SWNOVELXO chapter 229
Chapter 229 – Side Story: A-Class Hunter Kang Ra-hye – 1
As I headed to the rooftop, clutching my stomach that felt like it was going to burst, Kang Yu-na, who was smoking a cigarette alone, glanced over at me. She looked at my awkward posture and clicked her tongue.
“Why didn’t you come home more often? Since you haven’t come home for so long, every time you do, he keeps trying to feed you something.”
“You come here more often than when you lived alone. That’s fine.”
“Hey, back then… … Ugh. No. Let’s stop talking. Judging from what you’re saying, I don’t know what you did, but it definitely seems like you’re feeling better.”
When I say traces here, I mean when I first returned from the first world and was half out of my mind.
A kid who was fine suddenly took a leave of absence from school and became a shut-in at home, so his older sister came to visit him several times and it was a mess, but if he mentions it with a smile, I guess he must think he’s fine again.
Actually, I ended up being fine.
“Is it because of the other world?”
“yes.”
“Ugh. I don’t know anything, so I can’t say anything.”
“That’s why I told you to come and play. Did I tell you to come and do something grand? I told you to just enjoy the festival and leave.”
“I wasn’t mentally prepared. I wasn’t mentally prepared. Do you think it’s easy for someone like me to go to another world? If you hadn’t shown me the evidence, I would have thought you were crazy.”
“Just do as I say. Take off your shoes when you cross the gate, and when I say we’ve arrived, shout “Hurray!” loudly. Sounds easy, huh?”
“go away.”
We exchanged a warm conversation and leaned against the railing. Kang Yu-na looked at the railing, and I leaned against it.
Since my older sister was an A-class hunter belonging to the Eternal Guild, my parents lived quite affluently. This single-family home was also owned by my parents, and there was another building in my older sister’s name somewhere else.
It might be natural, considering the status that Eternal Guild holds in South Korea, no, all over the world.
“Hey, but what do you do with the guild leaders?”
Kang Yu-na, who had been smoking cigarettes for a while, opened her mouth again.
“I’ve been going there for five years and I’ve never seen them get along with anyone. They always stick together—oh, my mistake. Don’t tell me that.”
“What happens if I tell you?”
“Your sister is getting cut off. She’ll become a swan at twenty-nine.”
“Then I must tell you. I can take care of my parents. My older sister can also live with me like a breadwinner. I will give her special permission.”
“He’s really crazy.”
Kang Yu-na gave me a look of contempt and was about to take out a new pack of cigarettes, but then glanced at me and stopped. Then, with a look of total reluctance, she put the pack back in her pocket.
“So, why aren’t you going to tell me why we’re close?”
“It’s not that I don’t do it, it’s that I can’t do it.”
“Can’t you think about it again to see if it’s really something you can’t do? She’s my only older sister.”
In fact, I didn’t say out loud that there were two more people in the other world. There was no need to cross the line by saying something like that. At the very least, it would be right not to touch the family framework.
No matter what we do when we curse at each other, we end up staying within the line we have set. If we go beyond it even once, there is no turning back.
“Then when you were in your third year of high school, you used a dildo on the wall— ugh.”
“Why don’t you shut your mouth?”
I got hit in the side. Kang Yu-na opened her eyes wide and growled coldly.
“Anyway, just know that it’s something similar to that.”
“… … This son of a b*tch, for real. He can’t even speak.”
Since I wasn’t sick anyway, I tried to smile calmly, but the squint in my eyes soon turned into a deep sigh.
“At that point, isn’t it that the guild leader has a weakness for you? Or maybe you have a weakness for him. If they were all men, they would tremble. How famous must they be that when they receive a request to subdue a gate and go on a business trip overseas, their escorts are always women. They know that it won’t be good for them to bother you unnecessarily.”
I couldn’t say that it was because of me that he was acting so nervous. Kang Yu-na, who had been thinking about something on her own, clapped her hands and said, “Ah.”
“Is that it?”
“What is that?”
I was a little nervous inside, just in case. He may seem a little lacking in normal times, but he is a person with a sharp intuition for useless things. Could he have guessed our relationship?
“You even took a picture of yourself playing with your daughter— Hey! What?! Why aren’t you taking your hands off me?!”
It was an absurd answer for me, who had been so nervous around this kind of person. I pressed my head with my hand.
Kang Yu-na struggled to push my hand away, but she couldn’t overcome me with her strength, so she just flailed around in place. When I let go of her hand, she grumbled and cleaned her hair.
“That’s the kind of thought someone like you would have.”
“Is this the kind of thinking a woman of great ability who joined the Eternal Guild at the age of 24 and rose to A-class before she turned 30 would have? Thank you for the compliment.”
“Sister, are you really twenty-nine? Next year, your number will change to 3, so you’re not speaking like that to make yourself look younger mentally, are you?”
“Son of a b*tch.”
Another punch flew into my side. Kang Yu-na, who had hit me, put a new cigarette in her mouth.
“What is it, Pige? You seemed like you were holding back earlier.”
“I can’t stand it, you little shit.”
Kang Yu-na lit a cigarette, took a puff, then exhaled the smoke as if a thought suddenly occurred to her and asked a question.
“That’s right. If you’re close with the guild leaders, you must have met that summoned beast, right? The one that killed Leviathan last time.”
