Chapter 14 – The 1st Black Dragon Room Regular Meeting
The setting sun was making the shadows of the city even darker. Black Dragon’s B-rank hunter ‘Thunder Sword’ Lee Jun-hyeok lifted the awning slightly and looked outside. The academy looked like a palace beyond the busy crowds and dark red buildings.
“Ah, the regular meeting begins.”
And Lee Jun-hyeok said that and turned on the light. When a bright light suddenly came on in the dark room, the two people sitting in front of the table blinked. They were Kim Yu-jeong, a D-class hunter, “Kim Yu-jeong,” And Seong Ha-yeon, a D-class hunter, “Binggung Goddess.” Kim Yoo-jung was wiggling her fingers, showing her anxiety, and Seong Ha-yeon’s expression was that she didn’t know why she was here.
Lee Joon-hyeok flipped through the papers in front of him one by one and looked at Kim Yoo-jung.
“Hey, Kim Yoo-jung. Did you report anything the other day?”
“Ah yes. That… Ichigaya Ichie-san said that the nickname ‘Miyamoto Musashi’ was too ugly, and that she wanted to keep using her nickname as ‘1’.”
“If you just do that, you’ll come in?”
Kim Yoo-jung shook her head. She had to be clear about the parts that could be misunderstood.
“No. She said that she would think about it, but I thought it would have to be a prerequisite for attracting it, so I reported it.”
“Oh, yes. That’s what I told our ark. Here I brought the ark answer. Listen carefully.”
He cleared his throat and lifted up the A4 paper. Because of the sunlight shining on the back, the letters came in.
“When I went to Japan, I saw a statue of Miyamoto Musashi. Musashi Miyamoto. He was a one-dang-hundred legend who had defeated countless samurai, and was the very spirit of the samurai.
Humans in the Black Dragon Room must be made up of Mu and Hyeop. And, a warrior in the Black Dragon Room must also have the samurai spirit.
Ichigaya To say that Ichie doesn’t want to be nicknamed Miyamoto Musashi. It’s just an absurd remark because he lacks this samurai spirit. Class D Hunter ‘Kim Yoo-jeong’ Kim Yoo-jung tells Ichigaya Ichie what the samurai spirit is, and tries to earn the name Miyamoto Musashi. If you don’t want to make a decision, let him know that he can compromise just as much as getting the nickname ‘Musashi’. Ideally, Choi Soon-hong of the Black Dragon Ark’s ‘Pacheonwang’.”
Kim Yoo-jung, as she listened to the message from the Black Dragon Ark, felt the word ‘Lee Jik’ pass by her temples. If she had had a guild offer her scouting, she would have run out of her place at this moment. However, the size and influence of the Black Dragon Room were too great to transfer.
It was a self-evident fact that the moment you said a word of quitting, unknown and unreasonable measures that you could receive as a hunter in society as a whole would attack you. Kim Yoo-jung said, holding back the desire to curse, and smiling hard.
“Hey, that… Ichie’s student is Japanese, but I want to learn the samurai spirit… You want me to teach you? Uh, what should I do?”
“I don’t know either. If so, what can I do? And, there is one more thing to convey.”
At the word, Kim Yu-jung and Seong Ha-yeon both straightened their postures. Lee Jun-hyeok opened a document and said.
“This time, the lord changed the titles in the Black Dragon Room, saying that they seemed to be calling each other too casually. Listen carefully.”
At the mention of the name change, Kim Yu-jeong and Seong Ha-yeon sighed deeply. It was because she was overcome with mental fatigue just by listening to it. Was life in the guild really that tiring? Kim Yoo-jung did not know.
Lee Jun-hyeok said with a solemn face.
“From now on, the titles between each other will be unified with martial arts titles such as death penalty, priest, and sister-in-law.”
Kim Yoo-jung and Seong Ha-yeon, who had never read martial arts, only tilted their heads at each other. It was because I had no idea what to call it exactly. Lee Jun-hyeok cleared his throat once again and began to explain.
“Oh, what is this? Look. I came in before you. So from now on, I am Lee Jun-hyeok’s death penalty. Okay?”
Kim Yoo-jung seemed dizzy. She blinked her eyes and nodded her head. Junhyeok Lee said.
“And, who came in first, you or Seong Ha-yeon?”
His Holiness Hayeon raised her hand. Seong Ha-yeon entered the Black Dragon Room about a month earlier than Kim Yu-jung, and she awakened two months earlier. Lee Jun-hyeok nodded her head and said.
“Then Kim Yoo-jung, you should call Seong Ha-yeon sister-in-law. Originally, she said to call her a lion, but since the tone was strange, she said to just unify it as a sister-in-law.”
“Then what should I call Yoojung?”
“Sister. I’m a sister in law now. Sister Ha-yeon. You have to call it like this You guys can call me Brother Junhyeok. Okay?”
No answer came. Sung Ha-yeon looked at Kim Yoo-jung with an expression wondering if this was true. Kim Yoo-jung tried to ignore Ha-yeon’s gaze and sighed deeply. As Lee Jun-hyeok opened his eyes, the two reluctantly nodded. Lee Jun-hyeok said this with a satisfied face.
