Seo Jun-Ho knocked on the door of the president’s office before he entered. As usual, Shim Deok-Gu was sitting on the sofa instead of at his desk. 

‘He looks… different.’

Shim Deok-Gu didn’t have anyone to take care of him, so he always looked frazzled with his wrinkled suit and crooked tie. But today, there wasn’t a single wrinkle on his suit, and his tie was tied properly. It was as if knew that this would be their last goodbye. 

“You’re leaving right after?”

“Yeah. There’s no need to drag it out.”

“That’s just like you. I knew you’d do something like this.” As Seo Jun-Ho sat down, Shim Deok-Gu smiled as if he remembered something. 

“It’s been about 7 months since you broke out of the ice, hasn’t it?”

“Yeah. A little more than that, actually.”

“I didn’t tell you this before, but I was really shocked. I thought it was some sick joke.” 

His friend had been frozen in ice for 25 years, so how could he believe it when he was told that his friend had woken up? He had watched the video of Seo Jun-Ho waking up from the ice over and over all day. 

“But when I saw you at the hospital, I finally believed that you came back.”

“I think that’s when I realized that I returned as well.” 

“...And because of you, the...