The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 18

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 18

“Han Gru, you know that there used to be a ‘Tower’ in the past, right?”

Han Gru nodded her head.

The Great Cataclysm.

A time when monsters and dungeons never seen before, and those with special powers appeared.

The Tower rose up exactly two years after that chaotic time when the confusion had not yet subsided.

It could be seen from any country, and could be entered from anywhere.

People called it the ‘Tower’.

Without giving time to properly understand what it was, the Tower began counting down until humanity’s destruction.

At that time, neither Awakening nor dungeons were stabilized, making it an extremely chaotic era.

However, through the countless sacrifices of the 1st Generation Awakeners, the Tower was conquered in three years, and now the existence of the terrifying Tower had been reduced to a regular subject in fairy tale books.

Yoon Seojun, like an experienced person who had raised two sons, skillfully comforted Han Gru while continuing his explanation.

“Han Gru, the Guild Master is actually a hero who fought terrifying monsters in the Tower.”

A hero? Han Gru sniffled and listened to his story.

“Shall I show you?”

When Yoon Seojun raised his hand, pitch-black shadows gathered and scattered before their eyes, creating various forms.

‘Wow…’

When Han Gru opened her eyes wide, Seojun smiled gently.

Seojun’s shadows created the shape of a large tower and humans, beginning a puppet show.

The terrifying Tower had 100 floors, and On Jurim along with the 1st Generation Hunters overcame difficult battles to reach the 99th Floor.

In front of fallen comrades, Jurim’s puppet shouted.

‘Everyone, stay strong! We can conquer the Tower soon!’

However, the monster guarding the 99th Floor was stronger than all the Tower’s demons they had encountered so far combined. It was impossible to defeat with their power alone.

But they couldn’t retreat. They had to stand up for the world.

Then, Jurim decided to sacrifice himself. He sealed the master of the 99th Floor within his own body.

‘Leave me and go to the 100th Floor!’

At Jurim’s words, one of his comrades headed to the 100th Floor.

As soon as he set foot toward the 100th Floor, the shadows scattered.

“So a terrifying power came to dwell in the Guild Master’s left hand. It devours the Guild Master’s mana every single day, and when he uses a lot of power, a large amount of mana drains out at once, which is why the Guild Master has fallen into sleep now.”

After finishing the puppet show, Seojun wiped her runny nose with a handkerchief.

“Sniff, when mana runs out, do you have to sleep?”

“That’s the fastest way to recover mana.”

The sleeping Jurim was sweating coldly as if suffering from terrible nightmares.

He looked very painful.

“Then what should we do?”

“He’ll get better if he rests well, so don’t worry and you should sleep too, Han Gru. This has happened a few times before, so he’ll wake up soon this time too. Shall I read you a fairy tale book in your room?”

Han Gru shook her head.

“I want to stay here…”

Gru curled up in a ball, lying sideways next to Jurim’s bedside.

Seojun smiled bitterly as he brushed Gru’s hair aside and stood up from his seat.

“Um, Uncle. How many nights does Guild Master need to sleep before he wakes up?”

Ah, that’s… He moistened his lips.

The last time Jurim took off his gloves was a year ago, to prevent a dungeon break (a phenomenon where monsters pour out of dungeons).

He saved hundreds of thousands of lives, but Jurim slept for an entire month.

Unable to tell the truth, Seojun avoided Gru’s gaze and spoke hesitantly.

“He’ll probably wake up after sleeping for just two nights.”

Saying it was nap time and it would be good to get some sleep, he stepped aside.

Click-

As the door closed, Gru wriggled and snuggled deep into Jurim’s embrace.

This was the first time in his life seeing an adult struggling and suffering like this.

He was so worried and his heart ached so much that tears and snot kept streaming down endlessly.

Wasn’t there anything Gru could do?

[Emergency Quest generated for an anxious child due to primary caregiver’s absence!]

[A child’s touch is needed to awaken the primary caregiver whose mana is depleted! Let’s show filial piety to the primary caregiver with My Own Filial Piety Skill ‘Gru’s Hands are Healing Hands’.]

