The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 61

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 61

“Guild Leader got a strange note. From a bad person. In bright red letters asking if he’s happy to come back alive alone.”

On Suhyung’s face darkened as he lowered his eyes.

“I see. Yes, it was about time for that to happen…”

“Guild Leader says he’s fine and not to worry, but Han Gru is still upset.”

“Yes, that’s understandable.”

Unlike his cold impression, when he listened well to her words and accepted them, Han Gru’s confidence suddenly swelled up, and she clenched both fists again and spoke boldly.

“So. Han Gru doesn’t like it either. I can’t go. Han Gru will be a strength by Guild Leader’s side.”

Wow! Han Gru was just like a drama protagonist. Totally cool. A million times more courageous.

“Mm, yes. Do that then.”

“…?”

Her rising momentum deflated like a balloon losing air. The strength in her tightly clenched hands slowly relaxed.

On Suhyung swirled his wine and gazed intently at Han Gru with her mouth agape.

Not adding unnecessary details was his long-standing bad habit. Remembering this, he explained again step by step for the child’s sake.

“I must have caused a misunderstanding.”

“A misunderstanding?”

“I heard you were an outstanding child, so I wanted to provide you with a good environment. It’s been a long time since I’ve dealt with child education… I got too ahead of myself. I didn’t want to separate you from On Jurim.”

“Then Han Gru doesn’t have to go far far away?”

“Didn’t I say I would grant you anything you wanted?”

“…!”

Han Gru’s eyes sparkled brightly. It seemed she finally believed his words.

On Suhyung ended up letting out a low laugh, which was unlike him.

At first, when he heard that On Jurim had adopted a child, how worried he had been.

In fact, after what happened to the eldest and only On Jurim remained as the second son, he had given up hope for an heir.

That was because On Jurim had been a child who had never raised even a single potted plant, let alone an animal, since he was young. If there was anyone in the world who hated troublesome and high-maintenance things the most, that would be On Jurim.

His relationships with women were also endlessly casual, not stopping those who came and not holding back those who left. With such a view on romance, he probably never even imagined being tied down by marriage.

Therefore, he worried that On Jurim might bring a child home as casually as bringing in a potted plant and then neglect them.

So On Suhyung secretly had someone watch the father-daughter pair of On Jurim and Han Gru.

Since On Jurim naturally drew attention wherever he went and didn’t pay much attention unless it posed a threat, On Suhyung was able to obtain plenty of photos and information.

In the photos, On Jurim was holding the child, holding her hand, and even showing smiles.

And that wasn’t all.

The two had gone to Chairman Nam’s theme park together (at this point, On Suhyung suspected he might have mistaken someone else for his son), and when the child went missing, he caused quite a commotion by threatening to control access to the theme park… (at this point, he was certain it was his son).

On Suhyung was so curious about the child who had melted On Jurim’s heart that he couldn’t focus on work.

But at this rate, On Jurim would never try to show him the child.

So he went to the trouble of recruiting the child’s Sitter. His plan was to quietly bring her home and get a glimpse of her face, but he was lucky enough to even share a meal together.

Meeting her directly like this, he could tell.

The child had a feeling somewhat similar to his eldest. Not only that, but she was so cute and lovable that he couldn’t help but find her precious.

He was deeply experiencing the saying that she wouldn’t hurt even if placed in his eyes.

At that moment, Han Gru, who seemed to be pondering something, stretched her neck out like a meerkat and looked around, then hunched over and came close to whisper.

“Chairman, you know what. Will you be Gru’s colleague’s companion?”

“Colleague?”

“Yes. The Guild Leader. He pretends he’s not, but lately he’s all mushy. Like, like a jellyfish out of water.”

Han Gru moved her body in a wavy motion, perfectly recreating a jellyfish.

“Like a jellyfish?”

On Suhyung cleared his throat with a cough, holding back his laughter.

“So Gru wants to make the Guild Leader energetic again. Like a jellyfish that returned to the sea.”

