Another Guild (2)
Lee Jeonghyeon flashed a wide grin as he spoke.
“For now, I’ve stopped the other guilds from sticking their noses in where they don’t belong.”
Kim Dojin looked at him and thought, ‘...He used nothing but his own position and perfectly logical arguments to cool off that many heated guilds.’
At first glance, it might seem like he had simply sent a single text. But that one “simple text” carried enough weight to move nearly every guild in South Korea. The persuasive logic behind it. The skill to apply that logic perfectly. That was what made Lee Jeonghyeon terrifying.
Anyway, the reason he had worked so hard to suppress the guilds’ excitement was simple.
“Now it’s our turn to make a move.”
To recruit the hunter known as the Tamer, Park Jihun, into the Yongwang Guild.
‘How shameless.’
They had clearly stated in their own message that they wouldn’t come to meet him in person. Of course, that had been a complete lie from Lee Jeonghyeon.
“We said we wouldn’t go meet him, but if we ‘happen to run into him,’ there’s nothing we can do about that, right?”
The smirk on Lee Jeonghyeon’s face carried a distinctly sly edge.
“Every other guild is probably thinking the exact same thing—how can they dodge the Yongwang Guild’s offer and pull some trick of their own? If we don’t do it too, we’d be the ones losing out.”
And just as he said, any guild with half a brain wouldn’t obediently follow the Yongwang Guild’s suggestion. They would definitely try to meet Park Jihun through some loophole and throw out an offer he would find hard to refuse.
But if the very guild that had publicly declared they would stay out of it—the number one guild in Korea, no less—ended up using underhanded tricks… well, that would be an entirely different story.
“...Still, why are you going this far? Like you said, he’s just an F-rank hunter whose only real value is in publicity. He’s useless in actual combat, isn’t he?”
When Kim Dojin asked that, Lee Jeonghyeon seemed to ponder for a moment before answering.
“Hmm… I just have a feeling it’ll be fun?”
“......”
Kim Dojin thought that sounded exactly like something Jeonghyeon would say and gave a vague nod.
Then Lee Jeonghyeon’s expression turned slightly serious.
“It doesn’t feel like that’s all there is to him. That hunter named Park Jihun.”
“...?”
What did he mean, that wasn’t all? Was there something besides the taming skill? Did Jeonghyeon know something?
When Kim Dojin looked at him with that question in his eyes, Jeonghyeon had already returned to his usual smirking face.
“Just a gut feeling.”
“...I see.”
Kim Dojin felt a vague sense of unease, but since this was the man who had reliably handled every task and elevated the Yongwang Guild to the top spot in Korea, he decided to trust him once again.
‘Hehe, I’m looking forward to this, Mr. Park Jihun. I have a feeling there’s something more to you… something very interesting.’
Whether Kim Dojin felt that way or not, Lee Jeonghyeon wore a sly internal smile as he thought how nice it would be if Park Jihun fell into his grasp soon.
‘Still… he wouldn’t join some weird little guild in the meantime, would he?’
The sudden worry crossed his mind, but he quickly shook his head.
‘Nah, no way. He knows his own worth. That’s why he made that deal with the Association in the first place. No way~’
He brushed the concern aside.
“Wait, he’s her high school senior?”
“What a crazy coincidence.”
The staff and hunters of Another Guild were chatting among themselves while glancing toward the reception room where Park Jihun and Shin Jiyeon had gone.
“Even so, for the Guildmaster to personally go and make an offer…”
“And for him to actually accept and join a mid-tier guild like ours.”
Most of the conversation was praise for the pair.
“But seriously. With his current level of buzz, he could’ve gotten amazing terms from the Yongwang Guild. Why would he come to us?”
“Right? Just saying it’s because they’re seniors and juniors feels a bit…”
Everyone was genuinely curious. Why on earth had Park Jihun—the man who had caused a worldwide uproar as the one and only hunter of his kind—chosen such a small guild? It made no sense.
“Or maybe… d-don’t tell me it’s love?!”
When one employee suddenly shouted that, the entire office erupted.
“L-love?!”
“Kyaaak! What do we do, what do we do?!”
“Maybe they dated in high school and had to break up after graduation?”
“And now fate brought them back together for a second chance?”
“Kyaaak! Kyaaak!”
The female hunters and staff members were especially losing their minds. The men, on the other hand, were panicking for an entirely different reason.
“Nooooooo! The Guildmaster had a boyfriend all along?!”
“Ughhh! I was aiming for her! I was aiming for her!”
With her pretty face, stylish fashion, and refreshingly outgoing personality that let her get along with everyone, Shin Jiyeon was incredibly popular. If you ignored the perverted tendencies she only showed to Park Jihun or had shown back in high school, she was surprisingly sociable with an excellent reputation.
Naturally, she received countless confessions. There were still plenty of men in the guild who hadn’t given up on her.
So when they heard she might already have a boyfriend, they fell into utter despair. Of course, it was still just speculation.
“The guild’s so lively. It’s nice,” Park Jihun said with a laugh, having roughly overheard the commotion from inside the reception room.
“Your reputation is better than I expected, huh?”
“What do you mean, ‘better than expected’? I’ll have you know I’m a very kind and popular Guildmaster.”
