I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 52

Episode 052

It was such a mysterious thing.

When I looked closely, I saw that a few strands of straw on his arms were charred black.

“No, my arm was burned.”

– not a big deal.

Contrary to his casual answer, Seo Ji-han quickly hid his straw hand behind his back.

“It’s no big deal.”

I grabbed his body and lifted it up, and found that his arms were more burned than I expected.

“I could have done something wrong and burned my entire body.”

– I was afraid that would happen, so I put water in the sink. If it catches fire, jump in right away. I would never have started a fire.

“That’s not it, my body was burnt…”

– Nothing to worry about. It’s not your real body anyway.

Seo Ji-han answered like that and got out of the straw doll. He

then held the bowl of porridge on his chin and looked expectant.

– Try it. I don’t know what it would be like because I couldn’t taste it.

Of course I couldn’t taste it…

I sat down on the bed holding a bowl of porridge.

It was the porridge that Seo Ji-han went to the kitchen and worked hard to make.

Even if it doesn’t taste very good, I have to enjoy it.

Actually, I didn’t have any expectations.

It’s just white rice porridge, so how delicious can it be?

But the moment I slurped one bite, I changed my mind.

No, it’s really delicious.

It’s a little close to sungnyung, but how can the rice grains be chewy? ?

And the salt seasoning was very exquisite, so it was salty without being overwhelming.

It wasn’t anything special, but it really wasn’t anything special, but it was delicious.

“It’s really delicious. Seo Ji-han is a good cook.”

– Well, it’s normal.

He said it was nothing special, but his face was very proud.

At that time, the doorbell rang.

I guess there was a delivery.

If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have ordered it.

– What is it?

“Oh, I was hungry, so I had some food delivered.”

– There was that way too.

Although he was speaking calmly, he seemed a bit glum.

I quickly left the bedroom, got the delivered food, and laid it out in the living room.

Still, I felt like I was in better shape, perhaps because I ate some porridge.

“Maybe it was because I ate the porridge, but still. “It gives me some strength. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get the delivery.”

I deliberately said this to Seo Ji-han, who was feeling discouraged, and he looked a little embarrassed but perked up. He

probably sensed that I was saying this out of concern for him.

By the way, the porridge that Seo Ji-han made…

I guess I should eat it all . ?

I pushed aside the delivery food and picked up the bowl of porridge.

He told me to eat the right food first, but you can’t ignore people’s sincerity.

I ate all of Seo Ji-han’s porridge and then also ate the delivery food.

That means I overate a lot.

* * *

It’s been a week since I received my first quest in my life as a hunter.

I still haven’t gotten any clues.

The grudge who gave me the quest has disappeared like a stone, so I don’t even have anyone to ask who the culprit is.

However, the person who grudged me in the first place has also disappeared from me . It seemed like he didn’t know the name of the culprit that he could tell.

If he had known, he would have said the culprit’s name instead of ‘It’s unfair.’

And since he didn’t say Seo Ji-han’s name, it seems like he knew that the culprit wasn’t Seo Ji-han

. Therefore, my search for the culprit was really like heading to the bare ground.

At first, I thought about securing CCTV of the crime scene or going into hiding at the police station.

I tried various methods, but they were all put on hold because they were too dangerous or too reckless.

In the end, I ended up with no results . Time just flew by.

– Why is there no income?

“I rested well. Thanks to that, my body got better.”

My body returned to normal after suffering for three days.

Healing potions, blessing potions, magic removal potions, and detox potions didn’t work, so I had to lie down for a while. – That’s the most

important thing. Quest It’s good if you do it, and there’s nothing to lose even if you don’t.

“Why is there nothing to lose? Seo Ji-han was falsely accused, and Kim Young-gil is probably in trouble as well.”

– You, I mean. As long as you’re safe, that’s fine.

“But… besides, the reward is great.”

– Compared to your skills, it’s nothing. And there’s no reason to be greedy about production skills. After

resolutely nailing it, Seo Ji-han turned his attention to the TV.

I looked at him for a moment and then picked up the straw doll placed next to the remote control. .

It looked pretty good because I dressed the doll in clothes that were delivered by courier not long ago. I

also put doll gloves on my hands, so if I didn’t take them off, the scorch marks were hard to see.

But if I looked closely, my hands were scorched.

“Clothes are the heart.” Do you listen?”

Seo Ji-han, the straw doll, was wearing a plain beige knit t-shirt and dark blue pants.

It is the style of clothing that Seo Ji-han often wears.

He also wore black socks and white gloves.

He had obviously put something on it, but it fell to the floor. The amount of straw has decreased significantly.

– That’s just it.

“Then, let’s try something new and make princess clothes…”

– Son Moa.

As I was giggling and teasing Seo Ji-han, who was looking at me with a straight face, my phone vibrated.

Is it your mom?

I sat down, filled my stomach, and looked at my phone.

It wasn’t from my mom, but for some reason, a message came from the guild.

“what. “You want me to come to the guild tomorrow?”

As I spoke while writing down a long message, Seo Ji-han approached me with a puzzled look on his face.

