The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 348

346. I’ll Be Right Back (2)

[Hello, Director.]

A welcome voice greeted me. However, the stiff greeting, unlike what I remembered, felt a little disappointing. The words, ‘You can treat me comfortably,’ almost reached the tip of my tongue, but it would be awkward if I was the only one acting friendly. For now, we’re just employer and employee. Let’s take it slow.

“I heard you started your training. I should visit, but it’s hard for me to go out these days. If you have any difficulties or inconveniences, please contact me anytime.”

Seo Kyung-hoon, Lee Yoo-shin, and Kim Hye-won immediately quit their original companies. Choi Soo-ryun said it would take a few more days to hand over her work, and Min So-han said he would come after his midterm exams.

[Difficulties? This level of training is nothing.]

Seo Kyung-hoon laughed, saying that considering the money he was receiving, he would be happy even with continuous overtime, but he felt sorry for leaving on time. A society where leaving on time feels like something to apologize for is the problem. It’s the natural thing to do. After a few words about the training, he brought up the purpose of his call.

[But is the Ki Seung-soo Breeding Center going to disappear without a proper name like this?]

“Pardon?”

[I asked Team Leader Seok, but for some reason, he looked at the distant mountains and mumbled his answer.]

…At least he didn’t openly criticize my naming sense.

“Well, I haven’t come up with a suitable name yet. I have to come up with one. If I can’t, I’m thinking of visiting a naming center.”

I’m too good for this.

[Then, how about holding a contest?]

“A contest?”

[Yes. You have many subscribers on your SNS [Social Networking Service], Director, so you can do it as a simple event.]

A contest event. That sounded good too. I could promote Peace dolls and offer prizes and prize money. After finishing the call with Seo Kyung-hoon, I took out the laptop that had been sitting unused. Hae-yeon had sent it for work, so all sorts of programs were installed.

“Let’s see, I just need to write something like ‘Name the breeding center’.”

The period should be about 3 days. We are holding a contest for the name of the Ki Seung-soo Breeding Center. Should I make it stand out in red? Increase the font size, and maybe tilt it a little. Should I underline it? Hmm, underlining is not good. The method of participation is to leave a comment. Oh, I need to properly address the copyright issue too.

After writing everything, it felt empty. Should I add a border? How do I add it? I think this was a drawing program… No, it’s a table…

It would be better to print it out and draw it with a ruler.

“It’s not like I’ve never done document work before.”

It’s just been so long. I took the laptop to Yoo-hyun’s room. It was an inner room where monsters wouldn’t enter, so computers and other machines that shouldn’t be broken were kept there. My brother’s room was neat, unlike most boys his age. The bed was well-made too. Although he didn’t use it yesterday since he slept in my room.

I went to the study attached to the bedroom and printed it out. I’ll draw a border and scan it to upload it. I went back to the living room and opened the drawer containing stationery. Peace followed me, tilting his head.

“We’re holding a contest for the breeding center’s name. Everyone doesn’t trust Dad’s naming skills.”

– Kkiang.

“Peace, you like the name Peace, right?”

Peace wagged his tail. I guess he likes it. As I took out the ruler and marker, I noticed the stamp pad I used when I took Peace’s paw prints before. Since it’s the Ki Seung-soo Breeding Center, should I take Peace’s paw prints too? First, I drew a border on the paper. The black lines made it look quite decent. The bottom is a bit thicker, but well, it looks like I did it on purpose, so it’s okay.

“Peace, let’s stamp here too. Should we do it in red?”

I took out the colorful stamp pads and said. It’s empty even with the border, so I grabbed one of Peace’s front paws and pressed it firmly on the paper.

– Bbiang.

– Maeah.

Then, Sorok and the baby sheep approached. Did they come to avoid the wolves? I heard something breaking in the monster living room. Yeah, break everything and play. I can’t let the wolves in the house after all. It’s like having two Blues from back in the day.

“Should I stamp you guys too? Here, Sorok.”

Deer paw prints, sheep paw prints. They were similar because they were both even-toed ungulates [animals with hooves divided into two toes]. Well, they might be a bit different from real reindeer or sheep since they’re monsters. Before I knew it, Bbyak landed on the table, watching me take paw prints from my head.

“Bbyak, do you want to stamp too? Wait a minute.”

