The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 197

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 197

“So, will you break the curse?”

Kazuki just smiled and On Jurim nodded.

He had expected it, but even so, his mouth tasted bitter.

From what he had discovered, the curse was sorcery cast using a Blood Talisman passed down from the Takahashi family, an Onmyoji family.

It wouldn’t be easy to break a curse that had been aged for hundreds of years and contained the karma of an entire family all at once.

All of this was due to Takahashi’s greed for seizing power.

The fact that Takahashi was able to beat out formidable opponents and secure the Prime Minister position was largely due to the merit of having an ‘S-rank Crafter’ in his grasp.

“Your debuff, most of the senior lawmakers knew about it.”

“Ahaha, not surprising at all.”

Kazuki shrugged his shoulders and crossed his arms.

Japan had a cabinet system, and to control political circles, he would have needed support from senior lawmakers, so inevitably Takahashi would have shared what he had done to Kazuki.

In the end, only the person involved didn’t know.

“It’s like the Truman Show~”

“….”

When Kazuki pretended to be nonchalant and laughed, On Jurim frowned and turned his head away.

Amakusa Kazuki.

The self-proclaimed ‘Friend’ who had arbitrarily approached On Jurim when he came down from the Tower and was receiving the world’s hatred, expressed respect for him, and helped prevent synchronization with the 99th Floor Master.

He had no special feelings. He didn’t want to get personally involved, nor was there any need to….

On Jurim, who had turned his head away, made eye contact with Han Gru.

Han Gru had been wearing the monk robes draped like a hood in a strange outfit, and seemed to be trying to gauge what the two were talking about.

It would be a difficult conversation for a child.

It would be better if she didn’t understand.

He could clearly picture how sad she would be if someone she called Master or Uncle said they were sick.

When Han Gru noticed their gazes and made eye contact, she approached with quick steps like a puppy meeting its owner and sat down beside them.

On Jurim brushed the dirt off Han Gru’s knees and said bluntly.

“I’m going to bring down Takahashi. It’s not easy to mess with a Prime Minister’s head, but if he becomes a civilian, it won’t be difficult.”

He meant that after stripping the Prime Minister of his position, he would search through his mind to find a way to break the curse.

“Huh?”

But isn’t that something you shouldn’t say in front of a child?

Kazuki said with a troubled expression, floundering.

“On-chan, you don’t have to do such difficult things because of me….”

“This seems to be broken, so I need someone to make new gloves.”

Instead of saying that Han Gru would be sad, On Jurim waved his left hand.

Kazuki laughed as if it were an amusing joke, then asked seriously upon seeing On Jurim’s expression that he was serious.

“Really? Can I be moved by this anyway?”

“Who knows?”

It was the moment when On Jurim, who had answered casually, removed the monk robes from Han Gru’s head.

Han Gru quickly covered the top of his head.

“What’s wrong?”

At On Jurim’s question, Han Gru covered the top of his head with his two maple leaf-sized hands while pouting his lips, then spoke in a voice full of tears.

“Daddy- Gru, Groot is growing…”

Often, On Jurim couldn’t understand what Han Gru was saying at all.

On Jurim asked back with an expression that showed he really didn’t understand.

“But Gru likes Groot.”

You even said ‘I am Groot’ during the play, didn’t you?

Shake shake.

After much deliberation, Han Gru made up his mind firmly and spread his hands wide to show the top of his head.

“Daddy, please remove this. Or else… hic!”

Inside the bud that had bloomed while Han Gru was hiding it tightly, there was a fingernail-sized acorn growing.

“Or else… Gru will become a tree…! Huup! Kuk!”

On Jurim was left speechless.

* * *

[Activating Skill ‘Tanabata Craftsman’.]

Pop!

When Kazuki’s skill touched his head, the sprout that was trying to turn Han Gru into Groot popped out.

Instead of just giving him the sprout, he made a small flower pot and planted the sprout in it.

