A hotel suite of a building called a landmark of South Korea located in Jamsil.
The hideous cut wound on the left cheek of Min Young Hun, who sat alone on a wide sofa and grabbed a bottle of strong whiskey, wriggled greatly.
âHa-!â
Anger rose to the tip of his head thinking about the absurd situation that had happened in front of him just now.
âMost of the Big 10 guild bosses are such cowardly bastardsâŠâ
Min Young Hun, whose tongue stuck out, casually called the Big 10 guild bosses that had a high reputation in Korea and belittled them.
In fact, Min Young Hun had his own confidence.
It was his position and ability as the Vice President of Cheonsang(celestial)Â Guild, the second among Big 10 guilds in South Korea, and an Awakener of Rank S Level 30.
He sent an e-mail to all Big 10 guilds a week ago.
Hyesung Group was recently preparing to jump into the hunter guild market and it was necessary to gather opinions to prevent it.
For the meeting, he rented a suite of over 10 million won per night and prepared his own plans. But none of the heads of the important Big 10 guilds came out here.
He found out that everyone, except for Oh Hyeon Woo, the president of Cheonsang Guild where Min Young Hun currently away, had no special schedule and even contacted them.
At least, six guilds sent someone about director-level1Â considering Min Young Hun, who was called a crazy dog in the guild industry.
But none of them showed any interest in the gathering.
To be more precise, they came to the place but were busy avoiding Min Young Hunâs gaze with a face that wanted to escape quickly somehow.
He already knew the answer to why things turned out this way.
âSo, Hyesung Group, no. Choi Wu Jae is that scary.â
Min Young Hun, who was struggling with this, strengthened his hand holding the bottle.
âWhatâs so scary about a geezer whoâs about to dieâŠâ
No matter how much the myth of Hyesung Group was rewritten by awakened at a late age and achieved incredible growth, isnât he just an old man after all?
Min Young Hun could not understand the current situation at all.
âIf hyungnim2 was here at a time like thisâŠâ
No, there was nothing different.
Rather, Min Young Hun had moved now because it would be easier to proceed with the work even without Oh Hyeon Woo.
In the first place, Min Young Hunâs own problem was bigger.
He wanted to prevent Hyesung Group from jumping into the guild market somehow, but that didnât work out.
It was when he was holding his sore head to think of a way.
The hotel room door opened naturally and a young woman with long wavy hair came in with a proud step wearing high heels.
âWhat, are you drinking? I guess things didnât go as planned.â
Even the presidents of Big 10 guilds clicked their tongues at Min Young Hun, who most people felt burdensome to deal with.
ââŠcking.â
âDonât curse. What happened?â
The woman, who sat with crossed legs across from Min Young Hun, frowned at his low-sounding last word and asked.
Min Young Hun slowly raised his head and looked at her, showing a gaze filled with burning heat.
âWhat you expect. Everyone was scared and ran away with their tails curled. Choi In Young, they would even bark if your father asked them to. Like woof woof, woof woof. Kekek.â
âDo it moderately. Cause itâs ugly.â
Choi In Young, the fifth of the Choi family, scolded and stared at Min Young Hun.
âI know.â
It was when Min Young Hun, who once again put a strong whiskey bottle into his lips, tilted his head.
Choi In Young jumped up from her seat and took away his bottle.
âWhyâŠ!â
Before Min Young Hun could say anything, the tongue of Choi In Young, who lowered her head and kissed him at once, penetrated the gap like a snake.
âHmmâŠâ
The moaning Min Young Hunâs movement slowly became calmer.
Slowly sweeping her hair behind ears, Choi In Young took off her lips and her eyes shone fiercely.
âCalm down, Min Young Hun. Calm down and think about it. Even if itâs frustrating, we have to stop it somehow. You know, right? When my father establishes a guild, heâll surely entrust the second sister as the president. If that happens, my chance would be gone completely.â
ââŠâ
âYou said you want to marry me. You said youâd give me the position of chairman of Hyesung Group as a gift. Arenât you going to keep your promise?â
âAm I not doing this to keep my promise.â
Choi In Young, who sat on his lap watching Min Young Hun sighing deeply, smiled with her eyes.
âThatâs why donât get carried away thinking about flipping it over. Take your time. Got it?â
Her soft touch gently passed over Min Young Hunâs hair.
When the hands of Min Young Hun, who had burning eyes, were near her chest.
Choi In Young pushed out his hand away casually and lit her eyes.
âMore than that. Iâm telling you as this one didnât go well, but I just received a good information source.â
âWhat source?â
Min Young Hun licked his lips with pity and asked.
âItâs about Yu Seong. Our ninth.â
ââŠChoi Yu Seong?â
âYeah, I heard that guy has been hunting alone lately.â
âWhy is thatâŠ?â
âAlthough father pretends not to, he quite cares about our Yu Seong. It seems he adores him more recently.â
âThere were many talks that he was quite protecting even when the punk was acting like a good-for-nothing.â
âYu Seong himself doesnât know. My fatherâs personality wasnât like that originally.â
âI know it well.â
Isnât that why most of the Big 10 guild presidents curled their tails out of fear in this incident today?
