Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 151

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Chapter 151

 

I immediately turned on my mobile phone to check the time first.

 

‘How much time has passed?’

 

[ 1:22 AM ]

 

“…!!”

 

Wait a minute.

 

It’s only been one day since we entered the gate?

 

Besides, we entered around 9 PM….

 

“Then…. only about 4 hours have passed?”

 

Baek Cheonhyeong, who was facing me and looking at the watch on his wrist, said.

 

“It seems so.”

 

Then with a calm face, he showed me his message window on the watch.

 

[ Secretary Kim : CEO, where are you? ]

 

[ Secretary Kim : Why aren’t you answering? Huh? I’m also searching desperately for Cheonji, so please don’t lose your mind.]

 

[ Secretary Kim : Hey, you bastard CEO. Answer the phone. I’m quitting. ]

 

[ Secretary Kim : Should I file a missing person report? Should I? If you don’t want to see huge headlines on the news, answer the phone. ]

 

[ Secretary Kim : 4 hours have passed. When it hits 5 hours, I’m filing the report immediately. I clearly told you! ]

 

“You saw it, right? Since my secretary hasn’t filed a report yet, it seems like 5 hours haven’t passed.”

 

Dozens of missed calls.

 

And messages that looked more like screams and pleas than threats….

 

I nodded with a reluctant expression.

 

“Yes, well…. It certainly seems that way.”

 

But…. you can say such things calmly after seeing those messages?

 

‘Cruel bastard.’

 

Sometimes there’s a time difference between outside and inside the Dungeon.

 

Usually there’s a one or two hour difference based on outside time, or at most a few weeks or months….

 

‘This time we also spent time inside the dungeon, so I was somewhat prepared for it.’

 

Much shorter time had passed than expected, or rather, unexpectedly short.

 

“That’s good. Time is saved and there’s no worry about media exposure.”

 

“That’s true….”

 

“I’ll look into this Dungeon more. And also about this matter.”

 

Baek Cheonhyeong’s gaze reached Cheonji.

 

I tactfully understood the meaning of his unspoken words.

 

‘He’s talking about the guys who kidnapped Cheonji.’

 

Whoever they are, it might be better for their well-being to clean their necks and wait.

 

‘I have no intention of stopping this either.’

 

“Go ahead.”

 

At my answer, Baek Cheonhyeong briefly pulled up the corner of his mouth. Then he turned around and called his secretary.

 

“Oh, I found Cheonji. I’ll send you the location, so come pick us up here.”

 

From beyond Baek Cheonhyeong’s Mobile Phone, a shout close to screaming could be heard.

 

‘That’s understandable.’

 

If a guy who’s gone crazy looking for his younger brother has been out of contact for hours, I’d be worried too.

 

Of course, I’d be worried about whoever encounters Baek Cheonhyeong, not Baek Cheonhyeong himself.

 

“Why are you whining so much? I said I got it, didn’t I?”

 

‘That bastard acts like that even to his secretary.’

 

I silently prayed for the secretary’s job change while waiting quietly.

 

“Teacher.”

 

Then, feeling warm warmth touching my hand, I looked down to see Cheonji looking up at me.

 

“Hm? What is it, Cheonji?”

 

I knelt down and crouched to meet the child’s eye level.

 

“Thank you for coming to get me.”

 

Seeing Cheonji speak with a bright smile, I naturally smiled along.

 

I briefly bowed my head following Cheonji and opened my mouth.

 

“Don’t mention it. I’m grateful that you came back.”

 

As expected, Our Class model student.

 

He never forgets to say thank you.

 

The touching feeling and warm atmosphere made me relax along with it.

 

‘Phew, but it’s still a relief.’

 

We found Cheonji in good health, and things almost got complicated with media exposure and searches, but that didn’t happen either.

 

‘It’s the best result.’

 

I chuckled with a sigh of relief. But I couldn’t have anticipated what our model student would say next.

 

“Teacher, see you at Kindergarten tomorrow.”

 

“….”

 

“Teacher?”

 

Cheonji shook my unresponsive hand.

