episode_0116

“The bar atmosphere isn’t bad.”

The big man spoke first.

He wears overalls and carries a huge logging axe on the table.

The table was so heavy that I thought it would collapse the moment I leaned against the edge.

The man with the scar on his face takes out a lighter.

And then, as I was about to light a cigarette, my eyes suddenly met his.

More specifically, the fox ears on my head.

He stares at it blankly, his sharp eyes flashing.

“Here…”

“Yes, yes…?”

His question makes my hair stand on end.

My older sister also doesn’t know what to do, holding the towel tightly.

The water that had accumulated in the basin drips down.

You’re not asking me to pay protection money, are you?

It’s a crazy, nerve-wracking moment.

“Is smoking prohibited here?”

After he finished speaking, silence fell over the bar for a moment.

My older sister answers in place of me who is flustered.

“Oh, no… Would you like an ashtray too?”

“Okay, thank you.”

My sister ran over and put down the ashtray.

Then the man threw his cigarette into the ashtray.

The red embers are fading away.

They did not give any orders until the flames were completely out.

Just sitting silently at the counter table.

They just waited for their older sister to come in someday.

Soon an unfamiliar shadow appeared in front of the store entrance.

Soon the door opens and a woman with her hair in a ponytail comes in.

As soon as my sister and I saw her, we knew she was the older sister of the two men.

Wearing sleeveless clothes like Anna.

Square shoulders and muscular build.

And the scars from fighting countless monsters along the way.

Anyone can see that he is a physical ranker.

She walks leisurely to the counter with her hands in her pockets.

At that sight, the two men simultaneously stood up from their seats.

“Sister-!”

The two men’s fierce appearances changed 180 degrees when they saw her.

“How worried were you!”

At first it felt like a film noir, but now it feels more like a family comedy.

They clung to her like little brothers.

“Oh my… These…”

Because of this, her face, which had been maintaining its dignity, also becomes embarrassed.

The red-faced woman was only able to free herself after grabbing the heads of two men.

“Did I die and come back to life?”

“You died and came back to life…”

ah.

I think I remember now.

That woman.

I’m sure I’ve been to Moment before.

And I’ve seen it in the lab too!

Ranking: Currently 43rd. (2nd place in spearman)

Occupation: Former Pedo Congressman Bodyguard Hunter.

As I realized who she was, my gaze suddenly turned to her right arm.

I lost my arm when a pile of enemy corpses self-destructed…

It looks like he got a new arm through the lab.

“Long time no see?”

Ha-yeon soon raises her head and looks at me.

I tried to avoid her gaze because I was afraid of her gaze.

I, who am close to the enemy, would not be happy about it.

Now that I have a new arm, I have nothing to say to you if you take over my store and take me hostage.

“Oh, hello…”

“What are you so scared of?”

But surprisingly, her reaction was more indifferent than expected.

It was only after I heard that voice that I was able to make eye contact.

“That’s… The enemy isn’t here right now…”

“It’s okay. I didn’t come because of that girl.”

She smiled and waved her hand.

“Then, what happened…”

“I came because of lab work.”

Research Institute.

Now, just hearing those three letters makes my teeth chatter.

Could it be because I suddenly got scared?

The fur on the fox’s ears stands up stiffly.

That’s where these damn ears came from too…

“Then, did Rep. Park send you here? To bring me here…”

“Rep. Park?”

She frowns at my words.

And he speaks to me with somewhat sharp eyes.

“No way. Why would I work for a bitch like that? If I had to kill her, I would have killed her.”

“Yes…?”

“After fighting the enemy, I got a big injury to my arm.”

She twirled her arms as if to release them.

The stitch marks on his shoulder are clearly visible.

“I requested treatment and strengthening from Rep. Park’s research institute, and was put into a test tube for stabilization.”

that’s right.

I thought he had strengthened his body because he wanted revenge on his enemies.

It was clearly written that way in the glass case manual…

“But it was a trap. They locked me in a coffin and did all sorts of human experiments on me.”

“Oh my god…”

Jisoo, who was listening from the side, also made a gloomy expression at the word ‘coffin’.

She brushes back her protruding hair and focuses on Ha-yeon’s words.

“Oh, right. This woman was in the coffin first too. She somehow managed to get out alive?”

The wizard points to his older sister as if he is happy to see her.

Then Jisoo smiled and patted my shoulder in return.

“Siho, you were a great help. If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t have been able to open my eyes for the rest of my life.”

“That’s right, that’s why I came here.”

The second-ranked swordsman in the country stares at me intently.

She looks happy, unlike when she was angry at the enemy.

“Yes…? What did I do?”

Stunned by her words, I asked again.

Then Ha-yeon sat down on the chair.

And he bowed his head to me and expressed his gratitude, placing his hands on his knees.

“Thank you.”

As she spoke, both men stood up at the same time.

Two giant rankers bow down to me, who is infinitely small.

“Thanks for saving my sister, Bartender!”

Who would believe it?

The fact that three rankers, no less, bowed their heads to a lowly hunter like me.

I was restless at the unfamiliar sight.

The fox’s ears also flutter back and forth, expressing its confusion.

“I was able to survive because you opened the hatch.”

“Ah…”

That’s why.

“You are a very precious person to us.”

“That’s right, thank you so much for saving my lifelong companion!”

The two men’s eyes became moist.

They spoke to me in a choked voice.

Ha-yeon, who was happy but also embarrassed by the sight, wiped the tip of her nose.

“Even though we are not top rankers, we will somehow repay you.”

