#5. It’s not with you.
“Don’t pretend you know.”
Jena from her previous life never spoke like that.
She was rather kind to people who didn’t know her.
Or maybe I misunderstood Jena for someone else?
But the face of her wife I married me. He couldn’t forget the face of the last person he married.
That’s Jena right.
So I just looked at her back with a puzzled face.
After submitting the divorce papers, I could feel the feeling of guilt that I had forgotten about in a whisper at the words of Jena, which looked strangely similar to the expression on her face when she gave me her last goodbye coldly.
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No… There are many cases where the person’s personality changes as they grow up…“…Is puberty late?”
Twenty years old. I understood in my head that a long time had passed for it to be called puberty, but I had no choice but to find an excuse to hide my indifference.
* *
When I returned home, I felt it was necessary to organize the essential parts of my previous life’s memories while the memory was still clear.
After all, as this life progressed, I was going to lose more and more memories of the future.
For that reason, at this point in time when the memory of the past life is the most vivid right now, I started to record various information that will happen in the future.
First of all, there was no need to record the combat skills as a hunter.
My body has not yet been able to fully realize the skills of my past life, but this was a problem if I only increased physical training.
It was me who risked my life more than a dozen times to fight monsters.
The experience would remain in my body more clearly than any other record.
For that reason, I thought it was important to describe the information about the monsters that would appear in the future in as much detail as possible.
I still remember.
The year I entered the academy. Summer.
Busan has gone through the process of being erased from the map of the Republic of Korea.
Humans quantified the dangers of monsters and classified them as levels.
The weakest level is 1. The most dangerous level is 5.
But the day that Busan turned into ruins. For the first time, mankind encountered a level 6 monster that was difficult to assign to level 5.
I told you that the time allotted to me was 4 years, so I first identified only the most memorable monsters from within.
A total of 8 high-level monsters will appear soon.
I diligently recorded their strategies one by one.
Looking at the notes filled with letters, this thought suddenly crossed my mind.
…Do I have to go this far?
In my previous life, I was thirsty for a sense of accomplishment and compulsion to become stronger.
Especially when I first met Sihwa, even after a bloody battle with the monster, even after coming home, I did not take a break, constantly reviewing the situation and taking notes as I do now.
Because I thought I would be able to live only that way.
Because I thought I could make up for the loss of losing Harin.
Some people may think that the result of living like that is valuable, but it was not full of good things.
When I got divorced, a lot of reporters followed me.
[Choi Inwook Hunter! There are rumors of an affair with Hunter Yun Ha-rin, is it true?]
[It’s not like that.]
[I’ll ask a question too! In the hunter industry, Hunter Choi In-wook and Yu Shi-hwa Hunter! There was a lot of buzz about the birth of an unprecedented and the strongest Hunter couple, but what was the reason for the divorce in less than 3 months?]
[We cannot answer because of our personal problems.]
[Choi Inwook Hunter! Currently, on the Internet, the nickname ‘S-class beauty killer’ has been given. Did you also see the article Hunter where the next wife candidate was listed?]
[I didn’t even know there was such a nickname, and I don’t plan to see posts like that in the future.]
…It was boring.
Many speculations were circulating on the Internet, and it didn’t feel good for me to speak up and down in the mouths of others as content.
It was annoying having to wear a mask even when I went to buy a coffee.
It would have been less unfair if it was a celebrity-like job that made money from fame.
If I was a person who enjoyed this kind of interest, I wouldn’t have met Jena in that rural village.
Ha…
When I think of that time, I let out a sigh.
Then, should I live an inconspicuous life this time?
I was worried about whether I would intervene, just like the monsters I had in my notebook.
But… I couldn’t.
It wasn’t just the reason for the incompetent peace organization’s good words to prevent a lot of casualties.
If the words of the original spirit are true, if my child is born within 5 years…
I didn’t want my child to live in this swampy land.
Starting with Busan, several cities were set in a sea of fire, resulting in numerous casualties.
What I can do as a father and what I can do as a hunter who was called the strongest.
This place. It was to make Korea a safer country.
So, should I compromise on the line of defeating the monsters that will appear in the future without revealing my identity?
Yes. Still, I should go to Haeundae with my daughter and go to the beach.
I didn’t want to explain the beautiful sea to the child with a tone that seemed to be the only thing I remember.
I’ll do my best, Dad.
My name is still unknown.
So I went to sleep after checking the notes one by one to make sure there was nothing missing.
* *
It was raining this morning.
I think it’s romantic to watch the rain itself, but when I had to walk in that rain, I couldn’t help but get annoyed.
The feeling of a slightly wet uniform even with an umbrella. I couldn’t hide my displeasure.
When I arrived at the academy, I found promotional posters all over the place.
This is… A promotional poster for a club…
I did not join a club in my previous life.
Because I was very skeptical about school activities, who wanted to focus on the hunter activities thoroughly.
I had a mindset that I would rather kill at least one level 1 monster than spend time with them after school.
But this life, I was not impatient at all about my achievements.
It was an S-class award, and frankly, there was no reason to do the training that I spent most of my time on after school.
Um… Shall we try something?
I became young again after much effort, but the thought of wanting to live a more fun life than wielding a sword came up.
So I went up the stairs, scanning the posters.
When I arrived at the classroom, I found myself automatically looking towards the window.
Harin clenched her chin and looked out the window full of dark clouds.
I wonder if something disturbing happened, her expression darkened.
The bell rang and the teacher came in.
“Come on. Let’s start the class in earnest. As it has been every year. In the first semester, classes are held in pairs.”
Pair. It was a story about two people working as a group, not one person.
Who I was paired with when I was in 1st year… Seeing that I don’t remember well, it probably wasn’t a very important person.
“Then don’t call your name by drawing a lot. Let that person point out who you want to pair with.”
Actually, in my previous life at this time, I had a mindset that I didn’t care who I was with because I didn’t know anyone in the academy.
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No matter who I am with, I grab the collar and lead it to the 1st place.It was a time when I had an exciting mindset.
The homeroom teacher randomly shuffles and draws the papers with the students’ names on them.
“Yun Hye-seul.”
“I’m with Park In-ha!”
“Dahye Kim.”
“Uh… I… I’ll do it with Park Ha-min!”
I wish there were people who answered right away whether there was an agreement or not. There were students who looked around and hesitated and called their names.
The situation is that almost everyone has been found and there is not much paper left.
Her name was called.
“Youn Harin.”
My first love looked around the classroom.
I saw male students here and there looking at Harin with eyes desperately wanting to pick them up.
I turned my head and looked out the window as if I wasn’t interested.
I was on my side trying to avoid contact with my ex-wives until I made up my mind to marry him.
“This is Choi In-wook.”
The homeroom teacher asked again.
“You’re doing it with Choi In-wook, right?”
Then, a male student who had not yet been paired, who was sitting next to Harin, spoke to her.
“I’m really good at it, right? How about with me other than that friend?”
Harin turned her head to look at her friend.
“Sorry. I can’t be… In-wook.”
She answered with a soft tone, but the content was quite shocking.
What are you thinking? Ha-rin Yoon.
She smiled at me with her awkward expression.