The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 146

Episode 146. Kim Ki-ryeo (2)

Before I knew it, I was 20 years old.

This was the most meaningful time for Kim Ki-ryeo.

I met my mother and started my social activities in earnest in the same year.

-Wheeeeeeek.

-Drrrrr.

Kim Ki-ryeo once worked in a bathtub factory.

In fact, that career wasn’t long. I realized that even if I could make a living right away, if I just kept doing simple things, there would be no future.

‘It’s surprisingly doable, but I guess I won’t be able to do it for long.’

So, after thinking about how to live from now on, I finally decided on a goal.

Correctional officer.

They say that among jobs with guaranteed retirement, this one has a relatively easy exam.

‘I originally thought about becoming a military officer, but since I’m an orphan and was exempted from military service, I thought military life would be difficult now… ‘

By the way, it was around this time that I moved to a delivery agency.

My old job required a lot of overtime work, so I didn’t have time to study, but this job seemed like it would allow me to adjust my pace at least.

Besides, an acquaintance at the factory happened to be offering to sell me his old motorcycle for cheap.

I started a new job, thinking I was being fooled. As I had heard, learning how to ride a motorcycle was not that difficult.

“Hey, you crazy kid! I ordered spicy pig’s feet, but they were all cold and I got frozen pig’s feet instead!”

Of course, he was a very strict follower of traffic laws, so he got cursed out a lot for the first month… … .

As I got more used to driving, it gradually got better.

He was better at riding than I thought.

***

But one peaceful day.

“I have to apologize… … I’m sorry, but do you have some money saved in your bank account?”

Lee Hwa-young suddenly asked me a question in a subtle way. She asked me if I had any money saved up.

“Money?”

“I missed a few days of work this month because of my back pain, so I didn’t have money to pay the utility bills… … .”

When he first came out of the orphanage, he had decided to refuse any financial demands.

Has my resolve faded over time?

He readily gave 250,000 won to Lee Hwa-young, who was interested.

Anyway, I had been paying half of the monthly rent on time, so I didn’t think anything would change if I kept doing that for a month.

… … But contrary to expectations, Hwayoung’s demands grew louder.

“Hey, Mom, I don’t have money to buy groceries, so could you lend me a few thousand won?”

At first, he gave me 50,000 won in cash, saying he would buy groceries at the mart.

“Son… … I’m sorry, but Mom is sick and I just can’t work this month.”

And after a few days, he said he couldn’t find a job due to health issues and made me pay all of his living expenses.

“I’m really sorry, Mom.”

“It’s okay. It’s just for a little while.”

“Okay. As soon as my back gets better, I’ll work and pay you back.”

Was it because of her promise to pay back later?

He lent money to Lee Hwa-young again. Each time, his savings were quickly depleted, but he was still able to hold out.

This young man was an honest man who did not indulge in extravagance.

I still had some spare cash, because I saved up all the money I earned from the factory and my delivery work.

Yeah. I saved up 30 million won by the age of 22, so this much… … .

***

It’s already been two months since my biological mother took a leave of absence due to back pain.

29 million won.

28 million won.

And when my bank account balance had dropped to around 27 million won.

Suddenly, my mother started talking about something at the dinner table.

“Kirya, actually, I have something to tell you… … .”

Lee Hwa-young revealed that she had a huge amount of debt.

“When I was living alone without you, things were so difficult that I took out a loan. But, no matter how much I paid it back, it never went down.”

“Loan?”

“These days, I keep getting reminders flying in, I’m going crazy… … .”

The documents shown by the mother who said so clearly showed evidence of a loan from a bank.

The total amount of interest and principal is approximately 27 million won.

As it happened, there was just enough money in Kiryeo’s bank account to repay it.

“Now I can’t even extend the maturity date, and if I can’t pay this all at once, I’ll lose the deposit on the house we live in… … What should I do?”

Chin. She grabbed Kim Ki-ryeo’s hand and started pleading.

As a son, can you help your mother a little? Of course, I will return all your money later.

