S Classes that I Raised 154 I Was Assigned (4)
“Have you come this late knowing that an uninvited visitor came to my room? Isn’t this against the contract? You’re really insincere.”
I voiced my dissatisfaction as I tried to make him let go of me, but he did not move like he always did. I thought he might force himself on me like the day the dungeon broke, but he did not yet feel like a threat. I just had some goosebumps I could ignore, having gotten used to them.
“It’s a shame that you think like that, I’ll take responsibility for my insincere attitude and tell your brother what had happened here-“
“People can be late! Let’s put this in the past since nothing happened.”
I did not want Yoohyun to hear of this, especially about the deal the jellyfish offered me. I was going to hide the fact as long as Hyunjae Sung kept his mouth shut.
“Weren’t there many things that could not be put in the past as nothing happened?”
“You overheard them. I’ll ignore the invasion of privacy if you pretend not to have listened to us.”
“I told you before that I would wait a day after you went into hiding.”
Hyunjae Sung’s gaze went to where the jellyfish had been.
“Escaping like this does not count.”
“I’m not escaping.”
“Then what do you think this is, Yoojin? Trying to be a sacrifice?”
He must have overheard not only about the stone but also the contract. Had the jellyfish taken on the same form in front of Hyunjae Sung? I could not guess how much he had heard.
“I did not sign the contract and never had. I was going to negotiate a bit just in case.”
It was a shame to ignore him when the guy was interested in me, and it would be much better to get information and other things by acting as if I would sign. Also, making the contract would not be a bad choice if things went sour since we all did not need to die.
“What else are you curious about? Breeder? That’s common, and you must have heard about it at least once.”
Those born S classes are rare and not breeders, but Hyunjae Sung would know about the breeder title.
“I’m a bit special since I raised Yoohyun. I was going to tell you about the stone, and as you have heard, I can create a beast by combining mana stones. It had been that lizard Diarma’s skill.”
I told Hyunjae Sung I had been lucky to get the skill as I defeated him with system managers’ help. It was a relief that the jellyfish had spoken only things I could smooth over except for it taking on my brother’s form.
Hyunjae Sung seemed to know that the jellyfish had taken on Yoohyun’s shape when telling me to look elsewhere. However, I did not know whether he had guessed because of it calling me hyung or having seen it himself. Has Hyunjae Sung realized that Yoohyun was older? It would be difficult to connect it with my return even if he had seen the shape.
How should I answer if he asked me that question? Should I tell him that it was a vision of my younger brother getting older without awakening and that he looked like that because I wanted that future for him? I had been thinking things over when Hyunjae Sung took off my pajama top.
“What are you doing?”
He stared at the wound and placed his hand on it. Why was Hyunjae Sung touching it again when he had checked it before?
“It feels different from becoming stable.”
“It has nothing to do with you, whether it has changed.”
“To say it’s irrelevant with me…”
Despite not being able to clearly feel other people’s mana without the teacher skill with my current stats, I felt the mental move. However, I felt the sensations of mana on my wound moving as if it was investigating as I saw it with my own eyes.
The mana stone absorbed Hyunjae Sung’s mana as it overflowed a bit.
“It’s similar to mine. What happened?”
“It’s just your overinflated ego.”
I felt my body shudder a bit, and my mana decreased by a lot despite not using any skills. Has the stone used my own mana to swallow Hyunjae Sung’s mana? I continued speaking after drinking a potion.
“This is a combination of an SS class dragonian stone and the Diarma stone of unspecified class. Why are you touching a stone at least an SSS class? I know that you’re powerful, but…”
“I’m only an S class. I apologize for stepping over my boundaries.”
“Let go of me if you know so.”
He might claim ownership when knowing that his fragment had been used to glue things over in this stone, and I would never give one percent of this.
“If it was Diarma’s skill, that guy’s wound on his hand was the trace of having made a beast. Is your putting the stone in your chest because the skill becomes more effective as the stone is closer to the heart? You would have tried your best to succeed since the stones were of a class you would not be able to get again.”
“Check your answers yourself as I wait in silence.”
I did not need to speak up and thought Hyunjae Sung must not have noticed Yoohyun’s form from the lack of questions. Hyunjae Sung turned me over, or lifted me over to be more exact. We were too close, but his gaze pierced through my back. I shuddered as he was behind my back with me unable to protect myself, and felt like the main character of a horror film that was being chased.
“It’s not here.”
His hand touched where the heart would be behind my back, and I instinctively gulped.
“Do you only need to put the stone in after cutting your body open?”
“You really think so?”
I replied like he was speaking nonsense, but come to think of it, it may be possible. My body had accepted the first stone without any problems, and it had been combining the second stone that had been the problem. I should have had to use the skill when putting in the second by force after the first and wondered if I would be able to refuse. What would happen if I put in one and rejected the second?
“While there are many S class stones, it’s not worth it to put it here.”
The hand lightly pressing down on my back moved upwards to tap my shoulder.
“I think this would be a good place. Do you have any preferences in stones?”
Hyunjae Sung spoke like he would cut my shoulder open to place the stone in now. His will to experiment was exceptional.
“I cannot do two at once since my body is a weak F class.”
“You don’t know until you try.”
‘I don’t want to and bring at least an SS class if you want to try. I won’t accept an S class. It’s a waste of physical space when my body’s not that big.”
“I should fatten you up.”
Hyunjae Sung spoke like I was a pig or a goose. I would prefer you to set me free without using any chemicals.
“I’ll reserve the place above your heart at your back. You cannot give it to others.”
“If you pay the price, and since the place would be one of the most effective, the quality of the stones should be amazing.”
