An Anomaly

“Was it because of Cheon Sanho?”
“We will consider it after Hunter Cheon Sanho. I express my gratitude for bringing Pion. Then.”
The camera flashes went off.
The reporters typed on their laptops as if they wouldn’t miss a single word of Han Sion’s statement.
I peeked with my Sun’s Eye, and the headlines were all the same.

[Exclusive] A new contractor of the Silent Calamity suddenly appears
[Breaking] Guild Leader Han Sion casts out the Silent Calamity’s contractor
[Breaking] Guild Leader Han Sion, “Consideration for guild members will be after Cheon Sanho”
[Breaking] Who is the Silent Calamity’s new contractor?
What’s with the last one?
How did they investigate Yeon Taeseon?
It hasn’t even been a minute since he revealed he was my contractor!
I felt sorry for Jiye.
There must be a flood of articles with no substance.
Then it would be up to Hong Yuon and Jiye to handle it…
Han Sion, who had retrieved me, ostentatiously took the guild leader’s exclusive elevator and pressed the button for the top floor.
He didn’t forget to stroke my soft head.
…But it was a bit quiet.
We were in the elevator, in a suffocating silence.
‘…Why is he really like this.’
He usually talks to me a lot, and he should be happy to see me after a long time, but he’s not even saying a word.
When I pulled his hair, he would just smile a little and that was it.

“You damn Guild Masterrrrrr-!”
“Piaaaak!”
Kwa-deu-deu-deuk!
As soon as the elevator door opened, large icicles came flying at us.
I knew she was casting with the vibration of mana, but I didn’t expect her to just shoot them like that.
I thought it was just for intimidation!
She shot them even though I was here?!
But Baek Jiye was so angry that she didn’t even notice such things.
“What? If he’s a contractor of the Calamity, you should welcome him with open arms, but you say later? Laaaater?”
“Is there a problem?”
“There’s a problem a thousand times, a million times! If he’s a contractor of the Calamity, isn’t he S-rank? What if another guild snatches the S-rank? What if the Calamity is disappointed in us because of that? Can’t you see from the scenario? The Calamity has very high expectations for this guild! Even if we have four S-ranks in the guild, it’s not enough, but you’re spouting nonsense like later…”
“J-Jiye-ssi. Am I included in that number? I haven’t even had my grade measured yet?”
“Be quiet! I’m not in the mood for jokes!”
Cheon Sanho became sullen.
I also became sullen.
But Sion, who should have been sullen, was confident.
“I said later, so I didn’t leave no room for possibility. It’s not proven that he’s a contractor of the Calamity. He might not be S-rank.”
“There’s no way he’s not S-rank if the Calamity contracted with him!”
Jiye ran her hands through her hair and had a hysteric fit.
I couldn’t say I didn’t understand her feelings, so I quietly flew over and sat on the sofa.
‘But Jiye… I’m not that great.’
No, I’m a top-tier Constellation, but I don’t produce S-ranks with every contract.
Even the Administrator can’t do that.
You can tell just by looking at the fact that Cheon Sanho was A-rank.
But Jiye, who was second to none as a fanatic, firmly believed that Yeon Taeseon was S-rank.
‘Of course, since he’s a Regressor, he’s at least a confirmed A-rank…’
Even without a unique skill, he would be able to draw out the potential of an S-rank or higher with just his pure stats and combat experience.
It would be good if Yeon Taeseon joined the guild.
It would be good.
But being a Regressor is a double-edged sword, so there would be gains, but also losses.
If you’re near the eye of the storm, a Regressor, wouldn’t you naturally be swept away by the storm?
‘Ughhh…. Maybe I should think about recruiting Yeon Taeseon…’
I flew around and sent a signal to Sion.
It was an SOS signal to somehow change the subject.
Sion, who understood perfectly, opened his mouth.
“Jiye. Rather than that, since Pion is back, shouldn’t we do what we had planned?”
“Where do you think you’re changing the subject, you troublemaker?”
“Since Pion is back, shouldn’t we do what we had planned?”
“Oh?”
“Since Pion is back, shouldn’t we do what we had planned?”
“If you repeat that one more time, you’ll see the guild building destroyed.”
“…”
Sion shut his mouth, probably because the destruction of a 100 billion won building was a bit much.
Still, he had done his job.
Jiye didn’t say anything more and turned to Cheon Sanho.
She smiled brightly with a nice face.
“Cheon Sanho-ssi.”
“Ye-yes!”
“Let’s go get your grade measured.”

