The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 491

489. Welcome (4)

“Thank you for your cooperation, Guild Master Amaterasu.”

I made an effort to erase any unnecessary fantasies and spoke in a businesslike manner. Shishio made a noticeably disappointed expression. *Hey, we’re not that close officially. I can’t say we’re that close privately either…* The keyword effect is too strong.

“…Chief Han Yoojin.”

…Don’t give me that abandoned puppy face! What do you want from me? Did you expect me to hug you affectionately and say, ‘Long time no see, Shishio’? I couldn’t keep being so cold. The keyword effect will wear off soon, so I need to raise his favorability a lot before that… right… Yes.

He’s a helpful guild master in many ways. This is a necessary task. Let’s just pretend I’m in some strange, *makjang* [over-the-top Korean drama].

“I… missed you a lot. I’m glad you look healthy.”

Amidst the rising goosebumps, I tried to smile as naturally as possible. Shishio’s expression brightened again at my words.

“But your neck, did you perhaps get hurt?”

“No, I just have some muscle pain from exercising.”

Today, it was a patch instead of a bandage. When he offered a potion, I refused, saying that I needed to train my body without relying on potions to see results.

“Chief Han Yoojin is definitely too weak. Instead of being here, you should eat first!”

Yoohyun abruptly slapped away Shishio’s outstretched hand with his forearm. Yerim was also giving him a very uncomfortable look.

“Don’t touch my brother.”

“No, but……”

“Yoohyun, don’t be like that. He’s done a lot of work.”

When I took his side, Shishio perked up and turned to walk ahead. Moving closely as if to protect me, Yoohyun whispered softly.

“He seems a bit strange.”

“People can change suddenly. Especially after going through a near-death experience.”

Although it’s because of the keyword for Shishio. Still, that attitude itself must be influenced by his mother… Did that lion bastard talk informally to his mother? Sam… Well, he was polite to Yoohyun. Or maybe Shishio’s mother passed away when he was young. Kids sometimes speak casually.

A large limousine slid in among the Amaterasu guild members in uniform. Shishio opened the car door himself and smiled at me. His teeth are so white. Dazzling.

“The ship and helicopter are perfectly prepared! With ten 15-seater and ten 25-seater military helicopters each, the transportation capacity is sufficient.”

One hundred fifty people and two hundred fifty people. That’s more than enough to move all the guests at once. Being able to easily use military equipment for private events was enviable.

“Chief Han Yoojin.”

Shishio, who had been proudly talking about what he had done, suddenly made a serious face. Is there a problem? He continued in a heavy, lowered voice.

“Get Haehyun Guild Master to acknowledge our relationship─”

“Wh-what are you saying!”

Peace and Gyeol, startled by my sudden shout, looked up at me. Yoohyun and Yerim also looked puzzled.

“No, that’s, that shouldn’t happen!”

*What the heck, acknowledge what, is he crazy!*

“Was I too hasty?”

“Not hasty! Anyway, no, it’s not okay!”

“…What’s not okay, hyung?”

Yoohyun asked, looking at Shishio with a displeased gaze.

“What did the Amaterasu Guild Master say? The atmosphere has been a bit strange.”

Yerim, who didn’t have a translation item, also asked. *No, that is, well…….*

“Hyung and the Amaterasu Guild Master aren’t anything, right? But acknowledgement?”

“Oh, we got pretty close while preparing for the gathering. We used to be enemies, but now we’ve forgotten the past, something like that.”

“But you just said it wasn’t okay.”

“It’s too early, still. It hasn’t even been a year since that mess, you know.”

I can’t say that Shishio thinks of me as his… mother. No, but how can that guy say such nonsense in front of others…! Calm down, he’ll come to his senses when the keyword effect disappears.

“It’s not easy. I expected it. Especially since the Haehyun Guild Master cares a lot about Chief Han Yoojin. He might feel like he’s being taken away from me.”

