Guide Me If You Dare Chapter 99: SUSPICIOUS PARTNER

"HERE— your lunch box."

Hmm?

Yuno was surprised when Ki Gayoon handed him a cute bag for bento boxes.

The Esper drove him to the National Guide Bureau, and he was about to get out of the car when the older man stopped him.

That was when he handed him the bag.

But...

"Does the design have to be bananas?" Yuno asked, a bit annoyed. "Hyung chose this design on purpose, right?"

Ki Gayoon smirked smugly. "Why are you still asking when you already know the answer to your silly question?"

Tsk.

At least, Hyung didn’t choose a poop emoji design.

"What’s in the bento box, Hyung?"

"Different varieties of gimbap, sandwiches, and so fruits," Ki Gayoon said. "Eat them if you don’t like the food in the dining hall."

"Okay, Hyung."

"Don’t just eat the food offered to you there. Be vigilant. Although we’re in a truce at the mont, you can never be too complacent."

"I know, Hyung."

"Call every thirty minutes, or at least send a ssage."

"For what?"

"You have to report your survival to ," Ki Gayoon insisted. "If you don’t receive a text or a call from you in ti, I’ll co here."

Aigoo.

"Every thirty minutes is too much."

"No, you’re just being lazy again."

Tsk.

"I’ll call Hyung every one hour," Yuno said, sighing. "I’m not a kid, Hyung."

"Every forty-five minutes and that’s final."

Tsk.

"Will Hyung die if you lose an argunt?"

"If that was the case, then I would have died plenty of tis already," Ki Gayoon said, scoffing. "I never lost an argunt until I t you, punk."

Oh.

Hearing that put a big smile on Yuno’s face.

"You only smile like that when I’m having a misfortune."

"How can Hyung say that? You lucked out when you t ."

Ki Gayoon only sighed and shook his head. "Go. You don’t want to be late on your first day of work as a "teacher.""

Right.

I’ll be a temporary teacher for the most elite Guides in the country.

"Hyung, you really don’t need Guiding?" Yuno asked worriedly. "Even a light skinship?"

"No— my Core is still full of Mana, isn’t it?"

That was true.

But Hyung always cos to even if his Mana drops a little.

"Noh Yuno."

"Yes?"

"If you just want to make out just for the heck of it, I’m up for it."

"I didn’t say that," Yuno said, trying hard not to overreact even though he could tell that his face was burning from embarrassnt. "I’m just wondering why you’re acting strange after talking to Haru-nim, Hyung. Haru-nim didn’t teach you sothing strange, did he?"

Ki Gayoon raised an eyebrow at him. "Like what?"

"Haru-nim sotis plays Cupid because his own love life is dood. So, no matter what happens, don’t take love advice from him. If you want to have a successful love life in the future, don’t ever ask Haru-nim for advice, okay?"

"I did no such thing."

"Then what did you talk about with Haru-nim?"

"That prince bastard just told the story of how you called out his cousin," Ki Gayoon said, chuckling as if he rembered sothing funny. ""If you’re going to steal the throne from the rightful heir, you should be at least half as competent as he is. I fear for Japan’s future the mont you beco the new Crown Prince.""

Okay, that made Yuno feel embarrassed.

Those were the words I said to Haru-nim’s annoying cousin. I almost got killed because of my big mouth. Fortunately, Sajangnim and Haru-nim were there to save my ass.

"Hyung, don’t use your brain for morizing stupid stuff like that."

"It’s fun, though. I like rembering how much of a punk you are."

"What?"

"You’re a punk," Ki Gayoon said, smiling while gently ruffling Yuno’s hair. "But you’re my punk, Noh Yuno."

Aigoo.

Yuno had never found possessive n attractive, but now he could see why those types of n were popular.

Worse, Ki Gayoon’s lethal handso face was distracting.

My heart may or may not have skipped a bit.

***

NONE of us here uses ice or water, but the atmosphere is so damn cold.

Ki Gayoon had never thought he would be working with Ryu Sungbin again, but here they were— standing side-by-side inside the elevator.

They were at the hospital.

To be precise, they were at the Seowon Hospital— the small but prestigious hospital reserved for Awakened People.

They were there to visit Yang Youngjae.

It wasn’t a friendly visit, though.

We’re just here to investigate.

"I didn’t expect you to work with ," Ryu Sungbin said, breaking the ice-cold silence there. "Since you only favor Lee Sarang among us, I thought you’d request to work with her instead of ."

