S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 165



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Episode 165: Gu-woo who resembles Jaerong

There was a lake where the chairman arrived.

The sight of him looking at the lake with his backpack on his back looked quite serious.

“First of all, thank you for saving Gold City.”

“I know. I was just playing.”

The chairman was impressed by Cheon Do-woon’s words.

To him who has been through all kinds of hardships, today’s events are nothing more than play.

The chairman, unaware that he was actually just playing around, muttered, “As expected.”

“You are truly amazing. But I really want to say thank you.”

The place I had lived my whole life almost disappeared.

Watching it happen right before my eyes was more painful than I could have imagined.

“Especially the giant monster I saw today… It was truly overwhelming in size. You don’t know how nervous I was, thinking it might destroy the city.”

At the chairman’s words, Cheon Do-woon’s face became ambiguous.

That giant monster is the silkworm larva. It is a small cocoon that the chairman has been caring for for three years.

What kind of face would he make if he found out about this?

‘I want to see the reaction, but… I shouldn’t say that.’

The butterfly wants to reveal its identity itself.

I was desperately learning human language for that, so I couldn’t take away that long-awaited moment.

Let’s pretend we don’t know for now. Cheon Do-woon kept his mouth shut and acted like he didn’t know.

“For this work, a plaque of appreciation will be awarded from Gold City.”

“I don’t need it.”

“I knew you would say that. I’ll take it for you. You can take it later.”

The president of the association, who knew Cheon Do-un’s personality, said so.

“You didn’t come here to say that, did you? What’s going on?”

“Actually, there are some things I don’t want others to hear.”

“About the TDA lab?”

“No. This time, I’m worried about my grandson.”

Chairman Lee Un-soo said with a dark face.

“No matter how much I think about it, you’re the only one who can solve this problem secretly. This guy Baekho Lee… seems to have gotten involved with a strange group.”

Cheon Do-woon tilted his head at the unexpected words.

“I didn’t seem like the type of person who would fall for something like that. Do you have any evidence?”

“Yes. I saw it. I went to his room because I had something to say. He was acting strangely alone.”

“Strange behavior?”

“He turned his head wildly and moved his arms like this… like this!”

The chairman flapped his arms up and down.

Cheon Do-woon was silent. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but the chairman did not see it.

“That’s not the end. He looked in the mirror and screamed, “Woohoooooo!” Not once. Many times! He screamed many times!”

“Yeah, you yelled so many times… so many times.”

The corners of Cheon Do-woon’s mouth trembled slightly. Chairman Lee Woon-soo, who was still excited, still didn’t notice.

“I was surprised and asked him what he was doing, but he didn’t say anything. He wasn’t the type of person to keep secrets from this old man!”

No matter how I looked at it, my grandson’s appearance was bizarre. I was so surprised that I even dropped the tray containing my midnight snack.

“I watched him for a few days after that. He was mumbling something to himself about enlistment and such. Every night, he started acting strangely and screaming. He’s become strange.”

Chairman Lee Yun-soo frowned.

“The real problem is that he’s normally fine. So it’s hard to figure out which group he’s in.”

Cheon Do-woon didn’t say anything. No matter how you looked at it, this was preparation for the entrance exam for the Coconut Family.

‘Shall I tell you?’

No, let’s not do that. It’ll be more fun.

A conclusion was quickly reached within Cheon Do-un.

“I tried to find and eliminate that group. No matter how much I investigated, it wouldn’t come out.”

Since I was inside the gate, there was no way I could come out.

“Even with my intelligence, I can’t catch them. This group must be more dangerous than I imagined!”

The Coconut Family has become a dangerous group.

“You are trying to seduce my precious grandson!”

It became a group that seduced the grandson.

Cheon Do-woon covered his mouth with his hand.

That gesture, combined with his cold expression, made him look like he was seriously contemplating something.

Chairman Lee Yun-su was touched by this. He was grateful that he was so concerned about his grandson.

Cheon Do-woon tried hard to suppress his laughter and then lowered his hand.

“Leave it to me. I’ll handle it.”

“Oh, really!”

Lee Woon-soo was moved by the answer that came without hesitation.

As expected, Cheon Do-woon is his benefactor. He is a noble person who will never be found again.

The chairman had no way of knowing that the nobleman was the mastermind behind everything.

