Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 87

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Episode 087

 

My heart was beating rapidly.

 

I took Nabi from the kindergarten and hurriedly walked toward home.

 

[ Your clothes changed? ]

 

[ Did you throw away the bug? Good job! ]

 

Throughout the journey, I could hear Nabi chattering away, but I didn’t have the energy to respond.

 

As soon as I got home, I changed clothes and collapsed face-down on the bed. Then, everything I experienced today flashed by like a panorama.

 

“….”

 

Even thinking about it again, it was a shitty experience.

 

[ Going to sleep already? ]

 

I wanted to answer this too, but the mental haziness was stronger.

 

‘I’ll just sleep for a bit and think about it again when I wake up…’

 

Without resisting my slowly closing eyelids, I just closed my eyes.

 

At the same time, one realization flashed through my consciousness as it headed toward sleep.

 

‘Fuck, this is going to be body aches.’

 

And I have to go to work tomorrow…

 

***

 

My throat felt scratchy.

 

I was coughing, all my joints ached, and my body felt chilly.

 

That’s right…

 

“….”

 

It seems I’ve caught body aches after all.

 

I got up from the bed. I picked up the mobile phone I had left on the desk and pondered.

 

‘Should I take a sick day today?’

 

…However, the conclusion was already decided.

 

“That won’t work.”

 

At the kindergarten, if one teacher suddenly doesn’t show up on the same day without notice, it’s immediately an emergency. Moreover, our class has the most kids.

 

‘If I’m absent, the other teachers will suffer twice as much.’

 

In the end, making my deliberation meaningless, I put on a mask and immediately headed to work.

 

[ Are you sick? ]

 

“Yeah, but I’m okay… I think I’ll feel better if I rest a bit at home after work later.”

 

I took medicine too, so I should be able to endure at least today.

 

I arrived at the kindergarten and immediately entered the staff lounge. Coincidentally, Yu Jin-chae, who had arrived first, and Kwon Hae-seong, who had just followed me in, spotted me and asked simultaneously.

 

“Are you okay? Nothing happened yesterday, right?”

 

“I was… worried.”

 

Something did happen.

 

There was something worth worrying about too.

 

‘But… I can’t tell them.’

 

I felt grateful for wearing a mask today and nodded my head.

 

“Nothing happened. He was kind.”

 

“Really?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Suppressing my desire to pour out curses about Kang Ho-won, I spoke as calmly as possible.

 

Whatever that crazy bastard did to me, he did help me send Elumis back to her home.

 

Besides, I didn’t think about this last night because I was too busy sleeping, but I realized that if they knew what happened to me, it might put Yu Jin-chae, who introduced Kang Ho-won, in an awkward position.

 

‘The conclusion is… let’s cover it up with the mindset of maintaining work relationships.’

 

But if he does that again when we meet next time, I’m really going to show him what it means to die together.

 

“….”

 

They didn’t seem to completely believe me, but Yu Jin-chae and Kwon Hae-seong said they understood and let it pass.

 

After briefly explaining to Kang Sa-gwa and Park I-deun, who came later, how I managed to send Elumis back, I went straight up to the Dolphin Class.

 

When I opened the door, the first person I saw was the one who had been squeezing and releasing my heart for the past few days.

 

“Tae-jae.”

 

“Teacher, hello. Did you sleep well last night?”

 

“…No, did you sleep well?”

 

“Yes, I even had dreams last night.”

 

“…That’s good, really good.”

 

At least you slept well last night, that’s a relief. Teacher had nightmares last night.

 

It was a nightmare where some psycho bastard trapped Teacher underground and tortured him, demanding he reveal secrets.

 

…But I smiled.

 

The day ahead was too long to start it with tears.

 

Time passed frantically until lunch, and when free activity time came, I finally realized.

 

‘This isn’t ordinary body aches.’

 

My eyes were spinning, and strength was gradually leaving my legs.

