The Spoon Villain Is Obsessed with the Hero Again Today - Chapter 132



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It was still early to call it lunchtime. The guild members of Hyun-kwang loaded their luggage into the transport vehicle to return to headquarters.

The target, Basago, was no longer there. Since the operation was over, there was no reason to stay in Gangwon-do any longer.

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They decided to return to Seoul before the afternoon.

“Arna!”

This place is an outdoor parking lot behind the Gangwon-do General Situation Room. Son Iseo of Combat Team 1 found Arna and widened his eyes.

“What happened! Why were you fighting Basago? And they said Geumseonggak was there too!”

When Son Iseo first received the report that the battle was over, he was surprised. It wasn’t anything else, but Geumseonggak had repelled Basago.

Originally, the rest of the combat team, including Son Iseo, was supposed to handle Basago.

“My goodness! What’s with your appearance! You’re completely covered in dirt!”

There were a mountain of questions, but Son Iseo decided to take care of Arna, who was right in front of him.

He patted Arna’s buttocks several times to brush off all the dirt on his pants.

“Uh, where is the representative?”

Arna looked around. He was suddenly looking for Taeseungun, the guild leader of Hyeongwang.

Son Iseo tilted his head at the unexpected remark.

“Huh? The representative? He should be in the situation room…”

“Are you looking for me?”

Just then, Taeseungun appeared. His expression was not good. His originally fierce impression looked even more savage.

He was properly on edge.

“…”

“…”

Taeseungun and Arna silently stared at each other’s faces. They seemed to have a lot to say to each other.

“Huh? Huh?”

The atmosphere instantly became tense. It was so cold around them that it didn’t feel like summer. Even though he was a middle school graduate, Son Iseo wasn’t oblivious to the atmosphere.

Son Iseo instinctively knew. He shouldn’t be here any longer.

“Ah, haha! Did I pack my bag? I can’t remember. I should go check again!”

Without looking back, Son Iseo quickly left the place. He moved as fast as a flying squirrel.

In the end, only Taeseungun and Arna were left here.

Taeseungun spoke first.

“Why did you act on your own?”

“…”

“That wasn’t the order I gave.”

Taeseungun didn’t gain any benefit from this battle.

Geumseonggak still belonged to Park Wonhyeok. And even the achievement of dealing with Basago went to Geumseonggak.

The funny thing is that all of this started with Arna. Not only did she guide the other guild interns, but she also fought alongside them.

You could say that all the plans went awry because of Arna. From Tae Seung-gun’s perspective, it was only natural for him to be angry.

It was like losing a fish that was already caught.

“I judged this to be the right thing to do.”

But Arna, with her eyes wide open, spoke confidently. She stood her ground, insisting that her choice was not wrong.

Tae Seung-gun chuckled.

“Right? Even though your actions caused harm to the entire guild, you still think it was right?”

“Harm? What harm did I cause?”

Arna shrugged her shoulders as if to show off.

“Wasn’t the goal to defeat Basago in the first place? No one died, and it ended well, so I don’t see what the problem is.”

Regardless of the guild’s interests, they succeeded in defeating the monster that threatened the world. They protected this world.

Shouldn’t that be something to be happy about?

“Was there perhaps another purpose to this operation?”

This time, Arna asked the question. In fact, she had sought out Tae Seung-gun to ask this.

There were more than a few suspicious points. Why did Tae Seung-gun remain still even though he knew Park Won-hyuk was fighting alone?

Why didn’t he deploy the combat team as planned? Why did he instruct the guild members on guard duty to block external intruders?

Here, Arna thought. Wasn’t it intentional to isolate Park Won-hyuk? To be precise, it was to drive Park Won-hyuk to his death.

“I acted for Hyun-gwang.”

Tae Seung-gun opened his mouth. He said that all of this was a choice to grow the guild. It wasn’t exactly a lie. Tae Seung-gun’s answer was the truth.

Arna raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

“For Hyun-gwang? Weren’t we Awakened Ones? Where did the duty to protect people go?”

What is the purpose of the Awakened Ones, and why does the guild exist? Isn’t it to protect many people from monsters?

But Tae Seung-gun’s true intention seemed different. He moved only to pursue power and strength.

