Chapter 121: Star, The Team Formation (2)

Chapter 121: Star, The Team Formation (2)

Baek Gyeo-Ul’s eyes widened. Who could have possibly come? It had been quite a while since he joined the Clan, but he still had almost zero friends aside from Chang-Sun. That was understandable, however, since he was still uncomfortable making friends.

Since his looks and the air around him changed, quite a number of people had shown interest in him and approached him. He unwittingly put up a wall, though, perhaps because of his childhood habit. Although Chang-Sun advised him not to, the change in people’s reactions was still awkward to see.

However, Chang-Sun now brought in new team members besides himself. Gyeo-Ul could think of some likely candidates, but he wasn’t sure if it would really be them. He was well aware of how big of a star Chang-Sun was, so he was sure anyone would volunteer once they heard the news about Chang-Sun forming a team.

Chang-Sun walked to the front door while amusingly looking at Gyeo-Ul, who was deep in thought. When he swung the door wide open, two people whom Gyeo-Ul was also familiar with were revealed awkwardly standing.

“Th-thank you for i-inviting me! Hyung!” Shin Geum-Gyu shouted, standing straight like a soldier. He was so loud that it echoed throughout the entire hallway. Standing beside him, the blushing Shin Eun-Seo elbowed Geum-Gyu’s waist. It was as if her face was going to explode at any moment.

Smack!

“Are you crazy?! Are you trying to tell everyone in this building about who lives here now? Sasaengs could bother my oppa!” Eun-Seo growled.

“Kek! No matter how many sasaengs come here, they won’t be worse than—Urgh!” Geum-Gyu continued to tease Eun-Seo while holding his waist, which had been hit.

Eun-Seo soon stopped Geum-Gyu by punching his solar plexus, causing him to fall head-first to the floor.

“Would you please just die?” Eun-Seo asked, pretending to be graceful as she brushed dust off her hands. Realizing Chang-Sun and Gyeo-Ul were watching shortly after, she behaved like an innocent little girl and politely handed them a juice gift box.

“Thank you for the invitation. I remembered you only drank this brand’s juice during the Las Vegas Champion League four years ago, so I got you these,” Eun-Seo innocently explained.

Although Chang-Sun didn’t remember what the league was about, he didn’t turn down the gift since she had put some thought into it. “Thank you.”

“A-again...” Eun-Seo timidly spoke.

“...?” Chang-Sun tilted his head.

After he expressed his gratitude, Eun-Seo’s face reddened. Fidgeting with her hair, she hesitantly requested, “Can you repeat... what you just said?”

“... Thank you?” Chang-Sun repeated.

“O-oppa thanked me! Ahhhh, I can now die in peace...!” Eun-Seo felt like she was about to collapse.

Having no idea what was going on, Chang-Sun tilted his head. “...?”

At that moment, Geum-Gyu suddenly raised his head and urgently yelled, “Hyung! Don’t be fooled! She got that gift from the other fan club members because they kept bothering—Urgh!”

Eun-So quickly kicked Geum-Gyu like a soccer ball, interrupting him and causing him to fall back to the floor.

“...?”

“...?”

Still unable to understand the situation, Chang-Sun and Gyeo-Ul tilted their heads.

“Hahaha! It’s nothing. He’s been acting weird the past few days, so he had probably eaten something wrong. You don’t have to mind him.” Eun-Seo smiled as brightly as possible.

Feeling no need to dig in any further, Chang-Sun just nodded, then looked past Eun-Seo, where one more visitor was waiting. He didn’t get to greet the visitor due to the Shin sibling.

“Ah, we ran into her at the elevator so we came together.” Eun-Seo quickly moved sideways upon realizing why Chang-Sun was looking in that direction.

Behind Eun-Seo was Woo Hye-Bin, who appeared to be surprised as she looked up at Chang-Sun. It seemed as if she wasn’t mentally ready to meet him yet.

‘Ah-ah-ah...!’ Hye-Bin opened and closed her mouth several times.

She looked like she wanted to say something but couldn’t because she was too nervous.

Chuckling, Chang-Sun nodded at Hye-Bin to reassure her. He then moved sideways so the visitors could enter.

“Come in. There is no furniture yet, so it’s empty.” Chang-Sun welcomed them.

* * *

“You want authorization to build a team?” Executive Director Oh asked.

“Yes.” Chang-Sun nodded.

“I thought you wanted a treasure or something along those lines... You’re truly something else.” Executive Director Oh shook his head in disbelief.

[The Celestial ‘World-Encircling Serpent’ looks at his follower, who always gets beaten by his sister, with contempt..]

Eun-Seo then turned to Hye-Bin, who was quietly sipping juice in the corner. “Hye-Bin.”

“Huh? Oh, yes?!” Hye-Bin flinched and sat straight as if she had been caught doing something wrong.

