SOG (English)

#18

<<— I don't know. A Guide in my family (*how could there be such a being in their prestigious family?).>>

In that way, his father poured out harsh words on his mother. In order to have Esper children with better conditions that his first son Eun-Soo, he had to give birth to Sun Jae-Chan. He thought it would become the same amount of support to the house, but he didn't expect it would be a rotten pillar. He turned his back on his son relentlessly. Sun Jae-Chan's mother, who was sensitive, had since developed neuroticism.

<<— I'm so sorry, Jae-Chan ah. When I see you... my head hurts so much.>>

Not long ago, his mother, who did everything for him as if he were the best in the world, did not even look at Sun Jae-Chan for a while. It was later discovered that his father even had a paternity test performed.

The 11-year-old ruling child, who had nothing to fear but his father and brother, was stripped of his position overnight.

<<— I'll go to the Center.>>

In the end, in the fourteenth year.

Leaving the house voluntarily was a natural procedure. He was tired of seeing his parents who didn't even make eye contact, and he didn't want to endure his A-Class Esper older brother, Sun Eun-Soo, anymore. The reason why Sun Jae-Chan got a Guide Test at the age of only 11 was because of Eun-Soo's obsessive and abnormal behavior.

Life at the Center wasn't bad. Since the family pretended to care about Sun Jae-Chan on the outside, he was able to live well feeding off of the humiliation and envy of others, rather than at home.

However, it wasn't that he had escaped from his longing for his parents' attention. From the ages of 14 to 19, Sun Jae-Chan worked hard secretly. By reducing his sleeping time, it was expected that he would participate in the Guide Development Program, take the top spot, and become a top tier among the A-Class Guides.

He hoped that if he achieved excellent results, his parents would praise him as they did when he was young. As with Go Woo-Jin, Sun Jae-Chan adorned himself up with external achievements in order to be recognized by his parents.

And then, one day.

Did the heavens planned to ignore the effort he had put forth? A golden moment came to find him.

It was his nineteenth spring. The time when he passed the National Guide Selection Test one year earlier than others by skipping grades, and just started his duties as a Trainee Guide. After staying up all night in the office alone and facing the morning, he found that his transparent fingertips had turned transparent while washing his face.

He awakened himself as an Esper.

The joy and surprise of that time.

When he came to his senses, he was already running home. He told his mother first over the phone because he was so excited. The voice coming from the other side of the line was shaking. All the way home in the taxi, Jae-Chan's mind was like a field of flowers that bloomed like spring buds outside the car window.

An overgrown 11-year-old child, still inside him, stamped his elated feet in triumph. Now his mother's headache would be gone, and his father would regret ever having treated him coldly.

<<At least he'll get the acknowledgment from his family.>>

Sun Jae-Chan smiled continuously while making his fingertips transparent. He entered the mansion like a general who had returned home carrying a victory report. And he soon came to realize what a fool he was for doing so.

It was also for a moment that his heart swelled up when he saw his father waiting for him while skipping on work. While neither accepting or denying him, he was taken into the mansion without a word. Standing by his father's side, he stood with an employee of the Esper Institute. His mother, who followed behind, gave the federal official an anxious look.