Chapter 158 – GOY 158
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Park Geon-woo’s pupils wavered. He seemed flustered, but he quickly returned to his poker face.
“…I’m in the Inspection Division. This kind of information reaches my ears.”
“Even the contents of the press conference?”
As soon as he entered the Guiding Room, Park Geon-woo played the press conference video without any hesitation. He then stated that the brothers Ju Jeong-han and Ju Tae-han had admitted to Joo Seung-hyuk’s crimes.
He didn’t just know that an emergency press conference was being held; he knew exactly what was said.
“…There’s only one reason to hold a press conference this urgently. It was within the predicted range.”
“It could have been a press conference claiming Joo Seung-hyuk’s innocence.”
“That’s a stretch.”
“No. Your claim is more of a stretch, Seonbae.”
Publicly, it was known that Ju Jeong-han cherished [unauthorized copy]Joo Seung-hyuk even more than his own visit our sitebiological brother. Therefore, there was a high possibility he would hold a press conference to defend him.
Furthermore, not even 24 hours had passed since Joo Seung-hyuk’s arrest by the Inspection Division.
Even if Joo Seung-hyuk were the true culprit, given his personality, he wouldn’t have confessed to all his crimes in a single day. The chance that he would have leaked decisive evidence through a slip of the tongue was even slimmer.
In such a situation, the likelihood of Seong Han rushing to hold a press conference admitting to Joo Seung-hyuk’s crimes was low. Rather, even if he were the culprit, they would have tried everything to cover it up.
Moreover, Joo Seung-hyuk wasn’t simply the son of a conglomerate chairman.
He was the symbol and the most vital asset of the Seong Han guild. If Joo Seung-hyuk were gone, the Seong Han guild itself would falter. Even their position as the number one guild in Korea could be jeopardized. And yet, Seong Han would give up on him in less than a day?
Setting everything else aside, would Chairman Joo abandon his own son so easily?
Park Geon-woo’s claim made no logical sense. It was more reasonable to assume he knew the time and content of the press conference in advance.
“Seonbae, you’ve made a deal with Ju Jeong-han, haven’t you?”
Ju Jeong-han had put forward his biological brother, Ju Tae-han, as the new guild leader of Seong Han. Park Geon-woo wasn’t surprised that he had Re-awakened as an S-Class. This, too, meant he already knew.
Furthermore, Park Geon-woo was aware of Joo Seung-hyuk’s family history. Joo Seung-hyuk’s mother’s affair could be discovered quickly with an investigation, but the fact that Joo Seung-hyuk struggled with reading and writing until the 6th grade of elementary school was information that would be hard to know unless one was very close to him.
Perhaps Ju Jeong-han’s side had informed Park Geon-woo.
“…Hanging around Joo Seung-hyuk has really stolen contentmade you more stubborn. I’ve [Read on Read BL Novels]crossed paths with Ju Jeong-han during investigations, but that’s all.”
“Is that really all?”
“I’m tired. Let’s just start the Guiding first.”
He blatantly avoided the answer. There was definitely something between the brothers Ju Jeong-han and Ju Tae-han and Park Geon-woo. However, as long as an Esper complained of distress, a Guide had the obligation to provide Guiding.
“Okay….”
Let’s do the Guiding first. That way, Park Geon-woo wouldn’t be able to make other excuses.
I thought so, but when it came time to actually perform the Guiding, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Honestly, my condition was at its worst. It was much worse than before. A strange stench pierced my nose, my head was spinning, and my stomach felt nauseous. I was in no state to proceed with Guiding.
Normally, I would have left the Guiding to someone else and rested. But if I said that now, they would say I was refusing because of Joo Seung-hyuk.
I didn’t want to hear that I couldn’t distinguish between public and private matters.
This wasn’t just a matter of pride as a Guide. The moment it was said that I was letting personal feelings interfere with Guiding, everything I had said and done today would lose credibility.
They could drive the narrative that Lee Yeon-soo was so infatuated with Joo Seung-hyuk that he was refusing Guiding, losing his reason and making forced defenses.
For Joo Seung-hyuk’s sake, I had to do the Guiding.
“…Give me your hand.”
Park Geon-woo took my hand. Immediately, an unpleasant sensation washed over my entire body.
It was like this when David’s hand touched mine at Achilles. I had gotten goosebumps the moment he touched me. At the time, I thought it was because David was an Electric-type Esper and I was feeling the tingling mana.
But it wasn’t. It wasn’t a problem of the other person’s attribute or mana.
I had performed Guiding with Park Geon-woo frequently since we were young. But I had never felt this way once during that time. In short, the problem wasn’t the Esper; I was the one who had changed.
I hated it when anyone other than Joo Seung-hyuk touched me.
To think I liked Joo Seung-hyuk this much and only realized it now—I’m such a fool.
“Yeon-soo? What are you thinking about?”
“Ah, sorry. I’ll begin the Guiding.”
But I couldn’t refuse now by saying I didn’t want to do Guiding with someone other than my lover. I steadied my heart once more and let the mana flow into Park Geon-woo.
Then, Park Geon-woo gripped my hand tightly. He was usually quite mannerly. He didn’t engage in unnecessary physical contact during Guiding.
He seems to be holding on much tighter than before…. But [Read on Read BL Novels]since this was still within the acceptable range for [Read on Read BL Novels]Park Geon-woo, I continued the Guiding for now.
