The ugly duckling among graceful swans.
Miyeon’s condition at the meeting was just like that.
‘I guess I came out not knowing it was over yet.’
‘no way. I think I just came out on an iron plate even though I knew it?’
‘Leave it. I won’t be calling you from next time anyway.’
It was a whisper behind the scenes.
Those were enough voices for Miyeon to hear.
“I’m going to go to the bathroom in a minute.”
Mi-yeon cursed at this.
I got out of the seat with attention that no one gave.
Around the time I was thinking about whether I should go home like this.
In Miyeon’s eyes.
I saw someone who shouldn’t be here.
‘A hard-working brother?’
Mi-yeon’s ex-husband.
Cheol-han was now a stranger.
I wonder if he was about to stand up after eating with a certain woman.
Cheolhan and getting up from the chair.
I could see the back of a woman who was receiving the attention of the people around her.
Approaching such a Cheol-han.
Ignoring the woman in the back.
Miyeon called Cheolhan.
“brother?”
Miyeon was confident.
It was Cheol-han who had lingering feelings for himself until the end.
It’s a coincidence in a place like this.
If he sees himself again, he will surely shake Cheol-han.
Miyeon had such confidence.
however.
“long time no see.”
Cheol-han, whom he actually met.
It seemed alright.
how to say
Cheol-han’s gaze at Mi-yeon now.
It’s like facing someone else without any emotion.
It contained no emotions.
Miyeon did not give up.
It had already lost ground and was falling.
Didn’t you know about it from reading the article?
That Cheol-han is now completely different from the past.
Cheolhan at that time was just.
I thought you were the ugly duckling inside the swan.
It was a graceful swan among ducks.
and.
The ugly duckling was Miyeon herself.
That’s why Mi-yeon couldn’t let go of Cheol-han, whom she met again like fate.
“brother. I want to contact my brother…”
To Miyeon who continues to talk about something.
Cheolhan shook his head and stopped talking.
in a cold voice.
“I don’t think we’re talking to each other anymore.”
“···uh?”
“Do you remember what you said last time?”
did you remember
Miyeon’s face went white.
That’s when it came to mind.
To Cheol-han, who tried to hold on to him while worrying about him until the end.
What kind of vicious remarks did Miyeon spew and end?
“Let’s keep that promise. So from now on, even if we see each other, I hope we don’t pretend to know each other.”
At Cheol-han’s sign of wanting to leave first.
Miyeon hurriedly tried to reach out her hand.
That moment.
“Mr. Cheolhan. Who are you?”
The woman who had only seen her back turned around.
After confirming the identity of the opponent, Miyeon’s hand suddenly stopped.
“Ha, Hanseo?!”
It was a face I couldn’t recognize.
Even if you just turn on the TV right now.
It was because I, Han Seo-ah, appeared several times a day on gossip programs dealing with awakening beauty.
Han Seo-ah stood up from her seat.
Naturally approaching Cheol-han.
I blocked the movement of Miyeon who was trying to approach.
“it’s nothing. Let’s go.”
The back of Cheol-han disappearing with Han Seo-ah.
I couldn’t help but stare blankly at Miyeon.
*
Why did Cheol-han not let go of Mi-yeon’s hand until the end?
She is with Cheolhan.
It’s the first family I had when I was born.
It was because they were the only family until the end.
Ever since I opened my eyes to the world.
Cheol-han was alone with no one by his side.
to that self.
Although there was a friend Kim Ji-hoon who reached out to me without hesitation when I was a student.
My precious family that Cheol-han had for the first time.
It was Miyeon.
That’s why, even while watching the changing Miyeon.
Foolishly, I didn’t think to put it first.
The reason why he couldn’t tell his best friend, Kim Ji-hoon, as well.
It was because I couldn’t bear to curse at my first and only family.
Now that I think about it, it was really stupid.
At that time, he did not want to let go of the only family he had.
I wanted to have it so much since I was little.
I always had to look at you with envy.
Because it was the fence called ‘family’.
to such iron.
Mi-yeon said that she wants to end the relationship.
He even showed Cheol-han a situation that he couldn’t possibly have shown.
aww
The moment overlapped and my teeth gnashed.
Cheol Han-eun recalled the anger at that time.
He roughly passed the glass that Kim Ji-hoon poured for him.
