Chapter 3 – Introduction (4)
The wedding process was very fast.
A simple way to just report the marriage and end it without even a simple wedding ceremony.
It was a simple and futile marriage, but…
The results were not so modest.
[It is known that Yeriel Frost, a former top-notch hunter, eventually submitted a marriage report…]
[This broadcasting station will sincerely support the happy married life of the two of you.]
Beep.
I turned off the morning news in pain.
Originally, news like that is broadcast in the evening, but it seems that they noticed it last night because they suddenly registered their marriage right before last night.
Since I had already received enough attention, I had no choice but to accept Yeriel’s marriage proposal.
Without her help, I couldn’t possibly resume my activities.
I wondered if I had to even get married, but fortunately the effect was excellent.
“I only submitted the marriage certificate, but this is what happens…”
It seemed that public opinion toward me had reversed in a very short time, and that I would no longer have to listen to reckless speculations and swear words.
That’s also true, the Winter Kingdom Guild’s legal team that Yeriel was in was very competent.
Now other hunters won’t be able to touch me openly.
The newlyweds will use this place, Yeriel’s accommodation, as it is.
A contract marriage of less than a year.
As she recalled the words that still didn’t quite make sense to her, Yeriel walked out of her bedroom.
“Good morning?”
“That, yes…”
It’s obvious, but first of all, it’s each room.
As I try to get used to Yeriel in her plain clothes…
Suddenly, a knock sounded, and Alice walked in calmly.
She went to work and sat at her husband’s newlyweds’ house, not her own place of work.
“Sister, are you okay?”
“What’s not okay?”
Yeriel smiled and prepared breakfast.
Apparently, she ate together often.
As I reluctantly accepted Alice’s presence, she threw a box at me.
“Now, the special airtight container I ordered yesterday.
“Thank you.”
Once you put down the box, start eating.
Yeriel’s food skills weren’t too bad.
In fact, it was a menu that couldn’t be tasted like breakfast.
Meanwhile, Yeriel said she wasn’t eating spoons with us, but she sat down next to Alice and tied her ribbon in her hair.
Wasn’t that Alice herself?
Alice showed her slight annoyance, but she couldn’t resist Yeriel’s hand.
Seeing her go around like that in public, she is really respectful to Yeriel.
Even though I thought so, I reprimanded him.
“I think I know why I didn’t get 5 hours of sleep during my active career.”
“Stop talking nonsense, criminal.”
Alice feared that Yeriel would stop tying her ribbon. She waved a fork and threatened me.
Yeriel rebuked her, but I didn’t really care about her.
“You’re a criminal…”
“Oh, it’s okay. It’s not even wrong.”
“Isn’t it? Is it really necessary to stay with this human anyway?”
Alice showed a disgusted face as if she was still wary of me.
Green Dust is a hunter and killer.
She can’t help but worry.
However, Yeriel replied with a very serious expression.
It meant that I would not allow any further discussion.
“Alice, would you like to go home today?”
“Oh, no. I’ll just be quiet. I’m sorry.”
In fact, I can roughly guess Yeriel’s intentions.
She must be trying to earn my trust somehow.
Before registering our marriage yesterday, we also decided on a simple rule.
After eating in an uncomfortable atmosphere, I quickly moved to the sofa and picked up an airtight container.
A special container that feels like a small ampoule.
I just raised my mana and started filling it up.
Buy it…
With a strange light, green powder began to pour into the airtight container from my fingertips.
Alice and Yeriel came to see my work with expressions full of curiosity.
“Is that green dust?”
“Okay.”
Green Dust.
It’s my nickname, and it’s also the name of my abilities.
A special substance that resists magical power.
Its uses are truly endless.
The amount currently being produced will be handed over to the organization I belong to, the ‘Company’.
They were very uncomfortable with Yeriel’s existence, but…
Green dust is an irreplaceable substance.
Of course, I, who supplies it, is also an irreplaceable talent. I will try to keep the relationship somehow.
As if Alice was fascinated by the self-luminous green dust, she kept trying to close the distance.
I pushed her away a little.
“Don’t come too close.”
“Huh. I’m afraid someone will steal it?”
“No. Green dust is radioactive. There’s nothing good about getting close.”
“What, what?”
Alice backs away in a fright as if she really didn’t know anything.
I thought I knew this much… I really want to know how to be a hunter.
On the other hand, Yeriel is smiling as if she knew it of course.
In fact, the level of detail about green dust is not particularly classified.
It’s just that Alice’s studies weren’t enough.
“Why the hell are you making radioactive material in your living room?”
