Chapter 15 – S-Class Hunter Seulbi Kim (15)

“Yeah?”
“This employee said, What kind of rating is being measured for the waste of the electricity bill? I guess this management office measures the rating while looking at people?”
“Yeah?”

The warden had an absurd face.
He probably never imagined that this would happen until he came here.
It was clear that he had come in a hurry with the thought that he would be able to see Kim Seul-bi after a long time.

“What the hell do you mean by Hunter?”

She glared at her staff with her ferocious expression.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

The female employee who looked down on me and ignored me became contemplative and bent her waist.

“How long have you been working here?”

A female employee answered the director’s question.

“It’s been a little over three months.”
“Then you’ve done enough. If you see one, you know the heat, and seeing what you did today, it’s clear what you’ve done to the other Hunters.”
“Oh, no! Actually, this is…”

The employee looked at me and frowned.
As if it’s because of you
He seemed to know what she was trying to say.

He must have wanted to say that an unskilled human came and asked for a Hunter rating to be measured.

Under normal circumstances, that’s not wrong either.
It wasn’t wrong that the probability was 0%.

Still, you shouldn’t treat people that way.
It was shocking that the service mind was only that while receiving a salary at the Hunter management office.

It was dark in front of my eyes what would have happened if I had come alone.

I also feel that the world is going very wrong because common sense is also common while looking at the other person.

Well, it’s a natural thing.

It’s because the appearance of dungeons and hunters in the world has already greatly deviated from common sense.
It might be wrong to speak of old common sense in a new version.

“Who is this?”

Seulbi Kim asked with a venomous expression.
It seemed that she was much more angry than I was.

“Oh, no…”

The employee rolled his eyes, not knowing what to do, then lowered his head again.

“Sorry!”
“Stop it.”

Said the warden sternly.

“You’ve been working for three months, not one or two, and acting that way means it’s never going to change. You don’t seem to be suited for this job.”
“Chief!!”

Tears welled up in the staff’s eyes.

“Don’t cry because I don’t want to see you.”
“It’s black. Yes…”

It was heartbreaking, but also brutal.
If you look wrong to an S-class hunter, your hair will just fly off.
Of course I thought it would be, but it was the first time I saw it with my own eyes.

It was when the staff whimpered and tried to turn their backs.

The warden spoke again.

“Where are you going?”
“Yeah?”
“Quitting your job means quitting and should you apologize? Or, do you not want to live in Korea?”

Ah…
You’re poison

I was shocked to see the warden crossing his arms and glaring at the staff.

“Ah… I’m sorry…”

The female employee came out of the desk helplessly and knelt down in front of Kim Seul-bi.
He bowed deeply and put his forehead on the ground.

“Please forgive me. I have committed a mortal sin…”

The warden was not wrong.
Even if he was cut off, being hated by an S-class Hunter was like declaring that he didn’t want to live.

“That’s Okay”.

Seulbi Kim said coldly.

“I don’t think there’s any sincerity in the apology you’re making now. Stop it.”
“Ah! Hunter! Please! Help me!!”

A female employee grabbed Seulbi Kim by the leg.

“What are you doing!”

The director was startled and roughly removed the hand of the employee who had touched Seulbi Kim.

“Where do you dare to touch?”
“It’s black.”
“I don’t want to see you, so don’t cry and leave immediately.”
“Yeah…”

It was a terrifying sight.
As I was still an employee of the Dungeon Management Office, I was a little assimilated to the feelings of the female employee.
Of course, if it were me, I would never act like her without her arrogance.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Hunter. I misguided the staff training. I’ll make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

The warden bowed down and apologized to Seulbi Kim.
It was not an easy sight to see the warden, who was much older and normally come out in person to apologize like this.
Because the power of the head of the Hunter Management Center will be stronger than that of most hunters.

I thought that the power of an S-class hunter was this much.

“Isn’t it wrong to apologize?”

At Seulbi Kim’s words, the warden flinched and looked at me.
He gave on a somewhat humiliated expression, but soon bowed down and apologized to me.

“I’m really sorry.”

The director of the Hunter Management Center bowed down to me.
There was something tinglingly pleasurable about it, but it was also uncomfortable.

Only then did Seulbi Kim speak.

