Breaking Up with the Heroine of the Female-Oriented Game - Chapter 138

Chapter 138

To You (3)

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“J-Jinhyuk? How?”

“Lee Jinhyuk?”

“No, what is this.”

Roxanne, Lee Siwoon, and Kang Daehan blankly stared at my face with bewildered expressions and gazes.

They seemed dumbfounded by my unexpected appearance.

To them, I was already a deceased person who had died long ago.

It wasn’t strange at all for them to show such surprised reactions.

“It seems everyone has gathered.”

Suddenly, Yoo Seolhyun’s voice gently caressed my ears.

She entered the reception room with elegant steps.

Yoo Seolhyun briefly scanned the faces of the people in the room.

She smirked as if amused by their dumbfounded expressions.

“Oh my? Why do you all look like that? As if you’ve seen something you shouldn’t have?”

“……Yoo Seolhyun, what exactly is this about?”

Lee Siwoon turned his head to glare at Yoo Seolhyun with deeply furrowed brows.

It seemed he thought this was Yoo Seolhyun’s mischievous prank.

Lee Siwoon looked very uncomfortable with Yoo Seolhyun’s behavior, which seemed to be playing a joke using someone who had already died.

But Yoo Seolhyun just shrugged her shoulders once and chuckled calmly, tilting her head.

“What do you mean? What?”

“Is this why you called us? Yoo Seolhyun, I know your personality, but there are things you should and shouldn’t do……”

“That’s really Lee Jinhyuk.”

At that moment, Yoo Seolhyun cut off Lee Siwoon’s words and raised her voice calmly with a relaxed expression.

“What?”

Lee Siwoon asked back as if surprised.

It was the reaction of someone who had just heard something completely unbelievable.

Lee Siwoon, who always had a cold expression, seemed quite surprised as his eyebrows twitched.

“What did you just say?”

“He’s not fake. It’s really Lee Jinhyuk, I’m telling you.”

Lee Siwoon’s body froze for a moment.

Then he stared at Yoo Seolhyun’s face for a while.

As if what she just said was true.

Lee Siwoon’s sharp eyes were staring intently at Yoo Seolhyun, but Yoo Seolhyun just calmly met his gaze without avoiding it, as if she had nothing to hide.

It was then.

“……Excuse me.”

While the two were quietly looking at each other, Roxanne, who had been hesitantly watching, carefully began to move her lips.

“……Um, Seolhyun?”

“What?”

“……Is that person really Jinhyuk?”

“Yes. Hard to believe, but.”

“……Really?”

Was it hard to believe that I was alive and well?

Roxanne asked several times with trembling eyes, and Yoo Seolhyun consistently nodded, affirming that I was Lee Jinhyuk.

“Well, it’s not unreasonable to doubt. But I’ll vouch for him. That’s really Lee Jinhyuk. According to him, he died and came back to life?”

“He died and came back to life? No, ……how?”

“Can I explain that myself?”

I couldn’t keep asking Yoo Seolhyun to defend me.

Thanks to Yoo Seolhyun, it seemed everyone was somewhat prepared to listen, so I decided to start explaining myself.

“Let me explain how this all happened……”

I explained to them what had happened up until now for a while.

How much time had passed like that?

After finishing the whole story, I looked at the faces of Roxanne, Lee Siwoon, and Kang Daehan, and could see that while they seemed quite surprised, they didn’t seem to particularly disbelieve me.

It seems my detailed explanation had succeeded in convincing them.

It was truly fortunate.

If they hadn’t believed me and kept doubting, I might not have been able to tell them what I needed to today.

“Huh. This is ridiculous.”

Kang Daehan let out a short exclamation and shook his head.

“An artifact that can revive the dead? I can’t believe such a thing exists.”

“Y-yes, indeed.”

Roxanne nodded in agreement with a slightly dazed look, then suddenly turned her head slightly towards me.

She placed her hand on her ample chest and let out a deep sigh of relief.

“……Jinhyuk? I’m glad you’re safe. Or should I say I’m glad you’re alive?”

“Thank you.”

I nodded lightly and expressed my gratitude.

Then I casually shifted my gaze.

The sight of them looking at me with expressions of confusion, surprise, interest, and so on was vivid.

After looking at them for a moment, I soon spoke up.

“Everyone…… Well, it’s nice to meet again like this.”

“……”

“Actually, it wasn’t Yoo Seolhyun who called you here today, but me. I have something to ask of you.”

“……Something to ask?”

