Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 182

Chapter 182: PEACE OFFERING

"WOONHAK Hyung, do we really have to do this?" Yuno asked nervously while looking at the "IV drip" attached to his arm. "Gayoon Hyung would be upset..."

The "IV drip" attached to him contained Lee Woonhak’s liquified Mana.

Hence, Yuno had no choice but to lie down on the bed like the patient that he was.

Again.

Gayoon Hyung will definitely stress over this again.

That also meant their sex life would suffer once again.

Gayoon Hyung has been holding back all this time because he didn’t want me to overexert myself. If he sees me in this condition, he might not even kiss me this time.

Tsk.

Yuno didn’t know he was a little horny bastard until that moment.

Wait, what?

Did I just call myself ’little?’

Que horror!

"Madam, you didn’t want me to seal the Esper Core again, so this is the least thing I can do to stop the Esper Core from absorbing your Mana," Lee Woonhak explained in a scolding tone. "The Esper Core will get confused since an Esper’s Mana is flowing through your veins. Hence, it will be forced to stop absorbing Mana. But this is only a temporary measure. We either have to seal the Esper Mana or remove it from your heart."

Right.

Those options were available, but Yuno refused both.

Because I still need to talk to Esper Matthew-ssi’s ghost.

"Madam, didn’t you say that you could remove the Esper Core when it was still in Guide Kim Jaeha’s heart?" Lee Woonhak asked curiously. "Then can you follow the same procedure for yourself? I’ll help you if there’s anything I can do for you."

"I think I can remove the Esper Core on my own, but I’m afraid the Esper Core will die if it doesn’t have a ’vessel,’" Yuno explained, pausing for a moment. "When I harvested Guides’ Cores in the past, Father would put the Cores in ’vessels’ that apparently resembled a heart to keep them "alive." We don’t have that kind of Item here, so Esper Matthew-ssi’s Esper Core might "die" if we suddenly removed it from my heart."

Lee Woonhak nodded thoughtfully as if he could understand what Yuno was trying to say. "And we can’t have Esper Matthew-ssi’s Core dying on us."

"That’s right, Hyung."

"So, the madam is sacrificing himself just to keep a stranger’s Core alive. Gayoon won’t be happy with this, for real."

"Hyung..."

"I feel bad for my boss, Madam."

Ahem.

"I understand that Gayoon Hyung will be upset because he cares about me, but there are things that I need to do even if he doesn’t agree with it," Yuno said stubbornly. But he had to say that he felt a pang in his chest. It was as if he was doing Ki Gayoon dirty, and that made him feel guilty. "It’s not like I don’t care about Gayoon Hyung. That’s why I plan to beg for his forgiveness?"

"Madam, can I give you some advice?"

"I’ll appreciate it, Hyung."

"You just need to make sure that Gayoon won’t have the chance to get mad at you if you want to win the argument," Lee Woonhak said while patting Yuno’s shoulder. "I’ll make sure no one will be on this floor once Gayoon arrives."

Hmm?

Yuno only realized what Lee Woonhak was trying to say when the doctor left the VIP Room.

Honey trap.

In short, I need to seduce Gayoon Hyung so he’d be too distracted to get mad at me...?

***

IT WAS kind of awkward.

Kim Jaeha woke up in a different room than the one he remembered when Lee Haerin brought him to Lee Woonhak’s room.

It still looked as fancy as the previous room, but it had two beds this time.

And the person occupying the other bed was the person who saved him earlier.

"Your name is Kwon Hojun-ssi, right?"

"Yeah," Kwon Hojun said casually while peeling a tangerine. "You don’t have to speak formally to me. We’re the same age. Plus, you’re a high-class Guide."

"Then you can just call me by my name as well, Hojun-ah." _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}

"If you insist, Jaeha-ya."

Oh.

Kim Jaeha didn’t expect Kwon Hojun to call him casually right away even though he was the one who offered that first.

Most people would be too awkward to do it, but not this one.

"Ah, was I not supposed to accept your offer?" Kwon Hojun asked, tilting his head to one side. "I was told I couldn’t read the room most of the time. So, I’d appreciate if you just be blunt with me, Jaeha-ssi. I won’t mind. I’m too dumb to remember things. In short, I’ll forget it right away even if you insult me now."

"No, it’s not like that. You can call me by my name casually," Kim Jaeha said, ashamed that Kwon Hojun misunderstood his expression. "I was just surprised that you weren’t treating me like I was some sort of god. I’m not saying that I want you to worship me. It’s just how I was treated by the people around me."

It was funny how the people he was talking about would worship him like a god only because of the benefits they would get from him.

But everyone would turn a blind eye every time Matthew started abusing him.

"I’m saying talking to you is like a breath of fresh air," Kim Jaeha explained shyly. "Thank you for treating me like a normal friend of the same age, Hojun-ah."