He had s strange relationship with the friends and seniors he knew.
The people he befriended back in primary school all believed he moved away.
Their parents had said so to Lee Hyun.
“Don’t play with our children.”
Since he was at a young age, Lee Hyun bluntly asked why; since he couldn’t possibly have known.
“Your parents have both passed. And I heard you live in a very poor house. So do not come close to our kids anymore.”
On the grounds that he didn’t have parents and his living environment was difficult that he was unable to make friends.
Whenever stuff goes missing and money was gone, even the teachers prosecute Lee Hyun.
Due to these experiences that forced Lee Hyun down the path of a moneygrubber.
But he really could understand the mindset of those parents.
‘My children are more important than others, huh. To interfere whenever they can to root out what they think are the bad influences.’
Lee Hyun no longer tried to recall the past.
He wanted to take time to rest comfortably here. Only here at the MT where he can do so, once he gets home he’d have to work hard again.
Lee Hyun took the ‘to be enjoy’ stroll in the morning.
But in the distant on a rock, someone had did so first and sat on it.
It was Seoyoon.
She was able to sleep a little at Lee Hyun’s side, but it then somehow got uncomfortable and she quickly up and left.
“……”
Seoyoon also noticed Lee Hyun but she did not say anything. She simply glanced at the side next to her.
Lee Hyun took a seat beside her. Of course, he didn’t forget to check again and again to verify that it was an ok thing to do.
‘Sit down you mean? Can I sit down? Don’t get angry when I sit. Maybe she’ll take revenge on me in the future if I do...’
It was still dark.
Lee Hyun and Seoyoon were sitting on the rock watching the sea.
Under a myriad of stars under the sky, and the vast ocean stretched before them.
The little frustration melted away as they sat to relax.
“……”
Seoyoon didn’t fully open her mouth but she wanted to say something.
It was due to the tension that she could not say anything.
In fact, so much so that she specifically did not know how to put anything into words.
To her, being friends was factual. So, she wanted to have a nice chat but she did not know how to clear the tension she felt in the air.
‘I don’t know what to say. So how does someone transmit their sincerity from just words?’
Seoyoon sometimes took deep looks into Lee Hyun’s eyes for a long time.
In which, to Lee Hyun, the deep looks evoked his thoughts to go wild.
‘You know I created the statues or what? I knew that sculpture of Morata’s beauty would give me away sooner or later. No, on the plain of despairs you watched me make the statues, did you figure out since then? I don’t know if you knew the Freya statue in Baran was based on you. Aah, these eyes are like those when I had that severe cold and you forced that poisonous food down my throat; they’re the same exact eyes!’
Illusion and distrust, fear was budding along with the coming dawn.
***
The entrance to Morata.
“Hehe, thank you very much.”
“We’ve been a lot of trouble to Da'in nim.”
“Thanks to you that we were able to break this quest.”
Before the gate, there was a party disbanding.
The place they explored at was the Spring of Oblivion within the Twilight Ruins!
“It’s unbelievable. To think we could subjugate the Twilight Ruins like this.”
“We got so many items, it was an interesting experience. It is all due to Da'in nim.”
“Heh, don’t mention it.”
Among the party members, one amazing Shaman who was very memorable.
Shamans were usually deemed as the jack of all trade.
Ranging from treatment and magical spells, buffs, and curses, it was a struggle of a class to have.
There was no upside to be seen as is.