The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 84

84. My Sister Seems a Little… (1)

‘With this, I’ve met all but one of the S-Class Hunters in the country.’

I poured instant coffee into what looked like an expensive coffee cup and added water. My preference is a paper cup, though. It’s good to reduce disposable items.

‘The last one hasn’t contacted me at all.’

MKC probably isn’t in a position to contact me, and according to Song Taewon, Han Shin seems to be in a difficult situation to approach me.

Could Yoon Kyungsoo of Sudam, the last one, be in a similar state? I scattered some delicious bait, but for a domestic S-Class Guild Leader to be this quiet, there must be a reason.

‘What should I do about Chief Song Taewon?’

He seems like a good person, but from my position, he’s also a difficult opponent. This instant coffee is a brand I’ve never seen before, but it’s good. A bit sweet, though.

‘It’s a waste to let him die, but if he’s alive and well…….’

He’d be the biggest obstacle to Haeyeon swallowing the Hunter Association. The starting point of the Hunter Association, backed by the government, losing power was none other than Song Taewon’s death.

With no S-Class Hunters and the dungeon difficulty increasing, it was only natural that the Association would weaken. They had no choice but to hand over the S-Class dungeons they managed to the large guilds, crying and eating mustard [being forced to accept a bad situation]. Then, Sesung disappeared, and Haeyeon gradually absorbed the void, eventually devouring them.

‘So Yoohyun was suspected too.’

Not long after Song Taewon’s death, Sesung suddenly left Korea, so the most common theory was that Sung Hyunjae killed him. Circumstantially, Haeyeon also looked suspicious.

‘Given Song Taewon’s personality, he wouldn’t compromise appropriately, and he’ll definitely continue to clash with the guilds in the future.’

Should I apply a keyword [use my special skill]? But it’s hard to even throw out silly jokes to him… If I say something carelessly, I’ll probably get such a serious answer that I won’t be able to say it twice.

Should I wait and see a little longer since I still have time?

I need to get the key and pack my things, so I decided to return to the Haeyeon Guild for now. Of course, I need to erase the handprint on my neck before that. It’ll be a hassle if I get caught.

‘A mirror… where’s the bathroom?’

I think I saw it next to the lobby. I took out a potion and headed to the lobby. Right now, there’s no one in the building except in the breeding facility—

“Han Yoojin-nim?”

It’s Kang Soyoung. In one hand, she’s holding a 5-tier cat tower, and in the other, she’s carrying five large shopping bags. I forgot about this lady. I reflexively covered my neck, but,

Thump.

Following the cat tower, the shopping bags fell to the floor, and Kang Soyoung approached me in the blink of an eye. She brushed away my hand covering my neck and took out her phone.

“What’s going on? Where are our Guild Leader and Yerim?”

“I sent them ahead.”

“I can understand Yerim, but why would the Guild Leader do that?”

Kang Soyoung tilted her head and took a picture of me with her phone camera.

“Why are you taking pictures……”

“I need to file a complaint. I also have to report to the Guild Leader.”

“It’s okay! Don’t call! Nothing happened, really.”

“Nothing happened, but there’s a handprint on your neck?”

“This is Chief Song Taewon worrying about me in his own way……”

Kang Soyoung’s expression became subtle. Even I think it sounds a bit crazy.

Anyway, I managed to persuade her not to say anything. I also made her delete the picture. Kang Soyoung kept sending me lukewarm glances and took me to my dormitory.

No one was home. The kids had been moved to the breeding facility, Peace was taken by that Yoohyun, and Myungwoo was holed up in the smithy.

It’s been a while since it’s been this quiet. It’s better to have someone at home after all. Is that why people raise pets?

I wrote ‘Preparing to move’ on the whiteboard hanging in the living room. Since Myungwoo spends more than half the day in the smithy and cell phones don’t work in the subspace, I conveyed my messages in writing like this. He comes out to check every hour or two.

‘Most of the unpacked luggage is still there.’

Since I have all the necessities, there wasn’t much to unpack. I should sort things out and throw them away when I move this time.

