Revenge with the Power of the Final Boss

Chapter 49

Baek Seo-jin had been feeling unusually refreshed lately.

The nagging sensation that he might have forgotten something important... it simply wasn’t there.

He’d erased some unpleasant memories, and since he couldn’t recall what they were, they must not have been anything significant.

"If things stay like this, I’ll be content."

Sure, losing miserably to Gye Un-jik had been a bitter pill to swallow, and the fact that he’d failed to protect Lee Ha-yeon, requiring Kim Ho-jun and Seomun Ye-jin to rescue her, only added to his frustration.

However, the battle against Gye Un-jik had given him the chance to form a friendship with Lee Ha-yeon, and it had also brought him closer to Han Se-hee.

Yet, there was one thing weighing on his mind—Seomun Ye-jin.

"Why does Ye-jin noona still stay around someone like Kim Ho-jun?"

It was a question that genuinely puzzled him.

Every time he searched online, the pictures of Seomun Ye-jin that appeared—now recently an adult—showed her stunningly beautiful.

Not long ago, on her birthday, it seemed she had stayed home, likely spending the day alone with Kim Ho-jun.

"Kim Ho-jun... that man was rude to my parents, but with my current strength, I can’t do anything about him."

Four years ago, the rage he’d felt when Kim Ho-jun had acted disrespectfully toward his parents was unforgettable.

But why had he put off thinking about Kim Ho-jun for so long?

It felt as though he were avoiding something—something that made him feel as though he lacked integrity.

"No, that can’t be. What nonsense am I imagining?"

Baek Seo-jin brushed off the strange possibility.

There was no confusion or hesitation in his mind; he simply couldn’t help but laugh at the absurd thought that had crossed it.

"I need to set things straight right now."

He would never forgive Kim Ho-jun for being disrespectful to his parents.

And as for Seomun Ye-jin, who clung to Kim Ho-jun as if deceived, he would open her eyes to the truth.

Baek Seo-jin couldn’t fathom what kind of tricks Kim Ho-jun had been using to sway Seomun Ye-jin for the past four years, but it couldn’t be anything legitimate.

"Perhaps he’s blackmailing her, exploiting some weakness."

No, if it were Kim Ho-jun, that was exactly what he’d be doing.

This was the man who had been disrespectful to his parents, spewing nonsense while insulting them.

He shuddered at the memory of Kim Ho-jun’s audacity to even bring up his trash of a brother, Baek Seo-jun—a disgrace who’d only caused their parents grief until he was ten.

"Why did I ignore all of this for so long?"

How much courage had he lacked to overlook something so vile?

"I must have erased my memories because I lacked the courage to face this."

His pre-erasure self must have been too ashamed to confront these injustices, avoiding them instead.

"Who knows how much Ye-jin noona’s body has been defiled by this violent, rude thug..."

"Oh, I see."

Lee Ha-yeon pulled out her phone and checked her messages.

Since she’d muted notifications from Baek Seo-jin, she hadn’t realized he’d been trying to contact her. Truthfully, she couldn’t even muster the energy to open his messages most of the time.

But for the sake of her agreement with Baek Seo-jun, she forced herself to read them.

‘I really don’t want to deal with this.’

The message was a simple request: could he visit her house?

At his age—fifteen—it wasn’t particularly odd to want to visit a friend’s house, even if they were of the opposite gender.

But Lee Ha-yeon had absolutely no intention of letting Baek Seo-jin into her home.

‘How can two brothers be so completely different?’

Perhaps it was because of their vastly different experiences.

At the age of ten, Baek Seo-jun hadn’t acted like a child at all.

He had confided in her about his fears of starvation and survival, listing the injustices and discrimination he had endured. It had broken her heart.

As the eldest son of the Baekho Guild, he had inexplicably been treated as an outcast, ultimately sold to the villain So Kang-seok as a sacrificial pawn for the benefit of Baek Seo-jin.

The pain he endured after being dragged away, culminating in being thrown into a dimensional rift, had left such a lasting impression on her that even after seeing him alive, the memory still shocked her to her core.

If simply witnessing it had shaken her so profoundly, how unbearable must Baek Seo-jun’s suffering have been?

And he had endured it all at just ten years old.

‘Yet his own younger brother...’

As an S-rank hunter herself, Lee Ha-yeon knew how childhood memories remained vivid for those like them. She was certain Baek Seo-jin remembered as well.

Despite that, Baek Seo-jin had the audacity to blame and criticize Baek Seo-jun. To Lee Ha-yeon, it was utterly repugnant.

"So, Ha-yeon, what exactly is your relationship with that Baek Seo-jin guy?"

She had explained multiple times that they weren’t friends and that she was only investigating him for suspicious activities.

But her father, Lee Jung-chun, the guild master of the Angel Guild, seemed reluctant to believe her. Today, she decided to take a firmer stance.

"He’s someone I despise so much that I wish he’d just ruin himself already. I truly hate him."

"Huh?"

Lee Jung-chun was visibly taken aback by his daughter’s blunt response, while Lee Ha-yeon allowed a cold smile to creep across her face.

"I have a plan, Dad, so stay out of it. If you interfere and I can’t achieve my goal, I’ll resent you for the rest of my life. And I’m not joking."

"W-what has that guy done to you?"

Her father, worried that Baek Seo-jin had somehow harmed her, looked deeply concerned. But Lee Ha-yeon simply smiled and shook her head.

"No, he hasn’t done anything to me. But he’s done unforgivable things to someone important to me. I’m seeking revenge for that person."

Because what Baek Seo-jin had done was utterly inexcusable.

"So please, Dad, trust me and leave this to me."