Chapter 152. [Soaring. (1)]
Translators: thursdays, Seven Editor: Yahiko
The ties between people are strange.
For example, you make a friend and later find out that he’s the grandson of the old man who owns the supermarket in your neighborhood—a small connection.
Or the Hunter you’ve admired for 10 years turns out to be an insane psychopath, he kills you, then you kill him, and now, your fates are connected—something like that…
No, let’s stop there. That case is too specific.
Anyway, the essence of what I’m saying is simple. The ties between people are really indiscernible. I’d met many weird and mysterious people thus far, but the peculiarities of human connections continued to awe me.
-Hey, Kim Gongja. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, but you look great!
Specifically, I was awed by the person I was on a video call with.
-Somehow, you look more handsome than you did when we were young. Your face looks really smooth. I’m so jealous! You know, maybe I should have just followed you to the Tower when we left the orphanage. Kim Gongja, over here? The air is bad, and the people are bad. It’s no place to live.
A man my age was chattering nonstop.
He wore a tidy suit.