I Was Betrayed But It's Okay haha

Chapter 9

On the way to the welcome dinner.

“Wow... Senior... You looked really cool today.”

Hyungseok was guiding me to the dinner while continuously expressing his admiration.

Seeing him give me a double thumbs-up made me feel somewhat embarrassed.

“Hey... stop it. What’s with that...”

“No, today was really amazing! Senior, the work you did today was incredible. I don’t think you realize how big of a deal it was just hearing the situation.”

Suddenly, he took out his smartphone.

“Look at this. Our guild has already started operations on it.”

“Operations?”

[ Did you know that Team A of the Blue Guild almost got wiped out today? ]

ᄂ Why wiped out? Isn’t Lee Sooah there?

ᄂ I heard Lee Sooah almost died too?

ᄂ Why? How would Lee Sooah die? Even if she’s a has-been, she’s not that weak.

ᄂ Lee Sooah’s got the goods. I want to touch.

ᄂ Everyone, let’s stop this nonsense. Creating baseless rumors.

[ They say a Medusa appeared in the Yongsan War Memorial Dungeon, and that’s why Lee Sooah’s team almost got wiped out. ]

ᄂ No way. Why would a Medusa appear there? It doesn’t even match the dungeon’s attributes.

ᄂ If you’re going to make up stories, at least make them plausible.

ᄂ Is there anyone out there writing fresh and believable stories? There’s a lack of talent.

[ That post from earlier seems legit? The Blue Guild seems to have acknowledged it too? ]

ᄂ What are you talking about? Stop with the nonsense.

ᄂ I won’t believe it until there’s proof.

ᄂ If a Medusa appeared in the War Memorial Dungeon, I’ll cut off my own balls. That dungeon isn’t even that type.

ᄂ But I heard no one was prepared, so they almost got wiped.

Various posts were appearing across multiple communities.@@@@

“What the...?”

It seemed that people still couldn’t believe it.

“What’s this about?”

“Well... You did something amazing today, right? So, our guild wants to leverage that~ That’s what I’m saying. The Guild Master was really angry today about Lee Sooah getting pushed out...”

It indeed seemed that there was chaos in the guild because Lee Sooah was pushed out due to Chae Suhyeon.

“But?”

“So, the Guild Master wants to spotlight you~ that’s the stance.”

“Guild Master what? Me?”

I couldn’t help but be perplexed by the sudden turn of events.

“Hey. You know our Hunter Lee Sooah is a rival to Hunter Chae Suhyeon, right? Well, I don’t know if it’s right to call it a rivalry, but still. Anyway, I casually mentioned your relationship with Hunter Chae Suhyeon to the Guild Master.”

“What? Why?”

Honestly, it wasn’t a good thing for me if such information got around.

Of course, I knew how others would think about it.

Everyone would laugh at me.

A foolish E-rank Hunter who dedicated himself as a slave to an S-rank Hunter only to be discarded like trash.

I didn’t want to spread a bad image.

“Ha... I’m going to end up looking like a pushover again.”

“Ah, don’t worry.”

When I frowned, Hyungseok lightly tapped my shoulder.

“Senior. I’ve got this. I won’t let it go in the direction you’re worried about.”

He seemed to have some confidence.

“Our Guild Master is quite perceptive. I think they might be expecting something from you.”

“Expecting? What kind of expectation?”

“Well, you know, someone who has a connection with Hunter Chae Suhyeon has come into our guild. It wouldn’t be a bad thing, would it?”

It seemed like the situation was getting complicated without me even knowing it.

I hadn’t taken any action, but Hyungseok looked like he was diligently scheming behind the scenes.

“Ugh.”

“But seriously, this was my very first experience for something like today!!”

There was even a middle-aged hunter speaking in an excited state.

“We could have really died today! The government team was pretty late, by the way. The nearest team said it would take at least 20 minutes, right?”

“Exactly. I’ve never felt so anxious in my entire hunter life! I have no idea why a monster that doesn’t match our attributes showed up. Plus, it was a rare monster, right? It’s not like it comes out randomly unless someone goes out specifically to hunt it.”

“Right? And it wasn’t just one or two...”

Everyone continued discussing what had happened today.

It seemed that thinking back on the event made everyone’s hearts race.

“By the way, Jihoon. Do you have any bad feelings towards that Medusa?”

“Pardon?”

“I mean, when you were fighting the Medusa earlier, you looked really angry.”

Someone came over and casually asked.

‘Ah... I guess they’re referring to when I swung my weapon thinking it was Chae Suhyeon because I was so pissed off.’

‘Did I look that angry...’

“Haha... it was just that the Medusa caught me off guard. I didn’t expect it to come out.”

“Ugh. I thought you had a grudge against the Medusa or something.”

Everyone was in a cheerful mood.

“Jihoon. I’ll apologize on behalf of today’s event.”

Suddenly, Hunter Lee Sooah had come to sit nearby.

“Huh? No, it’s fine.”

“It’s your first day, and you’re a rookie... I should have done better at protecting you, but instead I showed you an ugly side.”

Lee Sooah apologized with a grimace.

“It’s okay. I’m just glad it was resolved well.”

“Let’s work well together from now on.”

She left with those brief words, returning to her seat.

‘Wow... to be in the same team as Hunter Lee Sooah.’

Today had been so eventful that I hadn’t thought about it until now.

In fact, if it’s about Hunter Lee Sooah, she is the most famous hunter in our country, someone everyone wants to team up with.

If there were a popularity poll online, she would surely come in first.

‘Although I lost to Chae Suhyeon, this isn’t bad at all.’

They say life is a mix of fortune and misfortune.

There were certainly some frustrating moments, but I felt lucky because there were good things that matched them.

‘Huh? What is this?’

The status window suddenly began flickering in front of my eyes.

‘Why is it flickering again?’

Usually, the status window doesn’t go haywire like this on its own.

But today seemed particularly strange.

Tick.

I lightly touched the status window to open it.

There was the status window of Lee Sooah displayed.

‘Huh...? What’s going on with her status...?’

It was a screen I had never seen before.

Depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, headache...

The status window of Hunter Lee Sooah was filled with various red markers.

Of course, red markers are mostly not good traits for hunters.

‘Wait, so she’s living with this status...?’

I subtly turned my head to observe Hunter Lee Sooah.

She seemed to be frowning in considerable pain.

‘Hmm... I think I need to help her...’

I moved my hand toward the status window.