episode_0045

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“Stop eating…and talk a little”

“You’ll talk later, but eat quickly! It tastes bad when it blows”

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A famous restaurant in downtown Academy, famous for its udon noodles.

Sojung was on the verge of bursting out of frustration as she looked at Jihoon, who was already downing his second bowl of udon while blowing hard.

“Boss! Please give me two more rolls of kimbap”

“Two lines? Does that go in again?”

“Not only is the udon delicious, but the kimbap is no joke…”

Ji-hoon, somewhat embarrassed by So-jeong’s surprised expression, avoids his eyes and opens the udon noodles again.

By the time both bowls were completely empty.

As he puts the new kimbap into his mouth one by one, Jihoon finally begins to speak.

“It’s all yours”

“Don’t worry about my udon, so I asked what happened…are you in class 1 now?”

Sojung was feeling somewhat saddened by the fact that Jihoon would be promoted to class 1.

When the quarterly evaluations were over and she heard that Jihoon had been placed in the same class as her, she was very happy, although she didn’t show it too much.

Sojeong wasn’t as good as Jihoon, but he didn’t have any friends.

Recently, she has been hanging out with Jihoon and is having the most enjoyable days of her entire year at the academy.

If Jihoon calmly attended class 2, we would naturally have more time together without any effort.

If that had been the case, I thought that each day would have been as enjoyable as it is now, and I was trying to shake off my regret.

“No, it’s still class 2. Now there is no point in going up to class 1.”

Sojeong’s gloomy face was suddenly brightening.

“Really? right? What’s wrong with class 1? Because there is also me in class 2…this sister can be a big help in adjusting to you”

With a brightened expression, Sojeong then begins to scoop up a bowl of udon.

Udon noodle soup is so swollen that it snaps when you apply even the slightest force to the chopsticks.

But Sojung is so good that she begins to eat the puffed udon with pleasure, even using a spoon.

“I decided to find the kids in class 1, put them back in their place, and go up”

“Ke..kekek..what?!”

Sojeong coughs repeatedly as if something is going on in Udongmyeon, but she can’t take her eyes off Jihoon’s face.

Jihoon, who was picking up two pieces of kimbap and stuffing them into his mouth, was looking strangely at Sojung, who was snickering as if it was no big deal.

“Why are you so surprised? I’m going to take the kids and go up”

“Why…why? No, how?”

“Why? If I’m the only one in class 1, why would I go up to class 1? I study in the corner of my room and practice on the mountain behind the neighborhood…”

“Well…what is that…?”

“The reason you want to move up to a higher class is because of the high subsidy, access to special libraries, and the opportunity to learn and train with high-level hunters.”

“…You don’t need training…”

Sojung spoke cautiously, but the content was something she had already been thinking about for a long time.

Jihoon, who I watched closely, was literally the perfect hunter.

He had the combat power to be welcomed into any guild.

No matter how high the level of the gate you enter, it is strong enough to clear it safely.

The Jihoon that Sojung had been watching for so long seemed like a person who really didn’t need training or learning.

“Actually…I was curious why you were still at the academy”

“Did you notice anything strange about me?”

“Huh?”

Jihoon’s unexpected question.

Sojung couldn’t figure out what Jihoon was asking.

That’s strange…

Are you talking about the enormous amount of food you eat, eating two bowls of udon and three rows of kimbap?

Or the fact that you’re using an extremely old phone that you can’t even tell when it was discontinued?

Also…you’re extremely strong, but you’re in a strange situation where you’re ignored wherever you go?

Otherwise…ah!

“My magic power. Do you think you are at the level of 1st class or 2nd class cadets?”

“…No. If you look at the amount of horsepower alone, it’s definitely not…”

Only then does Sojeong resolve the doubts she has always had.

Having seen Ji-hoon’s battles several times, she once thought that Ji-hoon used the minimum amount of magical power very efficiently.

Otherwise, it could be hiding some of the amount of magic power, or using a type of magic power that others would not notice.

But, not everyone.

Jihoon’s magical power was extremely low.

Jihoon’s movement skills weren’t that famous either.

Jihoon may have been a perfect swordsman, but he was not a perfect hunter.

Thinking of him, she was finally able to understand Jihoon’s meaning.

“Do you want to grow as a hunter…?”

“Well…it’s a similar concept. It’s not that I necessarily want to grow, but… in order to do what I have to do, I think I need to have a higher level hunter ability than I have now.”

What is Jihoon trying to do?

She had always wondered what his goal was.

He seemed like he could do whatever he wanted, but he always had the Academy as his focal point.

Was it actually not the academy, but obsession with one’s own hunter abilities and knowledge?

