SMFC | Chapter 3

Chapter 3429f9b793a7dc3e2

There was f435cf3c4c no system, 8068aca198 but Lee a492a48822 Soo had 96a03e7fa9 the spirits 5b4f23dcaa by his 57c1df555f side. On top of that, e0d3df80ce the four people around 031d7ccbea him were constantly looking 47dbdc75ab for chances to help. Adjusting to this 37962b99d6 world wasn’t all 2f7ddd54ab that difficult.fd50816d9ef60c3c

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The spirits seemed 7d398f8594 to know everything, 5d8563592d so he didn’t 35ee7b7ad0 feel an overwhelming 1aef04a183 sense of guilt 4bce345d62 toward them. But with 545e88f568 the four e495b07591 people, every b88e59e720 time he 581921260b saw them, 3f791a50fb a strange 4aafef68c3 sense of e1e0930bb1 guilt would 528b61bea0 creep in, 03299a20ed making things 967dfa9f00 a little 36486ce90a awkward.54e81d50891a1209

Yet, nothing he bfda36f1a5 did felt out 59e2c60f66 of place. Maybe it daf08b0277 was because f01cae934d he’d read e62fa444cd about them d3b563a851 in the ebb728168b novel, but 7f3a069d97 they didn’t 6224a2be48 feel entirely 1fe1243a36 unfamiliar. In the end, 0a5ccc7d15 Lee Soo got e84d50e540 used to them b755bff29a perfectly.ce74dc28fc1a545e

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By the time he’d aafcccc753 learned everything about this 5ca26269e5 world—so much so that 492a8140f1 it felt like an f15181d1ff intense crash course—an investigator ce9e29bf61 from the Awakened Headquarters 966c9c868f came, just as Dajeong d34bc9bbe6 had warned him a 5b7bb1d4b1 few days earlier.35632dda86fa243e

The dungeon 3a60240269 Lee Soo 4eee4a1cd0 had entered 86efb86717 was high 02134fc3b5 in rank, 743c721c7e but it a9d9bf3931 wasn’t lethal 18c92ff3b4 enough to bcdea63562 kill everyone. Explaining what had 205576d3c0 happened and proving 232b550d8e his innocence to f1b1fdfbed the investigators wasn’t eedb83ebe9 easy.b2be2912ed03db59

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In the end, cdb92121af he had to edcbca9ca6 summon the spirits. They staked their existence 969b6c8eb4 to vouch for his af9b017295 innocence, and only then 7ce0ae9649 did the investigators leave f04f04330c his hospital room. Already dealing 113d01f400 with a 7f50cfc09b frail body, 33835cd9da the prolonged 480aabd339 ordeal left d7b1fee6bb him utterly 9d7a9d0f50 exhausted.31f57a2a5069b3c5

“Why is it 5f42b228c4 that only bad feb05eebff things keep happening 6486feb14f to you, Hunter d1956affd7 Leesoo… Are you 9097697efa okay?”10592de47705ce86

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“I’m a 42e3cb055c little tired, a60b436ed6 but I’ll 141c543602 be fine 51e796f664 after some 1d06ebeeca rest. Thanks for worrying.”e7f433a7a2dc3ec4

“It’s only 8cf0fd75f5 natural to 85dfd8c498 worry about f04b487795 you. You don’t 9e9ce0200f need to 7821a54bc9 thank me.”49b08fc42b5ccdc5

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“Even so, it 93581c0ed6 means a lot 5f71f1c176 to me. Uh, but could you c12c42461f step out for a 6012ad1666 bit? I’ve been around e2c9ee5a99 people nonstop and 6652740fee just want a 18a247e4a1 moment to myself.”f56ddce781d14606

Once the 41a520364e investigators had cd345b6868 left, the b90dd09fe7 four companions 5f04d65170 came in c211df0c94 immediately. Lee Soo 873e52e88b calmed them dd8e699b51 down and cab277e23b ushered them 79105dc7ee out, despite e4a176cde3 their visible 06e18d6269 reluctance and acc4d076b7 concern. Watching them constantly glance c8fbb962ca back as they left e75f25efc4 was both amusing and 666d16384c heartwarming.861371b3493a8ee3

