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Today is high school graduation ceremony.

It is the day when the long student life ends and one becomes a newbie in society.

Of course, not all chicks are new to society.

Those who claim that everyone starts equally are bastards.

All of those bastards have been studying abroad since they were young and have 1 billion won in their accounts, right?

I know these guys because they are in the same class, and when they graduate from high school, they will grow as if they used the Express Jumping ticket.

In comparison, people like me who grew up in working-class families had to climb the stairs and become self-made, receiving plenty of affection from their parents.

If this seems like an equal start, hospitalization should be recommended since it is clear that the patient has severe mental illness.

You guys are so envious…

I will become a self-made man and have you guys under my feet someday.

With that promise, I left the room.

However, as I was about to go down the stairs, something strange caught my eye.

“…Floral sign?”

Why is there a sign hanging in front of my door?

It was also a very feminine sign because it was decorated with flowers.

That’s not all.

There were flowers and flower pots that I had never seen before in the bleak second floor hallway and living room.

Did your sister have this kind of taste?

My sister, who withers even cacti, let alone flowers, brought me a plant?

“That can’t be right?”

I felt something like a strange sense of discomfort.

It was a strange feeling that something was going wrong.

“…Let’s eat rice first.”

When I think about it now, there is a possibility that my mother kept it when she saw the desolate second floor.

A sign might be one of those things.

When I came down the stairs and entered the kitchen on the first floor, meal was ready.

Steam was rising as if it had just been prepared.

“Yujun~ You’re awake already?”

“Good night.”

“Dad slept well. Have a good breakfast this morning.”

My mother, smiling brightly as usual… but my father?

Why is my father serving food?

Oh, I’m going crazy.

I have no idea what’s going on this morning.

My father is a kind and caring person.

Therefore, since I spend the weekend alone with my mother, she often helps me prepare meals.

Okay… that’s why it’s common for me to give you food.

There is nothing strange about the act itself.

But, why does my father prepare rice on a busy weekday morning?

By this time, you would have already gone to work.

“Father… what are you doing in the kitchen at this time?”

“What are you doing? Are you making food for my son?”

“No… Sigh…”

You know that when you see it.

But why is my father taking care of me and not my mother?

My father didn’t seem to understand why I was reacting that way.

“Hurry up and eat it. Oh, by the way, I only have to go by 8:40 today, so I can eat slowly, right?”

“Yes. They said I could come late today.”

“They made me go to school by 7 every day. Does that mean graduation?”

You can go late today because it only ends with the graduation ceremony.

Even the inflexible high school is flexible on the last day.

“But if you think about the time to wash and prepare, it will be tight, so eat quickly. Later, I wake up my older sister and younger brother.”

“I will eat well.”

I have many questions, but as my father said, if you count the time to get to school, it is tight.

Let’s eat quickly and get ready.

*

After finishing my meal, I came up to the second floor and saw my sister coming out of the room yawning.

I sighed as I watched him come out wearing only underwear and a dress shirt.

Since it’s not a space he has to himself, he doesn’t even think about putting on clothes even when he’s told to do so.

Even if you’re my younger brother, isn’t it embarrassing to walk around wearing only underwear?

“Yujun~ You said you graduated today?”

My older sister is coming towards me without even caring about her behavior.

In addition, he is smiling brightly, with a soft voice that is very different from his usual voice.

Normally, I would never use that tone of voice.

Are you really trying to steal the allowance your father gave you?

Even if you give your younger brother pocket money, you’re trying to steal it when it’s not enough.

I remained silent and stared at my sister.

Since he was staring at me without answering, I started to panic, wondering if I had done something wrong.

“Yu…Yujun? Did your sister do something wrong?”

“Put some clothes on. Even though I’m your younger brother, aren’t you embarrassed?”

“Not much? There’s nothing to be ashamed of, right? It’s all covered up anyway.”

“Even if the bathroom is right in front, put some clothes on.”

“Okay, okay~ He’s been nagging his sister since morning.”

My sister yawned loudly as if she was annoyed.

