Chapter 110
It was when Yu-hyun was having a conversation with Celine in the manager’s room.
Kwon Jia, who had returned to the office, had nothing to do, so she sat in an empty seat and reviewed the fight that had happened today.
Baek Seoryeon was too busy with her work these days and didn’t show up, and only Kang Hye-rim was sitting across from her, waiting for Yu-hyun.
“…”
“…”
The two didn’t exchange any words, so the office was quiet.
They were both affiliated with White Flower Management, but Kwon Jia and Kang Hye-rim didn’t have much sense of camaraderie towards each other.
They knew it was necessary, but right now they felt awkward and uncomfortable with each other.
Kwon Jia was used to people feeling uncomfortable with her, and she accepted it naturally.
So she didn’t talk much and just sat quietly in this place.
Kang Hye-rim couldn’t do that.
‘…It’s uncomfortable.’
She felt like she was suffocating just by being in the same space as Kwon Jia.
She didn’t realize yet that there was another reason for that, other than their awkward relationship.
‘I want to go outside, but that would cause trouble.’
She peeked out the window and shook her head.
The reporters were still waiting outside 24 hours a day for her interview.
Thanks to Yu-hyun engraving his mark near the office entrance and on the window, they couldn’t come in or leak anything out.
But even if it was a safe place, it was hell to be alone with someone you weren’t close to.
‘I’ve never seen this sword before.’
Kang Hye-rim noticed [Hell Sword], which was placed diagonally next to Kwon Jia.
It looked better than the sword of Saladin that she had, no matter how she looked at it.
It had a different energy than the sword of Saladin, not to mention the aura that flowed from it.
She realized that it was the reward that Yu-hyun had received recently after clearing the world of thought with Kwon Jia alone, and felt gloomy for no reason.
Kang Hye-rim took her eyes off [Hell Sword] to wash away her unnecessary envy.
Her gaze naturally moved to Kwon Jia’s face, who was focusing on reviewing the fight.
When she first saw her, she looked plain and shabby because she didn’t dress up, but now she looked like a flower bud that bloomed beautifully with just a little touch.
‘She’s pretty…’
Kang Hye-rim exclaimed without realizing it.
She still hadn’t established her self-esteem and didn’t think she was pretty.
Rather, Kwon Jia’s attitude, which was always confident without acting, was enough to be a role model for her.
She was clearly different from herself, who just imitated others.
She had natural charisma.
‘She has a pretty face and charisma. Maybe Yu-hyun needed a collector like her?’
Kang Hye-rim felt a bit depressed.
She thought she was the first one, but she felt like she was pushed aside by Kwon Jia, who was the second one.
Will I be abandoned eventually?
Can I do nothing for Yu-hyun?
She felt anxious that she might not be able to give anything back, but only receive.
Kang Hye-rim kept glancing at Kwon Jia. Thinking that she wouldn’t be caught.
‘I can feel her gaze.’
Kwon Jia, who had been reviewing the fight, felt Kang Hye-rim’s gaze and tried not to react.
She thought this silence was natural until a while ago.
But as soon as she noticed Kang Hye-rim’s eyes, it became hard to ignore.
‘What is it? Why does she keep looking at me?’
She didn’t feel any hostility.
But it wasn’t like her eyes were turning away either, so Kwon Jia felt a bit ‘uncomfortable’ for the first time.
She felt like the atmosphere was getting heavy, so she grabbed [Hell Sword] next to her and wiped it with a handkerchief as if cleaning it.
It was her old hobby and habit since becoming a returnee to take care of her beloved weapon.
There wasn’t much else to do in the first place.
‘What, what is it? Is she bragging about getting this?’
On the other hand, Kang Hye-rim misunderstood Kwon Jia’s attitude as if she was showing off [Hell Sword].
Her eyes trembled more violently.
Kwon Jia looked like she was mocking her in Kang Hye-rim’s eyes.
‘I, I also.’
She hastily grabbed her own sword, [Saladin’s Sword], and started to clean it like Kwon Jia.
It was a kind of defiance, but Kwon Jia, who glanced at her, took it differently.????????ѵ????????????????????.????????????
‘She’s a sword master. Does she have the same hobby as me?’
