Chapter 78
Chapter 78
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 78
Chapter Title: D-Rank Hunter (5)
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D-Rank Hunter.
I'd become a D-rank hunter.
The promotion exam had been so easy it nearly made me yawn.
That meant I'd grown a lot, which put me in a great mood.
"Check this out. Pretty awesome, right?"
While riding in Choi Da-eun's car, I proudly pulled my hunter license from my wallet and showed it off.
The F had changed to a D.
Choi Da-eun scrunched up her face and gave a half-hearted reply.
"Yeah, it's awesome. Happy now?"
"Feels like you're forcing the words out."
Choi Da-eun's eyes and the corners of her mouth twitched.
Her face didn't want to smile, but her brain was ordering it to.
The result was a completely twisted expression.
"Whoa. As expected of our Sun-woo. Impressive."
"Hehe! Thanks, sis!"
Choi Da-eun let out a sigh and muttered under her breath.
"...Fucking psycho."
I could let that level of cursing slide.
Today was the day my 20 million won came back to me, after all. I was in a good mood.
'Those bastards fucked with me like that...'
I remembered every single thing Kim Soo-min and her fish crew had done to me.
They'd tormented me viciously.
Yet those scumbags acted like meek lambs in front of Choi Da-eun.
Like alley cats that had yowled ignorantly only to get smacked hard.
It was absurd.
I couldn't believe people's attitudes could flip like that.
Choi Da-eun had a fierce look about her, sure, but the change was on another level.
"Thanks for helping me out today. I mean it."
I'd figured she'd show up since I had those upskirt and downblouse videos as leverage.
But I hadn't expected her to dress so neatly, let alone go all out to help me.
"The guy saying thanks is the one blackmailing me with weird videos? Don't just say thanks—delete them all."
I couldn't delete all the videos.
Having them was the only way to force any kind of connection.
"...Then I couldn't see you anymore, sis."
Without these videos, Choi Da-eun never would've met up with me.
She'd only come out today to get me to delete them.
I needed them just to see her face in private.
'Gotta get close without the mask.'
Without the Taming App, she was a woman I wouldn't even dare glance at.
A perfect 10, but the type where her personality and fierce vibe might make her feel like an 8 to some. That was Choi Da-eun.
'Someday...'
I wanted to bring her to bed as myself, Park Sun-woo, no mask needed.
Not forcing her legs apart against her will, but having her spread them willingly to fuck me. How thrilling would that be?
Choi Da-eun let out a hollow laugh.
"You're the first guy like you I've ever met. Is all this bullshit because you wanna date me, you moron?"
"Well, who knows how things might turn out."
A bad first impression doesn't have to last forever.
Things could change along the way.
I thought the same could happen between us.
Sure, I'd pulled a lot of troll moves, but maybe something separate from that could sprout in her heart...
"No girl's gonna love a date invite like that, huh?"
"...Sounds like you've got a lot of experience, sis. After discharge, I was too busy getting screwed over by that bitch Kim Soo-min."
"......"
Lots of dating experience, huh?
She didn't answer right away.
I pictured the drops of blood trickling from Choi Da-eun's pussy.
Proof she'd been a virgin until I shoved it in.
A hymen at twenty-seven?
One hundred percent chance she'd never had a proper relationship.
A woman staying a virgin that long meant she had some flaw—looks, personality, or something—a guy couldn't handle.
Choi Da-eun tried to hide her fluster and shot back.
"Y-Yeah, tons of experience. I'm above guys like you."
Her trembling voice broke mid-sentence.
Anyone could see it: a virgin pretending to be experienced.
Like listening to some army punk I'd met bragging about hookers.
"Oh... Yeah, a woman like you must've cycled through guys nonstop. Even that slut Kim Soo-min had four bodyguards."
"......"
Choi Da-eun bit her lip hard.
She wasn't a slut, but being treated like one pissed her off.
Choi Da-eun was a mental virgin.
Excluding the time I'd raped her, she was physically one too. Zero experiences.
But her looks didn't scream virgin.
Her weapon was a whip—a perfect fit.
Every guy would think the same.
Anyway, men and women view dating histories differently.
Women want to hide them; men want them flaunted.
Pretending to be a dating pro didn't change that she was a virgin.
She couldn't help but resent the disadvantages from her inexperience.
"But it doesn't matter to me. However many guys you've dated or slept with... In this day and age, prying into a woman's past is rude, right?"
I kept dropping related hints.
Choi Da-eun's hands trembled on the wheel.
"A woman like you at twenty-seven? At least triple digits..."
"No way in hell, you fuck. What do you take me for, some cumrag whore, you psycho?"
"Triple digits too much? Double digits then?"
"...Still too much."
Was this some up-and-down guessing game?
Choi Da-eun kept yelling "down."
Zero relationships made it the obvious answer.
"Come on, don't lie. You're messing with me, right?"
"...No bullshit, asshole."
"Just three times? For real?"
Choi Da-eun compromised at three.
She'd conjured three imaginary ex-boyfriends she'd never even seen.
"Sis, your face is super red."
"It's hot."
"AC's been blasting full power."
"Wanna get out?"
Choi Da-eun glared daggers at me.
I fanned myself with my hand and looked away.
"Phew, why's it so hot today?"
"Yeah, it's the heat. Definitely not 'cause I'm embarrassed about being inexperienced. Got it?"
"......"
"......"
The smoothly cruising car hit a red light and stopped.
An awkward silence filled the interior.
