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At that time Padron had heard all the reports of the slums.
“Is that the pilgrim?”
“Yes. It is said that it was Anatoly’s arbitrariness.
Thanks to my recent strength, I received the report late, but I heard everything I needed.
“Baby, I didn’t even tell you to do it.”
Contrary to what he said, the secretary asked in bewilderment at the appearance of Padron with a faint smile.
“Yes?”
“Nope. Go.”
“Yes. All right.”
There was one thing many people didn’t know.
Padron did not come from a slum, but from an area near the slum.
So naturally, I became close with the people of the slums, and my childhood friends also had friends from the slums.
There was no particular sense of belonging to the slum area, but more of a bond than the others who had nothing to do with it.
“But why did the door appear in the slum area? It is an area with a low concentration of magic.”
It was an unresolved question, but Padron didn’t want to pay more attention to it because it was something to ask when he met Seong-hyeon again.
“Padron, Kabulsky is here.”
“Are you Kabulsky? Why all of a sudden?”
“I want to meet you first and talk to you.”
“Tell me to come in.”
Not long after Padron’s permission was granted, Kabulsky came in.
“What’s going on?”
“hello. It’s no different, because I have something to tell you.”
“What? Sit down.”
It was as if he was dealing with a secretary, but as if he was already used to it, Kabulsky sat where Padron had spoken.
“Did you come all the way from Russia?”
“Yes.”
“Tell me.”
“First of all… the pilgrim was Kim Seong-hyeon.”
“okay?”
Kabulsky was astonished by the completely unsurprising reaction.
Clearly, it is Seong-hyeon, who is close to Padron, but he doesn’t question the fact that the pilgrim and Seong-hyeon are the same person.
“Aren’t you surprised?”
“uh? huh? Ah, yes?! You said the pilgrim was Kim Seong-hyun?!”
There were not one or two strange things, but now Kabulsky was in a situation where he couldn’t go against Padron’s intentions, so he continued the explanation.
“…Yes. Anyway, what does it mean to hide your identity at the moment when you are recognized as Russia’s top hunter, take all the support and other undue benefits, and reveal your identity as it is judged to be useless?”
“What do you mean?”
“Russia, you are mocking Russia! There is no doubt that he is a great hunter, but it is no different than despising the great power of Russia!”
Padron stared at Kabulsky, who was getting hot.
Why did Kabulsky suddenly come to him and bring this up?
“What did you two talk about?”
“what…”
“You probably didn’t know it, and Kim Seong-hyun probably told you. My name is Sunghyun Kim. I am not a pilgrim.”
“That’s right.”
“Is that all? No. I feel bad for hiding your identity already, but you asked for something, so I wondered if you came running to me like this.”
“That, that…”
Kabulsky felt as if his head was frozen at Padron’s reaction, which he had never expected.
I knew that I had a good relationship with Seong-hyeon, but I didn’t know that the relationship was deep enough to show hostility toward myself.
“Speak right. You must have come to ask me for something now, and you must have received some request. You know I have a good relationship with Kim Seong-hyun, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to act blindfolded.”
“He asked me to continue doing what I wanted to do as a pilgrim. But since you’ve already taken off your pilgrim mask, you don’t need to listen to it, do you?”
There was some truth to Kabulsky’s words, but if it was what he wanted as a pilgrim, there was nothing other than creating a new educational system to raise the level of hunters.
‘Ha… not a sick person, really…’
Kabulsky let out a deep sigh, his forehead hardened.
“Kavulsky.”
“Yes.”
“Hey you asshole.”
“…Yes?”
“What exactly was the pilgrim asking for? Isn’t this a new education system that is being established and established in Russia?”
“No, that’s right.”
“Is that something harmful to Russia?”
“…”
Kabulsky didn’t answer right away.
As Padron said, it should help, never harm.
“But not only Russia, but other countries are also adopting the same system. Of course, there must be some shortcomings. If that happens, wouldn’t the pilgrim, or Kim Seong-hyun, naturally increase his influence?”
“Kavulsky.”
“Yes?”
“What does Russia mean to you?”
“It’s something that takes precedence over anything else.”
“Then what about mankind?”
Kabulsky did not answer Padron’s question.
Russia, whom Kabulsky loved, could not exist without its people.
Padron looked at Kabulsky, who didn’t answer, then looked at the door and said.
“The answer seems to be there. Go now.”
“Hey, Padron-sama…”
“Turn it off. If there are thoughts left.”
“…”
However, when Kabulsky did not go out, Padron got up and approached Kabulsky.
“Oh, I see! Go, I’ll go!”
Due to the nature of Padron, he had to thank him for grabbing him by the collar and not throwing it, so Kabulsky left as if to run away.
“Ha…it’s so true that such an asshole is the real power of the association.”
