CH 16

‘Did you say big strawberry? It’s real.’

One was the size of my fist.

“Mom was very surprised to see this earlier, too. They said it came from a dungeon in Nonsan and it was successful in raising it outside of the dungeon and commercializing it.” 

“Whoa, I see. The packaging is pretty and looks very expensive. How much is it?”

“Let’s see… huh.”

Mom showed me the price tag with a grim expression.

“300,000 won! Since it’s three, it’s 100,000 won per one?”

“I guess so. Wow—”

Mom stuck out her tongue, cut three big strawberries into proper sizes, and pushed them all in front of me. 

“Mom, you should eat too. You like strawberries Mom.”

“Yeah.”

“Wow, it’s so delicious!”

“Right. I thought it would taste like water when it grew up, but it’s very sour.”

We’ve done it all.

To be precise, nine out of ten entered my stomach.

“Uh, I’m full.”

When I lay down on my back, Mom looked like she wanted to nag but held back.

“Here, your phone. I turned it off because it rang so much, but I charged it.”

“Thank you!” 

I lay down with a pounding heart and pressed the power button.

The cell phone, which had been quiet, began to scream with its whole body as if it couldn’t stand it any longer.

Ring ring ring ring ring! 

“Hiik!” 

Without realizing it, I screamed briefly and sat up again. 

My mom was surprised too.

The sound continued.

“…Set the phone on silence before it explodes.”

“Ugh, yes. H, how did I do it?”

“Give it to me.”

My mom’s eyes were like, ‘Is she really SSS∞ class?’ Then, she silenced it and returned my cell phone.

“Don’t reply to a request for a loan.”

“Who did that to Mom?”

“The owner of the pharmacy where I worked the other day. Others who can’t even remember their face.”

“Did Mom’s Talk and the previous one leaked?”

“No. I’m an ordinary person, so I didn’t go around that. They recognized you and contacted me. I blocked everything. You should block everything, too.”

“Ung. Yess.” 

“Do you know how to block it?”

“….” 

My mom gave me a familiar look, ‘How is she doesn’t know about machine?’ and showed me how to block it with my mom’s phone. 

“One more time.”

“….” 

After barely learning, I looked at the first screen of the LCD with a serious face.

999+ was written on the text and chat.

But, of course, that wouldn’t be all.

The text and chat contents are set to appear in a single line on the top of the screen, and they are doing so non-stop.

“I have to change the previous one—”

“Mom will too.”

“I heard that if you join a guild, they will take care of all these things for you. Hunter Lee Beomjin also told me to join the guild, so it would be better to do so, right?”

Mom looked reluctant.

However, she looked at my cell phone, which was constantly ringing, and she sighed and nodded.

“Which guild do you think is the best?”

“Hmm. Mom just don’t know anything about it.”

“I’ll have to ask Hunter Lee Beomjin later. Wouldn’t he recommend the Beomho Guild? Because he is from there.”

I opened the Talk app marked 999+.

There were a lot of chat rooms talking to me, but I didn’t really want to see them.

I clicked on my friend’s chat room.

‘There are so many.’

I felt like I had to stay up all night to see everything, so I quickly looked through the conversation yesterday and today.

[Aera-bbyong: Because there is not a single character in front (crying emoticon)]

[New Year’s Eve: When will she recover?]

[King Gwanggaeto: I can’t even contact Aunt. (Sighing emoticon)]

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: Seeing that Aunt can’t even call us, Heesung must be really sick.] ( 희숭: Is like a cute nickname for Heesun.) 

[Can’t be bothered to make nicknames: She vomited a lot of blood. Ugh]

[Hunter Friend: It will be fine, though. If it’s infinity, her defense and recovery are infinity. It will take some time, but she will definitely recover.]

Yoon Kyungae, who had been crying out for ‘I want to be a hunter,’ seemed to have changed her nickname from ‘Crazy’ to ‘Hunter Friend.’

It was a childish word who knew very well about Hunter.

I laughed and continued reading.

[Hunter Friend: Heesung-ah, if we see malicious comments about you, we will report it all to the Department of Ability later!!!!!! Good job!!!!!!] 

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: I am emphasizing that you are very kind in some communities!!!!!!]

[Can’t be bothered to make nicknames: I’m making a Twitter account and hitting those who say weird things!!!!!!!!!!!]

[New Year’s Eve: I comment a lot too!!!!!!! Come back soon, Heesung!!!]

[King Gwanggaeto:  22222222]

[Aera-bbyong : 3333333333333]

My eyes got hot.

I was holding back my tears because my Mom would be worried.

[Lee Heesung: Long time no see. Thank you for your concern. I’m almost fully recovered now.]

Exactly 10 seconds later.

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: Heesu!!!]

[Can’t be bothered to make nicknames: Our Heesungie!!!!!!! (hug emoji)]

[New Year’s Eve: You re back!!!!!!! (Kissing emoticon)]

[Hunter Friend: O Hee ur Sung-ah!!!!!!!] (Our Heesung-ah!!!!)

Perhaps because they wrote it in a hurry they make a lot of typos.  

For no reason, I smiled and tapped it. 

[Lee Heesung: Kissing pass]

[Aera-bbyong: It’s funny to see them kissing. But why can’t you call me? There’s no tone at all?]