âIs there anything comes to your mind after hearing this?â
âWhat is it?â
At Min Young Hunâs counter-question, Choi In Young smiled and sat opposite him.
âYu Seong is a bit big-headed as he just awakened not long ago. Iâm a little worried about it.â
âThen how to do it. Kill Choi Yu Seong?â
Min Young Hoon opened his eyes round.
âHey. When did I say such a scary thing?â
âOr kidnapping? Letâs threaten that geezer to stay calm if he wants to save his son, like that? Do you think itâs gonna work?â
No matter how much he cared about Choi Yu Seong, the opponent was the cold-blooded Choi Wu Jae.
He was going to snort and tell her to do as she pleases.
âNo, itâs gonna work.â
However, Choi In Young thought differently.
âYou guys donât know it well. How much the sly geezer cares about that brat Yu Seong.â
âThen thatâs a bigger no. If I mess with Choi Yu Seong, Iâll be gone too.â
Although he cursed other guilds, it didnât mean that Min Young Hun wasnât scared of Choi Wu Jae at all.
âWho told you to do it yourself? We have a lot of people to order. And⊠You have me.â
Choi In Young pointed at herself with her index finger as if she was frustrated.
âNot as much as Yu Seong, but our geezer also quite cherishes me.â
âAnd thereâs no need to kill or hurt him somewhere. You donât have to lock him up somewhere. Still, he is my younger brother. Would I want to do that far? Take him to a place where he canât be reached for a while. Just make sure father focused his attention on it.â
âIf itâs like thatâŠ?â
âDo you guys have a different purpose than me? Letâs work together to create a guild business, roughly.â
âI think itâs just dragging some time anyway.â
With a smirk, Choi In Young put the taken bottle on a low table and got up from her seat.
âThatâs something I have to do. You donât have to do it if you donât want to. Itâs just⊠Maybe thatâs how much you feel about me. You can think about it.â
Choi In Young smiled brightly and left the suite as if she had no regrets.
She really looked like she had nothing to pity.
Min Young Hun staring at the closed door after she left and muttered as he lifted the bottle again.
ââŠB**ch.â
His hand found and picked up the phone that was thrown somewhere on the sofa.
âOh, itâs me. Thereâs work to do. The risk is quite high. The target is one of the Choi family members of Hyesung Group.â
Min Young Hun, who unknowingly tapped the back of his phone with his index finger, looked somewhat nervous.
***
Choi Yu Seongâs achievements from the last 5 days of hunting were by no means small with the combination of drive-hunting, the effect of Experience Increase potion, and Star Quality.
ăName: Choi Yu Seong
Age: 20
Series: All-rounder type
Rank: E
Level: 38
History Possessed: 1
Specialization Skills: Star Quality E, Fusion E
General Skills: Stylish E, Duplicate Eyes E, Spark E, Insight E, Sight Enhancement FâE, Muscle Enhancement FâE, Lazy Donkey Roll F
Current Inactive Skill Slot: There is no space left. You can delete or overwrite normal skills other than initial skills if necessary.ă
Early in the evening, Choi Yu Seong, who returned home and finished taking a shower, sat in front of the table and checked his abilities with all smiles that didnât leave.
âIf keep going like this, Iâll be able to get D-rank in a month.â
Levels, as well as skills, rose in grade as the experience increased.
Compared to the first day, the rate of level increase was slower as time went by, but he didnât care much about that part.
Growth is a structure that is bound to slow down as time goes by no matter what.
Moreover, the most surprising of these results was the fact that only two of the last five days had used Experience potions.
In fact, it was also an unavoidable choice.
Choi Yu Seong had no Karma points left at the moment and had only 5 bottles of Experience Increase potions.
He didnât worry too much, though.
A few people had been dispatched to get the ingredients needed to manufacture the Experience Increase potions.
Those were items that Awakeners didnât often buy. Items purchased with Karma point at the Dimensional Store were sometimes traded at very high prices even though seemed insignificant, but it was not at the level that could not be obtained at all. So, he thought he could supply the necessary amount soon.
âI shouldnât eat away the Karma points of Jin siblings.â
Karma points accumulated by the two siblings could also be used if he asked, but it was out of the question from the beginning.
There were so many things that Karma points could be used directly to strengthen Awakeners.
And of course, it was not urgent to get Experience Increase potion to the point he ate away the growth of Jin siblings, who would continue to be a strong supporter by Choi Yu Seongâs side.
The way it is now is not bad either.
No, itâs fast enough.
Choi Yu Seongâs mood got better day by day as he thought so.
âNow I just have to solve the colleagueâs problems roughly.â
Suddenly, Choi Yu Seong found Chae Ye Ryeong, who was getting ready to leave work.
And just in time, Choi Yu Seong made eye contact with her who was looking at him.
She smiled awkwardly and bowed her head with a startled look on her face.
