The World’s Strongest Daughter

“Hmm… .”

Chairman. Jeong Nan-do put the material he was checking aside, looked up at me and said in a hint.

“Is this all?”

For an old man over 70, his eyes were quite sharp.

A little nervous, I cleared my voice and slowly explained.

“Yes. My biological parents died 16 years ago, and my grandparents who raised Yoo Ji-hwan also died 12 years ago.”

He grew up in an orphanage until the age of 14, and then contracted an unknown disease and was admitted to the hospital.

Jeong Nan-do, who had been quietly listening to the explanation, took out a new cigar, cut off the tip and spoke softly.

“and?”

“… I went into a coma, and then cardiac arrest from shock, and then suddenly I was well.”

So, 15-year-old Yoo Ji-hwan received research expenses and was discharged from the hospital, and then left the orphanage.

After leaving the orphanage, he suddenly tried to approach the swordsman and his daughter, and suddenly entered the academy.

After entering the academy, he even waged a friendly war, partnered with the swordsman’s daughter, and helped prevent this terrorist attack.

The past two years have been very suspicious.

“That is all.”

After all briefings about Yoo Ji-hwan.

Jeong Nan-do quietly burned a cigar as if he was in trouble.

How long had passed, when Jeong Nan-do’s cigar burned half white.

He gave new instructions.

“Bring it quietly.”

*

as… My… .

Related search terms that pop up in an instant.

I’ve heard of pasta, but what kind of steamed chicken and chicken feet… . It seems that all red food has a rosette.

“There’s everything… .”

I let out a small sigh of admiration and moved the mouse slowly.

While checking the recipe and taking notes on the necessary ingredients on my phone, I suddenly had a thought.

Maybe this is enough to make me close with Soyeon?

We go to and from the house, we shop together, we play games, and we cook meals together.

Although it is not enough to lean on your heart, you can be sure that you are quite close.

How many friends can you rely on?

As the body gets closer, the mind gets closer.

Soon, I will be able to help Min So-yeon both physically and mentally.

It was the time when I finished organizing the recipes with a smile of satisfaction in the hopeful future.

woo-woong- woo-woong-

The cell phone placed next to me suddenly started to vibrate.

Who is this time… .

When I glanced at my phone, I saw that a call was coming from the number I saw for the first time.

“… what.”

I hung up because I thought it was a strange call, but after a while a message arrived from the same number.

[ This is Dae-Yong Shin, the head of the Academy Secretariat. I will be sending a car soon, so please feel free to come. ]

It was a suspicious message.

A few days ago, while I was in the hospital, the academy had said that they would contact me.

But it’s not too suspicious to drive a car in this ugly age.

Then, another short message arrived.

[This is a call from the chairman. ]

“yes?”

The president I know?

There is only one person who can be called the president of the academy.

Jeong Nan-do. He was his wife’s teacher, and he was close to his father.

Jeong Nan-do used to call me ‘a coward who uses magic behind a woman’… .

I still have good memories of being beaten on the day my wife revealed that she was pregnant.

… It was a little too early.

But why did the old man suddenly contact me?

When I tried to reveal my identity, I didn’t even pretend, but now… .

“ah.”

I suddenly thought that this might be an opportunity.

If you reveal your identity to Jeong Nan-do, you will be able to hear the news of your wife, and also to Min So-yeon… !

At that moment, suddenly, something flashed in front of me and obscured my view.

“What, what… .”

A mysterious message floating in the air.

[ Make Min So-yeon the strongest in the world. *If it fails, the world will be destroyed ]

└ Don’t let Min So-yeon know your identity. * ‘Death’ in case of failure

It also hung up to the tail.

No, what is this… .

I was very upset about what had happened so suddenly.

The fact that the ‘message’, which had never changed so far, showed a change means that my actions are having a proper impact, which is quite encouraging.

But the new content was a problem.

Don’t reveal your identity to Min So-yeon, you’ll die if caught?

There is no coercion or such coercion.

What does saving the world have to do with not revealing her identity to Min So-yeon?

It’s not the first time I thought I’d reveal my identity to Min So-yeon, so why suddenly… .

“no way… .”

I looked at the phone in my hand, just in case.

Immediately after contacting Nan-do Jeong, the message showed a change.

It must have something to do with it.

[All right.]

After leaving a reply to the person named Chief of Staff, I immediately called Min So-yeon.

If it was a purely terrorist incident, then Min So-yeon would have also reached out.

By the way… .

[…] I didn’t get it.]

Min So-yeon said that she did not receive any contact.

[…] Who did you contact?]

I gave the name of the chief of staff that was written in the message, and she seemed to ponder for a moment, then said as if thinking of something.

[…] That person will be the chief of staff.]

huh? how does he know

Just as I was about to ask Min So-yeon how she knew, the relationship between his wife and Jeong Nan-do suddenly came to mind.

He’s like a grandfather to Soyeon, so it wouldn’t be strange to know the attendant.

“… okay? I’m glad. I thought he was a suspicious person… . So, I think I’ll be a little late today.”

[…] uh?]