Then he rummaged through his pockets and held out his hand to me.

“What is it?”

“You are graduating today. Take this with you and buy something delicious to eat with your friends.”

“…What is this?”

What my sister took out was a square card.

However, it looks different from a regular check or credit card…

Yes, it was something that looked like a membership card.

“What do you mean? It’s a Hunter Association card, right?”

“What?”

“You can use it even if it’s not you, so don’t worry.”

Hunter Association?

What is that again?

“Use it to buy something delicious with your friends. Sister sleeps more?”

“Ah…no…”

I tried to catch him, but he opened the door and went inside.

In the end, I couldn’t properly ask whether it was the Hunter Association or the Hell.

Is this a restaurant that opened while I was studying?

I studied really hard to go to college.

“I should try searching…”

In times like this, the best thing to do is search online.

I opened the door, entered the room, sat down on the bed, and clicked furiously on my phone.

But… I started to feel the sense of discomfort I had been feeling before again.

That too from news articles on your phone.

[A man in his 20s was sexually assaulted by an unknown hunter on the street… something that cannot happen in Korea.]

[Excommunication for forcibly kissing a male athlete. President of the Korea Football Association […]

[Grade points deducted from class for receiving training. Also discrimination against reserve forces.]

[The youngest S-class hunter, Jeong Soo-jin. Where does that power come from?]

[The Gangneung dungeon was broken through. Aren’t the residents responsible?]

I feel dizzy.

Crimes targeting men that would normally never have been in the news were all over the news.

And what Hunter?

There were also media outlets that published news about such people.

Hunter Daily.

A media outlet affiliated with the Hunters Association of Korea.

And the Korea Hunter Hub is said to be a group that manages dungeons, towers, and labyrinths across the country.

[Approximately 0.1% of the world’s population becomes an awakened person, and it is common to awaken on the day of one’s 19th birthday.]

People who can become hunters are either awakened or female.

It seems that women who are not awakened cannot rise above D-level hunters.

In other words… what is it?

The hunter who appears in the web novel actually exists.

If you read the wiki, it says that it has been around for a while.

It seems like hunters have been active there for 20 years already.

“This is ridiculous…”

I don’t know what it is, but this is not the Earth I know.

The Republic of Korea where I lived was an extremely ordinary world.

And it was a world where hunters and hell only existed in web novels.

Men have always been treated less well than women and treated like second-class citizens.

The military was also a man’s job, and no matter how unreasonable the situation was, women’s voices were always heard loudly.

however?

I guess the ‘world’ I’m in now is the opposite.

A place where the relationships between men and women are all opposites.

“Are things related to chastity also being reversed…”

In other words, my mother, who had been a housewife at home, went to work.

On the other hand, my father, who used to go to work, stays at home and works as a housewife.

Now the feeling of discomfort and curiosity I felt has been resolved.

“…No way…”

I got up from the bed I was sitting on and opened the door.

And I grabbed the sign hanging there.

“Did I install this…?”

driving me crazy.

I’m so crazy that I want to jump out.

*

The graduation ceremony lasted about an hour.

Lastly, as I was taking pictures with my friends, I left school later than expected.

Well, just because I graduated doesn’t mean I can’t meet you anymore.

Because we can meet anytime in Seoul.

Rather, there are some who awakened during vacation.

It’s not surprising that people awaken on their birthdays.

Isn’t awakening with a 0.1% probability too low?

I’m not very lucky, so I might not be able to awaken.

“Shall we have a drink?”

I sighed as I thought that I would not be able to awaken.

Let’s have a drink with the card I received from my sister earlier.

“Can I use this at a convenience store?”

I don’t know how to use it.

First, I went to a nearby convenience store.

There was a notice hanging at the entrance that I had not seen before, so my eyes were drawn to it.

“Hunter Association Card can be used at any credit card merchant…”

It’s available.

thank god.

“Welcome.”

“Hello. This is where you can use the Hunter Association card, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. However, if it is not your card, payments over 50,000 won are not possible.”

“I see…”

You can’t spend more than 50,000 won?

I can’t help it.