo-jeong looked at her and smiled forcefully, she said.

“Then let’s have a serious talk, Wonwoo.”

“Yes.”

If I was deceived anyway, I wanted to know the truth.

I already feel like something in my heart has been hacked to pieces, so I feel like I won’t mind hearing even more shocking words here.

“How far have you heard… ?”

“Probably almost… ?”

“I guess so…. If only I could talk about my mother.”

Sujeongi lowered her head slightly and made a bitter expression.

At that moment, she felt sorry for her appearance and wanted to run and hug her.

It feels like her heart is breaking even though she knows it’s a lie.

“I’m sorry. Because I couldn’t tell you beforehand.”

Sujeongi bows down and politely hands over an apology.

While contemplating what to say first, Sujeongi spoke up again.

“You risked your life to protect me…. I’m really sorry for putting you through a bigger ordeal for that reason….”

I can see Sujeongi’s shoulders trembling as she continues to apologize without raising her head.

An action that reveals an apology with sincerity.

But oddly enough, I get angry for no reason.

“No, more than that, why didn’t you tell me if you knew I had a magic detainer installed on my body? Why didn’t you tell me!”

When I raised her voice and questioned her, Sujeong straightened her bent back and answered while staring into my eyes.

“To be honest, I was really worried about when I should announce this…. But I couldn’t even speak. I think you wouldn’t believe me if I said that when we first met. Because at that time, Wonwoo had accumulated enough distrust in people.”

“So if you try to get treatment without a price, you will definitely reject it or doubt it, so you hid it, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. It was when you were shocked because of Han Yu-ra….”

It makes sense.

I don’t know how much I doubted him because he was physically and mentally weak.

I was thinking of trusting him since he was the person I risked my life to save, and I put up the condition of joining the guild.

If you just said that you would be treated free of charge, you would have doubted it unconditionally, worrying that you would be subjected to a living experiment.

However, the doubts are not completely cleared.

“I don’t know the purpose, but didn’t you try to use it somehow to make me feel grateful?”

Sujeong-i looked shocked at those words.

I was speechless for a while, then strongly denied it.

“No! Absolutely not! How dare I tell Wonwoo…. I never thought of that….”

As if what I said had seriously hurt him, his eyes quickly became moist and his face flushed red.

At that sight, a heart-wrenching pain surged through me.

The feeling of saying something you should never have said.

However, contrary to my heart, sharp dagger-like words flew at Sujeongi again.

“Yes… ? So, is it true that you really love me? When I saw the video, they said what if I watched it before meeting me? Are you really serious?”

At those words, Sujeong’s red eyes widened even more, then returned to normal.

And the tears running down my cheeks.

Her shoulders start to shake more noticeably than before.

I feel like I want to run right away and apologize and hug him anyway, but I held back.

I don’t want to be fooled by people and love anymore.

We have to endure.

And then, as if trying to destroy that promise at once, the moist red eyes stared into my eyes and said.

“After meeting Wonwoo again, there has never been a time when I didn’t fall in love…. I can really risk my life to say…. Please believe me Really.”

Sujeong wiped away her tears with her hands after saying that she didn’t lie at all.

Those words made me wish that everything was a lie and that I had misunderstood everything.

But at the same time, I also keep thinking of Han Yoo-ra, who sees me as an idiot and says she will come back to her, and Kim Ji-soo, who mocked me even before her death.

I thought everyone shared their feelings, but I was only used and hurt by them.

In places that cannot be easily treated.

My heart whispers to believe Sujeong, but my head shouts, “Are you fooling me?”

It’s to the point where I feel like it’s strange that I’m still sober.

“Why do you love me so much! If there is no purpose, what is the reason! Is that one reason you saved my life?”

I looked at her and asked her question as if urging her.

Sujeongi then shook her head and spoke in a firm voice.

“No, I love him because he is Wonwoo.”

“Do you think that could be the reason? Without any conditions? Do you love me just because I am?”

This is a story that can never happen in today’s world.

But she shouts as if Sujeong won’t give up any more.

“I love you, not a person who doesn’t break down in any hardship and goes straight ahead, sacrificing people for fame and money. I came to love her because she is Wonwoo, who has a noble will and a kind heart!”

Then she wrapped her arms around her own shoulders and said.

“Since I was young, I have seen too many things. Before awakening, I thoroughly ignored them, but after awakening, there were only people who pretended to be close to me and tried to use me. No one really approached me with sincerity….”

While doing so, Soo-jung naturally lowered her gaze.

She is wearing a sad expression, probably because she remembered what happened then.

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“But Wonwoo was different. Even though he suffered a lot, he never did anything calculating or damaging to people. It may seem frustrating and stupid to someone, but to me it was more wonderful and lovable than anyone else.”

Soo-jeong vomited passionately as if pouring out the emotions accumulated in her heart.

Then he looks at me without saying a word.

Her red eyes strongly appeal to her to believe in herself.

I want to believe.

I even think that it would be okay to be fooled at this level.

But a small voice from a corner of my heart speaks.

Are you going to get twisted like an asshole again?

You’re not even a kid, are you going to fall for the candy coating and follow me?

Then the voice grew louder and appeared in a cold voice and asked Sujeong.

“After saying that, you put [Charm] On me? Loosen your guard so you can quickly get sucked into yourself?”

Surprised by those words, Sujeongi shook her head strongly and said,

“No, I never did! No, in the first place, the ability called [Charm] Does not exist for nine-tailed foxes!”

Sujeong-ie, who speaks as if she is sincerely sorry.

“What do you mean there is no such thing as [Charm]?”

I saw it in a book, but when I denied the existence itself, I wondered what it meant.

“In all of the past, a nine-tailed fox has only appeared once. And the place where I researched it was the Seonggwang Guild. If you are Wonwoo, you know what this means, right?”

“So you mean Choi Woo-seok made up something out of spite?”

“Yes. I don’t have that ability. Shortly after her mother passed away, she found that there were books going around about it, all of which are lies.”

Sujeong biting her lip as if she was angry.

Confused.

What is the truth?

Then, I was curious about the ability of a nine-tailed fox, so I asked.

“Then what is the ability of the nine-tailed fox?”

“Ah… that…. To tell you now….”

Sujeongi is unable to speak with a troubled face.

At the sight of him trying to hide it as a secret, his anger, which had been quiet, rose again.