The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 60

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Episode 60

 

 

The person who entered through the door wasn’t just Manager Yoon Ha-young alone.

Behind Manager Yoon in her long cloak, a woman wearing only casual clothes peeked her head out timidly.

 

“Elucia.”

 

When I spoke, the woman blushed and said carefully.

 

“Good afternoon, Sung Tae-hyun.”

 

She spoke with her gaze slightly lowered, as if she was too embarrassed to say it outright.

 

“…Even though she’s a daughter of Ecclesia, I was concerned about letting Sung Tae-hyun meet with another woman before his baptism…”

 

It was an embarrassingly cringeworthy tone that would make anyone blush, but I understood the hidden meaning in this fanatic’s words.

 

She was saying Manager Yoon was suspicious.

It would be difficult to secretly pass other instructions while avoiding this gaze.

 

“Ah, but still…”

 

The woman whispered while lowering her trembling eyelashes even more.

 

I glanced at Lim Do-hyuk under that piercing stare.

His expression seemed to say, ‘What on earth happened to make that woman cling to you like this?’

 

“Please don’t mind me and go ahead with your career counseling…”

 

The woman sat down on the chair next to the bed with natural steps, as if she had come to her own room.

 

…But now there’s no chair left to sit on?

The table and two chairs placed in the room that originally had only two beds was also something that happened just a few hours ago.

 

But now.

She deliberately took one of those chairs and moved it next to my bed before sitting down?

However, Manager Yoon Ha-young stood casually in front of the now empty table.

 

“Please sit down, Sung Tae-hyun.”

 

What kind of superior gives such obvious hints to their subordinate?

 

Still, the woman’s attitude was too natural.

Natural enough to make this clearly strange situation feel quite normal.

 

Lim Do-hyuk on the bed across from us was now pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, as if he’d given up trying to understand.

 

“Elucia.”

 

I looked at Manager Yoon standing in front of the table, then spoke to the woman.

 

“Yes, Tae-hyun.”

“You’re sitting on my bed. Please give that chair to Kim So-yeon Anemone.”

“…”

 

It was quite a reasonable suggestion.

Yet the woman showed her displeasure and spoke sweetly.

Her voice was dripping with frost.

 

“Sung Tae-hyun hasn’t been baptized yet.”

“So?”

“Sitting on the bed of an unbaptized outsider is not something one of Ecclesia’s sacred brides can do. It should be written in Chapter 19, Verse 21 of the Gospel of the Heart.”

 

What a difficult person indeed.

 

So in the end, it was a statement that implied both ‘hurry up and finish’ and ‘didn’t you memorize the past exam questions?’

 

Was there ever a person who spoke in such roundabout ways?

As I was about to open my mouth again, Manager Yoon Ha-young secretly shook her head.

 

I eventually sighed and stood in front of the chair at the table, trying to yield it to Manager Yoon Ha-young.

 

“No, please sit in the chair.”

 

Elucia spoke in an even colder voice.

However, the woman soon transformed back into a gentle smile and gave instructions to Manager Yoon Ha-young.

 

“Kim So-yeon Anemone.”

“Yes.”

“In the Gospel of the Heart, how did you learn that a daughter of Ecclesia should behave when dealing with an outsider scheduled for baptism?”

“I learned that we should always keep our distance, not make eye contact, and when accidentally in the same space, we should stand ready to leave immediately.”

 

I haven’t memorized that far yet.

Elucia smiled with satisfaction and looked at me.

 

“Did you hear that?”

“Yes.”

 

So she’s telling me to keep it moderate.

Instead of sitting in the remaining chair, I stood facing Manager Yoon Ha-young in front of the table.

 

“Since I’m still an outsider, I don’t need to be bound by doctrine until my baptism.”

“…!”

 

And what followed was—

 

Actually real career counseling.

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young poured out questions as if she was genuinely interested in Korea University Law School that I had attended.

