Chapter 1557 – 1557. Saint Unicorn
[Son Ga-yeon, 28 years old, virgin
Sex experience: 0
Number of partners: 0
Sex drive: 67
Inner thoughts: A friend who is a hunter currently rising in popularity. Not bad.]
Beneath Son Ga-yeon’s seemingly easygoing exterior lay calculated thoughts. It wasn’t disappointing. Rather, it felt more human and relieved me.
‘She’s the acting head of the family, there’s no way she’d act without thinking.’
Just then, her fishing rod shook. A fish had taken the bait and was pulling the line.
“Got one!”
Son Ga-yeon jumped up from her chair and grabbed the rod. Her face was more serious than ever, even more so than when she was negotiating with the Sword of Exorcism.
The fishing line was pulled taut. Son Ga-yeon’s hand movements became faster. I didn’t know much about fishing, but I thought her technique was quite impressive. Soon, the fish hooked on the line came up.
It was a crucian carp. Smaller than the palm of my hand.
“Aww…”
She sized up the carp and immediately released it.
“You went through all that trouble to catch it, why release it?”
She was putting bait on the hook when she glanced at me and said,
“It’s too small for my standards. And I release almost everything I catch. I’m not fishing to eat the fish.”
“So, in short, you enjoy fishing?”
Son Ga-yeon nodded.
Honestly, I didn’t understand. Most of fishing is waiting. And Son Ga-yeon seemed like the type who would be dripping with sweat even if she just sat still. It looked more painful than fun. But I didn’t plan to say anything to her. Everyone finds joy in different things.
I was about to say something when my fishing rod in front of me suddenly lurched violently. The shaking was even more intense than the one I had seen with Son Ga-yeon’s rod earlier.
“You’ve got one! What are you doing! Pull it!”
“Huh? Oh.”
I answered casually and grabbed the rod. It wasn’t my first time fishing, so I wasn’t flustered. The fish was quite strong, but I was a hunter with overwhelming physical abilities compared to an average person. This level of force didn’t even make my body tremble.
“Don’t just use your strength! Reel in the line! No, let it out now! Good! It’s starting to tire. It’s a carp! Pull, pull!”
Son Ga-yeon shouted from the side, giving me a barrage of instructions. She seemed more energetic and excited than when she had recovered the Sword of Exorcism.
“So, I pull now?”
“Pull!”
I pulled the rod with all my might. A fish was lifted from the water. It was a carp. Son Ga-yeon’s face hardened. It was much bigger than the one she had just caught.
“Is this a carp? Wow. It’s way bigger than the one you caught earlier, noona?”
“W-wait a minute. Let’s measure it with a ruler to see how many centimeters it is.”
34cm.
It was a whopper.
“C-congratulations. You caught a whopper on your first try? You seem to have a talent for fishing.”
Son Ga-yeon looked slightly offended.
“Talent, my foot. This is just luck.”
“They say luck is 70% and skill is 30%. That applies to fishing too. Want me to take a picture?”
“I’d appreciate it if you did. People usually hold the fish like this.”
Click!
After taking the picture, I released the carp. I was going to give it to Son Ga-yeon, but she refused. It was awkward to take the carp with me. I didn’t particularly like carp dishes either.
After the commotion, we returned to the topic of the Yellow River Sect and the Triangle.
“The Yellow River Sect is in China, so it’s difficult to deal with them right away. No matter what, our family’s influence doesn’t reach China.”
“I have connections in China. I plan to deal with the Yellow River Sect with the help of those connections.”
“Can I ask what kind of connections? They’re the ones who cultivate drugs and distribute them to Korea. It’ll be difficult with ordinary connections.”
“The Overlord’s Gate.”
“The place where the S-class hunter, Heavenly Overlord Cheon Jung-pae, is? Wow, your connections are amazing. A guild that even the chairman can’t easily deal with is your connection. Dealing with the Yellow River Sect will be easy.”
“Honestly, I don’t know if they’ll help. I haven’t talked to them yet.”
“They’ll probably help. China is generally sensitive about drugs. But if it’s the Overlord’s Gate, it seems like you wouldn’t need our family’s help?”
“This isn’t China, it’s Korea. I thought the Five Great Families would be the best to handle it cleanly.”
“Good thinking. And you came to the right place. You said Triangle, right? How do you want us to deal with them?”
“What options are there?”
“There are many options. For example… we could wipe them out completely, or we could use public authority to arrest them and make them rot in prison for the rest of their lives.”
“What if I want to deal with them myself?”
“That’s possible too. Do you have a plan?”
“A plan… not yet.”
“Okay. Think about it.”
“It might get a bit troublesome, but will you help?”
“The Bukbaek Son family doesn’t break promises.”
She said it coolly, while dripping with sweat.
The business was done, but I didn’t leave Son Ga-yeon’s side. I used fishing as an excuse to sit next to her. I wanted to get closer to her whenever I had the chance.
I looked at Son Ga-yeon’s profile. Even though she was sitting in the shade doing nothing, her body was covered in sweat. And she was drinking water every ten minutes.
“Noona. You sweat a lot? Do you have hyperhidrosis?”
“This? It’s not hyperhidrosis, it’s more of a constitution issue. I’ve had so many problems because of this constitution.”
