S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 124



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Episode 124: What Cheon Do-un secretly folded in half

“you… Do you understand me?』

The vine’s thoughts came to mind due to the golden dust.

『Can you hear what I’m saying?』

“I can’t hear it. I can see it. “I can understand anyway.”

『Amazing, amazing! This is my first time doing something like this』

The leaves of the thorn vine became stiff and expressed surprise.

As much as the vine was surprised, Cheon Do-un was also secretly surprised.

‘You really understand people.’

Monsters with the same level of intelligence as humans are extremely rare.

It was known as such in academia, but Cheon Do-un had already met several intelligent entities.

Gou, bird butterfly, thorn vine.

Although it is not yet clear, it is assumed that communication with grapevines may be quite possible.

If you’ve already met four, wouldn’t the term ‘extremely rare species’ be a bit absurd?

Cheon Do-un took a step closer to the thorn vine.

“I needed your pollen, so I got some.”

“Pollen?”

“okay. “The pollen you have is useful.”

『Yu, useful… !』

Thorn Vine felt his core core throbbing.

『This is the first time I’ve heard it’s useful』

“okay?”

『This is my first time meeting someone』

“That’s a little surprising. “Then who did you learn human language from?”

In response to Cheon Do-un’s question, the vine hit the floor.

『I knew it because I absorbed the energy of the earth』

“The energy of the earth?”

『People who entered the cave area and became lost and died. Those people go back to nature. Become dirt. Those memories are absorbed into the ground』

As we rooted ourselves in the ground and absorbed nutrients, there were times when that knowledge was absorbed together.

A creature that has knowledge but has never spoken directly with a human.

‘It’s similar to Gou.’

In Guu’s case, he learned human language through his psychic ability.

The vine in front of me also learned to speak by absorbing the knowledge left behind by people.

『But what are you going to use my flowers for? Is it really useful?』

Thorn Vine asked. To a vine that had lived alone its entire life, someone’s praise was like sweet honey.

“It’s useful. “Your pollen can dye the glow-in-the-dark red.”

Why are you trying to color the luminous stone? I don’t know why, but I’m happy.

Cheon Do-un laughed at the phrase that appeared saying he was happy.

‘Joseph’s medicine said that the way it is interpreted is determined by the nature of the plant.’

If so, wouldn’t this thorn vine be a young individual? Cheon Do-un thought to himself at the young vine’s tone of voice.

“How long has it been since you sprouted?”

“3 months! I grew up by 3 months. It’s a grown adult vine』

The vine said, spreading its leaves majestically.

I am an adult. It seemed like he was claiming that.

Somehow, Na-ri Kim’s ahem posture came to mind and Cheon Do-woon laughed.

“Yes, you are an adult. Now tell me. “What do you want in return for seven flowers?”

『The price is… Uh, so… 』

The vine was deep in worry. Seven beautifully blooming flowers were taken away.

Of course, the price was bound to be heavy.

『Be my partner!』

“Who are you talking to?”

『It’s surprising that you understand what I’m saying. So please talk to me a lot』

Cheon Do-un laughed at the request to resemble Gou.

“good. Instead, I live somewhere else. “You have to come there.”

『Where do you live? Where is it?』

“Forest area.”

The vine hesitated for a moment.

『I can’t leave here. If it touches my eyes, I will melt.

“I guess so. So I’ll come pick you up in the spring.”

“spring? Warm season?』

“okay. “Warm season.”

『And then when winter comes?』

“I’ll build you a roof so you can stay before winter. Or, you can come back to your hometown and stay here in the winter. “Do what’s comfortable for you.”

Thornvine felt good about the given options. I liked both.

“good. Then, when the weather gets warmer, you will come get me.』

“okay. Because there are monsters in my house that can talk like you. “It will be fun to come.”

Thorn Vine was surprised by Cheon Do-un’s words.

The core started jumping at the sound of another intelligent entity like itself.

『Good, good. Do you know the way out? Shall I take you there?』

“are you okay. Just go up and get out. You just stay here. “If you step on the snow for no reason, your body will melt.”

“okay. Goodbye, goodbye. I’ll be waiting. Come pick me up when spring comes. You can’t forget me』

Fearing that he might forget his promise, the vine emphasized it several times.

Cheon Do-un looked at the vines and took off his coat. He hung it on the thorns of a vine.

“I have it. “I’ll come get it when spring comes.”

