## Chapter 146 – The Secret Concerns of an S-Class Hero
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That night, after the fierce battle between ‘Hero Hunter’ Lumi and S-Class Hero Iron Maiden.
“Ughhhh! This is the life. Nothing beats a beer after work!
Hey, Ms. Secretary, why don’t you sit down and have one with me?”
Back in her private office at the Union Headquarters, Iron Maiden was sprawled on the sofa,
relishing the taste of beer as she ended her day.
“I can’t. I still have paperwork to finish.”
“Don’t be so cold! It’s always more fun with company.”
She offered a beer to her secretary, Chaeri, but
Chaeri, still burdened with leftover work, refused with a cold, dry tone.
“By the way… that girl had a familiar face.
That emotionless look she had, I mean.”
“Are you acquainted with the villain you fought today?”
“Acquainted is a strong word… more like I’ve seen her around?”
Iron Maiden pondered Lumi’s face from the battle,
feeling like she’d seen it somewhere before.
“She looked like some foreign princess. Her silver hair was so silky and pretty.”
“Yes.”
“Seriously, her chest was huge, bigger than my head! And she was wearing a tight outfit, so she looked incredibly sexy.”
“Ah… yes.”
Seeming annoyed by her recounting of the day’s battle,
Chaeri kept her eyes glued to the computer screen, only moving her head with a dry response.
“Hehe… Hiyah!”
“Kyaa?! W-What are you doing!”
Perhaps disliking that Chaeri wasn’t paying attention and only focusing on work,
Iron Maiden, pouting, rushed over to Chaeri and pressed close.
“Why? Is there a problem? We’re close enough for this, aren’t we?”
Chaeri, flustered by the sudden, aggressive skinship, blushed.
Iron Maiden poked her finger into Chaeri’s chest through her slightly sweat-dampened shirt.
“Ahem…! Close enough?
Iron Maiden-nim is a hero… and I’m just her personal secretary.”
Biting her lip and pushing away the finger poking at her chest,
she drew a line, stating that she and Iron Maiden were merely a hero and her personal secretary.
“Hehe… you look cute when you loosen up like that.
If you could just do something about those dark circles, I bet you’d be popular with the guys.”
“Ugh… don’t even get me started. These dark circles never go away, no matter what I do.”
It wasn’t just that she was upset that her secretary wasn’t listening and only working;
it was also a witty attempt to lighten the mood of her tired-looking secretary.
Chaeri, knowing that her superior often played these kinds of jokes,
relaxed her expression slightly and continued to handle the remaining work in a more comfortable posture.
“I would’ve felt better if I’d caught that girl today.
She wasn’t as weak as I thought. It’s not just her face that’s pretty.”
“According to the investigation… there’s likely more than one Hero Hunter.
Even if you had caught that villain today, it wouldn’t have been the end of it.”
“You’re saying there’s more than one of them? Wow…”
The Union estimated that there were approximately 10 ‘Hero Hunters.’
Based on the testimonies of survivors from the attack sites and the faint CCTV footage,
they determined that at least 10 individuals were involved.
“Even A-Class heroes can’t put up a proper fight.
The problem is that they vanish like the wind after committing these acts.”
“Tell me about it. That pretty girl I met today ran off somewhere during the battle,
and then suddenly poof, she disappeared. Like there was a black hole or something!”
“Perhaps they’re working with an esper who can use spatial teleportation.
Anyway… here.”
After finishing her overtime work, Chaeri draped her jacket over her shoulders,
and handed Iron Maiden the ‘Hero Hunter’ related documents that were on the desk.
“This document contains information about the Hero Hunters.
To be honest, there’s not much helpful information… but it’s still good to have for reference.”
“Oh! Anything is better than nothing.”
“Then I’ll be heading home now.”
Chaeri handed the documents to Iron Maiden and opened the office door to leave.
“Uh-uh! No way! You have to drink beer with me now that you’re done with work!”
Iron Maiden dashed over like lightning and grabbed her arm as she tried to leave the office.
“Ugh….”
Chaeri sighed deeply, as if not understanding why she was doing this, then closed her eyes tightly,
took off her glasses, and this time pressed herself against Iron Maiden.