“Thank you. Thank you so much! You don’t know how much I worried that this fact would leak out. The chairman’s grandson is in a cult… If that were to become known, people would be biting me.”

It may not be good for the association’s image, but more than anything, I hoped that such rumors would not spread for the sake of my grandson’s future.

Cheon Do-woon nodded as if he understood.

Anyway, after taking the entrance exam, I won’t be dancing that dance.

“Thank you. Where are you going now? I’ll take you there.”

“It’s okay. This is how I’ll get home.”

Cheon Do-woon showed off his return stone.

The chairman nodded, remembering that his house was at the gate.

“I see. Then I’ll go first.”

The association president thanked them once more and left.

He was approached by a brother and sister alone.

“Are we done talking?”

“uh.”

“Can I go home now?”

“After I go pick up Goo-woo and the flying squirrel.”

There were two things that were not caught in the game of tag.

“I’m surprised you haven’t caught it yet.”

“I think we moved to the outskirts of the city. It seemed like we went quite far.”

To ensure a fair game of tag, we did not track locations as much as possible.

But since they had a wall of mana surrounding them, it was vaguely felt like they were somewhere.

“Since tag is over, I guess I should go pick him up soon.”

Cheon Do-un spread his mana to find the exact location of Gu-u and the flying squirrel.

* * *

The place where Cheon Do-un arrived was a residential area on the outskirts of the city.

They looked around with a look of surprise on their faces.

“For a Gold City, the buildings are very old.”

“That’s right. Even in the same Gold City, I guess there’s a bit of a gap between the rich and the poor?”

The Gold City they had seen so far was splendid in itself.

But as we moved out to the outskirts, the buildings felt strangely outdated.

“There it is.”

After landing on the roof of the building, they looked down at the house with the yard.

A narrow yard with laundry hanging out to dry, an old woman sitting on a chair, and a baby lying on her lap.

Cheon Do-woon was secretly surprised to see Gu-u with a human.

“Jaerongi, our Jaerongi… .”

The old man muttered while patting Gu-woo’s back.

The mana wall set up by Cheon Do-un is activated only when a threat is posed.

Thinking about it, it was clear that the old man had no hostility toward Gu-u.

‘There’s a flying squirrel too. What’s going on?’

In the corner of the yard, a flying squirrel was watching the two from afar.

The old man was unaware of the flying squirrel’s presence because he was keeping his presence quiet.

What on earth is this situation? Cheon Do-woon looked at the yard and secretly sent out his strength. It was a signal to Gu-woo.

Gu-u looked around at it.

Gu-woo, who had discovered Cheon Do-un, got down from the old man’s lap.

As he pushed open the iron door, Cheon Do-woon jumped down from the rooftop.

“Why did you suddenly become so funny?”

When I asked with a smile, Gu-woo’s face became embarrassed.

-I don’t know what’s going on either. I was on a butterfly and toured the city until the middle… .

Gu-woo recalled what had happened to him.

He was sightseeing the city on a butterfly.

Wanting to see the city from up close, I jumped onto a flying squirrel flying nearby.

The landing was good. I had become quite friendly with the flying squirrel, so I wasn’t worried about falling.

The problem is the gust of wind created by the new butterfly.

The flying squirrel was carried far away by the wind, carrying the roasted chicken.

-That’s how I arrived in this neighborhood.

This is how I arrived.

-This is a calm neighborhood. The flying squirrel couldn’t continue its flight. It wanted to hide for a while, so it went inside the open door… .

As I entered the yard, I ran into the old man who was the landlord.

The old man’s eyes welled up with tears when he saw Gu-woo.

He ran all the way to the yard without even wearing shoes, calling me Jaerong.

He didn’t avoid Goo-woo. He thought that he couldn’t get close because there was a protective shield that Cheon Do-woon had set up.

I thought about it like that and just sat there for a while before hugging her tightly.

-As you can see, after that, he started calling me Jaerong and petting me. I think he must have raised a dog similar to mine.

At Gu-u’s words, Cheon Do-woon glanced at him. No matter how much he tried to look at him favorably, Gu-u did not resemble a puppy.

A round body like a ball, sturdy horse legs, and chick wings on both sides.

‘Did I make a mistake because my eyesight is not good?’

No. If that were the case, I would have known it was different when I hugged you.

