49 You should hate him (1/2)

Nam Ji Won holds her head in her hands. She didn't want this to happen. Seo Tae Il shouldn't be here. He should be back and doing what he loves to do. She wants to stay beside him, but not like this. Why is he being stubborn? He is gone with Teacher Bae to register at the academy. Teacher Bae is the person who is most happy with his decision. Teacher Bae will be his mentor. How did it come out to be like this?

Oh Soon Ri is making lunch for them. Oh Soon Ri has taken care of her like a mother for the last two days. She needs to thank her properly.

Then, there is this fox.

”Has it been your planning all along?” She asks him calmly.

”It's his decision,” Choi Min Ho replies with a sneaky smile. ”You should stop blaming yourself for other people's decision.”

She looks away with a frown. ”If I should not be blamed for their actions, then you shouldn't be blamed either. Don't look at me with guilt in your eyes. You have helped me a lot. I would have never woken up if you didn't come to see me. Thank you for everything, Teacher Choi. You did whatever you could. You found me in the end.”

Choi Min Ho takes a deep breath. She has changed. She is avoiding his eyes. There is a distance between them. She doesn't call him by his name or get mad. She is purposely thinking about random things. It's interesting that he is upset about. She knows that he can read her mind.

”There is something that you should know.”

Nam Ji Won looks at him expectantly, wondering what he has to say. She is trying hard not to think anything about that day.

”You were not born like this,” He tells her pensively. ”It was my brother who turned you into an esper.”

She blinks blankly. It takes her a long moment to digest his words. Turn her into an esper? When did that happen? Is that even possible?

”What are you saying, Teacher Choi?”

”My brother name is Ju Jimin.” He stands up and walks in the middle of the backyard. He looks at her straightforwardly. ”We had different fathers. He was eleven years older than me.”

”Ju Jimin.” Is this a coincidence? Nam Ji Won is surprised to hear that name. She used that name before. That's how it started for her. ”Have I met him?”

”You have, but you won't remember it.” She is shocked. He doesn't read her mind anymore to hear her thoughts. ”When you were around four, you were at the hospital for treatment.”

That's twenty years ago. When she was young, she used to get sick easily. She visited the hospital frequently.

”My brother died nearly thirty years ago.”

Nam Ji Won doesn't understand. ”We couldn't have possibly met if he died before I was born.”

”He didn't meet you physically.” Choi Min Ho meets her eyes. ”My brother was an assassin at Monarch. His code name was Ghost. He could travel through space and time in his astral body. He killed people in his astral form. Back then, the Monarch received a request to kill an old nurse at the hospital. The client was her son. He asked them to kill her after ten years. The death had to be natural. An old woman dying from a heart attack was natural enough. My brother was chosen to do this job.”