S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 202
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202. A magic spell that makes you speak well when you hit it
“Are you sure the medicine is effective?”
“In theory, yes.”
“Okay. That’s fine. Is it the feeding type? Or the rubbing type?”
“Just apply it on your tail.”
Manager Kim handed over a bottle of medicine.
It’s scary to apply it directly to Blue, the parrot bird.
Cheon Do-woon opened the vial on his behalf. A clear liquid sloshed inside. He poured it onto Blue’s tail.
-Beep?
Blue tilted his head as the medicine took effect.
What is this? Something feels strange. It tickles. It feels cool. It feels like something is growing.
Blue looked at his own tail. His eyes grew bigger.
-Beep, beep!
Feathers began to grow on Blue’s tail.
Blue feathers that sparkled like pearls. They stretched out like silk.
Surprised, Blue moved to look at his tail. It circled around, following its own tail.
-Beep!
Ah, my tail feathers are growing. They keep growing. They are still growing. What on earth is going on?
Blue felt happy. On the other hand, Manager Kim, who was watching, felt embarrassed.
“What, isn’t it a bit too long?”
“Okay, then. Okay.”
The tail feathers of the parrot are naturally long.
As a species that takes pride in its tail feathers, it has a long and beautiful tail.
Manager Kim knew that too. He knew it, but this was too long.
“The tail looks longer than the body. The tail feathers alone must be over 10 meters long.”
Aesthetically, it was great. The problem was practicality.
“I think it might actually interfere with the flight. Is that okay?”
Cheon Do-woon observed Blue’s reaction.
Blue’s eyes sparkled as if he liked it. He even touched his own tail feathers with his beak.
It’s real. This is my real tail. The tail feathers I lost when I was young have grown back.
-Beep!
Realizing that it was real, Blue spread his wings and jumped.
A long tail rose up as it swept the yard like a broom.
“Oh, I can fly.”
“Yeah. It looks a bit precarious though.”
Flying itself was possible.
But Blue couldn’t keep his balance because of his suddenly long tail feathers.
Blue stumbled and barely managed to land in the yard.
The fluttering tail feathers were certainly beautiful. They sparkled blue as they reflected the sunlight.
Blue looked at my tail like that with a satisfied expression.
-Beep.
Blue went to Cheon Do-woon and rubbed his large head against his chest.
My tail feathers were made better by the leader.
He didn’t know what he did, but when he splashed cold water on it, its tail feathers grew back. Blue understood that.
“I didn’t make the medicine. Go show off to Manager Kim.”
“Haha, isn’t that okay? If it weren’t for you, teacher, I wouldn’t have had to make medicine.”
Manager Kim looked at Blue with a smile.
Monsters are fearsome creatures. The parrot bird in particular is so violent that it is called the bird of terror.
Even knowing that, Manager Kim was pleased.
‘Who would say that bird is a bird of terror if they saw it now?’
Blue’s eyes were moist. Tears fell drop by drop as she blinked.
-Beep… .
Blue closed his eyes tightly.
The things I had experienced because I had no tail feathers flashed through my mind.
Growing up ignored by the group. Almost getting eaten by the same group.
But still, I was lonely and foolishly tried to return to the group.
I was grateful to Cheon Do-woon for accepting me like that.
He didn’t stop at just accepting it, he gave the tail feather back to me.
I’m happy. I’m thankful. I’m grateful. I’m happy.
Monsters’ emotions are not as complex as those of humans, so they have only one unified emotion.
Blue’s emotions were centered around loyalty.
“Crying?”
Cheon Do-woon looked at Blue and lightly patted his head.
“Don’t cry. If you have time to cry, go and practice flying. If you can’t fly, those tail feathers are just decoration.”
A bird that cannot fly dies.
You can’t give up flying for the sake of admiration. If you can’t fly properly, you’ll eventually have to cut off your tail feathers.
“Get used to it now. You have one week to go. Go.”
Cheon Do-woon tapped Blue’s neck twice.
As if he understood what was being said, Blue jumped and flew up.