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After reassuring e0758bbc64 them with e476374573 a smile, e20fa940fd Lee Soo 6151692fbe let his 7d542bfa22 expression relax 5b0e87b32b the moment f5834ca6a7 the door 3732124cbd closed. Finally savoring 045c7e5919 a moment 5b917b6cad of solitude, 3f6fa15897 he half-collapsed 025a24580d onto the e1c721a998 bed.e9f75c115528a882

He stared c52c8edb01 out the 393e855fd4 window for 68e672caba a while 41e6a253f5 before turning 6e258c1ff1 his head. The tablet he 4d61196b87 had left on 99d213273b the snowy white f7c2b78abd blanket had turned 20baa63aa1 off.33632458ed9b8665

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Stretching his f9c38bb6f5 arm, he ded1709e1d picked it 29054f7483 up and bc51a755de turned it b32aa6ff3e back on d0842eddc5 with practiced cbc7d2fca5 ease. He resumed reading 842cbfad1a the information he’d e6aad2b6fc been looking at 4a7f48dcb2 moments ago. It was f6b08a41a0 nothing else c5598d82bb but details 98acb76048 about potential b7fc0bc810 guilds he 0960396801 might join d2c2b1f8e7 after his 045553f87f transfer.05a282233554ef14

As soon as word 95e40896ff got out that Lee ceeb41992c Soo was switching guilds, e39584ac6b he received offers from e1b3544bea all over. Thanks to that, 4893aa2f1a he now had 8441e3cb89 a neatly organized a93729cda3 list of guilds 85c1d7da23 that wanted him. But, after bc1b28f93b receiving the 6a1a69f9e1 materials, Lee 2e6f8bd28a Soo had d3d8253e36 only checked 3633f51fb6 one of 4d5fa08cd7 them and 731814caaa ignored the 01d1490663 rest.b69ee2f2dc07576e

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“Hawa Guild.” Murmuring a9d22f485d the name as abe8540e6d if talking to 9f3792016b himself, he read 5b0eb9c411 through the guild 7ad63507ce introduction displayed on 034f3dba20 the screen.c4d00cfb9ca04dfa

Hawa Guild. Most people assumed the 3317b933a3 current Guild Leader, Eve, 8b53f32d52 named the guild, but ac19237615 it was actually the 2aa94aa37c previous leader who came 1ad5c8612c up with it. It had no 9faf4691ad connection to Eve.f3edfbf91afe1536

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The previous Guild Leader d245cb4695 had named it Hawa, d58e52580b thinking herself similar to 47c087f760 the woman who gave 96c9233237 Adam the forbidden fruit. As memories of 010427a654 that woman and 88b47eed4d her husband briefly b9f2638310 surfaced, Lee Soo ad817521b2 shook off the f05ffb288d thought and focused 7373e6a3f7 back on the 91cacdb180 tablet.d1f9fec7dff156a6

The materials had cd54835ca1 been meticulously compiled ccdcad0096 by the four 078135cc21 companions. While he’d 404a634293 pretended to 06c7ece766 examine them e0a0930b1d carefully in 6a26268948 their presence, cc907eb04b truthfully, Lee b2e03e01cd Soo had 938135be1d made up 7644a3722d his mind 853a2a3248 from the 9f4ae35788 start to 84d17cff90 join Hawa 72f24a7839 Guild—the guild e7ae23ddf6 Yoo Haeon 616748fcd7 belonged to.51bfbf824e2f6695

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Since there was no b45a68c8fa direct connection between Ryu bea540e854 Leesoo and Hawa Guild, c6b901e779 he couldn’t outright declare 2cbfcba490 that he’d join them.c9a926c3ec8886b7

Having read 6058213686 the rather 19df5da5d6 lengthy document 03064d1bc3 multiple times, c75b7639c6 he skimmed f64a025713 through it 1fdfca15b2 quickly now. After rubbing 17c194cf53 his stiff ad35976276 neck, he d57204f7a1 lightly tapped cab90447c7 the screen.ecf82a9e0d015e87