Min So-yeon’s slightly bewildered voice came over the speaker.

“I’ll be gone until dinner, so if you’re hungry, eat something.”

[Yes… .]

Somehow, I felt as if I was comforting a child who was left alone at home.

“Then see you later.”

[…] yes… .]

So, after hanging up with Min So-yeon.

I started preparing to go to meet Jeong Nan-do.

*

I got in the car that came to my house and headed to the academy.

Just in case, I prepared to counterattack at any time, but fortunately it ended in useless worry.

After arriving at the academy, I was guided by a person called the chief of staff and headed straight to the president’s office.

“You can go right in.”

Following the chief of staff’s instructions to go in alone, I quietly pushed the door in.

The first thing that greeted me was the smell of smoke in the room.

He seems to burn a cigar even at his age.

“… This is Yoo Ji-hwan.”

After revealing his identity, he, who had been leaning deep in the chair, slowly got up.

A huge body that is hard to believe that he is an old man in his 70s.

However, even the years had not been able to deceive him, and his hair and beard were washed completely white.

Jeong Nan-do didn’t change.

“Sit down.”

Slightly captivated by the appearance of an old acquaintance, I finally came to my senses and took a seat opposite him.

So why did this old man call me?

That time I waited quietly, holding my breath.

“Don’t be too nervous.”

Isn’t it nice to talk to you with a kind smile?

“… Yes.”

The Nan-do Jeong I know is not such a kind person.

Obviously, this is an external view.

“You did a great job in this terrorist incident. Perhaps if we had missed the criminals, the academy would have closed.”

“… thank you.”

I silently thanked him, and he continued stroking his beard.

“So, the only reason I called you was because I wanted to ask you something.”

What is the point of sending someone to ask?

Did you really call me out of pure terrorism?

“… Do you believe in God?”

huh?

I was taken aback by the absurd remark.

“No, the question is strange. Do you believe in God?”

“… I do not know.”

“… So, do you know what the Old School is?”

old school.

God and so on, and out of nowhere religion came out.

that’s pseudo

“Isn’t that a pseudonym?”

What is the reason for suddenly taking out the pseudonym?

no way… , this old man, after all, a pseudonym… .

With a glance of suspicion, he hastily added an excuse.

“Oh, don’t get me wrong. I don’t believe in such a pseudonym. … So, do you think Old School is a cult?”

Whoever looked at me thought I was a pseudonym.

No, this inspiration is real… .

“I do not believe in religion.”

Jeong Nan-do showed a satisfied smile only after I hit the wedge again.

“Well. I am sure.”

… what the hell

I had no idea how things were going.

He wet his mouth with the tea his secretary had brought, and swipe to bring up the next topic.

“Okay, it’s okay to move on to the next question.”

Also, this is not all.

“He said you’ve been sick for a while.”

Well, that was before I died.

But how did Jeong Nan-do know that?

I answered as if nothing happened, hiding the question that came to mind.

“… It’s fine now.”

“I’m glad… , I was sick in my prime, so I guess I couldn’t play properly. What did you do after you got healthy?”

Jeong Nan-do brightens his eyes by asking questionable questions.

Only then did I realize what he was hoping for.

Jeong Nan-do is suspicious of me.

Suddenly, he did an ideological test, and now he brings up the story of the past.

Seeing that he also knew the pain, he probably knew everything and asked.

He is waving his tail openly, waiting for me to bite him.

But what are you suspicious of me?

There was nothing to point out.

In the end, I had to find traces in Jeong Nan-do’s question.

The time when Yoo Ji-hwan was sick and then became healthy is the time when I took over Yoo Ji-hwan’s body.

What would I have done after being resurrected? He went looking for his wife and daughter.

But the reality was cruel, and he gave up in the end.

Does Jeong Nan-do know that I was looking for my wife and daughter?

I decided to try it out once.

“… Just rest.”

Then, Jeong Nan-do’s eyes flashed sharply.

“That’s right… . just rest… .”

Judging from the reaction, it seems like he knew it.

With his arms crossed, he looked at me with indifferent eyes and kept asking questions.

“I heard rumors that you and Min So-yeon were partnering, did you catch a terrorist together?”

“… you’re right.”

“How did you end up partnering with him?”

What should I wrap around it?

No lie came to mind.

“… It was love at first sight.”

Then the corners of his eyes trembled.

“I approached you because I wanted to get to know you even a little bit.”

This is true.

After answering the miscellaneous questions that followed.

Jeong Nan-do, who had already finished drinking the tea, gently put down the teacup and spoke as if he was sorry.

“… I heard you.”

How will it come out?

He took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

“… I know very well that you will not harm our Soyeon.”

It seems that my sincerity has been conveyed.

“… but… , I don’t know.”

At that moment, the air in the room began to grow heavy.

“The fact that you have been looking for Yeon-hee for two years, and that you approached So-yeon after entering the academy… ”

I knew it all too.

“… And to use that ‘coward’-like ability. I don’t understand.”

‘Coward’

It was the name he used to call ‘I’ during his lifetime.

“… Who are you?”

An unexpected question arose.