The S-Classes That I Raised

make it noticeable and only quietly tell you.”

“Good.
There’s nothing you’re hiding other than that, right?”

“There isn’t.”

Actually there was a lot; I had two titles and eight skills following that.

One of those, with the lowest rank, was S-Rank.
Unless an SS-Rank appraisal skill owner appeared, I wouldn’t be found out.
There weren’t even S-Ranks, so would an SS-Rank suddenly pop up?

“There really isn’t, right?”

“I said there isn’t.
Rationally, there’s no reason there would be anything else here.
Even for S-Ranks it’s at most about four initial skills, so what else would I be hiding?”

Though it’d be different if you regressed.
At my words, Yoohyun nodded his head.

“Alright.
I won’t ask about your method for collecting enough data to predict dungeon appearances.”

…You said you wouldn’t ask so why were you looking at me with those eyes?

I didn’t speak at all so that guy became grouchy and left.
Oho?

A custom car with a heavy color turned into the Haeyeon Guild’s parking lot.
It wasn’t just that one car.

I turned my head from the window and looked at Suk Simyeong.
Peace, who was lying at my feet, perked up his ears.

“Besides Hanshin Guild being added, there are no changes.”

He said.
Hanshin was in a similar position as Haeyeon.
The guild leader was also S-Rank.
But Haeyeon had Yerim and now me, so soon the difference would swiftly increase.

And so, was it that all the country’s S-Rank guild leaders, except for the one overseas, were coming? It sure was extravagant.

“There shouldn’t be anything in particular.”

Suk Simyeong continued with an expression telling me to relax.

“And answer the questions with the shortest possible responses.
You might get swept away and reveal pointless information if you answer in length.”

“I won’t speak nonsense so don’t worry.”

I also knew that my life was precious.

“They are people who are burdensome to meet, but please don’t be too anxious.
Or would you like a sedative[2]?”

“I’m fine.”

I didn’t have any anxiety or uneasiness at all.
Rather, I had so little anxiety that it was worrying.

Still, turning Fear Resistance off because of that was stupid, so I should force myself to be on alert.
The guys I would be meeting were all dangerous and crazy guys, except for my brother.
Truthfully, if you also asked if my brother was alright, he probably wasn’t.

In the first place, would there be more than a few Hunters in their right minds among those who went in and out of dungeons? It was basic knowledge that PTSD came with some work experience.

“I’m worried about Peace rather than me.”

As soon as the still young Horned Flame Lion met my eyes, he wagged his tail.
I really didn’t want to take him along.

“They wouldn’t harm Peace or something like that in order to keep Haeyeon in check, right?”

He was the very first highest rank familiar that would be grown.
It couldn’t be anything but unpleasant from the other guild leaders’ positions.

“They aren’t people stupid enough to do something stupid like that.”

That was so.
If those bastard guilds happened to pull something, I would trample them no matter what actions they took.
If I was willing to put all my cards on the table, there wasn’t anything I couldn’t do.

“Peace, come here.”

To get ready to go out, I held Peace.
It seemed like he had somehow gotten heavier than a few days ago.
Did he gain weight because he couldn’t run around and play properly in the house that was cramped compared to his body?

The guild leaders visiting Haeyeon today were of the 3 big guilds plus one more, for a total of four.
And the head of the Hunter Association was also brought over.
Excluding the Association Head, they were all S-Rank Hunters.

‘This is my first time seeing them for real.’

They were all people that I had only seen on TV.
To think that those amazing people would all crowd in to meet me, I felt odd.

How should I say it, I actually wanted to lord my power.
Over those people who would live as powerful figures, no as super powerful figures, for their whole life.
If you wish to gain high ranking familiars, you must appeal well to me, super powerful people[3].

Of course, I probably couldn’t do that.
Before I became a landlord, I had to act like a well-behaved cat.

Before humbly meeting the super powerful people, I went through a security check.
They even thoroughly checked that I was just a stat F who would have trouble opposing a C-Rank even with equipment.
Of course, my inventory was sealed also.
Though it didn’t actually get sealed.

“You have to go alone from here on.”

So they were even blocking other people from entering.
Who did they think would dare to touch those people gathered inside there?

“Peace, you have to be well-behaved.
You can’t growl and such.”

-Kkiang

I didn’t know what he understood that he would reply.

When I walked along a long hallway, a large door appeared.
Instead of hesitating, I immediately opened it and went inside.

At the same time, gazes poured out.
What, it seemed like they had realized that I had arrived even before I opened the door.

Then why didn’t you open the door for me or something.
Did you think holding a kid with one hand and pushing open a heavy door was easy? My kid was almost 10kg.
You inconsiderate guys.

“Hello.”

Still, I smiled first.
Smile.

It was a conference room with a serious design, but looking at the faces turned my way, it felt like I was visiting some entertainment agency.

Leaving out the Hunter Association Head with his hair streaked with gray, they all had sculpture-like faces and were young.

The Seseong Guild Leader in his late thirties was the oldest and the remaining were all older or younger than thirty.
The youngest was of course the youthful twenty-year-old Yoohyun.
Between those people, he sure was young.

‘To think there are four S-Ranks.’

Though it would be near impossible to put them in the standby positions.

“To our loving[4] clients, it is an honor to be able to meet you like this.”

While I was meeting them anyways, I laid down the bait.
Just in case they would unexpectedly get reeled in if I piled on a completely insincere business-like love ballad about ten thousand times.
It might not work if it wasn’t directed at a specific person, but it wasn’t like my tongue would wear out by saying love, love, so what.

“If you have any questions, please ask comfortably, as many times as you like.”

I will lovingly and sincerely answer you.
Of course, I would only put in sincerity and just lightly season with truth.

At my words, Yoohyun slightly wrinkled his eyebrows and the Breaker[5] Guild Leader waved over a man standing off to one side.

“First, let’s start with trying the the skill appraisal.”

Yes, yes, let’s try it as many times necessary.

[1] I was keeping it in bc I was keeping stuff like hyung as is, but I got tired of writing dongsaeng all the time so I’ll be using ‘(younger) brother/sibling’ now for the most part lol.
anyways stuff like hyung/labels for older ppl is used often colloquially to call ppl whereas u don’t really for labels for younger ppl so it makes sense not to transliterate it

[2] it’s lit.
stabilizer/tranquilizer but it probably means ‘sedative’ too

[3] lit.
‘super A-nims’, see ch 25 footnote [13] for details about ‘A’ but basically it means a person w power.
I normally leave in the -nim whenever it comes up (except for when it comes after guild leader bc it gets kinda clunky), but I couldn’t fit it here without it sounding weird so I left it out.
Also the ‘lord power’ part is a verb using that ‘A’, lit.
meaning ‘acting like A’, and means sth like ‘going on a power trip’/‘overusing one’s power’.

[4] you can tl it as ‘clients whom I love’ as well, which is why it fits the keyword, but in context, in eng, it sounds better to use ‘loving’.
I realize that that implies the clients are the ones who are doing the loving but please just ignore that bc ‘lovable’ sounds weirder

[5] the eng word transliterated into krn