11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Side Story 6

It was nearly the end of the second week of July. Ji Young Kang had started skipping her cram school. Naturally, she was also absent from the competition prep class.

Since the class only had two students anyway, Jae Kyung and Na Eun used problem-solving time to chat quietly.

When Jae Kyung asked about Ji Young’s whereabouts—her absence having been noticeable lately—Na Eun replied with a slightly troubled expression.

“I don’t know. She’s been acting weird lately. She keeps sleeping over at my place and then sneaking out without telling me why… Hey, Teacher! Did Ji Young tell you why she’s been skipping class?”

Hee Won, who had been silently listening to their conversation—knowing that the more they talked off-topic, the more information he might glean—shook his head.

At that, Na Eun’s shoulders visibly slumped.

“Something must really be going on…”

“It’s probably nothing serious. You said she still comes home safely every evening, right? Don’t worry too much.”

Jae Kyung comforted her gently from beside her.

Unlike the two girls, Hee Won, who already knew everything about Ji Young’s current situation, silently swallowed a sigh inwardly.

Just last night, he had been eavesdropping around Ji Young and finally discovered she’d revealed the existence of the blueprint to Seok Hoon and demanded an enormous sum in exchange for handing it over.

—And he’d just confirmed that Seok Hoon had accepted her proposal.

‘Could it be that Ji Young Kang was killed by…’

Even while standing at the podium in front of his two students, Hee Won couldn’t hide his inner turmoil.

Clearly, in this timeline where Ji Young was 18, she had been murdered, and circumstantially, the killer was undoubtedly the person she’d made the blueprint deal with.

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