The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 205

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 205

She couldn’t pinpoint exactly who, but there were unpleasant gazes mixed in among the crowd.

Lee Romi unconsciously narrowed her eyes sharply, then remembered she was in front of cameras and relaxed her expression.

‘…Have I become sensitive because of that incident?’

Lee Romi recalled the day when her former agency president had come to visit her not long ago.

During her idol trainee days, the former president who had destroyed her self-esteem and even ruined her debut had come to find her again, bragging about how well his agency treated actors.

But Lee Romi wasn’t the type to just sit there and listen quietly.

“Can’t you tell from the fact that I blocked the Store Owner’s number ages ago?”

“Hey, you’re going to keep eating in the entertainment industry, so don’t be so stubborn. How long do you think this attention you’ve gained will last anyway? No matter how well your song does, you’re just a one-hit wonder. It’s just a brief moment of shine. Your situation is different from Shin Nayeon who even reached S-Rank, you know?”

The cracking voice seemed to ring annoyingly in her ears again, making her shudder.

‘What business is it of his anyway?’

Lee Romi managed her expression as she stepped out of the warehouse.

Bringing up Shin Nayeon’s name must have been intentional. It would have been obvious that Lee Romi, who had been in the same debut group, would have an inferiority complex toward Shin Nayeon.

The dark feelings that inevitably raised their head. It was like baggage she would carry for life.

Fortunately, she had also received praise for richly expressing various emotions through her songs.

‘Don’t worry about it, Jjang Romi. That bastard’s dirty behavior is well-known.’

It was when she was steeling her resolve like this.

Vrooom-!

Screech!

At the sound of brakes, her complicated and unpleasant mood disappeared in an instant.

The children on bicycles had returned. With a cart attached to the back carrying a 30-piece egg carton!

“Why, why did you buy them?!”

Wuju and Han Gru, who had stopped their bicycles in front of the surprised Lee Romi, spoke one after another.

“…If we bring eggs, we have to say goodbye to mommy.”

“Yes. And I don’t like half-made chicks. We should eat safe eggs.”

“Peep.”

Mephistopheles, who was mistaken for a plump chick but ate egg dishes just fine, nodded his head in agreement.

“Half-made chicks…? Ah, I know what you’re talking about…”

Lee Romi, being from the countryside, had experienced it a few times herself. Those situations where she had cracked eggs that were in the process of forming into chicks.

“…It is horrifying.”

“Ugh.”

“Eek.”

“Peep.”

Three people and one bird shuddered.

“So that’s why you bought them?”

“Yes!”

Lee Romi burst into laughter and took the children’s hands.

Han Gru pulled the cart toward the traditional stove, and Kazuki, who was blowing on the fire, burst into laughter at the sight of eggs that clearly looked store-bought.

“Gru-chan, you really wanted to eat lots of eggs!”

“Were we allowed to buy ingredients?”

Before long, On Jurim got up and slowly wandered over.

Han Gru hid the cart behind him and shook his head vigorously.

“People who don’t work can’t eat.”

“….”

In the end, On Jurim had to help crack eggs next to Kazuki.

And while everyone was busy preparing dinner in the harmonious atmosphere, there was one person secretly smiling to himself in the background.

* * *

As the first day passed like this, The Man who had infiltrated as an assistant staff member waited for nightfall before beginning to move.

Both the cast and staff were sleeping like the dead, but he couldn’t let his guard down.

He had confirmed On Jurim’s departure before moving, but there was still one more S-Rank Hunter remaining. Even if he was production-type, it wasn’t something to feel secure about.

The Man secretly sprayed colorless odorless sleep incense in Kazuki’s room, then opened the door to the room where the cast’s belongings were stored.

Creak-

Inside the empty room, suitcases and bags were clustered together.

Having found his target, he rushed over and was about to open a suitcase.

The flower pot that the child named Han Gru had brought was receiving moonlight by the window while faintly emanating magical power.

‘Magical power?’

Besides, acorns shouldn’t grow to look like this.

The plant in the flower pot had only one long stem growing above the cotyledon, with a single acorn barely visible, perched on top.

Suddenly his hand moved toward the flower pot on its own. Curiosity about what that thing was had suddenly sparked within him.

But then it happened.

Swoosh-

The stem curved like a bow, avoiding his hand.

‘Avoiding?’

When he reached his hand toward where it had dodged-

The stem curved away again with a swoosh.

“…!”

That wasn’t all. The plant that had been dodging his hand this way and that began to tremble.

Just as The Man’s irritated hand was about to grab the bulging root area.

Something white and round poked its face out of the soil from the root and bit his hand.

Chomp!

“Ah! Damn!”

The groaning man quickly pulled his hand back.

‘…It bit my hand?’

Droplets of blood were beading up on his hand.

When he checked the flower pot, the white thing that had appeared earlier had disappeared back into the soil.

Anger immediately surged up. Just as his rough hands were about to grab the flower pot entirely.

“You shouldn’t touch that…”

The drowsy, drawn-out way of speaking belonged to a child.

Startled, he turned around to see the child standing in the doorway, rubbing his eyes.

