Chapter 45 – Contact Us.

#Yuna Seo

I was worried that another unscrupulous anomaly would happen, but it didn’t happen until I got back to the car. When leader Kim Ye-na manipulated the smart watch, the protective film was released and the door opened automatically.

First, healer Jiyoon and magician Park Harin got into the van. After checking once more to make sure there was nothing strange, she climbed into the car with the leader and closed the door.

“…Report to the Jiyoon Association.”
“Okay.”

Ji-yoon may not be good at handling electronic devices, but she manipulated a micro-camera for recording battles for a long time. Since I was on a mission alone with the camera, I thought I knew how to operate it better than anyone else. Leaning his body toward Jiyoon, he asked.

“May I help you?”
“Yes? Oh no! I can do it!!”

Ji-yoon was startled and distanced herself from me. As expected, I felt a little bit sad that I was distancing myself from the academy.

After quietly returning to her seat, Ji-yoon, visibly relieved, quickly operated the terminal connected to the camera and placed the camera on the central terminal in the center of the van.

“…Jiyoon. Is there anything unnecessary?”
“Doesn’t exist! Not really!”
“Jiyun-ah…”
“Not really!”

The three of them tilted their heads, not knowing why they were doing that. After exchanging unknown glances, they looked at me and then stopped talking, saying let’s talk later.

I was also marginalized.

The girls who thought they would be a little different were also graduates of Hunter Academy with a sense of discrimination. I took a sip of the bottled water I was handed over and buried myself in the chair.

[Checking the battle log. Twenty Goblin Encounters. Defeat Twenty. A monster recovery team is dispatched to the area. Please receive your reward from the association receptionist. More.]

As when arriving at the scene, the self-driving module mounted on the van started moving the vehicle to the Hunter Association. Her leader, Kim Ye-na, took out her old rag from her share of luggage, smeared her with oil, and began to mend her sword and shield.

She didn’t fire a few shots now that she was watching it, but it occurred to her that she needed to fix her firearm. As she took out her oil from a little distance away, disassembled her firearm, and was diligently cleaning it, I could feel her gaze. She lifted her head and looked at them, feeling burdened.

“Something, even business?”
“No, I was staring at it because it was interesting to check the gun.”
“…The structure is complicated.”

He smiled a little at the look of interest.

“If you’re curious, ask me to shoot it once when I’m operating with the soldiers someday.”
“Guns are loud and weaker than magic. Since hunters don’t use bullets with magic stamps that go through monsters, there’s no need to go to military bases and use them.”

It was a word like a wizard. I didn’t deny it. It was a well-known fact that it was difficult to deal with hard-shelled monsters like large scorpions with small-caliber firearms.

She heard that if the monsters were stopped by raining bullets engraved with magic, they would be dealt with in the same way that the hunters accompanying the unit dealt with it.

However, in some advanced countries overflowing with magical powers, if my ability is to give attributes to rocket launchers with magical imprints as if they were used in actual combat, wouldn’t modern firearms with the same or higher firepower be used as an effective means of attack?

After being able to use the ability, I saw a video of a self-propelled howitzer being fired on a video streaming site. What if you could give properties to that self-propelled artillery bullet?

It was a dream-like story that I couldn’t experiment with because I had no connections or money and was ignored.

“Still, if you’re not a body-enhancing hunter, you’ll die if you get hit by a bullet.”

Park Ha-rin, who was smiling triumphantly, flinched as if she thought I was hesitant to answer. It’s a joke. She exclaimed, pouting her lips, as if defending her pride.

“Huh. I will create a permanent defensive magic barrier to eliminate such a possibility!”
“You don’t have to fight people, do you?”
“I hate having weaknesses that I haven’t overcome yet!”

He took out a notebook from her arms and began to ponder while drawing something like a magic circle. She thought she was simply bluffing or defending her ego, but she soon realized that she was genuinely trying to make up for her weaknesses.

When I closed my eyes after maintenance in the quiet car, the car we were in was just entering the Hunter Association’s parking lot.

When the car stopped, the door opened, and this time there was no threat, so the person closest to the door got out first. I came into the association building with the strange attention of the hunter party who seemed to have returned from another scene.

