Chapter 263 – Senior at Work Who Hates Me (1)

After the two kisses we shared in the middle of the street, Hyeeun and I awkwardly waved our hands in front of the gates of our respective houses, feeling a bit ashamed of her reason.

“Oh, you did a good job today, Tae Kyung…”

“Huh… See you on the next work day.”

“Yes…”

I naturally felt my cheeks getting hot on both sides, probably because of the aftermath of having brushed off my embarrassing past.

As if the childhood friend on the other side was the same, he was waving his hand at me with a blushing face.

In the end, we said goodbye to each other in a state of embarrassment and quietly returned to our respective homes.

At this rate, I felt like it would be very subtle even if I mixed my body with something.

In addition to that, I also had thoughts of wanting to organize things on my own.

Upon entering the house, I immediately sat down at my desk without taking a shower and reflected on what had happened today.

Serious contemplation on the future of the A-class party called Azure Shield, to be exact.

“Hmm…”

First of all, as soon as I went through the first day of work, a decision came to my mind.

Even if the party called Azure Shield is to become stronger, it is not possible to maintain the current attitude.

Significant power increase equal to the increase of one greatswordsman.

Of course, it would be beneficial to the whole party whether it was a benefit or a loss, but compared to my ability, it was very disappointing to have only this much power increase.

Besides, the role I played in the party called the Azure Shield today was only a supplement to the existing role in the party, and it was a bit subtle to say that it was an increase in power in the true sense.

First of all, I looked back to see if there was anything I could do a little more in today’s battle.

If Hyeeun had been able to borrow an extra shield with her ability, she would have been able to play the role of attracting attention much more easily when dealing with the Yellow Crystal Spider.

I started by wiping out the baby spiders in the amethyst spider nest with area-of-effect magic, and I should have been able to try a similar method with my cold magic. Since it was an enclosed space, flame magic would have been a bit dangerous.

Other than that, it was a long-distance attack that linked spearmanship and cold magic, or a wide-area protection to raise the condition right before battle.

If I had used the abilities I hadn’t used today, it would have definitely led to a much easier battle.

Of course, according to Minah, thanks to my performance today, the collection has increased by more than 30% compared to usual.

Rather, since he had achieved that much with just one great swordsmanship, it was inevitable that he would develop a desire to improve even more.

In addition, Hyeeun, the party leader, would create a strategy of a slightly higher level by seeing the use of her colorful awakening abilities, and then the party’s rank would naturally go up one notch.

In order to do that, there was a wall that had to be overcome unconditionally within the Azure Shield.

The eldest sister of Azure Shield, senior Cheon Ji-hee.

Explaining to her my ability to awaken her was going to be my top priority.

“It won’t be that easy…”

A shallow sigh escaped spontaneously from his mouth at the next task, which seemed to have a long way to go.

Cheon Ji-hee, who had a bad impression of me from the beginning.

I wasn’t just saying that my intuition wasn’t good, I was already convinced that he actually hated me very much.

That would be the case, too, because from the moment I met Cheon Ji-hee for the first time, I read the expected acquisition points that floated next to her face.

“0”

At first, I thought I was reading the unit wrong.

I’ve seen many signs saying that the heart symbol is locked with a padlock and points can’t be obtained, but she was the first person to see a number of 0 appearing even though the padlock was unlocked.

For reference, the record with the lowest number among the people I’ve met so far was Eunbyeol’s 15 points. Even that was up to 120 by the time we had our first sex.

Even Eunbyeol, who was completely indifferent to the existence of me, had an expected acquisition point of 15, but the number of 0 would mean that she was less than indifferent to her liking.

So-called negative sensitivity.

Of course, there was no way to actually check Cheon Ji-hee’s favorability right now.

In order to confirm her affinity, she had to display her information on the Hunter sexual desire management system, but in order to do so, the minimum condition was ‘similar sexual activity’.

Han Min-ah, who was stroked on her back and her ass by me with her naked body, did (although then she was 100% in cat form).

Eunbyeol, who did a cleaning fellatio on my semen-soaked cock, was like that.

