Chapter 179 – Class B Promotion Test (3)

Hunter Autonomous Association’s Class B promotion test.

As a result of spending each day concentrating on actual swordsmanship training every day, the time of the week passed in the blink of an eye.

As it was a test that I had to prepare with care, I immersed myself in training for a week without even accepting promises from other people to meet.

It was heartbreaking that I had to refuse contact from Hye-eun or Cha Yu-ri in the process, but they would probably understand enough if I explained the situation later.

In the first place, neither of them would have thought that I would always have plenty of time.

The reason I didn’t bother to announce in advance that I was going to take the promotion test was because I wanted to surprise everyone as much as I would go up to B-class.

When good news is received in an unexpected situation, the joy is bound to increase.

It’s only been three or four months since he manifested his awakening ability and started acting as a hunter, but this situation is already stepping on the threshold of a B-class hunter.

As the awakening ability manifested much later than others, the hunter life started late, but it was clear that it was a fairly rapid growth when viewed objectively.

Assuming that I started my activities right after graduating from the Hunter Training High School in the first place, at my age, a B-class hunter was the general grade. Cases like Hyeeun and Mina are just special cases.

Maybe everyone will be surprised the moment I tell them. It would have been able to surprise not only Cha Yu-ri and Si-hee, but also Hye-eun and Eun-yeong noona.

It was a small pleasure for me to keep it a secret until the good news was delivered.

Other than that, I was wary of getting caught in denial after getting excited.

Of course, it would have been a disgrace in many ways if I said that I would go up to B-class and then failed to get promoted due to an unavoidable accident.

Excessive expectations tended to come back as a burden, so I didn’t bother to reveal it to other women except Han Min-ah, who decided to write a letter of recommendation.

The process of preparing for the B-class promotion test was mostly dungeon battles using only swordsmanship.

It wouldn’t have been bad to use the points to raise my swordsmanship level myself. In particular, the other day, while relieving Han Min-ah’s estrous period, I accumulated four points in one night.

A total of 955 points have been accumulated through the current hunter libido management system.

The current level of swordsmanship, which is level 6, was raised to a level where there were quite a few spare points left.

For reference, as a result of practicing swordsmanship for a few days and looking at the skills that can be used with a 6th level swordsmanship, I was able to figure out that the level of awakening ability I currently have is between B and A levels.

It’s a story only when it’s limited to one swordsmanship, and if you use other awakening abilities additionally, of course you can express more performance than that.

In particular, magic-type skills and recovery skills would go around on their own and help me with my physical activities, even if I wasn’t aware of it.

The magic that constantly flows through my body helps to amplify its power when I swing my sword or move my feet, and my body, which automatically recovers from exhaustion, leads to an indefatigable mind.

Excluding the flow of the body that I can’t control, I made up my mind to pass with only swordsmanship in this promotion test.

Even that, if possible, with the level 6 swordsmanship he had raised so far.

It was arrogance and greed to wish for the next step in a state where even the power you already possessed could not be utilized properly.

It was the skill I had learned the longest in the first place, so I always had the thought that I had to handle it properly.

Let’s save some more points. There will definitely be something to write about someday.

If you are in a hurry, you can invest in other skills or items other than swordsmanship.

After entering the guild with such thoughts, on the way to the scheduled test site, I ran into a woman with a familiar back in the guild hallway.

Among the mage hunters active around here, there was only one hunter with a navy blue cloak and short red hair.

There was still some time before the start of her exam, so I raised her hand and greeted her.

“Cha Yu-ri!”

Hearing my voice, Cha Yu-ri’s shoulder slowly turned behind her.

“Seongcheol?”

She also tilted her head as if she hadn’t expected to meet me.

“It’s been a while, Cha Yu-ri. How have you been?”

“… It’s a coincidence. Are you going to work now?”

“That’s it. Yuri-san, is today the day you go to work as a union?”

“… I am a little different.”

“Yes?”

“The union said they needed help, so I just came to help for a bit.”

Well, when you become an A-rank hunter, there will be a lot of calls for help with various things.

There were so many hunter guild branches around Gangdong-gu, but in fact, the A-class hunters themselves belonged to a fairly high-class manpower.

It’s probably enough to say that the A-rank or higher hunters active in the Gangdong-gu guild are virtually all of the A-rank or higher hunters in all of Seoul.

Thanks to the well-developed warp gate in Gangdong-gu, it took less than 30 minutes to move within Seoul if you wanted to. Hunters of A rank or higher have their own benefit of discounting the gate fee.