Padron looked at where Kabulsky had left, and then turned his head away.
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The date of the press conference requested by Sung-hyun was three days after the conversation with Kabulsky.
The sooner it was, the better it was, but being too fast becomes impatience.
The moment Seong-hyeon finished the press conference, the number of devotees in the area where she was active as a pilgrim would increase.
If so, a new window related to numbers would naturally appear, and it was clear that when a new window appeared, other changes would occur to the door that currently exists.
“Everything is ready. A pilgrim… No, Hunter Kim Seong-hyun.”
Anatoly’s attitude became much more polite than when he first encountered the existence of a pilgrim, and he was one of the people who rejoiced the most about the fact that the pilgrim was Seonghyeon.
“All right.”
“There is nothing to worry about.”
“Are you worried?”
Perhaps he thought that Seonghyeon’s serious expression was a worried expression, Anatoly was trying to reassure Seonghyeon.
“Yes. The good deeds you did in the slum area is a fact that everyone already knows. Originally, the video was filmed with the intention of showing how serious the situation in the slums is, but I think the image of Hunter who heals the slums was more impressive than that.”
It was possible to act so quickly because he already knew all of that, but Sunghyun responded with a light smile.
“You must go now.”
“yes. Let’s go.”
A number of reporters were already waiting at the place where we arrived following Anatoly’s guidance.
Silence engulfed Seong-hyun until he found a seat.
Soon, Seong-hyun sat down and calmly took his luck.
“Nice to meet you. This is Kim Seong-hyeon, who was a pilgrim.”
There were no major problems at the interview.
Rather, it flowed like any other ordinary interview.
The biggest reason was that even the reporters had already had a crush on Seong-hyeon for the fact that they had healed the slums in the first place.
Of course, there were those who didn’t.
“Ask a question.”
“thank you. Hunter Kim Seong-hyun. Hunter, as a pilgrim, obtained the position of the highest level hunter in Russia. And then you got all the support and cooperation you could get in Russia. Is it okay to take this as a sign that Russia’s support and cooperation are no longer needed?”
“If you want to return it, you can return it, but I have no intention of doing so. As a pilgrim, while working as Russia’s top hunter, I did all my duties. Even the parts that are not obligatory.”
By indirectly mentioning the slums, the reporters had no room for objection.
It wasn’t even my duty as the top hunter in Russia, it was the result of one hunter’s arbitrary actions.
“…Then why did you hide your identity in the first place and become Russia’s top hunter? If I had come under the name of Kim Seong-hyun, it would have already been impossible, so there was a reason I had to become the top hunter in Russia, right?”
It was a pretty sharp question.
However, the moment he told the truth about this question, it was clear that the image of Russia would be crushed, so Seong-hyeon could not tell the truth.
“I will not deny it. Because there was a reason it had to be.”
“What is the reason?”
“If you were to pick one of the most powerful forces that are most opposed to the United States, wouldn’t it be Russia? I thought Russia also needed to embrace the new education system.”
“Isn’t that the point of view of Hunter Kim Seong-hyun?”
“It really worked, and I felt the need. It will be the same for Russia.”
“What does that have to do with why you had to be the top hunter in Russia?”
It felt like a hearing rather than a press conference, but it didn’t feel particularly unpleasant.
Because I was able to answer all the questions.
“I am a Hunter who has a deep relationship with the United States. It is known as If I were to ask for something from Russia under such circumstances, how deeply would it be accepted? So I created a new being, the Pilgrim, and set it as something with similar abilities.”
“In order to introduce your system to the forces gathered around Russia?”
“That’s right. Is that a sufficient answer?”
“…All right.”
The reporters also knew well that excessive pressure would be counterproductive, so they did not continue to ask other questions.
“It was an answer that could raise questions, but it was absolutely necessary.”
“May I ask why?”
“The sudden change in the door that has taken place in the past, what is needed here is not the quick response of the hunters. It is our change that fits this change.”
I didn’t bring it up here, but I’m sure they’ll feel it sooner or later.
Seonghyeon’s will as a pilgrim was right.
The interview ended like this.
Although Seong-hyeon’s confident attitude despite deceiving Russia was negatively received by only a few, the way Seong-hyeon solved the things she had to do and didn’t have to do was supported by many people.
This was not the end.
One of the purposes of Seonghyeon’s first activities as a pilgrim.
[A person with faith has been added.]
[A person with faith has been added.]
[A person with faith has been added.]
… …
This moment when the pilgrim’s faith returned to Seong-hyeon.
And at the same time, a new window appeared as to whether an unknown standard was met.
[The owner of the second-level door wants to meet you.]
Another window from before.
It was a window where the owner of the second-class door was trying to meet Seong-hyeon in person.