Team K’s office was simpler than she’d thought. It was more like a cafe where you could rest in than a businesslike atmosphere.
Additionally, was it because they’d been raiding the Sangam dungeon for a year now? No one was present.
Kwon Wook laughed, saying, “Thanks to Kang Hara-ssi, since our entire team is out, and so we’re taking a temporary break.”
Chief Jung said that she could tell everything to Kwon Wook. Hara quickly explained the entire story to Kwon Wook at their office. What she’d done from the moment she fell into the dungeon and after she’d escaped.
Perhaps because she’d explained it to Chief Jung once, the words came out more smoothly than she’d expected.
‘It would be nice if I could explain it like this to Yoon Seheon-ssi…’
Hara could only sigh at the thought of her most recent slip of the tongue. To think that she’d ask someone that’ll willing to help her with anything she needed to go out with her. How strange of a person did Yoon Seheon think of her as?
But this was already spilled water.
[The constellation, ‘Cupid’ cheers for you and adds that in the first place, K-dramas always starts with ‘In any case, what a strange person’]
Hara’s eyes narrowed and she removed the message in front of her. The constellation’s nonsense wasn’t amusing anymore.
Anyways, after hearing the course of events thus far, Kwon Wook quickly summarised Hara’s situation.
“That means you’re half an S-class. Your skills are S-class, but your stats and class are still E-class without Yoon Seheon’s help, right?”
“Half……”
“Haha. I’m sorry if it made you offended.”
“That’s not true…”
Anyone could tell that he was correct. What’s the point of only possessing S-class skills? Her final grade was E, so there’s nothing that she could do. As an experiment, she tried various skills by herself, but her mana was at 9, so she couldn’t use Flight or Candlelight for a long period of time.
Kwon Wook scratched his cheek and spoke regretfully.
“This would happen occasionally. The constellations are quite arbitrary, so it would have been great if the second awakening could proceed comfortably, but they really want to put them through trials on humans.”
“Was it also the same for Woo… Hunter-nim?”
The words ‘Wookie-oppa’ rose up her throat, but she bit her tongue and barely managed to change it into Hunter-nim.
Kwon Wook raised an eyebrow and smiled.
“You can call me Wookie-oppa.”
[Bathump]
She barely managed to come to her senses due to the constellation’s message. Hara closed her eyes tightly, opened them and then answered slowly.
“……I’ll politely decline…….”
Her fists were tightly clenched. She was so embarrassed… If this was X-tube, she would hold the lightstick in both hands and say things like, “Of course, Wookie-oppa!” But unfortunately, this wasn’t beyond the monitor, but occurring in reality.
Kwon Wook glanced at Hara’s fists and smiled.
“You can do that if that’s more convenient for you.”
“……Hunter-nim can speak informally to me……”
“How can I do that when all of this is related to work? But should I do that?”
Kwon Wook blinked and an eye remained closed.
This oppa must be crazy. When he was a ruined idol, he had zero training skills, so when did he become like this? Was the skill trained by an S-class also S-grade? Hara barely managed to hold back what she wanted to say and nodded.
Then, Kwon Wook immediately waved his hands with a mischievous look on his face.
“I’m just kidding. Hara-ssi is being respectful to me, so I should also be respectful. After all, we’ll continue meeting in the future.”
He said that we’ll continue meeting. Kwon Wook smiled and continued to explain, without knowing that he moved Hara’s heart with those simple words.
“My story is quite famous, but it’s also slightly exaggerated.”
As he mentioned, the entire nation knew about the story behind Kwon Wook’s awakening.
On the day of their fansign event, the idol group Mandolin was sucked into the gate that opened at the shopping mall. Four out of five members were drawn in. Amongst them, two members died, and Kwon Wook, who was protecting the youngest member, who was still a minor at the time, met the constellation ‘Twinkling Fairy’ and awakened as an S-class.
“The constellation’s name is… Normally, it isn’t known by others, is it?”
“Of course. Actually, my constellation has a separate name.”
The constellation was often a deity or a concept that people were well aware of.
As though they’re fairy-like things.
For example, in the case of Ranong Utaitani, a famous hunter from abroad and the first hunter to exist, met the constellation ‘Salamander’ and uses flame-oriented skills. Skills also depended on the constellation’s characteristics.