『Ah, okay, okay. You come to pick it up when spring comes.』

The vine rolled up Cheon Doun’s coat and held it in its arms.

You’ll have to come get this, so you won’t forget yourself.

The thorn vine was finally relieved to see Cheon Do-un off.

『I’ll be waiting, goodbye!』

I never forgot to say that the vines wait until the end.

After leaving the cave area, Nari Kim looked back with a sad face.

“The vine looks very lonely. “It would be nice if we went together, but it’s a pity.”

“It’s safer to be in the cave area now. Better leave it here. “Anyway, if that guy comes, the scenery will be even more beautiful.”

“What do you mean?”

“I think it would be cool if the thorn vines climbed up the rib dome. “It is a species that blooms all year round.”

Cheon Do-un said as he got on top of Blue.

As Blue began to fly, he grabbed Dodak, who was sleeping, from his shoulder.

Before I knew it, Dodak was asleep.

“You must be very tired. but. “Because the cave area is a dry area.”

Because of that, when I came to pick mushrooms, I brought them in the dirt in a beaker.

Although the snow had fallen and the humidity had increased, the cave area was still difficult for Mandragora to move around.

Nevertheless, Dodak completed his mission. He picked seven flowers.

“You had a hard time.”

Cheon Do-woon took out the moisturizing cream and rubbed it on Dodak’s sleeping body.

-Help… Huh… .

『Good… !』

Cheon Do-un laughed at the translated sleep talk.

Thanks to Dodak’s performance, the pollen expedition’s schedule ended safely.

* * *

When I arrived home on Blue, Ki-seok Nam, who had been folding laundry, came running.

“older brother! “I heard you’ve been to the cave area?”

“I’ve been there.”

“That’s too bad. “I wanted to go too.”

When I came back from doing laundry in the morning, Cheon Do-un had already formed a pollen expedition and left.

How disappointing it was to hear that story from the siblings.

‘I can’t believe I regret not being able to go to an area that was avoided. I’ve grown quite a bit too.’

Nam Ki-seok realized that he had changed a lot.

“Next time you have something to go, please take me with you. “If not at a time like this, when would I go to an area that is avoided?”

“okay. “I’ll remember that.”

Cheon Do-un said as he placed the flowers he brought on the table.

He lightly threw the glow-in-the-dark stone next to him upwards.

The thread that spewed out from his fingertips cut the glow-in-the-dark stone.

The glow-in-the-dark stone instantly changed into a round shape, and its surface had dozens of stylish angles like a jewel.

Cheon Do-un placed a luminous stone cut like a gem on the table.

“Is there a bowl big enough to put this glow-in-the-dark stone in?”

It is a large ore measuring 40 cm by 40 cm. Although it was quite large, Ki-seok Nam immediately nodded.

“there is. I bought a pot for gomtang before. “If that’s the case, I’ll go in.”

Nam Ki-seok brought out a large-capacity pot.

“Please bring some water.”

“yes!”

As a class A worker, he ran at high speed and brought water.

Cheon Do-un dipped the luminous stone there.

When seven flowers were added one after another, the water instantly turned red.

“The color is pretty. “It’s really watering down.”

Nari Kim looked inside the pot with a curious expression.

“Oh, man. The stone turns red. “Where did you find out about this?”

Nam Ki-seok also looked curious in response to Na-ri Kim’s question.

Before I knew it, the siblings who had gathered together to watch had also become curious.

“I found out about it at the lab. I also found out by chance… .”

Cheon Do-un thought back to when he was young.

He is 15 years old. That day was the day I was called to the lab for cell transplantation.

Normally, I would have gotten the injection right away, but it was a little different back then.

The cell transplant was delayed because the newly hired researcher was arguing with three senior staff members.

[Seniors are so frustrating. This time, let’s transplant 5 types of monster cells at once. If it’s number 17, you’ll be able to endure it.]

[no. That guy has a unique constitution. What if I do something crazy like that and there are side effects?]

[There are no side effects. Even now, more than a dozen species have been transplanted.]

[That’s because only one transplant was done. What kind of crazy person would inject 5 types of cells at once? It would be fortunate if he didn’t die of shock.]

In response to the opposition from the seniors, the new researcher pounded his chest in frustration.

[So let’s try it! When will I have another opportunity to massage a test subject like that? There may be a new discovery!]