Han Gru yawned and asked.

“Uncle. What are you doing there?”

“Uh, huh? I was looking for something…”

He adjusted his cap and stood up, chewing gum.

“The room is really dark.”

“Uncle can see well.”

“I see. Did you find it?”

“Yeah. I found it, so I should go now…”

The man quickly surveyed the presence around him and tried to hurry out of the room, but he felt a small hand tugging at his pants from below.

“Uncle…”

“Huh? What?”

“Gru wants to go to the bathroom. It’s too dark and scary.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes…”

“Won’t daddy come back soon?”

Han Gru’s eyebrows drooped.

“Gru really needs to go.”

“…Alright, let’s go with Uncle.”

Nod nod.

Han Gru took the man’s hand.

Daddy had secretly gone out at night and hadn’t returned yet, so he had been looking around for him but couldn’t hold it in anymore.

‘Where did daddy go?’

Han Gru looked around searching for daddy as he followed the uncle outside.

On Jurim had been quite strange lately.

Even when Han Gru replenished his magical power, he just slept all day during the daytime. Then he seemed to sneak out at night, and today after coming down to the countryside where magical power was dense, it was the same.

Not working all day and just sleeping lazily must have been an extension of his recent behavior.

Though he didn’t expect him to act like that in front of the camera too.

‘Daddy is really amazing.’

In many ways.

‘…But.’

Han Gru glanced up at the man’s face visible under the cap.

Was he called an assistant staff member?

‘How does Assistant Uncle know that daddy isn’t here?’

Did they run into each other somewhere? Han Gru opened his mouth to ask.

“Uncle.”

“Yeah, I’m all done. Go ahead.”

“Ah!”

Han Gru entered the towering bathroom alone, then shivered from the cold air.

“Uncle, are you there?”

“I’m here.”

“Okay.”

After finishing his business and coming out of the bathroom, the uncle who had been adjusting his hat brim took long strides toward the house first.

Han Gru followed behind with quick little steps.

‘It’s suddenly getting cold again.’

As he rubbed his chilly arms while chasing after him, a lightbulb suddenly flashed in his head.

If the uncle had run into daddy when he went out, maybe he would know where daddy went?

“Uncle, did you meet daddy earlier?”

“…What?”

The moment the man asked back with a stiff expression, Han Gru was startled and quickly shut his mouth.

“Why are you asking that?”

Why does he look so scary?

“Um, I was just curious.”

“You’re curious about all sorts of things.”

“Uncle, do you know where daddy went?”

“Well. I don’t know.”

Rustle-

Just then, a presence was detected.

Han Gru and the man turned their heads toward the garden plot.

Both their mouths opened at the same time.

“Daddy?”

[“…?”]

“Hm?”

Chun-eeng?

The quick pronunciation and accent sounded like a foreign language.

“Uncle. Did you come from another country too?”

“…”

“Where did you come from? Japan?”

Hmm, the pronunciation didn’t sound like Japanese though…

“Or is it another country?”

As the questions continued, the man looked down at Han Gru with a face that had hardened even more than before.

After pondering for a moment, he quietly moved his lips.

“Han Gru.”

“Yes.”

“They say ghosts appear here.”

“Eh…?”

Why are you suddenly saying such scary things? Gru made a bewildered face, opening his mouth in a triangle shape and clasping his two hands together at his chest.

“Are you cold right now?”

Gru nodded his head slightly.

“I heard from the village chief here. There’s a ghost in this neighborhood that keeps stealing vegetables and fruits.”

A ghost…? Stealing?

Gru, imagining a terrifying, pale white face, hunched his shoulders tightly.

Although Gru was among the bravest in Chick Class, there was no way he wouldn’t be afraid of dark places or scary things.

For such children, Teacher Jung Yuni from Saebom Kindergarten had told them.

“T-Teacher said there are no ghosts…”

That was right.

But the man raised the corners of his mouth in a grin.

“Then why do you think you’re cold right now?”

“Hik!”

Gru quickly turned his head this way and that.

Fortunately, he couldn’t see anything, but darkness had fallen blackly and something might be hiding.

“So be careful of ghosts. Got it?”

The man who said this looked at the stiffly frozen Gru with a satisfied face, then took him to his room.

Thud-

After the door closed, in the silence, Gru wriggled and burrowed into the blanket.

Mephistopheles and Veilak, who had been sleeping, rubbed their eyes when Gru returned and came over to snuggle close beside him before falling back into deep sleep, while Gru held them both in his arms and rolled his eyes around.

Tonight, it seemed wrong to sleep.

* * *

The sound of an owl hooting began to be heard.

The man pressed something on his watch repeatedly to send it, then crossed his arms with an impatient expression.

Soon a reply seemed to come back as the watch notification blinked.

It was while the man was checking this.

A shadow moved stealthily toward the field.

Pitch-black eyes that seemed to let no light in glanced around the surroundings.

Grrrrowl-

It was watching everything while hiding behind a tree, wary of the man.

While taking a bite of a carrot pulled from the garden plot.

Crunch-

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