Creating Hidden Endings - Chapter 3

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Damn it, if you’re going to throw someone into a game without their consent, shouldn’t you have sent them to the start area at the very least? Then, like the main characters in other novels, I must have had hope that if I cleared the game, I would be able to return to reality. But I don’t know what to do after they put me in a game that already has an ending.

“Cra—”

Sitting on my knees in what looked like Lee Jehee’s office room, I rubbed my teary eyes with the back of my hand. 

It was so frustrating. In this kind of situation, I am not even the real Yeon Seonwoo, and I have to be subjected to such a dog-like thing.

It’s already been a month since I came to this world. 

At first, I thought it was simply entering the game. However, there was another Yeon Seonwoo who had the same name as me and even his face looked like me, and I became that Yeon Seonwoo. 

Although he had never appeared in the game, ‘This Yeon Seonwoo’ was also a hunter. Even so, he was a rather ambiguous person who ran a private workplace called ‘Happiness Management Clinic’ without a guild to which he belonged due to his lack of ability as a supporter. 

So he wouldn’t even appear in the game.  

While looking for a way to go back with various efforts, I learned the way Yeon Seonwoo lived in the world one by one. It was because it was not easy to make a living just because it was a game. Living with someone else’s money was hard in any world.

Fortunately, he was able to use his skill as a hunter without a problem at the very least.

“Come and sit here.”

At that time, Lee Jehee, who was sitting on the sofa and thinking, pointed to the opposite seat. I thought he was finally trying to treat his guest properly, so I stood up quickly and then stopped. I couldn’t move since I got a cramp in my leg after boiling my knee for so long.

But it was impossible for me to be there with my side. Despite Lee Jehee’s suggestion, I didn’t move, and I saw the cruel man standing behind me, grabbing my arm and forcing me to get up.

Argh! This bastard! 

I screamed loudly at the tingling pain in my legs. 

“It hurts! A cramp! A cramp! A cramp! A cramp! Don’t do that!” 

“….”

I stopped in the same position as the man who stared at me suspiciously, as if using evil force to push me to stand up. My legs and arms hurt, but I also stared fiercely at my opponent. 

“Chorok-ah, it hurts. Let him go.”

“Yes.”

And the moment I heard that name, I gently lowered my eyes. I just remembered who this guy was. 

Psycho Green, Han Chorok.

He is one of the characters in ‘The Return of D-Class Hunter,’ and has been following him around like a shadow since Lee Jehee, his childhood hero, took him back. He was also a dog who could cruelly cut anybody for Lee Jehee, and he was an S-class swordsman class hunter with the capacity to do so.

As far as I remember, the traits after awakening were probably—berserkers? It is Han Chorok who becomes a berserker with that gentle-looking face. 

Whoa, damn it. If I did it wrong, I would have been bitten by that crazy dog to death. 

I was grateful that my head and neck were still attached safely, and I opened my eyes as gently as possible. It was because it was difficult for me to even pick a fight for nothing. 

This guy and that guy, there were only dangerous humans everywhere, so I had to protect myself. One is the crazy man who has been seated in the world’s strongest position after hundreds of regressions. And again, it’s a crazy man next to a crazy man. 

“Yeon Seonwoo-ssi, let’s just talk like this. Sit comfortably and listen.”

Yeah, you mean to lie down on the floor comfortably. I’m crying because it’s so comfortable. 

I endured what I wanted to say sarcastically and looked at Lee Jehee sitting on the sofa. Perhaps because of the height difference, the gaze naturally went up. Enraged by the attitude of looking up to him, I smiled sarcastically while grinding my teeth.

“You’re very—considerate.”

I couldn’t stop my pronunciation from being squashed as my teeth were clenched. Even so, when I showed a steady smile, Jaehee, who was sitting arrogantly with his legs crossed and dangling, smiled satisfactorily. 

“I’m kind of like that.” 

“….”

Have I ever seen such an ignorant bastard? If you’re like that, why did you drag me here? While staring at the absurd answer, a hissing sound was heard, and a blue-bladed sword was hung over my shoulder. 

Damn it, I can understand it, but I don’t know why he even pointed a sword at me.

“Don’t live recklessly in front of the Master. This is the only warning.”

A good person like me was trying to protest something I couldn’t afford to live, but I recognized he wasn’t the right person to talk to, so I turned to Lee Jehee. However, the other party only smiled and seemed to have no intention of helping. 

“My kid is sensitive. Be careful.” 

Kid? Where’s the kid here? That’s not what you’re saying to a bastard who looks like a dog and who seems to have passed 180 without hesitation, right?

With a tired expression, I glanced at Han Chorok and quietly opened my mouth.