Blue unsteadily stumbled over the suddenly-formed tail feathers, but he spread his wings to get used to it.
“It’s coming along pretty well.”
“That won’t do. If it were wild, it would die if it flew like that.”
“It’ll be okay. The teacher will take care of you until you get used to it.”
Manager Kim smiled. The medicine he made saved a life.
Even though it was a monster, my heart ached when I saw it crying with joy.
Cheon Do-woon asked as he watched Blue flying near his house.
“That’s enough with the blue pills. Did you catch the store terrorist?”
Manager Kim paused at the sudden question. He looked at Cheon Do-woon as if he was curious.
“How did you know?”
“I heard the rumor before. I thought Manager Kim’s skills would be enough to handle it, so I left it alone. Have you not caught the culprit yet?”
Manager Kim nodded.
“They act so secretly that it’s hard to catch them. However, they say it’s the work of those trying to get rid of the slums.”
“That rumor is really persistent.”
Cheon Do-woon laughed. Despite the fact that he was going to push the slums, his opponent’s movements were lukewarm.
It felt like I was looking at the liver and observing the reactions of those around me.
There is one thing we can infer from it.
‘It looks like someone in a high position is involved.’
A person who has to care about public opinion.
In other words, because social status is intertwined, they do not move recklessly.
There was no rush, so it felt like they were trying to demolish it slowly and gradually so as not to make it feel artificial.
‘Come to think of it, there was a document that Baekho Lee had been investigating. I guess I should catch him and take a proper look at it.’
Baekho Lee, the grandson of the association chairman. The list he had been investigating was already in Cheon Do-woon’s hands.
Since the opponent doesn’t make any moves, I just watch leisurely.
It was as if Cheon Do-un was already holding their leashes.
“Come to think of it, it seems like Director Noh is one of the store terrorists.”
“Director Noh?”
“The person who stole my business in the past. He is the person you met when you first came to my store.”
“Oh, that.”
He who returned after kneeling before Cheon Do-un.
Cheon Do-woon nodded at the memory that came to mind belatedly.
“I remember. That guy terrorized your store?”
“Yes. I think he’s one of the terrorists.”
“What’s the evidence?”
“I saw him throw the bomb and run away. Quite a few times. I also found Noh Sang-mu’s alchemy formula in the debris of the bomb.”
“okay?”
Director Noh was the one who had once let go of Manager Kim’s store.
We ran into each other again when I was getting my clothes tailored in Gold City, and I got beat up that time too.
A man who opposed Cheon Do-un and returned with his limbs intact.
Even after being given two chances, he still couldn’t come to his senses.
“Come to think of it, that guy was the grandson of a TDA researcher.”
His grandfather died a long time ago.
Director Noh himself may not know what his grandfather did for a living.
I left it alone because I had no intention of applying the joint liability system, but it would be different if someone touched my own person.
“I have to catch it.”
Cheon Do-woon lifted Dodak and sat him on his shoulder.
When he broke the return stone, Manager Kim looked puzzled.
“Are you going alone? What about Kim Na-ri?”
By this time, Kim Na-ri should have stepped forward and said she would go too.
But the yard was quiet, and Kim Na-ri was nowhere to be seen.
“Kim Na-ri isn’t here. She’s resting at the beach.”
“The sea? No way… The northern sea of the Demon Realm?”
“Oh. So this time I’m going to move alone. It wouldn’t be good for the child to see that.”
Cheon Do-woon left those words and entered the gate.
At that, Manager Kim looked around the yard with an ambiguous face.
A fluorescent house that looks like an alien might jump out. A two-story house made of bones. And a rib dome.
‘I’m going to the northern sea of the Demon World for rest.’
I thought that Kim Na-ri’s emotional education had already gone far across the river, but I didn’t say anything.
‘I wonder if that guy, Director Noh, will survive.’
Manager Kim broke the return stone and entered. The gate closed and the yard became quiet.
A yellow furball rose up among the sleeping chimeras.
-Beep?