Kang Hye-rim had always grown up as a great collector in Kwon Jia’s memory.
She was good enough with swords to be called a sword master.
‘Didn’t she say she had Cheok Jun-gyeong’s story? Then it’s natural to have an attachment to swords.’
Kwon Jia thought Kang Hye-rim had a similar hobby to her.
Then, their eyes crossed in the air.
“Hmm?”
“Uh, yeah?”
They looked like they had something to say to each other.
They both unknowingly made that sound.
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Kang Hye-rim looked away awkwardly, but soon she thought that if she backed down here, she would lose completely and looked at Kwon Jia again.
‘Scary!’
Kwon Jia, who had the characteristics of a [returnee], had a blunt and somewhat sharp appearance that others would find frustrating.
Kang Hye-rim couldn’t help but think that it was similar to how she acted normally.
She was just pretending, and the other was natural.
So she naturally felt overwhelmed by her charisma.
Kang Hye-rim also had a life-and-death experience, so she didn’t avoid her eyes.
But it was hard to keep looking at her, so she naturally lowered her gaze and looked at [Hell Sword] in Kwon Jia’s hand.
Kwon Jia misunderstood her attitude.
‘Is she interested in this sword?’
He was called a sword master, so he must have a lot of interest in swords and his own weapon as well.
What should I do?
Kwon Jia hesitated for a moment.
She had never done anything like this before, forming a connection with someone else.
No, maybe she had.
A very long time ago, in the early days of her regression that she couldn’t remember.
But now, she had forgotten all about it, and there was hardly any trace of that memory left.
‘This is troublesome.’
That’s why Kwon Jia couldn’t figure out how to act and speak in this situation.
She had joined the same management as Kang Hye-rim.
Whether she liked it or not, they were colleagues.
And more than anything, Kang Hye-rim was like her senior in this place.
Kwon Jia didn’t particularly dislike her, so she was thinking positively about improving their relationship.
‘It would have been nice if he was here too.’
She thought of Yu-hyun naturally and her expression hardened without her knowing.
She had always done everything by herself.
But she was shocked by the fact that she thought of Yu-hyun first, who she hadn’t known for long.
‘Did I rely on him that much?’
Logically speaking, it would have been appropriate for Yu-hyun to intervene between them like a lubricant and smooth things out in this situation.
But, Kwon Jia’s emotions couldn’t do that.
She was quite flustered by the fact that she thought of Kang Yu-hyun.
Huh!
‘What, what is it?! Did she feel bad?!’
On the other hand, Kang Hye-rim froze without knowing when she saw Kwon Jia’s hardened expression.
‘Did I stare too much? Was I too obvious? She didn’t think I was glaring at her, did she?!’
Kang Hye-rim, who didn’t know Kwon Jia’s inner thoughts, had no choice but to misunderstand that her hardened expression was because of her.
They didn’t even exchange a word with each other, so misunderstandings piled up over every little action.
Kwon Jia also ended up reading the awkward atmosphere.
Right.
Kang Hye-rim was nominally her senior in this round.
And they were also working together as colleagues.
Colleagues need to have a smooth relationship, even if not friendly.
That was Kwon Jia’s judgment.
“Um…”
After hesitating for a while, Kwon Jia chose the topic of swords to start the conversation.
She thought that Kang Hye-rim would be interested in this topic since she was a sword master.
“Do you want to see this sword?”
She asked as she held out [Hell Sword].
Kang Hye-rim looked back and forth between Hell Sword and Kwon Jia and was confused.
‘What, what is it? Is she trying to show off to me?’
Through Kang Hye-rim’s brain filtering, Kwon Jia’s action was saying ‘Hmph. How is it? My sword is good, right? It’s much better than yours.’
If not, why would she ask if she wanted to see the sword out of the blue to someone who had no interest in swords like her?
Kang Hye-rim wondered.
What should she say here?
How should she respond so that she wouldn’t seem arrogant or back down?
So the choice that Kang Hye-rim made was.
“Do you want to… swap?”
She also offered her own sword, Saladin’s Sword, to show that ‘my sword is good too!’.
“…”
“…”
The two exchanged their swords and held them in their hands.
