My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 37

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 37

Episode 37. Erased Records

Thud, thud.

I brushed off the blood on my hands and looked around.

“I guess I’ve dealt with all the monsters in the area by now?”

No more living Sergelgul were visible.

I couldn’t sense any monster presence either.

“It’s safe now, so please don’t worry.”

“Th, thank you….”

I turned my gaze to the woman who was sitting collapsed on the ground.

She had lost strength in her legs and was sitting on the floor, staring blankly ahead.

“You’re a daycare teacher, aren’t you?”

“H, how did you….”

“In times like these, how many people would be wearing a yellow apron?”

“….”

Although that apron was stained with dirt and water, it was easy enough to figure out.

I pointed in a direction with my hand and said.

“If you go that way, there’s the gate entrance, okay? You should be able to get out.”

“B, but the children are still!”

“There were 16 people at the daycare when the Sudden Gate opened, right?”

“Yes? Ah, yes.”

“All rescued and accounted for. Don’t worry.”

“Oh….”

“They went out with the daycare director, so don’t worry.”

Drop, drop.

Tears began falling from the teacher’s eyes one by one.

I glanced at her feet that were badly scraped and bloody, then nudged Elpinire with my elbow.

“Elpinire.”

“I know that much.”

Whoosh-

The energy flowing from Elpinire’s hands instantly began healing the scraped feet.

Only then did she struggle to stand up and bow 90 degrees toward me and Elpinire.

“Thank you. Thank you so much!”

“Well, I am a hunter after all.”

I just did what I was supposed to do.

This is a hunter’s job, isn’t it?

So.

“Stop looking for the kids and get out safely. Got it?”

“Yes….”

“The exit is straight that way.”

I watched as the teacher staggered forward.

“Elpinire. Good job.”

“Tracking traces was just my specialty as a Guardian. It’s nothing to be praised for.”

It’s nothing to be praised for, yet her ears are twitching quite freely.

I chuckled as I watched Elpinire forcibly pull down the corners of her mouth that were trying to rise.

If you’re happy, just say you’re happy. Why act like that?

Anyway, if Elpinire hadn’t found those faint footprints left on the ground, that teacher would have died.

Good work is good work, so I shouldn’t nitpick about it.

“From the looks of it, that seems to be the end of this gate.”

“I think so too.”

Where is the end of the gate?

The answer to that question was ‘you’ll know when you see it.’

What does that mean?

I loosened my neck lightly and looked to the side.

There, everything including trees and swamp was cut cleanly as if sliced with a blade.

Walking over there step by step, I reached my hand toward the invisible boundary.

Then my hand stopped, unable to go further as if blocked by something intangible.

Elpinire, who had followed me in reaching out her hand, opened her eyes wide with curiosity.

“This is my first time seeing the end of a gate.”

“Master. Is this your first time too?”

“It’s my first time too.”

I had only entered a gate once before.

And even then, I came out quickly.

‘It is interesting though.’

But this is as far as it goes.

I turned around with Cheo-ri hanging around my neck, who had been repeatedly sticking his tail tip toward the boundary and pulling it back.

Cheo-ri looked at me with an emotion that said ‘let me do it a little more,’ but it couldn’t be helped.

“…Master. One presence is approaching this way at high speed.”

“I know.”

A guest is approaching.

I gave a short reply to Elpinire who was starting to flare up her mana.

Elpinire looked puzzled at my reaction and asked back.

“Should I be on guard?”

“Not really.”

It’s a presence I already know.

That’s why it’s surprising too.

I grinned and waved my hand at Jeong Chan-woo who soon leaped up with the moonlight behind him.

“Hunter Jeong Chan-woo. It’s been a while?”

“…As expected, it was Hunter Han Mi-reo who dealt with the Sergelgul and rescued the civilians first.”

Thud, tap.

After landing on the ground, he glanced at Elpinire beside me then turned his gaze back to me.

“Hunter Han Mi-reo.”

“Yes?”