“To protect someone, you need strength. If that strength is small, it’s just like chasing after clouds.”

“No. The size of the strength doesn’t matter that much.”

Arna shook her head, denying Tae Seung-gun’s words.

Then, she continued.

“It doesn’t matter if the strength is small. Someone can be saved by just a single touch.”

Even today, it was like that. Look at Shin Yoon-seong. Didn’t that insignificant little spoon create a miracle?

He led a man who was heading towards death, a man stuck in the past, into tomorrow.

Not only strong power is the answer. The direction you take is what’s important.

“I’ll go back separately. I have somewhere to stop by.”

Arna turned her back. She began to move away from Taeseung Geon.

The direction she wanted to go did not match with Hyun Gwang here.

Arna decided to pursue the path she sought.

*

Arna did not return directly to Hyun Gwang’s headquarters. She decided to stay a bit longer in Gangwon-do. She visited a nearby large hospital.

“…”

She came to the emergency room there as well.

There was someone Arna was looking for…

“How’s the injury?”

She called out to the man sitting in the waiting seat. It was Shin Yunseong.

Shin Yunseong lightly raised his arm.

“The simple dressing is all done. But why are you here?”

“…Is that what you say to someone who came all the way to see you?”

Anyway, it makes the good feelings disappear. In a way, this is also a skill.

Still, it was fortunate that he wasn’t seriously injured. No separate sutures were needed. It was a wound that ended with just disinfection.

“What about the CEO?”

Next, she asked about Park Wonhyuk’s condition. Unlike Shin Yunseong, Park Wonhyuk was seriously injured. It wouldn’t end with just disinfection.

“He’s still in the operating room.”

“Ah…”

“Don’t worry. He won’t die from such an injury.”

Indeed. Even after the battle ended, Park Wonhyuk was beaten to death by the interns.

He was beaten all over his body. Yet he didn’t lose his smile until the end.

He was really a person with incredible endurance.

“Then what about the others? Didn’t they come to the hospital together?”

“They said they would stop by the branch for a while. They have something to report.”

Kang Taehun and Rashid, who participated in the battle together, didn’t bother to follow to the hospital. They weren’t injured enough to need treatment.

They went back to the branch with Kim Hanbit and Yoo Jiwoo.

“….”

At that moment, Shin Yunseong began to nod off. Slowly, his eyelids were drooping.

“What is this? Are you dozing off just because you stayed up all night?”

“If it were just staying up all night… I might be… this sleepy….”

His speech was slowing down. It was because he had expended a lot of magical power during the battle.

He was already at his limit.

“Why don’t you go back and rest instead of doing this here? The treatment is all done.”

“The surgery… is still….”

Nevertheless, Shin Yunseong decided to stay in the emergency room. He was waiting for Park Wonhyuk, who was in the middle of surgery.

It seemed he intended to hold out here until he heard that the surgery had ended safely.

“You’re stubborn in the strangest places.”

Plop─

Arna sat down next to Shin Yunseong. Then she patted her thigh.

“I can’t help it. I’ll lend it to you until the surgery is over.”

“What….”

“I’ll wake you up when it’s all over.”

This is just a waiting room. It’s not inside the emergency room. Since it’s daytime, there aren’t many people coming and going.

Besides, it’s not the first time she’s lent her thigh. There’s already a precedent.

A lap pillow is no big deal.

“Hurry up.”

Arna forcibly pulled Shin Yunseong. Shin Yunseong ended up resting his head on Arna’s thigh.

“Then… just… for a moment….”

Shin Yunseong closed his eyes. As if under a spell, he immediately fell asleep.

He began to breathe softly like a child.

“….”

Arna stared intently at the sleeping Shin Yunseong.

Come to think of it, had she ever seen Shin Yunseong’s face this close before?

Probably not, right?

“Ahem.”

Arna cleared her throat a few times. Then she looked around carefully to see if anyone was coming or going.

“Is anyone there?”

Arna confirmed that no one was around. She gently placed her hand on Shin Yoon-sung’s cheek.

Then, she slowly traced his lower lip.

“….”

Rough, dry, and completely devoid of any gloss….

The fingers that touched those lips….

This time, Arna placed them on her own lips.

It was a timid kiss.