“I know. You stopped me before I first got married.”
“I guess I should have listened to you.”
“Listen. At that time, the pods were stuck in their eyes and they couldn’t even listen to me with the back of their ears.”
“sorry.”
“done. Have a drink.”
Cheol Han-eun broke up with Han Seo-ah.
I found Jihoon Kim.
and.
Cheol-han was able to hear an unexpected fact from Kim Ji-hoon.
“I have been contacted several times. I just cut myself off my line without notifying you. Sorry for not talking.”
“Good job. If you had told me, I would have told you to block me too.”
I could hear that Mi-yeon had contacted Kim Ji-hoon several times recently.
When I visited Cheol-han’s house before.
It seems that what Kim Ji-hoon was trying to say had to do with Mi-yeon.
“okay. How was it to see you again after a long time?”
“How was it?”
how to say
The first thing I felt was anger.
And it was the feeling of betrayal I desperately felt at that time.
I thought it would be fine.
When we meet again
His anger at Mi-yeon, who had betrayed and abandoned him, rose again.
but.
It’s not the time yet, I just endured it.
Profanity on the spot? insult?
When you think of these things, Cheol-han never suffered.
It just felt so weak.
Until now, Cheol-han had never forgiven Mi-yeon.
what did you do to yourself
face to face
Cheolhan’s determination became stronger.
“To make you regret it. no. will make it I myself.”
“what?”
Was Cheolhan’s promise surprising?
Kim Ji-hoon asked in surprise.
“Honestly, if Jihoon wasn’t you. I could have put it all away. Do you know?”
“know.”
“So to make you regret it. You betrayed and abandoned me like that. You will regret it for the rest of your life.”
“okay. Well thought out.”
“Both of them.”
“you···. no. Honestly, I would have said it was impossible before. Seeing you these days makes me think that maybe not.”
“thanks. I’ll tell you all about it later.”
In the drink that Cheolhan held out.
Kim Ji-hoon silently clinked his glasses.
*
Hunter Bureau Seoul Branch.
There was someone looking for Kim Chul-soo, a member of the Dungeon Management Team 2.
“Kim Cheol-soo! Where has this guy gone?”
“I am here.”
“Is there? Look at how stiff this is because it won a good coin.”
“What do you mean by that?”
Cheol-soo Kim shook his hand and denied it.
As if he already knew everything, the senior smiled and continued.
“You are the boisterous Hunter these days. Who was it… That’s right, hard-working Hunter. Right?”
It’s not a reprimand.
What the senior is saying to Kim Chul-soo right now.
It was not a scolding that he had taken advantage of Hunter Hana despite being an employee of the Administration Bureau.
“and. In the past, I said something to make a fuss about Howling Dungeon. What on earth did you see and invest in there?”
It was wonder and envy.
The simultaneous gate incident in Seoul that broke out a few days ago.
It was just a while ago that level 5, level 6, and level 7 gates were created at the same time, causing a stir.
Even then, it was possible to request that the S-class hunter belonging to the guild move quickly.
It was because of the request of the director who was close to the management bureau.
As such, only for Hunters who show potential for growth.
It’s just that the staff takes care of a little convenience.
It didn’t matter at all.
rather.
“I was lucky. I tried to contact you once just in case. The people were fine.”
“I envy you. I heard you’re already in B grade?”
“yes. This time, I was re-measured and became a B-class.”
As it is now, it was often praised as a wise choice.
“I also had an interview with a reporter about the level 7 gate. Even though I ran after watching the broadcast. After clearing the nearby dungeon at the request of assistance from the administration staff, he ran as soon as he came out.”
exactly.
It wasn’t that Cheol-han ran to the 7th level gate at the request of Kim Cheol-soo.
After Cheolhan chose the 7th level gate.
I told Cheol-soo Kim.
The result was more important than the process.
On the surface.
At Cheol-soo Kim’s request, Cheol-han headed to the 7th level gate.
Because he showed his best performance there.
all of this.
They were built by Cheol-han, who knew that simultaneous gates had been created.
Thanks to that.
Cheol-soo Kim was able to add confidence to his choice.
“If you do well, you can move personnel to Team 1.”
“Is that true? I heard that the first team is difficult without a line.”
Seeing Kim Cheol-soo’s surprised expression.
