Chapter 75

Chapter 4. Reawakening

In Chahaya's house, two people were lying down.

Kim Hansol occupied the bedroom, while the intruder lay on the living room floor. Even the intruder, whose neck had been pierced, was saved by Seo Un, and Chahaya, following Seo Un's instructions, kept watch over the intruder.

Chahaya almost missed the flow of regeneration when she shot a forceful glance at him, asking why he saved the intruder. As a result, she had to focus intensely and didn't hear the answer. During this time, Chahaya had been carefully observing Seo Un's cosmos without missing a single detail.

"You never told me to sit on his back, did you?"

Seo Un said this because Chahaya had sat on the intruder's waist.

Seo Un knew all the faces of the roughly twenty known top-tier species. However, the intruder, whose mask had been removed, was completely unfamiliar. He appeared to be a young man, probably in his late teens.

"Do you know who he is?"

Chahaya flipped the intruder over with her foot and, after examining his face more closely, replied.

"I've never seen anyone who looks like this."

"He's a top-tier species."

"Is that so?" Chahaya responded indifferently. Then, she flipped him over again, face down.

"You tell me not to hide anything from you, but how many things are you hiding? Do you catch top-tier species like flies?"

"I don't catch flies with Matahari."

"How did you use the gate?"

"I came from Seosang High School to catch the runaway Chahaya. But what would you do if I ran away?"

Chahaya's gaze dropped to Seo Un's plump lips.

"I'm not in the mood for jokes right now."

Seo Un's eyes had turned an even deeper shade of purple.

"You said the first user of the intersection gate was you."

"I never hid that."

"How did you know you needed to use the Wu Guangshi to move?"

Although the intruder and Kim Hansol had not yet regained consciousness, it was a conversation that could only be had when they were alone. Seo Un shook her head at Chahaya, who was about to speak.

"Why?"

"We'll talk when we're alone."

"Are you excited?"

"I said I'm not in the mood for jokes."

If the intruder got up and did something to Kim Hansol, they couldn't just let it happen. Moreover, to subdue the intruder, who might attack again, Chahaya needed to stay here.

The cosmos of Kim Hansol and the intruder were flowing without issues, but they had not yet regained consciousness due to their critical condition.

Feeling drained, Seo Un went to Chahaya's refrigerator and took out some malangso. She peeled off three wrappers at once and chewed them. Feeling a bit selfish, she took out two more and offered them to Chahaya. Surprisingly, he opened his mouth like a child, saying "Ah." Seo Un scolded herself for almost feeding him.

"Hey, do you have no hands or feet?"

"You're the one guarding him."

While only pressing the intruder's back with her foot, she spoke confidently. Seo Un peeled the two malangso and brought them to Chahaya's mouth. As soon as her thumb touched his tongue, she quickly pulled it away, but he sucked it in with the candy.

"Are you crazy?! Why are you sucking my hand?"

"It's sweet."

"Is the candy bitter?"

Seo Un wiped her thumb, which was covered in Chahaya's saliva, on her pants.

"Chahaya, you've been smelling sweet since just now."

Seo Un lifted her arm to smell it, but only the scent of fabric softener was there.

"What, malangso is sweet."

"No," Chahaya said, bringing her nose to Seo Un's neck. Meanwhile, she pressed the intruder lying below even harder, and a choking sound was heard. Seo Un pushed Chahaya away, saying, "I just saved him, and you're going to kill him again?" Goosebumps rose on the part where their breaths touched, and she rubbed it with her hand.

"Ah, um..."

Kim Hansol, standing in front of the open bedroom door, scratched her cheek.

"Are you awake? How's your body?"

Seo Un checked on Kim Hansol, asking if she was okay.

"Surprisingly, I feel quite refreshed. And... I've been awake for a while, but I couldn't find the right moment to interrupt, ahaha."

No matter what she was thinking, she laughed awkwardly.

"Give me 100,000 won."

When Chahaya extended her hand, Kim Hansol was puzzled.

"It's for the accommodation. Including this one, it's 200,000 won."

Kim Hansol's expression hardened as she noticed the intruder Chahaya was standing on.

"Could this person... have been the one who...?"

"Probably. Chahaya stopped him from attacking me too."

Seo Un looked at Chahaya, who nodded. She found it a bit commendable that Chahaya had raised the price from 50,000 won to 100,000 won.

"He was attacking me."

Her slight admiration faded.

Kim Hansol walked over and abruptly grabbed the intruder's hair, lifting it. Although it was a bit aggressive, Seo Un understood, given that he had tried to kill her.

"Who are you, Lee Sungwan?"

She lifted his hair even higher, her mouth agape in disbelief.

"Do you know him?"

"He's a member of our DK guild."

Seo Un was also puzzled.

The top-tier species in DK were only the former guild leader, who died while fighting a 6th-stage variant phoenix, and Namgung Jun, a hypnotist in the mental category.

"Has DK been hiding a top-tier species all this time?"

"No, absolutely not. Sungwan is definitely a mid-tier species..."

She let go of his hair, and the sound of his nose hitting the floor made Seo Un wince. This meant that the person who attacked her was not a mid-tier species.

"Then, did the team leader bring him here?"

"Not at all. This guy has no significant connection to our team... We can only wait for him to wake up."

However, there was one puzzling point. The intruder had worn a mask to hide his identity and carried the dagger that had pierced her.

"This is just my thought, but could he be an assassin sent by the vice guild leader because of the guild leader's death?"

Kim Hansol firmly shook her head.

