OMH Chapter 67
by Volare67. Guide (12)
The morning dawned as usual. As always, I woke up at 5 AM, went for a jog, and prepared for the day.
Now, all I have to do in the morning is wake up Cha Wooreen and send her to daycare.
Usually, when Woojin rustles around, Wooreen wakes up too, but maybe because she went to bed late playing games yesterday, she didn’t wake up.
Woojin even packed breakfast so he wouldn’t have to take Wooreen to the cafeteria to let her sleep more, but if we leave her any longer, we’ll all be late. It was time to wake her up.
Woojin gently woke Wooreen.
“Wooreen, Cha Wooreen. You need to wake up now.”
“Ugh, no…”
“You need to get up and go to daycare. You said you wanted to play Halli Galli with your friends.”
“No… I’m not going…”
And then, hell began.
Cha Wooreen started crying loudly, saying she didn’t want to go to daycare.
She cried so loudly that the neighbors from the next room came to my room.
I chased away the neighbors and said to Woojin, “Should we just send her like this since we packed breakfast? I’ll pack a change of clothes separately.”
We’re already cutting it close with time even if we leave now. There’s no time to soothe Wooreen. Her sleepiness will go away with time, so we can just send her.
I packed Wooreen’s things and waited for Woojin’s answer.
Woojin has to leave with me, so he probably thinks the same way, right?
Woojin, who had been persuading Wooreen for a while, said to me, “I don’t think it’ll work today. Can’t we just bring her with us?”
Huh? What does that mean? We went through the trouble of finding a daycare, and now you want to bring her with us?
But because it was Woojin who said it, I agreed.
Since we decided not to send the kid to daycare, we actually had more time.
During that time, Woojin soothed, fed, washed, and dressed her.
Woojin put in so much effort to soothe her, that Cha Wooreen was lively again, unbelievably so considering she was crying and screaming just moments ago.
“Oppa, Oppa. Are you going to do ‘bang, bang’ today? When are Hana and Kim Sanghyuk coming?”
Cha Wooreen, who came to Room 172, held onto Woojin’s pants and chattered endlessly.
At least she’s not crying, so that’s good.
I handed Cha Wooreen my Smartwatch and said, “Oppa is busy now, so he can’t play with you. Play with this.”
“Why? You weren’t like this last time.”
“That was then, and this is now. Woojin is very busy. That’s why we told you to go to daycare, but you didn’t go.”
I gently coaxed Cha Wooreen.
But even with my gentle tone, Cha Wooreen started to tear up.
Looks like it’s time for another round of loud crying. But Room 172 is spacious and soundproof, so it’s okay. She should cry if she wants to.
I was about to tell Cha Wooreen a good spot to cry alone when the door to Room 172 opened.
“Senior, we’re here! Guide, hello!”
“Guide, you’ve become a complete celebrity now, haven’t you?”
“That’s right, everyone knows you now.”
The tears in Cha Wooreen’s eyes disappeared at the appearance of the noisy teenagers.
Cha Wooreen ran to the kids and started acting like she knew them, something she had never done before.
“Unnie, I came too.”
“Oh? Wooreen~ It’s been a while. I heard you go to kindergarten. You didn’t go today?”
“Yeah. I didn’t want to go.”
“It’s nice that you don’t have to go if you don’t want to.”
Maybe it’s because they’re kids, but they seemed to have a common ground for conversation. Cha Wooreen stuck to Jang Hana and chattered away.
I took that opportunity to train Woojin.
Because today is the day after the New Year’s meeting, the S-grade Espers have time to spare, but not Woojin.
The evaluation results for the S-grade Espers’ training are already out, but Woojin will be evaluated in the spring.
So, I asked the S-grade Espers to just play with Wooreen today.
Although I’m busy looking at the training evaluation results and meeting result data for the S-grade Espers, the kids have finished all their busy work.
Thanks to that, Cha Wooreen wasn’t bored, and Woojin worked hard in training, and the morning passed.
*
Cha Wooreen seemed very happy today.
Well, she cried in the morning and got what she wanted, so she must be in a good mood.
I was just busy getting Cha Wooreen’s entry permit to the Research Center separately.
Cha Wooreen wasn’t an EGA Association member on paper, just an outsider, so she couldn’t enter the Research Center.
So, as soon as it was lunchtime, I diligently explained the situation to Director Kim and made sure Cha Wooreen could get a temporary permit.
Cha Wooreen, who entered the Research Center with the power of the Director Kim, who can use his rank, was excited and ran around.
“Oppa, look at this. It looks so weird.”
“Oppa, look at that.”
