S-Class Except Me

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ scolds Haeun for what she did while Jung Sehyun was earning money.] 

What do you mean? I played and ate. Why do you ask me such obvious things?

“Didn’t you go to work?”

“I don’t have any fieldwork this week. I’m allowed to work from home.”

Jung Sehyun smiled and pointed at the laptop. Jung Eunwoo clicked his tongue briefly. 

“You must be really comfortable.” 

“I look busy like this, Hyung. But, are you a little late?” 

“Ask Jung Haeun why she was late. How long have I really been looking for her?” 

Jung Sehyun’s eyes were on Haeun when Jung Eunwoo grumbled and answered. As soon as Haeun entered the house, she opened a bag of snacks and sat on the table chair.

“The guild leader of the Daehan Guild came to see me and threatened me to join the Daehan Guild.”

“Whoa. Guild leader Lee Hyeonok-nim? Did you hurt her pride when you turned down her offer last time? I can’t believe that Lee Hyeonok, who has such a high nose, is pitiful.”

“I don’t know. She must have been waiting because she suddenly appeared and dragged me to the car.” 

Is that all? At first glance, she forced Haeun to sign the contract and even threatened Haeun with her family.

“Then, did you sign a contract with the Daehan Guild?”

“No. Why should I?”

Daehan Guild will be out for life. forever!

“Oppa, how did you know I was there?”

“It’s a hunter-like sense.”

Haeun raised her eyebrows. Jung Eunwoo suddenly put his hand into the snack bag Haeun was holding.

“Ah! Don’t take them all!”

“This is the snack that I bought? Never mind. At first glance, it looks like a suspicious black car, and terrible energy is coming out of it. Wouldn’t it be better to pretend?”

“Why? The guild leader didn’t do anything to Noona, right?”

“She did. She said she’d make me farm tangerines.”

“Why are you farming tangerines all of a sudden?”

“If I don’t join the Daehan Guild, I will be blocked from entering the dungeon and not allowed to buy items. But it’s not just me, but also Sehyun and Oppa.” 

Haeun pointed her finger at Jung Eunwoo and Jung Sehyun.

“And I heard she’s going to stop Mom and Dad too?” 

“Oho.” 

“That senile old woman.” 

Jung Eunwoo snorted as if it was ridiculous. Jung Sehyun smiled bleakly. 

“I see. I must remember this. Guild leader Lee Hyeonok.”

As a result, Lee Hyeonok became a public enemy of the Jung family. 

“But what about Mom and Dad?”

“Mom said she would be late, and Dad had to stay at the workshop all night because he was behind on his work.”

“Then let’s have dinner. How about chicken?”

“Order pizza, too. Hawaiian.”

Jeong Sehyun glanced at Jung Eunwoo with contempt.

“How could you think of putting pineapple on your pizza?”

“It’s starting again. So how do you eat mint chocolate ice cream? It tastes like toothpaste.”

“Hyung, toothpaste tastes like mint.”

“Mint must taste like toothpaste.”

“Argh. Stop it.” 

Remembering the sweet and sour pork incident, Haeun got sick of it and stopped the two of them. 

Still, this time she possessed Solomon and made a wise decision. 

“I’ll order bulgogi, too, Sehyun. Okay?” 

“Order shrimp, too.”

“All right.”

Haeun, who had barely finished ordering, sighed and turned on the TV.

– Korea’s national treasure! Talented from the sky! Everything about Hunter Jung Haeun! Hunter Jung Haeun (EX) Special!

“They’re doing it again….” 

Jung Haeun, who boils and eats beef bone, has a special feature where she has a happy house to which she can no longer return. 

“When is our moving date?”

“Next Thursday.”

The house where Haeun’s family will move was decided to be a hunter-only residential complex located right above the Han River in Seoul.

No law says hunters can’t be interested in Jung Haeun’s family, but ordinary people couldn’t get in because it was in a complex with restrictions on residents.

Ironically, it was also right next to the neighborhood where Haeun’s family lived before.

“Can I get used to the new house? It’s really, really nice here.”

The house she lived in before was good, but it’s better here. The building is new, and the security is great. The modern and clean design stood out, as if Jung Sehyun paid attention to the interior. 

And most of all, this!

“I really want to take this massage chair.”

It is not just an ordinary massage chair. It is a high-end massage chair exclusively for hunters with magic stones inserted and a healing function. There was really nothing missing in Jung Sehyun’s building.

‘How on earth did Sehyun get a house like this?’

Haeun, who was sitting on the massage chair before she knew it, said, stretching her neck.

“Sehyun, can you give me this house?”

“If Noona becomes the guild leader of the Dawn guild, I can give it as a gift.”

“Tsk.” 

However, as if she couldn’t help it, Haeun’s hand stroked the massage chair that was working.

‘How much will it cost to afford a house of this size?’

[The Constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ advises you just to ask the landlord.]

It seemed that if she asked Jung Sehyun, she would get an answer that would only hurt. 

And as long as he’s still trying to make her a guild leader, she’ll only get a scratch if she asks anything.

“What are you looking at?”

Let’s pass Jung Eunwoo, who doesn’t have money.

“What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

At that time, the constellation whispered a person’s name in Haeun’s head.

‘Right! There’s that person!’

Looking for an alternative, Haeun’s eyes twinkled.

* * *

The person the Constellation recommended to Haeun was none other than Seo Dojoon.

Since he is ranked second and even the guild leader of a guild, he will face related problems.

And Constellation’s prediction was correct.

– I think there should be at least 20 billion.

Seo Dojoon, who accepted the sudden phone call without panicking, answered Haeun’s curiosity.

