Chapter 693 – Maybe, First Date (3)

The reward obtained from defeating the Three-Headed Basilisk, approximately 47 billion won.

Of course, Hye-eun’s share was also included in the subjugation compensation.

As she asked her to invest in my future plans, of course she had no choice but to tell Hye-eun the story about my business, just like she did with Min-ah.

Hye-eun’s expression turned a little more serious when she heard about my Chuncheon City guild plan.

“… In that way, I plan to create a large-scale guild that is as large as a company or union, based in Chuncheon City.”

“Hmm… Large guild…”

Unlike Min-ah, who nodded her head moderately because she didn’t know any details about establishing a guild, Hye-eun seemed to be thinking about it quite seriously.

Perhaps it’s because she knows the gravity of her title as leader due to her experience leading an A-class party for several years.

It didn’t feel that bad. In any case, Hye-eun was in the position of an investor when she asked to borrow her share of the capital, and the story I just told her was not much different from her business briefing.

“Are you sure you don’t like it?”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it or anything like that, but…”

“Huh?”

“Just. “I think Taekyung might be pushing himself too hard sometimes.”

“Are you saying you’re overdoing it?”

“…”

As soon as I asked what I meant when I said I was overdoing things, Hye-eun looked at me with a slightly cautious expression.

Then she immediately made eye contact with me and seemed to be talking seriously.

“I think Taekyung might feel a little strange that I’m saying this. “Taekyung has already made a mistake with his words to you once before.”

“It’s okay, just tell me.”

“… “Tae-kyung, I feel like you’re a little too obsessed with the idea of ​​a world where hunters don’t die these days.”

“… Obsessed? “In my dreams?”

“Yes, I know that’s your dream Taekyung. That’s why I didn’t say it until now. But, to be honest, I still don’t know if Taekyung’s dream is realistic or not.”

I could fully understand why these words came out of Hye-eun’s mouth.

Because she had not yet figured out the function of my ‘calling’ ability.

It was truly a function that was only revealed to Eunbyeol in case of an emergency, so of course it is impossible to judge that this ability would be considered in running a hunter guild.

First of all, I continued to explain a little more to Hye-eun to let her know that I also have my own method.

“It still seems like a dream. But I don’t think there is any possibility of making it realistic.”

“Of course, what I think is unrealistic is just my personal opinion, and if Tae-kyung is you, you might have something else, Tae-kyung, in your own way. And no matter how reckless or somewhat immoral it may seem, I will follow your opinion until the end, Taekyung…”

“…”

“Still, isn’t it okay to run slowly while catching your breath for a bit, Taekyung?”

After listening to Hye-eun’s words, I also began to seriously worry about her advice.

I run slowly while catching my breath. To be honest, I might never have thought about it.

I guess there was so much I accomplished in the past year that I didn’t even realize it.

Last summer, I awakened as a hunter, started working as a hunter under the pseudonym Kim Seong-cheol in the union, met several women, and raised my hunter level.

The achievements I have made over the past year have been so numerous that they can almost be considered firsts, beyond the ordinary or extraordinary, so perhaps I was mistaken in thinking that my goal was just around the corner.

My goal of creating ‘a world where hunters do not die from monsters’ was not a dream with a specific time limit.

A dream so far into the future that I would be satisfied if only I could see with my own eyes the possibility of creating such a future even before I die, no, even if I die.

Moreover, apart from not forgetting the dream I had had since I was young, it was also an undeniable fact that something more precious than that dream had emerged.

In fact, a part of my mind may have been ignoring it without even knowing it.

Assuming that I use ‘forced call’ according to my plan to create a system that safely returns hunters belonging to my guild.

Even after creating a guild in that way, will I be able to continue to convey the same love to everyone as I do now?

Aside from the absolute lack of time to make love and spend time together, I may have been ignoring the possibility that my feelings would not be fully conveyed to them, as I was obsessed with my dreams without even realizing it.

Among the women I’ve hugged so far, the only ones I hugged even though I didn’t particularly feel love were Cheon Ji-hee and Do Ye-hee.

In the case of Cheon Ji-hee, it was her decision to hug her because she thought it would help Hye-eun, and in the case of Do Ye-hee, he raped her in order to punish her for harassing Si-hee. .

Somehow things worked out, and now both of them have a certain level of interest in me, and I have tried to change my feelings about them in the best possible way.

It was difficult to judge whether such miraculous events would continue in the future.

Moreover, even though the goal was to save lives, using my abilities to have ‘sexual contact’ with a woman I did not know well was against my beliefs.

