That Face Is the Problem - Chapter 64.1
The next day, Jae-gyeong did not get out of bed. He knew he should get up to train or at least go to the gym, but his body felt heavy as lead. It wasn’t that he was sick anywhere. He just… didn’t want to get up.
At any rate, today was a day without any meetings, and unusually, it was quiet as no disaster alert texts had buzzed yet. The day the next gate would open was predicted to be the day after tomorrow, and since that was a C-rank dungeon that another guild had already won the raiding rights for, it had nothing to do with Jae-gyeong.
‘It should be fine to rest for just a day…’
Jae-gyeong lingered and burrowed deeper under the covers. He didn’t even want to brush his teeth or wash his face.
For a fleeting moment, he worried whether Da-sol might come to the front of his house today too, but he soon dismissed that worry. There was no way Da-sol, who had stormed out in anger yesterday, would come today. He simply closed his eyes again and fell back asleep.
***
Jae-gyeong’s prediction was half right and half wrong. Instead of taking the stairs to the 8th floor this morning, Da-sol got straight onto the elevator, went down to the 1st floor alone, and went to work.
Due to the shock of getting an erection after seeing Jae-gyeong yesterday, he could not bring himself to visit Jae-gyeong’s house at all. Jae-gyeong might find it puzzling, but if a contact came, he could just gloss it over by saying, “Just because.”
With a complicated mind, Da-sol entered the guild’s mock training field. He looked around warily, an unusual thing for him to do, wondering if Jae-gyeong might have already arrived, but fortunately, Jae-gyeong wasn’t there.
‘By any chance, Jeong Jae-gyeong didn’t… see my area yesterday, did he?’
If the reason Jae-gyeong didn’t come to the mock training today truly was because he saw Da-sol’s lower body… he was genuinely planning to castrate himself like a man and hang himself to death.
“Da-sol-hyung!”
Lee Hyeon, who entered the mock training field a step late, ran over excitedly upon seeing Da-sol alone.
“Are you the only one who came today, hyung?”
“…Yeah.”
“Awesome! Let’s train quickly!”
Lee Hyeon swiftly pulled out the combat suit that was hanging in the locker. Da-sol hesitated for a moment, then spoke.
“Let’s wait a bit since Hunter Jeong Jeong-eon or… Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong might come a little late.”
“Ah, the Union President said he’s training separately with the Guild Master this afternoon, and Jae-gyeong-hyung isn’t coming to the guild today. It’s just the two of us.”
Da-sol blinked for a moment. He tilted his head and stared intently at Lee Hyeon. The dead-fish eyes he always wore transformed into live-fish eyes harboring a murderous intent.
“Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong isn’t coming to the guild today?”
Lee Hyeon had not yet noticed Da-sol’s murderous intent and was in the middle of preparing to enter the changing room. He replied while gathering his combat suit and taking off his sneakers.
“Yes, we talked on the phone yesterday.”
“…Phone call?”
“He definitely said he wasn’t coming out today.”
“…Are you close with Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong?”
“We’re not close, we just address each other comfortably, that’s all.”
With that, Lee Hyeon looked at Da-sol as if subtly reading his reaction, yet like a cute child who knew he wouldn’t get scolded.
“Actually, I asked him for a separate favor. I told him I want to work on teamwork, just the two of us with Da-sol-hyung. I was really grateful because Jae-gyeong-hyung readily agreed.”
Then, Lee Hyeon realized something was wrong upon seeing Da-sol’s terrifying face, which was gradually hardening.
“Wh, why, hyung…?”
“You asked for that kind of favor? When?”
Da-sol’s voice was calm, but Lee Hyeon could read the rage inside his eyes.
“Th, the first time was the day before yesterday… and yesterday while talking on the phone too… but it’s not like I said it in a bad way! Just like I explained to you, hyung, I asked him while explaining my situation! Jae-gyeong-hyung even showed some tears…!”
“That person naturally cries easily. And what right does a guardian hunter have to tell our team’s tanker to train or not train with the healer…”
“No, I just—my situation—”
“Exactly. Isn’t that just your own situation? Why should Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong have to skip his own training because of my guardian hunter’s words?”
“I didn’t tell him to skip it—”
“So yesterday, Jeong Jae-gyeong got hurt because he was trying to be considerate, using only the minimum skills to give you an opportunity?”
“Huh? Jae, Jae-gyeong-hyung got hurt? I really didn’t know—”
“Ha… fuck, seriously.”
Lee Hyeon’s eyes grew wide as saucers, seeing Da-sol spew harsh curse words for the first time.
Da-sol looked properly into Lee Hyeon’s face for the first time. In fact, until now, he hadn’t even accurately remembered what Lee Hyeon looked like. Just a bare face with eyes, a nose, and a mouth, a kid who continuously spouted ‘I want to become stronger!’ That was the extent of his recognition.
But looking now, the eyes were unusual. As he stared intently, the flushing of the cheeks, the averting of the gaze, and the unnatural, repeated swallowing of spit as if having done something wrong were all a very familiar picture.
“Hey, you said you want to get stronger.”
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