Chapter 792 – First Work at the Foundation (2)

“Today is my first day going to work at the foundation, so I drove this way because I felt like I might get lost, and I’m glad I ‘accidentally’ ran into you in a place like this, Mr. Seongcheol.”

“I see. Thanks to this, we can meet and talk for the first time alone, and it’s nice.”

The blonde girl who appeared in a black Cayenne was like a ray of support to me as I was wandering down the street. Sihee, whom I met at the foundation entrance station, helped me into the car for work, so I didn’t get lost and safely made my first day at the Ariel Foundation. Was able to continue.

“I thought I would be able to see it roughly if I got off near the foundation entrance station, but I can’t see any buildings nearby that look like foundation guilds.”

“… Ah, it looks like Seongcheol has finally become one of the ‘Three Fools of the Ariel Foundation’.”

“Yes?”

“Where is the person walking from the foundation entrance to the Ariel Foundation? Just to get to the foundation’s main gate, you’ll have to walk about 1.5 kilometers, right? And to get from the main gate to the headquarters building, you would have to walk another 2 kilometers.”

“…”

Then shouldn’t the station be named ‘Ariel Foundation Entrance Station’? Sihee noticed my puzzled look and said with a slight smile.

“They say that when the station was first built, the only landmark nearby was the Ariel Foundation building. At that time, the only proper hunter guild in Korea was the Ariel Foundation.

Nowadays, there is Eun and Jade Co., Ltd. That is doing well in its own way, and there is a fairly large Hunter Autonomous Association, but at that time, the Ariel Foundation was such a large company that it was impossible to compare it with other guilds in Korea. So, thanks to the insistence of the Songpa-gu mayor at the time who wanted to somehow include the Ariel Foundation in the station name, it ended up like this… This story is generally accepted. “It is not a clearly confirmed story.”

“I never knew there was such a story.”

Well, back in the old days, the Ariel Foundation itself was such a representative facility of the guild that they might have wanted to include it in the station name somehow.

“Even now, the foundation is constantly requesting that the name be changed because it is confusing, but it doesn’t seem to be working.”

“It doesn’t seem easy to change since it has already been used as the foundation entrance for over several decades.”

“And to begin with, most of the foundation hunters have their own cars or drivers, so they rarely use the subway. The only time I feel uncomfortable is when an outsider like Seongcheol visits the foundation.”

If it was that level of inconvenience, it was somewhat understandable that nothing had changed so far. Normally, that’s how public officials handle their work.

… Now that I think about it, in the conversation I had with Minah earlier on the way to work, she gave me a strange look when I told her that I was walking to the foundation from near the foundation entrance.

I didn’t notice it at the time, but I never would have guessed that those eyes were teasing me. It seemed like he was thinking about what happened in the bathroom in the morning. Anyway, I am narrow-minded.

“By the way, you said earlier that you were the three biggest idiots of the Ariel Foundation. What are the other two?”

“One is bragging among the foundation hunters that they are second or third generation chaebols, and the other is…”

While I was chatting with Sihee about various things, including the secret story about the foundation’s entrance, Cayenne carrying Sihee and I passed through the main gate of the Ariel Foundation and arrived at the 3rd Ariel Foundation building, the meeting place.

“We have arrived, Mr. Seongcheol.”

“Thank you for the ride, Sihee.”

I felt that to some extent the last time I rode it, but it was definitely a good car and even the passenger seat was comfortable to ride. Of course, Sihee’s good driving skills also played a role.

Before that happened to Eun-byeol, when something like this happened, she would usually get a ride in Eun-byeol’s car, but from the point where Eun-byeol was no longer able to work as Si-hee’s maid, it felt like she started taking Si-hee’s car more.

“I heard that today is the day Lulucia goes on a campaign together, is that correct?”

“That’s the way it is. “It’s a bit unfortunate that I can’t work with Eunbyeol due to family circumstances, but I can’t put Eunbyeol in danger because of my personal greed.”

“That’s right.”