– tomorrow? Is there permission to attack?

“I think so. “Now that the strategy team has been formed, let’s take the time to say hello to each other.”

– Look. hmm? The attack schedule is too tight. Say hello and enter the dungeon the very next day?

“Is this strange?”

– That’s strange. You don’t go in in the morning and come out in the afternoon. Once you enter the dungeon, it takes at least a month to conquer it. How much is the escape seat? That price has to be paid. You’ve been in a dungeon for a month, but you’re joining a team you only met two days ago? This is a bit much.

“That’s strange.”

– It looks suspicious.

I stared at the message for a moment.

Umm no.

Could the world really be so full of conspiracies?

And what on earth is the purpose of doing this?

“Isn’t it just because I can’t do my job? “When we wrote contracts in the past, they were sloppy in many ways.”

– hmm.

“Let’s not worry in advance. You’ll find out when you go tomorrow. “Anyway, if this continues, we will have to postpone finding the culprit for a while.”

– Don’t think too hastily. If the guy who killed Kim Young-gil is planning something, what else will he do? The more you commit, the longer your tail will be.

“I don’t want more victims.”

– It’s something that can’t be helped.

Seo Ji-han just shrugged his shoulders.

The more victims there are, the more the false accusations will grow, but they don’t seem to care about that.

I guess I suffered from so many fake rumors that I broke down.

I replied that I would go tomorrow and lay down on the sofa.

Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since I’ve seen the assistant manager and deputy manager.

When I went to the guild the next day, two people welcomed me from the lobby.

I saw the assistant manager after a long time and his complexion looked much better than before.

I think guild life quite suits my personality.

The conductor also looked very healthy.

“Moa, it’s been a while. Even if I didn’t have to work, I should have come and have some fun. “I’m so sorry…”

I was very embarrassed because the conductor looked really sad.

Oh, it’s not that I didn’t mean to not come.

There were a few things that happened…

“I’m sorry.”

“Oh, there’s nothing to be sorry about. Now that I’m in the dungeon, I won’t be able to see you again for a long time, so I’m just sad.”

The assistant manager slipped in between the lightly laughing conductor and I.

“Then how about chicken and beer for dinner tonight?”

In the past, on days when we got off work without overtime, the three of us would often have a glass of beer each. It

was really fun to vent our frustrations at work and talk to sisters and brothers.

I was tempted to nod, but the deputy manager opened his eyes.

“Where are you going? There’s a dungeon tomorrow.” “I’m going to attack, so what if I give him alcohol tonight?”

The assistant manager was struck by the really cold words of the deputy manager, so he lowered his head.

The two of you were still the same.

“That’s right. Let’s have a drink after we finish conquering the dungeon. I’ll bring you a lot of stories about the dungeon as a snack.”

I said it with a smile, and the assistant manager quickly brightened up.

“That’s good too! I guess you really don’t know what will happen to people. Moa has become a hunter and is going to raid a dungeon tomorrow….” I agree

.

Nodding my head, I carefully took out the words I had been holding back from a while ago.

“By the way, Deputy Chief. Do you know why the dungeon attack schedule was decided so urgently?”

“Oh, that’s it.”

The assistant manager, who was about to open his mouth with a lot to say, glanced at the information desk for a moment and then gestured toward the elevator. This

meant that it was a bit uncomfortable to talk about in the lobby.

It was uncomfortable to keep talking while standing in the lobby, so we used the reception room. I moved to the same small room.

It felt a little less office-like and well-decorated than the room where I signed the contract last time.

“It’s an interview room. There are very few people who come to visit, so I just use it as a chat room. Fortunately, it’s empty.”

As soon as we sat down, the assistant manager got straight to the point.

“I think the guild leader will tell you anyway, but in fact, the dungeon permission was granted only yesterday.”

“Yesterday?”

“It fell yesterday morning.”

The assistant manager quietly helped me out.

The assistant manager sighed, probably because I didn’t understand.

“You were confused, right? We were too. The guild leader came and suddenly said that an official letter had come down and told us to fill out the application documents and proceed…”

“Is this how it usually goes?”

I had already heard from Seo Ji-han that this was not a common occurrence, but when I asked him to confirm, the deputy director shook his head.

“Absolutely not. “Usually we let you know a month in advance, but this time it’s because we’re the ones making the mistake.”

“A tinkering?”

“I don’t know if you know, but recently there was a murder case of Hunter Kim Young-gil at the Amhyeon guild.”

“ah. “That’s right.”

Why is that story coming out all of a sudden?

I tried not to look too surprised, but I don’t know if I was doing a good job.

“I guess that’s why they’re diverting their manpower to other places to catch hunters from above. As a result, the attack schedule became a bit empty, so we were able to take that spot.”

“iced coffee.”

“It was definitely too urgent, so I told the guild leader that it would be difficult, but I guess the dungeon management office said that if I didn’t go tomorrow, they would hand it over to another more urgent guild.”

“I guess I have no choice but to do this.”

“That’s right. Since we were the ones who were disappointed, we had no choice but to do it quickly.”

“I see.”

That’s roughly how it happened.