Chapter 26: My Ex-Girlfriend’s True Feelings

[Lee Joo Hyun’s Perspective – Just Before Kwon Geon Arrived.]

Joo Hyun was waiting for Geon inside the guild building.

Because Geon said he would come today.

Joo Hyun checked her phone every few minutes to see if Geon had messaged saying he had arrived.

Since their last meeting at the cafe with Kim Joon Hyuk, Joo Hyun had been eagerly waiting for the day she would meet Geon.

The reason for this was the cafe incident that day.

The incident where Geon incapacitated Joon Hyuk, who had lowered his shield to C-class level, bringing him to the brink of death.

That was something Joo Hyun couldn’t understand.

It was Geon, whom she had lived with for three years.

Geon, who was C-class, absolutely did not have the power to do that.

But what happened?

Joon Hyuk was much more severely injured than she had expected.

How could that be C-class?

No matter how she looked at it, that was A-class power.

From that day on, Joo Hyun started to feel uneasy.

‘Perhaps… Oppa Geon also awakened?’

‘Just like I went from E to S?’

Originally, she thought that couldn’t be the case.

For three years, Geon’s power had never changed.

Even after she became S-class first, Geon’s power remained the same.

After becoming S-class and cheating with Joon Hyuk, Joo Hyun had continuously checked Geon’s power.

But there was definitely no change in Geon.

So Joo Hyun was certain and chose Joon Hyuk, abandoning Geon.

But what was this?

Geon showed power as if he had awakened.

He was still listed as C-class, but what happened?

The power and presence Geon showed that day.

That was absolutely not the presence of a C-class.

Joo Hyun thought it was a delusion, but for a moment, she even felt like Geon might win even if he fought properly with Joon Hyuk.

That makes no sense.

No matter how much Geon awakened, Joon Hyuk is the strongest among S-classes.

That couldn’t be true.

But why did she feel that way for a moment?

‘What if Geon awakens further from here and perhaps becomes even stronger than Joon Hyuk?’

‘What if her choice of breaking up to upgrade was wrong?’

Even so, he was Kim Joon Hyuk, after all.

No matter how much stronger Geon became, the possibility of surpassing Joon Hyuk was slim.

But for some reason, Joo Hyun started to worry.

Even while dating the strongest man, she was uneasy.

So Joo Hyun wanted to meet Geon one more time.

She wanted to meet him and check for certain if his magic power had become stronger.

She wanted to confirm that it hadn’t become stronger so she could feel relieved.

She wanted to properly confirm that her choice wasn’t wrong.

‘Oppa Geon.’

‘Please don’t be stronger.’

‘Then I might regret it.’

Joo Hyun earnestly prayed in her heart, waiting for Geon to arrive.

Ring, ring.

Joo Hyun’s phone rang.

Joo Hyun, who was doing work, picked up her phone quickly, just in case it was Geon.

It was Geon.

“Hello.”

“I’m here. Come out to the entrance.”

Geon’s voice, which she hadn’t heard in a long time, came from over the phone.

“Okay. Alright.”

Joo Hyun looked at her messages while running to the entrance.

She saw that Geon’s message had arrived.

It had come while she wasn’t looking at her phone for a moment because she was working.

Now she could see Geon soon.

She could meet Geon and confirm properly.

That he hadn’t gotten stronger.

She saw Geon standing far away.

To Joo Hyun, whose attention was solely focused on Geon, only Geon was visible.

“Oh, you’re here?”

Joo Hyun greeted Geon coldly.

And to sense Geon’s magic power, she started examining Geon all over.

While doing so, she felt Geon’s magic power.

This can’t be!

Joo Hyun was greatly flustered.

She felt that the magic power emanating from Geon was clearly stronger than when she had felt it at the cafe.

‘No… that can’t be.’

‘Maybe I felt it wrong.’

Joo Hyun suddenly became very uneasy.

So Joo Hyun began to desperately deny it.

That it was the same as when she felt it at the cafe, that she was misremembering because it had been a while.

That this was Geon’s limit.

“Why?”

While she was examining Geon and thinking, Geon asked if her behavior was strange.

“What? What.”

At that question, Joo Hyun was greatly flustered.

But she answered, trying hard to act calm.

“Nothing. Just take your luggage quickly.”

Geon pointed to the boxes piled up next to him and said dryly.

“The luggage is… Uh, who is this…?”

Joo Hyun wanted to examine Geon more.

So she had to buy time.

Joo Hyun was about to tell Geon she would take the luggage a little later.

Then she noticed the person standing next to Geon just then.

‘Who is this person?’

‘Why is she standing next to Oppa Geon?’

‘Why is her hair sky blue too?’

‘An idol?’

‘Wait, this light from her hair…?

Surely not?’

“Hello. I am Han Yu Ri, Guild Master of the Leah Guild.”

Around the time Joo Hyun was speculating, Joo Hyun’s speculation turned out to be true.

The person Joo Hyun had speculated about.

Han Yu Ri.

She took off her hat and mask and introduced herself.

