Black Badger - Chapter 435



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435. 63rd (2)

Nana didn’t quite understand why Tom and Hesi were freaking out.

Wouldn’t it be possible to sell enough game consoles?

I bought it last time with determination, but it didn’t work out so I sold it.

But that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Hesi grabbed Hildebert’s shoulder.

“You’re really in a bad situation.”

“Are you eating properly?”

Tom also looked at Hildebert with sad eyes.

Nana knew after seeing Hildebert’s reaction that they weren’t joking.

The handsome senior smiled awkwardly and answered like this.

“Don’t worry, I’ve been eating and going. I’ve been busy lately and don’t have time to play games, so I’m just selling them on the side.”

“But you still have the game console….”

“I told you there’s no need to do that.”

Jack joined the conversation.

“Didn’t I keep telling you that you don’t need to sell it? Hilde, my account is already being handled by the tax accountant and lawyer.”

“Yeah, Hilde. If you run out of cash, just let us know.”

“Let’s eat dinner first!”

Hildebert smiled and calmed the crowd.

“The juniors are watching too!”

It’s going to be long.

Nana Dol quickly gave up.

She thanked her superiors once again and sat down at the table for six, feeling very nervous.

People stopping by the cafe glanced in their direction, perhaps because Jack Black and Hildebert were there.

It was fortunate that no one approached him. How could Jack live with such stares all the time?

Of course, this motive doesn’t care what people think.

“You sold the car too?”

“Recently, I’ve been using the scooter I bought from Luke a while back and getting a ride from Jack.”

“But even if you’re on leave, you still get a portion of your salary.”

“That’s also blocked from use… But you really don’t have to worry. You don’t have to worry about it.”

It’s comfortable because they talk among themselves.

Nana sat there blankly, listening to the seniors’ conversation until the menu came out. Fortunately, drinks and food such as toast came out before their small talk ended.

Now, when you feel awkward, just eat the food placed in front of you.

I wish you would just say something appropriate. Nana said thank you and looked down at the toast and sausage set her seniors had bought for her.

When cutting the sausage with a knife, you have to be careful not to cut the plate as well.

I can’t make that mistake in front of my seniors….

“rock.”

Hildebert suddenly called her.

“If you don’t have anything special to do after dinner, I’ll take a look at the sword.”

Nana folded the knife.

“Eww!”

“Oh, no.”

“oh.”

Luke and Tom shouted next to her as she was terrified.

It’s ruined.

I’m embarrassed….

As she froze and couldn’t move, Hesi smiled and repeated, “It’s okay, it’s okay.” Jack grinned and snatched the broken knife from her hand.

And Hildebert, sitting across from her, was embarrassed.

“Sorry.”

The white-haired senior looked at her, not knowing what to do.

“Did I surprise you? I’ve been in contact with Lee Ho a lot lately. He’s not a very good swordsman. So I thought it might be a little helpful if I looked into it…”

“I, I’m not that good at using a sword.”

Nana quickly corrected his misunderstanding.

I was screaming inside.

Lee Ho Chang!

I clearly said no!

“As you can see, I can still break a dinner knife like this. I’m still far from being able to show it to anyone. I just learned a little bit of kendo as a hobby when I was younger, and I’m good at it…”

“Not being used to controlling your strength has nothing to do with swordsmanship.”

Luke said.

Be quiet!

And why doesn’t it matter? It matters enough!

As I was shouting hard in my mind, Jack added a word.

“That’s right. I think you’ll like it. I was also surprised when I saw Dol’s skills.”

“okay?”

A look of joy appeared on Hildebert’s face.

Meanwhile, Nana failed miserably at controlling her facial expressions. She wanted to grab the collars of her two classmates sitting next to her right away.

Jack! How do you know if I’m good at wielding a sword or not!

I would have really done that if my seniors weren’t sitting across from me.

You’re not the type to be this nosy! Why are you suddenly acting like this?

It seems like you’re looking at me with too much sincerity in your eyes.

The corners of Jack’s mouth grew a little longer, and Hildebert smiled slightly.

“It might be burdensome to show something when you’re not ready, but if someone else looks at it, you might find problems you weren’t aware of.”

We’re in big trouble.

Nana realized that Hildebert, unlike Jack Black, was the type who observed others closely and actually cared about them.

Thanks to this, his presence became even more burdensome.

But I couldn’t bring myself to refuse my senior’s offer. The direct senior is the most frightening. Isn’t that the truth of life that I realized while working part-time at a franchise burger restaurant when I first became an adult?