“When rescuing civilians, the principle is to accompany them to the gate to prepare for any possible situations. Please be careful next time.”

“….”

At Jeong Chan-woo’s words, Elpinire’s brow twitched.

“It’s okay.”

“It sounded like that guy just disrespected you, Master.”

“He’s originally like that, and human society doesn’t run purely on strength alone.”

So it’s fine.

I reached out to stop Elpinire who was about to lunge forward.

Jeong Chan-woo looked at the Sergelgul corpses scattered around and said.

“Were you trying to close the gate first by dealing with all the monsters?”

“Correct.”

“It was a good attempt. You actually managed to save most of the civilians too.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. I just received communication that among the buildings caught up in the Sudden Gate, only the daycare had people inside.”

We’re conducting additional investigations, but our inference is that no one else besides the daycare people got swept up.

Saying that as an addition, Jeong Chan-woo spoke to me directly.

“Hunter Han Mi-reo. I won’t ask where you’ve been for the past two weeks or why you couldn’t be reached.”

“…?”

Two weeks?

I’m sure I was only in the tower for about a week….

‘…Ah. Right.’

I had collapsed and slept at home before entering the tower.

I had forgotten that fact and vaguely assumed only about a week had passed.

Then much more time has passed than I expected.

“The senior has been calling Hunter Han Mi-reo to the association since last week. But since you weren’t answering, I’ve been continuously visiting your residence for the past three days.”

“…Oh really?”

I clicked my tongue softly and looked at Jeong Chan-woo.

I never thought he’d go to such lengths to look after me.

‘Anyway, he must have discovered something about Hyung.’

That’s why he even sent Jeong Chan-woo to find me.

Nodding my head, I looked at Jeong Chan-woo and said.

“Then let’s quickly wrap up and head out.”

* * *

We had already dealt with many monsters, and received confirmation that there were no civilians.

Having left the cleanup to association hunters who arrived late, we got into the back seat of Jeong Chan-woo’s personal car.

“Ooh…!”

Vroooom.

The car moving smoothly forward.

Elpinire, with her head stuck out the window, kept exclaiming in amazement at the existence of cars speeding along the road.

“Fast. Very fast without any mana.”

“…Wouldn’t you go about this speed if you ran?”

“I could go even faster than this.”

“Then why are you surprised?”

“I’m not surprised by the speed, but by the scenery. I never thought such scenery could actually exist….”

Well, for Elpinire who had lived her entire life only in the forest, the city would be like a new civilization.

Even the Elsid I had seen was very far from this kind of city.

Turning my head, I looked at the car’s rearview mirror.

There, Jeong Chan-woo was reflected driving with one hand on the steering wheel.

“Is the person next to you from somewhere far away?”

“Yes, well. She came from quite a distant place.”

Should I say it’s from a completely different world.

Swallowing the rest of my words, I spoke to Jeong Chan-woo who was loosening his tie as if feeling stuffy.

“Hunter Jeong Chan-woo. You’ve gone through a lot of trouble because of me?”

“Not at all. If anything, it was good because it got me away from work.”

“Ah….”

“Just kidding, this much doesn’t even count as trouble. Real trouble is….”

Jeong Chan-woo trailed off.

Through the rearview mirror, I could see thick veins bulging on his face.

What kind of trouble could he have gone through to show such a reaction.

Unable to hold back any longer, Jeong Chan-woo let out a long sigh and turned on the right blinker.

“…You’ve become incredibly strong.”

“Oh, have I?”

“Yes. To sweep away monsters in such a short time like that… you’d have to be at the senior’s level.”

That level?

I tilted my head at Jeong Chan-woo’s words.

If that’s the case, it’s pretty easy, isn’t it.

Quietly looking at Elpinire, she too had an expression that said ‘Is this difficult?’

‘As I thought, I’m not wrong.’

He’s probably just trying to flatter me.

So I just let it go in one ear and out the other, nodding my head halfheartedly.

“I suppose so.”

