Even an S-Class Hunter Wants to Get Married - Chapter 16
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16. Marriage Isn’t Easy!
This ‘Combat Marriage List’ appears on the surface to be filled with upright women colored by pride in their own strength.
In fact, besides us, other marriage information agencies occasionally get such clients too, as I’ve seen in communities and such places.
Most notably, Tower Marriage.
The employees of Tower Marriage, the most famous and largest company in this industry, are key figures who frequently share stories in communities.
Tower Marriage doesn’t accept these combat marriages from the start.
Because the moment they accept them, there are too many things they’d have to worry about.
Other places are the same.
Wedding Company tries their best to persuade them and sends them away if it doesn’t work, and places like Royal Matching for the upper class naturally cut them off right at the entrance.
Looking at communities, such people occasionally appear.
– Go our sister! Crush them! Crush them!
– Independent womanhood! Combat marriage!
– It’s so cool how confident she is about not backing down to men.
– Ah, if only I had the ability, I’d declare myself unmarriageable too ㅠㅠ
Remnants of the old era that still remain even at this point when the differences between men and women have almost disappeared due to awakening and the opening of floors.
No one pays attention to them anymore, but those who occasionally show their faces say that women who want combat marriages are independent and upright.
However.
In industry jargon, this combat marriage list is-.
[Combat Marriage List]
– Grand Duchess of Night Lumie.
– Infinite Library Beloa.
– Heartless Sword Princess Namgung Hwa-ryeong.
– Neon Valkyrie Mosco Bichakos.
– Yaksha Ryu Seo-ram.
– Clear Wind Martial Marquis Paeng So-rin.
– Elf Queen Renea.
A list of old maids.
Nothing more, nothing less.
They were even far from the ‘independent women’ that communities talk about.
If I think of Heartless Sword Princess Namgung Hwa-ryeong right now-.
‘M-monster! He’s so big! And, and hairy! He’ll force me to- Hyaat!’
‘Customer! You can’t pee here!’
Right, that’s how it felt.
On the other hand, Infinite Library Beloa had a completely different atmosphere, but similarly wasn’t an assertive woman either.
‘Dad definitely said I just needed to study hard.’
‘Customer?’
‘He said if I just focused on researching magic, romance would come naturally.’
‘Customer?!’
‘I even made it to Academy Graduate School, but there are no men, let alone people.’
‘B-Boss! It’s an earthquake!’
‘I… hate books too. I want to hold hands with a man now. I want to date. Boss, couldn’t you just hold my hand once?’
‘Customer! The building is shaking!’
Like this.
The public’s perception of martial marriage contests and the reality of martial marriage contests were very different.
They don’t trust their skills and hope for ‘victory.’
They either want to be ‘defeated’ by a strong man, or simply don’t know how else to form relationships with others.
Now then.
Today’s customer.
How about Yin-Yang Twin Pulse Baek Yeon-hwa?
“….”
Baek Yeon-hwa looks at the list with a shocked expression.
She even stammers and asks, as if there are names she recognizes on there.
“H-have Heartless Sword Princess Namgung Hwa-ryeong and Clear Wind Martial Marquis Paeng So-rin also visited Merakl before?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“A-as expected of Merakl… The claim of being the industry’s best wasn’t empty words. I apologize for misunderstanding based on the building’s exterior appearance.”
It is a misunderstanding.
But cases like Namgung Hwa-ryeong and Paeng So-rin came here after trying other businesses and being unable to register.
“Whew, those two have been here quite a while. They came around the same time and got listed. How about it, should I really put you in?”
“….”
Baek Yeon-hwa glances around nervously.
At least if you’re human, you should be able to tell that this is an old maid’s grave, shouldn’t you?
“Ahem! Y-young lady! How could I go back on my word!”
“Ah, yes.”
Goodbye, Raifenber.
No, that’s not right.
– Yin-Yang Twin Pulse Baek Yeon-hwa.
As I confirm and write it down on the list, Baek Yeon-hwa’s expression becomes complicated and tangled.
As if this wasn’t what she had in mind.
“Now, I’ve written it down. We don’t charge membership fees for martial duel marriage customers. Just write down your contact information. I’ll contact you when someone comes.”
Grab!
As I try to send her away quickly, Baek Yeon-hwa urgently grabs my wrist. It hurt enough that I could tell how desperate she was.
“W-when? When might I expect to hear from you?”
“…Well, I can only contact you when someone comes, right?”
“Isn’t there an average! Usually when do they come!”
Geez.
I’m wondering what to say about this-.
“Uh, none.”
In the end, Kim Yang delivered the finishing blow from the side.
“N-no contact. That means no marriage.”
