chapter 105
105. Erina Esnatia’s Wedding
“Damn.”
How on earth did this happen?
Suddenly returning to my home country. It’s hard to believe that just a few days ago, we were enjoying hot spring baths together.
‘It can’t be a joke.’
Erina’s tone and expression were all sincere.
He was clearly rejecting me and throwing me out.
What on earth should I do?
I guess I need to come to my senses.
It is difficult to approach Erina any further unless she herself wants to.
It seems like he feels burdened even looking at my face
The elevator arrived at the lobby level, the door opened, and I walked out.
A female employee approached me as if she was curious and asked.
“How did you communicate well?”
“It’s not working well.”
She answered honestly and sheepishly.
It was an uncharacteristic behavior for me, but I guess I wanted to get some advice in this frustrating situation.
‘That’s a stupid thing to say.’
At that time, another employee who had been chatting with a female employee before I went up approached me.
A girl employee who, at a glance, appears short and relatively young. She Appears to be around early 20s.
“Oh my, what are you doing? Yuna”
Her female employee seemed embarrassed by the appearance of the girl named Yuna and stopped her.
But she did not give in and said with a smile.
“Sister, it’s okay. You are Kim Si-woo, right?”
“Do you know me?”
She answered my question with a smile.
“I know! He’s not the guy Erina talks about every day.”
“Use it.”
At Yuna’s words her her, the female employee covered her mouth and spoke firmly.
“No matter how much you know them, you are not allowed to talk to the maids in our dormitory. Do you want to clean the bathroom on your own?”
“Eup…”
Yuna shook her head at her words and closed her mouth.
“Hmm, a woman’s mind is not complicated. If you know Erina well, Siwoo Kim himself would know you better than what we picked up from a few words.”
“Thank you.”
As I expected, I did get some advice. To be honest, I don’t understand it at all.
‘First of all, I’ll have to ask Baek A-rin.’
Erina’s fate has already changed drastically from the original.
No one knows the story behind Lee Seong-hyeon’s abandonment and the story of how she, who should have died, lives on.
It is not written anywhere.
‘She is writing it herself.’
I wondered if I had the right to stop Erina.
Maybe Erina is right.
It is true that if you are with me, even if you have 10 lives, it is not enough.
Maybe she really will be able to achieve her dreams in her home country.
So if she really wants to, I can’t stop her.
But I need to know the exact story.
‘You owe me your life, so you have that right.’
The problem is how to find out the inside story.
You can ask Baek Arin for that.
This is Baek A-rin, who sacrifices her life to protect her connections and information management
If you ask me, I might be able to understand the situation of the Esnatia family to some extent, not just domestic information.
Once her mind is cleared, she comes to her senses again.
‘Good. It’s the beginning of making Erina a Korean with yellow hair.’
***
Baek Arin also seemed to have already gone to Erina before I heard what she said.
Baek A-rin shouted as if she were angry.
“He told me to take care of myself! He said he wanted to contact me sometimes, but I said that was nonsense!”
“I’m glad I was able to at least contact you.”
I came here isolated, saying I didn’t even want to see his face.
At my words, Baek Arin frowned and looked at me.
“Kim Si-woo! What do you plan to do?”
“Of course I have to stop it. I want to persuade you too.”
“Then why are you doing this here!”
“I don’t get any calls, and when I get close to the dormitory, the front desk blocks me. I think Erina told me.”
Baek Arin turned her head at my words.
“Erina, why are you doing this…” ” .”
It’s not that I haven’t tried anything other than this.
I used the [Abnormality] To pretend to be a dormitory student to get in, forged a security card, and when all of that was blocked, I climbed the wall of Building A dormitory in the middle of the night as a last resort.< Br>
When I finally got to Erina’s floor and knocked on her window, it was a sight.
-Erina, tell me everything! I need to know the situation so I can help you!
Erina clearly answered with a disgusted expression.
-Please, you’d be helping me if you just fucked off. How about just falling down and dying?
So, with three days left until Erina’s return date, she can’t do anything and is just stamping her feet.
Baek Arin thought about it with a serious expression for a moment and then spoke to me.
“Kim Si-woo, if it were you, not me, you would be able to convince him, right?”
“What are you talking about? I was just kicked out of the door.”
At my words her her her, Baek Arin slapped her her side her her her as if feeling pitiful.
“It hurts.”
“No, it’s not something you can do, you have to do it.”
Baek Arin seems to be mistaken. She said that Erina is pushing me away even though she actually likes me for some reason.
‘I’d rather think that way too.’
If it were a sweet story like a novel, I wouldn’t have to worry about this.
As someone who knew Erina’s true wish, I was trapped in the thought that her actions might be sincere.
I could tell from her expression and face
Still, I don’t want to send it.
Erina has already given her affection.
But you left suddenly. It’s not polite.
I need to know who and under what circumstances my wish she came true.
You need a reason that makes sense.
That’s why I’m going to hear the situation from Erina now.
While Erina was contemplating her expression, Baek Arin showed me the screen of the smart watch.
“I made an appointment with Erina. I want to have one last talk with her before I leave.”
“If I go, I don’t think I’ll look back.”
