I tamed the First Rank Chapter 76
- HoshiMiya
- Aug 29
- 7 min read
And naturally, Hyeon Gyu-ha grabbed In Yoo-shin's hand. He was so startled that he tried to pull his hand away without realizing it, but it was held tightly.
It seemed like he was using a lot of force, but I knew that if I really tried to pull it out, he would let it go. After a while, In Yoo-shin slowly released his force. Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was walking forward, had a faint light at the corners of his mouth. When did he stop feeling unfamiliar with the feeling of a hand gripping tightly while interlocking his fingers?
In Yoo-shin thought of the Polaroid photo of them standing side by side, stuck next to the refrigerator. The tall man, who was almost a head taller than myself, always bent down first, made eye contact, talked, and took a photo. It started so naturally that I couldn’t even remember when I first realized it. Every day was filled with him like this.
“Yoo-shin-ssi, we’re off duty on Saturday, right?”
The hands they were holding shook lightly back and forth. Hyeon Gyu-ha tilted his head and made eye contact, moving his lips. They were pretty lips. Of course, they were prettier than my lips when I was a high school student.
“Let’s go on a date. I’ve made plans. How about having lunch during the day, going shopping, having dinner, and watching a late-night movie? It’s sad that Yoo-shin-ssi and I have never watched a movie together.”
"I don't know if my physical strength can handle the schedule.”
“Let’s exercise.”
“I think I can handle it! But what kind of movie?”
“Anything is fine. The goal is a dark atmosphere.”
Suddenly, I felt a sense of alertness.
“…What are you going to do at the movie theater?”
“I’ll just touch your thighs.”
“You can’t!”
"Why."
“Because it won’t work!”
"Then let's be fair. You can touch my thigh too, Yoo-shin-ssi. By the way, I usually put it on the left side."
It was TMI I didn't want to know.
Rather than Hyeon Gyu-ha touching my thigh, I was more scared of my hand touching that…… thing on his left thigh. The feeling of pressing that…… thing with my butt came back to me eerily. After In Yoo-hin’s desperate protests, the two compromised to just hold hands in the movie theater, and Hyeo Gyu-ha’s shoulders slumped down.
In Yoo-shin forgot to ask what kind of shopping he was doing, as he had been ignoring him all day, looking gloomy and listless.
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“I’m busy, but some guy is calling.”
Han Jun-su frowned at the sound of his phone ringing, then quickly checked the caller ID and answered the call by touching it.
"Noona! You're back home already?"
- No. It's still Germany.
From the other end of the spectrum, the voice of Min Geut-nyeo, who had been abroad, was heard.
-I was introduced to Hair Lippmann in Hamburg, and I remember what you said. Is Tae-seong still the same?
Lippmann is a world-renowned healer. He is mainly good at healing curses and other mental taints, but he is also an excellent Awakener in treating general mental illnesses.
Han Jun-soo, who was dreaming of a vain dream of the two reuniting, was thrilled that she remembered the words he had casually thrown out. As he excitedly talked to his 6th cousin, he had no awareness that he was leaking the guild leader’s current situation to someone from a rival guild.
“I haven’t heard anything like that lately, but in the past, you didn’t talk to yourself in a way that was obvious.”
- What if I’ve schizophrenia?
“I don’t think so. It seems like you were under a mental attack or some kind of telepathy………………. Since you’re keeping it from me, I think it’s probably personal business.”
-Hmm.
“Ah! It’s definitely not the case that he’s meeting a woman separately. There’s absolutely no trace of a woman with Tae-seong Hyung.”
Gong Tae-seong was a simpleton who didn't care whether he met a woman, a man, or an alien, but he didn't show it and just smiled.
- Then I’ll trust your judgment and hold off on inviting only Hair Lippmann to Korea. Since when has Tae-seong been like that? Didn't he say he heard the Hamgyeong dialect? Did he ever meet someone from the northern region?
“To be exact, it sounded like a Yukjin dialect.”
- Are you sure about the distinction? Isn't it similar to the Hamgyeong dialect?
“Hey, you know my major, right? Of course it’s similar, but since the Yukjin dialect has a lot of old words left, it’s as unique as the Jeju dialect, so people who know it can tell the difference to some extent. One strange thing is that my voice sounds quite young. Even if I’m from the countryside, young people wouldn’t speak with such a strong dialect…………….”
- Was it a man?
"It was closer to a boy, but I don't know if it was a woman with a neutral voice."
Although Han Jun-soo was able to infer quite a lot from the one word he heard at first glance, it was regrettable to Gong Tae-seong that his delicacy was being displayed not to his boss at work but to his 6th cousin.
