The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 126

Episode 126. Schadenfreude (3)

I double-checked the writer’s ID.

But no matter how many times I read it, the words are the same.

Old type.

The fact that the enchanter’s name is here can only mean one thing.

***

Bang, bang, bang.

A splashing sound scatters across the cold marble table.

It was the cracking sound that occurred when an enchanter infused magic into his equipment.

-Hunter, what brings you here… … .

-Do you have permission… … .

But a little later.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the studio.

So much so that the enchantment sound is buried.

But the worker said this to the surrounding guards as if he had expected it.

“Is there an S-class hunter outside?”

“yes?”

“If you’re here, please let us in. Oh, sorry, but you guys have to step aside.”

Then, Gu Seo-hyung was able to have a private conversation with the guest who visited his studio shortly thereafter.

Light hair color and single-lidded eyes.

The man who once introduced himself as an F-class stands in front of you.

Kim Ki-ryeo came to the enchanter’s workshop.

“Wow, you came so quickly. Were you in front of the association when I called you earlier?”

The enchanter adjusted his glasses and jokingly replied.

But what came back was a somewhat stiff reaction.

“Old West type.”

The first thing I wanted to ask was:

In a way, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we came all the way here to confirm this.

“We were classmates?”

“huh.”

“But why didn’t you say anything until now?”

The brown-haired woman answered calmly.

“… … You were the one who pretended not to know me first.”

Is the sadness felt in this sentence just an alien’s misjudgment?

The wizard who had taken over the body of an Earthling was momentarily taken aback by the other person’s words, but Seohyung continued speaking in a grumbling voice.

“Anyway, you are really you. Do you think I’ve become so pretty that you don’t recognize me? Huh?”

“ah.”

“If there was anything I could fix, it wouldn’t be so unfair. To be honest, I was a bit hesitant to show it because you completely forgot about me. You know?”

But no answer came back.

The blonde S-class hunter just stood there blankly, examining Seo-hyung’s face.

‘hmm…….’

To be honest, from this perspective, it’s crazy and mind-boggling.

I finally met someone who was familiar with the owner of the body. I never thought that my memories wouldn’t come back even after meeting them face to face.

‘Anyway, it’s clear that we’re both classmates, right? Yes. So that’s why that Earthling suddenly suggested we start talking.’

After a brief moment of hesitation, the alien archmage finally opened his mouth.

“Seo-hyung-ah.”

“why?”

“Could you explain to me how close we were during our school days?”

“what?”

“Sorry, I forgot all about that.”

Because filling the gaps in memory is the most urgent task right now.

He tried to collect information about the body even by borrowing the hands of others.

Gu Seo-hyung readily accepted his classmate’s request.

“Did this eat crow meat?”

Anyway, I’ll say it willingly.

***

The story goes back to my third year of middle school.

That’s when Gu Seo-hyung was threatened by a delinquent boy and a male student helped him.

“Hey! What are you guys doing?”

First, let me explain the background.

Koo Seo-hyung and Kim Ki-ryeo were in the same class during their third year of middle school.

However, Gu Seo-hyung was unable to memorize his opponent’s name until the first semester was almost over.

That’s understandable, because before this incident, I had never had a separate conversation with a classmate named Kim Ki-ryeo.

“are you okay?”

“… .”

“Let’s get away from them for a bit.”

The person with attendance number 1 was what is called a quiet student.

He doesn’t really cause any trouble. He doesn’t stand out in any way either. He’s always in the corner of the classroom, seemingly nowhere in sight.

A person who spends his school life quite quietly.

“The police will be here soon.”

Gu Seo-hyung read the name tag in front of him while listening to the voice trying to reassure him.

[Kim Ki-ryeo]

And I thought that I should remember the name of the student who saved me and be grateful for that for a long time to come.

This was the first impression of him that remained in Seo-hyung’s mind.

But then one day.

Gu Seo-hyung noticed that the student he remembered came to school looking different than usual.

The edges of the patch are briefly visible over the school uniform.

If you have that many patches on your body, perhaps you have recently started doing some intense exercise.

A few days later.

Seohyung was shocked when she found out the truth about the pass.

In fact, Kim Ki-ryeo wasn’t involved in any sports or anything, but was just labeled a bully at school because of the incident that day.

“What? This was all done to them?!”

Koo Seo-hyung had been mistaken about the reason why he escaped from bullying.

When he threatened to report them if they touched him again, strangely enough, the bullies stopped harassing him.

“These crazy things… … .”

But the silence around me was actually just a change of target in an invisible place.

The group that had been harassing him had now moved on to Kim Ki-ryeo.

A situation where even more violence was being committed than before.

“I really can’t stand it! Whether the article comes out or not, I’m going to blow it up. Report it right now, Kiria! And open a school violence committee!”

Gu Seo-hyung cried and shouted, feeling sad that even his friend who helped him was hurt.

They also tried to punish the perpetrators even at the risk of facing the public’s negative gaze.

“it’s okay.”

However, only one student firmly opposed it.

“Just leave it.”

Eight years ago, Kiryeo said:

You said you were going through a tough time right now, but wouldn’t it be too much to worry about something like this?

It’s not like anything is broken, so I honestly don’t know if the teacher will be able to do this properly.

And finally, he even said that he was reluctant to make a big deal out of the incident due to personal reasons.

“I’ll be graduating soon anyway.”

The tone of voice of the boy who spoke like that seemed almost optimistic.

Just like a certain S-class hunter from 8 years later.

“still…….”

