The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 314

312. Tired, But (2)

A short but heavy silence fell. I fumbled, hugging Piece closer and turning my head towards Yoohyun… Is this the right way? I didn’t usually notice when using Teacher Skill, but being completely cut off from my sight made me feel a little dizzy. Fortunately, Piece was looking at Yoohyun.

His eyes, darkly crimson, were fixed on me like a plumb bob. Maybe it was because I had to look up at Piece’s gaze, but he felt bigger than usual.

“…If I rest a bit, I’ll be fine.”

Before I could finish speaking, his stiff face turned even colder. Yoohyun took a long breath, as if trying to calm his anger.

“Resting will be enough.”

*Don’t grind your teeth when you talk.* The list of dental appointments will increase.

“Yeah. Hey, it didn’t last that long before, did it?”

“You weren’t completely blind before, either.”

“Oh, well, that’s…”

“Using an S-Rank Hunter’s power, it’s bound to be too much for you, hyung [older brother].”

Yoohyun’s eyes sharpened when I hesitated to answer right away. If I told him the truth, I thought he might pull out his sword and go after Sung Hyunjae’s head right away. But I had no choice but to step in back then.

“I’ll stay put and be good until tomorrow, really. I’ll just eat, sleep, and rest.”

“Only until tomorrow?”

“…If I keep resting, Chuseok [Korean Thanksgiving] is coming up soon. I have other things to do, too.”

My younger brother pressed his lips into a firm line. Then he reached out and lifted me up. Wow, that brings back memories.

– Kkiang!

“Hey, Yoohyun!”

Piece’s eyes reflected my figure being carried away by my brother. Piece, turn your head just a little. Where are we going, my bedroom?

“It’s a holiday! I have to go buy hanboks [traditional Korean clothing] for you and Yerim. And gifts, I have to give out Chuseok gifts!”

“Leave that to Haeyeon.”

“No, it’s the first holiday since the breeding center was established, so I should take care of it. The hunters who manage the breeding center, and the building staff. It’s not that many, it’ll be over soon!”

“Stop talking nonsense when you can’t even see.”

Yoohyun said coldly. But I was looking forward to it. Now that I have a lot of money, I was thinking of giving out the highest quality Korean beef. I heard there was a potion gift set from the Hunter Shopping Mall, so I was going to buy that for the hunters.

“Don’t even think about going outside.”

“Wait, wait a minute. Calm down!”

My flailing hand grabbed the doorframe. I tried to hold on to the doorframe, but my fingertips slipped as my brother lightly pulled me. I had a feeling that I would be trapped until I could see again. There’s no one to take my side… and there are many who will nag and pat me on the back.

“I have to prepare the memorial service table! There isn’t even a ritual table at home.”

“Until now, you’ve just put rice and soup on the table.”

“That was then, and this is now. And I have to take care of Yerim, too. Not too much, just buy some simple fruits and rice cakes, and I’m good at making *jeon* [Korean savory pancakes]. Just one *yukjeon* [meat pancake]. Yerim likes meat. Should I steam a fish? No, I can just buy *po* [dried fish/meat]. Should we make *songpyeon* [half-moon shaped rice cakes]?”

“…Hyung.”

Yoohyun sighed and put me down. Piece followed closely, but was still only looking at me. It struck me again how terrible I looked. My clothes were a mess, the traces of my injuries were still there, and I was awkward because I couldn’t see properly. Even if I used Teacher Skill, it wasn’t my own eyes, so it couldn’t help but feel unnatural. In the first place, Piece only looks at me…….

I turned my eyes towards the direction where I heard Yoohyun’s voice.

“Those are things you don’t have to do. Can’t you just rest quietly for a few days?”

My brother said soothingly. They were things I didn’t have to do, as Yoohyun said. I didn’t necessarily have to do them. There were many people I could ask instead, and I could hire people with money. But still.

“I want to do it.”

“Hyung.”

“Yoohyun, we don’t know when we’ll be able to celebrate Chuseok all together again. Of course, next year might be more relaxed, but it might be busy. A dungeon that needs to be cleared urgently might appear, so you or Yerim might not be around, or a dungeon break might occur and we might not be able to celebrate the holiday.”

It’s a year later. It was a short time, but I had no idea what would change in the meantime. It hasn’t even been half a year since I regressed. A lot has happened in just a few months, and even more will happen in a year.

“And Yoohyun, it’s just a holiday. There won’t be any major incidents for a while, and we can take our time clearing the dungeons. The investigation isn’t completely finished yet, but the saturation rate of Korean dungeons has slowed down a lot.”

“…Saturation rate?”

“Yeah. Almost three times as much. You can go in once every three months instead of once a month. So let’s all celebrate Chuseok together. As if there are no dungeons or anything.”

