CH 4

Lee Yoon-kyung and Jung Se-hyun, who had supported the employees outside, eventually returned to the room.

Lee Yoon-kyung, who sat down, sighed tiredly.

“Haeun, are you okay?”

“Yes, I have no injuries.”

“Are you really uninjured?”

“Yes. Really. Nothing happened during the day today. No, it cannot be said that there were no accidents, but for now, I am fine.”

“Hah.”

Haeun’s answer was not satisfactory, but Lee Yoon-kyung moved on. Instead, she expressed dissatisfaction with the anomaly of the suddenly increased dungeon.

“An unpredictable flood of the response system. In that case, there will inevitably be civilian victims.”

“Isn’t that different from the rift, honey?”

“Yes. Of course, the damage is smaller, but… The problem is that accidents that are completely impossible to measure keep happening.”

Gates and dungeons have been around for 30 years.

Although it cannot be said that it is perfect, a national system that can manage the occurrence of dungeons has been established to some extent.

It was said that it was possible to predict where the gate will open in advance and determine the time remaining until the dungeon breaks through the energy measurement.

Of course, there were also “cracks” that were completely unpredictable and considered a disaster. However, in terms of frequency, the possibility of that was very slim. In addition, studies that can predict even this crack to some extent are being conducted in the United States.

However, recently, the ‘flooding’ phenomenon, in which monsters flow out of the gate that did not even go to the dungeon break, has been occurring continuously.

Lee Yoon-kyung sighed and touched her forehead.

“I’m going to put pressure on the Dungeon Intelligence Bureau to rush development of a new detection system.”

Haeun rolled her eyes. When her parents say something serious, she doesn’t intervene. Instead, she stared intently and picked up the meat and ate it.

Jung Eun-woo became nervous when the roasted meat disappeared.

“Pig.”

“Mom, Jung Eun-woo called me a pig.”

“Eun-woo, use nicer words to your sister.”

“Mom, can’t you hear her call me Jung Eun-woo?”

Jung Se-hyun placed well-cooked meat on Haeun’s plate.

“Sister, you can eat more. You worked hard today.”

“Se-hyun, after all, Se-hyun is the only one who worries about this noona.”

“Idiot.”

“Brother, aren’t you worried about your sister?”

“When did I say that?”

“Guys.”

Jung Jinho stopped the children’s argument. Since there were so many people, the room quickly became noisy even if each person spoke one word at a time.

“Originally, I had something to tell you today.”

“What?”

“Are you finally finished with your new weapon? Hey, that’s undercooked. If you’re going to eat it, eat this.”

“Mom.”

“Eun-woo, please speak nicely.”

“No, why bother taking care of you… 

“Eun-woo!”

“Come on, sister.”

“There… Can I talk? Guys?”

After waving his hand a few times, Jung Jinho was able to get the focus of the children again. He then sighed and said.

“Last time in America, my dad asked me to visit him as an item maker, so I decided to go.”

Jung Se-hyun asked with a short exclamation.

“When are you leaving?”

“That made the schedule a little tight. I’m leaving next Wednesday. I think it will be a little over a month. That’s why, Haeun.”

Jung Jinho looked back at Haeun and said.

“Why don’t Haeun go to America with me?”

“I do not like it.”

Haeun refused without even the slightest hesitation.

“I’m busy.”

Jung Eun-woo raised his eyebrows as if it was ridiculous.

“How the hell are you busy??”

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“First of all, I’m going to watch all the delayed movies this week. I’ve also booked a hair appointment, and on Sunday, I decided to go on a trip with my friends. So I won’t be home.”

If she stays at home, she may get a disease that will kill her, but she has a plan to go out and play. Haeun recites her next plan.

“Next week, I plan to go to the water park with the club members. I’m going to rent a car, so don’t worry about it, Mom. On Friday, I booked tickets for a band concert this time in Korea, so I’m going to go there, and I was going to go on a trip to Thailand for about a week at the end of this month… Are you okay, Mom?”

“Who are you going with?”

“It’s Yoon-ju, Hye-sun, and Ji.”

“Haeun, what about your father? If I go to America with your dad, he’ll buy you a lot of things that you like.”

“You said that before, but I had to stay in the dormitory every day.”

Haeun inflated her cheeks and let out a groan.

Haeun had already been to the United States with Jung Jinho. When she arrived, she thought that she could of course go sightseeing and have fun, but the reality was that she had to be half-forced to go to the dormitory where Jung Jinho was staying. He said it was dangerous to go out alone.

“I am not going to America anymore with father. Anyways, I’m busy.”

“But Haeun, today’s work is also the case, and mother wants Haeun not to go out alone for a while…”

“But I’m going with my friends?”

“They aren’t Hunters, are they?”

Lee Yoon-kyung showed her concern.

“I would rather Haeun go to America with your dad. You’ll be under guard because of your dad, so why don’t you just spend this summer vacation in America with him?”

“No. I mean, I’ve already made plans with her friends.”

Haeun’s legs twitched.

Her family was like this every time. As an S-class awakened, they alone must have been worried about the non-awakened Haeun, but nonetheless, they were overprotective.

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ says that it is a matter that ends only when Haeun makes her Hunter debut.]

‘I hate that even more!’

