Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 196

Chapter 196: B*TCH SLAP

WOAH.

As soon as Yuno stepped into the room, he felt the strong Mana coming from Kwon Hojun.

But...

"Hey, aren’t you being a little too clingy, Kwon Hojun?" Yuno scolded the kid. "Jaeha-ya, if you feel uncomfortable, tell me."

Kwon Hojun was sitting on the bed while Kim Jaeha was sitting between his legs.

But the clinginess didn’t end there.

Kwon Hojun actually had his arms wrapped tightly around Kim Jaeha’s waist, and Kwon Hojun even had his face buried in the nook of Kim Jaeha’s neck.

It actually reminded Yuno of how Ki Gayoon would often cling to him.

But Gayoon Hyung and I are lovers, so I don’t mind.

However, Kwon Hojun and Kim Jaeha didn’t have that kind of relationship.

"I’m alright, Yuno Hyung. I consented to this," Kim Jaeha assured Yuno. "I’m Guiding Kwon Hojun."

It didn’t seem like the kid was lying.

"Jaeha wasn’t forced to do this," Lee Sarang, who seemed to be there to babysit the two kids, assured Yuno. "I wouldn’t let Kwon Hojun force Kim Jaeha into doing anything against his will."

Ah, that was a relief then.

Yuno observed Kwon Hojun.

The kid didn’t lift his head even after hearing Yuno’s voice.

I’m pretty sure he’s conscious, but he didn’t greet me?

"Is Kwon Hojun not in his right mind?" Yuno asked worriedly. "I’ve seen other Espers awaken before, but this is the first time I’ve seen a natural S-Class Esper awaken."

To be fair, no one had awakened as a natural S-Class Esper for the last fifteen years.

Not in the official records, at least.

"Compared to how I awakened many years ago, I’d say Kwon Hojun is actually pretty tamed. If I remember correctly, I killed an entire pack of monster werewolves when I awakened. Then I accidentally left the military that came after me half-dead," Lee Sarang said casually as if she didn’t just scare Yuno with her story. "I would have gone on a killing spree had Gayoon Oppa didn’t stop me that day."

Right.

Yuno remembered the records that showed how violent the Top 5 Espers were when they awakened.

We just don’t talk about it because we choose to treat them as heroes instead of monsters.

Moreover, the Top 5 natural S-Class Espers awakened during the early times of the apocalypse, so their violence actually protected humankind from the monsters that descended on earth that day.

"Then we’re lucky that Kwon Hojun hasn’t lost his mind yet."

"I think the kid’s awakening is... strange," Lee Sarang said hesitantly. "It’s true that we’re certain he awakened as an S-Class, so that makes him a natural S-Class. But nothing in the process seems to be natural."

"What do you mean by that, Sarang Noona?"

"The half Core that we recovered disappeared when Kwon Hojun awakened."

Yuno’s knees almost collapsed when he fully understood what Lee Sarang meant by that. "No, that can’t be possible..."

"I know, right?" Lee Sarang agreed, grabbing Yuno by the arm since it still looked like he would collapse out of shock. "If the public finds out that a Civilian can awaken if you implanted a Core in their heart, then the world would get turned upside down. I can already imagine low-ranking Espers being targeted for their Cores to be extracted and sold to anyone who wants to awaken. Even dead Espers won’t be able to rest in peace because there would be people digging up their graves for their Cores."

To be fair, for the past years, most Espers died inside the dungeons.

So, there aren’t bodies to be recovered.

On the other hand, Espers who died outside the dungeons were usually cremated. But, of course, there were some who chose to be buried due to religious reasons.

Cores would die soon after their hosts died if they weren’t harvested.

That was exactly why ’Father’ created Items that could store and keep Cores alive.

Haaah.

Now Yuno felt like a fool.

If it’s possible to harvest Guides’ Cores, of course, it’s possible to harvest Espers’ Cores, too.

In his defense, Espers’ business was none of his business.

Even so...

"Yuno-ya, don’t worry about it too much," Lee Sarang said before letting go of Yuno’s arm. "Gayoon Oppa will take care of everything. He has already started a fight with Sungbin Oppa and the others. He won’t let this mind-blowing information get leaked to the public."

Of course, he knew that Ki Gayoon would do that.

However, Yuno was still worried.

And, if I’m honest, this scares me.

It wasn’t the Gates or the dungeon monsters that threatened the Awakened People then and now— it had always been human greed all this time.

I don’t want those bastards to start another human experiment...

"Argh..."

Yuno and Lee Sarang both turned to Kim Jaeha when the kid let out a groan.

Oh.

Kwon Hojun was absorbing Kim Jaeha’s Mana way past the latter’s limit.

Jaeha-ya will faint at this rate...

Kim Jaeha may be an A-Class Guide, but a newly awakened natural S-Class Esper who wasn’t in his right might was still too much for him.

It’s a job for me, an E-Class Guide.

"Sarang Noona, please protect me," Yuno said while approaching the two kids. "I’ll guide Kwon Hojun until he returns to normal."

A Guide’s presence is always welcomed for an Esper on the verge of losing it.

Oh, his eyes are still a bit reddish.

These two kids have a high matching rate.

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It’s because E-Class Guides are compatible with natural S-Class Guides.