Chapter 6: Misunderstanding

“If Kim Joon Hyuk is down… it must be an enormous monster!”

“Ugh! Ahhh!”

People who recognized the fallen person as Kim Joon Hyuk suddenly turned pale and started screaming and running away.

No, no, everyone, that, it’s not the kind of terrifying monster you’re imagining.

It’s me.

A big misunderstanding had arisen.

I had unintentionally scared the citizens into running away.

I’m not that kind of monster.

I’m not that strong.

I’m C-class.

It just happened because he lowered his shield and got hit.

It was a situation I had never expected or wanted.

I looked awkwardly at the citizens running away, completely misunderstanding.

Then I turned my head back towards Kim Joon Hyuk.

Then Kim Joon Hyuk’s attendant took an incredibly wary stance towards me.

And with a face filled with fear, he slowly backed away and asked.

Why is this person like this too?

I just wanted to check that b*stard’s condition, I had no intention of doing anything else.

The guy who stole my girlfriend.

Why would I be worried about him?

But since he was like that because I hit him, I just approached to check on his condition.

Of course, I’m not wrong.

He confidently told me to hit him, so I just did as he wanted.

But I didn’t know Kim Joon Hyuk would end up like that.

Strange?

I’m definitely C-class.

I was furious that Joo Hyun became S-class and cheated, so I had been re-evaluated a few days ago, which made it even more certain.

I was re-evaluated at the Ryuken Guild, which is on par with the BM Guild, and it still came out as C-class.

Anyway, I didn’t trick Kim Joon Hyuk.

If Kim Joon Hyuk tries to hold me responsible for being injured like that, I’ll just have to prove I’m C-class with the evaluation results from the Ryuken Guild.

If Kim Joon Hyuk denies the result that I am C-class, it will look like the representative of the BM Guild is officially criticizing the Hunter evaluation ability of the Ryuken Guild, so he won’t be able to deny it.

If he doesn’t deny it, then I am indeed C-class, and it’s not my fault.

Well, even if he insists on getting re-evaluated at the BM Guild because he can’t trust it, I’m confident.

The Hunter ranking evaluation abilities of the large guilds had already reached their peak long ago, so no matter where I got evaluated, I would get C-class anyway.

Anyway, someone got hurt because I hit them, so it seemed like the right thing to do to at least pretend to be worried.

So I pretended to be worried and approached Kim Joon Hyuk, but Kim Joon Hyuk’s attendant flinched and told me not to.

He must have misunderstood that I was trying to hit Kim Joon Hyuk again.

No…

I don’t do anything to people who are down either.

“What… what happened…? No. What happened to… What happened to our Representative…”

Misunderstanding that I had beaten up his representative, an S-class Hunter, Kim Joon Hyuk’s attendant seemed terrified, trembling and asking me with extreme caution and utmost courtesy.

He doesn’t need to do that to me.

I’m C-class.

I should quickly explain the truth so that person doesn’t misunderstand.

“Ah, well, there was a situation where I had to hit Mr. Kim Joon Hyuk. This was when Mr. Kim Joon Hyuk was at his maximum power…”

I wanted to explain the situation to that man and reassure him.

So, to convey my intention that it wasn’t that, I waved my hands and said as I approached him.

“Huh…!”

Thud.

But contrary to my intention to clear up the misunderstanding, as I got closer to him, the man’s eyes widened twice as much, and he began to back away from me even faster.

Then he tripped over his own feet and fell.

The fallen man flailed his hands like an overturned turtle, got up as quickly as possible, and then became severely wary of me again.

No, I told you it’s not that?

I just wanted to explain.

He seemed to already be very scared of me.

That man seems to have severely misunderstood me as a monster who crushed an S-class Hunter.

But I’m not…

Normally, I would have thought, how useless is someone from Korea’s top Hunter guild if they’re this scared?

But given the current situation, I understood him to some extent.

If someone saw an S-class Hunter, who is called a monster, coughing and spitting blood, and wasn’t scared, that would be weirder.

So I fully understand that person being scared.

I would have been too.

Being misunderstood as a strong person by someone from the top guild felt strange.

I wasn’t unhappy about it.

When would I, a C-class, ever get to feel this kind of feeling again?

However, I hadn’t defeated Kim Joon Hyuk at his full power.

It was just a fluke.

So there was no reason to intentionally maintain this misunderstanding for longer.

I thought I should quickly tell the truth and end the situation.

So I was about to quickly tell the truth.

I didn’t realize that he would get even more scared of me, contrary to my intentions.

I should speak without approaching him and keep my distance so he doesn’t get scared.

Perhaps mistaking me for approaching to threaten Kim Joon Hyuk, Joo Hyun, who was crying next to Kim Joon Hyuk, suddenly jumped up.

And with a panicked expression, she started being wary of me.

“Ha… Don’t!”

Joo Hyun seemed greatly flustered, speaking warily to me.

Huh?

Don’t what?

I wasn’t going to do anything?

