Chapter 61
Chapter 61
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 61
Chapter Title: The D-Cup Girl is Obsessed with Me (13)
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She couldn't for the life of her figure out what he was talking about.
Quit being a hunter? Why? What on earth for?
No matter how hard she racked her brain, she couldn't understand why he was saying the exact same thing as her ex-boyfriend, whom she despised.
Did I look that serious from the sidelines? So serious there was no answer?
Bad enough to drop everything right then and there?
Was he even worrying about me? Telling me to quit for my own sake?
Whatever the reason, she hated it. Being a hunter was her life's goal.
It was a dream she'd cherished and protected so fiercely that she couldn't just abandon it on someone else's say-so.
For the first time since they met, she felt repulsed by him.
It felt like they'd gone right back to before they got close.
'In the end, Uncle's just the same as everyone else...?'
She was disappointed.
Tears she'd been holding back threatened to burst out.
She hated him for not understanding her.
And she hated herself for making him say those words.
"...Pardon?"
She asked him back in a trembling voice.
As she did, she prayed desperately inside.
'Please say it's a joke.'
'Please say you were just messing around.'
'Please don't make me hate you, Uncle...'
'Please...'
But...
He said something completely out of left field.
"Quit being a hunter and become my manager."
"......Whaaaat?!"
It was the last thing she could've ever expected.
[Hey, um... I'm not forcing you or anything. Just think about it, okay?]
[I did make it to C-rank hunter this time, but honestly... I can't do a damn thing without you. I only know how to fight; everything else is a total bust for me.]
[That's why I need you.]
[Cold hard truth: as hunters together, it just doesn't seem workable... But I want to keep going with you by my side?]
[So, Hyun-ah. I'd love it if you became my manager.]
[Yeah, it's selfish as hell and totally greedy. But that's how much I want to keep our connection going.]
[No need to answer right away. Take your time, think it over, and get back to me.]
Lee Hyun-ah couldn't hold back her laughter, no idea what was so hilarious.
This had to be the dozenth time she'd watched the video, yet it still made her heart flutter like it was yesterday.
"Kyaaah! He asked me to be his manager!"
The moment the video ended, she hit play again, basking in the repeating wave of happiness.
Strangely, the more she looped it, the bigger the joy grew instead of fading.
The anxiety of ending up alone again had long since flown out the window.
Seeing his honest desire for her had melted her icy heart, warming it like a spring day.
[I can't do a damn thing without you.]
"I can't do a damn thing without you."
[That's why I need you.]
"That's why I need you."
[But I want to keep going with you by my side?]
"But I want to keep going with you by my side?"
She'd watched it so many times she'd memorized every word he said.
The lines she liked best, she even said out loud, mimicking him.
"He says he can't live without me in his life! That he absolutely needs me! That he wants to be with me forever! Ehehehe..."
She was completely immersed in what happened yesterday.
If the battery hadn't died, she would've looped it all night.
"He was thinking about me just as much as I was thinking about him. That's what makes me happiest..."
No, even without the video, she replayed the moment in her head, savoring his confession.
"But... what do I do? Manager... Ehehehe! Manager! Manager!!"
She started mumbling to herself like it was a serious dilemma, but she quickly burst into laughter and rolled around on the bed.
For all her words, she'd already made up her mind.
The second she heard him out, she'd decided to grant his request.
She hadn't answered right away just to play a little hard to get, her style.
She planned to make him wait until the very last second... then thrill him with her yes. Her heart was already pounding at the thought.
"Quitting hunter work is kinda regrettable..."
Sticking with it had been her own stubborn pride.
She'd always been ignored by everyone around her for sucking at everything.
'All she's got going for her is a pretty face; everything else is trash-tier. Her future's obvious.'
'Acting all high and mighty now, but later she'll be begging to work under me for cash.'
Awakening had been her one shot at turning things around.
For the first time, she had a talent that put her ahead of others.
So she wanted to prove it. That she was good at something too.
She wanted to show off. Her success as a proud hunter.
She wanted revenge on all those who'd looked down on her, envied her, dismissed her.
And she wanted out of her boyfriend's shadow.
She wanted to shatter his words that she couldn't do anything without his help.
She wanted to prove she could make it on her own.
That's why she'd gritted her teeth through every humiliation, surviving day by day.
"But... now that I think about it, it's pointless."
"Uncle recognizes me, relies on me, looks only at me..."
"I've already found my worth."
Like she said, there was no need to suffer anymore.
Strangers' useless opinions meant nothing to her now.
The only thing that mattered was him.
"So I just need to focus on Uncle."
"The guy who turns into an idiot without me. I have to take care of everything for him."
"No helping it. Who else is gonna look after him if not me? Guess I'll be his manager. Yeah, that settles it."
"Wait... hold on... now that I'm thinking about it...!"
She stopped rolling on the bed and dove under the covers with a serious look.
Her hidden face was beet red, her lips refusing to stop grinning.
"If I'm an irreplaceable part of Uncle's life, so essential that he can't go on without me, and he confesses he wants to be together until death..."
"Th-that's a p-proposal, isn't it?! Kyaaaaah!!"
"What do I do! What do I do!"
Sorry, Hyun-ah, but I ended up being pushy.
Telling a girl who's perfectly fine as a hunter to quit and be my manager instead... Yeah, that's slap-worthy.
But for my future hunter life, I absolutely needed her.
This damn system was so complicated I still couldn't even make a simple reservation.
Probably because I'd dumped everything on her from the start, and now trying to learn step by step was frustrating as hell.
Sticking with Hyun-ah was just easier.
...That was an excuse, honestly...
The truth was I couldn't leave her alone.
After fighting with her boyfriend, she was on her own.
If I bailed too, she'd get seriously hurt.
But taking her in out of pure pity wouldn't be right either.
In my book, the best option was hiring her as my manager.
Honestly... that was pity too, but at least it'd buy time.
Time for her heart to change... or mine...
Agh, I'm turning into Siwoo more and more.
No, but this is reality; I can't just eat and bail irresponsibly...
Ugh... my head's a mess.
Times like this call for 'Heroine NTR'.
Primary goal of C-rank promotion: cleared.
Now for secondary goal: farm 'Heroine NTR' points.
Minimum needed: 50,000 points.
Current points: 80.
Long road ahead.
One or two runs won't cut it...
No points to pick genre or whatever anyway,
so I'll just go on a mindless mood-lifter.
[Mission: NTR the Heroine.]
💡 Tip: The protagonist and main heroine are on the cusp of their innocent first love. To kick it off, he's invited the main heroine to his place.
-Ding!
"Ah."
"Like this?"