Chapter 511 – Childhood Friend (5)
I feel this keenly as each day passes.
Yoon Si-hoo and Jin Ha-rin.
The choice to train the two together was truly the best choice.
“Seniors…, How should we block attacks coming from the floor?”
“Put your magic on her feet and step on her steps. Then, as the magic that seeps into the ground spreads, you can completely remove the ice thorns that have risen up around you.”
“Ah, that way!”
We take a step forward by finding a solution after thinking and asking.
“Senior, you also gave the correct answer to Sihu.”
“… “My role is to teach.”
“Still.”
“That’s why you too can become strong. Because every time your move gets blocked, you discover a new move.”
“That…, I see.”
Boldly discard the destroyed move, equip a new move, and take a step back.
A constant sense of distance that is constantly maintained as if we are about to touch or not.
“Go!”
The enthusiasm that I can’t wait to reach.
“Don’t come!”
It’s a poisonous poison caused by evil that I don’t want to touch.
Kwaang!
It constantly encourages the growth of both people.
When I look at this, my mind turns completely white.
“… “I don’t know anymore, I don’t know either.”
Two trains running on designated rails have derailed and are racing across the ground.
The growth rate we expected has far exceeded our expectations, and we are still on a steady upward trajectory.
That’s why the future has become unpredictable.
What position will the two reach in just a few years?
At the same time, I feel a sense of crisis.
“… “I think we need to be tougher on our kids too.”
We must not neglect our children who are training a few years ahead of us.
* * *
Three months passed quickly.
Meanwhile, the lives of Kim Do-jin and other guild members were very monotonous.
Classes, training, and dungeon raids.
Of course, there were countless incidents and accidents within just three words.
The rapid growth of the two trainees also had a significant impact on the existing guild members.
The sense of crisis that if things continue like this could really catch up with them hit them on the back.
Thanks to this, an untimely training craze broke out, and as a result, the celebrity disease that Kim Do-jin was worried about passed away without anyone catching it.
The guild’s internal stability has become stronger without any stagnation, which is good news in many ways.
In the meantime, the day they had been waiting for so long came.
2nd Quarter Hunter Qualification Test.
The very morning that Yoon Si-hoo and Jin Ha-rin set their first goal.
“I’ll be back!”
“I’ll be back.”
The two people leave the house after having a hearty breakfast today.
“Ugh… “Aren’t you so nervous?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Both sides clearly looked nervous.
One side was overly emotional, and the other side was overly down.
It is such an important day.
Kim Do-jin boasted, saying, ‘With the skills of the two of you, you can pass without using an arm.’ But you never know.
A person with tremendous talent suddenly appears, or you make a series of mistakes due to excessive tension.
There are many dizzying situations that can arise if you are relaxed.
I was walking down a quiet residential alley.
“Suddenly I remember the old days.”
“… When?”
“When entering our university.”
“Ah, then.”
“At that time, I thought I could only take the hunter qualification exam right before I graduated.”
From then until now.
For Yoon Si-hoo, everything felt like a dream.
The reason why I joined the guild was because I caught the attention of the person who was ahead of me with skills that made it difficult to count backwards.
She grew rapidly under his teachings.
She grew up so much that she proudly applied for the hunter qualification exam when she was only in her second year.
“This isn’t a dream, right?”
Sometimes I was afraid.
I wonder if this is all a dream, an illusion that will disappear when I open my eyes.
Every time I open my eyes in the morning, it has become a daily routine to check for any scars or calluses I made the day before.
“Don’t worry, it’s not a dream.”
On the other hand, my childhood friend was cool and cold-hearted.
These days, it seems like he’s become more calm than before.
Some people say they don’t like her coldness, but Yoon Si-hoo knows.
The fact that she just wrapped her coldness around herself as a means to survive stronger than anyone else.
So, when I watch it, it feels both sad and amazing.
But something strong will break someday.
Yoon Si-hoo always hoped.
I hope that sometimes she can rest comfortably on my shoulder.
But is that just words?
‘I want to become someone who I can deeply rely on.’
I want to be the shade and support where my childhood friend can rest comfortably.
That was the starting point that made Yoon Si-hoo what he is today.
He gained courage by seeing me grow rapidly through rigorous training.
‘If it is now…’
Now that you have become stronger and are getting stronger in real time.
If you have passed the hunter qualification test and become a hunter.
She said it might be possible to give her shoulder.
“Excuse me…, Harin!”
“Why?”
“That… “If you pass the exam this time, there is something I want to say to you.”
“… “What do you want to say?”
“Huh! So, that…, Can you give me some time?”
