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***
In the evening when the succession festival ends.
Seo Hyun-woo and Baek Seo-yeon took regular patrols throughout the day and recorded problems one by one.
I could have watched the festival for a while, but I didn’t have to.
For the two of them, the festival event was out of their interest, and it was just a job they had to manage.
“Vice president, do you have any plans after that?”
“There is not. Why?”
“I want to eat with you. You didn’t have dinner because you had a lot of work to do.”
Seo Hyun-woo answered while looking around the outside of the square.
Then Baek Seo-yeon pauses for a moment, but immediately moves again.
“…if the president buys it, I think I can follow it.”
“I can’t take money from you. Is there anything you want to eat?”
“Hmm… well. In such a case, shouldn’t you take what you buy and eat it?”
“It’s not like that. If I buy it and get dissatisfied, I am the only one who is the bad guy.”
“It will never happen.”
Baek Seo-yeon follows Seo Hyun-woo, but does not forget to look around.
The evening sunset was barely visible.
The number of people in the plaza also decreased significantly, and the students who were running the event were starting to organize themselves one after another.
It felt like I was seeing the end of my daily life, so I thought that I might somehow fall into that landscape.
“…how many will survive?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“With the exception of a few students, all of them will become full-time hunters. Can you guarantee that no one will die until natural death?”
Baek Seo-yeon cannot easily answer Seo Hyun-woo’s question.
It was only natural that some of them would lose their lives while subjugating the dungeon.
Even if it wasn’t a dungeon subjugation, there would be some cases where they would die from various diseases or accidents.
“Why do you want to become a hunter like that?”
“The reasons are many. It is also their own choice. If you die in battle, you are responsible.”
“right. It’s my responsibility. If it were me, I would have given up sooner. I don’t want to die in vain.”
Seo Hyun-woo was not ignoring Miterichi’s students.
It just seemed like there were a lot of things that were not worth risking my life and my life to become a hunter.
Even if you had a trusted colleague and enough skills, you could get hurt or die at any time.
If he hadn’t possessed Seo Hyun-woo, he might have tried to live a normal life somehow.
“… you will change your mind once you get into their position.”
“It might be. Maybe I’m being arrogant right now. But I don’t want to die yet.”
Seo Hyun-woo unwittingly reveals his true feelings and stops walking.
If you fail to complete Miterichi while maintaining the position of student council president, you will die.
It could be a simple joke, but I couldn’t take it that way.
As soon as I possessed Seo Hyun-woo, I immediately saw that sentence.
“What does that mean? You don’t want to die?”
“It’s literally. People are destined to die someday. Me too.”
“…?”
Baek Seo-yeon was puzzled, but tried to understand Seo Hyun-woo’s words even a little.
Doesn’t it mean that he wants to raise his talents and potential to the extent that his death is not worth it?
Unlike the other students, he was born with an overflowing ability and magical powers, so he might have thought that way.
“There was also a way to follow the conditions given. But that’s the next best thing. It can’t be the best way for me.”
Leaving Jin-ha Kang active according to the existing flow, and staying quiet on her own.
This method was the safest, and I was able to draw with Jinha Kang without any variables.
But after that, I couldn’t prepare.
Because the original information about Seo Hyun-woo is not described anywhere after Kang Jin-ha completed Miterich.
“So I did it my way. I tried to improve my relationship with you and treat other managers well. I was trying to do as much as I could while being entangled in various incidents.”
Seo Hyun-woo was complaining to Baek Seo-yeon, who knew nothing.
He was a bit emotionally biased, but the reason for saying this was clear.
Because only Baek Seo-yeon was concerned about her and tried to understand her.
“… I know. A lot of things have changed as much as you put in the effort. Me too, and so are my managers. He also established achievements that could not be easily accomplished. Isn’t that enough?”
His silver hair was tinged with orange in harmony with the evening sunset.
A shadow was cast on his face, but his pale purple eyes were shining brightly.
It seemed as if a smile was drawn across her reddish lips.
“It’s all past. No one is blaming the President. If anyone criticizes me, I will be the first to protest.”
“…”
Seo Hyun-woo looked at Baek Seo-yeon blankly with his mouth closed.
For some reason, I thought he looked a little different from his usual appearance.
Besides, I feel like my heart is suddenly sinking, so I instinctively slow down.
“The president has always been perfect. So I hope you don’t cling to the past any longer.”
“That… that’s right.”
Seo Hyun-woo said that and immediately turned his back.
I couldn’t think of anything to say, and my heart was still beating loudly.
It would have been better to be alone for a very short time to calm the disturbed feelings.
“Now, I think we just need to check the square side.”
“I want it to be over soon.”
Seo Hyun-woo moves first and slowly gets out of the plaza.
Baek Seo-yeon quickly caught up with Seo Hyun-woo and started walking side by side.
Seo Hyun-woo then turned his head slightly and completely erased Baek Seo-yeon from his view.
“Maybe I did something wrong?”
“You haven’t done anything wrong until now.”
“Then why are you avoiding my gaze?”
“When did I?”
Seo Hyun-woo turns his head toward Baek Seo-yeon at the same time as he answers.
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My heart was sinking even deeper.Eventually, the head quickly stops and returns to its original position.
