City of Backstreet Nymphs

27 – 027 – When your hometown has changed a lot # 1

027 – When your hometown has changed a lot # 1

About 15 days have passed since I was attacked by Lee Jung-hoon.

「Seo Ye-rim: Ha Il-do, stay still for the time being. I can’t go there for a few days. Because of the mishap, our company is in an uproar as well. If someone comes and asks you, just say you don’t know. Okay?”

I didn’t really obey Seo Ye-rim’s words, but I didn’t have any accidents during these 15 days and stayed calm.

The only thing special about him is that he received about two requests from C-class rifts and subdued them safely.

「Cho Jang-hee: Everyone worked hard! Our sum is good. Let’s meet again next time! How about the next quest on Friday? Are you okay? Lol”

「Seol Seol-hoon: Good.」

「Lee Jin-ah: ㅇ」

I also have a group chat room for Class C Awakeners.

They were the party members from the last time they subdued the rift where the King Nidhog lizard appeared, and the two rifts they dealt with this time were also with them.

「Cho Jang-hee: I heard that there are dog squirrels in Il-do’s neighborhood? Can I go catch one too?”

「Cho Jang-hee: (Rabbit cheers emoticon)」

It was true that rumors spread that there were many dog squirrels living in my neighborhood.

I don’t know if it was spread by the Telos employees who came to get data on the well in the yard, or if it was spread by the grandchildren of the elderly people in the neighborhood.

Thanks to that, more and more people started to visit this neighborhood, where young people were rare.

It must be because rumors spread on the SNS of the Awakened that it is a ‘primitive village’ where dogs and squirrels appear.

I wondered if it was a nuisance to the neighborhood, but the elderly surprisingly liked these steps.

“Guys, do you want to catch a dog squirrel? I am Professor Lee Jang Park. I’ll give you peanuts that squirrels like, so take a look around. It is important to keep an eye on the bush.”

The village chief wanted to see the dog squirrels, so he gave peanuts and other nuts to the children who came with his parents.

Children wandered around rice fields and fields looking for squirrels, and in fact, several squirrels left the neighborhood with people a day!

「Title: Unravel the story chosen by the D-class hunter dog squirrel」

「Content: I wandered around the squirrel village for about three days, but the dog squirrel was wary of people so I couldn’t see it well hahahaha. At that time, I went near the chief’s house, and one came and brought me home hahahaha.”

└Is the picture a dog squirrel? Is it possible for a stupid kid to fight like a weapon?

└ I heard that for a dog squirrel to accept mana, you have to have high intimacy.

└ I am stroking and walking every day to get closer!

Everyone is eager to raise dog squirrels.

I also often commented anonymously pretending not to know anything.

「Each squirrel is different, but I heard from grandparents that if you want to get close to dog squirrels, you have to wake up early every morning and brush them well. I also brush them every day.」

└Do you have dog squirrels too? I envy you

└Photo shop.

Although I’m interested in dog squirrels, not Haildo… It feels good to get so much attention on the Internet!

Anyway.

The weather is clearing up and it is spring weather.

Oi Noi was delighted to see the bud seedling of the golden apple tree that had grown to her knees.

“A warm spring day… ! It was spring when the flowers bloomed and the nymphs woke up from hibernation… ! It is certain that the nymphs who were in hibernation will come to this Oinoi… !”

Oinoi’s dream was to find other nymphs who might be living in this world. In my opinion, Oinoi was the first nymph to fall into this world.

Oinoi had no doubt that there would be other nymphs, and I was going to respect that dream without thinking about breaking it.

“If you grow a golden apple tree and make it bear fruit…. It is certain that the nymphs will come after feeling the scent of the fruit…. This oi-noi, it’s hard to grow a tree… !”

It was said that the reason Oinoi carefully raised the golden apple—the quince—was to meet the nymphs.

I hope it goes well.

I suddenly became curious.

“What should I do when I meet the nymph sisters?”

“Mheuh, this Oinoi wants to create a group chat room just like the owner of the house… ! Nymph sisters’ nymph talk room… ! This is Oinoi’s dream… !”

It was a wonderful dream indeed.

I also made a resolution to my dream of climbing to a higher place.

“I almost got into a lot of trouble because of Lee Jung-hoon.”

Even thinking about it again, it was a chilling moment.

It would have been dangerous in many ways without the help of Kyeongkong and Angangi.

Oinoi also said a word.

“It leaves me with regret that I should have hit two more Oinoi with [Nymph Biggie, Beating]… ! He wants to come and hit me right now… !”

I opened his cell phone, watching Oi Noi with his fists clenched and angry.

When I turned on the Internet, I saw a headline as big as a door.

「The reality of S-class awakening? Third-generation conglomerate, both types tested positive!”

「Owner risk? Not only Osa Pharmaceuticals, but all of its subsidiaries’ share price fell—”

There has been a lot of news about Lee Jung-hoon for the past few days.

