Chapter Index

    At that time, northern Jeju Island – Haegeuneul Hotel (Jeju).

    “What?”

    Sunshade’s chairman, Choi Ho-jeong, was arranging the lines of the robe he was wearing and ended up grabbing it violently with his hands.

    “What?”

    “Well, that.”

    Jeonghan Jeonghan, the vice president of Haeguneul Ilbo, who had a new wig, lowered his head with a helpless expression on his face.

    “I sent invitations to S-class heroes, but they were all…”

    “What all!!”

    “…I’m temporarily returning the Taegeuk Watch to the Hero Association and going on vacation.”

    “…….”

    Chairman Choi Ho-jeong frowned.

    “Vacation? Huuuuga? Hero on vacation? Does that make sense-”

    “Well, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t happen.”

    “Regular group…!”

    “I am the president of the association, Mr. Chairman.”

    Similarly, Association President Jeong Ki-jo, a man who appeared wearing a hanbok and leisurely raising a wine glass, stood face to face with Choi Ho-jeong with a grin.

    “In fact, I stayed on Jeju Island for an entire month and faithfully fulfilled my role as a hero, so why can’t I even take that short vacation?”

    “I must have said that we were having a celebration here…?”

    “Oh, it was like that. I was so busy that I didn’t even know you sent it. As you know, the Manator went on a rampage like that.”

    “….”

    “Thank you for inviting the heroes. Thanks to this, it’s great that all the academy students are attending the sunshade party. Haha.”

    “…….”

    As the president of the association said, there were some students in the banquet hall who stayed on Jeju Island for a few days after the summer semester and participated in the party.

    They were chatting with various people who came to the banquet hall, exchanging relationships and building connections according to the purpose of Chairman Choi Ho-jeong’s invitation.

    “Hello, boss? The student here is…”

    “Professor Lisara Lakshmi, could you please talk to me for a moment…”

    “Yes? Oh my, could it be…! Yes, I like it! Hey, I’ll be talking to the boss for a moment, so you can talk to other people.”

    And in the midst of the exchange, there was also an urgent woman who wanted to use the sunshade party to achieve some other purpose.

    “Boss, why did you ask to see me?”

    “I will ask you directly. Professor, are you single?”

    “……Yes. As I was doing research, I ended up living alone.”

    “Ah.”

    “Why are you doing that? Maybe…”

    “Thank goodness. It’s no different. This time, Haegeuneul Motors has created a new compact SUV that fits the image of career women who live their lives glamorously alone…”

    Of course, whether or not your ambitions will come true is something you have to keep meeting with each person.

    The banquet hall is now a battlefield.

    As if trying to somehow meet someone outside the academy like Professor Lisa.

    “Wasn’t the summer semester difficult? When I was in college…”

    “So, are you going to participate in the World Cup right after this is over?”

    “You’re just saying that you’re S-rank but you’re hiding your power, right? Right?”

    People outside the Academy – especially those from the Sunshade – approached the Academy students with various purposes.

    They are running towards about 20 students like hyenas looking for meat, asking all sorts of questions for their own purposes, and each student is dealing with them in their own way and talking to them.

    only.

    “Look, Chairman. Isn’t it really harmonious?”

    “Sigh….”

    It is certainly desirable to exchange stories with about 20 people with A-level talents, but the chairman cannot help but be a little more greedy than that.

    “It would have been great if S-level people had come and graced the occasion.”

    “You cannot forcefully call in those who took leave on their own. If you ask 10 office workers to come to work while on vacation, 9 out of 10 will end up turning into devils, right? Hahaha.”

    “It’s a shame it’s not the Temple of the Sunshade. haha. If it were Sunshade Temple…”

    Chairman Ho-Jeong Choi glared at the President of the Association with meaningful eyes, but the President of the Association seemed to rather enjoy Chairman Ho-Jeong Choi’s embarrassment.