“That must be tough. You must have to drink a lot of water too.”
“Well, yeah. I drink 10 liters a day, minimum.”
“10 liters?”
“I have to drink that much. Otherwise, I get dehydrated. It’s a bit of a hassle, but I’ve never had any problems because of this water bottle.”
Son Ga-yeon held up a black water bottle and shook it. I could hear the sloshing sound. It seemed like it was more than half full. I suddenly realized something strange.
‘She’s been drinking water constantly, but it’s still more than half full?’
There was no way she was just sipping water.
“Is it an artifact?”
“That’s right. It’s an artifact that uses mana to create drinking water. It also keeps it cool.”
“That’s a must-have artifact for you, noona.”
“I’ve been carrying this water bottle since I was little. I developed this constitution when I was 16… It’s been 12 years already.”
Son Ga-yeon looked at her water bottle as if it was something new.
“…12 years ago? So, your constitution isn’t congenital?”
“Hmm. I don’t usually talk about this… but I’ll tell you since you’re my friend. You can’t tell anyone else. 12 years ago, I ate a mystical elixir. As a side effect of that elixir, I developed this constitution where I sweat a lot. I’ve been to the Seoheuk Hyun family, and I’ve visited famous doctors, but they don’t know how to fix it.”
“What kind of elixir did you eat?”
At my question, she scratched her cheek. Of course, her fingers were covered in sweat.
“Do you know about the Fire Dragon?”
“How could I not, as a Korean? It’s the SS-rank monster that appeared over a decade ago.”
It was a monster more commonly known as the Red Dragon. The material for my precious Hwaryeon Bido is the scales of this Red Dragon. The Sword Saint was made with black iron and the scales of the Red Dragon, and the hilt was made from the Red Dragon’s bones.
“Don’t tell me, that elixir was…”
“The Fire Dragon’s heart. Or rather, just a part of its heart. I ate that heart and developed this constitution where I sweat a lot as a side effect. I sweat even when I’m still in the summer, and I sweat even if I move a little in the winter, so it’s a problem. But… I don’t regret it. If I could go back to that time, I would still eat the Fire Dragon’s heart.”
“So, the effects were better than the side effects?”
Son Ga-yeon smiled and nodded.
I quietly tried to gauge Son Ga-yeon’s strength. I couldn’t be sure, but I guessed that Son Ga-yeon had similar strength to me.
‘Maybe she’s even stronger than me.’
There seemed to be more hidden powerhouses than I thought.
“Hit!”
Son Ga-yeon suddenly jumped up. A fish had bitten her hook. She grabbed the rod and started to concentrate. Her hands moved quickly. Son Ga-yeon was purposely suppressing her physical abilities to an average human level while enjoying fishing.
‘Hmm.’
My gaze went to her upper body.
I couldn’t tell the exact size because of the vest she was wearing, but I could estimate that she was at least an E cup.
‘Her clothes are soaked with sweat.’
Especially the armpit area was damp. The armpits were a place where you sweat a lot, so it couldn’t be helped. Anyway, it had been a long time since I had seen a woman with such damp armpits. And it was a beauty who was so eye-catching.
“H-hey! W-where are you staring?!”
Son Ga-yeon, feeling my gaze, was startled and twisted her body. Because of that, the fish she had managed to hook escaped.
“I was looking at your armpits, noona. They look very damp.”
“Y-you, seriously.”
Son Ga-yeon’s face turned bright red. She pressed her arms tightly to her sides.
“You said it’s because of your constitution. It doesn’t smell, so it shouldn’t matter, right? But it’s amazing that it doesn’t smell.”
“That’s because I’m Korean, I guess. No, before that, my sweat isn’t dirty. I sweat so much that there are no impurities left to come out with my sweat.”
I deliberately sniffed the air as if teasing her. As she said, there was no smell of sweat, probably because there were no impurities.
“Agh! Stop it, you pervert!”
Slap!
Son Ga-yeon’s palm hit my shoulder. It seemed like a light swing, but it stung quite a bit.
“I’m just kidding. I’m just kidding.”
“You made me lose the fish!”
“Ah, was that why?”
“And don’t sniff in front of a lady! You have no manners! Manners!”
“It doesn’t even smell, so what’s the big deal?”
I looked at my shoulder. There was a handprint left. Her face and armpits were covered in sweat, so there was no way her palm would be any different.
“Haa. It was definitely a whopper… I lost it because of you.”
Son Ga-yeon sat back down on her chair.
“Ah. Hit.”
This time, my fishing rod shook. I calmly got up and caught the fish. It was a carp again, and it was a whopper.
“A 40cm… no way. A beginner catches two whoppers in a row… Tell me honestly. You’re a pro, aren’t you? Huh?”
“Fishing is easy. There seem to be a lot of whoppers in this river. Why don’t you catch any, noona?”
“I’ll catch one soon, so shut up.”
Son Ga-yeon said with a frown. She was a woman who was fun to tease.
“It doesn’t look like you’ll catch anything there. Why don’t you try casting a little more to the right?”
“Shut up! I know this place better! This is the best spot!”
“I think I’m better at fishing than you, noona. Admit it?”
“I said shut up! I’ll show you what a real whopper is soon! Just wait!”