I packed all my luggage in boxes and took them out to the living room, got an icebox, and emptied the refrigerator. It’s right next door, but it’s summer. I also packed the kids’ belongings that had gradually increased.

In the meantime, Myungwoo appeared. He even brought a hot heat with him, wondering what he had been doing.

“Did you pack all your things?”

“Yeah. Mostly. Now I have to ask them to move it.”

“There’s no need to do that.”

Myungwoo took out a string from his inventory. The string, made of twisted silver with a metallic sheen, lengthened and wrapped around the luggage. Then, the luggage inside the string floats into the air.

He made something strange again.

“You can put it in the smithy as it is and take it out when you go.”

“Ah, you can use it that way too.”

That’s cheating. Wait, can’t I use this in connection with the dungeon? Put people in the smithy in advance and enter more people than the number of people allowed, or put a healer with low stats in and take them out to receive treatment when it’s safe.

“Can you put people in too?”

I asked Myungwoo, who moved the luggage to the smithy and came out again.

“No, unfortunately, it’s impossible. Living things are automatically kicked out when I’m not there.”

It’s a real shame. Even if Myungwoo only grows to A-stats, he could use healers, special assistants, and hunters with low stats usefully even in high-level dungeons.

Well, he’s busy enough just making items.

Kim Sunghan had the mini portal key and the inner door key. He, a new S-Class Hunter and one of Haeyeon’s early members, was practically the Guild Leader’s proxy now that Yoohyun was gone.

When I received the key and went to see Seok Simyeong to process my resignation, Yerim was suddenly glaring at me with her eyes on fire.

“Ahjussi, you can’t do this! You promised you wouldn’t go anywhere else!”

Oh, right, I did. Seok Simyeong was nodding behind Yerim.

“It’s right next door. Is class over?”

“It’s break time. Even if it’s next door! If you quit, you’re really leaving, can’t you just stay? You said you wanted to keep the dormitory as a backup.”

“But is that okay?”

“It’s okay.”

Seok Simyeong readily answered.

“Anyway, you haven’t been doing anything as a regular employee so far. Since Haeyeon has many hunter employees, there is no clause prohibiting concurrent jobs for those with hunter licenses.”

“Keep your promise, Ahjussi! At least until my contract ends!”

Yerim shouts and glares at me as if she’s about to grab my collar. I can’t help it if she says that. A promise is a promise.

In the end, the general employee contract with Haeyeon was maintained as before. No, Yerim insisted that she might run away again at any time, so it was extended to three years. It’s just a matter of putting my name on it, though.

I returned to the breeding facility and finally set foot in my new home. Although the front door key is in the hands of the Guild Leaders. Still, if you try to break down the front door or open it without a key, a signal goes to each guild. I have to think of it as a multi-family house, I guess.

“The house is nice.”

It’s much smaller than the first floor, but the first floor is too big, and this place is also disgustingly large. Perhaps because of the flying-type monsters, the ceiling was two stories high. There was also an open-plan duplex with only a railing, so Blue, who likes high places, would enjoy playing there.

In addition to the living room for people, there was a separate space for monsters, a space the size of a small playground. There were no windows for safety reasons, but instead, one wall was filled with a special glass screen that showed the rooftop garden scenery in real-time. The other window-shaped screens were the same. Depending on the time and weather, the lighting close to natural light adjusts the light like a real window.

The kitchen area was divided separately, and there was a sturdy door as I requested. With this, Blue’s refrigerator raid is no problem.

– Kkyaa! Kkyaa!

Even though he had been moved to another unfamiliar place in just one day, Blue was excited without hesitation. He flew up at once and stood on the duplex railing, roaring loudly. It’s nice that I don’t have to worry about noise.

– Ppiyak.

Ppiyak, who had to wear another anklet because of Comet, ran to the screen showing the garden and sat down. He seemed to like the scenery quite a bit. I’ll have to take him out tomorrow.

The baby dragon was still asleep, so I put it on the table with its nest.

“Myungwoo, you said you already moved?”