[Can’t be bothered to make nicknames: Heesung!!!!!!!!!!!!! It seems like a lot of people are calling. How’s your body?] 

[Lee Heesung: It’s okay. I think I will be discharged soon.]

[King Gwanggaeto: Heesung!!!!!! (Nice to see you emoticon)]

It was always one beat late. 

‘I can’t see Bbangsoonie.’

The first letter has not changed.

[Hunter Friend: Heesung, Heesung, Heesung. What is your class? I heard it’s DP?]

[Lee Heesung: What is DP?]

[Hunter Friend: Dark Priest. Hunter Q says you are a Dark Priest.]

Hunter Q, I knew that.

A famous YouTuber who broadcasts about Hunter, I’ve seen it a few times to get information about ability tests.

[Aera-bbyong: Look at this (Link)]

[Can’t be bothered to make nicknames: Crazy advertiser. Don’t watch that.]

[New Year’s Eve: If your blood pressure is low, watch it. You will get hypertension spontaneously due to advertisements.]

[Lee Heesung: I hate advertisements. Tell me what the Dark Priest is.]

[Hunter Friend: Heal and attack. Are you a dark priest?]

[Lee Heesung: No.]

[Hunter Friend: So it’s not!!!!! So what? Wizard?]

I hesitated to say yes.

[Lee Heesung: It’s still a secret. I don’t know if I can tell you. I’ll ask Hunter Lee Beomjin and let you know.]

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: Heesung-ah, our pretty and kind Heesung, I want to ask you something…]

[Aera-bbyong:  I think this kid will say something nonsense again.]

[Can’t be bothered to make nicknames: 22222222]

[New Year’s Eve: 333] 

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: Our Archer-nim, is he looks better in person????]

[King Gwanggaeto: I’m curious about that too]

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: Is his face shining??? I’m so jealous of seeing him in person!!!!]

I burst out laughing.

My friends were consistent.

That was really nice and fun.

[Lee Heesung: I don’t know.]

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: What is his personality like? Is he really a cool guy??]

[Lee Heesung: No. He’s kind.]

[I am the Future Lady of Archer: I’m so jealouuuuuuus!!!! But our Archer-nim is kind?! I’ve never heard of it.]

‘They’re going to go crazy if they find out he’s my dad.’

I wanted to talk to them because they were my friends, but it didn’t seem like it was possible yet.

I wasn’t used to it either.

“Ah, Hoam.”

“Are you sleepy? Stop the phone and go to sleep. You have to sleep to recover quickly.”

My mom, who was looking at me through the eyes of a hawk, said quickly.

“Yes, I’m going to bed.”

I said that but I loved watching my friends talk, so I couldn’t let go of my cell phone.

Eventually, I was pinched by my mom.

[Lee Heesung: I need to sleep. See you all later!] 

I couldn’t even see their answer properly and gave my cell phone to my mom.

As I lay down, my mom put the blanket up to my neck.

“Hurry up and sleep with your eyes closed.”

“Yees.”

It felt so good because I talked with my friends after a while.

However, one thing was disappointing.

“I couldn’t talk with Bbangsoonie. I’ll try to call later…” 

I slept soundly.

***

When I woke up, it was dawn the next day.

It was early in the morning, less than 5 a.m., so I wanted to sleep more, but I was awake, perhaps because I had a lot of sleep.

‘Oh, my body feels fine.’

I got down on the floor and did some light stretches.

It felt the same as before.

No, it felt a little lighter.

‘This is amazing. Is it because I have recovered?’

Anyway, I was hungry.

I walked to the door, opened it slightly, and showed my face.

“Hunter!”

Five hunters I saw for the first time were standing in the hallway.

Their eyes were shining brighter than those I had seen on the day of the press conference.

“Uhm, hello?” 

“Yes! Hello!” 

“Hello!” 

“Quiet. The Minister may wake up.”

“Huh.”

Immediately after the shouting Hunter closed his mouth, Hunter Lee Beomjin appeared from the hospital room on the right with the door open. 

He seemed to be sleeping.

His hair was a little pressed down, and his top was off. 

Because of that, I could see exactly how wide the shoulders were, how thick the forearms were, and how clear the six-pack was.

‘Wow, you seem to be very well trained.’

As I was thinking about it, the door opened from the ward on the left and my mom appeared.

Mom looked a little dazed, probably because she wasn’t awake yet, but as soon as she saw Hunter Lee Beomjin, her eyes widened.

Then, in an instant, her face turned as red as a tomato.

“W, what, w, why are you taking your shirt off in that way?”

“….!” 

Hunter Lee Beomjin was startled and immediately closed the door.

I saw it clearly.

My mom covered her blushing cheeks with her hands.

It looked like someone who was embarrassed but saw something very nice.

“….” 

This time too, my heart tickled.

And at this point, no matter how little I knew about this, I had no choice but to know.

‘Mom must have lingering feelings for Hunter Lee Beomjin. So… Don’t tell me, they are getting back together? No, they’ve never been married, so it’s not getting back together…Then, get married?!’

It seemed like an incredibly forward idea.

But it seemed certain that the two had lingering feelings for each other.

‘It’s true love.’

However, it didn’t seem like it was going to be haha hoho.