NOVEL NEXT chapter 3
3. to protect
With a happy heart, I raised my head and looked at the officer in charge.
and surprise yourself
It’s a pleasure.
It’s a feeling I’ve never felt in 10 years.
But did you feel it from the first person you saw today?
“…?”
I was so shocked, I just blankly stared at Lee’s face.
“This is an interview. Come out for a second.”
His tone of voice was quite different from that of the evening.
I guess it feels a little more gentle.
“Go in.”
where it arrived.
It was none other than the ‘3rd Division Management Office’.
He pointed to the sofa and said.
“Sit there.”
I felt bewildered.
It was the first time he entered the management office, but what was even more surprising was the ‘cup noodles’ placed on the desk.
“This, this…”
“Oh, you finally speak.”
I wondered if that was important now.
He stares at the officer with a questioning expression on his face.
Then the manager responds.
“You didn’t eat lunch because you were sleeping. I hear you didn’t even eat dinner properly.”
“How did you do that…”
“Chief Kim told me. This prison has CCTV even in the cells. Hey, see that monitor?”
In fact, the prison scene was displayed on the monitor.
“I couldn’t check because I was outside from 6 to 10 today, but I will be here from tomorrow, so you don’t have to worry about assaults in the future.”
Seo Nari didn’t say anything.
Exactly, I couldn’t say anything.
It was my first time being treated like this, so I didn’t know how to react.
Even before entering the prison, no one had been so kind to me, so why on earth was this person…?
“It must have been cooked. Please eat.”
Nari Seo lowered her head and looked at the cup noodles.
With a timid hand, I flip the lid.
Along with steam blooming, a pungent smell stung my nose.
It looked delicious.
Carefully lift your chopsticks and pick up the noodles.
after. after.
Blow the wind to cool it down a bit, then take a bite.
“delicious.”
The words were cut off.
It was because I was holding back my crying.
It was difficult to contain my emotions today.
“Why, why are you doing this? Originally, I was patient, but…”
It felt like a blocked dam bursting.
Have I been patient for too long?
The person in charge pulled out each tissue and handed it over.
“It doesn’t taste good when you eat ramen. Stop and eat.”
He smiled lightly and said so.
I told him to stop crying, but why did more tears come out?
Such kindness was difficult in a fragile state.
“Huuu”
In the end, after crying for about two more minutes, I was able to eat ramen again.
“…is it all blown?”
“It’s still delicious.”
He hurriedly eats ramen with his eyes swollen.
I was still hungry, and since it was the first ramen I had in five years, it tasted good.
Because prison food is not very tasty. I hardly ever ate normally.
“Eat slowly. Then I will pretend.”
“I can’t help it. I mean, I eat rice mixed with side dishes and soup.”
The boss makes it so.
If you don’t eat it, you’re right, so you have no choice but to eat it.
I ate and vomited today.
“…what kind of life are you leading?”
“A hard life. Even if I die, it’s a cheap year. Wouldn’t people be dissatisfied with just living like this?”
“…”
“So, you don’t help me anymore. If the inmate harbors ill feelings for no reason, only you will have a hard time.”
It wasn’t really intentional.
In fact, I wish I could help more, but if I do, it will only endanger this person in charge.
don’t want that
however.
“······Why are you laughing?”
Director Lee was smiling at Nari Seo.
“Just. Because you answered well this time.”
Come to think of it, at some point we were having a friendly conversation.
Nari Seo lowered her head.
“…that wasn’t intentional.”
“i know. It’s okay, drink some water.”
The waitress put water in a paper cup.
I got it right away because I was thirsty.
The water washed the spot where the salty broth had passed.
“······thank you.”
There are situations like that, but I feel comfortable when I am with this manager.
The gaze and the atmosphere gave me the feeling that I was being understood.
If this feeling I’m feeling right now is true.
may i ask?
The meaning of what I said earlier in the infirmary.
“…”
Quit.
If you brought up the story of false accusation, you might be criticized for being a ‘b*tch without conscience’.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I didn’t want to hear that from Lee.
Is it because he was the first person to take care of me in prison?
Already, Nari Seo opened her heart to Director Lee.
Wide enough to be self-aware.
“Ugh…”
“Why are you like that?”
“Nothing.”
