SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon - Chapter 52

His throat was burning. Choi Cedric burst out in anger.

“Then are you saying that you guys just sucking your fingers when Rona is in pain?”

“Oh, no! How could we? We’ve been using healing skills.”

“What about now?”

“I-I have run out of mana, so I can’t use it anymore….”

Choi Cedric grabbed the Healer’s neck before he could even finish speaking.

“What? Out of mana? Say it again.”

“Uh … Ugh.”

He knocked the Healer’s body to the floor. He grabbed his head with one hand and threw him to the floor. Although he did not use any special skills, the overwhelming status of an S-class Hunter was enough to put pressure on the Healer by itself.

Bugh! His body fell like a leaf.

Regardless of the pain, Choi Cedric gave strength to his grip.

“Uh… Ugh! Ugh!”

His neck fits tightly into the palm of Cedric’s hand. The Healer, who belatedly realized that he was holding his leash, trembled like an aspen.

“You say, ‘I can’t use my skills because my mana is low’. Then, is there any reason for you to stay here?”

Sheeng.

Choi Cedric drew his sword. The moment he saw that silver blade, the Healer turned white. Cut. This man is really thinking of cutting him.

“Ah … no, no. I can use … I-I will use….”

“What are you talking about?”

When he stood up again, the Healer’s face was a mess of blood and tears. He slapped his cheek with his hand, he was so nervous that he almost fainted.

He can’t use the skill at this rate. Swish. Choi Cedric threw the healer away. In turn, he spoke while looking at another Healer, who was shaking in the corner.

“You?”

“….Hick!”

“You can’t?”

“Huk, I-I will use it! I can do it!”

The agitated Healer reached out to Choi Rona and cast a skill. The previous skill use had already exhausted her mana to the bottom and she was dizzy, but there was no other way. If she doesn’t use her skill, she’ll end up like the other healer who fell to the floor.

“Uh … ugh, uhh, heugh!”

The white light from her fingertips swam through the air. However, the light of healing disappeared without being absorbed by Choi Rona as if it were blocked by something.

“Ugh … cough, cough!”

“Continue.”

Once again. One more time….

The Healer, who reached her limit, poured out her skills until she vomited blood, but there was no change. Choi Rona still looked in pain.

Choi Cedric looked at the figure quietly.

‘Useless things.’

He always thought about it when he was injured during battle in dungeon and got treated with healing skills. They’re useless.

No matter how badly injured he was, he healed quickly when he received the healing skill. Every time he saw the cuts that were deep enough to show the bones heal and the flesh fills in, Choi Cedric felt disgusted and couldn’t stand it.

He wanted to cure his sister’s illness instead of this insignificant injury, but they couldn’t save the only person he wanted to be healed.

‘If only I have that flower….’

Blue Celaeno flower. It was the only medicine that worked for his sister’s illness.

If only that flower could be saved, at least … he would be able to take away the pain that tormented Rona.

What are you dreaming about? Would you resent me for not being able to do anything in your dreams?

He didn’t cry. Choi Cedric looked at his sister’s thin face with dry eyes.

After a while, Choi Rona’s seizures stopped. he eyelids were still tightly closed,, but the screams and convulsions died down.

It was already midnight when he left the hospital room after wiping her wet forehead in cold sweat.

As he closed the door to her room carefully so as not to make a sound, someone approached him.

“I heard you had another fight?”

“….CEO-nim.”

It was Lee Sein, the CEO of C&L Corporation.

“I don’t mean to scold you to the extent of being angry. It was a bit noisy today.”

“I’m sorry….”

Choi Cedric drooped his shoulders as if a thorn had fallen out in front of Lee Sein. A bitter smile appeared on Lee Sein’s lips.

“How is Rona?”

“She’s a little bit better now.”

“I’m sorry. I was going to come back after hearing that she had another seizure, but the meeting is only over now.”

“It’s all right. Still, if you could come and see Rona next time….”

At that time, the secretary next to her called Lee Sein. A discreet but clear voice cuts off the conversation. It was a calculated soft invasion.

“CEO-nim, it’s time to go.”

“Really? Then, I’ve got to go. Cedric, I’m sorry. Let’s talk again later.”

“….Yes.”

Without hesitation, Lee Sein turned around.

Before following her, the secretary’s gaze rested on Choi Cedric’s face for a moment. Then, a faint smile stayed on his lips before melted away like a bubble.

Choi Cedric looked at his back as he moved away.

His name is Aeon. The strange face, whose gender and age are not clear, with the eyes adorning that face as if they are embedded with glass eyes, is emotionless.

A lot has changed with the advice that that secretary gave to Lee Sein.

Originally, Choi Cedric was introverted and timid. However, after he became an S-class hunter, he had to act arrogantly in front of others because what people want is an S-class appearance that is worthy of the strongest. A weak appearance is only a good weakness to be bitten. It would have been better to be arrogant and self-righteous.

That’s why he decided to hide the existence of the sick Choi Rona from the world. A melodramatic story doesn’t suit the Rankers. No one is curious about sad stories.

In the end, Choi Cedric became famous and admired.

But….

His younger sister suffers alone in a secret hospital room where no one comes to visit, and he can’t even show his sadness in front of others.

Is this really correct?

The answer to the question he posed alone is unknown. It was a noisy night.

***

What day is it today?

So, today is the day I meet celebrities.

“Ah!”

After the commotion at the farm, I left the farm with a sapling and a bundle of miscellaneous gifts. I was walking after getting off the subway at the nearest station to the Dungeon Gate when suddenly someone made a sound of surprise.

In front of me was a girl who looked roughly in her mid-teens.

