Episode 8
[ Hello, viewers! ]
[This is MC Mona from Good Morning Babel, always the fastest to deliver the latest news from the Hunter world!]
[ This is MC Liza . ]
[ You all heard that beautiful sound last night, right? Yes! The Dawn Guild led by 6th ranker Twilight gave the Korean Babel Server the bell of victory after a long time! ]
[ Everyone is very excited as it’s the 39th floor that was unlocked after a long 5 months! And it’s right before the 40th ‘Tutorial Week’ starts, right, Lizarija? The timing is just perfect! ]
[ Yes. Since the final gate on the 30th floor is expected to be quite difficult, there is a high probability that each guild will send out their elite members and attack it as an alliance. ]
[Accordingly, each guild will need to strengthen its power, that is, recruit people.]
[ As the ‘Tutorial’ progresses, the upper floors of the tower will also be temporarily closed, so naturally all eyes will be focused on the tutorial. ]
[ Especially! The 19th floor, the 29th floor, and now the 39th floor! There is even a superstition that the riders who are chosen by the stars during the period when the ‘9th section of the devil’ opens! ]
[ This is not something that should be dismissed as mere superstition. ]
[Kyunjirok, currently ranked 5th in the country, and Twilight, ranked 6th, were also the most notable rookies when the 29th floor opened. Both of them succeeded in being selected as ‘Cheonmun’ and were rated as S-class.]
[ Hey, so can we expect the birth of a new S-class? ]
[ I will have no comment. ]
[ I told you that you always avoid it well! ]
[ Who will be the supernova that will appear this time! Maybe it’s you who is watching this broadcast! It could be you! Huh? Babel didn’t give you a ‘ticket’? ]
[ Oh! It’s still too early to be disappointed! There are still 27 hours left until the opening of the ‘Tutorial Walk’. See the clock in the upper right corner? Don’t forget, Beveltop has also given out tickets 10 seconds before the opening! ]
[ I will talk about this in more detail in the in-depth analysis corner after watching the advertisements briefly! ]
[Before that, I also watched 〈1 Minute of Topic〉, Mona Mona.]
[ Oh my! That’s right! ]
[Today’s 〈1 Minute of Topic〉 is a hot tip video sent by ‘If you’re Korean, please do it’! Ah! Those who are quick will have already heard about it, the hero of Seolleung Station!]
[ It was slightly covered up by His Majesty’s erasure after a long time, but the appearance of a divinity is always welcome! Shall we watch it together? ]
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“I think I’ll be away from home for a while.”
“Yeah. Go and come back.”
“It seems like it will take a while.”
“how much?”
“A week… or so?”
slap.
Geo’s head turned so sharply that it almost made a loud noise. His expression looked like the sky was falling down.
Go to bed late and wake up late.
No one will say anything if you don’t study, you can use your phone and play games freely, eat whatever you want, and lie down whenever you want.
These days, I wonder if there has ever been such a comfortable day in my life.
I could trust my life to this man (the butler). I was so anxious that I even had that thought.
A week?
Geo glared at him with a rising sense of betrayal.
“Then what about food for me?”
“You should serve it yourself.”
Baek Do-hyeon said as he tidied up the empty table one by one.
“Then what about ice cream for me?”
“Please cut down on the ice cream this time. You are eating too much.”
Baek Do-hyun coolly pointed out the dessert, Hagenx’s Salted Caramel flavor.
“Then I’ll do the laundry and cleaning!”
Geo got angry and stamped his feet.
Baek Do-hyun’s extra-large champion hoodie fluttered with every movement.
Baek Do-hyun finally felt the limits of his patience at that shameless, unanswerable behavior.
He put the comforter that Geo had spilled juice on into the washing machine, pressed the load button, and turned around.
He took out Geo’s laundry, shook it out, and hung it out to dry, making a face.
“If you don’t eat while lying down, you won’t get dirty! I’ll do the laundry anyway when I get back! Fix your habit of eating while lying down! If you do that, you’ll get reflux esophagitis!”
[Your Covenant, ‘The Reader of Fate’ asks what you are doing now.]
“What are you talking about now? Are you saying that if I get esophagitis, you won’t pay my hospital bills and just throw me away?”
[The Holy One, ‘The one who reads fortunes is calling out.’]
“It’s not that I won’t give it to you! Do you know how scary reflux esophagitis is? Your esophagus is so small, it must hurt a lot! Don’t you even think about the butler’s heart that would be torn apart by that?”
“I don’t know! I hate you!”
“What did you just say! Just because you said it so cutely, does that mean you never said those horrible things? You’re gaslighting me! Sit down!”
[The Covenanter casts his fishing rod into the river.]
[He lies down, putting on sunglasses and telling me to tell him when he’s done.]
“No! You old fart! You can’t even make soybean paste stew!”
“……”
“……”
The suffocating silence that falls when someone makes a terrible verbal mistake.
Geo hesitated and looked around.
Baek Do-hyun lowered his eyes with a face that was clearly hurt.
Geo tried to turn his head away and pretend like nothing happened.
“……Uh, huh.”
“……You said it was delicious.”
“……”
“It was Baek Jong-won’s recipe…”
I even added Korean beef brisket to the all-purpose soybean paste.
But did it have to be clams after all? I couldn’t help it since Gyeonjio sang a song about how he hates clams.
Baek Do-hyeon’s complexion darkened.
It was a face that struck a blow to Geo’s conscience, even breaking through the wall of his ‘iron-faced’ trait that had been active ever since he entered this house.
“……Huh, hmm.”
“……”
“Now that I think about it, it was a little sweet, but I guess it was okay.”
