chapter 4
4 – Too many S-class girlfriends (5)
005.
…… Did Choi Seo-yoon say hello to me?
I couldn’t help but panic. Seoyoon Choi just looked up at me quietly without saying anything.
‘What the hell is this all about?’
I don’t know Seoyoon Choi.
You can call it a stranger.
There is no reason for Seoyoon Choi to greet me.
‘No, wait a minute.’
One fact flashes through my mind.
It is the fact that I suffered from amnesia and lost all my memories for several months.
It’s a very low possibility, but wouldn’t it be possible to have built a personal friendship with Choi Seo-yoon in the months when he lost his memory?
Of course, when I thought about it objectively, it was just a stupid delusion.
There is no possibility that the eldest daughter of the Ilsung Group and the E-rank hunter can build a friendship.
But considering Lee Ji-hyeon’s case, it wasn’t very impossible.
Because Lee Ji-hyun and Choi Seo-yoon were between academy seniors and juniors, the possibility that they were introduced to Lee Ji-hyun could not be completely ruled out.
Maybe you were introduced to Lee Ji-hyun and became close enough to greet each other, right?
Isn’t it?
‘Could it be that you really became acquainted with Seoyoon Choi before you lost your memory?’
It’s long.
However, the doubt gradually turned into a certainty.
I can’t forget Lee Ji-hyun’s case in my head.
Yes.
Before he lost his memory, he had a romantic relationship with Lee Ji-hyeon. Isn’t it strange to say that he and Choi Seo-yoon met each other to some extent?
I glanced at Seoyoon Choi.
Choi Seoyoon just looked at me in silence.
If you keep your mouth shut for too long, Choi Seo-yoon could feel ashamed.
Let me also try to greet her so that she is not embarrassed.
“No… ….”
“Hello Seoyoon.”
That was the moment.
I heard the refreshing voice of a young man behind me.
As she turned her head, a neatly dressed young man was walking towards Seoyoon Choi, waving her hand with a pleasant smile.
“I’m sorry Seo Yoon-ah. Did you wait?”
“No brother. I just came too.”
Who is that man?
Ah, I remembered. I’ve seen it in the Hunter Gallery.
That handsome man’s name is Park Gyu-seong.
He was born as the third son of a conglomerate big enough to rank in the top 10 of the Korean business world, and unlike a young boy from a rich family, he dreamed of becoming a hunter.
Although he awakened his low potential ability, he reached A rank hunter through systematic training and expensive elixir.
His face is as handsome as it looks and he has a good personality, so he is popular among female hunter fans.
Last year, there was a TOP 10 vote for male hunter looks at the Hunter Gallery, and Park Gyu-seong, of course, entered the rankings.
He has such a large female fan base that people go around the Internet with memes saying that he is a hunter over flowers.
‘Poetry, sh*t.’
…… It was dangerous.
Choi Seo-yoon said hello to Park Kyu-seong, not me.
I wish I could greet you without knowing that…….
‘It’s embarrassing for nothing.’
I bowed my head like ripe rice.
I was too shy to lift my face.
My heart sank just thinking about what would have happened if I had accepted the greeting like an idiot.
‘Oh, really.’
Are you a little proud that you are dating Lee Ji-hyun?
In common sense, there’s no way someone like Choi Seo-yoon would say hello to me, right?
Choi Seo-yoon is an S-rank hunter and the blood of Ilsung Group. She is not a vessel to associate with E-rank hunters. It’s an obvious conclusion if you think about it a little bit, but she drank kimchi soup because of Lee Ji-hyun’s case.
‘Why did you come up to me and say hello? You thought you were saying hello to me and you were mistaken.’
It was really fortunate that Park Kyu-sung said hello first at the right moment.
“Are you Park Kyu-seong?”
“I heard you raided the Wing Nest dungeon the other day?”
“I heard that you cleared it with a party of 4, but it looks amazing!”
I heard the conversations of some hunters near me.
People surrounded Choi Seo-yoon and Park Gyu-seong and bombarded them with questions.
Park Kyu-seong smiled lowly and answered people’s questions slowly.
