Chapter 1007: Side Story – Hope City Guild’s Daily Life (1)

About a week had passed since finishing the ‘Operation: Vacation Time’ where I spent all day with Cha Yuri, cumming inside her more than ten times.

Although I had spent all day holding onto Cha Yuri and having sex with her, vowing to get her pregnant, nothing much had changed in her daily life afterward.

Cha Yuri would show up as usual on the Sky Blue Shield’s regular expedition days, and on her days off, she’d be seen striving to improve her personal skills by reading the magic books piled up in her personal lounge or practicing spells in the training room.

She hadn’t yet told anyone that she had sex with me to get pregnant. It would be embarrassing in many ways if she got ahead of herself and it failed this time.

In fact, my heart felt like stopping her from going into the dungeon even now, but I couldn’t interfere that much while her pregnancy wasn’t even confirmed.

‘In the first place, she said she’d go into the dungeon even while pregnant, so there’s no way she’d listen to me right now anyway.’

If I want her to rest quietly later with a swollen belly, it’s better not to make her feel stifled right off the bat. I’ll let her keep using the AI training ground, where unexpected situations rarely arise and there’s almost nothing for her to do.

Actually, Kang Hye-eun also continued her training in the training room, just not going into dungeons. She said that if her reflexes dulled during the break, she might become a burden to other party members when she returned later.

My heart wanted me to make her rest completely, but the women in this world are strong. To prevent them from developing resentment if I overprotected them, I essentially just gave them the bare minimum breathing room.

‘Speaking of which, maybe I should go see her.’

While the party is resting, I want to see Kang Hye-eun’s face, which I haven’t seen often lately, and also to slightly restrain her if she happens to be doing something dangerous like mock training against S-Class monsters.

With that thought, I made eye contact with Eunbyul and quietly rose from my representative’s office chair, and she cautiously asked my destination.

“Are you going to Kang Hye-eun-nim?”

“…….”

…Does she use mind-reading too, like the President?

As I looked at her with a bewildered expression while thinking that, Eunbyul immediately added an explanation.

“I’m sorry. When you go to meet another Hunter, you always make eye contact with me and get up from your seat, so I habitually ended up guessing.”

“…How did you know I was going to meet Hye-eun?”

“Since it’s morning time now, it’s when all the other Hunters who’ve gone to work are inside the dungeons. I guessed that the only person available to see right now would be Kang Hye-eun-nim, who came to work at the training ground.”

…Was Cao Cao’s feeling when his inner thoughts were revealed by Yang Xiu in Han Zhong something like this?

Even though it’s Eunbyul, having my inner thoughts revealed to someone other than Esila or Belle is a bit disconcerting.

Well, Eunbyul probably didn’t say it with bad intentions, so I decided not to worry too much about it. Besides, being perceptive was her greatest strength.

“I’m sorry. Next time, I will not carelessly guess your actions, Master.”

“No, it’s okay. Anyway, as you said, Eunbyul, I’m thinking of stopping by the training ground for a moment right now. Want to come along?”

“…….”

“If Kang Hye-eun-nim would be uncomfortable, you can just stay here in the representative’s office. There’s no need to force the meeting.”

Since she works as my secretary at the Hope City Guild, Eunbyul had naturally become acquainted to some extent with the other Hunters belonging to our guild.

Of course, this included Han Min-ah and her sisters whom we already knew, the members of Sky Blue Shield, Kwon Hwayeon, and even Hye-eun, who currently comes to work at the training ground while on pregnancy leave.

Eunbyul, who always took the initiative to introduce herself with her capable secretary-like conversational skills, was only awkward around one person: Hye-eun. I don’t know why.

“…It’s not that Kang Hye-eun-nim makes me uncomfortable.”

“Huh?”

“…It’s just that when I face Kang Hye-eun-nim, the resolution in my heart feels like it might waver, so I just don’t want to see her.”

“What resolution in your heart?”

“Because when I witness the fruit of love Kang Hye-eun-nim shares with you, Master, I get the urge to bear your child, just like her.”

“…Aha.”

…If that’s the reason, I can understand why she feels particularly uncomfortable around Hye-eun.

So far, the only ones I’ve had relations with for the purpose of pregnancy were Hye-eun and Cha Yuri, and among them, Hye-eun is the only one who clearly shows, to the point of being noticeable, that she’s carrying my child.

“If you’re worried about feeling that way, I can get you pregnant right now too, Eunbyul.”

“That’s a truly grateful offer, but I’ll ask to bear the Master’s child only after Sihee-nim gets the news of her pregnancy.”