However, if you try to do similar sexual acts like this with Cheon Ji-hee in order to find out his crush…

‘Isn’t the cock cut off if I do something wrong?’

「Judging by the attitude Hunter Cheon Ji-hee showed towards her master, there is a good chance.」

‘…’

As she even listened to Essila’s remarks, it naturally ran up her spine that it was not an act worth attempting recklessly.

It would be better to devise the next strategy while confirming that it is a negative impression.

In the first place, confirming a clear number of likeability is not particularly helpful in solving the problem.

There were two main ways she could turn her affinity for me into a positive number.

One is to somehow find out the cause of her negative affinity for me, fix that part, and return it to a normal affinity.

The other is to turn the favorability that has already fallen into a good side by overwriting it with another dramatic event.

Either way wasn’t easy, but in the current situation, these two were the only solutions.

First of all, how to find out the cause of her negative affinity for me and fix that part.

There really wasn’t any part of this that really caught my eye. For me, Cheon Ji-hee’s cold attitude was like a sudden natural disaster.

At first, I thought I was showing that kind of attitude because I was a male hunter and showed an unreliable appearance.

He was just a childhood friend of Hye-eun, a friend of Min-ah, and a relationship he knew with Cha Yu-ri.

A guy like a rattlesnake who sneaks into a class A party and rides the bus after doing behind the scenes like that.

She couldn’t really refute it, even though she was being judged this way by her. She was also right that she got into the azure shield with ease, thanks in part to her cowardice.

That’s why, in her first campaign today, she thought that as long as she showed herself to be active in her own way, she would soon soften senior Cheon Ji-hee’s attitude…

‘Not at all. I also felt that she had become rather chilly.’

I caught a lot of crystal spiders using a great sword, and I shared the roles of Mina and Yuri to reduce the burden, and even though I showed a lot of good looks, Cheon Ji-hee’s expected points did not even budge from 0.

To the point where I naturally thought that maybe the reason she had a dislike for me was somewhere else.

Or maybe it was that the preconceived notions she had initially acquired were hardened and could not be solved with a single party hunt.

If it was the latter, it would naturally resolve itself if I went on campaigns with her a few times and consistently showed a good figure, but if I had a dislike for me from the beginning for other reasons, it would be like shoveling in the frozen ground for no reason.

So, in many ways, the first method was a little troublesome to use right away, and the second method would be a stable attempt to reverse the evaluation.

Showing Cheon Ji-hee her cool side in a dramatic incident and turning her bad interest in me into a favorable impression at once.

After looking around for a while, I came to the conclusion that this was the end.

Something that somehow causes such a dramatic incident that Senior Cheon Ji-hee could change her perception of me.

The question is, what is the event that is so dramatic that she, having feelings for me, changes her perception?

‘I wonder if they’ll be impressed and like it if I show them a splendid fireworks display with flame magic.’

“The only people who can come over in that way are children under the age of nine.”

‘… There’s nothing to say that much.’

The foolish thought that came to mind for a moment at Esilla’s sharp criticism echoed in my head and flew away in an instant to the other side of my memory.

If the method of using fire magic is ambiguous, perhaps cold magic…

‘Frozen with cold magic…’

“I hope the owner doesn’t think of ice crafts or snowflake festivals. Even if it comes to your mind, please do not even think about putting it into action.”

‘…’

… Yes, all the ideas that come out of my pitiful head are there.

More than that, it feels like Esilla’s way of speaking has become a bit sour while I haven’t heard it.

Could it be that she was angry that she hadn’t called because she had nothing to write for a while?

“It’s not like that.”

… Well, if you say it’s not, then it’s probably not.

Well, in the first place, she didn’t fully understand fire magic itself, but the fact that she used high-level magic such as fireworks and ice crafts was absurd. At least it was right to find a solution among the things I could do.

In the first place, it is difficult to say that I fully understood the 3rd circle fire magic right away…

“… Ah.”

As soon as I thought of the word flame magic, the second master’s face naturally came into my mind.

With the special assignment she gave before her breakup.

‘Make a 3rd circle magic by next week. Something that hasn’t been made official yet.’

There were only three days left until the assignment submission date.