My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 17

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 17

Episode 17. Oversleeping

Coming out to a nearby park, I sat on a suitable bench and sipped a drink.

The lukewarm drink that was in the box tasted disgustingly awful.

“Hyung moved away…”

On the way here, just in case, I tried calling Hyung again.

Of course, the result was as expected – he didn’t answer.

Moving.

That’s entirely possible.

Hyung has been living in that house for over 5 years now.

So I could think it wasn’t particularly strange.

“To think he’d move away, leaving behind his own house.”

If only that house wasn’t Hyung’s own property.

When I stepped into this field as soon as I became an adult.

Hyung already had his own house under his name.

Although it was a house bought with bank money, Hyung carried heavy cement every day to pay it off.

Even the coin investments were made by saving on meal and gas money from his allowance to pay off the debt faster.

Perhaps someone who saved money even more desperately than I did.

For such a person to give up his house and go somewhere else.

“…Strange.”

It’s strange.

There wouldn’t be any need to do that.

Even if that were the case, why isn’t he answering his phone?

There are more than one or two parts that feel strange.

‘Hyung couldn’t have been unable to get down back then.’

That time when the construction building suddenly shook.

The possibility that he fell because he couldn’t get down was low.

There was enough time to respond.

Above all, if Hyung had met with an accident because he couldn’t get down, the phone call itself wouldn’t have gone through.

But the phone is connecting.

Hyung is alive.

He’s just not answering.

That’s why it’s strange.

I’ve known Hyung for 5 years.

Hyung isn’t the type of person who wouldn’t answer for a whole week, not just a day or two.

If he had entered the Tutorial Tower, at least Hyung-su-nim should be able to answer the phone.

Hyung-su-nim knows my name too.

‘But why on earth.’

Why isn’t he answering the phone?

For me, who has no family, the couple that felt most like family was Hyung and his wife.

Among the people I know, the couple who felt most human was Hyung and his wife.

But they disappeared without a trace.

Even if I try not to worry, I can’t help it.

I need to find them, but I don’t know how to-

“…”

Buzz.

A vibration coming from the pocket opposite to the one containing Cheo-ri.

Putting my hand in there, I took out my phone.

The brightly lit screen.

Beyond it, there was a text message from someone named ‘S-Rank Strongest Seong Yu-mi-nim-nim-nim’.

[S-Rank Strongest Seong Yu-mi-nim-nim-nim: Did you get in safely, Black Dragon? I felt sorry for talking only about our side today, so I contacted you. If you visit later, I’ll treat you perfectly as an honored guest, so please visit sometime~]

Ah, right.

This person was here.

A Hunter belonging to the Association, which is a Korean civil service.

Among them, an S-rank Hunter in the second highest position.

That person’s contact information had just been saved on my phone.

Smiling slightly, I immediately called Seong Yu-mi.

-Black Dragon. Why so suddenly?

A voice that came through immediately after just one ring.

Clearing my throat, I asked Seong Yu-mi on the other end of the line.

“Hunter Seong Yu-mi. You said to call if anything came up, right?”

-That… right?

“I need help. Could you help me?”

-I guess I should at least hear what it is first.

Nodding, I explained the entire situation to Seong Yu-mi.

After hearing this, Seong Yu-mi said.

-…It is certainly strange. To be out of contact for a whole week.

Fortunately, she seemed interested.

-Then did the ownership of that house completely transfer to the tenant’s side?

“I’m not sure about that, but I think there’s a high possibility.”

-I think so too. You tried contacting his wife as well, right?

“Of course.”

Before entering the Tower of Recording.

When Hyung didn’t answer, I tried contacting Hyung-su-nim too.

But neither of them answered the phone.

-Could you tell me the name and age of this Hyung person?

“His name is Shin Seon-woo. He’s 30 years old.”

-Good. And the house address?

“I’ll send that separately by text.”

It would be better to send what I had written down as is.

I copied the address I had written down on my phone and sent it to Seong Yu-mi as is.

-Confirmed. Since it’s personal information, it’ll be difficult to tell you details unless it’s clearly judged as strange.

“Yes.”

-Instead, if I find even the slightest trace or judge it as strange, I’ll contact you right away.

“Please do.”

-Just leave it to me. Then I’ll go in now. Take care, Black Dragon.

“You too, Hunter Seong Yu-mi.”

Click.

After hanging up, I put my phone in my pocket.

I had asked the most trustworthy person I could at this point.

Now it was time to wait for Seong Yu-mi’s investigation results.

“Let’s just go home for now.”

The sun was already setting.

Perhaps because I’d been outside all day, my already tired body was drooping.

Whether she woke up because of the phone vibration while sleeping, Cheo-ri was also biting my padding, saying she was hungry.