Don’t worry, my back is getting better and I’ll be back to work next month.

“How could it not work?”

Normally, no one would readily accept such a huge request, but their relationship was not that simple.

“hmm…….”

This was the family relationship that someone had been longing for.

“Are you really going to pay me back?”

“Oh, then! Don’t worry. How can a mother not pay her son back?”

Kim Ki-ryeo ends up paying off Lee Hwa-young’s loan with all of his assets.

But that’s okay. Mom promised to return the money.

You can always save up for your exam funds. Besides, doesn’t your mother help you with housework while you’re studying?

We’re going to continue living together, but this much between us…

***

Yeah. There’s no way that’s okay.

“her.”

Has it been about two days since you lent money to Lee Hwa-young?

After finishing his delivery work, Kiryeo’s ears burst into laughter within three minutes.

As soon as I opened the front door, what I saw was a very messy living room.

And just in case, I looked around the house and found that the missing items were some clothes, a wallet, a cell phone, and a travel carrier that should have been left on the veranda.

“You’re not even answering the phone.”

To conclude, Hwayoung ran away.

“Did you block it?”

And that was just 48 hours after lending the money.

He raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. Anyway, I really couldn’t have imagined this. I didn’t know that he would pack his bags and leave like this.

“What are you going to do with the deposit here… … . Are you going to vacate the house soon?”

If you explain the situation to the landlord, you might be able to talk to your mom for a bit.

But how much help would a few words of conversation really be now?

A roomy living room. Kiryeo, who had been standing in the center, slowly crouched down.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have never asked if I wanted to pay you back.”

Funny enough, this was the first thought that came to his mind when the situation turned out this way.

okay.

In fact, he had some inkling that he would not get his money back.

But even knowing that, he gave the money to his mother, without even a single one of those common IOUs.

Because he didn’t want to lose his mother, whom he barely had, and because he wanted to live a life with his family, even if he didn’t have money.

“ah…….”

But the fact that this money ended up ruining the family is truly a vain ending.

He stared out the window, lost in thought. When he came to, the sunset was shining through the window.

***

After that incident, Kim Ki-ryeo worked even harder.

It’s frustrating to have to start over again, but people have to earn money to live anyway.

A life of delivering during the day and studying at night.

Until this time, he had harbored little hope for the future.

“Oh, it’s really cold now that it’s winter.”

But what we must not forget is that the era this young man lives in is the world after Dungeon Shock.

“Krrrr… … .”

One day.

Kim Ki-ryeo, on his way out of the building after finishing his delivery, discovered a stray dog in the alley.

But upon closer inspection, it was not a common canine animal.

“hmm?”

Red sclera and a magic stone protruding from the back.

If it’s that kind of strange appearance, then the opponent is definitely it.

‘Monster!’

omg.

When he discovered the monster, he instinctively ran away. However, the monster approached faster than the motorcycle started.

Doo doo doo doo… Kwajik!

What I soon heard was a faint sound of meat breaking.

“-Ahh!”

The F-class monster rushed at Kiria and bit her leg violently.

I swung my helmet around in a hurry, but the black beast didn’t budge even when I got hit.

Crunch, crunch.

The bastard began to chew on the man’s right leg as if it had dog gum in its mouth.

“Let go, let go!”

Kim Ki-ryeo almost had his leg amputated because of this.

But fortunately, it didn’t get to the worst. Soon after, an E-rank Awakened person noticed the beast and rushed into the alley.

Push!

The black dog quickly lost its life to the hunter’s attack. However, Kim Ki-ryeo’s injuries were still serious.

“Huh, gasp… … .”

“Ouch! Oh my god! Are you okay? Hey… an ambulance! I’ll call an ambulance right now!”

A surreal landscape filled with red like the lights of a butcher’s shop.

What the hell is going on now?

I’ve been injured so badly, will I ever be able to walk normally again?

***

“You will be able to walk.”

A few days later.

Kim Ki-ryeo is lying in a hospital room.

The doctor was currently making his morning rounds. And just now the attending physician gave his opinion on my injured leg.

