Civil Servant Hunter’s S-class Resignation Log - Chapter 45

The two had a close relationship.

Baek Heewon was a kind of shaman that everyone who knew her would realise that she was clever, so Kang Sejun would always come here to get advice no matter how many times he repeated life.

The first time he heard of the Seoul forest gate was because of her, and thanks to that he saved someone’s life.

She was also the one who taught him that only by killing the 11th floor monster can the foundations of peace be built.

But she wasn’t omnipotent since she wasn’t a god.

There were things that even Baek Heewon didn’t know about, so it was soon after God interfered that she was able to affect this world more directly.

For example, Song Hanna……

‘It’s not really something I want to think about.’

Kang Sejun tried covering up the memory by force. His previous life was truly terrible. He would never repeat something like that.

“This is the sixth time.”

“Six times. It’s a good thing you haven’t gone crazy yet. Or there is something you yearn for so much that your mind won’t break down.”

“Yes. When you say world peace, it sounds like a great hero. I can’t be a hero.”

“……”

“Do you already know about the 11th floor monster of the labyrinth?”

Ha…… A sigh escaped Baek Heewon’s mouth. Even if she didn’t listen, she would know.

“You are the only one who knows what’s in there. I can’t understand the labyrinth. From the looks of it, it’s hard even for my god to mention it.”

Baek Heewon’s gaze turned towards distant air. It sounded like a bird flapping its wings.

“But, yes. You have fought so long for the foundation of peace. Good job.”

Kang Sejun smiled bitterly. He wanted to hear those words only after he killed the monster. That’s when all the hardships would really end.

“Is it true that everything ends when the 11th floor monster dies?”

“Didn’t I say that it was the foundation of peace in the past?”

“……yes you did.”

“Don’t forget. Building a pillar on top of it is only possible by killing that monster.”

That meant don’t be greedy about anything else. He nodded heavily.

“I am looking for someone to help me. Song Hanna and Jueun can’t. Especially Song Hanna…… The day she goes wrong, it won’t just end up as a catastrophe.”

There was a life where he was killed by Song Hanna, who had become a disaster.

There was also a time when he killed her, who had changed so much, with his own hands.

Kang Sejun clenched his fist.

“Anyone else more certain?”

“Seeing nothing to be seen, it seems that something beyond the reach of my god will soon happen. Ah, so are you watching Yoon Seora?”

“She is a special person, because she has never appeared before.”

“Never showed up before…… Was what I saw true then?”

“What do you mean?”

Baek Heewon recalled Yoon Seora whom she met a little earlier.

The only contractor for a system administrator whose existence wasn’t even known.

The child who cried so hard saying that bad luck was pouring out, but in reality had a wonderful fortune.

But her footsteps were covered in a pretty thick darkness.

The darkness was so dirty and sticky that even the ugliest malice could be felt.

“Maybe that child was murdered in the five lives you went through. Except for this one.”

“That’s probably the case. She said she nearly died in the dungeon, but survived through a dramatic contract with her sacrament. I heard one damn hunter threw her into a dungeon.”

“……”

Baek Heewon’s eyes widened. Right. That’s when Seora and the administrator signed a contract……

So, why did this life change? Since there was no way that the system administrator was unaware of the life repeating over and over again, so of course, he must also be aware of Seora’s repeated death.

Maybe that’s why he reached out to help?

He didn’t want anything else, so he was crueler than anyone else?

‘This is so much fun.’

“Yoon Seora, that person might be more special than I thought.”

A happy smile appeared on Baek Heewon’s lips.

When she sat down with Seora, she did not express her feelings, but Heewon felt considerable pressure.

Because the most feared being in this world had never hidden his affection for his contractor.

The love deep enough to breathe a sigh of relief was embarrassing.

“I’ll tell you for sure. That girl’s uniqueness will help you reach your goals more easily.”

Kang Sejun’s face turned bright. But Baek Heewon woke him up by hitting the soban.

“But never force her. Never, no matter what. No threats or begging. Never force her to do something she doesn’t want to do.”

“I didn’t mean to do that from the beginning. It’s a matter of risk, so it’s only natural to ask the other person’s will.”

“It’s not like that.”

Baek Heewon firmly warned him, who was puzzled.

“If that child goes wrong, the world will be destroyed more surely and more terribly than if it were eaten by the labyrinth. So, never force her to do something she doesn’t want to do.”

System administrators had one limitation. The fact that he couldn’t interfere directly with this world unless he went through the contractor.

What if the administrator ignores those constraints and causality and start running rampant?

That was something Baek Heewon never wished to see with her own eyes.

“So you pray that the child will be someone who doesn’t want the world to end. That’s all you can do.”

Kang Sejun just nodded at the cold warning.

He didn’t know who Yoon Seora’s contracted sacrament was, but trying to find out about that would cause great anger.

So, let’s not try to dig into it.

For now, he had no choice but to trust the promise she had made to consider his request in exchange for selling the Magic Stones to the Guardian Spirit Guild in her stead.

“Oh, and I have one more question.”

“What?”

