episode_0080

“… great. “If this is what our Dojin students want, this is about it.”

Professor Baek Hyun-ah, who seemed taken aback for a moment, soon accepted my offer with a smile on her face.

However, he didn’t seem to be smiling brightly on the inside.

If you look at the veins near your temples that are so thick that you can’t even hide them with heavy makeup.

“It’s a situation that hurts my pride a little as a woman, but… , That’s why I like it more.”

She glanced at me with regretful eyes, then immediately got up from her knees.

“Can you guess what magic is on that bracelet?”

“Maybe.”

I lightly injected magical power into the bracelet and traced the faintly engraved pattern of the magic circle.

Basic magic shield consisting of twelve strokes (Shield.)

Some magic can be improved by adding or subtracting strokes from the magic circle.

The representative magic among them is shield, one of the basic magics.

By adding strokes, you can increase the solidity at the cost of increasing horsepower consumption.

This magic circle also has improved shield magic built into it.

An improved shield raised to the level of beginner magic by engraving twelve strokes overlapping twice.

“It has beginner-level shield magic built in.”

“also… .”

She smiles and shakes her head in satisfaction, as if she knew how to recognize him.

“By the way, the built-in shield magic can be used up to three times. Each cooldown is 1 minute, and once used all times, it enters a charging state for 48 hours.”

I was a little surprised at the end of her explanation.

“Was it the rechargeable type?”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

Artifacts imprinted with magic are divided into replaceable and rechargeable types.

The replacement type involves embedding a magic stone into the equipment and replacing it when the energy of the magic stone runs out.

The rechargeable type, on the other hand, uses up all of the built-in magic power and recharges itself by sucking in the magic power around it.

Which is more expensive, of course it is the latter.

Today, the convenience and efficiency are enormous in that you do not have to replace expensive magic stones every time.

Well, that doesn’t mean that the replacement type is worse than the rechargeable type.

Because the price is so cheap, it is less burdensome for poor beginner hunters to use it.

anyway.

I caught an unexpected big fish.

It was not an action taken after recognizing the exact value.

It was simply an action taken to burn off her sorrow.

A rechargeable bracelet with built-in beginner shield magic… , I guess it’s about 400 to 5 million won.

While I was laughing, she held out something to me.

It was none other than her business card.

“Can you save my number written there?”

It’s a sign that you don’t want to let the relationship break like this.

I smiled and took her business card.

“Sure.”

In the first place, I had no intention of finishing it either.

* * *

The end of long paperwork.

Ji-an Yoon stretched out his arms.

“Ugh… !”

She smiled slightly as she looked at the documents on the desk.

The papers that had been giving her a hard time over the past few days.

It was about Kim Do-jin.

“I’m sure you’ll be satisfied with this… .”

What she had worked so hard to write up until now was none other than a compensation plan.

A compensation plan for someone who went through a big problem and solved it.

Special entrance ceremony for the second semester.

A big incident happened there.

Villain’s attack.

In fact, if you look at the attack alone, it is not something that is unusual.

To be precise, it is true that it is something that should be criticized, but since it is such an uncommon incident, I should say that it was overlooked because everyone said so.

But this time it was a little different.

‘The scale of the attack was unusual.’

As many as fifty people attacked the outside alone.

There was even a high-ranking wizard inside the auditorium where the entrance ceremony was held.

Is that it?

I don’t know how long ago it was planned, but they even installed a teleportation magic circle under the auditorium floor.

‘It was dizzying.’

What would have happened if the magic circle had been activated safely?

If that had been the case, we may not know it, but everyone there would have been in trouble.

Additionally, it would have been recorded as an event that would remain in the history of Korean universities.

No, it’s not just that, it may have led to the downfall of Korean universities that have produced many high-ranking hunters.

It was Kim Do-jin who prevented this.

Of course, there was help from others, including Professor Lim Cheol-woong, but it was he, not anyone else, who first discovered the teleportation magic circle.

‘How on earth did they find out?’

It was so cleverly hidden that not even the professors could discover it.

I was curious, but I couldn’t find the answer.

It would be impossible to find out unless he told me directly.

‘What’s more, that look… .’

She recalled Kim Do-jin, whom she had not seen in a long time.

The shock of that time is still vivid in my mind.

It was that shocking.

Maybe it was even more so because I knew what Kim Do-jin’s original appearance was.

