CH 14

I know I saved him, but I wanted to see it with my own eyes.

That was the moment I thought about it.

‘Ah!’

The door opened silently, and Hunter Lee Beomjin appeared.

He didn’t look as good as my mom, and the pain in his eyes made it look like he was in a lot of pain.

But his body itself looked healthy.

‘It’s a relief, ugh!’

Hunter Lee Beomjin changed completely as soon as he found me lying in bed and blinking his eyes.

He radiated great joy all over his body.

Still, his eyes were red.

“Heesun-ah.”

Hunter Lee Beomjin approached me and reached out to me.

But he stopped just before he reached me. 

Like he was worried it would hurt me more.

“Heesun-ah.”

Instead, he called me sadly again.

It was a little loud, so my mom woke up.

As soon as my mom opened her eyes, she looked at me first.

Just as she always has been while I’m collapsing.

“Heesun-ah…!”

She stroked my forehead, cheeks, and face over and over again with hands that were shaking.

As if to confirm that I’m alive and awake.

“Mom.”

“Mmh.”

My mom nodded her head.

Tears welled up in her eyes and dripped down my cheeks.

It broke my heart.

“Don’t cry.”

“Ung, yeah, yeah.” 

My eyes became very hot, but I didn’t cry.

Because I thought my mom would cry even more.

I tried to laugh.

“I want to eat marinated crab.”

“Yeah, okay. I’ll make a lot of marinated crabs that Heesun likes the most.”

My mom laughed while crying.

“I’m really really glad….” 

I waited quietly in the arms of my familiar and comfortable mother.

Until mom stopped her tears.

***

Mom raised her head after a while.

Fortunately, the tears have stopped now, and her expression is brighter.

But she had lost more weight than I remembered.

“Mom, you look very tired. Go and take a rest.”

“No. Mom is fine.”

“It doesn’t look fine. Hunter Lee Beomjin, Mom, you haven’t sleep well, are you?”

It was only then that my Mom realized the existence of Hunter Lee Beomjin.

She quickly rubbed the corners of her eyes with both hands and washed her face dry after being startled. 

Hunter Lee Beomjin, who was quietly watching us, no longer had tears in his eyes.

His face filled with great joy.

“That’s right. Nahyun, get some rest now. You barely slept all this while nursing.” 

“No. You should go and rest. I still slept a little bit, but you really didn’t sleep.”

“I am a Hunter. It’s okay.”

“Even if you were a Hunter, you were seriously injured. Don’t overdo it, just rest.”

“It’s really okay. I am fully recovered.”

Mom and Hunter Lee Beomjin whispered hard to each other to rest.

Their voice and eyes were very soft, like cream.

‘…What happened? My mom used to look at Hunter Lee Beomjin as if he was definitely an enemy.’

I didn’t get used to it.

‘Although it’s better than having a bad relationship.’

As I watched, I felt itchy.

“First of all, mom, take a rest. You look like you’re going to faint.” 

Perhaps because of the extreme tension and a great sense of relief, my mom looked like she was about to faint at any moment. 

On the other hand, Hunter Lee Beomjin looked a little haggard, but he was very lively like a hunter. 

“…Yeah. Mom will be in next room. Call me if you need me.”

That’s how my mom answered, but she kept touching my face and hands and didn’t leave until a long time later.

Hunter Lee Beomjin looked at my mom’s back and then turned to look at me.

He had a kind gaze as if she was looking at the world’s cutest and most adorable thing.

‘It’s tickling—!’

I just shook my body.

“Do you want to sit down? Wait a second.” 

Hunter Lee Beomjin adjusted the bed.

As the upper body of the bed went up, I was in a sitting position.

“How is your body? Do you have any pain?”

“No, I don’t feel any pain.” 

“It’s good. It looks like the recovery has worked well. I was worried because you couldn’t get hospital treatment, and I couldn’t use heal at all—” 

Come to think of it, it was a hospital room, and there were no ringers or any other machines that were connected to the body.

“Is that so?” 

“Yeah. I think it’s because of your defense. All hospital equipment is broken— and the medicine didn’t work at all. Many healers tried it, but it didn’t work.”

Hunter Lee Beomjin had an expression of pain even thinking about that time.

“…I’m sorry.” 

“No. There’s nothing to feel sorry about.”

Hunter Lee Beom-jin shook his head.

After a little hesitation, he said this with a firm face.

“Thank you so much. For recovering me.”

‘So what he know that it’s recovering not resurrection.’

After all, even in the age of supernatural powers, there was no way to think that a resurrection would be possible. 

‘It’s a relief.’

If the truth is revealed, it will be extremely noisy, so it was good to know that.

“However…It would be better not to use that recovery magic in the future. Given that your body is so damaged that you can’t wake up for a week, that type of magic really doesn’t suit you.”

“A week?!”

“Yeah. One week. Can you promise me? You will not use that type of magic again in the future.” 

As if he was quite worried, Hunter Lee Beomjin was asking very earnestly.

I promised without further ado.

“Yes, I will.”

I woke up after a week, but looking at my body now, I was lucky. 

