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“What the hell are you thinking?”
The first to be targeted was Ga-jun. Because they had a troubled relationship originally, Seon-woo was even more wary of him. He felt that Ga-jun couldn’t beat him himself, so maybe he was aiming for his Hyung.
“What did I do?”
Ga-jun shrugged his shoulders and asked back.
“Don’t you keep approaching my Hyung? Do you think my Hyung will go to the Baekho Guild?”
Ga-jun was able to read Seon-woo’s thoughts with those words. So, he thought that Ga-jun coveted Hyeon-woo’s abilities.
‘Well, it would have been like that before.’
The only thing that moved him now was his curiosity about Hyeon-woo and his fondness while walking around. He didn’t want the ability to tame dragons like Seon-woo thought.
“Is this more fun than that?”
Unknowingly, the corner of his mouth went up.
“Let me ask you one thing.”
“What is it?”
“Why are you following my Hyung around?”
Ga-jun answered Seon-woo’s question without hesitation.
“It’s about paying off what I owed in the past.”
“Are you trying to kidnap my Hyung after siding with us?”
Do-jin and Seon-woo’s eyebrows crumpled at the blatant words. Still, Ga-jun’s words were unstoppable. It was like this in the first place. No matter who was in front of him, he couldn’t change it.
“No, that’s strange. Why are you both so insistent on sticking to him?”
“Is it so strange? I’m in great debt to Hyeon-woo. I cannot leave until I pay it all off.”
This time, Do-jin protested with a heavy voice.
“Okay. So, you’re here to pay off your past debts? So, Ji Seon-woo, is that why you’re standing still?”
In fact, Seon-woo wasn’t standing still, but Ga-jun couldn’t figure that out.
What kind of pushover had been chasing him all this time to pay off debts! Besides, Do-jin was not the kind of person who would be swung around by anyone like a pushover. Wasn’t he the one who planned the kidnapping together and ran out without any understanding?
There was no way he didn’t know this. Seeing Seon-woo keep his mouth shut, he had something he wanted to hide more than that.
Combining the facts we have learned so far, it was clear what the situation was. When this happened, the story became completely different.
“First of all, I’m not chasing after his ability.”
“Then what?”
Ga-jun replied with a smirk. He also had a desire to make fun of Ji Seon-woo, who was a Brocom [1] for his Hyung.
“Because I like to.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”
How long had it been since he had said it? Seon-woo’s frozen hand moved and an ice spear floated above it. He then attacked Ga-jun without mercy.
He was prepared for an attack, so he didn’t get hit, but he flinched involuntarily at the ferocious appearance of him attacking him with a vein on his forehead.
“Calm down. Calm down! This is inside a hotel.”
Ga-jun would have been excited to confront it in another place, but they were invited guests from abroad, and other influential people would also be staying here. So he tried to convince Seon-woo, but it didn’t work. Before he knew it, the corridor was filled with ice windows.
“Please just die.”
“No, is it a death sentence for people to like people?”
“You have to die.”
Ga-jun desperately avoided the ice spear by rolling his body. Then, this time, spinning water droplets rained down like bullets. He roughly threw a potted plant placed in the hallway to block the vital part, but the problem was the amount of water droplets pouring out afterwards. If they endured here, some of them had no choice but to be hit.
“Damn it!”
In the end, he had no choice but to punch the wall, knock it down, and escape into the space next to it. As the space opened up, it became easier to evade, but that was all. It wasn’t easy to avoid Seon-woo, who attacked with his eyes wide open.
“Stop him there!”
He thought it would destroy the entire upper floor, so he shouted at Do-jin, but he just stood there with a worried expression. He was in a crazy situation. Realizing that long-distance attacks did not work well, Seon-woo rushed forward and grabbed Ga-jun by the collar.
‘This is usually my role!’
It was an analysis role. Ga-jun stopped Seon-woo from frantically attacking with lamentation. And just then, Hyeon-woo came out of the room.
“What are you doing?”
Hyeon-woo, who came out with Kero in his arms, looked at Ga-jun who was rolling on the floor and then at Seon-woo who was punching him as he climbed on top of him, then blinked his eyes. Seon-woo was too old to be doing this.
“Were you fighting?”
The walls of the hotel were crumbling, and an employee who appeared was watching from a distance restlessly. Even under such circumstances, Seon-woo did not break his will.
“Hyung, wait a minute. I’ll take care of it soon.”
“What are you dealing with?”
“One bastard.”
Apparently, the bastard Seon-woo was talking about was Ga-jun. He didn’t think there was a crisis until just a moment ago. Hyeon-woo tilted his head as he stroked Kero’s head. First of all, he had to stop his younger brother. He didn’t think Seon-woo did anything wrong, but the place was inside the building. If something went wrong and it collapsed, it would cause a lot of casualties.
