Possessing Nothing

Within a week, Ji Ho-yeon looked good.

The color was good and the mouth was still smiling.

Lee Seong-min stopped looking at Ji-hoon standing under the tree. It was not just Lee Sung-min who was so hard.

Even Heju in Lee Sung-min's head forgot to say something.

[…… Oh my God.]

Heju groans.

Lee Sung-min remembered, knew, and had always been wearing a robe.

It wasn't W. Hoenn at the moment.

She was wearing a woman's uniform that Lee Sung-min had never seen before, and was wearing a black dragon cane on top of her.

Lee Seong-min unknowingly took a few steps back, looking at her white wrist and calf extending below the hem of her upper lip, which was visible under a large sleeve.

“That's a funny face. ”

Ji Ho-yeon looked at Lee Sung-min's face and laughed.

Lee Sung-min opened his lips to say something, but he couldn't say it out loud and shut his mouth again.

I've been through a lot of encounters and incidents in my life, but none of them are as shocking as they are now.

“Are you so surprised that I'm dressed like this? ”

“W-well. ”

Ji Ho-yeon asked, and Lee Sung-min answered with a silly voice.

After hearing the answer, Ji Ho-yeon grinned. She raises the hem of her thigh slightly.

“I've never worn anything like this before. ”

I had never bought one before. During the week, while avoiding Lee, Ji Ho-yeon had a lot of concerns.

Your emotions, the circumstances, the emotions that have not changed. That feeling was on the floor from the start. However, as the situation changes, the way it is expressed has changed.

“I thought you'd like it. ”

Wijiho-yeon smiled and said.

Ah. Lee Sung-min stared blankly at W. Ho-yeon's face.

That smile that I thought looked good. Behind that thinning smile. Lee Seong-min clenched her hands.

What are you nervous about?

“It's kind of a reward. On Bee Bee, you won. So... ”

“Good.”

Lee Lee barely spoke up.

“It... looks good on you. ”

It's nothing. But it was very difficult to say that. However, his expression changed.

The smile that hides anxiety disappears, and the eyes that hide the turbulence float wide. Ji Ho-yeon opened her mouth halfway and looked at Lee.

“Isn't that right?"

Soon, Ji Ho-yeon smiled again. Unlike the smile that hid the anxiety that I had previously created, the smile that W. Hoenn now put on was genuine.

Heju didn't even turn to himself, but his heart was silent for no reason.

In fact, according to his personality, he would ask Lee Sung-min to hold him and bite him and wash him, but he couldn't do it according to his personality.

If he had gone out like that, he might have really drowned in a bowl of liquor.

“That's …… so……. ”

Speaking out, Lee Sung-min saved that he was not very good at this kind of conversation.

Maybe he's not as talented as he used to be.

“Just now... about the previous shaman. Master Liquor... ”

[Asshole.]

He spit it out.

“Let's not talk about that right now. ”

Even before Lee Sung-min finished speaking, Wei Ji Ho-yeon slowly waved her head.

Yes, I am.

Lee shut up immediately.

Wijiho-yeon bowed her head as she lowered the crease of her mangled skirt.

She hesitates for a moment, touching her undamaged hair.

Lee Sung-min put down his spear quietly, and Wijiho-yeon opened her mouth first.

“…… May I go that way? ”

Do I need to ask questions? It was before Lee Sung-min said something. Heju hurriedly spits out.

[Hey, you go.]

"What?"

[You idiot. The Little Horse is being brave, and you're just going to accept what he's giving you?]

Heju couldn't stand the frustration and shouted like that.

[I don't know what changed her mind, but she's trying to do something that doesn't suit her. But who are you? In the midst of a complex contradiction, all you do is shut up and wait for nothing! Is that all? Is that enough for you? Are you confident you won't regret it later?!]

At the shouting, Lee Sung-min let go of his fist.

Ji Ho-yeon was still bowing her head and waiting for Lee to answer.

Are you confident you won't regret it? Can I be satisfied?

What Heju said was in Lee's head. Wijihoyen in a non-subjugated outfit and her head bent to look unlike her.

I'm just gonna shut up and wait.

I couldn't argue. Everyone was right. I was unfamiliar and scared.

I've never experienced anything like this. Previous life? Nothing to say. Lee Sung-min in his past life was a so-so mercenary.

At that time, the only women Lee Sung-min knew were cheap whores for Class C mercenaries.

Lee Seong-min slowly reached out. Ji Ho-yeon's shoulders twitch at the sound of her footsteps.

It was not far, but Lee Sung-min felt far away.

Heju sighed in relief as Lee Sung-min moved. That's it. Vaughn was planning on staying out of it.

“... I'm here. ”

Lee said hesitantly. At that, I slowly heard Wijihoyen's head. It's been a long time since I've seen a face this close.

Ji Ho-yeon hesitated for a moment and raised her hand. I touched Lee's cheek with my shaky fingertips.

“…… it's been a while. ”

Wijihoen muttered. She remembered 11 years ago.

When she was 13. When I first got summoned to Genevis, and I don't know what the hell was going on standing there in the middle of the square.

Coincidence, no, not coincidence. Wijiho-yeon thought about that and laughed.

