Chapter 10

“I am. I was worried that something bad might have happened, but here you are with a smiling face. I hate it.”

Gong Haeyeon kicked her tongue before grabbing Seora’s soft cheeks and stretching it out.

“Argh! It hurts!”

“Yoon Seora, is there really nothing going on?”

Haeyeon’s face was right in front of Seora, who opened her eyes in pain. Maybe it was because of her beauty but it felt quite powerful.

An E-Rank making an S-Rank shy. She wasn’t hiding her rank also was she?

“Hmhm. Nothing is wrong…… Thank you for your concern.”

When Seora replied grumblingly, feeling embarrassed for no reason, Haeyeon who had been quietly watching her nodded saying okay.

“Okay, then tell me. Why are you in such a good mood! I need to know that!”

But her attack was not over.

She continued the evil act of stretching Seora’s cheeks like a glutinous rice cake until she screamed begging her to stop.

* * *

“It hurts. Gong Haeyeon, why do her hands burn so much when she is a part of the magic realm?”

Seora, who barely managed to escape from Haeyeon’s hands, stood on one side of the quiet hallway and rubbed her tingling cheeks.

If Team Leader Jeong Taeseok hadn’t called her at the right time, her cheeks would have drooped like melting rice cake. Seora sighed.

“It’s a prejudice that members of the magical realm have bad physical abilities, a prejudice. You still don’t know that?”

Jeong Taeseok, who was next to her, smiled. Seora’s heart grew even more bitter.

She knew that, but she didn’t know that an E-Rank could stretch the cheeks of an S-Rank like rice cakes……

“But why did you call me? What’s going on?”

If it was because of a dispatch he would have told her a long time ago, but Jeong Taeseok called her into an empty hallway.

When Seora asked out of curiosity, a look of embarrassment flashed across Taeseok’s face for a moment.

“That’s because the president of the association said that Seora-ssi’s opinion should be given top priority.”

“What?”

“Currently, Park Jinyong is at the association.”

Seora’s eyes widened at the unexpected answer.

“Park Jinyong? Chief Do turned him into a bloody cake. But he can move already?”

“I think the Cheonglang guild helped him.”

Seora snorted at his reply.

“Ah, A healer. A-Rank hunters sure are different. Even though he threw an innocent person into the dungeon, the guild still treated him. Ah, I’m envious.”

It was sad to live as an F-Rank

‘I really want Cheonglang’s guild leader to hit his head while other S-Ranks are watching.’

Seora gritted her teeth inside.

“No, no. I think they just healed his legs a bit so he could walk. The Cheonglang guild told him to apologise to you first.”

That was another unexpected remark.

“I thought we were supposed to meet up with each other when Chief Do returned, was that not the case?”

“Until then, he can only apologise. He will get down on his knees and apologize, but if you don’t accept it, he just has to keep his head down here until the day everyone meets.”

“Oh, that’s also a very unexpected treatment……”

“Seora-ssi you saw it too. What kind of person is Chief Do really?”

Although he was known as an A-Rank hunter, Do Junyoung was actually an S-Rank hunter.

The anger of the same S-Rank seemed to be unbearable even for Cheonglang’s guild leader.

“I think Cheonglang’s guild leader is also very angry. They don’t expect Seora-ssi to accept his apology, it just seems like he wanted him to stay here for a few days. He is under our surveillance anyways.”

Seora felt troubled for a moment. Whether or not to receive Park Jinyong’s apology wasn’t something that should be considered in the first place.

She just wanted to see him bow his head and apologize……

Would he really repent?

And would he show his sincerity in front of S-Ranks?

That would never happen.

“I’ll see him, just the two of us. If there was a strong person with me I could force him to apologise, but I don’t like that. I want to hear the truth.”

A look of concern appeared on Jeong Taeseok’s face.

He lowered his face down to his neck and asked if she knew what would happen after they had a solo meeting.

Instead of answering, Seora opened her inventory and took out the shining weapon next to hit.

“It’s really okay. I have a body of water, but it’s not my item.”

“That’s……?”

Jeong Taeseok’s eyes shook violently as he recognized the S-class red mace.

Seora tapped her mace on the palm of her hand as she smiled brightly.

“The president of the association gave it to me for self-defense. I’m curious. Is he really strong, or is he just strong enough to be an A-Rank hunter?”

Jeong Taeseok raised his thumb without saying a word at the confident words, he also said that he wouldn’t stand still this time if he acted reckless.

***

‘Hey. That’s surprisingly unexpected.’

Seora deliberately called Park Jinyong into a conference room without CCTV. That way she could really see his true feelings without anything blocking it.

And as expected, after confirming that there was no CCTV, Park Jinyong’s expression changed as soon as Jeong Taeseok left.

He looked like he wanted to kill me right away.

‘Are you naive, or are you stupid? To fall for such an obvious trick.’

Seora clicked her tongue.

“I thought you had something to say. We are both busy and have things to do, so let’s keep it simple and finish fast.”

“What, something to say? You don’t actually think I’ll kneel down for you, do you?”

“Of course I do, is that weird?”

When Seora lowered her head, Park Jinyong jumped up. Unable to overcome his strength, the chair fell backwards, creating a loud bang.

His thick muscles twitched violently, as if threatening Seora.

But, so what.

“Well, are you threatening me? Oh, go ahead, do it. I wonder what you will do.”

Seora looked at Park Jinyong, who looked like he would rush at her at any moment, and stroked the mace that was placed on the table.