“In Hara-ssi’s case, Cupid… Interesting. How does Flight or Candlelight have anything to do with it?”
……It doesn’t really matter, does it?……
After pondering over it, Hara explained her status window. Usually, hunters weren’t able to see each other’s status window.
“My characteristic, in other words, Idol fan… was reflected……that’s why.”
As she said, ‘Idol fan’, her face turned red. She can’t believe that she was explaining this in front of Wookie-oppa. The constellation that caused this situation was silent though. Hara glared at the sky for no reason in particular.
But surprisingly enough, Kwon Wook was serious.
“Aha. In that case, I think I know what your skills are. ‘Please move on’ seems to be a movement-related skill, but isn’t that something that managers would say at fansign events?”
“……”
“Then it could be a forced escape out of a dungeon or a forced relocation. It would be great if the former was the case.”
Kwon Wook analysed Hara’s skills rationally.
“’Happy Your Day’ is a C-class skill, right? It’s available to use. The usage condition is to know the target’s birthday. Do you know when’s my birthday?”
“Of course I know! March 6!”
“Haha.”
Kwon Wook laughed. He meant for her to give it a try.
[Activating ‘#HAPPYYOURDAY(C)’]
[Please select a target to view]
[Viewable target: Kwon Wook (S)]
“Ah……”
Hara’s eyes grew bigger. She’d actually tried using it several times in the hospital. But each time, after displaying [Activating ‘#HAPPYYOURDAY(C)’], nothing else would appear, so she grumbled, “It’s an unlocked skill, so why is it like this?” But now, it’s different.
“There’s a viewable target.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
Kwon Wook nodded. Hara immediately used her skill on Kwon Wook.
[Due to the significant difference between you and the specified target, only a portion will be displayed]
[User: Kwon Wook (S) (Characteristic: Heartless prayer)]
Stamina: 79 (+3)
Agility: 84
Strength: 67 (+12)
Skill: 45
Mana: 88
Luck: ??
[Skill list]
– ???
– ???
– ???
– Make a wish SSS+ (1/3)
Helps you to realise your wish. (Wishes beyond the limits of the constellation, such as life, time, and dimension, are impossible)
[Equipped Gear]
– ???
– ???
– Flame Ring (38/50)
The results she’d gained from using the skill was even more bewildering. She could see Kwon Wook’s status window. Even the gear he had equipped.
As Hara’s gaze remained in the air, mesmerised, Kwon Wook urged her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Hunter Kwon Wook… I think I can see Hunter-nim’s current status.”
“……What?”
Kwon Wook staggered. Then he urged Hara to write down whatever she could see.
Hara wrote down everything that she saw on the paper one after another, and Kwon Wook let out a groan with each word Hara wrote. After seeing the paper she’d finished writing down on, Kwon Wook tore his hair out.
“This ridiculous…”
Hara was also good at reading the atmosphere.
In other words, Happy Your Day was a skill that revealed everything about the other person’s status.
Excuse me, constellation, come out now. Have a little tact. What the heck is this?
[The beginning of love is knowing the other person!]
Wow, it must seem so amusing. Although she just sent an ‘Oh my gosh, it’s so amusing’ message, he didn’t even come out to respond.
Kwon Wook muttered seriously.
“Chief Jung is really like a demon…”
“What?”
“Hara-ssi, please listen carefully. I may not know about others, but don’t ever mention this skill to the outside world. You know why, don’t you.”
“What? Oh, yes.”
Even so, Hara could imagine the general gist of it. When the Awakened grade evaluator surfaced, the whole world was turned upside down. The Awakened grade evaluator was a machine that gave a glimpse into the other’s potential, and was created by a now-dead S-class hunter.
There were so many people fighting over the patent rights of that machine. But the Awakened grade evaluator would occasionally be mistaken as well.
But a skill that allowed a glimpse of the other’s stats? Kwon Wook took off the ring he wore on his left hand and held it out.
“You don’t only see the opponent’s stats. For example, this flame ring. I just used it because there was a question mark in the information. I never imagined that this item had a limited number of usages.”
It’s a C-level skill, but the fact that it’s actually capable of this much? Then Kwon Wook said, “Ah!” and tore out his hair.
“Where can I get another of this flame ring?”
“……I’m sorry……”
“No, this isn’t something Hara-ssi should apologise about. Anyways.”
