The Fiancée's House
Lee Sehyun was more than just a friend to Seol Siha.
He was like a savior, or perhaps a hero.
Seol Siha had received great help from Lee Sehyun.
Without Seol Siha, Lee Sehyun wouldn't have been able to live.
'This guy suddenly became a woman.'
Lee Sehyun looked at the sofa where Seol Siha was sleeping.
Seol Siha, sleeping with a smile, looked happy.
Like a child who had played to his heart's content and fallen asleep from exhaustion.
'He has every right to. He drank to his fill, played games a lot, and ate a lot.'
After Seol Siha announced the engagement, their friendship had become distant.
They hadn't seen each other's faces properly in nearly a year.
That's why Lee Sehyun had been very careful lately.
Because Seol Siha had been coming to him every day in a hurry.
"Uuuu... hmm..."
Seol Siha, exhausted, tossed and turned on the sofa.
Because of that, his t-shirt was lifted, revealing his belly button.
"Ugh. Bad sleeping habits."
Lee Sehyun clicked his tongue while looking at Seol Siha.
His outfit was weird from the start.
Seol Siha wearing a men's t-shirt and square panties.
By the way, the square panties are his own.
He picked them up still damp after washing.
His clothing and behavior were exactly like a man's.
But his body was clearly female, which was a problem.
"Too vulnerable."
His slender waist curve, his cute belly button.
The volume of his breasts subtly visible through thin fabric.
His thighs were snow white, and his skin was smooth.
In many ways, the exposure was stimulating.
"Still, it's Seol Siha. What was he thinking when he fell asleep like that."
Lee Sehyun straightened his messy mind.
Seol Siha is his ball friend. He can't let thoughts intrude.
"Even if he keeps his mouth shut, he's really a girl."
This guy's mouth was the inhibitor.
Thanks to his husky dirty talk, he was recognized as Seol Siha.
It was fortunate that even after becoming a woman, Seol Siha remained Seol Siha.
"I can still see you."
It's a given for someone.
But for Lee Sehyun, it's a meaningful thing.
Acquired awakening that requires payment.
Through this, Lee Sehyun obtained the Evil Eye of Bullseye.
An eye that guarantees 100% accuracy for any projectile fired, a demonic eye.
Thanks to that, Lee Sehyun was promoted to S-rank hunter.
He also got the title of "one who sees the death of monsters".
But the price was that he could no longer see them.
After gaining the ability, the people he faced newly.
He could no longer recognize their forms.
They became like mosaic-processed figures.
Overall impression was a blurry mass.
'I even thought that for me, who is awkward with human relationships, this was a good penalty.'
Before awakening the ability, people could still be seen.
Although the network wasn't wide, it was enough.
At first, he rationalized it like that.
But it was a rather lonely price.
Because he could no longer make new friends.
Misfortune was particularly prominent in opposite-sex relationships.
No matter how pretty the woman, he couldn't recognize her as female.
At best, it was a pretty mosaic.
Only then did Lee Sehyun realize his loneliness.
If existing connections disappear, he becomes a loner.
Because he couldn't recognize humans as humans.
"Hey, Seol Siha. ... Are you sleeping?"
To confirm, he waved his hand in front of Seol Siha's eyes.
"......"
Lee Sehyun stared at the sleeping Seol Siha intently.
As if this was the perfect opportunity.
'Her face is really cute.'
A line he could never say out loud.
A line that would get him hit by his ball friend.
After most humans became mosaic, Lee Sehyun had never seen such a cute woman.
'You are too cute, that's the problem.'
The reality is he's a ball friend. Not a woman.
But the male body reacts on its own.
"Even if I think about it, it's crazy."
I don't understand. Why did I get excited by Seol Siha?
Lee Sehyun hit his head with his fist.
Suppressed the throbbing heart with shock therapy.
"Should I go out for some fresh air?"
When he tried to switch his impure mind.
Then, Lee Sehyun suddenly recalled Seol Siha's words.
"Seol Siha said the burden is still with that woman, right?"
From the time the engagement was finalized,
Seol Siha was living with that woman.
At that time, they were already teasing Seol Siha about living together.
But Seol Siha just smiled bitterly.
"Thinking back, I should have noticed the signs then."
That the relationship with that woman wasn't going well.
Lee Sehyun hadn't known about that period.
"The guy's burden... Should I take it?"
The engagement ended in disaster.
Seol Siha facing that woman would be uncomfortable.
In such times, it was Lee Sehyun's turn to step up.
Lee Sehyun steeled his resolve for Seol Siha.
Lee Sehyun immediately headed to the guild run by that woman.
Mid-tier hunter guild, Black Wolf.
It wasn't the top-tier guild that is often classified as major.
It was lacking one thing to be recognized as major.
The guild had no S-rank hunter to showcase as its face.
'Seol Siha's guild as a manager, I was interested at one point, but...'
Now the situation was different.
Just because that woman was there, Black Wolf Guild was not to Lee Sehyun's liking.
A guild that had no connection with Lee Sehyun.
Soon, Lee Sehyun arrived at the Black Wolf Guild building.
"Excuse me, I want to meet the vice guild master here."
