CH 51

24.Sudden Quest(2)

Ye-Hyeon walked to the stream and looked for Kwon Joo-Ho around.

Fortunately, Kwon Joo-ho seemed to have gone upstream.

Still, he walked down the water path just in case.

However, it was not long before Yoon Seung-Jae grabbed his forearm.

“Hyung, don’t go too far. It’s dangerous.”

“All right.”

Ye-Hyeon plopped down near the water.

It was comfortable because he didn’t have to worry about the clothes he borrowed getting dirty.

Ye-Hyeon glanced at Yoon Seung-Jae, crouching next to him, pretending to wash his hands roughly.

Yoon Seung-Jae was playing around, throwing a small stone into the stream.

“Yoon Seung-Jae.”

“What?”

Yoon Seung-Jae didn’t know what Ye-Hyeon was thinking, so he tilted his head and looked at him.

Ye-Hyeon crept close to Yoon Seung-Jae with his knees.

“Stay still.”

While hesitating, Ye-Hyeon plucked up courage and cupped Yoon Seung-Jae’s face.

Yoon Seung-Jae shivered for a while because his hands cooled down due to the immersion in water.

The distance between the faces was very close.

Yoon Seung-Jae only stared at Ye-Hyeon with his eyes wide open, even though he could show that he was burdened or disliked it.

Only then did Ye-Hyeon look down carefully at Yoon Seung-Jae’s lips.

Yoon Seung-Jae’s lower lip was exceptionally chubby, so even his lips felt round.

Moreover, Ye-Hyeon pressed his cheeks slightly from both sides, making it look like he had pulled out his lips.

Sometimes he wanted to pinch Yoon Seung-Jae when he pouted his lower lip.

“Why?”

Ye-Hyeon was going to kiss Yoon Seung-Jae playfully, boasting that he was cute like his big brother.

However, he paused for a moment when he faced Yoon Seung-Jae, looking innocent without any doubts.

“What?”

While looking at Yoon Seung-Jae, Ye-Hyeon belatedly found his eyes red.

He treated the swollen red eyes yesterday but seemed to have secretly cried more alone after saying he would be sleeping first.

Light brown eyes looked at Ye-Hyeon.

Ye-Hyeon thought Seung-Jae was annoying because he kept making a fuss, but now he was a little discouraged.

Ye-Hyeon is not often injured, but he is not impressed when he sometimes suffers from it.

Anyway, Ye-Hyeon was glad he was alive.

Instead, Yoon Seung-Jae would have been more shocked by the accident yesterday.

Yoon Seung-Jae, who cried sadly in his arms, came to mind.

At the same time, his eyes filled with greed looked at the skills.

His conscience, which he had forgotten for a while, returned.

“Ugh…”

It was throbbing as if a spear was stuck in his stomach since he wanted to try to satisfy his selfish greed using a good boy.

Ye-Hyeon lowered his arm and slowly stepped back.

“……nothing.”

“What’s wrong with you? What is it?”

Ye-Hyeon couldn’t bear to look directly at Yoon Seung-Jae and turned his head.

“………I’m sorry.”

Ye-Hyeon apologized inside and washed his dry face.

Once Ye-Hyeon missed the timing, he felt so awkward that he couldn’t get the courage.

Come to think of it, when was the last time he kissed anyone?

Ye-Hyeon licked his dry lips with his tongue.

If he had just kissed, the Status Window wouldn’t have accepted it anyways.

Ye-Hyeon added an excuse for no reason and shook his head.

The 30 points of affection were so precious, and it was already in front of him, but he thought it would be better to give up.

It would be uncomfortable to force a child just to get points.

It was pie in the sky from the beginning, but there was something strange in his chest.

“Are you not going to tell me why?”

Yoon Seung-Jae was also quite persistent.

Ye-Hyeon squinted at Yoon Seung-Jae.

“Be honest with me. You cried again yesterday, didn’t you?

“What?”

Ye-Hyeon was supposed to say something so he wouldn’t make a fuss anymore, but Yoon Seung-Jae stood up with his face red.

“I cried? When? Hyung, did you see it? Did you see that?”

Yoon Seung-Jae jumped up and down.

He hit the nail on the head.

The overreaction was tantamount to confessing to the truth.

“Hahaha, is that true? Did you cry again? Yoon Seung-Jae, you’re so cute.”

Ye-Hyeon forgot that he was bitter and laughed loudly while holding his stomach.

“No! I didn’t cry!”

Yoon Seung-Jae denied it repeatedly, but there was no credibility at all.

He felt like tears would form if he teased a little more.

Ye-Hyeon spread his right hand wide and crushed Yoon Seung-Jae’s face.

“Yes, yes. You didn’t cry. You didn’t cry.”

“Hey, hey!

Yoon Seung-Jae, stretching his words with an unfair voice, suddenly rushed to Ye-Hyeon.