 

The mental strength I had been holding onto slowly melted away, and my vision shook dizzily.

 

“Teacher!”

 

I could see Seo-ra running toward me from afar, asking me to tie her hair…

 

I collapsed before I could even reach the child.

 

No, I fainted.

 

***

 

“Gasp! Teacher fell down!”

 

Lee Seo-ra’s cry was the beginning.

 

The children who had been playing well on their own rushed over like arrows to confirm this.

 

And really… Teacher was lying there collapsed!

 

Nam Tae-jae shook the fallen teacher’s shoulder and said.

 

“Teacher, Teacher, are you alive?”

 

His breathing was rough like a wild animal. However, no matter how much he continued shaking Teacher’s shoulder, there was no response.

 

“Noah, try that thing.”

 

“That thing?”

 

“Yeah, that thing.”

 

At Nam Tae-jae’s signal, Kim Noah raised his hand high. Then he shouted at the top of his lungs.

 

“Hey!! Everyone gather! I brought a Bomb Potion today~! Let’s blow up the Kindergarten!”

 

“…”

 

…No reaction even to this? Usually, Teacher would have rushed over the moment Noah raised his hand.

 

Nam Tae-jae observed Teacher with a serious face and soon made his diagnosis.

 

“He must be dead.”

 

“But he’s warm?”

 

“People who just died are supposed to be warm. I saw it on the Imagination Information Network.”

 

However, Baek Cheonji, who had been quietly observing Teacher all this time, had different thoughts.

 

“Guys… I think Teacher is breathing.”

 

To say he was dead, it seemed like he was breathing. His chest could be seen rising and falling repeatedly.

 

He’s probably not dead. Baek Cheonji wanted to believe that.

 

And Lee Seo-ro, who had been watching this entire situation with displeasure, crossed his arms and declared.

 

“We can just tell another teacher. I’ll go tell them.”

 

Step, step. His footsteps toward the door were confident. His target was the next classroom, Seal Teacher.

 

Seal Teacher was slow like a turtle and annoying to deal with, but right now there was no choice…

 

However, Lee Seo-ra stood in front of him with both arms stretched out, blocking his way.

 

“No!”

 

“Why now.”

 

“…Can’t you hear? Teacher is talking!”

 

At Lee Seo-ra’s words, everyone shut their mouths in unison. When they quietly… quietly listened carefully, very faint words could be heard.

 

“…Secret…. Se, secret….”

 

Secret?

 

What’s supposed to be a secret?

 

Everyone had the same question mark floating in their heads. Then, Baek Cheonji, who seemed to be the first to understand the meaning, raised his hand high.

 

“Maybe Teacher wants us to keep it a secret?”

 

“Keep what?”

 

“Ah, being sick? Teacher…. looks sick. I think I was like this when I had the flu too.”

 

At Baek Cheonji’s timid guess, everyone’s eyes turned to Teacher who was lying face down.

 

Indeed…. he did look sick like someone with a cold.

 

His face was red, he didn’t move even when called, and his breathing was rough.

 

“Nam Tae-jae, can you heal him?”

 

“…I can’t cure illnesses.”

 

Nam Tae-jae’s ability, which only showed effects on Physical Regeneration or recovery, couldn’t immediately cure the illness Teacher had caught.

 

Then what should they do?

 

“How about we just let Teacher rest like this?”

 

“No way! What if he dies!”

 

“We can just take him to the hospital. I’ll go get Seal Teacher.”

 

“Lee Seo-ro, no! Teacher said to keep it a secret!”

 

In fact, Na Hwi-yeon was continuing the nightmare he had dreamed last night. A nightmare where he was desperately running away from Kang Ho-won who was chasing him demanding he reveal his secret.

 

However, the children who knew nothing could only think this way.

 

“Ah! I got it! He wants us to take him to the hospital without anyone knowing! Secretly!”