[Reward: 500 Filial Piety Points]

‘…!’

That’s right, there was that!

* * *

Yoon Seojun picked up Gru’s Kids Phone from the living room and placed it on the table.

The matter regarding the owner of the 99th Floor was something known to only a handful of people within the guild, including himself, but it was probably something Gru should know about.

In fact, even the explanation he gave to Gru had Seojun’s own interpretation mixed in. Jurim rarely opened his mouth about that incident.

‘Was it already five years ago?’

He sat on the sofa, gazing at the Han River as he fell into deep thought.

After the Tower was conquered, the Joint Funeral Hall for the first-generation heroes was packed with people.

After paying his respects at the funeral hall, Jurim couldn’t take a single step outside the entrance. Countless reporters thrust their cameras at him as if they were going to devour him.

“Please give us a word as a survivor!”

“What happened in the Tower?”

Questions poured out in such a torrent that they were hard to understand.

“Please say something for the Bereaved Families, if nothing else!”

Everyone wanted a word from the sole survivor, thrusting microphones forward, and flashes went off non-stop trying to capture his face.

Jurim stared at them with eyes like cloudy glass marbles.

“We- no, I… did not reach the 100th Floor.”

The crowd stirred.

“Hunter On Jurim! What does that mean-”

– With a bumpy wonderful body~ wearing red clothes~ giving off a sweet and sour fragrance~ handsome tomato~

Seojun let out a small laugh at the cute ringtone that broke his thoughts.

When he checked, a call was coming in on Gru’s kids phone.

The caller displayed on the screen was the Awakener Registration Center.

“The Center?”

Seojun glanced once at Jurim’s room door before answering the call instead.

“I’m Director Yoon Seojun, Han Gru’s representative. What can I do for you?”

* * *

As soon as Jurim opened his eyes, he felt like he was being squeezed by something warm and soft like a slime.

“…?”

He creakily turned his head toward the now-familiar scent of baby formula. Sure enough, something soft was clinging tightly to his arm.

“…Han Gru.”

“Yes.”

“Let go of my arm for a moment. I can’t get up.”

Gru squeezed even tighter and shook her head back and forth.

Hmm. Jurim narrowed his eyes with a troubled expression. She was so small and soft that he couldn’t put strength in his arm for fear of hurting her.

“….”

Powerless.

It felt quite surreal that he couldn’t move at all, unable to resist the harmless violence of a 4-year-old.

Not only that. Looking at the tiny life form sniffling and breathing in through her nose, he kept feeling like he was being cornered.

“Were you worried?”

“A lot, a lot….”

When she answered with sniffles as if she was about to burst into tears, Jurim hurriedly detached Gru and sat her in front of him.

Coral-colored eyes stared at him blankly. Sniffle. The child breathed in through her nose again.

‘What should I do about this?’

Handling children and comforting them were both unfamiliar territories.

Jurim scraped together all his nonexistent experience and organized the things he could do.

1. Give her snacks.

2. Give her food.

3. Give her treats.

It wasn’t just narrow, it was impoverished.

He erased all the options that came to mind. It’s not like he was raising a pet or something.

Sigh, he ran his hand through his hair, hiding his embarrassed and awkward feelings.

“I’m sorry. I should have explained it to you properly too.”

“Sob. The Director told me. Sniffle. That the Guild Master leaks mana everywhere and has to sleep when he uses too much power….”

Another sniffle.

“…You said I’m leaking mana all over the place? Stop, don’t cry.”

“Yes, sniff.”

There he goes again. Jurim briefly pinched Gru’s bean-sized nose.

“Stop crying. Your eyes are all swollen.”

When Jurim rubbed around his eyes, Gru buried his face deep into his hands.

His hands, which had been wandering around not knowing what to do, soon pulled the child into his embrace and patted his back.

“Guild Master, I’m sorry. Gru will do well. Please don’t hurt.”

Jurim held his breath for a moment.

Even without explanation, the clever child seemed to have roughly figured out what had caused him to end up like this.

Pity and guilt settled heavily in his chest.

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