Chapter 91
PUBLISHED ON 19th Oct 2022
Therefore, in the present.
Ki Yoohyun made an appointment to meet with Rieul in order to reveal his identity. Ironically, even though he was nervous, his heart started to get excited. Perhaps because it is a meeting only for the purpose of meeting her, which is different from the previous loose relationship.
He reserved a restaurant that serves food that she might like. The atmosphere is calm, so it would be perfect to have a quiet conversation after eating.
However, as soon as Rieul greeted him with a bright smile, his head went blank.
Ki Yoohyun can’t imagine how her expression will change as soon as he opens his mouth.
Will she get angry because he lied to her? If so, it’s still fine. He will apologize as much as he can until her anger subsides.
However….
What should he do if she becomes wary of himself? If he’s unable to see her comfortable smile again, if she sees him as a stranger … just imagining it seems to tighten the tension in his chest.
The moment he finally made up my mind and tried to open his mouth.
The staff knocked on the door, it was time for the dessert to be served.
Not far beyond the wall, he could feel the presence of Han Yiseong. Even though he knows that he can’t fool Ki Yoohyun’s senses, he dares to continue to follow him, is it a protest because he asked for his understanding?
Han Yiseong strongly objected his decision to reveal his identity to Rieul. It wasn’t that he didn’t understand why he was against it. He’s probably worried about the loose relationship he has worked hard to build up.
Ki Yoohyun admitted that Han Yiseong’s interference was rather welcome. This is not a good place to talk because of the interruptions.
With that excuse, he drove the car and headed for the dark observatory. He was confident that he would say it this time … until he saw the light of the fireworks shining on Rieul’s white cheeks.
Her chestnut brown hair slowly flutters in the wind. Her large eyes, who were looking at him, blinked slowly. Exhaling a light breath, she rubbed the canned drink with her cold fingers. The whole figure was clearly engraved in his eyes.
A few minutes to urge lips that were barely moving passed.
Ki Yoohyun neatly admitted defeat. He has never been so indecisive, but he doesn’t have the courage.
Yeah, next time. Let’s talk next time we meet.
He. was greedy. He didn’t want to break this soft atmosphere with useless words. I didn’t want to see those eyes, who were looking at the fireworks embroidering the sky, filled with vigilance.
Let’s do so. He enjoyed an ordinary outing like this.
He swallowed the words he was going to say, but when he was about to say let’s go back because it will be cold soon, Rieul said something all of sudden.
“Are you trying to tell me some secret? For example … is it that Yoohyun-ssi is the No.1 ranker, Muwon?”
Ki Yoohyun stared blankly at the woman in front of him. There was only one word that his spirit uttered.
“….yes?”
***
It’s not something to be proud of, but I’m really ignorant.
As such, I didn’t guess Ki Yoohyun’s identity from the beginning.
At first, I thought he was a Hunter on a bad end. In addition, until the fire broke out in the Grandma Kim Deokyi’s workshop, I considered him as a Hunter who was stronger and had more time than I thought.
But soon I realized something strange.
Ki Yoohyun’s ability to freely manipulate space using white light was strong and extremely useful. With that kind of ability, he could be famous, but only few people know about Ki Yoohyun.
The twin hunters of The Cheongna Guild follow Ki Yoohyun well. Han Yiseong also seemed somewhat polite to Ki Yoohyun. It was by no means the attitude toward the Guild’s lowest-position Hunter.
In the first place, can a Hunter at the bottom of the Cheongna Guild, not just any small guild, use his time freely like that? Isn’t Hunter some kind of employment contract?
Crucially, the suspicion was solidified because when Kwon Jiwoon was in crisis in the White Silver Guild, the Director of the Dungeon Management Office took over the case himself.
A Hunter who can move the Director who stayed at the Jeju branch due to some kind of dungeon development problem…..
Let’s think about it. He is a strong member of the Cheongna Guild, but there is only one hunter whose personal information is unknown.
The leader of the secretly powerful trend, the No. 1 ranker, Muwon.
Moreover, meaningful words that can never be thought of something an end-position ranker would say keep passing by. He was changing the subject so clearly.…
Once the hypothesis was established, all the evidence was clear.
The first and best S-class that has maintained his position at the top of the tower all the time. Someone who’s completely like the protagonist of a fantasy novel, Muwon.
However, the images of the two were so different that it took a long time to connect them.
It was clear that Ki Yoohyun was not good at hiding his identity, or had no intention of hiding it from the beginning. Otherwise, how can he go around showing off his power?
When I recited my thoughts, Ki Yoohyun sighed lightly and rubbed his forehead with his fingertips. The thin tension that had been floating around was nowhere to be found. There was a complicated expression on his face; he looked frustrated and relieved at the same time.
“Rieul-ssi.”
After licking his lips a few times, Ki Yoohyun continued.
“If you knew … why didn’t you tell me?”
“That’s because it’s your personal privacy?”
“…….”
A look of disdain reached my cheek.
