LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 49 - Where is the human rights for a monster!
Translator: Marctempest
Editor: The Reader
Chapter 49 Where is the human rights for a monster!
Two days had passed since the Princess Kurumi incident.
During that time, Shin-woo, who had collapsed due to muscle pain from dislocation, was still receiving treatment while sleeping in the VIP room of Seoul Hospital.
And always beside such a Shin-woo.
“Huooong! Sh, Shin-woo…!”
It had been two days already.
Sophia, who didn’t seem to tire, was clinging to the sleeping Shin-woo, crying like a zombie.
“Master. I brought some drinks.”
“Oh my, Che-ran, thank you. I’ll enjoy them.”
Yoo Che-ran, who had come to visit the hospital for the second day without fail, handed a box of drinks to Rolling, who was Sophia’s family.
“By the way, I didn’t expect the aftermath of the fight to reach that far…”
“Right. Who would have thought that the debris from the amusement park would fly exactly one kilometer to hit Shin-woo when they were both on the building’s rooftop?”
Rolling and Lee Seok-gyu sighed simultaneously.
At that time, Shin-woo had lost consciousness on the rooftop of a building that had a view of Lotte World from a distance.
As she hurriedly called for a rescue helicopter, Yoo Che-ran had to come up with a plausible alibi for why a young man with a dislocated arm was collapsed on top of such a high-rise building.
“Th, that’s right…”
She had made up an utterly unbelievable excuse that the debris from the amusement park, which was one kilometer away, happened to fly over and hit Shin-woo, who had coincidentally gone up to the rooftop with her.
Usually, no one would believe such a story and would start doubting.
From the beginning, there was no reason for the two of them to be there together.
But.
“It must mean that the scene was that intense.”
“Thump!”
“That’s right. Che-ran wouldn’t lie, so this time it was really just bad luck.”
“Thump thump!”
Yoo Che-ran was a C-rank Hunter, ranking in the top 20% of Hunters.
Moreover, she had once been the personal disciple of Rolling, who had received the title of national power in the United States.
Thanks to that, everyone believed her, while she alone felt guilty.
Although they seemed to have passed over Shin-woo’s identity.
Stare.
“?!”
Except for one person.
Sophia, who originally knew Shin-woo’s identity, naturally couldn’t be deceived.
‘Could it be… that Che-ran saw Shin-woo’s identity?’
‘As expected… Miss Sophia can’t be easily fooled.’
It was an ironic situation where both were wary of each other to protect Shin-woo’s secret.
Sophia suspected Yoo Che-ran, who claimed to have discovered Shin-woo collapsed after the battle ended that day, and similarly, Che-ran was wary of Sophia, who was meticulously caring for Shin-woo, thinking that she wouldn’t be easily fooled by such a shallow lie.
Zap zap.
The two glared at each other, now even shooting silent laser beams with their eyes.
…But doesn’t it feel a bit empty?
“Mom…”
“Yes?”
“What about that Japanese princess? Why is she so quiet?”
Sophia, seeing Shin-woo lying in the hospital room for two days.
She had thought Princess Kurumi, who was supposed to be interfering with her ‘Sophia’s rightful path, would also come rushing in, so she asked her mother Rolling about her whereabouts.
Then again, referring to the princess as ‘that person’…
Rolling didn’t know where to start with the expressions and words she should correct first.
“…Princess Kurumi fell seriously ill from a fever the day she was rescued and collapsed.”
Rolling answered.
“Eh?! Suddenly?”
In truth, it was because of the side effects of the ‘enormous being’ that had been summoned into her body, causing it to temporarily overload.
But Rolling and Lee Seok-gyu, unaware of this fact, were merely worried that something might have happened to the princess.
Meanwhile, whether they were concerned or not.
Sophia, upon hearing that the woman who might have ‘slept’ with Shin-woo was now sick.
‘…Hmph!’
She simply thought it served her right.
And since they had indeed almost gotten intimate, it was somewhat justified schadenfreude.
***
The underground research facility of the Korean Hunter Association.
The facility, which had been perfectly repaired after the incident with the young monster, resumed normal research activities…
Munch munch munch munch.
…or at least it was supposed to.
Munch munch munch munch munch munch!
‘…So annoying!’
Lee Hee-jeong, who had been unexpectedly promoted rapidly due to all the senior researchers dying in the young monster incident.
Having reached the position of team leader, she was now delegating the cleanup of joint research, which was her role until recently, to the numerous juniors and immersing herself in her own research.
No, she should have been immersing herself.
However, in front of the test tube for large monster research.
“Wow! This one looks delicious too!”
This was a research facility where only talented individuals could enter, not a shabby restaurant.
The young monster inside the test tube, pointing at the monster corpses one by one as if they were menu items and drooling.
Holding a monster carcass in one hand, munching on it, wandering around the research facility as usual, Lee Hee-jeong couldn’t help but frown at the sight of Eve again today.
‘That dumb monster brat comes down here every day without fail!’
A monster in the form of a human child.
Since Eve looked entirely harmless, she was the beloved mascot of the research facility.
Indeed, being a monster controlled by Jin-ah Lee, she was harmless.