“Should I take a walk? ”

Ji Ho-yeon's hand touching Lee Sung-min's cheek goes down.

Seong-min nodded his head. First, Ji Ho-yeon turned around and started walking forward.

“Eleven years.”

I chase Ji Ho-yeon's back as she walks ahead. I didn't want to see my back. Lee took a big step and approached Wijihoen. Ji Ho-yeon glanced at the Lee Sung-min who was standing next to her.

“At that time we were... No, I was a child. Because you died and came back to the past. You were 14 at the time, but you were actually older. ”

“Not really. ”

Lee Sung-min smiled bitterly.

“I was young, too. ”

Even though I've lived in the spirit world for 2100 years, those long, long years are too long to be self-sufficient. Especially because they were only sold out.

“I made you my first friend. ”

Ji Ho-yeon said.

“In many ways…… you were an interesting opponent. For me, who lived as a Bishop of the Church, there was no one like you. In the world I lived in, all around me was the background of the martyrdom and the authority of my father. ”

“I wouldn't be so different either. ”

Lee Sung-min spoke with a grave voice.

“That's what you said. I don't like being anticipated by others. But I was expecting you, too. I came to see you with such expectations. ”

“Maybe. But... Hehe! Back then, I didn't care about that. I was alone in the martial arts and alone in this world. When Mahjo's background and father's existence disappeared, I was free for the first time, but I was still alone and lonely. Think about it. I was only 13 at the time. ”

At that, Lee Sung-min smiled. Yes, Ji Ho-yeon was only 13 at that time. Lee Sung-min was reprimanded by that young Ji Ho-yeon.

“Half a year...... After living with you, I broke up. Half a year. It wasn't long, but it meant a lot to me. ”

“What does that mean? ”

“It's the first time I've sent it on my own, not as a bishop of the Church. And it was the only time I ever spent with a friend. ”

Friend, that word you keep saying is strangely placed on your chest.

“I was rubbing elbows with you when I left Jenavis, promising 10 years from now. The promise 10 years later, I was cursed, so it was bland. ”

“I had no choice. ”

“I was. But... when I met you in Rubes. I felt good because you were so strong. But."

Ji Ho-yeon stopped speaking. One day, they were in the middle of the forest. The night in the forest behind the sun was dark.

The chatty fairies did not come close because they were with Wiji Hoyen.

However, I could see the light emitted by fairies from afar.

“I was relieved. ”

Wijihoyen muttered in a low voice.

“I…… mean. I wanted to be stronger than you. I was the purpose of your life, so...... I didn't want to get caught. Maybe I thought it was natural to be above you by saying I was your friend. ”

Lee Sung-min did not answer. Just as Ji Ho-yeon saw it that way, it was because Seong-min also saw him that way. That made a contradiction.

“Not anymore. ”

Ji Ho-yeon stops walking. She slowly turned to look at reason.

“A week ago, I lost to you on the dance floor. I don't need to say... because I was weakened by the curse. The result is just the outcome. With that, I won't be standing on top of you. ”

“…… yes. ”

“I became not your goal. ”

“It's not like that. ”

In Ji Ho-yeon's words, Lee Sung-min waved his head and denied it.

“I've only won once. I... … made a lot of efforts to reach this level. I don't say it with my mouth, but there was a lot of acting. ”

Rehearsal, Thorin and Denir in the mountains of Mesh. Acquiring the black heart was also a performance, and meeting Heju was also a performance.

“Maybe... … I can't be stronger than I am now. But not you. ”

Lee Sung-min looked straight at W. Hoenn.

“You will continue to be strong. You're too good to be true to me. So... I won this one time. You're not going to be my target. You'll be stronger than me. ”

“…… Thank you for saying that. ”

Ji Ho-yeon, who was listening to Lee Sung-min, laughed heavily. However, Wiji Hoenn added that and shook his head.

“I don't want to be just a target. ”

Wijiho-yeon muttered.

“I have a question for you. ”

When I asked that question, Ji Ho-yeon did not see Lee.

She looks under her feet. Suddenly, her hands grip the edges of her skirt.

“What am I to you...? ”

It was a question I barely spit out.

“Friends? Goals? Admiration? That's... that's all? ”

Lee could not immediately answer.

“What I said before we broke up. Remember?”

“…… remember. ”

“A banquet or something like that. Now that I think about it, I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but maybe in 10 years' time your breasts will get bigger, and you said that. Actually, there was an opportunity. Even now.”

“I don't care about the size. ”

“Well, that's a relief. I don't want to be forced into it. ”

Ji Ho-yeon grinned.

“I was young back then. I didn't even know what my feelings were. Maybe he's turning his back. It hasn't been that different since. But... even if I didn't want to think about it, I kept thinking about it. You. The day I meet you. ”

I met him a few times since then.

“I'm not used to it. ”

Wijiho-yeon muttered.

“This feeling. Emotional, actionable. It's so... awkward. I'm afraid I'm not used to it. As soon as I met you, I asked you to rub it in. I was ashamed, and it was easier and easier for me. ”

But now it's not so easy either. Wijiho-yeon chuckled.

“I don't think of you as just a friend. ”

Ji Ho-yeon, who did not confront Lee, now looked straight at Lee.

“That's why I'm curious. What you think of me. ”