As if someone had waited, they began to spread Lee Jung-hoon’s evil deeds in all directions, and as a result, it seemed that Lee Jung-hoon had to go through a trial.

“There is no story of a fight with me.”

The story of Lee Jung-hoon fighting with me and collapsing and being taken to the ambulance seemed to have been buried. I don’t know if the OSA group is indifferent.

Clap-.

I touched the handle of the beam saber attached to my waist as I remembered what happened at that time.

“I have to give it back.”

Because it was such a rare item, it was a bit difficult to send it as a package, so I kept it.

What should I do?

“Kongkeonga, anganga, I’m keeping it well so people don’t enter the house.”

!

-Zuji… !

# # #

“To think there are so many tall buildings…. It’s like the high mountain peak of Olympus where the gods are… !”

It is said that Olympus is the mountain where the gods live.

I asked, wondering about the existence of this ‘god’ that Oinoi often refers to.

“Have you seen Mount Olympus?”

“Actually, this oinoi has never seen Mount Olympus… ! Because… Olympus is the mountain where the gods are… ! The little nymph, Oinoirang, is like a completely different world….”

It was an oinoi that stretched and shook.

The gods Oinoi spoke of were so great and different that Oinoi felt himself dwarfed.

Gods of High Mountain.

A nymph that lives in a ditch in a small forest.

Indeed, the classes were different.

“But if you look at the peaks of Olympus, it must have looked like this… ! It is a very nice and wonderful city… !”

Ohinoi really liked the scenery of Macheon, the 5th new city that was created near Seoul after the age of cracks.

There is no height limit for buildings in Macheon City, so as the name suggests, it is full of skyscrapers built by world-leading companies.

“The average number of floors in buildings is 100. Awesome isn’t it? Korea is an advanced country of the 5th revolution. That’s why global companies came to Macheon and built buildings.”

“The 100th floor…. This oinoi is that I dare not even imagine… !”

With all kinds of neon lights and signboard lights added to prevent the ground from getting dark thanks to the tall buildings, the city looks like a cyberpunk era’s demonic realm at night.

In fact, a lot of tourists come looking for that kind of atmosphere.

“Here, in the old days, there was a lot of land for play and a lot of rice fields. Really.”

To think that such tall buildings soar above the land that was a nuisance because it was not sold. As someone who went to elementary school near here, I had to feel a sense of alienation in many ways.

Anyway.

There was no other reason why I came to this demonic city.

It was because the head office of Osa Group was located here.

“To be honest, I want to gulp.”

Beam saber.

This was enough for Lee Jung-hoon to pay for the vicious chaeng.

“… ….”

No, actually, it overflows.

So I couldn’t fool my conscience and went to the Osa group to return the weapon. The building was very tall and the number of floors I had never seen before.

“I feel like a complete countryhead.”

“This Oinoi, I wonder if the owner of the house is the first to come to this magical city… !”

“Not the first time.”

I didn’t have much experience in Macheon.

This city came into being about five years ago.

At that time, it was time for me to fall into a slump and dig a hole.

Gying-.

After opening the automatic door and looking around the headquarters lobby, I saw something like an information desk. I approached the women working there and said hesitantly.

“Hey, I’m here to return the lost item. Here, Junghoon Lee’s beam saber. Do you know Junghoon Lee? He must be the 4th son of the Osa Group.”

I was nervous for no reason, perhaps because they are sharp and intelligent looking women.

Perhaps because of the memories of being ripped off, I had a habit of shrinking a little when I faced women who looked strangely strong.

Noisily -.

Feeling embarrassed, I looked around and the inside of the building was large and there were many people.

It was a moment when I felt that Lee Jung-hoon was incredibly rich.

As far as I know, I heard that Seo Ye-rim’s family company, Telos Group, is also headquartered in Macheon. Now that I see it, they are all people from another world.

Should I say that I can understand Oinoi’s feeling of becoming small compared to the gods of Olympus?

“Lee Jeong-hoon…. Me, guest Could you please wait a moment?”

The desk clerk contacted me somewhere.

Men in black suits appeared in a rush when I was expecting that I might receive a gift, even a set of Korean beef, in return for honestly returning the beam saber.

“Let’s go.”

They guided Oinoi and me to the elevator.

An elevator that goes up endlessly.

It was frustrating to be with men in suits.

Is the feeling of rice grains tightly dried between seaweed in gimbap the same as I am now?

“Going higher and higher into the sky… ! This Oinoi, it feels like riding Zephyrus of the west wind and flying high into the sky… ! That is very high… !”

Oinoi seemed to be in a good mood at the scenery seen through the transparent elevator window.

“It is certain that no nymph has ever climbed a building taller than this oinoi… ! This oi-noi, it feels like I’ve been on that plane… !”

The number of floors we are heading to is the 164th floor, just below the top of the Osa Group headquarters.

