Accompanied by several bodyguards, they arrived in front of a luxurious Mansion with an impressive garden.
“Is this Seo Yoon’s house?”
When Lee Hyun asked, the security flinched but replied as if they didn’t think of it as a secret.
“Seo Yoon does not live here.This is a summer house that the President uses sometimes.”
This is how he met Seo Yoon Dad, President Jeong Deuk Soo.
He offered a seat to Lee Hyun.
“Come on in. Did you have a meal yet?”
In this situation, Lee Hyun would have usually replied to this question that he hadn’t eaten anything at all.
That was his creed.
He felt awkward eating so early as it wasn’t even 5 pm and in any case he didn't want to embarrass himself.
“Thank you but that’s okay. I already ate a lot for lunch.”
“Then we shall have some light refreshments while we speak.”
“If you have anything to say to me please say it, it’s alright.”
“Oh no, you're not in any trouble. To me you are an important guest so don’t worry about it.”
President Jeong Deuk Soo got up and brought out some light refreshment.
“You are the best friend of my daughter Seo Yoon at the Korean National University and I also have heard that you have been going on fun adventures together in Royal Road. What kind of adventures do you mainly do?”
“I just did this and that.”
“Your adventures were even on TV shows, is it famous to that extent?”
President Jeong Deuk Soo was very interested Lee Hyun’s work.
Lee Hyun briefly told him about the Freya’s church Quest, Lich Shire quest, and the fights he had been in.
Although President Jeong Deuk Soo had only been briefed for about 10 mins of the story, it was too vague and he was losing interest.
The only thing that Jeong Deuk Soo was thinking about was his daughter.
“Does Seo Yoon…..occasionally smile?”
“Seo Yoon does smile sometimes, but it only lasts for a brief moment.”
“I've recently heard that …. Seo Yoon has started to speak again. Yet, I have been told that she only speaks with you.”
“Yes.”
“What do you think of my daughter?“
Lee Hyun thought that their talk suddenly took a dangerous turn.
‘From the moment I came here this must have been what he was thinking about.’
Any parents, to be honest wants to know about the guys their daughter is meeting with.
In Lee Hyun’s case, he would show the same urgent concern when it came to his little sister.
It’s best that the guy she met was not a bad guy, it was also best to check the possible opponent to make sure he is not a player.
Lee Hyun had to take care of his younger sister since childhood, so he understood the position of a parent.
And he understand and guessed the thoughts of the President Jeong Deuk Soo feeling for his child.
It’s wasn't much but he did knew a few things nonetheless.
“Just as you said….I see myself as her friend.”
The meaning behind Seo Yoon’s first word ‘Friend’ was ambiguous to Lee Hyun. All he could offer to her was being a friend.
“I heard my daughter relies on you a lot. Nevertheless, are you sure you don’t have any other feelings? You are after all, a man.”
“I just see her as a my friend.”
Seo Yoon is beautiful, smart and kind hearted almost to the point of being angelic.
Although he underwent such a merciless defeat in GoStop, still…..
‘She is someone who is kind to me.’
In addition, she comes from a wealthy household.
Lee Hyun thought that there was nothing that he could give her that she didn’t already have.
Since he was a child he had to face many hardships.
In school, all his classmates boasted about shopping with their parents to buy shoes, and whenever they show off their clothes and toys he had to stay hunched over his desk. While he had to worry about electricity bill, water bill, and rent whenever he came home.
Now Lee Hyun doesn’t have to worry too much about the problems with living expenses, and compared to others his age, he had a considerable amount of savings on his own.
Nevertheless since he was young compared to others he went through many different experiences.
To be a male friend with her, who has everything, was no simple matter.
Even if she wishes for it. It was best to avoid it.
Seo Yoon heart has always been distant.
The distance was not something that could be easily narrowed.
“My daughter, when she was young, she experienced a trauma and for a very long time she could not speak. Only recently, since she has been with you, has she started to speak again. But she still only speaks with you… Lee Hyun”
He heard many thing he didn’t know about Seo Yoon’s life from his father.
‘She really couldn’t speak...’
For 10 years she lived closed off inside a building from the world. Seo Yoon was in a pitiable state, her families that have been seeing her become unspeakably sad.
“To me you are a benefactor. So I have prepared a reward for you. I know this is not remuneration for all that you have done but take this and continue to be Seo Yoon’s best friend and I shall reward you again. Please continue to help heal my daughter’s wound. But beyond that, it would be difficult so I hope you understand.”
President Jeong Deuk Soo put a white envelope next to the teacup.
“I have heard that you have a lot of things to pay for so I have put money in it.”