I tamed the First Rank Chapter 137
- HoshiMiya
- Aug 4
- 7 min read
In Yoo-shin was very embarrassed.
"Uh, why did you skip all the intermediate steps and just do this……?"
Hyeon Gyu-ha also couldn't hide his embarrassment.
"I forgot to get praised for hunting down monsters last time, so I came prepared to get lots of praise from Yoo-shin-ssi in this dungeon!"
"No, I won't praise you while hunting. If I do, it just leads to that outcome!"
“Isn’t it time you got used to it?”
"How do you get used to that kind of thing!"
Meanwhile, crystals were slowly forming in the air before his eyes. The hidden boss Yonggungchasa Su-eon-baek appeared, using the crystals that formed while vibrating the air violently as their core.
His appearance, with his pale complexion like a corpse and wearing a red official uniform, felt somehow eerie. With dark circles under his eyes and a haggard, tired face, he looked exactly like a company employee suffering from constant overtime work and overwork.
Instead of raising his weapon, Su-eon-baek yawned and took out a scroll from his sleeve. It looked like the life and death scroll that the grim reapers carried around.
“I am Su-eon-baek, the Dragon Palace Guardian of the King of Hell. Let me check first. Name: Hyeon Gyu-ha, age 28.......”
"What?"
"Ah, my mistake. My eyes have been a bit blurry lately."
Su-eon-baek rubbed his eyes and took out his glasses. Then, he checked In Yoo-shin and let out a low exclamation.
"Wow, in this world, you were originally destined to die at the age of eight, but the Lord Hyeon saved your life."
When In Yoo-shin heard those words, his eyes widened, and Su-eon-baek grumbled with a tired look on his face.
"Somehow, recently, people in this world have been living past their normal life spans or dying early due to accidents. It turns out that you are the culprit. Because of you, our envoys have more work to do."
"Does that mean I'm a human who shouldn't have been born in the Iron Age?"
"That's right. It's rare to have hybrids with other worlds, so it's an existence that can't be measured even by the Book of Life and Death."
"Anyways, why did you come out?"
The boss and hidden boss of the dungeon must be related to the background. That was the law of the world that made up the gate. It was a law that even gods could not easily break, so didn't Inanna have to wait 19 years for Hyeon Gyu-ha to enter the dungeon that she was connected to?
"Originally, this place…… In the language of this world, it's called a dungeon and a boss, right? Anyway, the hidden boss of this dungeon was supposed to be the daughter of the Dragon King of the West Sea, the Dragon Lady of Jeomin, but well, there are circumstances from the higher-ups."
Su-eon-baek seemed to be trying to gloss over it as if he was tired of explaining things at length. Then, when Hyeon Gyu-ha’s expression turned fierce, he continued speaking in a solemn voice as if he had never intended to be so vague.
"Your maternal aunt, Stoya, is not a dead queen buried underground and a resident of the underworld? The underworld is similar to the afterlife, so there was some kind of agreement with our King Yeomra to hand over the key to you. I do not even know what the agreement was."
Su-eon-baek sighed deeply with an even more tired look on his face.
"Thanks to the Yongnyeo's willingness to accept, I was summoned here as a Yonggungchasa with a connection to the Yonggung. I'm already very busy......."
"It looks like Dad's got a fire under his feet because he's kicking my butt and telling me to come running to him right now."
“I don’t know anything about the situation in that neighborhood.”
"How did you know I'd come in here?"
"Stoya has consulted not only with King Yeomra but also with the various gods of the underworld. It was unfortunate that you entered this dungeon and Sojik, who had been waiting, was summoned. Anyway, if it is fate that we met like this, then it is fate. If you are curious, I can tell you the names of your parents."
When he was talking behind my back, his gaze was directed at In Yoo-shin. In Yoo-shin shook his head without thinking. When I was young, I really wondered who my parents were, but not anymore.
"My parents are the ones who raised me."
"Huhu, that's right."
Su-eon-baek, who was happily stroking his beard, glanced at Hyeon Gyu-ha with an expression that asked if he had anything more to say. There seemed to be nothing more to ask of the low-ranking official who only did what he was told. Hyeon Gyu-ha answered with a shrug.
"Then I will take my leave now. I wish you good luck. Is this how people greet each other these days?"
Su-eon-baek disappeared while making a heart with his hands.
[The dungeon's hidden boss, 'Yonggungchasa Su-eon-baek', has acknowledged you.]
