I Became The Rankers’ Number One Pick [EN]: Chapter 253

Side Story 8

I gathered that Baek Seol-gongju [Snow White] was Yoo Ji-an, the dwarfs were Park Seo-ah, and the hunter was Baek Eun-hee. Then that means the prince is either an NPC or Yang Tae-woo.

‘Oh my…….’

So, Prince Yang Tae-woo is going to kiss Snow White.

Seo-ah, who was looking at Snow White with a complicated heart, raised her head at the sound of approaching hooves.

The dwarfs also began to buzz.

“Someone’s coming!”

“They’re on a horse?”

“It’s Prince Charming on a white horse!”

And in response, someone with a bow appeared from the opposite forest with a whoosh of wind.

“Is it almost over?”

“Ah, the hunter!”

“Hello, cute dwarfs. Let’s see…….”

At that moment, the smallest Dwarf No. 8 ran up and clung to the hunter’s leg.

“Uh? Who is this?”

The hunter lifted the dwarf by the nape of the neck to eye level. The dwarf looked at the hunter with sparkling eyes and smiled brightly.

“Hehe.”

I can’t reveal myself directly. But there were many ways to make Seo-ah recognize me.

[Skill ‘Fighting’ is activated!]

The hunter’s expression brightened. Then, he quickly held the dwarf comfortably.

“How did you get so cute!”

“Hunter, you’re cool too!”

“Right? This guy is sturdier than he looks…….”

Seo-ah was embarrassed by the forward remark and covered the hunter’s mouth.

“There are kids here!”

“Um, um, I know. Well, our Seo-ah is still a baby.”

Then, he glanced down at the lying Snow White.

“Ugh, how can you sleep in this situation?”

Then, he met the eyes of the seven dwarfs who were staring at him.

“Do you know our No. 8?”

“Hunter, how much is that bow worth?”

“What do you mean by sturdy?”

“……That.”

The hunter was momentarily speechless because of the barrage of questions from the dwarfs.

In the meantime, the prince on the white horse and a few attendants noticed them and slowed down.

“Whoa, whoa.”

As soon as the prince dismounted, the hunter couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Oh my god, you’re really wearing tights and pumpkin pants! Hahaha!”

“Your hair is…… amazing.”

The rich platinum blonde hair was rolled up like a conch shell. The prince made a ‘Ugh’ sound and approached, then pointed at the hunter.

“I guess I don’t need to check this side.”

“Heung?”

“And…… this side too…….”

The prince pointed to the dwarf the hunter was holding. If the dwarf was Yoo Ji-an, the hunter would never have held him so affectionately.

Then, all that’s left is…

The prince’s face turned pale as he looked down at Snow White.

“What are you doing, Prince?”

The hunter urged the prince mockingly. But the prince couldn’t bend down easily.

The dwarfs were just staring with sparkling eyes, looking at the prince expectantly. Then, when one of them opened their mouth, they all started chattering.

“If you kiss her, she might wake up!”

“That’s right! With the power of love!”

On top of that, the hunter added.

“Kiss her! Kiss her!”

“Kiss her! Kiss her!”

The dwarfs joined in with the hunter’s chant. Seo-ah couldn’t bring herself to follow along and looked at the prince with pitiful eyes.

“Ugh. I understand!”

The prince shuddered and knelt down. And he slowly bent down towards the lying princess.

‘Why is it scary even when I’m unconscious? No, this is not a joke, it’s real murderous intent…….’

Strangely enough, a faint murderous intent was emanating from the sleeping Snow White. She must be hearing everything even though she can’t move her body.

‘Ugh, I don’t know either.’

Peck.

The prince’s lips touched Snow White’s cheek. He couldn’t bring himself to do it on the lips, so he turned his head slightly.

“……”

After waiting for a while, nothing happened.

“Hey, you have to do it on the lips! She won’t wake up if you do it on the cheek.”

The hunter scolded and demanded he do it again.

“Ugh, but…….”

Already, a clearly thick murderous intent was rising from Snow White’s body and pouring out towards the prince.

“Princess! Then is the princess going to die like this!”

“Prince! Please kiss her!”

The dwarfs also clung to the prince, crying.

“Okay! I got it!”

Inevitably, the prince lowered his upper body once more.

“Ugh…….”

The moment he closed his eyes tightly and quickly put his lips on hers, suddenly the clear sky flashed and lightning struck.

