The Foreigner on the Periphery

“…And that’s how it happened.” 

“Thank you. Inspector.” 

With that, Jeongpal finished the statement. The targets turned out to be the police officers in charge of the surrounding area. After receiving a report from the hospital, they rushed to the hospital, but were unable to deliver the criminal immediately. 

“Are you saying that the suspect is being interrogated by the immigration office?” 

Jeongpal nodded and said, “If you’re going to tell me that you need an official document from the immigration office, I’ll be sure to pass it on to the agent…”

The policeman shook his head in surprise. It was shaking so violently that it felt like the wind was blowing. “Oh, no! Haha… We are not that indecisive.

This was the normal reaction of the police. He said he didn’t want to cause a riot by arguing over the case that the immigration office touched. It turned out to be completely different from the attitude of the 2nd Team Leader. 

“Lieutenant? Are you okay for a moment?” 

When he turned his head, his eyes caught Choi Pan-seok’s bodyguard. The lawmaker was released from paralysis a little later than Jeongpal, and while he was clinging to the statement, he was also watching his daughter in his hospital room. 

“I want to talk to you for a moment.” 

“Yes, let’s go.” Choi Pan-seok was looking down at his daughter with a sad expression. As soon as his child, who was thought to be dead, had miraculously revived, ended up being in danger of being kidnapped, and had then barely been saved. Now, she had lost consciousness due to magic. The chaos of events must have messed severely with his head.

At this, the security guard quietly closed the door from outside. The senator spoke up without turning his head. “Are the statements over?” 

“Yes.” He stared at his daughter with a sad look, then turned back a beat. “There were a lot of mistakes.”

“Sir, you don’t have to do this!” 

“No. Thank you, but it’s too late.” 

“Greetings to your brother… No, you have to say hello to the agent.” 

“When the interrogation is over, I will greet you properly. He received great favor from the inspector as well as him.” It was polite speech and behavior that was not at all like that of a four-term lawmaker who was a representative of the Orc members of the ruling party. 

The love he had for his daughter had inevitably been revealed. After several more greetings and remarks of humility, the lawmaker bowed his head for the last time. “I don’t have a talent for memorizing spells, but I can tell the difference between a teleport magic circle. If I hadn’t given it back then, my daughter would have been kidnapped. Thank you, Inspector Park Jeongpal.” 

Although he had never given a full name, Jeongpal was not particularly embarrassed. He may have seen the nameplate, or someone below may have told him. “Even if he had run away… the agent would have found him somehow.” 

Hearing that, the senator thought, ‘A very humble orc.’ 

With his common sense, it was nearly impossible to catch up with a wizard who had already escaped through space leap. Naturally, the affinity towards the detective had increased. 

“By the way, are you a superintendent?” 

“Ugh, no.”

“Then how?” 

Even while the paralysis magic was activated, Jeongpal’s appearance appeared to be clear. 

“Looks like you have some great artifacts.” 

The legislator’s wish was helpless, even though it had been advertised as a perfect defense against poison-based magic. Choi Pan-seok intended to make a firm complaint against the Witch Co-op after the work was finished. 

“Ah, that’s it. In fact, I didn’t even know.” 

“······?” Jeongpal scratched the back of the head. “It seems that my brother wrote his hand without me knowing.” 

“Are you talking about Agent Ye Minjun?” 

Jeongpal realized his speech mistake again. “Yes, agent. I’m not as good as him, but he seems to have been trampled on by his rough work. It seems like you put a spell on me without saying anything.” 

Jeongpal knew what had happened at the Sangnoksu bookstore not long ago. The pot that Minjun placed there had a powerful barrier spell that Lakefield and Dong-cheol did not know about, and thanks to that, he was able to drive out the crazy dragon who was acting like a scoundrel. 

Jeongpal simply said, “It would have been nice if you told me in advance, but because of my personality, I am a person who does things wrong…” 

At this, he smiled shyly. The lawmaker who looked at Jeongpal carefully said: “Are you close enough to call each other brothers?” 

“Yeah… Why? Haha…” 

The senator quietly pondered those words. Minjun was recognized as the most powerful sponsor of the ruling party, Red Dragon. Did one value Jeongpal so much that such an agent could cast a powerful spell by themselves? 

‘As an Orc and as a detective, it must be difficult to find a more powerful network than this.’ 

The lawmaker did not hide his interest in Jeongpal. “I found out a little bit about it. I believe he’s from the Gurye Police Station. Then the jurisdiction would be roughly like this.” 