Even though he knows it, he calls Gu-woo a joke. He makes him sit on his lap and pets him. He also gives him dried pumpkin as a snack.

It was an image of missing someone through the eyes.

The iron door opened with a squeak and an old man came out. The old man who followed Gu-woo stopped when he saw Cheon Do-woon.

“Are you by any chance… that child’s owner?”

“Master? Um, well… yeah.”

Strictly speaking, he is not the owner. But it would be easier to accept it now. Thinking so, Cheon Do-woon nodded.

The old man’s eyes wavered at that.

The old man knew that Gu-u was a chimera. He had touched it, so he could not not know.

Still, the eyes looking at Gu-woo were overflowing with affection.

“You’re not trying to take her away… No, that’s not right. I thought she was a lost child. I’m glad I found her owner.”

The old man’s voice trembled slightly. His eyes were wet with tears. Cheon Do-woon looked at it and asked.

“Does Gu-u look like Ja-rong?”

“Hey, do you know our Jaerong?”

The old man was surprised when his name was mentioned.

I know this because I heard it from Goo-woo, but to others, Goo-woo’s voice is heard as nothing more than the sound of a pigeon going ‘goo-goo-goo’.

So it seemed to the old man that someone who knew his precious dog had appeared.

“Our Jaerong left home a month ago. He’s too old to even go for walks… and it’s been a month since he came back…”

Did he get lost somewhere? Or did he sense that he was dying and leave home because he didn’t want to be seen for the last time?

The old man’s eyes were wet again. He coughed and wiped his eyes, then forced a smile.

“Take care of that child. Children leave so early. I thought you would always be by my side… I didn’t know you would leave like this.”

Cheon Do-woon did not answer. He did not know the emotion called sadness. He had never felt it.

But I knew what it felt like to lose someone who was always there for me.

‘I’ve felt something similar.’

Cheon Do-woon looked at the fanny pack.

I must have fallen asleep in the meantime, because only the leaves of the perilla plant were sticking out of the bag.

A feeling of loss crossed my mind as a child, when I thought this little root had died.

Cheon Do-woon looked at Dodak and then approached the old man.

“That kid named Jae-rong. If you have any used items, give them to him.”

“The thing you were using?”

“I’ll find it for you. There are some kids with bright noses.”

The old man’s eyes widened at Cheon Do-un’s words.

“Excuse me? Can you find our Jaerong? I’ve already put up flyers and tried everything. There’s a phone number on the necklace. But no one’s calling me….”

If you don’t hear from me for a month, I’m sure you’re already dead.

The old man swallowed his words. His throat was so choked up that he could no longer speak.

The old man closed his eyes for a moment to calm his emotions.

I know that little, fluffy child has already gone far away.

I knew it, but I wanted to capture the last moment with my eyes. I wanted to make a small grave in the yard where we used to play often.

I want to leave snacks there every day. I want to leave my favorite ball there too.

I want to whisper to him to wait because I think I will be leaving soon.

‘If you come out to meet me then…’

If that’s the case, I’ll be really happy. The old man wiped his eyes and went into the house.

What he brought out a little later was a yellow blanket.

The blanket, which had fur of a similar color to the cow’s, was very worn. There were also signs that the torn parts had been patched and patched.

“Our Jaerong really liked this. When he was little, he would sleep here all the time. When he got older and had trouble walking, I wrapped this up like a sling and carried it around.”

The old man’s hands holding the blanket trembled slightly. The old man looked at the blanket and handed it to Cheon Do-woon.

“Please. Please find it for me.”

“okay.”

If he left on his own because he was afraid his owner would be sad, he would likely have already passed away.

Well then, let’s find the remains so we can build a grave for them.

Cheon Do-woon thought so. But the moment he received the blanket, he stopped dead in his tracks.

“This is….”

“what’s the matter?”

The siblings sensed Cheon Do-un’s strange behavior and approached him.

Cheon Do-woon looked at the blanket in silence. To be exact, he looked at the few gray hairs stuck there.

Fur of a similar color to Guu. The energy felt from it was familiar. This feeling was definitely, definitely.

‘I wonder if he’s alive?’

This is the aura of the chimera.

What the old man called a trick was not a puppy, but a chimera.

Do old people know this fact?

Cheon Do-woon looked at the old man. The old man with tears in his eyes only seemed to be worried about the weak puppy.