The senior laughed.
“of course. Even a hard-hearted hunter moves alone? I heard that this level 7 dungeon was also applied for solo play. that’s right?”
“you’re right.”
“Look at that. If that hunter keeps growing like he is now, try going into a level 6 dungeon. There is a high possibility that they will stick you next to you from above.”
“I’ve heard of such informal rules. Is that really possible?”
“of course. Originally, I don’t give that kind of preference to any Hunter. Look at the growth rate of the hard-working hunter now. In addition, one S-class trait is hidden, but there are 5 skills.”
Park Cheol-han’s amazing growth rate.
It was said that the Hunter Administration was also paying close attention.
A Hunter who had been in Class C for 7 years.
It was because he showed a tremendous change during his sudden second awakening.
listening to the elders
Kim Chul-soo couldn’t help but swallow a laugh inwardly.
An iron coin invested with a record discovered by chance.
It literally sounded like an invitation.
*
Hunter Management Bureau Kim Chul-soo contacted me early in the morning.
“You’ve been assigned a level 7 dungeon.”
The 7th grade dungeon I had applied for was finally assigned.
It was because he requested a specific dungeon.
It had to take quite a while to get assigned.
Level 9 dungeons, and level 8 dungeons are the same.
In choosing a dungeon for Cheolhan to enter.
There were bound to be some limiting factors.
first.
The most important thing was what skills could be obtained by consuming the monsters in the dungeon.
Next is the solo play.
Cheolhan wasn’t going into a dungeon with his teammates.
Thanks to that, among the many types of dungeons.
Dealing with monsters alone.
Also, I had to select a place where I could catch even the boss monster.
“This is also the part I paid most attention to when applying for the 7th level dungeon.”
More than anything.
Skills that can be obtained through ‘Saturation’ in the dungeon.
A place where Cheolhan can clear the 7th grade dungeon alone.
The intersection of these conditions was important.
“This is where both are satisfied.”
It was the Lizardman Dungeon.
In the gate incident that was created simultaneously in Seoul a few days ago.
Cheolhan ran to the 7th level gate and dealt with the Lizard King.
One of the weapons Cheol-han used at that time.
“It was the goblin’s paralyzing stinger.”
After capturing the Lizard King.
While organizing the Lizardmen.
Cheolhan also tried using the goblin poison needle.
result.
Even if not as much as the boss monster, the Lizard King.
It was clearly confirmed that he had resistance to the paralysis poison.
I mean.
If you prey on Lizardmen in the dungeon.
It meant that there was a high possibility of acquiring a skill related to resistance to poison.
Lizardmen are tricky.
It is not a monster with a separate attack skill.
It was because they moved in perfect order like an army under the command of the boss monster, the Lizard King.
That’s why Cheolhan thought of going into the Lizardman Dungeon and checking it out.
“Thinking of the future. Tolerance to poison is essential.”
Now, Cheol-han is just a hunter who has just risen from C-class to B-class.
It wasn’t in the future.
More than anything.
The black mercenary guild was closely related to the black hunters.
If you collide with such a black mercenary guild.
There was a high possibility that there would inevitably be an attempt to poison Cheol-han.
No, it wasn’t high, it was definitely meant to be.
Because of the external image of the guild.
I’m going to try to deal with Cheolhan quietly behind me.
prepare for it.
It was good to prepare step by step from now on.
More than anything.
“There is a story that poisonous monsters appear in higher-level dungeons.”
A level 4 dungeon where many things are shrouded in mystery.
Among those 4th grade dungeons, there was a famous monster related to poison.
Boss Monster Spider Queen.
And Megarakne and Scorpions that can be encountered inside.
They were all monsters that spewed deadly poison.
Especially.
The venom spouted by the Spider Queen.
Unless you prepare the best antidote beforehand.
It was to the extent that the dungeon attack failed.
If Cheolhan grows up in the future.
I had to deal with them alone.
If so, resistance to poison is essential.
“Previously.”
Before entering the 7th level dungeon in earnest.
Cheolhan had something to do.
Black Mercenary Guild.
The Black Hunter organizations they leave behind.
It was to cut off the money line run by those organizations.
Guys who do sh*tty things anyway.
If you eat that crap.
It was supposed to be easier to clear the level 7 dungeon as well.
“Begin your revenge.”