“Thanks to that, we were able to close the Sudden Gate without any casualties. I’d like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude once again.”

“As I keep saying, I just did what I had to do as a hunter.”

“I’m saying this because this society is overflowing with human scum who don’t even follow such basics.”

Jeong Chan-woo said this with sincerity as he smoothly made a right turn.

“We’ll arrive in 30 minutes, so please rest well until then.”

Nodding my head, I buried myself in the car seat and took out my phone.

“Hmm….”

What happened during the two weeks I was gone.

So I rested my chin on my hand and scrolled through my phone meaninglessly.

* * *

“Ooh… It’s not as tall as Mother, but it’s quite high.”

Gangnam Awakened Association.

Elpinire’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the towering association building.

“Wow….”

“Is she a model?”

“For a model, her outfit is….”

“That outfit with that appearance?”

As I keep saying, Elpinire is an elf.

An elf with a body so robust she could enter a bodybuilding competition.

Even wearing a loose sweatshirt and baggy pants, with her entire body wrapped in a black coat, Elpinire was enough to draw the attention of people around her.

“Hmph.”

This is somewhat depressing.

I’m not exactly ugly either.

Somehow all the spotlight goes only in that direction.

Having suddenly become ‘supporting character 1’, I waved my hand toward Jeong Chan-woo who was walking over from afar, fixing the tie he had loosened.

“Over here.”

“I had a feeling you’d be here.”

Jeong Chan-woo answered while looking around, then spoke to me and Elpinire.

“Let’s go in. I’ve already contacted the senior in advan….”

“Yahoo. Black Dragon! You came?”

Flash!

A pure white light suddenly bouncing up in front.

Seong Yu-mi popped out from there with a grin and grabbed me and.

“…Who are you?”

“I’m Elpinire, human.”

“Oho?”

She grabbed Elpinire tightly and went back into the light.

The view changed in an instant.

Arriving in the familiar space, I looked at Seong Yu-mi who was grinning broadly and said.

“If you were going to do this, there was no need for Hunter Jeong Chan-woo to bring us, was there?”

“When the distance is far, mana consumption increases. The fuel efficiency is bad, so no good.”

Having said that much, Seong Yu-mi plopped down in a chair and snapped her fingers.

Then drinks fell from the air with familiar thuds.

This time, without making a mistake, I caught the orange juice and plopped down in front of Seong Yu-mi.

“So, what’s the reason you called me?”

“Hmm… How should I put this.”

Seong Yu-mi scratching her cheek.

Before she could open her mouth, I opened an apple juice can and handed it to Elpinire.

Elpinire hesitated when she heard it contained apples, but relaxed and sipped the juice when I told her it had artificial sweeteners instead of real apples.

“I’ll start with an apology.”

“Yes?”

“I can’t find him. That person you call Hyung.”

I turned my gaze away from Elpinire, whose eyes were sparkling as if the juice was delicious, and looked at Seong Yu-mi.

She was smiling awkwardly, and dark circles had settled under her eyes as if she’d stayed up for several nights.

“That person you call Hyung. His name is Shin Seon-woo, right?”

I nodded.

Shin Seon-woo.

I first met him when I was 20, but he was the person who taught me what ‘family’ meant when I had none.

“I investigated thoroughly, but he doesn’t exist.”

“What exactly do you mean by doesn’t exist?”

“Exactly what I said. He doesn’t exist. There isn’t a single piece of information under the name Shin Seon-woo.”

No, wait.

Should I put it this way instead?

Seong Yu-mi’s eyes darkened as she covered her mouth with her hand.

“It was erased. All information under the name Shin Seon-woo was completely erased.”

“…!”

Not that it didn’t exist, but that it was erased.

Understanding the implications immediately, I widened my eyes.

“That means…!”

“That’s right. Someone deliberately erased it.”

The records of that person you call Hyung, that is.

Seong Yu-mi added quietly, smiling bitterly as she looked at my shaken expression.

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