Chapter 1 – First Appearance
I think that if anyone makes a big mistake at least once, they should be given a fair chance to undo the mistake. Because there are lucky people in the world who laugh off big mistakes. In my unlucky case, I was put in a situation where I had to face the worst mistake I ever made.
I was now sitting as an incoming student at the Hunter Academy’s entrance ceremony for the Awoken. The position of the seat was in the middle of the students. Around me, there were male students with bloody faces and female students with colorful expressions wondering when the entrance ceremony would begin.
In a different sense among them, my heart was pounding when the entrance ceremony would begin. The big man next to me saw me shaking and asked:
“Are you okay?”
“Ah yes. Are you okay.”
I thought it was really fortunate that he was more polite than I thought. However, as time passes, this expression will change a little. Because I made a really stupid mistake.
In order to enter the Hunter Academy, you had to awaken. There were three main cases of awakening. The first is when you receive abilities from a famous hunter, and the second is when you find a specific hunter training guild, academy, etc. And train hard. And the third case, like me, was a case where I got the awakening ability by accident and without any warning.
I had no desire to become a Hunter. Although the hunter was a high-income job and was like an idol of this era, envy and envy of society, it was because it was accompanied by a strong risk of having to enter the gate and fight monsters.
The news of the death of a famous B-class or A-class hunter at the gate was not uncommon, and news of the injury of an S-class hunter also came out at every gate appearance. While they watched over us, I scanned convenience store barcodes or prepared for civil service exams at home.
To that extent, I had a life that had nothing to do with Hunter.
Until I failed the civil service exam.
When I discovered that my name was not on the list of successful applicants, I couldn’t say anything to my parents, so I shut myself in my room and cried. Because this was the third challenge. I thought I worked really hard this time, but I fell by two problems.
My parents didn’t ask me about the test results, and my friends who asked me about the results of the civil service test understood that I didn’t have an answer and didn’t send any more questions.
At that time, I really felt like my life was over. I didn’t want to do anything. I wanted to die like this, and I also felt like I had no idea what kind of person I was going to be. The TV that was turned on was still reporting the hunters’ activities.
I had a bottle of soju in my mouth, and two more bottles were rolling next to me. My parents were out, and I was watching the house by myself. Maybe I had too much to drink, it seemed like the hunters moving splendidly and mine overlapped for a moment.
Hunter, who had never admired and knew how difficult it was, looked so comfortable and envious at that moment. They looked like people who were lucky enough to wake up and make a fortune, and I thought I could do something like that once I woke up.
Tring!
[Awakened: Suhyeon Jung’s registration begins.]
“Uh? Uh huh uh?”
At that time, I was so surprised that I blew out the soju bottle I was holding in my mouth and threw my hands in the air. I didn’t even know that the soju bottle rolling next to me was wet my cheek.
In a situation where I couldn’t come to my senses, the status window came to me like that. At the time, I couldn’t tell if this was a dream or reality.
Because I drank three bottles of soju.
However, the status window kept asking me to judge.
[Please enter Jung Soo-hyun’s nickname.]
Hunters all have nicknames. It was because the status window asked for a nickname. I don’t know why it asked for this, but the status window always asked for a nickname to use instead of a name. This was also different for each hunter, but if you were a famous hunter’s disciple, you inherited that hunter’s nickname, and hunters who had contact with a specific guild from the training stage gave you a nickname directly from the guild.
Among the A-class or S-class hunters, there were also hunters who changed their nicknames from time to time to promote their company or promote the goods they sold.
So I was taking this nickname very lightly.
It was because I had three bottles of soju at the time, and I couldn’t tell if it was a dream or reality.
So I made the colossal mistake of just writing my nickname as my dick.
I found out after searching the next morning with a hungover body, but in the hunter community, they said that a nickname is the same as a person’s face. It was because when you check the hunter’s profile in the hunter community or guild, you search by nickname.
“Oh, oh, everyone. You have waited a long time.”
And I, who came to know that fact belatedly and attended the entrance ceremony with a nickname like an idiot, couldn’t help but raise my head. I tried to change my nickname, but it was rejected because it is a function that can be used from at least B grade.
I couldn’t even miss the entrance ceremony. It was because the notice handed out in advance by the Hunter Academy stated that the entrance ceremony was “Required attendance.” I didn’t know what the penalty would be if I didn’t participate, so I had to attend.
Because the embarrassing Hunter Academy student is better than the 3rd student.
“Yes! Then there will be a salute to the flag in the next order! I want everyone to stand up.”
Even while I was shaking, the entrance ceremony was going on. I struggled to get up from my seat and finished saluting the flag. As each order passed, I really felt like my heart was being squeezed.
“Yes! The following are the flowers of the entrance ceremony. There will be time to present the admission gift. I will call your nickname and name, so if you are a student who is applicable, please come forward.”
“Fuck.”
I cursed in a low voice.
“Drum maniac Kim Jin-pyo.”
“Money is good, Miss Lee Hyeon-ah.”
“Hyoja Kim Seok-jeong.”
“ABCDE Seo Hyeon-ho.”
Ordinary nicknames were passing by. Each time that happened, I shivered more and more. While the host was calling names, he paused in one corner for a moment. I felt the cold sweat break out again when the presenter stopped.
“Uh… Hanagawa Misaki Kim Chun-bae.”
“Yes!”
With a loud cry, a man wearing a checkered shirt went up to the podium. The people below were groaning. The presenter was looking at a man called Kim Chun-bae with a puzzled face. The host smiled and asked.
“Your nickname is your girlfriend?”
“My favorite character from the anime [Flower Drum].”
“…Ah yes.”
I was very fortunate. I thought it was really fortunate that someone like that was called first. And the presenter started reading the names again.
“‘1’ Ichigaya Ichie-san?”
It didn’t seem to come. Looking back, the person who appeared to be an official was shaking his head. It seemed that something was wrong. And the presenter, who was about to read it again, frowned and started muttering in a low voice to the principal standing on the podium.
“Is this student reading all of them? Some nicknames…”
“It is a tradition to read them all. Please read it.”
“Ah yes.”
The presenter took a deep breath.
I got ready to get up from my seat.
“Ada Bomber Jung Soo-hyun.”
Fuck.