“Oh, was it a little sweet?”
“huh.”
“I think he really likes sugar. I hesitated until the very end whether to add it or not, so I guess that was the reason.”
“Just do better next time.”
“Yes. I will reflect and work harder.”
[Trait, ‘Iron Face’ evolves one level!]
[Second job condition completed – ‘Professional Scammer (Normal)’. Would you like to change jobs?]
Kyeonji had a knack for reading the status screen only when he felt like it. He chewed lightly and picked up the ice cream spoon again.
The atmosphere quickly became warm.
“Why are you taking a week off? You said you quit your job and occasionally do part-time jobs like getting on and off the train.”
“Because of this.”
Baek Do-hyun rolled up his left arm and showed it.
Hoo, Geo’s mouth is round.
A familiar golden emblem.
Below that, a stopwatch with the time ticking down in real time.
This is the ‘ticket’ to the Tower of Babel.
Judging from the color, it wasn’t a ticket that was transferred from someone else. Transferred tickets turn silver.
“Wasn’t it already classified as a Class A, no, Class F? How can I go there again?”
“Have you never heard of ‘re-entry’?”
“ah.”
Awakened individuals who have completed the tutorial will go through a registration process at the center.
Once the meter determines your grade, you are officially registered as an Awakened person on the server.
Since the base of the grading scale is the ‘Stone of Babel’, there can be no error in its judgment and it is almost impossible to overturn it.
but.
As you know, there are people in the Hunter world called ‘Star Positions’ who completely ignore such rules.
Even if you are not chosen in ‘Astronomy’ once, if you meet the constellation later, you can still update your already judged rank.
After all, saints are beings who eliminate human limitations.
And the fastest way to that kind of renewal is ‘re-entering the tutorial.’
Even if you climb the tower and search the dungeon, you can still meet the Holy Wisdom.
Because it’s a completely different probability from the tutorial where all the stars pay attention at once.
“But re-entry is something that only people without any special skills can do. I think you have a strong will.”
Geo spoke calmly, recalling Baek Do-hyeon’s past information.
The purpose of ‘re-entry’ is to discover pearls buried in the dirt that were overlooked.
Therefore, only those who do not have a covenant are given a second chance at Babel.
Baek Do-hyun rolled down his sleeves and laughed.
“It’s currently sealed. You can think of it as a reset. I heard that you have to meet again like last time and be chosen in the same way to be recognized as an incarnation.”
“And the covenant?”
“Yes. So we have to start over again. From the beginning.”
[The Holy One, the ‘Fate Reader’, laughs, saying that he is looking at a funny guy.]
‘why?’
[He asks with what confidence he believes that the Holy Spirit will choose him again, and asks if he does not know the fickleness of the stars.]
So Geo also went to see the water himself.
“What do you believe in? The stars are fickle.”
“I don’t believe in the Holy Spirit.”
Baek Do-hyeon answered calmly with clear eyes.
“I believe that I will always walk the same path, no matter how difficult and hard it may be. Even if I regress and break up with the Holy Spirit, there is no reason for me to change my beliefs.”
……
……What is this coolness?
Geo hurriedly rolled his eyes. He had to change the subject quickly.
I couldn’t just fall back into the position of a helper like this.
I, I, that evil protagonist. How dare he surprise me with a punch from the Order Line…!
“Eh, eh. Ahem. I guess it was F-class last time too?”
“Yes. That makes sense. Even in my opinion, I was pathetic in many ways at that time. I had childish resentments like, “Why am I the only one who is so petty?”
Luckily, I got a re-entry ticket, met the Covenant, and met some good colleagues, so I’m in a pretty good place. Of course, I still have a lot to learn.”
“No, this is an angel……!”
“yes?”
[Your Covenant, ‘Reader of Destiny’ is getting annoyed and telling us to get our baby to behave before my brother gets really angry.]
[He scolds her harshly, saying that the halo is some kind of freezing halo and that there is no such thing, telling her to open her eyes properly.]
‘Oh, it’s not there?’
Geo, who had been shouting with his fists clenched, opened his eyes slightly.
Under the fluorescent lights, only Dohyun was surprised and looked at Geo. Although she had the beauty of a thousand fluorescent lights, it wasn’t a halo.
Geo relaxed and straightened his poker face.
“Anyway, re-entry. Got it. Tutorial. Thanks for the effort. That’s all for now.”
It was a tough night’s greeting that made AI cry.
Although Bitdohyun shouted at Geo to brush his teeth and grow up, Geo just chewed and burrowed into the blanket.
I covered myself up to the top of my head.
[When your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’, speaks nicely, he twitches and says that it’s because the blanket is hot and your body temperature is rising.]
[Before I show you how messy a man can get when he’s blinded by jealousy, I gently advise you to go home as soon as it’s light.]
‘Shut up, disposable shit star.’
[The saint, ‘the reader of destiny’ asks what kind of novel nickname this is.]
‘You laughed at Baek Do-hyun earlier. What gives you the confidence to believe that Seongwi will choose you? You were as if you were going to ask who I am if I were to return. That’s okay. I won’t buy it either. Get out.’
widely.
The lights go out as Baek Do-hyun flips the switch.
Geo also lowered the suffocating blanket a little. He rolled over onto his side and closed his eyes.
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Hold on.
I find it most enjoyable when you’re upset like this but still leave room for improvement.
A slightly open stigmata.
The distant constellation whispered to its tiny incarnation, its gigantic presence dead.
【Regression.】
【I wouldn’t put you through such a pitiful ordeal, in the first place.】
A guide to proper living for rankers.
