The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 125

125. Irin (1)

‘Could there be side effects?’

Or is it simply that I was too reckless, causing my brother’s condition to flare up? If it’s the latter, that’s a relief… or is it? It might be easier to deal with if it’s a side effect.

Anyway.

“Instead of that, let’s go sightseeing and then go home. There’s still a lot to see in this area.”

It’s a chance to splurge using someone else’s card.

“Yeah. After dealing with Seong Hyeonje.”

“…Hey, if I become a missing person, you won’t be able to go sightseeing.”

“Don’t worry. You know, the item Hunter Yu Myeongwoo made for me.”

Yoohyun took off his glasses and put them on me, smiling. Oh… that’s right. Although it would require the sacrifice of someone to become my shell. Pretending to be missing here and living more leisurely and comfortably might not be bad.

I quickly shook off the tempting thought. Still, I can’t just abandon the things I’ve started. At least not until I’ve cleared all the dungeons and found a way to get back.

“But you, your eyes—”

– Is everything ready?

Noah flew down towards us, saying that. At the same time, I felt Yoohyun trying to move. Hey, you!

“Mr. Noah!”

I hurriedly used the Teacher skill on Noah and unilaterally transmitted Yoohyun’s senses.

Flap, flap. With hurried wing movements, a streak of fire flew like an arrow, cutting through the air. A flustered Noah drastically turned his body and soared into the sky.

“What are you doing!”

“I was just trying to threaten him.”

“No, you shouldn’t even threaten him!”

I tried to stop sharing the double attack skill first. Then a message window popped up.

[The other party has refused.]

…I’m doomed. Yoohyun must have seen the message too, as he raised the corner of his lips in a smile.

“Skills like this usually can’t be canceled without the other party’s consent. Because you could cast a flight skill and then cancel it in mid-air.”

The voice explaining was unnecessarily kind. I know that, but I didn’t know it applied to sharing skills, not just directly casting them.

With Noah, I just let go of his hand to cancel it, and Seong Hyeonje… always fainted. Wait, then after I lost consciousness with Barbar, was the skill sharing still going on?

…Wow, that could have been really dangerous. But seeing that he obediently came out of the dungeon, that human is better than I thought… better… no, this isn’t right either.

– Yoojin-ssi, are you okay?!

– Peep!

The dragon, having made a large circle in the air, turned back towards us.

“Don’t come any closer!”

My brother seems to be slightly not normal right now. Yoohyun said to me in a sulky voice as I looked at Noah worriedly.

“I feel like I keep getting my hyung [older brother] taken away lately, so I’m lonely.”

“Taken away? You’re my only brother.”

“You have a lot of other close guys around you. I only have hyung.”

This is a very problematic thing to say.

“Hey, don’t do that, and get close to Mr. Noah. Or Kang Soyoung-ssi. Make friends and date. Non-awakened or low-ranked people have a wall, so it can’t be helped, but there are a lot of people with similar ranks.”

Take Yerim as an example.

“Hyung says that because you don’t know.”

Muttering, he took out a slender sword from his inventory. It’s not his main weapon, but an A-rank one. He threw it towards the ground a ways off.

Thwack.

The sword was embedded in the ground, and then various weapons such as greatswords, daggers, great daggers, and scimitars were stuck in the ground, spaced apart from each other.

“…What are you trying to do?”

The Teacher skill doesn’t read minds. It only reads the body and mana movements in advance. With only a fishing rod in hand, you can’t tell if he’s going to fish or beat someone with it.

“It’s a skill I don’t use often because it’s inefficient. It’s a bit of a burden to use high-grade weapons as disposable items.”

A bit?

“I don’t know what skill it is, but don’t use it. It’s a waste. And let’s try to resolve this with words if possible.”

“Are you going to keep using the Teacher skill? It’s annoying.”

“Do you have any intention of resolving this with words?”

“No. Not at all. Does it hurt a lot when the skill is rejected?”

“Yeah, a lot.”

“Sorry, hyung.”

Hahaha. Meeting his red eyes and smiling, I withdrew the Teacher skill from Yoohyun. My brother makes a satisfied expression.

“I’ll finish this quickly.”

Seong Hyeonje-ssi, run away. It seems like I can’t stop my brother. Your life isn’t precious, but the skill is, so.

