Chapter 419 – Swan Appears!
An unexpected visitor.
However, the heroines were silently staring at Spencer.
With expressions that clearly said, “This is quite annoying.”
They probably disapproved of her arrival during such an important moment for them.
Meanwhile, Spencer looked quite flustered.
As if she didn’t expect to be received this way despite being a guest.
But there was one person who welcomed her.
“Um, excuse me!!!”
“What, what is it?”
It was Choi Da-eun again.
Choi Da-eun, who had been working, rushed to Spencer in a frantic state.
She began to speak wildly, faster than her trembling eyes could keep up.
“I’ve been kidnapped! Please save me!!!”
“What did you say?”
Spencer widened her eyes sharply at that.
Before she knew it, she pulled out her mobile phone.
And in a soothing tone, she cautiously began to ask Choi Da-eun.
“Tell me. How did you get here?”
“I was a free person until a moment ago, and when I came to my senses, I was here!”
“Then what did they do to you?”
As she said that, Spencer hurriedly operated her phone.
From the looks of it, she seemed to intend to record something.
Probably trying to use it as evidence to file a report.
“I’m being imprisoned and forced to work!”
“And? Tell me more!”
But the moment she heard Choi Da-eun’s next words.
“If I don’t work, they threaten not to pay me! It’s so painful! Please save me!”
“…….”
Spencer instantly shoved her phone into her pocket.
“……That’s just working, isn’t it?”
“……Ah.”
Realizing what she had blurted out, Choi Da-eun returned to her seat and quietly began to work.
With a slightly demented smile.
“Save me. Save me. Save me.”
“……Ha…”
Spencer sighed and approached us, but.
“So about the request—”
“Hey.”
“Hiiik!”
Hyeji suddenly appeared right in front of Spencer, cutting her off.
“Do you want to die?”
“W-what did I do wrong!!!”
Before she knew it, she drew her pen instantly.
“Aaaah!!!”
– Bang!!!
Directly aimed at Spencer’s ample chest.
Along with Spencer’s scream, the sound of something bursting was heard.
And as a result, Spencer’s ample chest vanished in an instant, leaving behind only her oversized shirt.
“I told you, if you come with fake breasts, I’ll kill you, right?”
“I’m sorry! I forgot! I won’t do it again!”
Hyeji had warned Spencer several times before.
And she delivered punishment for not remembering.
This was the harsh price paid by a fool.
“Stop whining. I’ll just take what you have and give it to me.”
“Hiiik! Hiiik! Yes! Hiiik! Yes!”
[Doesn’t this mean that if Hyeji gets involved, you’ll disappear?]
‘Shut up. What will you do if Hyeji notices?’
[That would just be a coincidence, right? You don’t think it could happen this time, do you?]
There wasn’t much sympathy to be had here.
“Shinwoo, what kind of bullshit were you thinking?”
“……I didn’t think like that at all.”
“It feels like this happened before… it’s strange…”
‘You damn girl.’
[……I’m sorry.]
In the end, Spencer quietly sobbed as she grabbed her missing chest.
After calming down a bit, she slowly began to speak again.
With a tone that was much more polite than before.
“Um… um…”
“So why did you come?”
“I… I just want to ask you for one favor…”
“Go ahead.”
The moment Hyeji’s words fell, Spencer’s eyes sparkled with hope.
As if she had never been crying just moments ago.
“I want to go directly to get a Red Dragon egg!”
I wondered what kind of nonsense she was spouting.
Then I remembered one of her character traits.
She was an extreme ace fangirl.
“Is this again about that ace fangirl nonsense?”
“Shinwoo, this brat still can’t come to her senses!”
“Isn’t the ace an idiot that can’t even use Haki?!”
“No! In the episode, the ace does use it!”
Spencer instantly snapped and strongly countered Elcia, but.
“Shut up! Who’s taking this seriously when it’s a complete contradiction! It’s just fanfiction!”
“……Damn girl…”
Unable to respond to Elcia’s words, she could only mutter a sigh-laden curse.
Then Ayeon and Caressy joined Elcia.
“Honestly, when you can’t even beat that Smoker punk, not having Haki is correct.”
“You should stay quiet then. Unless you don’t want to ruin your chance like the ace of the normal battle.”
“Ah, you damn girls!”
In the end, Spencer swung her arms around, expressing her aimless anger into the air.
[Honestly, the ace’s record is messed up too, right?]
‘Exactly.’
