Chapter 38
Chapter 38
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 38
Chapter Title: I Can't Forgive These People
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The Porter truck that broke down after just a few meters was sent on its way after we called a new driver. Normally, the sender or receiver should manage the load to prevent overloading, but they insisted one truck would be enough, and then it just gave up on the spot.
In the end, the cost for the extra truck was covered by Mr. Son Young-jun and Ms. Kim Min-kyung, the very people who had made me cry.
“Eve, what are you going to do now? Want to grab a bite with us?”
“Ah, I….”
“Eve, it’s okay to say no if you don’t want to. You don’t have to force yourself to eat with us.”
To be honest, even though we took small breaks over the three hours, my legs ached from all the walking. I just wanted to go home, lie on my bed, and roll around. Although, I don’t actually have a bed, just a mattress.
“I’m a little tired… hehe.”
“Hey, you heard her, right? I’m heading out since I have to take Eve home.”
“Eve’s not going? Then I’m going home too.”
“Then let’s just call it a day here.”
“Ah, but if we eat now, Min-ho was supposed to pay.”
“What are you talking about? Get lost.”
In the end, with Han Do-hee leaving to take me home and Chae-ah having no particular desire to eat without me, people started dropping out one by one until they decided to just wrap things up.
“Mr. Min-ho.”
“Uh, y-yeah. Did you call me?”
“Please take care of it. I’ve already spoken to the moderator about the windmill.”
“Haha, right… Thanks.”
Ryu Min-ho had done a windmill right in front of me. I’d already posted on the community’s report board that I’d received a personal apology from him and we’d settled things amicably. So, the malicious semi-anonymous user ‘Ying-ying’ probably wouldn’t get banned from the Awakening Gallery.
He had a rather fierce-looking face, but he was a good Hunter. Why was he so aggressive online?
“Eve! Let’s go!”
“Chae-ah, are you riding in Do-hee’s car too?”
“Yep. Don’t want to ride with me?”
“Ah, no… It’s just that you weren’t there on the way here….”
“Do-hee had to go pick you up, so I rode in another friend’s car.”
No matter how I looked at it, Chae-ah was very popular. The fact that she didn’t own a car but felt no inconvenience proved she was a total social butterfly. Her friends gave her rides whenever she called, so she didn’t need to drive herself.
In my case, it was because I simply never had a reason to leave the house by car…
“Eve, aren’t you cold in that outfit? It looks really thin.”
“Ah, this?”
The princess dress Ophelia made for me was quite warm, even though it looked thin. It was almost winter, but it wasn’t terribly cold yet. Still, it might be a bit too thin for the dead of winter.
“Oh, right, Eve. What were you doing on the Active Hunter Gallery?”
“Huh? The Active… Active Hunter Gallery? I didn’t do anything… Why?”
“I saw your gallery username there. I thought maybe you went and stirred up some trouble.”
“Ooh-ing.”
I was practically royalty in the Awakening Gallery. Well, maybe not royalty, but the Active Hunter Gallery and the Awakening Gallery didn’t get along. It was understandable, since the Awakening Gallery hosted about ten flame wars a day.
To hype up their favorite “master,” they had to put down other Hunters of a similar level. So, a gallery where putting down active Hunters was rampant and a gallery full of active Hunters being put down in real-time could never be on good terms.
“What is this…?”
The number of mentions wasn’t that high, but my username was being brought up occasionally. A new A-rank Hunter wasn’t common, so I understood that it was a topic of interest, but….
That username sounds familiar.
“Th-these guys…?!”
“What’s wrong, Eve?”
“Ah, no… it’s just….”
The Active Hunter Gallery had a suspiciously high ratio of fixed usernames. In other words, it was a tight-knit clique. They were concluding that the A-rank evaluation sheet I posted on the Awakening Gallery was fake and were relentlessly mocking me for it.
“It seems like there are people who don’t believe I’m an A-rank….”
“Really?! They don’t believe our Eve?! Should I go give them a piece of my mind?!”
“N-no… it’s okay.”
I could just picture Chae-ah using a temporary username, posting her real name, and leaking all sorts of personal info while saying weird things. That was typical for people who weren’t into online communities…
But I couldn’t just let them get away with this.
Wasn’t there some way to teach these awful people a lesson?
“Uuuhm-m-m-m-m-m….”
As I closed my eyes and pondered for a while, a notification sound came from my phone.
T-ding!
“Who is it…? Ophelia?”
For a moment, I thought Ophelia had sent me a message, but when I turned on the screen, it was an Instagram DM, not a text. Ophelia didn’t use Instagram, so she couldn’t have sent a DM.
