Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

New York Double Date (1)

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I became a star overnight.

Actually, to use such an expression, I was already a star…

But becoming an S-grade Holder felt completely different.

The highest rank a Rune Holder can reach.

Some argue that an SS-grade Holder should be created due to the large gaps even among S-grade Holders and monsters, but regardless, S-grade is still the highest officially recognized rank in the international Holder community.

The birth of such a Holder is not just a personal glory, but a celebration for the country as well.

– 21-year-old S-grade Holder! Do Jae-hyun’s great achievements

– S-grade promotion longed for by citizens… Overwhelming support in polls

– How did Do Jae-hyun become such a strong Holder?

It wasn’t for nothing that the Holder Association and the government stepped in directly.

The enthusiastic support resulted in successful outcomes and warm welcomes.

My name was splashed across the front pages of all domestic newspapers, and turning on TV or video news brought nothing but stories about my promotion.

Congratulatory messages from acquaintances poured in endlessly, and contact requests for meetings flooded in from executives of the Association and major domestic clans.

The whole country was abuzz.

Is ‘rank’ really the most recognized way for a Holder?

I was already considered one of the core Holders domestically, but with this promotion, I felt like I had truly risen to become the top Holder in the country.

“Master, please save us.”

“We’re really going to die at this rate…”

“No, how can a Clan Master be this active-“

The ripple effect wasn’t limited to just popularity.

Me, my family, everyone related to me.

And attention poured into <Evil Hunter>, the clan I personally created.

Thanks to this, the newly established external relations teams within the clan groaned every day.

“Yes, yes. As I mentioned, from now on, we’d like the S-grade Holder story to be included in all descriptions of our clan.”

“Hello, this is Evil Hunter PR team. Regarding the article you’re planning to publish in HBN…”

The PR team had the most work, naturally.

From their perspective, the clan’s recognition skyrocketed due to my promotion issue, and they could continue more full-fledged brand marketing based on this.

It was an opportunity that comes once in a few years, one that absolutely couldn’t be missed.

Moreover, they could reconstruct the clan’s image as ‘a clan led by an S-grade Holder’, and how cleanly and sophisticatedly they could promote these related issues was also a big factor.

The 6th S-grade Holder in the country.

And the world’s youngest S-grade Holder.

These were powerful titles that the clan couldn’t let slip by.

“Yes, this is Evil Hunter Master Room.”

“You want to form an alliance? For that, you’ll need to meet directly with the planning team, but if you’d like, I can schedule a date for you.”

“Personal schedules are difficult at the moment. We already have 31 bookings…”

The secretarial team is ‘just’ busy.

With my becoming S-grade, clans and Holders wanting to contact me poured in, and there were quite a few who wanted to do something together or establish cooperative relationships with our clan.

Lightly contacting these people and setting up schedules was the secretarial team’s job.

They already had a lot of work, but it piled up even more with this promotion.

Moreover, my personal schedule was already packed even before the promotion, so they struggled considerably to coordinate the flood of meeting schedules.

“…They’re really working hard.”

PR team and secretarial team.

These two teams were truly devoted to work almost every day, and thanks to them, they were the busiest teams in our clan these days.

<Evil Hunter> is probably the only clan with such busy teams despite not being Holder employees.

“So? Did you give them bonuses?”

Kim Chae-eun, finding the clan talk interesting, asked with a smile.

I gently pinched her playful nose and answered.

“Of course. Though we’re a new clan, the treatment clan members receive is the best in the industry. It’s my management motto that created the clan in such a short time.”

“Heh- Cool. So how much did you give?”

“That’s a secret. Knowing too much about the Master’s circumstances can hurt you.”

“What-“

Kim Chae-eun pretended to be upset.

But seemingly pleased anyway, she pressed her chest closer to my arm she was holding onto.

“I’m so excited.”

“You like it that much?”

“Yeah! This is our first date in ages.”

“Right. We’ve been so busy conquering dungeon after dungeon.”

If the promotion assessment results had been delayed, this trip would have been postponed too.

“We finished the conquests cleanly, Jae-hyun got promoted to S-grade… Everything wrapped up nicely and now we’re on a relaxed trip. Hehe, I love it.”

“Because we’re going abroad?”

“That makes it even better!”

Kim Chae-eun and I each had a large carrier in our hands.

We could have put them in magic bags, but Kim Chae-eun wanted to hold them to get into the travel mood.

Right now, we were on our way to the United States.

While the actual purpose was travel and a date, on the surface it was a visit to the US for clan business.

