The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 34

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Chapter 34

 

“By the way, didn’t you say you’d show me a new item today?”

 

“Right. Just a moment.”

 

Only then did Hana fumble around in her pocket and pull out the rice seeds she had forgotten about.

 

“Is this it?”

 

Kang Hyeon examined the rice seeds briefly before handing them back to Hana.

 

“So you’re saying you need my skill to grow this?”

 

“Yes. You’d just need to share some flame energy about once a week.”

 

“Once a week.”

 

Seo Ganghyeon habitually touched his lower lip with his fingertip. It was a habit that came out when he was thinking.

 

While observing Kang Hyeon’s reaction, Hana noticed a wound on Seo Ganghyeon’s cheek.

 

“Oh? You’re hurt!”

 

When Hana grabbed Kang Hyeon’s cheek, his sturdy body flinched all over.

 

“Looks like you got scratched in the Gate.”

 

“Shouldn’t you treat this? Don’t you have any healing potions?”

 

“…This much is fine to leave alone.”

 

“If it’s bothersome, I’ll get it for you. Just tell me where the potions are.”

 

Kang Hyeon rolled his eyes for a moment, then pointed toward the drawer with a nod.

 

“Over there.”

 

Hana immediately opened the drawer and began rummaging around here and there.

 

Watching her, Kang Hyeon leaned back against the sofa.

 

Small, busy footsteps, the sound of drawers opening and closing, and muttered words flowing out like pleasant noise floated around the area.

 

“It’s not here.”

 

“Then maybe I put it next to it.”

 

Kang Hyeon answered slowly.

 

“Look around carefully.”

 

Kang Hyeon’s blinking became slower as he answered.

 

Was it because the afternoon sunlight coming into the Guild Leader’s Office was too warm?

 

Or was it because the person called Yun Hana standing across from him strangely touched some sensation he had forgotten about?

 

His body relaxed. Perhaps it was because Yun Hana seemed utterly insignificant rather than dangerous, so his tension was released for the first time in a while.

 

With the fatigue that had accumulated over the past few days, Kang Hyeon’s eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

 

He couldn’t remember the last time he had slept properly.

 

“Even if you’re SS-rank, you can’t neglect your body like that.”

 

Hana’s gentle nagging reached his ears.

 

“You’ll get chronic illnesses when you’re older.”

 

Listening to that sound, Kang Hyeon unconsciously closed his eyes.

 

How much time had passed like that?

 

“Found it.”

 

Hana, who had discovered the potion, spoke joyfully and turned around.

 

Her steps toward the sofa with potion bottles in both hands stopped midway.

 

“…Huh?”

 

Kang Hyeon was leaning his elbow diagonally against the sofa armrest, resting his chin on his hand with his eyes closed.

 

Even his brow, which always had tension in it, was relaxed.

 

“Is he asleep?”

 

Hana approached stealthily and carefully waved her hand in front of Kang Hyeon’s face.

 

After confirming that Seo Ganghyeon wasn’t moving, Hana carefully opened the potion bottle cap, but Kang Hyeon frowned and opened his eyes.

 

“Are you awake? You can keep sleeping.”

 

“I was sleeping?”

 

Kang Hyeon blinked with a face that couldn’t grasp the situation for a moment, then rubbed his forehead.

 

“Yes. You were dozing off.”

 

“That can’t be.”

 

Kang Hyeon let out a hollow laugh as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

Hana took advantage of Kang Hyeon getting up to bring up the unfinished conversation from earlier.

 

“About those rice seeds, if it’s bothersome, I’ll come to you.”

 

Hmm.

 

Instead of responding, Kang Hyeon sank deeply into his chair.

 

Even during this, Hana was chattering away earnestly in front of Kang Hyeon.

 

“I think I could plant them in a pot and bring them over. What do you think?”

 

“…”

 

“Excuse me, Seo Ganghyeon? Are you listening to me?”

 

Even while listening to Hana’s words, Kang Hyeon’s mind was somewhere completely different.

 

He had dozed off.

 

And in front of someone else, without any wariness?

 

Usually, he had to use sound-blocking items to barely close his eyes for a moment.

 

He couldn’t believe he had fallen asleep listening to the clattering sounds of her searching for potions here and there.

 

Why was that?

 

Was it because it was Yun Hana moving around in his space?

 

Because she didn’t seem to have even a hint of danger about her at first glance?

 

Or if not that, was it because of that face that strangely resembled his senior?

 

Whatever it was, Yun Hana definitely had something.

 

Like how his insomnia symptoms had been alleviated after eating her crops.

