NOVEL NEXT chapter 97
97 – 97. Huh?
After the successful appointment ceremony for the next guild leader.
“Jaejun Oppa, I’m not sure how to lead, so I’ll leave it to you and our older cousins. Maybe Father will help you.”
Jaein, who still wanted to stay with Rox, entrusted the work to Jaejun.
From that sight, it was evident how much Jaein relied on him.
“By now, shouldn’t we bring that student of ours to be an instructor in our family?”
“Well, since you have some acquaintance with him, bring him in however you can after he graduates.”
“Or should we just pay a hefty fine and bring him in early?”
“Are you crazy? Would we disgrace our family like that… but it would be interesting, let’s do it right away!”
They highly valued Rox’s worth.
Thanks to that, Erin, who was listening in, a cousin and the deputy guild leader of the Blessing’s Origin, one of the three major guilds, intervened with a smirk.
“Did I hear wrong? Isn’t it a rule to leave him until the student graduates?”
As the playful argument began with a smile, Jaejun simply smiled.
“Well, if Jaein brings Rox, that should be the end of it.”
“Oh, our Erin is also close with Rox?”
Already a skirmish between the guilds had erupted, and a subtle spark flew between the two.
The Betelgeuse Guild, the last of the three major guilds that had to watch over this, was troubled.
‘Ugh… if we don’t bring in Rox’s student, we might fall behind.’
‘What should we do, who should we use to persuade him.’
‘We should bring in Lica’s student too, but it seems like Rox’s student is favored, hmm…’
A student surpassing the current guild leader, an unprecedented existence, was already in the Changgeom Guild, and a student surpassing that one was now associated with either the Changgeom Guild or the Blessing’s Origin Guild, driving them to the brink of madness.
The guild council, now noisy, approached Jaejun, and Jegaeng exhaled heavily.
“Is your ambition as guild leader only about idle talk?”
“Huh!?”
As if they were still far from it, Jegaeng looked at the young members of the Changgeom Guild with a stern gaze.
“Just as my daughter said, I will help you very, very well.”
With a sinister smile, he looked at them as if he was going to pass on all his political and leadership abilities.
Originally, it was meant for those being trained as guild leaders.
Acknowledging that to maintain the old ways of the family while accepting the new, a higher level of individuals was needed, he made such remarks.
“Isn’t that privilege only for Jaein to receive, Guild Leader?”
“What nonsense. When I retire and rest, at least you should run the family so it doesn’t rot. Isn’t that why you used Jaein for this?”
Jegaeng cleared his throat as if he had been caught red-handed.
His words were undeniable.
Despite serving as the interim guild leader, Jegaeng had the command and ability to silently place the Changgeom family, which had been acting secretly, in the ranks of the three major guilds, proving his capabilities.
In simple terms, there was much to learn from him.
“You figure it out on your own, as long as you learn properly.”
“…..”
Let’s see how well they lead the council in the guild that takes precedence. You guys, the newcomers.
Under Jegang’s sharp gaze, indicating his intent to observe how well they perform, everyone shrunk back.
“Jane, it seems like the position of leader suits you the best. Jane?”
“Jane? Where did Jane go!!”
They searched for Jane, but she had already left the council along with Rokser.
“I told them to rest first as they need to bid farewell to the elders.”
Jegang, tapping on the shoulders of the bewildered Jejun and his cousins, raised his hands in surrender.
“For heaven’s sake, didn’t you retire?”
Erin’s older cousin glanced discreetly at Jegang.
“Since I retired, there’s no need for formalities. It’s better for the newcomers to be prepared.”
However, the answer that came back was beyond imagination.
“Ha.”
Realizing that the burden on the Deputy Guild Leader was increasing, he clicked his tongue.
And so, the guild council meeting resumed.
“Whew, I’m exhausted.”
Rokser lay down at a nearby hotel, as if implying he couldn’t do it twice.
In his heart, he wanted to rush to the field dungeon right away to relieve his stiffened body, but…
“I’m being persistent in case I turn out to be Jane’s father.”
Unable to do so, Rokser glanced at Jane sitting beside him.
Following Jegang’s advice to finish what you started properly, he was waiting to meet the elders of the Changgeum Guild.
