Chapter 61
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 61 - How to Deal with Abnormal Situations (10)
I wasn’t particularly afraid of Shin Bareun.
The commander of Seoul-Incheon Fortress in Bucheon, who is always frighteningly rational, yet shows an irrational attitude when it comes to her younger sister, Shin Baran.
Shin Bareun laughed, fu.
“No, not really.”
The content of the field training arc in the novel is that Scammer prevents Shin Bareun from being aggressive toward Choi Soojung, who is a mixed race beast-human, to increase her favorability, then targets Shin Baran by preventing Shin Bareun from accidentally being strict with her.
…Huh? Wait. Am I now playing the role that Scammer would play?
…It’s because of the mood, isn’t it. The composition of people on site is also a bit different.
Shin Bareun slowly lowered her eyes and opened them again, completely calmed down.
“I’m sorry, Shin Baran. From now on, I will make sure to distinguish between public and private matters.”
Although in the novel, Shin Bareun isn’t pleased with Scammer’s criticism, she eventually gradually comes to terms with her mistake. She’s someone who corrects her mistakes once she finds them.
Shin Baran trembled at her apology.
“Ah, i-it’s fine!”
…Seeing as she’s only apologizing for not being able to distinguish between public and private matters, there’s still a long way to go, but that’s it anyway.
After finishing the apology, Shin Bareun immediately turned around.
“Let’s just leave.”
“Y-Yes!”
Behind, she quickly followed Shin Bareun.
Eyes looking at the object of admiration. These are the eyes that Shin Baran once used when looking at Na Yuri.
[Sister is amazing! She can do anything!]
I thought of Shin Baran, whose eyes were shining.
[It’s been like that since I was young. Compared to someone like me—]
Then I thought of Shin Baran, who laughed and belittled herself.
[My dream? With Sister and Yuri… To support strong people by my side!]
I swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out and walked after them.
People here, who are shocked that I threw away my pretense, for a while, and attacked Shin Bareun, will be shocked.
If only there was someone who could look into my heart.
About how dirty my personality is, I hide it well… I mean, I don’t, but I manage to hide it, so why did I suddenly reveal it, you ask?
Well, since I just confronted him, it seems like there’s no need to hide my real personality anymore, at least here. I don’t think there’s anyone here who would tell Scammer.
I’m a little worried about Calmy, but no matter how much I think about it…
[So I know very well what kind of face a person who tries to hide their crying makes]
[I’m glad you can now live more comfortably than before.]
[Sorry.]
I feel like Calmy that brat knows my true personality.
Whether it’s because he’s quick-witted, or because of another factor that makes him recognize Scammer’s Insight Eye.
“Ha…”
In the first place, I was clumsy in not thinking that if he could notice a change in my mood to the point of becoming slightly depressed, he would also be able to notice my other emotions as well.
No, maybe… Maybe he just wanted to pretend not to know.
Since I know that Calmy doesn’t delve into other people’s circumstances, he may have wanted to lean into that and act like a fool.
“Park Siwoo.”
Anyway, I was once again convinced by the miraculous mind reading that had just occurred.
The reason Calmy said that is because he knows that I suspect that he knows my true personality.
He’s so quick-witted.
Anyway, there is no need to hide it if he knows it anyway. There just needs to be a stronger mouth-shutter.
“Can you spare some time this evening?”
I spoke to Calmy, lamenting that the number of people whose mouths I had to shut had doubled in just a few days.
“Alright.”
Calmy listened to my words as if he had been waiting. I asked hesitantly.
“…You’re guessing what I’m going to say, aren’t you?”
“Roughly.”
Look at his wit.
From then on, we walked around the fortress and looked around under Shin Bareun’s guidance.
I could see with the naked eye that they were attacking monsters in the distance. Min Jaeyoon let out an exclamation.
“Amazing…”
“Everyone is desperate in their own way.”
Choi Garam quickly spoke to her.
“If even one monster crosses the fortress, people die in the nearby village.”
At those words, Shin Bareun spoke calmly.
“It’s a village of squatters, though.”
“But it’s a place where people live, right? Saving people is a hunter’s job, well.”
“Divide priorities clearly.”
“I know~”
I just… kept silent.
Priority? People in the safe zone, people in the middle zone, and then squatters, I guess, well.
Then, when a gate occurs and the middle zone becomes a danger zone, the unlucky people living in that area are sometimes strategically abandoned.
[Help me!]
[Information has arrived that there is a mixture of doppelgängers! A kill order has been issued! Kill them all!]
Depending on the situation, they stop citizens running away and kill them to prevent them from crossing the prohibited line.
