The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 15

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 15

“By any chance, are you Dan?”

“He already told you? What did he say about me?”

“Guild Master said Dan is a vewy stwong hunter. And that he’d help Gru today too.”

“He really said that? Jurim hyung did?”

He brightened up quite pleasantly.

Does Dan feel good about being acknowledged by the Guild Master too?

“Yesh.”

And then the Guild Master went on to say that he’s just as much of a nutcase, so don’t go near him. Said he’d get dragged into unnecessary trouble.

Gru, who had been lost in thought for a moment, zipped his lips. He shouldn’t say this part.

Gru looked at the delighted Gidan with warm eyes.

Dan might childishly tease a kindergartener, but Gru would maturely protect Dan’s feelings.

‘Is this what social life is like?’

Gru was an adult too. Wiping his nose smugly, Gru patted Gidan’s shoulder consolingly.

Gidan smiled and floated a question mark above his head.

That’s when it happened.

Ding!

[Potential caregiver detected. Caregiver registration possible if attachment index is increased.]

Heh, Gru opened his mouth.

‘He’s S-rank…’

Gru looked back and forth between Gidan’s mischievous face and the Status Window, then shook his head.

‘Gru isn’t that desperate.’

He wouldn’t just pick up anyone for his caregiver slot.

‘Hmph!’

Not even knowing he had no other options, Gru snorted and then asked.

“But, what was that earlier? Was it magic?”

“Earlier? Ah-”

Gidan showed a smile as if it was nothing special.

“Skill Penalty. Do you know what that is?”

“I know! It’s when your hands hurt if you clap too hard!”

It was common knowledge that the stronger an Active Skill was, the higher the probability of restrictions being attached.

“Oh, even dummy Gru knows something like that?”

When Gidan teased him, Gru turned his head away with a tsk.

“Are you sulking?”

“No.”

“Aw, you’re sulking.”

Gru didn’t make eye contact but spoke hesitantly with concern.

“But, Dan. Why did you use that?”

And right in front of the Guild Leader’s Office at that.

“Ah!”

Gidan’s eyes curved as he smiled prettily.

“I was trying to steal the number 1 ranking spot while hyung was mentally unstable. But he’s fine, isn’t he? What a shame.”

Huh?

…I can’t tell if he’s joking or not.

But would he really go that far just for a joke? Gru recalled the red blood he had seen earlier and spoke worriedly.

“But shouldn’t you not use that skill? It looks painful….”

“I can’t do that.”

For some reason, Gidan spoke in a sunken, cold voice.

“Because I need to become stronger.”

In the strange atmosphere, Gru looked up at Gidan.

“Well, we’re here.”

Gidan smiled brightly again and opened the door.

On Jurim, who had been sitting on the desk talking on the phone, turned his head toward the two.

“Hyung, I decided to give up on the coup today because of Gru. I didn’t know you loved Dan so much.”

On Jurim looked disgusted at the nonsense, but Gru had an exclamation mark floating above his head.

‘…!’

Did Gru protect the Guild Master?

Was it because of that bribe from earlier?

It wasn’t intentional, but he had accomplished something.

Gru stretched both arms toward On Jurim majestically with a face that said ‘praise me.’

On Jurim, who had hung up the phone, caught Gru in his arms.

Gru secretly expected praise, but On Jurim only spoke indifferently.

“Stop talking nonsense and let’s go.”

“…!”

* * *

Awakener Management Bureau Yeouido Branch, Awakener Registration Center.

‘These days it’s nephew-obsessed people.’

Lee Yujeong, a counter employee at the Center, recalled how many daughter-obsessed and son-obsessed people had visited the Awakener Center recently.

These days were truly the era of the Awakened.

Not only could they make big money by working as hunters.

Sports stars and popular broadcasters had become hunters, and hunter strategy videos lined up in the top 10 popular YouTube videos.

Moreover, due to the changes in various industrial fields brought by dungeon byproducts, even universities had come to prefer the Awakened.

Such university policies caused changes in educational trends, and the exceptionally education-enthusiastic parents of the Republic of Korea couldn’t miss this.

‘If you awaken, it’s a free pass all the way to university!’

‘Summer special course registration begins for prospective Awakened!’

‘Korea University Awakened admission briefing for elementary students’

Companies would make money from this kind of advertising, but Yujeong was a civil servant. Same pay with nothing but endless suffering.