Haeun, who was opening the ice cream wrapper with her cell phone between her head and shoulder, dropped the ice cream. 

Even if it falls on the floor, pick it up within 3 seconds and eat it. Haeun quickly picked up the ice cream and asked again.

“20 billion?”

– Yes. You said that he was using the entire building and the building a system using a magic stone.

“Did my brother make that much money?”

 – That’s my guess. Of course, it can go further.

It was shocking. Her younger brother, now only 20 years old, was the owner of a 20 billion won building. It looked good, but she didn’t expect it to be that good.

‘Whoa… Sehyun is really rich.’

She should do better in the future.

“Then Seo Dojoon-ssi too… Ah. Can’t I ask you about this?”

– It’s okay. Please speak.

“Does Seo Dojoon-ssi also own a building like my younger brother?”

– Just a little on the outskirts…

Seeing that he says a little, it seems like there are more than one or two houses. She didn’t know, but everyone except Haeun was rich. Seo Dojoon added as if he was making an excuse to Haeun, who was at a loss for words.

– It’s nothing. Everyone will earn that much if they spend a few years as a hunter. Of course, the reward will be different depending on the level of the dungeon you attack.

“But my older brother didn’t seem to have any buildings.”

– The state job is an exception.

Poor Jung Eunwoo. He was indeed a faithful dog of the Republic of Korea.

Suddenly, everyone said they had one or two buildings, so Haeun also wanted to join the procession of building owners.

However, no matter how well Haeun was born, she didn’t have 20 billion. She could ask her parents to buy it for her, but she doesn’t think that would mean much—. 

‘Should I have accepted the American Hunter Association offer?’

Then she regrets rejecting the offer again. America was the best in many ways!

Besides, Haeun had other reasons to earn money besides her desire to be a building owner.

Currently, Haeun’s synchronization window is stopped. However, it wasn’t entirely reassuring that it was only quiet for a few weeks because it was a system that had bothered her since she awakened.

‘I want to study more about the system.’

She was determined to find out what the hell she was synchronizing with.

She also wanted to know if the feeling she had every time the number went up, which was that the world was falling apart, was real. 

She also learned the secret about the constellation, which she and Soyeon were the only ones who were allowed to see. 

But Haeun couldn’t do all that herself, so she had to entrust her request to someone else. And she needed money.

‘I heard you can make a lot of money if you go around the dungeon once.’

This was the beginning of a very dangerous idea that would push Haeun into the pit of endless dungeon raids, but Haeun didn’t know it.

“How much do you earn by clearing a dungeon once?”

– First of all, it depends on the level of the dungeon, but in the case of an A-Class dungeon, at least a few thousand drops per person based on a 5-person team. Excluding the fee, all the by-products obtained from the dungeon fall into the hands of the hunters.

“Aha.” 

– The core of the monster I gave you before, remember?

She remembers it. Suddenly, the constellation said that the core would hatch, and she was so surprised that she even wanted to destroy it quickly. 

– Since it was the core of a D-Class dungeon boss monster, it would have cost around 5 million won… But, Haeun-nim. Wasn’t Haeun-nim’s act the reason why the core was broken at that time?

“Of course not!”

Haeun awakened in the American dungeon. That was the official history of Haeun and her family.

– All right. Anyway, I can guide you if you are interested in dungeon raiding.

“Seo Dojoon-ssi?” 

– Yes. There are several dungeons reserved by the Ahyeon Guild. Also, there are teams that are organized according to the strategy, so Haeun-nim will not have to worry about anything else.

In other words, he said to come and complete it easily. 

When Seo Dojoon, the second-ranked guild leader of the Ahyeon Guild, openly offered to give her a ride, Haeun’s heart was shaken.

To keep her promise to Jung Eunwoo, she had to get serious about dungeon raiding now. 

“Then…” 

That day, the phone call between Haeun and Seo Dojoon continued for a long time.

* * *

Peaceful Monday morning. A knock sounded in the guild manager’s room at Ahyeon Guild.

“Come on in.”

“Hello, guild leader.”

“Is it about the approval?”  

“Yes, it is.”

Ahyeon Guild’s Marketing Team Manager presented a decision to Seo Dojoon—report from Monday morning. Unlike the nervous manager, Seo Dojoon looked over the documents relaxedly.

“Hmm….”

The manager anxiously waited for Seo Dojoon’s evaluation. He gave up his weekend and went to work for the company to write that report.  If he doesn’t get approval again this time, you have to start from the beginning again.

Seo Dojoon tucked away and covered the papers. The manager suddenly shouted at the sound that seemed somehow dissatisfied.

“I will do it again!”

“It’s fine.”

“Yes? Ah, yes?”

The manager asked in bewilderment at the unexpected reaction. Seo Dojoon smiled kindly, signed his autograph, and returned it. 

“Proceed as it is.”

“Ah, yes…! I understand!” 

The manager’s face was full of bewilderment after bowing and leaving the guild leader’s office.

Usually, guild leader Seo Dojoon would have told him to rewrite it and pointed out mistakes or problems he hadn’t understood yet.

He went in expecting it to be heavily smashed a lot today—.

Surprisingly, Seo Dojoon passed by smoothly, even praising Manager Kim’s idea.

The manager, who couldn’t adapt to Seo Dojoon’s change in attitude, eventually asked the secretary insinuatingly.

“Did something good happen to the guild leader today?”

“Oh, well. He has an important visitor coming today.” 

“An important guest?”

“Yes. So, he skipped all of his external schedules for today.”

The important guest to visit today, the secretary said, was none other than Jung Haeun. Haeun herself said that she would come to meet Seo Dojoon in the Ahyeon Guild!

Thanks to this, a smile never left Seo Dojoon’s face.