‘Anyway, the two of them look really good together.’
I slipped out of the crowd and glanced at the swings.
Since ancient times, Park Gyu-seong and Choi Seo-yoon’s love-related rice cakes have been famous.
Because Park Gyu-seong has shown a lot of interest in Seo-yoon Choi, there were many speculations that Gyu-seong Park liked Seo-yoon Choi.
Of course, compared to Choi Seo-yoon, Park Gyu-seong’s background, ability, appearance, financial ability, etc. Were one step lower, but he was giving high marks in that he had only looked at Choi Seo-yoon for a long time.
…… Well, apart from that, I don’t know if Choi Seo-yoon and Park Gyu-seong will lead to a romantic relationship.
This is because Choi Seo-yoon is a person who is very reluctant to contact others. He always wore white gloves and minimized contact with people. He did not like places with many people and did not go to banquet halls.
That’s why there were rumors floating around that Choi Seo-yoon could be a person suffering from social phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Well, it seems to be much better now.
Anyway, there were quite a few fans who supported the Park Kyu-sung and Choi Seo-yoon couplings at Hunter Gallery.
Some fans were disparaging Park Kyu-seong, saying that Choi Seo-yoon was a waste, but seeing the two in person like this, I thought that they definitely got along well.
Also, Park Kyu-sung and Choi Seo-yoon have been together since they were young.
In a vulgar language, it means that they are childhood friends.
Both of them were good-looking men and women, and were high-ranking hunters with bloodlines from large corporations.
It was a moment when they were envious.
“… ….”
I thought of Lee Ji-hyun as if out of nowhere.
Lee Ji-hyun and I have been together since we were young, just like the two of us.
But they don’t get along at all.
Unlike those two.
‘I miss Jihyun again.’
Is Jihyun still on the phone? Leaving Choi Seoyoon behind, I hurried her steps. She wanted to go to Jihyun.
“Seojun. Where are you going?”
At that time.
“Yes?”
Choi Seoyoon’s refreshing voice caught me.
Seoyoon Choi was staring at me silently before I knew it.
…… Are you sure you called my name right now?
“Huh? Yoona Seo. Do you know someone?”
“Yes.”
Choi Seo-yoon nodded without hesitation at Park Kyu-sung’s question, and immediately turned her gaze toward me. She was staring at me with her purple eyes.
“I have been helped a few times. I was really thankful back then. Mr. Seojun.”
As soon as he finished saying that, some hunters around him turned their heads and looked at me.
As the attention focused on me for a moment, cold sweat trickled down my temples.
A lot of people’s eyes were fixed on my face.
“You said you helped Seoyoon? Thank you.”
Park Gyu-seong turned his head toward me, perhaps a little interested. He walked slowly in front of me with a kind smile. People’s attention grew stronger.
“Oh, look at my mind. My name is Park Gyu-seong, an A-class hunter. He’s from the signature clan. And Seoyoon is a close older brother.”
Park Kyu-seong, the A-rank hunter of the signature clan, stretched out his hand and asked for a handshake with a warm smile.
I was nervous in many ways when a heavyweight hunter who would never have looked at me normally asked for a handshake.
It feels like a temporary worker at the subcontract is asked to shake hands with a manager-level person at a large corporation.
I received a slow handshake with an awkward smile as I felt various mixed emotions.
“My name is Seojun Han.”
“Yes, Mr. Seojun. But is he a rookie hunter by any chance? I know the names of quite a few hunters, but I think I’ve never heard of Seo-jun’s name.”
Park Gyu-seong tilted his head.
It was clear that the names of the hunters he was memorizing were all names.
Since he was an acquaintance of Choi Seo-yoon, he seemed to have judged that he would not be an ordinary hunter.
She mentioned that she was helped a few times, so it’s not too much of a stretch to think she’s a skilled hunter.
“I am not a rookie.”
“Is that so? That’s strange. Can’t I hear you?”
I scratched the back of my neck and averted my gaze with a stiff face.
Park Kyu-seong looked at me carefully for a while.
