Episode 133
‘what?’
Sihyeon was also a little embarrassed.
I simply approached the room where Baek Dong-il was and said a few words of greeting.
But Dong-il suddenly started crying.
“Huh… Chief, are you okay?”
“Yes, well….”
“Well… I’m glad.”
“….”
Sihyeon remained silent with a dumbfounded expression on his face.
Because I couldn’t understand why he was acting like that.
[Poahim speaks to you. You truly humbled the prisoner.]
‘huh?’
Suddenly, a message from Poahim appeared.
For some reason, I felt like the frequency with which Poachim spoke to me had increased since the last time I met him in person.
Poahim’s message has been helpful in many cases, so if that were true, it was a welcome development.
By the way, are you truly impressed?
Sihyeon was lost in thought.
There was only one thing I could think of that would be worth it.
This time, he risked his life with the inmates in the gate incident.
So does that mean you were disappointed because of that?
what… It could be so.
Sihyeon looked a little puzzled.
In conclusion, Sihyeon’s guess was not wrong.
However, it was difficult to know the detailed psychological state of Baek Dong-il.
The Iron-Blooded Guard’s technique was to control prisoners through fear.
It becomes an overwhelming fear that overwhelms all other emotions.
Rather than setting up the inmates as a shield against a powerful enemy, such a fearful being took the lead and risked their lives to fight.
It was the same on the stairs, and it was the same in front of the gray-haired man.
In particular, the man was an enemy whose strength was so overwhelming that even prisoners who were advanced hunters froze.
Even against such an enemy, he proudly went forward and risked his life.
In the end, he suffered fatal injuries.
The prisoners felt a great shock.
And then I realized.
This prison guard is not someone who simply rules through fear.
He moved for the prisoners even in urgent situations.
He ran busily to evacuate the prisoners on the first floor, blocked the orcs at the very front of the stairs, and did not back down even in front of the monster orcs.
The same was true in front of a man with overwhelming strength.
From the perspective of the inmates who were intimidated by the iron-blooded guards, it was inevitable that it would be an extremely special feeling that they would do such an act for their insignificant people, who could not say anything even if they were jerked.
That’s why Dong-il was filled with tears when he saw Si-hyeon come back unharmed.
“Have a good day today and let’s talk next time.”
“Yes, yes!”
Dongil answered loudly in an angled position.
Only then did Sihyeon’s eyes turn to the person in charge and the person in charge who were standing awkwardly.
“hello.”
The person in charge and the person in charge saluted at the same time.
“hello.”
Sihyeon received a salute and headed toward room 2.
Even though it had been a long time since we had seen each other, their expressions turned sour as they only greeted each other and did not say anything.
Are you upset because your direct subordinates are sitting back instead of going out and fighting with you?
The chief in charge cautiously opened his mouth.
“excuse me….”
“Huh? Why are you doing that?”
“I was wondering if you had something to say….”
“No, nothing in particular. Let’s take a look.”
Sihyeon really didn’t think anything of it.
Since I was in the middle of working, I just didn’t have the heart to disturb him.
The intention was simply to look around at the inmates alone.
But it was not received that way.
The person in charge and the person in charge were sweating and shaking their heads.
I wonder if I should apologize.
“No, don’t you look at things? Don’t worry about me, just look at things.”
Sihyeon looked at me with strange eyes.
“Oh, yes. I understand.”
It seemed like the manager was on edge right now, so it didn’t seem like a good time to apologize.
The chief in charge retreated to the office, thinking that he should apologize when the manager was in a good mood.
The department seemed to think so, too, and followed behind the chief in charge.
Sihyeon continued to look around at the prisoners starting from room 2.
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
The reaction was a series of embarrassing tears.
It made me think of the Pyongyang citizens I saw on TV crying for their father and son.
It was a shame because Poahim explained that he was truly impressed, otherwise I would have been wondering for a long time what these people had up to.
Only in room 10 was Sihyeon able to escape the embarrassed tears of the inmates.
When Cheolhyung discovered the vision, he put down the book he was reading and greeted her with a smile.
“It’s been a while, Chief.”
“…It feels so good to smile.”
“yes?”
“There is such a thing.”
Sihyeon opened the door to room 10 and went inside.
The prison guard and the inmate sat face to face one on one in the cell.
“That feeling is correct, right?”
Sihyeon said.
“It doesn’t always fit, but unfortunately it did this time.”
“How are you feeling today?”
“I feel quiet today.”
“That’s a good thing.”
There was sincerity mixed in those words.
Sihyeon paused for a moment, took out a chocolate from his pocket, and handed it to Cheolhyung.
“This?”
“I’ve been eating some of these things. I see that you have a lot of money, so why aren’t you applying for supplies? You don’t even eat ramen or snacks.”
Because the prison food was so tasteless, many inmates requested ramen or other snacks every week to keep from running out.
A case like Cheolhyeong was a very unusual case.
While working as a prison guard, Sihyeon had never seen an inmate like Cheolhyeong who rarely applied for supplies.
“Aren’t books food for the mind? That’s enough.”
“Oh, that person is so disgusting.”
