I tamed the First Rank Chapter 135

HoshiMiya
4 days ago
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He pushed Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was struggling, into the taxi that had just arrived. He insisted that he didn’t have to go to the hospital and went straight to the building, but In Yoo-shin was worried as he watched him flinch every time their eyes met.

Shouldn't we take him to the hospital right now and have him do a brain test? Maybe an MRI or something?

Hyeon Gyu-ha forgot to wipe the blood off of In Yoo-shin, who was soaked in worry, and ended up showing up at the office covered in blood. The office was turned upside down for a moment, and Hyeon Gyu-ha immediately got permission to take a half-day off that day.

He went straight to Cheongsol Orphanage, leaving aside In Yoo-shin's concerns that he had to go to the hospital. He had to confirm whether the little boy was really In Yoo-shin.

The orphanage I visited after a long time felt very unfamiliar. After all, it had been 19 years since I left, so it must have changed a lot, and I couldn't remember it very well.

However, once the opportunity arose, memories of that child began to rise from the depths of his memory. Hyeon Gyu-ha stared at the playground where the child often fell over while toddling around on his short legs. The floor had been replaced with cork instead of sand. It seemed that all the play equipment had been replaced as well.

"So Hunter Hyeon-nim, you used to be in an orphanage?"

The director was really surprised, as if he had no idea that Hyeon Gyu-ha had been there even for a short time. He heard that Saetbyeolwon, where the previous director had been arrested, was almost closed down, but when a certain company found out about the situation, they took over and changed the name to Cheongsol Orphanage.

All the teachers who had worked there 19 years ago had retired, and he could only contact two people. He was able to make an appointment for the same day with one of them who lived in nearby Suwon.

When he went down to Suwon and entered the cafe he had promised to meet, an older teacher recognized Hyeon Gyu-ha first.

"Oh my god. It's really Gyu-ha…… No, it's Hunter Hyeon-nim."

"Call me whatever you want."

Hyeon Gyu-ha nodded, and the teacher greeted him with an awkward but happy smile. Honestly, he couldn't remember who he was.

But even 19 years ago, the memory of a 9-year-old and an adult were clearly different.

"Did you hear how the director ended up in prison?"

“I said he was laundering money from organized crime.”

"That's why it seems like Hunter Hyeon kept his mouth shut about being at Saetbyeolwon. It'd be a huge problem if he got unwanted media attention and they found something out."

He said that only a few government officials knew that the erosion gate had been opened at Saetbyeolwon. He vaguely recalled the events of that night.

"Wasn't there a little kid sleeping in the corner of the yard the night I went out?"

"I was so confused that night......."

The teacher, who had been thinking deeply while touching his forehead, soon opened his mouth.

"There was one kid who somehow went out into the yard and fell asleep without waking up. I was worried for a few days that he might be sleepwalking."

Hyeon Gyu-ha swallowed his saliva anxiously.

“......Do you remember who that kid is?"

“He was very young. What was his name……? It was a very famous name that you wouldn't forget once you heard it. Was it the same name as a celebrity?"

"Silla of the Three Kingdoms Period?"

"Ah! That's right. It was Yoo-shin, Kim Yoo-shin. The kid who came in after Yoo-jin."

“Ugh!”

“Oh my god!”

Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was floating upside down in front of the building with his legs crossed, shortening the lives of the civil servants passing by, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. He recalled the conversation he had with his teacher.

<……>

You must have had a lot of scary experiences at the erosion gate, but it's a good thing that it didn't leave you with any trauma. Even if it weren't for the heat, you probably wouldn't remember it since it happened when you were 3 years old anyway.

But shouldn't he have remembered it? Not as a vague memory of a small creature babbling, but clearly, definitely, at least by name.

"Gyu-ha-ssi, what are you doing here? What did they say at the hospital?"

In Yoo-shin was dispatched after receiving a call from the frightened civil servants who encountered Hyeon Gyu-ha. It also happened to be his time to leave work.

“Master’s face, looking upside down, is also cool…… Unn?”

Hyeon Gyu-ha, who had been answering almost reflexively, flinched. The face of the three-year-old child, which had been faintly blurred, came to mind as soon as he saw In Yoo-shin.

That cute creature with chubby cheeks, big, round eyes that blinked, and a short-tongued voice that would often come running to me, saying, "Hyung-ah."

"Uwaaaaah."

Hyeon Gyu-ha, unable to control the cuteness that was rushing through his mind, let out a single scream and flew away.

In Yoo-sin, who flew away too fast to be caught, just stared blankly upwards. He'd get motion sickness if he flew backward.

'What’s wrong with him to be like this since this morning?'