Elucia’s sharp gaze also relaxed a bit after several dozen minutes had passed.

 

‘…!’

 

Manager Yoon, who had been pouring out concerns about career paths, handed me a small note with perfect timing.

 

[Black mask, confirmed as Haeil representative Lim Sang-jin among VVIPs.]

 

As expected.

Manager Yoon Ha-young already knew.

 

I secretly wrote while watching Elucia’s reactions.

 

[Photos?]

 

I meant whether there was evidence.

Manager Yoon Ha-young nodded with a barely visible smile.

 

She was pouring out questions with her mouth.

 

“…so I’m weak in Logical Reasoning on the LEET. Especially Logic Games….”

 

Good, Elucia’s surveillance had weakened slightly.

She seemed to have lost interest in the tediously continuing conversation.

 

[Photos O, but quality X]

 

Did she mean it was too poor quality to recognize as Lim Sang-jin?

I nodded.

 

“Logic Games utilize Symbolic Logic to-“

 

[Need evidence collection. What about Park Noah?]

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young shook her head.

 

Oh no, she still hasn’t found him?

However, what Manager Yoon Ha-young wrote by hand suggested new possibilities.

 

[Not yet X, rumors that Radiance Corps has him O. Security↑]

 

I’ll need to look further.

If it’s the Radiance Corps, it’s dangerous.

Even more so if security is tight.

 

Dawn.

I learned about the organization called Radiance Corps that Elucia had mentioned in passing from today’s past exam questions.

 

It might be quite dangerous work, but I still instructed Manager Yoon Ha-young for now.

 

[Need surveillance.]

 

Radiance Corps.

 

They gave it an impressive-sounding name, but it was ultimately an organization that did work like inquisitors.

…While they themselves were already a cult.

 

Anyway, to think that side has The Child.

A bad feeling washed over me.

 

“…You two, has there been sufficient time for your meeting?”

 

Elucia was slowly rising from her chair and approaching.

I folded the papers we had been exchanging written messages on and secretly put them in my pocket.

 

The woman didn’t seem to have noticed yet.

 

“Yes, thank you. Lady Elucia.”

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young bowed her head deeply.

 

I could tell this woman held quite a high position, but I forgot to ask Manager Yoon how high exactly.

But it was fortunate enough to have learned this much information under such surveillance.

 

That Lim Sang-jin was inside, and The Child was captured by a cult inquisitor organization called Radiance Corps.

 

“Well then, we’ll be going now.”

 

Elucia took Manager Yoon Ha-young and left through the door.

 

And after that day.

I couldn’t meet Manager Yoon until the baptism ceremony on Sunday.

 

* * *

 

Sunday, 2:50 AM.

 

“…To think I’d see you marrying… her.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk let out a long sigh.

Shouldn’t I be the one saying that?

 

When I turned my head to look back at Lim Do-hyuk, The Boy who had come for baptism preparations shook his head.

 

“Sung Tae-hyun, you can’t. We’re already very late on time.”

 

Didn’t they say the baptism ceremony was at 11 AM?

Even with my expression full of questions, The Boy’s stern face didn’t soften.

 

“Late?”

“Yes.”

 

As if he wouldn’t tolerate any further conversation, The Boy threw open the door.

 

“This way.”

 

I had already given Lim Do-hyuk the papers containing the escape route.

 

If he just acts according to that, there should be almost no variables.

Lim Do-hyuk is the son of Lim Sang-jin, who receives VVIP treatment even within the Religious Order.

 

What I’m worried about is my own situation.

Being dragged to some unknown place since dawn.

I swallowed a sigh and walked through the quiet corridor.

 

‘What?’

 

This isn’t a path I know.

 

It was different from the corridor I usually walked.

The Boy, who had taken a long detour avoiding the Central Stairs, looked back several times as if to confirm I was following properly.

 

“….”

 

How long had we walked?

After walking for quite a while down the Underground Stairs that had no emergency exits, we arrived at an Old Room that felt completely disconnected from the splendid places above.

