## Chapter 141 – 141. Displeasure
#141. Displeasure
To cut to the chase, removing the blessing was impossible.
Unlocking a blessing was only possible for those who had officially become a married couple.
‘…Well, it’s a blessing placed to prevent rich kids from causing trouble, so it wouldn’t make sense to remove it just because they’re engaged.’
Moreover, Choi Hye-na and I were only in a verbal agreement, not even having had an engagement ceremony.
There was no way they’d release it just because we kissed a little.
Of course, if I officially raised an objection with the Vatican, they would remove the blessing after going through several procedures, but that would make things too big, so people usually just endured it until marriage.
The bishop must have been dumbfounded. It was like I suddenly protested by kissing while asking to remove the blessing.
“…”
Choi Hye-na hadn’t said a word since leaving the office.
She seemed incredibly embarrassed, hiding her face, which looked like it would explode any second, while keeping her head down.
“…She’s my fiancée.”
“Kyaaaa!!!”
Thwack, thwack!
“Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!!”
It was quite natural how her voice went up in tone, as if she had learned vocal music since she was young.
The one word I casually said to change the atmosphere came back as merciless violence.
“That hurts.”
“I hit you to make it hurt!”
You might say that a fist like a cotton swab wouldn’t hurt, but she put magic into her fist and swung it.
It would be less painful if a grown man swung a steel bat with all his might.
“By the way, you wanted me to come to the church because of the blessing?”
“…If I get pregnant now, it’ll be like I wasn’t lying.”
“…Are you serious?”
From her evasive attitude, I could tell that she was half serious.
It was an idea that an ordinary person couldn’t even imagine.
“…But who is that girl?”
“Hmm? Noel?”
“Noel…”
Choi Hye-na quietly repeated Noel’s name.
It was so eerie that I felt a chill down my spine without realizing it.
It seemed like putting the two of them together was no different than putting a dog and a cat in a small room.
Of course, there are dogs and cats that get along well, but at least it didn’t seem like Choi Hye-na, the cat, and Noel, the dog, would get along well without me.
‘I need to make sure they’re not together when I’m not around.’
Anyway, Noel will be returning to her original world in a few days, so there won’t be a situation where they’re alone together.
Still, it wouldn’t hurt to be careful in advance.
“She has a flashy appearance, which tribe is she from?”
“…I didn’t really ask, so I don’t know.”
“Is that so?”
Objectively, Noel’s appearance was so pretty that even celebrities would hesitate to stand next to her.
On top of that, her hair and eyes were a vivid blue, so it wasn’t strange for Choi Hye-na to assume that Noel was a member of a tribal chief’s lineage or a child from a well-known family.
Even if I glossed over it now, Choi Hye-na’s personality would make her try to investigate Noel separately.
‘…Should I create an identity for her now?’
Noel will be active on Earth from time to time in the future. So, it would be more convenient to create an identity for her now.
There were two ways for Noel, whose place of birth was a different dimension, to create an identity on Earth.
One was to get a magic power test and register as a hunter, and the other was to meet a broker.
Both had clear advantages and disadvantages.
In the former case, Noel would easily be able to become a B-class hunter, so there was the advantage of being able to create an identity easily and conveniently.
However, the problem was that hunters below A-class had an obligation to be summoned like soldiers in the event of a mobilization order.
In other words, if a disaster related to monsters, such as a gate break, occurred near their residence, hunters had to follow the country’s mobilization order.
For reference, depending on the severity of the situation, hunters living in Gyeonggi-do were sometimes summoned to the middle of Seoul, so moving their residence was useless.
Besides, I heard that the procedure for hunters to report a change of address was strict.
In comparison, the latter would allow her to live as a normal person, so there was the advantage of not having to shoulder troublesome obligations.
However, the problem was that I didn’t know how to meet a broker who could create a fake identity.
Besides, it was illegal.
‘I can’t ask Choi Hye-na… Should I ask Grandma Choi Young-ok?’
Normally, I would have subtly asked Choi Hye-na, but the relationship between Noel and Choi Hye-na was close to the worst.
I didn’t want to create problems unnecessarily.
Besides, I had already asked Grandma Choi Young-ok for a lot of favors. I wasn’t shameless enough to ask for something more here.
“Where are you going now? Home?”
“No? I have to go to the dojang.”
“What?! You still go there? I told you it could be dangerous…”
I blocked Choi Hye-na’s mouth.
“I’ll be careful since it seems really dangerous. Besides, my master didn’t do anything wrong.”
Just because a family member is a criminal doesn’t mean that person is also a criminal.
Besides, if my master was really a member of the Cheonju clan, one of the leaders of the Triads, he could have been living well in China, so why would he be running a dojang with only me as a student in a shabby villa in Korea?
From one to ten, except for his name, I didn’t know anything about my master.
“I appreciate you worrying about me, but at least I want to see and judge for myself.”
I’ve grown fond of him while training hard, but my master is a person who strangely catches my eye.
I didn’t want to distance myself from him now just because of suspicion.
“…Is it because your master is a beauty?”
“…Don’t pinch my side.”
“I don’t want to.”