‘Good thing I sealed my power again before I collapsed.’

If it hadn’t been for that, I would have been in a worse state because I was draining my strength.

‘Let’s not use the resurrection spell again. I woke up this time, but if I use it again on a strong person like an SS Class, I could lose my life.’

It will be less of a burden if I use it against ordinary people.

But I had no intention of using it again.

‘I could die if I do something wrong.’

I couldn’t leave my mom alone.

‘But if my mom dies, I’ll use a resurrection spell.’

But in fact, something like that will never happened to my mom.

In the first place, Lee Beomjin Hunter didn’t have to protect his mother like that.

Because the protective magic I put on would have prevented Ninja’s attack lightly.

‘But just in case I don’t know, I’ll have to put protective magic on mom stronger.’

When my body recovers a bit.

‘I should do this to Hunter Lee Beomjin as well.’

I thought he was a very helpful person.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

Without realizing it, I looked at him like the weakest person in the world.

“That’s… Hunter Lee Beomjin is SS Class. But why is your defense so weak? One knife pierces your heart. I think your resilience is also low.”

“My defense and resilience… It’s weakened I was seriously injured last year. It’s the aftereffect.”

“I heard there was an accident in the level 9 dungeon last year, is it because of that?”

“Actually, it wasn’t a dungeon accident.”

Hunter Lee Beomjin spoke calmly.

He said that he was attacked by Ninja.

“Heol. But why isn’t it known as the truth?

“If things go wrong, there could be a war between hunters from both countries. Then the World Hunters Union could intervene, and the problem would be huge. Instead, the Japanese government paid a good price.”

“Hmm.”

As the strongest and best hunter in Korea, he must have made a good judgment on his own, but it was heartbreaking.

Once again, I thought it was a good idea to remove Ninja from this world.

“Can you tell me what happened during the week?”

“Yeah.” 

After a while, I grumbled.

“My personal information…” 

I had heard from Kim Changho before that it would be like that, but I didn’t really know that it would.

“I’ll issue you a new resident number.”

“Yes…” 

It was fortunate that I had hardly used the Internet.

In the past, when there was a platform called ‘Sorry World’, a certain hunter was on the first screen there.

– Kk… r… to-day as well… spilled… (♤Hansum♤)

It was discovered by netizens and spread around the world.

‘I’m glad I’ve never done that—!’

It really was.

“My phone, where is it?”

“Nahyun has it.”

“I’ll take it when my mom wakes up. Oh, can I chat with my friends? I think they’re going to be very worried, but I want to say I was fine.” 

“You can do that.”

Suddenly I felt hungry.

As I rubbed my stomach, Hunter Lee Beomjin asked.

“Are you hungry?”

“A little bit.”

“You will be very hungry soon. Hunters do that after using a lot of resilience.”

“Ah, I heard that too.”

“Is there anything else you want to eat besides spicy marinated crab that Nahyun made?””

“Chicken. But I just woke up. Can I eat chicken?”

“Of course, you’re a hunter now. You won’t get indigestion.”

“Wow, that’s nice!”

I was genuinely impressed.

Hunter Lee Beomjin smiled as if I was cute.

“Which chicken would you like to have? There are many kinds. Tell me everything you can think of.”

“BBQ Golden Olive, Gob Neighborhood Chicken Gochujang, 60 Gye Chicken, Black Algio Chicken, Kochon Chicken Wings, Ah, Kochon wedges french fries too.”

“…I’ll order it right away.”

Hunter Lee Beom-jin took out his cell phone and quickly sent a text message to someone.

“I’ll bring it to you in 30 minutes.”

“Thank you!”

“What do you mean thank you, it’s natural. If you want more food, just tell me.”

“Yes!” 

While waiting for the chicken, Hunter Lee Beom-jin told a different story.

He told me about the situation in Korea, especially what Department of Ability is doing, and the Japanese ambassador to Korea case was amazing.

“Are they saying we kidnapped Ninja? They are crazy b*stard!” 

Hunter Lee Beomjin’s eyes shook.

“What’s wrong?” 

“You’re swearing…Come to think of it, did you swearing in the dungeon too?”

“…” 

“Don’t do it, okay?”

“Yees.”

I added right away.

“It’s a secret to my Mom. If I get caught swearing, my allowance will be cut.”

“How much is she cutting?”

“It’s 10% for each swear word.”

“How much is your allowance?”

“It’s 150,000 won.”

“150,000 won a day? That’s not much.”

“…It’s 150,000 won a month.”

“In one month?!”

“Yes.”

“No, why is she like that? Nahyun is a pharmacist, and she is good at finance, so it’s not like she doesn’t have any money, so why?”

Hunter Lee Beomjin’s pupils shook again.

He seemed to be in a huge shock.

I said it like an excuse without knowing it.

“It’s not that 150,000 won a month is small. Transportation is charged separately. My mom buys me clothes and books too. Still, I wish there were more.”

Hunter Lee Beomjin suddenly pulled something out of his wallet and handed it to me.

It was a black card.

“It’s my credit card. I’ll give it to you. Feel free to use it. There’s no limit.”