Thump, 쾅!

“Uwaaah, scary!”

The dwarfs were frightened and whimpered, and Yang Tae-woo also felt a threat to his life and quickly stepped back. But unlike the noisy surroundings, Snow White still had no reaction.

“What, why aren’t you waking up? Hey, Yoo… Snow White!”

The hunter kicked the coffin and shook it, but Snow White remained motionless.

“It’s standard for the princess to wake up when the prince kisses her…….”

The prince, who was worried, pointed to Seo-ah.

“How about this side tries it once?”

“Our youngest?”

“Why?”

The prince didn’t answer the dwarfs’ questions, and Seo-ah blinked. The hunter whispered carefully to Seo-ah.

“Anyway, the keyword of the mission wasn’t ‘prince’ but ‘true love’……. You never know.”

Seo-ah’s eyes wavered for a moment, but soon she nodded and said.

“I’ll do it.”

The hunter put Seo-ah Dwarf down. Little Seo-ah approached the coffin where Snow White was lying.

Seo-ah’s face was full of worry.

‘Is she not going to wake up like this?’

I even thought about taking her out and showing her to an S-class healer.

Seo-ah’s small hand grabbed Snow White’s cheek. Kissing a pretty woman’s face made her feel nervous and her heart fluttered.

Seo-ah closed her eyes tightly and stamped her lips.

At the same time, a status window appeared in front of the hunters.

[Main Mission: Find the princess’s true love, complete the fairy tale, and defeat the boss monster.]

[Main Mission Cleared! The boss monster will appear soon! Prepare for danger!]

Seo-ah opened her eyes at the system alert. A familiar and handsome man’s face was right in front of her.

Yoo Ji-an said, with his lips still attached.

“I’m okay like this.”

“Ah……!”

As soon as Seo-ah got up, Yoo Ji-an also got up from the coffin.

Crack, crunch- crunch.

The coffin, which fit well when he was Snow White, was too small for his body, so it broke as he got up.

Seo-ah had also returned to her original form. But what about the dwarfs?

When she turned her head, seven moles were startled and crawled into the old wooden house.

“They were moles…….”

Yoo Ji-an, who had gotten up, held out his hand to Seo-ah, who was still sitting on the floor.

“Good job.”

As Seo-ah took his hand and got up, she heard a whistle from behind.

“Whew, I thought it was true love, but it wasn’t the princess’s true love~”

The hunter also returned to Baek Eun-hee’s appearance, and so did Yang Tae-woo.

“G, Guild Leader!”

Yang Tae-woo watched Yoo Ji-an closely, hiding behind Baek Eun-hee in preparation for a possible bloodbath. On the other hand, Yoo Ji-an treated Yang Tae-woo as if he didn’t exist.

“So, the boss is…….”

The hunters all looked at one place. It was the palace. A strong wave of magic power was felt there.

“It’s there.”

“Let’s go; it was more fun than I thought, but now we have to leave.”

Yoo Ji-an and Seo-ah, who nodded, started running first. Baek Eun-hee and Yang Tae-woo followed behind.

After the hunters left, the hidden moles poked their heads out and looked at the place where they had left.

* * *

쾅! 콰앙! [Sound of destruction]

The building was being destroyed in a noisy manner. Seo-ah and Yoo Ji-an, who had gone nearby, stopped for a moment to assess the situation.

Something big inside was trying to break out of the stone palace and walls.

“What is it?”

I went up to a higher place and saw it. The identity of the big something was a spider.

A huge spider surrounded by a hard shell was destroying the castle with its eight legs and wandering around.

Yoo Ji-an glanced at Seo-ah.

“Let’s finish it right away.”

Seo-ah nodded and turned on the state checker.

[Snow White’s Stepmother (Spider Type)]

[Overall Grade: B⁺]

[Boss monster from the Snow White fairy tale. Appears when the main mission is cleared. Be careful because your whole body is covered with nerve-paralyzing poison.]

[Item: Paralysis Poison]

At the same time as the two jumped high, Baek Eun-hee’s [Splinter] flew from afar and blew away three of the spider’s legs at once.

Even if it was a boss, it was a B-class monster anyway.

Crunch, crunch-!

Kkweeeek!

Before the others could do anything, the boss monster was finished with one slash of Yoo Ji-an’s sword.

Seo-ah, who took out her toy hammer, looked at him standing on the spider with a dumbfounded expression.