 

Kim Noah clapped his hands and jumped up from his seat.

 

And this was… the most sensible opinion that had come up so far. And all the children present thought so.

 

“Noah, I think you got it right this time.”

 

“Kim Noah! You’re so smart!”

 

“I think Kim Noah is right.”

 

“Noah, you’re amazing.”

 

“But guys, there’s a problem…. How do we take Teacher to the hospital without anyone knowing?”

 

The atmosphere had become warm with praise among themselves, but quickly cooled down again thanks to Baek Cheonji who regained his senses.

 

For that question, each began throwing out whatever came to mind.

 

Kim Noah suggested a ‘limb-separated transport method’, saying someone should carry the head and someone else the legs.

 

Lee Seo-ra volunteered to be a ‘human tow truck’, saying she would carry him since she was the strongest.

 

Nam Tae-jae suggested they all grab his pants and drag him together.

 

And Baek Cheonji….

 

“Um…. Should I ask my family’s driver?”

 

He presented a trump card that only Baek Cheonji himself could use…. but it was rejected.

 

The moment they told the driver, it would no longer be a secret.

 

And finally, after persistent discussion, Lee Seo-ro’s opinion was adopted.

 

“I’ll just carry him with my ability.”

 

So it was decided. Lee Seo-ro, who had Telekinesis, would carry Na Hwi-yeon.

 

“Then how do we take him secretly?”

 

“Cover him with a blanket or something.”

 

“Ah!”

 

The children immediately brought the blanket from the corner.

 

It was material they used to build houses in the survival role-play they had been obsessed with for the past few days.

 

Everyone gathered around and carefully covered Teacher with the blanket.

 

“…Hmm, but what if the blanket slides down while we’re going?”

 

“Tie it up.”

 

“Ah!”

 

Baek Cheonji immediately brought ribbon string from the toy box. Then he wrapped it around the blanket and tied it tightly.

 

“Is this enough?”

 

“I think so!! Let’s go!”

 

When Lee Seo-ro wiggled his finger, the bundle of blankets the teacher was holding floated slightly into the air.

 

“We just need to go to the hospital, right?”

 

“Yeah!!”

 

But here, a problem arose.

 

The children of Ocean Kindergarten under BOND had never been to a hospital in their entire lives.

 

Why? Because there was the BOND Emergency Center.

 

For employees’ children, treatment was completely free, and with high-grade healing Awakeners practically stationed there, there was no reason to go to a regular hospital.

 

So to the Dolphin Class children, no, to all the Ocean Kindergarten children, a hospital meant…

 

In other words, BOND’s Emergency Center.

 

And so, with Lee Seo-ro in the lead, the five children left the Dolphin Class room just like that.

 

The hallway was quiet.

 

“….”

 

After lunch time, everyone rarely came out of their classrooms.

 

Step. Step.

 

The five children felt their hearts pounding nervously.

 

‘We have to keep it secret! No one at the kindergarten can find out!’

 

They passed through the 3rd floor corridor and went down a whole three flights of stairs to reach the 1st floor, and no one discovered them.

 

And they quite boldly and confidently crossed the kindergarten main gate, passed through the headquarters lobby, and arrived at the emergency center without any interference or hardship.

 

Truly, a perfect mission success.

 

The children who had safely entered the emergency center looked around.

 

A complicated and dizzying world.

 

They could feel the ear-piercing noise and glancing stares.

 

Nevertheless, Seo-ro calmly managed to catch an adult who was hurriedly passing by in front of him.

 

“Hm? Uh… Kid, where does it hurt?”

 

The person who had discovered children in the emergency center, which was usually only visited by full-grown adults, asked in confusion.

 

And to that question, Seo-ro answered nonchalantly.

 

“Our teacher is sick.”

 

The confused person’s gaze moved in the direction the child was pointing.

 

At the end of it were the other four children huddled together… and a white bundle of blankets with human feet sticking out…!

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