Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Fate Changed.
A/N: Second Chapter!! Happy New Year!
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I slashed Kyomu once again, which cut Taeshik's tendon, making him scream in pain once again. before I looked at Jinwoo, before removing Eternal Phoenix from my driver, turning me back to the appearance I had before.
"You can finish him now Jinwoo, you don't need to worry, he isn't a good guy, he's a scum who takes advantage of his position to murder anyone that he was paid for…This isn't the first time he did this kind of thing" I said solemnly, as I passed beside's Jinwoo and voicing something only he can hear.
"Once you kill him, he will drop something that might help you greatly."
I then turned towards the dead body of the convicts,more specifically, the Long haired convict and used Kyomu's blight corruption, turning the insides of his body into ash. I of course knew about the still alive convict, who had committed lots of atrocious crimes like r*pe.
So,I had the corruption happen from inside, opting to avoid vital areas for maximum pain.
I detest r*pist… because my female friend in my first life is a victim of one.
I looked back at Taeshik, only to find his own dagger in his chest, and looked at Jinwoo who's holding the skill rune, who seems to have his mind somewhere else.
I then looked back towards the rest, Johee, Mr.Song, and Mr.Kim were still processing most likely how two E rank's could have beaten a higher ranked assassin.
I coughed, which garnered their attention. I nodded at this before saying.
"I can't explain why we are hiding our strength, but trust me when I say that we aren't doing this out of maliciousness… the two of us just have our own circumstances, with Jinwoo's being bigger."
"So please make sure to keep our strength a secret temporarily. The two of us will reveal it to the world when the time comes." I asked the three before I reached out inside my pocket to retrieve the last bottle of potion that I had asked from RImuru and passed it towards Mr.Song who had his eyes widened.
"As you may have guessed by its appearance, this potion is the same as the one I used on Mr.Kim. I lied when I said I only had one before to test you. And I apologize for that, but I needed to do it for me to decide if I wanted to invest in you" I voiced, then I looked at Jinwoo who is now standing behind me, listening.
I faced him and used Kyomu to negate the sound of our conversation, preventing the three from hearing it and patted his shoulder.
"Jinwoo… I know you are strong, and will become even stronger in the future, but… You will need some help to protect the citizens from what's about to come. Your future army will not be enough for you to protect everyone, so… I wanted to help Mr.Song, Johee-Noona, and some other people to get stronger so they can protect the citizens while we face "them"."
"Are you fine with it? Since, you are the protector of this world afterall." I asked him earnestly, because if he still decided to take matters into his own hands, then I will respect his decision and stop finding other helpers.
I looked at him in the eyes, and he stared back and sighed not long after. "You're right… I won't be able to protect everyone alone. I will watch out for some people that might be worth investing in."
"Alright !Now let's finish this dungeon so we can go out and eat! You can explain things to Mr.Song, and Noona… She, as you might have noticed, still has some deep trauma about what happened in the double dungeon incident. So, if you're having trouble fixing that,You can hit me up in the group chat and we will think of something together." I replied. Before I removed the noise canceling effect and looked at the three.
"Noona, Mr.Song, Jinwoo will explain some things to you after this. And Mr.Kim, I'm sure you are retiring after this. So, I apologize but I can't let you in on this"
Johee and Mr.Song nodded at my words.
And Mr.Kim nodded as well before responding "I understand. And you're right, I'm planning on retiring, I… don't want my kids to grow up without a father, and my wife, widowed. I am alive only thanks to you and Song…a favor that I know I will never be able to pay, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Mr.Kim then looked at Jinwoo who did not say anything and lowered his head.
"Sung…I'm sorry, I truly am… I know that this apology is not enough to atone for my sins of abandoning you in that accursed place, and that you will never accept this apology but… Sorry, I truly am."
Jinwoo stared at him for quite a while, and Mr.Kim didn't raise his head until Jinwoo opened his mouth. "I hate you… you abandoned me alone in that place to die…"
Jinwoo's words not only hurt Mr.Kim, but Mr.Song and Johee as well.
"I can't accept your apology… but, I understand why you did that. You were only trying to survive, like anyone else would do in that situation. So, stand up, and once you get out of this place, take care of your wife and kids. Do not leave them to fend for themselves." After saying that, Jinwoo walked away and walked towards us.
