Chapter 153

While I was tired of seeing water, the lake reflecting the snowy mountaintops was beautiful . What I was seeing was a picturesque sight .

“Swiss? Were you really abroad?”

“I had been traveling . ”

“You were living an easy life . ”

“It was too boring to stay in one place . ”

I could not take out even one of Hyunjae Sung’s memories, and actually, I could not move anymore . I felt that it would be too dangerous to overdo myself here . My mana had already been emptied, but there were other harmful factors .

‘I thought I would be all right since I was fine at that Diarma incident . ’

However, Diarma had been using the skill and not me at the time, and I had only talked when facing Irin . I should have considered these cases, but I had been too excited at the thought of fighting as an equal to Hyunjae Sung .

However, since I got something out of this, I should use it as much as possible .

“Won’t you tell me before you go out?”

“What?”

“What you’re hiding . ”

“Like what? I have a lot of things I’m hiding from you . ”

“The truth rather than the boring answer that you can see the future . ”

I knew that Hyunjae Sung must have noticed after I used double the stats of an S class and the black blood flames . People could use the powers they had experienced before here, and the ones I used did not exist in the present .

While I had told Hyunjae Sung that he might be able to see the future, but me also having the same ability was strange . However…

“I do not have any reason to tell you . ”

“I won’t remember anything . ”

Hyunjae Sung’s voice was soft like he was trying to comfort me . While I was younger than him by more than a decade, he seemed to think of me as even more younger than that .

“I can’t trust you when you speak like that . You might be deceiving me . ”

“If I could get out of here with my memories intact, I would not have left you alone . I would be dissecting you . ”

That was understandable and made me think I should never cast a mental skill on Hyunjae Sung again . I thought it would be an easy win, but I was wrong . If something went wrong, my memories would have been ripped out from me .

“Think of me as your teddy bear . You shouldn’t keep so much to yourself . ”

“You act like you’re a kind person . I might cry at your warm words . ”

“I’m always nice . ”

“Have you already forgotten what happened last night? Should I give you knitting things to prevent dementia?”

“I appreciate you are trying to celebrate my birthday, but I want something already completed . ”

I should knit him a hot pink muffler about five meters long . Hyunjae Sung waited without urging me on . I was attracted to the idea that the person I would talk to would not remember anything . He would respond well if I spoke about what I was hiding, and it might lead to a fruitful discussion about the future .

‘The depraved told me I should not talk about the return, but it wouldn’t matter if he could not remember anything . ’

I looked up at Hyunjae Sung as I sat on a boulder .

“It’s not much . ”

He would not remember and would probably force me to speak if I remained silent to the end . It would be better to speak up first .

“I returned from five years into the future by using an item . ”

“All right . ”

Hyunjae Sung spoke like he had heard something trivial that happened once every month . The lump in my throat loosened at his tone, and I spoke as if nothing was wrong .

“Don’t you have any questions like whether the Sesung Guild Leader is alive or dead? I’ll tell you a couple of things out of goodwill . ”

A cloud of light that moved delicately according to its owner’s will appeared from his fingertips at my words .

“It’s about five years’ worth . ”

Was he talking about his skill experience? That he would be living after five years?

“You seemed to be alive but missing . ”

“That’s odd . ”

“You were suspected of murdering Department Head Taewon Song before you disappeared . ”

Hyunjae Sung tilted his head as I asked, my eyes wondering if the suspicion was correct .

“I cannot think of a reason I would do such a thing right now . ”

“Perhaps he was in the way of organizing the Hunter Association?”

“It’s boring without an audience . Moreover, the association is too small to compensate . ”

Too small? However, an S class hunter would be missed since they were not rocks rolling on the ground . Hyunjae Sung seemed to value human resources on his terms as he kept MKC and Sudam Guild Leaders alive . Well, I might have to remove the word human since he did not treat them as such .

“However, you two would not have been strangers since you have that loot skill . ”

Taewon Song would not have handed in his primary skill when he was alive and well . I did not know how he gave it to Hyunjae Sung, while I could make a vague guess .

“How about asking the person in question why he would give me his skill before dying?”

“I feel like he would strangle me again . ”

Taewon Song would look at me if I were crazy . I might ask him because I was curious about how he would actually react .

“And…let’s go out if you don’t have any questions . You wouldn’t remember it anyway . ”

“How about you?”

“Ah, I had lived like I am now, so I have nothing to say . ”

Hyunjae Sung would think of my life story as trivial . He opened his mouth as I stood up from the boulder .

“I congratulate you on repairing your relationship with your younger brother . ”

I felt faint for a minute, so I did not know what I had felt at his words . The ensuing silence might have been either long or short .

“…Your memories?”

“I don’t remember anything . ”

“Then, are you really trying to become a fortune-teller?”

“When someone comes back to the past, he or she would act on their deepest desires . That desire would be something that the individual had regretted the most in the future . Based on my current state, you returned about two months ago, and that was when you became closer to your younger brother . ”