[Weak Hero X Reader] Romance 101 [OLD VERSION]

Investigations

Once they were safely in Alistair's room, he called his older brother. "Craton," He set it on speaker so [Your Name] could also hear.

"What's wrong? You sound serious,"

"Erik Vaelstrom..."

"What about that traitor?"

"He's here," [Your Name] informed. "He's here in South Korea. I'm sure he's part of the underworld here too. There's no way he'd turn over a new leaf and try to live a normal life,"

"Did he see you guys?"

"No," Alistair shook his head. "We never encountered him and I doubt he knows we're here. The Yeongdeungpo Delinquent's Union's five school heads were kidnapped by the Demonic Knights. They hacked into the security cameras and used fake footage, but I used the guild's program to unveil the truth. I saw Erik's insignia on the masked men's clothes,"

"I'll send the plane to pick you guys up immediately,"

"No," [Your Name] refused. "Among the people kidnapped is my brother, Jake Ji, and my ex-boyfriend, Donald Na. If it were only people I didn't care about, then I would have agreed to return to the US,"

"I won't leave either," Alistair agreed. "I want to help [Your Name] rescue the Union, even though most of them are pretty shitty kids,"

"The Desert Kingdom has no territory in South Korea. With how strict the gun laws are, you would most likely be unable to get any to arm yourself with. I'm sure with how long Erik has been in Korea, he has already found a supplier in the black market. Are you sure you still want to face the Demonic Knights?"

"Yes," 

"Yeah,"

"I'll send reinforcements as soon as possible. Don't do anything rash,"

"Sure thing, bro,"

"Roger that, boss,"

Alistair then hung up. "We don't have time to wait for reinforcements. Erik could kill them any time he wants. They could be dead before we get to them. Since they were kidnapped rather than immediately assassinated, it means Erik wants to torture them for a bit first. 

"We can't get the others involved," [Your Name] added. "They're normal high schoolers. Physically, they're stronger than the average teen, but they're still normal high schoolers. None of them would be able to deal with an actual mafia. Those people are out of their league. They'll be killed and I can't let that happen,"

"We need to locate Erik's hideout first," Alistair planned. "We know that the plan wasn't for him to lure us to him because he would have kidnapped your Eunjang friends instead. Whoever hired the Demonic Knights had a grudge against the Yeongdeungpo Union,"

"There are way too many people that hate the Union," [Your Name] groaned. "The list would stretch for miles. I'm sure there are many kids who were victims of the Union. However, it's not everyday that a high schooler, especially a victim of bullying from pricks like Wolf Keum, would have the courage to go to the underworld for help. And Erik's fees are very expensive,"

"What about a rival union?"

[Your Name]'s eyes widened. "Manwol Union. That was the gang Kenny was a part of and when he wanted to quit and refused to recruit Jake, they ruined his chances of being a soccer player. Jake joined the Yeongdeungpo Union to get their help to destroy Manwol. Manwol Union definitely has a grudge against Donald's Union. They've all been rather quiet since their defeat, but maybe they might still be attending Daehyeon if they haven't graduated yet. I'll ask Kenny,"