There’s nothing we can do about it now that it’s come to this.

Let’s be a little embarrassed!

She squeezed her eyes shut and tried to say that she was lacking but that she would like some guidance.

But it was Hildebert who spoke first.

“Or am I uncomfortable?”

100 million!

Did you get caught?

“Now that I think about it, you might feel a physiological aversion to it. Sorry. I didn’t think of that.”

“…yes?”

“I understand that you may find me repulsive, having grown up facing creatures as enemies.”

“no!”

She was so embarrassed that she suddenly raised her voice.

The three seniors sitting across from her simultaneously widened their eyes. Only the colleagues sitting on either side of her were not surprised and let out small laughs.

“I absolutely do not feel uncomfortable for such a ridiculous reason.”

No matter how her peers reacted, Nana was busy explaining herself.

“Really. I never thought of that! Please believe me!”

“calm down.”

Hildebert answered skillfully.

His tone of voice seemed like he had dealt with many people who suddenly went out of control like him.

I guess I’m overthinking things. Anyway, thanks to Hildebert’s answer, Nana calmed down a little and sat back down on her chair.

Then I looked at Hildebert.

The senior smiled bitterly.

“Thank goodness it wasn’t. Anyway, I’m sorry for suggesting it so suddenly.”

It was a look that made him realize that he was feeling burdened.

“Show me your swordsmanship next time you get the chance.”

We’re in big trouble.

I think this person still misunderstands.

Nana cursed herself for clearly making him uncomfortable earlier.

I felt like I had caused some ridiculous misunderstanding with my senior.

If you think about it, it was a natural reaction. How many people have shown disgust toward him since his identity was revealed? And since he was his junior, he probably thought he couldn’t speak honestly.

That’s not true… .

Hildebert told me again that it was okay, as I was looking sad.

Nana sensed the regret in his voice and felt an overwhelming sense of guilt.

Shy and not very good at interpersonal relationships, she had spent her entire life observing people, so she could sense that Hildebert only half believed her words and was grateful that she vehemently denied whatever the truth was.

But that’s really not the case.

Nana, who couldn’t bear it anymore, spat out the truth.

“I just thought you were so handsome….”

Hildebert blinked.

“That’s why I feel uncomfortable… ”

Luke put his fist to his mouth and started laughing silently.

Jack smiled broadly and cut the potatoes on his plate. Nana felt annoyed whenever her classmates reacted like this.

So when the three of us trained together, we would often express our dissatisfaction. Now that we’ve become close enough, we can do that.

But now that my seniors were in front of me, I had no choice but to control my facial expressions.

Tom lets out an exclamation of “Oh,” and Hesi bursts into laughter.

Hildebert wasn’t as surprised as he thought.

“Ah… I see.”

I think he seemed a little embarrassed.

“thank you.”

“Wow, I’m jealous.”

An unfamiliar voice interrupted.

“This is how good-looking people live.”

I didn’t even hear any footsteps.

Nana was startled.

I was even more surprised when I saw that there were not one, but three seniors standing next to the table.

She was born with a keen sense of other people’s presence, so unless she was engrossed in something, she would immediately sense someone approaching her. She was so alert that she was even told she was annoying during her school days.

She didn’t even notice people approaching her.

As soon as I checked the faces of the seniors standing next to me, my small surprise soon turned into shock.

The one who joined the conversation with a smile was a senior named Leonard.

Standing next to him with a cold atmosphere are Sylvia and Yoon.

Black Badger’s famous military arrest squad.

Even one of them was a first-generation badger as tall as the sky.

“Ugh… .”

“Ah, senior.”

Hildebert naturally greeted Leonard, who was smiling brightly.

“You’re early. Didn’t you say it would take a while?”

“It ended quickly because Yoon got involved.”

Leonard answered coolly.

Although his tone of voice was not malicious, Nana Dol felt goosebumps when she heard his voice for some reason.

“Thanks to that, it became a little less fun.”

There was something about the military arrest squad that made people strangely uncomfortable.

It seemed like it wasn’t just her sentiments, and the cafe had become quiet. Everyone knew that it wasn’t a good thing for three people who liked individual activities to be together.

Those who resemble reptiles.

Some people were seen leaving the cafe in a hurry.

“So you came a little early, but are you busy buying food for your juniors?”

“Yes. I’ll be there in a bit.”

“But didn’t you say that all financial transactions were blocked? How could you buy me food?”