“…are you avoiding it?”
“You must have misunderstood.”
“Then I want you to look at my face and tell me.”
“Then why am I…”
Seo Hyun-woo and Baek Seo-yeon turned the corner and tried to enter the square.
However, the two witness an unimaginable spectacle and stop as they are.
“uh…”
“What are you doing…”
Seo Hyun-woo grabbed Baek Seo-yeon’s shoulder and pulled him quickly.
At the same time, he makes eye contact with someone and hides behind the corner with Baek Seo-yeon.
“What are you doing now? That is against the rules!”
“But you can’t break the mood.”
“No, is the atmosphere a problem now? After an openly unscrupulous act…”
Baek Seo-yeon is unable to finish her words and makes an angry expression.
Seo Hyun-woo was a little embarrassed, but was able to quickly regain his reason.
It was going to happen anyway, and he and Baek Seo-yeon just ran into them by chance.
“Let’s go back.”
“Are you going to leave it like that?”
“Jinha Kang found us. It must have stopped by now.”
Seo Hyun-woo and Baek Seo-yeon exchanged glances for a moment, then cautiously poked their faces out of the corner.
Kang Jin-ha and Yoo Si-eun, who were kissing, had disappeared.
Baek Seo-yeon seems to be staring at the place where the two of them were, but then turns her back.
“It would have been better if we had continued. You can go and check it out yourself.”
“I know you don’t like Kang Jin-ha, but why don’t you just let this go?”
“It is not a matter of good or bad. It means that the people called managers broke the rules in front of us!”
Seo Hyun-woo, unable to refute Baek Seo-yeon’s point, remains silent.
It was all right, so I had nothing to say.
I thought that I would not have to follow Baek Seo-yeon’s words this time.
“I have never seen such a cute thing since entering Miterichi. I will definitely take disciplinary action in this case.”
“…if that’s what you mean, then there’s nothing I can do.”
As soon as Baek Seo-yeon hears the confirmation, she returns to her original expression and takes the first step.
Seo Hyun-woo carefully follows behind him and swallows dry saliva.
‘I’m sorry for Kang Jin-ha, but there’s nothing I can do about it. Because Baek Seo-yeon didn’t say anything wrong.’
***
The top floor of the Hunter Committee, the chairperson’s office.
A video conference was already in progress, and Choi Seung-ho was quietly listening to the conversations of the Setinos Hunters.
Jung Woo-jin habitually wears glasses and has doubts about the conversation.
Why is it that three of them have the same opinion?
– I think that reason alone is not enough. What do you do when you act based on your expectations and nothing happens?
– I will take responsibility. Whatever it is, I’ll have to give up my position as Setinos Hunter and step down.
Yoon Se-in responds to Park Yong-joon’s questions sensibly and relaxes.
However, Yong-Jun Park does not even see a change in his expression and immediately shuts his mouth.
It may sound like a joke, but it must have been sincere that he was going to quit Setinos Hunter.
– I plan to take responsibility along with the King of Spirits. So, I hope others will agree.
Even Shin Da-hee was on the side of Yoon Se-in.
Seong Jae-heon and Oh Seong-hyeon kept silence and looked at the atmosphere.
Three out of six people had the same opinion, so they couldn’t resist.
– It is true that the range of change in magic power is high. No gates have been built around Bukhansan recently. In addition, limited to Bukhansan, the weather changes at regular intervals. Usually, these signs are related to the appearance of a level 4 or higher monster.
Han Yoo-jeong displays related data on the screen and circles important parts in red.
Judging from the measurement information and the accompanying evidence, Han Yu-jeong was not wrong.
However, it was not possible to confirm the appearance of the monster by that alone, so the discussion was repeated.
– Well… First of all, I understand what you’re talking about. There are three of you who have the same opinion, so I can’t just skip it.
Seungho Choi speaks out on the way and focuses the attention of Setinos Hunters on himself.
If two or more Setinos Hunters shared a common opinion, they had to unconditionally report it to the government.
If there were more than four people, a report would be sent to the president immediately, and the bill would be immediately accepted and the approval would be reduced.
– It is not a bad idea to evacuate citizens living near Mt. Bukhan in preparation for the appearance of monsters. However, there is nothing I can do about it as much as the confusion and anxiety of the citizens.
There was no need for the three of them to take responsibility for this matter.
Because there was a good reason, and the intention was to prepare for an unexpected risk.
They simply hoped that the conditions for obtaining summary approval from the president would be met.
– … good. I also agree with this proposal.
After much deliberation, Sung Jae-heon finally opens his mouth and moves according to Choi Seung-ho’s will.
The Setinos Hunters were pushing forward this agenda in groups of three.
It would have been better to trust these three people than to leave it here.
– All right. A total of four people agreed, so I will report to the President immediately.
In response to Choi Seung-ho’s answer, the three people who proposed this agenda feel relief belatedly.
If I pushed it all at once, I thought it might not have resulted in good results.
There was only one person tied at the center of this work, but it was reliable, so the three of them moved together.
‘Will this fit again? No matter how great the student council president is, he won’t be able to see the future.’
‘It may have something to do with the Archangel.’
‘If the student council president said something, I guess I’ll have to believe it. The student council president has never let me down.’