For a while-.

Ding-.

Soon the elevator sounded cheerfully and the door opened.

When the door opened, I saw a very large space.

“Even in this high sky there is a fountain… ! There are a lot of water purifiers… !”

Ohinoi made a pot and ran.

When I was surprised by the fact that there was a fountain installed inside, someone appeared between the paintings and pottery artifacts that I had no idea how much they cost.

Another angle, another angle.

She was a neat woman with amber hair, and she was wearing a white dress. Perhaps because a place is a place, she looked like an angel living in heaven, and she seemed like she was in reality.

“You’re Haildo, right? My brother’s friend? Nice to meet you. My name is Lee Jung-hoon’s younger sister, Lee Anna. Do you like coffee? How about tea if you don’t like caffeine?”

The name Ianna- and the pronunciation of coffee- and caffeine- were exceptionally vivid.

Are you a foreigner?

Looking at her appearance, she seemed to have mixed Korean and foreign blood.

“This oinoi is to ask for peppermint tea, which reminds me of mentenoi… ! I like peppermint, which is as cool as ditch water in midsummer… !”

“I just want some water.”

I got water.

As I was thinking about how much to pay for this crystal water cup, Ianna said.

“I heard a lot of stories from my brother. It was a long time ago, but he said he was angry because there was a guy who was better than him. My brother was a bit jealous.”

“Ah….”

“I haven’t seen anyone out there doing better than me. Well, my whole family is like that. When Macheon’s restrictions were lifted, it was the first building taller than the Dubai building to be built here.”

What do you want to talk about?

I looked at this third-generation chaebol woman with a sense of tension.

It was a bonus to be worried that Oi Noi might roam freely and break her pottery or tear up her paintings.

Soon Ianna spoke.

“My older brother Lee Jung-hoon was a person who would do anything to stand above people. He does exorcism, goes to church and-.”

“Yes. Okay. Doing a gut to the shaman and visiting the church….”

I’ve heard that extreme mothers who are about to take their child’s college entrance exam often do that.

When I felt a little humane because I thought that the 3rd generation conglomerate with super technological power was the same, Anna Lee said as if her emotions were overflowing somewhere.

“But I’m not one to do drugs. That’s why he was able to take over the pharmaceutical company from his father. The things you talk about on TV right now are lies.”

“That means… ?”

“My brother turned off the GPS and went to visit you, right? What happened then? I want you to be honest with me. For some reason my brother doesn’t want to talk about it at all.”

Did Lee Jung-hoon keep quiet about what happened that day?

Then he wondered if it would be okay for me to tell him what happened then.

But Ianna started to shed her tears, and she felt sorry for her as she looked very pitiful and miserable.

I finally spoke from what I know.

A sea anemone.

After hearing the explanation, Ianna raised her eyebrows.

“Two ambulances came?”

“Yes. When I called, they said there was confusion at the 119 center.”

“Two ambulances….”

Ianna summoned a young man who looked like her secretary to see if she remembered anything, and gave small instructions. Then he wiped the tears flowing from her eyes.

“Thank you for telling me. Thank you for bringing the beam saber. The output is also inferior to the old model, but my brother was particularly fond of toys like this—”

Wait a minute-.

Lee Jung-hoon’s beam saber is an older model?

Does that mean that there are also new models?

When I was startled, Lee Anna was even more surprised.

Lee Anna, the 3rd generation conglomerate.

Soon she giggled.

“There will be a new model released by the military this time, but it is still a try-on product. Oh, I have a prototype, but can I give it to you? It also serves as a collection of actual data. Secretary Kim-.”

A man in a black suit brought a very technically missing case.

When I opened the case, I heard a click and the sound of a mechanism operating, and then I saw a very sleek silver handle inside.

“It is a sword that is charged according to the user’s mana. The production cost is lowered, but the performance is better. Explosive accidents are significantly reduced compared to the old one. It also lasts a lot longer!”

There was also an explosion accident in the beam saber.

Anyway, I got a prototype beam saber that the Osa Group’s technology was concentrated on.

Zuuung-.

The white light emitted from the C-class mana was wonderful. A weapon that gets stronger according to the user’s mana level—that’s romantic.

“Then, see you again someday.”

Suk-.

Leaving behind the third generation of chaebol waving their hands, I descended the building that was as tall as Olympus. I came out as if I was running away because I thought they might ask for my beam saber back.

How much does this weapon cost?

While imagining such happy things, I headed to the slum-like place that was created next to the city of Macheon.

Originally, it was not a slum, but even in broad daylight, the gloomy city alleys, flickering neon lights, and graffiti painted on the walls by someone were very strange.

Oinoi asked while walking through the back alleys of this surreal city.

“The owner of the house… ! I wonder where you are going now… !”

“My mom and dad’s house. It’s near here.”

How many years will it be before I return to my hometown?

I already felt dizzy before my eyes.