It wasn’t simply a matter of erasing the opponent’s memories in Bell’s Dungeon.

It felt like the moment I did something like that even once, all the words of love I had whispered to other women would become lies.

Of course, I did not explain to Hye-eun my plan for a ‘survival guild using awakening abilities,’ so I guess all she said was that she was worried about the progress toward my dream of creating a ‘large guild.’

There was a possibility that my dream would not come true even if I created a guild, or that I would be dissatisfied with it and see the possibility that I would end up doing more and more work.

Hye-eun, who was observing my expression when she saw my slightly more serious expression, cautiously asked again.

“If it’s difficult to give up on creating a guild… “How about starting little by little with a small guild at first?”

“… “Little by little?”

“There is no particular need to expand the size of the three major guilds like a company or foundation. Like a small guild in a local area, there is also a way for only a few people to work in Taekyung’s guild. “If it were a guild that only protected a small group of people, I think I could trust and agree with it.”

“… “It’s a small guild.”

“You don’t have to protect everyone, Taekyung. And also, Taekyung, the lives you have already saved are countless.”

“… “There are already so many?”

“When Mr. Yuri’s awakening ability weakened and he lost his will to live, when my mother tried to organize her life due to depression after retirement, and even when the three-headed basilisk that appeared in the abandoned village was defeated and everyone in it became dangerous, “Taekyung, you were able to save everyone because you worked hard.”

“Okay. “When I thought about it, it was like that.”

“I’m not going to tell you to give up on your dream, Taekyung. If you were Taekyung, that would be a dream you could achieve someday. But I think it’s important to know how to move forward one step at a time while keeping that dream in your heart and protecting more important things.”

… How to move forward while keeping your dreams in your heart and protecting the more important things.

Yes, if you think about it, there was no need to give up both.

A dream is a dream because it can remain in the heart forever, and a belief is a belief because it must be kept anytime, anywhere.

If you thought about ways to move toward your dreams while keeping your beliefs, there would have been many.

I was only looking at the short-sighted future, thinking that I might be able to solve the future I dreamed of right now.

Even though there was a good chance that the plan that flashed before my eyes might not be the solution I wanted.

… It felt like my head was broken for the first time in a long time.

In fact, if you think about it, becoming a guild leader was not just a problem for me, but a problem that affected everyone else as well.

I may have become narrow-minded because I worry too much about myself.

“Thank you, Hye-eun.”

“Yes?”

“I think I finally came to my senses thanks to what you told me. “I feel like the problem I’ve been worrying about until now has been resolved to some extent.”

“… “If that’s the case, you’re lucky.”

“Huh. “Thank you so much, Hye-eun.”

After listening to Hye-eun’s advice and putting my mind in order.

This time, I asked Hye-eun about the ‘guild creation plan’ that had changed slightly in my head.

The plan for creating a second guild was to reduce the various plans that had been planned to create a large guild from the beginning, and to take a more relaxed approach to the process of allowing it to function as a guild.

“Then, Hye-eun, like you said, I’ve been thinking about creating a small guild.”

“Yep. “Tell me, Taekyung.”

“First of all, we will maintain our goal of establishing a guild in Chuncheon City. Increasing the number of members in the guild will involve direct recruitment instead of formal recruitment. As I said before, the method of securing the dungeon is…”

Even though Hye-eun already spent nearly an hour on the first business briefing, she listened to my second plan seriously.

I asked her once again seriously about her plans to create a second guild, which was slightly different in scale.

Unlike when she heard the first business plan, Hye-eun’s expression brightened noticeably when she heard the second business plan, and I was quietly convinced in my heart that this was a better option.

“… In this way, I will secure only three or four dungeons for now, and only recruit guild members from people I know. And among the people I know, there is a half-dwarf artisan and a half-elf pharmaceutical company. I will ask them well and try to link them with our guild.”

“Huh. I think it’s a good idea. “I think it’s at least more realistic than what I first heard.”

“Then, do you seriously want to invest in this business, Hye-eun?”

“… In fact, I would have invested even if it had been my first business.”

“Huh?”

“I told you. Taekyung, I will trust and follow whatever you do. “What I just told you about Taekyung was that he was seriously worried that you seemed to be pushing yourself too hard.”

“… “Yes, that’s right.”

Apparently, I had been thinking about her date for her until she started dating in the morning, but it turns out that it was me, not her, who got her unexpected help on today’s date.

It was a moment when I suddenly remembered an old date between me and Hye-eun, who had forced me out during my school days when I was suffering from the stress of not being able to wake up.