The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 57

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Episode 57

 

 

A few days ago.

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young, who had come to work at the office, began thoroughly searching the office with an uneasy feeling.

 

“Oh, Manager Yoon. What are you doing?”

 

Noh Hae-min, who arrived at work a few minutes later, approached her with a curious expression.

However, Yoon Ha-young searched the office with beast-like Intuition.

 

Whenever she felt like this, something bad always happened.

It was the same on the day Sage came to visit.

 

Yoon Ha-young, who was about to fall into sentimentality, shook her head and straightened her back to stand up.

Noh Hae-min’s innocent face was right in front of her.

 

“I feel like I forgot something.”

“You, Manager Yoon? No way, that can’t be.”

 

Noh Hae-min said with a bright smile.

 

“Ah, Lawyer Sung seems to be a bit late today.”

 

…Is that so?

 

Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun had never been late to work even once since joining the company.

While she and Lawyer Noh Hae-min often arrived at the office after ten o’clock,

Sung Tae-hyun never did that.

 

He reminded her of the Company Director she used to see when she worked as a Legal Team employee.

The way he would come to work from the crack of dawn and occupy his seat.

 

“Did Lawyer Sung say anything special yesterday?”

 

When Yoon Ha-young asked, Noh Hae-min shook his head.

 

“Hmm… I’m not sure? I think he said something about tearing into beef…”

 

Unfortunately, she had left work a bit early yesterday.

It was to take photos of a newly watched idol on their way home from work.

After that, she played a game at the Boxing Club and went home to sleep.

 

This utterly ordinary day.

She couldn’t understand why she was feeling so uneasy.

 

“Beef? With whom?”

“Hmm… I don’t know, but why? Should we ask him to buy us some too? We were already talking about having another company dinner with the Representative’s Corporate Card-“

 

And generally, Yoon Ha-young’s Intuition was usually right.

 

She slowly returned to her seat.

Noh Hae-min was following her around like a puppy following its owner.

 

“Ah, but Lawyer Sung is running late today? It’s already past ten o’clock.”

 

This was exactly the problem.

 

Yoon Ha-young closed her eyes for a moment and fell into thought.

Yesterday, Sung Tae-hyun had left the office earlier than usual.

It was even before Yoon Ha-young left work.

 

I think he said he was going to some office.

 

“…Park Mu-hyun’s Office.”

“Huh? Oh, that’s right! Right. Yesterday Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun said he was going to visit…”

 

Noh Hae-min’s face turned slightly pale.

 

“Don’t tell me, he still can’t be reached…”

“It seems like something has gone wrong.”

 

Yoon Ha-young turned on her computer with a coldly hardened face.

It didn’t take long for her precious network of online informants to find the connection between Park Mu-hyun’s Office and some cult.

 

“…Car… di… a?”

“Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun still can’t be reached, right?”

 

While Yoon Ha-young was utilizing her network, Noh Hae-min was also persistently trying to contact Sung Tae-hyun’s number.

He even went to visit Lim Do-hyuk’s Studio Apartment located in the Opposite Unit, entered the passcode, and went inside.

However, Lim Do-hyuk also seemed to be away, with only cold air occupying the space.

 

“Let’s eat first and then resume tracking.”

 

The more they searched, the more they judged that Park Mu-hyun wouldn’t rashly do anything dangerous to Sung Tae-hyun.

Yoon Ha-young checked her watch for a moment, then opened the office Door with Noh Hae-min to go eat lunch.

And then, at that moment.

 

“Oh!”

 

Noh Hae-min’s surprised exclamation burst out.

 

Yoon Ha-young threw Noh Hae-min inside the office Door with efficient body movements.

The technique was properly executed, so Noh Hae-min wasn’t hurt.

 

Instead, he was pressed flat against the wall, letting out a bewildered sigh.

 

“You there, come out.”

 

Old stairs facing the entrance of the office.

 

Were they in their early twenties?

A girl and boy who still looked young quietly revealed themselves.

 

The camera that had tried to photograph Noh Hae-min’s face moments ago was rolling down the stairs.

 

‘What the hell, these chicks?’

 

Yoon Ha-young easily subdued them and brought them to the office.