    “So where did you really go? They all suddenly disappeared like this, so of course the association needs to know their whereabouts, right?”

    “If their whereabouts are known, reporters will go there as a group, and then the S-class heroes will try to go somewhere else. If you can’t live quietly in Korea, maybe you should go abroad.”

    “Just for that reason…”

    “These are the people who fought a bloody battle with SS-class demons for three, no, four days. I’m going to relieve my mental exhaustion, but if that’s interrupted, a large-scale exodus happens like before.”

    “…….”

    “Because it’s an S-class Exodus, it’s called SE-”

    “Stop.”

    Chairman Choi Ho-jeong eventually raised his hand first.

    “I won’t ask any more questions. However, let me ask you this one thing clearly. That man named Do Ji-hwan, is he really just an ordinary man?”

    “It’s not normal. They say he has EX level bat and technique-”

    “I don’t think I became the man worth 30 billion just because I was lucky, right?”

    “…A man named Do Ji-hwan must have incredible abilities?”

    “No matter how much you think about it, it doesn’t make sense based on common sense. Do Ji-hwan, that man….”

    Chairman Choi Ho-jeong looked around for a moment and asked in a very low voice like a whisper.

    “Is it Sephiroth?”

    “…….”

    The president of the association just quietly sipped his wine.

    “Okay. All I know is that Miss Baek Seol-hee cares about him a lot. That’s it.”

    “Aren’t there other S-class people besides Baek Seol-hee?”

    “That’s right. Because of that, I’m having a huge headache right now. It’s coming over there at the right time. They say even tigers will come if you tell them.”

    Jerk, jerk.

    A woman wearing a kimono walked at a modest but extremely fast pace, receiving all the attention of everyone in the banquet hall.

    “The S-class talent you were looking for has arrived. Nice to meet you, Nadeshiko.”

    “Snow White, where did you go?”

    “What Nadeshiko is looking for is not Snow White…”

    “Are you sure that you disappeared with Do Ji-hwan?”

    The president of the association lightly shrugged his shoulders in response to Nadeshiko’s questioning.

    “Maybe.”

    “Maybe? Hey, I have something to talk about with Snowwhite. I couldn’t tell you because of the Manator uproar, but I was scammed by that woman. Fraud!”

    Nadeshiko stretched out three fingers and gritted her teeth.

    “We decided to do 1/3 of 10 billion each!!”

    * * *

    At that time, a certain pension in Jeju Island.

    “It’s completely empty. Is it because I only have XX? It’s extremely dry, like dried squid on the beach.”

    Hyeon Se-rin, who came out to the living room scratching her head, looked at the three women lying face down on the bed, sofa, and dining table and laughed.

    “No, over there. You came all the way to Jeju Island, but are you just going to stay in the pension now? You can hike Hallasan Mountain, check out the night market over there, or just rent a car and go for a drive.”

    “You can do that as much as you want, but there is no man, man.”

    Yoon Hye-ra, who was lying dazedly on the sofa, waved her hand.

    “What do you do when you go out with girls? Are you going to take a picture? Are you just going to post it on social media? Three ghosts and one living person, can we take a psychic photo with the four of us?”

    “Then what are you going to do? Are you just going to sit here and die?”

    “…….”

    At Hyeon Se-rin’s urging, Yoon Hye-ra bent her head behind the sofa.

    “Do you want to be patriotic or travel?”

    “Ugh….”

    “Instead of wandering around crowded places and getting tired, let’s just save up some stamina and attack together?”

    “Good strategy.”

    Seong Ji-eun, who was lying face down on the bed, raised one hand and helped.

    “Why did we come to Jeju Island? Did you come to eat omegi rice cake? I came here to eat rice cake.”

    “Sister!”

    “What. What did I say? It’s Mir. Have you ever tried pounding rice cake?”

    “Are you hitting the inside of a mortar pit with a large, thick bat? Wow, experiencing Korean traditional culture! I really want to do it.”

