Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 120

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Chapter 120

 

With Baek Cheonhyeong’s sudden appearance, we were able to leave Mugang with ridiculously no resistance whatsoever.

 

In that short time, Field Team Na and I had sweated so much that our souls were completely drained from our faces.

 

“What the hell did you guys do in just one hour…?”

 

Moon Chae-yeong got into the passenger seat of the car and started scolding us as she looked back at us.

 

Surprisingly, it only took one hour from the moment we fell in the elevator to when we came out of the dungeon.

 

I mindlessly admired this inwardly and followed the team members getting into the car. Kang Ho-won and Lee Seo-hyeok quickly opened their mouths as if they felt wronged by Moon Chae-yeong’s interrogation.

 

“Well, you see… We suddenly fell from the elevator.”

 

“Yes… Yes! Th-that, Noah appeared and potions spilled everywhere, causing the elevator platform to collapse, and when we opened our eyes we were inside the dungeon! But there, Mugang’s employees were-”

 

“Seo-hyeok.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“I can’t understand a single thing, so just breathe.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Naturally, Moon Chae-yeong’s gaze came to me as well, but I could see she was having a hard time turning to look.

 

‘I’m so frustrated I could die.’

 

What’s the reason for looking at me like I’m some troublemaker newbie?

 

…No wait, the people from Mugang would really think that and more.

 

Fortunately, the person I know from Mugang wasn’t there so I could avoid the crisis… but when Moon Chae-yeong told me to take off my helmet, I was terrified inside.

 

‘I really got through that with sheer momentum…’

 

I quickly shook my head left and right and looked straight ahead. The car carrying us quickly entered the road with the driver’s skilled driving.

 

‘It’s okay. Nobody would have recognized me.’

 

On the way to BOND Headquarters.

 

Moon Chae-yeong seemed to be communicating with someone in real-time through her watch, then turned back to look at us again.

 

“That… Representative Baek Cheonhyeong just contacted us.”

 

“…?”

 

“To explain the situation, it’s like this.”

 

After that, the full details of the incident we experienced were conveyed through Moon Chae-yeong’s words.

 

Kang Ho-won, who was listening from the side, was so flabbergasted that I wondered if his jaw might actually drop.

 

As for me…

 

‘Am I just unlucky?’

 

When I met Noah in the elevator, I was secretly pleased, thinking I was lucky today…

 

‘How could things get so tangled up?’

 

Moreover, it had been over three months since Noah’s Father went missing?

 

…It’s dizzying. No, before that, Noah’s mother didn’t show any signs of it at all, so I couldn’t even guess.

 

‘Looking at it this way, did things work out well again…?’

 

While I couldn’t figure out how to manage my expression, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

 

“Ah! That spy… we didn’t find him.”

 

I belatedly remembered that the ultimate purpose for which Baek Cheonhyeong sent me to Mugang hadn’t been achieved at all.

 

What should I do about this…

 

‘At this rate, won’t they send me back to Mugang again?’

 

Still, I carried BOND’s name and saved employees from another company, so wouldn’t that be taken into consideration for image improvement? I was somehow trying to activate my hope circuit with such thoughts.

 

But to my question, Moon Chae-yeong shrugged her shoulders and answered cleanly.

 

“Oh, that’s apparently fine now? I asked Representative Baek about it too, and he said it doesn’t matter anymore.”

 

No, why?

 

“…Suddenly?”

 

“That’s what I’m saying. It suddenly became unnecessary.”

 

‘This is ridiculous.’

 

I leaned back against the car seat with a bitter laugh.

 

If they were going to change their mind within an hour, why did they bother sending me to Mugang in the first place? It was fortunate for me, but… it felt strangely unsettling.

 

Still… I don’t feel that bad about it.

 

Even though I fell from an Elevator, rolled around on Sandy Ground, coaxed a child to illegally make Potions, and argued with a non-human being…

 

I knew exactly why.

 

Because Noah said he would come back.

 

Just before boarding the vehicle returning to BOND, I got a definite answer while saying goodbye to Noah’s Father and Noah who came out to see me off.

 

-“Um, Noah told me that Teacher saved my life… Thank you so much! I’d like to give you some kind of reward…”

 

Normally I would have refused immediately, but caught by lingering attachment, I ended up speaking up.