“Okay. Now it looks a bit like the Black Dragon room.”
Kim Yoo-jung did not know what Lee Jun-hyeok said was like a black dragon room. Is the essence of Black Dragon’s room retrogressive? Kim Yoo-jung’s doubts did not come out of her mouth and only echoed. Lee Jun-hyeok started talking again without knowing Kim Yoo-jung’s question.
“And, the delivery is now over, and this is the main point. This time, the two of you will be put on a field training mission for new hunters.”
Seong Ha-yeon and Kim Yoo-jung stiffened their bodies at the word of field input. Although she is an E-class gate, it was still because field missions were field missions. Junhyeok Lee said.
“And, of course, the hunters you will be in charge of this time are ‘Ada Bomber’ Jeong Su-hyeon and…”
“Yes?”
Seong Ha-yeon was startled and asked back. Lee Jun-hyeok looked at Seong Ha-yeon, who had cut off his words, and asked.
“What.”
“I beg your pardon? What is your nickname?”
“Ada Bomber.”
Seong Ha-yeon shook her head and said.
“No, really? Aren’t you crazy? Why did you name it like that?”
“How do I know? Go ask him, dude.”
Lee Jun-hyeok got annoyed at the fact that he had stopped talking and started explaining again.
“Hunter Jeong Su-hyeon and ‘1’ Ichigaya Ichie Hunter. We specifically contacted the academy and organized the group like this. Your mission is simple. Youjeong Kim. You’re in charge of Jung Soo-hyun’s bastard, Seong Ha-yeon. You, Ichigaya, take charge of Ichie and act separately.”
Seong Ha-yeon asked.
“Have you decided how to separate?”
“Doesn’t exist. You guys just need to kiss in moderation and disperse separately. When exploring inside the gate, isn’t it that there aren’t times when two people split up and act?”
It wasn’t that there was none. Usually it just doesn’t work that well. It was dangerous because you didn’t know what was going to happen inside. Kim Yoo-jung tried to point it out, but shut her mouth.
“So, if the two split like that, we will solve the monster. They’re between E and D, they’re not poisonous, and they’re just enough monsters for you to catch. I’ll shoot you a picture book later, so you can take a look at it.”
“I think solving monsters is too risky. They are now two apprentice hunters…”
Kim Yoo-jung objected. The iron rule of the Hunter Association was safety first and second safety. However, the higher the rank, the more hunters forgot this iron rule. Lee Joon-hyeok was also intoxicated with insensitivity to safety that B-levels and above often have. He pointed at Kim Yoo-jung and Seong Ha-yeon and said.
“Hey, if you guys can’t even catch an E-class monster by yourself, why are you a hunter? Even when I was an apprentice hunter, I threw myself into the E-class gate just because I was growing up. Know how to survive there. Uh? Compared to that time, this is a nobleman. This is why hunters are no good these days.”
Seong Ha-yeon twitched her lips and narrowed her eyes. She seemed to have a lot to say, but she held back because Lee Jun-hyeok had a higher rank. Lee Jun-hyeok pointed to Kim Yoo-jung and said.
“Kim Yoo-jung… Sister-in-law okay. Uh. You go now, catch monsters in a cool way in front of our Hunter Jung Soo-hyun, and secretly seduce them. There’s something scientifically proven about that. People fall in love when a woman next to them seduces them in a moment of crisis. That wasted leg effect.”
“A rocking bridge effect?”
“I just need to roughly understand it. Be sure to point it out.”
Lee Jun-hyeok got annoyed once and then looked at Seong Ha-yeon. And he told her
“You are Ichigaya, take me to Ichi and show me a cool side. Uh? Use your skills and abilities to the fullest. This is a D-Class Hunter! This is the Black Dragon Room! Show me something like this. Okay?”
“All right.”
Seong Ha-yeon nodded her head with her disapproving face. She didn’t like this kind of clowning. The reason she became a hunter was because her money was also money, but she wanted to prevent monsters from entering the gate. Seong Ha-yeon didn’t like Black Dragon’s room’s decision to expose ordinary people to danger in order to recruit her guild.
Lee Jun-hyeok made the two men familiar with the contents of the mission once again and then asked.
“Hey, did you all understand?”
The two nodded. Lee Jun-hyeok nodded with a satisfied expression and then spoke.
“Okay. Go and do well uh? Okay?”
The sun was setting. Starlight streamed down the walls. A street lamp that shined brighter than the sunset illuminated the long shadows of the two trudging along. Seong Ha-yeon lit a cigarette and said.
“Fucked cubs.”
Kim Yoo-jung silently nodded her head. Seong Ha-yeon shook her head and said,
“I can’t even get a job, fuck. Really.”
“Let’s do our best.”
Kim Yoo-jung laughed helplessly and she said so. Seong Ha-yeon said she.
“You are suffering too. They tell me to go out with a fucking bastard, starting with a nickname.”
“I’m not that bad.”
Kim Yoo-jung shook her head and defended Jeong Su-hyeon. Seong Ha-yeon blinked her eyes and looked at Kim Yoo-jung and exhaled her cigarette smoke once.
