Chapter 967 – Side Story – Empty Position That Cannot Be Filled (2)

If we only talk about the results, Azure Shield, with Jeong No-eul replacing Hye-eun, still performed well.

First, since Hye-eun’s position was that of a shield user, the main thing was that she did not have to work closely with other party members.

As Jeong No-eul replaces Hye-eun’s position, she was able to fully blend into the azure shield just by stepping into that position and playing the role of a ‘shield’ properly.

Of course, that doesn’t mean she can’t properly fulfill the role of a dealer, which is the essence of a magic swordsman.

Noeul Jeong uses her own sword skills at the beginning of the battle to reduce the number of monsters as much as possible, but when it becomes difficult for her to deal with them with her own abilities, she uses a shield to focus on blocking. Because it was done.

Although she is being used as a tank because the only position left is as a tank, she has the potential to be utilized as a dealer.

The reason she played the role of tank in Seong Chae-eun’s party in the first place was because the hunter who originally played the role of tank retired, and instead of joining another party, she chose to be with Seong Chae-eun and naturally became a tank from a dealer.

‘Definitely, looking at it this way, the recruitment itself seems to have been a good choice.’

Although it felt like I was handed over to the boss because he was difficult to handle, at least by my standards, it wasn’t that difficult to place Jeong No-eul in the right place.

… Although it was a bit burdensome to see him stick with me as if he wanted to be acknowledged every time he did something.

“Well, how was I, Taekyung… ? Well, I just cut down ten ice golems at once with my black magic sword… ! Every time I do something like this, Chae-eun praises me for doing a good job…”

“Yes. “That was great, Mr. Noeul.”

“Ehehe, ugh, hehe…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

The eyes of the Azure Shield party members who saw Jeong No-eul stroking her head with praise were a bit harsh.

“… “Hmph.”

“I did it just in case, but it still happened. Well, since it’s Seong Tae-kyung, there’s nothing we can do about it…”

Also, it didn’t take long for Cha Yu-ri and Han Min-ah to notice my relationship with Jeong No-eul.

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After it was decided that Noeul Jeong would temporarily take over as Azure Shield’s tanker, I felt somewhat relieved that I had completed one of the problems I had been facing.

Of course, since my guild was still just a new guild, there was a lot of work to be done.

I also had to think about how I could recruit only those people who would not mention the ‘welfare’ I provide to our guild members in the future, and I also had to think about the means of recruiting my alma mater, which had been vacated by recruiting teacher Miyeon as our guild’s healer. The teacher’s position had to be filled with another recovery hunter.

In addition, there was still a visit to the Vatican City that was included in Lulucia’s contract, a visit to Areum’s workshop, and Min-ah’s three sisters’ estrus season was a regular schedule that had to be addressed every month.

‘I used to be busy, but after becoming a guild leader, I feel like I’ve become incredibly busy…’

In times like these, it would have been better to have a secretary to at least organize my schedule, but unfortunately, my current secretary position is still vacant even after half a year since the guild was created.

It wasn’t that I left it empty because I didn’t really need it or anything like that, but of course it was because there was someone else who had already occupied this spot.

‘It would be nice to have Eunbyeol at times like this.’

As it was impossible to hear about Eunbyeol’s secret operation through CocoaTalk due to security threats, I only heard about the Geumhyang Group through occasional stories on TV.

There is a story that Geum Tae-hyang, who was the chairman of Geumhyang Group, effectively gifted his shares to Geum Dal-rae (No. 2), or that Geum Dal-rae later forcibly merged one of the companies belonging to Geumhyang Group with Geumhyang Chemical, and an unidentified person became the largest shareholder of Geumhyang Group. .

As someone who knew the identity of that ‘someone’, I was at ease, thinking that Eunbyeol’s problem was almost resolved, but even now, a month has passed since I heard the news, she has not returned to her position as my secretary and maid. There was.

In fact, except for her appearance at our guild’s founding ceremony, Eunbyeol has not been able to function as my secretary at all even half a year after the guild’s founding.

