Orphanage 4

Today, more than a generation after coming into contact with the phenomenon called Gates.

The Management Bureau has standardized various manuals for responding to Gates.

The guidelines are as follows:

First.

All hunters at the scene will come under the control of the Management Bureau.

Immediate disposal is possible if this is not complied with.

Second.

The safety of civilians will be the top priority.

Immediate disposal is possible if this is not complied with.

These are somewhat coercive guidelines, if coercive.

But this was also the reason why Korea’s ability crime rate became virtually non-existent.

The existence of high-power individuals who can face many as an individual.

That existence was completely contrary to the existing history of mankind.

Nevertheless, there is one reason why Korea can exist as a normal country like before the Gates.

Because the great leader alone,

Completely annihilated all the villains who interfered with the nation-state.

That’s why there was no slavery in Korea.

That’s why there was no aristocratic system in Korea.

Everyone is just equal under the banner of the philosopher.

No one dared to think of committing a crime.

“Ah, this is so fucking annoying.”

However, after 10 years since the Great Purge.

Sometimes the new generation of young people make mistakes.

“I was hunting well, is this right?”

“I know. It’s not like the country will take responsibility if our guild goes bankrupt like this…”

Desertion from duty during wartime is punishable by firing squad.

Negligence of duty is not much different.

“The more I think about it, the more fucked up it is.”

A rather large guild located in Daejeon.

Someone muttered like that.

“Shout it! Yeon, you bastard!”

“Hey, you’ll get caught doing that?”

“Bullshit. If he’s upset, he should come to Daejeon.”

They seemed quite discontented.

Perhaps there might be some plausible reason for that.

“This is fucking crazy. I was in the middle of hunting…”

It was in the middle of hunting.

They were essentially dragged to the country for free while making money.

Moreover, a Gate that has occurred once must be monitored for 24 hours.

This was because it could only be distinguished whether it was a single-occurrence or a permanent Gate after 24 hours had passed.

“Hey! Let’s do this roughly! It’s just a C-grade Gate at most!”

It’s like wasting a full day.

The guild members of the hunter guild were not pleased with this.

“Yeon, you bastard. Just try coming to Daejeon!”

This was just venting.

There was no further intention.

“What, are you going to fuck him like a dog?”

“Why not try it once? What’s there that we can’t do?”

It was nothing more than a matter of simple pride.

And they didn’t know.

All guilds must receive state certification when established.

All situations of the guild are always shared with the Hunter Management Bureau.

Whirr.

The camera captured the two men.

As always.

The leader of the people knew everything.

“Do you understand? You must never come out of the orphanage!”

Han Yu-seol earnestly pleaded in front of the orphanage children.

Gate.

Even if it’s C-grade, its threat was absolute.

No matter how weak a monster is, it’s not difficult to harm children.

Their delicate skin would easily be mangled by sharp teeth and claws.

Fortunately, the detailed location of the Gate is somewhat distant from Baekhwa Orphanage.

Monsters shouldn’t be able to infiltrate the orphanage.

As much as she wanted to stay here and protect the children.

Han Yu-seol couldn’t do that.

She was a hunter.

Even if she was a coward, she had a duty to go to the battlefield.

“As for the students…”

Han Yu-seol glanced at the three students who came to volunteer at the orphanage.

Han Su-ho.

S-class awakener.

Michaela Wittelsbach.

S-class awakener.

And Han Seoyeon.

An E-class powerless person, but a girl called the student hero.

“…”

All three were excellent as hunter forces.

“…Students, please protect the children well here.”

However, she couldn’t make them step up.

That was Han Yu-seol’s judgment.

What was the reason that adults like them had been fighting for?

Everyone would answer the same.

For the children.

So that the next generation of children won’t experience war.

This level of Gate can be handled sufficiently by adult hands.

She didn’t want to send minors to the raw battlefield in any form.

“…I can’t see her.”

Just as Han Yu-seol was about to move.

“I can’t see Suyeon…!”

Kim Ha-yeon says with a trembling voice.

“We have to go find her! Right now!”

“Calm down! There’s no guarantee that Suyeon went outside the orphanage…!”

“Suyeon’s parents committed suicide.”

