259 – Stranger
“Ugh… !”
My mind was a mess.
Both physically and mentally.
It was as if someone had crushed my brain with a shoe.
“This is…” “
In addition, the heterogeneous sight unfolding before our eyes adds to the confusion.
It was a narrow space between buildings, a gloomy alley.
Sniff.
A turbid air that I had never smelled even in the back alleys of Eteran hit my nose.
It was a different kind of odor than that produced by sewage.
There were objects strewn all over the floor made of a material I had never seen before – something that looked like paper but had metal properties.
It was an item called ‘vinyl’ that did not exist in her world.
“… !”
At that time, her eyes are fixed on the outside of the alley.
“… ~”
“… -“
People in unfamiliar clothes were walking down the street, talking in an unfamiliar language.
“Ah, I admit that. I completely admit it. “He’s a real T.”
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“So, it’s totally T? “I’m so annoyed that I can’t say anything.”
“When I get excited and talk to her, I find myself saying, ‘Oh, that’s right, he was T’?’
“… !”
The embarrassment on her face became even deeper.
The unfamiliar language, which I had clearly encountered for the first time in my life, suddenly became a language I could understand.
She didn’t know what they were talking about, but she at least knew that they were gossiping about someone.
A buzz.
Roaring.
As my ears pierced with their conversation, I began to hear all kinds of noises that I had not been aware of.
-Every day goes by~
-One, two, and three~
-In my eyes, you are the only one~…
This place seemed to be a busy area located in the city center.
The sounds of the orchestra performing were heard from all directions.
How many bands are playing around here?
Two? Three?
Maybe it’s more than that.
This may not be the only place to perform.
They performed their own performances, whether or not they were mixed with the performances of other bands.
In the meantime, when I saw that there was no wavering, as if it was being recorded and played back by recording magic – I thought it was really poisonous.
Is this a battle for territory between bands to get a good spot to play?
“… “
How long has it been since I stood still and observed my surroundings like that?
She could at least know that this unfamiliar and foreign environment was not a dangerous environment where she had to worry about her own safety.
“Whoa…” “
That fact was a great help in controlling the confusion.
Irregular breathing calmed down.
She regained her usual calm-
Kasha Hanahan decided to calmly reflect on the situation.
Where is this?
‘I don’t know.’
Then why are you here?
‘I don’t even know that-… ‘No, wait.’
Kasha wrote her impressions and recalled her memories.
‘Obviously… ‘
I remembered.
What happened right before I came to my senses in this place.
Obviously, he is that guy-
Ceylon and her companions entered the huge door.
The moment I entered the door, I felt its power surrounding my body-
Then I felt a tremendous acceleration and lost consciousness.
‘… Was that door connected to this place?’
Finally, Kasha reached the conclusion.
-Hey.
The first thing Kasha did was to hint at the world of images that bound Ceylon, herself, and her colleagues together.
“… ‘
No one responded, including Aedrin, who would normally have answered immediately like a large dog wagging its tail.
‘Damn.’
Is it due to the influence of the door?
For some reason, the connection between her colleagues seemed to have been lost.
The good news is.
I can feel that there is no problem with the safety of my colleagues-
Also, I felt that my colleagues were already in this world or were getting closer to it.
It was a great comfort to me not to have to worry about the worst-case scenario – that in the process of crossing the door, I would end up in a different world.
However, it is still too early to be reassured.
Kasha could vaguely understand.
This wasn’t like another country that existed somewhere on the continent.
It was a world different from the one she had lived in.
If she wanted to safely join her colleagues, she had to stay alert and not get caught up in troublesome matters.
Kasha definitely captured her heart.
“Ha… “
Of course, I couldn’t help but sigh out of mixed feelings.
Disagreement with the group.
It was troublesome enough even if it happened within the confines of a small city.
However, it happened not in a small city, but within the confines of an unfamiliar world.
How wide is this world?
How many cities are there?
When I thought about it, I felt like I was going crazy.
“Please…” ‘
Kasha desperately hoped.
Please, the same city as my colleagues-
I hope we ended up on the same continent.
“Hey, so where should we go for the second round?”
“Oh, I don’t know, I’m tired and I just want to go home-“
“Damn. “Are you really going behind?”
At that time, the sound of a friendly(?) Conversation was heard from behind.
Kasha, who was standing in the center of the alley, naturally retreated to the corner and cleared the way for her.
“Wow… “
“Are you good?”