Except for juice, I hadn’t eaten anything all day, so I was just as hungry.

“Cheo-ri.”

“Kyuk!”

Her anger had risen all the way to the top of her head.

She has no poison, so why is she so venomous?

I casually brushed off the creature that couldn’t even bite through my padding since it had no teeth, then looked at it and said.

“Want to eat chicken?”

“Kyuk?”

The creature tilted its head as if asking what that was.

I smiled slightly at its reaction and stood up from the bench.

“Let’s go. I’ll show you a new world.”

I’ll give you the gift of a beautiful taste that you can’t experience with minerals and such.

* * *

Munch munch.

I gnawed on a chicken leg while looking at Cheo-ri.

The creature was having an intense standoff with the golden-brown fried whole chicken from the market placed in front of it.

I even cut it up because it might be too big to eat, but how long is it going to keep doing that.

“It won’t kill you, you know? It tastes best when it’s hot, so hurry up and try it.”

“Kyuung….”

At my words, Cheo-ri let out a small whimper, then squeezed its eyes shut and bit into the chicken.

Gulp.

The chicken breast went down its throat.

Soon after, Cheo-ri’s eyes widened as it stared at the chicken breast on the plate.

“Kyu, kyuung…?!”

It’s delicious, isn’t it?

I chuckled as I watched Cheo-ri frantically bury its head in the chicken breast and eat.

“Here, eat this too.”

“Kyuk!”

Nom nom nom.

The bowl was already empty, so when I tore off more chicken breast and gave it, it happily accepted and ate it.

They say pets aren’t supposed to eat seasoned food, but this creature is a monster so it should be fine.

So I continued tearing chicken breast for Cheo-ri while biting into the chicken leg again.

‘It’s delicious.’

When I was doing manual labor, I only ate chicken on special occasions.

My goal was to own a Han Gang View Apartment.

Just thinking about saving money to escape from the semi-basement was tight enough, I couldn’t afford to buy chicken too.

So I worked hard to save, but today was a special day.

Wasn’t this the first leisurely time I was having since awakening as a Hunter.

‘When I came out of the Tutorial Tower, Black Dragon suddenly threw a tantrum.’

Saying it was boring just because I caught some slimes, what kind of logic is that.

But now that I had accepted the proposal, ‘Black Dragon’ no longer said anything to me.

Thanks to that, I could leisurely gnaw on chicken legs.

“Kyuk! Kyuk!”

“Ah, sorry.”

I was lost in thought and forgot to take care of Cheo-ri.

I put down the chicken leg and tore off some chicken breast to place on Cheo-ri’s plate.

As soon as the chicken breast came down, Cheo-ri happily pounced on it and devoured it.

I looked at the creature very contentedly.

“Is it delicious?”

“Kyuk!”

I see.

That’s wonderful.

‘I hate chicken breast anyway.’

Life is already dry enough, why would I need to eat dry food too?

So whenever I ate chicken, I wanted to eat only the legs.

Of course, I couldn’t because I felt bad about the money.

‘To think I’d achieve this in this way.’

I smiled broadly and picked up a chicken leg from another whole chicken that had all its breast meat gone.

Good for sister, good for brother-in-law.

It was a happy time for everyone.

About 30 minutes later.

“Did a beggar move into my stomach….”

I wasn’t satisfied with just chicken, so I ended up eating all the lunch boxes I had bought a few days ago.

I had never eaten this much in my entire life, not even once.

“It’s more amazing that this much can fit.”

Even now, I feel like I could eat more if asked.

It’s just that I don’t have enough energy left in my body to go out and buy more food.

I patted my reasonably full belly and yawned lazily.

“I’m sleepy….”

“Kyuung….”

Now that my stomach is full, I’m suddenly getting sleepy.

“Should I take a nap.”

It’ll take at least a day or more for the investigation results to come out.

I should get some sleep until then.

I threw myself onto the bed like that.

And fell asleep in exactly 1 second.

* * *

“Shin Seon-woo….”

Clack, clack.

Graceful fingers moving in the dark office.

Seong Yu-mi, who had been quickly reading the results on the computer screen, frowned.

“…Why isn’t it here?”

She had received all the information.

She had even received realistic testimony.

But information about the person called ‘Shin Seon-woo’ didn’t appear anywhere.

“This can’t be right.”

She had wanted to finish quickly and rest, but it didn’t seem like it would end quickly.

Seong Yu-mi let out a long sigh and decided to handle it tomorrow as she turned off the computer.

The moon visible outside the window of the towering Awakened Association was already standing in the center of the sky.

* * *

“Ugh….”

Blink.

I rubbed my eyes as I opened them on the bed and stretched lazily.

“Ow, my whole body….”

Crack crack.

Just from stretching, my back made sounds it shouldn’t make in harmony.