Lee Siwoon responded as if slightly puzzled.

“It’s about Soyeon. Soyeon.”

“Ah.”

“I’ve heard everything from Yoo Seolhyun. I hear Soyeon has been wandering lately?”

“……It’s not something that can be ended with just wandering.”

“Well, anyway.”

I cleared my throat slightly and continued speaking.

“We can’t just leave Soyeon alone, can we?”

“That’s right. But……”

Lee Siwoon answered with a slightly hardened expression.

“……Putting aside all other issues, we don’t even have a way to know where Soyeon is right now.”

“Hmm.”

“We’ve succeeded in tracking her a few times so far, but it’s becoming more and more difficult to track her as days go by.”

“Seems like Soyeon has gotten better at hiding.”

“We’re still trying to track Soyeon until recently, but there’s no news at all.”

For Lee Siwoon, Kang Daehan, and Roxanne, it must be very difficult to track Soyeon who is traveling all over the country destroying evil organizations.

Even if they barely manage to pinpoint Soyeon’s location, she would quickly move to another place.

Unless they can predict in advance where Soyeon will move, it’s nearly impossible to face Soyeon at this point.

But.

But you know.

“I know where Soyeon is going.”

To be precise, I could ‘predict’.

Where Soyeon plans to go, and what she’s aiming for.

“What? Lee Jinhyuk, how do you know?”

Kang Daehan frowned and asked back at my words.

He seemed quite doubtful that someone who had just barely come back to life after being dead for a long time could suddenly know Soyeon’s location.

But you know, I really can know where Soyeon is going?

“How did I find out? Well……”

I trailed off for a moment.

I hesitated briefly, wondering if I should really tell this story.

Of course, I had decided in advance to tell this fact, but when I was about to actually say it, I hesitated a little.

It was quite an important secret for me.

However, I had already told Yoo Seolhyun and Roxanne before, and Yoo Dahee also seemed to know to some extent, so it was a bit awkward to call it a secret anymore.

So I decided to tell it here in the presence of Lee Siwoon, Kang Daehan, and Baek Yoorin.

An excuse that could be useful in persuading them in the future.

“Actually, I’m a future seer.”

“Future seer? You?”

“Yeah.”

Kang Daehan makes an expression as if this is nonsense.

“What kind of ridiculous……”

“Wait, then coming back from the dead makes sense, but this doesn’t?”

Hey, logically speaking, isn’t me being a future seer more plausible than me being resurrected?

Why do you readily believe that I came back from the dead, but show a skeptical reaction when I say I’m a future seer?

“Hmm.”

Kang Daehan, who seemed at a loss for words for a moment at my words, suddenly scratched the back of his neck.

“Whew. Really.”

“……Future seeing ability? ……Was that it.”

“What, Lee Siwoon, you believe what he’s saying?”

“……There’s no reason not to believe it. Considering what Lee Jinhyuk has shown us so far.”

“Ah, well.”

Kang Daehan clicked his tongue at Lee Siwoon’s words.

“Certainly, when I think about how he immediately identified and exploited the weakness when Ouroboros appeared, it’s not completely unbelievable.”

“Jinhyuk does have the ability to see the future.”

“What?”

Roxanne spoke to Kang Daehan as if defending me.

“He told me before. That he’s a future seer. In fact, thanks to Jinhyuk, we were able to catch several villains from Rebellion.”

“That’s right, I was also able to obtain quite a lot of information about dungeons, artifacts, items, and so on based on what Lee Jinhyuk told me.”

“……Huh.”

Kang Daehan seemed to finally accept it after hearing Roxanne and Yoo Seolhyun’s words.

“Geez. I’m hearing a lot of strange things today, tsk.”

After letting out a sigh, Kang Daehan turned to me and spoke up.

“Alright, fine. Let’s say you’re actually a future seer.”

“Yeah.”

“So you foresaw where Jin Soyeon is with your ability?”

“Oh, yeah. That’s right.”

……Of course, to tell the truth, I didn’t find out through future seeing ability.

It’s because I realized there was an order to Soyeon’s behavior patterns from the story I heard from Yoo Seolhyun.

Currently, Soyeon is in the process of annihilating evil organizations one by one.

She’s targeting the villainous organizations in order according to the difficulty, danger, artifacts, items, etc. that I had classified.

Originally, it was like a rough training guide I had written down to help Soyeon grow quickly.

But it seems Soyeon is following it diligently after seeing it.