“Oh, no-“
There was a small incident where the man was momentarily distracted by Kasha and the woman glared at him, but anyway, they seemed like a good couple.
“But what kind of actor is that guy? “It’s very pretty.”
“So.”
“Is that so?”
“No- I mean-…” “
“… “
Just as the man was distracted by Kasha’s appearance.
Kasha was distracted by the arms of two people entwined with each other.
I don’t know why.
When I saw the man and woman getting along well, I ended up thinking of ‘that guy’.
The artist living in Kasha’s head indifferently moved his brush and created a picture.
In that picture, Kasha and Ceylon were happily linking arms, just like the couple they had just seen.
A small smile spread across Kasha’s harsh mask.
“… “
But that is only for a moment.
Kasha sighed, rubbing her forehead in self-destruction.
“Come to your senses, you ugly thing… “
I can’t believe you’re in such a delusional situation in such a serious situation.
If there had been a guy next to me, he would have made fun of me and made fun of me.
-Oh, Miss Kasha. Laughing now, what were you thinking inside~??
It felt like his voice was automatically playing in my head.
Kasha felt that her pride was being hurt for no reason-
Before she knew it, she had kicked out Ceylon, which had proudly taken up residence in her head.
She acted out of embarrassment, fearing that he might find out that she wanted to see him.
It’s not like Ceylon is watching him.
‘Focus on the situation.’
Just like that, she had barely managed to control her mind and was about to begin to seriously think about her future policy again.
Her group of three men passing by her alley spotted Kasha and approached her.
“Over there?”
A man who seemed to be the center of the group spoke to Kasha.
You say I’m good?
Of course I know.
It was a man with a confident smile on his face, as if hearing that voice.
“?”
Kasha felt quite refreshed.
A man speaks to Kasha Hanahan first.
It was difficult to imagine in the original world where Hanahan’s name and Kasha’s reputation were alive and well.
Of course.
Apart from her freshness, Kasha did not feel any interest in her man.
Men clearly have handsome looks and a sturdy physique that matches their overflowing confidence.
He was an attractive man who even gave off a ‘cute’ vibe.
It was far from enough to satisfy Kasha’s taste.
Actually.
You don’t even have to go to Meloin or Ceylon, just look around the academy and you’ll find men of that caliber lying around like stones on the street.
In the academy’s hierarchy, he was in such a low position that he couldn’t even dare to speak to Kasha Hanahan.
Kasha raised her palms at her man to clearly indicate her refusal, then turned her back to him as she wanted to leave her position.
“…”
The man had a dumbfounded look on his face, as if he couldn’t even imagine Kasha’s reaction like that.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk.
The man’s colleagues burst out laughing when they saw him like that.
Soon, humiliation appeared on the man’s face.
***
“Is this funny?”
Kim Joo-seong.
He tried to get the number of an unreasonable Western woman he met in a back alley, but after getting kicked cleanly and experiencing great humiliation, he glared at his friends.
“Tsk, yeah, kid. It’s funny.”
Kim Joo-seong.
His confidence did not just come from his handsome appearance and strong physique.
“You said I took a good look at it? So I took a good look at it. The sight of Hunter Joo-seong Kim criticizing him. hahahaha.”
Kim Joo-seong was a hunter.
He is also a class A hunter.
In addition, the ‘Kim Hwan’ guild he belongs to is a leading hunter guild that is famous not only in Korea but throughout the world –
‘Kim Joo-hyeon’, one of the founders of the guild, was his older brother.
My older brother is the founder of a large hunter guild.
And his father is an executive at a large company.
Additionally, the natural talent of an awakened person and a beautiful appearance are added.
Kim Joo-seong was a golden spoon, a chosen human being, as if depicted in a painting.
Therefore, Kim Joo-seong’s confidence was very reasonable.
He never had any doubts or doubts about his confidence.
Is that why?
“Is this funny?”
“…”
This humiliating situation felt very unpleasant to him.
“No… Uh, sorry. I didn’t mean to offend.”
When Kim Joo-seong showed signs of discomfort, his friends who had been laughing at him with excitement immediately became sad and lowered their eyes.
As the A-class hunter glared at him, the alcohol that had been warming his body just a moment ago seemed to disappear at once.
“…”
Kim Joo-seong stared at them quietly for a while.
Soon, he grinned and laughed mischievously.
At that time, his friends also laughed playfully and thought the situation would end lightly.
Kim Joo-seong’s fist grazed their solar plexus once.
It was a move that didn’t use any mana, but it was enough.
“Wow…!”