âThen, I will get off work.â
âYes, see you tomorrow.â
âGood job for today.â
âHave a safe trip home.â
Chae Ye Ryeong smiled and waved at the continued greetings of Choi Yu Seong, Jin Yu Ri, and Jin Do Yun. As she headed out of the door with a jumpy walk, she turned around.
âOh, that⊠Boss.â
âHuh?â
Chae Ye Ryeong, who was expected to leave work right away as usual, looked at Choi Yu Seong.
âMy younger siblings want me to say thank you to Boss and both of you.â
ââŠYes?â
âActually, I donât have any parents. I have three younger siblings.â
The unexpected confession of Chae Ye Ryeong shook the eyes of Choi Yu Seong and Jin siblings.
However, the feelings felt by the three were somewhat different.
First of all, Jin Do Yun suddenly remembered Chae Ye Ryeongâs age and couldnât hide his trembling eyes at the fact he just knew.
Naturally, compassion rose first in his heart.
Meanwhile, Choi Yu Seong and Jin Yu Ri were already aware of Chae Ye Ryeongâs family situation, although in different ways.
Therefore, the two did not expect Chae Ye Ryeong would say such a fact with her own mouth.
It was because they thought she was still too young and had a lot on her shoulders to say that easily.
âThanks to Boss and the two of you, our lives have improved a lot. This time, weâll be able to get out of the shantytown and move to a small villa3. So, by the way⊠Did eonni4 come and ask the real estate lady to lower the monthly rent on our new house?â
This time, Choi Yu Seong looked at Jin Yu Ri in surprise.
He wondered what Chae Ye Ryeong meant by saying thank you to the two, but when one of the questions was solved.
âItâs Do Yun oppa who asked the aunts to give me some leftover side dishes when I go home.â
This time, Jin Do Yunâs face turned red.
As explained, Jin Do Yun actually didnât know much about her situation.
However, he was just guessing that there would be a story because she was working at a young age, so he tried not to needlessly nosy at someone else matter.
âWell, no need to be like that. That lady said something useless.â
âCough, cough.â
Jin Yu Ri turned her eyes to the ceiling vainly while Jin Do Yun looked at the ground.
âBoth of youâŠâ
It was when Choi Yu Seong looked at the two with an absurd but pleasant smile.
âAnd boss.â
Chae Ye Ryeong called Choi Yu Seong.
âHuh, huh?â
âActually, I thought boss might be as bad as rumors.â
ââŠAs youâre thinking itâs not like that now, so why not listen to good things?â
âYes, sir!â
Chae Ye Ryeong bowed her head while answering in a loud confident voice.
âIâm really grateful right now. Thanks to that, my younger siblingsâ faces got brighter and their physique got much better. Itâs all thanks to Boss and my younger siblings are so thankful. They wanted to say hello, but Iâd deliver it instead. Because Boss is busy.â
Choi Yu Seong scratched his cheek.
âIâm rather grateful to hear that from you.â
He knew well because he was originally an orphan.
At such a young age, itâs not easy to have that gentle heart without a parent.
However, not only Chae Ye Ryeong but also her younger siblings were all so nice.
It had no choice but to warm his heart.
âIâve only given a small salary at mostâŠâ
It also had a strong strategic aspect of future investment but came back this way made his emotions even more strange.
âThank you very, very much. Iâm not good enough, but Iâll do my best. Then, please take care of me again tomorrow5!â
The eyes hidden between the hair drew a bright smile.
Thereâs no way it wouldnât be nice to see that clean and innocent figure.
Choi Yu Seong and Jin siblings laughed together and Chae Ye Ryeong bowed once again and ran out with a bright red face in embarrassment.
Only three of us were left.
âIn fact⊠I was wondering why oppa hired that kid.â
âSo, you even went all the way to the housing agency and tried to help the kid?â
âCuriosity is curiosity, but I feel sorry for the kid.â
She did not ask how he knew about Chae Ye Ryeongâs family situation.
Since Choi Yu Seong decided to hire her, she must have tried various investigations due to the thorough nature of Jin Yu Ri.
And fortunately, Chae Ye Ryeong herself didnât seem to felt very unpleasant about it.
âSo anyway?â
âJust. I thought it wouldnât be bad if it was such a good deed, even if it was meaningless sometimes.â
âIt turns out Young Master already knew all the facts.â
âUh⊠Som, somewhat?â
At Jin Yu Riâs words, Jin Do Yun looked at Choi Yu Seong with sparkling eyes that seemed to shed tears right away.
âI am really⊠So proud of you⊠Young MasterâŠâ
âNo way, oppa. Are you crying now?â
âNo, I was just a little emotional.â
âThatâs what crying is about. Dummy. How old are youâŠâ
Jin Yu Riâs scolding and Jin Do Yun with an emotional look.
Looking at the two, Choi Yu Seong could not say that he hired her because he knew she would become an Awakener with outstanding abilities in the future.
And there was definitely something Choi Yu Seong also felt from this.
âGood deed, huhâŠâ
It was the day when he learned the virtues of giving and the satisfaction of it, which he had never thought of because he had never had much.