The two-day break that tasted as sweet as honey was over. Seora went to her work at the association with a sad heart.
As soon as she entered the office, everyone ran towards her in tears.
“Seora-ssi! Are you Alive? Are your arms and legs still intact?!”
“Oh my gosh, in only three days you lost half your face! I thought your corpse would come in!”
“The positions of the eyes, nose and mouth remain the same! I’m glad, I’m so glad!”
“…”
They certainly seemed worried, but as she listened to it, she felt something strange with it.
It was only natural that her arms and legs were perfectly attached.
Did they want her to be a corpse? Why did they care about the positions of her eyes, nose and mouth?
[Administrator: ∠( ᐛ ”∠)_]
Even her contractor was lying down watching the skit play. Seora looked into the air with blank eyes for a moment.
“My arms and legs are fine, I haven’t lost weight, and my features are well parked, so don’t worry.”
“Anyways, those damned bastards of the Cheonglang Guild! If we ever meet Cheonglang we’ll start at them!”
If a normal person heard those words, they would be dumbfounded, but Seora wasn’t.
All civil service hunters that belonged to the association were people that should put the safety of the people first.
It was absurd to argue with a large guild just because of personal feelings.
Therefore, she knew that them saying this meant they would do as much as they could.
For them to care this much, she was honestly grateful.
“Oh, where’s the chief? I have to say thank you.”
Those who were shouting loudly with excitement suddenly faltered at those words.
“Oh, he’s not here right now.”
“He must have gone out of the office.”
“He doesn’t even work outside.”
“Sure?”
There was something strange about the way they rolled their eyes as if they were embarrassed.
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“What happened to the chief?”
“The chief is currently on probation.”
An unexpected answer came back. Seora opened her eyes wide and looked back. Jung Taeseok had a bitter look on his face.
“On probation? Chief Do?”
“Someone else will explain that. The president of the association is looking for you, so go up there.”
“What? The president of the association…?”
Seora blinked her eyes. Uh, She had never openly looked for her before.
“I guess he wants to ask you a few questions about what happened at the park.”
Seora nodded at the words Taeseok added.
“I’ll be back.”
“Yeah, yeah. Let’s go eat something delicious for lunch. It’s on me!”
“Oh, my God, Team Leader! Me, too!”
“Me too, me too! Will it be an expensive meal?
“You guys are noisy!”
At the words of Jeong Taeseok, the surrounding quickly became noisy.
Thinking that they were all the same kind of people, Seora shook her head and left the office.
The president’s office was on the top floor of the headquarters.
***
The Korea Awakened Management Association was an institution that managed not only all the people in Korea, but also all the dungeons and gates.
Unless there was an emergency such as a dungeon break where monsters jump out, all guilds had to obtain permission to attack through the association.
When awakeners first became awakened, they had to register with the association, and in case of an awakened committing a crime, the association directly supervised the punishment.
In other words, it was the law that all awakened people in Korea had to obey the rules of the association.
In a way, it was like a dictatorship, but thanks to the existence of the association, the damage caused towards the non-awakened people in Korea was reduced, and the dungeon attacks were done efficiently.
All of this was thanks to the power of the association president who established the association and sat in the highest position.
Song Hanna.
Among the 11 S-classes in Korea —now 12 including Seora— she was a strong person who ranked at the top.
This person that was currently in front of Yoon Seora was the person who made all of this starting from the bare ground where there was nothing.
“Hunter Yoon Seora, You lost half your face. Tsk tsk. Still, I have to say that it’s fortunate that your eyes, nose and mouth are still in the same position. How are your arms and legs?”
“…”
Didn’t her colleagues say something similar earlier, or maybe it’s just her mind playing games on her
“You know everything now don’t you?”
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“Huh? What?”
The way she smiled as if she didn’t know anything was very attractive.
The beauty marks on the sides of her mouth, which were revealed through the black short hair, stood out exceptionally.
Song Hanna was one of the first generation awakeners, her age was close to 50, but she still maintained her appearance from early 30s thanks to her outstanding ability.
In addition to that, it was hard to guess the age of the person who was called the strongest in the country, adding to her unique aura.
She was still a fascinating person, her constantness was very scary.
