episode_0316

Morning comes to everyone.

Kim Yu-hee, a B-class hunter belonging to the secret task force that ran away from the [Blue Dragon Guild], the Dark Dragon Unit, was also like that.

Daaengㅡㅡㅡㅡ.

Early in the morning, Kim Yu-hee woke up to the sound of a bell ringing and jumped up.

She was awakened by the eerie, soul-stirring sound of a bell coming from somewhere very far away.

Kim Yu-hee, who swept back her messy orange hair, blinked her bleary eyes.

“… … What is it?”

“The captain woke up too?”

A large mattress is spread on the floor of the bedroom, and a woman who woke up one step ahead of Kim Yu-hee speaks to her.

‘It’, which looks exactly like Kim Yu-hee, twitches its orange cat ears.

“… No. 1. Go out and see what’s going on.”

“What is the captain doing?”

“Can’t you see that I’m protecting my younger siblings?”

Kim Yu-hee, who has covered herself with the blanket, starts getting ready again.

Thump thump!

But as if it was absurd, after some awkward bickering, No. 1 grabs Kim Yu-hee’s arms and drags her into the living room.

Crunch-.

Kim Yu-hee, who was dragged out helplessly, had a silver-gray ‘inverted cross anklet’ that Eun-ha had given her as a gift, firmly fastened to her left ankle.

“Isn’t it uncomfortable to sleep with that anklet on?”

“I don’t want to die.”

Five members of the Dark Dragon Corps were sleeping huddled together like kittens on a large mattress.

Their mornings are always trivial and noisy.

“Oh my… Sisters, shut up…”

“Did the youngest wake up? You’re the loudest.”

“What are you saying…”

While Kim Yu-hee was dragged into the living room and sat on the bed yawning, the ‘youngest’, who came out of the bedroom rubbing his eyes, approached her.

The youngest, who approached me with a half-asleep face, rubbed his eyes,

Kim Yu-hee, who got up from the sofa, grabbed the youngest’s cheek and wiped away the eye boogers.

“Captain. I went out and came back, but there was nothing there. Even the ‘clay doll’ I left outside was fine.”

“1, you worked hard.”

Number 1, who had come back after checking outside, puts the shopping bag containing the ‘clay doll’ back on the living room table.

A few days ago, Eunha gave me the ‘clay dolls’ and told me to put them one by one in front of my house.

The ‘inverted cross bracelet’ that Eunha gave me a few days ago.

After the incident at ‘Hanbit Orphanage’, Kim Yu-hee became unable to survive without Eun-ha.

The life of a worker and a warm-hearted person working at Do Jong-ha’s detective agency.

Not bad.

‘It doesn’t matter. Even when I was working at the [Blue Dragon Guild], I was always at the mercy of the old men in the Senate. It’s a win-win for me since my life was taken over by a pretty, sly older sister.’

Kim Yu-hee, who thought like that, knelt down slightly in front of the ‘altar’ placed next to the living room TV.

The altar… is a literal object.

There was an altar in Kim Yu-hee’s house.

It was made recently.

In the center of the altar was a small flowerpot, and in the flowerpot, a green and lush catmint was blooming with purple flowers.

Purple flowers that bees love.

And on both sides of the flower pot, there were ‘clay dolls’ given by Eunha, placed like guardian deities…

Wheeingㅡ.

On the purple flower buds of the dogwood, a bumblebee that Kim Yu-hee had brought from the mountain behind the house was peacefully gathering pollen.

A sight that could be described as an altar.

Kim Yu-hee stands in front of the altar she named herself, ‘Malang Chapssal Altar’.

I looked at the writhing bumblebee’s buttocks and clasped my hands together in reverence.

The basement of Hanbit Orphanage.

In the midst of a crisis where a monster was chasing her, Kim Yu-hee witnessed an angel who saved her life.

“Malang Chapssaltteok. I will live well today too.”

“… … You crazy boss. Stop talking nonsense, it’s not fun.”

A morning when the bell rings.

I was the first to grab the nape of Kim Yu-hee’s neck as her nonsense increased day by day.

… … Dooroodooroo. Dooroodooroo.

At that moment, the sound of a cell phone ringing is heard.

Kim Yu-hee, who was in a good mood while watching the pumpkin bees, received a phone call.

If you’re going to get a call in the morning… Is it Do Jong-ha?

“I got a call. Who is it?”

– … … Kim Yu-h…

Ugh!