It was awkward because I had never opened my heart to anyone.
For Seo Na-ri, who always sets her eyes on everyone like a cat, the very thought of ‘I want to get along’ is embarrassing.
‘Isn’t it too fast…’
This was also a problem.
Since I opened my heart less than a day after we met, you might think that this person in charge is an easy woman if you find out about this.
‘Let’s hide.’
By hiding your emotions thoroughly, you make the illusion that you haven’t opened your heart yet.
Then, after about a month, I started teasing little by little…
‘There is no problem with this.’
Seo Nari grinned.
“You laughed.”
“ah.”
***
I sent Nari back to her room.
I saw them eating deliciously or feeling happy for unknown reasons.
As a reader, I was very happy with the appearances that had never appeared in the works.
-What’s your name?
─This is Yoohyeon Lee.
I was even asked my name, so I felt like I could comfortably stand overtime today.
Of course, I got it in 2 hours.
Why do I have to work at night
After the second patrol, he sighed and sat down on the sofa.
Working overtime and overtime?
No matter how much extra allowance comes out…
“It’s hard…”
I thought it was worth doing, but it was harder than I thought.
It’s hard to walk around because I just think of it as ‘work’.
“Chew… Wasn’t this killing three birds with one stone?”
You can take Seo Nari, or you can investigate the quest.
In addition, all they do is patrol once an hour, but I thought it was a honey event that came with an additional allowance.
But it wasn’t.
Time doesn’t go filthy, and every 30 minutes the inmates make a fuss.
There was also a guy who didn’t sleep and when I passed by, he would tremble at the right timing.
What is that bastard really doing?
“I heard other prisons don’t do that…”
It is said that it is only here that it is severe.
As I stretched out on the sofa, the mirror in front of me caught my eye.
Of course, my reflection there too.
“…”
Prison guards’ uniforms and curly hair.
and my face.
“Oh, do you get goosebumps every time you see it?”
I can’t see it.
It’s not that I can’t see it, it’s that I can’t see it at all.
I know it has eyes, nose and mouth, but I don’t know what it looks like.
I wonder if ‘Shin Yeo-eun’, who had a facial recognition disorder, felt this way.
“Ehh…”
sigh again.
I got up and headed to the coffee machine.
He died 9 times and is living his 10th life, but he has never seen the owner’s face.
Well, as long as it’s repeated 10 times, I’m just going to do it now.
Still, it’s scary to see it when I’m alone, so I sneakily turned the mirror.
After a satisfied smile, I looked at the CCTV monitor.
“Good night.”
It all seemed to be sleeping now.
There won’t be any more riots, and it’s the right time to goof around.
One last time, I carefully checked the CCTV.
“……What is that bastard?”
That’s right, another sign of trouble.
An inmate on CCTV was covering another inmate with a blanket.
It felt different from being covered up.
“That’s… this f*cking sh*t.”
and.
That room was ‘2-tier 6-room’.
I radioed CRPT right away.
“Assault occurred in the 3rd building. Please dispatch CRPT.”
CRPT is like the military police in prison. Once called, it will be easy to quell.
I grabbed my triple pole and ran as fast as I could.
“Oh! Aww!”
As we got closer to room 6, we heard something that resembled a scream.
As expected, Nari Seo must have been hit.
As soon as I arrived, I hit the barbed wire hard.
Kaaang!
“What are you doing now!!”
and yelling.
It was loud enough to wake all the inmates nearby.
“Away now. And the bastard you hit is the punishment room.”
A voice that grew slightly emotional came out.
Is it because I saw Na-Ri Seo crying today?
At least when I was there, I didn’t want to suffer.
“…?”
“School, prison guards…”
However, inside the cell, a slightly different scene unfolded than I had imagined.
“Save me, Lord…”
It wasn’t Seo Nari who was down.
Rather, everyone except Nari Seo was down.
When I shone a flashlight to check the details, there was blood on Nari Seo’s restraint bracelet.
I hope you hit me with that.
“······This person in charge?”
Nari Seo wiped the blood off her face, not knowing what to do.
Soon, CRPT arrived.
Unaware of the situation, I watched Nari Seo being dragged away.
Have you decided not to put up with it anymore?
It’s a good thing.
What is the reason?