Hello everyone, SleepyTime here. Some of you might recognize this novel from Wook’s Teahouse before the whole site was taken down, and yes, I’m the original translator who uploaded this novel there. At first, I’m just going to let this novel gather dust in my drive since I don’t have the time to upload 90++ chapters, but due to some of my readers that still wanted to read this novel, I decided to post it in SoR. Hope you all enjoy it, thank you.
Chapter 16
by SleepyTime“…What are you doing?”
Cha Yugeon scowled as if he had seen something distasteful.
Of course, he understood that it would be unpleasant for anyone to witness such a scene.
However, it was perplexing for Haon who just a moment ago called him ‘my guide’ and showed some semblance of affection for him, but then started to dislike him when he started acting cute.
Make up your mind, just make up your damn mind.
Haon, muttering to himself internally, and thought, ‘Whatever, I don’t care’, and let his body go limp.
At least he had managed to divert Cha Yugeon’s attention from that esper by acting cute, and that was probably enough.
“I’m in pain. Take me to the hospital quickly.”
“But that guy…”
“Just forget about him. Just take me to the hospital! You bastard”
In the end, he couldn’t resist to curse at Cha Yugeon.
Cha Yugeon’s persistence in attacking the esper, who was already incapable of fighting due to his shattered shoulder, made Haon think that Cha Yugeon really was a lunatic.
“Are you okay? We are the Esper Rampage Suppression Team 1.”
“Well, I’m fine… but it seems like he’s not…”
Haon, who had just explained the situation roughly to the members of the Suppression Team 1 who rushed in, soon looked astonished.
It was because he had shown the disgrace of being embraced by Cha Yugeon in front of people.
Haon quickly jumped out of Cha Yugeon’s arms.
Then, Cha Yugeon looked at Haon with a bewildered expression.
“What? Ah… Did you feel embarrassed?”
However, this guy was annoyingly quick-witted. He quickly realized why Haon had acted that way.
Feeling exposed, Haon frowned and hurried his steps.
Cha Yugeon burst into laughter from behind him.
“Hey, let’s go together. You said you were in pain, right? Let’s go to the hospital.”
“…”
“Earlier, you were whining like a puppy with your eyebrows furrowed. Begging for help, saying, ‘Save me, take me to the hospital.’ Hey, Park Haon, Park Haon!”
Should I just kill that bastard?
Hearing Cha Yugeon’s voice clearly teasing him, Haon gritted his teeth and moved forward.
Then, the sound of footsteps behind him getting quicker.
Haon, who had enough, quickened his pace, but the pursuer also accelerated.
“What the… what!”
“Let’s go together. You might need a guardian with you.”
“Huh… Do you think I’m a kid? Do you think I couldn’t go to the hospital by myself at my age?”
“What does age have to do with going to the hospital when you’re in pain? Even my grandmother doesn’t go alone when she goes to the hospital.”
“…”
With the unexpected mention of Cha Yugeon’s grandmother, Haon fell silent.
No matter how annoying Cha Yugeon was, and how much he irritated him, the grandmother anecdote was an untouchable topic when it came to Confucian Boy.
In the end, losing words to say, Haon reluctantly followed Cha Yugeon to the hospital.
For a while, there was no conversation between the two.
As the silence became somewhat uncomfortable, Cha Yugeon spoke first.
“Does it hurt?”
“Yeah, to the point it would be preferable to just pass out.”
“Good, very good.”
“What? Is this my fault?”
Out of nowhere, Cha Yugeon started nagging, and Haon clenched his teeth in annoyance.
Then, Cha Yugeon shrugged his shoulders and suddenly pulled something out.
Wondering what he was up to, Haon glanced at it and recognized a familiar bottle.
It was only then that Haon remembered that Cha Yugeon had tried to give him the same thing earlier.
“Do you want me to take that?”
“…Yes, take it.”
This time, it wasn’t as impudent as before.
Haon looked back and forth between the medicine bottle and Cha Yugeon.
Despite feeling curious, he decided to be satisfied with the fact that there were no rude remarks like before.
After a short contemplation, Haon accepted the bottle and put it in his pocket.
“Thanks.”
Since the person was Cha Yugeon, Haon didn’t feel like expressing gratitude.
However, Haon was someone with a fair and conscientious mind, unlike others.
In situations where thanks were due, he knew how to say them… well, he could be considered a decent person.
To Haon’s expression of gratitude, Cha Yugeon widened his eyes in surprise.
Then, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
Haon didn’t see this as he looking ahead.
“Hello, nice to see you again.”
“Oh, hello… Oh, are you okay?!”