“Your sister is there.”
“Ah…”
The radioactivity emitted naturally from green dust is very weak.
Therefore, with Yeriel’s ability, she didn’t care too much.
Her abilities didn’t match mine from the beginning.
It’s not an extreme match where one side can never beat the other… But the person who uses their hand first becomes very advantageous.
So I avoided her every time.
‘I wasn’t going to see a retirement ceremony or something…’
I regretted it all over again and proceeded to stock up on green dust.
The advantage of my ability is that I can create and use it in advance in this way.
When the container was about half full, I remembered what I had been thinking about last night.
“Then, shall we discuss the countermeasures after 359 days?”
“Ah…”
A soft sigh escaped from Alice’s gaping mouth.
Originally, it was 360 days, but it has been reduced by one day.
It could be seen as a countdown to the extinction of mankind.
Yeriel immediately corrected her posture at my words.
“Yes, please.”
“First of all… Don’t you guys have any countermeasures yet?”
“Yes. It’s embarrassing, but it’s true. Currently, only a handful of people, including me, know the information.”
I guess so.
If information spreads that the creation of gates may stop forever, a panic may occur.
The government must actively control information.
“What about other countries?”
“I don’t think I’ve noticed yet, but I guess it’s just a matter of time.”
“That makes sense. I have a solution, would you like to hear it?”
“Are you trying to kill all the Hunters?”
No, how the hell did you know?
Alice, who was next to me, closed her eyes tightly as I was started.
I hurriedly persuaded Yeriel, who smiled bitterly.
“Yeah, I know it well. Was it actually someone you could talk to?”
“No. Yesterday, I said murder was a last resort, right?”
Right.
The rules of her marriage that she and her set yesterday.
One of them was the prohibition of killing.
She had no intention of using Green Dust, a killer who specializes in hunters.
I was a little relieved by that fact, but immediately came up with the next method.
“Then, how about mass-producing green dust and spraying it in the air?
“Uh, does that mean the hunters won’t be able to use their abilities?”
“Yes. There are minor environmental issues, but nothing to worry about.”
“No, it’s radioactive…”
Alice is quick to point out a topic she didn’t know about a moment ago.
But I didn’t give up persuasion.
This method is really good.
“That’s even better. Radioactive materials have a half-life.”
“What?”
“In the early days, there will be some negative effects due to green dust, but after about 50 years, it will return to normal. By then, hunters will already be on the verge of extinction.”
“Is that a minor environmental issue?”
“You think it’s a hundred times better than letting the hunters run wild?”
“…”
Unfortunately, Yeriel and Alice did not seem to agree with me.
Can not help it.
Pioneers always suffer from the ignorant public!
If things get a little more serious, maybe I’ll eventually realize I’m right.
Shortly after I filled and sealed the last container, thinking as positively as possible.
Suddenly, a fishy taste of iron rose from the depths of his chest.
I thought I had to be patient, but I just couldn’t stand it.
“Cool!”
“What?”
“Jae-hyun?”
Patter…
Black dead blood was splattered on the clean living room floor.
Women who are very embarrassed by my sudden vomiting of blood.
I thought it would still be fine, but it didn’t seem like it.
I wiped my mouth with a tissue and picked up my smartphone.
“Do not worry about it.”
“No, never mind. Call the therapist right now…”
“Actually, if you think about it, it’s because of you guys?”
Alice trembled when I suddenly blamed her.
On the other hand, Yeriel held my hand tightly and she asked.
“Why are you doing this?”
“Internal exposure.”
“Yes? Ah…”
Yeriel, who belatedly understood the situation, nodded her head heavily.
Green dust is a radioactive substance with a short half-life.
Even though the emission itself is extremely small, my body, which produces it, has no choice but to continue to be exposed to radiation.
Although radioactivity can be suppressed in normal times, it is unavoidably exposed during production.
Originally, I was supposed to be treated regularly by a person with healing powers…
Two days ago, I missed the timing because I was caught up in the retirement ceremony incident.
I didn’t want to reveal this weakness already, but it was regrettable.
“I’ll call someone. He’s my exclusive therapist, let him in.”
“All right.”
As I was cleaning up the blood on the floor, a subordinate called by smartphone came up in the elevator.
When Alice picked her up from the parking lot, she found Yeriel, and she looked like she was about to die.
Her cute, slightly sloppy appearance was the one I had called the other day to get rid of the house.
“Master…”
“Quickly, please.”
“Yes!”
She nodded her head eagerly and used her healing powers.
Lying on the sofa, I felt my body rapidly improve.