“B-but- you said there was someone who did it-.”
“Th-that was a special case. B-besides, he let her win.”
“What?”
Seeing her shocked expression made me feel sorry, but Kim Yang’s harsh words were certainly refreshing.
Her back-scratching helpful comments continue.
“Wh-who gets married like that these days. A-are you stupid?”
“What?! But marrying a strong person is the way of the martial world, and what everyone desires-.”
“Wh-what if. The person who wins smells really bad? Y-you can’t stand bad smells.”
“…As someone who becomes a wife, I’d have to endure it.”
“Th-then he’s a total playboy.”
“….”
“He-he even has two kids!”
“….”
“And he brings home a different woman every single day-.”
“Stop! Stop! Stop! Th-there’s no way I, Yin-Yang Twin Pulse Baek Yeon-hwa, would lose to such a vulgar man!”
“S-so. When someone you don’t like comes, you grit your teeth and win. But when a d-decent opponent comes, you plan to lose?”
“That can’t be! Isn’t that logic strange!”
Well done, Kim Yang.
Very satisfying indeed.
Creak!
Just then, the door opens again with the squeaking sound of old hinges.
I thought it was a customer, but it was the part-timer from the Convenience Store next door, holding lunch boxes in her hands.
“Oh? Customers? You’re busy from the morning?”
“What? Already here to cause trouble?”
“Hehe, look forward to it. Better clean the floor well.”
From that grinning look, she really seems to be planning to lie on the floor and cause a scene.
“But not right now. There are Expired Items left, will you eat them? I have to throw all this away anyway.”
“Oh, thanks. I didn’t eat breakfast.”
“Re-Renea works part-time at a Convenience Store?”
“Yes! Next Building! I’m engaging in economic activity! E-rank is right around the corner!”
“Ah, you c-can’t raise your rank with part-time work.”
“…I heard that earlier, so you don’t need to tell me.”
I receive the expired lunch boxes.
A whole 3 of them.
“Look at those generous hands, just like a grandmother.”
“What did you say?”
While avoiding her gaze, Baek Yeon-hwa stares intently at Renea and asks.
“Renea? Then by any chance, are you the Elf Queen Renea written on this list?”
“Hmm? Ah, the martial marriage list. Yes, that’s me.”
Renea shrugs her shoulders proudly. She has a strange pride in being a senior.
But perhaps that looked like a savior to Baek Yeon-hwa.
She urgently comes seeking advice.
“I-if I’m on that list, there’s almost no chance of getting contacted! I-is this really okay?”
“Huh?”
Kim Yang began calmly explaining to the puzzled Renea.
‘I should just get back to work.’
I decided to ignore them and focus on other tasks. Things didn’t work out between Lee Cheol-su and the Lioness Beastkin he met last time.
I search through the list for the next beastkin to match him with.
‘He wants someone more wild…’
“If that’s what you want, just get a pet, you bastard,” is what I want to say.
‘But when a premium customer tells you to do something, you do it.’
He’s a customer who faithfully pays 500 per month. He even adds tons of options – truly has the right economic values.
Personally, I hope he takes his time finding a match.
The longer it takes, the more money I make.
“How dare you-!”
I’m startled by Renea’s sudden outburst and look over.
After hearing Kim Yang’s full explanation, Renea was pointing and glaring at Baek Yeon-hwa.
“Do you think marriage is that easy?! What? If you win, you’ll follow right away? You! Are you planning to marry for money?”
“Huh? No, that’s not-”
“You’ll follow if you win? Ugh! I wish someone would take me away like that too! But that’s not how it works! You have to put in effort! Do you know how I feel working part-time at a Convenience Store at 1,901 years old?!”
“1,901 years old?!”
“Don’t talk about age! Anyway-! How dare you try to reach the marriage goal line so easily! Blood! Sweat! Tears! Love that blooms at the end of it all! That is what marriage is!”
Now it doesn’t look like she’s scolding, but rather venting her frustration and resentment.
Well, yeah.
Let’s just go with it.
“But Your Majesty is also on the list!”
Baek Yeon-hwa points to ‘Elf Queen Renea’ clearly written on the combat marriage list.
However, Grandmother clicks her tongue smugly.
“Not just the martial arts marriage list? This lady has also put her name on the ‘lifelong single list’ and the ‘romantic list.'”
“…What?”
“This is what effort means! The mindset of scattering seeds! Making an effort with the attitude of ‘let at least one of them work out!'”
“Ah.”
“If you cast just one fishing rod, you’ll only catch one fish! But what if you cast two, three, four! Dozens of them?”
“Ahh…!”
“This is this lady’s effort! Don’t take marriage activities lightly, you youngster!”
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