Then a thought struck me.
Spencer had tried to adopt a Red Dragon before.
But back then, she couldn’t get one because reservations were full.
Considering she came looking for us, the situation of not having adopted one might still be valid.
“Looks like you weren’t able to adopt a Red Dragon after all?”
“I did adopt one.”
This was a bit unusual.
She had adopted the Red Dragon she longed for, but now she wants to find another one?
Could it be that she abandoned it?
“You didn’t throw it away, did you?”
“Ah, no!!!”
“Then what’s the problem?”
As I nodded for her to explain, Spencer gritted her teeth and answered my question.
“I got scammed by broker hunters.”
“What kind of scam?”
At that moment, Spencer clenched her fists with such force it compared to her earlier rage.
“A fucking bastard sold me a White Dragon claiming it was a Red Dragon!!!”
[Are hunters just all scammers?]
‘It’s a job where you lose if you have a conscience.’
At that moment, a question arose in my mind.
“Hey, can’t you just request this from your guild members?”
“Ah, that?”
Spencer might be an idiot, but she’s at least a fairly strong hunter.
So she must have a guild she belongs to.
Not requesting from her guild seemed a bit odd.
There was no need to come to us.
“I’m unemployed.”
“…Really?”
There was a reason for this.
Considering her skills, she should be doing okay, but.
With the job market being what it was, even she couldn’t get a job.
Even I had struggled with the job market for a while.
It was quite pitiful.
So much so that it felt quite sad.
In the end, what stood before us was a poor soul.
“Looks like finding a job was tough. You’ve had a hard time.”
“I just didn’t want to.”
This crazy girl was just an idiot.
“Don’t your parents say anything?”
“They’ve given up.”
Of course, one wouldn’t choose not to work if their family situation was good.
But that didn’t mean there was a reason to answer so confidently.
She was acting all self-assured.
“I even helped you graduate early, and here you are, still unemployed!”
“Shinwoo, she’s not driving a nail into her parents’ hearts, she’s throwing a Fire Fist.”
“I’m really impressed; what a devoted daughter she is!!!”
“Seems like we haven’t seen a holder of Three-Phase Evolution in a while, capable of igniting her parents’ hearts.”
“If she’s a swan but a White Dragon, she’s gotten a proper adoption.”
“Ah, damn it! Anyway, accept the request, you damn bastards!!!”
It was only natural for us to mock her.
[Here’s a voluntary unemployed person crying. I bet her parents cried even more.]
‘……You’re being too harsh…’
In the end, to summarize, it went like this.
Having been scammed by broker hunters, Spencer wanted to go directly get a Red Dragon egg.
And since she was unemployed, she came to us for help.
At this point, I could somewhat understand why she sought us out.
It was easy to say, but the opponent was a dragon, which was a dangerous beast.
So she probably sought us out, knowing we excel in power alone.
In the worst-case scenario, we might have to fight them.
Spencer, despite expressing her anger, didn’t say she would cancel the request.
After a bit of time passed and she calmed down, she started to speak again slowly.
“Ha… Anyway, I’ve prepared the gate, so let’s head out right away.”
She seemed half certain that we would accept her request.
Spencer stated she had already prepared the necessary things, but.
I still felt a bit worried.
“You can pay us, right?”
“Just give me your account number.”
Thinking this idiot might do a runner, what I feared happened as soon as I said my account number.
A notification pinged on my phone.
Upon checking, a significant amount had been transferred from Spencer.
“This is an advance payment. After the request is done, I’ll give you even more.”
With those words, Spencer lifted her head confidently, as if it were no big deal.
“You’re being so bold over money that’s not even yours, Swan girl.”
“You damn bastard! Just shut the hell up and let’s go already!!!”
Just then, Hyeji tapped my shoulder.
“Shinwoo, are we doing this?”
“Yeah.”
To be honest, it was risky.
Of course, the most dangerous creatures are hunters in disguise.
But spotlighting a dragon, a fantastical creature, shouldn’t be overlooked either.
Yet, I wanted to meet them.
“My master, why?”
“Even if Hyeji’s with us, it could be dangerous.”
“I want to meet a dragon and talk to them.”
“Then let’s go. Those who are scared should stay behind.”
There was something I urgently wanted to ask them.
Since the heroines respected my will and accepted the request,
without delay, we began to move forward.
“Follow me! The car is ready!”
Following the unemployed Spencer, who somehow had a car.