Only a large rock crystal remained in the air.
In Yoo-shin silently calculated in his mind. Originally, there were three keys that Hyeon Gyu-ha had, one from Atabeyra, one from Nzinga, one from Gong Tae-seong, and the one he saw in front of him.
“……”
He calculated it again and it was seven. That crystal stone is the last key.
In Yoo-shin slightly lowered his head, afraid of what kind of expression he was making right now. Hyeon Gyu-ha casually took the crystal stone and threw it into the inventory.
"That fish was useless in the end."
“......I guess so.”
In Yoo-shin rubbed his cheek with his palm. Isn't this the key that took 20 years to complete? I should congratulate him.
“Chu……”
But as soon as he raised his face, Hyeon Gyu-ha bent down and lightly kissed his right earlobe. The sound of him kissing his was unusually loud and flowed into his ear.
"It's fortunate that I don't have to use Yoo-shin-ssi's artifact. If the grim reaper had appeared and I had seen a ghost, I would have been in trouble."
Hyeon Gyu-ha’s voice, as he spoke, did not sound all that happy. Could it be because my bad selfishness was distorting it? In Yoo-shin took a deep breath and moved his lips.
"That’s the last key? That's really good."
“I was just wasting my entire life trying to get three, but after meeting Yoo-shin-ssi, I got the rest in a few months.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha, with his back to the light, was leaning forward, his lips pressed against In Yoo-shin’s ear, so his face was not clearly visible. What kind of expression could he have on his face? Was it a relieved expression, since he finally got what he wanted? Or a happy expression?
"I told you that I was lucky enough to get the key quickly when I was with you."
“Yes……”
The lips that had gently licked his earlobe moved slowly along his jawline. The slight warmth that touched his skin slowly spread, mixing with his breath. In Yoo-shin couldn’t move, fearing that the warmth would be lost if he even breathed, so he barely moved his hands to grab his jacket.
Soon, warmth gently spread over his dry lips. The sensation of lightly rubbing against his lips was so uncomfortable that In Yoo-shin closed his eyes with difficulty. With their lips still pressed together, Hyeon Gyu-ha whispered softly.
"I want to take back what I said, really. It was too fast."
14.
Manager Kim just sighed deeply at the confident explanation that he had cleared the dungeon by 'accident'. Still, it was spilled milk, and judging from the footage, it was a dungeon that would be difficult to use as state property, so it ended well with Hyeon Gyu-ha paying the expected winning bid.
The two then went to Gong Tae-seong's apartment. Somnoros was shocked when he heard that he had obtained the last key.
『I wanted to show my trustworthy side to your lover by telling her that the dungeon was open!』
“Why mine?”
『I have to look good in front of your lover!』
"......?"
Somnoros fluttered around, even his fins trembling, and when Hyeon Gyu-ha, who had become frantic, glared at him, he quietly hid behind Gong Tae-seong.
Gong Tae-seong coughed faintly. Just as he was about to open his mouth with a cautious expression, the door opened wide and a little girl rushed in. The person who looked like a babysitter also bowed to Gong Tae-seong.
Although it was the first time they had met, In Yoo-shin recognized her at a glance. She was Min Anna, Gong Tae-seong's daughter.
"Dad, I'm back! Huh? It's Uncle Tangerine!"
Min Anna charged at Hyeon Gyu-ha with the strength of a bull. Of course, Hyeon Gyu-ha frowned and dodged, but she did not give in and rushed at him again, hanging on to his waist.
"Uncle Tangerine! Me, me! Do that! That! Sky! Whoosh whoosh! Quickly, quickly!"
"Annoying."
"I won't let go until you do it!"
Hyeon Gyu-ha covered his ears with both hands, but he couldn't overcome the stubbornness of a 5-year-old. He used psychokinesis to float her up in the air, spinning her around and flipping her over, causing chaos as it burst out in breathless laughter.
'I think it'll be really dizzy, but I guess it's okay. A 5-year-old's stamina is really amazing, huh?
I was impressed, but at the same time, I felt very sorry. Such a lively and bright child had only a few more years to live.
"Do you live with Anna?"
"The child is going back and forth between us."
He nodded and motioned for him to go out to the balcony. While Hyeon Gyu-ha was busy looking after the child, he had something to ask Somnoros.
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HM: I guess these days they defeat the boss monster without fighting
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