” Now that I think about it… I kept staying at the library and the skill training center, which didn’t seem to suit me… ”

Jihoon’s expression distorted as he chewed a lot of kimbap in his mouth.

“That’s right, you. Where is the location tracker hidden on my body? Not only does it appear every time you eat, but it also knows everything about your movements, right?”

Sojung pretends not to have heard Jihoon’s words at all and completely ignores them.

“Then how are you going to bring the kids? Class 1 kids are famous for not going to the academy. I guess the guild they belong to is more important to them than the academy?”

“Um…I guess we should go and talk first, right?”

“Conversation?”

“Yes. Conversation”

“Conversation?”

Even after clearly hearing Jihoon’s answer, Sojung asks the question over and over again.

She was so unfamiliar with the word ‘conversation’ coming out of Jihoon’s mouth.

She had never seen him solve something through ‘talk’.

“Why are you looking at me with such strange eyes? I also try to solve most problems through conversation”

“That’s right??”

A small question full of sarcasm.

“…Of course, I don’t have a physical conversation with people who are rude or make a sudden move when I first meet them…”

“Hmm…”

Sojeong’s distrustful gaze

“Kk..Kkhum…Anyway! First of all, I plan to go to the students in Class 1 and tell them [Don’t just use the academy’s name and benefits, come and fulfill your obligations!]”

“That would work well.”

“If it doesn’t work, you can make it work”

Sojung gets goosebumps for no reason at the words Jihoon blurts out.

Although she didn’t know the Class 1 cadets very well, she began to feel a little sorry for them.

Eventually, even the new kimbap was gone, and Ji-hoon and So-jung got up.

It was then.

“What…what?!”

Sojeong’s eyes widen and she looks towards the checkout counter.

“Hey! Where are you hurt? What’s in the udon?”

She runs over and touches Jihoon’s forehead to check his temperature.

“Ah, why is this happening! Put your hands away”

Jihoon, who kept pushing her away, was handing the card he took out of his wallet to his boss.

“The calculation…the calculation…Kang Ji-hoon did the calculation…”

“This person is so embarrassingly surprised…”

Jihoon scolds Sojung with a shy expression.

“The card… came out.”

“…?”

” I went to the bank and said I was a 2nd class academy cadet, so they made it for me without even asking.”

“…?”

“Now, I buy about once in ten!!”

The bastard who ate this bowl of udon noodles…

Sojung leaves the store door and looks at Jihoon’s back as he heads toward the cafe.

If it happens once in ten… I guess you’ll have to buy me coffee again, right?

***

“No, all you have to do is call Kang Hyeon-dong?”

“How can I call you an A-level hunter if you are so upset? To someone who doesn’t even know who they are…”

“I told you that I was Kang Ji-hoon, an academy cadet. It’s because I have something to talk about with fellow cadets”

“According to regulations, high-level hunters must make individual appointments first and meet only after permission has been granted.”

Jihoon encountered great difficulties from the first time he visited the Goldstar Guild.

It was a problem that should have been anticipated from the moment he came without any solution, but Jihoon didn’t think that a particularly strategic approach would be needed to just look at the face of a fellow cadet and have a conversation.

“Phew…Jihoon, you look so sloppy when you look like this.”

Sooyoung, the ‘healer’ who had been brought along just in case something unexpected happened, was looking at Jihoon from behind and smiling softly.

“No…we are cadets at the same academy…”

Shameful Jihoon.

There was one fact he overlooked.

If you are an Academy Class 1 A-level hunter, all guild scouts are looking for you with their eyes lit up.

People who make a meeting happen by pretending to be a coincidence in some way, and try to get it by listing various conditions.

There may be a truckload of such people, but is there a guild that will make a place for anyone to come and meet?

Jihoon did not seem to have an accurate understanding of the social demands of A-level hunters.

It was then.

“I… I didn’t mean to eavesdrop… Are you by any chance a Class 1 cadet?”

A huge, muscular man walked from the lobby and spoke cautiously to Jihoon.

“Ah…are you a person involved? No, I am not a class 1 cadet. But with Kang Hyeon-dong-”

“Kang Hyeon-dong Is Hunter your friend, you bastard? Do you know that you can easily meet anyone who is a cadet at the same academy?”

Grinning

thank god. I am so very fortunate.

Jihoon feels a sense of relief, as if his stomach has been relieved.

thanks. Thank you so much. I’m so grateful that someone like you showed up at such an opportune time…

Jihoon slowly approaches him, barely wiping the smile off his face.

Before I knew it, Sooyoung was heading towards the desk receptionist and taking her to a safe location.