Episode 13.
A gigantic explosion that turns the world upside down.
The thick dust fog was blurring Chaerin’s vision.
After a while, a large crater came into view through the dusty haze.
Around the pit were engraved thick, spiderweb-like cracks.
It looked as if a meteor had struck.
But of course, nothing like a meteor struck.
A black troll stuck in the center of the pit.
No, is that really a black troll?
Chaerin suddenly wondered if destroying the heart had any meaning.
The black troll’s strategy was to destroy the heart and then strike the head.
The principle of suppressing regenerative power by preventing blood supply to the entire body.
However, this boss species, the black troll, had two hearts and was able to regenerate again.
Anyway, the basic strategy of the black troll was to destroy the heart.
However, you can hunt black trolls even without following the strategy.
Overwhelming power that surpasses regenerative power.
If you press down with that force, there is no need to destroy the heart first.
And the black troll you see now.
The black troll stuck in the floor was literally smashed to pieces.
It was torn… more like it was smashed.
It would be more accurate to express it that way.
But is this possible?
Chaerin was skeptical, but what she saw before her eyes was a clear reality.
So, the man who created all this.
A man sprawled next to the torn corpse of a troll.
“The name….”
I tried to recall my memories, but nothing came to mind.
It wasn’t long before Chaerin realized that she hadn’t asked for his name.
Chaerin calmly checked the man’s face.
Just like the name, it is a face I don’t remember.
In short, it means that he is not a very famous hunter.
But the scenery you see now.
What power was it that tore apart the black troll?
It was a strange power that could not be explained.
The power of the black troll, which was like an ogre, was not something that even an S-class hunter could easily handle.
But the man before my eyes who had fallen was fighting a black troll.
He was able to defeat the black troll and even crush it with his strength.
A terrible power that even overwhelmed Chaerin for a moment.
However, was it a power that could not be used carelessly?
The condition of the fallen man was truly miserable.
A broken rib was sticking out through his side.
Blood was gushing out from the inside, gurgling to the beat of the heart, with the internal organs clearly exposed.
All the swollen muscles were torn and ruptured.
The two eyes that were rolled back seemed to have no consciousness.
“You fought even in this situation…?”
Honestly, I was surprised.
Chaerin’s condition wasn’t that good either, but it wasn’t as bad as this man’s.
Above all, even though he had every right to run away, the man did not run away.
“……”
There were many things I wanted to ask this man.
First of all, I wanted to know the name.
And if we leave it like this, we will never know the answer to that question.
Chaerin lifted up an unknown man.
* * *
Flash!
My closed eyes opened, and an unfamiliar ceiling came into view.
The question, “What is it?” remains for a moment.
As if memories were being injected, past events came flooding back like a panorama.
Merger with Han Chae-rin.
Encounter with the black troll, the boss species.
도망친 강도철 개새끼.
Siwoo ran towards the black troll like a madman in order to save Han Chae-rin.
“Alive… yes?”
And the living Siwoo.
Siwoo was able to summarize the process up to this point in an instant.
At first I thought he was dead, but that couldn’t be true.
If that were the case, I wouldn’t have even thought, “Are you dead?”
Siwoo gathered his thoughts and slowly got up.
“Ahh…!”
I threw myself back onto the bed as the pain surged through me for a moment.
It was only after my body was hit that I realized that Siwoo was lying on the bed.
Siwoo slowly got up as if to soothe the pain.
It wasn’t easy, but I was able to sit up, even if it was a bit awkward.
And the surroundings I looked around.
“hotel?”
My first impression was like this.
That too, at least a 5-star hotel.
With a well-maintained interior.
It has an old-fashioned atmosphere.
The money was spread out in clumps.
It seemed like they would ask for at least several million won per night.
That’s why I had to run away immediately.
Are you crazy enough to pay millions of won for one night’s sleep?
But the patient gown that Siwoo is wearing.
I could tell that this was a special room in the hospital from the patient gown with the words “SH Hospital” written on it.
Of course, this also meant that I had to run away immediately.
“Are you feeling well?”
I had to put that thought aside when I suddenly heard a clear voice.
I turned my head and looked, and there was another bed there.
And a woman lying on that bed.
“……Han Chae-rin?”
Han Chae-rin was lying down?
I thought I was seeing things wrong, but I wasn’t.
In the first place, is it even possible to say that you are seeing that face wrong?
Han Chae-rin closed the book she was reading with a slam.
“Why are you here?”
“As you can see.”
Siwoo’s gaze swept over Han Chae-rin.
Pretty face and graceful body.
But what caught Siwoo’s attention was the patient’s gown.
Han Chae-rin was wearing the same patient gown as Si-woo.