After that, Koo Seo-hyung tried to persuade the other person to report it several times, but the other person was quite stubborn.

Even.

After a few days, he told me not to talk to him anymore.

I thought it would be better to keep a distance from celebrities who get close to the opposite s*x because that group would spread strange rumors.

“You can stop pretending to know now.”

At this point, the relationship is almost worse than before the incident.

‘Does this person hate me?’

The old man in his childhood had a moment of doubt.

Then why did you have the courage to save someone if you didn’t even want to get close to the celebrity you were trying to get close to?

As you know, school violence presupposes the presence of many bystanders.

Most people have no choice but to remain silent because they may become the next target if they help bullies – as Kim Ki-ryeo actually did.

“Why did you come out?”

But the question I was trying to solve was solved quite simply.

“Oh, actually, I was bullied for a while in elementary school too?”

“ah.”

“But when I see all the students gathered in the playground on a day like the sports day, I always feel this way.”

“What are you feeling?”

“If only there was one student on my side out of all those students, I would have no more wishes.”

Just one, really.

He continued the conversation normally.

“So I just thought about it from then on. I thought that later on, when I see someone having a hard time, I shouldn’t ignore them… … .”

He said that his involvement was purely for his own satisfaction, and that he was satisfied with the result, so he told people not to worry about it anymore.

With statements like this, his personality can be naturally inferred.

“I see.”

Kim Ki-ryeo was a good student.

Additionally, it was a precious relationship that helped Gu Seo-hyung endure the hellish middle school years.

But that friend from my childhood saved me again as an adult.

“I was really surprised when I put on my glasses and saw your face.”

Seo-hyung, who had finished reminiscing, tied up her disheveled hair again.

“By the way, Kiria, you haven’t changed at all? You’re still as blunt as ever~”

She began to recount her memories in a bright tone, but somehow her expression gradually became clouded as the story progressed.

“It’s the same when you see someone having a hard time, helping them.”

And the reason why Seo-hyung’s expression darkened is.

“I still remember what kind of kid you were… … .”

Kim Ki-ryeo didn’t recognize himself at all when they met again.

The things we went through together, my name, and even my face.

It’s quite depressing to think that all this information wasn’t that important to that S-class.

“wait for a sec.”

But at that time.

The man sitting across from her noticed Seo-hyung’s expression and then blurted out.

“Guseo-hyung. There’s something you should know. Actually, it’s a bit of a secret… … .”

“huh?”

“It’s a kind of pathological problem that I don’t remember you.”

I have spoken the truth.

“I somehow lost my memory.”

“what?”

“Because of the brain damage, my memories were all over the place. For a moment, I even forgot my own name.”

The creature wearing someone else’s skin comforted Seo-hyung by saying so.

“Anyway, that’s why I didn’t know you… … . If I had been in my right mind, I probably would have recognized you right away. So I hope you don’t feel too bad about this.”

At this, Seo-hyung asked back, his eyes popping out in surprise.

You lost your memory.

“Oh, no. Amnesia?! Did that happen while working as a hunter?”

The man in the suit nodded slightly at the question.

Strictly speaking, this isn’t exactly wrong, since Kim Ki-ryeo was reincarnated after registering as a hunter.

“Oh my god! I heard this job is dangerous, but I never thought it would be this bad… …!”

Seohyung muttered with a serious face, and then the alien archmage naturally changed the subject.

“Don’t worry. I’m feeling much better now. As you can see, I’m doing fine with my daily life.”

“Oh, really?”

“Anyway, given these circumstances, would you mind telling me more about my past?”

“ah.”

“I thought maybe something would come to mind if I listened to you.”

But Seohyung looked troubled.

“Sorry, as far as I know, it only goes up to 3rd year of middle school… … .”

Well, she didn’t know much about Kim Ki-ryeo’s past either.

“You were the one who distanced yourself from me first, and that happened the year we were in high school.”

“Dungeon Shock?”

Seo-hyung nodded and recalled the past.

“Of course, after the shock died down, I remembered the email we had exchanged video files in the past, so I contacted you separately… … but you didn’t reply that time.”

If we only listen up to this point, we have no idea what Kim Ki-ryeo has been up to since entering high school.

“So I thought you were dead until now.”

Why didn’t you check that email?

Seohyung wanted to ask if he would have replied to me if he were alive, but he soon stopped himself.

‘No, there might have been some circumstances. Even if you remember it, it might be frustrating because you don’t remember it now, so let’s not burden you.’

It’s okay.

As fate would have it, he eventually came full circle and was reunited with his benefactor.

Gu Seo-hyung smiled cheerfully as he looked at the blonde Awakener dressed in a suit.

“Anyway, do you know how surprised I’ve been lately? Hey, you said you were an F-class, but then you suddenly showed up as an S-class hunter… … .”

Her old friend didn’t look much different from how she remembered him.

Spicy Sam Baek An.

I can’t say it was good, but it definitely left an impression on my mind.

Seohyung stared at Giryeo and said.

“Still, I was really happy when I heard that you were an S-class.”

Then, a thin layer of dew formed at the corners of her smiling eyes.

“I’ve always thought that good people like you would do well later on.”

“… .”

“But who would have thought this would actually come true?”

But no answer comes back.

The blond man, for some reason, hasn’t said a word since a while ago and just stared out the window.

“Oh, come on! Can you wait here for a moment? By the way, I have an enchantment to finish in the morning. I’ll be right back!”

While Gu Seo-hyung was out working.

The man sitting in the corner seemed lost in thought.

Knock. Knock.

He struck his index finger on the table, making a rhythmic noise.