Mandu is our cat
The Lost Half-Human, Half-Beast (2)
김여주
who are you..?
?
I've been waiting for you to wake up. You must come with us.
김여주
Huh? No, what is this...
??
I'll explain as I go, so please go down and get in the car.
김여주
No, that's not it. Why am I following them? And why are you in my house?
???
This is... really complicated to explain, but I can't help it. Listen, kids.
김여주
Eww! What are you doing now!! Let go of this! I can report this?!
???
Ha, as expected. Take it properly. Don't let it go.
김여주
Let go of this!! It'll save lives!
The moment I opened my eyes in the morning, I felt kidnapped by three strange men...
It was really weird. Meanwhile, Minseok wasn't even visible, and it was hard to understand why I was in this situation. After struggling for a while, I felt a slight dizziness.
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It will be difficult to struggle any longer.
???
Yeah, I guess there's nothing I can do. The CEO told me not to touch it, but how could I bring it here without touching it?
And after the men's last conversation, I lost consciousness.
김여주
Ugh...
김여주
What is this place...
I don't know how much time had passed, but I was sitting with my arms tied in a dark room, or maybe an office, or something like that.
?
Are you awake, miss?
김여주
Yes? What? Did you call me?
?
Yes, miss.
김여주
Okay, wait a minute, I'm really confused right now. What am I saying? Oh, honey... Mr.? No, but where am I?
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Here...
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Sorry, I can't speak to you. Please speak to the representative later.
김여주
Who the hell is the representative? Are you sure you're the one who brought me here? Wait a minute... Now that I think about it, didn't you kidnap me earlier...
이종석
Hello, I am the representative.
이종석
Kidnapping... I think the choice of words is a bit off.
Just as I was about to speak to the old man, a man who called himself the representative and pointed out what I was saying slowly walked towards me, followed by a bunch of people in black suits.
이종석
Hmm, is this what has our Minseok so fascinated by?
김여주
Wait a minute! Is that Minseok oppa?
이종석
Ha, what a tear-jerking love. Yes, your half-human, half-beast Kim Min-seok.
김여주
Where are you, oppa? Did you kidnap me too? But...
김여주
How do you know about half-human, half-beast...?
이종석
There are so many questions. Well, I have to explain everything anyway, but this is so much more troublesome than I thought when I came here in person, I'm going to go back.
이종석
Okay, this might be confusing, so let me just say this: I'm Kim Min-seok's father, Lee Jong-seok. So, does that make sense now?
김여주
Yes? But the gender is different... That one is half-human, half-beast.
이종석
My last name is... I followed my mother's lead. I don't know if I'm half-human or half-beast. You just have to listen to me.
김여주
Why on earth...
이종석
Shut up. If you've been watching this far, you should know moderation. You're the same, you're no different.
김여주
Huh, what did I do that you're suddenly swearing at me? Okay, let's get this over with. Where's Minseok oppa?
이종석
This guy is so incoherent, you'll never meet Minseok again. Not today, not tomorrow, not in the future, not for the rest of your life.
김여주
No, what did you say?
The last words of the man who had been swearing in front of me, the man who had claimed to be Minseok's father, made my heart ache.
Just as tears welled up in my eyes, I heard someone hurling themselves against the door. And soon after, a man burst through the locked door and entered the room.
민석
Sigh... sigh...
It was Minseok. His entire body was covered in wounds. And blood was streaming down his face. He slowly walked toward me, clutching the bleeding wound on his arm.
이종석
Ha, I didn't expect it to come this far
The man who said he was Minseok's father muttered to himself, and behind Minseok, who was walking, an unexpected person ran in and called out to him.
박수영
Kim Min-seok!! Wait!!!
박수영
Kim Min-seok!! Wait...!
김여주
Swimming...?
김여주
Why are you here...
박수영
Ha... This is completely messed up, messed up. That bastard Kim Min-seok told me to wait, but he pulled out the needle and left...
I looked at Sooyoung, who had just glanced at me and then turned her head to mutter to herself, and I had a puzzled expression on my face. No, to be precise, I really didn't understand. What on earth was going on?
이종석
Yeah, Kim Min-seok, you want to try this with me?
민석
Haa, haa... Yeoju... Yeoju, let me go...
이종석
Phew. Puhahahahahahahahahaha. What did he say? Do you think I'll let him go just because you said that? Doesn't that make sense?
이종석
You must be alive and kicking since you came all the way here. I thought you were practically dead after what happened to you back then, but you still haven't come to your senses. You still have a lot of energy left, don't you?
민석
Shut up. Don't bring up that kid.
이종석
Why, is it because of this kid? Well, even I see the resemblance, so how much more so for you? Oh, you like him because he resembles you?
민석
Shut up.
이종석
Shut up, Dad. Shut up. It's my fault for raising my child poorly. Otherwise, how could I have fallen for a person like this?
민석
What's wrong with liking humans, you too! You did that too
이종석
what?
민석
Mother too... Mother too... was human
이종석
Shut up. Why are you bringing that up here? Stop it before you turn this girl into the same girl you liked, Lee Ji-eun. You can't beat me.
Lee Ji-eun...? Lee... Ji-eun...? Ji-eun? If it's Ji-eun, that's the name my brother called me last time, holding my wrist...
민석
Hehe... You're not even a father, you know?!
Minseok yelled at his father. His words were laced with a sadness I couldn't quite fathom. It was so, so profoundly sad, I couldn't fathom its depth. It made me feel aching, too.
이종석
...take me
My brother's father spoke to the men in suits standing next to him in a commanding tone, and my brother was dragged away by them.
이종석
Okay, let's talk about this later, I'm too tired. I'll go first, so just let go of your wrists. Lock the door well.
I could sense it in my brother's father's expression, though it was quite different from his. He, too, felt sorrow. I couldn't say a word to him before he left the room I was in. And I had to spend the night there with my wrists untied.