episode_0004

“You.”

“Huh?”

“Let me tell you first.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Why do ordinary people want to become hunters?”

I could tell right away what it meant. It probably meant something like equivalent exchange. You must have a reason for coming here, so tell me about it first, something like that.

In fact, it could be said that it was good for me, but there were many additional problems. For example, if I tried to explain without telling anyone that I was possessed, they might think I was lying or trying to hide something, and an even worse situation could occur.

But if I were to explain it bluntly and honestly, it would be screwed up as is. So for now, I need to explain it by cleverly mixing lies and truth to some extent.

‘How can I explain it?’

First, let’s recall the background knowledge of this body that I possessed.

The guy is an orphan. At the same time, you can see that he has no friends and no one is saved in his contact list. The house he used to live in is obviously very old and you can often see cockroaches crawling around.

‘There’s nothing special about it other than this.’

From now on, I will use this information to explain to Yusera as convincingly as possible. I swallowed my saliva, feeling a little nervous. Let me answer first.

“Okay, I’ll explain.”

“……Really?”

“Uh.”

I answered monotonously. Yu Seo-ra seemed a little surprised at my appearance. It seemed like I spoke too lightly. With a deep sigh, I continued to speak.

“The reason I want to become a hunter is simple. I’m an orphan.”

“What did you say?”

“I’m an orphan. Is there a problem?”

“Oh, no. Keep talking.”

With her last words, I finally finished my thoughts. The story that had been unclear until just now was now neatly organized, and I felt confident that I could explain it to Yoo Soo-ra in a way that she would be convinced. I opened my mouth and continued speaking.

“Anyway, I was an orphan with no family, so naturally I grew up in an orphanage. One time, I lost my way back to the orphanage and was wandering around outside. Then, all of a sudden, the gate opened.”

Take a deep breath.

“Of course, monsters poured out of the gate, and I ran away somehow to survive. I fell on the ground and hurt my knees, and I bumped into people, but I kept running. Then I stopped, thinking, why should I live? I had never been happy in my life up until then.”

Take another breath.

“I tried to close my eyes and accept death, but someone cut down the monster that was trying to attack me. I had no choice but to open my eyes. The sight I saw then, the emotions I felt then, still remain deep in my heart.”

And finally, take one more breath.

“I saw it. That hunter back then. He was covered in blood, but he looked at me with a very clear smile. He even asked me in a warm voice, ‘Are you okay?’ I heard a single word of concern from that hunter that I had never heard before. That’s what I felt at that moment. I decided to become a hunter too. I decided to live for that.”

Even when I think about it, it’s a really well-made story. It’s a masterpiece that you can’t watch without crying.

At this point, I think I’ll be a better writer than that rotten writer who ended things with no chance at all. If I could just go back to my original world, I’d like to try writing a web novel.

To that extent, I was so satisfied with the story I had created.

“…….”

It’s a silent will.

How concise and deep must one have been to see it for it to be nonsense? As expected, it is truly amazing.

If you want to cry, cry. I understand.

“Aren’t you lying?”

“……Huh?”

why?

Wasn’t it touching?

“Why?”

“It feels a bit crude.”

coarseness.

I guess being a writer isn’t for me, damn it.

Anyway, now is not the time to think about such things. I quickly racked my brain and thought of an answer to Yoo Seora.

“Of course, since I was young, there might be some distortion, but anyway, that’s it.”

“Hmm…….”

There seems to be a problem somewhere. Isn’t this really going to be exposed as a lie? Honestly, I felt like the story was well-written, Shang.

Is it true that the author and the reader are the same?

“So, that’s all?”

“Huh? Yeah, well.”

I swallowed dry saliva and stared at Yusera. She had her eyes closed as if she was thinking about something, and then raised her head.

“You’re trying to become a hunter just because of that? Even though you’re a normal person?”

A word almost like a sigh.

I answered there confidently.

“Uh.”

This is all I can tell you.

“But, you. You clearly said that you wanted to become a hunter to survive, so isn’t that a lie?”

Oh, right. I did say something like that.

What the hell am I going to do with this? At the time, I just said it without thinking. I quickly thought about it and continued talking somehow.

“I plan to die if I don’t become a hunter.”

What the hell is this nonsense? It’s literally a piece of shit that I admit to. But I couldn’t think of any other answer. Maybe I made the worst mistake ever.

“Is that so? So you have someone to meet?”

Oh, I can answer this.

“Of course it’s the person who saved me.”

He said with a smile. Yu Seo-ra frowned and continued to glare at me as if he was uncomfortable with my appearance. He looked at me with an expression that seemed as if he might attack me at any moment, and I felt a chill down my spine.

“Are you thinking of becoming a hunter with just that?”

I, too, am honestly dumbfounded. To think that someone would risk their life for something like that. But since I can’t answer that out loud, I tried to say something plausible.

“It’s my life.”

I was really ogling. But honestly, I think it felt cool at the same time. Honestly, I felt like throwing up, but since I’m a diehard fan, I couldn’t think of anything else to say.

