I Tamed the First Rank Chapter 61
- HoshiMiya
- May 9
- 7 min read
“I can’t hold the field for more than a few minutes!”
“I know!”
Before he could finish his words, Gong Tae-seong quickly ran through the back alley, burning the corpses wandering in the white flames.
The ports of ‘A Day Without Abnormality’ that were aiming at him stopped with a rattling noise. The waterfall of corpses pouring down with a rotting voice stopped all at once like a still image. Hyeon Gyu-ha frowned as he stretched one hand forward and used his ability.
“Finish it quickly.”
“It’s not helping and it’s noisy!”
Gong Tae-seong jumped over the pile of falling corpses and the roof and raised the sword he was holding with both hands high. Some of the bound artifacts were released, and the blade was filled with the vengeful spirits and murderous intent of tens of thousands of people who fell in a single fight, and the ghost sounded creepy.
The blade of resentment, frozen as if spitting blood, instantly cut 'A Day Without Abnormality' in two. It cut, tore, tore, cut, and slaughtered. By the time the pieces of flesh smaller than the palm of one's hand were piled up on the floor.
[The dungeon boss 'A Day Without Abnormality' has died.]
[The dungeon has been cleared.]
A new message was printed, and Choi Jin-hyeok, who had been holding on by squeezing out his mana, lost consciousness and fell. In the blink of an eye, the field was released and the dungeon regained its original scenery of a winter forest.
And In Yoo-shin, who had been floating in the air, looked at the new message that appeared before his eyes in bewilderment.
[Awakener Gong Tae-seong releases some of the artifacts belonging to him, 'The Flower Blooming in the East'.]
………………Why is this happening to me?
The whale blinked its large eyes.
A strange young man next to the king's son. Contrary to the contractor's wishes, he did not smell like the king's son or anything related to Iad. It was clear that the young man was a creature from the Iron Age, a world independent from the gods.
But it had a more essential and longing scent.
A world where Urshitoare sings of the fate of the child born, and where the king who became the cornerstone of the world looks down on the earth, and where the blessings of the gods and sacred miracles manifest.
'The third Urshitoare's presence remains faintly.'
This is a world where the gods have left. A world where the king does not protect.
A whale, having crash-landed in the desolate Divine(神虛界) Void, brought tears to the eyes of Som Noross, one of the four great fish that supported the earth. It was the scent of home, finally encountered at the end of a sorrowful time.
8-se's uselessness was revealed in the battle, but since no one except Hyeon Gyu-ha had expectations, there was no change in 8-se’s life.
"Squeak!"
8-se became bold after being caught wandering around the house without permission when his master was away.
Today, 8-se carefully walked to clean up the bathtub while 6-se was stuck in the tunnel and sleeping, so that the bedding that had been dug into the tunnel wouldn't collapse. I was worried because 6-se was old, but fortunately 8-se was there to take care of him. When I saw the two of them exchanging sounds like "Squeak! Squeak!", it seemed like they were communicating somehow.
In Yoo-shin, who was looking at the cage with happy eyes, realized that he was escaping from reality and returned to his original worries.
'………………Why on earth did I get a message that the guild leader was using an artifact?'
In Yoo-shin has seen two notifications from the system related to the bound artifact so far. The first was Hyeon Gyu-ha. The second was Gong Tae-seong.
The first assumption that came to mind was that the status of all the Awakener who use the bound artifact is displayed in the system, but that was not the case. When Choi Jin-hyeok liberated the bound artifact, it was quiet. Since he saw the Pope using poison in the era when the cardinals were corrupted, he thought that he obtained it in a dungeon related to the Borjaga family (a prestigious Italian family that produced two popes. There is an unofficial story that they assassinated their political enemies with poison).
'Not the taming skill again, surely.................?'
The second assumption was extremely thrilling, but it wasn't true. There was no message from the relevant system, and he didn't see any welcomes like when Hyeon Gyu-ha released some of the bound artifacts. The taming list in his status window still only had 6-se, 7-se, and 8-se.
What complicated his mind the most was the fact that this was the second time he had seen Gong Tae-seong using bound artifacts. There were no signs when he had seen it at the erosion gate, but the second time, a similar message appeared as when Hyeon Gyu-ha had tamed it.
