Chapter 34: A Good Deed (1)
The moment I decided to live a “good” life, something way too big came crashing in.
“...Let’s not go there. Let’s just stick to the usual place.”
All the energy to argue suddenly drained out of me, and I said it quietly. My nanny shot me a puzzled look.
“Oh my, why?”
“New buildings have bad air. The smell’s weird too.”
I just threw out some excuse about new building syndrome to stop the nanny and Si-hyun from going to Sampoong Department Store. Sure, I knew it wouldn’t collapse for another five years...
But still, how could I let them go? Sampoong Department Store is the kind of place that, thanks to the butterfly effect of history, could come crashing down tomorrow and no one would blink. Sending my nanny there? No fucking way.
‘I’m not planning to go out of my way to stop it...’
Honestly, running around the world trying to prevent disasters isn’t my style—not even close.
Just look at what I do for a living. Let’s be real: I make money exploiting people. Maybe someone will die because I pushed a stock price down a few extra percent. Do I still have enough of a conscience to care? Probably not.
The higher up you climb, the harder it is to keep your hands clean. Not that it feels good or anything... I’m still human.
It’d be nice if everyone could just live well together. I’m not a demon, I don’t enjoy watching people suffer.