The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

This wasn’t a problem that could be solved by making up some story about picking it up off the street.

Seo Ganghyeon’s fingertips twitched in the fertilizer pile.

Soon after, his upper body began to slowly rise.

Oh no. This is bad.

Without thinking, Hana looked at the white monster beside her and stretched out her index finger.

“Popcon! Lick!”

The monster immediately jumped over and climbed onto Seo Ganghyeon’s chest, starting to lick his face frantically.

She had called it Popcon on impulse, but whatever.

From now on, your name is Popcon, monster.

Meanwhile, Hana flailed her hand behind her neck, trying to cover herself with anything.

But unfortunately, the straw hat she always wore wasn’t there today.

The problem was that she had thrown it on the cart when bringing Seo Ganghyeon here because it was getting in the way.

“Damn it, what the hell is this…”

Seo Ganghyeon’s voice was ominously growling as he half-raised his body, full of murderous intent.

Thinking she shouldn’t let him see her face, Hana grabbed whatever was within reach and threw it over her head.

The temporary portal behind Kang Hyeon still hadn’t completely closed.

If she stayed like this, she would inevitably be caught for entering the Gate without permission, and might even have to pay the price for burying Seo Ganghyeon in the fertilizer field.

Since there was no way she could do anything against an SS-rank Hunter, the only alternative Hana could think of was to at least cover her face.

Kang Hyeon, who had been struggling to sit up after removing the monster that had covered his face with saliva, stood blocking Hana’s path.

Having suddenly lost her escape route, cold sweat trickled down Hana’s forehead.

But something was strange.

She didn’t know what she had put over her head, but through a coin-sized hole, she could see Kang Hyeon’s face, and his expression was quite a sight to behold.

He looked bewildered, amused, and annoyed all at once.

While wondering why he was acting like that, Hana belatedly realized

what she had covered her face with.

This musty smell hitting her nose was from the empty bag she had used to spread fertilizer in the garden this morning and left piled nearby.

In other words, a fertilizer bag.

Oh. Damn it.

Holding her breath, Hana greeted him in a muffled voice and awkwardly raised her hand toward Kang Hyeon who stood blocking her way.

“…Haha. Hello?”

Ah. This doesn’t seem right.

Seo Ganghyeon’s sharp eyes shot up even more fiercely.

Hana clutched her pounding heart and finally bowed her head deeply.

“S-sorry! I didn’t do it on purpose!”

Hana wrinkled her nose.

When she bowed her head, the acrid smell characteristic of fertilizer hit her sense of smell even more intensely.

Should this be called karma?

But she hadn’t deliberately thrown Seo Ganghyeon into the garden, had she?

It was an accident, an accident.

Huff, huff.

When she breathed through her mouth due to stuffiness, the fertilizer bag over her head inflated and deflated repeatedly with her breathing.

At least she could see ahead thanks to a small tear at the top.

When Hana slowly raised her head, Seo Ganghyeon’s face visible through the gap was beautifully contorted.

‘It would be a bit awkward to take it off and greet him now, wouldn’t it?’

Hana slowly stepped backward.

But as if he had expected this, Seo Ganghyeon’s eyes narrowed sharply.

Soon, red flames flickered at Seo Ganghyeon’s fingertips.

“…A humanoid monster?”

‘Why? Why! No, why is he calling me a monster?!’

Panicked, Hana waved her hands and head frantically.

“No! I’m human! I’m obviously human no matter how you look at me!”

As Hana tried to prove her innocence, Seo Ganghyeon’s body suddenly swayed and he collapsed forward.

“Ah, wait—!”

Startled, Hana reflexively extended both arms to catch the falling Kang Hyeon.

In an instant, Kang Hyeon’s full weight pressed down on her, nearly breaking her back.

“Ugh, heavy…! Excuse me, Mr. Seo Ganghyeon?”

Hana, who barely managed to keep her balance, gently shook Seo Ganghyeon’s shoulder.

But there was no movement.

【SYSTEM】

【Oh my! It looks like a status abnormality due to poisoning. (◞ ‸ ◟)】

Status abnormality?

Hana’s brow furrowed.

If that was the case, even the hospital director wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

Hana carefully laid Kang Hyeon down on the garden and looked around.

Wasn’t there anything that could help?

Then Hana’s eyes caught sight of cherry tomatoes that had ripened red just in time.

“Could those cure the status abnormality?”

They had healing effects and could heal wounds, so maybe they could alleviate status abnormalities a little too.

Hana picked one of the clustered cherry tomatoes and carefully approached Kang Hyeon.

