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Early summer with warm sunlight.

On the road to the academy, there were trees full of green and red and yellow flowers blooming beautifully between them.

Couples walking down the street together, laughing and talking.

An elderly couple holding each other’s hands and slowly moving step by step.

It was literally a sight announcing the beginning of a peaceful day, but Jinhee’s heart as she walked along that path was extremely noisy.

This is because the little incident that happened to her a few days ago was not just a small incident to her.

Jinhee Yoon

Hunter Academy Class 8 Class D Hunter

A magic class that mainly deals with wind attribute magic.

E-class hunters have a slightly higher level of basic physical ability than ordinary people, and use one or two low-level skills.

However, starting from D-class hunters, they begin to have basic physical abilities and powerful skills that are at a level that is completely different from that of ordinary people.

Some say that D-class hunters are the true awakeners.

He pointed out that the basic physical abilities of E-class hunters were not significantly higher than those of ordinary people.

However, no matter how hard you try to ignore the strange and metaphysical abilities unique to the Awakened, they go far beyond the common sense of ordinary people.

Didn’t Kang Ji-hoon, who was immediately evaluated as the weakest of the E-class hunters, use a skill that connects space and moves at high speed?

In the olden days, the strange ability that only appeared in novels called the ‘folding the ground and running’ technique was actually manifested in a more unusual form.

Therefore, an E-class hunter can never be said to be an ordinary person.

But is the gap between ordinary people and E-class hunters large, or is the gap between E-class hunters and D-class hunters large?

Whether you catch ten or a hundred people passing by, if you catch them and ask them, they will all laugh at you or look at you strangely and pass you by instead of answering.

Of course, the gap between E-class hunters and D-class hunters is big…

Class E and Class D, Class D and Class C, etc…

Even a child who knows nothing can recognize the difference in level between hunters at a glance.

It is said that the abilities and skill levels according to the hunter grade cannot be overcome in terms of combat experience or mental strength.

That’s why all hunters always train to advance to a higher level.

This was why hunters worked hard and earnestly prayed for heaven to help them, not knowing how long it would take or how much of their potential would be revealed.

‘He overpowered me, a D-class hunter, in addition to being an E-class hunter?’

Jinhee still couldn’t believe what happened with Jihoon a few days ago.

A strange sense of discomfort that I felt from him.

The composure he showed throughout.

Although it only lasted for a moment, the intimidation that tormented me to the point where I couldn’t even breathe.

It was clear that there had been a momentary misunderstanding.

The rumors that Jihoon captured the E-class gate boss mob or that he defeated four class 10 hunters may be true.

But even if the rumors were true, it didn’t make sense for him, a D-level hunter, to be overwhelmed by Ji-hoon, an E-level hunter.

Moreover, it was that ‘Kang Ji-hoon’.

Kang Ji-hoon, who helped him throughout middle and high school.

‘That’ Kang Ji-hoon, who couldn’t even think of disobeying his words.

The image of him walking away laughing while hitting her butt as a joke has not left her mind for several days.

‘What did that bastard really eat wrong? There’s no way you could do this to me? And what was the atmosphere like? Did I get a new skill?’

Jinhee Yoon was angry, confused, and felt aggrieved, and soon her face turned red out of embarrassment.

Jin-hee, who was walking towards the academy without being able to erase various thoughts from her mind, sees the person who confused her.

Ji-hoon is watching the owner cook with bright eyes in front of a food truck selling hot dogs and toast.

“Ha… I’ll make it for you soon, so don’t look at me too much”

The owner who was making the food spoke, unable to overcome the burdensome look in his eyes.

“I’m nervous because it’s been a while since I ate it. How are you?”

“You’re a regular student… I don’t think I’ve been here for a few days, but it’s been so long…”

Jihoon’s bright eyes looked like those of someone eating hot dogs and toast for the first time.

“Please sprinkle a lot of cheese~”

“Didn’t you hate how the student felt? What kind of wind blew was the person who only sprinkled ketchup and not cheese”

“No, I like cheese now. It was greasy… I wanted to eat it so much… black”

“Uh..huh? student? No, why are you crying when you see the hot dog”

I was just at the moment when I thought I should quickly make a hot dog and send it to Jihoon because he was acting strangely today.

“Hey! Jihoon Kang!”

Jinhee approaches Jihoon’s side

“Huh? Hello Jinhee~ Are you here to buy a hot dog too?”

“What? No, I… I have something to tell you, so follow me for a moment”

“The hot dog hasn’t arrived yet?”

“Hot dogs and all, just follow me-”

Jinhee looked at his eyes without speaking and then had no choice but to swallow her words.

‘Mr. Lee… That’s the feeling I had back then… I’m not even frowning, so why am I so scared…’

Ji-hoon’s expression was neither angry nor grim, but for some reason, Jin-hee found herself unable to continue speaking as she watched him.

