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    • by Cristae — 548 (Hunter Academy Side Story 15) The Graduates_2 College was hectic, in a different way. As a college student, Lee Seung-yeon still hadn’t decided whether she liked it or not. Her childhood friend, Soon Soon-jin, seemed to be enjoying university life to the fullest, almost as if mocking Seung-yeon’s indecision. ‘It’s not that I dislike it…’ She had considered joining a guild, like Oh Hyun-wook or Seo Han-seong. But after much deliberation, she’d concluded that, for now, college…
    • by Cristae — 349 Interference (2) “Alex?” I led Kim Chaemin to Sandra Gamble. Even then, Kim Chaemin remained silent. Now that I thought about it, there hadn’t been many occasions for Kim Chaemin to meet Hope directly. Not that there were none… but at those times, Kim Chaemin had always said there was something he needed to check and had cut off contact, leaving the scene. It was only later that I learned Kim Chaemin had been cultivating mana grass in the collapsed territory during that period.…
    • by Cristae — 251 The Archmage’s Disciple’s Disciple (2) “So, when it comes to the manifestation of mana, this method is more efficient than the traditional one, right?” “If you ask me that, I really don’t know.” “Oh, come on! How can you say that?” “I told you, I’m not a mage. I only know the theory—I have no idea how it actually works in practice. Isn’t it simply that this method is used now because it’s more efficient than the previous one?” “Hmmm. Fine. Then, next…
    • by Cristae — 540 (Hunter Academy Side Story 7) The School Nurse_1 January 1st. New Year! Last year’s diary was honestly a failure, but this year I’ll try to keep up with it more consistently. January 2nd. Even though it’s winter break, I’m at school so much it doesn’t even feel like vacation, and with the teachers gone, it’s boring. They said they’d bring back gifts after their business trip, but maybe they’re just not coming back because they don’t want to give us…
    • by Cristae — 508 In a Dream (3) “Let’s look on the bright side.” We walked along the roses. Aside from his hair being a bit tousled, Kim Chaemin looked perfectly fine as he and Han Taekyung greeted us. Kim Chaemin, still maintaining his magic, looked a little tired, but he grinned confidently, insisting he was fine. He said this was the best way to minimize Michel’s interference. With that kind of conviction, there was no room to argue. I told him to speak up if it got to be too much, and Kim…
    • by Cristae — 387 Clue (2) Through my personal experiences, the time I’ve spent caring for Uirok, and the lessons I’ve learned teaching the students at Yangseong High, I’ve come to realize something. Children are always eager to know secrets. …Of course, this isn’t something limited to children alone, but when it comes to being easy to handle, it’s certainly more true for them. Especially the ones who think themselves clever—those are the ones most curious about the secrets of adults. Among…
    • by Cristae — 454 The World Is Peaceful (1) Most magicians conceal the location of their domains. But the location of Noah Michel’s domain, unlike most magicians, was no secret. Perhaps it wasn’t what Noah Michel wanted. But if you use the top floor and the one below it of a building in the bustling center of Nantes—one of France’s major cities—as your domain, it’s bound to become public knowledge. Of course, considering Noah Michel’s fame, even if she made her domain a remote country estate,…
    • by Cristae — 348 Interference (1) “Inside from inside?” “You can only destroy a dungeon core by entering the dungeon in the first place.” “Well, that’s because the core is inside the dungeon…” I almost asked why he was stating the obvious, but stopped myself. It wasn’t as if Kim Chaemin didn’t know that; there was something elusive, something just out of reach, that was catching at me. Inside the dungeon, from inside. Henry Lehmann, who had turned into a wooden puppet inside Kim…
    • by Cristae — 471 Rotating Grass (3) Daniel glanced at Hope with a suspicious look. I understood. If I were Daniel, I too would have wondered whether Hope was a human, a monster, or perhaps something even more unidentifiable—an alien from another world. Unfortunately, Hope was all three. Daniel’s suspicions were justified. “How about the others? How wide is the affected area?” “Even Mr. Hong, who was right next to me, ended up incredibly far away. If there are any other people….” And…
    • by Cristae — 416 Preparation for the Raid (1) “Is it all right if I enter the dungeon?” It was around the time the luxurious Okinawan villa was bustling with hunters from France. I asked this question during a phone call with Hong Seokyoung. I’d called partly because I was reminded of my father, who’d always forbidden me from hunting humanoid monsters—especially fairies. And honestly, since Kim Chaemin had already come from Korea to Okinawa, I wondered if it was too late to be asking permission.…
