The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 77

Ch 77: Neo Sisters

…But things in the world don’t go as planned.

“Tsk, usually he answers the phone so quickly, why is he so late today?”

The next morning.

I was pacing back and forth, holding my phone to my ear since early morning.

Because I had something urgent to tell An Yunseung.

—Hello?

I spoke as soon as the call connected.

“Yunseung-a, the item box!”

—Yes?

“Didn’t I tell you to return the item box right after using it yesterday? But we forgot about it and disbanded on the spot.”

—Ah!

“I’m sorry. I just remembered it now…”

I thought that now I just had to meet An Yunseung and hand over the item box, but the conversation took an unexpected turn.

—What should I do? I don’t think I can see you today, hyung-nim, because I have something else to do.

“What?”

—I’m at my relatives’ house for my maternal grandmother’s 70th birthday party.

An Yunseung wasn’t in Seoul?

I was briefly flustered, but then the other side offered a solution.

—But it’s okay! Anyway, I just have to return it later. Just keep it with you.

It seems like it’s not that big of a deal.

“Is it really okay? Are they not going to scold you at the guild for returning it late?”

—Hahaha. No. It’s not that bad. Maybe I’ll just have to pay the rental fee again and it’ll be over.

Although it went through the speaker, Yunseung’s voice was quite bright and cheerful.

“Really? Oh, by the way, how much is the item box rental fee usually?”

Thanks to that, I was able to ask the question with a light heart.

—1.3 million won.

What did I just hear?

“…Based on how many days?”

1.3 million won. The moment that one word came out, the air in the room began to change.

I was sweating profusely while holding the phone, and immediately after that, shocking news came back.

—Of course, it’s based on one day, right?

In other words, if I don’t submit this item box that I borrowed yesterday by today, An Yunseung has to pay 1.3 million won to the guild.

—Well then, I’ll be going now. I’ll contact you again when I go back to Seoul tomorrow…

“Wait! Hey, where are you going? Don’t hang up!”

—Huh?

I shouted in alarm. But the other person’s voice was still calm.

“You said you’re at your relatives’ house, right? Is it a system where you have to return it yourself? If not, I’ll go instead.”

—Y-yes?

“No, if we leave it like this, you’ll be wasting money!”

—It’s nothing, so you don’t have to worry about it…

D*mn it. Why did I forget about this?

An Yunseung was a clear A-rank Awakened One.

As a high-income job where you can earn tens of millions of won in the blink of an eye, there was no way his sense of money would be normal.

No wonder all the restaurants this guy likes are expensive!

“Enough, just tell me quickly if a proxy return is possible or not.”

1 million won might be nothing to An Yunseung, but that price was never cheap for me.

So, I wanted to return the item box within the deadline no matter what.

—O-okay, then I’m really sorry, but please do me a favor this time.

Soon, I was able to hear the procedure for returning the magical tool.

So. I just have to go to the Neo Sisters Guild and find a person named Lee Cheongryong, is that right?

“By what time do I have to give it to him?”

—There’s no specific time. Just within business hours today. It’s a guild member benefit, so it’s not strict…

A little later.

The sound of commotion is heard through the speaker.

I can’t hear it clearly, but it seems like sentences such as ‘When are you going to finish the call?’ and ‘Come and say hello’ are mixed in.

—Ah! I’m sorry. Then I’ll really hang up now.

“Okay. Sorry for bothering you when you’re busy.”

Click.

Right after the call ended. I immediately started preparing to go out.

A magic pouch that can store a large amount of mana-infused substances. An item box.

The price varies greatly depending on the internal volume, but in the case of this box that An Yunseung borrowed, its value is equivalent to a whole apartment.

‘To lend something like this so readily without collateral, this place must really be a big company.’

I moved my feet while repeating various thoughts.

『NEO SISTERS』

Next, I arrived at the Neo Sisters headquarters lobby.

‘Oh…’

This was the second time I had entered a large guild’s building.

But the lobby atmosphere of the two guilds was drastically different.

Unlike the rather business-like structure of the Korean Magic Tower, the Neo Sisters Guild gave the feeling of entering a first-class hotel.

‘It’s incredibly spacious. And what is that huge flower tree in the middle? Is it artificial?’

I looked around with an excited heart.

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“What brings you here?”

As soon as I entered the entrance, Awakened Ones in suits spoke to me.

In response, Giryeo answered.

He said that he was an acquaintance of a person named An Yunseung and that he came to return the item box he had borrowed.

“Ah, An Yunseung Hunter’s?”

As soon as I mentioned the name of an A-rank hunter, the procedure went smoothly.

So much so that it was obvious that the security guards’ expressions had softened.

“Then, before issuing a visitor’s pass, there will be a brief security check.”

“Yes.”

The guard at the entrance greeted Kim Giryeo with a polite attitude.

Up until this point, there were no conflicts.

“Okay! You can go in now.”

“Thank you.”

But a little while later.

A real challenge came to Giryeo.

“Welcome~ What brings you here?”

“I’m here to return an item box. Is a person named Section Chief Lee Cheongryong in the building right now?”

“Yes?”

“I came at the request of An Yunseung Hunter.”

Soon, I arrived at the front desk.

As soon as Giryeo met the desk clerk, he clearly stated the purpose of his visit.

There was nothing particularly wrong with the conversation itself, but the problem was this part.

“Ah~ An Yunseung-ssi, you mean. Yes, yes. Then, before you go up, could you please write your name here?”

“Yes.”