And, Kim Yu-hee, who smashed her smartphone before her name was called,

He looked back at No. 1 with a face as cold as ice.

It’s a familiar voice.

Human from the Blue Dragon side.

Chook!

Number 1 quickly drew the curtains and approached Kim Yu-hee, picking up the broken cell phone.

“I guess I have to change my phone number again… Is your hand okay, Captain?”

“I suddenly feel bad. I want to go see the Milky Way.”

“Just in case, go in the afternoon. If you go with something weird, it’ll be a nuisance.”

A call from [Cheongryong Guild].

It comes sometimes.

He kept saying that he wouldn’t ask about my past sins, so let’s meet somewhere quiet and uncrowded.

I will not hold the sin against you, but I will bury the person in the ground.

The reason why he doesn’t come to see Kim Yu-hee in person is probably because she intentionally only goes to places with a lot of people.

‘I don’t know why. Isn’t it over if I leave the guild?’

Why can’t I catch someone and eat them? I’m so anxious.

Because you ran away without even submitting your resignation?

Or is it because I stole the elders’ radish from the Hanbit Orphanage?

Or… is it because on the way back, he took all the confidential documents he could get his hands on, such as mission files from the Dark Dragons, corruption ledgers, and [Crack Field] management documents?

I don’t know. What can you do with that much?

Kim Yu-hee is just frustrated.

“Hmm…… I feel dirty.”

I feel sick as soon as I wake up.

I don’t want to start my day feeling like this.

So, let’s go to sleep again.

Knock knock…

Kim Yu-hee brushes away the remains of her cell phone from her palm.

She staggered back to her bedroom to console herself.

Today is a holiday at Do Jong-ha Detective Agency.

I’m going to sleep until I go to Eunha’s cafe in the afternoon.

I hope you have a dream where you get your crown sucked by a pumpkin wasp.

Or maybe it’s a dream of sucking.

Bite.

Kim Yu-hee habitually bit the buttocks of No. 2 and No. 3 who were still sleeping.

I lay down on the soft mattress and tried to sleep.

It was a morning when the ‘inverted cross anklet’ on my ankle sparkled silver-gray.

… … .

… … .

“So?”

“I woke up around noon and went straight to the cafe to meet Eunha. But then I made eye contact with Miss Kang Na-ri. What the heck?”

And then, at 1:30 p.m.

[Rabbit Latte] with a quiet atmosphere.

After lunch, Eun-ha returned from being harassed by [the Red Woman] in a dark alley.

He rubbed the corners of his mouth as he looked at the members of the Dark Dragon Corps kneeling side by side in the break room.

On the sofa, Kang Na-ri is glaring at Kim Yu-hee while stroking her blue hair.

As her sapphire-blue hair flutters, Kim Yu-hee droops her cat ears like a frightened meerkat.

It seems that Kim Yu-hee is having a hard time dealing with Kang Na-ri.

The youngest daughter of the president of the company that ran away…

That woman, Kang Nari, is much taller than I thought.

But in the end, he’s just a squat debtor.

When Eunha sits down next to Kang Na-ri, Kang Na-ri relaxes her expression as if nothing had happened and leans her shoulder against it.

“Galaxy, listen up.”

“I’m listening.”

“No matter how much I tell her to get up, Yuhee doesn’t get up from the floor.”

“Sometimes it’s more comfortable to be barefoot.”

“Am I too smart?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a gloomy show-off.”

Bam!

Is it because the galaxy is next to me?

Only then did the Dark Dragon members, who had been kneeling on the break room floor, carefully get up and sit down on the sofa opposite Kang Na-ri.

“Ah, it’s narrow. Who wants to come out?”

“Captain, get out of the way.”

Po-ok.

Kim Yu-hee, who was pushed off the sofa, sat at Eun-ha’s feet with a natural movement.

She leans her face against his soft thigh and exclaims in admiration at the shadows covering the ceiling.

Maybe this guy just felt comfortable on the floor.

The people of Amryongdae suddenly appeared.

The galaxy felt the peace that had lasted for several days coming to an end.

“Anyway, what brings you to the cafe? I don’t think you’re ordering coffee.”

“I came because I wanted to see the Milky Way. How are you, my baby?”

“Are you healthy? I’ll take a picture and send it to you later.”

Po-ok…

Light chat.

I bowed down when I heard Kim Yu-hee’s voice coming from below.