I patted my stiff back and got up from the bed, then shuffled over to open the refrigerator door.

“…I’m thirsty.”

My throat is parched.

I opened the cap and put it directly to my mouth, gulping down the cool water.

Finally, I can live.

I wiped my wet lips with the back of my hand and blinked as I put the water back in the refrigerator.

“Somehow… I slept really well.”

My body feels as light as a feather.

I lightly twisted my body to stretch and headed to the bathroom with light steps.

“Phew. That’s refreshing.”

Coming out of the bathroom after washing up, with steam rising around me, I entered the bedroom while shaking my hair dry.

After changing into comfortable clothes, I finally realized there was something I had forgotten.

“Cheo-ri is… what? Where did he go?”

Before washing up and going to sleep.

I had confirmed that Cheo-ri had settled down beside the bed.

But when I woke up, he had suddenly disappeared—

“…”

“…”

Chomp chomp.

I made eye contact with the little guy who was desperately trying to eat my phone.

Even though our eyes met, he lightly ignored me and was putting all his effort into trying to eat the phone.

“Hey, I told you that you can’t eat this.”

“Kyak!”

When I took away the phone he was biting, Cheo-ri bit my hand with a very upset voice.

Since he had no teeth, it didn’t hurt, so it didn’t really matter, but why was he so angry?

I dangled the little guy from my right index finger and turned on my phone.

“8 AM? I woke up earlier than I thought.”

My body felt so refreshed that I thought the sun would be high in the sky.

Muttering quietly, I discovered the date written on my phone and my eyes widened.

“Huh?”

Blink.

Blinking my eyes, I looked at the date displayed on the calendar and gaped.

“T-today is the 24th?”

That can’t be right.

How could a person sleep for three whole days…

“Kyuuuung!”

Cheo-ri’s cry filled with indignation.

His eyes looked very angry about something.

‘Come to think of it…’

I was extremely thirsty when I woke up.

As if I hadn’t had water for several days.

“Hmm.”

Considering all the circumstances, I really did sleep for three days?

Now understanding the little guy’s reaction, I let out a small sigh and removed Cheo-ri from my thumb.

“S-sorry. I didn’t know I’d sleep for so long either.”

“Kyak!”

“I said I’m sorry.”

I did feel tired, but who could have predicted I’d sleep for this long?

I put the very angry Cheo-ri down on the floor and picked up my phone.

[S-Rank Strongest Sung Yumi-nim-nim-nim: Sorry Black Dragon, I think I’m going to be a little late ㅠㅠ I know it’s urgent but could you wait patiently for me?]

A text that came two days ago that I’m only seeing now because I was sleeping.

I immediately sent Seong Yu-mi a message saying ‘It’s fine, just continue the investigation please.’

I didn’t have any particular complaints.

If she’s an S-rank Hunter, she must be busy, so something must have come up.

Honestly, I should be grateful just that she’s helping at all.

After stretching long, I patted my shoulders and looked at the very sulky Cheo-ri.

“Cheo-ri, get ready.”

“…Kyak!”

“We’re going to the Tower, aren’t you coming?”

“…Kyak?”

Come to think of it, he couldn’t understand when I said Tower.

So…

“We’re going to see the World Tree.”

“Kyak!”

Only then did the little guy happily climb up my leg.

To the little guy who had climbed up to my shoulder as usual, I whispered.

“When we get to the Tower, I’ll find the ore for you right away, so just be patient a little longer.”

“Kyak kyak.”

The little guy made sounds as if saying ‘of course you should.’

Chuckling at that sight, I picked up the bag I had brought when first entering the Tower of Recording.

‘Surely I won’t get a reply right after going, right?’

Seong Yu-mi said to wait patiently.

That probably means it could take anywhere from several days to several months.

Rather than sitting still waiting for an answer that might never come, I think climbing the Tower of Recording during that time is a much better choice.

‘From now on, I should eat even when I’m not hungry and sleep even when I’m not sleepy in the Tower.’

It seems like you don’t get hungry or sleepy in the Tower.

Instead, the moment you leave the Tower, all of that hits you at once.

Otherwise, there’s no way I would have eaten so much and slept like this.

“Luggage… I can just take this same bag from before.”

Once I enter the Tower this time, I don’t know when I’ll come out.

So it would be good to pack some basic necessities in the bag.

I didn’t take anything out except the lunch box, so it should be fine.

Slinging the bag over one shoulder, I used my skill.

[Tower of Recording]

[Entering the 5th Floor]

Whoooosh—!

Light brightening from beneath my feet.

My vision flickers for a moment along with the floating sensation.

When my vision returned to normal.

“Kieeeek!”

I was standing right in front of a roaring Bloody Mantis.

This is really fucking annoying.

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