“If you keep grabbing me like that… I don’t think I can hold back either.
Don’t you think so? Iron Maiden… Yu In-yeong, my junior?”
Chaeri called Iron Maiden ‘Yu In-yeong, my junior’ with a rather provocative look,
launching a counterattack against her constant advances.
The reason Chaeri jokingly called her ‘Yu In-yeong, my junior’ was
because Chaeri was actually her senior as a hero.
Until last year, she had been active as an A-Class hero, playing a significant role on the front lines against villains,
but that winter, she suffered injuries that made it impossible for her to continue her hero activities.
In-yeong was Chaeri’s junior by one month during their hero days, and they were quite close.
After she gained the name of S-Class Hero with her incredible abilities,
she accepted Chaeri, who could no longer be a hero, as her secretary.
“Ah… th-that… ugh… y-yes….”
Chaeri, who exuded a decadent aura of an older sister after taking off her glasses and sweeping back her hair.
In-yeong, whose face was flushed red as she faced Chaeri, was sweating profusely,
and couldn’t meet Chaeri’s eyes as she stuttered.
“Hehe… just kidding. Then I’ll be heading home now.”
“U-uh…”
Then, saying it was a joke, Chaeri put her glasses back on and walked out of the office.
In-yeong smiled awkwardly and waved goodbye to her.
“Ugh… I really don’t know… what should I do?”
Of course, Chaeri was a little embarrassed when In-yeong made advances,
but she looked even more flustered when she was counterattacked.
‘Is this okay… no. But it’s better to keep it hidden…’
The reason she extended a helping hand to Chaeri, who was in despair at no longer being able to be a hero,
was because In-yeong secretly harbored special feelings for Chaeri.
She was an amazing hero who grew from an A-Class to an S-Class hero in just one year,
but in the early days of her career, she had experienced a crisis due to a rookie mistake, as everyone does.
It was Chaeri, during her hero days, who appeared 멋지게 and helped her at that moment,
and In-yeong fell head over heels for Chaeri, as if her soul had been stolen.
‘A woman liking a woman… that’s impossible…’
In-yeong was still confused as to whether she saw Chaeri as an object of admiration,
or whether she really had feelings of love.
She couldn’t believe that a woman could like a woman,
but it was also difficult to see this as mere admiration and respect.
‘Somehow… when I think of Chaeri-sunbae… my body keeps…’
S-Class Hero Iron Maiden is the strongest of the strong.
But human Yu In-yeong is a girl in love with a forbidden love.
“Hngh…♥”
Without realizing it, she unbuttoned the shirt she was wearing,
and began to caress her breasts inside.
Her slender fingers gently and carefully massaged her breasts,
recalling the moment when she had saved her.
“Chaeri-sunbae… Hngh…♥”
The fingers that had been gently massaging the upper part of her breasts went inside her bra,
reaching her slightly erect nipples.
“Hoo…♥ Haa…♥”
If she were to directly tell her that she liked Chaeri,
she was too afraid to speak, fearing that their relationship would not be the same as it is now.
But if she kept suppressing these feelings without being honest,
she felt like she would develop a mental illness.
So, she could only longingly call out the name of the senior she was one-sidedly in love with,
and secretly caress her body like this.
– Click… click…
While In-yeong was busy massaging her nipples and comforting herself,
the sound of heels clicking was getting closer from beyond the door.
“Ah…!?”
Wondering if Chaeri had come back because she had left something behind,
In-yeong hurriedly buttoned up her shirt and pretended to be nonchalantly fiddling with her phone.
– Creak…
“I came back to pick up something I left behind.”
Chaeri returned to the office as In-yeong had expected.
She picked up the phone charger that was on the desk and put it in her bag.
“Phew… I almost had to buy a new charger again. Then I’ll be heading home again.”
“Ah… okay! Bye!”
As Chaeri opened the office door again and went outside,
In-yeong sighed deeply and patted her face with her palms.
“Get a grip… you’re an S-Class Hero.
One of only three S-Class Heroes out of thousands of heroes!”