“You can’t fight here. If you want to fight, go outside and fight.”
After calmly calming him down, Seon-woo nodded quietly.
“Okay. I’ll go out and kill you.”
Then, grabbing Ga-jun by the collar, he approached the hotel window. It looked like he was about to jump out. He was an S-class Awakened, so he wouldn’t die.
“Wait! Hey, he’s killing me now! Why aren’t you stopping him!”
“I tried to.”
“What is it that you tried?”
“That depends?”
Ga-jun struggled desperately to escape Seon-woo’s clutches. Seon-woo again tried to snatch him by the collar, but Ga-jun was a bit quicker as he stepped aside from Hyeon-woo.
“Listen. I’m innocent!”
“Hyung, don’t listen.”
“No, you see–!”
The moment Ga-jun was about to complain, something black came out from behind and blocked his mouth.
“Eup!”
He couldn’t speak because his lips were glued together. Ga-jun struggled in frustration, then turned around and struck the person who had blocked his mouth. However, Do-jin, the person in question, leisurely avoided the attack, grabbed Ga-jun, broke the hotel window, and ran outside.
It happened in an instant, so he didn’t even have time to use his hands.
“What just happened?”
Hyeon-woo stood there blankly and asked Seon-woo, but the answer that came back was firm.
“Hyung doesn’t have to know.”
At the same time, the elevator opened and an employee who appeared in it screamed.
“Uck!”
It seemed unreasonable to go sightseeing in the afternoon. Hyeon-woo scratched his head and turned around to appease the frightened employee.
“Cough, cough!”
Ga-jun, dragged into the ruins by the shadows, coughed like crazy. He was so tightly tied and dragged that he had no time to resist.
“No, really these crazy bastards.”
Apparently, they must have thought of themselves as neighborhood drummers. If so, they should change their idea. Holding the poison bottle in his inner pocket, Ga-jun spat out and stood up.
“Ji Seon-woo, let’s speak. Why are you being such a jerk again?”
When he asked while juggling poison bottles, Do-jin stared at Ga-jun with an incomprehensible look. Then he opened his mouth.
“Didn’t you say you like Hyeon-woo?”
“And?”
“Does liking mean what I think it means?”
“If it means romantic, then yes.”
In reality, it hadn’t reached that point yet, but he couldn’t back down from here. Having said that, it didn’t seem like a bad idea. Although he preferred women, Hyeon-woo seemed to be fine with a man. Just then, Do-jin asked about him.
“We just happened to be men.”
Ga-jun spat out a famous line here.
“I don’t like men. The person I liked just happened to be a man.”
It was a common line in novels. However, upon hearing that, Do-jin thought about it again. Since he had been there for such a long time, he had no desire to attack. Ga-jun sighed as he brushed off his soiled clothes. He was offended by something, but he didn’t know what it was.
“If you’re going to keep thinking, I’ll get going first.”
As he was about to leave, something grabbed his foot.
“You madman!”
It was Do-jin’s shadow.
“Why again!”
“What do you mean?”
“What you like is what you like! Why do you ask.”
“Like wanting to keep seeing someone, and where your heart races. Did you feel that feeling?”
“I did!”
Why ask if he knew! When Ga-jun replied nervously, Do-jin nodded.
“Okay. It was something like that.”
It looked like he understood something.
“Alright? Then let go.”
“No. I can’t do that.”
“Why not?”
“Anyway, I think I like Hyeon-woo too. No, I love him.”
It was even more fascinating to know that now.
“So what?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to have fewer competitors?”
At the same time, Do-jin smiled. He seemed to have foretold this when he started to feel uncomfortable.
“Fuck.”
Goosebumps ran down Ga-jun’s spine. He didn’t know why there were so many crazy people around. He held the small poison bottle between his fingers again and glared at Do-jin’s shadow as it came flooding in.
‘They don’t match well.’
His compatibility with Do-jin was worse than that of Seon-woo, who had frequent ranged attacks. The shadow can attack the back, but attacks to the back make it difficult for the opponent to counterattack. So the last time he lost in vain, and it ended up like this again.
Ga-jun gritted his teeth and glared at Do-jin.
Notes:
[1] Bro-com: Bromance Complex
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
HM: Ga-jun…. It’s probably just better to give up….wwwww. I’m not saying this for your sake or anything. But you’re going to get killed if you come out with your feelings like that and be said that you left for Korea earlier than them, because you were tired.
Davine: Ga-jun. Ga-jun. Ga-jun. Wasn’t it just in the last chapter that I said you were cute? Why did you have to betray me like this??
YRR: So they’ve all acknowledged their desire for HW to each other….. Personally? I would’ve gone after SW for being a “brocom”
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