The Hero
Volume 5 – Silver Knight
Chapter 4
Although Haneul’s group was the 3rd batch to be sent out to restore the 1st city, the devastated city still needed much work to be back to what it used to be.
That’s when Minah slowly spoke.
“I’ve seen this city through the TV, but it really is in a devastated state. The Heroes that fought that day must’ve had a very hard time. Any who, Haneul, which monster made this huge impression on this building over here?”
“Hmm, that one was made as a big guy was falling down. It’s a monster called the Giant type, and I think I heard someone say they were type C’s? Either way, that’s the type of monster it was. Its stature is ridiculously huge, it’s really……..AHH!”
As Haneul was muttering these words while wiping off his sweat, he suddenly stopped talking.
“As I thought.”
Haneul close his eyes and turned his head.
“Haneul, this is a request. Please tell me everything. You’re not a Rank B Hero are you?”
Minah was staring at Haneul with an earnest expression.
Although, Haneul wanted to try and avoid answering the question, he wasn’t able to ignore the strength coming out from Minah’s eyes.
Haneul wanted to tell her everything.
But this wasn’t the right time to tell her.
‘s.h.i.t, I’m so freaking stupid……’
Haneul told Minah the truth.
“I know, I understand why you did that. It’s because of the peoples’ attention right?”
“That’s right, honestly speaking, I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not a person from this world, but I don’t have great pride in being a special figure like a hero. Being able to protect people because I have the power to it"s completely fine. There’s a system set up for it, and I just need to follow it. However, living in stardom is not what I have in mind.”
“…………”
Minah was silent.
She didn’t believe it at first. She couldn’t believe the fact that Haneul was a completely different person, because how is that even possible.
However, Minah was now certain that this was the truth.
The Haneul from the past, and the Haneul in the present was completely different.
The Haneul before was a person that radiated strongly like the sun. He had a strong sense of justice and took great pride in being a hero student. He wanted to become a great Hero later in the future and wanted to save many lives. Although this age needed Heroes like that, it was hard to see many with those characteristics.
However, the Haneul currently had a cold side to him.
It could also be seen that Haneul would look at the benefits of situations.
Same face, yet different personalities and behavior.
‘He really is a different person.’
Minah accepted the truth. Then suddenly, she was thinking about the whereabouts of the other Haneul.
“Sorry. It’s not that I didn’t want to tell you, but……I just felt that it’d be best if n.o.body knew about it. Honestly, it was because I thought n.o.body would understand.”
It was just as Haneul thought.
Minah wasn’t sure as to how Haneul came to that conclusion. She worked hard to solidify her abilities to rank up from C Rank to B Rank. It’s been 4 years since she’s been a hero, and although 4 years isn’t a long time, considering the fact that it’s only been 20 years since the appearance of magic, Minah had to work hard to get to where she’s at now.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m okay……I’m just a little confused. You’re not the Haneul that I know of.”
“I already told you that several times before. I’m not the Haneul that you know.”
“……….”
With Haneul’s last words, Minah was quiet.
It’s true. Haneul already told her several times.
Haneul blamed himself.
It was normal to see that Minah stopped talking to Haneul after that, as she silently worked the rest of her shift and went back home. Why did I keep it a secret when it’s not that big of a deal?
It’s strange that the one person most strongly aware of Silver Knight right now wasHaneul himself.
‘No, no way. I shouldn’t think about it too hard. Since things have turned out this way, it’s for the better.’
Haneul shook his head.
Either way, the person Minah was looking at was a different person. The Haneul from World B. That’s why this relationship was so iffy to begin with.
Haneul changed his thoughts, and returned back home when he suddenly received an email.
It was a generic email sent out to everyone from the Organization. It was a thank you message to all the Heroes that partic.i.p.ated in today’s clean-up crew.
As Haneul was about to turn off the computer with a positive att.i.tude, a new message arrived.
It was a message from Woon Rim College.
‘What’s this?’
At first Haneul thought it was another generic message and was about to trash the message, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
The email was directed to Haneul himself.
There was a long essay like introduction in it, but to summarize the message, it was basically asking Haneul to meet with them.
The school dean was hoping to meet with Haneul.
‘What reason does this guy want to meet me?’
The next day, Haneul got on the train early in the morning.
Since registering himself as a Hero, Haneulwas placed as a graduate from his college and did not have to go back anymore.Everything has been paid off by the government and there was no current debt, it was unfortunate to suddenly stop going back to school.
The walk back to school was light.
The reason was because Haneul was on his way to meet the Dean, but Haneul was actually looking forward to a fateful meeting with Minah. Since she now became a research student with the suggestion of the Dean, and was helping him oversee the school. It was considered to be a part time job, but she seemed to be making good money. Haneul was informed that there were many research students amongst the Heroes.
Chapter 4 – End.