Knowing her true nature, Park Jihun couldn’t help but snort.
“Aaaah, stop laughing and just sign the contract already.”
Her cheeks flushed slightly with embarrassment as she pushed the printed contract toward him.
“......”
Park Jihun took the contract and read through it carefully.
The profit split was 8:2 in favor of the hunter. Large guilds often took 7:3 while offering more benefits, so for a mid-sized guild like Another, this ratio was reasonable. In exchange, the guild would handle all the annoying mana stone and byproduct disposal. They would also provide equipment rentals, and if needed, guild-backed loans. There were various other benefits regarding gate priority and taxes.
But what really caught his eye was—
“Signing bonus… five hundred million won?”
And it wasn’t even an advance that would need to be repaid later. It was a straight-up gift.
“That’s about the limit of what our guild can liquidate right now… I’m sorry,” Shin Jiyeon said apologetically.
Considering Park Jihun’s current level of public interest, five hundred million wasn’t actually that large an amount. The offers from major guilds like Yongwang, Legend, and Pine Tree had all been in the billions.
Still, he had already decided to join Shin Jiyeon’s guild. He figured the “secret benefits” he would receive inside it would more than make up for his publicity value.
But to throw in five hundred million on top of that?
“...Is it really okay for me to take this much money?”
When Park Jihun asked in bewilderment, Shin Jiyeon waved her hands frantically.
“No, no. You have to accept it. Honestly, considering your current buzz and the promotional effect you’ll bring, I think this is still too little.”
“......”
He still wasn’t fully convinced, but since she was offering, he decided to take it and nodded.
As he continued reading, she pointed at a section.
“I added a few personal clauses on top of the standard contract. Take a look.”
The way she said it made her seem like a proper Guildmaster for once, which felt strangely fresh to Park Jihun.
“Hmm…”
That impression vanished the instant he read the personal clauses.
1. Park Jihun (hereinafter “Party A”) shall enter into a separate contract with Shin Jiyeon (hereinafter “Party B”) outside of the standard guild agreement.
2. Whenever Party A enters a gate, Party B must be included in the party.
3. In special cases such as Party B contracting an illness or sustaining injury, Clause 2 may be waived.
4. No matter what happens between Party A and Party B inside a gate, neither shall disclose it to the outside.
5. Party B may not demand any profit share or compensation from Party A…
In summary: They would always enter gates together as a party. Whatever happened inside would stay between them. All profits would go 100% to Park Jihun.
In short…
“So your only real goal is watching interspecies sex…”
It was pure, unadulterated madness. Nothing more, nothing less.
“Hehe, I have to make sure these things are clearly stated beforehand. You really don’t need to worry about the profit split. I have plenty of money. And when I’m not going with you, I can just run gates with the other guild members and earn my own share.”
Park Jihun swallowed the words that’s not the part I was pointing out…
“Well, it doesn’t look like there’s any loss for me.”
All the profits would be his. And if he found any female monsters inside and tamed them, they would naturally become his as well. There was no reason for Shin Jiyeon to reveal what happened inside, so the confidentiality clause was also in his favor.
‘No reason not to sign.’
The Association had agreed to count his familiars as party members, but he still needed five of them to form a full six-person party. This arrangement gave him an excuse to enter gates until he gathered that many.
And besides…
‘...That voyeur sex last time felt insanely good.’
Briana writhing and moaning beneath him, while right in front of him Shin Jiyeon spread her legs wide, dripping with arousal as she masturbated. The combination of sight and sound had doubled the pleasure. The fact that he could experience it again was the most exciting part.
And maybe—just maybe—he could even try for a full foursome next time, with Briana, another female monster, and Shin Jiyeon all together.
‘I guess I really am a hopeless pervert. I should restrain myself.’
No matter how you looked at it, dragging someone who only wanted to watch into the act itself—and especially turning what was likely Shin Jiyeon’s first time as a virgin into a threesome or foursome—felt like it crossed a line. That was why he had held back during the voyeur session with Briana last time.
Yet here he was, secretly looking forward to it anyway. Park Jihun found his own thoughts rather amusing.
‘...Or would she actually like it?’
She had said it was fine to have sex with him. She might even shout “I’d love that!” at the idea of getting to rub bodies with otherworldly girls.
‘I should ask her next time if she’d be up for it.’
After all, she had already watched him fuck a female goblin and masturbated to orgasm while doing so. There wasn’t much he couldn’t ask her at this point.
‘Ah, I’m getting hard.’
The noble thoughts about human decency and self-restraint he had been having just moments ago vanished completely. His brain had already been hijacked by the erection straining in his pants.
“Okay, signature complete.”
Even while thinking all that, his hand had kept moving, and he finished signing the contract. He handed the documents back to Shin Jiyeon.
“Okay, confirmed. Welcome to Another Guild as an official member, Sunbae.”
Shin Jiyeon smiled brightly and extended her hand. Park Jihun smiled back and shook it up and down.
To anyone watching from the outside, it looked like a perfectly normal contract signing.
But inside their heads—
‘Ehehehe, now I can watch Sunbae fuck as many monster girls as I want inside the gates.’
‘Briana… a monster turned into a female body… and Jiyeon too… Fuck, just thinking about it makes me so damn hard.’
—both of them were complete and utter perverts.