"Vice guild leader... The current guild leader has nothing to gain from my death."

It seemed that the guild leader automatically became the representative of DK upon the former guild leader's death.

"Besides, this guy is really a mid-tier species, right? How did this happen..."

She pushed Lee Sungwan's body with force and slapped his cheeks.

"Lee Sungwan! Wake up!"

After another slap, Lee Sungwan groaned and opened his eyes. Seo Un's cheeks ached, but Chahaya was smiling for some reason. He lowered his voice and whispered in her ear.

"I want to eat a hot bread bun."

Seo Un swept her hand over her ear. Knowing he was referring to her swollen cheeks, she hit Chahaya's back with her hand, which only made her palm hurt.

"...Eh, eh? What? Hansol-ssi?"

Lee Sungwan, blinking his eyes, covered his cheek and looked up at Kim Hansol in surprise. He looked around like someone who had just woken up and let out a strange sound.

"Heck! What, what is this? Where are we?"

Kim Hansol, squatting, covered her forehead with her hand.

"I'm asking you. Why did you come to Namdong?"

"Namdong? Tacheon?"

Lee Sungwan's eyes, looking up at Chahaya and Seo Un, were filled with fear. If this was a fabricated reaction, he had almost achieved the level of a top-tier species actor. Kim Hansol sighed deeply, thinking this wasn't right.

"Sungwan, you need to think carefully and answer my questions."

She picked up the dagger that had fallen on the floor, the one that had pierced her.

"Yes, yes, Un-ssi."

"Is this yours?"

"...Yes, it's the sword I use."

Kim Hansol held the handle and pointed the tip at Lee Sungwan's chin.

"Have you ever given this to anyone?"

"Why are you being so scary? You know, Un-ssi, we don't touch each other's weapons."

Kim Hansol's eyes narrowed as if she was about to cry.

"What's the last thing you remember before waking up here?"

Lee Sungwan lowered his pupils and tilted his head, looking at Kim Hansol.

"It was... at Seongra Department Store, with Jun-ssi... We had dinner... But why am I here?"

"Jun? Namgung Jun?"

Lee Sungwan nodded.

"...You damn bastard."

Kim Hansol, uttering a chilling curse, grabbed Lee Sungwan's collar and lifted him up.

"Ugh! Un-ssi, I really don't know what's going on. I don't remember how I got here..."

"I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to that bastard Namgung Jun."

Kim Hansol flicked her hair back.

"Go out for now."

"Where to?"

She pushed Lee Sungwan's back, still in a panic.

"Go northwest."

"Un-ssi, what about my weapon...?"

"Since you tried to kill me with this sword, it's evidence now."

Swoosh, Lee Sungwan's face turned pale. He rolled his eyes toward Chahaya and Seo Un and swallowed hard.

"Why? Are you going to do something if these two aren't here?"

"It's not that. It seems there's some misunderstanding."

"Get out."

Kim Hansol poked his back with the sword, and Lee Sungwan shivered as if he had been stabbed.

Watching this, Seo Un and Chahaya only thought that there might be an internal conflict in DK. They were only involved because Kim Hansol had found the Tacheon hideout, and neither of them was particularly interested. Especially since Seo Un's attention was entirely on Chahaya.

After chasing Lee Sungwan away, Kim Hansol slammed the front door.

Chahaya raised her finger, signaling for her to go outside. She ignored the gesture, bent down, and bowed.

"Vice guild leader, I want to thank you first. I'm really grateful for saving my life. I don't know how to repay you."

Kim Hansol had seen a purple cosmos saving her life while she was dying. She didn't know why Seo Un, who was a knight, had become a healer, but she was grateful for saving her life.

"But Chahaya-ssi..."

She didn't continue, wondering if Chahaya knew about Seo Un's abilities. Since she didn't know when Chahaya had appeared, Kim Hansol only observed Seo Un. Even among the same guild members, there were some who didn't reveal all their abilities.

"It's okay, Chahaya knows too."

Seo Un, reading her thoughts, was inwardly impressed by Kim Hansol's seriousness.

"Then... Do all the Tacheon guild members know?"

"Roughly, yes."

Currently, Chahaya knew that Seo Un had two ultimate skills, and it wasn't too late to explain to the guild members later.

"I need to repay you, but I have something to apologize for first. Our DK is currently divided into the Namgung Jun faction and the guild leader faction, causing some internal conflict. I didn't expect they would use a guild member to try to kill me..."

Previously, Kim Hansol had revealed at the union meeting that she was involved in the former guild leader's death.

The guild leader had secretly monopolized the tunnel where variants were born, and she had opposed it. The guild leader tried to imprison her to keep her quiet and only use her healing ability. Threatened with her life, she had no choice but to kill the guild leader. The DK 1st team, who witnessed the incident, testified that it was self-defense.

Ultimately, the union did not punish her for prioritizing the union over the guild.

If it were in Korea, they might have given a light punishment, but this was the Narakga, a lawless area where dozens of lower-tier species died every day without anyone batting an eye.

After the former guild leader's death, the vice guild leader naturally took the position. However, Namgung Jun, a hypnotist, had started a rebellion, desiring to become the guild leader of DK.

While the former guild leader was alive, they received full support, including Wu Guangshi, to live comfortably in Narakga. But after the guild leader changed and DK was reorganized, the benefits decreased. Namgung Jun, instead of leaving the guild, started a rebellion to become the leader.

"Wow, I heard your story, but I'm not really interested."

Chahaya added a half-hearted exclamation.