To be exact, she was wearing a pink hospital gown, not the blue one Si-woo was wearing.
“Are you saying that you are receiving treatment?”
“yes.”
Han Chae-rin nodded slightly.
It looked like he had been injured in the battle with the black troll.
Actually, in my last memory, Han Chae-rin didn’t seem to be in a very good condition.
Especially since he was caught and squeezed by a black troll, his condition couldn’t have been good.
So it was natural that he was receiving treatment.
“But why are you here?”
But why are you lying here?
Of course, the hospital room where Siwoo was was very spacious.
Is this a special room or a double room?
Even though Siwoo and Han Chae-rin were hospitalized at the same time, there was no shortage of space.
Isn’t the problem gender-specific?
Siwoo is a man. Han Chae-rin is a woman.
Naturally, hospital wards are separated by gender.
There are separate wards for women and men.
Men and women could not be hospitalized together like this.
“I asked the hospital director separately.”
Can I ask you something separately?
Who is that? The hospital director?
“ah.”
Siwoo was able to quickly understand what Han Chae-rin was saying.
This is SH Hospital.
SH Hospital is a hospital operated by SH Group.
Han Chae-rin is the granddaughter of SH Group.
What more explanation is needed here?
There are laws and rules in society, but Han Chae-rin was a member of the owner’s family who reigned above those rules and laws.
No, yeah.
Well, let’s leave that aside.
“Why?”
But why is that so?
Even if you can, there’s no reason to do so, right?
“Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
Then wouldn’t it be uncomfortable for you?
Siwoo swallowed the words that were rising to his throat.
What man wouldn’t like being with a pretty girl, but there is a limit to that.
Anyone would feel uncomfortable in such an unexpected situation.
“That’s not true.”
Siwoo swallowed his feelings and shook his head subtly.
But is it because of Han Chae-rin’s unique sixth sense?
“I guess you are uncomfortable.”
One thing he was incredibly quick at was his observations.
Well, there was no particular reason to deny it, so Siwoo didn’t say anything else.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable. I just wanted to talk to you as soon as you woke up.”
“Are you talking to me?”
“yes.”
Seeing Han Chae-rin nodding slightly, Si-woo still had a feeling something was up.
I guess it’s possible that you want to have a conversation.
Is there any reason to do it as soon as you wake up?
As if she knew what Si-woo was thinking, Han Chae-rin opened her mouth again.
“I have some complicated circumstances.”
“okay.”
Siwoo nodded roughly.
I don’t know what the circumstances were, but I wasn’t particularly curious.
It just makes my head more complicated.
“So what do you want to tell me?”
“First of all… what is your name?”
“This is Maeng Si-woo.”
Maeng Si-woo… .
Han Chae-rin chewed on Si-woo’s name once more as if trying not to forget it.
Siwoo tilted his head at Han Chae-rin’s appearance.
Didn’t you already know that?
Even if that’s true, I didn’t ask when I was clearing the dungeon.
You must have known my personal information when you admitted me to this hospital room?
“I wanted to hear it myself.”
Then Han Chae-rin answered.
It was as if he had seen through Siwoo’s thoughts.
It seemed like he had inferred Siwoo’s thoughts just by looking at his expression.
They say that sixth sense is an S-class personality.
I felt like they weren’t calling him a fraudulent individual for nothing.
“You must be a bit out of it since you just woke up, so I’ll get straight to the point. I’d like to make a suggestion to you, Siwoo.”
“If you have any suggestions…?”
Siwoo tilted his head.
Han Chae-rin slowly opened her mouth.
“Would you like to be my teammate?”
* * *
After leaving the hospital room, Chae-rin went straight to the discharge procedures.
It was just a discharge procedure in name only, it was nothing more than saying, ‘I’m leaving.’
Of course, it wasn’t something I could do when I wasn’t feeling well.
However, the reason Chae-rin went through the discharge process was because her body had fully recovered.
That was also a situation that had been recovered long ago.
The only reason I stayed in the hospital room was to talk to Siwoo.
It was a hassle, but there was nothing I could do.
If it had gotten into Grandpa’s ears, it could have caused a lot of trouble.
And now that I’ve finished talking with Siwoo.
“miss.”
A man followed behind Chaerin.
Chae-rin’s dedicated secretary, Kim Min-jae.
Chaerin stopped walking for a moment and said.
“What happened?”
“This time… I couldn’t help it.”
Minjae sighed softly and shook his head.
At Minjae’s answer, Chaerin bit her lower lip.
“I apologize, the chairman personally called the hospital director to hear the progress.”
“no.”
Chaerin shook her head subtly.
This incident left Chaerin seriously injured and almost dying.
No matter how much you silence the hospital director, there are limits.
“The chairman is very worried.”