…Mmm, that’s right! I know other countries do this too!
So this world is close to a barely organized apocalypse.
“It’s almost evening~ Now that we’ve seen everything we need to see today, shall we go to our accommodation?”
“Are we going to sleep in the fortress today?”
When I asked Choi Garam, she nodded her head.
(yes, choi garam seems to be a woman. i’ll change her pronouns when i got time)
Shin Bareun also answered.
“Because it’s field training. You wouldn’t have done something foolish like leaving your luggage at the dorm, right?”
I just smiled and answered.
“I brought everything.”
I had a hard time taking care of it in the morning. Lucky for me, I have inventory.
During field training, we move to a different location every night to conduct the training.
Of course, we only move from the fortress to the outside of the danger zone with a trusty hunter, but it’s a realistic battle.
It would be no exaggeration to say that from tomorrow, when we leave the fortress, the threat of injury and death will naturally follow us.
“Let’s go.”
We followed our mentors to our room.
The room was for 6 people…
“By the way, we sleep together.”
I heard the shocking news that we were sleeping with our mentors.
“…Pardon?”
Shin Bareun grinned and said it clearly again. She was clearly quite happy.
“You sleep together with your mentors, students.”
I desperately suppressed my screams and managed my facial expression.
I didn’t hear this before, Yggdrasil!
For reference, Min Jaeyoon was trembling like a newborn lamb, and Shin Baran completely turned into stone.
“Unpack.”
I took a seat in the corner by the window. And Shin Bareun took her spot across from me.
WHY.
(in english lol)
Shin Bareun smiled brightly as she saw my expression, which couldn’t be seen. Ugh, I think it would be better for her not to make that face. I felt bad because I remembered the Oracle smiling with that face.
“I like looking at open spaces.”
“I-Is that so?”
This is 100% revenge! Of course! Even if you get hit with the right words, you will still have bad feelings toward the person who confronted you!
But it’s so petty!
How petty!
“Hmm. Oh, since this is a private situation, can I speak more comfortably? Student Kang Nahyun?”
“Yes. Do as you please…”
I answered with a weak voice.
In the meantime, Shin Baran, who was just a good sister, took her spot right next to her sister, and Min Jaeyoon took her spot right next to me.
Choi Garam, who was giggling, took her spot at the door next to Min Jaeyoon.
“Kang Nahyun, do you think I’m lacking something as Shin Baran’s older sister?”
“I-I’m not sure?”
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have attacked her! I shouldn’t have attacked her!
“Sister is always perfect!”
Meanwhile, Shin Baran was fanning the fan next to her. Just stop.
“Is that so. Thank you, Baran.”
“Hehe…”
“But this midterm ranking was disappointing. Not being able to get first place… I’m disappointed. Can’t you satisfy me just once?”
“I’m sorry…”
“…She’s in fifth place, I think she did well, though?”
“No, anything less than first place is meaningless.”
No, then what about me, who is ranked lower than that? I stared at Shin Bareun, who said those words with no hesitation.
“Our family has been leaders of hunters of the same generation for generations.”
I guess so. Because it’s prestigious…
I thought of Shin Baran’s family, who were a very wealthy family and were so famous that they could put pressure on even the Na family, which was great in its own way.
The power of this family was in large part the basis for Shin Bareun’s rapid success.
“That’s why you have to be stronger than anyone else. Yet you’re still idling away…”
Shin Baran, who was a little excited to be by her favorite sister’s side, suddenly shrank. I can feel even Min Jaeyoon starting to notice me.
I finally opened up.
“There are things you can do even if you’re not the best hunter in combat. For example, you can conduct.”
Just like our Scammer. I thought of him swinging us around with unnecessary pride.
“You can also work to support strong people by your side.”
I looked up at Shin Bareun. A genius among geniuses. The rising star.
The words came out somehow as if grumbling.
“Have you been good at everything from the beginning, Hunter Shin Bareun?”
“Yess. I was good at everything. I had talent. My younger sister would definitely be as talented as me. However—”
“She may be different.”
I spoke firmly. I could say this much with certainty.
“Your ages are different, your affiliations are different, and who you become friends with is different.”
I see Shin Bareun’s eyes. Those blue eyes. They’re ice-like snow, different from bud-like snow.
“Everything about you is different, so why do you think she will be the same?”
Shin Bareun spat out angrily at my words.
“…As a government-supported awakener, you wouldn’t know.”
Shin Baran shouted in surprise at those words.
“Sister!”
Shin Bareun himself seemed to have made a mistake unconsciously. I felt her examining my expression, startled.
“No.”
As the person who had been insulted, I was at peace.