Chapter 34: Monster Handling (2)

Manager Eun headed to the Gyeonggi Monster Processing Center, accompanied by a C-rank hunter belonging to the association.

The monster processing center, with its crude, factory-like design, was bustling with numerous hunters and traders, like an early morning market.

The C-rank hunter, who was following closely behind Manager Eun, let out a sound of admiration.

“Wow… This place is always surprising no matter how many times I come…”

If you only looked at the outside, you might wonder if this was really the largest monster processing center in the country, but what was always important was the substance, not the appearance.

“That’s A-rank Spearmaster Kang Sol… B-rank Healer Kang Seol… Over there is A-rank Tanker Jeon Seo-hee… Wow… I don’t see any D-ranks or below…”

“Of course. It’s not for nothing that people call the monster processing center the Gyeonggi Processing Center. The level is different. The level.”

There is no other monster processing center in the country that treats D-rank hunters like this.

But the Gyeonggi Monster Processing Center was different.

This place, where you could see hunters of at least C-rank or higher everywhere, was a monster processing center operated by the Hunter Association, the number one guild in the country, Yeonseong Guild, and the number two guild, Golden Hyang Guild, in a strategic alliance.

Because the three most well-known and trusted places operate it, the quality is unquestionable, and there is no need to worry about being ripped off by traders, so only clean and simple transactions take place.

The fact that you don’t have to stress about fighting with traders to avoid being ripped off even a little bit was very attractive to hunters, who already had fiery personalities.

The Hunter Association even poached some promising hunters on the condition that they could sell monsters here.

In fact, there were quite a few people who wanted to belong to the association just for the condition of being able to use this place.

Manager Eun headed towards Manager Jang Yu-a, who was entrusted with the operation of the Gyeonggi Monster Processing Center.

“That b*tch… She said she’d be here, but where did she go…”

But Manager Jang’s office was empty, with only her secretary left behind.

“Manager Jang has temporarily left her seat to attend to A-rank hunter Yeom Haneul-ssi.”

“…If it’s Yeom Haneul, then it can’t be helped.”

Even if she was a manager of the Hunter Association, she couldn’t be prioritized over a woman who would soon achieve the feat of becoming an S-rank.

She probably went herself because she couldn’t entrust Yeom Haneul, who would soon become an S-rank, to someone else.

Manager Jang looked a bit off, but she was a trustworthy person when it came to her abilities.

Manager Eun spent time drinking jujube tea prepared by the young male secretary.

It was always strangely amusing to subtly glance at the young and handsome male secretary, even though she was old enough to be asked, “Ajumma, are you wet?”.

After 15 minutes.

“Aigo. Aigo. I’m sorry. I’m too late. There was such a strange guy.”

“You crazy b*tch. You made the association manager wait for 15 minutes? If Yeom Haneul came, you should have told me you’d be late.”

“Ah, I’m sorry. You didn’t say you were coming, and she suddenly showed up, so I rushed out.”

The two talked freely.

Manager Eun and Manager Jang were childhood friends who shared the joys and sorrows of being a cuckolded woman.

Their families were cold, but the friendship between them remained.

“By the way. A guy? Isn’t Yeom Haneul a b*tch?”

“No. Not Yeom Haneul. There was an interesting guy next to Yeom Haneul. Wow, I really thought that b*tch Yeom Haneul was a lesbian, but it seems like she’s doing everything while dating men? The skill he awakened is also amazing. It’s understandable that he’s next to Yeom Haneul.”

Seeing Manager Jang, who was genuinely impressed, Manager Eun felt an ominous feeling.

A man who hangs out with Yeom Haneul…?

A man who awakened a skill that the general manager of the monster processing center would call amazing…?

“… Don’t tell me. Was that man about… 170-something centimeters tall?”

“Hmm? Uh. He seemed to be about that tall.”

“What about his face?”

“Ah! I didn’t mention his face. I’ve lived for almost 50 years, and I’ve never seen a man with such a face! I really think that’s what they mean when they say a god-sculpted appearance. He also had a good body, so you would have drooled the moment you saw him and peeked at his chest.”

“…”

Manager Eun actually peeked at Han Suhyeon’s chest at their first meeting, so she couldn’t refute it.

“… Stop talking nonsense. Does the skill that man awakened make things disappear and reappear at will?”

“…That’s not the only skill he has… What? Did you know him?”

Manager Eun was sure.

That the man Manager Jang met was Han Suhyeon.

“Hey. You don’t, by any chance. Don’t even think about messing with that man. Don’t even think about monopolizing his ability because you’re greedy.”

“What? Why are you protecting him so much? No, it’s a skill worth protecting, but… Hey, b*tch. Why are you making that face?”

Manager Eun recalled the memories of that day.

The moment when she let go of everything, entered enjoyer mode, and laughed like a Joker.

The memory of getting caught and swayed by crazy btches and bstards after trying to mess around without getting anything in return.

