D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 114

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Chapter 114
Four days later.
A peaceful afternoon.
We’d been planning to explore more of the world, but an emergency call from the Touchone Building brought us back.
Other countries matter, but when something happens in Korea, we have to return. What else could we do?
Besides, because of the constraints I’d imposed on myself, I had to prioritize Korea’s aid whenever a crisis emerged there.
[ Tasha: It’s not a national crisis, just a Touchone crisis now. ]
[ Tasha: I thought the one appointed as vice guild master would handle it on their own, but apparently not. ]
[ Franson: Sometimes when you try to do things alone, you get lonely and fail… You have to do work together. ]
[ Tasha: What are you talking about? ]
[ Se-um: If anyone saw this, they’d think Kim Gyuwun called us because he was lonely. ]
Taemyeon had completely collapsed, and the building next to it was vacant.
However, no guild was bold enough to try entering near where Touchone was located.
So we bought that building.
To construct Training Ground No. 2.
But now, inquiries from A-rank hunters and above are pouring in by the hundreds each day.
The Touchone website is even crashing from the traffic. That says it all.
It seems the vice guild master can’t make a decision of this magnitude alone, so they asked if we could return.
I’m not sure if this is something Ha Gyuhyuk and Kim Gyuwun putting their heads together would actually solve.
But Kim Gyuwun sounded like he might cry, so Ha Gyuhyuk’s heart softened and he agreed to come back.
Our boy would definitely cry watching a movie meant to make you cry, saying “Yes! I’ve been waiting!”
And so, now.
We’re in the Guild Master’s Office checking inquiries people sent and the building’s condition.
Honestly, whatever humans say doesn’t really concern me, so it was a rather peaceful afternoon for me.
“Se-um.”
“Mm.”
I was sitting blankly by the window, admiring the view, when Ha Gyuhyuk cautiously spoke to me.
I didn’t need to work, but I felt guilty and subtly averted my gaze.
Why am I being so self-conscious?
When I work, I worry about working. When I don’t work, I worry about not working.
It’s enough to make a Constellation cry.
“Would you like to rest?”
“Hm?”
“If you lie on the sofa and rest, I’ll finish the work and wake you up.”
I take back my complaint from a moment ago.
But does he really think of me as human?
He held me in his arms every night, so he seemed to believe I actually needed sleep.
“Never mind. I’ll just sit here and appreciate the passage of time, so you work yourself to death.”
“Yes…”
Ha Gyuhyuk.
You told me to work myself to death, but if I do, what happens to me?
I was giving up on understanding my client when the sound of news drifted through the silence.
― Recently, a C-rank Hunter named Eliana Grey, deployed as part of a raid team for a sudden AA-rank small dungeon discovered in a residential area, has become a hot topic after re-awakening as an A-rank following the dungeon conquest. The survivors of that dungeon number two….
“Do you really think she’ll be okay?”
Ha Gyuhyuk, who had been watching the news that had been on TV for days now, wore a worried expression.
Yet his hands moved with precision, pouring a shot into an ice cup—the work of a true barista.
I found myself admiring Ha Gyuhyuk rather than the screen, and only then did I respond.
“Okay about what?”
If it’s about Landquake, then the fact that I’ve been running around causing such a fuss and Tasha calculated it as fifty-four years means it’s fine.
“No, I mean. Not Hunter Eliana, but the other hunters. Do you really think it’s okay if they do nothing?”
“She’s the one who refused. Should I have made more offers after that?”
Besides, you knew I could make you S-rank or EX-rank in one go, but you refused, saying you wanted to do it alone.
I thought he of all people would understand that situation best, yet Ha Gyuhyuk had been harboring doubts for days.
“I had you by my side the whole time, Se-um. But those people won’t have that.”
“That’s also their choice. Maybe it’s fear, maybe it’s pointless pride. We can’t even guess the reasons, and we don’t need to.”
In the screen, Bella Dillon stood one step behind Eliana, who was bathed in countless spotlights.