In Yoo-shin thought back on the differences between the two situations.
The erosion gate and the continuation gate, and the presence of 8-se that wasn't there at first.
"Are you the cause?"
"Kyuu?"
8-se tilted his fluffy little face as if he didn't know what he was talking about. It was a cuteness that never got old no matter how many times I looked at it.
"Ah, I don't know."
I've been thinking about it since the weekend, but nothing is clear.
To confirm whether it was really because of 8-se, I would have to leave 8-se at home and ask him to release the bound artifact. However, it didn’t seem like Gong Tae-seong would accept that request. If it wasn’t because of taming, and if it was just a notification for bound artifacts, it wouldn’t be harmful.
Besides…………….
‘I don’t want to go that far to check.’
If it weren’t for Hyeon Gyu-ha’s shallow string, there would be no more entanglement with Gong Tae-seong.
Even though he's just an ordinary person living day by day, compared to the world-renowned S-class hunters, not just in Korea, but globally. Human lives have their own levels or tiers, and those tiers directly reflect one's quality of life. In Yoo-shin's ordinary life is incomparable to the extraordinary lives of those S-class hunters.
The fact that their separate lives, which were no different from parallel lines that could not intersect, were intertwined was nothing more than a brief miracle. Now it was time to put them back where they belonged.
8-se, who had tidied up the cage, opened the door and crawled out.
“Want to come here?”
He lay down on the bed, holding the 8-se who was running towards him with his palm, and for the first time in a long time, he had a dream of when he was Kim Yoo-shin, not In Yoo-shin.
That time when he realized that there was a difference in life.
Kim Yoo-shin.
The name of the child he had just taken care of was Yoo-jin, so he thought of the name without thinking much, Yoo-shin. And the director’s last name was Kim. That’s how the newborn baby who was abandoned in the winter was named.
It was assumed that the child was secretly born in a nearby park bathroom. The police tracked the parents but never found them, and the temporary name Kim Yoo-shin soon became the child’s name.
The orphanage where the child grew up was a place disguised as a place for money laundering by some organization. It had seemingly good sponsorship and facilities, but the director had no interest in the children at the orphanage. However, the volunteers and teachers said that it was a much better environment than other orphanages.
<Yoo-shin-ah, come here.>
The director, who had only seen the child a few times and whose face would have been vague if it weren’t for the photo hanging in the orphanage, called out softly. It was the year the child turned 5.
<This child is the most well-behaved and kindest child in our orphanage.>
Speaking to a middle-aged couple who had set the adoption condition as 'a child who doesn't need help', the director pretended to be kind and patted the child's head. The child squirmed because the director's knee was very uncomfortable when he was held for the first time.
The couple visited the orphanage several more times to observe the child closely, and when they were sure that the child really did need help, they immediately filled out the adoption papers.
<Hello, I'm Yoo-shin.>
<Oh, okay.>
Until then, those two words were all the child had said to the couple. Even so, after the adoption was decided, the child couldn't sleep at night. His small heart pounded with anticipation and excitement. Who could they be? Will they like me? I have to work hard so that they don't hate me.
'Dad. Mom.'
The names he called out silently were engraved in the air with just his lips moving. The child covered his blushing face by pulling the blanket up to her head. The child now had a father and a mother.
On the day he finally became a Chu Yoo-shin, the child shyly said the words he had practiced countless times.
<Dad. Mom. Thank you.>
He quickly said them and closed his eyes tightly in embarrassment. He didn't think he would get scolded for calling them dad and mom already, did he? He was worried but also very excited. When his dad and mom called him 'Yoo-shin', he heard a loud noise.
And the voice called him affectionately.
Time passed and there was no other word, so the child cautiously opened his eyes. In front of him was a middle-aged couple looking down blankly, just like before.
<Hey, just call me uncle and auntie. Come close.>
It was an answer that came out like a sigh. The shy anticipation collapsed helplessly. The child bit his lips.
<……………Yes, uncle.>
The kids on TV walked while holding each parent’s hand with both hands, but the child followed the couple one step behind. Even after getting into the car and driving for two hours, he didn’t let out a single whine.
When they arrived at the house, there were three children who looked like middle and high school students.
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