The Returner

1. I was foolish (3)

Lee Hyuk sent Kim Da-som and headed home.

“Why does it feel like it's been so long? ”

I had been out of the house only a few days, but strangely, I felt like I was going in for a long time. When I think about it, I felt that way because it was so difficult.

Lee Hyuk opened the door and went inside the porch.

“Huh? Why are you here? ”

Ojik's wife approached Lee Hyuk and wagged her tail.

“Have you eaten? ”

Cuckoo.

When Oh Suni flipped over, Lee Hyuk patted her.

“I'm not picking my belly in front of a man who's gone abroad. ”

Then, he feels like his behavior is more than just a dog. Even though they look like dogs, they don't show dog habits, but he looks like a dog and does what a dog does.

“Your husband is in the company. ”

I can see how cute it is to see that you have understood the horse and are slicing off your ears.

Aren't all Ogres cute? ’

Although it seems different because it was made by forcing Mana to be recovered, I thought it would be similar to that of a cub if it was so small and tall.

I don't know if he's seen the ogre cub before.

“Now, fuck off. ”

Queek!

Lee Hyuk asked after Oh Soon woke up.

“Don't harass people on the way. ”

Knng!

“If you don't have a leash, don't hurt people when you get dragged to the Dog Control Center, escape on your own. ”

Knng!

Lee Hyuk tilted his head as he saw Oh Soon running out of the house.

“But is she... going to know what the Dog Center is? ”

It was unknown.

“Mom, I'm home! ”

Lee Hyuk opened the door and went inside.

It's a new house that has just moved in, so it doesn't make me feel at ease or at all, but it's the place where humans can rest most.

Lee Hyuk slept in a bus or North Korea hotel. As soon as he came home, I felt exhausted.

"That's weird."

It's been a long time since I felt fatigued in my body like this.

When I was in Beraf, my body was always regenerated and refreshed, so there was no time for fatigue, and after returning to Earth, I was so full of joy that I could not sleep for a week even during the construction day.

‘I'm powerless. ’

Even though he had eaten a lot of Mana recently, it was said that he felt this fatigue was quite a servant of the flesh.

No matter how much black magic continuously destroyed the body, its ether has been expanding exponentially since its return to Earth, and its peak horsepower control and its physical correction have overlapped until it was no longer automatically damaged by the body.

And yet you feel this tired?

One place was evidence that something was starting to go wrong.

It means that Erkana and Aphedrice are starting to crumble, trying to hold on somehow.

“Well……. ”

Lee Hyuk's face became serious after a long time.

“This is bad.... ”

“Son, are you back? ”

Before I even thought about something deep, my mother was welcoming him.

“Yes, Mom. I'm back. Where's Yaewon? ”

“I haven't come from school yet. What time is it? ”

“I suppose so.”

“Son, are you hungry? ”

“Huh?"

Lee Hyuk scratched his cheek.

It's been a while since I ate my food like crazy in North Korea. But I was hungry.

“Mmm-hmm. Mom, I'm hungry. ”

“I'm just washing up. I'll make you something to eat. ”

“Yes.”

Lee Hyuk went to the bathroom with his mother's hands behind his back. Walking to the bathroom, Lee Hyuk scratched his back head without even knowing it.

‘It feels strange. ’

I felt like I was coming home from work and normal today.

If Lee Hyuk hadn't been sucked into the gate that day and the world hadn't changed so much, maybe Lee Hyuk would have been living this daily life by now.

I don't know if I'm suffering at night and yelling for a helicopter, but I still wouldn't be living thinking about things like this.

After the shower, I came out with my hair shaved, and there was a table full of food.

“What have you done so much of? ”

“But my son's been on a business trip, and I need to take care of her. ”

“What a business trip. It's been a day. ”

“That's a business trip. ”

“Is that so?"

Lee Hyuk sat down while prancing.

When I put the soup in my mouth, a smile is drawn on my mouth.

“Is it good?”

“Mom, if you don't have anything to do, you can just eat. I think I've tried all the food I call" Naro "from North Korea, but no one follows my mom's skill. ”

“It's just your mouth. ”

“It's real.”

Mother smiled and tapped Lee Hyuk's back and headed toward the room.

“Where are you going? ”

“You have to wash your clothes. You wear clothes, you go on a business trip, you put them in the washing machine, and you hang them up again? ”

“It's not dirty. ”

“Your eyes are dirty. ”

“Hehe.”

Lee Hyuk put rice in his mouth and stared at the table with a slightly dazed eye.

‘This was it.'

Why I wanted to come back.

There is a place to rest even when it is hard and painful.

One difference was the difference between here and Beraf. Perhaps Lee Hyuk was physically more difficult than the past. We must endure the pain that we do not have to endure in Beraf as if it were now natural.