‘Oh.’

I have to get over it right now. I can’t stand this ogling any longer.

I spoke to Yusera almost in a blunt manner, thinking that I would get over it quickly.

“Now it’s your turn to speak.”

Because if I talk any more, I feel like I’m going to get goosebumps and die.

“……You really want to become a hunter just because of that?”

“Don’t say that!”

Then I would be so embarrassed because I thought the story was so well made!

“What a really unfunny person.”

I think so too.

“Okay, let me tell you.”

I wonder what the story was.

“My older brother was a regular hunter.”

…….

“Huh? You had a brother?”

“Yes. To be exact, he was my close friend. We’re not related by blood. But he was like family to me.”

It’s hard to imagine that Yusera was close to someone. But it doesn’t seem like she was trying to lie to me.

“So?”

It may have been a little rude, but I urged him to continue. Yu Seo-ra continued talking, not caring about my appearance.

“One day, my brother suddenly said he wanted to become a hunter. When I asked why, he said he wanted to learn how to be a hunter in advance for me, his younger brother.”

“So you thought about becoming a hunter since you were young?”

“To be exact, there was nothing else I could do as an awakened person.”

It is said that Yusera’s talent as a hunter was clearly shown in middle school. Before that, she was just an ordinary awakened person. That is to say.

‘It’s said that Yusera went there around the time she was in elementary school.’

I could guess that he became stronger after something happened to his older brother. That was when he was in middle school. The story that wasn’t in the novel was gradually added.

“So my brother went to Hunter School as a normal person. You know, there are special privileges for normal people, right?”

I know. The reason I was able to enroll here was all thanks to that special privilege that was given to me as if to say, “If you can do it, try it.”

Admission and graduation are guaranteed no matter what, a special privilege exclusively for the general public.

Originally, it would have been as good as non-existent. Who would want to do something similar to having a 20-year-old who knows the fear of military service endure for 3 years with the body of a 10-year-old child? It would be strange and absurd to have something like that. If I remember correctly, they said it was for equality.

‘I wondered why there was such a law.’

At first, when I saw it as a novel, I just thought it was one of those weird settings that just flowed by. And when I fell into this world, I thought it was just a setting for me. But now that I’ve heard her words, I can be sure.

‘I guess he was trying to awaken it somehow.’

An incident that made it inevitable for the character of Yoo Seo-ra to become stronger. It was a crudely hidden setting created for a story that would never appear in a novel.

“Of course, my brother was bullied at school. Since he was an ordinary person, team activities didn’t really help him, and more than anything, he just didn’t like it. He said that he was bullied continuously because he was sure he would graduate.”

“And then he committed suicide…….”

“No. I didn’t commit suicide because of bullying.”

“Huh?”

Then what is the reason? Could there be anything else besides that? I had a feeling that my thoughts were not working properly.

“He was constantly bullied, but he eventually persevered. That’s how he got his diploma.”

“Then?”

“That’s where the problem lies.”

Yu Seo continued, taking a deep breath.

“My brother committed suicide because of a severe sense of helplessness.”

“What does that mean…….”

“My brother often writes in his diary, and it says in it that he can’t fight monsters because he has no abilities, so he can’t do anything.”

I understand why you said helplessness.

“Then, it was written with doubts about the pain I had endured until now, and anger.”

Perhaps, after enduring so much, the feeling of helplessness came at the end of the long-awaited ending. After enduring severe bullying and painful harassment, I lived with the hope that I would be able to do a proper job as a hunter if I just graduated, so how could I allow that feeling of helplessness of not being able to do anything?

“And at the same time, inferiority complex.”

Of course. There’s no way you wouldn’t have felt inferior there.

“There, he felt so ashamed of himself that he decided to commit suicide, according to his diary.”

Perhaps because he wrote it with his own hand, the emotion felt even more vivid.

“I couldn’t stop him. No, I didn’t know that my brother was having such a hard time. Of course, I could tell when he was bullying me during school because it was so obvious, but I didn’t think he would be able to endure it any longer after graduating.”

Anyone would think so.

“So let me say it again. You will suffer a lot mentally, not only during your school life, but also after you graduate. Drop out right now. You will have a lot of money since middle school, so you can help them out a lot.”

It’s a really sad story, but of course it wasn’t my fault. Bullying or ostracizing before graduation? I studied the law in advance. I can give back as much as I’ve been through.

Feeling helpless after graduation? You won’t even have time to feel that way because the final boss of this novel will run wild in the world. On the other hand, you’ll probably die from overwork because you’ll have too much work to do.

It was all a story that had nothing to do with me. Of course, if I were to be honest about this, there would be a lot of problems, so I needed to organize my thoughts a little. At least I’ll answer in a way that makes sense.

“Still, I will become a hunter.”

It was a monotonous, relentless line. Yu Seo-ra stared blankly at me at my direct, sharp voice. I gave her a soft smile and continued speaking.

“I don’t mind becoming a hunter.”