I nodded at him, before walking towards the body of Taeshik looking at it one last time up close before walking at Mr.Kim and patting his shoulder and voiced loudly "Let's move on. I'm sure everyone wants to get out of this place as soon as possible."
I then walked back towards Jinwoo and the other two and said "Let's close down the dungeon shall we?" The three nodded and soon we walked back towards the left path of the forked road, while Mr.Kim went out of the dungeon to report the incident.
We reached the boss room not long after and everyone got ready to fight but I held them off and said "Jinwoo can handle this." I nodded at Jinwoo and he nodded back before he entered the boss room, leaving us alone outside as goblins started to scream not long after.
The three of us sat down on the ground in a circle and everyone was quiet as they waited for Jinwoo to come out.
I decided to break the ice and asked "Do any of you have some questions?"
Mr.Song and Johee thought for some time before one of them- Mr.Song, held out the vial of potion I had given him and asked. "May I ask, where did you get this miraculous potion?"
Hearing this, Johee looked at me, eagerly awaiting my answer.
"Hmm, It was given by a friend… he's a really talented man who can not only mass produce those protons, he can even mass produce weapons of excellent qualities… Unfortunately, I cannot tell you his name."
My answer shocked them, and I understand as a potion that can heal anyone on the brink of death almost instantly and even regenerate lost limbs is such a massive game changer, and I told them that someone is capable of mass producing it along with high quality weapons.
"But! Although he can mass produce it, unfortunately, the required materials cannot be found in this world. And it's very hard to procure them, so he could only give me two of such potions." I told them a half truth, as the plant needed to make the potion is not available in this universe, much less this planet.
And the high quality herb needed to make it is hard to find even in Rimuru's world, unless there's a place similar to veldora's cave.
"So…this is very precious… I can't accept this gift." Mr.Song said as he tried handing me back the potion he's holding.
"Nope! You need to drink that. If you give it back then I will just throw it away…Your arm better be back after once I see you again, or else I'll throw you on another planet and have you drink a whole gallon of that" I voiced menacingly…
The two of them laughed at my "Joke" making the silent place echo with laughter.
"Good one…But seriously, I'm just an old man now. This potion would be wasted on me" Mr.Song deprecatingly said.
"Just take it old man. I'm sure your student will be happy if they find your arm healed. In exchange, I need you to get stronger and protect the world, because this world needs lots of people to protect it" I annoyingly retorted before I looked at Johee and said smilingly.
"Aside from him, the world also needs you Noona! A great healer is always good for everyone…And aside from that, you need to be more aggressive Noona!, give Jinwoo a peck or two, I can assure you that he won't mind it. "
"Thank you Jin." Johee replied with a rather embarrassed and blushing face.
"Of course! Noona still needs to help me after this though! I really need the gifts as soon as possible" I Scratched my head before looking back at the door who has now become quiet.
"Looks like Jinwoo is done." I muttered, and we all stood up from the ground, and not long after, Jinwoo came out and uttered, "Let's go." before he led the way out.
What happened afterwards was similar to the story, we were questioned by the association surveillance agent Woo Jinchul, and Mr. Song took the blame for killing Taeshik.
But we or rather, I insisted that we got on our way, and Jinchul relented.
Mr.Song and Mr.Kim went their separate ways. Mr.Song went back to his dojo/house as I had instructed, before we parted ways, to drink the potion.
The three of us had also decided to take a shower before we went to the mall, so I pushed Jinwoo towards Johee with a thumbs up and asked him to take her home and he relented, so I looked at Johee and gave her a meaningful smile and wink, and also gave her a thumbs up before I separated from the two.
I went back to my apartment where I took a bath and changed into a nice pair of white long sleeves and fitting jeans, and a pair of Vans shoes to complete the outfit. I had also tied my hair after drying it with the blower. Kyomu was stored inside the storage along with my Mirror deck and Amaon's driver.
I checked the time and found it to be 4:16 pm, so I went out only to see Jinwoo was about to open the door of his house absentmindedly. "Welcome back Jinwoo. How was your date?" I gave him a smirk, but he ignored me, and entered his house after saying. "It was fine...I'll leave the door unlocked so enter if you want."
'Wait, was he…blushing?' I thought in shock as I caught a glimpse of his face having a red tinge.