 

-“Then… there is something small.”

 

-“Yes, yes! Please tell me! As a reward, no matter how much you ask for, it’s possible-”

 

-“No, it’s… not money. I would be grateful if you could send Noah back to Ocean Kindergarten.”

 

-“…Excuse me?”

 

Noah’s Father looked surprised as if he had heard something strange… but after I calmly explained, he nodded as if he understood.

 

-“Ah… Noah transferred Kindergartens in the meantime… because of me.”

 

-“Rather than it being your fault, it’s because Noah loves you so much.”

 

-“Haha… Yes, since he came back from the dead, I should treat him better. Yes, then I’ll send Noah back to Ocean Kindergarten.”

 

Of course, here I also unexpectedly witnessed a touching reconciliation scene between father and son.

 

-“I feel sorry for Noah. We promised to go to the amusement park together as a family for his birthday this year, but I couldn’t take him…”

 

-“No! You don’t have to be sorry! Dad… you still love me, right? You couldn’t come see me because you were trapped at the company… It’s not because you don’t love Mom and me that you didn’t come see us.”

 

-“…Of, of course! Noah, how could Dad not love our family? That’s really a misunderstanding. Dad was wrong. I missed you so much.”

 

-“…Then, that’s enough. If you missed me, that’s enough. I missed Dad too.”

 

Yes, yes, I watched the father and son embracing each other tightly with satisfaction.

 

Just in case, I had explained everything to Noah and gotten his prior consent, so it went smoothly!

 

-“Noah…. You don’t have any thoughts of going back to Ocean Kindergarten, do you?”

 

-“Ooh? Of course I have to go back! I was planning to go back once I found Dad anyway!”

 

“…Really? Is that how it was? Then, you should come now!”

 

Yes, in the end, my inability to let go and grabbing onto even his pant leg was successful.

 

“Hmm~”

 

Recalling the facts again, I felt strangely excited.

 

As someone who wasn’t curious at all about what kind of impact this would have on Mugang and BOND, I could enjoy it with peace of mind.

 

“Teacher, you seem to be in a good mood somehow…?”

 

“Yes, well. It’s not bad.”

 

***

 

The day after using my annual leave, I set out on my way to work.

 

With a mobile phone in one hand and Nabi’s hand in the other.

 

When I entered the internet portal site, red headlines were splendidly decorated one after another.

 

-Breaking) Good company Mugang steals BOND’s confidential data. Shocking admission.

 

-Breaking) Good company Mugang, is it really a good company? BOND shows magnanimous side.

 

-Mugang, illegally purchased dungeon overseas accident? Cover-up of multiple employees’ long-term disappearance? What is the truth?

 

-Mugang CEO Kang Mu-jin qualification controversy

 

-BOND accepts Mugang’s apology, CEO Baek Cheonhyeong says they will strengthen security to prevent such incidents….

 

‘Oh… What a mess.’

 

Just skimming through a few articles, I could roughly understand the situation.

 

The tables have completely turned.

 

‘So this is why hyung was making such a fuss?’

 

-While I was on a business trip to the provincial area, our company got completely wrecked. This is trouble. Big trouble. I’ll be working overtime today.

 

I remembered what my hyung, a regular employee at Mugang, said with tears in his eyes as he went to work at dawn.

 

‘It’s fortunate that hyung was on a business trip to the provincial area, we almost ran into each other by a hair’s breadth.’

 

With that thought, I let out a sigh of relief and put my mobile phone in my pocket.

 

“What did you play at kindergarten yesterday?”

 

Admirably, Nabi had spent yesterday well alone at kindergarten.

 

I should buy some more snacks on the way home from work today… But I wonder if Nabi’s teeth might decay too?

 

“Kwon Hae-seong read me a book!”

 

“Not Kwon Hae-seong, you should say Teacher Hae-seong. Do you only act like that toward Teacher Hae-seong?”

 

“Don’t know. Kwon Hae-seong seems stupid.”

 

“Tsk. Nabi.”

 

“Hehe.”

 

Just laughing doesn’t make everything okay.

 

After that, I was spending a peaceful day at kindergarten, so much so that it was hard to believe I had experienced such events the day before.