The camera already had its memory card removed and thrown onto her desk.

 

“Who sent you?”

 

They had tried to photograph Noh Hae-min’s face.

Probably herself as well.

 

Yoon Ha-young turned her gaze from the unchecked memory card to them.

 

“…Pro… Protosophy ordered us for evangelism…”

 

What kind of bullshit is this now.

 

Yoon Ha-young’s forehead slightly contorted.

Clearly an ordinary face, but the aura emanating from her was extraordinary.

The children trembled and buried their heads to the ground.

 

“You guys are from that place. Cardia.”

 

The overly kind Noh Hae-min was serving tea to the children who had tried to photograph his face to take back to the religious order.

 

As warm steam rose from the tea cups, the children’s frozen bodies slightly thawed.

They looked at the steam rising from the tea cups and murmured in small voices.

 

“…We weren’t trying to use it for bad things…”

“That’s right. Just… for prayer purposes for evangelism…”

 

Their voices became even smaller.

Noh Hae-min approached them and asked in a gentle voice.

 

“Evangelism? Prayer?”

“…Yes…”

“You really just wanted to take photos?”

“…Yes, yes… This office doesn’t even have a homepage…”

 

The children’s voices became even smaller.

 

They tried to take photos?

If that really was their only purpose, it wasn’t incomprehensible that they would send such clumsy young children.

 

However.

Thinking of Sung Tae-hyun who couldn’t be reached, she couldn’t easily let these kids go.

 

Yoon Ha-young opened her mouth in a cold voice.

 

“Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun, is he there?”

 

The children’s bodies flinched. Yoon Ha-young pressed them even more coldly.

 

“Did Park Mu-hyun forcibly take him?”

 

When Park Mu-hyun’s name came up, the children trembled pitifully but protested.

 

Noh Hae-min, seeing the children, subtly gestured to Yoon Ha-young.

It meant to calm down.

 

“Park, Park Mu-hyun Kerius… he just helped Sung… Tae-hyun unite with Ecclesia’s Bride…!”

 

I don’t understand what you’re saying.

 

When Yoon Ha-young looked at them contemplatively, the children curled up even more.

That woman’s gaze was unbearable.

 

“Wait. What do you mean by union with that bride?”

 

The girl opened her mouth instead of the trembling boy.

 

“A blessing… Through marriage, he can become one of us and walk the eternal, perfect, and sacred path… baptism…”

“Marriage!?”

 

This time it was Noh Hae-min.

He jumped up, forgetting that his loud voice had made the children tremble.

 

Marriage?

Sung Tae-hyun?

Marriage?

 

Noh Hae-min gulped down the chamomile tea he had given to the boy.

Only then did his nearly lost mind seem to clear up a bit.

 

“Where is that place?”

 

Yoon Ha-young, who had quickly processed the shock, asked.

The children briefly kept their mouths shut and pretended not to know, dropping their heads to the ground.

 

“Answer. If you don’t answer, you can never leave this office.”

“…! That’s… that’s kidnapping!”

 

The girl lifted her head as if wronged.

Yoon Ha-young crushed the girl’s protest with a cold voice.

 

“You were the ones who kidnapped and confined us first, weren’t you? And you guys were also trying to secretly take photos of me.”

“That’s…!”

 

The girl hadn’t taken photos of Yoon Ha-young yet.

The photos of Noh Hae-min she had already taken were also confiscated.

 

Just as indignation surged up and she was about to protest again, Yoon Ha-young approached the children with a twisted smile on her lips.

 

“It would be quite a sight if I reported you to the police right now. You know, right? That you’re caught red-handed?”

 

As she roughly made up her words, the children’s bodies stiffened with shock.

 

“If you don’t want that, then cooperate. You there, what’s your name.”

 

The girl licked her parched lips several times.

 

She really had picked the wrong target.

 

She never could have imagined there would be such a crazy woman…

Protosophy had simply wanted to prevent any possible mishaps before the ritual and baptism were completed.

 

But to mess things up like this…

 

The girl opened her mouth while shedding tears.

 

“Kim… So-yeon…”

 

This was just her worldly name.

So even if she told it to that wicked and dangerous Satan-like woman, she herself wouldn’t be defiled.