When we returned to the receptionist who saw us off, we bowed politely.

“Mission success has been heard. Shall I pay you right away?”
“Yes. Please do it right away.”

After hearing Ji-yoon’s lively reply, the receptionist manipulated the terminal a few times, and all the party members’ smart watches rang.

[Dear Yuna Seo from the Hunter Association. Deposit one million won.]

Considering that small missions done alone were only 100,000 to 300,000 at most, the time taken was short and the pay was high. It seemed that this opportunity would never come again. Then the smartwatch rang three more times in a row.

[Yena Kim, Ha-rin Park, and Ji-yoon Lee deposit 250,000 won each and 750,000 won in total to Yuna Seo.]

She was surprised and lifted her head, which had been bent while checking her account, and Kim Ye-na stepped forward.

“…The cost of bullets. Unlike us, you need consumables. It may not be enough, but that’s it.”
“I already got paid. It’s okay if you don’t do this. I didn’t even use a few shots of what I had.”

When I tried to refuse because it was burdensome, Mr. Ji-yoon did the same.

“Then, consider it a bribe from us. Our team lacked firepower due to lack of dealer positions, but seeing them fight up close was amazing.”
“No… But…”
“Noisy. Don’t hesitate, take it.”

When even Park Ha-rin, who had criticized her for saying that guns were weak, said that, it was difficult for her to refuse. Even so, when she thought it was bad to be taken lightly, Jiyoon recommended in a soft voice.

“Even if you give it back when you give it back. Can you think about it for a day? If you think about it tomorrow and say you don’t need the money, I’ll get it back. And these are our contacts.”

On the memo, the cell phone numbers of the three were written in round and cute handwriting.

“And if you do not want today’s temporary party to end as a one-day temporary, regardless of money, please contact me.”
“Mr. Jiyoon. Today is a temporary party, so I think it just went on without saying anything. If you accept me as an official party member, you will be disadvantaged without knowing or knowing.”

Even now, the attention pouring out around me was burdensome. When they received the contact information, some jumped up from their seats and frowned as if they had something to say.

“It has nothing to do with it. I’m a woman who will one day become an S-class hunter. As for the party members, of course, I recommend only those who have the potential to become S-class.”

Park Ha-rin spoke confidently to the point of being arrogant. Leader. Kim Ye-na patted Park Ha-rin on the shoulder as if telling her to calm down and came to the front of the party.

“…The choice is yours. But, don’t regret it.”

After she finished speaking, Kim Ye-na went back and she took the other two and headed for the restaurant behind the Hunter Association. As I got farther away, several hunters who were watching the situation around me approached them and began to speak badly about me in a loud voice.

After looking at the backs of the three silently listening, she left the Hunter Association. My mind was already inclined towards rejection. I was just thinking of talking to them tomorrow to return their favor.

As I was about to get back on the subway, I remembered the amount in my bank account. Excluding the money the three gave, the money I received today was an unexpected income.

Thinking of my many younger siblings waiting for me to return, instead of taking the subway, I headed to the mall near the Hunter Association. Then, I ordered a total of 20 chickens to take out by distributing them to several stores.

Her hand shook as she handed out the card to the extravagant order she had never done before, but she held on to her heart as she thought of her younger siblings who would be happy to eat.

After waiting for quite some time, I called an unmanned taxi after seeing the heap of packed food. After loading the meticulously packaged food into the back luggage compartment, I sat in the driver’s seat.

After saying the destination and inserting the card into the payment terminal, the unmanned taxi ran on the road with a rougher movement than the Hunter Association’s van. After a long run, the unmanned taxi arrived just in time for dinner.

[Mind nursery school]

It was where I grew up and where many of my younger siblings lived.

There were more children than usual in front of the building, probably because I told the head of the nursery school that I was going to buy food. Seeing the children gulping their saliva while looking up silently with bright eyes, I put the things I had experienced at the Hunter Association into the background.

“Hey guys!! Chicken is here!!!”
“Wow!!!! Sister! Sister! Best!!!”

Listening to the cheers of the children, I went into the building holding a plastic bag full of chicken in both hands.