“Sniff!”

Han Gru hugged tightly the flower pot with the fingernail-sized acorn planted in it.

A sprout with snowballs attached instead of roots.

The bud had an acorn attached to it, and it was definitely an ‘Elixir’.

[Unripe Elixir… 33%]

Though it was still not fully grown…

“That thing, was it growing?”

On Jurim asked with a serious face, and Han Gru tilted his head curiously.

He didn’t know.

It had been a sprout from the beginning, and most of them were in the form of weak, sickly sprouts, so he had never even imagined they would grow.

But.

“Sprouts are supposed to grow originally.”

Han Gru, whose eyebrow ends drooped down in a figure-eight shape, spoke in a pitying tone as if saying ‘You didn’t even know that?’

“…That’s true.”

Having nothing more to say, On Jurim picked up Han Gru who was holding the unripe elixir flower pot like a honey jar.

“Gru-chan, is that really an elixir?”

Kazuki, who had been watching their conversation, asked with an expression of disbelief.

You must have wondered if elixirs could really exist. Just like Jurim did at first.

“Yeees.”

“Why is it growing from your head? Is that how it’s supposed to be?”

Shake shake.

“Gru, got acorns from RP so… um, planted them in head.”

Though some of the middle parts were skipped, Han Gru showed pride at having completed the explanation about how the elixir came to be planted in her head.

And Kazuki-

“Wow! That’s really, really amazing, Gru-chan!”

Accepted it just as it was.

“Hehe!”

While the two were having their innocent conversation, On Jurim fell into thought for a moment.

‘Am I the only one who can’t keep up with this situation?’

I wondered what she had planted in her head, and it turned out my daughter had been walking around with an elixir planted in her head.

“…?”

It’s confusing, but now I’m starting to get it little by little.

That I need to understand my daughter’s actions with my heart, not my head.

That she’s a child who needs ‘I see’ rather than ‘Why did you do that?’

On Jurim forcibly swallowed his desire to ask ‘Why did you have to plant the sprout on the crown of your head?’ and decided to think about something else in his chaotic mind.

“…Anyway, now we don’t have to overthrow the Prime Minister and dig through his head.”

“Huh?”

“Since we have this. Though it’s not fully grown yet.”

On Jurim gestured toward the flower pot with his head.

“You’ll use this? On me…?”

Kazuki was making a truly strange expression.

If you weighed the gravity of the matter, using an elixir was a bigger deal than the plan to overthrow the Japanese Prime Minister and dig through his head.

Then, Han Gru, who had been watching the situation while rolling her big eyes around, quietly asked.

“Why? Is Master sick somewhere?”

“He’ll be fine now.”

On Jurim lightly pinched Han Gru’s cheek while glancing at the elixir.

Han Gru’s eyes widened and she nodded as if she understood. Then with a relieved face, she hugged the flower pot even more preciously to her chest.

On Jurim gave the child a slight smile, then glanced at Kazuki who had fallen silent.

For someone who had been prepared to risk death to remove a debuff, his face looked even more dismayed than before.

Why is he acting like that all of a sudden? Don’t tell me he thinks he’s incurring too big a debt?

‘How troublesome.’

On Jurim sighed deeply and racked his brain.

It would be good if there was an appropriate reason that could offset the debt of gratitude.

Something that could also punish those detestable Japanese Government bastards who are doing their utmost to make him troublesome.

And what would deal the biggest blow to Prime Minister Takahashi? What does Japan cherish most?

It’s right in front of him.

On Jurim found his answer and spoke up.

“Get naturalized.”

“Huh? What did you say?”

The ruthless villain On Jurim had taken the tiny acorn hostage.

“If you want the debuff removed, get naturalized.”

“…?”

Kazuki seemed completely caught off guard by the naturalization card and gaped his mouth open.

“Hyeongak Monk can take care of things until the elixir fully grows. So come to Korea.”

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