episode_0023

To conclude, the cat fight is… Anyway, I think I had the same thought a few days ago. Anyway, it didn’t happen.

However, the atmosphere was quite different from before.

As if someone was grabbing the air in the living room and squeezing it down. The atmosphere was so heavy that it was difficult to breathe.

Sometimes I couldn’t bear the pressure and cleared my throat loudly. Every time I did that, Ha-yeon Moon’s gloomy, sunken gaze turned towards me.

… Honestly, I was so scared. It was the same expressionless expression, but the weight was different from Chae Seo-ah’s.

A stiff mouth, eyes showing no emotion, as if looking at a stranger. Even the behavior of turning his head away as soon as he makes eye contact.

The other two people were sipping tea without saying anything. It was safe to say that this heavy atmosphere in the living room was created entirely by Moon Ha-yeon.

“Hey… .”

“Ha… .”

Chae Seo-ah, who had been quiet, sighs deeply. The words I was trying to say got stuck in my throat.

… I was trying to feel unfair. It’s not like I did anything I couldn’t do. Rather, I was the one who suffered. And if you think about it, I have no relationship with them.

I couldn’t figure out why I had to feel like a husband who had been attacked by an affair like this.

Of course, Moon Ha-yeon’s expression was too scary to show such dissatisfaction. I just had to look at the glass table with my head down like a guilty person.

Sweet. The sound of Yang Ji-hee putting down the teacup rang particularly loudly.

“Um… . I’ll admit it honestly. I was interested after seeing it on the news, so I accepted Seo-ah’s offer.”

news? What news? What else has been reported about me in the news?

The cursed four words ‘small dick’ swirled around in my head, but I did my best to ignore them.

“I was thinking of calling her once and getting acquainted with her face. The situation is too exquisite to stop… .”

Hehehe. She covers her mouth with her fingertips and lets out a pure smile.

Judging from the way he spoke, he broke a cup while washing dishes. I think he’s saying that. The gap with the content made my spine shiver.

So I was sure. This person is not normal either.

While I was pondering my despair, Chae Seo-ah and Moon Ha-yeon said nothing. Just nod your head as if in agreement.

Ha-yeon Moon. I sigh briefly. He shook his head as if there was nothing he could do.

… Where on earth did you sympathize with it, and how did you understand it? But I didn’t want to know. Because it was clear that it was a terrible accident that I couldn’t even imagine.

“Jungwoo, you have interesting skills, right?”

She speaks while tracing the corners of her mouth with her fingertips. Ha-yeon Moon used her hand, and Seo-ah Chae used her thigh. Watching them fiddling around as if they had made a promise made me feel strange.

“Looking at what you haven’t revealed yet… I guess you probably don’t intend to do that. You probably want to hide it from now on, right?”

Looking at the way he spoke calmly, he was clearly an experienced hunter. I nodded slightly at her words.

“So, you guys… Are you trying to create a clan?”

“Yes?”

Chae Seo-ah and Moon Ha-yeon suddenly looked puzzled. Yang Ji-hee opened her blue eyes wide and blinked, as if she was surprised.

” Wasn’t it? It seemed like they were living together, so I thought so.”

Did we talk that far? I looked at Chae Seo-ah with a confused expression. She also seemed embarrassed.

Yang Ji-hee, who was smiling softly as she looked around at the expressions of the three, tapped her nose.

“The soap smell was similar. You came with a car when you arrived, right?”

“Ah… . Somehow, it smells like Jungwoo… .”

Ha-yeon Moon lifted her arm and sniffed her sleeve. but. I often washed in the same bathroom. I thought that might be the case.

I turned my gaze away from Moon Ha-yeon, who continued to sniff her sleeve, and looked at Yang Ji-hee again. She was smiling softly, covering her mouth with her fingertips.

“Hehe, I thought it was a business relationship and touched it without thinking. If it wasn’t for that, I would have done something a bit sorry.”

Inadvertently? I wondered if it would end somewhere carelessly. I kept my mouth shut.

Hmm. She briefly cleared her throat and continued talking.

“Anyway, if you want to continue your current life, I recommend that you consider creating a clan. And if possible… .”

Her body, sitting across the table, leans slightly towards me. Speak with a smile and a humorous voice.

“I’d like you to include me there too.”

clan. Although I thought that if I continued my hunter activities, I might get into it someday. I can’t believe I’m making it.

My heart was strangely pounding. That’s because almost all of the hunters I know and like are leaders of a clan.

I suddenly felt that all three people sitting in their seats were looking at me, and I tensed my face.

“Woman, Jeongwoo is still not good at managing his facial expressions… .”

Heh, heh. With a dark smile as usual. I don’t know why she was burying her face in her sleeve until now, but anyway, Moon Ha-yeon spoke while covering her mouth.

“But… There are many practical problems in creating a clan, and we have little to gain.”