I asked Myungwoo, who was helping me unpack.

Yo Myungwoo’s new home was the residential area on the top floor of the building. The number of floors isn’t high, but it’s a penthouse. As the resident is the resident, they said they poured money into it. Seok Hayan and her team also eat and sleep there.

“Yeah. They did a good job there too. It’s too big, so it’s desolate to live alone……. Actually, I’m a little lonely.”

Is that why he kept staying in the dormitory?

“Come over and hang out if you’re bored. Should I give you a key?”

Myungwoo’s face brightened at my words.

“Then I’d love to! But wasn’t it only given to the contracted Guild Leaders?”

“I have an extra one. There’s no one else to give it to besides you. You’re the most trustworthy, honestly.”

My younger brother is the Guild Leader, so he’ll take care of Haeyeon’s things when he comes out of the dungeon. Yerim might grumble if she knows I gave Myungwoo the key.

In addition to the mini portal key, I also gave him the front door key. Myungwoo took the key as if he were dealing with a treasure and put it in his inventory.

“Ah, if you have time, can you make some equipment that increases mental power? It would be even better if it had magic power as a sub-stat. Essence increase is too rare for high-level equipment.”

“Of course. But magic power and mental power? What about other stats?”

“The other stats are enough with what I have now.”

It’s enough to use when training the kids. The baby monsters are only C-stats at best. But the skill grades that require mental power and magic power are high, and the targets are likely to be S-Class. I don’t know when I’ll use Teacher Skill again, but I have to raise it as much as possible to avoid going to the hospital. Besides, if mental power is high, the side effects of fear resistance will be less.

I was going to turn on fear resistance this time, but I stopped thinking about my younger brother. With fear resistance, I was only worried and angry to a moderate degree, but if I didn’t have it, I wouldn’t be able to work. Yoohyun is Yoohyun, but Peace doesn’t have much experience yet. Anyway, that Yoohyun, really.

“Magic power, mental power. Okay, I’ll make it as soon as I finish what I’m working on now.”

“What are you making?”

“It’s a secret for now.”

Myungwoo grinned and said. I remember that it didn’t take long to make the S-Class spear, so is he already trying to make an SS-Class?

After the luggage was roughly sorted out, Myungwoo returned to the smithy. If he goes from here, he’ll come out to our house again. Is he not going to go to his own house?

And in the meantime, a text message came to my phone.

[Hello honey my brother Korea tomorrow :)]

It’s Liete. She also sends a contact number that is presumed to be her brother’s. Yoohyun grumbled that he was preventing her from contacting me personally, but why is she sending me a text message? Well, she even gave me the translation item herself, so he wouldn’t still be stopping her. The breeding facility is also complete.

‘Are they going to start visiting from overseas now?’

I wish S-Class Hunters who are good at using keywords would come if possible. They said I could take my time, but I want to fill 50 people quickly and be liberated.

* * *

Thump!

– Ppiiiiik! Shh!

‘What?!’

I woke up to a loud noise. I opened my eyes wide to check the time, and it was just past midnight. Ppiyak is sleeping quietly, so is it Blue? He used to sleep as soon as the sun went down, what’s wrong.

Thud!

Oh my, what a mess. I quickly went outside and went up to the duplex where Blue had made his bed. The baby griffin was sleeping soundly, oblivious to the world, among the cushions he had torn to shreds. His neatly folded wings fluttered with each colorful breath.

If it’s not Blue, could it be?

– Kkiit, Ppiik!

Is it Comet? Comet didn’t seem to want to wake up at all, so I put him in a glass cage on one side of the monster living room. I went down and turned on the light.

– Ppiik! Shiik!

The baby dragon, who was flying around in a mess, landed on my head and wrapped his tail around my ear. I closed the door, but I didn’t lock it. Does he know how to open the door too?

“Comet!”

At my call, he slid down my neck and shoulders and clung to my arm. His two eyes, looking at me panting, were really, really clear and bright. To an extent that can’t be compared to the daytime.

“You… are nocturnal.”

– Ppiiiiik!

I’m doomed.