He checked the status window, worried that something big might have happened.

[Name: Henri Raymond Charles Françoise VII]

[Current status: Affection. Murderous, separation anxiety. Thrilled. Excited. Thrilled. Heart-pounding. Excited. Ecstatic. Dazzling. Cuteness x∞.]

In Yoo-shin rubbed his eyes and looked again. He wasn’t seeing things wrong. The murderous intent that always took the first place and felt familiar was pushed to the back. And there were things here and there attached to it.

I don't know why, but I was relieved that nothing bad happened. I called, but there was no answer. I sent him a text, but there was no reply after checking.

In Yoo-shin scratched his head. Looking at the status window, it didn’t seem like there was any major problem and he was avoiding me on purpose. If that was the case, then if I went to a dangerous place, he would definitely come looking for me.

'Should I go to Narsha's Guild?’

When he searched on the map app, the directions weren't too difficult. In Yoo-shin hurried to the subway station.

As the headquarters of the Narsha Guild began to come into view, Hyeon Gyu-ha flew in with a gloomy face and a sobbing voice.

"Master, are you going to meet Gong Tae-seong?"

"It’s because Gyu-ha-ssi didn't send me a reply."

It was said playfully, but the corners of Hyeon Gyu-ha’s eyes immediately drooped. A gloomy shadow was cast over him, so In Yoo-shin quickly collected his words.

"Just kidding, just kidding! I was just saying."

"Since I have committed a crime, I have nothing to say if Yoo-shin goes alone to meet Gong Tae-seong, but on the way there, he tramples on me…… Ah, maybe this will be for the better."

In Yoo-shin, whose face was burning red, really had to pull Hyeon Gyu-ha up from where he was sprawled on the street. It was really fortunate that it was an alley between buildings with no people.

"Did you get some medicine from the hospital? Surely you don't need surgery?"

Hyeon Gyu-ha looked back on his actions since the morning, convinced that something was wrong with his head.

I stumbled and fell down the stairs, there was a disturbance in the dungeon during work hours, so I went to clean it up together and ended up destroying the castle inside the dungeon, and after taking a half day off and coming back, I was overcome with cuteness and had to leave to calm down.......

There wasn't any problem, was there?

So he spoke confidently.

"They say it will get better if Master tramples on me once."

“.......Have you been under a lot of stress lately?"

Hyeon Gyu-ha ended up confessing because In Yoo-shin's eyes changed to those of a seriously ill patient.

"Actually, I stopped by the orphanage where I grew up after taking a half-day off......."

As he spoke, the image of 3-year-old In Yoo-shin began to appear before his eyes again, so he took a deep breath. In Yoo-shin, who was watching him panting with a bright red face, quickly placed a heal on his chest.

"Isn't that why you cracked your ribs when you rolled over in the morning?"

The eyes looking up at him with concern were the same as when he had cried and said, "Hyung-ah, are you hurt?" How can a person maintain the pure kindness of childhood even as an adult who suffers through the harsh world?

When he realized that his heart was swelled with excitement, Hyeon Gyu-ha was already hugging In Yoo-shin tightly.

"I was a goddamn bastard! My eyes were messed up! What good are eyes if they're useless!"

"Huh?! Why are you suddenly like that?"

"I didn't even recognize Yoo-shin-ssi!"

"Ah, when you saved me? Of course you recognized me now with the face of an 8-year-old you saw briefly in the past.”

"Ah, when you saved me? Of course it would be impossible for you to recognize me now with the face of an 8-year-old you saw briefly in the past."

“That’s not it!”

In Yoo-shin, who was hugging him tightly to his strong chest, had been feeling Hyeon Gyu-ha's heartbeat for a while now. The pounding, beating at a much faster rate than his own.

At the moment when the rough, throbbing beat reached its peak, In Yoo-shin heard his screams, split with passion.

"We were in the same orphanage......!"

To be honest, when I first heard that we were in the same orphanage when we were young, all I could think was, “Wow.” I thought, “So that kind of connection exists.”

He wondered if he had any special memories from the orphanage, but Heon Gyu-ha was so excited that he couldn't continue speaking. First, he went into a nearby cafe to calm him down.

Hyeon Gyu-ha drank the hot Americano in one go like it was iced Americano. He felt a little calmer, but it was an illusion. He stared at In Yoo-shin sitting next to him, and even his earlobes turned red.

The lips that were moving with difficulty as if they were going to say something closed. Instead, Hyeon Gyu-ha took out his cell phone with his thin, trembling hands. A text message arrived on In Yoo-shin’s cell phone.

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HM: Honestly, this is so freaking cute! -w-

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