So those two men were also rankers?

I tried to wave my hand at the sudden treatment.

“Oh, no… What did I do…”

When I tried to explain, Ha-yeon hit the table hard.

As a result, a fist-shaped dent was left on the table.

Why, why did you hit that poor table and do that… It’s scary…

“What the hell are you doing! You saved everyone from that place where those human trash are running around?”

“The other rankers I saved are also looking for you.”

“Huh-???”

“You are their hero. Today, you came before I told them.”

A hero!

I hate those embarrassing words!

In the first place, I didn’t rescue them with pure hearts.

I just took it out to buy time so I could escape with my sister…

I feel so guilty.

For that reason alone, I shouldn’t be receiving such special treatment.

“Oh, no! Don’t ever tell me…”

“Why? They’re really curious too…”

“I hate being the center of attention… and I just pressed the open button.”

The men kept nagging me, asking what I was talking about, seeing my troubled appearance.

But soon their older sister, Ha-yeon, stepped in to mediate between the men.

“Okay. If that’s what you want, then there’s nothing I can do.”

“Thank you…”

“Instead, I guess I should at least increase the store’s sales today?”

Ha-yeon looks around the moment bar and says.

The two big brothers also burst into laughter at the talk about drinking.

“Anything is fine, just bring me the full course. Don’t worry about the price!”

“As expected of you, sister…!”

The man smoking a cigarette laughs heartily.

Every time he laughs, a puff of cigarette smoke comes out and tickles the tip of my nose.

Could it be because my sense of smell has developed over time?

The smell made me sneeze.

Then, Jisoo tried to wipe the tip of my nose with concern.

I shook my head with a flushed face at her approaching appearance.

“Okay, it’s okay… I can do it by myself.”

Then Ha-yeon snatched her brother’s cigarette away in an instant and crushed it.

“No smoking in the store, you punk.”

“Ah, I understand. Sister…!”

He is soon captured and placed in a headlock by a woman half his size.

I stared blankly at the sight.

In the past, I felt like I was seeing Hyunsoo and Jisoo.

My older sister used to play pranks on my older brother, who was as big as me.

Well then, shall we bring out some alcohol first?

Just a bottle, not a cocktail…

I look at the liquors on display, hesitant.

My sister picked the most colorful one among them.

Royal Salute 21 Years.

I grabbed my sister’s wrist as she tried to take it out.

“I don’t think this will work.”

“Why?”

“What should I say… I guess it doesn’t suit the party members I haven’t seen in a long time.”

I glanced at the three rankers and said.

They were chatting with each other, as if they were happy to see each other again after a long time.

Have you been living a good life? You’ve gained a lot of weight?

Hey, bulking up, sis.

Didn’t you lose too much weight while you were locked up?

Ha-yeon’s eyes turned red as if she couldn’t believe that she was talking to the party members again.

“How long has it been since we last met like this…”

The older sister seems to be having fun just talking to her two younger brothers.

Then, all of a sudden, my smile stopped at the thoughtless words of my younger brother.

“That’s right, it would have been nice if Brother Anton had been there too…”

I almost dropped the whiskey I was holding at those words.

If it’s Anton… he’s the one that the enemy killed and used as a corpse doll.

and…

“Yeah. If he was there too…”

She was Ha-yeon’s ex-lover.

Even after he died, he was controlled by the enemy and blew himself up along with Ha-yeon’s arm.

She stares at me blankly.

And at that moment.

I felt a sense of kinship in Ha-yeon’s eyes.

Sad eyes filled with excellence.

That look in their eyes is something only someone who has lost someone precious can have.

Just like me, who lost my colleagues and my older sister.

Now my older sister is back next to me, but on the other hand, she has completely lost her ex-lover.

When I look at that sight, my heart aches.

And that tingling sensation soon subsides.

It turned into courage.

The courage to want to comfort her.

A little apology for the dead lover being toyed with by the enemy.

I dare to try to make it happen.

“Sister, can I ask you to do this for a moment?”

Without realizing it, I called Jisoo “noona.”

But, I had something much more important than that.

Making a drink for Ha-yeon.

I confidently chose just one bottle from the shelf that I had looked at countless times.

A drink for old comrades and long-time lovers.

‘Old Pa.’

Let me make you a drink with this old blended whiskey.

Even though my level has gotten a lot worse now.

“Hayeon.”

He looks at the ranker while holding a drink of unique design.

At this moment, the girl I see in my eyes is not a successful ranker.

The image of him going through thick and thin with his colleagues since he was an F-ranked ranker.

It’s just like when I was young.

“I’ll make you a cocktail.”

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And after a long time, I played with my fingers sensually.

Add sugar cubes to a whiskey glass.

Sprinkle Angostura bitters three times on top.

Add 15ml of plain carbonated water and crush the sugar well.

After crushing, swirl the muddler in the glass to impart fragrance to the outer surface.

Next, put large cubed ice into the cup.

Slowly pour 1 1/2 ounces (45 ml) of Old Parr over ice.

After that, stir lightly.

To finish it off… add some cherry garnish…

Rating: ★★★☆ (Epic)

Effect: Increases the user’s stamina by 30%. Increases composure by 5.

Information: A drink made by Siho to recall the beautiful old days of the past. It was made with consideration for the feelings of the person taking it, so it has a buff attached.

“I’ll give you an old fashioned.”

A soft light surrounds the glass.

That beautiful glass was passed on to a woman.

I thought I would be happy just by getting a rank…

She realized that the happiest times were the times she spent with her loved ones as she worked to become a ranker.