I reached out. I fumbled for my brother’s arm, climbed up, and patted his shoulder.

“You might say, what’s the point of a holiday when the world is about to end, but still. It’s okay. All the hardships I’ve gone through were to live like this. To celebrate Chuseok and Seol [Lunar New Year] with you guys.”

Chatterbox will try to take revenge, Crescent will awaken, and the monsters in the dungeons will continue to get stronger. It’s daunting, but still. No, rather, that’s why I wanted to do everything even more. I used to think that celebrating anniversaries in disaster movies or movies and dramas about the world ending was really cliché and artificial.

That’s what living is. If you give up everything because it’s hard and daunting, it’s really over. Conversely, it’s also a lonely thing to let everything slip away while struggling to live. Just being alive isn’t the same as living properly.

“I can’t see, so will you pick out my *hanbok* for me?”

“Hyung.”

“Yeah.”

“…You promise not to move until tomorrow.”

My brother said reluctantly. Nevertheless, he gave in to me.

“I won’t move a single step even if a dungeon breaks out right next to the house. You and Yerim will stop it.”

“And you’ll only do things related to celebrating Chuseok. No other work until your eyesight is fully restored.”

“Okay, okay. I’ll only do things related to Chuseok.”

As I nodded, my younger brother hugged me as if he was acting spoiled. He seemed to have calmed down, but he still muttered in a sulky voice.

“You can’t cook. I’ll do it.”

“How are you going to do it?”

“Why can’t I? Haven’t I done it before? Before you came back.”

“…Huh?”

I quickly swallowed the words, ‘What are you talking about?’ Yoohyun doesn’t know. He thought we were okay.

“Well, the situation wasn’t, wasn’t right. It wasn’t a situation where we could celebrate the holidays.”

I hugged my brother back and continued.

“It was more difficult than it is now. You were very busy. Very.”

“Well, without Giseungsoo, it would have taken a long time to clear the dungeons. And Park Yerim wasn’t around either. What about Hunter Kim Sunghan?”

“I heard he was close to S-Rank, but he remained at A-Rank. He might have become an S-Rank in another year or two.”

“Then you probably didn’t see hyung very often either.”

“Yeah. Hey, would Korea’s best hunter have been free?”

I didn’t see you. I only saw you on TV. But I saw you a lot, even if it was through the screen, but what about you?

“If you sleep now, can you wake up again in the evening? Do you want to take medicine and sleep? It’s early, but.”

“I don’t know. If I can sleep, it’s better to just sleep well.”

“Then let’s wash up and take medicine. Make a dental appointment before the holiday.”

Aren’t you too obsessed with the dentist? I don’t want to go.

– Dad, I’m here.

I heard the voice of the Changeling in my drowsy state. I closed my eyes under the pretext of not being fully awake and stroked the little dragon.

I didn’t want to make him feel guilty by telling him about my condition, since I was the one who wanted it and he helped me. He’s still a kid.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

– Yeah. I’m going to sleep too. Good night, Dad.

The small volume under my hand disappeared smoothly. I fell back into a deep sleep.

“You really can’t see? Really?!”

Yerim shouted. I woke up early in the morning because I went to bed early last night. I slept well for the first time in a while, but there was nothing I could do even if I woke up early. I thought it would be better not to use Teacher Skill as much as possible, so I was just rolling around in bed with Bbyak and Bellare when Yoohyun came into the room asking if I was awake.

And Yerim caught him taking me out to the living room to prepare breakfast. Of course, I had no intention of hiding it.

“It’s temporary. Yesterday, I couldn’t hear well either, but now I can hear perfectly……”

“Hyung!”

“Ahjussi [term for older man]!”

“It was just a little muffled. There’s really nothing wrong elsewhere.”

Yoohyun and Yerim sighed deeply at the same time. Piece also grunted as if he knew something. I was busy comforting Yerim, who was upset, but the sighs didn’t stop. You guys are going to make the ground sink.

“Even if it’s temporary, you can’t see anything. But Hanyuheon, why did you tell Ahjussi to go buy Chuseok gifts with you yesterday?”

Even if Ahjussi says he’s going out, you should have kept him locked up at home! Yerim was probably glaring at Yoohyun. Even if I can’t see, I can see the kids’ expressions clearly. Yoohyun must be looking at me without answering.

“I’ll be fine if I use Teacher Skill. It’s hard to take Piece with me, so I’m going to get help from Bellare. She has good eyesight and can sense heat.”

Unlike Piece or Bbyak, Bellare was able to sense the surroundings more or less even when looking elsewhere. Besides, if I wrap her around my neck, it’ll be about the same height as my eyes.

“…Ahjussi, please take care of yourself.”