If, on a day like today, I let down my guard and let Eunbyeol do her official outside activities, the other sisters in Geumhyang catch her scent and come running in, all the efforts Shihee and I have made to hide her will go to waste.

Of course, if I use the call function, it would be possible to rescue Eunbyeol even if she were kidnapped again, but in fact, it was better not to be noticed by the women.

If it became known that it was possible for me to retrieve her Eunbyeol and protect her again in this way, there was a good chance that she would do something stupid so that I could not call her.

‘It’s a problem that will have to be dealt with at some point, but I’m not ready yet.’

In order to somehow end the sisters once and for all, it was necessary to set a trap for the women to fall into, so it was still in the preparation stage. Of course, I couldn’t take him with me to this official referral schedule.

Today, even without Eunbyeol, it felt like a casual date with Sihee and Lulucia. I will talk about the Three-Headed Basilisk material and the new guild I will be creating, but since the main focus is basically a date with girls I haven’t seen in a long time, I won’t put too much emphasis on it.

And in Sihee’s case, she already made plans to meet Eunbyeol separately today.

“Eunbyeol… Are you doing well?”

“I’m doing so well that Sihee would feel sorry if she knew that I was worried.”

“I’m glad that’s the case. “We sometimes talk through CocoaTalk or video calls, but I still get very anxious because I can’t see my face in person.”

“I’m planning on seeing you later anyway.”

“Yes, that’s true.”

It wasn’t that difficult to create a place for the two to reunite as long as there was a place to install a warp gate. In addition, it is also about creating a special space that will satisfy the special needs of both people.

If I told them about it now, both of them would be less excited, so I kept it a secret.

“It’s been a while since I went into a dungeon with Seongcheol, so I’m looking forward to it. “The last time we hunted together was the last battle with that basilisk, right?”

“That’s right. Actually, I had no idea that such a dangerous battle would take place in an abandoned village.”

“Still, I gained a lot. In particular, you said that the abandoned village area was originally a space with many meanings to Seongcheol, right? “I think it’s fortunate that I was able to solve the dungeon with Seongcheol’s hands in the end.”

“Thank you, Sihee.”

As we were having that conversation and walking through the company parking lot toward the foundation building, I felt strange eyes watching me and Sihee. I felt something strange about the discomfort, so I looked away for a moment and met several other female hunters nearby. The gaze touched and then fell.

“…”

-Poof!

“…”

-Poof! Swish!

Not only people passing by on benches, in the lounge, and other places, but even people looking down from the railing on the second or third floor are suddenly looking away.

I would have thought that I would have been mistaken if I hadn’t even turned my head, but I was certain that this reaction right now was a reaction that could be seen by anyone watching me.

“Mr. Sihee.”

“Yes, Seongcheol.”

“Is this strange feeling from a moment ago, like I’m being stared at, just because I’m oversensitive?”

“Have you finally noticed that, Seongcheol? “I’ve been feeling it for a while already.”

“… Is that so?”

It seems that the foundation was also not free from the influence of male hunters.

Still, since it was a guild made up of girls like Shihee, I thought they would just ignore it while talking about male hunters, but instead, they were getting a lot more attention than when they were at the company.

I didn’t really come here to meet other Foundation women other than Sihee or Lulucia, so it really wasn’t worth my attention.

“When I first met Sihee, I thought she wouldn’t care much about whether I was a male hunter or not, but surprisingly, it seems like the foundation’s hunters are also interested in being a male hunter.”

“Well, Seongcheol was still a C-rank hunter at that time. Of course, I think I did something wrong, but aren’t you keeping it in your mind for too long, Mr. Seongcheol?”

“I didn’t mean it that way; I thought they wouldn’t be too happy about being a male hunter since they are all high-ranking foundation ladies.”

“It would be true for a normal male hunter, but the current Seongcheol is the only male awakened person in the world and the first male S-class hunter, right? Of course, the basic level of attention itself is no different from that of an ordinary male hunter, right?”

That’s true, but I didn’t know they would stare at me so openly.