“And please also provide identification.”

Giryeo unfolded his wallet without much thought and presented his ID card. Then, the desk clerk’s eyes widened.

“F-rank hunter?”

Ah, I guess it was at the top since I use my hunter license so often.

Giryeo tidied up his wallet after hearing those words.

“Should I show you my resident registration card?”

“Ah, no…”

Somehow the answer that came back was lukewarm.

“Um, Kim Giryeo Hunter-nim.”

When I looked up, the clerk’s attitude had clearly changed.

It wasn’t a friendly smiling face, but rather a gaze that seemed to be subtly sizing me up.

“You said you came at the request of An Yunseung-ssi, but could you please provide some proof that you two are acquaintances?”

Giryeo turned on his phone and showed something.

It was a text message history with An Yunseung.

“Like this?”

But it seemed that it wasn’t enough to dispel some kind of suspicion.

“Ah, I’m sorry, but I’ll connect a call to that hunter for a moment…”

A little while later.

The guide took out a file and searched the guild’s contact list. And from there, she dialed An Yunseung’s number on the phone and waited for a signal.

—Ring ring ring, ring ring ring…

But what do you know?

Normally, the call would have connected in less than 10 seconds.

Strangely, the other person was silent today. Even after hanging up and calling again, the result was the same.

—Ring ring ring, ring ring ring…

“An Hunter-nim… he keeps not answering.”

Soon, a deep silence flowed in the lobby.

‘Is a 70th birthday party actually a very solemn event…?’

At the same time.

Yunseung’s phone was being enthusiastically destroyed by a young cousin he met at his relatives’ house, but how would they know that?

“Um, if I had known this would happen, I should have taken a picture together.”

Giryeo rubbed his nose and pondered for a moment, then spoke.

“Hey, since I’m just here to return the item box, do I really have to prove this?”

Then, the guild employee replied in a perfunctory tone.

“Yes. Okay. Then just leave the item box.”

I spoke nicely, but why is the response not nice?

“If I submit it here, will the return process be completed?”

“Yes, yes. We’ll check it.”

“But I heard that it’s not guild property, but the personal property of the section chief…”

Giryeo stopped his hand that was about to take out the item box.

‘An Yunseung clearly told me to give the box to Section Chief Lee Cheongryong.’

If this were a normal situation, I would have shown some flexibility and finished the errand by entrusting the item to the guild.

But what was the item box?

This palm-sized box had a value similar to that of an apartment, and if there was a problem with the delivery…

“Excuse me, if I entrust the item box, where will this item be stored?”

The clerk glared at Giryeo as if he were a strange person.

“We’ll keep it and deliver it to the section chief.”

“Here, at the front desk?”

“Yeees.”

No barrier. No Awakened One. A lot of foot traffic.

It was a perfect place to be robbed, and they were storing billions of won worth of items in a place like this?

No, I don’t even need to go as far as a thief.

Perhaps the front desk employee, blinded by money, might not deliver the box properly.

‘If something goes wrong, it’s over.’

Giryeo imagined the possibility of the item box being lost and said with a pale face.

“Um… excuse me… I’m sorry, but I still want to return the item directly to Lee Cheongryong-ssi as Yunseung told me to.”

“Yes?”

“It’ll only take a moment. Can you let me meet him?”

And at this time, perhaps Giryeo’s sincerity got through?

“Ah, yes~ I understand.”

A little while later.

The guide gave an unexpectedly positive answer.

“Then I’ll contact the section chief, so please leave your phone number. He’s a busy person, so you’ll probably have to wait a bit.”

“It’s something that I have to give by today, so it’s a bit difficult to go back and forth, can I wait here?”

“Yes. Then, over there.”

Giryeo was finally relieved.

Moreover, the place I was guided to was a sofa with a view of this wonderful lobby, so there would be no problem killing time.

‘This worked out well. I guess I’ll look at the architecture of Earth for a while.’

Giryeo sat on the sofa by the window and nodded with a satisfied expression.

But unfortunately, the day that Lee Cheongryong’s reply would come back to him never came.

Not long after Kim Giryeo left his seat.

“What did he say?”

“I don’t know~ A crazy guy, he said he was close to An Yunseung.”

“Oh really? An F-rank?”

“Asking to call the section chief, is he serious… Why would he meet the section chief here. Ugh, a troublemaker.”

The two employees standing at the front desk glanced at the direction where Kim Giryeo was sitting and whispered to each other.

“Why do people tell such obvious lies?”

“How would we know what’s going on in the minds of attention seekers.”

“It’s probably the same thought as that girl who came last time. It was a mess. She was asking us to pick her, and even used her skills in the lobby.”

Giggle giggle.

A contemptuous laugh was heard.

“Anyway, that’s how hunters are. As soon as they awaken, they think they’re something special.”

“Haha.”

“No matter how unique their abilities are, someone like an F-rank can never dream of entering a guild like this.”

The front desk clerk looked at the window again. And she said loudly as if to be heard.

“No, how good is our guild’s information network that we haven’t scouted him yet? If he was talented, we would have found him and made him an offer already.”

Hehe.

Laughter flowed again.

But in reality, Kim Giryeo’s expression didn’t change. Because he didn’t know that those words were directed at him at all.

“Anyway, look at him still sitting there even though we’re giving him this much of a hint.”

“Hey, just ignore him. Ignore him. He’ll stop eventually.”

They ignored the request of an F-rank hunter and returned to their usual duties.

And so, 6 hours passed.