Chapter 793 – First Work at the Foundation (3)

Even as Sihee and I walked into the waiting room of her hunter party, ‘Golden Trail,’ the foundation hunters’ gazes toward me continued quite steadily. The eyes of many people who found out that I was a male hunter Seong Tae-kyung and became interested in him.

In fact, even if they couldn’t recognize me as Seong Tae-kyung right away, it was natural in many ways for them to show interest in me in this environment. At the Ariel Foundation, which never hires male hunters, a man walking around dressed in clothes that could clearly be seen as a hunter was conspicuous in many ways.

Rather, what was surprising was that even with so many eyes on me, no one tried to approach me hastily. Maybe it’s because the person next to me is the daughter of Dokyung Group, one of the largest groups in Korea.

At least in this space, Sihee was dozens of times more famous and powerful than me.

“Are you still worried about what other people think, Seongcheol?”

“… It’s a bit like that. “I only just showed up for work, but it’s been a long time since I received this much attention.”

“Huh, wasn’t it a big issue at the company that Seongcheol was a male hunter?”

“It’s not that it’s not a big issue, but… In fact, the fact that I was an Awakened person was revealed quite a while ago, but it took quite a long time for other hunters in the company to believe that I was an Awakened person. So, I thought the foundation hunters would deal with things like this more aloofly.”

“Well, it can’t be helped because the purpose of hunter activities for company hunters and foundation hunters are different in the first place.”

“The purpose is different?”

As I was tilting my head because I couldn’t understand Sihee’s words, she immediately explained in detail why the foundation was created and why the foundation hunters engage in hunter activities.

“I can’t be sure because I have no experience belonging to other guilds, but the purpose of most company hunters or union hunters is to make a living by hunting in dungeons and selling the materials obtained. Isn’t that right?”

“… Well, in my case, the only goal was not to make a living, but anyway, most of the reasons I go into it are to make money.”

“But the foundation is different. The hunters here are basically hunters who gathered because they were short of money… No, to be precise, most hunters are not particularly interested in the money they can earn from defeating monsters.”

“That’s because the conditions for joining a guild are impossible for ordinary people.”

“Yes. So, it can be said that the Ariel Foundation’s Hunter Guild is basically a social venue where corporate successors build friendships and network. Entering a dungeon and hunting together is like a cooperative activity to find out how much you can trust the other person.

The Ariel Foundation is a place to find out how much support this person receives from home through the equipment they are using, how much charisma or ability this person has, and how much they can help you in a crisis. It’s a hunter party hunt.”

“… The world of chaebol ladies is complicated.”

I felt like I was finally realizing why girls who have a lot of money and don’t have to worry about making a living risk their lives for hunter activities.

I went to work at the Foundation thinking it was just a proper dungeon date, but it turned out that the inside story of the Hunter Guild called the Ariel Foundation was full of more scheming than I thought.

Well, since it is a place like that, even old customs like ‘duel’ still remain and have a great influence. It was a moment when a thought vaguely occurred to me that if I became deeply involved, even I would become bothered.

“Then the reason other hunters are looking at me is…”

“Probably less than half of the people who look this way actually think that Mr. Seongcheol has the ability of an S-class hunter.

In fact, among men, even reaching B level is truly unprecedented, so hunters who have never worked with Seongcheol probably think so. ‘The company is currently pushing Seongcheol, the only male B-level hunter in the world, pretending to be an S-level hunter.’ Wouldn’t you think something like that?”

“Well, considering the activities I did to let the company know that I am an awakened person, it would be normal for people to think that way here.”

“Of course, since the video of Seongcheol’s battle against the three-headed basilisk is still circulating on YouTube, there are probably quite a few people who believe in Seongcheol’s skills… Most people’s general thinking is that it doesn’t matter whether Seongcheol’s skills are B or S. Even if his skills are exaggerated, the title ‘The World’s Only Male Awakened Hunter’ can be utilized in some way. Whether in business or politics.”