 

‘Ah, wa, wait.’

 

Come to think of it…. it was Tuesday night just before entering the gate, right?

 

‘Of course, today is…. Wednesday. It’s a weekday.’

 

I barely managed to move my hand to pat the child’s shoulder to calm the confused Cheonji.

 

However, my head was getting more and more dazed.

 

‘Ah, damn.’

 

I have to go to work again in a few hours?

 

‘Please, tell me it’s a lie.’

 

Until just a moment ago, I had completed a schedule almost equivalent to an adventure!

 

Baek Cheonhyeong, who had finished his call, approached and patted my shoulder.

 

“Teacher, I called a car, so let’s get in.”

 

But, but I had already lost my reason.

 

I had used up all my stamina capacity and just exploded.

 

In other words, the social skills and humanity I had desperately scraped together had hit rock bottom.

 

“Just, kill me.”

 

“? Let’s get in the car first.”

 

I somehow arrived in front of my Home without knowing what state of mind I was in during the trip.

 

The Back Seat window of the Vehicle that dropped me off slowly rolled down.

 

Baek Cheonhyeong briefly looked me up and down and said.

 

“You should take some health supplements.”

 

“Why don’t you buy them for me.”

 

“…More than that, get a Mana test done once. From what I can see, your Mana is-”

 

“Yes, yes… I’ll take care of it myself.”

 

“You don’t seem like you will.”

 

“That’s not so bad either.”

 

I’m about to go Home, wash up, take a short nap and go to work again, so what Mana test or whatever….

 

[ Snacks! ]

 

“Haha….”

 

‘No…. I have to go out to buy Nabi Snacks.’

 

If I forget and fall asleep, I might wake up in the afterlife the next day.

 

I roughly waved my hand and sent Baek Cheonhyeong Home.

 

-“Thank you for everything. Though the nagging was a bit hard to listen to.”

 

At the end, I think I said something as a thank you, but anyway, that’s not what’s important.

 

I went to the Convenience Store with tears in my Eyes and then returned Home.

 

‘How did I spend 200,000 won at a Convenience Store….’

 

Whose younger brother is he, swiping the card so boldly like that.

 

In the middle of paying, I barely held back from kneeling down and sobbing in the middle of the convenience store… Yeah, this must be what life with debt is like. Let’s accept it.

 

I quickly washed up, went into my room, opened several snack bags I had bought and set them up in front of Nabi…

 

I stood in front of my desk.

 

Then I took out what was in my jumper pocket and carefully placed it on the desk.

 

A broken walkie-talkie and…

 

Pink confetti.

 

I picked up the pink confetti.

 

This petal-shaped confetti was definitely the same as what I had seen in that port city inside the dungeon.

 

‘It looks like festival confetti.’

 

Since the confetti had been pouring down like it was being dumped, it could have gotten stuck to my jumper.

 

But, here’s the thing.

 

What if something like this was written on that confetti?

 

A sentence elegantly scrawled as if with a fountain pen.

 

-Hello, have you been well?

 

A meaningful phrase.

 

‘The other confetti didn’t have anything like this written on them.’

 

I showed the confetti to Nabi, who was eating snacks, and asked.

 

“This seems like someone put it in my jumper – do you know who it might be?”

 

‘Something like this couldn’t have just gotten stuck on, someone must have intentionally put it there.’

 

But who on earth?

 

The black hand that had been eating snacks suddenly stopped.

 

Then it seemed like it was going to carefully grab the confetti, but immediately shook its hand away as if brushing it off.

 

[ I don’t know… ]

 

“You don’t know? Really?”

 

[ I really don’t know! ]

 

“…Okay, I got it.”

 

Nabi’s reaction was very suspicious, but I decided to pretend not to notice for now.

 

‘What’s this about?’

 

I turned off the lights, turned on the bedside lamp, and lay down on the bed.

 

‘I need to get at least a little sleep now.’

 

Right, I have to go to work again tomorrow morning.

 

‘Ah, but why do I feel so uneasy?’

 

It feels like I’m forgetting something?

