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The seventh month of the year 1999.

The year of Nostradamus’ great prophecy, in which a king of terror descends from the sky.

After that day, which I thought would end as a simple happening,

Some humans have developed abilities that seem to come straight out of a comic book.

The emergence of the so-called ‘Awakened Ones’.

As a result, society fell into uncontrollable chaos… and the government created a new agency.

That’s right, the ‘Great Ability Countermeasures Headquarters’.

It was an organization that became the predecessor of the current ‘Hero Association’ as a measure put forth by the government to suppress crimes related to supernatural powers that began to increase rapidly after the manifestation of supernatural powers in humans.

Awakened members of the Hero Association—’Heroes’—suppress ‘villains’ who cause social controversy, and in return are promised social status and wealth.

As a result of the structure being established through full support at the government level…Hero gained popularity among the public to the point of making existing entertainers look like this.

The most coveted job among elementary school students: Hero!

All kinds of entertainment programs, commercials, movies, documentaries, they’re all heroes.

Hero. Hero. Hero.

It was truly the era of ‘heroes’.

I, Kim Do-han, am a petit bourgeois living in an era of such heroes.

He is just an ordinary guy who runs a small cocktail bar on the outskirts of the city.

“Sigh….”

The reason why I am sighing in agony right now.

“… Hehe. It’s the boss… Give me one more….”

“You’ve had too much to drink. It’s time for you to control yourself…”

“One! Glass! More!!”

The reason was because of a customer who was drunk and half-open-eyed right in front of me.

“The alcohol is going in! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp!”

“으.”

Looking at her with eyes that said she was tired of her, the part-time worker, Ji-ah, came up to me quietly.

“Hey, should I just report it to the police?”

“…Please overlook that.”

I stopped Jia from taking out her smartphone and making a motion to report it, then covered my head again.

‘Ha. That’s why I told you to stop drinking… But I still feel uneasy.’

If it were a normal drunkard, I would have reported it without hesitation, but… there were some unavoidable circumstances.

“How many times is this…? I feel like I’m going to… Hey! Don’t stick to the boss! ”

“It’s so cold… Hehe… It’s warm….”

First, because this blonde, blue-eyed woman who is currently drinking heavily is our first and only significant customer, and a regular who is responsible for our sales every time she comes…

“Yunseol Hero. Please move away. It’s hot.”

“Ugh. Don’t call me that… I said I got off work…”

Secondly, the identity of this guest was the popular hero who was currently the hottest topic of conversation: ‘Yoon Seol’.