Breaking Up with the Heroine of the Female-Oriented Game - Chapter 132
Chapter 132
Reconciliation (3)
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Early evening on a weekend at Yoo Seolhyun’s residence.
-Ring ring ring.
The phone’s ringtone gently echoed.
Yoo Seolhyun, who was quietly resting in her room, shifted her gaze slightly.
Glancing at the phone’s standby screen in the distance, she could see an incoming call from an unfamiliar number.
An unfamiliar phone number…
Who could it be?
Someone calling at this hour.
And to Yoo Seolhyun’s personal phone, no less.
“…….”
Yoo Seolhyun hesitated whether to answer or not, but eventually reached for the phone.
Though unlikely, it could be a work-related call.
“Hello?”
Despite answering the phone, the other party remained silent for a moment.
Yoo Seolhyun was about to speak again with furrowed brows when the other person finally opened their mouth. But an unexpected voice struck her ears.
“Hey, Yoo Seolhyun. Long time no see.”
A young man’s voice that sounded slightly glad.
It was quite a familiar voice, so Yoo Seolhyun bit her lower lip briefly before speaking.
“Who is this?”
“What, have you already forgotten my voice? That’s harsh.”
The young man was needlessly joking around.
Yoo Seolhyun suddenly realized whose voice this was.
It was a man’s voice that was familiar to her, if one could call it that.
But it was also a voice she should never hear again.
Because he was already dead.
Right before Yoo Seolhyun’s eyes.
Very clearly.
“Yoo Seolhyun, actually, I managed to come back to life through an artifact…”
“Crazy bastards. Playing pranks again.”
Yoo Seolhyun chewed her lips a few times, then frowned deeply and hung up the phone with a click.
The man seemed to have said something about an artifact before she hung up, but it didn’t reach her ears.
She was irritated by the actions of those mocking his death.
“Annoying bastards. Can’t they just stop already, seriously.”
Yoo Seolhyun cursed to herself and blocked the young man’s number.
Then she threw her phone down in annoyance.
“Haa, really.”
Yoo Seolhyun collapsed onto the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling.
Lee Jinhyuk’s voice that she had just heard lingered in her ears.
Hearing his voice made her bite her lip hard as she recalled the image of Lee Jinhyuk coughing up blood and dying helplessly.
Her heart felt unsettled for no reason.
This is so annoying, really.
“Just when I thought I was starting to forget.”
Yoo Seolhyun muttered in a slightly weary voice, then let out a deep sigh.
“Those guys, seriously…”
After Lee Jinhyuk’s death.
Noticing that she was quite close to him, there were occasionally people who tried voice phishing.
Imitating his voice, way of speaking, appearance, and so on.
They also tried to trap her by saying nonsense like Lee Jinhyuk was actually alive, or that he needed help.
Yoo Seolhyun had quite a few enemies, after all.
Both within the clan and at the academy.
“Haa……”
She sighed again.
Just when she thought things had calmed down lately, this happens again.
Hearing his voice after so long, she couldn’t easily calm her troubled heart.
His death was certainly shocking, but why did she feel so uneasy when their relationship had only lasted a few months?
Even though quite some time had passed, just hearing his voice again made her heart so complicated.
She wasn’t even the sentimental type.
“……Phew.”
As Yoo Seolhyun closed her eyes slightly, his final moments and the last words he struggled to utter flickered in her mind.
-So…yeon… Please… take care of… Soyeon.
His final wish to take care of Jin Soyeon.
In the end, Lee Jinhyuk thought only of Jin Soyeon until his very last moment.
Even though he was dying partly because of Jin Soyeon, he comforted her to the end telling her not to blame herself, while also asking Yoo Seolhyun to take care of things afterwards.
Was she that precious to him?
That Jin Soyeon girl?
Even more than his own life?
“…….”
Come to think of it, he had asked her not to bully Jin Soyeon in exchange for telling her how to clear the Youngdeung Mountain Dungeon.
Looking back now, it seems she failed to fulfill almost all of Lee Jinhyuk’s requests.
Of course, she didn’t go out of her way to bully Jin Soyeon, but she did say harsh words to her before Jin Soyeon went missing.
That could also be considered a form of bullying.
“I couldn’t fulfill his request……”
Is it really true that I couldn’t fulfill it?
In fact, isn’t it that I ‘didn’t’ fulfill it rather than ‘couldn’t’?
Because I didn’t like Jin Soyeon.
I felt awkward and uncomfortable around her for no reason.
It’s a clear fact that I didn’t like Jin Soyeon from the first time I saw her.
But thinking about it now, why did I feel so uncomfortable with her, and why did I provoke her by mentioning her romantic history?
I know well that Jin Soyeon’s character isn’t bad.
She has quite an altruistic personality and is friendly, making her popular among people of all ages and genders.
Her abilities are also considerable, to the point of being mentioned as one of the strongest in the academy since the ranking battle.
Given Yoo Seolhyun’s personality of liking talented individuals, there was no particular need to be at odds with her.
Nevertheless, the reason why Yoo Seolhyun felt so uneasy about Jin Soyeon was…
-You must have had a hard time too, Yoo Seolhyun.
-It’s one-sided for you too, isn’t it?
“Ha.”
At Lee Siwoon’s words that suddenly came to mind, she let out a laugh without meaning.
At the time, she had only sneered at his words about it being one-sided, but given how things turned out, it seemed she could no longer keep denying it.