"Why would I work with a crybaby? Lee Sarang is too soft-hearted for things like this," Gayoon said, shrugging. "You’re the most cold-hearted bastard I know, so working with you would be easier."

"Thank you."

"That wasn’t a complint."

"I was being sarcastic."

Tsk.

Fortunately, the elevator doors finally opened.

Gayoon, who couldn’t stand Ryu Sungbin any longer, got out first.

It seed like Ryu Sungbin didn’t want to be seen with him either since the bastard took his ti coming out.

Well, as long as he walks behind , I don’t care.

"Gayoon Hyung!"

Hmm?

Natural blond hair, green eyes, a huge build.

There were only a few people who towered over Gayoon in Korea— and one of them was standing in front of him at the mont.

"It’s been a while."

"So, they called the Golden Angel here, huh?"

The ’Golden Angel’ blushed.

"Hyung, stop teasing ."

I wasn’t, though?

Anyways, this Golden Angel was actually called ’Lucca’— an A-Class Guide who ca to Korea from France a few years ago.

Koreans had a hard ti pronouncing his last na, so he just went with his given na.

Which was useless because almost everyone just called Lucca as the ’Golden Angel.’

And there was a reason for that.

Lucca is an A-Class Guide, but he’s just as important as Moon Noa and Bambi. He has a high matching rate with "artificial" S-Class Espers. Usually, high-class Guides have low matching rates with low or mid-class Espers. However, Lucca also matches with them well.

In short, Lucca could Guide almost anyone below the natural S-Class Espers’ level.

The A-Class Guide gained the ’Golden Angel’ title because he almost never refused to guide Espers from any level.

But, of course, the National Guide Bureau didn’t like that.

So, they made an excuse every ti low-class Guides requested Lucca’s Guiding.

"Dabin Hyung bragged about eting your Exclusive Guide last week, Hyung," Lucca said, smiling. "I’m jealous. I also wanted to et Guide Noh Yuno-ssi."

Ah, right.

Gayoon almost forgot that Lucca was Kang Dabin’s Exclusive Guide.

Although Lucca has a high matching rate with most Espers, only Kang Dabin has a 80% matching rate with him.

That was how Kang Dabin "claid" Lucca as his Exclusive Guide.

"You wouldn’t want to et that punk," Gayoon said calmly. "You’re too soft-hearted, so you might end up crying if Noh Yuno said one wrong thing."

After all, Lucca also gained the ’Golden Angel’ title because of his gentle personality.

No, he isn’t just gentle— he’s actually a pushover.

Lucca was actually like Lee Sarang’s male version.

So, he’s more like a ’Golden Retriever’ than a ’Golden Angel’ to .

"Hyung, I’m not that soft," Lucca said, smiling shyly. "I can take a bit of criticism."

Gayoon was about to warn Lucca that Noh Yuno was too much of a punk, but...

"How’s Yang Youngjae?" Ryu Sungbin asked impatiently, standing next to Gayoon. Just like him, Ryu Sungbin had to raise his head because Lucca was taller than him, too. "Has he finally cald down?"

Right.

Since Yang Youngjae’s Guide died tragically, the National Guide Bureau had to call Lucca to keep the Esper from Rampaging again.

We can only talk to Yang Youngjae once he’s calm.

"Esper Yang Youngjae-ssi has cald down a bit, sir," Lucca said, answering Ryu Sungbin’s question politely. "Esper Yang Youngjae still loses it if he gets reminded of what happened to Guide Choi Kangmin-ssi."

"We don’t have the luxury of waiting for Yang Youngjae to get better," Gayoon said, walking past Lucca. "We have questions for him, and we need answers now."

"We’ll deal with Yang Youngjae," Ryu Sungbin said, patting Lucca’s shoulder. "So, evacuate all the Civilians to the shelter, Mr. Golden Angel."

***

YUNO, admittedly, had no experience teaching.

The only Guides he had to teach before were his fellow E-Class Guides. All of his forr colleagues were geniuses in their own right.

So, he was having a hard ti at the mont.

"You just have to imagine that your heart is being coated by a gem similar to a diamond," Yuno said, tilting his head to one side. "Is it that difficult to do?"

"No," Bambi said bluntly. "You just suck at teaching, Guide Noh Yuno-ssi."

Oh, so it’s my fault.

***

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