308. Umiho (2)
Kang Hye-min and her mother are arguing over jewels at her younger brother’s bedside.
“If someone came into the hospital, I would think they were doing a good deed.”
Gwangik muttered.
A guy who hasn’t been normal since Hwarim OT.
“I will protect it thoroughly. No one can enter.”
A more abnormal fart said.
Looking at the gold ropes and such draped around the bed, it really looks like they are doing some kind of ritual.
Is this correct?
Umiho momentarily doubted all of this.
That was understandable.
What have you been doing all this time to save your little brother and see him get back on his feet?
Umiho knows why her younger brother became like that.
She was lost in memories of the past.
* * *
“You can live here from today.”
If someone were to ask Umiho what her childhood was like, she would say it was moderately unhappy.
After the Special War, government support for orphanages increased due to the rapid increase in war orphans.
No matter how thoroughly you do your work, there are bound to be loopholes.
There were many daycare centers that took advantage of this gap.
A place where they raise children as if they were free-ranging animals, only receiving subsidies.
That was the place where Umiho and Ujiho were.
“Don’t ask. Don’t demand. Eat and live. Go to school if you want. But don’t expect clothes, shoes, and the like.”
A life of wearing clothes picked up from a recycling bin.
A life of picking up and wearing shoes that someone else has thrown away.
It was fortunate that I was able to at least eat.
But that was all the daycare center could do.
Even feeding and putting them to bed.
Despite this situation, Umiho went to school with her younger brother.
The director didn’t help, but he didn’t interfere either.
“Study. We have to use our heads to survive.”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
My brother was rough. Maybe he couldn’t help it because life was so tough.
But understanding doesn’t mean it’s acceptable.
Exactly.
Umiho couldn’t hold it in any longer and used her hand.
“Don’t be a dog.”
Cool and cold.
Woo Ji-ho, who was hit in the head, glared and then looked away.
I did that because I felt like I couldn’t win if I rushed in.
Don’t you know your sister’s podium?
That was the year when Umiho turned nineteen and Ujiho turned seventeen.
My younger brother, who said he was going to work part-time in the countryside for a month, came back half dead.
“What happened?”
It’s quicker to find the cause when you’re shedding tears.
Umiho asked and dug in.
She was resourceful and was able to figure out a few things.
It was also thanks to an immortal I happened to know.
“Arthur. It seems like the orderly is involved, so I think I have some kind of illness.”
Since it’s a disease, shouldn’t it be cured?
The hospital shook its head.
No doctor could tell me for sure what was wrong with my brother.
There were times when I wanted to give up everything.
My brother neither woke up nor died easily.
The breath just kept going.
I couldn’t just leave it alone.
In that situation, it was fortunate that I awakened as an immortal.
After awakening, there was no time to wait for the adaptation process.
I just held on.
It was an ignorant thing to do. The sensory adaptation period is important for an immortal.
If you are in a hurry, it is common for several of your five senses to become numb.
There is nothing more dangerous than apathy.
Having overcome a difficult life, partly through luck, she lived the life of a half-blood immortal.
Umiho acted cleverly.
I found out that it is several times more beneficial to get a job at a major company than to live as a freelancer.
Because special immortals without connections were easy targets for hunting, they kept their awakening a secret and endured.
So I entered Hwarim.
When she joined the company, she knew nothing.
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That’s all I learned in OT.
The written exam wasn’t difficult because I had studied and endured my body as an immortal and had achieved results.
Even though she wasn’t immortal, she was one of the most talented people in the country.
After becoming immortal, he began to work in earnest to cure his younger brother.
* * *
It’s full of memories of failure.
I also called upon several wizards. I mobilized all my connections and authority, not just those living in the freelance world, but also those who could be used as immortal special agents.
He was also admitted to a special-purpose hospital.
Nothing could heal my brother. Not even the road was visible.
‘Will it work?’
Doubts keep raising their heads.
“Yes. Yes, absolutely.”
Bangtuae muttered next to me.
Is this crazy kid really going to stick around like this?
Umiho turned her gaze towards her younger sister again.
Isn’t this your younger brother who you’ve practically given up on?
Didn’t you want to die like this?
No, I have never done that.
I want to see my little brother standing, laughing and chatting again.