Then, Kim Yu-hee, whose head was wrapped in the softness of the galaxy, shuddered,

The Dark Dragon members who had been watching the scene from the sofa quietly got down from the sofa and gathered behind Kim Yu-hee like meerkats.

Why do we have to wait in line?

Anyway, they are strange people.

“And… I came to tell Mr. ‘Mouse’ the results of the investigation…”

yet,

Kim Yu-hee, buried in the shade, explained her second goal.

“The results of the investigation? What did you investigate?”

“… … List of sponsors… I’ve been researching…”

sponsor.

List of sponsors for the orphanage.

Kim Yu-hee’s answer, full of hesitation, is as vague as possible.

Kang Na-ri frowned, saying she didn’t know what he was talking about.

“… … .”

Kim Yu-hee looked up at the galaxy.

My vision was obscured by a chest larger than my head,

The expression on Eunha’s face could not be confirmed.

“… … .”

But obviously,

I wonder if he’s smiling the same way as usual.

As always, aren’t you smiling?

Think about it carefully.

… … .

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– Do you think that if we live together, it’s okay to show everything?

– The closer you are to someone, the more things you have to keep in mind, and we call this etiquette.

– The more we wear the mask of etiquette, the less we will spit at each other.

1. Don’t run.

– You’ve probably heard it often. Maybe you heard it at school.

– We always tried to move quickly, but the first step of courtesy was usually calmness.

– Do not run in the hallways or on the stairs.

– You might fall.

2. Focus on the food while eating.

– Small talk is possible.

– Don’t get up from your seat before you finish your meal.

– Do not hold anything other than utensils with your hands.

– If you hear a strange noise or someone calls you,

– Don’t take your eyes off the table.

3. Don’t make noise at night.

– They say that mice can hear what’s said at night.

– There’s always one person who sleeps lightly.

– As long as you don’t make too much noise, you can wander around at night without any problem.

4. I will leave ■◇◇■.

– Leave●■□

– Keep ◇■.

5. Be sure to separate paragraphs.

– A space where we live together. If even a thief breaks in, everyone can suffer.

– Check all doors and windows carefully.

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The beginning of everything,

It was a single sheet of ‘guide’.

It’s just a piece of paper.

But it is cursed, and the weight of its sticky grudge drags someone’s life down into the dark swamp.

‘Why… why is this happening…’

water under the bridge.

I regret it.

If, if,

If I hadn’t picked up the ‘Guidebook’ in the orphanage basement.

Maybe it was a little different.

“Eat lots.”

I don’t know anymore.

… … .

It happened a few days ago.

Not long ago, on that day, A-class hunter Do Jong-ha illegally intruded into the ‘Hanbit Orphanage’ that was under the surveillance of the [Blue Dragon Guild].

The Dark Dragon Corps, which was deployed to subdue Do Jong-ha, betrayed the [Blue Dragon Guild].

That day, he beat up one of the senators there and made him eat only rice gruel for the rest of his life.

Researcher A of [Facility] picked up a torn piece of paper in the basement of the orphanage where Do Jong-ha had left.

An orphanage where everything was reduced to ashes in a fire.

It’s the basement where everything… all the research materials that the orphanage director never showed to even the ‘sponsors’ were burned and disappeared.

but,

Since detective Do Jong-ha had been there, I searched the basement to see if she had found anything.

And as expected.

I picked up a piece of paper called ‘Guide’ in the hallway on the 7th basement floor.

It was black paper with blood-red letters written on it.

It gave off an eerie atmosphere, as if it were a cursed object, but researcher ‘Mr. A’ thought that this was a clue to the orphanage’s secret… and took the ‘guide’ to the [facility] with him.

I didn’t believe in superstitions.

Isn’t this a world where all paranormal phenomena, such as ghosts or spirit photographs, can be explained by the effects of ‘mana’ and ‘skill’?

Ghosts in this day and age… That’s not crazy.

… … .

“Hmm… So you found it in the basement.”

“Yes, Team Leader.”

Researcher A, who returned to the [facility], immediately reported the fact to his team leader.

A low-level researcher in a department called the ‘Data Recovery Team’.

The job is to restore the materials from the ‘Hanbit Orphanage’ that was completely destroyed by fire.

I don’t know who did it, but the orphanage was completely burned down.

The building, the basement…

Even the secret safe hidden in the basement.

The arsonist threw everything from the orphanage into the flames, leaving out even the smallest thing.

What on earth is this ‘observational skill’ that allowed him to find the secret safe that was so well hidden?