The sage looked around. His gaze stopped at Dodak’s house in front of the garden.
The eyes of the sage looking at the house wavered. His small mouth opened.
-Beep, beep…!
The sage walked around the house in circles. After hesitating, he went into the first floor entrance.
Here, the scent of the mandragora’s territory is felt.
It’s the smell of a strong person who won’t let you enter without permission.
The owner of this house is strong. Being strong means being fresh.
The sage took up his position in a corner of the first floor.
I was planning to hide here and take a bite of the leaf when the landlord came back.
An ambitious judge.
The sasa ate the flower petals on his head to strengthen his resolve.
* * *
The place where Cheon Do-un arrived was the square in the slums.
He deliberately came to a place far away from Manager Kim’s store.
I thought he would run away if he was seen near the store.
‘Manager Kim’s store was over there, right?’
Cheon Do-woon jumped up to the roof of the building.
He jumped over the building and found a spot on the roof where he could see the store well.
As he sat down on the railing, Dodaki tilted his head.
-Huh?
“What are you doing?”
-Huh, huh?
“I’m waiting. It looks like the terrorists have come more than once or twice. They’ll show up soon.”
Cheon Do-woon laid Dodak on his lap.
If you’re just waiting, you’ll get bored, so let’s give you a juice circulation massage.
Cheon Do-woon grabbed Dodak with both hands and rubbed his stomach in a circular motion with his thumbs.
My body relaxed into a languid state as I felt that pleasant sensation.
At first glance, it seems like a peaceful scene.
But there was no expression on Cheon Do-woon’s face. His eyes did not leave Manager Kim’s store.
How long had it been? A familiar figure was spotted in a nearby alley.
“You’re here.”
-Huh?
“Okay. Let’s go.”
Cheon Do-woon lifted Dodak onto his shoulder. He jumped over the rooftop and landed behind the man.
Even though I jumped from a high place, I made no sound at all.
Thanks to that, Director Noh didn’t notice that there was someone behind him.
“Damn it. What the hell is the formula on that building? It doesn’t break even with my formula. That’s ridiculous.”
Director Noh took out a glass bottle from his bosom. The dark liquid inside looked ominous.
“Throw it?”
“Who, who, ugh!”
Director Noh was startled when he suddenly heard a noise behind him.
I couldn’t see the other person’s face because of the backlight.
But the glimpse of his features sent shivers down my spine. The voice I heard a moment ago also made my hairs stand on end.
-Whew!
The last blow was from Dodak. At the roar, Director Noh took a step back.
“S-class hunter… Dodak!”
There was no way anyone could miss the plump silhouette of Dodak, who had become a celebrity.
There is only one hunter in the world who carries around such a thing.
“Now, why are you here…!”
“I should be asking that. What were you trying to throw just now?”
Director Noh averted his eyes for a moment. Nevertheless, he pretended not to notice and hid the bottle.
“Throw it. What do you mean?”
“I was about to throw a bottle just now.”
“Oh, you’re wrong. This is an alchemy potion that I put my heart and soul into making. I wouldn’t just throw it away, right?”
Mr. Noh said, maintaining his composure.
He did nothing wrong. He didn’t even throw the bottle yet. You wouldn’t know what the bottle was just by looking at it.
Since there is no evidence, it is okay to ignore it. That is how Director Noh braced himself.
Cheon Do-woon looked at him and smiled.
“I guess you have no intention of talking.”
“What on earth are you talking about? Don’t talk nonsense to busy people.”
“Yeah. That sounds weird.”
Cheon Do-woon laughed.
“It’s okay. You’ll want to talk soon.”
He relaxed his hands.
“At first, everyone said they didn’t know. But later on, they opened their mouths on their own.”
A spell that makes people confess.
A mystical power that produces a slight bone-crunching sound effect.
“I won’t force you. Just say it whenever you want.”
Cheon Do-woon clenched his fist. A cracking sound rang out from his fingers.
At that, Director Noh’s face turned pale.
Cheon Do-un’s physical magic was about to be activated.