“…Hyung, that’s bullshit.”

“He’s always been a bit of a talker.”

“What did he say? I want a translation item too. Why doesn’t the Amaterasu Guild Master use a translation item?”

“Hunter Park Yerim, here. I’ll give it to you as a gift.”

Shishio handed a translation item to Yerim as if he had been waiting for it. Then he winked.

“I hope you’ll support the relationship between Chief Han and me.”

Yerim, who received the translation item and understood what he said, clung tightly to my side in horror.

“Ugh, that’s disgusting, what is he saying? I can’t understand it even with the translation.”

“…I don’t know either.”

I’m going crazy, really. Acknowledgement, what acknowledgement. What is he going to do if he gets acknowledged? I tried to reassure Yoohyun and Yerim that it was nothing.

In the anxiety of not knowing when another bombshell would drop, we had a meal and set off for the island. The island seen from the helicopter was quite large. A pier was located on the long beach, and the road to the mansion was clearly visible. The magnificent mansion, consisting of one main building and two annexes, was almost too good to destroy. Instead of a garden, a large sports field was prepared in front of the mansion. Since it was owned by the Hunter Guild, it seemed to be a place for light exercise. Thanks to this, large helicopters could land right in front of the mansion.

Shishio, who got off the helicopter first, reached out to me. Ignoring it, Yoohyun wrapped his arm around my waist as if to support me as I got off the helicopter. I may be F-class, but I’m also an ordinary adult man. I’ve also been to the military. I can go down alone.

“It’s like a house from a classic Western movie.”

Yerim said as she entered the building. The outside was like that, but the inside was also decorated in a classic style. The round staircase in the main hall was even grand.

“It would be perfect if there was a lion sitting at the end of that staircase.”

Shishio muttered regretfully. *Don’t look at me, I have no intention of putting lions there.* The ceiling was high and the chandelier was sparkling. Seeing that it was gilded in places, I wondered if the taste of the former owner of this place was similar to Shishio’s. Besides, there were no lions, but there were dragons. A huge dragon tapestry hung on the central wall of the staircase divided into two. Soyoung would like it.

“You said it’s okay even if it gets smashed, right?”

“Isn’t it impossible even if I say no?”

Shishio said as if it was natural.

“It’s a gathering of S-class hunters, so at least one building has to be smashed!”

I like that he’s cool and straightforward. The keyword effect also has an influence, but he seems to have completely forgotten that he blew up his own guild building.

Shishio, who gave us a tour of the building, turned away regretfully. He was looking at me with eyes that wanted me to hold him back, but I pretended not to notice. If he hadn’t said he would get Yoohyun’s approval, he would have looked a little prettier. The guest room assigned to us was like a special room at the very top of the main building of the mansion.

“I’ll remind you again, both of you, absolutely don’t step forward.”

I said, taking off my coat. It’s a little chilly inside.

“Because I can’t let them feel like I’m being protected by S-class hunters.”

“Don’t worry.”

Yerim answered right away, but Yoohyun looked displeased.

“Do you really have to step forward like this? If they think hyung is not harmless, it could be more dangerous.”

“The situation has changed now. And there’s an emergency shelter too.”

“It’s useless if they make it impossible to take things out of the inventory.”

Inventory sealing doesn’t work for me, but they could physically make it impossible to use. Items basically need to be held and used. If they block my hands and mouth, I can’t do anything.

“If you worry about everything, you can’t do anything. And Eunhye will be used. If they threaten me in a way that Eunhye doesn’t work, then step in when you see the chance.”

“Yeah, Han Yoohyun. Let *ajusshi* [middle-aged man] do *ajusshi’s* work. We’ll be watching, right? If it’s really dangerous, we can teleport and help right away.”

“…Hyung is amazing even without doing this much.”

Yoohyun muttered dissatisfiedly.

“The Amaterasu Guild Master was only looking at hyung.”

