Chapter 8: Telling My Friends About My Ex-Girlfriend’s Misdeeds

After the big commotion at the cafe ended.

I returned home immediately.

It was at least a good thing that I had landed a strong blow on that b*stard.

However, even though I had knocked down that b*stard who stole my lover, the fact that I had been cheated on and dumped was something I couldn’t change.

My heart felt heavy.

I absolutely had to make Joo Hyun regret it.

But as a C-class, how could I do that?

An S-class Hunter is an existence as high as the sky, someone even an A-class Hunter can absolutely never meet.

For me, a C-class, dating an S-class female Hunter is like a dream.

However, I am not someone who would just be sulking forever just because I was dumped and have no way to get revenge.

If I get dumped and live with such an attitude, then I will lose even more.

I intend to live my life to the fullest, doing what I can as a C-class Hunter, in my own way.

Joo Hyun will soon be sensationally introduced in various media.

She’s not just an S-class, but the protagonist of the first myth of rising from E-class to S-class.

She will surely become incredibly famous.

Of course, there will be sensational articles.

My friends will naturally see the articles too.

Then it was obvious that my friends who saw the articles would ask what happened.

I thought it would be better to just tell my friends right away that we broke up.

[I broke up.]

Preparing myself to tell my friends everything, I sent a message to our group chat.

As soon as I said this, three of them immediately started teasing me.

One person was indignant, saying, “Didn’t I tell you not to date her?” and one just typed, “ㅋㅋㅋ”.

This b*stard.

[Are you okay?]

My friends started getting curious about why I had broken up with Joo Hyun.

I decided to tell them the truth as it was.

I honestly told my friends that I lost my girlfriend to Kim Joon Hyuk, and that my girlfriend had been two-timing with Kim Joon Hyuk while dating me.

[The real Kim Joon Hyuk of the BM Guild?]

[That Kim Joon Hyuk I know?]

Then my friends’ reactions were incredibly intense.

Of course, this reaction was inevitable.

Because he’s the most famous man in Korea.

Since the gates opened, S-class Hunters have become more famous than any top star.

Kim Joon Hyuk is number one among those S-class Hunters.

Such a high-ranking person snatched Joo Hyun.

It was only natural that my friends’ reactions were heated.

[Why would that person take your girlfriend?]

My friends knew I wasn’t the type to lie often.

Perhaps because of that, even when I said something that would be hard to believe if a normal person said it, that Kim Joon Hyuk stole my girlfriend, they immediately believed me.

[Well, she asked me to keep it a secret until her guild’s announcement, so I couldn’t say anything, but actually, Joo Hyun awakened to S-class.

It seems they hit it off while she was going in and out of the BM Guild to get her evaluation.]

According to the contract, I wasn’t supposed to say anything until the official announcement by the BM Guild.

Joo Hyun had told me about it secretly.

So, just in case I told my friends and rumors spread, potentially hindering Joo Hyun’s future, I strictly kept Joo Hyun’s S-class evaluation a secret, not telling anyone.

Thinking about it now, I was an idiot, but back then, she was my beloved lover.

As I honestly confessed, the group chat exploded.

Reactions of surprise about how an E-class could become an S-class, and curses directed at Joo Hyun who cheated, mixed together, making the chat room’s atmosphere reach a boiling point.

I told them everything, including how Joo Hyun started coming home less and less after getting her S-class evaluation, and how she was already dating Kim Joon Hyuk while living with me.

Then, even the friends who had been teasing me for being dumped started cursing Joo Hyun along with me.

[Then you must have had a hard time keeping it to yourself and suffering alone all this time.]

Dong Geon comforted me.

[I’m so angry, I want to make her regret it. But it’s not easy.]

I spoke my honest feelings.

[Right. The new boyfriend is none other than Kim Joon Hyuk…]

My friends also sympathized with my feelings.

An opponent I couldn’t possibly do anything against.

[I met her today and told her to apologize, but she didn’t.]

[You met Kim Joon Hyuk?!]

At my statement, my friends went into an uproar again.

[Where did you meet him?]

[Did you go to the BM Guild Representative’s office?]

[You told that person to apologize? Are you crazy?]

[Look at this b*stard’s guts. He must be crazy.]

[Hey, aren’t you scared?]

[Kim Joon Hyuk looked really scary, I bet you would pee your pants if you saw him in person. I would have been too scared to even make eye contact.]

[Geon must have been scared stiff too.]

No.

Far from being scared stiff, I hit him once and left.

You b*stard.

[The girl who dated Geon, the girl we could meet whenever we wanted, is now going to be equal to our S-class Hunter goddesses. I can’t believe it.]

[He’s going on about goddesses again. Crazy b*stard.]

[What goddess?]

[Why. Honestly, S-class Hunters are prettier than top celebrities. Admit it?]

[I admit they’re pretty, but they’re ridiculously strong and they’re all combat monsters, so I’m scared.]

[A woman who’s beautiful and has high ability! How beautiful! Ah, Goddess Chae Na Yeon, Goddess Yu Sol, Goddess Shin Cho Rim, Goddess Han Yu Ri…]

A lot of messages went back and forth, and the heated atmosphere cooled down and became comfortable.

Then my friends started joking around.

My friend Sung Hoon, who usually fangirled over pictures and videos of female S-class Hunters, as always, started rattling off the names of S-class Hunters.

