181 – HGL 181

181

His body lifted up with just the strength of his thighs. His feet, firmly planted on the ground, hovered in the air. He was used to looking down on people, but he had never looked down like this before. Flustered, Eui-jae covered Sa-young’s face with his hand and pushed him away.

“Confession my ass, hey, are you crazy? Get off!”

However.

As if waiting for it, something wet licked between his palm and fingers. A glimpse of purple eyes could be seen through the spread fingers. Narrowly curved. Eyes that seemed to be laughing to death. His fingertips instinctively curled. Strangely, his heart tingled.

“‘Hey’ isn’t right, Hyung.”

“Get your tongue away!”

“Hyung was the one who put his hand on my face first.”

“You were the one who shoved your face in first. Let go, quickly.”

“If you don’t move your hand like this….”

Sa-young tilted his head slightly and began to nibble on the tip of his thumb. Ah, damn it. Eui-jae squeezed his eyes shut and quickly withdrew his hand. A low laugh erupted. Every time he heard the laughter, his whole body tingled. It was a good thing he was wearing a mask. He couldn’t even guess what his bare face would look like.

Eui-jae sharply rebuked him for no reason.

“You’re acting just to hear that one sound….”

But he couldn’t continue and swallowed the rest of his words. Even if the reddening of his eyes was an act, Lee Sa-young’s appearance flew like an arrow and pierced Cha Eui-jae’s heart.

‘There’s a limit to how much you can guess and jump to conclusions. How long do I have to wait?’

He hadn’t intended to, but he had made Lee Sa-young wait. The sharp momentum quickly disappeared, and a much calmer afterthought followed.

“…say such things.”

“I have to do this much to barely get you to open your mouth.”

A nonchalant answer returned. Sa-young lifted Eui-jae up a little and took a few steps forward. A cold railing touched his pelvis. Trying to avoid the burdensome gaze, his upper body naturally leaned back a little, and a distance spread below his body. A cold wind brushed his cheek. Gray hair scattered.

“It’s hard to get an answer, and it’s hard to hear your true feelings.”

It was a precarious position, as if he would fall at any moment without Lee Sa-young’s arms.

“You’re unnecessarily used to enduring to the limit….”

The hand holding his waist tickled his side.

“To open the mouth of someone who’s so tight-lipped… you’d have to shed some tears.”

“…I don’t need it.”

Eui-jae barely managed to utter a word. Sa-young leaned his upper body. Body and body were close. Sa-young, with his cheek against Eui-jae’s heart, looked up at Eui-jae. Black hair scattered in the wind.

“Were you happy?”

“……”

Instead of answering, Eui-jae squeezed his eyes shut. And he desperately hoped that his heart would stop. Lee Sa-young would surely hear the sound of his loudly beating heart.

“Why don’t you answer me?”

“……”

“That way… it’ll be worth the wait.”

He must be feeling every small movement of his chest as he breathed. Lee Sa-young was a coward. Collecting undeniable evidence.

Eui-jae hesitated for a long time, then barely opened his mouth.

“…I was happy.”

Why were those three words so difficult?

His head kept getting hot. The inside of the mask was burning. The sound of his heart beating was so loud that he was about to lose his mind.

He didn’t want to be found out, but on the other hand, he wanted to be found out. He wanted Lee Sa-young not to know, he wanted Lee Sa-young to know. He wanted this warmth to disappear, he wanted it to continue. Ironically, even he himself couldn’t fully understand Cha Eui-jae’s heart.

Ah, it’s a mess.

Eui-jae raised his arm and covered the eye area of the mask. Sa-young, who had his cheek against his chest, chuckled softly. He lifted his head and lightly pressed Eui-jae’s solar plexus with his hand. A voice mixed with laughter asked.

“Why is it so loud? Even someone who’s sleeping would wake up.”

Damn it, he couldn’t just let it go. Eui-jae gritted his teeth and retorted.

“Be quiet….”

“Eung, should I pretend I don’t know? But I can’t possibly do that….”

“Pretend you don’t know.”

“Hyung, you know your neck is completely red right now.”

“I don’t know, so be quiet!”

“Should I, then?”

An unexpectedly docile answer returned. The warmth that had been heating his body from nearby also dropped a little. The cold wind filled the empty space. He thought he would push harder. What is it? What’s the scheme? Eui-jae slyly lowered the hand that had been covering his eyes. Sa-young was smiling.

“I waited eight years, can’t I wait a little longer?”

“……”

“Still.”

At that moment, fingers dug under the mask. Click, the mask was lifted and removed. The cold wind rushed against his face, which was flushed with heat, for a moment,

“Mph― Mmph!”

Numerous words were eaten by his lips. A thick tongue rummaged through his mouth and rubbed against his tongue. It felt like he was being eaten. It was the roughest of the kisses he had had so far. His lips were rubbed. Whether he had bitten his lip in the brief gap, a fishy taste was mixed between the sweetness.

Ah, even the small groan he barely managed to let out was buried in the sticky sound. Eui-jae tried to grab his shoulders and push him away, but slowly took the strength out of his hands. As if praising him, his tongue rubbed against the soft flesh. His body trembled. His eyes were wet with heat. His lips parted only when he was about to suffocate.

The legs that had been supporting Eui-jae’s body gave way. His feet touched the ground. Eui-jae grabbed the railing, leaned his upper body, and coughed roughly. Cough, cough. And he lifted his head sharply and glared at Lee Sa-young.

However.

“Hey, you….”

“Eung…. Wasn’t it too rough?”