Her expression was subtle, unreadable.
Yet her eyes shone with a clear light that seemed to genuinely bless her friend.
“This world of hunters is like an irrational race.”
“Pardon?”
“The starting points are different—some have obstacles ahead and winding courses, while others are in the inside lane with a moving walkway beneath their feet.”
But while some walk on that moving walkway looking for someone to give them a ride,
there are those who climb steep, treacherous cliffs with no path at all, wanting to do it alone.
They choose that path even knowing they cannot reach it without help.
“It’s like how no matter how easily someone runs, some stop midway, while others reach the finish line even after sunset.”
Ha Gyuhyuk, who had set down my coffee, wore a contemplative expression.
In his case, he tried to jump off the cliff himself, but I grabbed his collar and threw him up instead.
Dan Yibum is the type standing on the moving walkway but trying to run forward on his own.
Bella Dillon would be the type trying to climb that cliff alone, no matter what.
“Well, even if they’re burning with such resolve now, who knows what will happen later. The human heart breaks so easily over the simplest of triggers.”
Things so trivial to outside observers.
Things one might question—isn’t it too early to abandon everything you’ve built so far over something so insignificant?
But for them, a moment comes when they feel their entire life’s worth being denied.
“Then maybe they’ll regret it. ‘I should have taken the Constellation’s hand when they offered help back then,’ they might think.”
“If that happens, will you help them, Se-um?”
“Huh? No? Why would I?”
When I lifted my head, Ha Gyuhyuk’s gaze was still fixed on me even after he’d set down his coffee cup.
Was he asking me to help, or was he saying I shouldn’t do such things out of jealousy?
Couldn’t he make his position clear? Staring at me like that makes even this Constellation feel strange.
“Is that something you’d want me to do?”
“If someone’s in crisis, it’s only natural to help them….”
“Help them?”
My kid was draining my wallet with that pretty face of theirs.
I was sighing internally when Ha Gyuhyuk’s murmur continued.
“I’ll be the one to help.”
“You?”
“Yes, in your eyes, I’m still someone who needs you to take care of things for me.”
“That’s true.”
“I like being seen that way too, but….”
Realizing he’d inadvertently revealed his true feelings, Ha Gyuhyuk’s face flushed crimson in an instant.
Ah, how adorable.
I could barely remember what we’d talked about before.
I gestured with my chin for him to continue, and he parted his lips several times.
He seemed to be struggling with how to recover from what he’d just said.
[ Se-um: I think I’m starting to understand why humans go on about younger men…? ]
[ Tasha: I don’t think people usually call someone 300 years old a “younger man.” ]
[ Franson: Ah, Tasha ]
[ Franson: Older sister, older brother, older brother, older sister, and younger man—it’s not about age ]
[ Tasha: ? ]
[ Franson: It’s about status, status ]
[ Franson: A grave qualification ]
[ Se-um: I agree with that ]
Beyond the noisy chat, Ha Gyuhyuk finally composed his expression.
He’d barely escaped the embarrassment that had been tormenting him.
He should be more embarrassed. That would be cuter.
“Anyway, at least now I’m at a level where I can help other people. I told you from the beginning that I wanted to save others…”
“Right, I took the bait from those words and started raising you.”
And now he was proving with his entire being that his heart had been sincere.
A client who proves himself.
This is a complete success in the random draw.
As I waited calmly for his answer, he hesitated before continuing.
“So if people like that fall into crisis, I’ll save them. You raised me to have the strength to do that.”
“Right. In the end, it’s all about building your karma. Me? I’ve seen plenty of karma.”
Even if I had plenty of karma, I’d just end up being some tycoon wailing on the Sungdo rooftop in luxury goods, saying everyone wants to befriend me because they see my karma!
Ha Gyuhyuk took a deep breath, then knelt on one knee to meet my gaze.
He could have just bowed, but he always kneels like this, looking up at me.
“Please only help me, Se-um.”
“Huh?”
“Please only save me….”

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