 

Kang Hyeon slowly brushed his lips with his fingertips.

 

What exactly it was didn’t matter.

 

What mattered to Kang Hyeon was just one thing.

 

Being able to sleep.

 

He came to a conclusion.

 

“That’s not necessary. I’ll go. Twice a week. But I’d like to add an additional clause to the contract.”

 

“An additional clause?”

 

Hana, who had given up on making the unresponsive Kang Hyeon talk and was opening the potion cap, pulled her head back and narrowed her eyes.

 

At that reaction, Kang Hyeon’s eyebrow rose crookedly.

 

“What’s with that look?”

 

“Nothing. I was wondering if you were going to demand something strange. Like lowering the transaction price or something?”

 

“…What exactly do you take me for? It’s not that kind of thing, so don’t worry about useless things.”

 

“Then what is it?”

 

With an expression of disbelief, Kang Hyeon took the potion bottle from Hana.

 

In the process, their fingertips lightly bumped into each other.

 

“I’d like you to help me fall asleep from now on. How about it?”

 

“Help you fall asleep?”

 

Hana’s round eyes became narrow.

 

She looked like she had heard something very strange.

 

Worried that his words might have sounded improper, Kang Hyeon tried to add with a sigh.

 

“Ah. Don’t misunderstand. I really mean literally-”

 

“You can’t sleep well? Since when?”

 

But Hana’s clear voice asking innocently cut off Kang Hyeon’s words cleanly.

 

Hana’s head tilted to the side.

 

The light brown hair swaying under her ear particularly caught his attention.

 

Was it because of the soft color scheme, as if everything from her hair to her eyes was painted entirely in brown, or her small stature? Things like that expression that seemed to have no worries at all.

 

When he was with Yun Hana, his wariness became particularly dull and he felt comfortable.

 

Kang Hyeon followed Hana and turned his head to the side, resting his chin diagonally.

 

‘…She really does look like one when I look again. A squirrel.’

 

Kang Hyeon’s long fingers twitched.

 

It was because he felt an impulse to touch that hair that looked as fluffy as a squirrel’s tail.

 

Fortunately, he didn’t act on it.

 

Kang Hyeon slowly closed and opened his eyes, heavy with fatigue.

 

“When did it start again? I think it’s been several years.”

 

“My goodness. Several years? Then I’ll help you.”

 

Hana nodded with a face that showed no suspicion whatsoever about a request from someone he’d barely met.

 

That reaction actually made Kang Hyeon furrow his brow.

 

Kang Hyeon straightened his head, forgetting that he had made the request himself.

 

“Are you always this lacking in wariness? Even so, isn’t agreeing too easily?”

 

“Huh? It’s not easy though?”

 

But his unnecessary worry was brief.

 

Hana was already rummaging around to pull out the contract he had prepared earlier.

 

Not only that.

 

He took out the pen he had used for signing earlier and casually added something below the clauses.

 

Scratch, scratch.

 

His small hands moved busily.

 

As he watched this unpredictable behavior, Hana closed the pen cap with a click and held out the contract.

 

“I’m definitely going to receive additional compensation.”

 

Kang Hyeon was momentarily speechless.

 

The contract Hana held out had additional clauses written very neatly.

 

In exchange for helping Kang Hyeon sleep, he would share flame energy with the rice seeds twice a week, plus receive hourly compensation on top of that.

 

Kang Hyeon realized how absurd his momentary thought of Hana being innocent had been.

 

“Ha.”

 

A deflated laugh escaped between Kang Hyeon’s lips.

 

Kang Hyeon didn’t realize that the corners of his mouth, which hadn’t turned up once since ‘1’ disappeared, crumbled so easily in front of Hana.

 

“Right. It wasn’t an easy agreement after all.”

 

Kang Hyeon obediently accepted Hana’s new clauses.

 

Then Hana snapped his fingers.

 

“Right! What about ‘Wang-i-neomeo-jyeomyeon-king-kong’ that I mentioned before! What happened with that?”

 

“Ah, I almost forgot. When I traced the ID you told me about, a very familiar phone number came up.”

 

“Who is it? Is it someone I know too?”

 

“You could say you know them.”

 

Along with those words, Kang Hyeon recalled his phone that had been completely broken in half.

 

How absurd it had been when he discovered that the terrible ID ‘Wang-i-neomeo-jyeomyeon-king-kong’ was linked to his phone.

 

There was only one person who would take his phone and do such a thing.

 

Along with that cryptic answer, Kang Hyeon immediately called for someone.

 

Then, in less than a few minutes, with a very familiar fuss, the Guild Leader’s Office door burst open.

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