Nevertheless, perhaps due to the many interesting incidents, or maybe…
“Why are you staring like that?”
Whether it was because Jane had returned, or because they had experienced many thrilling moments together, the helplessness and emptiness felt each time their heart rate dropped due to their addiction to heartbeat did not surface.
So, without realizing it, he fought in the field, limiting his strength to raise his heart rate as if he were going crazy in her absence.
“You always look good in such revealing clothes.”
Rokser stretched, mentioning the revealing outfit she was wearing.
At that moment…
“Hey, I told you not to sit still after I finish work.”
Still dressed in her security uniform, Lika rushed at Rokser and pinned him down.
Despite trying to fend off the attack filled with sorrow, annoyance, anger, and resentment, all Rokser could do was to fend off Lika’s biting fingers.
Rokser tried to calm Lika down as if she were a little girl, but she didn’t seem to budge, determined to distance herself from him.
“Lika, stop now. Let’s take a break. Okay?”
In the end, Jane tried to intervene, but…
“You’re the worst, you b*tch!!”
“Eek!?”
Whether it was like adding fuel to the fire in a burning house, Lika grabbed Jane’s chest and dragged her in.
Finally, Rokser escaped to the hotel terrace for a moment.
“Ha… I almost died, what were you two doing?”
“Passing the baton!”
“Huh?”
Sia, who was talking with Erin on the terrace, rushed towards Rica, drooling.
‘I should say this is truly bizarre.’
Despite Rica’s anger, Sia was confronting her, exchanging blows and tearing at each other with a happy expression.
“Well, if they’re happy, isn’t that enough for them?”
“Is that so.”
When Erin poked Lucia’s side, Lucia was taken aback.
“Why are you suddenly acting like this between us?”
“It’s unbelievable.”
Erin, looking displeased, punched Lucia in the side.
Then she gazed down at the city with a pensive expression.
“You seem like a really bad guy.”
Taken aback by the sudden light curse, Lucia ignored it as if asking, “What are you blabbering about?”
Erin clenched her fist at Lucia’s appearance and let out a disappointed sigh.
“Seriously, both Rica and Jane…”
Approaching Lucia who was standing next to her, Erin leaned her head against Lucia’s shoulder.
Lucia, perhaps used to women sticking close, naturally wrapped his hand around her waist.
“Are you a real pervert!”
Erin pinched Lucia’s hand while asserting her temper.
“You’re really annoying just now. Sorry.”
“Oh, you know what you just said really annoys me?”
Erin shot Lucia a look while unknowingly showing a slightly sad face.
“So what, being small is cute and nice.”
Lucia teased her or was he serious.
Erin, pondering the strange feelings she had when with Lucia, said, “If you treat women’s hearts recklessly, you’ll pay for it later.”
Erin looked at Lucia like a puppy.
With a playful tone and soft eyes, Lucia was confused.
‘There’s no way this person likes me!?’
Thinking they were just teasing each other and that this was also a ploy, he pulled her close as if wanting to provoke Erin.
“Yeah, that’s what this was all about!!!”
“It was just a hug?”
“Where is there just a hug between a man and a woman!!!”
She babbled frantically.
As time passed, night fell.
When the appropriate exchange between guilds on the first day of the Guild Council was over.
“Jegang, what on earth did you do?”
“Hmm, what has this young lad decided on his own so boldly?”
“They seem quite extraordinary.”
In the end, Jane, Roxer, Lica, and Erin came to meet the elders of the Changgeom family.
“Why was I dragged here…”
“Yeah… I would have fainted like Ciel…”
Lica and Erin grumbled as they felt suffocated by the solemn atmosphere of the Changgeom Guild, reminiscent of a majestic sanctuary in the sky.
“Shall we bet the future on these children?”
Fortunately, there was no need for Jane to speak as Jegang answered on her behalf.
“Yes, Jane. Try unleashing the power mentioned by your father and the relic.”
It seemed like the interaction between the elders and Jegang, along with the proof of Jane’s potential, would easily conclude the matter.
“Combining the power manifested through awakening and the power of the relic, it seems you’ve gained an extraordinary power. From whom did you receive it?”
“From the most precious person to me, the man standing behind me.”
“I see… that should be enough as a token of trust.”
“Really?”
The conversation seemed to take an odd turn.