“I was surprised too. *Ajusshi*, how did you do it?”

…He said I could call him mom. I don’t want to make a child bigger than me anymore. Except for monsters. I hate humans.

“Peace, stay in the room in case you don’t know. Gyeol, you too.”

– I’ll be good, Dad.

Gyeol said, blinking her big eyes cutely.

“No. I don’t think you’ll be able to stay still. You were so stubborn just to come here.”

– But Dad is more stubborn! Uncle thinks so too, right? Dad doesn’t think about when Dad is in danger, so Gyeol has no choice but to be strong.

“Hyung is like that.”

Yoohyun agreed. Gyeol crossed her short arms as if to say, ‘See?’

– So I can be good if I really need to be.

“…If you can’t stand it, you’re grounded for a while.”

– Okay. I’ll just sit on your shoulder like a doll.

Is it really okay? It might look plausible to carry around a baby monster. I raised my hand and took off the patch on my neck. Then I removed my magic power that was covering Chatterbox’s magic power. At the same time, Yoohyun and Yerim frowned, and even Peace and Gyeol wrinkled their noses.

– Grrr.

– Dad, this feels bad…….

“Really?”

“It feels like a big bug is stuck to *ajusshi’s* neck.”

Yerim was disgusted, and Yoohyun strode over and put his hand on my neck.

“…I want to tear it off right now.”

“Hyung will die if you do that. I don’t know well, but is there a big difference from when I suppressed it with my magic power?”

“Yes. It was annoying even when it was blurry, but now it’s so unpleasant that I get angry.”

“I’m not that bad, but it’s creepy.”

“Yerim, go back a little further. See if you can feel it from a distance.”

Following my words, Yerim stepped back and opened the window and went outside. She waved her arms greatly, going almost a hundred meters away. Then she teleported back to the room.

“I could feel it faintly even at that distance.”

“Good. Then this too.”

I took out Chatterbox’s invitation.

“If you use the invitation, my magic power will be detected. Don’t make a contract.”

Yerim received the invitation and used it. A contract that I couldn’t see appeared, and Yerim’s eyes moved as if reading something.

“It’s similar! No, it’s definitely the same.”

“Easy to notice?”

“Yes.”

Great. This will make things a little easier. I covered Chatterbox’s mark with my magic power again and put on a new patch.

“Hello, *hyungnim* [term of respect for an older brother or male friend]!”

The first person to arrive on the island from Korea was none other than Moon Hyuna. She arrived with newly released wine in addition to the alcohol sent in advance. And one more person. Song Eunji, head of research at D&L Bio, also came. What she brought was none other than a prototype of the stamina potion.

“Long time no see, Chief Han.”

“Why did you come all the way here when it could be dangerous?”

“When else would I get to travel overseas? Non-awakened people have a hard time traveling overseas for safety reasons.”

Song Eunji said with a bright smile. She had the will when we first met, but her face was shadowed, but now she was completely bright.

“This box contains 70, 50, 30, and 10. 5 would be enough for the general public.”

She said that 50 would be enough for S-class dungeon raids.

“Most of them are 70 and 50, and except for a few, they are in general containers as you requested. But wouldn’t dungeon products be better for showing to hunters?”

“They might switch it out.”

Inventories are good for using that way. In fact, at a demonstration of dungeon-made developments, a rival company spy secretly switched the product and overturned the event, saying it had no effect. They also stole it by pretending to lose it. So, when publicly showing developments that go into the inventory, it is common to create safety devices by wrapping them in things from our world. It seems they aren’t doing that yet.

“Leave the island before the foreign S-class hunters arrive.”

“Wouldn’t it be better for me to explain it myself?”

Song Eunji wanted to introduce the stamina potion herself, but the place would be too dangerous for non-awakened people. Then Myungwoo and Noah arrived, and around sunset, Director Song also came with Riet.

The next day, guests from overseas began to arrive one by one.