chapter 107
107. Erina Esnatia’s Wedding
“Baek Arin!”
Her name was called in the park of her academy where she would be waiting.
“Have you finally come to your senses, Mr. Kim Si-woo?”
Baek A-rin looks at me and speaks sarcastically.
Even if I am treated like this, I have nothing to say.
He walked in front of her and lowered her head.
Then Baek Arin took a step back, as if embarrassed.
“What, why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
“Baek Ah-rin has no shame. Still, help me.”
Baek Arin looked down at me and answered as if she was dumbfounded.
“Are you coming now?”
“Yes, it has nothing to do with your path to becoming the president of Snow Mountain. I am simply asking you out of my greed. Although it is only now, I am still asking you. I really need you.”
Baek A-rin was silent and said nothing.
When I lifted her head to look at her expression, she was smiling while covering her mouth.
“Okay, this is the first time Kim Si-woo has asked me like this.”
“Then…”
She suddenly kicked my shin.
Pain rises from her shins.
“It hurts!”
Baek A-rin looks at me pitifully and speaks.
“Who cares? I’m sorry, but I’m closer to Erina than you. Unlike others, I had no intention of seeing such an anachronistic marriage from the beginning.”
“I respect you, Baek Arin.”
When Baek Ah-rin looked at her smiling, she said as if she was disgusted.
“Stop it, it’s a bit creepy.”
Although Esnatia’s method is radical, cases of arranged marriages to expand the clan are not particularly rare even in today’s era.
If we have to be honest, Baek A-rin and Kang Hwa-yeon are special.
‘To begin with, their fathers are noblemen who would light up their eyes when their daughters said they were getting married…’
Baek A-rin smiled.
“Even though it’s a little late, I’m glad that I’m back to the Kim Si-woo I know.”
“I used to be like this.”
Baek A-rin laughed and said as if she was dumbfounded.
“Do you know what your expression was like in the dormitory that day? There was a dark aura all over your body. There were sunken dark circles under your eyes, and your face was extremely haggard. He looked like a man who had lost everything. In this world there were bottles of alcohol on the floor.
“Stop.”
As she spoke, blocking her outpouring of words, Baek Arin raised the corner of her mouth.
“There’s still a long time left.”
“I’m sorry.”
Baek Arin showed a satisfied expression.
Then she soon returned with a serious expression and looked at me.
“Did you check roughly what happened?”
“Thanks to the documents you brought.”
Baek Arin looked at her wrist and said.
“Then you know that you don’t have much time.”
She said that in the documents Baek Ah-rin brought, there were three days until Erina and Zion’s wedding.
That’s enough time to break up her wedding, even though she’s tight.
‘It’s not patho. I’m just going to destroy it and destroy it.”
I never thought I would end up doing something like [This marriage is annulled!].
Baek A-rin looked around for a moment and spoke as if she was aware of the students around her looking at her.
“Let’s move to a new location. This doesn’t seem like a good place to hold a strategy meeting.”
“The popular girl looks tired.”
At my words, Baek A-rin glared at me and said.
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
…
Baek Arin’s dormitory.
Unlike Erina’s dormitory, which I glimpsed, it looks quite neat.
“Why are you looking around so much? Are you nervous because it’s your first time in a women’s dormitory?”
“No, not the first time.”
Baek Arin widened her eyes as if she was embarrassed by my words.
When Baek Ah-rin looked at her like that, she quickly changed her subject.
“The biggest problem is who Erina will marry.”
“Zion?”
“Yes, it would be nice if it was just a simple arranged marriage. A man named Zion is strangely obsessed with Erina.”
“It’s obsession.”
The reason why a man named Zion is obsessed with Erina.
He is originally the son of a family of no means.
That’s why, even after becoming an S-rank hunter, he seems to be delusional that people around him are secretly looking down on him.
‘That’s why I said I dressed up more and was vicious to those around me.’
It means that their interests are aligned with the Esnatia family, which has not been able to produce proper hunters for a while.
The important thing is that if that is the reason, there is no particular reason to be obsessed with Erina.
He is an S-rank hunter. Even if you try to find a restaurant from a well-known restaurant, there will be a line.
That’s really uncomfortable though.
Baek A-rin looking at me.
“You know what I want to say, right?”
“Okay.”
Zion will not let Erina go easily.
Playing a game in a place other than the home ground.
It’s hard to think about getting help.