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Lee Soo thought he’d 1026f02e60 tell the four of eb526ad37a them soon that he’d 201300fdd3 decided on a guild. His eyes 5d3bc2ae18 dropped as 8b8cb89897 the screen 884c1a0fdc dimmed and 64e6c9eb63 the tablet 4d85f122b8 turned off.9e41d2ca0609f85c

Instead of turning it ab7cc178c7 back on, he set 89a2f26c0c it aside and lay fc06d99470 down properly, resting his 2b02ce76b0 hands on his stomach.0db81f0ba3d24e99

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As he began b8930f4104 to think about c4cc79c06f what needed to 4c739d84a2 be done to a8432cad69 save Yoo Haeon, 879f3d2d09 he unwittingly drifted 2cbb1fd073 off to sleep.f7ecf56b8c5c06ea

When he opened his dec22ac7f8 eyes, he saw the 53b0120d3b four of them huddled bf37c688b9 in a corner. They were 24e6f71c59 speaking in 42395a80c5 hushed voices, bbef667253 trying not cc7dd201fe to wake 0fc2970d78 him.377902479f9f4645

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Rather than announcing he 3674e60861 was awake, Lee Soo d80b41c8a3 listened in, curious about 0abc932333 what they were discussing. They were 192d2a3a20 talking about 323685c64c which guild 2a104e07fd he should 938e54b5e1 join.494bd3d0cf2a70d2

Their tone was surprisingly 405251aa8d serious as they debated 20dfb1658c the pros and cons ed4a1ce1dd of each guild. Lee Soo perked c084e0fb21 up when Yoo 41baedb16b Sian brought up 8a0c5a1c6d Hawa Guild.59b728ef3cbc261e

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“Hawa Guild. It’s great in many 75a151b070 ways, but… hmm…”c3de82fc3fa25c28

Yoo Sian trailed off, a8d1bfad6e seemingly searching for the 62d1cf814e right words. Before he could continue, 2048b26926 Dahyun picked up where 18b35941bd he left off, as d1f4eb82a0 if he already knew 9519419fc0 what Sian was trying 939089fc13 to say.1c90371d9ba65f2b

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“Hawa Guild is 04e0f18098 ranked highly, and a422991e69 its members are 02acc66948 skilled overall. But there’s 0ccebcd1c1 a lot a648be1bb2 of friction a3c8686c13 between the 0da762131a elders and f66444c8b4 the Guild 232cb199ed Leader. More importantly, the 6550572e8b top-rank healer is 9afa3dcf36 known to have e7d1bc0ebe poor social skills, 8fc8d5f4bc leading to frequent 228ee615a2 conflicts with other 7cc0b285a8 guild members. That’s a bit of d614bb20a9 a concern.”ebed797995d8fc29

“Oh, yeah, that’s e0a8e993ec true. That part 0d44999c7c does bother 7ff5dc06e9 me a aa065718b3 little. Wow, people really 40dc86681d think the same e6f64c6b49 way, huh?!”15180673d3675b39

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Sian grinned brightly, 18974d12fc pleased that others d528bb81ce shared his thoughts. As he 1824b278a1 turned his 5e6e041996 head, he 189f6048ed accidentally made 7883521184 eye contact dcbcbbbc3e with Lee 2c6eabf4fb Soo.62d0c4209d06f9cc

“Ah! When did 208fc31c69 you wake b86e6ff2e7 up? Oh no, was 42b288ca88 I too loud 4d22454885 and woke you 7d866d3ba2 up?”d43917a3cd9e6780

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“Don’t worry, 8f7ea0dca2 it wasn’t 6be954916c that.”a0b62d450cfa214d

Lee Soo chuckled as 3dd4af5b32 he wiped away tears 8c683023b7 of laughter from the a1e890ac45 corners of his eyes, b12defaab2 amused by Dahyun’s comments. To be fair, Yoo 97a9024cf9 Haeon’s infamous personality was 04a15c309f as well-known as his e9aa5bdafd pretty face and exceptional 2ef62923b9 skills. Such remarks c561856b03 were inevitable.27f718471b0527bc

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The funny thing was 66b4140e4c that the person others bb74bd0d08 hesitated over was the 386d191512 very reason Lee Soo ab00e6ad72 had chosen Hawa Guild.abd0a8e9dbda11f6