“So my juniors and I bought food for my classmates… I’m sorry for leaving out the details.”

“No. I do that sometimes when I report to my superiors. There’s no need to report in detail on how you caught the deserter, right?”

“I’ll go first.”

Sylvia, who had been staring into the distance with her arms crossed, joined in on the unique conversation between Hildebert and Leonard.

She looked down at those sitting at the table with cold eyes.

“I have nothing special to say.”

“Yes. Thank you for your hard work, senior.”

“He must be the guy from the rumors.”

Sylvia’s indifferent eyes turned to Jack.

“It smells just like you.”

her?

Nana is shocked.

What smell?

Jack Black always had that faint, cool, cologne-like scent.

But Hildebert didn’t smell like perfume.

What on earth are you talking about?

She wasn’t the only one who was puzzled. Tom, Hesi, and even Luke were raising their eyebrows and expressing their puzzlement with their expressions.

But strangely enough, Hildebert and the senior officer of the military arrest team seemed to understand what Sylvia was saying.

Jack, the person involved, also showed a strange smile.

It wasn’t the cool smile he always had, but a smile that seemed a little cold.

What kind of strange conversation is this… .

“Finish it quickly.”

Her small wonder was cut off by the cold voice she heard.

“Are you having a friendly face-to-face meeting with the kids?”

“Yoon. Please don’t make the youngest ones uncomfortable.”

Hildebert grumbled.

“It’s not even a face-to-face meeting, you know that.”

Nana was startled when she heard Hildebert’s tone towards the most senior member.

For most Badgers, the first-generation seniors were like the sky to them, to whom they could not even raise their heads. In particular, new recruits like them rarely had a chance to talk to the first-generation Badgers on a regular basis, and it was safe to say that they had never worked together on a mission for nearly 10 years, and the fact that they looked after their training was something to brag about for a long time.

Ami, Jack’s shooter, was a bit of an exception, though.

The seniors from the 60th class explained to the seniors from the 1st class, except for her… .

Is it true that Sasura has no flaws?

Yoon, who was considered the most difficult to approach among the first generation (more precisely, he was advised not to approach him), ended up laughing at Hildebert’s surprising attitude.

“Things have changed a bit.”

The man spoke in a low voice.

“Is that so? Is something wrong? Judging from your expression, it doesn’t seem like you failed….”

“Choi Je-seok is dead.”

Hildebert’s hand, which was reaching for a glass of iced Americano, suddenly stopped.

“30 minutes ago.”

If it’s Choi Je-seok, he’s the founder of A-Tech.

He is Choi Yoon and Choi Ami’s adoptive father. As far as Nana knows, he had been bedridden for quite some time. So it was certainly surprising news, but she didn’t understand why the situation had changed, or what it had to do with Hildebert.

But it seems like there is some connection.

Hildebert immediately asked for the understanding of those around him and stood up.

Instead, he handed Jack an envelope containing the game console and asked him to sell it to him, then apologized to his successors one by one.

“I’m so sorry I couldn’t buy you even one meal.”

Hildebert looked really sorry.

“But I heard that you both have outstanding skills. If you keep doing like you are now, you will become really good badgers.”

The reason you’re talking about Jack is because you’re friends with him, right?

“Take care of yourself. I have something to do, so I’ll go first. Tom, Hesi. I ate well. I’m sorry, it’s been a while since we last met, and I got up in the middle of the road.”

“I don’t know what’s going on, but take care of it! Call me when you have no money.”

“Take care of yourself. A strange group like last time might be after you.”

Hessie and Tom spoke in turn.

Nana listened blankly as Luke greeted her politely. She also listened blankly as Jack said he would go later.

Then, belatedly, he realized that he too had to say hello.

She struggled to sit up straight.

“Senior!”

When I shouted, Hildebert turned his head quickly.

“Would you please take a look at my sword later?”

For some reason, I felt like I had to tell this to my senior who was talking as if today was our last meeting.

I didn’t want him to continue to misunderstand me.

Fortunately, Hildebert smiled faintly, as if his words had worked.

The man, with a smile that seemed like a bitter laugh on his lips, looked down at her and spoke softly.

“Of course. If I have the chance.”

The yellow-eyed senior then turned around and walked towards those waiting for him.

“Don’t lose the keen sense you have now, Dol. That will definitely be of great help.”

Nana’s eyes widened, but there was no chance to ask back.

Without looking back, Hildebert left the café.