He then put a few local names in his mouth. All were Orc communities. It was a neighborhood that was not enough to express that Jeongpal was familiar with it. He could draw a map of every corner of the alley with his eyes closed, not to mention the people who lived there… 

Especially, the Orcs know the number of spoons in the house by adding in an exaggeration. Hearing his answer, the lawmaker looked very satisfied. “He had a lot of love for the people there.”

Not trying to overhear, Assemblyman Ani had confessed that she heard the conversation between Jeongpal and the agent. 

At this, Jeongpal blushed. “Honestly, I was very impressed. Do you have any other plans after retirement?” 

“As you may have heard, my goal was to hold out until retirement. Because of this, I haven’t really thought about it until then.” 

However, Choi Pan-seok knew. There was a way to have a much stronger and better influence than staying in the police force. ‘He has good judgment and a sense of racial mission. The connection in the oak community is certain, and the connections of the immigration office… His conditions are perfect. Also, the fact that Kim Kwang-woo died and his group was wiped out now that there is no contact with him is rather a plus.’ 

At this, he quietly handed a business card. “I don’t think it’s something we’re going to share for a long time here. Take it.” 

“Ah? Yes, yes!” Jeongpal felt embarrassed as he received it. He unconsciously rubbed his front pockets in turn. “I don’t have a business card…” 

“It’s okay. I am not the way to contact you. We’ll have dinner soon.” 

“Ah yes. It’s such an honor. Please call me.” 

Even as he replied that way, Jeongpal thought it was a greeting.

‘Or maybe I’m asking for help with the election campaign because I have a big foot in the Orc community.’ 

Was he spamming the people around him, distributing pamphlets in front of the station, and asking him to dance in the caravan? 

‘By the way, there is a re-election soon. But would I be subject to the Code of Ethics for Public Officials if I did that? Hey, he’s a smart man, but there’s no way he doesn’t know what I know.’ Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”

Jeongpal received the business card without much thought, and without any expectation that my call would come in the near future. It was then that the door to the hospital room opened again. 

“Agent!” 

“Ah, brother. Are you done?” 

As Minjun entered, the smell of burning something and the smell of blood wafted out. Even the sense of smell of the two dull Orcs could be felt. The senator was puzzled by the frying pan in his hand, but had a more important question in mind. 

“Agent, what about him?” 

Minjun explained the questioning. Being conscious of Jeongpal, he left out the overly sensitive content. The senator’s face went pale, then he swelled with anger again. 

“Kwak Do-chul, that bastard child!” 

At this, his eyes lit up and burned. Thick veins began to rise up on his forehead.

From there, he had decided not to choose Sisibibi now. He was not here to practice judicial justice. Even if they ended up getting prosecuted, it was clear that they would get out of the way by disclosing the fact that they were threatened by the contracting company. 

Minjun focused his gaze on a place where no one seemed to be. In the corner of the hospital room, Yuntus was hidden in an invisible state. The two Orcs didn’t even notice he was there. 

Minjun had arranged it in case of any unforeseen circumstances. The face of the agent who was telepathic with him seemed distorted. ‘Can’t you wake me up?!’ 

Yuntus replied as if he didn’t know what to do. =As you know, healing spells are the principle that stimulates and extremely activates the target’s health. But that woman has already consumed an enormous amount of life through one treatment.= 

‘I know that. ‘Cause I see it too. But after this amount of time, did you expect that she would be able to wake up? Frying pans are useless while asleep.’ Knowing that she couldn’t wake up right away, Minjun then instructed Yuntus. ‘You keep staying here to protect this woman.’ 

= I will. =

“A troll was found dead, did the police dig your back?”

Jeongpal explained the conversation with the 2nd Team Leader. Perhaps it was because he had already been robbed by Kim Cheol-soo, so this time he told him everything without any resistance whatsoever. 

“It is clean. It’s award-winning. Perhaps they sent someone to clean it up first.” 

“Sh*t!” 

This felt like starting over from the beginning. The clues for robbing the contract had long since been gone. 

‘I’ll have to wait for Choi Seon-ah to wake up.’ 

In the meantime, he decided to search the troll’s residence. The police couldn’t find anything, but the outcome could far be different if they stepped in. However, Minjun was slowly feeling frustrated. It felt like he was being blocked by a wall. He knew how the sword had gotten into this place, but he had no clues about what was actually important. And so, where was the sword? 

‘Something appears to need a breakthrough.’ 