So far, numerous incidents have occurred in the world, and compensation for these incidents has been organized by the Hunter Association.

As a result, there was a set manual, so setting the level of compensation was not that difficult, but she did not follow the manual.

Only for Kim Do-jin.

His already outstanding performance was further highlighted.

He emphasized several times the worst-case scenario that would have happened if he had not found the teleportation magic circle and had not been able to open the door that had been closed with the sealing spell.

There is only one reason.

To maximize his reward!

‘Let’s watch it quickly and then get off work.’

For that one reason alone, she came to work earlier than anyone else and was the last to leave work these past few days.

Now that she had finally finished her work, she was excited to get approval and get off work early for the first time in a long time, so she lightly knocked on the door of the general affairs department.

Strictly speaking, this matter was to be handled by the General Affairs Department, not by her, who was part of the Inspection Department.

But she only did it because Kim Do-jin was involved.

She went straight to the chair of the general affairs department, gave a brief greeting, and handed over a binder containing documents.

“This is a compensation plan for this incident. Please review and approve.”

Kim Seong-tae, the general affairs manager and a middle-aged man in his 40s, frowned at the word compensation.

Then I suddenly realized that the person who handed me the documents was not an employee of my department.

It remained in his memory because it was an impressive face.

‘Was it Yoon Ji-an from the inspection department…? .’

A member of the inspection department came to approve the compensation plan.

He quickly remembered an incident that happened some time ago.

“Oh, this is… “Is this a compensation plan for the attack that occurred during the special entrance ceremony?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

A small smile appeared on Seongtae Kim’s lips.

It just worked out well.

I had something to tell her.

“Hmm.”

He looked over the compensation plan carefully.

Compensation within a very normal range based on the manual.

However, one thing, the reward for Kim Do-jin, caught his attention.

“this… Speaking of Kim Do-jin’s compensation, isn’t it a bit excessive? ?”

It’s clever.

If it had been too much, I would have just kicked it out, but it didn’t cross the line.

“I think you will understand if you look at the reference materials later.”

“Umm… .”

It certainly makes sense.

There was a list of problems that it was hard to believe that the new student had solved them.

After thinking for a moment, he willingly signed the payment document.

And he left a comment that seemed like a lightning strike to Yoon Ji-an, who was smiling softly.

“I already had something to say, so you’re welcome.”

“yes? which… .”

“Well, I’m talking about Kim Do-jin, who is taking care of me there right now.”

An ominous premonition passed through her mind.

“We have decided to take care of it from now on, so get out of the way of the inspection department.”

“yes? No, what was that all of a sudden… .”

When she was embarrassed and tried to say something, Seongtae Kim glared at her as if he was displeased and said,

“In the first place, taking care of promising talent is the responsibility of the General Affairs Department.”

“That’s true, but… .”

“We said we would do our own work, is there any problem?”

The problem… , it can’t happen.

As he said, caring for prospects was originally the responsibility of the General Affairs Department.

But she knows.

That they weren’t just trying to take him away to get things done the way they should.

If you were going to take it, you should have taken it a long time ago.

However, it was obvious that they had been waiting and watching until now, and now they were trying to take me away.

‘You probably want to put saliva on it.’

Through this incident, Kim Do-jin’s stock price rose further.

No, it wasn’t an increase, it was a cakewalk.

Even if you add up all the promising players currently being looked after by the General Affairs Department, there is only one.

So, I’m telling you to give it up now.

Since they knew that it was a huge tree that would grow big, they were determined to eat all the fruit that would grow from it.

It’s sneaky and cunning.

But there is no justification.

If it had been the same as before, I would have had to hand it over without even making a sound.

But I don’t know why, but I didn’t want to give it away like this.

So I got muddy once more.

“… “Is this an order from above?”

I really hoped not.

Then you will be able to catch it even if you have to force it a little.

“You’re cocky.”

Kim Seong-tae captured the unpleasant emotions I felt in his eyes and sent them to her.

But even for a moment.

“Well, I understand. “It will be a shame to break up with you because you will have a lot of love between you.”

He smiled and continued speaking as if he were a great person.

“But what? “This has already been approved by the higher-ups.”

“… … !”

“The official document will be sent down by tomorrow, so put everything about Kim Do-jin on my desk.”

A mocking gaze turned to her.

“Is there anything else you want to say?”

“No… “Yes.”

“Then go out.”

She bowed her head with difficulty and left the General Affairs Department.