episode_0072

“You know me, right? Do you have cash?”

The woman who walked in front of Jihoon with long flowing hair was none other than Class 1 cadet Seolhyeon Yoo.

The sharp bridge of her nose, deep red lips, and cold eyes that seemed to look down on everything left an impression so strong that anyone who saw her could never forget it.

“…me?”

“Then who else is here besides you?”

Ji-hoon looks at her face carefully, as if surprised by her sudden approach.

“Why are you looking at me so intently? Do you have cash”

“No, because it’s fascinating. That face has the eyes, nose, and mouth?”

Jihoon said these words with sincere admiration.

Her face was so small that it was hard to believe she was of the same race.

Moreover, when I looked closely, the facial features of the eyes, nose, and mouth had a somewhat exotic feel.

Dark eye holes, cut nose bridge, etc.

At first glance, she seemed similar to the elf race we met in ‘The Undisappearing Gate’.

“It’s been a few days since we took classes together, but now…”

Seolhyun questions Jihoon with a puzzled expression.

“…huh?”

Only then does Ji-hoon discover the long sword hanging on her waist.

Let alone a hunter, it was a look that did not suit her, who could easily have been seen as a haughty model or celebrity.

“Take classes together? Are you a class 2 cadet?”

At Jihoon’s words, Seolhyun, who finally realized that he did not recognize her, suddenly shoots back in a sharp voice.

“1 class! I’m in class 1, right?”

“Oh, I see.”

“Oh, I see? Someone lost their job because of you, but how dare you not even recognize your face?”

“Losing your job?”

“Big number! What a great part-time job that was! Do you know if there is another part-time job among the short-term gate suppression jobs that pays more than that one?”

Her arrogant expression changes to that of a petulant child, and then changes again in an instant.

“Hmm…Anyway! If you have cash, get me a cider”

“…are you ripping me off?”

“I’m thirsty but I have no money! Pick me out!”

How can you be so shameless, saying you have no money and will get it for you?

Jihoon looks regretful and takes money out of his wallet and puts it in the vending machine.

“character”

Seolhyun takes the cider given by Jihoon and drinks it.

“Wow…I like it hehe”

Seolhyun approaches and sits down next to Jihoon on the bench, puts down her long sword and stretches out her legs.

“Cider is so good! But isn’t our academy too expensive? Isn’t it? It’s to the point where I’m scared to drink anything. You can buy it for 900 won at most supermarkets…”

Jihoon looked curiously at Seolhyun, who seemed completely different from his first impression.

“It’s not that you don’t have cash… It’s that you don’t have money? Are you poor? It doesn’t look like that…”

It was a question that could have been rude if Jihoon was rude.

“Yes. I’m desperately poor. Hehe”

After taking a sip of cider, she looked somewhat relaxed and answered as if it was no big deal.

“Wasn’t the subsidy for 1 class 10 million won per month?”

“10 million won, that’s right. But is it worth 500,000 won in my hands? The rest goes away every month due to debt”

Although she was talking casually, Jihoon somehow remembered his high school days and asked more questions.

“What about your parents?”

“No”

“Don’t you know something like giving up inheritance? Why are you paying off the debt? Is it a debt you owe?”

“That’s not true, but I couldn’t give up the inheritance. Then my house… I have to give up my house too.”

Ji-hoon senses that there might be some story in her eyes that momentarily become faint.

“Here”

Jihoon hands me a hot dog he had been saving.

“…? what? Are you sympathizing? When do you take away work?”

“Just sharing. Koreans are Jeong. And the work wasn’t taken from me. If you’re an academy cadet, it’s natural that attending the academy is your top priority, right?”

Seolhyun, who was watching him with narrowed eyes at Jihoon’s last words, takes another sip of cider and looks at the sky.

“That’s right…that’s right. Since that’s true, I agree and attend, right? Actually, I was embarrassed. I knew I was doing it wrong. When I received notification from Big Number, I thought it was actually good. I didn’t come back to the academy because I was scared of you. I came back after admitting my mistake.”

There was surprise in Jihoon’s eyes.

Among the people I met after returning to modern times, it was very rare to meet such a mentally healthy person.

Do not use the situation or situation as an excuse.

Honestly admit your mistakes.

These two things may seem like nothing, but the reality is that it is not so easy to meet someone who can accomplish these nothing things.

“I said earlier that I…didn’t look poor, right?”

“…?”