“Cough…”

Yoon Seung-Jae may have just tried to hug him, but Ye-Hyeon, who could not bear Yoon Seung-Jae’s weight, fell.

Yoon Seung-Jae supported the back of his head with his hand. He almost broke the back of his head this time.

Ye-Hyeon lay on the floor, stared at the blue sky, and giggled.

Yoon Seung-Jae weighed on his upper body, and he couldn’t move.

“Hey, Yoon Seung-Jae. I told you to think about your size and not push me, right?”

“…… Hyung.”

“Oh, I’m listening. But you’re too heavy for me to breathe.”

Yoon Seung-Jae secretly lifted himself in response to Ye-Hyeon’s exaggeration.

Only then could Ye-Hyeon take a big breath.

It would be nice if he could come down.

However, Yoon Seung-Jae hugged Ye-Hyeon closer to his waist by rubbing his forehead on Ye-Hyeon’s shoulder.

He seemed to have no intention of getting out of the way.

“……Don’t be sick.”

“I’m not sick. How often do I have to tell you I’m all better now?”

“……don’t even die.”

Ye-Hyeon, jokingly replying, paused at the murmur that leaked out.

Death has been rampant in society since the birth of gates in the world.

People have grown accustomed to death, which they never seem to get used to.

The closest thing to death was being a Hunter.

Ironically, mourning and forgetting their dead comrades are qualities of a good Hunter.

” What? are you planning to drag my body? Well, just throw it to the monster in moderation. You can say you didn’t find the body.”

“Good idea. Hey, what if you do it like that? Or, what, are you going to carry this body around?”

“Wait. Take off your gear before that. Do you have anything?”

Human corpses do not rot inside a dungeon, but it was hard to find even a single bone because monsters eat them.

In the end, it was proper to carry a colleague’s body to the boss’s room to hold an appropriate funeral, but there were not as many cases.

Instead, many people were insensitive to the death of others by treating them as luggage.

Yoon Seung-Jae’s voice trembled.

He was afraid of death.

In Ye-Hyeon’s eyes, who had spent a long time amid people who had lost their humanity, pure Yoon Seung-Jae seemed to shine.

Ye-Hyeon raised his hand to stroke Yoon Seung-Jae’s head like a habit and carefully put it down.

His hand felt too dirty to reach Yoon Seung-Jae.

“Sure. I’ll live longer than you.”

Instead, he smiled and said the words Yoon Seung-Jae would want to hear.

“Come on.”

Yoon Seung-Jae pouted his lips and flicked his nose as if he didn’t like it.

[system]

Target 4: Yoon Seung-Jae’s affection increased by 1 point.

“……I think you can like me less, Yoon Seung-Jae.”

If he could, he wanted to mix half of him and Shin Do-Gyeom.

At this rate, if Yoon Seung-Jae follows him around because he likes him, it would be embarrassing.

Ye-Hyeon comforted Yoon Seung-Jae in moderation and returned to the party.

“Hyung, Hyung.”

“Stop calling.”

Yoon Seung-Jae was initially sticky and only followed Ye-Hyeon, but suddenly he became super sticky.

Not only Kwon Joo-Ho and Baek Hae-Won but also Shin Do-Gyeom, who was lost in deep thought from the morning and did not respond except when fighting.

Everyone was lost in thought that he looked at them with a ridiculous face.

“I guess that’s why your nickname was Chick.”

Baek Hae-Won seemed to know about Yoon Seung-Jae’s nickname.

Yoon Seung-Jae made an impression when he was told he was a chick.

“I’m not a chick…….”

“Yes, you look like a chick.”

Ye-Hyeon cut Yoon Seung-Jae’s words and nodded.

It was no use being mean.

“If you say I look like one, then I do.”

Then Yoon Seung-Jae admitted it uncharacteristically.

“Uh…”

Ye-Hyeon was lost for words while his lips trembled.

No wonder he already felt uneasy.

Ye-Hyeon checked the open window while chewing beef jerky.

<Unexpected Quest>

Kiss one of the targets.

[Time limit: 00 hours, 01 minute]

If successful: Affection point +30

Failure: State abnormality (???)

There is only one minute left.

Even if it’s about his condition, he is just following around, so what’s the big deal?

Poisoning can be hidden if he secretly drinks a potion while they are fighting.

If he becomes slow, he can say he is in bad condition.

Even if it looked suspicious, if Ye-Hyeon said he was okay, other party members had no way to check.

Ding-ding.

There was a low sound as if the time had run out.

[system]

Unexpected Quest: failed.

[system]

Failed quest penalty earned: Status abnormality: dizziness (B).

Oh? Dizziness? There’s nothing wrong with that……

He couldn’t even feel suspicious because he had never heard of it before.

At the same time, his body suddenly fell forward, and he lost consciousness.