Yerim grumbled and sat next to me. I could feel the shaking of the sofa. I forgot to ask Yerim about what happened before regression, ah… about the regression. I should have found out more about the dungeon status. I missed a lot because my head and insides were complicated because of Chatterbox.

Yoohyun went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast, and Yerim turned on the TV so I could hear the sound. It just so happened that the news about the Seseong Guild Leader’s house being blown away yesterday was on.

“Look at that, Ahjussi… I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. I’m just temporarily blind, so don’t worry about it.”

Yerim, who had been silent for a moment, started chattering cheerfully again.

“The Seseong Guild Leader’s hair color! It’s pink! It’s silver hair with a slight pink tint, but still, pink!”

Oh dear. In the end, the Changeling’s hair color ended up looking like Sung Hyunjae’s hair color.

“I thought it was… beige? I wonder if he dyed it. Isn’t it funny? It’s even funnier because it suits him!”

“Record the live broadcast for me. I’ll watch it over and over again.”

“Of course I recorded it! It was a big deal yesterday. It hit number one in the search rankings and was more of a hot topic than the Seseong Guild being blown away.”

Oh my, Sung Hyunjae is so popular. I wonder if he’ll wake up even for a short time around Chuseok. I should pack some memorial service food for him.

“I heard the basics from Hanyuheon, but you should have called me too.”

“I wanted you to be there, Yerim. Have you heard about the new mana beast?”

“Yes, only a little. The details are secret. Where is he?”

Then you wouldn’t have heard that he was Sung Hyunjae’s stand-in. Well, she said he dyed his hair silver.

“He’s asleep now. He used a lot of power. You caught Sung Hyunjae using your skill with the help of Changeling.”

“Really?”

Yerim stamped her feet and laughed out loud. I should have seen it myself! No, I should have used my skill myself! She was very disappointed. Even if Yerim had been there, I would have had to stab him myself, so I would have had to use S-Rank power, but it would have been much easier.

It took a long time to eat breakfast because they were fighting over who would feed me. Yoohyun had to go to the guild right away, but Yerim only had a schedule in the afternoon today.

“Then let’s go out tomorrow to buy Chuseok gifts and have lunch~ Shouldn’t we tell other people that you can’t see?”

“It’s better not to get caught, so I’ll wear sunglasses when I go out. I have to tell Myungwoo and Noah……”

“Ahjussi is going to get nagged again.”

“Yeah.”

Noah will only worry, but Myungwoo… I have to ask him to look at the engraving too. I have to ask Yoohyun to put in the Black Dragon’s Heart fragment. Let’s talk about it after I can see a little bit.

“I promised to rest today.”

“Still, you should go for a walk in the garden. Is just staying at home a rest? Should I ask Hyunah unni [term for older sister/female friend] to buy something delicious? She said she was going to stop by the lab.”

It would be okay to tell Hyunah about my condition. As I nodded, Yerim immediately called Moon Hyunah.

It was right in front of the rooftop garden, but I still went outside wearing sunglasses and Bellare around my neck. Her heat sensing ability was quite good, so I thought I could move around normally once I got used to it.

“Hyungnim [term for older brother/male friend]! I heard you blew up Sung Hyunjae’s house?”

After taking a walk in the rooftop garden with Yerim for a while, Moon Hyunah suddenly appeared. She must have run straight up to the roof without taking the elevator. The ceiling is high, almost three stories high.

“That must have been fun.”

“Fun? It was brutal.”

“It really wasn’t fun? Really?”

Well, to be honest.

“It was a little thrilling.”

At my answer, Moon Hyunah laughed and put the basket she had brought on a table in one side of the garden. Pies, sandwiches, drinks, and more came out one after another.

“What’s in that container?”

“Seaweed soup. I got it specially.”

Then she poured a cup full. It’s delicious, but seaweed soup in a cup. Still, it’s delicious. While eating, I briefly told her that my eyesight had deteriorated due to yesterday’s events. Moon Hyunah knew that S-Rank hunters had also gotten into a fight while dealing with S-Rank monsters.

“If only S-Rank monsters had appeared, it wouldn’t have turned out like that. So I asked, and Soyoung made that excuse, but I don’t believe it. Sung Hyunjae’s condition on the broadcast was a bit strange too, what’s going on?”

“I can’t say.”

“Aww. Ah, that must have been really fun.”

“Right, unni. Ah, that must have been really fun.”

If Yerim and Moon Hyunah had been there, not only the mansion but the entire Seseong Guild might have been blown away. Well, it would have been a little fun. But I shouldn’t cause too much damage.

“Hyungnim is on vacation today?”

“Yes. I promised Yoohyun to stay put.”

“What kind of vacation is it to be stuck at home? Don’t do that, let’s go out with us.”

Hyunah was coaxing me. I want to go out too, but I promised my brother.