It took me a few minutes to process what I just saw, and my eyes widened after I thought it through. "Holy shit, did Noona just?" I muttered in surprise before it turned into glee as I jumped back to my house.
"HELL YEA! The ship is sailing! But although another passenger still needs to board for it to be fully sailing, step 1 is complete!" I was ecstatic, afterall one of my goals in this world is to help Jinwoo achieve his harem ending with Johee Noona and Hae-In Noona.
"Okay, you amazing wing man. We can't relax yet, as the ship is still not fully sailed." I said to myself, as I inhaled and exhaled to calm down.
"Alright! My next step is for Hae-In Noona to meet Jinwoo, but I'll let that happen naturally. So right now, all I can do is wait. And If Jinwoo and Johee Noona do end up dating, then I need to make Johee Noona allow Jinwoo to have another woman."
"That will both be easy and hard. But I swear I will make it happen!"
I got back out full of smiles, before I entered Jinwoo's house for the second time and sat on the sofa, humming a song as I waited.
Jinwoo eventually walked out, wearing a black long sleeve and pants while wearing Vans shoes as well.
"Jinho said he will meet us at the mall, and said he's bringing his female cousin. Meanwhile, the two of us will go to Jin-ah's school to pick her up.." Jinwoo said while combing his hair
"Of course, you can also choose to go ahead at the mall first and I can pick Jin-ah up myself." He smiled before he went to the kitchen, a quick peek reveals Jinwoo drinking water to hydrate himself. (Stay hydrated kids)
"Let's go. Well take a cab" Jinwoo said before the two of us went out.
"Aye!"
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It took us 15 minutes by cab to reach Jin-ah's school and we had made quite a bit of a commotion due to our appearance, but overall, there wasn't anything significant that had happened.
Once we reached the mall, we encountered Johee Noona, just outside and it didn't take long for us to find Jinho along with his female cousin, Yoo Soohyun who looked pretty upset at first but just enjoyed it later on.
The three helped me pick up some nice clothes and accessories as gifts, as well as some desserts and food,which I stored in my inventory discreetly.
We later had dinner in a rather nice place before we had decided to call the night and went back into our own homes.
Jinho drived Soohyun home first. Followed by me and Jin-ah going back first, as I had of course insisted on Jinwoo accompanying Johee Noona back to her home as it was already quite late at 10Pm.
I did not forget to leave a teasing smile and a thumbs up at the two, before I dragged the confused Jin-ah away and called out a cab for the two of us.
…..
"Hey Jin?" Jin-ah suddenly tapped my shoulder inside the taxi, so I looked at her confused and replied.
"What?"
"Jinwoo has changed a lot these past few weeks, do you have any Idea why? Don't get me wrong, I think Jinwoo's changes are for the best, but I'm a bit worried, you know? I don't want him to push himself" She asked worriedly, while fiddling with her fingers.
I looked back outside, gazing at the passing cars before replying "You don't have to worry about your brother, he's just doing what he needs to do… Besides, I am helping him to find people he can share his burden's with so you don't need to be worried"
"I see…" She replies, before going quiet.
"Erm… What do you think about Johee Noona?" I asked, hoping to break the awkward atmosphere that's building up around us.
"Er… Unnie? Well, she's really nice. Jinwoo mentioned her a few times before, although I didn't know what to think about her back then. But when I met her today, she was much more than what Jinwoo said she was. She's kind and really gentle, and now that I think about it, Jinwoo said before that he was really thankful to her."
"Right!? Noona is such a gentle person! That's why I've been helping the two develop their relationship, huhu. Although I'm acting like an annoying busybody, I still want the two of them to be together! Afterall, Noona was always there for Jinwoo." I replied with enthusiasm which made Jin-ah chuckle.
"You sound like some of my classmates who ship two characters of a book or webtoon they read"
(A/N: Oh, you sweet sweet child. You have no idea)
"Ah…ahaha, well I just want my friend to be happy you know?" I scratched my head awkwardly before smiling proudly.
"I'll be the best wingman your brother will ever have! And I am even prepared to help Jinwoo to find a second wife! Humu! As long as I can be the godfather of his children then that's more than enough compensation!"
My words made Jin-ah chuckle once again. And so, we had arrived back home full of smiles without any awkwardness whatsoever.
It seems that I have made a new friend. Humu!