It was a natural phenomenon that the Seoul Hunter Guild branch would gather in Gangdong-gu.

“You are suffering a lot.”

“It’s not really hard… By the way, are you busy these days?”

“Busy is busy. But after today, time will come again.”

“… By any chance, didn’t I bother you last time?”

Suddenly, a question arose in my head at the sight of Cha Yu-ri, who suddenly grabbed the hem of my clothes and asked anxiously.

“Yes? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“If I bother you by contacting you too often, I will apologize…”

“I never thought it was annoying. I don’t even think it seems like we keep in touch that often in the first place.”

No matter how often they contact each other, only Kang Hye-eun or her twin sisters.

Rather, Cha Yu-ri was a person who was less in touch than other people. He really didn’t send me a message except when he made an appointment to meet because he had a lot of sexual desire.

“No way, is it because I said I couldn’t meet you because I was busy?”

“…”

“I really didn’t say that because Mr. Cha Yu-ri was annoying. I have to prepare for the upcoming important exam on my own, but I think I will have to focus on swordsmanship training.”

“… Really?”

“If you don’t believe it, you can ask Hye-eun. For the past week, she hasn’t even met her childhood friends, and has been working hard on swordsmanship training, mostly going back and forth between her house and her guild.”

“… Then, why don’t you throw it away because it’s annoying?”

“… Who the heck is giving up on who? Make some sense.”

She only said that she thought she would never meet her once, but what else would she say about abandoning her?

“I am not that knowledgeable of the subject. Do you think I’m worthy of not throwing away Mr. Cha Yu-ri, who says he likes a guy like me with a mop bag? On the contrary, even if Cha Yu-ri leaves suddenly saying that he is tired of me, I am not qualified to catch him.”

“But Seongcheol is handsome, has a good body, and is loved by everyone besides me… I’m not attractive compared to him, and he doesn’t have anyone who says he’s good except for you…”

… She’s still a self-deprecating girl.

In an attempt to come to her senses, she lightly smacked her forehead with a chestnut.

“… Aww.”

“By the way, Cha Yu-ri is unattractive no matter where you look. Until now, I have never had the same thought about her lack of charm compared to other women.”

“… Lie. There’s no way I never had one.”

“I am not lying. Of course, I’m also a man, so the points of attraction are different depending on the woman. But that’s not to say that Cha Yu-ri isn’t attractive, so please don’t misunderstand her.”

“… Then, what is your attraction to me?”

“First of all, he’s cute, I don’t know what he’s thinking, he’s prone to exhibitionism, his strength is weak, but his ego is strong, so he has a taste for subduing?”

“… Who are you kidding now? And you said it wasn’t exhibitionism.”

It was a sincere and honest compliment in its own way, but Cha Yu-ri, who heard my words, instead made an angry expression.

Come to think of it, the expression ‘cute’ wasn’t a compliment to the women of this world.

Perhaps it hurt her pride.

… Come to think of it, the reason why I had such thoughts was that I rejected her offer to meet with her a while ago.

She thought that it would be better to teach her with her body rather than explaining halfway through words.

“Then, we can confirm today that I am attracted to Cha Yu-ri.”

“… Huh?”

“Is it time today? Let’s go on a date after work, us.”

“… Date?”

“Coming to think of it, whenever we met, we only focused on having sex, and we never went on a proper date. What time does work end today? Do you have plans for the afternoon?”

It was a bit of a sudden date request, but it probably didn’t matter. The promotion test probably won’t last until late in the afternoon.

It was also good to release the sexual desire that had accumulated over the past few days of concentrating on training.

It was her offer, which she probably thought she would not refuse, but what came back from her was her question, not agreement, refusal, or agreement.

“A proper date… ?”

“Me and Cha Yu-ri, we haven’t had a proper date since the first day we met. She met and had sex in the dungeon, came out and had sex in the hotel, and outside of that, we hung out in the room and hung out and broke up after breakfast. Rather than a normal lover… Sounds like a bit of a dry relationship, right?”

Even three times since the first meeting with her.

It’s not that dating where physical relationships like that are mainstream isn’t particularly off-putting, but she just thought it was a bit odd to only have that kind of encounter.

However, Cha Yu-ri, who had been quietly listening to what I was saying, put on a puzzled expression and suddenly started denying her reality.

“Gee, the dates she’s had so far… It’s nothing out of the ordinary… ?”

“… Yes?”

… What the hell did this woman think of dating?