In the end, it meant that Yujeong had to deal with countless parents who couldn’t accept the fact that their sons and daughters were non-Awakened, all while receiving a pittance for pay.

‘Today as well, I suppose…’

Lee Yujeong looked at Shin Nayeon, who was smiling brightly in front of her, and raised the corners of her mouth. No matter how low-ranking she was, she was still in the industry. There was no way she wouldn’t recognize Shin Nayeon, a top 10 ranker.

‘She’s even prettier in person.’

Unless that Shin Nayeon had suddenly gotten the urge to re-register as an Awakened…

Lee Yujeong turned her gaze to the side.

A child who appeared to be around three or four years old showed a bright smile.

‘…So cute.’

She’d never heard news of marriage, so it couldn’t be her daughter, at most probably a niece or nephew.

‘Even rankers are powerless in front of their nieces and nephews.’

She wouldn’t turn the Center upside down just because her niece wasn’t an Awakened, right? Should she call the Section Chief even now?

Feeling slightly nervous, Lee Yujeong received the paper the child held out to the desk.

It was a form for briefly writing about whether they could see their Status Window and what Stats and Skills they possessed.

Han Gru. 4 years old. All Stats 1. In the skill section, written in crooked handwriting was ‘Sting Sting! (F)’.

‘Even the skill is cute.’

Lee Yujeong straightened her grinning mouth corners.

Actually, you couldn’t trust whether someone was Awakened based on just this scrap of paper.

There were quite a few people with such rich imaginations that they’d fill an entire page with epic fantasy novel settings.

“Han Gru, what kind of ability is this skill? Um, do thorns come out of your body?”

“No. It hurts with a sting sting when Gru’s weapon hits you.”

“Aha, so cute… I mean, would you like to try using the skill here once?”

Lee Yujeong held out the back of her hand. If it was a skill that could be verified this directly, it would be convenient.

But Gru hesitated looking at Lee Yujeong’s hand.

“But then unnie will get hurt…”

Ha, now I understand why Shin Nayeon became such a doting aunt…

“I may not look it, but I’m really tough so it’s okay. I need to check your skill, so could you use it lightly here?”

“Okay…”

Gru, who had been hesitating, very gently placed his only weapon, the Duck Clip, on her arm as if barely tapping it.

“Ah!”

A stinging sensation as if being pricked by something. When Lee Yujeong was startled, Gru frantically hugged the Duck Clip to his chest.

Nayeon comforted Gru saying it was okay, and Lee Yujeong also patted Gru’s head.

It really does sting. Lee Yujeong stood up holding the registration form while hiding her slightly surprised expression.

“Would you follow me? I’ll guide you to the Measurement Room.”

“Let’s go, Gru.”

“Okay.”

As Nayeon and Gru followed the staff member, CCTV cameras tracked their movement.

“Please wait here for a moment.”

Standing in front of the door labeled ‘Measurement Room’, Gru swallowed nervously.

‘Here we go!’

From now on, once he entered the measurement room, machines would measure his stats and skill potential.

Nayeon, who had been sending something on her phone, smiled warmly at Gru.

“Gru doesn’t need to be nervous. They’re people who know what they’re doing.”

Gru nodded slightly and stepped inside.

* * *

Gidan, in stealth mode, walked through the ‘Dungeon Ecology Center’ wearing a headset.

The Management Bureau was in charge of basic dungeon education. This was to prevent Awakened individuals from recklessly entering dungeons after getting their hunter licenses and dying like helpless sunfish.

Since it was an era where ordinary people could easily encounter monsters through dungeon strategy videos, there were many skeptical views in the early days of the ecology center’s introduction, questioning whether it was just a waste of taxpayer money.

However, seeing the Management Bureau advertise that beginner hunter survival rates had greatly increased, it seemed it wasn’t just bureaucratic desk work after all.

In the ecology center, monsters were preserved alive in circular aquarium tanks like those found in aquariums, filled with special solution.

The special solution put the monsters into a dormant state, but what if the aquarium tank broke due to poor management?

The monsters would wake up and wreak havoc throughout the Center.

Fortunately, since it was a weekday morning, there were hardly any visitors using the ecology center.

A blessing from the kindergarten god perhaps. Gidan hummed cheerfully as he crossed between the displayed aquarium tanks.

‘To summon all the Management Bureau hunters…’

Gidan, who had been casually scanning the monsters as he passed by, stopped at one spot.

‘It should be at least this level.’

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