There was no one to witness this strange exchange ceremony.
If someone had seen it, they might have either pounded their chests in frustration or laughed at the ridiculous situation.
Kwon Jia nodded at Kang Hye-rim as she took Saladin’s Sword.
‘As expected. She likes swords.’
On the contrary, Kang Hye-rim was wary of Kwon Jia.
‘Scary girl. I can’t let my guard down!’
And just then, Yu-hyun came back from the manager’s room.
“Huh? What are you two doing?”
He asked as he saw Kwon Jia and Kang Hye-rim exchanging odd glances while swapping weapons.
He couldn’t catch up with what had happened and how they ended up like that.
But neither of them said anything to him or answered his question.
The atmosphere itself didn’t allow them to open their mouths.
The misunderstandings between them grew deeper.
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After Yu-hyun revealed his identity, his name became so famous among the collectors that no one could ignore it.
A teller who moved with a collector.
Even more so, a teller who went into the world of ideas and fought alongside a collector.
It was an unprecedented existence that they had never heard of.
‘Hey. How is that possible?’
‘How can there be such a teller in the world?’
The collectors who knew a little bit about tellers all said that.
But the statements of the witnesses matched, and they said that it was the truth without a shred of lie.
The people who were skeptical had no choice but to believe it.
The rumor of the teller named Kang Yu-hyun spread quickly among all the collectors.
Especially the clans who were paying close attention to the movements of White Flower Management were quite embarrassed by this information.
“What? That guy was a teller?”
“No. Is that even possible? Wait a minute. Is that feasible?”
The people of the clans who didn’t know where White Flower Management came from were at a loss for what to do with the man.
The existence of a teller was that significant to the collectors.
If it had been normal, the clans would have tried to restrain White Flower Management’s actions with force, but they had to change their minds.
‘Wouldn’t this mean that we can’t touch them recklessly?’
‘No. Rather, can we even touch a teller?’
The tellers were perceived as the messengers of the gods who were protected by the system.
Naturally, their attitude was arrogant, and there were not a few people who felt resentment towards them.
But the tellers had the protection of Genesis, and they could be safe from any threat in the lower world.
But what Yu-hyun showed was not that of a teller who had protection.
“Damn it! That teller hit me with his own hand!”
Jeon Kwang-seok, who belonged to the Hanul Clan where Baek Seo-ryeon had been affiliated, exploded with anger as he recalled what had happened with Yu-hyun.
He still couldn’t forget the shame and pain of that time.
Whenever he closed his eyes at night, he remembered that vividly, and Jeon Kwang-seok unconsciously touched his face where he had been hit by Yu-hyun.
“That bastard teller…!”
Jeon Kwang-seok wanted to get revenge, but he had no way to do it.
Who would listen to him if he complained that he was hit by a teller?
He was annoyed by not only Yu-hyun, but also the recent rise of Baekhwa Management.
The representative of that place, Baek Seo-ryeon, had once worked under him, hadn’t he?
‘He got a little nice treatment from me, and now he’s climbing up!’
Jeon Kwang-seok believed that he had been nice to Baek Seo-ryeon.
He suffered from cognitive dissonance and misunderstood that Baek Seo-ryeon had ignored and looked down on him even though he had been nice to him.
He also harbored a strong hostility towards Baek Seo-ryeon.
‘How do I deal with those bastards?’
He couldn’t leave them alone as his anger towards them was too intense.
But, he had no way to do it. One was the representative of a management, and the other was a teller.
‘Huh?’
Then suddenly, a thought crossed Jeon Kwang-seok’s mind.
‘That teller hit me. Then wouldn’t we be able to do the same?’
If Yu-hyun had protection, would he have done such a thing?
It was true that protection protected the tellers, but he didn’t know whether or not the tellers could harm humans.
But he didn’t think that a teller with protection could harm a human.
It was called protection, but it was a wall that separated the intermediary and the lower world.
But, if that wall was gone?
‘Could I kill that teller if I wanted to?’
A thought crossed Jeon Kwang-seok’s mind.
‘No. It’s too early to judge.’
He shook his head right away. But the root of doubt that remained in his heart was slowly taking root in him.