“I think it was around the year before last that I noticed you talking to yourself sometimes... After hearing what you said, I remembered that it must have been after you came back from Hoeryong. You stopped by for a few days after you went to close the Baekdu Mountain Gate.”
-Come to think of it, it was around that time that they started actively trying to recruit Hyeon Gyu-ha, who had been openly expressing his reluctance, to the guild. Is there some kind of connection?
While Han Jun-soo was puzzled by the question that arose, Min Geut-nyeo, who had dug up everything she wanted to dig up, naturally ended the conversation.
-If it's a curse or an illness, I can help you out, so just tell me when something changes.
"sure."
- Should I buy you a gift? Do you need anything?
Han Jun-su, who had decided to receive the oil for managing weapons made from the byproducts of the monsters as a business trip gift, hung up the phone with an excited heart. In the meantime, the PR team had sent him a new work email. It was the final edited version of the dungeon training vlog that Narsha Guild had also reviewed.
'It's okay.'
The PR team reviewed the final version from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but Han Jun-soo, who checked it carefully again, went down to the training ground on the first floor to find Gong Tae-seong. When he opened the door, the four hunters who had just been sparring with Gong Tae-seong were flying through the air and crashing into the wall. Since it was a familiar sight, he approached without being surprised.
“The Department of Ability has sent you the final edited version. Would you like to check it?”
Gong Tae-seong, who had just blown away four people without losing his breath, asked back while holding his sword.
“What does it look like at first glance?”
“There were no particular problems. There was no separate comment from the PR team either.”
“If you see that there is no problem, then just say okay.”
Gong Tae-seong, who had not been very interested in the video itself from the beginning, waved his hand, but another hunter who was watching the sparring raised his arm.
"Guild Master! Is this the dungeon training that Hyeon Gyu-ha led? I really want to see it!"
“To be exact, the leader was Choi Jin-hyeok, and he didn’t do anything.”
“But he’ll appear on screen often!”
The hunter, who had another purpose, belatedly added a bold request.
“And shouldn’t we also see with our own eyes the performance of our guild leader who personally hunted the boss?”
“You're really trying hard to come up with excuses.”
Gong Tae-seong frowned but instructed Han Jun-soo to show the video.
“What, what is this?”
“That dungeon outing our guild participated in last time.”
“Oh, that day when the guild leader was dumped by the young lady and dragged away by Jin-hyeok? Hey, Jang-beom! Isn’t that what you said you wanted to see?”
Hunters who were training or exercising also came over to see something to watch. Gong Tae-seong was a hot-blooded person, but he was not strict about hierarchy, and Narsha, which reflected his personality, had a very free-spirited atmosphere overall.
Han Jun-soo connected his laptop to a large TV hanging on the wall of the training ground and played the edited version of the vlog. The hunters sat in front of the TV and laughed and chatted while watching the screen of themselves and their colleagues.
'You’ve really edited out In Yoo-shin well.'
I heard that In Yoo-shin had set a condition that if even a single strand of his hair was exposed in the official media of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the contract would be terminated immediately. Judging from the way he fought to prevent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from taking advantage of him, it seems like they really were lovers.
It was hard to believe that Hyeon Gyu-ha trusted people enough to date them. I had seen the scene and heard from Min Geut-nyeo how a 14-year-old kid killed so many people, including someone who was like his own father. But that didn’t mean I wanted to see Hyeon Gyu-ha kill that brat with a fierce face.
Imagining the sight of that kid with the disgustingly large, testicle-like thing – whether it was a demonic beast or a hamster – placed on their palm, fearlessly staying close to Hyeon Gyu-ha, made an involuntary laugh escape again. Gong Tae-seong shook his head and quietly slipped out of the training grounds where everyone was absorbed in the broadcast.
After washing and changing his clothes, he returned to the office and called Whale. The whale, who must have been dozing off again, appeared with its mouth wide open and yawning.
"What happened to the thing you said you'd look into?"
『Which one?』
“Hyeon Gyu-ha and that kid who is his lover.”
"Ah, that."
The whale, who had been able to observe In Yoo-shin up close in the previous dungeon, slowly blinked his eyelids. Gong Tae-seong waited for an answer in silence. Depending on what the whale said, there would be changes in the future plans.
The image of red flesh lingered in my mind.
Whose heart is it?
He waited in silence for an answer. Depending on what the whale said, there would be changes in future plans.
The image of red flesh lingered in his mind.
Whose heart is it?
Is it Hyeon Gyu-ha? Or is it In Yoo-shin? Gong Tae-seong's conscience wants the latter. Because it's easier. But at the same time, he asks. Can you easily kill that innocent kid who doesn't know anything?
The whale answered.
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