CH 7

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『Hello, Viewers!』

『Good morning to everyone, I’m Babel’s MC Mona, who is here to deliver the latest news in the world of hunters!』

『I’m MC Liza』

『I’m sure everyone heard that beautiful sound last night! Yes! Dawn Guild, led by the No.6 Ranker Hwang Hon, presented the sound of victory to Korea after a long time!』

『After 5 months the 39th floor has finally opened, so everyone is looking forward to it! Isn’t it just before the opening of the 40th ‘Tutorial Week’ LIzaLiza? The timing is awesome』

『Yes, as the 30th floors last gate it’s expected to have a considerable difficulty. It’s likely that each guild will recruit elite personnel and attack in alliance』

『As a result, each guild will need to reinforce its own power, i.e, recruitment』

『Due to the progress of the ‘tutorial’ the upper floors will also be temporarily damaged, so naturally all attention will be focused on the tutorial』

『Especially! The 19th, 29th and this 39th floor! There is a myth that the attackers during the opening period of ‘The 9th section of evil’ are often chosen by the stars!』

『This is not something that can be dismissed as a simple superstition』

『Sir Gyeon Ji-rok, currently ranked 5th in Korea, and Sir Hwang Hon who is ranked 6th were also rookies who received the most attention during the year 29th floor was attacked. And both of them succeeded in choosing a ‘deity’ and getting an S-rank』

『Woow, I wonder if we can expect a new S-ranker?』

『I won’t comment on it』

『You always avoid me!』

『Who will be the next supernova! Maybe the one who is watching the show! It could be you! Yeah? Babel didn’t give you a ‘ticket’?』

『Don’t worry! It’s too early to feel disappointed! There are still 27 hours until the start of the ‘tutorial run’. See the clock on the top right? Don’t forget that Babel Tower once gave out 10 tickets right before the opening!』

『Regarding that, let’s take a quick look at commercials for a moment and then we’ll look at the analysis section in more detail』

『Before that, let’s watch ‘one minute of spotlight’ Monamona』

『Oh my! That’s right!』

『Today’s topic for ‘One Minute of Spotlight’ is a hot tip video sent by ‘If you are in Korea, let’s play Jo Pop’ Those of you who are quick must have already heard it, the hero of the Seolleung station!』

『It’s been a long time since we have seen His majesty, but it’s always nice to see a divine appearance! Now shall we watch it together?』

***

“I think I will be away for a while”

“Yeah. Go ahead”

“It’s going to take a long time”

“How long?”

“A week… or so”

Crack

Zio’s head turned around so fast it made a real crack sound. It was as if her sky had collapsed

She slept late and woke up late

There was no one who said something if she didn’t study, she could play games on her phone freely, eat whatever she wants, and lie down whenever she wanted to

She wondered if there had ever been a day as comfortable in Gyeon Zio’s life

She even thought she could entrust her life to this man(the butler). And even her deity was restless

A week?

Zio glared at him with a soaring sense of betrayal

“Then what about me?”

“You have to eat by yourself”

Baek Do-hyun said, organising the empty table with 5 dishes one by one

“What about my ice cream?”

“Take this opportunity to cut down on ice cream. You eat too much”

Baek Do-hyun coldly pointed at the the dessert, Hagen Salted caramel flavor

“Then I’ll do the laundry and cleaning!”

Zio stomped her foot in anger

Baek Do-hyun’s XL Champion Hoodie fluttered everytime he moved

Baek Do-hyun finally felt the limits of his patience due to the shamelessness of not answering

He put the blanket in which Zio spilled juice into the washing machine, pressed the button, and then turned around

He took out Zio’s laundry and shook them to dry them

“If you lie down and stop eating snacks then things won’t get dirty! It’s just laundry anyways. I will do everything after I get back! Fix your habit of eating while lying down! Then you won’t get reflux esophagitis!

[Your covenant ‘The reader of fate’ asks what you are doing]

“What are you saying now! Are you saying that if I get esophagitis, you will throw me away without paying hospital bills?”

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ calls for you]

“I am not saying I won’t give it to you! Do you know how terrifying reflux esophagitis is? You have a small esophagus so it will hurt even more! You don’t even think about how your butler will go crazy seeing it!”

“I don’t know! I hate you!”

“What did you just say? How can you say such a horrible thing just because you are so cute? This is gaslighting! Sit down!”

[Your covenant throws a fishing road by the river]

[Lies down with sunglasses and asks you to tell it when you are done]

“I don’t want to! It’s sticky! You can’t even season soybean paste stew well!”

“….”

“….”

