CHAPTER 239: PAST MIDNIGHT (2)

"WHY DID it take you forever to let us in?"

Soobin let out a sigh after hearing Kwon Jiwoong’s complaint.

It was true that they made the APA President and the few people that he brought in front of the Winter Guild HQ.

[And that’s after he helped us hide what was happening inside.]

"I apologize for making you wait," Soobin said, his hands pointing at the table between them politely. "I brewed the tea personally. I hope it’s to your liking."

Only Kwon Jiwoong and Kunwoo were invited to the private drawing room of the Winter Guild HQ.

The two were still high-ranking government officials, after all.

"Why are you the one greeting us here as if this is your office, Vice President?" Kunwoo asked ’playfully.’ Although his tone was light, his eyes were calculating. "Where are the Hwangs who run the Winter Guild?"

"Hwang Yejun is injured, so his parents are taking care of him," Soobin said casually. He wasn’t lying anyway. "Hwang Minho and Hwang Minsu are both helping Graham clean up the mess at the Namsan Tower."

"I’m glad you brought up the Namsan Tower," Kwon Jiwoong said, obviously annoyed. "I heard from my Hunters stationed there that they saw Hunter Song Moonho and the Autumn Guild Hunters fight Hunter Jang Semi’s group. Tell me what happened."

Haaah.

[Maybe we should get rid of Kwon Jiwoong soon.]

"As you know, the Namsan Tower had turned into a weird dungeon," Soobin said, starting with his lies again. "Song Moonho forced his way through the dungeon."

Kwon Jiwoong scoffed. "In short, you failed to stop him. I can’t believe Hunter Han Graham and Hunter Jang Semi weren’t enough to stop Hunter Song Moonho. To think that Hunter Hamin, and two of the Hwang Triplets were also there. Is Hunter Song Moonho really that strong now?"

"Song Moonho has always been the second strongest Hunter among the Big 4 and not Graham," Kunwoo said cheerfully. "Song Moonho just pretends to be weak because he doesn’t want to be a hero. He just does the bare minimum as a Big 4

member."

"Semi Noona will give you a detailed report about what happened at the Namsan Tower later. I wasn’t there, so I can’t tell you how Song Moonho got away," Soobin said, changing the topic. It would be suspicious of him if he talked as if he knew what happened at the Namsan Tower when he wasn’t there. "All I can tell you is about what happened here."

"Right. What happened here? And the World Ranker..."

"It was the #10 World Ranker."

Kwon Jiwoong knitted his eyebrows. "That crazy woman?"

"Yes, Hunter Belle Blanche aka Bride," Soobin said, and then he lied again. "Hwang Yejun defeated her."

***

"EOMMA, what happened? Why did you ask us to bring clothes for toddlers to your room in secret?"

"That’s right, honey. If you personally asked us instead of asking your assistant, then it must mean this matter is confidential."

Semi smiled at her son and husband’s curiosity.

To surprise Eunseok and Chang-ho, she covered Baby Wonhee in a warm and soft blanket before taking her home.

Then her baby sister fell asleep in her arms.

[She must be tired.]

"Honey?" Chang-ho asked nervously while eyeing the "bundle" of blanket in her arms. "What is that?"

"Honey, don’t be surprised," Semi said, and then she slowly removed the part of the blanket that covered Wonhee’s face. Then she tilted her body so that Eunseok and Chang-ho would get a better view. "Look at this pretty little angel."

Eunseok and Chang-ho immediately came closer to look at the ’child.’

"What a lovely kid," Chang-ho said, smiling gently. "Is it just me or do you resemble the child, honey? No wonder she looks lovely in my eyes."

"It’s not just you, Appa. The baby really resembles Eomma..." Eunseok trailed off, and then he gasped out loud. "Eomma, is that Hee-ya Noona?!"

"Hee-ya is your aunt, you silly boy," Semi scolded her son lightly. "And, yes, this is your Aunt Hee-ya."

"Why did our Hee-ya become a child, honey?" Chang-ho asked worriedly. "Is she alright?"

"This is only temporary, honey. Don’t worry."

Her husband looked relieved by that.

[He really cares about Hee-ya.]

In hindsight, Chang-ho probably saw his missing niece in Wonhee since the two girls were the same age...

Wait.

[My husband’s niece is no longer missing.]

"Eunseok-ah, you know how to carry a child, right?" Semi asked while carefully putting the sleeping Baby Wonhee in her son’s arms. "Take your aunt to your room first. If she wakes, just play with her. She still has her present memories, so she might recognize you even if she doesn’t remember anything else. Can you take care of your aunt for a moment?"

"Don’t worry, Eomma," Eunseok said cheerfully. "I’ll take care of Aunt Baby Hee-ya."

And, after saying that, her son left the room quietly while holding his aunt in his arms very carefully.

[My son is really close to his aunt.]

"Honey, is something the matter?"

"No. I actually have good news for you, honey," Semi said, smiling while holding her husband’s hands. "Your niece is finally out of the dungeon."

As expected, Chang-ho’s face beamed instantly. "Thank you for telling me, honey. Do you know where my niece is now? I want to see her."

Oh, right.

She left the scene in a hurry, but...

"I believe Hamin took your niece home, honey," Semi said, causing Chang-ho to frown. She didn’t want to see that look on her husband’s face, so she quickly said something to make him feel better. "We’ll pick her up at Hamin’s place tomorrow, promise."

***

EUNSEOK was busy taking pictures of the sleeping Aunt Wonhee— in her toddler form— when he noticed that his aunt was awake.

He was happy, until...

"Eomma... Appa..." Aunt Wonhee cried. "Where are Hee-ya’s Eomma and Appa?"

Oh, no.

Eunseok remembered that his mother said his Aunt Wonhee lost her biological parents at five years old.

Oh.

[This Aunt Baby Hee-ya thinks her parents are still alive...]

***

"YEJUNNIE, it’s bedtime. Where are you going?"

Hwang Yebin and her husband Hwang Junsang barely convinced their son Yejun to come home with them.

[Because he didn’t want to leave without the "angel."]

And that angel was Chu Wonhee.

Now, after they tucked in their son to sleep, he suddenly got up.

"The angel is crying, Eomma," Yejun said firmly. "I need to be with her!"

Aww.

Yebin and Junsang exchanged looks while grinning since they found their son cute...

... until Yejun disappeared as if he teleported.

"Yejunnie!"

***

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