“I will go and tell you myself.”
After saying that, Chaerin started walking again.
Minjae followed behind Chaerin and spoke quietly.
“Are you really going to continue this kind of monster raiding?”
Then, Chaerin’s steps suddenly stopped.
Minjae also stopped walking and opened his mouth again.
“As the chairman said, this is meaningless to you, young lady. There is no need to know how to conquer lower-grade monsters. That would be a waste of time….”
“Personality is just personality. The power it exerts depends on how you refine it.”
That wasn’t a wrong statement.
There were some who became top hunters through painstaking efforts even though their character level was low.
For that reason, Chaerin was starting from the bottom.
Should we say that it is often called laying the foundation?
I was learning by breaking and bumping into things on my own starting from lower level dungeons.
Naturally, Han Tae-san, Chae-rin’s grandfather and the chairman of SH Group, opposed it.
There were several reasons, but there were two main ones.
I don’t want Chaerin to get hurt.
And because Chaerin had to grow into an S-class hunter as soon as possible.
SH Group’s expectations for Chaerin were enormous.
But Chaerin did not give in.
Despite Han Tae-san’s opposition, he proceeded with the work secretly on his own.
The aftermath was naturally the job of Chae-rin’s secretary, Kim Min-jae.
“At least bring the bodyguards with you. This time we were in real trouble.”
“I don’t want to be just a flower that grows beautifully in a greenhouse. This is all an experience for growth.”
Sigh, who will break that stubbornness?
That’s something that even Han Tae-san, the chairman of SH Group, couldn’t do.
Minjae sighed and shook his head.
Still, whatever.
It wasn’t that Chaerin was walking down the wrong path.
Chaerin knew the expectations SH Group had for her.
He also knew the natural talents he had been given.
At the same time, he felt a sense of social responsibility that came with that talent.
There was none of the arrogance that is often displayed by children of wealthy families.
It’s commonly called noblesse oblige.
Far from being arrogant, Chaerin knew how to humble herself.
I have been doing a lot of things for people, knowingly or unknowingly.
Master Aurelian also acknowledged that kind of Chaerin.
This time, I heard that people sacrificed themselves to buy time to escape.
Originally, it should have been the other way around.
If this continues, I’m afraid something big will happen one day.
I’m really worried beyond words… .
“More than that. It’s what Mr. Maeng Si-woo said.”
At that moment, Chaerin’s question was heard.
Minjae shook off his thoughts and immediately opened his mouth.
“I looked into it separately, but it doesn’t seem to be much different from what you know.”
In response to Minjae’s answer, Chaerin looked back at the information about Siwoo.
Age 23. Gender Male.
My sister has hemophilia.
and.
“Awakened individual without personality. Is that possible?”
“They say it is the only case in the world. They say it is a rare case that is recorded exclusively in case reports.”
Chaerin nodded slightly.
Anyway, what they mean is one thing.
“I haven’t been hiding my strength all this time. Does that mean I can accept it that way?”
“The possibility is considered very low.”
Minjae nodded.
That would be the case because Siwoo’s identity was so clear.
Also, Siwoo’s environment was very poor.
And Si-woo’s younger sister who suffers from hemophilia.
If you had the strength to fight the black troll, there would be no reason to suffer in poverty.
That’s why Minjae was suspicious of the other side.
“Are you really saying that he fought the black troll?”
I wonder if Chaerin was mistaken.
Maybe it wasn’t luck.
“If only my eyes weren’t weird.”
But I guess Chaerin is so confident.
Above all, was it luck that I faced the black troll, an A+ rank boss?
There is no such luck in this world.
So Chaerin was showing great interest in a man named Siwoo.
Minjae, who has been with Chae-rin since childhood.
That’s why I could say it with certainty.
There was no man that Chaerin was this interested in.
There have been countless men who have harassed Chae-rin over the years.
Starting from the second generation of a conglomerate family to numerous celebrities, etc.
Even now, the number is impossible to calculate.
But there was no man that Chaerin was actually interested in.
Of course, Chae-rin’s interest in Si-woo was not as a man and a woman.
But has Chaerin ever been this interested in someone?
What on earth did you see in this guy named Siwoo?
Minjae was curious, but he didn’t dig too deeply.
Whether you have doubts or not.
Whether you question it or not.
That’s not Minjae’s area of concern.
As a result, Chae-rin chose Si-woo, and now he has become Chae-rin’s teammate.
“I will prepare without a hitch.”
Minjae simply followed Chaerin’s choice.
But why is that?
“No, there is no need for that.”
Chaerin gave a meaningful answer.
Something I wanted to do for a moment.
“I got dumped by Siwoo.”
“……?”
It took Minjae some time to understand what those words meant.
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