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Guide Lee Eunseok Interview

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Anonymous1 S-class guide interview video?! Wow!

└ An S-class guide, of which there are only 4 in the world, appeared in Korea. So proud!

└ He looks like an idol, but his posture and way of speaking are disciplined. As expected from his military background.

└ Forget everything else, isn’t he incredibly handsome? I thought he’d just look like a soldier since he’s from special forces, but why is he a flower boy??

└ The White Tiger Guild uniform suits him so well, thank goodness!

Anonymous2 Am I the only one who wants to see a two-shot of Choi Hanseo and Lee Eunseok? Put the S-class esper and S-class guide side by side~!

└ +22

└ EBCC, you can do at least that much… If you’re running on taxpayers’ money, do your job properly.

Anonymous3 Is it true there’s no official fan cafe for Lee Eunseok yet?

└ It’ll probably appear soon? I predict the server will crash as soon as the cafe opens.

Anonymous4 Do they usually recruit special forces based on looks? If he’s S-class and looks like that too, isn’t it cheating? Honestly?

└ Applause of admiration 

└ Applause of gratitude 

└ Looking at S-class Choi Baekho’s face, S-class people seem to have different genes from the start…

Anonymous5 My impression of seeing a guide entering a gate. He was damn cool.

└ They said he’s from special forces, and you can definitely see the precision in how he handles weapons.

Anonymous6 But even though he just discharged recently, his way of speaking doesn’t seem completely military-like?

└ He was an intelligence agent, right? He wouldn’t have gone around saying “sir, yes sir” all the time.

└ +22222

└ +333333 An intelligence agent shouldn’t go around showing off their military background. Have you ever seen 007 saying “sir, yes sir”?

The interview filmed in the morning had already been broadcasted. The comments on the video uploaded to the official broadcasting station’s website had already exceeded several thousand.

After reading the comments for a moment, Eunseok pressed the back button. The unfamiliar feeling made the back of his neck itch unnecessarily.

Additionally, when searching for Eunseok’s name, his personal profile along with interview videos, various edits of the videos, and web page articles popped up. Instead of clicking on the pages or videos, he just skimmed the titles and found that the response was better than expected. After confirming that much, Eunseok closed the laptop entirely. He had briefly opened it because Moon Bora had insisted he take a look, but he felt it wasn’t something he should be watching.

Eunseok pushed the laptop aside and checked the time.

The only appointment for today, Choi Hanseo’s time, had already passed an hour. Judging by his behavior pattern so far, it was almost time for him to arrive.

Eunseok tried to maintain calmness and composure. Although he had gained a few days due to Choi Hanseo’s Jeju business trip, they would eventually have to keep encountering each other. It wasn’t wise to just keep avoiding him. Or rather, given his obligation to Guide him, there wasn’t even an opportunity to avoid him.

Finally, the doorbell rang. Eunseok ran his hand over his face once and stood up.

When he opened the door, Choi Hanseo stepped inside, emanating a faint woody scent. His relaxed gait as he headed straight for the sofa was somehow irritating.

Choi Hanseo sat down in his usual spot, crossing his legs and leaning back in a leisurely posture. The watch barely visible under his sleeve was already showing a deep orange color.

Using an S-class guide as he pleases, Eunseok thought to himself as he sat down next to him.

Contrary to his concern that Choi Hanseo might ask to press their upper bodies together again citing his numbers and urgent time, Choi Hanseo extended his hand as if to say “take it.” Eunseok looked at Choi Hanseo. His brow was slightly tense. He seemed to be suffering from severe headaches that supposedly accompany high numbers.

It’s work anyway, Eunseok thought as he obediently took Choi Hanseo’s hand. As soon as he grasped it, he frowned. Choi Hanseo’s energy, which he had managed to soothe quite well, was raging wildly again. Although he wasn’t an esper and didn’t know for sure, such turbulent energy in the body must cause considerable pain.

“What did you do all the way in Jeju to end up like this?” Eunseok asked in an unexpectedly sharp voice.

Choi Hanseo’s tense brow suddenly relaxed. With a faint eye smile, he now looked like his usual self.

“Ah, I just took some clueless newbies on a field trip,” Choi Hanseo said slowly.

When Eunseok gave him a look that suggested he needed further explanation, Choi Hanseo slightly pulled his tie with his finger and continued.