    • by Cristae — 252 The Archmage’s Disciple’s Disciple (3) “…Huh?” Park Seohyun sat up from her dormitory bed. She sensed a surge of mana that shook her entire body. No, strictly speaking, it wasn’t all that strong. It was a faint ripple, like a breeze so gentle you could barely tell if it was blowing at all. Yet Park Seohyun’s expression grew grave as she looked out the window. How often does one sense an artificial wave of mana on a peaceful afternoon? …Not never. If you’re unlucky, you…
    • by Cristae — 426 Field Trip (2) “Wow!” “Wow!” “Wow!” The children, dressed in their dirt-stained gym uniforms, spun around me in circles, covered in dust from head to toe, performing a bizarre dance. Oh Hyunwook stood behind them, arms crossed, pretending not to care, while Park Seohyun clapped along with the children’s shouts, smiling quietly. …… Strange. Had I really been away that long? Was it the heat that had gotten to them while I was gone? I glanced at Kim Chaemin, who…
    • by Cristae — 296 Will (2) “All right, yes. Now, carefully channel your mana in that state—no! That’s too fast!” “Ugh… This is too hard, teacher.” Groans began to rise from among the children. I had expected as much, since they’d only ever practiced raising their power by recklessly summoning mana. Of course they were struggling. “How long are you going to stick to the easy stuff?” “We’ve never done anything easy, what are you talking about?” “Want me to show you what’s…
    • by Cristae — 307 Pitfall “Looks like I’ve run into a nasty one.” Hong Seok-yeong muttered the words like a sigh as he gazed up at the brilliant blue sky. “Sorry? What did you say?” “It’s nothing, Mori.” Hong Seok-yeong shook his head as he spoke. His mouth felt dry and gritty. Was it because of the sand? He glanced at the bloodstains, scattered like drops across the sand. At first, they’d at least tried to bury them, but now it seemed there wasn’t even the will to hide them. But…
    • by Cristae — 268 Meeting (2) Unlike the somewhat slapdash way things ran at the Hunter Training High School, Guild Mimi operated with a certain order and deliberate planning. For one thing, Guild Mimi was smaller than Yangseong High. And, in contrast to Yangseong, which was tangled up with Dasun and various other interests, even Lee Miseon couldn’t easily meddle here. She had helped with recruiting Sandra Gamble, but that was as far as it went. The people involved weren’t students who needed to be looked…
    • by Cristae — 257 Jirisan Fairy (3) Clang! No matter how many golems there were, each one by itself wasn’t much to worry about. Their massive size might have been threatening on open ground or inside a building, but in this densely wooded forest, they couldn’t perform to their full potential. On top of that, their numbers worked against them; they kept bumping into each other and getting in their own way. The golems’ hard, unyielding material also played a part in this situation. Other hunters might…
    • by Cristae — 248 Safety Device (4) There was hardly a trace left of the original, flimsy contract Kim Chae-min had brought at first. Still, in its own way, we had arrived at something everyone could be satisfied with… …… To be honest, I wasn’t satisfied, but I figured Kim Chae-min felt the same, so I decided to leave it at that. Before handing the paper over to Kim Chae-min for her review, I read it through one last time. At the very least, yes, I’d succeeded in removing the word…
    • by Cristae — 464 Nightmare of All Hunters (4) A pitch-black mass blotted out the sky. The light vanished. Clouds? If only it had been something so harmless, I wouldn’t have thought much of it. Kim Chaemin might even have been delighted, claiming it was the first time weather changes had been observed inside a dungeon. But that cloud was nothing so benign. Ssssss... A thin, dry, crumbling sound came from within the cloud. Of course. That was because it wasn’t a cloud at…
    • by Cristae — 436 Hunter and Teacher (1) "Honestly, it's true," Hong Seokyoung said, not batting an eye. If anything, he seemed not to understand why I was even asking. "Why do you think people accused me of building an army when I started this school?" "...I always thought starting a guild or starting a school was pretty much the same thing." "If it had been a guild, nobody would've cared," Hong Seokyoung laughed, a deep, throaty sound. "Surprisingly, it's all pretty simple. Didn't you say you fought…
    • by Cristae — 475 Doll (1) At that moment. Korea. Gyeonggi Province. Pharos Research Institute. Was it a subsidiary of Guild Mimi, a lab funded by Guild Dasun and the Dayeon Group, or an affiliated facility of the Hunter Training High School? No one knew for sure, and even the institute’s sole researcher had long since given up trying to distinguish between them. “AAAHHH!!!” That sole researcher had half-fallen from her chair and was now sprawled on the floor, flailing her arms. Her hands,…
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