At that moment, the fire lizard slithered around Yoohyun’s neck and moved to his opposite shoulder. Unlike usual, its black eyes were looking at me. Again, the feeling that something was wrong pricked me like a needle.

“Irin.”

At my call, the spirit blinked its eyes. Without much thought, half out of habit, I used the Seed Leaf skill.

[The First Fire Spirit ? Irin

Current stat grade C

Awakening possible stat grade F

Optimized initial skill

Acquired Spirit Contract (L)

Contractor ? Han Yoohyun]

The status window, which looked like an item window when I first saw it, changed like that of an Awakened or monster. More than that, an L-grade initial skill.

Spirit Contract with contractor Han Yoohyun. That skill was definitely affecting Yoohyun. There’s no way an L-grade skill is just a simple contract skill, so what effect does it have?

“Lizard bastard, come here.”

“Hyung?”

Anyway, lizards are the problem. I reached out and grabbed Irin. Surprisingly, the spirit was easily caught and tilted its head. Since it can’t talk, I can’t question it.

I was wondering what to do when I used the Teacher skill. Instantly, I felt a burning sensation inside. The appearance was a small lizard that fit in the palm of my hand, but the sensation I received was an endless flame. It felt like being dropped into a desert where red flames licked instead of sand.

“You……”

This is more serious than I thought. A little flustered, I focused on the skill. Like digging into the dragonkin in the Lake Dungeon.

And like then.

“Huh?”

My vision went dark for a moment, then brightened. The place I was standing was a strange… no, a familiar living room. The house where Yoohyun lived before the dungeons appeared, before he awakened.

[Hello!]

In that living room, a round lizard as big as a cat greeted me.

“…Irin?”

[Yes, that’s right. Hyung, it’s Irin!]

The fire spirit, answering energetically, opened its mouth wide and smiled.

* * *

Park Yerim raised her head. The skill that had been applied to her had disappeared. The fearsome kindergarten teacher, although visual sharing like the skill’s owner was impossible, she could tell that Han Yoohyun had attacked someone with the intent to threaten them just before the skill disappeared.

“Did another monster appear?”

“If it was, he wouldn’t have threatened it,” Seong Hyeonje said, shifting his gaze beyond the ruins of the building. As he said, if it were a monster, he would have incinerated it immediately without needing to threaten it. Then who was he threatening?

Park Yerim quickly floated into the air.

“Ahjussi [term for older man]!”

The devastated land, where the traces of the original were hard to find after being swept away by water and then thoroughly trampled by the Kraken, came into her view. And Han Yoohyun, holding his unconscious brother.

“What’s going on?!”

As Park Yerim panicked and tried to approach them, a golden dragon urgently flew over and blocked her way.

– Just a moment!

– Peep peep!

“Noah oppa [term for older brother/male friend]? Ppeep-ah?”

– The Haeyeon Guild Leader seems a bit strange. …He seems fine, but he’s not listening to Han Yoojin-ssi, so he seems strange.

– Peep!

“He’s not listening to Ahjussi? That’s definitely strange!”

– And he said he would deal with the Seseong Guild Leader.

“That seems normal, though.”

– He threatened me too, but that’s no different from usual, so I’m confused.

“Ah, so he attacked Noah oppa. That’s definitely strange! Ppeep-ah is there, and Ahjussi is watching right in front of him!”

Park Yerim landed below, keeping a good distance from Han Yoohyun. Red eyes stared at her. There was no murderous intent, just a slightly annoyed gaze, but Park Yerim instinctively decided not to approach any further.

Instead, she asked Noah why Han Yoojin had fainted.

– I don’t know the reason. The Haeyeon Guild Leader also seemed flustered.

“That’s a relief. He hasn’t gone so crazy as to hurt Ahjussi.”

– He tried to reject the Teacher skill….

“Wow, he’s really gone crazy.”

– He’s thinking of silencing us, and since Yoojin-ssi can’t stop him, we don’t know when he’ll attack. Be careful.

“Silencing us? Does he think that’ll be easy?”

Park Yerim readjusted her ice tree spear. Seong Hyeonje, who had approached and was listening to their conversation, slightly raised his eyebrows.

“It’ll be tricky.”

“But there are three of us here. I’ll tie him down, so hit him from behind.”