He spoke to the staff at the reception desk on the first floor.
The staff looked at Lee Sehyun with suspicious eyes.
Wearing jeans and a hoodie with the hat pulled down.
Lee Sehyun's attire was not pleasing to the staff.
"The vice guild master is currently on business trip outside. It's hard to meet him now."
"Then when will it be possible?"
"Let's see?"
The staff's attitude was impolite.
He was blatantly ignoring Lee Sehyun.
As if what kind of person are you to bother me like this.
'Should I have dressed properly.'
Lee Sehyun tried to tidy his disheveled appearance.
Without the hunter's name tag, Lee Sehyun was just a slob.
If not close, conversation was awkward.
"I want to meet him today. Is there any way? It's urgent..."
"No, what business do you have?"
Lee Sehyun couldn't see the staff's face properly.
That was the price he lost due to ability awakening.
The resolution was too low to discern expressions.
But from the tone, he knew it was nervous.
'To end it smoothly, this is necessary.'
Lee Sehyun handed the hunter qualification certificate to the staff.
S-rank, classified as the pinnacle of hunters.
"Eh, eh... eh?"
The staff's voice trembled in confusion.
When he checked Lee Sehyun's hunter rank, the reaction changed.
"S, sorry. I'll contact the secretary's office right away to check the schedule!"
The flustered staff's voice.
Soon, another staff came to welcome Lee Sehyun.
"Lee Sehyun-nim, nice to meet you. I'm the head of the Hunter Operations Team at Black Wolf Guild. This is my business card."
"Ah, yes..."
A person who seemed high-ranking just from the title.
This was troublesome.
Lee Sehyun answered hesitantly.
"The vice guild master is returning to the guild now. Until then, I'll have Lee Sehyun-nim wait in the reception room."
It was a flattering reception.
For Lee Sehyun, who was picky about people, it was burdensome.
'I didn't want to pull out the hunter's card for this.'
Hunter guilds are in bloody competition to recruit S-ranks.
S-ranks without affiliation like Lee Sehyun are especially valuable.
A golden egg worth tens to hundreds of billions.
A being like that came to the hunter guild on his own.
It was an event that shouldn't be strange even if the guild flipped.
'Just came to pick up the ball friend's luggage.'
The reception room was like sitting on a bed of nails.
The team leader sitting opposite was talking too much.
"We are a guild that boasts a solid position in the Association based on years of dungeon raid experience..."
He kept spouting the advantages of Black Wolf Guild.
For Lee Sehyun, it was an uncomfortable atmosphere.
He had no intention of joining the guild.
'If Seol Siha was there, I would have been more careful, but...'
While Lee Sehyun was listening to the team leader's words half-heartedly,
The door to the reception room opened.
The person Lee Sehyun was waiting for arrived.
"Sehyun-ssi, it's been a long time."
The vice guild master of Black Wolf Guild,
The woman who was Seol Siha's ex-fiancé in the past.
"......Long time no see."
Lee Sehyun hadn't seen her for the first time.
He had been introduced to her by Seol Siha.
The "long time no see" was based on that time.
'Still, I can't remember the face.'
A noisy face like a TV without signal.
To Lee Sehyun, she was a blurry pixel.
After gaining the ability, humans he faced were always like that.
Especially since he was a loner without female connections.
'Women who can clearly recognize faces are at most Seol Siha.'
A rather paradoxical statement.
Seol Siha was more like a close friend than a woman.
"I heard you came to see me."
"Yes, I have a personal matter with you."
The reception room where only the two were left.
For Lee Sehyun, the woman was awkward.
Without the connection of Seol Siha, she was a complete stranger.
He didn't want to drag it out.
"Oh. What business do you have? I'm quite curious."
The languid voice was friendly to Lee Sehyun.
It was the opposite of Lee Sehyun, who found the woman uncomfortable.
'I know that I'm a close friend of Seol Siha.'
The image of Seol Siha crying flickered.
The culprit was clearly this woman's fault.
For Lee Sehyun, it was a person he couldn't have good feelings for.
But her reaction was calm.
"The items of Seol Siha in your house, I came to pick them up instead."
"Ah, I see."
Lee Sehyun briefly conveyed the purpose to her.
She seemed to understand the situation now.
If she just handed over Seol Siha's belongings, it was all over.
Lee Sehyun wanted to finish his business quickly.
He expected to see Seol Siha happy when he returned.
"You seem to be preparing to go home. Lee Sehyun-ssi, can you wait a little longer?"
"......Yeah, sure."
"And how about having dinner together? The timing coincides."
Sudden offer.
Moreover, it was morally wrong.
They broke up, but she's the ex-fiancé of his friend.
He wanted to avoid unnecessary contact.
"That won't do."
Lee Sehyun shook his head with an unpleasant face.
He wanted to hide it, but the discomfort would show in his expression.
"If it's dinner, I already have a partner to eat with. ... I'm sure you know the person."
That partner is Seol Siha who broke up with you.
Lee Sehyun wanted to add that.
Instead.
Facing her who was shamelessly wagging her tail at him,
Lee Sehyun showed his long-standing hostility.