“I’m tired. Please prepare quickly so that I can measure the grade.”
“All right!”

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Seulbi Kim and I were sitting in the waiting room while preparing for the grade measurement at the Hunter Management Office.

Perhaps because Seulbi Kim showed a cold side, her director seemed to be deliberately trying not to notice her.
I have to entertain as much as a precious guest has come.

On the other hand, Seulbi Kim, who sat next to me, was silent.

I asked her because her mood was somehow gloomy.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

She thought it was absurd to ask an S-class Hunter if she was unwell, but Kim Seul-bi’s mood suddenly changed, so she had no choice but to ask.

“Mr. Seonggi…”
“Yeah.”
“Are you disappointed with my appearance?”
“Yeah? What is that…”
“Didn’t you think you were very angry with that employee?”

‘Ah…’

Only then did I understand why Seulbi Kim looked somber with a serious expression on her face.

Surely she was right.

If someone unfamiliar saw it, what happened with the Hunter Management Office employee and Kim Seul-bi earlier could have seemed like a powerful person beating a civil servant.

I was honestly surprised too.

Because the Kim Seulbi I knew wasn’t like that.
It was as if I was looking at someone else.

I even thought that S-class hunters are basically equipped with a passive that treats common people with no manners harshly.

“I’m sorry to see you like that. Seeing the way he treated Seonggi, I got angry without even realizing it…”

Seeing Seulbi Kim muttering that with her head bowed down, the sense of incongruity in her heart disappeared at once.

She wasn’t angry that she had been treated so badly – basically no S-rank hunter would ever go through with such a thing.
I was angry that I had been ignored.

I wondered if that feeling would be similar to when she saw her family being ignored right in front of her eyes.

Seulbi Kim and I aren’t family, it’s an ambiguous relationship to say with confidence that we’re lovers, but for some reason I wondered if that was the case.

Because I was also vividly aware of the power of my ‘Feeling for no reason’ skill.

“It’s okay.”

I smiled and wrapped my arms around Seulbi Kim’s shoulder.

“Thank you. For being angry with me If it wasn’t for Mr. Seulbi, I would have just been kicked out of here. It’s natural. The attitude of the staff was messy, but the words themselves were not wrong.”
“Mr. Seonggi…”

Seulbi Kim looked up at me with a faint expression.
When it came to the situation where the S-class Hunter was staring at me with such a weak appearance, a cry soared in her heart.

“Mr. Seulbi…”

It was a time when our lips were getting closer and closer.

Suddenly there was a knock on the waiting room door.

Smart.

“The preparations are over. Hunter.”

We stunned and fell at each other.
Well, kissing is something you can do anytime, but it’s a bit embarrassing to do that in a public place.
I don’t care anyway, but Kim Seul-bi has her social status too.

Receiving a call from an official, I stood up.

“I’ll be back.”
“Yeah. I’ll be waiting for you.”

It was the first time I had been graded.
I never thought that this day would come.

The rapid growth in 10 years.
This would be a case that would be hard to find even if you searched the world.

I was guided by the staff to the measuring station.

The staff was very careful in their attitude, as if they had already heard the warden’s warning.
It wasn’t an attitude toward normal Awakeners who weren’t even Hunters.

“Sorry for making you wait so long.”
“No.”
“The measurement will take about five minutes. If you feel uncomfortable or the results seem strange, please let us know without delay.”
“Yeah.”

I sat down in a comfortable chair.

There is no special device, but something like headgear came down in front of me sitting on the chair.
The staff put gloves on both hands.

When I put on the headgear, I could see the monitor in front of me.

A screen with various numbers and unknown meanings appeared, and the employee said.

“Please operate mana comfortably. When the measurement is over, I will tell you.”

Mana management…

When there was no mana at all, the concept was incomprehensible.

But even though I hadn’t learned from anyone, I was able to comfortably manage mana in my body, just as the staff said.
It was quite powerful and had a large amount of mana for a thing that had only been created for a day.

Well, for me it was ambiguous to say that standard.

The staff said it would take about five minutes to measure, but from what I felt, it seemed like only about a minute had passed since I had put on the headgear and gloves.

“Measurement is over.”

The headgear, which had been detached by itself, went up.

I saw an employee in front of me who was amazed at the measurement results.

“This, this…!”