“…”

“…By going into the Gate.”

What that roughly meant.

Han Yu-seol understood immediately.

“Wait here. I’ll definitely bring her back!”

She ran out without hesitation.

The three girls remain.

“…Senior.”

“If it’s tracking, I won’t be of much help.”

Michaela whispered in a quiet voice.

“This magic is originally for seeing through enemies. I can’t perfectly distinguish a stranger whose name and face I don’t know well.”

“…I see.”

A side story is a side story.

Originally, if left like this, regardless of the process, the result would be a happy ending.

“What are you doing? It’s not like you.”

“That’s right.”

Michaela and Han Su-ho spoke as if they had planned it beforehand.

“There are two S-class awakeners here. At least here is much safer than the Gate, right?”

“…”

“You’re worried. About that child who just went missing.”

Worried.

That was true.

The butterfly effect changed many things.

Even things that were thought would never change.

The development of the original work and the development so far were the same.

If this side story was also twisted by Han Seoyeon’s butterfly effect.

And if those two who went there don’t reach a happy ending.

“Go. I’ll protect this place.”

“It’s not like you to hesitate.”

“…Yeah.”

Even if it turns out to be a wasted trip.

Because she hates hesitating and regretting more than anything.

Han Seoyeon ran after Han Yu-seol.

The monsters of the C-grade Gate were eliminated in an instant.

Now there was only boring progress observation left.

“…What.”

Han Yu-seol was shocked.

It wasn’t because of the atrocities by monsters.

The hunters who should be conducting progress observation, carrying out civilian duties,

“Yawn…”

Were carelessly dozing off.

“Excuse me.”

“…What’s with this little kid, I’m about to die of sleepiness.”

Actions and words shameful to even call hunter.

Han Yu-seol tried hard to endure.

She had urgent business.

“Have you by any chance seen a child with a similar build to me around here?”

“I don’t fucking know… How would I know such a thing?”

She was going to let it slide, but.

Han Yu-seol finally shouted.

“…I’m Han Yu-seol, Team Leader of the Guild Support Team, Hunter Management Bureau.”

“Is this little kid crazy? This isn’t a place that takes such jokes.”

“…”

Han Yu-seol soon ignored the man’s existence.

Team Leader of the Guild Support Team, Hunter Management Bureau.

A position that audits all private guilds in Korea.

That position has the power to make mediocre guilds, except for Firefly and Baekhwa, go bankrupt with a single gesture.

“…”

However, Han Yu-seol didn’t wield this.

Because there was no time to wield it.

Her ability, ‘Eyes’ that emit a golden light like a hero, opens.

Soon what was captured in her vision was traces of mana.

A small thread of mana, estimated to be that of a child, leads from the road into the Gate.

Inside the Gate.

A place where ordinary people can’t even endure for 5 minutes due to the tremendous concentration of mana.

That’s why it was famous as a suicide spot.

Entering the Gate is strictly controlled under the name of the Management Bureau.

“Hey, wait!”

There’s nothing she wouldn’t do to save children.

Han Yu-seol threw her small body beyond the Gate.

“Ah…”

“What do you mean ‘Ah…’, you idiot!”

Whack.

Immediately, a black-haired girl hit the man’s head once and followed into the Gate.

The yard of Baekhwa Orphanage was quiet.

All the children went inside the orphanage building, holding their breath and waiting for the situation to end.

“It’s been a while. Being alone with you like this, senior.”

“…That’s true.”

Michaela and Han Su-ho.

The two girls stood side by side.

“How is it?”

“What do you mean?”

An awkward air crossed between the two.

“Don’t play dumb. The topic I have to talk about with you, there’s only one, right?”

“…I won’t deny it.”

Unlike Michaela, who was stiff.

Han Su-ho’s tone was relaxed.

“Since we’ve finally got time alone like this─”

But that relaxation was, how should I say it.

It wasn’t of the pleasant kind.

Han Su-ho’s voice was somewhat different from before.

While when Han Su-ho talked about Han Seoyeon before, there was something mixed in that was sticky and clingy, close to obsession.

“…Shall we talk for a moment?”

Now, it was as if.

She was speaking in a voice that seemed forcibly suppressed and squeezed out of emotion.