“Are you aware of the existence of system administrators?”

“……!”

At those unexpected words, for the first time today, Baek Heewon’s eyes fluttered wildly.

***

“I don’t want to go to work.”

“You didn’t want to do it before either.”

“Now my not wanting to do it is more intense.”

A hotel room with Jarim. Seora laid flat on the soft sofa and didn’t move.

It was from that day. The day she met Baek Heewon with Jeong Hoyoung.

All her motivation disappeared after she learned that it wasn’t sure whether she could resign or not.

As if realizing the fortune telling, Song Hanna and Do Junyoung never accepted her resignation letters.

Even Song Hanna had now reached a point where she kept avoiding her altogether. She was really, really depressed.

She should have just taken it out when she was caught by Seong Jarim regardless of the S Grade weapon. She couldn’t believe she couldn’t resign until the day the American Hunter arrived

Yes.

Today was the day the hunter in question came from America.

“Ughhhhhghhh. I shouldn’t have done something like a civil servant. I should have just been an ordinary hunter. I was persuaded by the association president. Uaagghhhh.”

“I am still curious. You said you were originally an F-Rank, so why did you become a civil servant?”

Jarim poked her face out. Seora, who was almost headbutted in the lips, was terrified and pushed Jarim away.

Jarim, who had been hit in the nose from the slow attack, cried out in pain.

“Even among civil servants, F-ranks are rare. It must have been quite difficult, so why bother?”

Seora let out a sigh as twisted her face around to see if her nose was okay and asked if there was anything else she was curious about.

Actually, it was a strange thing.

F-Ranks, like her, were people with no difference in abilities from ordinary people, so they usually lived ordinary lives.

Seora was the only one who went in and out of dungeons since she became a civil servant.

“First of all, I had to work to make a living, and the association president asked me if I wanted to join the association.”

“Aren’t public officials belonging to the association supposed to take the Awakening Test? Did you not?”

“No that’s not the case? I believe I took the test properly too? My physical strength was short-lived, but I still got a passing score on the written test, right?”

Seora tapped on Jarim’s waist with her feet as she asked what kind of person she saw her as.

“Well, I didn’t pass the exam 100%. I went through a special screening.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“It’s a model that only exists in the association, so people who aren’t interested probably don’t know about it?”

“What?”

“S-Rank Hunter family preferential treatment.”

“……Yes? what?”

Seong Jarim, who had been silent for a while, was filled with question marks.

However Seora had no intention of saying more than that, so she stood up from the couch she was laying on.

Now she couldn’t procrastinate any longer.

“Come on, let’s go. I don’t want to go, but the low-ranking civil servant who barely passed through the special screening should follow the instructions from above. Ah, please, I hope this guy from America has common sense.”

“Wait, wait a minute. What screening? S-Rank Hunter’s family? You, No way?”

“If you don’t come quickly, I will grab you by the back of your neck. Hurry up and come.”

“Wait a moment! You have to answer my question! What the hell does that mean! Please tell me properly!”

“Yeah, I do.”

***

Fortunately for Seora, the American Hunter who visited Korea was  someone with common sense.

Christopher Campbell, one of the top S ranks in the United States, was someone who received great love from Americans for his good-natured and friendly personality.

He was ranked in top 5 of American S-Ranks, and although he was a guild leader who led a large guardian guild, he was very humble and was called the model of the hunter world.

However, Do Junyoung’s face as he faced him wasn’t very good.

“It’s been a while, Chief Do. It’s the first time we met since the last regular WDO meeting. How have you been?”

“I had a lot of work these days, so I’m not very comfortable. Besides, since you’ve even come with the Guardian Guild, I’m sure I’ll be even busier for the time being.”

“Please forgive me.”

“Tell that directly to the association president. She is waiting.”

Do Junyoung sighed inside as he led Christopher and his guild members to the headquarters of the association.

He didn’t actually hate Christopher. Rather, he liked him because he had a good personality.

However, one problem was that he was close to the US government.

The United States did not properly control its L-Rank awakened. Because they were too strong.

So they tried to somehow grab an S-Rank, and Christopher was just the perfect fit for them.

Because he was strong, popular, and dedicated to doing anything for the sake of the people.

So Christopher, who came under the official title of the U.S. government, was a really annoying person.

‘Will Yoon Seora be okay?’

It became more complicated when he remembered the face of his subordinate employee whose complexion was getting worse day by day.

He felt really sorry for the fact that he rejected her resignation letter this morning as well, but that wasn’t the only thing he was worried about.

If only Song Hanna had allowed it, she would have run out in search for freedom.

Coming up to the office, he glanced at the subordinate in question without realizing it, but she seemed to be hiding.

Do Junyoung clicked his tongue and dealt with Christopher moderately and waited for Song Hanna, the association president, to come down.

Then, what was the employee Yoon Seora doing now?

‘They didn’t tell me that the person coming from the U.S. was Campbell.’

Her gaze, hiding beyond the partition, shook. Her determination to never treat the person who came with kindness no matter who it was also shook.

A beautiful face smiling like an angel pierced her eyes.