Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

20. A closer heart

#20. Close heart

Cynthia let out her anger. She

She wept bitterly, and with her tears she let go of the anger and bitterness she had felt.

At first she was dubious.

Is it really possible to blow away this pain and suffering just by crying? Wouldn’t it be more painful because of the thought of losing to those I hate?

She thought so.

“Sniff. Thank you.”

Cynthia, who was cradled in Han Seong-jin’s arms, chanted quietly.

She felt a cooling sensation in a corner of her chest.

Something was holding her back, and she felt freed from it.

He patted Cynthia on the back without saying anything.

Simple hand gestures.

Perhaps it was a meaningless action, but Cynthia felt warmth from it.

With her warmth, the anxiety that remained in the corner of her heart gradually disappeared.

Why?

I have a question.

Cynthia tried to resolve that question.

“Wait a minute, I’ll stay like this for a while….”

She reached out her arms toward Seongjin Han’s back. And then she hugged

‘… It’s warm.’

It was warm.

It was so warm.

Could a person’s body temperature be this good?

It must be the same temperature.

Why does it feel so warm?

Everything was questionable.

It was strange and strange.

I felt like I was enchanted.

The simple act of hugging a person.

I just did that… I felt strange.

‘I feel strange. Why… Maybe… ?’

Cynthia couldn’t understand her own feelings.

I know it’s good. I couldn’t figure out why this was good.

‘I’m just holding you. Why do I have a strange feeling… ? Why is my heart beating so fast… ?’

It was full of unknowns.

In a way, it was natural.

Crying so deeply, hearing kind words from someone, and hugging someone like that.

Because she was the first thing in her memory.

“Uncle.”

There were not one or two things she did not know.

I didn’t really care about them before, but now I wanted to know why.

“Why are you so nice to me… ?”

What is the reason she risked her life to save her own life when she saw her for the first time?

“Why….”

Why do you treat me so kindly?

“Why me… I’m doing good….”

Why are you so kind to yourself who has nothing? She couldn’t figure out why.

“Tell me… ….”

Cynthia asked him in a weeping voice. She

Untied her arms, and she faced him squarely.

“Just.”

“… Just?”

Cynthia asked in response to Han Seong-jin’s answer, as if she meant something.

At those words, Han Seong-jin smiled and continued.

“I just want you to be happy.”

Han Seong-jin said with sincerity.

He just wanted one person named Cynthia to live a happy life. Her own selfish desires were also contained within her, but she also wished that the person she liked lived well.

“… I don’t know.”

Cynthia could not understand Han Seong-jin’s thoughts.

Why she wants herself to be happy.

Clearly, the feelings he harbors are not romance.

So I wanted to know more.

About a person named Seongjin Han.

If he can’t answer.

Wouldn’t it be nice to know from now on?

***

The sun went down before I knew it.

Cynthia managed to get her emotions under control and came back fresh. She

Then she said see you next week and she went back to the academy.

‘I’m glad you’re feeling better.’

I wondered what to do if I was depressed for a while, but I immediately regained my energy.

“Come to think of it, your clothes are all wet.”

Cynthia’s tears made her top damp.

She just found out.

She didn’t know until she got home.

Dduduk. Thump.

After I changed my clothes, I turned my neck and relaxed my muscles.

“Whoa….”

I didn’t feel good.

I was irritated and angry.

It wasn’t because of Cynthia.

It is true that she is angry because of her. Because Cynthia did nothing wrong.

No one gets mad at an innocent victim unless they’re crazy.

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

I thought as I knocked on the table.

It was because of a sudden question.

‘Why are you angry right now?’

I don’t know what happened to Cynthia.

But I can roughly guess.

Efforts would not have yielded results, and it must have been difficult because of that.

Besides her, maybe someone ignored her.

She may have felt envy when she suddenly saw a harmonious family.

These were things I could understand because I was in the same situation.