Kwon Wook glanced at Hara before muttering, “Ah! Chief Jung, ah!’ and flopped onto the sofa. He kept struggling before the puzzled Hara, before quickly getting on his feet and opening his mouth with a serious expression all of a sudden.
“Kang Hara, do you have any thoughts of coming over to Team K?”
So suddenly? When Hara blinked, Kwon Wook quickly continued.
“This may be my conjecture, but it would probably apply to monsters as well. In that case, raiding dungeons wouldn’t be a problem anymore.”
Come to think of it, that was the case. Hunters could view information about monsters through the system window. However, only the monster’s rank and a brief explanation would appear.
If this skill told her information and weaknesses of monsters, it would be of great help when it came to raiding dungeons.
“Ah……”
“But you have to discuss this with Chief Jung as well, so you don’t have to answer me right away.”
He was very quick-witted. For the hesitant Hara’s sake, Kwon Wook smiled and asked her to discuss this with Chief Jung Yoojin. Then, he immediately continued to talk about another skill.
‘Is it because he’s afraid that I’ll be troubled…?’
[The constellation, ‘Cupid’ turns on the red light. Halt! You’re prohibited from being blinded by a guy other than a designated user]
‘Didn’t you just say that Wookie-oppa should have been the designated user, Constellation-nim!’
But you managed to negotiate with the system, so can’t you negotiate on this? But that didn’t seem possible. Even if he’s a constellation, it seemed like negotiating with the system was a different matter.
[The constellation, ‘Cupid’ shows off and says that’d only possible because it’s him]
Oh, yes, yes.
In the meantime, Kwon Wook finally opened his mouth after pondering about the problem with ‘It may be the level of candlelight, but it’s capable!’.
“Is a column-type object made of light all you need if you’re lacking in imagination?”
“Yes.”
“Like the fluorescent tube from earlier?”
Hara nodded awkwardly when she remembered the chaos that occurred in the chief’s office.
However, Kwon Wook, who was familiar with unimaginative hunters, acted like it wasn’t anything and said, “Okay, wait a minute,” while opening a small door at the back of his office. A few minutes later, the thing that Kwon Wook took out of a warehouse-like place was…
“……Isn’t this from a movie?”
“Oh? You know of this?”
Kwon Wook’s eyes widened. “Hahaha…” Hara smiled and accepted it from him. What Kwon Wook had given her was the handle of a lightsaber from a famous science fiction movie.
“My team’s Hunter bought this for a Halloween cosplay, and it just happened to cross my mind.”
“……”
Using this to cosplay for Halloween… She sighed. However, apart from that, Hara didn’t have to use her imagination because it was clearly a movie prop. Hara demonstrated her skills steadily.
“Oh.”
Kwon Wook’s eyes gleamed. A pillar of light extended out from the lightsaber handle that Hara was holding. It seemed quite similar to the movie.
It was also much thicker than when she was using a lightstick. It also had increased lethality. As Kwon Wook looked at the office chair that Hara split in two, he clapped his hands wildly.
“Wow, it’s no joke. Hara-ssi is so cool.”
“……Thank you……”
She didn’t know if it was a compliment or not, but it’s alright as long as Oppa likes it. Hara broke out in a cold sweat.
Kwon Wook shrugged his shoulders.
“We can’t use that to fight, so we’ll make something similar.”
“Make?”
Didn’t he give it to her so she can use this to fight… When Hara looked at the handle of the lightsaber, Kwon Wook replied like he’d read her thoughts.
“Didn’t this appear in the movies? Our team would shoot promotional videos for the government, but we’ll be sued if something goes wrong.”
It was a complicated situation. Of course, that wasn’t the only reason.
“Also, I’m not the owner of that. It belongs to a member of my team, Bokhee. Bokhee is an otaku. If you touch his stuff, he’ll go crazy. If there’s so much as a scratch there, I might die.”
As he was speaking, Kwon Wook took the lightsaber’s handle and estimated its weight.
“It’s also rather heavy. Something lighter would be much better for Hara-ssi’s wrist.”
“Aha……”
“You’ll also need to learn swordsmanship. Do you perhaps have any skills related to that?”
How can that be?
When Hara shook her head sullenly, Kwon Wook smiled and said, “There’s no problem. You can just get some special training.” He seems to have just said something really amazing…