Let me wipe the kids’ hooves first… Bbyak!

“No! Hey! Bbyakaaa!”

– Bbyak Bbyak.

Round, sponge-pressed marks appeared in blue on the name contest paper. I pulled out a wet wipe and wiped the ink off Bbyak. Even in the meantime, the living room was being destroyed. I should send the wolves back to the breeding center as soon as Yoo-hyun comes.

After washing Bbyak and cleaning up, I posted the Ki Seung-soo Breeding Center name contest on SNS. Not long after, the phone rang. It was Seok Si-myung.

[Director Han…….]

“Yes?”

Why does he sound like that? Seok Si-myung sighed deeply and continued.

[We welcome the decision to determine the breeding center’s name through a contest, but we will repost the announcement on our side.]

“Was there a problem with the content?”

[The content, there’s no big problem… but it’s not easy to check everything and choose the nominees, so please leave it to us. We will proceed neatly on our own.]

I answered that I understood, saying that it’s not something a director should be doing anyway, and that they hired employees for this. I guess it would be a lot of work to check everything if many people participate. I hung up the phone and went to the contest announcement post. Among the comments that had been posted, a name caught my eye.

– Park Ha-yulS2: Hyungㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

…Park Ha-yul? Ah, right. I was supposed to meet him. What is S2 after his name?

“I completely forgot.”

I sent a message to Park Ha-yul apologizing and then deleted the post. A reply came soon after.

– Are we not meeting?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

– Yeah, I can’t even wander around alone in the breeding center.

– AhㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠWhyㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠReally not possible?(ㅠ﹏ㅠ)

– I don’t think so…….

– Are the S-ranks not letting you out again? That’s too much ):

– No, this time I said I wouldn’t go out. It feels a bit strange. Me.

– Why is hyung strange, isn’t that an excuse? Please meet me just once, hyung!

To be honest, I was confused about whether there was a real problem with me. But safety is the top priority.

– Hyeong~~o(TヘTo)))

– Not for long, but I think I can for a bit.

I looked down at my ankle. The line was stretched out long. Peace was staring at me right next to me. It won’t be easy, but.

– When?

– Tomorrow… in the morning.

Since I don’t use SNS except for occasionally posting pictures, they won’t be monitoring the messages here. But it’s better to delete it right away. Park Ha-yul was overjoyed. Is he that happy? Not for long, it’s okay to go out for a bit. It’s not like I’m meeting a stranger.

‘If I move so that even an S-rank hunter doesn’t notice.’

There’s no way an SS-rank hunter will suddenly pop out, so there’s no problem. No problem.

“It’s a mess.”

– Kkaeng, Kkyang!

– Uuuung, euuung.

The baby wolves, grabbed by the scruff of their necks by Yoo-hyun, were acting pitiful. They whined that they were scared and appealed to me, but looking at the movement of their tails, they didn’t seem that scared.

“Are you only sending these two to the breeding center?”

“Yeah. Sorok and the black sheep are well-behaved. I’m thinking of keeping Sorok at home until he gets bigger.”

That way, he’ll move around a little more. Yoo-hyun, who had released the leash from my ankle, took the lead, holding the baby wolves.

“Nothing happened?”

“As you can see, it was peaceful except for the living room being destroyed. This shackle, is it really reporting my movements every 10 minutes?”

To my detailed question about exactly how it works, Yoo-hyun showed me a card-shaped key.

“You can think of this card as our house. This dot here is hyung [older brother/male friend].”

“At this ratio, it won’t even show up if I’m just walking back and forth in the living room.”

“An S-rank stat can recognize it.”

I see. So he can know quite accurately where I am in the house. He seems to remember every part of the house on this card, which is smaller than the palm of his hand. My brother is amazing.

As soon as I left the house and crossed the portal, I saw an A-rank hunter standing guard. They were thoroughly guarding the area, selecting only people they could trust from each guild. It was safe to assume that mental skills wouldn’t work on A-ranks, but they still checked every day. It seems that CCTV [Closed-circuit television] doesn’t work, so they’re replacing it with people. Fortunately, the dungeon raid cycle has become less frequent than before. Of course, surveillance cameras were still running diligently.

I took Milky and Blanc to the breeding center and went up to the rooftop garden. I waved to Noah, who was standing like a splendid statue on the building’s rooftop. Then I started walking along the promenade.