At Park Yerim’s confident words, Seong Hyeonje coldly replied.

“The situation isn’t simple, little miss. Han Yoohyun is under the effect of double attack skill application for dealing with the Kraken. That will be maintained until Han Yoojin is separated. At the same time, he also has an item that can nullify damage and resist poison.”

“…That’s cheating.”

Park Yerim recalled the Kraken that had burned away in an instant. Without proper fire resistance, wouldn’t she be seriously injured just by being grazed?

But she had no intention of backing down. Instead, she looked towards the sea with even more enthusiasm.

“Noah oppa, lend me some magic stat!”

Then, a Shadowless Day [skill name] unfolded towards Han Yoohyun. Almost simultaneously,

Whirr—

Flames rose around Han Yoohyun like a circular barrier. Park Yerim clicked her tongue at the heat that dried up even the moisture in the air.

“It’ll evaporate before it even touches the shadow! I’m confident I can sweep away our Guild Leader, will you help me?”

“I’d be disappointed if you asked me to step aside.”

A black-red coat, Silrakia’s wings, covered the tailcoat. Chains swayed and a golden feather was held between Seong Hyeonje’s fingers. A golden griffin’s feather. An item that could be obtained when hunting an S-rank golden griffin.

“The Teacher skill is a pity. Time it well. By the way, gravel doesn’t burn well.”

“Yes!”

Her eyes sparkled as if she understood. Seong Hyeonje jumped into the area engulfed in flames without hesitation. Just before the heat, which even S-rank fire resistance couldn’t completely nullify, engulfed him, the feather was shot from his fingertips.

The griffin’s feather drew in the wind. With the sound of the air fluctuating, the flames were violently pushed to both sides as if opening a curtain. Simultaneously,

Kwarurung!

Lightning struck. But the electricity didn’t reach its target and was drawn to the dagger stuck in the ground, only scratching around it. Dirt and stones flew up, and immediately after, the dagger exploded. The fragments, which should have scattered in all directions, were shot towards Seong Hyeonje like arrows.

Kaga gag—

The swung chain blocked the fragments, but it was impossible to handle all of them even knowing the direction they were coming from. Red lines were drawn on the back of Seong Hyeonje’s hand and the tip of his ear. One was half-embedded in his shoulder. An attack that sacrificed an A-rank weapon, with the double skill effect added. Even an S-rank Hunter would usually have become a hedgehog.

Han Yoohyun took out a long sword to continue the attack. But.

“…Already?”

His feet were heavy. He had been caught by the Shadowless Day.

Seong Hyeonje knew that Park Yerim had used Pale Rain [skill name] as soon as he pushed back the flames with the griffin’s feather. But even though it didn’t directly touch the fire, it had all melted far short of his shadow.

“It’s not difficult to put one or two pebbles in an ice arrow.”

Seong Hyeonje kindly explained, retreating and pulling out the fragments. Even if the ice melted, the gravel inside didn’t lose its momentum and continued forward. It wasn’t a skill that could target, but simply throwing stones, but one or two of them could have touched Han Yoohyun’s shadow.

While the lightning dug into the ground, scattering stones and deceiving the eyes.

Even if you bind the movement as much as the target’s rank is high, it’s just that the speed slows down a bit. But even that is a big penalty when facing the same S-rank.

“I didn’t intend to move much anyway.”

Han Yoohyun said, looking down at his unconscious brother. The flames that had been pushed back for a moment swallowed the griffin’s feather and swayed redly.

The weapons stuck in all directions made a faint vibration. Reddened eyes met eyes with a faint golden light.

“Because the preparations to tear apart the most annoying bug are complete.”

“Oh dear, the young master’s jealousy is stronger than I thought.”

“Why be jealous of a thief.”

Just be angry and punish them. At that moment.

Ggggrrr—

The ground shook. Followed by the sound of the floor collapsing.

Kwagwagwagwa—!

Water began to gush out from here and there. Seawater that had risen through the ground writhed like several dragons. Both Han Yoohyun and Seong Hyeonje inadvertently turned their heads towards the water dragons that had lifted their heads towards the night sky.

At the same time, Park Yerim shouted.

“Han Yoohyun, cool your head!”

A huge pillar of water plunged down towards the relatively meager flames.