As if evaluating whether or not it was a quality product, he was glancing at it from head to toe. He couldn’t look straight into those eyes. Compared to him, he was infinitely pitiful. I was not a person who could associate with Park Kyu-sung and Choi Seo-yoon. As I said, the level was not right.
In this atmosphere, I didn’t want to reveal that I was an E-rank hunter. In fact, E-rank hunters are being treated as disposable manual laborers or porters. He knew well what high-rank hunters thought of low-rank hunters. It was unimaginable for an A-rank hunter to talk to an E-rank hunter.
For some reason, the feeling of shame reared its head.
But that didn’t mean I couldn’t stay still.
Anyway, if Seoyoon Choi and I were acquaintances, there was a high possibility that he would know about the hunter rank.
It might be better for me to reveal myself before Choi Seo-yoon reveals.
So let’s talk quickly.
Because embarrassing feelings are fleeting.
“I’m just an E-class old……
“Seojun. Do you remember what we promised last time?”
At Choi Seo-yoon’s words, Park Gyu-seong turned his head and looked at Choi Seo-yoon alternately.
‘What is it?’
Did you just cut me off as part of Seoyoon Choi?
“What promise?”
Park Gyu-seong slightly lowered his voice and asked Choi Seo-yoon a question.
When Seoyoon Choi said that she had an appointment with a man she hadn’t even heard of, she seemed a little flustered.
She took one glance at my face and murmured in a quiet voice.
“I got help from Seojun the other day. I decided to treat you to dinner.”
“Oh, dinner?”
Park Gyu-seong slightly hardened her face, then smiled and trembled.
“Seoyun, you treat me for dinner. Are you envious?”
Choi Seo-yoon glanced at me, and I couldn’t hide my embarrassment.
‘Wait a minute. Seoyoon Choi got help from me?’
It seemed that I had helped Choi Seo-yoon a little before she lost her memory. But, as an E-rank hunter, would I have dared to help her S-rank hunter, Choi Seo-yoon? Several questions swirled around in my head.
“I’ll be there by 6pm.”
“Oh yes?”
You’re coming?
“…… Could it be that you forgot?”
Choi Seoyoon’s eyes trembled slightly.
She looked sad and disappointed.
“No. Of course I remember.”
“Is that so? But why are you contacting me these days…….”
Choi Seo-yoon lengthened her horse tail.
I couldn’t hear what was going on behind the scenes.
But she seemed to be paying attention as she glanced at my face.
…… No, why Seoyoon Choi?
“Anyway, um. Nice to meet you. I’ll just go.”
I didn’t even remember a word about the promise, but I wanted to get out of here for now, so I said goodbye while scratching the back of my neck.
If Choi Seo-yoon and her personal meeting were promised, of course she was my girlfriend and Choi Seo-yoon’s senior, Lee Ji-hyun, was likely to know, so she thought it would be good to ask Ji-hyun.
But against my will, Seoyoon Choi’s voice caught her steps and did not let go.
“Seojun? Do you have any urgent business?”
“No, that is.”
Why are you holding on?
Do you have anything more to say with me?
It may be just a delusion, but for some reason Seoyoon Choi seemed to want to talk with me more.
“I have a friend who came with me, but it seems like he is waiting for me. I think we should go soon.”
“Are you a friend?”
Choi Seo-yoon rolled her eyes at my urgent explanation.
“Does that friend mean senior Jihyun?”
“Ah.”
I was a little taken aback.
I didn’t expect Choi Seo-yoon to suddenly mention Lee Ji-hyun.
But I soon understood.
Earlier, she said that when Lee Ji-hyun went out with the two of us, she accompanied everyone else.
Maybe one of those other people was Choi Seo-yoon.
Lee Ji-hyun and Choi Seo-yoon had a close senior-junior relationship, so there was some credibility.
“Huh? Are you talking about Lee Ji-hyun Hunter? Seo Yoon-ah?”
For a moment, Park Kyu-seong licked his lips as if he was puzzled.
“Yes. Seojun is friends with Jihyun sunbaenim. I was also introduced to Seojun by senior Jihyun.”
Woong-goo-go-go.