He could no longer hide or erase his smile as he gazed at Han Gru for a long while.

“Chairman should also get a companion who will make the jellyfish fresh and green together.”

Han Gru smiled brightly.

When was the last time he had felt such loveliness? The warmth that seemed to embrace his heart was welcome.

As Han Gru seemed to wait for an answer, he hesitated a little before speaking.

“Would it be okay for me to participate in something like that?”

“Huh? Yes.”

Of course! Han Gru nodded her head repeatedly.

“Chairman, you’re family connected by blood with the Guild Leader.”

It was different from Han Gru’s situation, being adopted. The two of them were ‘real family.’

“Family…”

Muttering softly as he lowered his eyes, On Suhyung returned to his usual expressionless face. A dim sadness could be glimpsed on his cold face.

“Well. I don’t think that kid would like it very much.”

“Huh? Why?”

On Suhyung spoke bitterly.

“Jurim is very angry with me. Because I did something that disappointed that child.”

“Something disappointing?”

“Yes… It’s all my fault.”

Who would have expected such an answer? Han Gru was at a loss and fell silent.

On Suhyung’s face, as he slowly turned his gaze, became fixed on one spot. His slightly furrowed eyes were filled with sadness.

Han Gru’s eyes followed his gaze.

Beyond the restaurant’s large window, all the banners had been taken down from the building at some point.

‘Oh.’

Han Gru found herself staring blankly at the banners without realizing it.

There was a large print of a man’s upper body photo, smiling warmly. Next to his face, text was written vertically.

[Tower Strategy 5th Anniversary. Honoring On Ijo’s noble sacrifice…]

On Suhyung, who couldn’t take his eyes off On Ijo’s photo for a long while, spoke in a choked voice.

“Ijo was my eldest son. Jurim’s older brother.”

As the child said, Jurim becoming like a jellyfish wasn’t because of the malicious card, but because On Ijo’s memorial day was approaching.

On Ijo’s memorial day was the day the Tower was conquered, the day Jurim survived from the 99th Floor, and the day his brother went up to the 100th Floor alone and never returned.

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[Title: Am I ignorant if I don’t know On Ijo?]

I’m a student who just became a 2nd grader in elementary school

The girl I’m dating calls me ignorant and asks if I don’t even know On Ijo

The girl I’m dating is pretty smart though haha I’m not ignorant, right?

I know On Jurim

I’ll give you points

[Answer]

Kids these days don’t know On Ijo? He’s On Jurim’s older brother, a 1st generation who went to the 100th floor and died

I’m putting up a lot of points so spill the tea then ㅇㅇ

This is exactly when the Great Upheaval opened and the Tower was built

Back then there were no guilds or anything like that

They said the world would end if the Tower was cleared, so what could we do? We all had to join hands and fight together

So the developed countries gathered and just made several Avengers teams

They rotated and climbed the Tower

The current 2nd generation hunters are just TV entertainers, but the 1st generation was the real deal

Back then they really fought for humanity’s survival

You can think of each team member as being like On Jurim

Back then On Jurim was the youngest and in Gidan’s current position

But among those Avengers, the one who became humanity’s number one was On Ijo

They didn’t properly tell us what his ability was since it was classified, but whenever they interviewed the strategy team, they’d say On Ijo was amazing, fantastic, so tens of thousands of patriotic TV shows were made with compilations of foreign hunters

But actually, until the Tower was completely cleared, everyone was probably unsure about On Ijo

When the Tower first appeared, America predicted it would take a precarious 5 years to clear the Tower’s 100 floors

Since the clearing deadline was exactly 5 years, some said it was propaganda to reassure people

But it was cleared in 3 years

On Ijo went up to the 100th floor alone and tore apart the Tower

That’s when he officially became humanity’s number one legend

But On Ijo couldn’t come back down from the 100th floor

The only survivor was On Jurim who reached the 99th floor and came back down

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