“Can’t you see Oppa is injured?! You shouldn’t hit someone who’s injured!”

Joo Hyun trembled and shouted at me.

Joo Hyun seemed incredibly anxious, as if she was afraid I would hit Kim Joon Hyuk again.

No…

I wasn’t going to do anything.

No matter how much I hate Kim Joon Hyuk, I’m not that crazy a b*stard.

Why would I want to hit a guy lying there with broken bones?

But Joo Hyun was so worried about her boyfriend that she put herself between Kim Joon Hyuk and me, being extremely wary of me, just in case I did anything to her boyfriend.

Seeing that made me suddenly furious.

I wasn’t planning on doing anything.

Look at her protecting him just because he’s her boyfriend.

When she was dating me, I was the only one who protected her to the death for three years straight.

Maybe because he’s a successful boyfriend, she’s protecting him fiercely.

Meaning he’s the guy who can turn her life into a Cinderella story.

Agh.

Should I just hit him again?

For a moment, I felt that way because I was so angry.

Joo Hyun is an S-class Hunter, but she’s a debuffer (an ability user who lowers the opponent’s stats).

If we fought purely one-on-one, I would win.

The attendants were probably not Hunters.

Hunters are strong physically, not necessarily highly educated.

Attendants would naturally be highly educated elites, not Hunters.

BM Guild Hunters were probably on their way here to take the injured Kim Joon Hyuk, but they hadn’t arrived yet.

That meant, if I wanted to hit Kim Joon Hyuk one more time right now, there was no one who could stop me.

Kim Joon Hyuk also didn’t consider my circumstances and induced Joo Hyun to cheat.

So, to act in the same way, since he agreed to be hit twice, there was no reason for me to show him any consideration, regardless of whether he was injured or not.

However, hitting an injured person is still against the common human rule.

So I decided against it.

For me, who had decided not to hit Kim Joon Hyuk, there were two options.

One was to just go home like this, and the other was to tease the annoying Joo Hyun a little before leaving.

If I just ended it here like this, my frustration wouldn’t be fully relieved.

And I probably wouldn’t have another chance to meet Joo Hyun after today.

Although I made a promise to Kim Joon Hyuk man-to-man, it’s also because of the difference in status between Joo Hyun and me that will arise in the future.

When she becomes S-class, Joo Hyun will be a person too high up to meet someone like me.

There would be no more opportunities to teach Joo Hyun a lesson.

I said I would disappear without further trouble if he got hit twice, but this b*stard hasn’t been hit twice yet, has he?

Then it’s still okay, isn’t it?

So I decided to torment Joo Hyun a little more before leaving.

I deliberately put on a scary expression and approached.

“Why… Why. What are you going to do?”

As I approached with a scary expression, Joo Hyun said, greatly anxious.

Joo Hyun’s voice was trembling.

“Do what? Hit him, of course. This b*stard agreed to be hit by me twice. You heard it too, didn’t you? We even recorded it. Want me to play the recording again?”

I deliberately spoke with a brazen attitude.

“What…?!”

“A promise is a promise, you have to keep it. There’s still one hit left, isn’t there? I have to finish hitting him.”

I put on an expression like I was really going to hit him and walked right up to the fallen Kim Joon Hyuk.

“Are you crazy?!”

Joo Hyun turned pale and asked at my words.

“Yes?! Hit… Are you saying you’ll hit him?”

The attendant looked at me with a disbelieving expression and asked.

“Yes…?! Are you saying you’ll hit him?”

Another man, who had been blocking the citizens and joined Kim Joon Hyuk’s side after the citizens all ran away, asked in shock.

“Yes. This b*stard agreed to be hit by me twice, but he’s only been hit once so far.”

I just stated the truth.

The two men looked at me and Joo Hyun’s faces alternately at a crazily fast speed, trying to figure out the situation.

“Oppa is injured right now!”

Joo Hyun shouted at me urgently.

The other two men started widening their mouths in surprise.

Joo Hyun’s sincere shout, filled with genuine worry, seemed to have the effect of proving that my words about hitting him were actually true.

It was already a shock that their boss, the S-class Hunter, was injured, but the situation became one where Joo Hyun confirmed that he was like this after being hit just once by me.

The looks in the eyes of the two men as they looked at me changed further, becoming looks of terror, as if they were seeing a monster.

“So? What do I care? I decided to hit him twice, didn’t I? Is there a reason for me to show him consideration and adjust when I hit him?”

I had no intention of hitting him anyway, but I spoke as if I was serious to tease Joo Hyun.

You won’t apologize to me, and you won’t get hit like Kim Joon Hyuk.

Don’t you think you should at least experience this?

Thinking about your mistake, this is far from enough, but still.

“Are you… are you serious?! Are you really going to hit him? A person in this state?”

Joo Hyun looked at me with her pupils trembling, as if she was extremely anxious.

Seeing Joo Hyun react so strongly, teasing her felt a little refreshing.

I should punish Joo Hyun like this a little more before going home.