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Published at 3rd of May 2023 06:35:59 AM


Chapter 49

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So-Won quickly packed his things and came out of the private room with Tae-Woo. His things only contained a smartphone.

“Are you going to the rooftop?”

So-Won stood in front of the elevator, recalled the phone call telling Te-Woo to ride a helicopter.

“Yes.”

“Then go upstairs first. We have to go quickly.”

So-Won pressed the elevator button before he heard the answer. The elevator, which began to slowly climb up from the basement, stopped on the first floor and started blinking. Thanks to that, they had a little time until parting ways.

So-Won glanced at Tae-Woo. Tae-Woo’s condition will probably deteriorate after visiting this gate. Even if the wavelength stabilized a lot, it was only temporary. It was clear that excessive use of ability would quickly worsen his condition.

If he told Tae-Woo not to go… Will he say yes?

So-Won didn’t like Tae-Woo being sick. So he didn’t want to let him go.

He kept thinking that he didn’t want him to go. But this is just his own selfishness.

So-Won is afraid he would be disappointed by his immature request.

So-Won soon decided to stop worrying and let him go with a smile. Tae-Woo had been to the gate in the past, and may have been in a very bad condition, but now the situation is different. So-Won gave Tae-Woo guide every day, and Tae-Woo’s veins improved so much that it gradually faded. Even if the condition got worse, it would have subsided quickly if he returned home and was guided by So-Won.

“Can you go home alone?”

“Yes, don’t worry. I’m not a kid who can’t go home alone.”

So-Won answered with a smile. He didn’t want to go home alone. As usual, So-Won wanted to go back with Tae-Woo while having a trivial conversation. But he couldn’t tell him what he was thinking.

Tae-Woo handed over the key to his car, but he refused because he was afraid there would be nothing to ride when Tae-Woo returned home. In the meantime, the elevator arrived and the door slowly opened.

“I’ll go ahead. Get home safe.”

Tae-Woo bowed his head and stepped into the elevator.

“Tae-Woo!”

At the sound of someone calling him, Tae-Woo stopped and looked back. So-Won didn’t miss the moment and went quickly and stole his lips.

So-Won acted on impulse because he thought it would be nice, but there was no regret.

“Now, you can go now.”

It’s not the first time they kissed, but So-Won lowered his head in embarrassed. Whenever So-Won did the guiding, he was embarrassed and couldn’t stop his face from burning red. So-Won’s ears were very red, he pushed Tae-Woo into the elevator without making proper eye contact. Fortunately, Tae-Woo did not hold out and moved as So-Won wanted.

The quiet hallway became quieter when the elevator door closed. So-Won was standing alone after sending Tae-Woo. So-Won pondered for a while looking back in the direction of Tae-Woo’s private room.

So-Won doesn’t want to go back alone…. Shall he wait in the private room until the gate closes?

Tae-Woo’s private room had a bed and a washable space, so it was not inconvenient to stay for about a day. However, So-Won immediately gave up thinking when he remembered that Tae-Woo is going to an A-class gate. If it’s an A-class gate, it takes at least a day to get back. So-Won thought it would be better to just wait at home, so So-Won also walked out of the association.

“Is it raining?”

The weather was gloomy. So-Won raised his head because he heard the sound of rain falling from the cloudy sky, and he could see a helicopter approaching from afar. People also looked up at the sky for a moment due to the loud noise, but soon lost interest and moved back.

Tae Woo is probably on the plane.

The helicopter became a small dot and gradually moved away. So-Won looked at the sky quietly until he couldn’t hear the sound completely. It was quiet around, but still deafening.

While thinking about whether to take a taxi or a bus, So-Won covered his face because people seemed to recognize him already. Should he wear a hat next time? So-Won knows it’s his own illusion, but So-Won returned home with that kind of thought.

After lying on the sofa in a daze, So-Won turned on the TV to turn on the news channel to find information about the gate Tae-Woo would have gone to. He also turned on his smartphone that he had turned off until now.

“Ugh, that’s right.”

Then, while the cell phone was off, the accumulated contact began to flock, and So-Won remembered the close-range battery and hurriedly connected the charger. So-Won just checked if there was any contact from his parents and searched the gate Tae-Woo went to.

