Translator’s Ramblings:
Phew, last few days were a little hectic. This chapter was already done by Wednesday but getting the next one done to make the teaser was a close call.
Anyway, happy reading~
Coincidence, Destiny
(4)“I’ll do it.”
“Y-You will do it..? What…”
“Didn’t you come in order to make a contract?”
“Ah, that, even though that isn’t wrong… Why so sudden like this…”
“I will become a Knight.”
Although she could become a Templar, she thought there was something to this unexpected and accidental meeting. The one who saved her life, and the person she yearned for was in front of her eyes. Aran still remembered that day vividly, when he extended her his little finger and they walked through the gaps in a mountain of corpses.
Although it was a pity that this man seemed unable to remember that time, that wasn’t a problem.
“I will contract with Hero Management.”
“Ah… Yes, yes.”
Kang-Joon didn’t even bring out all the words he had prepared to say yet, he tilted his head wanting to know what on earth was that situation. He slowly examined Aran’s face feeling he was perhaps in the middle of a scam.
However, Kang-Joon couldn’t remember Aran. That was just a short encounter, and the 14-year-old girl of that time was now eighteen.
“Uh… Well. I managed to do it.”
“Do what?”
“Contract. She changed career’s path to Knight, and signed the contract right away.”
“Wow! That is great! Mr. Kang-Joon is great as expected!”
“So what’s with that face?”
Seol Yeong smiled happily, and Maria tilted her head. Tracking her location at the Temple and visiting Seo Aran, Kang-Joon aimed to persuade her in a face-to-face conversation. Kang-Joon was fully confident on persuading Aran. Planning to tell her the actual reality about Templars in order to change her mind.
However, Seo Aran didn’t concentrate in the conversation at all, staring at Kang-Joon, suddenly agreeing while looking at him intently with a blank expression. As such the main points were not even presented. Kang-Joon sat at the hotel drinking a gla.s.s of water with a vacant expression.
“How did you persuade her this time? It is said all of those who intend to become Templars possess strong beliefs.”
Despite Seol Yeong’s inquiring shining eyes, Kang-Joon facial expression was that of someone who had lost their soul.
“Was the person I met really the right Seo Aran?”
Kang-Joon continued in a state of anguish worrying whether all of that was real. However, the profile and face matched, and the name was the same. Seol Yeong and Maria tilted their heads at the rare sight of a confused Kang-Joon.
But, in any case, the task had finished well in the end and they had obtained their first contract.
Although he could try contacting more people, Hero Management possessed only 3 sets of equipment at the moment. First they had to properly create one Hunter team and only then search for other personnel. Accepting people blindly was no different from attaching a bomb to oneself.
Having obtained the contract Maria’s partic.i.p.ation had come to an end, and receiving a call she had to hastily return.
“I will demand proper compensation for this later, you know?”
“Alright, you worked hard. Thank You.”
“Tsk, If you go back on what you said I will kill you for real.”
Maria had arrived and was leaving pulling only one carrier. Before returning, Kang-Joon came to see her off going down until the hotel’s parking lot, and Maria, after scanning the surroundings carefully, stabbed Kang-Joon’s chest with her finger.
“And you, make up your mind if you are going to leave the Union.”
“That isn’t it… I will tell you about it soon.”
“Isn’t it better to quit than to be dismissed? Old man Pang(Tl: Bread) is still waiting for your call.”
“Brad?”
“Yeah, that guy was never honest, was he?”
“I will think about it.”
“Whatever you choose, you must be sure about it.”
Leaving that words behind Maria boarded a high-end van which came to pick her up and left. And Kang-Joon watched until the car disappeared from view, returning back up after releasing a well concealed sigh.
Seol Yeong too received a call saying Choi Gina’s selected replacement had reported for duty and returned to the company.
Kang-Joon was left alone on Yangpyeong henceforth.