Chapter 146
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 146: How to Get a License (1)
A sleepless night.
The first thing I did was test if I could block the Oracle'spossession with my Story Twisting.
[The Oracle cannot possess Kang Nahyun.] [0 Points]
0 points?
If so, it means the Oracle cannot possess me.
I don't know why, but for now, that's a relief.
But…
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess.] [25,000,000 Points]
The problem was that blocking the Oracle'spossession ability itself cost twenty-five million points.
Even if I converted the Seventh Key I currently have using the Point Changer, it was an amount I could never fill.
What about just blocking it from possessing my friends?
If I can just stop them from being hurt...
I tried inputting it into Story Twisting.
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Na Yuri.] [50,000 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Shin Baran.] [50,000 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Min Jaeyun.] [0 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Choi Sujeong.] [0 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Lee Hana.] [50,000 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Park Siwoo.] [1,000,000 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Na Yuhan.] [1,000,000 Points]
[The Oracle becomes unable to possess Kang Yu.] [0 Points]
Min Jaeyun, Choi Sujeong, and Kang Yu seemed to be immune to the Oracle'spossession, perhaps because their non-human blood was mixed in.
In the case of Na Yuri, Shin Baran, and Lee Hana, it required 50,000 points each, but Park Siwoo and Na Yuhan… 1 million points.
What's the difference?
No, setting that aside...
I looked at my current point balance.
[Metapoints: 31,800]
I currently have about 30,000 points.
On top of that, perhaps because I hadn't done anything high-impact recently, the point increase had slowed down. The only reason they went up was because of the sudden spike in interest related to the festival.
It's not nearly enough.
...Is there any way to get a lot of points at once?
With a desperate heart, I opened the Appearance Part, which I had never wanted to open again.
I skimmed the Appearance Part and saw clearly how worried Na Yuhan was about me.
[Chapter 140 Appearance Part]
Nahyun put on an exaggerated smile, hiding her anxiety. It seemed she didn't want to worry us. So, rather than digging into her anxiety, I chose to soothe it with the joy of the festival. "It's pretty!" As she smiled brightly at the fireworks, I stared at her, mesmerized. She turned her gaze to me. Nahyun smiled. Her face, faintly visible in the light, felt beautiful in the darkness. …Pretty. For some reason, I felt my face flush and awkwardly raised my hand, waving it as if in greeting. I was so transfixed on that image that the fireworks ended before I knew it. And then Nahyun, as if she had decided something, stopped us as we were cleaning up.
When I talked with Nahyun during the festival. She seemed quite anxious. After the festival, she seemed fine, but I kept seeing her as she was during the festival. The her who couldn't hide her severe anxiety and poured out her words. Kang Yu probably insisted so strongly on helping because Nahyun seemed unstable. Come to think of it, I've always just been taken care of by you. It was a fact I realized as I started paying attention to you. "Nahyun." "Huh?" "If you're worried about something, you have to tell me." "Yeah. Don't worry!" I caught a glimpse of a new bracelet on Nahyun's wrist. A golden bracelet. When I looked with Insight, it seemed to have a communication function. The fact that she's carrying an item like that must also speak to her anxiety. …As I thought, I'm worried.
…I felt sorry for making him worry so much.
And… at the same time I was grateful, I was pained by my own situation.
But unlike our complicated emotions, the comments seemed to be focusing on a different possibility.
[Comment Section]
Like hell I'd have a Dark Corruption.
I chuckled, trying to find my lost composure.
I'll just take what I can from the Wild Hunt.
I can't fully trust them yet.
But more importantly, even after reading the Appearance Part repeatedly, I couldn't see any way to get more Metapoints.
I let out a deep sigh and buried my face in my pillow.
It would be hard to exchange that many points at once without a Key-level item.
…What do I do.
My worries deepened. I let out several long sighs.
“Did something happen?”
“I just didn't sleep well.”
Park Siwoo, seeming to have noticed my fatigue, asked gently.
I didn't lie, but I didn't tell the truth either, just glossing it over.
Park Siwoo seemed to sense something strange in my answer.
“...We promised to be honest with each other. To talk about it if something was wrong.”
I flinched at his words.
His blue eyes, tinged with sadness, were looking at me.
He looked... hurt by my attitude.
Oh, no.
“...Sorry.”
“You're not going to tell me?”
“……”
“We're comrades. I don't want to be an irresponsible person who can't even take care of my squad members.”
Park Siwoo turned his trembling voice and pained expression toward me.
“...Am I not trustworthy?”
“No, that's not it!”
I shouted frantically.
I had never seen Park Siwoo like this, so I was completely flustered.
“It's just, it's not that I don't trust you, but I can't say. I can't tell you. If I do…”
I was about to tell Park Siwoo that he would be in danger, but I clamped my mouth shut.
Even this could be dangerous.
“I'm sorry.”
In the end, all I could say was sorry.
“...No. I was too impatient.”
Park Siwoo still looked sad.
