The SSS Rank Babysitter chapter 26

When Do Hajun looked at Han Yeonjoo in disbelief at the absurdity of what he just heard, she nodded as if agreeing.

“So, Guild Master Chae Yiwon just gives orders?”

Everyone shook their heads at Do Hajun’s question.

“This is something only a few in Hwarang know, but originally, Nangdo was a one-person team.”

“Joo Minhyo.”

With a cold voice, Han Yeonjoo called out to Joo Minhyo.

When Joo Minhyo flinched and hid behind Song Jungjoo., Han Yeonjoo sighed.

“It’s an internal matter.”

Although Joo Minhyo spoke out of turn, it was clear they couldn’t reveal more.

“Understood.”

In fact, Do Hajun wasn’t that curious.

He didn’t care about the inner workings of Hwarang or Chae Yiwon as long as he could keep his distance.

The information about Nangdo being a one-person system was useless to him.

“Let’s fight now.”

Chae Yiwon raised her arm in front of the boss monster’s tail.

As his robe fluttered gently, the dark sky began to clear.

“I love it when he does that.”

In the clear blue sky without a single cloud, sunlight poured down.

The dark rift brightened instantly, casting a shadow beneath the boss monster.

Not knowing what skills Chae Yiwon possessed, Do Hajun was bewildered by the sudden sunlight.

‘Is this one of his skills?’

He wondered if he killed the monster with sunlight.

At that moment, the boss monster’s shadow soared into the air and enveloped the monster’s body.

“Of course, he doesn’t intend to end it in one blow. How many minutes do we have left?”

“Ten minutes.”

“Oh, if I’d known, I would’ve brought popcorn.”

“I have snacks in my inventory. Want some?”

“Sure.”

While Joo Minhyo and Noh Donggu chatted casually, Do Hajun couldn’t take his eyes off the boss monster.

The shadow moved freely, attacking its own body as if it had a life of its own.

It grabbed the tail and slammed it to the ground, twisted its stubby legs backward, and threw the fleeing boss monster to the ground, slashing it like a sharp knife.

The power was overwhelming.

The boss monster was killed without even a single resistance.

With a clink, Chae Yiwon picked up the mana stone that rolled to the ground and smiled at Do Hajun.

It was a strangely chilling smile.

* * *

“Team leader!”

The sound of clapping and shouting made Do Hajun look up.

“What?”

“What were you thinking? I’ve been calling you.”

“Oh, nothing.”

When Ahn Eunseon looked at him suspiciously, Do Hajun pushed her face away with his hand.

“Move that ugly face away.”

“Oh my, what are you talking about? I’m really pretty.”

Ahn Eunseon made a flower pose with her hands and blinked her eyes.

Do Hajun frowned and picked up the file she handed him.

[Report on S-Class Rift]

“Why?”

It was the report Do Hajun had submitted to the higher-ups yesterday.

“They said it’s too lacking and to resubmit it.”

‘Too lacking…’

Do Hajun flipped through the report.

Even he thought it was lacking since it had omitted all details about Chae Yiwon’s skills.

“Sigh.”

Do Hajun sighed again.

After capturing the boss monster with incredible skill and emerging from the rift, Chae Yiwon had nonchalantly said to Do Hajun,

“I think I should be going now.”

“What?”

“Please exclude any mention of my abilities from the report. This is not a request but an order.”

The smile on Chae Yiwon’s face was so unsettling that Do Hajun retorted,

“There’s no reason for me to follow the orders of someone who isn’t even my superior.”

“You’d better listen to me.”

Just as Do Hajun was about to argue back, a car pulled up behind Chae Yiwon.

“It’s time.”

“Alright then, Team Leader Do Hajun. Let’s meet again. Next time, you must accept my scout offer. There’s not much time left.”

Chae Yiwon left quickly without explaining why she needed him, what this Nangdo team was about, or why there wasn’t much time left.

“Are you hurting, Jun?”

Lee Cheongmyeong climbed onto Do Hajun’s lap and touched his forehead.

“It doesn’t hurt.”

Do Hajun smiled and lowered Lee Cheongmyeong’s hand.

The hypothesis about Chae Yiwon was wrong.

Lee Cheongmyeong had not grown after returning from the rift.

Do Hajun tilted his head and looked at Lee Cheongmyeong.

So why had Lee Cheongmyeong suddenly grown?

“Oh, right. Team leader, the director isn’t coming in today either.”

“What?”

Right after the rift ended, Kang Wontae, who had told him to come, was not in the office.

And he kept working outside.

‘That bastard.’

The respect Do Hajun had for his superior had shattered completely.

Muttering curses to himself, Do Hajun averted his eyes from Lee Cheongmyeong’s gaze.

“…Have you finished your studies, Cheongmyeong?”

“Yes! I finished!”

Do Hajun took out the chocolate that Chae Yiwon had left as a gift from his desk drawer and put it in Lee Cheongmyeong’s mouth.

“Mmm! Delicious!”

With the chocolate in his mouth, Lee Cheongmyeong put his hands on his cheeks and shivered in delight, making the team members tear up.

“So cute.”

“Did you record a video?”

“Yes! We need to share this cuteness with everyone.”

Do Hajun looked away from his team members who were acting overly affectionate.

Unlike the others, Ahn Eunseon was strangely lingering beside him.

“Is there more to report?”

“…Please don’t be mad when you hear this.”

“Did you cause an accident?”

“I didn’t…”

Ahn Eunseon’s voice trailed off. Given that she was a healer, she was notorious for causing major incidents.

The other culprit was that dog who had been dispatched.

“You feel guilty, don’t you?”

“N-No. That’s not the important thing.”

Ahn Eunseon shook her head vigorously.

“What’s the big deal?”

“I got the call this morning too.”