    “Wow, these women are real.”

    Hyun Se-rin laughed as she watched Ymir casually replying to Seong Ji-eun’s words.

    “I guess they are virgin ghosts.”

    “Serine.”

    “Why.”

    “If a virgin ghost also has a hairpin, should it be called a virgin ghost from then on, or should it be called by another name?”

    “I don’t want to share that dictionary definition with you.”

    Hyeon Se-rin grabbed the back of Yoon Hye-ra’s head, who had her head on the back of the sofa, and pushed her forward.

    “If you wanted to do that, you should have caught it before he left in the first place. Why are you so dead after seeing me run away from Jeju Island?”

    “Sure. I should have caught it earlier.”

    “It’s already too late to regret it.”

    Seong Ji-eun rolled off the bed and stood up.

    “But if we hold on just a little longer, we can gain as many as four companions.”

    “Four?”

    “Okay. Besides Baek Seol-hee, three.”

    Seong Ji-eun spread four fingers with a serious expression.

    “First of all, Baek Seol-hee. There is no need to say anything about this.”

    “Sister, come to think of it, don’t you know Baek Seol-hee?”

    “So there is no need to say anything. Because I can deal with him.”

    “As expected between 25 year olds…Oh, sorry. Continue.”

    Seong Ji-eun glared at Hyun Se-rin for a moment, then stretched out her hand in front of the tea table in front of the sofa, creating small soldiers.

    “I will take on Baek Seol-hee. Of course Hyeon Se-rin, you should be in charge of the Emperor, right?”

    “Sigh….”

    “I know you’re very knowledgeable, but you seem to have become more flexible in your thinking now. In the first place.”

    Seong Ji-eun held the soldier facing Hyun Se-rin in her hand and shook it up and down.

    “If you get caught by a goblin, your hard feelings will completely relax, right?”

    “Are you talking about the way of thinking?”

    “Sneaky. And Hyera. You are over there…”

    “I’ll take charge of Lee Seon.”

    “Oh.”

    Yoon Hye-ra stood up and grabbed the soldier with his tail behind his butt.

    “It would be easier for me to deal with him than for Mir.”

    “Then the only thing left… is this one.”

    Seong Ji-eun handed the last remaining soldier to Ymir.

    “Hey, intern.”

    “I am a full-time employee.”

    “What do you say? That’s Manager Do’s recommendation, because the personnel verification hasn’t been completed yet?”

    Seong Ji-eun attacked Ymir with soldiers.

    “This is our ‘key to victory’. Goblins often do that, right? It is natural to fight while weakening the opponent.”

    “Yes.”

    Ymir accepted the soldier and a piece engraved with the nickname of the last remaining S-class hero.

    “But persuading this person…is that really the way we can win?”

    “Of course.”

    Sigh.

    As Seong Ji-eun moved and spread his hands, the seven soldiers who were glaring at each other gathered together again and formed a circular formation.

    “There is no reason for us to hit each other and fight. Because the one we’re dealing with is this monster.”

    Among the remaining seven soldiers, excluding the one soldier grabbed by Ymir.

    “Goblin.”

    A towering pillar like a jangseung, wearing a huge mask, was wearing a mask that was somehow familiar.

    “Everyone knows. But.”

    And Seong Ji-eun placed the soldier grabbed by Ymir in the middle of the camp.

    “You can’t wear a mask in front of him.”

    Passs.

    The moment the soldier turned towards the goblin, the mask disappeared and a man who seemed to be watching appeared.

    “Baridegi, Taeirin. This is the key that will seal the goblin. And….”

    “In order to avoid being discovered as a goblin, you must not use mana…!”

    “Yes.”

    Seong Ji-eun spoke with a nervous yet confident smile.

    “If it’s Do Ji-hwan who doesn’t use mana, you might be able to mix it up somehow.”

    “Maybe.”

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