“Why are you so quiet right now? You were so cool in ‘Yeti Hill.’” Eun-Seo smiled.

Unsure of how to answer, Hye-Bin blushed a little. Just as Eun-Seo had said, Hye-Bin also knew she was surely acting differently than she had in ‘Yeti Hill.’

Although Hye-Bin was from another Clan, Eun-Seo asked for Hye-Bin’s phone number after the Frost King had been killed, saying they were such a good duo. Hye-Bin ended up giving Eun-Seo her number amid the confusion, but they became friends in no time since Eun-Seo had frequently contacted her. That was how Hye-Bin joined the group dinner.

Eun-Seo noticed Hye-Bin was acquainted with Chang-Sun, so she coaxed her to join since she was practically part of the team.

“Do you want to try this?” Eun-Seo held out a chicken leg to Hye-Bin.

Feeling embarrassed, Hye-Bin nodded and nibbled on the chicken leg with a reddened face.

‘Sh-she’s so cute!’ Eun-Seo subconsciously snorted with excitement as Hye-Bin reminded her of a squirrel.

Eun-Seo asked for Hye-Bin’s phone number because fighting hand-in-hand with her had been great. However, she had another reason—Hye-Bin’s face was Eun-Seo’s type. Just as Geum-Gyu had said, Eun-Seo was truly a sucker for beautiful people. It didn’t matter if the person she stanned was male or female.

‘It’s such a healing moment...’ Eun-Seo pleasantly watched Hye-Bin, feeling her heart melting down.

However, she soon noticed Hye-Bin stealing a glance at Chang-Sun. Eun-Seo looked back and forth between the two. Her eyes widened. ‘Huh? No way?’

She smiled slyly and secretly handed Hye-Bin something from her pocket. The latter stopped nibbling on the leg and quietly looked at Eun-Seo, wondering what Eun-Seo was giving her. “...?”

Eun-Seo’s smile became even more sly. “Take it, take it. It’s good stuff.”

Hye-Bin felt shocked as soon as she carefully received and checked the item. It was a photo badge of Chang-Sun with a weird sentence written at the bottom.

<Is the Tyrant a god?>

Reading the cheesy sentence temporarily dumbfounded Hye-Bin. It wasn’t clear if Eun-Seo was aware of Hye-Bin’s state, but as if she already knew Hye-Bin was also a fan, Eun-Seo crossed her arms and pompously spoke, “Only a full member of the club can usually have that, but I’ll make an exception for you. Use that to watch our oppa’s game footage and the behind-the-scenes video of him swearing!”

[The Celestial ‘A Good Season to Hunt’ looks at the badge with curiosity.]

After belatedly understanding what Eun-Seo was talking about, Hye-Bin bitterly smiled and returned the badge to Eun-Seo.

“I’m not.” Hye-Bin shook her head.

“What?” Eun-Seo asked.

“I don’t think I’m his fan.” Hye-Bin slightly shrugged.

Unable to understand what Hye-Bin was saying, Eun-Seo widened her eyes.

With a bit of a serious tone, Hye-Bin continued, “A fan or a stan means the person is giving their affection to another, right? But Mister is more like my idol. To be accurate, I’m the mentee and he’s the mentor. He’s like my role model. I want to become a warm-hearted person like him.”

Eun-Seo understood what Hye-Bin was saying. If Hye-Bin was a mentee, not a fan, it meant she considered Chang-Sun as her teacher. Still, she was a bit dazed because there was a part she couldn’t understand.

‘A warm-hearted person? Not a person with a boiling temper...?’ Eun-Seo wondered for a moment. ‘Well...’

Looking at Hye-Bin, who began to nibble on a chicken wing, Eun-Seo smiled brightly. ‘Everything’s fine since she’s cute[1].’

‘... I never thought things would turn out like this.’ Chang-Sun felt mixed emotions while watching everything from a distance.

Eun-Seo, Geum-Gyu, and Hye-Bin were busily chatting among themselves. Behind them, Minerva, Jörmungandr, and Pabilsag appeared, so it looked like everyone was talking with one another. Chang-Sun wasn’t sure how in the world they got to know each other, but they seemed to be getting along pretty well for some reason. Gyeo-Ul was quietly sipping juice alone, but he seemed to be enjoying the moment too.

[The Celestial ‘Abyss-Chasing Great Devil’ silently watches the peaceful moment.]

‘It’s not bad.’ Chang-Sun faintly smiled, but...

[The Celestial ‘Calamity Tiger’ narrows his eyes and grumbles, saying he does not like what’s happening.]

Heoju reacted as if he was asking Chang-Sun to pay attention to him too.

1. This is like an internet meme in Korea. If someone is cute, handsome, or beautiful enough, everything would become fine and all problems would disappear. This is not used sarcastically. It’s used to genuinely compliment another. “You’re so beautiful/handsome/cute that all the problems in my mind disappeared.” ☜