“I’ll be careful. I’ll be really careful, if you take this away—” 

By the way, it was like this even when I rolled in the dog poop field. I prayed earnestly for the desire to live, and it was only then that Lee Jehee made Han Green step back with the blink of an eye.

When I saw the sword near my neck being removed, I breathed a long sigh of relief and sat cross-legged on the floor. Lee Jehee laughed as if it were fun to see.

“I like the cooperative look. Then shall we get to the point?” 

“Yes!”

Cooperative huh. Do you think it’s because I truly want to cooperate with you? This is because you’re too strong! 

Nevertheless, I answered with a bright smile as if I would do my best to cooperate. Please, I hope you don’t mistake me for smiling because I really like it. 

“Chorok-ah, bring me some data from Yeon Seonwoo’s investigation.” 

“I understand.”

At Lee Jehee’s command, Han Chorok, who was standing behind me, approached the table in front of the sofa. Then, he took the file folder that was on the table and politely offered it to Lee Jehee. 

It’s because he doesn’t want to move that much, so he’s trying to order his people. Holding back the urge to bite my tongue, I watched it silently. Lee Jehee, who openly revealed the fact that he had investigated me, threw it at me as if it was bothersome to read. 

“Yeon Seonwoo, as a supporter-type mentalist, I heard that you mainly use the ability to grant status effect, is that correct?” 

“—Yes. It’s something like that.”

I picked up the documents that fell exactly in front of my knee, looked at the contents, and answered. If the contents of this investigation report are correct, then Lee Jehee must know a lot more about ‘This Yeon Seonwoo’ than I do now. 

“I hate inaccurate answers. Answer it, is that correct?” 

What else you don’t like so it would be easier. But this is because I really don’t know, you jerk. 

“That’s right.”

As soon as I finished answering the question of pure intimidation, Lee Jehee slowly lifted his upper body. Now that I feel like I’m getting to the real point, I also kept my back straight and focused on his voice. 

“Isn’t it your speciality to put people to sleep or cause emotional changes in their conditions? I heard that you are running a ‘Happiness Management Clinic’ with that ability.” 

While hesitating due to discomfort, I nodded my head as I felt his gaze stuck on me. 

The ‘Happiness Management Clinic’, founded by Yeon Seonwoo of this world, was mainly visited by hunters suffering from depression due to frequent battles. They complained of symptoms such as insomnia, lethargy, and burning of emotions, and Yeon Seonwoo infused them with the emotions or conditions they needed. 

Although it was a one-time buff, surprisingly, it seemed that there were quite a few regulars as people who came once visited steadily. I didn’t know that I would be caught for that. 

I don’t know why I have to suffer because of a guy with the same face and name as me. 

“Then let me request one too.”

“—To me?”

“Yeah.”

“To Hunter Lee Jehee?”

“You seem to like talking long, but I don’t like it. It’s annoying.” 

Lee Jehee, who had been consistent with the attitude that everything was annoying, smiled with eye contact. I quickly lowered my eyes because I wondered if a person’s smile would look so ominous. 

“No, it’s not that, but I really don’t understand. If you need skills related to status effect, there must be a lot of people besides me—”

My question was obvious. Isn’t it Lee Jehee who would have achieved the best stats through hundreds of regressions? I mean, why does he, who has so much wealth, fame, and power, come and ask me, who is only a C-Class? 

“Because you’re the one I need.”

Crazy. Does Lee Jehee’s flirting make it sound like it’s just breathing? 

Those who have lived as the main character in the game, which is a character that can be targeted by everyone around them, are often used to say such things regardless of gender. I slightly gathered my eyebrows, recalling the comments on the game target site that said it was the charm.

Lee Jehee, who seemed to have read my dissatisfaction, was still sweet. To be exact, only his expression was sweet. 

“Just do what you’re told to do. Knowing why wouldn’t change your situation.” 

Haa, thank you for telling me the situation.

I smiled at Lee Jehee, who helped me come to my senses with very realistic advice. I couldn’t curse, so I laughed instead. 

To live powerlessly is really—a dog-like thing. 

“That’s true. But if it doesn’t work—”

While agreeing, I lowered my gaze to lay the groundwork that it might not be work. Then, as if the time had come, Lee Jehee slowly turned his head and blurted out his words. 

When I turned my head in the direction where his eyes were, there was a figure of a person barely breathing in blood.

So that gaze is an unspoken threat to whether I want to be like that.

What is this? 

Lee Jehee seemed a little out of his mind when I was playing the game, but he was still a hero who saved the world by protecting the weak. But what made that human change like this? 

How does a person change just because the game has ended?