It would take a long time to find two or more SS class dragon type stones, and I would make him pay the price during that time for the reservation.
-Peep!
Hyunjae Sung lifted the chick that was waddling at his feet and adjusted his hold on me to turn to the broken door.
“I can sleep here since the bed is all right.”
I could smell that something had burnt and remembered this smell may not be good for health. I would need to move for the chick, at least. Hyunjae Sung opened his mouth after going out of the room, holding me and the chick.
“I would be able to know whether I had something to do with that stone when seeing the completed beast.”
“I said that you do not.”
While my answer was firm, I was nervous as the beast would be affected by the stones it was based on. If it took on a beast form, Hyunjae Sung’s fragment would not stand out that much.
‘The SS class stone and Diarma were both dragonian, and that means the beast will probably be close to human form.”
Would something that looked similar to Hyunjae Sung spring out? I would want to kill if it looked like Diarma, and the only choice left was the SS class dragonian. I wished it well.
***
“Why is it not possible?”
I asked Hyunjae Sung to take me to a nearby low-class dungeon when the sun rose the next day to meet the depraved. However, he refused without hesitation.
“The contract I have with your brother has an article about forbidding outside activities.”
“Even dogs take a walk outside every day!”
While there was a large rooftop garden, it was within the building. I thought I would be able to go out with a light heart after my fear resistance levels came back, but now I was forbidden to go out.
“You saw the jellyfish visit me yesterday. We have to think of a countermeasure.”
“I also heard that it was not easy to appear like that, and it could not harm you. Come to my bedroom whenever you feel anxious as it is open.”
“I don’t need that.”
I would have to ask my brother to allow me since the contract does not let me go out. I called Yoohyun after getting my phone back, but he did not answer. Why doesn’t he get on the phone in the morning?
“Do you know what my brother is doing?”
“That also is…”
“Forbidden by the contract. Damn.”
I would have to go out using the stealth skill and run when Hyunjae Sung stepped out. I sincerely hoped that he would go to work.
However, the Sesung Guild Leader was not busy as he was again pretending to be conquering a dungeon. He had been doing work a bit, which people brought up to him as he did not move an inch.
I had been trapped until lunch when Taewon Song visited with a small cage holding the jewel snake.
“Hunter Riette asked Mr. Yoojin Han to take care of it, and the Haeyeon Guild Leader has agreed.”
“Yoohyun did? Do you know where he is and what he’s doing now?”
“While he is still moving as Hunter Minyui Kim, I cannot tell you in detail. He told me to tell you to train the jewel snake if you’re bored. He said that since it is diurnal and small, it would not take much effort.”
Did he send a jewel snake since Comet was nocturnal, and Blue and unicorns were full of vigor? Was he telling me not to think about him and look after monsters?
While I did not like the situation, I received the owner’s token. Taewon Song put the cage on the table and opened the door. A small snake with golden eyes, similar to its owner, that looked like it was carved out of a ruby, let its head out. I could see its red body change into violet, pink, blue under the light.
“You’re Velare, right?”
-Hss.
The jewel snake looked up at me in response to me calling its name, and the message board about the breeder effect shot up. I used the sprout skill on Velare.
[Second Class Fantastic Snake Species. Red Jewel Snake (infant) Velare
Current Stat class D
Possible Stat class A~S
Optimized Initial Skill
Jewel Weaponization (SS) Attained after growth
Toxic Fangs (A) Gained
Scale Reinforcement (B) Attained after growth
Poison Resistance (B) Gained
*Grows when intaking a certain type of jewel over a certain amount]
Toxic Fangs and Poison Resistance were common abilities for a poisonous snake. However, Jewel Weaponization was something I had seen for the first time. Did that mean that it could change its body to a weapon?
‘So, is that why Riette asked me to raise Velare when she does not need a beast to ride?’
If an S class uses an SS class weaponization skill, that means the weapon will be at least an SS class. Since it was a snake, it would probably become a sword or a spear. Since Riette used swords, she would want this beast.
‘Yoohyun also uses a sword.’
Could I get one for him? While there was Myeongwoo, I did not know when he would be able to make an SS class weapon. I would raise a jewel snake for Yoohyun day and night until it could be used. I could not steal this one since it did not have a flame resistance skill.
-Peep.
The chick approached the jewel snake as it walked on the table.
-Hss!
Velare launched itself on the chick in an instant.
“Hey!”
While Taewon Song quickly grabbed the snake, it had already bitten the chick in the chest. The speed at which it lunged was terrific, but since it was only a baby with small teeth and I could detoxify the poison, I reached out to cover the chick with my hands.
“Don’t pull. Separating them by force will deepen the wound.”
I first needed to take out a potion, but it was then the chick fluttered its wings and threw itself down on its chest with the snake in tow.
-Peep!
It started to press down on the snake’s head, and the chicks’ body was much bigger than the snake’s head with feathers. Wasn’t this like pressing down on someone with a feather pillow?
‘It’s going to suffocate.’
-Peep! Peep!
Taewon Song let go of the hand, grabbing the snake in surprise as the chick confidently pressed the snake down. The snake’s red body squirmed weakly as it lay limp. I gasped.
“Hey, forgive him just this once!”
Velare was going to die!
-Peep!
The chick lifted itself as if it understood me or thought the punishment enough. Velare lowered its head and whimpered. I examined where the chick was bitten after opening the potion cap but could not see any wounds. Had the snake’s fangs been unable to reach flesh because of the feathers?
-Peep!
“All right, all right. You won.”
My chick fought well, but I wished they would get along better.
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