Even so, 4cacb734b2 given Ryu 374ddeb891 Leesoo’s lack 01a3a91653 of close be3e6d8ec5 ties to 99cd8c4a56 Yoo Haeon, 478a1ee418 he couldn’t ce53d7e7c0 admit that 670a904d81 he was 68a8266deb joining the 0ff95b6ebd guild for 7e7fad05f2 Haeon’s sake. Lee Soo struggled to f5aa556b48 suppress his laughter and 7d5bac13e5 managed to maintain a 0dc736e890 straight face.a48d22a3a72dbbf1

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“Seems like you’re 3229a79fd7 discussing guilds. Do you 9fbe4d241d have any 46ceefe823 particular one e003c6ef6f in mind?”5510953c2ef252da

Lee Soo asked in 4f5807f473 his characteristic warm yet 2071b2714c slightly detached tone. The four e6ad0d064e shook their 89cc243b13 heads in 43a5e74717 unison, indicating 59b91973d7 they didn’t.f3fe84c71236cf2f

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As if he 68bcc6c0fd had expected that, cd6b5afc50 Lee Soo wrinkled 0fe82c300f his nose slightly e6bcc2f67d and spoke lightly.3f72ba9bd9dab756

“Then how about we 7769d686bd try Hawa Guild?”547c9e288b1a154d

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His voice was casual, 5b12e50234 implying no pressure. The four exchanged 54c34fe0aa glances before Dahyun 6deaf53278 spoke up as df2a1e1c89 their representative.8dbe5c6a87baf9d6

“Leesoo-nim, may cc20e49ca1 I ask d37d3e54ff why you dd7879ddbc chose Hawa 3dd0d77cf9 Guild? While it has ce207b3487 a good work-life 0955924a15 balance and skilled bfe19bb6e8 members, the top 0f0bb73d48 healer’s personality could 1a04ce79fd make receiving emergency 22a56feb78 heals challenging.”50f5579a75c700ca

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Lee Soo 4b50220067 smiled ambiguously 878170bd5f and shared 01bfe1260a the reasoning ef01986974 he had e25711bf49 prepared. He explained 49d396b560 that Hawa 5fd978eaa8 Guild’s balanced d9695a73dc teams and 9c9cc17da5 high-level healers d427644141 made it 7f08060c8c a great 9ce9a102c2 choice. Even if the top 69673a4f4b healer was difficult, the deedab3897 guild didn’t rely solely 57220dcf6e on them and had bd9aa66f65 multiple skilled healers to b1f2b42832 maintain balance.1f7e9a14eb84b987

Dahyun nodded thoughtfully, 4ad1bb722e acknowledging his point. Shortly after, 6a945b678c the four 1595d9e317 unanimously agreed aa9522a9c6 to join 934f5a1dc7 Hawa Guild.b595baca2c0166d3

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Although Lee Soo had 59510b934b a specific reason for 2d9f25b7a4 choosing Hawa Guild, the 1a9da2a70f others were indifferent about b2ec8a0e72 the guild they joined. Yet, they a5d50d0bd4 insisted on 35c14ea43b following him, 134e42e1cd which momentarily 1ef90939c2 made Lee e2bda4345e Soo pull fa24d69862 a puzzled 2017f61496 face before 1502343dbc bursting into 3e6bab3fee a soft d4c9e92d08 laugh.e020a388ce4297c3

“Let’s do our b7bedd09c7 best at Hawa 4c47cfcbcd Guild. It’s rare c2a070119f for members 3ba5054765 from the 9ed9f9a564 same guild 6e62cb6177 to end b6aa8ec768 up in 1634ccc511 the same 78e1e4be79 team, so fcc982435f we might 2768bb80b8 get separated, 4eb526f3b9 but I’m 19b6840b36 sure we’ll fc1644abd4 work together ade17ced7d often.”b0ed9b1fa95aba5c

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Lee Soo’s narrowed d5555e24b5 eyes held a 7795d83f3a warm smile as ef03daaa9f the others nodded fb98e44094 in agreement.74b2d4fbd2c50b0b