The two fell to the floor clutching their solar plexus and spitting out all the alcohol they had filled their stomachs with just moments ago.
“Because the idiots play around with me, they think I’m on the same level as the real idiots.”
“…”
“…”
The two were hunters, just like Kim Joo-seong.
As a member of Korea’s leading hunter guild, ‘Kim Hwan’, he is a C-level hunter who can be treated like a noble wherever he goes.
However, no complaints or questions can be raised about Kim Joo-sung’s unfair actions.
As Kim Joo-seong said, they and Kim Joo-seong were at different levels.
“Ha…”
He made the poor people who couldn’t read the atmosphere and laughed at him realize the difference in level.
Thanks to that, Kim Joo-seong felt like his anger from what had just happened was relieved to some extent-
Still, it wasn’t enough to completely relieve my anger.
“…”
Kim Joo-seong recalled the situation just now.
Her indifferent gaze.
Her indifferent hand gestures.
And, her aura makes the series of actions feel ‘noble’ rather than ‘presumptuous’.
“Tsk…”
The difference in class, which seemed to be engraved on his skin, brought about an unbearable humiliation for Kim Joo-seong.
Even when she saw an S-class hunter, she had never felt this way.
Even though it was still broad daylight, Kim Joo-seong was deep in thought as she felt the scent of liquor clearly remaining on the tip of her tongue and the alcohol that heated her body –
Maybe she was immersed in desire.
Soon, he took out his cell phone and contacted someone.
“It’s me, come to the place I called you now.”
Kim Joo-seong was one of the guild’s subordinates that she often used whenever ‘something like this’ happened.
***
The place I arrived with Lee Hwa-rin was the headquarters of Cheonghwa, the hunter guild she belonged to.
“Wow…”
I thought of something like an office of an appropriate size as the headquarters of the Hunter Guild, but what is this-
It boasted a particularly grand and splendid appearance among other buildings.
When I saw the size of the office building, I realized something.
The fact that the Hunter Guild that Lee Hwa-rin belongs to is not much different from the large corporations I know in society.
“Ah, Hunter Lee Hwa-rin!”
When Lee Hwa-rin entered her building, everyone around her recognized her and politely greeted her.
Is it because of my mood?
“Hello.”
As Lee Hwa-rin received their greetings, she seemed to be watching me for some reason.
“Hey…”
As if responding to her Lee Hwa-rin, I gave her a look of envy.
I felt like ‘Hunter is such an amazing thing!’
hehehe.
Then, a wry smile appeared on Lee Hwa-rin’s face.
On the surface, he is a hero who is envied and respected, but in reality-
I felt like I was slowly getting a feel for the character Lee Hwa-rin.
Lee Hwa-rin and I walked through the interior of the office building and immediately got on the elevator and headed to the 28th floor, which is just below the top floor of the building.
[Master Chariot]
We entered the office where such a nameplate was hung.
“Hmm?”
A woman with a mix of silver and red hair, who appeared to be the owner of the office, sat down in her office and turned her gaze towards me and Lee Hwa-rin.
“Oh, are you here?”
She had a bored face and saw me and Lee Hwa-rin-
Actually, he found me and immediately his whole face lit up.
And then he spoke to a man who was filling a seat in the reception area as a passenger.
“As you can see, a guest has arrived. Could you please make room for us?”
“…Aren’t I a guest too?”
Chariot.
Probably her name.
When she gave the order to welcome her guests, her guests openly showed signs of discomfort.
But Chariot didn’t care at all.
“Yeah, no.”
“…!”
The passenger seemed to have a lot to say, but instead of saying what he wanted to say, he bowed his head politely to Chariot and left her office.
Anyway, the difference in level between the two people seemed significant.
“Hmm?”
At that time, the business card placed where the man was sitting caught my eye.
[Guild: Kim Hwan, Co-CEO Kim Joo-hwan]
Chariot, on the other hand, approached me without even looking at the business card.
Did they say she was Odd Eye?
Her eyes were colored silver on one side and red on the other, like wild hair that was a mixture of silver and red.
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‘Oh…’
I felt her the moment I saw her.
‘This person. ‘It’s pretty strong.’
In particular, I was impressed by her eyes, which seemed full of firearms.
Sigh.
Ah.
No.
I will correct it.
What I felt in her eyes was not a firearm.
It was madness.
When Chariot looked at me, she smiled and held out something.
“Try again.”
It was none other than the previous measuring device.
I guess.
It seemed like she was the one who created this measuring device.