‘Ah. Okay. Sympathy. Is it because you sympathize? I was unknowingly taken in by Sia’s situation….’

Profit.

The cigarette was lit.

I quit smoking for 3 years… I didn’t know it would bloom like this again.

I just wanted to avoid it now.

‘But is that all?’

Wow-

White smoke came out.

Cloudy, hazy smoke billowed up.

I couldn’t see very well.

‘Would you have been equally upset if someone other than Cynthia had been in that situation? Probably not. Then why… ?’

Just as cigarette smoke obscured my eyes, I couldn’t see the way to answer the question.

‘Is it because I need Cynthia?’

Because the existence she needs may be ruined.

Is it because of that?

No. If it’s because of that… He wouldn’t have risked her life to save Cynthia in the first place.

‘… No, no.’

I don’t think this is the case. What could be the reason?

If only Cynthia was needed by me, she would be able to thrive as a hero by raising her harshly and harshly. But it didn’t.

I didn’t want to do that.

I didn’t want to make them walk down that path.

“I can’t come up with an answer even after thinking about it….”

I lit a cigarette and put it out.

Turn it off. I heard someone screaming.

“Can the principal tell you?”

I asked the academy principal, Joo Cheol-myeong, who was kneeling in front of me.

Why am I angry?

“… Sin, sorry!”

Kung. Hitting the head so hard that the floor rang, the academy principal apologized.

By the way. This is not the answer i want

“Principal Joo. You should answer my question. I don’t know why I’m angry right now. I want the principal to tell me about it. Yes?”

“Sorry. I do not know….”

The name is a former high-ranking hero, and the current academy principal, but he was staring at the floor without even meeting my eyes.

“Whoa… is it so. I can’t help it if I don’t know.”

Why is the academy principal, one of the great powers, praying to me?

It was simple.

Because there are mercenaries with intermediate and advanced hero level powers around.

All of them are my bodyguards.

My words are loyal bodyguards who can wipe out at least one old woman in front of you without even knowing a mouse or a bird.

I drew a sword from the side of one of those bodyguards.

It was a sharp sword.

It was as if it would be sliced just by putting paper on the blade.

“Please help me… !”

The principal prayed pitifully.

He wouldn’t even know why he was brought before me.

But you know at least one thing that’s f*cked up.

“Mr. Did my words sound like bullsh*t? I told you to take good care of Cynthia. He’s the kid I’m watching.”

Through the secretary, I heard the full story of what happened to Cynthia. One of the instructors said that he had a crush on Cynthia.

She was said to have forced her to drop out.

She also said that she had said a lot of bad things to Cynthia before.

Principal Joo Cheol-myeong is now in front of me because of that.

“Boo, obviously I told all the instructors well… !”

“What do you do when you talk? People downstairs don’t listen. Did you think it would be so easy to eat my money?”

Because you didn’t keep your promise to me.

Even if he did not harm Cynthia himself.

Because I neglected my work to block it.

‘The principal needs to be scared.’

I don’t intend to end things with Principal Joo. It’s not the person who did the work, but what kind of person I am. I just wanted to let you know what happens if you neglect your promise to me.

“So I should have taken good care of that person named Jung Woo-shik. Isn’t that why Principal Joo was brought here? If it hadn’t been for him, he would be at home enjoying his family by now.”

“Jung Woo-sik… Instructor Jung Woo-shik… Well, then I went on vacation… I wanted to talk about it separately later.”

“Ah, did you?”

Principal Joo and I both looked to the right at the same time.

There was another person brought in besides the principal.

Principal Joo was looking at him like he was going to die. His anger against me will be greater than his anger against me.

If it wasn’t for me, it was clear that he would have jumped right in and punched or kicked me.

I asked Jung Woo-shik, who was shaking beside him.

“Then, did Instructor Jung Woo-shik do something wrong?”

He was trembling with his mouth covered with a cloth and his arms and legs bound.