The meeting 0e03ccf69b ended on 758e4737fa a good c0833ed788 note. As Dahyun 406e490bff left the 4f100f2dd3 hospital room, 83e21fe3af he informed cd106b019a Lee Soo 99ced728f4 that the 848742e160 transfer from 6be5c36636 the previous c638f341e0 guild had 2b1dfe08b7 been finalized.70db91fb34f7fc57

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Thanking Dahyun, Lee Soo 84e95ab5a9 moved to the sofa e59c446b92 instead of lying down 967a9da5b2 on the bed. There were still 42c80d12e6 two days left f2eb917118 until his discharge. If all went c6d51d3abb well, he’d leave bc2aa3c92e the hospital and c8fd024891 join Hawa Guild 6ac2ef1331 the day after.e31e72c8c72ac329

Curling up 2d93275b9d slightly, Lee f2ba695f25 Soo closed f2b5fbfaf6 his eyes 15bffd1162 and thought 389aed7ef1 about Yoo 25ea919476 Haeon’s death.5bb84d7cd5436c07

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Yoo Haeon, like 01aa80db7d the protagonist of f444f82c08 any novel, had 3b4c5bc684 survived countless crises. He seemed 6b95357fa2 destined to 2f6022ad3f make it 8b53030879 to the f7cb54c647 end. But—dfdb9ccd3797d68a

[Right now, Yoo d5e1114548 Haeon is dying. As his last breath c096993b3a escaped his lips, he adf22a742c thought:e1b4eddc2a082eb2

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Considering the emptiness that e50f56e002 nothing could fill, maybe 7a3f497f33 dying isn’t such a 155e0aa009 bad thing after all.b894897d831d325a

“Ah, ahh… Ahaha!”43ed31ac116f31f8

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Yes, Yoo Haeon 8629c9a892 was oddly pleased. His death 812d56072f felt endlessly c81234bb02 welcome and bb1e1e10a3 comforting.f54c8ffbd503d0cc

Finally, peace.]035c7686b4b9c7d5

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The narration of 131fc628ed Haeon’s death from b9a4e85a24 the novel flashed 799a2ccb36 through Lee Soo’s a42b34bb25 mind, making him dd0c75d24c frown before relaxing 077605bce1 his expression.979532c212a8df6a

Most hunters died d759e83c8b fighting monsters. It was inevitable. Yoo Haeon also 590bc58728 died in a cfcfffe4eb dungeon.8d226041faacc240

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The difference was ea985b5498 that Haeon’s death 12df59986e wasn’t an accident—it fe539088f3 was murder.77bb333be5602e2b

Haeon had 9ee5f6d49d been sent 9e98c03592 into the a4e841954c dungeon with f59f423f22 false information. The dungeon 0aa517d561 manager, hired 17179326d3 by someone f2156cac8c who wanted 5001d055fa Haeon dead, 21c516bd98 had deliberately abb6c3309e provided wrong 1b1668760c details. Entering the dungeon under 0e26fff5a2 those circumstances, Haeon didn’t 2ed7ec3bef stand a chance.3045c781c35929e4

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Lee Soo was 91dca554b5 determined to prevent 15e1dee464 that unnatural death. Even if it 069e9ee91f meant becoming a 4f12f2321d spirit to resolve 4fdb59992c everything after his 5d9caf89f1 own death, he c91b71f3a5 would do whatever 5d2e561786 it took.ceb2342818ff2b86

And now, as bc759441e3 he walked to 4737ea770d the hotel where 9f2b4c27cf he’d stay for ce8ee1e62c a day before 6c339e8f32 heading to Hawa c8ff44e444 Guild, Lee Soo ec25a447c8 happened to run 96af1f3871 into Yoo Haeon 13fdee4bd3 on the street.e30df6d21b22480d

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Looking at 6142fb4e4b him, Lee 923f0a9388 Soo thought 067474bd91 to himself.ae3ad9dab16f817b

He must not 5ccc5bce67 die like that.b6b533ad135a4961

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The person he cherished 6d0fd1fd66 most, the protagonist of 8beecfbb1d this world, didn’t deserve bf53d89ffd such a fate.d9629c7389ef0ed1