“Association President was the one who informed Oppa, weren’t you?”
However, Seora didn’t feel intimidated in the slightest when she met Song Hanna by herself.
“Of course. Who else in the association would tell Jaeheon about you?”
The two of them had long-distance talks with each other.
Song Hanna was a close friend of Seora’s mother, who passed away about 12 years ago at a young age.
She was also the one that helped Seora become an adult and a civil servant when she became an F-Rank awakener.
Of course, even if this became known they weren’t too close with each other, so only a few people knew about their relationship in the association.
“Is Jaeheon coming to Korea?”
“I told him not to come. I don’t have any serious injuries anywhere, so what would he do if he came here?”
“Really? I think Jaeheon seemed very angry. If Chief Do hadn’t beaten him until he was bloody, he would have come in no matter what you said.”
“So I am glad that didn’t happen. I don’t want to be the center of attention just because my brother came into the spotlight. By the way, why is Chief Do put on probation?”
What did the sincere hardworking man do that was wrong?
When Seora asked bitterly, Hanna burst out laughing as if she had heard a very funny thing.
“It’s not your fault! The park was destroyed. A public place. And who are we? He is a civil servant under the rust of the state.”
“…Well.”
She didn’t even think about that because she was focused on Park Jinyong.
“It’s because of me. I’m sorry…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Well, he also got a two-month pay cut for the restoration of the park, but it seems Chief Do didn’t care about that?”
“Uahhh.”
Seora got even more ashamed of herself and tore her hair apart.
Anyway, just how many people had to suffer because of that Park Jinyong guy! She had heard that he was admitted to a hospital, but she thinks he should be discharged.
She would let him know just how scary dark alleys were.
“Seoraseora, what are you so sorry for?”
As Seora clenched her fists while her heart was burning with vengeance, Song Hanna laughed as if she was cute.
“What?”
“You must have seen it. The fact that Chief Do gave that A rank a lesson. There’s no way you didn’t notice that the gap shouldn’t be so big between two A ranks.”
Her mouth with a black dot drew an alluring smile. Seora smiled bitterly.
“…Chief Do really was an S rank.”
She had already seen Do Junyoung’s information, but she spoke in a way that made it sound like she just guessed it on purpose.
Although Song Hanna was the most reliable member of the association, Seora decided that it would be better to keep the contract between her and the administrator a secret.
【Administrator: (´•▽•`)b】
The administrator also agreed with the idea.
“Currently, there are a total of 11 S-Rank awakeners in Korea. The only person whose name is unknown is Chief Do.”
‘She doesn’t know that the number is 12 now.’
When would she notice? Seora wondered about it but asked something else.
“Why did he hide his identity? Did you really need to?”
“Chief Do wanted it. He said he was worried that he might not know if he was a member of the guild or that he might not be able to see what he had to see if he was a S-rank official.”
Well, that’s understandable.
The gap between S and A ranks was as big as the difference between the sky and the earth, so everyone noticed that.
The citizens put too much expectations on them.
Not sure how it is for Song Hanna, the president of the association, but for him, who had to work hard in the field as the chief of the management office, all of that would have been somewhat inconvenient.
“So you don’t have to worry about Chief Do. Because of his precious body he is paid more annual salary than what he should be getting. Salary reductions and probation are just tricks to cover up the S-rank benefits from the state.”
“Still I can’t help but feel sorry for having him go through something he shouldn’t have to because of me.”
“Seoraseora, my sweet nephew. It seems you misunderstood one thing.”
Song Hanna waved her fingers covered in black nail polish.
The moment her long fingers glistened with gold, Seora’s upper body was pulled forward.
“Ah!”
As the relationship between the two narrowed, Song Hanna gently stroked Seora’s cheek.
“You’re the victim who almost died because of that bastard who tried killing you. And you’re a subordinate of me and Chief Do. It’s only natural that we get revenge for you, the weak one.”
“…”
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They were the same S-rank, but Seora felt overwhelmed by Song Hanna’s charming smile right in front of her.
Do Junyoung wasn’t like this either. As expected, the person who had been number one in Korea for decades was different.
Seora swallowed her saliva.
“…Does aunt also want to hit Park Jinyong?”
