Chapter 18 – Drinking Party (1)

“What is he saying? Hey come quickly I’ll buy you something delicious.”

Seong Ha-yeon skillfully broke the silence that came with her reasoning question. Senior Yoojeong, who kept her mouth shut, smiled awkwardly and led me. Ichie was being dragged by Seong Hayeon while waving at me. I waved to Ichie, and senior Yu-jeong said.

“Miss Ichie. It is pretty.”

“I do not know.”

I answered roughly. However, it was a self-evident fact that Ichie was a beauty. Neatly trimmed bobbed hair and ruby ​​red eyes had the charm of attracting the attention of people walking around. Senior Yu-jeong was going to the car with her sullen face. She opened the passenger door and got into the driver’s seat, fiddling with her steering wheel and munching her mouth. He seemed to have something he wanted to say, but it didn’t seem to come out.

She mumbled her mouth for a while, setting her destination to the academy.

“Do you want to go get something to eat after treatment? I will live.”

There was no reason to refuse. I nodded and replied okay. Senior Yoo-jeong moved her car when I nodded and smiled happily. As we entered the road, senior Yoo-jeong asked. In the rocking car, the splint uneasily tapped the passenger car door.

“How much do you drink?”

“I drink about two bottles of soju.”

“Two bottles. Are you stronger than you think?”

She said with a slightly surprised face. Since she became an Awoken, she hadn’t had her drink until the film cut. According to rumors, when she becomes an Awakener, her alcohol consumption also increases, but looking at senior Yoo Jeong’s reaction, it seems that this is not true.

“How well does Yoojung eat?”

“A bottle? I can’t eat more than that. I have a bad hangover.”

Senior Yu-jeong shook her head and said, I nodded her head and replied.

“I don’t like it when I have a bad hangover. When I woke up in the morning, I felt like my head would explode, so it was difficult.”

“That’s right. If the kids can’t stand that, they’ll think it’s an adult, and they really hate it.”

Senior Yoo-jeong agreed with my words. She could see the academy in the distance. The windows of the gigantic building that looked down like a giant over the rolling vehicles were shining brightly due to real-time magic stone research. Hunters were drinking tea in the cafeteria, and people who looked like reporters were looking around for interviews.

Yujeong and I passed the cafeteria and went up to her infirmary. I felt a little awkward walking around with her broken arm unsupported. If it had been before, I would have been carried away crying, but if I become a hunter, do I become resistant to pain? Senior Yoo-jeong asked.

“Can I help you? Or should I pick you up?”

“Are you okay. This much.”

When I thought of the way I was being carried on my back by senior Yoo-jung, I didn’t have such a disrespectful attitude. I shook my head and went up to the infirmary with a more solemn expression. The doctor in the infirmary was an awakened person with specialized medical training.

He was wearing round glasses and his wrinkled face was trembling. Not surprised to see me coming in with a splint on, he said:

“I lie down. What about that one?”

“Ah yes. My name is ‘Kim Yoo-jung’ Kim Yoo-jung, a D-class hunter in the Black Dragon Room.”

“What is your nickname?”

“This is Kim Yoo-jung.”

“No, not that, but the nickname that comes before your name.”

“My name is Kim Yoo-jung, and my nickname is Kim Yoo-jung.”

“‘Kim Yoo-jung’ Kim Yoo-jung?”

“Yes.”

The doctor rolled her eyes, then sighed and nodded her head. And she looked at me and said.

“…Okay. What is the name of the patient there?”

“An apprentice hunter belonging to the academy. Uh… I am Jung Soo-hyun.”

The doctor who was recording the charts on the computer frowned and said.

“Tell me your nickname. This is because medical records are checked by the insurance company. Uh? If there is someone with the same name as you, will you put a record there as well?”

“…It’s an Ada bomber.”

“…Mother.”

The doctor said so and busily moved her keyboard. And she nodded to senior Yoo-jung and said.

“You go out and wait. See the waiting room right in front of you? If you’re drinking coffee there, I’ll send you there.”

“Yes. I look forward to.”

Senior Yoo-jeong cheered her up by saying ‘fighting’ in a small voice to me, and then went out of her door. As soon as the door closed, the doctor said.

“How did you get hurt like this? Does the Apprentice Hunter have anyone other than Jungle Cat to catch? Even if a goblin slams me, I won’t break it like this.”

“That… Meeting a guy called Strong Boar…”

“You met a strong bore? That D class? Are you referring to the monstrous two-legged wild boar?”

“Yes. That’s it.”

“Why did that come out of the E-level gate? Do you not even manage the gate correctly these days?”

The doctor clicked his tongue. Strong Boar was really hard to see, and it seemed that it was a monster with no chance of appearing in the E-rank gate. I shook my head and said.

“I don’t know either. While I was holding the jungle cats, they suddenly jumped out and hit me.”