“What are you doing there … Ah!”

A boy who looked the same appeared.

Do they happen to know me? But I have no memory of meeting these kids.

The twins, who were looking at me with their eyes wide open, were embarrassed and lowered their heads.

“Uwah! I’m sorry. I surprised you.”

“I’m sorry!”

“No, that’s fine … have we met somewhere?”

“Our guild leader … oh, no, I mistook you for someone I knew.”

“Huh, hey, Joo Shinwoo! Gu … no, Hunter-nim, where did he go?”

“No way … did we miss him?!”

“….That way!”

Hurriedly, the twins ran towards the other side of the crosswalk. They were so fast that I couldn’t even follow their moves.

Only the sound of ‘I told you to watch him carefully, you idiot!’ came in the wind. They are noisy kids.

Are they sure they’re mistaking me for someone else? I think I’ve heard their voices somewhere.….

Well, I don’t know. It was just a moment when I stepped back to go back quickly.

A long shadow cast under the orange streetlight. I inadvertently lowered my head to the starting point of the shadow and was startled.

“……what are you doing there?”

The owner of the shadow was Ki Yoohyun.

Under the bright orange light, Ki Yoohyun answered with a troubled smile.

“Ahaha … It’s been a while.”

A blind spot on the wall that is hard to see from the other side, a pair of glasses to cover that gorgeous face (for reference, they’re not helpful at covering his face a all), and a black coat.

I’m starting to understand this situation….

Hasn’t something similar happened before? As I recalled, the twins I met earlier came back.

Ki Yoohyun hid himself in the dark to avoid the lights of the street lamps.

“Yoohyun-ssi?”

But the twins were faster. Running back and forth, they surrounded Ki Yoohyun back and forth and spoke.

“Gu … no, Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim, you are here!”

“We won’t miss you anymore! Please calmly return to the guild.”

Could it be that Ki Yoohyun, this person, was trying to slack off and playing hide and seek with these cute little children?

“……”

“Rieul-ssi, I feel your eyes sting for some reason, is it just my imagination?”

“It’s not just your imagination.”

“….”

Then, the twins talked to me.

“We’re being rude earlier. Guild … we were looking for Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim.”

“Pardon us!”

Same face, same jumper.

The girl with long curly hair looked relatively proud, and the boy with a short hair had a more lively atmosphere. They’re so cute. Then, they introduced themselves.

“My name is Joo Shinhee from Cheongna Guild.”

“I’m Joo Shinwoo!”

“You can call me Kwon Rieul. Please … huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing. It’s not….”

The twin hunters of the Cheongna Guild?

I remember. I saw them in a video before my return.

As soon as they awakened, they’re a promising prospect who was selected for the main party ‘Blue Vines’ of Cheongna Guild.

The older sister, Joo Shinhee. An archer. Her specialty is an ice pick that targets the opponent’s heart.

The younger brother, Joo Shinwoo. A wizard. His specialty is a curse that gnaws at the opponent.

The part that left an impression more strongly than their abilities was their facial expressions.

A pale, doll-like face that has erased all the innocence and vitality one would expect from a child. The coldness in their eyes. The motion of wiping the blood off the cheek looked cruel.

I blinked slowly and looked at them again. A lively, friendly boy and girl were looking up at me.

No wonder I didn’t immediately recognize them. I couldn’t connect them with the hideous appearances in my memory.

How do these cute kids change like that? 3 years is longer than I thought….

“It looks heavy.”

Ki Yoohyun suddenly talked to me, who was shocked by the future of the twins.

“No, it’s not heavy.”

The sapling of the Purifying Tree was about two spans long, so it was light enough to be held with one hand. Other than that, there is one bag filled with miscellaneous items that Lee Chorok gave me.

“It’s too much to carry alone.”

“Huh? But it’s not a lot?”

If it was heavy in the first place, I would have put it in my inventory to bring it. I don’t want to have a toothed carrot or something in my inventory, so I just walk with it.

However, Ki Yoohyun was firm.

“You’re on your way to the store, right? It’s be heavy, so I’ll carry it for you.”

Ki Yoohyun, who didn’t listen to me at all, took the sapling and bag from my hands. This person is really…..

I don’t know exactly what happened, but the twins were chasing Ki Yoohyun.

So now, you’re using me as an excuse to get out of this situation….?

“Then, I have to help Rieul-ssi, so I’ll be on my way.”

“Eek, Gu … Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim!”

Joo Shinhee quickly tried to catch Ki Yoohyun, but Joo Shinwoo pulled her back. Then, they put their heads together and whispered in the corner.

For your information, it was loud enough for a whisper, so I could hear half of it.

“You idiot! Did you forget what the deputy guild leader said?”
“What is it, you idiot!”
“The reason Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim these days….”
“Ah, aah…!”

“….?”

The twins glanced at me. The gazes are very passionate.

“Then, she’s the…!”
“Yeah, now you understand the situation, you idiot!”
“Who are you calling an idiot, you idiot! Then uh, what should I do? Should I call her with ‘unnie’?”
“No, it’s too early to call her that. So we shouldn’t … it is imperative that ‥. do you understand?”
“Joo Shinwoo, you’re saying something useful.”
“This is nothing.”

Nod, nod. As if they had reached a dramatic agreement, the twins stood up and greeted me with the utmost respect.

“If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do about it.We’ll be on our way.”

They bowed and turned around without hesitation.

Translator’s Corner:

Sorry for the delayed update. The Wi-Fi in my dorm has not been able to connect to internet for days and I’m running out of mobile internet data. Please pray that my Wi-Fi will get fixed quickly T___T