“I don’t mind, but will you be okay with that, Eunbyul?”

“Yes. My connection with you, Master, could only have happened because of your connection with Sihee-nim. More than anything, Sihee-nim saved my life twice, so bearing fruit with you before her would be betraying her expectations.”

…I thought, who would call having a child first a betrayal to that extent?, but I couldn’t ignore Eunbyul’s opinion spoken with such a serious expression.

“Okay, I understand. Since it’s your opinion, Eunbyul, I’ll respect it.”

“…Thank you, Master.”

“Then I’ll go down to the training ground for a bit. Contact me immediately if anything urgent comes up.”

“Yes. Please go and come back, Master.”

It was a conversation that made me reflect once again on the reason why I need to create the second generation with Sihee as soon as possible.

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Moving to the training room via the emergency stairs, I reflected again on the conversation about the ‘order of pregnancy’ I had with Eunbyul just before leaving the representative’s office.

It was something I had vaguely thought about in my mind too. Although the order of having children couldn’t be perfectly matched with the women who had relations with me, I had somewhat been thinking that, if possible, I’d prefer to have a child first with the person who had their first experience with me earliest.

Just like Hye-eun, who took my first experience and first enabled me to use my awakening ability, was the first, and Cha Yuri, whom I had relations with next, became the second.

It wasn’t because I had deeper affection for the person I had relations with first, but rather from the thought that doing so would at least be fair to everyone.

If such minor issues piled up and caused dissatisfaction for one person, it would lead to uncontrollable internal conflict later on.

Among the Hunters who had relations with me were not only A+ Class and S Class Hunters but also quite a few women related to famous domestic groups, so I really had to be careful about distributing affection.

‘Therefore, if looking simply at the order, the third would probably be Sihee, but….’

Unlike Hye-eun or Cha Yuri, who only needed their individual consent, it wasn’t that easy with Sihee.

Firstly, there was the difficulty of meeting often due to her busy schedule, but the most important thing was that she is a candidate for the successor of the Dokyung Group.

As it could cause trouble in the future succession competition, I couldn’t rashly decide to have an illegitimate child with Sihee.

‘Sihee’s mother, whom I met last time, was definitely quite charismatic. It was fortunate that she didn’t seem to particularly dislike me when I saw her at the Hope City Guild’s launch ceremony, but…’

I wonder if that impression of not disliking me will continue even after I suddenly get her pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Unlike Geum Taehyang, who was the owner of Geumhyang, Sihee’s mother, Do Kyunghee, still had at least 20 more years before retirement, making her a possessor of influence that couldn’t be ignored.

…Of course, if I am to embrace everyone, including Sihee and Do Yehee, someday, I will have to overcome all of this, including these obstacles.

“Truly, it’s one mountain after another.”

As I felt before, establishing a Hunter Guild under my name didn’t solve all problems. It just brought me one step closer to my goal of creating a world where people don’t die from monsters.

And one must be able to embrace people like Sihee, Do Yehee, President Seo Ok-hee, or Lulusia without difficulty to plan bigger things.

While thinking that, I came down to the 5th floor where the training room was, and a red light was lit, indicating only one training room was in use.

‘I confirmed earlier that Hye-eun came to work, so it must be her.’

Since it was the time when, as Eunbyul said, almost all other Hunters would be inside the dungeons.

Using the master key, a privilege of the Guild Master, I opened the door and entered the training room. There, as expected, was Hye-eun, practicing her shield techniques while holding a training shield.

-Kuwung!

“Hhht, Haaa!”

Kang Hye-eun was training with a shield made from special materials, not the shield she usually creates with her ability.

It was an item made from the same material as the mock battle greatsword used when training with Eunyoung Noona before. The materials repel each other, causing collisions and bounces, but when it touches a person’s body, it passes through, making it a safe training shield.

Since Hye-eun always fought by summoning custom shields using her ability, the training shield might be a bit awkward for her, but its safety was definitely guaranteed, making it absolutely necessary for her, as she is pregnant.

“Next one coming, Hye-eun-ah!”

-Hwi-iing!

And opposite Hye-eun, helping her training, was one person.

Since it was Hye-eun blocking with her shield against a real person instead of the usual AI hologram monsters, I could recognize who it was just by the form of those flashy kicks.

“Yes, Jihee-ssi!”

-Kaaang!

“Hooo, Haaaak!”

It was the moment Cheon Jihee, wearing fighter training gear since the morning hours to help Kang Hye-eun’s training, came into view together with her.