An S-class hunter who wants to rest
Episode 5: My Name is Not Conan (5)
YOU
"...Are you tired already?"
오 세훈
"You who never gets tired... huh... that's strange, I said..."
최 민호
"...Is it that hard?"
김 태형
“No, you! Phew! You were playing with us! Ha! Ah, that’s hard!!”
서 현진
“Well, you two are really... in trouble. Shall we call it a day here?”
Teacher Seo, who said he'd tailor the class to my needs, immediately began assessing my physical fitness. He seemed to already know that even if he taught me theory, I wouldn't listen. Now, I guess I'm out of luck on class days.
For some unknown reason, my abilities from my previous two lives have been carried over to this life, so there will probably be few who can beat me in this world.
Even without any specific training, I've been working hard in my second life, so I'm in good shape. It's refreshing to finally get moving, but it's probably too much of a hassle to do it every day.
서 현진
"Dan-ah, you're truly a genius. How can you come up with such numbers when you're not awakened?"
I sighed as the teacher left the training room, saying he was going to leave now, with a look of admiration.
김 태형
"What the hell are you? How are you so strong?"
YOU
“I didn’t become strong because I wanted to. I became strong because I knew I’d be killed if I didn’t.”
오 세훈
"what?"
YOU
“I’ll go first.”
The topic of strength was not a pleasant one for her.
Because the topic is what it is, it makes you think of things you don't want to think of.
Born with great powers, she was persecuted and called a witch in her first life. She reached out to the power of darkness and drove countless humans into fear and death.
I hated the world so much that I wanted to get rid of it.
However, God was not on her side, so he created a hero to oppose her and sent him, and in the end, Dan-ah was burned at the stake.
The moment she was caught, she dropped everything.
It was a resignation she could only make, as all those who had persecuted her were already dead, and her revenge could not be considered a failure.
The moment I felt like I wanted to rest in death, I was burned to death, and my breath stopped.
She was reincarnated.
A life where everything is the opposite.
Divine power instead of magic, male instead of female, hero of humanity instead of enemy of humanity.
The second life was quite ironic.
Born with powers stronger than others, they were called witches when they possessed magical powers, and heroes when they possessed divine powers. Yet, even in that situation, the kindness they received for the first time in their lives felt unfamiliar, yet pleasant, and it became the driving force that drove them to strive.
I wanted to please everyone, and protect everyone. Unlike my first life, when I tried to destroy everything.
But the result was the same.
The end of a life where she tried to destroy the world by becoming a real witch because she was called a witch, and a life where she sacrificed her life to protect everyone and defeated the Demon King because she was called a hero.
The human emperor, who feared the power of one capable of killing the Demon King, attacked and killed me, who had just returned from all my adventures in the weakest state.
I couldn't figure out where I went wrong, but as I was dying, I swore to myself that if I had another life, I would trust no one anymore.
I will no longer live for anyone, and I will not show my strength.
And just as I expected, I was reincarnated again.
But the difference was that no matter how I lived, my family in this life loved me.
So once again, like a fool, I opened my heart to them.
Even though he nagged me every day, I didn't mind listening to him because I knew that underneath it all, he loved me. I also liked the way he would come home drunk and repeat the same things he said, and eventually cry and say that he loved his family.
People who are always ticking, but are always the first to come running when something happens.
It was only after living three lives that I was able to experience true happiness.
Then, at some point, I realized that the magic of my first life, the divine power and aura of my second life were stirring within me.
Powers that could never coexist in one human body have taken hold in the body of the third life.
The immense power that came to one who didn't want to be strong was no blessing at all. This place, too, was a place that supported the strong, so I was even more unwelcome by the power I possessed.
As I recalled the past, I felt uncomfortable, but then I sighed deeply when I saw the familiar face that came to mind.
I wanted to see my only friend, the one I met during my lonely first life.
이 승기
“Hey, are you back?”
When I got home, I saw my brother leisurely enjoying a drink, and I wanted to punch him. He must have known I was going to be in the S class.
YOU
“Are you laughing? Oppa, you knew, right? Right!”
이 승기
“Huh? Being in Class S? Of course!”
When I saw my brother's face smiling brightly and answering, I lost my will to fight.
I can never beat my brother's smooth talking with that smile, and in the end, I'll just be the one getting stressed out.
If I fight while I'm already in a bad mood, the house will be destroyed. I'm a good person, so I have to endure it.
It was a day with more movement than usual, so I took a shower right away and went to sleep.
엄마(김 지현)
“But, Dan-ah...! Wake up!”
And as time passed, around dawn, I heard my mother waking me up with a sobbing voice.
My mother, like my brother and I, was not the type of person to shed tears over simple things.
YOU
“Mom? What’s going on? What’s wrong? Why are you like this?”
엄마(김 지현)
“What should I do, your brother...!”
While I was sleeping, my brother was hastily assigned to the gate raid team at the association's call, and as soon as he entered, the gate's level went up to an immeasurable level.
Originally, it was a B-class gate that could be easily cleared with the skills of my brother's guild, but since it was neither A-class nor S-class and was unmeasurable, it could be seen as impossible to return alive.
The once-unmeasurable Gate, which appeared in the United States, was barely cleared by the combined efforts of America's S-class Hunters. At the time, there were 32 S-class Hunters in the United States. After the Unmeasurable Gate was cleared, only 7 S-class Hunters survived. 25 Hunters perished.
YOU
“Don’t cry and wait at home with dad.”
엄마(김 지현)
“Oh, I’m going to go...!”
YOU
“Pick me up, oppa.”
His daughter's smile, beaming back at him, somehow brought him comfort. He'd heard from Seung-gi that she was strong, but he didn't want to deliberately send her to a dangerous place just because she was strong. He should have stopped her, but for some reason, his daughter's smile gave him an inexplicable sense of trust.
The belief that I will definitely come back and save my brother.
유 연석
“Dan-ah?”
Because it was an emergency, the rule was not to take personal calls, but since the subject was a target, Yeonseok answered the phone during the meeting. And at the sound of his name, the noisy surroundings fell silent.
YOU
-Where are you?
유 연석
“Yes? The Hunter Association...is.”
YOU
-No, it's the gate my brother is trapped in.
유 연석
“...Dan-ah, I understand your feelings, but I can’t send you, a minor, to the gate.”
YOU
-And what if my brother dies? Are you sure you can handle my anger?
유 연석
“...Dan-ah.”
YOU
"My name isn't Conan, so why do accidents keep happening around me? Is there anything I can do about this situation besides me?"
유 연석
“...I'm looking for it.”
YOU
-If you look for it and it's too late, you won't be able to turn back, right?
유 연석
“...Okay. I’ll let you know.”
After the call with Dan-ah ended, the executives looked at the curb with bewildered faces and asked what was going on.
유 연석
"I'll take responsibility for what happens next. First, I have to survive."
The world, I mean.
Yeonseok, who omitted the rest of the story, prayed that his friend would be safe.
Who would have thought that I would worry about my friends and the peace of the world at the same time...
Any other hunter might have dismissed it as a joke, but not Dan-ah. She was clearly serious.
If Seung-gi were to die, she would destroy the world without hesitation.
Yeonseok, who had already witnessed her overwhelming power, knew that those words were not nonsense.