Fortunately, this time Kang Hyeon seemed completely unconscious and didn’t move at all.

Hana swallowed nervously and crouched down.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

After politely asking for permission, Hana pressed the cherry tomato between Kang Hyeon’s lips to squeeze out the juice.

Kang Hyeon’s deeply furrowed brow relaxed just a little, but that was all.

“As expected, this won’t work…”

Popcon quietly approached the dejected Hana and rubbed against her head.

As Hana absentmindedly petted the fluffy white fur, she blinked rapidly.

Come to think of it, didn’t Popcon have detoxification among its attributes?

Hana picked up Popcon, who was wagging its tail and panting.

Suddenly being lifted up, Popcon wagged its tail rapidly like a propeller, seeming happy.

“Your attribute was detoxification, right? Can you help?”

“Squeak!”

As if it really understood, Popcon soon began popping corn kernels.

Then it breathed fire, causing the corn kernels to crisp up and scatter in all directions.

Hana slightly lifted the fertilizer bag and tried chewing one of the well-popped kernels.

Crunch—.

【SYSTEM】

【You have consumed secretions from a fire-attribute crop-type monster.】

【Detoxification effect is activated.】

【Toxic substances in your body are being detoxified.】

As expected.

She had seen it before, but this time it was more certain. This would definitely be able to detoxify the poisoning symptoms.

Hana’s eyes sparkled, but soon she drooped her mouth with an “ugh.”

Since it came from a monster’s body, it wasn’t technically wrong, but calling it “secretions” made her feel quite strange.

With mixed feelings, Hana watched the excited Popcon and began picking up the popcorn scattered around.

However, another time of contemplation soon arrived.

She couldn’t squeeze juice from this, so how would she feed it to him?

“Hmm.”

After brief consideration, Hana reached a conclusion and began carefully loading Kang Hyeon back onto the cart.

And she also picked up each and every corn kernel that Popcon had popped.

“I suppose… this method would be best?”

* * *

A moment later.

The doorbell at the entrance of the Crimson Moon Guild’s Yangpyeong Hunter Branch building rang ding-dong, ding-dong.

The hunters who had been on emergency duty for several days due to the Gates that had appeared around Yangpyeong were sprawled out on sofas and the floor, half-dead from exhaustion.

“…Who is it…”

“What time is it now, who’s being so rude as to ring the doorbell, ugh.”

The hunters began stirring and getting up one by one at the doorbell ringing in the middle of the night.

Among them, a red-haired man who had been sprawled on the best sofa kicked his feet in the air, filled with irritation.

“Ah, seriously! I was finally getting some sleep and who is it at this hour! Do you want to die?”

“Hey, Choi Kwon! You’re being even louder!”

Choi Kwon, an A-rank hunter belonging to the Yangpyeong Branch, couldn’t stand it anymore and threw off the jacket he’d been using as a blanket.

His sleeveless shirt, ripped jeans, and slippers made him look extremely casual.

Kwon scratched his head roughly and went down to the 1st floor with the intent to kill someone.

Then he immediately started making a commotion loud enough to echo all the way to the 2nd floor.

“Hey, hey hey! Everyone get up and come down here! Quickly!”

At his commotion, the sprawled hunters hurriedly rushed to the stairs, thinking another Gate might have opened.

The hunters who gathered on the 1st floor all had dumbfounded expressions.

Because in front of the building was a completely unexpected person, delivered in an unimaginable state.

Kwon rubbed his eyes and asked the hunter next to him.

“Hey, that’s Seo Ganghyeon, right?”

“It… seems like it?”

“But why is Seo Ganghyeon here in this state?”

At Kwon’s question, everyone silently looked down.

Seo Ganghyeon was lying peacefully on a cart.

He was even clutching a bag full of popcorn in his arms.

And beside Kang Hyeon was a box full of cherry tomatoes.

“What is all this?”

Kwon snatched the memo attached to the popcorn bag and narrowed his eyes.

“It’s a status abnormality due to poisoning. Please wake him up and make sure to feed him this popcorn…?”

After a moment of silence, someone burst out laughing.

Starting with that, they all began shaking their shoulders, unable to hold back their laughter.

Who could have imagined it.

That Seo Ganghyeon.

The poster boy of Haechi, Korea’s representative star hunter who carried around fancy titles like Avatar of the Battlefield and Expressionless Monster Slaughterer.

Would be lying so peacefully in a cart that couldn’t even fit his legs no matter how much he curled up.

“Haha!”

Kwon eventually clutched his stomach and laughed until tears streamed down his face.

“Whose crazy masterpiece is this really?”

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