This time, Chae Seo-ah spoke. With a simple expression and voice as usual, looking at me, not Yang Ji-hee.

” As for money, the strife between clans is worse than you think. Right now, we don’t know if we will be able to live as we are now if our interests become entangled.”

like now? How about like now? I even thought that if we were talking about the life of a pillar westerner where you are squeezed every morning and night, it would be better to move away from it.

It was not me who answered her words, but Yang Ji-hee.

“The only place to spend money right now is the clan registration fee, but it’s not that expensive, so you don’t need to worry. It’s a fight for power, and it’s hard for us to expand our clan anyway. You may be able to avoid it to some extent. Isn’t that the case with all small clans?”

“Is it difficult to expand a clan?”

I let the question out of my mouth without thinking. Yang Ji-hee smiled softly as if she thought I was cute and continued talking softly.

“The hunter industry is a red ocean more than you might think. Isn’t it easy to attract talent? And above all, in order to attract people, the clan must have its own charm. There are some limits to our clan’s ‘charm’, right?”

It’s charm. She spoke as if it had already been confirmed. This curiosity did not last long. Because her gaze was between my legs.

“Sowing… .”

“Jungwoo’s physical strength is a problem, but it also depends on the person who accepts it. Aren’t there many people who say they would rather just live weakly?”

I had no choice but to accept that statement. but. A clan that requires you to apply semen to your skin once a week. Even if it were me, I was an ambassador.

“But… ”

Chae Seo-ah seemed to be reluctant about the proposal, and made a dissatisfied voice. Yang Ji-hee glanced at her.

“Oh my. I heard that Seo-ah left the vigilante clan, so I thought it was natural that she came out with that thought in mind?”

“You didn’t run out, you were kicked out.”

Chae Seo-ah’s correction, faster than light, continued.

“Umm… ? From what I heard, they only issued a self-reflection warning, but Seo-ah left… .”

“I was kicked out. Clan, it doesn’t seem that bad.”

Likewise, the living room became quieter once again due to the change in attitude faster than light. Even Ha-yeon Moon was looking at Chae Seo-ah with astonishment in her eyes.

I don’t know why you’re still burying your face in your sleeves. For now, that’s the case.

“So, what I’m saying… . It’s getting hard to act alone without a group, and this clan. I thought that with Jeongwoo’s skills, I wouldn’t fail easily. So, I would like you to include it. What do you think?”

The people who were worried were not me, but Chae Seo-ah and Moon Ha-yeon. Yang Ji-hee, who had seen the two of them speechless, spoke in a calm voice.

“I am a healer. It is also a buffer. So, I also have recovery skills. This means that it also has a skill that activates the body’s metabolism. Can’t I do this?”

All worry disappeared from the expressions of the two people sitting across from me. I nod my head willingly. That’s a veteran hunter. I was a little amazed inwardly.

Of course, I wasn’t so clueless that I didn’t know what she meant.

‘From now on, if I feel like I’m going to die, I’ll restore it and squeeze it out… ‘

I barely swallowed the sigh that was about to escape.

“What do you think, Jeongwoo?”

Before I knew it, I was deeply fascinated by her proposal.

Wizard, former vigilante leader, and renowned healer and buffer. Although the opportunity I met wasn’t very good, they were definitely capable of one thing.

I felt my childish dreams rising again. Because a lot of bad things happened this past week. Perhaps, today may be the sunny day in my life. Because I had that thought.

I spoke a little hastily.

“I want to!”

The air became strange.

“… It’s a clan. I want to do it.”

Chae Seo-ah’s expression showed a slight disappointment. I didn’t see the other two’s expressions, but I had a feeling they would be similar.

match. Yang Ji-hee, who refreshed the atmosphere with a short round of applause, spoke.

“Good. Well, we’ll decide the details later, but for now… .”

“Oh, can I just go to the bathroom for a moment?”

Without thinking, I raised my arm and asked a question like it was class time at school. Yang Ji-hee smiled slightly and nodded briefly.

Because I wanted to listen with as clear a mind as possible, I ran to the bathroom at a brisk pace. The tension and shock were long gone.

*

After Park Jeong-woo left. Yang Ji-hee, who was sipping tea again, spoke.

“… It seems a little strange.”

“Definitely… .”

“Ugh, that’s right… .”

Chae Seo-ah and Moon Ha-yeon, who has now lowered her sleeves and is burying her nose directly into her wrist, answered.

Even though it wasn’t specifically stated what the story was about. They were all thinking of the same thing.

It wasn’t that there was no sense at all. However, some people do it all at once due to their accumulated experience, and some people do it in situations they face. As some people spent more time together, they began to notice the disparate gaps.

“I was vaguely thinking about it, but… .”

Chae Seo-ah speaks with a very serious expression. I picked up my teacup and quenched my parched throat with the cooled tea. Her gaze was directed towards the bathroom where Park Jeong-woo entered.

“Certainly, Mr. Park Jeong-woo is not normal.”