Nevertheless, I think this place is much better than Beraf because there is a place to rest and someone who truly cares for him.

If Herkana hears this, she'll be disappointed. ’

Lee Hyuk cleaned up the food that his mother prepared without saying a word.

“Phew.”

Choi Jung-hoon turned his back on the chair while drinking a heavily charred Americano.

“What's that? ”

“Americano.”

“Like that? It's like espresso. ”

“It's a little heavy. ”

“You should get some rest, too. You've been through a lot. I can see the fatigue. ”

“Really? I thought you were taking care of yourself. ”

“You're losing weight. ”

“I couldn't help it. ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled bitterly. Then I ran without rest.

‘I was distracted. ’

I had abandoned myself since Black Monday, but after meeting Lee Hyuk, I had to admit that my previous life was a relaxed life.

Since the advent of Lee Hyuk, I've really lived like an office is my home. I've been hit by endless things, even when I have to manage a site that's not in my arms.

“You need to start thinking about marriage and making a family. ”

“Would that be in my arms? ”

“What's wrong with your arms? ”

“I don't think so. And what choice do I have in marriage? You need an opponent. ”

“Against?”

Kim Da-hyun's eyes turned to his side.

After that, I saw Seo Ah-young sitting there staring through the monitor.

“… Are you working? ”

“That's Internet shopping. It would have come at a special price.”

“I don't think it's a penalty for obsessing about discounts. ”

“You have to save to get rich. ”

Kim Da Hyun smiled. There is no opponent who knows what he's doing just by looking at his face.

Should I put a gun on him? ’

Although they are getting old, if they do not intend to do something about each other first, they will only go round the wheel.

“I'm not the problem. Da-hyun doesn't have a girlfriend either. ”

“Me? I can make it anytime. It's because there's no woman who's cold to her eyes. ”

“Is that so?"

“Ah, sir, I know I look like a jerk who can't even do my job, but if you say NDF on the outside, it still eats. In fact, everyone here has a very high salary, and they're in the top 0.1 percent of South Korea, even if they're competent. ”

“Come to think of it, ”

That's where the elite congregate.

Although it was a problem for Lee Hyuk to look like the agents behind Lee Hyuk's cover-up, it was their sentiment, and other outsiders would seem to be Korea's representative talent.

‘Actually, you're right. ’

That was the right goal when he first tried to establish NDF. Responding to the scattered gate incident by drawing the best talent from those operating in the area scattered to the Central Heat. That was the first blueprint of the NDF by Jung-hoon.

Using Jung-min, a teleporter, could provide rapid support anywhere in the country, and that was the beginning of the NDF project to respond quickly to crises and reduce victims.

However, since Lee Hyuk suddenly appeared, gates that could not be covered by NDF alone began to emerge, and KSF as a whole became more sophisticated, thus the position of NDF became hazy as it began to respond to the decent gate itself.

"Is it weird to be obscured? ’

Although the presence of the NDF, which should have ended in Korea's top organizations, has grown as an international response organization, it was sad to see the NDF treated as an appendix to Lee Hyuk.

“After all, you were an elite. ”

“The past doesn't bother me at all. ”

“Still the Elite. Yeah, me, too. ”

After living next to such a prestigious human, his pride must have gone down.

I can't believe this is so obvious.

“But these days, I feel a little more relaxed and at ease. At the beginning of the NDF, there was absolutely nothing going on. It's hard to adapt to one Lee Hyuk, but aren't the Demon Kings attacking? The Dragon will appear. ”

“I did.”

Choi Jung-hoon shakes his head in horror.

“Do you think you can live comfortably now? ”

Kim Da-hyun said and didn't expect much. He also knew that it was getting harder and harder to block the gates as he went on.

They also knew that the moment this balance that they were struggling with fell, it would be the end of humanity.

“I think I can survive with Cheetki.... ”

Kim Da-hyun turned his head and looked at the computer screen.

“This one's choking. The world is peaceful. ”

“We are here to create that peaceful world. ”

“Aigoo, I'm not really the mission type. Just as long as you can make money and make a living. ”

“As a matter of fact, so am I. ”

They glanced at each other and laughed.

“But how is Dasom these days? ”

“Dasom?”

“Yes, I think I saw you at the office the other day……. ”

“I think Dasom is preparing to go shopping with Ji-hyuk tomorrow. ”

“Shaw, shopping? ”

“Yes.”

“What are you going to buy? ”

“Clothing.”

Choi Jung-hoon's eyes shook.

“You're not going to buy Lee Hyuk's clothes, are you? ”

“I think you're right. ”

“... the same clothes you will meet, and what are you going to buy? ”

“I don't know what he's thinking. ”

“Well, that's true. ”

Choi Jung-hoon drank a cup of coffee and looked out the window. Hopefully this rest will continue for a little while.