I couldn’t honestly say, “Of course I’ve met that person,” so I just nodded.
“We met.”
“Do you know what the inside of the mask looks like?”
“I don’t know.”
It’s actually right before your eyes.
“Then do you know what kind of person he is?”
“I don’t know.”
He’s your younger brother too.
“Hey, what’s the price?”
“I don’t know.”
It’s almost like there’s nothing, but if I had to choose one, it would be having someone by my side my whole life.
“No, you don’t know anything? Did you really just run into each other on the street?”
Kang Yu-na grumbled and put a cigarette in her mouth, but she didn’t grumble any more. She seemed to think that it would be understandable if the guild leaders had hidden it away.
“That’s because he’s that dangerous. Do you think those people would have been sick for over a week just because they used him twice?”
“Yeah. I saw the video of them killing Leviathan, and it was no joke. It looked like a nuclear bomb exploding.”
“So, is that all you have to say? You told me to come up to the rooftop after I finish eating.”
“No. I’m going to do it now.”
Kang Yu-na straightened her posture after saying that. I also tense up as I wondered what she was going to say.
“Did you know that we have a new hunter joining our guild? Her name is… …yes. Kang Ra-hye.”
Hunter Kang Ra-hye. I’m talking about the former blacksmith Rachel.
My name, Ra-hye, is a Korean twist on Rachel, my name from the other world, and I decided to use my last name, since it’s like I was able to be reborn thanks to you.
Priscilla and Laura, who were well-versed in the so-called ‘otaku culture’, made a strange expression upon hearing that, but didn’t say anything else. After all, this wasn’t Japan.
“I know, I know. Why is that person?”
“You’re going to enter the gate with that person in three days? I was wondering if you knew anything. You’re close with the guild leaders. I don’t really like saying this, but since you came in by parachute, you don’t know anything except skills. You have to figure something out yourself.”
That’s true. He’s already proven his skills, but he’s been busy adjusting to life on Earth since then. I’ve even heard him say he’s going alone because he doesn’t want to cause unnecessary friction, but it seems like his feelings have changed.
“If that’s the case, I’ll be happy to help.”
It was something I had to help with, of course.
“Please take good care of me, Kang Ra-hye.”
“I, I am the one who needs to be treated well.”
Bow, when my older sister bowed her head, Kang Ra-hye also bowed back. I hid myself with my stealth magic and watched the scene.
“I heard you’re very interested in swords… … .”
“Oh, oh, yes. That’s right.”
Kang Yu-na awkwardly continued the conversation, and Kang Ra-hye awkwardly accepted the conversation as well. It was clear that they were both trying hard, but I felt suffocated just watching them.
“Then I will explain the gate that will be the target of today’s subjugation.”
Fortunately, that atmosphere didn’t last long. As preparations for entering the gate were completed, a woman who appeared to be the leader began her briefing.
As the conversation ended, sky blue eyes glanced in my direction. Of course, they knew. It was Kang Ra Hye who asked me to keep watch, saying that I was very immature since it was my first time.
“What are you doing, Ms. Kang Ra-hye? Please refrain from doing anything else during the briefing.”
“Oh, I’m sorry… … I, I’m sorry.”
Kang Ra-hye, who almost unconsciously used old-fashioned speech, hurriedly offered an apology.
That’s pretty good. Compared to Laura and Elisier, who eventually gave up on proofreading after living as characters in a novel for hundreds of years, at least there’s a chance.
“The gate through which this subjugation request came in is an A-5 rank gate. Until recently, it was only an A-3 rank gate, but when the Su-seong Guild attempted to enter, three A-rank hunters were seriously injured and retreated, so it was raised to a level of two… … .”
After the flawless briefing, everyone received additional information through Hunter Watch. However, Kang Ra-hye was alone, looking at the screen and groaning. It seemed like she hadn’t fully adjusted yet.
He approached her slightly and pressed her instead. Her only eye turned into a surprised rabbit’s eye for a moment, but then she smiled and expressed her gratitude.
“If everything is ready, we can leave. According to the report, there are ogres appearing, so we must not be nervous.”
The hunters each grabbed their weapons and rushed into the gate. Kang Yu-na was third, and Kang Ra-hye was last. I also watched the liver and followed them in.
As soon as we entered, a large group of ogres welcomed us. The leader shouted loudly upon seeing them.
“All hands, prepare for battle!”
“It’s been an ogre from the start, so it’s not an A-5 grade for nothing.”
“So it must have come down to us.”
As the other two chatted and aimed their weapons, Geomseong also drew his sword with his left hand.
At Bellium Academy, they appear in artificial dungeons for student lectures, but here, they are considered quite dangerous monsters.
“Get ready… … … .”
The leader’s voice, which had been loudly raising its voice, became silent. This was because the ogres, who were about to scream and prepare to fight, turned around and fled inside.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The hunters who encountered this unprecedented situation where the monster ran away before preparing to fight seemed to have lost their brains on the spot. My older sister was no exception.
‘Oh, right.’
I realized what was going on. I was so focused on the other side that I forgot for a moment that the intelligent monsters can instinctively sense the strength of their opponents.
I looked around. Kang Ra-hye also seemed a bit embarrassed, as if she thought it was her fault. After thinking for a moment, I pulled out Yeong-won. There was nothing I could do about it now that it had come to this.
I have no choice but to bring it here directly.