“Maxy…?”
-_camila_MAXY : Eve!!! im in korea!!❤️❤️❤️
-_camila_MAXY : ¿Podemos encontrarnos?😍😍
-_camila_MAXY : Estoy en Seúl ahora mismo!!
“What does this mean….”
I could read a little English, but this was definitely not English. Maxy was from Mexico, so… maybe it was Mexican?
“What is it? Who is it?”
“Ah, I got a message from Maxy….”
“Maxy? You mean that S-rank Hunter?”
“Yes, that’s right. She sent me a DM before.”
“Wow, that’s amazing. Did she DM you because you’re cute?”
“I’m not sure about that… but it seems like she’s in Korea right now.”
Han Do-hee, who was driving and listening to our conversation, nodded. Some time had passed since the Manchuria Subjugation began, so it was about time for some Hunters to finish their contracts and return.
Apparently, quite a few of them would probably enter Korea, stay for a few days, and then return to their home countries.
“If it’s Maxy, she’ll be with Utaha. I could probably find out by asking my sister.”
“You mean Chae-rin?”
“Yup.”
When S-rank Hunters came to Korea, they almost always contacted Yoo Chae-rin. There were two S-ranks in Korea, but Chae-rin was the only one who was reachable.
The Nova Guild was also the most well-known guild from Korea on a global scale. Plus, the facilities provided by the Ohsung Group were far better than those offered by the Korea Hunter Association.
“I only know that she’s in Korea, I’m not sure about the rest…. This doesn’t seem to be English. I think it’s Mexican?”
“Mexican? Mexico speaks Spanish. It’s probably Spanish.”
“Aha.”
What does Mexico have to do with Spain?
-_Princess_Eve : OK
-_Princess_Eve : THANK YPU
-_Princess_Eve : YOU
-_camila_MAXY : LMAO uppercase🤣🤣🤣🤣
“What could this mean….”
“Eve, you worked hard today. Hurry inside and get some rest. Is there food at home?”
“Ah, yes! Ophelia cooked for me.”
“Aww, okay. We’re leaving now, alright?”
“Hurry inside! It’s cold!”
“Okay! Goodbye!”
Han Do-hee and Chae-ah dropped me off at home first. I thought Chae-ah’s house was closer distance-wise, so it felt like they were being considerate.
“Awooo… I’m so tired.”
Beep!
“What, are you hungry too? Should we go eat?”
Mecha-Doggo had really taken a liking to kibble lately. It was fascinating how it ate with a monitor for a face. Its face was so big that when it shoved it into the food bowl, you couldn’t see anything.
After a few minutes, the kibble in the bowl was completely gone, and its belly was so full it just rolled around.
Is it going to get fat at this rate?
“Minium, hurry up and open the door.”
Clank!
Surprisingly, the metal front door was heavy. I could open it if I pulled hard on my arm, but I was too tired to have the strength for that.
Of course, Minium and Suri, who ran around and fought monsters, must have been more tired than me… but they were made of metal. I was tired because all my muscles had disappeared.
Bleep-bloop.
“Euhya, I’m home.”
Minium had grown tall enough now that it could open the window for Suri to come in all by itself. I used to be the one who opened the window when Suri came back from outside, but now Minium did it all.
Rustle, rustle….
Ophelia’s craftsmanship was so good that the princess dress wasn’t terribly uncomfortable, but it wasn’t exactly cozy either. When I carelessly took it off and tossed it aside, Minium would clank over and tidy it up.
Come to think of it, Ophelia wasn’t back yet.
“It must be taking a while.”
Ophelia had prepared some food for me to eat in case I got hungry after going out, but at some point, the refrigerator had stopped being my domain, so I didn’t really know what was in there anymore.
Ophelia had bought and stuffed so many things inside that it had become like a maze.
Kiii!
“Hmm? What is it?”
Kiii…
“You want me to wash my hands before eating? Hmph, fine… Minium, get me something to eat from the fridge.”
Clank!
I washed my hands in the bathroom and changed into my pajamas. Minium was getting my food.
“Mhehe, it’s warm.”
Now that my body was comfortable, I remembered what I had to do.
“The Active Hunter Gallery. I can’t forgive you…!”
I would show them how scary a princess can be. How dare they treat my verification as a lie. Ryu Min-ho did the same thing to me, and he ended up doing a windmill on the stone floor, you know?
“But what should I do….”
But the Active Hunter Gallery wasn’t one I frequented, and it was mostly a solid clique, so it wouldn’t be easy to mess with them.
Wasn’t there a way to make them praise me?
Clank!
“Oh, a sandwich.”
I’ll think about it after I eat.