In other words, something may happen in the process of rescuing Erina.
As you step into the other person’s territory, if things go wrong, you could end up being accused of just being a kidnapper who tried to kidnap the bride.
‘…But it’s true.’
Maybe I won’t be able to return to Korea due to an ‘unforeseen accident’.
That’s why I don’t plan on taking Baek A-rin with me.
He looked at Baek Arin and said.
“You just hand over the flight, Erina’s exact location, and the inside of her mansion where Ion lives. I’ll take care of the rest.”
Baek A-rin said as if she was dumbfounded by my words.
“Don’t talk nonsense. Even if you risk your life, walk with me. It’s much more helpful if I’m there.”
“Still…”
Baek A-rin cut me off with a firm tone.
“If you don’t agree to this, I can’t help you.”
Baek Arin’s eyes did not seem to contain any lies.
Probably sincere.
Actually, what Baek A-rin said is correct.
It’s true that if she helps, her job will become much easier.
When she nodded, Baek Arin smiled and said.
“Then let’s think about how to bring him back. Once we somehow bring him to Korea, I can protect him from then on. Even if he is an S-rank hunter, he won’t be able to come to a foreign country and do something foolish to the son of a snowy mountain. To be honest, I can’t guarantee you. “
“It’s reassuring.”
“Of course, Erina will have to be prepared to completely severe ties with the Esnatia family.”
“Is that the problem?”
At my words, Baek Arin clicked her tongue and shook her head.
“I guess Erina was afraid of Aeon taking revenge on you personally.”
“I’m afraid of that too.”
“I have no choice but to get over it.”
“I’ll try.”
Baek A-rin is right.
Even if Erina is brought back, there is no telling what kind of tiring things will happen if she is seen by one of the few S-rank hunters in the world.
Still, I decided not to think about that risk anymore.
Because there are other things that are important to me.
Baek Arin said, clenching her fists.
“Well, now let’s think about how to get Erina out. I have a plan in mind.”
“Plan?”
When she asked her again, Baek Arin smiled and placed her stack of papers on her desk.
“This is the blueprint of Zion’s mansion.”
“How on earth did you get something like this?”
Looking at Baek Arin, she snorted and answered.
“Just like where you get strange information from, I also have my own information network. I don’t think I paid any hush money, perhaps because I was intoxicated with my own power.”
To put it simply, it means you bought it with money.
Still, I’m glad. Honestly, this is incredibly helpful information.
Baek Arin said, pointing to her blueprint.
“Perhaps Erina is in a small room in the basement, or else she is in this room on the top floor. If she is a man with a strong obsession, wouldn’t she want to place Erina in a place with as much security as possible?”
“That makes sense.”
All of the rooms that Baek A-rin pointed out were rooms that could be locked from the outside.
‘Let alone why there is a room like this.’
Baek A-rin was silent for a moment as if thinking, then opened her mouth.
“The mansion’s security isn’t that good. If we can get a quick look at the front door, we can get Erina out.”
I asked her because of her anxiety.
“How can I turn my eyes away?”
“I’ll do that. I should be able to make you avert your eyes.”
She spoke firmly to Baek A-rin, who made a ridiculous claim.
“No.”
She asked, as if Baek Arin was wondering why not.
“What? You don’t have long-distance skills. It’s too much for me to secretly look away… “
As expected, Baek A-rin is also unable to make rational judgments.
You must be in a hurry.
Maybe it’s because she’s never really seen the power of an S-class hunter.
But I know. Ability beyond cognition. That’s S rank.
Secretly, there is no way the same thing would work for Zion.
“No, it’s too dangerous.”
“There is no other way.”
She was silent for a moment at Baek Arin’s words. And she carefully opened her mouth.
“Who says there is no other way?”
“What?”
Baek A-rin looked at me with a puzzled expression.
Another way.
A method that I wasn’t really willing to use… No, I definitely didn’t want to use it.
Obviously, this choice will ruin all my future plans.
But this is the surest way to save Erina.
〈Gakheonheon〉 The worst, the strongest man. I will use Seonghyun Lee.
‘Ability beyond recognition, that is the power of S-class Zion. In that case, I use Lee Seong-hyun, who receives all kinds of love from the god of writers.’
Even if you know what the result will be.
He smiled and looked at Baek Arin and said.
“It’s Admiral Lee.”
I will use everything I can to save Erina.