Chapter 464: Cho Hyejin’s Instruction Manual (9)

It turns out our first attempt had ended miserably.

Cho Hyejin said she was okay, that she could walk alone, and refused to contact the guild, but she couldn’t stop the firm-minded Kim Hyunsung.

Shortly after some time passed, the guild’s guards arrived and comfortably took Cho Hyejin back, who had been drunk.

In the meantime, Kim Hyunsung was walking a few steps away from Cho Hyejin, and he seemed to be worried about any unintended physical contact.

I was sure it was the aftereffect of being backstabbed by the unidentified bitch.

‘What kind of bitch is…’

One of the most powerful means I had was gone.

Subtle physical contact helped bring relationships closer between a man and a woman.

Of course, there was a high possibility that physical contact without consent would drive him to be a simple molester. Still, Kim Hyunsung and Cho Hyejin didn’t feel psychological disgust toward each other that much.

‘They’re not even strangers to each other.’

The smallest events, such as a slight rubbing of the shoulders while walking together and the back of the hands brushing against each other added unexpectedly tight sexual tension. It didn’t even need to be something as cliché as holding hands in the movies.

I meant that there should be some spark between men and women. In fact, at that age, we often made mistakes after drinking together, and we became a little closer because we were in the mood of ‘first, a mistake and then, a couple.’ After kissing, the relationship often developed quickly.

It wasn’t a big deal, but small physical contact events, which allowed people to recognize each other as members of the opposite sexes, was one of the scenes that I thought was necessary to attack Kim Hyunsung.

However, that possibility was completely blocked.

‘My arsenal has been reduced.’

Whenever they came close to conducting physical contact, Kim Hyunsung would do his best to negate it.

‘This is bad.’

It definitely was.

Of course, it didn’t mean that that kind of meeting didn’t exist at all after that. Having made all sorts of excuses, we had succeeded in bringing Kim Hyunsung to the field, and in fact, the two had a good time.

At the moment, Kim Hyunsung wouldn’t dare invade Cho Hyejin’s personal space.

Of course, he also refused to allow her to enter his personal space. Naturally, he pulled his body back, and he didn’t even come close to her at all. He even went as far as to use his magic power in order to avoid such a situation.

However, Cho Hyejin didn’t seem to care much about the situation.

She would’ve had the motto in her head, ‘physical contact only after getting in a relationship,’ so this was to be expected.

Even if a miracle happened and the two worked out well, for some reason, she would still keep things like premarital purity.

In fact, even in the event of lack of physical contact, all of that was an achievement that Cho Hyejin couldn’t afford to ignore.

It was unusual for her to spend time until late at night after watching a play with him.

They even had met regularly after that, so she would have wanted to scream. She even personally thanked me.

However, it was never a situation I could look at pleasantly.

‘Hyunsung, that… I thought she could seduce him with just one finger…’

Obviously, that was the case with Bitch Kiyeon.

If I exaggerated it a bit, I thought she could seduce him with her toes. However, Kim Hyunsung’s walls appeared to have gone even higher than before.

On the outside, it looked like it was going very well, but there was no substance.

Lee Jihye tried to move the avatar herself, but the result was even worse.

Unlike Cho Hyejin, who smiled nonstop, the atmosphere at the headquarters was gradually subduing.

I felt sorry for Cho Hyejin. Although she felt happy, I could tell that she had no hope.

I, of course, chose not to rush anything.

The purpose of the event, after all, was for Kim Hyunsung to take a break in the first place.

Actually, he was having a pretty good break.

‘The problem is that he is not interested in Cho Hyejin.’

The deterrence room created by Cho Hyejin drove Kim out of the training center and office and succeeded in making him relax, although it’s a bit awkward to say it was forced.

They had gone to a cafe together to kill time, watched a play again, went to an auction house, and even went to a casino and lost the money they had accumulated.

I was worried that all of those might feel stressful to him, but fortunately, his face became brighter and brighter because his nature was, after all, that of an extrovert.

He didn’t even complain about the shoes.

There were times when I, not Cho Hyejin, went up to check the exact condition.

Of course, whenever I was with Kim Hyunsung, I praised Cho Hyejin all day long and even said she was beautiful to prepare the ground for her.

It seemed that there was still negative energy in his head, but I thought it would have some influence because he trusted me.

I didn’t know if it worked or not, but…

I finally had a good time with him after such a long time. he was getting used to getting more and more rest.

‘Right. Take a good rest. All you have to do is rest. Take a good rest, Hyunsung.’

