Even an S-Class Hunter Wants to Get Married - Chapter 3

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3. Finding a Bride!

A railing with an ashtray piled high with cigarette butts.

Looking at the dreary city scenery, I make another phone call.

“She’s really not answering.”

If she doesn’t like Lee Kang-ho, she doesn’t have to meet Lee Kang-ho.

But ignoring my calls too is strange.

The emergency contact network I kept for times like this.

When I made the call, a middle-aged woman with a hoarse voice answered.

“Hello? Who is this?”

“Hello, this is Kim Ju-seon, representative of Merakl. Are you by any chance Yu Mia’s mother?”

“Merakl… Oh, the marriage information company?”

“Yes, that’s right. Actually, the gentleman connected with Yu Mia came to see us. He said he can’t reach Yu Mia-.”

Yu Mia’s mother answered while sniffling.

“We don’t know either.”

“Pardon?”

“We don’t know. Suddenly, suddenly Mia disappeared. Sob! We even reported it to the police-!”

What followed were words like the outpouring of a mother who had lost her daughter.

Disorganized, emotional, and repeating what she had already said.

I was shocked too.

But I listened silently to the end. That was all I could do.

“Your grief must be great.”

There were no other words I could offer her.

– Sob, but thank you for listening to the end like this.

After ending the call, I came back inside and explained the situation with a heavy heart.

Hunter Lee Kang-ho’s face turned pale, then he covered it with both hands and let out a pained breath.

“Ah-.”

“This must be troubling for you.”

After going through several meetings, he had finally reached a good connection.

But the world itself had torn them apart.

“Do you think some kind of accident happened?”

I hand him a tissue as he tries to steady his breathing and asks calmly.

“I’m not sure. Her mother did say she filed a report though-”

At my words, Lee Kang-ho carefully takes out a ring case from his jacket.

Evidence of how serious he was about this meeting.

“I was even thinking about marriage. But for this to happen.”

Here’s something you need to know.

Marriage Information Agencies receive something called a ‘marriage fee.’

Simply put, they get additional money when clients marry their matched partners.

Lee Kang-ho and Yu Mia.

Both are high-grade clients, so the fee is expensive too.

5 million won from each side.

So if the two get married, that’s 10 million won.

Cup Ramen could instantly transform into beef.

“Are you going to give up like this?!”

Bang!

I slam the desk and urgently shout at Lee Kang-ho to snap out of it.

“Y-Yes?!”

“She’s the woman you were thinking of marrying! Are you going to give up just because she suddenly disappeared?”

“Ah…”

“Let’s find her. You need to get married, Kang-ho.”

Lee Kang-ho, moved by my words, nodded vigorously.

“Yes, yes!”

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“Kim Yang, watch the office well. If any customers come, take down their contact information.”

“Y-Yes! Boss!”

Leaving Kim Yang saluting behind, I came down to the 1st Floor with Hunter Lee Kang-ho.

Then on the 1st Floor, there was an unexpectedly familiar person standing there.

“Renea?”

“A-Ahem. Wh-Where are you going?”

It’s been a long time since we met again after she left crying last time.

I don’t know what she’s been doing in the meantime, but since she’s an elf, there’s no major change in her appearance.

“I was so frustrated and angry that I couldn’t sleep. How dare they treat an elf-!”

Lee Kang-ho, who was following behind, slightly pokes his head to the side.

“Ah, the elf lady we met last time.”

“Oh my, hello oppa!”

What is this?

Am I dreaming?

“Where are you going, oppa? Can’t I come with you too?”

A bright and cheerful smile.

A fresh eye smile.

I can feel the desperation of a 1,901-year-old in all of that.

“Ah, well…”

Lee Kang-ho tries to mumble his way out of the difficult explanation. I immediately step in.

“Actually, we’re going to look for someone right now. Renea, if it’s okay with you, could you help us?”

“Me? You want me to?”

An expression of annoyance briefly crossed her face.

But I can’t let this opportunity slip away.

“Elves are good at Wind Scent Tracking and are experts at Tracking, aren’t they? Plus, if there are spirits around, you can communicate with them too.”

“It’s possible, but…”

Just before she was about to answer “how bothersome.”

Lee Kang-ho steps forward and pleads.

“Really? Please, please! I’m begging you!”

“Yes?”

“Actually, my girlfriend is currently missing. What happened was-.”

Lee Kang-ho explained the whole story from beginning to end.

After hearing the story, Renea pondered for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

“Of course, oppa. I should help you. If it’s something I can do, I’ll do my best.”

“Th-thank you! Thank you so much!”

Honestly, I was surprised by her answer to help. Since I was going to look for another woman, I naturally thought she’d refuse.

“I-I’ll go get the car first. Please wait!”

Worried she might change her mind, Lee Kang-ho hurriedly headed to the parking lot.