“…”
Jin Ha-rin’s indifferent gaze turns to Yoon Si-hoo, who is fidgeting.
It is clearly visible.
What is he trying to say?
I think probably 90% of the women in the world can tell by looking at his expression.
“Okay, okay.”
She readily accepted his offer.
It was a good thing.
“I also had something to say to you.”
“Oh, that’s right…” ?”
Because she also had something she wanted to say to him the day she became a hunter.
“Let’s go quickly, we can’t keep our seniors waiting.”
“Yes, yes!”
The two people started walking even faster and headed toward the testing site.
* * *
The day of the exam finally arrived.
A large crowd of people gathered in front of the test center forming a crowd.
Half of them are test takers and their families and friends who applied for the second quarter hunter qualification exam.
The other half happened to be people who came because of us and had nothing to do with the exam.
“Hey… “Look at the camera flash going off.”
“It seems like there are dozens of suns.”
“Superstar Elena…, I would gladly accept this interest. Hehe.”
The guys chatting calmly amidst countless flash fires.
It is truly a nuisance.
“They said they didn’t have to come, so they all came.”
I clearly told them not to come, but they all came on time.
That’s why.
“It’s our chicks’ first test, so we need to work up a lot of energy!”
“That’s right, that’s right!”
“Now our chick…, It becomes chicken.”
What should I do?
They said they would give support to their direct subordinates.
Just then, Yoon Si-hoo and Jin Ha-rin can be seen walking from afar.
Then Shin Yu-jeong waves his hand wildly and signals.
“Guys, it’s here!”
Yoon Si-hoo and Jin Ha-rin, who saw us in the crowd, approached us with bright expressions.
“Seniors!”
“Everyone came?”
“Of course you have to come to this event!”
“I came here to relieve tension.”
“Just break the pots of everyone you meet, okay?”
Who are you?
The guy who keeps talking strangely to Elena.
After the advice from the senior guild members, it was finally my turn.
I only said one thing to the guys who were looking up at me with bright eyes.
“If you don’t pass, you’ll be expelled.”
“Wow.”
“… “You’re kidding, right?”
The two people’s faces went from pure white to blue.
“Hey, what kind of nonsense are you saying to the kids who are taking the exam!”
“You idiot!”
“Are you not paying attention, Dojin?”
Voila!
Mate!
“100 million… !”
My back seems to have turned blue too.
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This exam was held over 3 days and 2 nights.
To conclude, Yoon Si-hoo and Jin Ha-rin passed the exam with confidence.
And that’s at grade B, the highest grade you can get in a qualification exam.
I come out of the monitor room that I obtained thanks to the help of Director Kim Seong-tae and greet the two people who have completed their exam.
“Everyone worked hard.”
“Senior!”
“Were you watching?”
“Yes, they were both very good.”
It was worthy of praise.
Even though it was a real game, he wasn’t nervous and showed off what he had practiced well.
“It’s all thanks to you!”
“That’s right. “It was possible because my senior taught me.”
The guys who paint my face with gold.
The bridge of the nose naturally becomes higher.
Wow, I’ll teach my juniors this taste.
It’s a feeling.
Let’s go eat something delicious with the kids who have had a hard time eating bad association food for 3 days and 2 nights.
“Are you hungry? Should we go somewhere to eat something delicious?”
“I’m sorry, senior!”
“Uh, um.”
I was rejected outright.
“Actually, I have something to talk about separately with Harin. Right, Harin?”
“Uh? Uh, yeah…”
She looks at me with an expression full of regret and then lowers her head.
“I’m sorry, senior. “The two of you have something to talk about.”
“Oh yeah… ?”
There is no such thing as hurt from rejection.
I’m just curious.
What on earth are those two trying to talk about?
“I’ll pack my bags and come out, so see you at the entrance, Harin.”
“Okay.”
“Seniors! Please excuse me first!”
“Uh? Uh, yes.”
Yoon Si-hoo walks away with a bright smile.
As soon as he disappears, Jin Ha-rin approaches quietly.
The distance is so close that you can even see each other’s fine pores if you focus just a little.
This must be proof that he considers me that much friendly.
She opens her mouth, showing her worry and a young expression.
“Senior.”
“Huh?”
“What should I do?”
What should I do all of a sudden?
“… “What?”
“I mean Sihu. “I think he’s planning to confess to me today.”
I was speechless.
Shifu guy.
How are you so bad at managing your facial expressions that your entire thoughts are read before you even confess?
While I was puzzled, she asked me.
“Senior, what should I do?”
“… ?”
Why did you do that to me… ?
