#143. Stay by your side.
A week has passed since the Jinhae incident.
When I pulled out my phone, I couldn’t help but sigh.
[This is the Shinwoo guild. We want to invite aspiring hunter, Hayena, to our guild…]
[Hello. God! The Taesang Guild wants to offer to recruit Hayena, so I contacted her…]
[Jena! We’d like to make a really good suggestion…]
All the personnel who were put in to subdue Diaronia heated up the hunter world.
It wasn’t anything else, it was a level 6 monster.
As it was an unprecedented case in Korea, all those who participated in this battle were provided with worthy reputation and rewards, and so was I.
[A-class healer Hayena.]
Compared to Choi In-wook and Yoo Shi-hwa, who still received S-class, although it was a less radical position, he was still 20 years old. It was a surprising promotion compared to the title, which was only an aspirant.
It would have been nice to have just reported that I was there, but Nam Tae-hyeok, one of my patients, seemed to have told my story a lot at the top.
And the result.
Even though I didn’t give anyone my number, I was flooding with calls related to guild recruitment.
“Ha…”
I just wanted to turn off my phone, but if Choi In-wook calls, I can’t ignore it.
After having no choice but to vibrate, I leaned on the bed and stared blankly at the front.
“Hunter work… Should I keep doing it?”
Originally, I wanted to quit being a hunter and live a normal life by hiding somewhere again.
After ‘that incident’, I had made up my mind not to go to the battlefield again.
However, contrary to my promise, I was involved in Choi In-wook’s work several times and went to the field.
I was the one who even saved those who were dying.
However, I felt a strong reluctance to continue doing this work in the future.
[Because of you…! Because of you…!]
[Please… Jena! Please how can I do it!]
[Why! Why the hell?!]
Even after starting the next life, the painful memories were still pointing at me with thorns.
The secret that was never told to Choi In-wook in his previous life.
-Weeeeeing
I shook my head at the sound of the vibration and picked up my phone.
[Hello.]
[Uh. Yena.]
[…Where?]
[I’m on my way to work at the association now.]
It felt like my husband calling me back from work, and I burst out laughing.
[Would you like to meet me?]
[Now?]
The tone of your voice has risen a bit, probably because you were surprised by my words.
[Yes. Now.]
I just needed a little bit of his face now.
[Ah. What. It’s good that I contacted them to ask you to meet anyway, but looking at it now, I don’t think we’ll be able to see each other for that long.]
[It doesn’t matter.]
[Ah. Then I’ll go to your town.]
[It’s still good.]
When Choi In-wook told me to wait 30 minutes, I hung up the phone and got out of bed again.
I still have to put on my makeup before leaving.
Coming to think of it, the fact that he came to the association means that he had seen Yu Shi-hwa’s face the whole time, and the probability that he came was very high.
I didn’t compare it to what it looked like, but I just felt like I didn’t want to go out with a shabby look.
As I sat in front of the dressing table, I slowly started drawing eyebrows.
* *
“What’s going on?”
I was able to contact Jena only after the really crazy things were settled to some extent.
Actually, even though I was able to send a message, I didn’t have time to look at my face.
I was able to meet the author who works in the same building as the association only after 9 o’clock.
Forcing Jena to wait until late at night was something I couldn’t do.
I got on the bus and headed home, then I immediately turned and changed to the bus that went towards Jena’s house.
Ah. It would be nice to have a real car, though.
I just started working as an S-class, so sooner or later, I would have enough money to afford a personal car.
After moving like that for about 40 minutes, I was able to reach the meeting place with Jena.
“…Have you been waiting for a long time?”
Jena is sitting in front of the bus stop.
The scarlet light dyed Jena’s short hair even more red.
“Not really.”
“What would you like to eat?”
When I asked, who was quite hungry, Jena grabbed my hand instead of answering her and moved forward.
So the place we arrived at was a little unexpected.
“…Do you really want to eat this?”
“Yes. Let’s go in.”
“I do. What.”
I was not at the level of how in the world to eat this kind of food, but Jena’s menu selection was quite surprising.
“What can I get you?”
“Two of our samgyetang, please.”
“Yeah~”
After the employee left, I asked Jena why.
“Did you like this?”
The place we entered was a restaurant specializing in samgyetang.
It was very hot weather, and today was not a lucky day, so I had nowhere to go.
“It’s just that, because you look difficult.”
“Me?”
“Yes. He said he was busy these days.”
It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so why do you care about me eating delicious food?
“Originally, if you work for an association, you do this. What.”
The really busy time hadn’t come yet because he hadn’t been put into the mission in earnest yet.
In the case of a difficult case, I have been dispatched for more than a week, and the worst mission I have ever experienced was not being able to enter the house even for a month.
“Yes?”
Jena gave her a bitter smile and poured water into her glass.
She was dark, so I couldn’t see her well, but the ivory-colored dress she was wearing seemed to go well with Jena.
“Your clothes are beautiful.”
“You’ve been told that you look pretty when you wear this color for a long time.”
Did I? Looking back on my memory, it seemed like it was right.
The pajamas that Jena wore most often at the time of her newlyweds were also similar in color.
“It’s hot. Careful.”
Samgyetang with steaming steam was placed on our table.
She smoked so much that I couldn’t even see Jena’s face properly.
“Is there anything wrong with your job?”
“Just watching. I will take the takeover, I will take the takeover.”
I put a spoonful in my mouth to drink the soup, but I stuck my tongue out at the excessively hot temperature.
“Atteur!”
“Be careful. Was it?”
“Is that so?”
I.C. I can’t speak well.
“Ugh.”
Yena, who smiled as if she couldn’t stop her, reached out and pulled her chin toward me.
“Put out your tongue.”
It was a rather odd pose to do in a restaurant where everyone else was, but I obediently followed Jena’s instructions and stick out my tongue.
“I wiped my hands with a towel, so you understand.”
With those words, Jena grabbed my tongue with her thumb and forefinger and sent her magical energy.
It was common knowledge that the most effective treatment was possible only by directly touching the wound, but it was the first time in my life that I had caught the tongue.
By the way, it’s hard to beat an S-class healer with just a burn on the tongue.
I really thought that it was a happy life.
“Thank you.”
“What the hell.”
With those words, Jena started her meal as if nothing had happened.
“Oh. Right. Recently, I heard from Ji-eun and other members of the association.”
“Yes.”
“Humanoid monsters appeared at the subway construction site?”
“Humanoid?”
Jena also opened her eyes as wide as when I first heard the story.
“Yes. From what I’ve heard, it doesn’t sound like it’s just an urban myth, and there must be something underground.”
“Yes? But the humanoid monsters say that they are underground in Amman, but is it possible to go out of the dungeon in the middle of Seoul?”
“I got it too. And as far as I can remember, there has never been a single incident involving him.”
“Then there is a chance that this has something to do with you or us…”
Jenna waving her tail.
But it was difficult for her to give her the same hopeful answer.
“I don’t know the details, but I can’t conclude that it’s not at all.”
“Is there another crisis coming?”
Yena with a spoon in her mouth looked at my face with a slightly sad look.
“Choi Inwook.”
“Yes.”
“Are you going to constantly fight monsters?”
“That’s it…”
When was the last time you drew a life other than that?
From my previous life to the present, I have always thought that I had to deal with monsters as a hunter.
I thought that he was chosen by the spirits for him, and that saving others is a life worth living.
“This is the only talent I have.”
“Yes?”
Jena’s dark brown eyes stared at me.
“Then do you want me to continue working as a hunter by your side?”
For some reason, Jena had a face that seemed to ask me for confirmation.