“I didn’t expect you to help so easily.”

At my question, Renea glanced at me, then leaned over and whispered.

“If I embrace a man who lost his girlfriend with the warmth of an older woman, maybe there could be a chance for me too.”

“What kind of trash are you? And you call me oppa, so why the warmth of an older woman? Pick one.”

“I’m trying to seduce you from multiple angles. Doesn’t that show how serious I am?”

“Huh.”

“If things work out well, since we were connected through Merakl, would you shut up if I said I’d pay the fee?”

“Of course, customer.”

This is a ten million won case after all.

Right on time, a Shilla Motors SUV arrived in front of us.

As soon as I got in the passenger seat, we decided on our destination.

“Well, let’s go to her workplace first. Yu Mia was a nurse, right?”

“Ah, yes! That’s right. I’ll guide you. Please get in the car.”

“Men who drive are so sexy!”

“What kind of aegyo is that from a 1,901-year-old…”

As I muttered beside her, Renea immediately reached out from the back seat and poked me with a ‘poke!’

“Take it easy, will you? I’m a customer too.”

“Ahem.”

The latest model SUV had a comfortable ride and a spacious interior. As I sat in the passenger seat looking around, Hunter Lee Kang-ho smiled bitterly.

“I got this car thinking I’d ride it with my wife and kids after getting married.”

“Oh my! How family-oriented!”

Do these elf brats have different emotions from humans?

When I glared at her through the rearview mirror, Renea seemed to think she’d gone too far and awkwardly lowered her head.

Thanks to that, we could travel a bit more quietly.

Midway through, I got a notification on my mobile phone and checked it – it was Kim Yang’s SNS.

‘I told her to guard the office and she’s dancing around like an idiot.’

Just because I wasn’t there, she posted a short video of herself dancing in the office.

The place we arrived at by car was Outside Seoul.

A Temporary Medical Ward made of stacked containers for hunters injured while Monster Hunting.

We’d only come a stone’s throw away, but it had been a long time since I’d been Outside Seoul.

“Are all the monsters around here still beast-type these days?”

“They are, but maybe because it’s gotten colder, we don’t see them much lately. Thanks to that, Monster Hunting has become competitive too.”

“There’s not a single easy thing about making a living in this world.”

When even matchmaking has fierce market competition, how could hunters have it easy?

Just then, I spotted the Smoking Area.

“Should we smoke a cigarette before going in?”

“Ah, I quit. I’ll go inside first and talk with Mia’s colleagues.”

Saying that, Hunter Lee Kang-ho went inside the Container.

As I put a cigarette in my mouth and took a puff, Renea quietly approached and frowned.

“Seoul seems like a truly fascinating place.”

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

“To elves, monsters are just enemies that invade the Forest. I’ve never thought about hunting them and making money through Dismantling like here.”

“Well, that’s how the 4th Floor is. The 3rd Floor is full of people who first think about whether something can make money.”

Aren’t we even buying and selling relationships for money?

“So, about that.”

“Yes?”

“Would payment after service be possible?”

“….”

When I stare at her intently while pausing my cigarette, Renea hurriedly makes excuses.

“N-No! I saw that Monster Hunting makes money! I-I’m pretty good at fighting too! I’m an elf queen after all!”

“You need a Hunter License to hunt monsters in Seoul, you know? Wait, you don’t have money? Then you’re not a customer.”

“…I can get it soon.”

“That bow. You said it was expensive. Just sell it.”

If you’re not a customer, I skip the honorifics.

“T-The bow won’t work! T-This isn’t expensive!”

“What are you saying? Don’t you remember bragging about how expensive it was last time?”

When I stare at her in disbelief, Renea’s face turns bright red and she ultimately makes a blunder.

“I-I’m old so I forget quickly.”

“….”

“It’s dementia. At 1,901 years old, I forget everything from even an hour ago.”

I immediately give her the middle finger.

“Why are you cursing at me?!”

“You’ll forget it anyway.”

“Honestly, humans are so rude-”

“Only you? More importantly, don’t you feel anything unusual?”

“Unusual?”

“Elves have keen senses. Don’t you feel anything foreign or strange?”

“Hmph.”

That sigh just now really sounded like she was 1,901 years old.

Is she advertising her age?

With her arms crossed, feeling the cold wind on her skin, Renea clicked her tongue.

“The smell of humans is overwhelming.”

“There are a lot of nurses here.”

“That’s not it.”

Renea’s expression hardens.

“It’s kind of tangled, I guess? The smell is coming from the same direction, but there’s way too much of it.”

“Too much?”

The direction Renea was looking toward was beyond the outside where there couldn’t possibly be many people.

I was puzzled, but my thoughts couldn’t continue.

“Boss! Renea! The nurses said they’ll tell us everything!”

At Lee Kang-ho’s shout from behind us, we headed toward the Container Ward for now.

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