The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

 

“But benefactor. Aren’t you curious how I got into Haechi?”

 

“Not really.”

 

“Ah, why. Listen to me. You know that rainy Gate we went into last time? I got recognized for my merit in protecting you so reliably back then. Hey, hey! I said listen!”

 

“Ah, I said I’m not curious!”

 

* * *

 

Meanwhile, at the same time.

 

In an alley a little distance from the Haechi Guild building, Lee Haechan was standing.

 

No, to be precise, he was surrounded by people and couldn’t move forward or backward.

 

The group surrounding Lee Haechan were hunters from Crimson Moon, the guild where Haechan and Choi Kwon used to belong.

 

Crimson Moon Guild.

 

Ranked 3rd among Korean Hunter Guilds.

 

Right below 1st place Haechi and 2nd place Taesan, Crimson Moon was grinding their teeth in frustration.

 

“Uh, wh-what’s going on all of a sudden…?”

 

Haechan squeezed out a voice that sounded like he wanted to crawl into a hole.

 

But the Crimson Moon Guild hunters didn’t even pretend to listen.

 

“Damn it. Because of Haechi Guild, we can’t buy those crop items from the Hunter Trading Post anymore.”

 

“Exactly. An exclusive contract, how petty. They just want to keep the good stuff to themselves, right?”

 

One of them tapped his phone screen.

 

The Hunter Trading Post app’s message window showed ‘Unread’.

 

“That seller doesn’t even read messages anymore! Ah, so annoying!”

 

The hunter who was nervously gripping and shaking his phone glared at Haechan.

 

“Isn’t that right, senior? …Ah, you’re not from our guild anymore, so you’re not our senior either, are you? Hunter Lee Haechan?”

 

As snickering laughter circled around them, Haechan’s shoulders shrank even more.

 

Still, Haechan tried not to give in and attempted to argue back.

 

“It’s, it’s not petty. If you think about it, Crimson Moon sweeping up good items is even wo-worse…”

 

Haechan’s words weren’t wrong.

 

Crimson Moon Guild was one of the Vice-Chairman’s lines, and with the Vice-Chairman backing them, they had been monopolizing all the good items.

 

But the Crimson Moon guild members scoffed at Haechan’s retort.

 

“What, are you taking Haechi’s side just because you changed guilds? You’re no different from a bat.”

 

“I heard you caused trouble again this time? Couldn’t control your ability and trapped your teammates in nightmares. Really, what a disgusting ability.”

 

At those words, Haechan’s face and neck instantly turned red.

 

He was speechless.

 

His lips moved but no sound came out.

 

As if finding this even more amusing, the Crimson Moon guild members’ expressions became even more triumphant.

 

An S-rank Hunter being intimidated by their single comment.

 

Intoxicated by the satisfaction of putting down a hunter higher ranked than themselves, the hunters put their arms around Haechan’s shoulders.

 

“Instead of that, couldn’t our Hunter Lee Haechan slip us a few crop items?”

 

“How many colleagues suffered trauma because of you? You should at least do that much.”

 

Haechan shook his head vigorously.

 

“N-no. And I, I don’t have that kind of authority… Really…”

 

“What, isn’t the hunter who produces those items also from Haechi Guild? Aren’t you close?”

 

“Really, what a useless human.”

 

Thud.

 

The hunter who had his arm around Haechan’s shoulder deliberately pushed Haechan hard.

 

Haechan’s body swayed.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Hana and Choi Kwon, who had just arrived at Haechi Guild and were unloading their luggage, witnessed the scene from afar and stopped walking.

 

“Huh? Those are Crimson Moon Guild bastards?”

 

Choi Kwon narrowed his eyes.

 

Hana felt the same way.

 

Haechan caught between those people wearing matching bright red and tacky hunter uniforms looked truly pitiful.

 

Wearing a gloomy dark hood with his spirits completely deflated, he looked like a hamster covered in dust and dejected.

 

Sigh.

 

Handle it himself, my ass.

 

Hana let out a short sigh and recalled the oyster mushrooms he had hastily stuffed into a box when leaving the garden.

 

‘Good thing I brought the mushrooms.’

 

Choi Kwon strode out first.

 

Hana followed behind him with quick steps, still holding the box in his arms.

 

“Hey. What are you guys?”

 

When Choi Kwon arrived in front of Haechan and frowned deeply, the Crimson Moon guild members looked Kwon up and down.

 

“Well, well. Looks like the traitors have gotten close already?”

 

Sneering laughter spread.

 

One guy casually put his arm around Haechan’s shoulder again.