“I’ll have some hotdogs, so wait a minute. Do you want one too? Ah… I’m sorry I don’t have enough cash~”

‘As expected… I… Mr. Lee…’ to that bastard.

Jinhee was once again getting angry at Jihoon’s light words and was waiting for the hot dog.

‘I need to move around and talk seriously. I keep coming back to the subject of my toys, I need to make me realize it again.’

Jihoon was the one who curled his tail whenever she frowned.

Since he had no friends other than himself, he was literally left alone.

I don’t know what kind of wind is blowing against him, but he was a guy who couldn’t be that harsh to himself.

Jinhee believed that Jihoon, who spoke playfully the whole time, could still come under her control.

But then.

Jihoon’s body in front of me flies slightly behind me.

“Ohhoho!! Kang Ji-hoon~ Avoid that?”

The person coming next to the food truck is Seong Chang-hoon.

He was a guy who bullied Ji-hoon for no reason throughout middle and high school, and was the object of Jin-hee’s long-time unrequited love.

When Jihoon found out that he could become an E-class hunter through awakening and enter the Hunter Academy, he couldn’t help but be happy.

This was because he heard that Seong Chang-hoon, who had been tormenting him for a long time, was awakening to a C-level hunter around the same time and entering the academy.

And that’s in class 6, which can’t even be compared to myself, who is in class 11.

The level was slightly lower than that of Yu-jeong, whom Ji-hoon had been in love with for a long time, but even so, the level of a C-level hunter in class 6 was such that Ji-hoon couldn’t even dare to look at him.

Jihoon’s eyes, which had been shining brightly as he waited for the hot dog, turn cold.

“Chang…Hello, Changhoon!”

As soon as Jinhee Yoon, who was next to him, spots Changhoon, he shyly greets him.

When Seong Chang-hoon appears in my head, which was noisy because of Ji-hoon, I feel that all my attention is focused on him.

“Are you Jinhee? Are you still hanging out with this guy? Hehehe, are you dating? If this is the case?”

“Oh… it’s not like that! I’ve been waiting for a while because I have something to say!”

“What are you waiting for? hot dog? Hey, is this yours?”

Seong Chang-hoon reaches out and grabs the hot dog that just came out.

“Ah.. student.. this is my friend’s ”

I spoke carefully to Seong Chang-hoon, who was taking away the freshly made hot dog, but the boss soon bowed his head.

From C-class hunters onwards, each and every one was a nationally recognized combat troop.

Although they have only studied at the academy for a year, they are high-level hunters who can receive a certain level of recognition from society starting from C-level hunters.

“Umm.. It’s delicious.. But why so much cheese? Hey, why do you eat so greasy?”

Changhoon stands towards Jihoon, taking Jihoon’s hot dog and eating it however he wants.

“But how did you avoid the ice gun earlier? I didn’t use much magic power and fired gently out of fear of piercing the stomach, but it’s not an attack you can dodge, right? Kekekekekeut, what are you training so hard for?”

Changhoon twitches and laughs at Jihoon as he swallows more than half of the hot dog.

“Chang…Changhoon, I have something to talk about with Jihoon for a moment…”

Jinhee Yoon, who was just watching, cautiously speaks to Changhoon.

Her attitude is completely different from when dealing with Jihoon.

I can feel that each word is being carefully and shyly spoken while watching Changhoon’s attention.

Jihoon walks towards them again from a few steps away.

Then he takes turns looking at Jinhee and Changhoon.

“What are you staring at, you idiot? Are you losing your mind? Should we go somewhere and have a chat for the first time in a while? huh? In a dark and deserted place?”

Watching Changhoon laugh heartily and quickly pour the rest of the hot dog into his mouth, Jihoon says something as if something occurred to him.

“That’s right, that’s right!!! Changhoon! Sung Chang-hoon!”

Jihoon’s face becomes triumphant, as if he is proud of himself for remembering.

“That’s right…Jinhee, didn’t you like him? I remember right?”

Grumbling

Jinhee, whose face suddenly burns like crazy at Jihoon’s words, lets out a sound.

“Hey!! Jihoon Kang!!”

Ji-hoon approaches Jin-hee, who is blushing, with a cute expression on his face, and speaks quietly to her.

“If a woman stays by his side when he is sick, a man will move on right away? Take that bastard and nurse him. The two of you are lovers starting today!”

Ji-hoon approaches Chang-hoon with a serious smile on his face, leaving behind an unintelligible remark.

‘Nursing? What nursing? ‘What is this guy talking about?’

Jinhee didn’t understand Jihoon’s words, but soon she felt the changing air and had the feeling that something was going to go wrong.