The reason she cared so much about matters related to Lee Jinhyuk was quite obvious, wasn’t it?
In fact, Yoo Seolhyun had somewhat guessed that she had these feelings.
She just foolishly didn’t want to admit it.
It’s not like anything special happened between them, his face wasn’t her type, and his family background wasn’t great either, so she didn’t want to readily admit to harboring such feelings. It also hurt her pride.
But now that Lee Jinhyuk was dead, it seemed ridiculous to keep acting like this.
Maybe it’s time to finally admit it.
These feelings.
“I can’t believe myself.”
Yoo Seolhyun suddenly burst into laughter.
“Hehe, I’m really such a fool……”
For a moment, she could only let out a laugh mixed with various emotions.
What difference would it make to admit it now?
She was always slow to realize her own feelings. And she kept repeating the same regrets. It was the same with her mother, and now with Lee Jinhyuk.
On the outside, she grumbled and pretended not to care, pretended to be fine, pretended to dislike him, but look at this. She always realized and regretted after losing someone.
She thought she had changed after her mother passed away.
In the end, she hadn’t grown at all since she was young.
Not one bit.
-Knock knock.
Suddenly, there was a knocking sound at the door.
She sensed someone’s presence outside the room.
It seemed to be one of the mansion’s servants.
“Young miss, may I come in for a moment?”
“……Yes.”
At her answer, the servant opened the door and entered.
“What is it?”
“Ah, well.”
The servant looked at Yoo Seolhyun and quietly spoke.
“Someone who claims to be your friend is requesting to meet you……”
“What? My friend?”
Did Yoo Seolhyun have anyone she could call a friend?
If she had to say, there were a few, but if they intended to visit, they would have contacted her beforehand.
It would be very rude to suddenly visit at this hour.
“Who is it?”
“Ah, it’s someone named Lee Jinhyuk.”
“……Pardon?”
Lee Jinhyuk?
Did they just say Lee Jinhyuk?
What is this. Could it be the person who called earlier? They didn’t actually come to the mansion, did they?
“Did you say Lee Jinhyuk? Did they really say that?”
“Yes. He said he had urgent business with you, young miss.”
“Ha.”
Yoo Seolhyun let out a sneer.
She was dumbfounded.
Truly.
“What would you like me to do, young miss?”
“……He said he wants to meet me? Then I should grant his wish.”
What could be the reason for wanting to meet Yoo Seolhyun at this hour, even mentioning the name of someone who’s already dead?
To be honest, she wasn’t very curious.
She didn’t know what their intentions were or who they were, but to dare impersonate Lee Jinhyuk and think of coming to her residence like this.
Did they think Yoo Seolhyun was someone to be trifled with?
This was clearly crossing a line and an insult to Yoo Seolhyun. Her personality wasn’t generous enough to overlook something like this.
After all, Yoo Seolhyun was originally a character who acted as a villain in the orthodox route.
Although meeting Lee Jinhyuk had led to various things going well and prevented her from falling into villainy, that nature hadn’t completely disappeared.
Yoo Seolhyun spoke in a cold voice.
“Alright, then please escort that person to the reception room.”
“Understood.”
“And tell the security team in the residence to wait outside the reception room fully armed until I give a separate signal.”
“Ah, yes?”
“Do I need to repeat myself?”
“Ah, no, I apologize.”
“If you understand, then get moving, quickly.”
“Yes.”
Though startled by her sudden order, the servant soon nodded and hurried away.
She watched the servant’s retreating figure, then took out the short spear hanging on one side of the room.
The sharp spear blade gleamed ominously.
After arming herself just in case, Yoo Seolhyun finally headed towards the reception room.
On the way to the reception room, Yoo Seolhyun thought.
What if, just what if, he was really alive?
What if he didn’t actually die and was alive, or came back to life through some method…
‘……What foolish thoughts, Yoo Seolhyun.’
Ha. Really.
Why are you being like this again?
Yoo Seolhyun shook her head, trying to break free from these useless musings.
Hadn’t she already experienced this kind of trickery several times?
In the first place, dead people cannot come back to life.
She had never heard of such an ability or artifact.
Even if he hadn’t died and was alive, if he had intended to return, he would have done so long ago. After several months had already passed, why now…
‘I saw his coffin being closed, yet I’m having these thoughts again. I guess I have quite a sentimental personality.’
Yoo Seolhyun bit her lower lip hard.
And then she finally reached the reception room.
In the distance, she could see the armed security team approaching.
“Young miss, you’re even carrying a spear. Is something wrong?”
“……I’m sorry everyone, but please wait until I give a signal.”
“Yes, understood.”
The security team members professionally refrained from asking any more unnecessary questions.
They simply followed their employer’s orders silently.
“Phew.”
Yoo Seolhyun let out a short breath and slowly grasped the reception room doorknob.
For some reason, she felt slightly nervous.
Beyond this door is the person impersonating him, right?
Let’s see what kind of face they have to do such a thing, whatever they were thinking.
-Click.
“I don’t know who you are, but to come all the way……”
In an instant.
“Ah, you came?”
Yoo Seolhyun’s words were cut off.
“Sorry for coming so late at night.”
And for good reason.
“But there’s something I really wanted to ask you.”
Lee Jinhyuk was calmly sitting there, happily munching on the snacks laid out in the reception room.
End of Chapter
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Jhonrock
I’ll be really angry if the author skip the sequel of this scene in the next chapter ans jump to them siting on the couch and talking about things….