‘It’s not like the guild won’t work just because there’s no silver star right now, but…’

Still, I couldn’t deny that having Eunbyeol would make my schedule much easier to manage than it is now, so I just wait for her to return as soon as possible.

While Jeong No-eul was taking care of the backlog of morning work, spending the morning to support his first expedition with the Azure Shield, three even knocks tickled my ears from outside the door.

-Knock, knock, knock.

“Oh, come in.”

The answer that comes out reflexively at the sound of a knock on the door of the guild representative office.

I was thinking that the office staff would show up today again with today’s approval documents, but surprisingly, what appeared with the documents was the face of someone I had never expected.

-Kkiik.

“How have you been, master?”

“… Huh?”

Short, flowing black hair, and a white headdress that became her symbolic accessories.

Golden eyes looking at me and a face that seems expressionless but has a strange smile.

And as soon as I saw the black and white maid dress that covered her entire body, I couldn’t help but mention the name of the secretary and maid who had returned to her ‘day job’ after a long time.

“… Silver star?”

“I’m sorry for the delay in your return, master.”

The maid who left home has returned.

By becoming the owner of Geumhyang Group.

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Eunbyeol’s return after half a year was joyous news to me that could not be compared to anything else.

First of all, the greatest joy was that I could see her face, which I had seen every day for the first time in half a year, followed by relief that Eunbyeol had completed her work and returned safely.

I was worried that I might experience something dangerous again related to the Geumhyang Group.

“What should I do in Geumhyang? Is it all over now?”

“If you are asking whether we succeeded in appointing Geum Dalrae as Chairman of Baji and obtaining the actual operating rights of Geumhyang, then you are correct.

However, because the process consumed a lot of time, I was unable to perform my master’s maid duties, so even if I have ten words, I cannot fully apologize.”

“Nothing dangerous happened, right? If that bitch number 1 did something stupid to you…”

“Not only is Golden Rose already a wreck, but she cannot use her powers because she is imprisoned under Geumdallae’s watch. The wounds I received when I was tortured were healed by my master earlier, so no traces were left, but the aftereffects left in my memory will probably never be erased.”

“What about number 2? “Are you going to show any signs of betraying me again?”

“Ever since my master left a message telling me to treat him like my master, he has been acting like my confidant. Geumdallae also played a significant role in the process of acquiring shares of Geumhyang Chemical.

Of course, in case of betrayal, I left urinary catheters for both Geumdallae and Geumdallae, so for now, they are both still in my hands.”

“Yes, I’m glad that’s the case.”

Listening to Eunbyeol’s story, it seems like there hasn’t been anything particularly dangerous or a moment when she was almost in danger of being betrayed again.

Of course, we talked every day through overseas messengers instead of CocoaTalk and made video calls every three days, but I still couldn’t help but feel anxious in a part of my heart. Just like last time, we had to prepare for Eunbyeol being imprisoned in a situation where there was nothing she could do.

In that situation, the news that Geum Jang-mi (No. 1), who was the mastermind behind the imprisonment, is now a ruined person, and Geum Dal-rae (No. 2) has already become Eun-byeol’s complete slave was enough to put my mind at ease.

“She dyed her hair black again.”

“Yes. For a maid, flashy hair can damage the dignity of the master.”

“That pink hair from before wasn’t that bad. “It’s the hair from the days of ‘Gwanjong Hunter Geum Na-ri.'”

“… I would appreciate it if you could forget about my shameful past. At that time, it was a time when I had to escape from the influence of golden roses and azaleas and somehow gather people around me.”

In other words, it would mean that Eunbyeol’s current personality is closer to Eunbyeol’s original personality. A personality that likes to serve others in inconspicuous places.

If Gold Rose and Geumdallae had known this in advance and taken advantage of it, they would have become their strong allies, but it was just a pity that they ended up like this because they turned their youngest sister into an enemy for no reason.

That said, I don’t particularly sympathize with it.