 

“Or did our Hunter Lee Haechan seduce you? Telling you to betray Crimson Moon Guild and come to Haechi like him?”

 

“N-no! I didn’t do anything like—!”

 

Haechan was startled and waved his hands frantically.

 

In front of him, Choi Kwon shouted angrily.

 

“You bastard! As if!”

 

But the reason for his anger was a bit strange.

 

“I don’t listen to other people, got it? I only listen to myself, got it? Do I look like someone who’d go somewhere just because someone told me to?”

 

Hana, who was listening from the side, looked at Choi Kwon with coldly disgusted eyes.

 

‘Ah. That was the problem?’

 

Bewildered by Choi Kwon’s strange logic for just a moment.

 

The Crimson Moon guild members snorted.

 

“Fine, whatever. Anyway, since we old colleagues met like this, let’s share those crop items for old times’ sake.”

 

“What are you talking about, did we entrust them to you? If you’re jealous, why don’t you come to Haechi too.”

 

“Hey, Choi Kwon.”

 

Another A-rank hunter growled as if scraping his throat.

 

“Do you know how upset our guild leader is these days? Stop acting so high and mighty when you backstabbed us and went to Haechi.”

 

In the end, their target was Hana’s crops.

 

The Crimson Moon guild members turned back to picking on poor Haechan instead of the formidable Choi Kwon.

 

“Hey, Hunter Lee Haechan. If you’re not close to that production-type hunter, at least try to make an effort to get close. Why not use that great ability of yours? Peek at his weaknesses and threaten him with them.”

 

“My, my ability isn’t like th-that…”

 

Haechan’s eyelids reddened and his breathing became labored.

 

At this rate, he really looked like he might cry.

 

Unable to watch anymore, Hana walked past Choi Kwon toward the hunter who was picking on Haechan.

 

Panicked, Choi Kwon tried to stop Hana.

 

“Huh? Hey, hey benefactor! What are you doing! He may look like that but he’s high rank. Someone like you wouldn’t even be a match for one punch!”

 

Regardless, Hana looked at the hunter in front of him with eyes full of disdain.

 

That gaze must have been quite blatant, because the Crimson Moon guild member got angry.

 

“What’s this one now?”

 

“Me?”

 

What do you mean what? I’m that crop seller you’re looking for, you bastard.

 

Hana looked at the phone screen the Crimson Moon guild member was holding.

 

The ID displayed on the clearly visible screen was familiar.

 

StrongestCrimsonMoon.

 

Of course he’d use a name like that.

 

Hana’s eyes became sharp. It was because it was a very familiar ID.

 

Hana recalled the messages that ID had been sending all this time.

 

[Recipient: Cherry Tomato & Potato Seller]

 

[— The cherry tomatoes are defective. Please process a refund.

 

— What’s with the quality of these potatoes? There were rotten ones mixed in.

 

— Either give me a refund or send new ones. If you don’t reply, I’ll report you to the Association?]

 

[Sender: Strongest Crimson Moon]

 

After eating all the cherry tomatoes, he made the ridiculous demand to send new ones claiming they were spoiled—in short, a total troublemaker.

 

That troublemaker was exactly this snickering bastard right here.

 

Since Hana had been waiting for a chance to meet him someday and give him a good smack on the back of the head, his eyes sharpened.

 

“By the way, how about removing your hand?”

 

Hana knocked away the burly arm of the Crimson Moon Guild member that had been draped over Haechan’s shoulder.

 

“Or are your muscles so heavy that it’s too much to hold your arm up by yourself? Then try losing some muscle. It’s burdensome just to look at.”

 

“What? Hey!”

 

Instantly, sounds of suppressed laughter—”kuk”—leaked from both Choi Kwon and Haechan’s mouths simultaneously.

 

The Crimson Moon Guild member’s face instantly flushed red like a persimmon.

 

Hana nonchalantly placed the box of crops he’d been carrying on top of Haechan’s hands, as if showing off.

 

Since he’d brought more than the amount he’d planned to deliver to Haechi anyway, there was no problem with giving some to Haechan.

 

“Wh-why are you giving this to me…?”

 

Haechan, who had been trying to control his escaping laughter, looked back and forth between the box and Hana with a flustered expression.

 

“It’s a gift to commemorate us becoming friends. Take it all, Lee Haechan.”

 

“Be-becoming friends?”

 

Haechan’s round, gentle eyes visible through his long bangs blinked rapidly.

 

The question written in his black pupils was crystal clear.

 

You and me?

 

Ahem.

 

Hana cleared his throat unnecessarily.

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