“Oppa, Oppa!”
Moreover, it was very embarrassing because she kept calling out to Woojin loudly.
‘There’s nothing to gain from Woojin and me standing out here, so did I bring her for nothing?’
I should have called Kim Sanghyuk or anyone else to take care of Cha Wooreen. Isn’t Woojin regretting it too?
Woojin, who was next to her, answered Cha Wooreen, who kept calling out to him.
“I’ll be there, so don’t run and wait there.”
Woojin never got annoyed with Cha Wooreen who was bothering him and did everything she asked for.
How can a person be so perfect? His appearance is a work of art from God, and his personality is like a saint who could appear in the Bible?
Woojin even seemed to be enjoying spending time with Cha Wooreen. He’s really amazing.
Seeing Woojin smiling innocently with Cha Wooreen made me feel good too.
The Research Center always makes people on edge, but maybe it’s okay to relax sometimes.
I also walked around the Research Center with Woojin, trying to please Cha Wooreen.
But the joy of looking around at this and that was quickly shattered.
It was because Cha Wooreen, who had run ahead of us, ended up facing the Research Center employees alone.
It was about 20 meters away, but as a Enhancement-Type Esper, I could hear what was being said.
“Oh my, she shouldn’t touch that!”
“Why is there a child here?”
The annoying Research Center employees treated Cha Wooreen, who was alone, like an uninvited guest and harassed her.
“Little girl, if you keep bothering the adults, your mom and dad will abandon you? In this dangerous world, if you don’t listen to the adults, you’ll get abandoned~ So don’t touch that and go away.”
“If you keep loitering around here, the monster will get you.”
The researchers were crossing the line more and more.
Cha Wooreen was so scared when she saw the researcher threatening her right in front of her face that she froze like a stone.
I couldn’t stand it any longer.
I quickly ran over and picked up Cha Wooreen. And I pointed my finger at the researcher who was pointing his finger and argued.
“Hey! Who are you to scare a kid by saying she’ll be abandoned? The Research Center will abandon you faster than we’ll abandon her, you bastard!”
The researchers are all normal people, but they don’t seem to think that they could be eaten by monsters? I got angry and pointed my finger at the guy who was scaring her by saying the monster would get her.
People gathered around and made a fuss, but I didn’t care.
Even though there are many researchers who are out of their minds, they are basically a highly intelligent group. If they’re not stupid, they’ll know that they’re in the wrong.
Someone in the crowd said.
“But is it okay for a child whose identity is unknown to enter the Research Center carelessly?”
“What, who is it?!”
I glared in the direction of the voice.
A man with dark hair flinched, probably scared of me. The researcher with thick glasses next to him poked him in the side with his elbow and whispered.
“Hey, just be quiet. That’s Gang Hana.”
“So what if she’s a beast? Why do we have to be mindful of her?”
“If you want to be a victim who dies a dog’s death to that beast, then do whatever you want.”
‘Do you think I can’t hear you when you grumble quietly?’
I was angry, but I decided to hold back for now. Because anyone who harms a researcher will be disposed of. This is the same even if it’s an S-grade Esper, of which there are only 11 in the Korean branch.
But as long as I don’t hit them, it’s okay to glare at them as much as I want.
Woojin pushed through the pathetic researchers and came towards me.
“Hana! What’s going on?”
Woojin came over and immediately took Wooreen.
As soon as Cha Wooreen was in Woojin’s arms, she burst into tears.
“Wahhh! Oppa… that Mister, that Mister said he’d abandon me…”
“What? What are you talking about?”
Woojin, who soon learned the situation, was naturally angry.
He looked angry, but Woojin didn’t say anything and just patted Wooreen.
The people around him recognized Woojin and started to whisper.
“Isn’t that the guy who was supposed to be the field Guide team leader?”
“That’s right~ I wondered why the Guide Director put a Guide in as a handyman. So that’s why.”
“I didn’t know he had a kid.”
The eyes of the people who had seen Woojin as a pebble until yesterday had changed.
The researchers don’t need to be submissive to the Guide team leader, but it’s not good to have a completely bad relationship.
The researcher who made the harsh remarks to Wooreen also recognized Woojin and was polite.
“I’m sorry. Because it’s this kind of world, I’m not used to children, so I made a mistake.”
The burly researcher held out his thick hand and asked for a handshake.
But Woojin didn’t take the hand the researcher offered and just stroked Wooreen’s back.
Woojin, who was looking at the researcher with cold eyes, said.
“You didn’t do anything wrong to me, so I’d rather you apologize to my sister, whom you unfairly treated, than to me.”
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