It was the first time she called Song Hanna aunt since she had become a civil servant.
Hanna realised that too, so she smiled happily.
“He dared to touch you, but I don’t want to just hit him. Since he made my nephew’s spill some precious blood, wouldn’t it be worthwhile for Han Sueon to come and hit his head too?”
Han Sueon, the leader of the Cheonglang, hitting his head. She had seen something similar in the S rank club, oh, no, the community about two days ago.
‘Does aunt visit the community often…’
S ranks were all crazy, she lamented at the fact.
“By the way, Han Sueon and Park Jinyong decided to visit the association when Chief Do’s prohibition ends. Han Sueon said he would formally apologize to you, what are you going to do?”
“Should I take the apology?”
“That’s your freedom. You don’t have to take it. I’m asking you if you want to meet them or not. For your information, I recommend that you do meet them, but Chief Do thinks you shouldn’t. He seems worried that you might recall what happened that day if you face Park Jinyong.”
Oh, for sure, if it wasn’t for the system administrator, forget being able to recall that day, she would have been dead.
It’s true that it was an ideal situation that would leave a trauma.
‘Thanks to the contract with the manager, I became an S-rank, so the trauma part was completely forgotten…’
Wasn’t it more traumatic to see the administrator use those emoticons?
“But why does the association president want me to meet him?”
Before choosing, Seora asked Hanna.
When it comes to being overprotective, Song Hanna was worse than Do Juyoung, so why did she want her to meet her? The answer was simple.
“You should meet him and make Han Sueon kneel down and hit his head in front of you. You want to see that right? Of course as my niece you do.”
As Song Hanna’s finger tickled her chin, Seora coughed for no reason. Oh, my. She knows her too well.
‘Of course, I don’t intend to be satisfied with that alone. Park Jinyong, you bastard, I will be sure to pay you a secret visit later and hit you on the back of your head.’
While smiling at Song Hanna, Seora made a commitment on her mind.
“And the reason I called you here is because I have something else to tell you.”
Seora tilted her head. Was there anything else left to talk about?
“You, let’s get you an S class weapon.”
There was. Something very terrifying.
The two-day break that tasted as sweet as honey was over. Seora went to her work at the association with a sad heart.
As soon as she entered the office, everyone ran towards her in tears.
“Seora-ssi! Are you Alive? Are your arms and legs still intact?!”
“Oh my gosh, in only three days you lost half your face! I thought your corpse would come in!”
“The positions of the eyes, nose and mouth remain the same! I’m glad, I’m so glad!”
“…”
They certainly seemed worried, but as she listened to it, she felt something strange with it.
It was only natural that her arms and legs were perfectly attached.
Did they want her to be a corpse? Why did they care about the positions of her eyes, nose and mouth?
[Administrator: ∠( ᐛ ”∠)_]
Even her contractor was lying down watching the skit play. Seora looked into the air with blank eyes for a moment.
“My arms and legs are fine, I haven’t lost weight, and my features are well parked, so don’t worry.”
“Anyways, those damned bastards of the Cheonglang Guild! If we ever meet Cheonglang we’ll start at them!”
If a normal person heard those words, they would be dumbfounded, but Seora wasn’t.
All civil service hunters that belonged to the association were people that should put the safety of the people first.
It was absurd to argue with a large guild just because of personal feelings.
Therefore, she knew that them saying this meant they would do as much as they could.
For them to care this much, she was honestly grateful.
“Oh, where’s the chief? I have to say thank you.”
Those who were shouting loudly with excitement suddenly faltered at those words.
“Oh, he’s not here right now.”
“He must have gone out of the office.”
“He doesn’t even work outside.”
“Sure?”
There was something strange about the way they rolled their eyes as if they were embarrassed.
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“What happened to the chief?”
“The chief is currently on probation.”
An unexpected answer came back. Seora opened her eyes wide and looked back. Jung Taeseok had a bitter look on his face.
“On probation? Chief Do?”
“Someone else will explain that. The president of the association is looking for you, so go up there.”
“What? The president of the association…?”
Seora blinked her eyes. Uh, She had never openly looked for her before.
“I guess he wants to ask you a few questions about what happened at the park.”
Seora nodded at the words Taeseok added.