 

However, since I hadn’t gotten proper sleep in the dungeon for several days, the accumulated fatigue instantly made my thoughts hazy…

 

2 hours left until I need to prepare for work.

 

With that uneasiness completely forgotten, I surrendered my consciousness to instinct.

 

***

 

The next day, I eventually dragged my trash-like body to work.

 

‘I’m tired.’

 

My muscles were tense and my body felt heavy, which didn’t feel good.

 

‘I hope I’m not coming down with body aches and a cold.’

 

Still, regardless of my physical condition, I was in a good mood.

 

Because, you see.

 

All children present!

 

No sick kids!

 

Playing well!

 

Eating well too!

 

Therefore, no problems!

 

‘This is completely peaceful…’

 

It’s moving enough to bring tears.

 

At some point, it seems I’ve come to desperately wish for just a ‘peaceful daily life’…

 

‘It must be my imagination.’

 

No, it has to be my imagination.

 

I shook off the stray thoughts that were somehow making my hair stand on end, and took in each of the children with my eyes.

 

‘Nabi is playing well too.’

 

Most importantly… Cheonji has changed.

 

More precisely, Cheonji’s status window has.

 

『 Official Target Subject: Baek Cheonji

 

Ability: Support-type Awakener (Ability Enhancement)

 

Grade: A+(S-)

 

*Detailed Description: All ability effects doubled! Tripled!

 

Activation Condition: Shake hands with the closest person.

 

Status Abnormality: Excessive role obsession/ Performance obsession

 

▶Impaired judgment/ Dejection.

 

▶Unstable frequency 』

 

‘The status abnormality has been resolved.’

 

As expected, Cheonji’s status abnormality was related to his relationship with Baek Cheonhyeong.

 

Come to think of it, Cheonji did say this in the morning.

 

-“Teacher, yesterday the aunt and men who were working at home suddenly left. Why do you think that happened? Hyung said you would know the reason and told me to ask you at kindergarten…”

 

-“Huh? Oh, well, that’s…”

 

That crazy bastard, why is he telling me to explain the layoffs he decided on himself.

 

‘Still, it seems like he’s keeping things under control.’

 

-“When I get home, I’ll need to clean up the staff situation. If they’re running their mouths carelessly enough for it to reach the kid’s ears… there’s sufficient reason.”

 

Those words weren’t just said in anger, it seems. Anyway, with this, there shouldn’t be any recurrence of problems in the future.

 

I examined the status window and lightly turned my neck.

 

‘Hmm… So with Cheonji being the last one, I’ve roughly resolved almost all the children’s status abnormalities.’

 

Two children have been clearly resolved.

 

Seo-ra and Tae-jae.

 

Excluding Noah, who doesn’t have any status abnormalities.

 

I decided to put Seo-ro’s status abnormality ‘I only look at my goal! I want to become a Hunter!’ on hold, thinking it wasn’t a serious problem and was something the child should resolve on his own during his growth process.

 

So, only Cheonji was left…

 

‘It’s all finished as of today.’

 

A relieved sigh escaped.

 

I wouldn’t know if I couldn’t see them like others, but since they’re visible, I was concerned about them in various ways.

 

Enough to become a burden on my mind.

 

‘But somehow, it’s all been resolved.’

 

I was smiling contentedly, feeling a satisfaction close to self-intoxication.

 

But what’s this that I’ve been noticing for a while now?

 

…I can see a human shadow squirming on the floor?

 

I looked down at a child lying face down on the floor.

 

“Uh… Tae-jae, what are you doing?”

 

The child who was crouched on the floor as if bowing flinched at my words… then held out a piece of paper from his arms.

 

I crouched down and picked it up.

 

[ Healing-type Awakener Association, ‘Healer Grand Festival’ ]

 

“Huh?”

 

“Teacher.”

 

Nam Tae-jae quietly got up from his position, then looked at me and bowed once.

 

And then, he said.

 

“Please go here with me.”

 

And then, bowing again….

 

“Wait, Tae-jae, hold on!”

 

‘What is this about now??’

 

No, but before that, you don’t bow twice!

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