Sa-young was wiping his lips with his thumb. Black blood was flowing down from his red, swollen lips. Did he bite Lee Sa-young’s lips instead of his own? When? He was so out of it that he didn’t even know he had bitten him. A black tongue licked the blood.

“Even if you liked it that much.”

“You’re fabricating again. Liked it my ass….”

“Then, did you hate it?”

“……”

“You’re really bad at lying.”

As Eui-jae staggered and grabbed the railing to stand properly, Sa-young chuckled. He was still hot, but he was more awake than before after seeing the blood. Eui-jae cleared his throat for no reason.

“Don’t you have an Elixir? Heal it, quickly.”

“Eung? Isn’t it a waste?”

“What, the Elixir? You have a lot of money. You give Mana Stones to strange machines without hesitation….”

“It’s not that the Elixir is a waste.”

Sa-young wiggled his eyebrows. And he pressed down hard on the wound with the thumb that had been wiping away the blood. The blood that had stopped began to flow out even more. Eui-jae was shocked. Was he crazy? The nightmare of Lee Sa-young asking him to strangle his neck even more hadn’t disappeared yet! Eui-jae hurriedly approached and grabbed his wrist.

“Are you crazy? What are you doing now!”

“Eung? It’s a waste if it heals quickly.”

“Waste my ass, this guy is really crazy! You have to heal it right away if you get hurt….”

Eui-jae, who shouted angrily, rummaged through his Inventory. But all he could grab was the Artisan-Made Spear, the Basilisk Fang, and…. Ah, there it is. Eui-jae grabbed something like a bottle and took it out.

What he bravely took out was.

[Basic Health Recovery Elixir (C)

Recovers 10% of health upon use.]

It was.

“……”

“…Eung?”

What is this? Eui-jae looked at the small Elixir in his hand with a dazed face, then let out an exclamation.

He remembered. It was one of the gifts he received from customers after it became known that he was an Awakened when he was working part-time at the Hanover Soup Restaurant. What was it, was it a component of the ‘Gift Box for New Awakened♥’? I think a Hunter like the Russian Bear gave it to me….

I hope he’s doing well?

“……”

Anyway, Eui-jae alternately looked at the small red Elixir and the dark and huge Lee Sa-young. C-grade Elixir and S-grade Elixir. A Elixir the size of a finger and Lee Sa-young as big as a totem pole. Sa-young, who had been quietly watching what he was doing, chuckled.

“Cute?”

Crap. Eui-jae frowned. Sa-young chuckled, chuckled, and asked.

“Ah, could it be that it’s not a miniature but a real Elixir? You’re carrying that around as an Elixir?”

He was annoying. The nightmare at the Hanover Soup Restaurant came back to him vividly. Lee Sa-young, who wore a Gas mask and sat in the middle of the store, disturbing business. Lee Sa-young, who came to harass him every night. Lee Sa-young. Lee Sa-young. Eui-jae’s shoulders trembled.

“…I received it as a gift.”

“Aha…, from whom?”

“…From a customer at the Hanover Soup Restaurant.”

“They gave you a precious gift. So… are you going to use it on me?”

“……”

Eui-jae silently opened the Elixir cap. Pop, he tilted the Elixir bottle with the cap open and poured it into his palm. Red and transparent liquid pooled in his cupped palm. And he did that….

Splat!

“Ugh!”

He splashed it on Lee Sa-young’s mouth and rubbed it roughly. The face in front of him frowned as he rubbed the wounded lips roughly. Sa-young even turned his head quickly, but his hand followed his face nimbly.

“Stay still. This is all treatment.”

“Who uses an Elixir so brutally, mph, like that!”

“That’s how it was in my day, you punk!”

“Ah, is that so. Go ahead, see if it heals like that!”

Eui-jae wiped Sa-young’s mouth with his jacket sleeve and frowned. The bitten wound was still there without any signs of healing. Sa-young frowned and turned his head away.

“It won’t heal with that kind of Elixir in the first place.”

“Then what do you treat the wound with?”

“A separately prepared medicine….”

It was then. Both of their heads turned sharply. A scream was faintly heard in the distance. The sound of sharp things colliding was also heard.

Eui-jae hurriedly reached out his hand. Sa-young clicked his tongue and handed him the mask. His red face hid behind the black mask. Eui-jae tapped the floor with the toe of his Walker and looked at Sa-young.

“Can you follow me?”

“Go ahead and try. I’ll follow you to hell.”

He always had to say something like that. Eui-jae once again put his hand into his Inventory and took out the spear. After grabbing the huge spear with one hand, he lightly jumped up and down a couple of times in place.

Bang!

And he kicked off the ground and jumped high. Whoosh, he cut through the wind and atmosphere and flew high.

In the short moment he flew into the air, the two eyes inside the mask were dyed bright blue.

The sound came from the north. Eui-jae took a breath and lightly landed on the roof of a nearby building. And he jumped again. The screams were getting closer and closer. And finally, something was caught in his sight. Eui-jae inhaled. And in the air, he turned his upper body greatly―

Swaeak―

Kwang! Kwak!

He pierced the target’s neck and landed on the ground.

Hwaak, a cloud of dust rose thickly.

Thud, when he pulled out the spear, the dangling neck fell off and rolled away. In fact, thorns protruded from various parts of his face, so he couldn’t roll properly and stopped. Eui-jae picked up the head and checked the identity of what he had pierced with the spear. And….

He still saw a familiar face. His hands trembled.

“Why….”

Various parts of his face were mutated, and thorns protruded from various parts, but he could recognize him. Of course….

‘I heard you Awakened, part-timer. It’s an Awakening gift.’

The Russian Bear, who shyly handed over the Elixir.

Because he was once a customer of the Hanover Soup Restaurant.