“I wonder what kind of taste the S-class weapon given to me by the president of the association will be like.”

Even though she had already applied saliva on it because she couldn’t taste it, Seora pretended not to and held the Mace in her arms as if holding a baby.

Park Jinyong’s face turned blue for a moment.

“S-class? That’s an S-class weapon?”

“Even though you are an A-rank hunter, You can’t even recognize S-class weapons? It even spread around the internet a lot…… If you will become the leader of a large guild raid, you should know this in advance.”

It wasn’t a mocking tone, it was a tone that came from genuine pity.

An A-Rank hunter not recognising what the C-Rank hunter Jeong Taeseok recognised in an instant. Oh Gosh. She could clearly tell what kind of a person Park Jinyong was.

“Then let’s make good use of this opportunity. After all, it was all thanks to you that I got this, so I’ll let you have a look.”

Even she thought it was annoying.

Her bright smile, and her sarcastic and condescending remarks were all cheeky.

【Administrator: (* ´ ∀｀)ｂ°】

Would you look at that. Even her administrator was praising her for her good work. Seora shrugged her shoulders as if she was proud of herself.

“Ah. Just looking at it makes my heart feel full. Thanks to you, I got an S-class weapon, I can’t possibly thank you enough.”

You don’t have something like this in your inventory, do you?

He couldn’t kill her, was beaten by Do Junyoung, got the guild leader furious, and even the F-class who he made fun of was boasting that she got an S-class weapon thanks to him.

Park Jinyong’s face turned red as if it was about to explode.

Oh, that’s pretty cool.

“Try it again. Don’t you know that even for civil servants self-defense is accepted? I have nothing to fear anymore.”

“You!”

“Of course, if it happens one more time, then you will really die.”

Seora’s eyes, who was stroking her mace jokingly, turned to Park Jin-yong.

Unlike her youthful face, the black eyes that stared at Park Jinyong were freezing cold.

“Apologize, won’t you?”

It was just that.

Her eyes just didn’t smile.

Right now, Park Jinyong couldn’t figure out why he felt such pressure.

She was only an F class who amounted to nothing, and she was the one who dared humiliate him……

Park Jinyong’s body became surprisingly stiff.

“Ah, no! Fuck! Why would I!”

Realising that fact, he suddenly started screaming to up his game.

“In the first place, this whole thing happened because you decided to run your mouth! What did I do wrong! It isn’t my fault that the gate closed! The one who should get on their knees is you!”

Perhaps displeased by the fact that he was intimidated for a while, his face as he pointed at Seora was severely distorted.

Seeing the pathetic state he was in, Seora snorted.

“You didn’t do anything wrong? It’s my fault? So you don’t regret throwing someone into a dungeon.”

She had already expected that he wouldn’t apologize, but she didn’t expect that he would say it so proudly. It would be a waste of time to speak more.

“Then, today’s meeting should end here. I’ll see you again later with the guild leader of Cheonglang.”

She said her final words and waved her hand. As if confirming that she was the boss, and Park Jinyong was just a subordinate.

His face grew even more red, but there was nothing he could do about it.

If the table was broken, it would reach the ears of the cheonglang guild leader.

“The association can’t support you forever.”

In the end, all he could do was a cheap threat.

When Park Jin-yong’s eyes turned to the Mace for a moment, Seora almost burst out laughing.

It looked like he wanted to sneak in on a quiet day, stab her while she wasn’t looking and take away her precious weapon……

‘You have to do it. That would be the moment I’ve been waiting for.’

Seora, who openly twisted her lips, lightly flicked her finger towards Park Jinyong.

“Goodbye.”

In the end, Park Jinyong closed the door so violently that the whole building shook and left.

“He truly is ignorant. What the hell happened to the Cheonglang guild leader for him to choose a guy like this? I am suspicious of his eyes.”

【Administrator: (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o))))】

Then the manager’s emoticon appeared in front of her. She couldn’t surpass her excitement and let out a few laughs.

“Administrator, aren’t you enjoying it a bit too much?”

Seora looked at her fingers. These neatly outstretched fingers could now be called a weapon without holding a weapon.

Then the problem.

“Park Jinyong, when will that dull bastard notice the scar on his face?”

In the final moments, she lightly blasted her magic towards Park Jinyong.

She was curious to see how different her skills were from him.

And the fool didn’t even notice that Sera attacked him until the moment he left.

The skill difference between S-Rank and A-Rank was really big.

‘This will be enough for me to get revenge if Park Jinyong sneaks up on me.’

She even had the administrator’s protections, there was a high chance that she would not be found out.

Come again. Come and try to kill her.

When that time comes, she will release all the fears and anger she experienced while she was trapped in that dungeon all by herself.

Sora tightly clenched her fists.

***

Park Jinyong, who left the association, headed to the Cheonglang Guild headquarters.

The monitoring of the association’s officials was annoying, but he couldn’t disobey the orders he received from the president of the association.

They were creating so much trouble when he only touched a piece of trash!

Park Jinyong fiercely glared at the civil servants.

He had no intention of hanging around them, so he was just going to go back to his dorm and stay calm.

But he encountered an unexpected situation.

Wasn’t Han Sueon’s secretary, who had been waiting for him, headed straight to the guild leader’s office?

Park Jinyong broke out in a cold sweat.

He was more afraid of Han Sueon who was sitting expressionless than the civil servants who were monitoring him so he wouldn’t run away.

“Did you apologize properly?”

Park Jinyong, who was holding his hands together, shivered at the cold voice.