 

Right now, I was basking in the warm sunlight coming through the window while letting Seo-ra and Tae-jae play with my hair.

 

“Oh my! You’re the student from the house across, right? How would you like your hair done?”

 

“Um… I’d like princess hair, please.”

 

“Princess hair? Hmm~ Tae-jae, hold this part! I’ll make it pretty for you!”

 

“Seo-ra, the customer’s hair seems too short.”

 

“Hmm? Customer, are you perhaps balding?”

 

Would I be balding? Friends.

 

All sorts of Hair Pins and colorful Accessories were being stuck in my hair, but I accepted this too with indifference.

 

‘This is all possible because it’s peaceful.’

 

I closed my eyes and entrusted my body to them.

 

‘Noah said he can only come to the Center two days later… I can wait with peace of mind.’

 

I was busy savoring this rare peace with my whole being.

 

***

 

Do you know that saying?

 

If you stay still, you’ll at least get by.

 

However, this might be a saying that doesn’t apply to someone in the 3rd Floor Dolphin Class.

 

Na Hwi-yeon was really staying still today, doing what he needed to do.

 

However… in a certain classroom occupying the Lower Floor, something unusual was happening.

 

As if trying to somehow torment someone who was staying still.

 

Park I-deun and Kang Sa-gwa were literally putting their heads together, whispering with serious faces.

 

“What should we do?”

 

“Is this certain?”

 

“Since Moon-su’s Mother interpreted it, we should consider it 99% correct.”

 

“Hmm…”

 

Their gazes turned toward Kang Moon-su, the adorable and only student of Turtle Class.

 

The child was smiling like an angel while stacking Toy Blocks.

 

…It was a bright smile so radiant that it was hard to believe she was a Curse-type Attribute Awakener.

 

“Curses aren’t sins, right?”

 

“Ah, of course.”

 

“But…. For now, we should be careful, right?”

 

“Naturally.”

 

They put their heads together again.

 

As they say, even a blank sheet of paper is lighter when lifted together, so they were trying to find some way for the two of them to resolve this situation.

 

Their gazes turned back to the milk cup placed on the floor.

 

A plastic mug cup with a character from the North Pole that children go crazy for.

 

Inside that cup, only the milk stains remained clearly visible after Moon-su had finished drinking his milk.

 

However, if one looked closely at this, they could notice that the milk stains were forming some kind of ominous shape.

 

Like a distorted skull shape.

 

“He’s just young so he can’t control it well yet. His awakening grade is low too, so it’s not that dangerous…. Didn’t Older Brother say that getting drenched with water all day last time was the strongest curse he’d experienced?”

 

“Ah, that’s right. But…. this time is different.”

 

“How different could it be? You’re not deliberately exaggerating like last time, are you?”

 

“Ugh! I’m telling you this time it’s real!”

 

“Then what exactly is it? The curse that Moon-su activated today, I mean, you keep saying it’s serious but….”

 

Park I-deun hesitantly moved her lips.

 

Even normally, Moon-su’s Curse Skill would often activate at the kindergarten.

 

So just like any other time, today too, he had looked for the ‘curse omen’ that remains when a Curse Skill activates and simply took a photo to send to Moon-su’s Mother.

 

Today that omen was ‘skull-patterned milk stains’.

 

But.

 

-“Teacher, don’t be startled and listen. Something terrible has happened.”

 

Moon-su’s Mother, an A-rank Prophecy Awakener, had divined the omens that Moon-su left behind.

 

“…Someone’s going to die.”

 

“What did you say? Older Brother, speak louder. I can’t hear you.”

 

“Someone’s going to die!! Anyone who left the Kindergarten today, at least one person will die!”

 

Park I-deun, who had screamed at the top of her lungs, made gestures close to wailing and collapsed onto the floor.

 

Seeing this, Kang Sa-gwa stayed still for a moment, then silently pressed her forehead.

 

‘This is insane.’

 

Why does this damn Kindergarten never seem to have a single quiet day?

 

And in this maddening situation, the first person who came to mind was the center of crisis and master of breakthrough…. Na Hwi-yeon.

 

“…Let’s call Teacher Hwiyeon.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

It was truly a conclusion reached at an almost reflexive level.

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