It only showed that it was a presumed A-class gate held near Seoul and outside Gyeonggi-do. So-Wpn thinks it’s because it hasn’t been long since the gate opened. He searched a little more, but there was not much information.

So-Won pondered for a while and patted the screen.

[Tae-Woo, call me when you get out of the gate]

So-Won sent a text message to Tae-Woo, but he didn’t get a reply. Did Tae-Woo arrive already? Or is he not able to check his phone because they are busy preparing for battle.

[Today at 11am, at the Esper Association….]

So-Won was glancing at a text message to see if Tae-Woo would send a reply, but the news just in time showed a video of the association’s report meeting. So-Won ‘s attention was turned to TV.

After Tae-Woo, So-Won shook hands. There was a sign of nervousness on his face, but it was not unacceptable. So-Won tried to move on, satisfied that it didn’t come out strangely, but in the next scene, Tae-Woo was shown as he left the hall while he lift So-Won. He was surprised.

“Is that on the news?”

So-Won was sure the members of the association said they’d only see them shaking hands for a second on the news.

Even the announcer’s comment was even more spectacular.

[Esper Kang Tae-Woo left, showing off his close relationship with his guide]

-Beep

So-Won turned off the TV because he didn’t have the courage to listen to it until the end. The smartphone also shut down power. Tae-Woo may be contacted, but the gate had to be closed for at least a day. It’ll be okay if he turn it off for a day.

“Should I rest a little…”

So-Won staggered toward the room.

Two days have passed. On the evening of Tae-Woo’s departure to the gate, So-Won saw an article that the area near the gate was cleared up and now everyone went inside. He also heard that Choi Si-Hyuk also arrived in the middle and went inside. In the meantime, the gate grade came out, and it is said that it was also confirmed to be an A-Class.

It was fortunate that there was a tranquilizer. Thanks to this, So-Won was able to sleep without Tae-Woo. Although he had a splitting headache when he woke up, he didn’t have a nightmare. It was much better than forcing himself to stay up all night like before.

As soon as So-Won woke up, he checked if there was any contact from Tae-Woo, and started the day after snooping around the house overnight to see if Tae-Woo had returned.

“I guess he’s not yet here…”

So-Won sat on the sofa and looked down at the quiet cell phone. Until yesterday, contacts from former So-Won ‘s acquaintances poured out like crazy, but when he ignored them all, they were gradually dying down. So it’s been a long time since he removed his phone from the silent setting so that he can check it quickly when he got a call from Tae-Woo. However, there was still no contact from Tae-Woo.

So-Won kept the news on and kept looking for new information about the gate. The A-class gate was the first high-class gate in two years in Korea. Perhaps that’s why the features of the gate, monster analysis that came out of the gate, and the introduction of the dispatched Esper were broadcast in real time and continued to be covered in the news. Choi Si-Hyuk also applied in the middle, so it seemed quite large.

Then by the time lunch passed, breaking news came out. It was said that the gate was completely targeted and closed stably. So-Won was greatly relieved.

“Tae-Woo will come back home soon…”. So-Won turned his head, muttering, and he saw very messy surroundings.

“Oh my…”

It was so messy. The crumbs left after eating the snacks were scattered here and there. The pillows and blankets were scattered randomly on the sofa. If he calls a cleaning company, they will go immediately and organize it, but even if So-Won called them right now, he didn’t think they would be able to clean the house that seemed to have been hit by a bomb before Tae-Woo came.

So-Won was the first to open the window and ventilate. He found a vacuum cleaner that he didn’t even know was there, cleaned it, and then went up Tae-Woo’s room. He still had some conscience so he did not make a mess there.

It was much more comfortable than his bed, so he was just lying down sometimes. So-Won arranged the messy blanket, decorated it as if no one had come in, and carefully came out of the room.

“…Are you still busy?”

Tae-Woo didn’t contact So-Won until he finished cleaning completely. He thought he was also busy cleaning up the gate, so So-Won didn’t call Tae-Woo and waited for him to contact him in good condition.

Before long, a cheerful bell rang. So-Won immediately picked up his smartphone and checked the name. But it was an unknown number.

What the…

As So-Won was about to hang up in great disappointment, he suddenly remembered that the phone call he ignored without answering was from an Esper Association employee. So-Won answered the phone after thinking for a while.

-Guide Lee So-Won ?





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