Chapter 169 (2/2)
Chi-Woo licked his lips and said, “That means Mom and Dad were both heroes”
“…”
“I had no idea Even in h about this” Chi-Hyun shook his head like it was too trivial to discuss “You really are—”
“Brother” Chi-Woo cut hier that our fahtly joking tone was now coone from Chi-Woo’s voice “What do you think I felt when I first heard that?”
Two brothers began glaring at each other
“…There were probably more than one or two people who tried to stop you” After a short silence, Chi-Hyun averted his gaze “If you’ve pondered even for a bit why all those people tried to stop you—” Chi-Hyun see his fury, his words punctuated by pauses “You wouldn’t have recklessly jumped into this matter like an immature kid”
“I—”
“You should have never coive me a heads up then,” Chi-Woo shot back The pleasantries were all gone for Chi-Woo as well “I need to first knohat’s going on to understand why I don’t know anything”
“…”
“Tell me Why are you like this?”
“…”
“Borther!” No matter how rew red in fury; he had been waiting so patiently for so long “Ah, so you can’t tell me?” He continued with a vehement tone “There’s no need for norant and crummy life on Earth?”
“A cruet better with tiet used to their manufactured memories in a few years—”
“Hoould I have known that!” Chi-Woo likewise raised his voice to ain before cal down “And—I” However, he couldn’t fully suppress his frustration, and it leaked into his voice as he continued, “I’ve been seeing things I shouldn’t see since I was born Whenever I tried to do anything, I got hindered by nonsensical reasons”
When he was young, he had wanted to be a taekwondo player However, the day when he went to the World Taekwondo Headquarters to take the test, he suddenly got a fever In the end, he couldn’t make it, and his body immediately recovered the next day Such ridiculous coincidences happened to hiave up on his dream to become a professional taekwondo player
Then he wanted to becorapher, but his ca happened all too frequently He even tried to beco Even when fresh ingredients suddenly turned bad, he stubbornly clung to his drea a chef However, after a fire broke out in the kitchen, and the people around hi a chef as well
Even after all that, he failed to becohout his life
“You think I’ voice “I lived like that for 22 years But you think I’ll just take it? Like that’s howwithout any questions?”
“You—”
“Do you know?” Chi-Woo laughed in vain “I failed at everything I do on Earth no matter how hard I try, but on Liber, I succeeded every tihtly widened
“It’s like I should have done this in the first place” Chi-Woo suddenly realized he was out of breath after speaking so fast
“…But even then” Chi-Hyun, who had been quietly listening, softly said, “Even if it’s a life like that, it would have been better”
“…Ha” Chi-Woo closed his eyes How did things turn out like this? ‘I…’ This wasn’t what Chi-Woo had wanted for their reunion Of course, he thought that things o well since his brother had his own circumstances, but he hadn’t expected this He had come all the way here afterall his reasons “…” That thought drained hi another word But even then…
“…Fine” Chi-Woo thought there eously stubborn “Fine, I got it Ms Laguel and Ms Raphael also said they couldn’t tell e they made I’ll just assu—for now” Chi-Woo decided to set aside all his questions and focus on their current reality “First, even if I ask you to return with ht?”
Chi-Hyun snorted “If we could return this veryto you like this” This meant that if they could return, Chi-Hyun would have forced Chi-Woo to go back, even if itthat we can only return after nor me when you knoell?”
“Then let’s do this” Even though Chi-Woo felt intensely angry, he desperately tried to suppress it and continued, “I’ll help”
Chi-Hyun scowled
“I’ll help you, so let’s save Liber and return to Earth Then show your face to our parents and explain to me your reason I should be entitled to that story by then”
“Hey”
“There’s no point telling me that I won’t be of help,” Chi-Woo fir he wouldn’t back down from “I think the work I’ve done here so far has been beyond helpful already”
Chi-Hyun ht of Noel Freya’s report He had been surprised when he first heard her report, thinking there er brother was involved, it became a completely different story
Chi-Hyun’s eyes narrowed “You…” He gaped as if he couldn’t believe what Chi-Woo was saying and shook his head again Chi-Woo began to feel an unknown sense of unease; it seeh him
“Choi Chi-Woo Listen well” Chi-Hyun’s voice was soft, but threatening; it sounded like he was giving him an ultimatum he would not repeat “I knohy you ca all of this hidden I don’t ever intend to tell you I will never give you an explanation, and I shouldn’t”
“Brother”
“Stop You’re going to helpnonsense The sa his final ruling “Regardless of what you did so far, and whether all those stories are true—even if you ht be helpful in the future, it doesn’t matter at all”
Chi-Woo’s lips trembled
Chi-Hyun continued, “The reality is that you recklessly cao back until it’s all over” That left Chi-Hyun with only one option “I’ll keep you safe until this whole situation is over, and as soon as it is, I’ht back to Earth”
“No”
“I don’t need your help” Chi-Hyun flatly cut off Chi-Woo “I already et help fro to be like this?”
“Yeah Fro on Liber I’llhis intentions clear, Chi-Hyun got up to leave “If you understand, get up”
Chi-Woo did not get up But that didn’t et up and turn around
“…fuck, what the heck”
Chi-Hyun flinched “Did you just—”
“That’s enough” There was a limit to how much Chi-Woo could endure his brother’s harsh words He slowly raised the head he had been keeping low the whole time
“What did you say?”
“I said that’s enough” Sparks sputtered out of Chi-Woo’s eyes