“That’s my greatest weapon! Pretty and busty! No one knows that I am poor? I just know them all as first class goddesses hehehe”

Are you not ashamed to call yourself a goddess?

Her attempt to change the mood was completely successful.

“Class 1 goddess? Isn’t it just a bunch of money?”

“Hey!!! Spending money? Do you know how many fans follow me? If they hear it, you’ll die right away!”

Seolhyun threatens Jihoon by extending her thumb and pretending to slit her own throat.

This time, Seolhyun peels the hot dog that Jihoon handed her and takes a bite.

She starts saying things to Jihoon that he didn’t even ask about.

“I know…I’m going to become a really strong hunter. There is such a thing as a ranker, right? Become a ranker like that, move from guild to guild, negotiate salary, go around gates… work hard and you will definitely become rich!”

“…honest. But even now, aren’t there a ton of guilds that ask you to come if you’re 1st class at the academy? Pick anywhere and make money, right?”

“Sounds stupid! Just after awakening to a high-level hunter, you immediately join a guild and start working, something only fools do. People need to know how to see far away! Doing something like that is killing the duck that lays the golden eggs.”

“…”

“Are you too snobbish…? still! What should I do if that’s true”

You have a very firm dream of becoming a very rich person, right?

Well, Jihoon thought that this was a healthy and desirable goal in its own way.

money

It is often said that if you chase money, you lose or miss out on other valuable values, but Jihoon knew very well that this is something only good people say.

Jihoon has been earning a living by delivering bottled water since his adolescence, even before he was fully grown.

To someone who knows that livelihood is more important than anything else, Seolhyun’s goal of chasing money could not have seemed pathetic at all.

“That’s Baekwol, right? It’s Gu Hunter’s favorite sword, and he gave it to you?”

“Oh, right. Do you want it? Do you want to have it?”

Jiiing

Baekwol cries at Jihoon’s playful words.

“Tamna…not the sword…sword skills. I’ve seen you use a sword a few times”

The handle of Seolhyun’s long sword suddenly catches Jihoon’s gaze.

The handle, which was supposedly made of black leather, was now so worn and faded that it did not even look like leather.

“Training, you seem to be working pretty hard?”

Jihoon looked at Seolhyun with admiring eyes.

Her shoulders lift.

“Sure! Did we talk about it? They say it’s foolish to join a guild and work only as soon as you awaken. I train every day. Even when I didn’t go to the academy or while I was working part-time, I picked up my sword first when I woke up every morning?”

She continued to brag as if this was her first time meeting someone who recognized her efforts.

“It seemed like you were saying that big number job was a part-time job. Did you not get paid for the part-time job?”

“Well…I didn’t get it, but that’s my fault. When I first signed a short-term contract, I signed a contract in which I would be paid based on a percentage if I collected the loot after completing the subjugation. I also thought it was much more beneficial than receiving time-based allowances.”

“Um…you mean you didn’t get a penny? I feel a bit of responsibility there, just wait a moment.”

Jihoon takes out his cell phone from his pocket and makes a call.

“Hey Brown. high. I’m Jihoon.”

[hey kang! thank you for calling. what up]

“Um…um…okay wait”

Jihoon quickly hung up the phone, blaming his stupidity for making the call in the first place.

I had forgotten for a moment that it was impossible to talk to Brown without interpreter earphones.

“Brown? Are you talking about Big Number Brown? Are you on the phone with that person? how? ah! You, the gate that won’t disappear-”

“Oh, just stay still. I can’t communicate, so what should I do… I’m using up all my magic, so it’s hard to find… It’s big”

“What does magic have to do with visiting? If you don’t have magical power, should I fill it for you?”

“…?”

Jihoon’s eyes look at Seolhyun with questions.

Fill up your magic power? It’s not like filling a water bottle. How do you fill up your magic power?

Seolhyun was also staring at Jihoon because she couldn’t understand what he was saying.

Is it true that the S-class hunter spoke to the head of the world’s largest guild, Big Number? What does this have to do with magic power and meeting Brown?

The two were just looking at each other, not understanding each other.

and,

The one who couldn’t bear the silence any longer was Seolhyun.

“If you have magic power, how can you meet Brown? I’ll fill you with magical energy. I have a skill that distributes magical power”

Jihoon’s eyes pop out as if they’re about to explode.

“Horsepower…Pocket…”

“…? What are you talking about?”

Seolhyun was taking a step back without realizing it because of Jihoon’s strange look.