CHAPTER 265: ILLEGAL TOURIST

"GUILDMASTER, we’ve identified two of the corpses that Vice President brought to us."

"Good job," Semi said to Bae Inha— the Vice Guildmaster of the Autumn Guild, an A-Class Hunter. "You look gloom, Inha-ssi."

She knew that she would be hearing bad news when she went to the Autumn Guild that day.

Honestly, she just wanted to stay at home and observe Eunseok.

[But I have a responsibility as one of the country’s Big 4.]

Bae Inha let out a sigh before giving her full report. "Two of the corpses were identified as Lee Minsol and Park Hyuk. Lee Minsol was the one who was dressed like you, Guildmaster. On the other hand, Park Hyuk was the one who copied Guildmaster Song Moonho. They were a married couple, both B-Class Hunters. According to the records I got from APA, the two supposedly died in a dungeon break five years ago."

Dungeon break.

[It’s a phenomenon where neglected Cracks burst open and monsters crawl out of the dungeon.]

The device that could detect Cracks wasn’t as effective as it was today than five years ago. Hence, many dungeon breaks happened during that time. Unfortunately, they lost many mid-ranking Hunters due to that.

"But the strange thing is their time of death, Guildmaster," Bae Inha continued with her report. "According to our tests, Lee Minsol and Park Hyuk died only a few months ago. Their bodies were filled with unknown substance that kept them "alive" until they were killed by Guide Seon Chowon-ssi."

"Unknown susbtance? So, it wasn’t the work of a Necromancer?"

When Semi heard from Yeon Soobin that the corpses were "alive" before they were killed by Seon Chowon, the first thing she thought was it must be the work of a Necromancer.

But it wasn’t.

"Our Researchers also thought it was the work of a Necromancer. But the results showed otherwise," Bae Inha continued with her report. "We can’t identify the weird substance that we found in the corpses."

"It may not be the work of a Necromancer, but maybe the Necromancer can identify the weird substance if it has the property that could bring someone back to life. Song Moonho isn’t here, but his protégé is currently uder the Summer Guild’s protection."

"Then I’ll send a request to the Summer Guild and ask them for Hunter Dawn’s cooperation."

"Yes, do that for now," Semi said while nodding. "How about the other corpses?"

"We haven’t identified them yet, but we have a feeling that they were Unregistered Awakened People."

Tsk.

Unregistered Awakened People, as its name suggested, were people who didn’t report their awakening to the government.

But it was more common for a Guide to hide their identity than a Hunter.

[After all, Guides are more vulnerable to sexual abuse than Hunters are. Moreover, Hunters are more celebrated than Guides.]

So, it was strange that those Hunters hid their identities.

"Expand your search to the Black Market. Most Hunters who don’t report their awakening are involved in illegal activities," Semi said while tapping her fingertips on the table. "What’s the condition of the so-called ’Commander?’"

"The Commander is still paralyzed," Bae Inha said. "Guide Seon Chowon-ssi said that the effect would take at least a week. Apparently, the Commander won’t be able to move an inch during that time. Hence, he won’t be able to kill himself."

"Alright. But don’t keep monitoring him. If he releases a miasma like Hunter Bride did, call me right away."

"Yes, Guildmaster."

"Can you handle things here without me?"

"Of course, Guildmaster," Bae Inha, who knew about Semi’s current family problems, said while nodding. "I’ll only call you if needed."

Semi smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Inha-ssi."

***

WONHEE was surprised when she saw a familiar face when she arrived at Semi’s house.

Since she was with Hwang Yejun, they teleported straight to her older sister’s house instead of using a car. To be precise, when she opened her eyes, she found herself in the living room.

"Bitna-ya, you’re here," Wonhee said, beaming. "Are you going to stay with us from now on?"

According to Hwang Yejun, Bitna was her brother-in-law’s niece.

[I wouldn’t know because when Semi Unnie got married, I was keeping my distance since it was still a secret that I was her younger sister. Moreover, Chang-ho Oppa doesn’t go along well with his family.]

"For now, yes," Bitna said, gently grabbing Wonhee by the arm. "Let’s check on Seon Eunseok."

Wonhee noticed that her brother-in-law, Seon Chang-ho, suddenly looked nervous.

[Why, though?]

"Broccoli, I’m entrust Wonhee to you," Hwang Yejun said in a serious tone. "I’ll be away for a while, so please take care of her for me."

"You don’t have to remind me, Hwang Frost," Bitna said, waving her hand as if shooing Hwang Yejun away. "Plus, Do Ahyeon is here. His shield is only second to yours."

Oho?

Wonhee glanced at Ahyeon, and her young friend blushed as if he was embarrassed by Bitna’s praise. "I heard you were promoted to S-Class recently, Ahyeonnie. Congratulations."

Ahyeon blushed harder, but he smiled as if he was proud of himself. "T-Thank you, Noona!"

Aww.

[It’s good to see that Ahyeonnie hasn’t changed despite being an S-Class Hunter now.]

"Take care of your mother while I’m away, son," Hwang Yejun said while patting Do Ahyeon’s shoulder. "I trust you."

What?

[When did Ahyeonnie become our son?!]