Joo Hyun, seeing Han Yu Ri, was severely flustered.

Her pupils trembled without her realizing it.

“Ah, Hu-Hunter Han Yu Ri, how did you get here…? Did you come with this Oppa…?”

Joo Hyun asked, greatly flustered.

“Yes.”

Han Yu Ri replied shortly and firmly to Joo Hyun.

“Why? How do you know Oppa…?

What…

relationship are you in with Oppa?”

‘What is this?’

‘Why is Han Yu Ri?’

‘Why is an S-class Hunter with someone like this Oppa?’

Joo Hyun was very confused.

“Ah, that’s not…”

Geon seemed to be trying to explain something to her.

Joo Hyun looked at Geon.

“We are in a push-and-pull relationship, you know?”

At that moment, Han Yu Ri looked at Joo Hyun and said haughtily.

At Han Yu Ri’s reply, Joo Hyun, who had been looking at Geon, looked at Han Yu Ri in surprise.

And Joo Hyun showed an expression of shock.

“Yes?!”

Joo Hyun asked, startled.

“Mr. Geon and I. We’re in a push-and-pull relationship, you know? So we came together.”

“Really…?”

‘This can’t be.’

‘An S-class…’

‘And Han Yu Ri?’

‘Why?’

“Yes.”

But unlike Joo Hyun’s disbelief, Han Yu Ri’s reply was too firm.

“Ah… Uh…”

Joo Hyun was shocked and couldn’t speak.

‘Why Han Yu Ri…?’

‘Why would Han Yu Ri, the world’s only S-class Buffer, who can pick and choose any successful man in the world as she pleases, why?’

The fact that Han Yu Ri and Geon were in a push-and-pull relationship intensified Joo Hyun’s anxiety to the extreme.

‘As expected… there’s something about Oppa Geon.’

‘That’s why Han Yu Ri is in a push-and-pull with him, isn’t it?’

‘Otherwise, it makes no sense.’

Joo Hyun started to become extremely uneasy.

‘Has the thing she worried about truly become a reality?’

‘Is Geon truly becoming more successful than Kim Joon Hyuk?’

‘Really?’

‘Then she would be in a situation where she had thrown away good fortune with her own feet.’

‘That shouldn’t happen.’

‘Absolutely shouldn’t happen.’

‘She doesn’t want that.’

She was too uneasy and didn’t want it.

But even if she didn’t want to admit it, Han Yu Ri was at least as successful as her, or even more successful.

And Oppa Geon, whom such a woman said she was in a push-and-pull relationship with…

This was a big problem.

Maybe… maybe she should try to get Oppa Geon back instead of Oppa Joon Hyuk.

Because of Han Yu Ri, Joo Hyun’s sense of crisis rose to its peak.

She had to prepare just in case.

Preparation to get Oppa Geon back.

“I brought Hunter Lee Joo Hyun’s luggage, so you won’t need to see Mr. Geon anymore, will you? Since things are going well between Mr. Geon and me, please don’t call him out like this from now on.”

Han Yu Ri spoke strongly to Joo Hyun.

“I don’t want to…”

She couldn’t do that.

She had to maintain contact with Geon and manage him consistently.

So that if, just in case, Geon truly surpassed Joon Hyuk, she could return to him anytime.

“Yes?”

Han Yu Ri asked back, sounding bewildered, to Joo Hyun.

“I don’t want to. Why can’t I call him out? It’s my choice. Even if you’re in a push-and-pull relationship, you’re not even dating yet, are you?”

“Hey. What are you talking about? So you’re going to call me out again?”

“Yeah.”

Joo Hyun said, looking at Geon with eyes filled with resentment.

‘It’s only been how long since we broke up, and you’re already in a push-and-pull relationship with another woman?’

‘You said you loved me that much?’

‘How could you do this when you loved me so much?’

With uneasiness and jealousy.

And betrayal, Joo Hyun began to burn.

“No. Just focus on your relationship with Kim Joon Hyuk. Now that I’ve given you all your luggage, I’m going to block you. So don’t contact me from now on.”

“Just try to block me. I’ll seriously kill you.”

“Excuse me. Hunter Lee Joo Hyun. What gives you the right to say you’ll kill or won’t kill Mr. Geon? Do you have the right to say that?”

Han Yu Ri said angrily.

“This is a matter between my ex-boyfriend and me, so Hunter Han Yu Ri, please stay out of it.”

To such a Han Yu Ri, Joo Hyun also replied coldly without backing down.

A heavy atmosphere lingered between Han Yu Ri and Joo Hyun.

“Hey. What do you mean kill? Even if you became S-class, you haven’t forgotten that I win if you and I fight one-on-one, right?

With what nerve are you going to contact me again? There’s no reason to.”

“Ah, if I want to, I will.”

Joo Hyun said firmly.

At that moment, Geon gently, kindly grabbed Han Yu Ri’s wrist.

At Geon’s action, Joo Hyun was greatly surprised for a moment.

And that surprise soon turned into anger.