I want to see you open your mouth even if it means swearing.
Even if I had to talk back, I wanted to see those eyes light up.
More than anything, Umiho wanted that.
She clasped her hands together.
I thought he was standing there calmly and upright.
“I told you it could be done? I’ll risk my life.”
Bangtuae says. I wondered why he kept talking like this next to me.
It seemed as if he saw his own hands shaking.
Umiho held both hands together and prayed silently.
I don’t have a religion, but at this moment, I feel like I want to pray to someone.
“It’s possible. It’s possible.”
Gwi-tae’s voice is heard. Strangely enough, Umiho can feel a little bit of relief from that voice.
* * *
Since I don’t have any blood siblings, I wonder if I don’t know how Umiho feels right now.
No, I know, I can see.
I thought about what happened when President Nam Myeong-jin sold my information.
There was a knife aimed at my mother.
Director Ma Yoon, that name is unforgettable.
Of course, I didn’t worry at all.
Who is Ms. Kang Seol-hye that she would be taken advantage of by a punk like that?
But what if it happened?
What if my mother was ordinary?
So what if it ended up like that?
Your liver will melt. Your heart will break.
Living every day may not be that enjoyable.
My keenly developed senses sometimes make my imagination feel real.
Umiho’s trembling hands are visible.
His eyes are wide open, without even the slightest trembling.
My body froze as if someone had fired an ice bullet. My hands were shaking.
It looked dangerous.
It didn’t seem like anyone else’s work.
I wanted to be the one who kills the invaders.
As I tried to live like that, I ended up having many enemies.
There are also many people targeting you.
With him, there will be more people targeting my family, my friends, and my people, not just me.
If that happens, if that happens.
It can’t possibly feel very good.
Even if you seek revenge, the dead won’t come back to life.
Thoughts follow one after another and end in one thought.
Rather than worrying about things that haven’t happened yet.
It would be better to prevent that from happening.
A tree that cannot be climbed.
This is the image that Umiho was trying to create.
good night.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to build that image and make it real.
Brain cells accelerate on their own and connect thoughts again.
It comes to me naturally now that I need it.
In modern times, resources are power.
It’s not for nothing that they call it a resource war.
Securing resources.
This is not the time to be happy about winning the lottery.
NS has only three businesses.
Can this really protect people?
I’m not talking about father and mother.
Not Marie either.
Can I protect my company beyond my family?
lack.
Knock knock.
My heart is pounding. I see a new goal.
A person who kills invaders.
I could see beyond it.
While on one hand they were busy saving Umiho’s younger sister, on the other hand I was sinking deep inside myself.
The information I have read, seen, and stored in my head is now tangled. I pull out what I need from the tangled information.
It wasn’t difficult.
Resources will soon become power.
So far, NS has been building up its substance.
I only have three businesses.
Grow in size.
Eats resources.
Now I have two small goals.
If you wanted to kill invaders and kick the noses of terrorist groups, you had to get bigger.
Woohoo.
Inside the golden rope, the senses of the immortal warn.
The magic was activated inside me right now.
Something is going on with the order.
I put my concluded thoughts aside and focused on what was happening now.
Both eyes followed the traces of the spell and my sixth sense felt it.
It must have been because of my vivid senses. I felt like the flow of orders was taking hold of my body.
The jewel called Hongyeon’s Scale holds flames within it.
It’s not a real firework.
That jewel is a condensation of energy.
Although it appeared to be a living, moving flame, the flame was merely a part of the water that had spread around it, like water from an overflowing glass.
It’s a strange phenomenon that occurs due to overflowing energy.
Hye-min’s hand made a water sign.
As the finger moved, a red line was drawn, and soon the line transformed into a streamlined, round thread the size of a person.
My eyes opened. I think this was called the sixth sense.
It was seen.
A black smoke started to flow out from Umiho’s younger sister’s body.
It will usually be invisible to the human eye.
Through the eyes of the sixth sense, synesthesia was enhanced, and what was seen with the sixth sense beyond the five senses seemed to become real.
This is something like this too.
The flowing black smoke soon became entangled with red threads.
White light is sprinkled over it.
Basasak.
At the same time, the adult’s jewels shattered into dust.