But it seemed he decided to back off, out of consideration for me.
"If anything happens, tell me anytime. I'm on your side. You know that, right?"
“...Yeah! Of course I know! I trust you!”
When I forced a bright smile, he seemed a little relieved and smiled back.
Kang Yu's voice suddenly cut in.
“Me too!”
“Right, Kang Yu.”
I gently took Kang Yu's hand.
I could feel Kang Yu, who had been listening to my conversation with Park Siwoo, looking at me with worried eyes.
I'm sorry.
But I can't tell you.
I don't know what the Oracle will do.
I just smiled, hugging my complicated feelings.
It was a terrible morning.
But whether I was conflicted or not, time passed relentlessly.
Thankfully, besides Park Siwoo and Kang Yu, no one else seemed to notice my condition, so I was a little relieved.
And during training time after school.
Yggdrasil, who had left us to train first and gone out, returned, scanned us as we were engaged in combat, and then stopped me.
“Kang Nahyun, stop for a moment.”
“What? Yes!”
“Are you not feeling well today?”
“Ah…”
She's sharp. Yggdrasil immediately caught even the slightest sluggishness from my fatigue.
At Yggdrasil's words, everyone's worried gazes turned to me.
I forced a smile and said.
“I just didn't sleep well.”
“Hmm… Manage your condition well. You're scheduled to go for the Hunter License exam soon, are you not?”
“What?”
“Excuse me?”
“Wait, we didn't hear anything about that.”
Everyone expressed their confusion at Yggdrasil's sudden words, but Yggdrasil smiled confidently, as if she had been waiting for this reaction.
“Really? Then I'll tell you now. You all, go get your Hunter Licenses!”
“Suddenly?”
Yggdrasil shook her head at my words.
“Not suddenly. Your skills are already comparable to active Hunters. So it's right to get your licenses at this stage.”
"Still… is there a need to get one? Isn't it better to just follow the Academy's curriculum?"
Na Yuhan answered my question.
“No, it's better to get it if we can. If we get a Hunter License, our range of activity expands.”
"Hmph! That's right! First, let me specify that I'm talking about the Provisional Hunter License, which you can take starting from the second semester of your first year.”
Yggdrasil held up her index finger.
“If you get the Provisional License, you can be exempted from one semester's exams! You can also skip classes freely! If you continuously produce results, this right is extended to the next semester."
“Ah, that's really good. It'll make moving around easier.”
“Yeah. We need to move freely for the Key-collecting anyway.”
Yggdrasil nodded at my and Na Yuhan's words.
“Also, with a Provisional License, you can operate independently as a team in danger zones near intermediate zones, with permission! Na Yuhan told me before that there will be a time when you need to go to a danger zone.”
“He did?”
“Yeah, well, I told her separately.”
Na Yuri quietly glared at him.
Na Yuhan quietly avoided her gaze and pretended not to notice.
“So you need your licenses now!”
“The Provisional License, you mean?”
“Hmm… If possible, I'd like you to just get the regular Hunter License… but the regular Hunter License exam is only available from the 3rd year… So, unfortunately, you'll have to get the Provisional License.”
“For reference, you'll be taking it with us!”
And as the conversation was wrapping up, someone's voice slipped in.
I looked toward the voice and saw Park Yul-ah, who had peeked her head through the slightly open door.
Below her, Kim Kang-ha's head was also visible.
Na Yuhan looked flustered, as if he hadn't expected this.
“Uh, is that okay…?”
“I'm worried.”
“Kick them out.”
Undeterred by Min Jaeyun's and Park Siwoo's worry, or Shin Baran's firm rejection, the two slowly pushed their way into the training room.
“Whew, I said I needed a license because I have something to test in the danger zone, and Yggdrasil-nim said she'd help! We're saved!”
“That's right~ You have to apply as a team of 5 or more, so we were wondering what to do!”
"Hmph! So that's how it is!"
“...Yggdrasil-nim….”
Na Yuhan let out a deep sigh and spoke lowly, but Yggdrasil didn't seem to have any intention of backing down.
…Well, what can you do? We have to be the ones to break.
I can say for a fact, we had never once won against Yggdrasil's stubbornness.
In the end, the invention combo decided to team up with us and joined our training.
And the result, well…
“It's a robot!”
“Yes! It's a robot! Isn't it cool?”
“Awesome, right?!”
“Put it away!!!”
“Nyahahaha!!!”
It was chaos.
I shook my head, watching Na Yuhan try to stop the invention combo, who were trying to take out their giant robot, claiming it was also a weapon and an item.
For reference, the giant robot, which was in the middle of decompressing, was interrupted by Na Yuhan, and was now in a bizarre state with a giant head and a tiny, toy-like body.
Lee Hana muttered.
“...Will this training be okay?”
“Who knows…”
I replied to Lee Hana, watching the scene that no one, besides Kang Yu, Choi Sujeong, and the invention combo, was enjoying.
“I don't think it will be.”
Ah, the training room roof just flew off.