"D-Don’t worry, Hyung-nim," Ahyeon said shyly. "I’ll protect Noona with my life."

Wonhee was confused.

[It seems like I’m closer to Hwang Yejun than I initially thought if Ahyeonnie is being friendly with him...]

***

"WHY IS IT so hard to see your handsome face, Hwang Yejun?"

"Because this handsome face is expensive, Noona," Yejun said, raising an eyebrow at Soline. "Welcome to Korea."

Yes, he was talking to that Soline.

Tall, blonde, green-eyed.

Soline— a World Ranker, and the current Guilmaster of France’s most elite guild known as simply the ’Soline Guild.’

"You should thank Grandpa Suk-yong," Soline said, crossing her arms over her chest. "He’s the one who worked hard just for me to enter Korea. Illegally, that is."

Soline was still banned from stepping foot in Korea.

But the legal way wasn’t the only way for someone to enter their country, right?

Yejun turned to Yeon Suk-yong, Wonhee’s grandfather, who was sipping his coffee quietly. "Thank you for granting my request, Grandpa."

Yeon Suk-yong almost spat his coffee, then he put down the mug on the table and glared at Yejun. "I’m not your grandfather, punk."

Yejun just shrugged.

Yeon Suk-yong would be his grandfather-in-law in the future, but that could wait.

For now, he had to work.

That was exactly why Yejun summoned Soline and Yeon Suk-yong to his private office in the Winte Guild HQ.

"I heard you have a request for me, Yejun."

"Yes, Noona," Yejun said, turning to Soline with a serious look on his face. "I need your ability."

"Which one?"

"The one that allows you to see the most recent memories of a deceased person."

It was Soline’s turn to get serious. "Yejun, I adore you. But you know that using that ability is dangerous to me, don’t you?"

"That’s why I prepared a huge compensation for you, Noona."

"You’re not going to offer me money, are you?"

"Why would I offer money to the heiress of a fashion mogul? Noona is even richer than the chaebols in Korea."

"I’m glad you know that. So, let’s hear it. What can you offer to me who has everything already?"

"Dragon skin."

Those two words were enough to make Soline stop and listen more carefully.

[Noona bit the bait.]

"I know Noona has everything— except dragon skin," Yejun said, smiling. "You got in trouble with our country when you illegally smuggled monster skin. But none of those monster skins were as good as a dragon’s, right? You said it was your dream to make a bag using dragon skin. But since you got banned from entering our country, that dream remained a dream, right?"

He still remembered the conversation he had with Wonhee when he explained to her while the Soline Guild was banned in Korea...

["Yeah. As you know, after the Outbreak, the Soline Group began producing bags and other stuff made of monster skin. But France and other European countries are rarely attacked by Cracks where monsters with skins similar to reptiles appear. On the other hand, South Korea used to be frequented by dungeons that contained monsters with skins that you could turn into leather. So, the Soline Guild tried to smuggle monster skins from our country into France."]

["APA allowed that to happen? Just because they were bribed?"]

["Heh."]

["Why are you grinning?"]

["Semi Noona and Song Moonho also use monster skins for their businesses. So, I sent them an anonymous message letting them know that APA was allowing other countries to steal their resources."]

["W-What did my unnie and Song Moonho-ssi do then?"]

["Let’s just say that no other foreign guilds tried to enter our country again for the same purpose, and APA learned their lesson the very hard way."]

"You bastard," Soline cursed Yejun as if she was suddenly mad at him. "I tried to buy dragon skin from you in the past because I know you have killed plenty of them. But you refused to sell them to me before!"

"That was before," Yejun said, shrugging. "I’m not going to sell them to you, Noona— I’m going to give you a significant amount of dragon skin for free if you help us."

"Are you sure?"

"I am, Noona."

Soline raised an eyebrow at him. "I thought you didn’t want to sell me the dragon skin you own because you wanted to use it to make your future wife’s wedding dress."

"I know, right?" Yejun said, laughing softly. "But if the world ends, how can I marry my dream girl?"

***

Hi! I posted the story about the world with Towers and without Guides that N, the World Ranker, mentioned to the Big 4 before.

It’s called Time-limited F-Class Wife, and here’s the teaser:

"CONGRATS, Miss Baek— you’re pregnant with South Korea’s #1 Hunter’s baby!"

Baek Gyubin, the leader of a flopped Kpop girl group, is beyond shocked after hearing that she’s carrying Hunter Han Wooju’s baby.

And to be informed that she’s pregnant as a twenty-five-year-old virgin?

That’s crazy!

It’s even crazier that her ’baby daddy’ is the Guildmaster of Blue Dragon— the strongest guild at the moment.

Plus, Hunter Han Wooju is the CEO of a luxury shopping mall and a known member of Korea’s W1 Trillion Club.

In short, Hunter Han Wooju is way out of Gyubin’s league!

"How did I get pregnant with your baby, Hunter Han Wooju?" Gyubin asked awkwardly. And then she remembered THAT incident, causing her to gasp out loud. "Is it because I ate your dragon ball?!"

Wooju let out a long sigh. "Miss Baek, it was an egg and not a ’dragon ball.’"

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