One Step Further, Hoping to Advance (2)
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After the conquest of ended.
About a month has passed since then.
During that ti, Korea, which had been chaotic due to various incidents, gradually regained stability, and the dostic Holder community also returned to its previously relatively peaceful and systematic state.
Holders began to leave for hunting in dungeons and fields again, and each clan continued to pursue their own interests through major operations or unexplored dungeon searches as before.
However, there was still a clan organizing the achievents from the conquest.
The clan.
Those who had recorded the most achievents and played the most crucial role in the conquest at that ti… Began to take steps towards becoming a global clan by making their reputation known to the international Holder community as soon as the conquest ended.
-The soaring wingbeats of ! Reaches the top ranks in Korea just 3 months after establishnt!
-, which joined as a rcenary clan, confirms rger with !
-Forr master: “All clan mbers agreed… I think it will be a good opportunity.”
The first step was clan rgers.
By absorbing , which had joined as a subordinate rcenary clan during the allied forces, they recruited a large number of archer-type Holders and support Holders that had been lacking in the clan.
Additionally, rger discussions with the clan were ongoing, potentially allowing for the recruitnt of warrior-type Holders as well.
If all these rgers are successful, it would result in the birth of a clan that wouldn’t be inferior in size to other large clans.
That’s not all.
“…The reason I want to join Evil Hunter is because I’ve long admired Holder Do Jae-hyun, the clan master! If given the chance, I absolutely want to join the clan and conquer various dungeons with Holder Do Jae-hyun!”
They also accelerated the recruitnt of new clan mbers.
Since was established not long ago, they preferred constant special recruitnt rather than official recruitnt, but as their reputation soared through this conquest, all sorts of unaffiliated Holders applied to join.
From unaffiliated Holders who were well-known dostically, to famous Holders active in the United States and Japan, Holders leaving their affiliated clans to apply for .
Even student Holders who hadn’t yet graduated from the academy…
Due to the uniqueness of starting as a student clan in its early days and its reputation reaching the top ranks in Korea, all kinds of Holders applied indiscriminately.
As a result, Vice Master Yoo Eun-seol, who was in charge of the final interviews along with the HR team leader, had been experiencing stress every day lately.
“…Holder Yang Su-jin.”
“Yes!”
“You said you’ve long admired our clan master, but the master hasn’t even been active as a pro Holder for a year.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
“…Ah, that’s right?”
“Oh, I’m sorry! But my desire to lead the clan together with Holder Do Jae-hyun remains unchanged! If I could just et him face to face even once….”
Most of the unaffiliated Holders coming for interviews were like this.
As Do Jae-hyun rose to beco Korea’s top Holder (although there are still differing opinions on this), and also made its na known as an erging large clan… Many Holders applied to join to ride on this popularity.
Especially like just now, the majority were female Holders who said during the interview that they ‘really want to be with Do Jae-hyun!’
Every ti Yoo Eun-seol saw them, she felt angry for so reason.
…It wasn’t for any other reason, just that she didn’t like people coming to join the clan with such a frivolous attitude.
Really.
“Hello! I’m A-grade Holder Na Hye-rin, applying to Evil Hunter this ti!”
Of course, there weren’t only chaff applicants.
Skilled individuals like Na Hye-rin, a rcenary Holder who participated in the conquest and the top resource in the unaffiliated Holder community, were also being recruited.
Anyway, the important thing was.
That was becoming a strong clan.
“It’s growing much faster than Jae-hyun thought.”
Yoo Eun-seol smiled as she thought of her disciple.
Do Jae-hyun.
This clan, which he had established himself while facing nurous prejudices, was now taking big strides towards the na of the best in the country.
The question marks that had been poured towards them in the early days…
Were now turning into exclamation marks that everyone was certain about.
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Ippotranslation
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The academy finally reached its end of sester.
In fact, from to , due to a series of large dungeons and incidents breaking out, we ended up losing entire vacations and sesters.
So for this first sester of the second year, there were actually no days with proper attendance.
This wasn’t just , but most of the student Holders attending the academy.
Nevertheless, Professor Tak Won-ho and others within the academy foundation showed smooth handling of the situation.
Considering the special circumstances that hit the dostic Holder community, they recognized attendance for most absent students, and actively used scholarships and other compensations to minimize discrimination among students.
Thanks to this, all professors and students were able to spend the sester peacefully without complaints.
And that was the sa for too.
“…I want to eat.”
Kang Juyeon, who was walking arm in arm with , suddenly speaks up.