‘I heard she recently annihilated the huge drug manufacturing factory in Goesan, Chungbuk.’

The drug manufacturing factory managed by Joo Seunghyun, who was infamous under the alias Conflagration. Now that she’s destroyed that place, it’s obvious where she’ll go next.

It’s the pseudo-religious group.

She will go to the Sinhoe Religion, a pseudo-religion that worships and follows monsters.

“Soyeon’s next target is the Sinhoe Religion in Jeollanam-do.”

“Sinhoe Religion……?”

“It’s a pseudo-religious group that views monsters as apostles of God sent to punish the corrupt world, and even practices human sacrifice.”

“Crazy.”

Kang Daehan cursed at the mention of human sacrifice.

“Human sacrifice in this day and age. This is why pseudo-religions are, tsk.”

“Anyway, I’m thinking of going to the Sinhoe Religion to persuade Soyeon before she causes trouble. What do you think? Can you help?”

I’m confident I can persuade Soyeon on my own.

But not with the Sinhoe Religion.

If we happen to clash with the Sinhoe Religion, it could be very dangerous.

The Sinhoe Religion is an organization that wields considerable influence in Jeollanam-do. There’s even a setting that they cooperate with local police, county offices, high courts, and so on.

So I’m asking Roxanne, Lee Siwoon, and Kang Daehan for help to prepare for any situation.

I feel somewhat reassured if I’m with them.

Moreover, there’s a monster-like figure called Sura Pacheon in the Sinhoe Religion.

Originally, he’s a monster that the protagonist’s group would face around the end of their second year.

It might be a bit dangerous for the current Soyeon?

That’s why I want to persuade Soyeon before she clashes with Sura if possible.

“When are you planning to go?”

“Whenever you’re ready.”

“Then tomorrow. Let’s go tomorrow.”

“So soon? You’ll have to go to the academy tomorrow too, Lee Siwoon, will you be okay?”

“Yeah.”

Lee Siwoon answered immediately as if the academy wasn’t important.

“Then Kang Daehan, Roxanne. What about you? Are you going or not?”

“Well…… Alright, I can’t miss out on something like this.”

Kang Daehan also showed a positive response.

“Of course I’ll go too.”

“Roxanne, you don’t have to push yourself. I’m sure your schedule is quite tight, it might be difficult to adjust it right away for tomorrow.”

“……It’s okay, Jinhyuk.”

Roxanne looks at me with clear eyes and says.

“I really wanted to stop Soyeon too. So don’t worry about me.”

“Is that so? If that’s the case.”

If Roxanne comes, Cynthia will naturally follow.

Going with Cynthia, a high ranker, would be worth a thousand troops.

Of course, Sura in the Sinhoe Religion is also as strong as Cynthia, but.

“……Um. Should I go too?”

“Huh?”

I had completely forgotten because she had been quiet until now, but Baek Yoorin was also present.

Baek Yoorin was quietly waiting for an answer, looking up at me with her usual unreadable gaze.

“Baek Yoorin, you……”

It would be good to take her, but if Baek Yoorin also skips the academy along with us while we’re on bad terms with Rebellion, they would be quite suspicious of our relationship, wouldn’t they?

I think it’s better to leave Baek Yoorin behind.

“No. It’s okay, Baek Yoorin. You just practice the swordsmanship I taught you.”

“Okay…… Then……”

Baek Yoorin nodded lightly and agreed to my words.

“Alright, then I’ll explain the detailed plan from now on.”

I said, looking at each of their faces one by one.

“It’s quite a dangerous place to visit without any thought.”

Suddenly, I started explaining various things to them.

Points to be careful about, dangerous aspects, things to prepare, necessary personnel, all in detail.

After explaining for a long time, I could tell that quite some time had passed.

Since everyone would be quite pressed for time to prepare everything needed by tomorrow, we decided to go back for today.

Although it feels somewhat rushed, we need to move as quickly as possible to catch up with Soyeon, who has been annihilating evil organizations almost without rest.

If we’re not careful, we might arrive at the Sinhoe Religion later than Soyeon.

So the next day.

We gathered at the Sinhoe Religion after finishing various preparations.

I looked at the Sinhoe Religion building and thought.

It’s right in front of us.

We’ve arrived now.

Soon…… Soon I’ll be able to meet her.

Soyeon, that child.

-Don’t leave her alone.

‘……I won’t leave you alone, Soyeon.’

I firmly resolved in my heart that I would never leave Soyeon alone, as the Soyeon in my dream had asked.

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