“Sigh… It’s too wasteful to just let him go… But since you’re saying that, there must be a reason. Oh, right. They probably haven’t left yet? Do you want to see his face? And then we can talk about the monsters the association handed over.”

Manager Jang suggested to Manager Eun that they go see Han Suhyeon while also looking at the monsters.

It was not a very good suggestion for Manager Eun.

The monster processing center I arrived at with Yeom Haneul’s party was very different from the one I remembered.

I didn’t think the scale of the monster processing center I went to when I was F-rank was this big.

The level of the monster corpses around was also very high.

Everywhere I looked, there were at least C-rank or higher, and I couldn’t even see monsters below D-rank.

Not only the scale but also the level of the incoming monsters was clearly different from other monster processing centers.

Could I really sell a mere E-rank monster, a Dire Wolf, here…?

“For people like us, even the Gyeonggi Monster Processing Center is a high-pass.”

Yeom Haneul said, as if subtly bragging.

Come to think of it, these people were showing ridiculous sides these days, but they were actually quite influential figures.

Just looking at the reactions of the hunters around…

“Wow, wow, wow… Is that really Yeom Haneul? Really? Wow… She’s so cool…”

“Thank you, God, for allowing me to see the Flame of Upheaval party with my own two eyes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”

“The suits are so cool… Shall we suggest that our guild change to that too…”

“That’s different from the material. I heard a rumor that it was made by mixing the magic cores of S-rank monsters.”

“That’s true. It was originally confidential, but Jeong Hana made a slip of the tongue, so it’s practically official.”

“But who is that man…? He’s hot…”

There were a few strange reactions mixed in, but most of them were looking at Yeom Haneul’s party with respect, admiration, and envy.

Go So-hye and Jeong Hana are A-rank hunters, and Yeom Haneul is the number one A-rank, no less.

There were still many walls to climb.

After going through the identity verification process at the entrance of the monster processing center, I entered the inside of the processing center.

Actually, the person wearing a guard uniform at the entrance checked my identity and tried to say something, but Yeom Haneul took the guard to a quiet place.

I don’t know what happened after that, but the guard, who suddenly became unwell, was replaced by a new person, and I was able to enter without any problems.

I moved my steps, watching the numerous hunters and traders talking about monster transactions.

What I realized while watching was that there were unusually many cargo trucks here.

It seemed that most of them put monster corpses in cargo trucks and moved them.

To carry a large number of heavy monster corpses over long distances, there would be no other way.

That’s all money and manpower.

I felt a renewed sense of gratitude to the goddess who gave me the Inventory ability.

“Aigo! Yeom Haneul-ssi! Wh-What brings you here?!”

A woman in her late 40s, who somehow gave off a similar vibe to Manager Eun, rushed over and greeted Yeom Haneul.

Her face, which had been directly hit by time, was impressive.

This much cuckoldry in a place without her husband… Amazing.

“Uh. Manager Jang. It’s nothing much, but about the monster I entrusted last time.”

“Ah. Are you talking about the A-rank boss Ifreet? I told you that the process of separating the magic core is complicated because the flames don’t go out even after death, so it would take at least three weeks to finish the processing…”

“Ah, um. Did I?”

Yeom Haneul showed a rare expression of embarrassment.

Go So-hye whispered quietly in Yeom Haneul’s ear.

“Unnie… We weren’t actually going to the monster processing center… What are you going to do now…”

“Ah, no. But… Suhyeon-ssi said he was going to the monster processing center… I don’t know. Help me a little…”

The two whispered and talked for a moment, and Jeong Hana shouted in a loud voice, her eyes shining brightly.

“Hey! Wasn’t brother-in-law going to deal with monster corpses?!”

“That’s true, but… I don’t know if the monsters I brought will sell in a place like this…”

I answered Jeong Hana without much thought, but the gazes of the people around us changed strangely.

“… Brother-in-law…?”

“Brother-in-law? What do you mean, brother-in-law…? Huh?”

Jeong Hana belongs to the Flame of Upheaval.

The title that the Flame of Upheaval party members call Yeom Haneul is ‘Unnie’.

The dictionary definition of ‘brother-in-law’ is the title used to refer to the husband of ‘Unnie’.

The man standing side by side with Yeom Haneul in the middle of the Flame of Upheaval party is, none other than me.

“Yeom Haneul’s… husband?!”

“That lesbian maker Yeom Haneul? A man? Really?”

The gazes of the people around me instantly focused on me.

“Uh… Did I make a slip of the tongue again…?”

Jeong Hana was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.

“… No… You did well. You did very well.”

Yeom Haneul smiled faintly.

The image of her rival, who was walking away with her arm linked with Han Suhyeon’s, flickered in Yeom Haneul’s mind.

She still couldn’t forget the sneer that she sent to her, pulling Han Suhyeon’s arm closer.

‘Since so many people heard and saw it, the rumor will spread quickly.’

That b*tch will surely hear this rumor.

What kind of expression will that b*tch make when she hears this rumor?

It was an event that happened by chance, but it was the most exhilarating revenge.