The boy looking at So-yeon bit his lips repeatedly as if he hadn’t expected her to go that far.

 

“Don’t you have a name like ‘Kerius’? You’ll really be in trouble if you lie?”

 

So-yeon turned her gaze toward the man who looked more vulnerable.

It was to ask for help.

 

However, Noh Hae-min avoided her gaze with an ambiguous smile.

 

“…That can’t be revealed to outsiders…!”

“Outsiders?”

 

Yoon Ha-young, who had already finished preparing to leave, burst into laughter and said.

 

“You, stay in this office with that man until I come back.”

 

The girl shook her head with a face that looked like she was about to cry.

 

“What are you planning to do? Our religious order isn’t that stupid-“

“Attorney Noh Hae-min.”

 

Instead of answering the child, Yoon Ha-young turned her gaze to Noh Hae-min.

 

“You’re good at taking care of people, right?”

 

Noh Hae-min’s clear gaze met Yoon Ha-young’s.

He nodded.

 

“Still, please be careful, Manager Yoon. No matter how capable you are, going into such a strange cult den alone…”

“If several people move together, we’ll be discovered quickly.”

 

Yoon Ha-young approached So-yeon.

Then she pointed at the boy with her finger and said.

 

“You two seem to be close, seeing how you moved as a pair.”

“…!”

“If you don’t tell me your name, he might end up in danger.”

 

In the end, the girl revealed her name within the religious order.

 

“Good, I’ll borrow that name for a while.”

 

Yoon Ha-young took the boy and went outside.

The age didn’t match for borrowing the name, but the rest could be handled roughly with quick thinking.

 

Yoon Ha-young said to the boy who was walking while trembling.

 

“From now on, I’m Kim So-yeon Anemone.”

 

At her declaration-like words, sad tears fell from the boy’s eyes.

 

* * *

 

Majestic music was being performed in the hall.

 

What refined taste they have.

Right below the stage, those wearing cloaks were forming an orchestra and performing.

 

-Three lights, with flesh and blood and breath.

-Weave, weave the union of truth.

 

Now the Sacred Ritual Team’s hymn was rushing toward its climax.

 

If this hadn’t been some pseudo-religious group’s gathering, I would have thought it was quite accomplished music.

I couldn’t take my eyes off Manager Yoon Ha-young, who was singing the hymn though I had no idea when she had memorized it.

 

“…Was Manager Yoon a member of the Kardia Cult?”

 

As if he couldn’t believe it even seeing her, Lim Do-hyuk whispered in a lowered voice.

I thought for a moment and then answered.

 

That’s ridiculous.

Deputy Yoon Ha-young’s faith is directed toward idols.

Previously it was Sage. After that… I don’t know.

 

“It won’t be.”

“Then why…”

 

Lim Do-hyuk’s eyes grew even wider.

 

“Don’t tell me, did she infiltrate or something?!”

 

He covered his own mouth at his slightly raised voice.

The gazes of the two boys standing behind us turned toward Lim Do-hyuk before returning to the stage.

 

It seemed they couldn’t hear because the music was too loud.

 

“…It looks that way.”

“But how can she sing hymns?!”

 

That’s something I wonder about too.

However, I had no intention of solving Lim Do-hyuk’s questions together right now.

 

As the music gradually intensified, the Sacred Order Members divided into two lines began slowly descending below the stage.

 

“Let’s wait and see for now.”

 

The voices of the sacred choir grew closer and closer.

 

Was this planned in advance?

 

Among the Sacred Order Members divided into two groups, the line that included Deputy Yoon was approaching toward Lim Do-hyuk and me.

They took delphiniums from their baskets, scattered them around, and sang loudly.

 

-Rua, Lempia!

-Rua, Lempia! Ahhh!

 

Blue petals covered and fluttered in all directions.

 

Soon, Deputy Yoon Ha-young approached closely.

Seen up close, she had a face that looked younger than before.

 

But before Lim Do-hyuk and I could examine her closely.

Deputy Yoon Ha-young scattered flowers from her basket as she passed by us.

 

“…!”

 

And.

At my feet where she had passed, a white note had fallen.

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