The stifling silence that came when someone made a slip of a tongue

Zio looked down at him with signs of hesitation

Baek Do-hyun lowered his eyes with a clearly hurt face

Zio turned her head as if nothing happened

“…Hum-humph”

“…You said it was delicious”

“…”

“It was Baek Jong-won’s recipe…”

All purpose soybean paste with a beef brisket

But was it supposed to be clam instead? He couldn’t help it because Gyeon Zio hated sea shells and didn’t like clams singing she hate hated it

Baek Do-hyun’s complexion darkened

After Zio came to this house, his face would break through even the wall of ‘hard-skinned’ characteristic he had always built up

“…hum-humph”

“…”

“Now that I think about it, it was a little sweet but it was okay”

“Oh, was it sweet?”

“Yes”

“It seemed he particularly liked sugar. I was a bit hesitant on whether I should add it or not but in the end I decided to, maybe that was why”

“You can do better next time”

“Yes. I will reflect on myself”

[Attribute ‘Brazen Face’ evolves into next level]

[Conditions for a second class have been met. Are you sure you wish to change job to ‘Professional Pushover scammer(general)?]

Gyeon Zio had a talent of only reading the status window when she felt like it. She lightly chewed and picked up another scoop of ice cream

The atmosphere quickly warmed up

“Why are you going away for a week? I heard you quit your job and were a part-timer”

“Because of this”

Baek Do-hyun folded his left arm up

Hooo, Zio watched as he rolled his sleeve up

A familiar gold sentence could be seen

Down there, was a countdown decreasing in real time

It was a ‘ticket’ for the Babel Tower

Looking at the color, it wasn’t a ticket transferred from someone else since a ticket turned silver once it had been transferred

“Didn’t you already have a final position as a F-Rank? How did you manage to go there again?”

“Have you never heard of a ‘re-entry’

“Ah”

After completing the tutorial, the awakened would go through a registration process at the center

Baek Do-hyun smiled as he rolled his sleeve down

“Currently, it is in a  momentarily sealed state. You can consider it as a reset. I heard that you had to meet and choose the same person as before to be recognised as an incarnation”

“With the covenant?”

“Yeah. So I have to do everything again. From the beginning”

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ snorts at the funny guy]

‘Why?’

[What confidence did he have to believe that a deity would choose him again, doesn’t you know the whim of the stars]

Zio directly looked at the water

“What do you believe in? The stars are fickle”

“I don’t believe in deities”

Baek Do-hyun quietly answered with clear eyes

“I always believe in myself, who will always follow the same path no matter how difficult and challenging it is. There is no reason to change the beliefs once you came back, the way just because I regressed and broke with my covenant”

…

….huh, what was up with this coolness?

Zio hastily rolled his eyes and quickly changed the subject

She couldn’t fall into the position of a dusty assistant player like this

Hey hey, that’s like an evil protagonist. A surprise attack on an orderly line…!

“Eh, ehm. Hmm. I guess it was a F-rank last time?”

“Yes. It was understandable. Even for me, I think I was pathetic in many waysI always had an immature resentment on why was I the only one who was pathetic like this…

Luckily I managed to get a re-entry ticket, meet with covenants, and meet good colleagues, so I was able to let it slide. Though of course it’s still not enough”

“No You’re an angel…!”

“Huh?”

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ is annoyed telling it’s baby to act in moderation before oppa gets angry]

[What kind of a halo freezes like that,  there is no such a thing so he is trying hard to properly open your eyes]

‘Uh, rude?’

Zio who shouted with her fists clenched opened her eyes

Under the fluorescent light, there was only Do-hyun looking at Zio in surprise. A thousand fluorescent lights were beautiful, but they weren’t a halo

Zio went back to her poker face with confidence

“Anyways, re-entry. All right. Tutorial. Good luck. Then bye”

It was a stuff night greeting that would make even an AI cry

The light Do-hyun cried out from behind telling her to brush her teeth before sleeping, But Zio ignored it and just dug into her blanket

And pulled the blanket to cover her head

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ nicely says that he hopes your body temperature rose because it’s hot inside of the blanket]

[It gently recommends you to go home as soon as the light is out before he shows you how messy a man can be when he is jealous]

‘Shut up, you disposable trash star’

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ asks what kind of a new nickname that is]

‘You laughed at Baek Do-hyun earlier. With what kind of confidence he had for thinking a deity will choose him twice? When I am back it seems you will ask me who I am. That’s okay. I won’t buy it either. It’s off’

Tak

Baek Do-hyun must have turned off the light switch

Zio also lowered the suffocating blanket a little. She turned her head to the side and closed her eyes

***

Gyeon Zio

He enjoyed it the most when she was sulking like this and left the room by herself

A slightly open stigma 

The distant covenant killed its huge presence and whispered to it’s little incarnation

[Regression?]

[I don’t want you to suffer like that in the first place, child