 

Now The Boy’s face had completely darkened.

When I took a step forward, he trembled and hung his head low.

 

“I’m ruined now.”

“…?”

 

His expression was very different from when he had been urging me, saying we were late.

The Boy looked up at me with a face that seemed ready to cry at any moment.

 

“I’m really ruined.”

 

A whispered voice continued.

Even while speaking, The Boy kept rolling his eyes around, scanning the surroundings.

 

“If they find out I betrayed the Religious Order, I’ll also end up in this room….”

“Wait, betrayed?”

 

At my words, The Boy nodded with tears welling up in his eyes.

 

“Yoon Ha-young….”

 

Ah.

It seems Manager Yoon has done something again.

Unlike Noh Hae-min, she’s someone who’s ruthless for the sake of her goals.

 

But she wouldn’t have touched a minor, would she?

My bewilderment was brief as chicken-dropping-like tears fell from The Boy’s eyes.

 

“She sent me… *sob*… so I brought you here….”

“Take your time.”

 

Suddenly I remembered the map Manager Yoon had given me.

I hadn’t memorized all the CCTV locations marked on the map, but.

 

Right… considering the distance The Boy and I had traveled, this is the deepest Underground of the Main Building.

And, even at a glance, there’s nothing like CCTV here.

 

Compared to the quite numerous CCTVs marked on the map, this Underground with no CCTV at all was indeed a suspicious location.

 

“…*sob*… You have to protect me and Anemo… no, So-yeon….”

 

I raised one hand to wipe The Boy’s tears.

Unfortunately, I had left behind the handkerchief I always carried.

 

“I promise.”

 

The Boy nodded.

Soon, The Door opened.

 

‘…Was it a door with pretty good soundproofing?’

 

From Outside the Door that had been quiet until now, people’s murmuring voices flowed out along with gentle music.

 

“…I can only guide you this far.”

 

The Boy whispered and then stepped backward.

 

“…Th, this is the Room of Silence managed by the Radiance Corps….”

“That won’t happen, so don’t worry.”

“Just what I did now… is enough to get me locked in this Room of Silence for 50 days.”

 

The Boy’s eyes were colored with fear.

 

“Th, the… Child you’re looking for….”

“….”

“Probably here… th, they’ll be here….”

 

The Boy, who had been trembling as if even getting the words out was suffocating, spoke his final words and then ran away.

 

* * *

 

‘This smells like crime.’

 

Several rooms blocked by rusty iron bars were lined up on both sides of the corridor.

 

What purpose could they have had for creating rooms like this?

I stepped forward silently, surveying my surroundings.

The map Manager Yoon had given me didn’t show the interior of this room.

 

My memory was hazy.

 

“Again!”

 

Suddenly, someone’s loud voice burst out.

 

A weak light flickered in the distance at the end of the corridor.

An interior that seemed completely unmaintained, with a foul smell and dim lighting.

Overall, it was a place that felt designed for no purpose other than to provoke human fear and dread.

 

Smack!

 

“…!”

 

…No way.

 

I practically ran toward where the light was seeping out.

I don’t know what situation this is yet, so let’s not jump to conclusions.

Despite telling myself that, my fingertips trembled finely.

 

Sung Tae-hyun’s body was agitated beyond my control.

A musty smell stung my nostrils.

 

“I’m… huu… I’m sorry….”

 

A thin voice drifted out.

 

The boy who had brought me here earlier had said so.

That Park Noah would be here.

 

My heart began beating irregularly.

I ran through the dark corridor that seemed vast.

The light was gradually getting closer.

 

“Again! What did the gospel say?”

“Sa, Satan….”

“Again!”

“I, I must be, purified….”

 

The rumbling sound grew louder and louder.

When I finally reached the room and grabbed the door handle.

 

“…!”

 

I locked eyes with Park Noah, who was collapsed on the floor.

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