An official invitation proposed to the <Evil Hunter> clan by Liam Hendricks and <Wings of Freedom>.

I was going as the clan’s master and representative, and Kim Chae-eun, also a clan member, was participating as my accompanying person.

‘Originally it was supposed to be my Master…’

Actually, the first person proposed as the accompanying member was the vice master, Yoo Eun-seol.

It’s extremely rare for both the master and vice master to participate in an official clan schedule at the same time, but it was possible because <Wings of Freedom> is the world’s top clan with high prestige.

However, due to the master’s busy personal schedule, the visit to the United States was unfortunately cancelled.

She is not only the clan’s vice master, but also an S-grade Holder representing Korea and the country’s top assassin-type Holder.

Especially recently, her time has been heavily occupied with activities like ‘teaching at the academy’ and conquering the <Room of Transcendence>, so her postponed personal schedules had piled up like a mountain.

Moreover, with her only disciple (me) having been promoted to S-grade Holder, interest in her has exploded and interview requests are pouring in. Her already busy schedule could only become more packed.

“Should I just overturn everything, Association and all…?”

“P-please calm down, master.”

“I wanted to go to America with Jae-hyun too…”

Yoo Eun-seol expressed deep regret while casually uttering frightening words.

In any case, by her giving up the accompanying person’s spot, Kim Chae-eun was able to come along.

Since staff from the planning and operations teams who handle external affairs were attending separately anyway, it didn’t really matter which Holder came as an accompanying person.

“Jae-hyun.”

“Yeah?”

I turned my head to see Kim Chae-eun with a slightly anxious face.

“Um… What did the others say?”

“The others?”

I tilted my head for a moment but quickly realized.

“Ga-eun and Juyeon?”

“Yeah.”

“Why, are you getting scared now?”

Nod nod-.

Kim Chae-eun nodded her head a few times with a meerkat-like expression.

“I just notified the girls and haven’t looked at the group chat, I’m scared… What did they say? Do I need to hide when I get back to Korea?”

“Hahaha.”

It’s this scary to just notify without discussion first.

Considering Moon Ga-eun’s angry face last time, her anxiety is quite understandable.

I smiled and patted Kim Chae-eun’s head.

“Don’t worry. Juyeon and Ga-eun decided to go on a trip too, so they’re not angry anymore.”

“…A trip?”

Kim Chae-eun’s eyes widened at this news she was hearing for the first time.

“Ah… Did I not mention it? The other girls said they wanted to go on a trip after a long time too, so we decided to pick a date and go together while we’re on break. Since I’m going to America with you, Juyeon and Ga-eun are going to Europe.”

“Europe?!”

Kim Chae-eun exclaimed in surprise.

She even stopped walking and stood still.

…Then she hugged me tightly and looked up with sparkling eyes.

“I want to go to Europe too.”

“Starting with formal speech is cheating, you know?”

Kim Chae-eun has been subtly trying to train me lately.

She blinked her eyes without releasing her embrace.

“Can’t we go together?”

“Of course not.”

“Aw, why~ I wanna go too~ Why are only the three of you going~”

“Because we’re only going to America as the two of us. You need to know when to concede.”

“Ugh… That’s true but… I’ve never been to Europe either…”

I gently kissed her as she expressed her disappointment.

Then, holding her cheeks, I said, “Let’s go next time. Instead, you can have fun in America this time, right?”

“Mmm…”

I’d like to take them all to America or Europe if I could.

Why wouldn’t I want to go on separate trips with each of my three lovers?

However, we are not just lovers but also workplace colleagues.

It hasn’t been long since the conquest of the <Room of Deserters> entered a ceasefire state, and the newly established <Evil Hunter> still needs to build its foundation.

Although we’ve taken a short break now, we can’t just play around forever.

That’s why we’re splitting up our tight schedule to spend time with our lovers like this.

“Hehe, I understand.”

Kim Chae-eun quickly nodded with a smile, knowing these circumstances.

In fact, I knew she was just throwing a little tantrum for fun.

Still grateful for her understanding, I kissed her once more and held her hand.

“Then let’s go. The later we are, the less time we’ll have to enjoy.”

“Okay!”

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Ippotranslation

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…And then we arrived in America.

Before the excitement for a foreign country could even build up.

I was looking ahead with a dumbfounded expression.

Although I couldn’t see her, Kim Chae-eun beside me probably had a similar expression.

“Why are you here?”

“……”

A familiar face encountered in a strange land.

My best friend and a core clan member of <Evil Hunter>.

Park Jin-woo was facing us with a gloomy expression.

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