Hunters nearby were looking at me and whispering.
The fact that he was a friend of S-rank hunter Lee Ji-hyun was enough to become a gossip.
“A friend of Lee Ji-hyun Hunter.”
Park Gyu-seong said to himself as if he was surprised.
“As far as I know, Hunter Lee Ji-hyun personally knows that he does not climb the tower alone with other people… ….”
“What is that?”
A familiar voice rang out.
For an instant, people shut their mouths. I moved my gaze towards the source of the voice.
The fragrant scent tickled my nose and a woman quickly approached me.
“You see my name? What were you talking about?”
That woman who licked her lips as she adjusted her sunglasses with her white coat draped over her shoulders was Lee Ji-hyun, an S-class hunter and my girlfriend.
“Oh, no. It’s nothing.”
“Really?”
Lee Ji-hyeon scanned every face of the people.
Every time her eyes met her, people shuddered at her, and Lee Ji-hyun approached me with her calm and weak gait and put her hand on her shoulder.
“I think I was his friend, so I didn’t?”
“Ah.”
“I just decided to go up the tower together, so don’t say too much.”
“…… Yes.”
As soon as he casually and lightly fired a few words, the people quickly became merciless.
Lee Ji-hyun lifted the corner of her mouth slightly and spoke to me, as if she really liked the look of those people.
“Sorry Seo Jun. The phone call is long. Have you been waiting long?”
“No. Are you okay.”
“Really? Then… ….”
Lee Ji-hyun’s eyebrows went up all the way as he turned his head away.
“Seoyun is there too. Hi?”
“Hello, senior.”
Lee Ji-hyeon lightly looked at Choi Seo-yoon and greeted her, and Choi Seo-yoon quietly accepted her greeting.
“If we are done talking to each other, can I take him? We decided to return the gate together.”
“Senior Jihyun.”
“Huh? Why?”
Lee Ji-hyun and I hesitated.
“Is this the first time you two use a gate together?”
“Oh, huh? What. Just.”
Lee Ji-hyeon replied, roughly twisting her hair.
“I have a lot of time left these days, so I just want to go back together once.”
“Is that so?”
“Then why are you asking about that all of a sudden?”
Choi Seo-yoon looked at my face secretly as she said.
“I know you two have been close since long ago, but we’ve never walked through the gate together. So I asked once.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Choi Seo-yoon licked her lips for a while.
As if she was about to say something, once, she pursed her lips twice.
“… ….”
“… ….”
Lee Ji-hyun looked at Choi Seo-yoon with a slightly puzzled expression, and Choi Seo-yoon looked at Lee Ji-hyun with her eyebrows slightly bent.
“Seo Yoon? What’s the matter?
“I, Sun… ….”
It was then.
“Jihyun-ah. I think it’s time to enter the gate? Shouldn’t we go soon?”
I cut Choi Seoyoon off.
It wasn’t something a mediocre E-rank hunter would do, but for some reason, the voice came out on its own.
“Ah. That’s right. Time’s up. Then Seo Yoon-ah. See you next. Bye.”
“…… Yes. Senior.”
Choi Seo-yoon seemed to be trying to say something, but he shook his head while gently hiding his lower lip.
“Then let’s go now. Seo Jun-ah.”
“Uh, yes.”
Lee Ji-hyun led me away from people.
In the back, people were showing various reactions, saying, ‘Are you really Lee Ji-hyun Hunter’s real friend?’, ‘I’m jealous of you, f*ck you’, and ‘Your life has been over’.
“… ….”
“…… Uh? Seo Yoon-ah? What’s the matter?”
Choi Seoyoon was quietly looking this way.
Park Gyu-seong, who was by her side, called out to her as if it were strange, but her answer was silent.
‘Is it because of my mood?’
Choi Seoyoon’s eyes seemed to be on me.
I couldn’t figure out why he was staring at me.
Are you staring at me because you’re Lee Ji-hyun’s friend?
“… ….”
Ignoring the strange gaze from behind, I moved toward the gate with Lee Ji-hyun.
Until you completely disappear from sight.
She was just staring blankly at me.
Continue silently.