Arriving at the hospital, Haon greeted by a familiar face.
It was the medical staff he had met a few days ago during the guide matching rate test.
He greeted Haon warmly but quickly turned pale as soon as he looked at Haon’s shoulder.
Haon tilted his head, wondering if his injuries were that serious.
In the meantime, the medical staff called in others.
In an instant, twenty medical staff gathered, and naturally, Cha Yugeon was pushed to the back.
“But… I’m his guardian.”
Yugeon muttered with a displeased voice.
However, his words didn’t reach the busy ears of the medical staff treating Haon.
But of course, Haon heard them.
“What are you saying? Don’t pick a fight with busy people and just wait quietly. Or maybe, you should just go first. Honestly, it might be better for both you and me if you go.”
“Tsk.”
Although Cha Yugeon grumbled, he didn’t budge an inch as if a nail had been driven into the sole of his foot.
Haon glanced at the guy, then turned his attention to the medical staff busy treating him.
Fortunately, the treatment didn’t take long.
With an advanced healing esper attending to him, his body felt better already, it felt as if his body could fly away.
Haon stretched himself with a much lighter body.
His shoulder, which had been broken, now felt not only healed but as if he had received a brand-new bone.
“Wow, that feels great.”
“Is it done?”
“Yeah.”
“Then let’s grab something to eat.”
“Huh?”
Haon doubted his ears.
If Cha Yugeon had continued talking so naturally, Haon might have mindlessly agreed with a ‘Sure!’
Fortunately, Haon had at least some sense left in him.
When he looked at Cha Yugeon with wary eyes, Cha Yugeon looked at him with a gaze that seemed to say, ‘What’s the problem?’.
Bewildered, Haon narrowed his eyes.
“Hey, when did we start eating together?”
“Koreans sometimes eat together when they’re hungry, right? Do you decide when to eat and when not to eat? You must be tired, right?”
This time, there was nothing to refute.
Checking the time, it was already approaching 2 o’clock.
It had been a while since lunch time, and he hadn’t even had breakfast.
Haon was so preoccupied that he didn’t realize it, but when he looked at the time and realized that he hadn’t eaten, he felt hungry.
Haon gave Cha Yugeon a disapproving look.
No matter how hungry he is, it doesn’t seem like a good idea to eat with someone like Cha Yugeon…
‘Well, it’s not like we’re going to somewhere far, and it’s just a simple meal, right? What’s the harm?’
“We’ll eat at the cafeteria, I don’t want to go somewhere far.”
“I have no intention of going out with you either.”
Just to be sure, Haon teased Yugeon, who snorted in response.
It might have been a wretched move, but Haon did not say anything more because he too just want to eat in the cafeteria.
Instead, he smiled brightly at the medical staff.
“Thank you. See you next time… Ah, maybe it’s better not to see each other again. Anyway, I’ll buy some snacks next time.”
With a short farewell, Haon left the hospital and stretched his body.
The shoulder that had been broken seemed distant.
“Cha Yugeon, why isn’t this guy coming out… Oh there he is.”
While Haon was stretching for a long time, Cha Yugeon, who hadn’t come out of the hospital, finally appeared.
“To go to the cafeteria from here… Oh, it’s on the left. Cha Yugeon, aren’t you coming?”
Haon, who was walking ahead, stopped abruptly, he looks back and see a dissatisfied expression on Cha Yugeon’s face.
He didn’t why the short-fused guy was irritated, but Haon wasn’t particularly curious.
So instead of asking why, Haon asked if he wasn’t coming.
If he didn’t come, it was fine; he could just leave.
It was probably better to eat alone.
However, Cha Yugeon response crushed Haon’s expectations.
“Let’s go.”
Said Cha Yugeon with a gruff voice and followed Haon.
The two walked side by side in silence for a while.
Haon stopped abruptly because of Yugeon’s question.
“Hey, Park Haon.”
“What?”
“Do you usually smile so brightly?”
“Huh?”
“Do you usually smile so brightly, like you did at the hospital?”
To the unexpected question, Haon blinked without answering.
Haon couldn’t fathom why he was asking such a question.
Haon was lost in thought for a moment.
Was he generally have a good smile?
Then he quickly snapped out of it, wondering why he had to worry about Cha Yu-geon’s pointless question.
“Oh, do you not usually smile? But why did you smile like that earlier?”
Cha Yugeon seemed to consider Haon’s silence as an answer to his question.
Cha Yugeon seemed to have completely misunderstood and started to push Haon for answer.
“Well, is there someone you like there? Oh, was it that medical staff? He’s not good enough for you, though.”