“Now? Should we go out and eat sothing? But Ga-eun said she’d be here soon.”
“No. The food you prepare, Jae-hyun.”
“Huh?”
As I turned my head slightly, she leaned her head on my shoulder and continued quietly.
“…I want to eat the steak Jae-hyun makes.”
“What? Haha.”
Does personality not change easily even after dating for a long ti?
Whenever Kang Juyeon brought up things like this, she always seed unfamiliar and shy.
Even now, though I can’t see because she’s lowering her head, her face is probably red.
I gently stroked her head and said,
“Today we have plans together and it’s late, so how about the day after tomorrow?”
“…Okay.”
“Haha. Where did you learn that half-formal speech from? Chae-eun?”
Seeing her silence, it seems I’m right.
As expected of Kim Chae-eun.
As the leader of the Lover’s Alliance, it seems she has spread all the elents I liked to show affection to her colleagues.
Anyway, as we were walking together like that, Moon Ga-eun appeared right on ti for our appointnt.
Today was the day she had invited us to treat us to coffee she would make herself, saying she had recently gotten a barista certificate.
It would have been nice if Kim Chae-eun ca too, but unfortunately she was absent due to prior plans with her dad, Professor Kim Myeong-hyun.
Moon Ga-eun, who appeared in the distance, waved at us.
“Jae-hyun! Juyeon! Here…”
However, her eyes suddenly changed as she was waving happily.
…It seems she spotted Kang Juyeon being shy and linking arms with .
Moon Ga-eun lowered her hand and instantly ran towards us to confront us.
What the.
Did she use so kind of walking rune?
“Tch- Kang Juyeon! You asked Jae-hyun for sothing again, didn’t you.”
“…What did I do.”
“How many years have we known each other for you to try to deceive ? When you have that shy face, it’s always when you’ve successfully asked Jae-hyun for sothing! What did you ask for. You made a naughty request again, didn’t you!”
“…I
And there they go again, bickering before they can even wait.
Like true friends, they growled at each other whenever they t.
I’m pretty sure Ga-eun used to be considerate of Juyeon at first, but these days when they’re completely open with each other, there’s no sign of that at all.
“Co on, stop fighting and let’s go now. I want to try the coffee Ga-eun made herself soon.”
Once again, I had to be the diator.
At my voice, Moon Ga-eun imdiately brightened her expression and linked arms with .
“Hmph- Kang Juyeon, see you later. We’re not done talking yet.”
“…Idiot. I’m still not going to tell you no matter what.”
“Tch, this is really…”
…Did the diation not work?
I scratched my head in dismay as I started walking.
The empty left arm, of course, was Moon Ga-eun’s share.
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Ippotranslation
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“There’s a lot to do, so much to do.”
All the complicated matters have ended, and the academy has reached its end of sester.
Even the clan, which was my biggest task, is now on track and slowly building up its reputation.
Now everything has truly entered a stable state.
But even so, my work still shows no sign of decreasing.
Now, I’m not just a student Holder, but the clan master of a large clan and the lover of three won.
The number of Holders I’m responsible for has increased, and there are many people I need to protect.
I’ll probably need to stay busy for at least another half year before there’s any leeway in my work?
It’s a bit excessive, but not to the point where I can’t handle it.
Moreover, since it’s work I enjoy doing, it doesn’t even feel that excessive.
“Still… I should work while doing what needs to be done.”
As soon as I arrived at my destination, I took out the equipnt I had prepared in advance.
These aren’t my main equipnt like divine swords or divine armor.
Leather armor made of ordinary materials and…
An iron sword made of ordinary tal.
These were the normal equipnt I mainly used when I was once an F-grade Holder.
I couldn’t help but smile seeing that equipnt with so mories attached.
And then.
“You’re here.”
A familiar voice coming from nearby.
My friend, who appeared wearing ordinary equipnt just like .
It was Park Jin-woo.
The place we gathered was the .
It was the place where Park Jin-woo and I first t and had a duel, and where everything at the academy began.
At that place filled with mories, I grinned as I looked at Park Jin-woo.
“No matter how busy… We should do what needs to be done, right?”
“Oh, of course.”
Park Jin-woo responds happily to my words.
Even after we both got busy, we always gathered like this to have a duel whenever the academy ended its sester.
It was like a kind of routine.
Today, for so reason, feeling nostalgic, we changed the location to the unlike usual… But nothing much would be different.
As we always have.
We would simply exchange blows with our swords.
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