"Huh? So… You're saying-" Ha-wook's cheerfulness vanished as Seong-mi facepalmed. "Just as I thought…" She said under her breath, feeling a wave of disappointment.
"Yes, you're right, I'm sorry." Hanyeong bowed her head sincerely and respectfully as she sighed.
Ha-wook crossed his arms over his chest, feeling a bit disappointed. "I didn't expect this to happen at all…" Ha-wook said as he looked at Chun-ja, who was also disappointed by the situation they were in.
"I was so ready to leave…!" Chun-ja whined like a child, while for Jung-Lee, he had no reaction at all like he was prepared for it. "Oh." He said as he cleared his throat.
"'Oh?' Is… Is that all you're going to say?!" Chun-ja said as she glared at him.
"What's wrong, Chunja-nim?" He raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms over his chest.
"You guys always have reactions to everything." He added and rolled his eyes. "Y-you!" Chun-ja bit her lip as she looked away and groaned in annoyance.
"Hmph, I guess you have a point there, Dae-ssi…" She sighed as Jung-Lee chuckled slightly, finding her reaction a bit cute. "Good that you understand. I'll give you a point for that."
"Yeah, yeah." Chun-ja rolled her eyes and scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest.
Bon-hwa pulled Min-beom's sleeve, he looked down at the little girl, raising his eyebrows in confusion. "Hm?"
"Ahjussi, can you sit there on the bench? Because your arm." She said as she pointed at the nearby empty bench, Min-beom had almost forgotten that he was injured earlier,
"Ah, alright, alright." He sighed and walked towards the bench, he sat down and looked at the little girl who sat down beside him.
Bon-hwa reached for his arm and put her hand on his shoulder, her hand lit up and it was warm. Min-beom felt a warmth in the glow, his nerves were soothing, and his body was calming down. His wound closed up and disappeared without a trace.
The little girl took her hand away and smiled up at him, Min-beom smiled at her warmly and messed up her hair.
"Thank you again for healing me, Bon-hwa." He chuckled as he patted her head, Bon-hwa's eyes lit up as she nodded eagerly.
"Of course, Ahjussi!" She said cheerfully, making Min-beom chuckle slightly at her attitude.
"And please stop calling me Ahju-" When he was about to speak, Chun-ja interrupted them.
"Hey you two! What are you guys talking about?" She said as she sat down beside the little girl.
"Nothing much, Ajumma!" The little girl said as she smiled at her cheerfully, Chun-ja's heart was shattered in a million pieces once again when she was called 'Ajumma' by the little girl.
"A-Ajumma…?" She whispered under her breath, feeling saddened as the little girl continued to smile.
"H-Hey, Chun-ssi… Is she doing this on purpose…?" She asked, her eyes teary when she glanced at him, Min-beom shook his head,
"Uh, I don't know. Why don't you ask her?" He replied as he brought up his attribute screen, scrolling through the holographic screen.
Chun-ja let out a sad sigh and nodded, "Okay…" She said hopelessly as she shifted her gaze to the little girl.
Min-beom looked through his stats, thinking what he should upgrade.
'1,005 golds… Stamina, Health, Defense and Speed…'
'What should I upgrade?'
He stared at the upgrade buttons, thinking what he should upgrade. He let out a sigh and picked the Stamina and Speed since he was a bit slow.
'A perfect strategy for typical MCs.'
He sneered to himself as he pressed the Stamina upgrade button, a notification screen popped up beside the attribute screen: [Stamina is now upgraded from Level 1 to Level 2!]
'Okay, another one.' He pressed the button again, upgrading it to Level 3, he scrolled through the Speed and saw his golds, only 405 golds left.
'F*ck… I should've upgraded it once if I'm going to save golds…' He let out a sigh of disappointment as he pressed the upgrade button for the Speed, upgrading it to level 2.
Min-beom closed the attribute screen in disappointment as he leaned against the wall, looking up at the ceiling. He was lost in his thoughts now.
The questions still remained unanswered in his mind: Why is he here? What is his purpose? Was he supposed to follow the plot or his plan? Why didn't he just die? Where's the protagonist?
A lot of unanswered questions lingered in his head.
He closed his eyes, trying to escape from everything, he wanted to be dead. Min-beom felt the coldness piercing through his skin, he was getting goosebumps. Someone was calling his name over and over again. A voice of an angel. A familiar voice of warmth coming from his… mother.
When the sound was getting louder, the voice was changing, someone was calling his name over and over again. "Min…" "Min-beom…" "Min-beom…!" It was getting louder and louder as he opened his eyes, seeing the lights in the ceiling flashing in his sight as he shook his head with a grunt.
"What the hell is it…?"
He said as he groaned, looking up at Ha-wook who was waking him up.
"Just get up, we have a situation."
Ha-wook said as he walked away, Min-beom rubbed his eyes and didn't realize that he had fallen asleep, he saw people gathered in the middle. He stood up and couldn't help but feel curious. "What the…?"
There was a holographic screen in the air as it vanished, he looked at Ha-wook and the others, talking with each other. The chatter of the other people filled the confusing air. Min-beom approached them with a confused look on his face.
"Hey guys… What's happening?" He asked, sounding a bit tired.
"There's another scenario." Seong-mi said as she put her hand on her hip, looking at him.
'A new scenario… already?' His eyes widened in surprise. "That… That's fast."
"Well, a sub-scenario actually." Chun-ja added as she crossed her arms over her chest, Jung-Lee beside her cleared his throat.
"Yes, a second sub-scenario." He said as he gripped his spear, Min-beom nodded slowly.
"A sub-scenario…" He muttered under his breath as another screen popped up in the air.
[The Visionary Broadcast is now streaming!]
His eyes widened in surprise as a creature appeared out of nowhere, it was the Seonbi again. The people were shocked and stunned when they saw the creature as they started to whisper with each other quietly. The Seonbi cleared its throat and opened its arms to the crowd.
[Ahem! Seonbi reporting in!]
[Hello, hello mere mortals~] The Seonbi laughed wickedly as they all looked at the creature with scared faces.
[Welcome to the second Sub-Scenario!]