Chapter 111: Chapter 110: I Am Lee Jiwon! Part I (1/2)
Chapter 111: Chapter 110: I Am Lee Jiwon! Part I
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
It was true that I was half-expecting the Cheng Long Guild to come here with another guild and wanted to see which guild it was. But I did not expect that guild to be the Sunbin Guild. Actually, now that I thought about it, there was a pretty high chance for it to be the Sunbin Guild, especially if I took into account the Sunbin Guild's current strength.
-Is that how it works?-
For some reason, I had completely excluded the Sunbin Guild, even after I had tried to brush myself off of them.
”Jiwon oppa!” Haein had not changed at all. She looked exactly as I had last seen her. That same Haein was running at me full speed with tears welling in her eyes. I did not expect her to act this way at all.
She came to a stop in front of me and looked at me, tears falling down her cheeks. ”Jiwon…oppa…”
”Uh….hi.” It was awkward. Almost five years in all had passed since I last saw her.
”I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.”
”Huh?”
”I should have looked for you earlier…I owed you so much…I'm so sorry.”
”Uh…no, it's okay…” I didn't what to say or do as she stood there, crying. I raised my right hand and patted her head. I didn't know why; I just did.
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-How is he here all by himself?-
-Did he actually get here from the first floor faster than us?-
-How did he get through all of those monsters on his own? Is that even possible?-
The officers of the Sunbin Guild and the Cheng Long Guild had many questions, but all wondered the same thing.
-Just who in the world is that man?-
They all knew who he was; Lee Jiwon was pretty famous now. The whole world knew his name from the battle against the Blood Prince and the San Tuan Guild. His power ranking had gone up quite a bit, and many people looked forward to what he would become in the future.
However, none of them could believe that he made his way from the first to the tenth floor on his own. They knew exactly how powerful the dungeon monsters were on each floor. It took this huge group twenty days to get to the tenth floor. They even lost a few on the way.
”Did he come here with the Myth Guild?”
”Maybe they all died and he's the only one left standing.”
”But look at him. He's too clean. He doesn't look like he struggled through the floors.”
”If he truly came with a group, we would have seen signs of large battles throughout the floors. Did you see any? Because I didn't.”
The officers continued to whisper among themselves, but could notcome up with an answer.
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Before Song Myungsoo had set out for Mongolia, he had met with his father. They talked about many things as father and son for the first time in a while, and the topic of Song Haein and Lee Jiwon had come up.
”I have to apologize. She's your daughter and my granddaughter, but I was too greedy.”
”No, father, it's all right.”
'I was blinded by all of our success and growth.'
”Father, please. You've done nothing wrong. Look at the guild you've led all these years. We've become so strong that no one can ever challenge us.”
”That's true, but sometimes I think that we grew too quickly. We could have taken it slow, but we didn't even stop to smell the roses.”
”That speed got us this far, father.”
”You're not wrong, but I also think about everyone we kicked away to make it possible.”
”We had no choice…”
'Yes, we can tell ourselves that we had no choice as many times as we want. But know that your own son is one of them.'
”...” Song Myungsoo could not retort. It was a deep wound that will never close.
His son, Song Haechang, had never disappointed him before the Great Change. Song Haechang was full of pride and ambition as the third generation heir to the company, but studied and worked very hard to protect his pride and ambition. He also knew when to bend his pride.
”Try to look for Jiwon as discreetly as possible.”
”Lee Jiwon? Why him?”
”These days…the memories of when we first met him aren't leaving me. I'm beginning to see his specialness again.”
”But to look for him now…”
”Just go with the flow. Just find him for now.”
”Understood, father.”
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Song Myungsoo carefully scanned Lee Jiwon with his eyes. When Song Myungsoo first met Lee Jiwon, it had left such a powerful impression, so much so that he could never forget that day.
-He still…shines brightly.-
Right now, Lee Jiwon was patting Song Haein's head, unsure of what to do, but Song Myungsoo had seen how confidently he stood when they arrived.
”I see you have quite the history with Lee Jiwon,” Wai Chung said, after quietly observing the situation.
”That's correct, a very deep history.” That wasn't completely true. In all honesty, their relationship wasn't all that great after the Sunbin Guild had let him go. But Song Myungsoo had developed an instinct throughout the years. It wasn't good enough for politics, but enough for business, and that instinct told him it would be stupid to answer Wai Chung honestly.
”The Sunbin Guild and Lee Jiwon, eh? That's quite the fearsome pair.”
”I'll take that as a compliment.”