I wanted to shatter it.
And tease Choi Da-eun some more while I was at it.
"Sis, so you're a virgin?"
"...You're insane."
"Nope, perfectly sane."
"Didn't I just say three boyfriends?"
"Having a boyfriend doesn't mean you automatically have sex."
I'm asking seriously.
Because one of my skills, Unicorn's Blessing, only amps my stats when I intend to protect a virgin.
To prove it, I called Han A-ra.
"A-ra, explain it to Da-eun sis for me."
— 'That skill'? And you want me to explain it to Da-eun?
"We're in the same guild now. Figured I should let her know about skills like this, so I asked if she's a virgin. Now she's threatening to rip my mouth off."
— ......
A sigh came through the receiver.
— Of course she'd wanna rip your mouth off for asking straight up. If it weren't for the Skeleton Labyrinth, I'd have reported you myself, Sun-woo.
"Really?"
— Yes, really.
"Anyway, hurry. She's about to yank my hair out? Explain it's a legit question."
— Da-eun! Da-eun!
Han A-ra hurriedly started explaining.
Our connection from the Skeleton Labyrinth, how I'd survived meeting the Dark Knight.
"A skill that powers you up to protect virgins? Like that's real. You expect me to believe that, even if A-ra says it...?"
Choi Da-eun growled, staring straight ahead.
I boldly proposed to her.
"Wanna test it then?"
I needed two things.
A virgin and a non-virgin.
Luckily, the "Ara and Friends" Guild had both.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "I have to attack A-ra like I wanna kill her?"
"Yeah. That's how the 'protecting her' concept works."
Choi Da-eun and Park Sun-woo changed course on the way home.
They'd called Han A-ra to test the skill.
Choi Da-eun handled Han A-ra delicately.
"...A-ra could get hurt."
It was a totally different vibe from how she treated Park Sun-woo.
As guild members and master, she was keeping it formal and polite.
"That's why I called Han So-ra too."
"...Hunter Han So-ra?"
The moment Park Sun-woo mentioned Han So-ra, Choi Da-eun switched to utmost respect.
Her face lit up like a kid promised a meeting with their favorite celeb.
"We could borrow this place thanks to her in the first place."
"True."
Choi Da-eun was standing in the Haetae Guild's training grounds.
The reason they could borrow it: Han A-ra being Han So-ra's only sister.
"Sun-woo!"
Han A-ra entered from the back of the training area.
She spotted Park Sun-woo and came running.
Han So-ra followed behind in comfy workout clothes.
"Hunter Han So-ra..."
Choi Da-eun gazed at Han So-ra with sparkling eyes.
It went beyond mere fandom.
She was showing genuine respect and admiration, uncharacteristic for her.
Last time she'd seen her, Park Sun-woo had her too flustered.
She'd glimpsed the S-rank hunter but hadn't properly met her.
No proper greeting, so it left her regretting.
Today, wish granted.
"Hi, Da-eun. Long time no see since the hospital."
"Ah, y-yes. Yep."
Choi Da-eun nodded dumbly like an idiot.
Having to attack Han A-ra in front of Han So-ra made her resent Park Sun-woo a bit.
"Everyone's here. Shall we start?"
Park Sun-woo drew all the women's attention.
"My skill amps my stats when I intend to protect a virgin. I don't know by how much, but back when I was F-rank, I took down a Dark Knight."
In Korea, fulfilling the condition was tricky, but once met, it rivaled S-rank performance.
"Da-eun sis didn't believe me, so we're testing it."
The procedure was simple.
Choi Da-eun attacks Han A-ra; Park Sun-woo protects her.
With S-rank Han So-ra watching, Han A-ra wouldn't really be in danger.
The "Ara and Friends" members planned to verify the skill and measure the amp ratio.
"Let's check speed first."
They spread out.
Park Sun-woo waited far from Han A-ra.
Snap-!
Choi Da-eun gripped the leather whip handle and slammed it once on the ground.
The whip borrowed from Haetae Guild was decent quality.
'Kill intent...'
She couldn't muster killing intent against Han A-ra right in front of her.
She needed a mindset shift.
Change the target.
Put Park Sun-woo in front instead.
No killing intent.
Not enough with that bastard.
These days, Park Sun-woo didn't even piss her off that much anymore.
Irritating, sure.
'Someone I wanna kill...'
The masked trash stood before her.
— Da-eun's pussy gets tighter the deeper you go. When you bury your cock to the root, her womb clamps down on your glans and won't let go. Feels so good.
Her arm moved on its own.
Reacting to the killing intent, she swung the whip.
"Huh?!"
Choi Da-eun couldn't hide her panic.
A mistake—she'd never imagined she'd screw up like this.
Crack-!
"Ahh!"
The leather lashed out and struck Han A-ra.
No, not Han A-ra.
Park Sun-woo.
Park Sun-woo took the whip and let out a pathetic groan.
'...This is D-rank?'
To Choi Da-eun, the speed Park Sun-woo had just shown was nowhere near D-rank.
The moment that "protecting a virgin" skill or whatever triggered, it was at least A-rank.
"See, sis? It's real."
"......"
Choi Da-eun clamped her mouth shut.
Seeing Park Sun-woo strut like he was right made her not even want to respond.
She was pissed.
"Hunter Sun-woo's right. Embarrassing condition, but the performance is flawless..."
If Han So-ra hadn't acknowledged it, Choi Da-eun would've denied it to the end.
No such skill existed.