***
Bang!
“Cough?!”
A man who flew in at a brutal speed and crashed into the wall coughed up blood and collapsed on the floor.
It was Yoo Jin-tae, the chief of staff of the Black Mountain Guild.
“Jin-tae.”
“Yes, yes… Guild Master…”
At the call of Guild Master Go Tae-beom, Yoo Jin-tae leaned against the wall and barely got up, walking towards him.
Even he, an A-class hunter, was not enough to handle the anger of Go Tae-beom, who was among the top of the A-class hunters.
He was already in critical condition, with broken ribs and internal injuries.
“What do you see this as?”
“…”
Go Tae-beom brought the article decorating today’s newspaper to Yoo Jin-tae’s eyes.
[Three city council members belonging to Seongnam City Council were murdered last night.]
Flap, he turned the newspaper to the next page.
[What was found in the deceased city council members’ rooms was none other than drugs?!]
Even the news on the TV hanging on the wall was all about the deceased city council members and the drugs they were presumed to have taken, P.S.
As a result, the Hunter Association was literally turned upside down.
Once, the branch manager had proclaimed the eradication of P.S in his name.
Not long after that press conference, it became difficult to even see P.S, let alone drugs, on Korean soil.
But the city council members blatantly took drugs, even P.S, which was not an ordinary drug, and were found murdered in a hotel room.
It was virtually the same as the association and the branch manager’s name falling to the ground.
Of course, if it was something that had nothing to do with us, we would have watched it indifferently as if it were a fire across the river.
But the problem was that the one who distributed the P.S was one of the lower guilds of the Black Mountain Guild.
The day that fact was revealed, it wasn’t just the entire guild that would be blown away. The executives, including the guild master, had to worry about their lives first.
“Jin-tae, what did I say back then? I told you to just catch the guy who killed my brother. But what the hell did you do while that guy was killing other guys?”
“…I’m sorry.”
But Guild Master Go Tae-beom was more focused on the whereabouts of the guy who killed his younger brother, Go Nam-seok, than that.
“Hoo… I’m not asking for something difficult. Just catch that guy. Then I’ll grant you whatever you want.”
“…I’ll hurry.”
“Okay.”
At Go Tae-beom’s order to leave, Yoo Jin-tae left the guild master’s office.
“Chief!”
Supported by a subordinate who ran towards him, he quietly reviewed the plan.
The city council member incident was a mishap that occurred because the guild members couldn’t follow them into the hotel.
But this time it’s different.
Yoo Jin-tae’s mind was filled with the thought of killing the guy this time and leaving Korea safely.
***
After parting with Choi Hye-na at the church, I brought Noel to the dojang.
“…Master.”
“Huh?”
“Didn’t you say you were rich?”
“I have enough. But why?”
Noel’s eyes looking at the dojang building were subtle.
Well, it would feel strange if you suddenly came to a poor neighborhood after only seeing the dazzling downtown of Seoul.
It’s not that far from downtown Seoul, but the scenery is like this.
I would feel alienated too.
“I’m sure I saw advertisements for dojangs and hunter academies in the downtown area earlier, can’t you just go to those places?”
“You don’t know Earth very well yet, but the best restaurants are usually hidden.”
“Hmph…”
Ignoring Noel’s gaze, which didn’t feel like she believed me at all, I entered the building.
Ding-dong, I opened the dojang door.
“The interior is quite spacious and clean?”
“Yeah, my house was as clean as this until someone broke down the wall.”
“…Men who hold grudges are not popular.”
I couldn’t bring myself to say, ‘Wouldn’t there be more than women who break down walls?’
“Kyaak?!”
Taking advantage of Noel’s carelessness, I grabbed her ears.
“Let, let go…!”
But as an owner, I needed to educate my summoned beast.
“I think you have something to say before that.”
Whether her ears were still her weakness, Noel just sat down on the floor.
“Wh, what do you mean…?”
“Breaking the wall.”
“Th, that! Master first… Hick?!”
With my other hand, I grabbed Noel’s small, round tail, which showed no signs of remorse.
I had made a hole in my pants, so it was easy to grab.
“What did I do?”
“I, I was wrong! I was wrong, so please let go…!”
“You should have said that sooner.”
As soon as I released my hand, Noel ran away from me as if she were running away.
“Eeeek…! This is tyranny! How can you threaten me with my ears and tail!”
“Do you want to be caught and pounded all night? Why don’t you try to catch me today?”
“…”
Only then did Noel shut her mouth.
I felt good because it seemed like my authority as an owner had finally been established.
While I was filling my personal desires by gently stroking Noel’s tail, which was trembling pitifully, the office door opened with a creak.
“…This is not a cafe.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Cute…”
I grabbed Noel’s head, who was about to say something rude at our first meeting, and made her bow her head.
I sensed that something was not right and looked at my master.
I don’t know the exact reason, but he seemed to be in a very bad mood.
“…Hyun-woo.”
“Yes?”
“You must not bring outsiders to the dojang recklessly.”
I doubted my ears for a moment.
This was the first time he had called me by my name.
“Be careful next time.”