“I took some youngsters newly incorporated into the Ability User Management Bureau to an A-class gate. The kids were such a mess that there was a lot to clean up after them.”

“Wasn’t your mandatory service over?”

“Of course it was. But I owe them a bit, you see.”

Eunseok recalled the news he had briefly seen at the motel before. Choi Hanseo visiting the Ability User Management Bureau, which he hadn’t set foot in since his mandatory service ended. The purpose of that visit was probably to find out Eunseok’s personal information and location.

“You could have found me without owing the Ability User Management Bureau a favor, couldn’t you?”

“Your location was quite ambiguous. If I had brought you in without going through official channels, they would have kept pestering us, so I decided to pay a small price.”

“So, is this the end of repaying that favor?”

Choi Hanseo stared at Eunseok in response to his question.

“Why? Are you worried about me?”

Eunseok reflexively frowned slightly.

“If you’re worried, you could at least Guide properly.”

“I am Guiding right now, aren’t I?”

When Eunseok retorted briefly, Choi Hanseo raised his free hand and lightly touched Eunseok’s lips with his thumb.

“Are you going to keep pretending not to know what kind of Guiding I’m talking about?”

“Remove your hand.”

When Eunseok spoke in a warning tone, Choi Hanseo obediently withdrew his hand.

“Have you ever kissed?”

Choi Hanseo asked out of the blue.

“What do you think?”

“Well, I can’t quite figure it out. You might have done it countless times, or you might be completely ignorant. Which is it?”

Choi Hanseo’s gaze remained fixed on Eunseok’s lips. Somehow, Eunseok’s lips felt tingly.

He’s picking a fight again, Eunseok thought.

Eunseok quietly suppressed his rising temper. But Choi Hanseo didn’t stop there.

“You’re not denying it? Well, with that face, you must be used to it, being in the military surrounded by men.”

“Stop picking fights, Guild Master Choi Hanseo,” Eunseok warned through gritted teeth.

However, Choi Hanseo seemed to enjoy Eunseok’s fierce gaze even more. His eyes were slightly curved with a smile.

“Are you having fun?”

“I can’t say I’m not. There’s a certain pleasure in teasing you.”

Eunseok’s patience instantly hit rock bottom, and he felt a surge of anger. Choi Hanseo glanced at the clock on the wall.

“Time’s almost up,” Choi Hanseo murmured, and suddenly pulled hard on their clasped hands.

“……?!!”

Normally, Eunseok would never have fallen for this. But was it because he had been living a relaxed life for a while, or had he let his guard down completely against Choi Hanseo? No, it was more likely due to Choi Hanseo’s movements being too quick for an ordinary person’s reflexes to respond to.

The slightly cool lips that met his were soft. A large hand firmly cupped the nape of Eunseok’s neck, as if restraining him.

“Damn…!”

Eunseok pulled back a beat late and threw a punch. But his forceful punch was immediately blocked by Choi Hanseo’s hand. The hand on his nape was so strong that Eunseok had no chance of pushing it away with his own strength. Choi Hanseo, with one hand on Eunseok’s nape and the other gripping the thrown fist tightly, pressed his lips deeply against Eunseok’s again.

“Hah…!”

Eunseok drew in a sharp breath. It was just a small piece of flesh touching, but the energy that swirled like a storm was incomparable to when their upper bodies had touched. This was completely different from the feeling of weaving warp and weft. Their energies intertwined and mixed like mating snakes. A completely new sensation, as if entering a different dimension, overwhelmed his entire body.

“…Ugh…”

An electric current shot through his spine and spread throughout his body. His head spun from the sensation that enveloped his body and mind like a storm.

Taking advantage of the moment when Eunseok was momentarily frozen, overwhelmed by the new sensation, a soft tongue licked his lips. This too was more stimulating than any sticky kiss he had experienced before. It felt as if all the nerve cells in his body were blooming at once. His fingers curled inward, twitching from the intense stimulation.

“Hnn…”

A muffled moan escaped between their pressed lips. His eyelids started to droop involuntarily. Feeling the crisis of losing control, Eunseok reflexively grabbed Choi Hanseo’s collar. And the moment he firmly grasped the shirt and tie in his hand, he struck Choi Hanseo’s side with all his might.