Baek A-rin sighed at my words.
“Anyway, I don’t think I can persuade Erina. She’s not really that kind of girl, but she doesn’t seem to have any intention of breaking her stubbornness this time.”
Is it Baek Arin and Erina? When I look at Baek Arin’s her face her her her her, I see deep dark circles on her her clear, snow-like skin her her her her.
It seemed like he couldn’t sleep properly due to worry.
I never thought Baek Ah-rin would have a friend other than Kang Hwa-yeon with whom she would form a deep relationship. In the original work, she and Erina don’t even have any contact.
‘In some ways, this is the first real friend I’ve made.’
As the only successor to Inferno, Ganghwa-yeon never misses first place in anything.
Baek Arin plans to take over her snow mountain and defeat Inferno to become number one.
The friendship between the two is by no means a lie, but Baek Ah-rin has developed an inferiority complex by being next to Ganghwa-yeon.
And Kang Hwa-yeon herself also has the instinct to take care of and take care of her Baek A-rin.
‘It won’t be pleasant for Baek A-rin.’
It must have been his fault that he was easily tricked by Lee Seong-hyun in the early episodes
But Erina is different.
When Baek A-rin is with Erina, she screams more heartily, gets really angry, and laughs with all her heart.
As equal friends.
That’s why it’s so heartbreaking.
Of course, Baek Arin will be just as frustrated as I am.
“Still, I think it would be better for you to go.”
Baek A-rin turns her head to me at my words.
It would be better for Baek A-rin to persuade her rather than me, who would be kicked out at the door.
… No, she’s just scared of finding out her true feelings.
She could see the heat rising in Baek Arin’s eyes.
“Kim Si-woo, just do what I tell you!”
“No, but…”
Baek A-rin shouted in response to my words.
“You idiot, just criticize me! I have something else to look into.”
“Are you going to find out?”
Baek A-rin kicked off the chair and stood up.
She looked back and answered my question.
“Isn’t it obvious? I have to find out why Erina ended up like that. I wonder if she was bullied by some b*stard!”
“Okay, I’ll find out.”
It seems there was no need to ask Baek A-rin.
She sent me one of her messages and said:
“The place and the time. I told Erina that I wanted to meet her one last time. This is an opportunity that she begged me to make, so I need to persuade her properly.”
Baek A-rin said that and bit her lip for a moment.
Then she looked into my eyes and spoke quietly.
“Because you have that responsibility.”
“I know.”
***
Her chest feels tight and she feels short of breath.
If you fail to persuade Erina,
What if what she really wants is to return to her family and never return?
‘Don’t think about useless things, Kim Si-woo.’
I walked away, filling my foolish thoughts with the cold evening air.
“Erina.”
Erina was waiting under the cherry tree.
The place where she first met
“Siwoo?”
Erina’s expression immediately hardens when she sees me.
“It’s hard to see your face.”
I approached her with a smile, but she responded with a stern expression.
“I’m going back. She said Arin would come out, so she came out.”
“Why are you so sad?”
I approached her slowly, smiling at her.
In places where cherry blossoms used to be in full bloom, the season has passed and only bare branches remain.
“When we first met, there were lots of cherry blossoms. So much time has already passed.”
She spoke in a sly tone as much as possible to hide her trembling voice.
Erina made eye contact with me as I approached.
“What do you want to say, Kim Si-woo?”
A freezing cold tone.
It feels stuffy, like something is stuck in my throat. No words are coming out.
But it shouldn’t be like this.
You have to say it.
“Don’t leave, Erina. If you’re in trouble, tell me. If you’re involved in something you don’t want to do, find me. I’ll save you again and again.”
Erina was silent for a moment, as if dumbfounded.
She then laughed for a while as if she was dumbfounded and then looked at me with quizzical eyes.
“Illusion is also a natural thing. Kim Si-woo, does it seem to me that I am doing this due to some kind of family circumstances or pressure?”
“If not, why so suddenly… !”
“Zion. I am getting married to my fiancé, Zion, chosen by my family. How could I want to miss such an opportunity?”
I was speechless for a moment when I heard the name of her come out of her mouth.
American S-rank hunter Zion.
Grade S given only to hunters who transcend cognition.
A wall that can never be overcome.
“…”
“It’s different from a weak man like you. I’m an S-class hunter. It’s something I’ve dreamed of since I was a child.”
Erina’s voice is heard.
‘Kim Si-woo. Come to your senses.’
I bit her lip until it bled and raised her head to ask her if it was really her will.
But she couldn’t say.
Her smile and eyes she were truly ecstatic as she spoke of the moment her dream she came true.
It feels like she has discovered the truth that she had been ignoring because she did not want to know.
I know that saying any more is lame.
Nevertheless, she said.
She spoke to her in a cracking voice, unable to hide her trembling breath any longer.
Even though it might be a lie, I said it.
“I will become stronger than that man you spoke of. I will try to overcome him again just like I defeated Lee Seong-hyun, who had my eyes on him…”
She didn’t say anything back.
Instead, Erina gave her answer with a cold look, as if it wasn’t worth talking about.
Under the cherry tree where I first met Erina, my second attempt to deceive her failed.