Sihyeon gave an expression that said he was raising both hands and feet.
Cheolhyung smiled.
“Of course, I’ll be grateful for this. It’s something the manager gave me.”
“Okay, okay.”
Cheolhyung put a flat piece of chocolate inside the book like a bookmark.
Then he opened his mouth again.
“Thank you, Chief.”
“No, it’s nothing special, but I’m saying thank you twice. That’s just the way it is.”
Sihyeon began speaking.
“yes.”
“I have something I want to say to Mr. Cheolhyung.”
“Please speak, Chief.”
“Do you remember what we talked about in the provincial office last time?”
“Of course I remember.”
“At that time, I let people make wild guesses about me, but the truth is, I’m not a wise man or anything. I’m not a government person disguised as a prison guard.”
“It seemed so.”
“Did you notice?”
“Didn’t you fight next to the chief this time? So you could tell.”
“What did you know?”
“I knew the chief was a prison guard.”
Cheolhyung said with a cool smile.
Perhaps because he had a handsome face, any facial expression seemed to go well with it.
Sihyeon once again made up her mind that this man should be the face of Yangji Guild.
“Okay, that’s enough.”
Sihyeon nodded and said.
He then began to explain to Cheolhyeong about the Yangji Guild, which he had founded with prisoners.
Cheolhyeong, who had heard the entire explanation, gave a slightly puzzled look.
“I’m the guild leader, not the manager?”
“For me, being a guild member is enough.”
I didn’t want to go to the front in this state, but my main job was as a prison guard, so taking on the role of guild leader was too much to think about.
“All right.”
Cheolhyung thought that if Sihyeon said that, there was a good reason, so he didn’t ask any more questions.
“Thank you. Let’s do our best in the future.”
Sihyeon held out her hand, and they shook hands.
“Chief.”
“why?”
“But this incident is unusual.”
Cheolhyung said with a straight face.
It seemed like he felt something through this incident.
“I think so too.”
Sihyeon also agreed.
“As expected, Chief.”
“But even so, it’s just a feeling and I don’t know anything for sure. There’s no way to know.”
“That’s the problem. There is cause and effect in everything. And I feel like I really need to know the cause of this.”
“Well… there are a lot of people besides us who will be worried about losing their goals, so we can only look forward to that.”
Cheolhyung nodded and suddenly said something else.
“The woman who saved the life of the chief and others.”
“Why him?”
“Do you know each other well?”
“Um… a little. Why?”
“If you know him, it would be a good idea to maintain a good relationship with him.”
Si-hyeon looked at him with puzzled eyes at the sudden remark, which he probably didn’t know about his relationship with Hyris.
“What do you mean?”
“Don’t you need a lifeline that you can grab in an emergency?”
Cheolhyung said with a smile.
“haha.”
Si-hyeon was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“I don’t know if it’s a lifeline or a bomb, but… I’ll keep it in mind.”
◈ ◈ ◈
Sihyeon, who returned to the provincial office after finishing the second company, took a breather while drinking warm barley tea.
It looks like the 2nd company wasn’t really a mess.
It was said that the people who came to collect the body continued to vomit and there was an uproar.
It is said that it was such a cruel scene.
I heard that the new prison guards at Company 2 also had a hard time cleaning up the remaining blood that was everywhere.
The expressions of the prison guards at Company 2 were still not good.
It seemed like a screw was missing somewhere and it was moving creakingly, like someone who needed to take sick leave at any moment.
So, Si-hyeon had just come to tell her not to overdo it.
“Whew.”
Sihyeon took a sip of barley tea and sighed briefly.
This must never happen again.
It had to be that way.
But I also felt like this was just the beginning.
As no major damage was caused by the gate for nearly 10 years, people were in some way insensitive to safety.
To non-hunter citizens, gates felt much less dangerous than traffic accidents.
This incident was a real wake-up call to those people.
‘And the one called the king… .’
Sihyeon rested his chin and was lost in thought.
He was definitely not a simple monster.
It felt much more threatening and scary than that.
I even thought that it might be the source of the Gate scandal.
He almost killed himself. However, I felt calmer than angry.
It happened because I was still weak.
I had to become stronger.
Even more so if the level of enemies coming through the gate is at that level.
If you fail to do so, the moment such a disaster occurs again, you will have no choice but to wait for death.
Slurp.
Sihyeon reached out the hand that rested his chin and drank the barley tea.
My mind has been made up.
For now, stay quiet and build your strength.
Because of this incident, there was too much attention and I needed to keep quiet.
In the meantime, the guild’s work would proceed naturally.
◈ ◈ ◈
“Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn… Wow…!”
The gray-haired man let out a yell filled with anger.
This shame.
This humiliation.
never.
I will never pay you back!
The man had a distorted face and was tearing out his hair with his only hand.
I had a crazy urge to go see that bitch again and return this pain a thousand times, ten thousand times.
That bitch will never die gracefully.
They will put you in a torture chamber and subject you to severe torture every day.
They will not dare to die and will be left to struggle in maddening pain forever.
By any means necessary.
certainly.
The man clenched his teeth with a grim expression.
◈ ◈ ◈
And time passed.
fantasy,