The researchers here all had absolute trust in Jin-ah Lee, the branch manager of the Hunter Association and also the head of the Korean branch’s research lab.
And since it was the monster controlled by the head of the research lab, how could anyone dislike her?
“Eve, do you want some snacks?”
“I have a drink for you.”
“If you’re bored, should I give you a piggyback ride like before?”
“Hehehe. Humans, do you even know who I am? …Well, since everyone seems to want it, I’ll play along specially!”
Eve always mingled well with the researchers as usual.
But amidst this cheerful atmosphere, Lee Hee-jeong, who had risen to the position of team leader, thought.
“Fist strike!”
Recalling the baby monster that looked similar to that one.
She remembered the trauma from the time when she first woke up and was attacked by Ria, and she lashed out at the researchers who were trying to treat Eve well.
“Aren’t you all supposed to be doing research? Do you think we are monster trainers or something?!”
“S, sorry!”
“Oh no, the team leader is angry again!”
“…Even though there’s not much age difference.”
Due to the team leader’s outburst, the atmosphere in the research facility became heavy again.
“Damn…!”
Seeing people avoiding her to not get caught in the crossfire, Eve got annoyed and approached Lee Hee-jeong.
But, so what?
“Hey, lady!”
“……”
“Damn it…! Lady! Can’t you hear me?!”
“…The research I’m doing right now is a crucial one that Jin-ah Lee personally asked me to handle. So, what is the problem with our baby monster that you had to interrupt this important research?”
“M, mom asked you to do the research…?!”
Of course, it was a lie.
The research Lee Hee-jeong was working on was solely for herself.
But she believed that a baby… let alone a monster, wouldn’t be able to read the complex research data.
“Now, since I’ve stopped working because of you, tell me quickly what the problem is.”
“Uh, um…! Th, the thing is…”
As expected, Eve, who fell for the lie, became flustered.
Soon, tears began to pool in her ruby-colored eyes.
“What is it? If you called someone, say something! If not, apologize!”
Seeing the ‘adult’ coming out strongly, Eve, despite her outward strength, was still an immature child inside.
“Sniff, sniff…”
“Hmph! Pathetic.”
Eve soon felt wronged and started to sob.
And looking down at such a baby monster number 2, Lee Hee-jeong smirked spitefully, ignoring how the surrounding researchers viewed her.
‘Just wait. I’ll definitely ask the lab head later and use you as my punching bag… no, as a test subject!’
She still hadn’t gotten over the past incident with Ria.
So, she was biding her time, planning to carry out the breeding experiment she had once intended for Ria on Eve instead.
“I, I’m leaving!”
“Hey, wait!”
She hadn’t had enough fun yet.
Eve, turning her back, ran away at an incredibly fast speed.
However, Lee Hee-jeong, knowing the place Eve would likely run to when she was sad, which was the underground research facility’s only second floor.
Lee Hee-jeong followed Eve into the -10 degree cooling room designed to preserve rare monster corpses in their living state.
As expected.
“Did you run here again?”
“Eek…! I hate you! Go away!”
A corpse buried in snow with only its lower body remaining.
Seeing Eve hiding behind the lower half of the angel’s body, Lee Hee-jeong just scoffed.
“You’re really funny. Every time you get a little sad, you hide behind that chunk of meat.”
“It’s not a chunk of meat! It’s my mom!”
“Idiot. For monsters like you who don’t even have human rights, what mom? It’s a parent and a child, that’s all. …Why? Just because you received a bit of love from humans, do you think you’re a real person now?”
“T, that’s…”
“Hehehe. By the way, how do you greet your mom when she’s just legs? …Oh! Do you shake hands with your feet or something?”
Feeling satisfied with her taunt, Lee Hee-jeong began to laugh out loud.
And though Eve wanted to tear the human mocking her mother apart.
“Eve. Listen carefully. You must never harm humans.”
“Why? Even if I’m not wrong, do I still have to do that?”
“Yes. Of course. Because you’re a monster. No matter how much your mom is the branch head of the Hunter Association, I don’t know how far I can protect you if you harm humans. So…”
In her childhood, learning from her human mom.
“Act like a monster should and always be the one on the receiving end when dealing with humans.”
Eve had learned painfully that monsters were always in a subordinate position in human society.
“I, I’m bad… bad, bad, bad!”
Killing was easy, but the young baby monster could do nothing but cry.
“Mom… help me…!”
“?! Y, you’re pathetically calling for the lab head…? Hey! You started the fight first! Why are you suddenly playing the victim, you damn monster!”
Whack, whack.
Lee Hee-jeong hit Eve on the crown of her head several times, grabbing her wrist to drag her away.
Unable to resist, Eve whimpered, being dragged like a child suffering from domestic violence…
…Suddenly.
“…Huh?”
From behind Lee Hee-jeong, leading the way, came a rustling sound.
Thinking Eve was whining again, she turned around, raising her fist to hit her a few more times.
“Wh, whaaaat?!”
“M, mom…?”
They saw it.
The lower half of the angel’s body, which had been frozen and should have no living cells left, suddenly stood up on its own.