“…”

“Well, I definitely didn’t mean to do that! Well, I’m just worried that Seongcheol is being taken advantage of by the strict women at the foundation…”

“I know. “Just thinking about it.”

My mind was racing with the thought that I might have entered the magic cave with an overly relaxed mindset, so Sihee made excuses as if to comfort me.

Well, of course, I never thought that Si-hee would use me like that, and I have been indebted to her or built a relationship with her many times, so even if she is used to some extent, my relationship with Si-hee will not be severed.

The moment I thought that if I was going to go on a dungeon date next time, it would be better to invite Sihee to the new guild I would create, I suddenly heard someone’s soft voice coming from behind me.

“Taekyung~!”

It was the energy of someone approaching with a bright and innocent voice, and even before I turned around to check their face, I already started to picture someone with pink hair in my head.

And when I turned my head and met the owner of the voice I hadn’t seen in a long time, there was Lulucia looking at me and Sihee with a bright and gentle smile. For some reason, just seeing her face made me feel like my heart was being purified.

“Taekyung~! “It’s been a while~!”

“… Yes. “It’s been a while, Lulucia.”

The Vatican saint, Lulucia, approaches with her pink wavy hair.

I smiled at the bright smile approaching me, wearing white priest’s robes and flowing cotton threads.

“It’s been about two months since I last saw you, right? How have you been?”

“Yes, thanks to you, I am doing well.”

“… Two months? The battle to subdue the Three-Headed Basilisk must have happened four months ago…”

“Thank you for listening to my unreasonable request the other day~! Thanks to you, I was able to calm down too!”

… What does it really mean to have made up your mind?

I just quietly hoped in my heart that it meant what I thought it meant. It was my wish that my relationship with her last long.

“I am using the sacred spell you told me about last time well.”

“… Ah, aha. “Are you talking about ‘the spell’?”

“Yes. Thanks to the spell that Lulucia taught her, she worked well even in unexpected situations.”

I was actually using the purifying enema that Lulucia had used to have anal sex with me in a much more diverse way in places where Lulucia was not around.

Just this morning, I used it to penetrate Mina and Suna’s back holes, and this magic also played a big role in Eunyoung’s sister and Hye-eun’s first experience behind the scenes.

“Well, I’m glad it helped!”

“If you have anything to ask me for next time, please let me know. As I said before, I don’t really have any objection to that.”

“Yes, yes…” . I will…”

It was lovely and cute in many ways to see her blush a little and rub her hand after a conversation with me.

“Oh, and good morning to Sihee too~! Did you go to work with Taekyung by any chance?”

“… Yes, that’s right. We met at the foundation entrance station and came up together.”

“By the way, Sihee. When you enter the dungeon today…”

“Lurucia, I have one more thing to ask you.”

“Yes~?”

“If this is an impolite question, I apologize. However, it is an issue that must be addressed before entering the dungeon.”

“Yes~. What question is this~?”

I wondered what kind of question he was going to ask and whether he was laying down such foreshadowing, but the words that came out of Sihee’s mouth were indeed a more sensitive question than I expected.

“Did you, by any chance, have a relationship with Seongcheol?”

“… Yes?”

It was Sihee who asked a sensitive question to Lulucia with an expression of dissatisfaction with something, and Lulucia’s expression also became a little embarrassed accordingly.

Come to think of it, I promised Sihee last time that I would tell her if I ever got involved with another foundation hunter.

In the case of Lulucia, I had forgotten because she was more of a part of the Vatican City than a Foundation Hunter. Strictly speaking, Lulucia must also be a foundation hunter who works while affiliated with the foundation.

Here, the moment I decided that it would be better to first apologize to Sihee and explain the situation, Lulucia cut me off and hastily denied Sihee’s suspicions.

“Sihee, actually…”

“Aaaaah I didn’t!”

“Huh?”

“… Yes?”

“Jejejejejeje had a relationship with Taekyung! Well, that can’t be possible!!”