[They’re so pretty and have such high ability, you can never even talk to them in your life, so why like them?

They don’t do things like movie theater tours or fan signing events like celebrities, so you can’t even meet them.]

[A goddess is originally someone you worship in your heart. Pictures and videos are enough!

Hey, and if you’re scared because they’re strong, then like the non-combat type S-class ones.

Their power is weak, they can’t even kill one lowest-grade monster. They’re delicate and lovely…]

[Crazy b*stard.]

[Then since Lee Joo Hyun is an S-class Hunter now, is she a goddess too? Are you going to fangirl over her?]

[Ah, that’s not it. That f*cker has to be excluded.]

My goddess fangirl friend Sung Hoon, getting worked up, cursed Joo Hyun.

He said a b*ch who cheated on her friend wasn’t qualified to be a goddess.

I’m a bit grateful.

That my friend isn’t going to fangirl over my ex-girlfriend.

It’s a relief.

If he had, it would have been quite awkward for me.

[Someone like her doesn’t deserve to be called a goddess.]

[Still, honestly, isn’t she on par with S-class Hunters in terms of facial beauty?]

[Yes. With the atmosphere bonus from the S-class magic buff, she might be on par.]

[Are your eyes messed up? How can someone like Lee Joo Hyun be on par? Sorry to Geon, but the goddesses win by a landslide.]

[Everyone, that’s enough. Why are you talking about an ex-girlfriend’s face when he’s here?]

My friends suddenly started getting into a debate about ‘Who is more of a goddess?’.

Dong Geon tried to cut off their rampage.

[It’s okay. You can. How long are we going to keep the atmosphere awkward? And what is there to be sorry about to me? I also think S-class Hunters are much prettier than Joo Hyun.

It’s not because she dumped me, I’m being objective.]

Female S-class Hunters who enjoy the love of the entire nation and popularity exceeding that of top actresses and top idols.

To think that they and my ex-girlfriend were being talked about together.

It felt just as unreal as what I had just experienced at the cafe.

Joo Hyun is now truly becoming someone who is drifting impossibly far away from me.

While talking about Kim Joon Hyuk.

A friend shared a news link in the group chat.

It was a news video about Kim Joon Hyuk being injured.

[But they say Kim Joon Hyuk is injured?]

[You just met him, right?]

[He got injured after breaking up with you?]

[Was there an attack today? There was no news about it.]

[Why did an S-class Hunter get injured? Did an even crazier monster appear?]

I played the video.

Today at 11 AM.

Glass shards are scattered in an alley, and a man is lying on the ground.

A man who appears to have fallen after the glass on the second floor of a cafe broke.

A woman next to the man starts crying in panic.

After a while, two other men rush over.

This man is none other than the Representative of the BM Guild, Mr. Kim Joon Hyuk…

It was a video report that seemed to have been filmed by a citizen.

As soon as the sound of the cafe glass breaking was heard, someone must have started recording the video with their phone.

“It was a simple accident that occurred during a private meeting with an unannounced S-class Hunter.

It was not a monster attack, and there were no casualties.

I am also recovering quickly, so please do not worry too much, citizens…”

A scene of Kim Joon Hyuk directly interviewing with reporters came on.

Given Kim Joon Hyuk’s position, he must have done the interview himself even while injured because he was worried about the public.

There is no technique for Hunters to heal wounds instantly.

Instead, their natural recovery speed is significantly faster than ordinary people.

Since he’s an S-class Hunter, his bones must have already started knitting back together.

He’ll be fully recovered within a few days.

This was also the reason why, even though Kim Joon Hyuk had broken ribs and coughed up blood, I could casually tease Joo Hyun after just giving Kim Joon Hyuk a quick look out of courtesy.

Kim Joon Hyuk seems to be trying to shift the blame for his injury to Joo Hyun instead of me.

Well, I guess it would be embarrassing if it was revealed that he got like that after being hit by a C-class.

The second-floor cafe CCTV video that recorded me hitting and sending that guy flying must have also already been dealt with by the BM Guild.

[“Despite Representative Kim Joon Hyuk’s explanation, there are many concerns that some additional accident might occur. This was Han Dong Won.”]

Along with the announcer’s voice, the latter part of the video report continued to play.

In it, I was also shown running towards Kim Joon Hyuk along with the manager and cafe staff.

[Is that you?]

[He got like that while you were together?]

[Why did Kim Joon Hyuk get injured?]

[Why is he like that? Did Joo Hyun hit him and make him like that?]

[Is Joo Hyun super strong? Geon won’t be able to get revenge.]

I wondered if I should even tell them this much because it might cause a commotion.

It’s annoying.

[Kim Joon Hyuk told me to hit him twice, so I hit him once, and he ended up like that.]

[You hit Kim Joon Hyuk?!]

[Isn’t he crazy?]

Since I didn’t want my friends to misunderstand, I quickly explained that I hit him after Kim Joon Hyuk lowered his power to C-class.

Then my friends’ points of surprise shifted to ‘His guts are amazing.’, ‘He’s a crazy bstard who lost his mind because of the breakup.’, ‘Isn’t he scared of retaliation?’, ‘Hitting an S-class is fcking cool.’, and ‘He hit a C-class with C-class power, so why is he in such a state?’.