The white and red lights mixed together. I could tell whether the spell was successful or not because it was vivid in my eyes.
Woo Ji-ho’s complexion turned dark.
My breathing became lighter.
It’s loud enough that even an immortal’s ears have to concentrate to hear it.
“It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay.”
Gwitae’s anxious voice rang out. Soon the light disappeared and Hyemin wiped her forehead with her forearm.
“Call a doctor.”
Hye-min’s mother said.
When everyone’s bodies freeze and they don’t move, she opens her mouth again.
“Right now.”
“Is it a failure?”
Gwitae asked.
“They say to call me because I am successful.”
I was able to explain the situation for him because I could see it at a glance.
“There used to be a parasite in your body, but I took care of it and got rid of it. The parasite sucked your life out, but it was also part of your life. Right now, it looks weaker, but it’ll be okay. Your condition won’t be good right away, but it’ll get better after a while. I got rid of the cause and tied it up.”
I saw Hye-min weave the white light together at the end.
I wonder where the kid learned it, he tied a knot so neatly.
“… … What are you?”
Hye-min asks, watching me explain one thing after another.
“Tell them I’m the representative, kid.”
He spoke while tapping my forehead like when I was tutoring him.
Next to me, I saw Hye-min’s mother looking at me with her eyes wide open.
But he said he hit his forehead in front of his mom.
“I’m just joking. It’s not the usual prank or expression of affection.”
“No, you saw it all? This?”
hmm?
It’s the first time Hye-min has seen her mother look so surprised.
The eyes got bigger and the nose got wider.
I think he was quite surprised, judging by his loud snorting.
I don’t know what the surprising point is.
“As I said before, I am somewhat of an immortal genius. I see with my sixth sense.”
“No, it’s different, you idiot, that’s different.”
Hye-min shouted from the side.
“I said you’re a genius, so why are you calling me an idiot? And keep quiet. People, get up.”
It’s not that loud, but it’s not advisable to raise your voice here.
I haven’t even removed the gold line yet. I don’t want to be treated like a crazy person.
I feel like I did something that really surprised me, but something doesn’t quite add up.
Well, I don’t think that’s important right now.
“Call the doctor.”
The ghost is coming out.
Umiho looked at her younger brother silently from her seat.
The posture hasn’t changed at all since before.
Then one step.
One more step.
As he walked, he reached out his hand towards his brother’s face.
I stroke the ball. I push the hair away from my forehead.
And then he got up.
Oh, this is it.
“Thank you.”
Umiho bowed her head with sincerity.
To Kang Hye-min and her mother.
I saw something I shouldn’t have seen.
Umiho’s eyes are red and she looks like she’s about to cry.
It’s horrible.
“I’m going first.”
I was trying to say hello and leave.
Umiho grabs his collar.
“No matter what happens in the future, I will risk my life if the representative says so.”
“Don’t bet. Just work as much as you’re paid to do.”
I’ve already come to a conclusion about what I need to do to protect my company’s employees.
What life are you risking?
I’m going to do a project to eat well and live well without killing my people.
“I will repay this favor.”
I’m crying. I’m going crazy.
It’s just disgusting to see a woman cry.
“Hey, Hye-min. Come on, kid. I’ll go first.”
I started talking.
In fact, what have I done that you are risking your life for me?
As I went out of the sickroom, I saw Gwi-tae running towards the doctor, carrying him in his princess arms.
“Oh, it’s urgent. We have to save our brother-in-law!”
Who is your brother-in-law? You crazy bastard.
“No, over there, if you do this.”
The doctor struggled, but it was no use.
Bangtuae is immortal and has undergone special training.
He subdued them with force, whether they struggled or not.
Even immortals can gain great strength through training.
It was the same with Gwitae too.
“Here, if my brother-in-law dies, you and I both die.”
Gwi-tae threatened. What kind of threat is that in this day and age?
If he goes to jail, he’ll have to hire a lawyer. Is it okay to cause trouble like that at the hospital?
I left the hospital.
I felt good. The spring sun was warm and the breeze was cool.
Spring is nice.
The white dandelions blooming outside the hospital entrance were a delight to the eyes.
The butterflies fluttering above it also looked happy.
It felt good. It felt so good. It was so good that it gave me goosebumps on my arms.