“Can you walk?”

“Yes. The surgery went well.”

But this only means that walking is ‘possible’.

“But from now on, you shouldn’t run or do any strenuous exercise.”

“yes?”

“The injury is so severe that it is inevitable that there will be some degree of aftereffects. Now, if you put too much strain on your leg joints, they will only get worse, so you need to take good care of them.”

You won’t be able to stand for long or run for a while.

Then, isn’t it obvious that there will be great restrictions on physical labor?

“is it so?”

Moreover, this incident caused significant financial damage.

‘Oh, by the way, the motorcycle was also destroyed.’

I thought it wouldn’t cost much because Korea has a good medical insurance system.

The cost of surgery for a fracture as severe as this was more than he had imagined.

If I had thought this would happen, I should have gotten some kind of insurance. No, but I ride a motorcycle for work, so I probably wouldn’t have gotten approval anyway…

‘What should I do about the rent right now?’

You hurt your leg, so just take a short break. I was in no position to accept such words.

If you rest today, you’ll have to starve tomorrow.

Because people can’t live without money.

For some, the hospital bill of several million won, which may seem like nothing more than the cost of a night of drinks, was enough to deter a young man.

Also, those who don’t have a family to help them get up tend to never get up again once they fall.

A few months later.

The plan is to make some recovery.

But, as the doctor said, I was left with aftereffects and couldn’t move my legs beyond a certain angle.

As time goes by, this will gradually get better, but if you want to be perfectly fine like before, you have to use the items that come from the dungeon.

“The average cost of re-amputating a leg and pouring in a high-grade potion to treat it is 350 million… … .”

ha ha ha.

I’ve never seen 100 million won in my life, and now 250 million won is added to that?

‘My head hurts.’

Kim Ki-ryeo took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.

I started smoking out of curiosity after becoming an adult, but I have never smoked this much before.

All my savings were lost because I couldn’t do anything proper while my leg was healing.

Moreover, when I hastily asked the government for help, the answer I got was that there was no support money for young people.

‘Even with this body, since you have the ability to work, you should work anyway… … .’

Still, Kim Ki-ryeo tried his best to survive.

First of all, since my physical condition has changed a bit since I was bitten by the monster last time, I’ll do an awakening test just in case.

“It’s 12Aw. The inspector has awakened to F-class.”

Even though I pulled out the lowest grade, I still tried to challenge the gate.

“Shaaaaak!”

“Ugh.”

Because of the trauma from the past, I would tremble whenever I saw a monster, and it was impossible for me to work as a hunter.

But if you look, there’s definitely still something you can do.

No, even if there wasn’t any, I had to make it. That way I could make a living, and once I made that money, the next thing was…

Next.

…what’s next?

Now that I think about it, why was I so tenacious in holding on?

‘What are you going to do with your life?’

The reason he wanted to become a civil servant was originally because he wanted to have a stable job.

If you receive government funding, at least your salary won’t be delayed, and then you can live…

I thought I could continue living with my mother for a long time.

“… … .”

That family has been in shambles for a long time.

His mother abandoned her son twice.

A family that you can give up for a mere year’s salary as an office worker.

Kim Ki-ryeon thought about it for a moment.

If I had been a little more lively, wouldn’t my mother have left me?

I wish I had a more handsome son.

Or maybe you have some special ability or you’re really good at studying.

But whatever the case, it seemed to her that her son was not very attractive as a family member.

So how do I appear to others? Do people in the world not want to be family with someone like me?

So, do I have to live like this for the rest of my life?

Abandoned by someone, lonely, and struggling.

‘For life.’

Suddenly.

Kim Ki-ryeo found it tiresome to make an effort.

Beyond that, there really was nothing else to explain.

Everything just suddenly became so crazy and annoying.

Whether it’s struggling to earn money, holding a book, or even doing something extremely trivial like cleaning your room.

And from this time on, strange things started happening.

Somehow, he keeps forgetting recent events these days.

What he was doing in front of the sink. What the door lock password was.

It keeps blinking.