It was bound to become busier in the future. There might no longer be a chance to supply oxygen to his worn-out mind.

I even opened an artificial festival for him for the sake of the mission. I held the Continental Griffon Festival, and he went with Cho Hyejin.

Kim Hyunsung seemed to want to go with me, also an owner of a griffon, but there was no time to waste with me.

At the fairly large festival, griffon saddles, accessories, and griffon-related items were exhibited. There were also various types of competitions where the participants laughed and cried.

I held an event for Kim Hyunsung with no budget, but luckily, there was a surplus of funds since the continent’s response was better than expected.

Of course, this had a greater impact on Kim Hyunsung.

I didn’t know if the griffon competition was the catalyst, but Kim Hyunsung started to take a break voluntarily. The reins had considerably loosened.

It still didn’t meet my standards, but he had changed enough for me to feel at least slightly satisfied with it.

Seeing that it was an opportunity, I had suggested that all the Blue members, including Cho Hyejin, should take a break. Whenever I had time together with him, I also talked about the importance of resting.

I made more time to be together on purpose, and the frequency of sending Cho Hyejin increased more and more.

Kim Hyunsung, who was very anxious at first, became more active in playing as time passed, and the more he realized that I was right. He was at ease and wasn’t impatient at all.

It was a great change. He had probably become more aware of how important it was to rest.

This was a natural result.

A good sword wasn’t made by ignorant hammering. One needed to soak it in water and sometimes cooled it down first.

Kim Hyunsung, who hadn’t stopped working until lately, needed that process more than anyone else. This was all just personal hardship, but it felt like he might’ve eventually broken down if I hadn’t taken the initiative to do this.

The answer was to lower the tempo by one step rather than move with the candles burning at both ends.

‘But why am I…’

“…”

‘But why am I… fuck…’

Strangely, I myself had gotten busier. Many things had to ways.

I talked about the importance of rest, but it didn’t mean that I could enjoy it with him.

I was working while taking short breaks since that was a great balance, but it was undeniable that we were drifting apart.

Making a schedule for Kim Hyunsung alone was already a difficult task.

Honestly, opening the Continental Griffon Festival was a tremendous job.

Although I left the extra work to an outsourcing company, it was still natural that I had to stay up all night because I had to deal with the heavy work.

I would feel even more fatigued every time I woke up, seemingly telling me that my body was seriously damaged.

Strangely, Jung Hayan seemed to be livelier.

Thanks to that, I lived with a fatigue remedy for several days.

In the meantime, I had to control an avatar named Cho Hyejin and prepare her for her future.

It would be strange if I didn’t get tired.

As usual, I met with Pope Basel of the Holy See and our maid Alice - no, things with Senator Catherine.

Whenever I had spare time, I met up with Jung Hayan and Cha Hee-ra competitively, and I had to take care of Elena, who had now started to adapt to the Blue.

I had to spend time with our Tol To-ri, including Dialugia, and Max, the museum manager.

In some ways, meeting people could be considered a break, but it never felt like one to me.

‘Try playing with Tol To-ri and see if that feels like a break.’

Tol To-ri, who had been quiet recently, was showing a strange ambition by wagging her tail again, and maintaining a balance between Jung Hayan and Cha Hee-ra was no easy feat.

In addition, it was a little hard to listen to Dialugia’s constant nagging.

However, despite me being stretched thin, the continent itself was moving one step further.

Although it seemed insufficient as an alternative to the weakened power, the Continental Total Joint Training was now taking effect, and a date had been set.

The preparation for the new recruits was also perfect.

More and more people were signing the entire continent, causing the number of troops available to increase. Not all of the anxiety factors had been resolved, but it felt like the framework itself had been established.

Of course, I had to hear what Kim Hyunsung thought of, as well as his evaluations of all those achievements.

I felt so frustrated about this that I visited Yuno Kasugano, but I couldn’t get anything relevant.

I did witness many things, though. I mainly tormented her to the point that her face turned red to her.

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

It was a tour of the black world without any nutritional value.

Come to think of it. I still gained something valuable. It was useless, sure, but it was still knowledge.

I was able to get a closer look at Sun Hee-young and the brigade…

I was feeling like all ships were cruising smoothly except for a few things. However, there was also a ship that was sinking.

‘Our ship Cho Hyejin.’

Hyejin was in a slump.

“Vice Guild Master. Er… I was thinking about taking this one step further.”

That was such ridiculous bullsh*t.

‘There aren’t any losers who haven’t cut ties with Cho Hyejin yet, right?’

“I think it would be nice to confess.”