The longer their argument went on, the more bored Cheon Do-un became while waiting.

Even if you transplant 5 types of cells at once, you will be fine.

It wasn’t a well-founded thought. It was just a hunch, and this type of intuition worked quite well, so there was no sense of crisis.

Of course, that didn’t mean it felt good.

I couldn’t like the way he treated me like a lab rat.

[You see the papers piled up on my desk over there? Those are all records from my personal research on number 17!]

The new researcher pointed to the desk next to Cheon Do-un.

‘I guess this was that guy’s seat.’

As usual with an alchemist’s desk, it was littered with all kinds of miscellaneous materials and tools.

[You know that I stayed up all night researching for over a month. Please look at the amount and materials of that data.]

At the researcher’s words, Cheon Do-un picked up one of the ores on the desk.

[If you experience any side effects, you can think about it at that time.]

Fondant. Cheon Do-un put minerals into the large beaker next to him.

The mineral, which is known to become useless when it comes into contact with water, instantly bubbled and changed color.

[If side effects occur in the first place, isn’t that great research data?]

Fondant. I also put the flower next to it into the beaker.

A thorn vine flower that grows only in cave areas. The precious flower fell into the water without being used for research.

As the pollen spread, the water instantly turned red. The stone that was put in first turned red as a result.

[I will take responsibility. Number 17: I’m dying to know if that guy can survive this experiment.]

Fondant. An unknown piece of metal next to it was also placed in a large beaker. It too was stained red.

[To be honest, I want to at least dissect that guy.]

Fondant. Bone fragments, which may be important ingredients for something, were also placed in the beaker. It also turned red.

[Because it is obvious that dissection will not be permitted from above. Let’s try something like this. yes?]

Fondant, fondant, fondant. Every time the researcher said something, Doun Cheon put the ingredients on his desk into the beaker.

Before I knew it, the water in the beaker overflowed and soaked the documents on the desk.

Formulas written with a pen smudged and became unrecognizable.

When I had nothing more to put in, I folded the wet documents into a paper airplane and flew them away.

Cheon Do-un opened the window and flew the plane. The paper airplane flew outside through the shower.

I folded another sheet. That too flew out the window.

Another sheet, another sheet, another sheet… .

The 26th paper airplane flown hit a new researcher in the back of the head due to the wind blowing outside the window.

[What is this… hmm?]

The researcher froze when he saw the paper airplane.

For some reason, the handwriting scribbled on the airplane wing looked familiar.

His hands were shaking as he opened the paper airplane.

[Hey, these are my formulas… ! My research material… !]

He looked at Cheon Do-un with trembling eyes.

At that moment, Cheon Do-un, who had just folded his new plane, was flying it out the window.

[Oh, no… !]

He ran outside to pick up the papers. The remaining researchers clicked their tongues as if they knew that would happen.

[I knew I would do that. So, I told number 17 to only do the experiments in the manual.]

[Rather, can I leave it like that?]

They clicked their tongues as they looked at the new researcher’s desk.

The red water that overflowed from the large beaker turned the desk into the Han River.

All the documents on the desk were wet and the writing was smudged.

Hundreds of experimental formulas that were scheduled to be performed on Cheon Do-un were lost overnight.

Cheon Do-un, who was thinking about the incident at the time, saw the luminous stone turning red.

“That’s when I learned about the efficacy of pollen. “All the ore I put into the beaker turned red.”

“I see. “Anyway, it’s a bit refreshing to fold up the documents and throw them away.”

Ki-seok Nam said with a smile.

It was an exhilarating revenge as I had made it impossible to write the documents I had written all day long for over a month.

Nam Ki-seok thought so, but Yoo-beom made a strange face.

“They closed the plane with documents… ? “Did you really just fold the documents?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Didn’t you quit being a researcher?”

If it were Cheon Do-un, it would be right for the researcher to fold it in half and let it fly out the window.

It wasn’t like him to just fold up documents and throw them away.

“Did you really just fold the documents?”

Yubeom asked tentatively.

Cheon Do-un looked at him and then turned his head.

He met Nari Kim’s eyes and smiled.

What happened that night was not a good thing for a child to know.

“ah. “It looks like it’s all been dyed now.”

Cheon Do-un took out a luminous stone with a bright face.

‘It’s folded.’

‘I folded it.’

‘You folded it.’

Everyone except Kim Nari thought at the same time.

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