“It’s fine for being hit. Usually, when an apprentice hunter encounters a strong bore, he just dies.”

While saying that, the doctor was touching my arm here and there. Every time he touched it, it felt like it was pressing against a bruise, and his face automatically turned into a frown. He asked.

“Do you have an awakening ability that improves your strength?”

“Uh, if you block it with your left arm, the impact will be reduced, and the impact will be reduced with your right arm…”

“It’s a perfect ability to die.”

The doctor said so. I couldn’t help but wonder at those words. Why is an ability that reduces damage good enough to die? The doctor explained.

“The characteristic of those with such abilities is that they do not know what an attack beyond their limit is. All guys with halfway defensive abilities are like that. The other guys were like, ‘Huh? If I get hit by this, I’ll die?’ I jump in thinking ‘I think I can withstand it?’ And come back with only my head left. Even when I was on active duty, there were many people who died like that.”

A blue light began to glow from the doctor’s hand. A halo of light wrapped around my arm, moving like a colony of bugs, began twisting my arm around.

“Aaaaagh! Aaaaagh!”

I twisted my whole body, feeling the pain of shattering my bones. The doctor said, suppressing my struggles with one hand.

“Stay still. That’s how the bones stick together.”

“Aaaaagh! Aaaaagh!”

Aren’t you even anesthetized here? My head turned white with pain and I started stamping my feet. The doctor ignored my kicking and continued to inject power. How much time has passed The doctor tapped his hand and he said to me.

“It’s done. For the time being, don’t overdo it with that hand, and don’t come back.”

The doctor said that and sat down at the computer desk again. He tried to move his arm slowly, suppressing the sharp pain. His arm, which moved naturally, was unscathed as if it had never been broken. The doctor looked at the computer screen and said.

“Academy apprentice hunters are all supported by the state for treatment. So just go.”

“Thank you.”

I nodded to the doctor and went out. The doctor glanced at me, clicked his tongue and drank water from the paper cup again. I turned around and headed to the waiting room where senior Yoojung was. The waiting room was like a cafe.

The waitress was standing by all the time, waiting for her drink order, and Yu-jeong was sitting on a chair in the corner, sipping an iced Americano while fiddling with her smartphone. She lifted her head, looked at me, and smiled again.

“How is it? Are you all better now?”

“Yes.”

“Sit. Let’s take a break while having a drink.”

“Ah yes.”

I awkwardly fidgeted with my left arm. The arm that had been broken and wobbly a while ago had healed without a single wound. Senior Yoojung said.

“There will be a lot going on in the future. Suhyeon and I especially have abilities that are somewhat specialized for defense.”

Senior Yoo Jung’s ability was an incredibly fast recovery. I was amazed that she would end up in her hospital.

“Senior Yoo-Jeong is able to recover, but does she go to the hospital?”

“It’s about treating her while consuming her stamina. Wounds that exceed the limit must go to the hospital. I haven’t had that yet As the level increases, that will happen. The higher the gate level, the higher the risk of monsters becomes ridiculous.”

Just comparing the E-class monster, Jungle Cat, and the D-class monster, Strong Boar, the difference was clear. Senior Yoojeong drank the Americano and asked me.

“Don’t you have a drink? I’ll buy it for you. You worked hard today, so I did a special service.”

“It’s okay. My throat isn’t very dry. I think water will do.”

“Is it so? Then shall we go eat right away? There is a restaurant I know well. Go there.”

“Yes!”

Buying meat made me feel better. Yoo-jeong sunbaenim laughed and stood up, perhaps feeling an uplifting feeling from my tone. She asked, carefully touching my left arm with hers.

“Doesn’t it hurt anymore?”

“Yes. I think I’m fine now.”

Way back to the car. I could hear the hunters chatting in the cafeteria on the first floor.

“I heard that the newcomer to the Diamond Club is so fucked up this time?”

“I heard you have some outstanding abilities. Your face is fine, and it seems that you intend to use it as a signboard model this time.”

“Well, after hearing the story, the family life is a bit pitiful, the elderly grandmother and grandfather and the two of them are raising a child. My child grows up by working part-time and training at the same time.”

“Before becoming an Awakener?”

“Originally, I heard that my dream was to become a fitness trainer and bodybuilder.”

“Awesome.”

He was working hard on the newcomer he was raising at the Diamond Club. After hearing the story, Yu-Jung looked at me and said.

“Soohyun is also very cool.”

“Yes?”

I asked back in bewilderment as I really had no idea. Senior Yu-jeong saw me startled by embarrassment, and she smiled and shook her head.

“No. It’s nothing. Get on first.”

“Yes.”

Senior Yu-jeong was pretending to be happy, but there was a shadow on her face. She said.

“Did I say you drink well? Drink a little today.”

She looked at me and offered me a drink.

“A little bit.”

I couldn’t deny it.