Suddenly, Park Geon-woo pulled my hand toward him.
“Ah!”
Startled, a sound escaped my lips, and my body leaned forward, falling into his arms. I was flustered by the sudden situation and tried to push myself up, but Park Geon-woo’s hands gripped both my shoulders firmly.
My shoulders hurt. But before I could even scream, his face came close, as if he were about to kiss me.
Park Geon-woo’s expression was different from usual. His eyes, which were always straight and upright, were clouded and out of focus.
“Seonbae!”
I pushed him away with all my strength.
“S-sorry….”
Park Geon-woo apologized, looking flustered.
“I didn’t mean to do that…. I really had no intention of doing that, why did I do this? I’m sorry. But Yeon-soo, did you perhaps Manifest?”
“No.”
They say that when an Alpha and Omega stolen contentperform Guiding, visit our sitea [unauthorized copy]sexual impulse occurs that is incomparable to a Beta Guide. Many accidents happen because of this.
And that’s what Park Geon-woo was talking about now. He was claiming that he couldn’t control himself because I had Manifested.
I was angry at Park Geon-woo’s attitude of making an absurd excuse instead of a sincere apology, but he also seemed surprised by his own actions.
Seeing him so flustered and lost, I didn’t feel like arguing further. No, I didn’t even want to exchange another word with him.
“I’ll be leaving for today.”
I hurried out of the Guiding Room as if escaping.
Park Geon-woo was the sub seme of the original story. That was why I had always maintained a certain boundary when dealing with him.
But putting the original story aside, as a human being, he was someone I had trusted and relied on since I was young. Although he had been showing disappointing behavior lately, I never imagined he would try to molest me.
As I ran forward frantically, I bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction.
“I’m sorr—”
“Seonbae.”
As I bowed my head, I heard a familiar voice.
“Joon….”
“Seonbae, are you okay? You don’t look well.”
Kim Joon, dressed in a white uniform, checked my condition with a face full of worry.
“I’m okay.”
I forced a smile.
“Really? Shouldn’t you go to the infirmary?”
“I’m really okay.”
“Ah, then I have something to tell you, do you have a moment?”
I said I was okay, but perhaps because I was shaken by what happened a moment ago, my physical condition plummeted further. Since just standing still was overwhelming, I intended to apologize, tell him to talk next time, and go home. But then Kim Joon added:
“It’s about Joo Seung-hyuk seonbae.”
“Seung-hyeok?”
“Yes. Actually, there was one more reason why Joo seonbae came to see me.”
“What?”
Since the second semester began, Joo Seung-hyuk had sought out Kim Joon frequently. I thought it was to warn him not to approach me, but there was another reason…?
“Actually, Joo seonbae told me absolutely not to tell anyone…. But I thought Yeon-soo seonbae should know.”
“Tell me.”
Something Joo Seung-hyuk had kept secret from me. Perhaps it would be an important key to discovering the truth of this incident.
I took Kim Joon to my dormitory room.
This was content that Joo Seung-hyuk had strictly forbidden from being told to anyone. I had to be careful so it wouldn’t reach anyone else’s ears.
As I opened the dormitory door, the thought suddenly occurred to me: ‘Joo Seung-hyuk will flip out if he finds out about this.’
But who told him to stay locked up? He can come out and be as angry as he wants….
“Joon, come in.”
“C-can I really come in?”
Kim Joon hesitated in front of the door. He looked so nervous about entering a seonbae’s room that it was cute.
“Yeah. But do you have time? The mock battle hasn’t started yet, right?”
“I’m on the late shift, so I have some free time.”
“That’s a relief then.”
“What about you, Seonbae? Are you really okay? You look pale.”
“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”
Once I entered the dormitory room, the stench that had plagued me all day disappeared. Perhaps because the smell was gone, the nausea in my stomach calmed down somewhat. Instead, I had a fever, but it was a hundred times better than suffering from that stench.
My face felt hot, but my body felt chilly. Since I had a fever and felt cold at the same time, it was probably a body ache.
Still, my condition was slightly better than before, so it wasn’t to the point where I had to leave early immediately.
First, I’ll listen to Kim Joon’s story, and then I’ll go find Park Geon-woo. I need to find out about his relationship with the brothers Ju Jeong-han and Ju Tae-han.
I should have pressed him further after the Guiding, but I had rushed out in a panic due to the sudden situation.
“The room is messy, right? There’s a bit of dust.”
“No, it’s clean.”
Perhaps because I had left the room empty for so [unauthorized copy]long, it was more desolate than clean, but Kim Joon complimented it. He’s such a kind boy.
“Sit here.”
“Okay.”
Since there was only one chair in the room, I offered him the desk chair and perched myself on the edge of the bed.
“About the thing Joo seonbae told me to keep secret….”
Kim Joon didn’t hesitate and went straight to the point.
“Actually, it might not be that important. But seeing you today, Seonbae, I felt that I absolutely had to tell you. Just in case there’s a possibility it might help.”
“Yeah. Thank you.”
“Please don’t be disappointed if it’s nothing much.”
He must have seen that I was expecting something. I smiled to ease Kim Joon’s burden.
“I won’t be disappointed. I’m just grateful that you’re telling me.”
“Then I’ll tell you.”
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