It seemed like Ahn Eunseon, who never was late, woke up early to take the call.

“What kind of call?”

As he leaned back in his chair, Ahn Eunseon closed her eyes tightly and shouted.

“Today, the deputy tea-”

-Bang!!

The door burst open with a loud crash. The loud noise startled Lee Cheongmyeong, who grabbed Do Hajun’s neck.

A large figure with purple hair.

Chocolate-colored skin and gray eyes. The man, with rugged features, was dressed in a tattered military look as if he had just returned from a war.

If it were an ordinary person, one might think he was a beggar because of his clothes, but the man in front of them had more of an experienced hunter’s vibe.

He slammed down the massive bag he was carrying with a bang and lunged at Do Hajun.

“Long time no see, honey!!” (TL: Lol, is this a BL?)

“Eek! Scary!”

“Ugh.”

Hajun groaned as Cheongmyeong’s grip tightened around his neck. Instead of removing the hands around his neck, Hajun grabbed a nameplate on the desk and threw it at the charging man.

The nameplate flew through the air and hit the man’s face squarely.

“Get lost, you bastard!”

Cheongmyeong, watching the scene, smiled brightly.

“Lost?”

Everyone flinched.

* * *

“Honey. You’re so cold. I worked hard thinking of you.”

“Shut…! Be quiet and leave. This is Delta Team.”

The man, crumpled and crouched next to the desk, looked up at Do Hajun with teary eyes.

“Honey. Are you leaving me because you have a child? I can raise your child well. You know my dream is to be a good stepfather.”

The team members, watching the exchange between Hajun and the man, tightly pressed their lips together.

If they didn’t, they might burst out laughing and die.

Turning the atmosphere into melodrama in an instant, the man pretended to wipe his tears and said.

“If you abandon your old partner, you won’t get far-”

“Ahn Eunseon.”

“Yes?!”

Ahn Eunseon, who was holding back laughter, jumped up from her seat.

“Take Cheongmyeong to the market. Cheongmyeong, go with Auntie and buy some snacks.”

“Snacks?”

“Yes. Ask Auntie to buy you whatever you want.”

Cheongmyeong hesitated.

He didn’t want to leave Hajun, but he also wanted snacks.

However, getting snacks wasn’t common.

Although Hajun provided three meals and snacks every day, he was strict about snacks, giving chocolates from Chae-won only once a day.

“Cheongmyeong! Let’s go before he changes his mind!”

“…Okay.”

Cheongmyeong, tempted by the snacks, stretched out his hands.

Ahn Eunseon, with a look of surprise, picked up Cheongmyeong.

“We’ll be back. Cheongmyeong, say goodbye.”

“We’ll be back.”

“Yes. Come back safely, Cheongmyeong.”

Everyone waved at Cheongmyeong’s small hand.

The bright and cheerful atmosphere was brief, as soon as Ahn Eunseon left, the office was engulfed in silence.

“Um. Honey?”

Sensing the tense atmosphere, the man flinched and stood up.

“Lee Moojin, you bastard.”

The seal on Do Hajun, barely maintained by Cheongmyeong’s ‘Lost!’, was broken.

“Didn’t I leave you a message that I’d kill you if you came back?”

Hajun stood up with a wide smile.

“Th-that, I haven’t changed my SIM card back to the korean one yet…. Honey. Can we talk?”

Hajun, holding an umbrella in the corner of the office, tilted his head and said.

“Talk?”

Moojin stretched out his hands and nodded vigorously.

“Yes! Yes! I haven’t forgotten Korean, so let’s talk-”

“No, it seems you’ve forgotten all your Korean?”

Hajun swung the umbrella. With a thud, the umbrella struck Moojin’s side, and he collapsed with a groan.

“So you couldn’t understand when I told you to get lost and you’re loitering around here.”

“N-no, that’s! Honey!!”

“You’re still calling me honey?!”

“Ouch, it hurts!”

Moojin clutched his side, tears welling up.

But there was no mercy in Hajun’s hand.

Instead, the umbrella struck like crazy, as if threshing beans during the harvest, making Moojin scream.

“I surrender! I surrender!”

“When I say! Get lost! You should! Get lost! How dare! You show! Your face here!”

Hajun, punctuating each word with a strike, was watched by the team with pale faces.

They thought he had neglected his exercise while taking care of Cheongmyeong lately, but he was still a deadly snake.

Even while thrashing an S-class hunter, he wielded the umbrella without a hitch.

Moreover, the impact of the hits only grew stronger, not weaker.

“I surrender! I surrender, I said!”

“Surrender! My ass! You bastard! Do you think! I can keep! A Deputy Team Leader! Who leaves! A note and disappears!”

Hajun chased after Moojin, swinging the umbrella.

“Ouch! This could lead to murder!”

“Fine. Let’s fulfill my bucket list today!”

“Ouch! Honey! Wait, wait!”

Moojin, escaping from Hajun’s umbrella, gasped for breath and said.

“Okay, if you’re going to kill me, do it somewhere else!”

“Crazy bastard!!”

The team members shook their heads at the Deputy Team Leader who was inviting more trouble even while begging.

“What if the Deputy Team Leader dies?”

“Is there anyone who’d take the job?”

“We have a reputation for being tough, so no.”

“But we’re number one in job performance.”

“Hey! You guys! Don’t you think of stopping the team leader!”

The team members scoffed.

Although Hajun was beating him now, the next in line were the team members.

It made no sense for a Deputy Team Leader, who should lead in the absence of a team leader, to leave just a note and disappear.

“Ouch! I’m dying! I’m dying!”

“Yes, die! You bastard!”

“Ouch! Stop! Stop!!”

“Stop, my ass!”

“Footsteps! I hear footsteps!”

Hajun’s umbrella paused. Moojin’s groans echoed through the office.