“I’ll be back.”
“Yeah, yeah. Let’s go eat something delicious for lunch. It’s on me!”
“Oh, my God, Team Leader! Me, too!”
“Me too, me too! Will it be an expensive meal?
“You guys are noisy!”
At the words of Jeong Taeseok, the surrounding quickly became noisy.
Thinking that they were all the same kind of people, Seora shook her head and left the office.
The president’s office was on the top floor of the headquarters.
***
The Korea Awakened Management Association was an institution that managed not only all the people in Korea, but also all the dungeons and gates.
Unless there was an emergency such as a dungeon break where monsters jump out, all guilds had to obtain permission to attack through the association.
When awakeners first became awakened, they had to register with the association, and in case of an awakened committing a crime, the association directly supervised the punishment.
In other words, it was the law that all awakened people in Korea had to obey the rules of the association.
In a way, it was like a dictatorship, but thanks to the existence of the association, the damage caused towards the non-awakened people in Korea was reduced, and the dungeon attacks were done efficiently.
All of this was thanks to the power of the association president who established the association and sat in the highest position.
Song Hanna.
Among the 11 S-classes in Korea —now 12 including Seora— she was a strong person who ranked at the top.
This person that was currently in front of Yoon Seora was the person who made all of this starting from the bare ground where there was nothing.
“Hunter Yoon Seora, You lost half your face. Tsk tsk. Still, I have to say that it’s fortunate that your eyes, nose and mouth are still in the same position. How are your arms and legs?”
“…”
Didn’t her colleagues say something similar earlier, or maybe it’s just her mind playing games on her
“You know everything now don’t you?”
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“Huh? What?”
The way she smiled as if she didn’t know anything was very attractive.
The beauty marks on the sides of her mouth, which were revealed through the black short hair, stood out exceptionally.
Song Hanna was one of the first generation awakeners, her age was close to 50, but she still maintained her appearance from early 30s thanks to her outstanding ability.
In addition to that, it was hard to guess the age of the person who was called the strongest in the country, adding to her unique aura.
She was still a fascinating person, her constantness was very scary.
“Association President was the one who informed Oppa, weren’t you?”
However, Seora didn’t feel intimidated in the slightest when she met Song Hanna by herself.
“Of course. Who else in the association would tell Jaeheon about you?”
The two of them had long-distance talks with each other.
Song Hanna was a close friend of Seora’s mother, who passed away about 12 years ago at a young age.
She was also the one that helped Seora become an adult and a civil servant when she became an F-Rank awakener.
Of course, even if this became known they weren’t too close with each other, so only a few people knew about their relationship in the association.
“Is Jaeheon coming to Korea?”
“I told him not to come. I don’t have any serious injuries anywhere, so what would he do if he came here?”
“Really? I think Jaeheon seemed very angry. If Chief Do hadn’t beaten him until he was bloody, he would have come in no matter what you said.”
“So I am glad that didn’t happen. I don’t want to be the center of attention just because my brother came into the spotlight. By the way, why is Chief Do put on probation?”
What did the sincere hardworking man do that was wrong?
When Seora asked bitterly, Hanna burst out laughing as if she had heard a very funny thing.
“It’s not your fault! The park was destroyed. A public place. And who are we? He is a civil servant under the rust of the state.”
“…Well.”
She didn’t even think about that because she was focused on Park Jinyong.
“It’s because of me. I’m sorry…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Well, he also got a two-month pay cut for the restoration of the park, but it seems Chief Do didn’t care about that?”
“Uahhh.”
Seora got even more ashamed of herself and tore her hair apart.
Anyway, just how many people had to suffer because of that Park Jinyong guy! She had heard that he was admitted to a hospital, but she thinks he should be discharged.
She would let him know just how scary dark alleys were.
“Seoraseora, what are you so sorry for?”
As Seora clenched her fists while her heart was burning with vengeance, Song Hanna laughed as if she was cute.
“What?”
“You must have seen it. The fact that Chief Do gave that A rank a lesson. There’s no way you didn’t notice that the gap shouldn’t be so big between two A ranks.”
Her mouth with a black dot drew an alluring smile. Seora smiled bitterly.
“…Chief Do really was an S rank.”