“The Association and each guild are reviewing all entry records. But it’s easy for high-level hunters to enter illegally, so it’ll be hard to catch a tail.”

“But if I get kidnapped, it’ll be by plane rather than by boat, so it won’t be difficult to catch them when they try to leave the country.”

“If hyung disappears, all airports will be banned from taking off immediately. The same goes for ports.”

Since it takes less than an hour to get from our house to Gimpo Airport if there’s no traffic, an hour after the disappearance would be the golden time. If there’s traffic, it increases to two hours.

“The time with the most traffic would be the safest. I wouldn’t be able to get kidnapped then.”

I might be complaining about the terrible traffic with the kidnappers.

“Just in case, if I disappear, don’t worry too much because it’s not system-related. Do you remember what I told you?”

“Yeah.”

“Stay healthy and wait quietly. Anyway, no one will be after my life. The Transcenders will probably spare my life too.”

Except for Chatterbox. There’s no answer with that one. It’s best not to do anything that would cause resentment, and if you do, you have to destroy the evidence and make sure no one knows. Who would have known that Transcenders would try to take revenge on each other?

“Yoo-hyun, do you have any grudges?”

“They’re dead.”

“Oh… okay.”

Is he talking about Yoon Kyung-soo? There must have been other guys besides him.

“If you have any grudges, be careful of the Seseong Guild Leader rather than me. Don’t get too close.”

“I’m not close.”

Did Seong Hyun-jae do a lot of things overseas that made people resent him? …He probably did. He said he abandoned a lot of people in the first place. To be precise, he just stopped paying attention, but there must be quite a few people who were hurt in their pride and had lingering feelings.

“Yoo-hyun, are you okay?”

“About what?”

“Seong Hyun-jae was interested in you too, but then he stopped. You don’t seem to be even a little bit upset… but.”

“As long as he doesn’t bother hyung, there’s no reason to run into him.”

My brother, who answered indifferently, looked at me worriedly. Then he took out something wrapped from his pocket.

“Don’t tell Park Ye-rim.”

It’s red chocolate. Is there cream inside, is it apple? It seems like the roles have been reversed, but whatever. I said thank you and took it.

The next day, there was no progress in catching the bug. If they were an easy target, it would have been impossible to sneak into the breeding center in the first place.

– Kheuheung!

“Why, does it smell bad?”

Peace wrinkled his nose a lot. What I was holding in my hand was none other than bath bombs. Ye-rim had bought them for me, saying that a half bath is good for the body. The colors and shapes were diverse, and some of them were said to be foamy.

Holding the bath bombs, I headed to the bathroom attached to my room. When I sent Ye-rim the proof shot she wanted, she replied, ‘Don’t stay in the water for too long, within 30 minutes!’ Peace, who sheds a lot of fur these days, stopped and sat in front of the bedroom. The bathroom was not visible from the door.

“Our Dol-dol, let’s clean my room.”

I brought the nth robot vacuum cleaner to my room. I set it to clean my room in 40 minutes and placed it in front of the bathroom. Next, I opened the point shop.

‘It’s a bit of a waste of points, but.’

I kept him waiting for a long time and even canceled on him, so I’ll use this much. I purchased a master key from the point shop. A key that can open any lock below S-rank without being detected. I unlocked the lock on my ankle with it and put it in the bathtub.

I waited for a while, but my phone didn’t ring. No one noticed. Next, I took a string, tied it to the long leash, and attached the other end to the robot vacuum cleaner. In 40 minutes, it will appear as if I, who has finished bathing, am walking around the bedroom.

‘These days, machines are so well-made.’

It was also possible to specify the cleaning route. I set it to clean briefly and then stop at the stand next to the bed. Then it would look like I took a bath, got dressed, and went to bed to rest.

If nothing happens, they won’t think it’s suspicious for about two hours. I’m not going out for long anyway, and I’m planning to come back within an hour.

I turned on the water in the bathtub and threw in two bath bombs. A strong smell wafted out. With such a strong scent, Peace wouldn’t be able to detect that I was gone by smell.

Finally, I took out and put on the wildcat jacket and shoes. Now all I have to do is go out, and the way to sneak out is Mini Mini Cookie. I ate a Mini Mini Cookie and used the stealth skill.

Well then, I’ll be right back.