Why? you can have the worldview where people won’t recognize that you’re the same person just by changing your hairstyle or wearing glasses.
Seeing that no one noticed that Ki Yoohyun was Muwon when it was so obvious, I thought that there was an agreement not to talk about that.
“….I thought you would hate me for deceiving you.”
“Eh, I wouldn’t.”
There are things I didn’t tell him either. It’s weird to reveal your secret to someone you’ve just met.
Besides, it wasn’t that shocking when I found out.
The person who is strong and helps me well, and likes to appear and disappear all of sudden is still the same person. Whatever his identity is, it doesn’t change much.
Well, I thought I’d tell him someday when the situation arises and until then….
“It’s like a social consideration for the poor No. 1 ranker who wants to avoid the world’s attention.”
“You treat people like a mola-mola….”
Ki Yoohyun was confused.
“But why did you suddenly decide to reveal it?”
The night air was quite cold. The warmth of the can of barley tea has long since cooled. As we walked towards his parked car, Ki Yoohyun handed over his gloves. I accepted it without hesitation, but there was space left because it was big. I added, fiddling with the rest of the glove with my fingertips.
“Weren’t you trying to hide it for a reason?”
“To tell the truth, I went back in time.”
“Eu, cough! Cough, cough!”
This time, I was really surprised.
Ki Yoohyun handed me his own barley tea can and handkerchief when I choked in surprise. I drank it without hesitation. I thought I was going to die.
Ki Yoohyun is also a regressor?
Ki Yoohyun opened the car door for me, who was still out of reality. I got on, but my mind was spinning.
“So … Yoohyun-ssi, do you mean that you’re a regressor?”
“You believe me. I thought you’d think it was ridiculous.”
“That….”
I’m the one who knows best that regression exists.
Rather than the possibility that Ki Yoohyun suddenly became absorbed in a fantasy novel and took the concept of a possessor, it is more likely that he’s a regressor who remembers the past like me.
“I originally didn’t mean to tell you this fact, but….”
When I unexpectedly accepted his true identity as if it was nothing, he made up his mind to tell me that he was a regressor.
The following conversation was a story that gave me goosebumps even though the heater.was turned on.
Three years later, in the Great Dungeon Abys, the Demon is resurrected.
Ki Yoohyun tried to stop the demon, but he returned to the past the moment he reached the last floor, ‘The Ultimate Gate‘.
“That … when was it? The date … when was the date?”
I was surprised to hear the date Ki Yoohyun said.
‘It’s same as me.’
Before the regression, it was the same day I died.
Did Ki Yoohyun go back to the past because I went back? Or did the saintess use her hand on Ki Yoohyun?
I don’t know….
This made me want to reveal that I am also a regressor.
“…….”
However, as soon as I thought so, my lips didn’t move. I got it right away. The system holds me back. I resented it, and at the same time, I felt wronged.
Why me! Does causality discriminate against Grades? Is it because I’m an F-class?
“I can’t tell you everything about the future because of the restraints of causality….”
Ki Yoohyun’s words continued.
Behind the Demon’s resurrection, there was a crazy religious group called the Church of Starry Wisdom. Even now, they are plotting the resurrection of the Demon God.
Isn’t the worldview suddenly expanding too much?
“Rieul-ssi has already been involved in many incidents. I think the cult is behind it. That’s why I was going to tell you to be careful.”
“I see….”
Three years later, something big will happen. In addition, Ki Yoohyun also said he was trying to prevent the resurrection of the Demon.
Although it still feels far away, a sense of reluctance remains. I nodded.
“And one more thing.”
“Yes?”
“Earlier, you asked me if I have any problems with my sense of taste.”
“It’s … I’m sorry for asking you that nonsense.”
That’s what my cat said. As he hurriedly shook his hand out of embarrassment, Ki Yoohyun added.
“My taste buds are definitely fine, but … when I reached the Demon’s Gate, the Ultimate Gate, I felt that a part of me had flowed through the door.”
“…….”
“I have incomplete memories when I sealed the Demon’s Gate. I have become a different person than I was before awakening, and I feel that no matter what I do, I can’t go back to the way I was. It’s kind of a sense of loss.”
Huh. Listening to Ki Yoohyun’s serious words, I suddenly thought of his satisfaction bar when he drank coffee.
The bar that stopped at 98% without reaching 100% no matter what menu he consumes.
It may be an absurd idea, but … I thought that the unfilled 2% might be the missing part he was talking about.
Translator’s Corner:
Mola-mola: 개복치, or sunfish. It’s a fragile fish that gets stressed out easily. Treating someone like a mola-mola means you treat them like they’re such an extremely fragile person.
Sorry for the late update. I’m on hate relationship with my laptop right now because now it’s also can’t be turned off normally … I’m mad with Wind*ws.
and the weather these days is not exactly good. if you live in a country with rainy season, don’t forget to bring umbrella anywhere! It keeps raining on my place to the pain there’s even flood in the next neighbourhood.
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