She had already seen Do Junyoung’s information, but she spoke in a way that made it sound like she just guessed it on purpose.
Although Song Hanna was the most reliable member of the association, Seora decided that it would be better to keep the contract between her and the administrator a secret.
【Administrator: (´•▽•`)b】
The administrator also agreed with the idea.
“Currently, there are a total of 11 S-Rank awakeners in Korea. The only person whose name is unknown is Chief Do.”
‘She doesn’t know that the number is 12 now.’
When would she notice? Seora wondered about it but asked something else.
“Why did he hide his identity? Did you really need to?”
“Chief Do wanted it. He said he was worried that he might not know if he was a member of the guild or that he might not be able to see what he had to see if he was a S-rank official.”
Well, that’s understandable.
The gap between S and A ranks was as big as the difference between the sky and the earth, so everyone noticed that.
The citizens put too much expectations on them.
Not sure how it is for Song Hanna, the president of the association, but for him, who had to work hard in the field as the chief of the management office, all of that would have been somewhat inconvenient.
“So you don’t have to worry about Chief Do. Because of his precious body he is paid more annual salary than what he should be getting. Salary reductions and probation are just tricks to cover up the S-rank benefits from the state.”
“Still I can’t help but feel sorry for having him go through something he shouldn’t have to because of me.”
“Seoraseora, my sweet nephew. It seems you misunderstood one thing.”
Song Hanna waved her fingers covered in black nail polish.
The moment her long fingers glistened with gold, Seora’s upper body was pulled forward.
“Ah!”
As the relationship between the two narrowed, Song Hanna gently stroked Seora’s cheek.
“You’re the victim who almost died because of that bastard who tried killing you. And you’re a subordinate of me and Chief Do. It’s only natural that we get revenge for you, the weak one.”
“…”
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They were the same S-rank, but Seora felt overwhelmed by Song Hanna’s charming smile right in front of her.
Do Junyoung wasn’t like this either. As expected, the person who had been number one in Korea for decades was different.
Seora swallowed her saliva.
“…Does aunt also want to hit Park Jinyong?”
It was the first time she called Song Hanna aunt since she had become a civil servant.
Hanna realised that too, so she smiled happily.
“He dared to touch you, but I don’t want to just hit him. Since he made my nephew’s spill some precious blood, wouldn’t it be worthwhile for Han Sueon to come and hit his head too?”
Han Sueon, the leader of the Cheonglang, hitting his head. She had seen something similar in the S rank club, oh, no, the community about two days ago.
‘Does aunt visit the community often…’
S ranks were all crazy, she lamented at the fact.
“By the way, Han Sueon and Park Jinyong decided to visit the association when Chief Do’s prohibition ends. Han Sueon said he would formally apologize to you, what are you going to do?”
“Should I take the apology?”
“That’s your freedom. You don’t have to take it. I’m asking you if you want to meet them or not. For your information, I recommend that you do meet them, but Chief Do thinks you shouldn’t. He seems worried that you might recall what happened that day if you face Park Jinyong.”
Oh, for sure, if it wasn’t for the system administrator, forget being able to recall that day, she would have been dead.
It’s true that it was an ideal situation that would leave a trauma.
‘Thanks to the contract with the manager, I became an S-rank, so the trauma part was completely forgotten…’
Wasn’t it more traumatic to see the administrator use those emoticons?
“But why does the association president want me to meet him?”
Before choosing, Seora asked Hanna.
When it comes to being overprotective, Song Hanna was worse than Do Juyoung, so why did she want her to meet her? The answer was simple.
“You should meet him and make Han Sueon kneel down and hit his head in front of you. You want to see that right? Of course as my niece you do.”
As Song Hanna’s finger tickled her chin, Seora coughed for no reason. Oh, my. She knows her too well.
‘Of course, I don’t intend to be satisfied with that alone. Park Jinyong, you bastard, I will be sure to pay you a secret visit later and hit you on the back of your head.’
While smiling at Song Hanna, Seora made a commitment on her mind.
“And the reason I called you here is because I have something else to tell you.”
Seora tilted her head. Was there anything else left to talk about?
“You, let’s get you an S class weapon.”
There was. Something very terrifying.