In the end, the ‘Data Recovery Team’, who had been treated as idiots who only sucked up research funds for the past few years… finally got a clue.

The orphanage burned down, exactly four years later.

“… … .”

The team leader was carefully examining the [Guide to Community Living] handed over by researcher ‘Mr. A’.

He took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.

The pungent cigarette smoke filled the small laboratory,

The team leader, who had been putting cigarettes under the ‘guide’ and burning the paper and holding it up to the light, shook his head.

“Hoo…”

“Do you know what it is?”

“Well… I think it might be a password. It’s hard to confirm with just this one sheet.”

The team leader continued speaking, waving the torn ‘guidebook’.

“You said this was where Do Jong-ha left… Find Do Jong-ha. If it was something she accidentally dropped, Do Jong-ha must have another ‘guidebook’.”

“That’s definitely true…!”

“I don’t know how many pages of this ciphertext there are, but if even one is missing, it will be difficult to decipher the code… If we, who have the missing one, ask for cooperation, Detective Do Jong-ha will likely reluctantly accept it.”

The team leader concluded that the [Co-living Guide] was some kind of encrypted text.

First, approach Detective Do Jong-ha, who knows the whole story of this ‘guide’, and ask for his cooperation.

Second, we will form a decryption team and have them decipher the ‘Guidebook’.

“That…Team Leader. Me…?”

Researcher A was excited to finally find a clue.

But after a while, he looked at the list of ‘Decryption Team’ members that the team leader had written and frowned.

Because his name wasn’t there.

All that’s visible on the list is the name of the team leader in front of you… and the names of the researchers that the team leader usually brings with him.

“Thank you for your hard work. I’ll take care of the rest. You must be tired, so go inside and rest.”

Soon, researcher A left the lab, pushed by the team leader’s natural encouragement.

… … .

Click-.

I was kicked out empty-handed.

Just stare blankly at the ceiling for a moment.

He frowned and strode away.

‘That damn team leader. He’s going to wipe his mouth again this time, saying it’s his own performance…’

Well then, that’s right.

But what can I do?

He is a low-level researcher who has not achieved a single achievement in four years.

“Tsk…”

Researcher A, who was overcome with a deep sense of defeat, was exhausted from the hard work and worked without any holidays.

I lay down on a long chair in the staff break room and took a nap.

… … .

And when I opened my eyes,

The next day has already arrived.

Daaengㅡㅡㅡㅡ.

Mr. A, who was sleeping on a chair in the break room, opened his eyes to the sound of a bell coming from afar.

‘A bell…? I’m hearing this for the first time…’

A strange sense of discomfort.

But it doesn’t matter.

Mr. A, who was still tired, got up and left the break room.

He returned to his lab, trying to put the thought of the stolen ‘guide’ out of his mind.

“Hey, ‘Data Recovery Team’ over there. If you have nothing better to do, help me with this.”

“… … What is it?”

“Recovery Hunters, what’s the long-term? You have to finish the process before you get hurt.”

An ordinary day.

The same, low-level researcher’s daily life will continue in the future.

“Ahh… Are you still doing that?”

“Don’t say that, it pisses me off. That bitch Do Jong-ha turned everything upside down by catching organ traffickers, so the price of organs doubled. This was also obtained with great difficulty… Immortality is bullshit. Old people are being dirty…”

Mr. A followed his senior from another department and headed to a laboratory with a strong smell of blood.

It happens all the time.

… … .

… … .

[Facilities] that remain the same as always.

The ‘Crypto Decoding Team’ was deciphering the ‘Guidebook’ brought from the basement of the orphanage.

Even though it’s meal time…

It was when I realized that no one was coming out of the lab,

It was a few hours later.

… … .

“… … … Ah… ‘Mr. A’. You were here.”

“Team Leader?… Are you okay? You haven’t even eaten… But, that ‘guide’…”

“It’s hard to decipher.”

I wanted it to be an ordinary day.

Even though I knew it couldn’t be true, I still dared to do it.

“So, I wanted to ask other ‘kids’ to help me too.”

“Is that so…? More importantly, children…”

“This guide… Put it in a suitable place so that the ‘children’ can see it. The ‘child’ who succeeds in deciphering the code will be given a prize.”

The team leader, who is strangely expressionless,

Moving his long limbs, he posted a ‘guide’ on the central bulletin board of the research building.

It was ‘a few hours later’.