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ sighs, saying that she is stubborn anyway.]

“Phew. Then, Haeun, how about this?”

Lee Yoon-kyung put her head down and came up with an alternative.

“I’ll get you a guard, come with me.”

“Eh. I don’t like that either.”

“Jung Haeun, you know that even skipping today’s work means that your mother takes care of you a lot, right? With gates and dungeons…”

“Don’t look at it, and don’t go near it.”

“Right.”

Haeun pouted her lips.

Lee Yoon-kyung’s attitude was determined as if a needle wouldn’t go in. Haeun nodded her head reluctantly, as she thought she would be kicked out of the house if she argued anymore.

“For now, go with Eun-woo and Se-hyun this week.”

Jung Se-hyun, who met Haeun’s eyes, smiled brightly.

“I like going out with my sister.”

“Me too, Se-hyun!”

“But I have a guild raid scheduled for this Sunday.”

Jung Se-hyun leaned his body toward Haeun and whispered in a low voice.

“Would you like to go take a look too?”

“Dungeon?”

“It’s a joke.”

Jung Se-hyun smiled pretty with a face that didn’t seem like a joke at all. Haeun muttered inwardly.

‘I wonder if he sometimes forgets that I am a civilian.’

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ said she is not even a real civilian.]

[It has signed a contract at the most, but it feels unfair that she was only doing civilian cosplay.]

‘What if such a fragile civilian gets hurt while entering the dungeon.’

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ catches the back of Haeun’s brazen remarks.]

“If there is a plan to attack, Se-hyun can’t do it. Then Haeun goes with Eun-woo…”

“What do you mean? Look at me. You want me to play the role of Jung Haeun’s nanny?”

“So you’re saying it’s not dangerous for her to walk around alone?”

“I’m busy! And she’s an adult!”

“I know you’re off duty this weekend.”

“Tsk.”

“Stop.”

Lee Yoon-kyung put her foot down.

“You got caught up in an accident today, it can be dangerous. There will be a guard from next week, but for this week, at least one of the family members has to protect Haeun.”

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ shakes its head saying it doesn’t know who should protect whom.]

[Even now, reveal that you are awakened and tell them to proudly enjoy your life as a hunter.]

‘It’s okay.’

She couldn’t just go out with a problem like this.

Haeun’s life motto was clear.

Don’t even look at things like Hunters, let’s eat well and live well.

‘It’s everyone’s dream to play and eat for the rest of their lives, isn’t it?’

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ is sad for it is not its dream.]

[It complains that it received a fraudulent contract.]

Haeun sticks out her tongue sarcastically.

No matter what the constellation says, Haeun will enjoy her life.

“Aww! I don’t want to!”

Even if it’s as long as she wears her glowing brother as a guard!

~*~

In the end, Jung Eun-woo was pushed by his parents’ annoyance and ended up escorting Haeun for the weekend.

There was one thing she needed to make sure of here, but Haeun didn’t particularly like going with Jung Eun-woo.

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ asks why.]

‘Jung Eun-woo is too loud.’

He has a rough mouth and is secretly a meddler, so he is the king of nagging.

‘Don’t do this, don’t do that.’

It would be much better to not listen to him and have her good younger brother, Jung Se-hyuon instead.

Well, it wasn’t without its flaws. Jung Eun-woo is a luxury driver. Especially on a hot day like now, he shined even more.

“Open the door quickly.”

“Oh, wait a minute.”

“Hurry!”

Beep. The car door opened. Haeun quickly got into the car and hurried.

“Get started! Air conditioner!”

“Ha, really. Shut that little mouth of yours.”

“Huh? Should I tell mom that my brother cursed at me?”

“Damn it, it would’ve been better if you couldn’t speak.”

Jung Eun-woo, wearing sunglasses, was annoyed. Haeun smiled brightly and lifted her middle finger. Jung Eun-woo also reciprocated the action.

After bickering with each other, Jung Eun-woo asked.

“So where should we go today?”

“First to my hairdresser. Then in the evening, at the Westwood Hotel.”

“Oh, please… Why the hairdresser?”

Jung Eun-woo frowned.

“If it’s a hair salon, it won’t take long. Get a haircut, please, because you look like a ghost.”

“You are the ghost! Do you know how hard it is to manage this?! Do you really have no eyes for this?”

“Is that so? But when I see you drying your hair sometimes, you look like a grandmother drying seaweed stems.”

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ bursts into laughter at Jung Eun-woo’s words.]

“Is that because your aesthetic is strange? And don’t you know that men like long straight hair?”

“Even straight hair depends on who… Hey! If you hit the driver, it’s an attempted murder!”

As he struggled, he reached my destination quickly.

The beauty salon that Haeun attended has a member system. Haeun’s designer welcomed her.

“Haeun, please come.”

“How have you been?”

“Every time I see Haeun, I think you get prettier. How can your skin be so shiny? Aren’t you secretly eating something good?”

In front of the hairdresser who spoke as if she were in an advertising commercial, Jung Eun-woo leaned over to Haeun.

“Hey. I will escape for a bit.”

“Oh, why don’t you do that permanently.”

“Ah, I’ll think about it in my next life.”

Jung Eun-woo laughed and went out to the road. Haeun shook her head desperately.