If there was no clue in the troll’s residence, what was next? 

‘We have no choice but to go see it.’ 

He then thought that leaving Yuntus here was not enough, and so he began to send communication magic to his close friend. However, he soon realized that his target was not at the Jenkinson Tower. He switched destinations and shot his magic at Ray this time, but it turned out that he was not there either.

Minjun had no choice but to pick up the phone. Blair got it right away. 

– Yes, agent. 

“I can’t get in touch with the president.” 

At this, the faces of the lawmaker and Jeongpal were colored with surprise. It was highly unlikely that the president he spoke of was referring to anyone other than Jenkinson. 

-Ah, actually… there are some particular circumstances right now. 

“I’ll ask for an escort for this side.” 

The lawmaker, who heard the following words, once again expressed his gratitude with his eyes. In fact, Minjun’s motive was persistence that he could never miss the evidence, but in terms of the results, it was a good thing for them. 

After delivering the business, Minjun asked as if passing by. Because he was curious. Jenkinson was a severe workaholic who rarely had an affair other than going back and forth between work with Rare. They hadn’t even scheduled a meeting of the Balaur yet. 

‘Where have you been?’ 

Then Blair replied: – You went to the committee’s district representative office. It’s probably in a situation where any magic communication is impossible. 

At this, Minjun’s eyebrows twitched. “Representative? Why are you there?” 

– A welcome party for the newly appointed committee will be held tonight in Korean time. You have already crossed over to attend there.

“It has been vacant for a long time. So suddenly?” 

It seemed that the time spent in the room had been too long. Minjun asked. “So, who is here?” 

At that moment, Blair answered. 

“··········!” Minjun’s body hardened like a plaster statue. 

*** 

After receiving a visit from Minjun and Jeongpal at lunchtime, Cathy resumed work as usual. Her boss’s work was very complicated in her head, as she had to take into account a magical frying pan. With this, she stopped by the immigration office and received a few cases that Minjun would have been interested in in the past. 

She looked like a mountain pile of paperwork because these days, the boss seldom wanted to work. He always lamented, “I don’t want to work, I’m going to die” in words, but when he did start working, he tended to act like a crazy person. 

‘Are you going to retire like this?’ 

Minjun was a 45-year-old Kwangbok-dong. He wouldn’t be in need of money, even worse, in human terms. He would rather be rotten. Consumption was very frugal compared to earning. 

‘When Minjun retires, what about me?’ 

The reason he went out with Jeongpal today seemed to be because it had nothing to do with immigration. This was often the case these days. 

‘Am I not needed.’

Her boss was now distracted, but he didn’t know when one would get back to work. Ding-dong! 

‘Are you back after it’s over?’ 

From there, a bright smile spread across Cathy’s face, then withered again. There was no way he’d ring the bell. Her mind was confused and her judgment was clouded. She scolded herself before opening the door to her office. “How can I help you?”

“Are you Agent Ye Minjun?” 

Cathy shook her head. “You are not here now. Did you make an appointment in advance?” 

“No, I just came.”

“How did you know?” Cathy asked in a puzzled yet hardened tone. 

“I’m sorry, but Agent rarely receives requests from outside the government. Moreover, it is almost impossible to meet the schedule if you come without an appointment…” 

“Oh, you misunderstood. No.” 

“Yes?” 

“I didn’t come here to order. I just came to see her face.” 

Cathy then narrowed her eyes. “Do you know Minjun-san?” 

The narrow friendship between them was clearly visible. If she was really an acquaintance that Cathy didn’t know, that meant that Minjun had known her for quite some time. This was just like the occurrence with Oh Man-seok, who said he knew her when he was a teacher. 

“Yes, I have known him for a long time.” 

Her visitor nodded her head in reply, and Cathy flashed in her mind, “he might not be back today.” 

“Oh yeah?” She looked downright disappointed. “I was trying to surprise him.” 

After a moment’s hesitation, Cathy spoke again. “Well then, I’ll make a phone call. Would you like to come in and wait?” 

With that, the woman’s cheeks reddened. “Thank you.” 

After guiding her visitors to the sofa, Cathy prepared her some tea. She then began to ask a question while boiling the water. “I’m not answering the phone. I’ll try again in about 10 minutes. Did you happen to be working with Minjun?” 

Then, the short-haired woman showed a slightly bewildered look, and she quickly erased that expression with her smile. It appeared to be a strangely stable smile. Then, she answered Cathy. 

“Yes, we were together. For work, yes.”