Currently, the internet was ablaze with the topic of the Silent Calamity’s other new contractor.

[Chat] S?
S?S?S?S?S?S?S?S?S?
S?
S?S?S?
S?S?

Brother, this guy is crazy about S-rank.

└ Let him be, he must be full of national pride

└ No, but why is everyone so sure he’s S-rank when he just revealed he’s a contractor of the Silent Calamity

└ Shut up, there’s never been a Constellation with a 100% S-rank pick rate

Is Cheon Sanho S too? Is it out?

└ It’s not out, he’s probably going to get measured soon?

[Chat] What’s the jellyfish’s name?
(A picture of the jellyfish clinging to Sion’s side)
What’s its name? I’m getting dizzy, please tell me

It’s Pion

The guild leader said it’s Pion

Thanks, the fan cafe is this way (link)

└ Instead of posting things like this, go fill out a guild application

└ Even a jellyfish has a fan cafe

As they say, a burning issue is best covered by a bigger issue.
Just like how political issues are covered by entertainment dating scandals.
“Cheon Sanho-ssi, it’s definitely A-rank.”
“What? Not S-rank?”
“In this situation, A-rank is the best.”
In front of the association’s measurement room.
We had borrowed the entire measurement room for a while thanks to the power of the association president, and we were having a conversation while waiting for the measurement room to be ready.
I was eating a milk crepe that Sion had bought me for the first time in a while, rolling it up, and listening to the words of the god of media play, Jiye.
Sion raised his hand and asked.
“Considering the prestige of the Calamity-nim, shouldn’t it be S-rank?”
“Emotionally, I think so too. But reason says no.”
Jiye said what she thought.
“I feel like we’re putting too much pressure on the Calamity-nim right now. What if the other contractors the Calamity-nim chooses in the future are F-rank or E-rank? How are we going to handle the criticism that will come back to the Calamity-nim then? It’s not something we can handle.”
‘Jiye. I’m a top-tier Constellation, so no matter how untalented someone is, B-rank is the minimum.’
People are desperate for high-ranking Constellations.
Because even if they themselves had no talent, they could instantly raise their grade by riding on the coattails of a Constellation’s prestige.
In an era where grade became status.
It was natural to want a high-ranking Constellation.
“Just pulling two S-ranks in a row is amazing. We should be satisfied with that. We shouldn’t put any more pressure on the Calamity-nim.”
“We are believers. Shouldn’t we trust the Calamity?”
“I want to do that too, but the Constellation has a Constellation’s life, and we have to worry about our own future. If we put pressure on the Constellation, what about us, the contractors? Great expectations will be placed on us too.”
Jiye sighed deeply.
“Sion, Guild Master. Didn’t you feel anything at the last auction house?”
“…”
As she said that, Han Sion had nothing to say.

‘I got my ass kicked.’
Didn’t the incarnation of the Calamity intervene and save them when they were lying on the floor of the circular arena with their limbs twisted?
If she hadn’t intervened, Sion and Jiye would have been sold off.
Probably taxidermied with a high probability.
Because S-ranks are too dangerous and expensive to keep as pets or for viewing.
Sion’s eyes went to Pion and then came back.
“We’re lacking. We need time. Time to clearly understand our abilities and grow. Just having a high grade number isn’t everything.”
In fact, although they were somewhere in the rankings, their skills were not even up to the national rankings.
You can tell just by seeing how they were completely owned by Han Siyoon, who was ranked 4th.
They needed power.
The power of experience.
“So, after Cheon Sanho’s measurement is over, get us a dungeon, Guild Leader.”
With those words, the door to the measurement room opened.
Cheon Sanho entered the measurement room with a nervous expression, and I, curious about the results, followed him in.
The two of them didn’t follow.
They looked like they had a lot on their minds.
Click.
The door closed.
“So… Pion-nim?”
“Pikku?”
“The key around your neck… is it for my sibling?”
It wasn’t a difficult question to answer, so I spun around once.
It was a sign of affirmation.
“Th-then!”
Cheon Sanho looked a little desperate.
“Even if my grade comes out low… are you willing to heal my sibling?”
Hmm.
Well, it was a natural question for Cheon Sanho.
Because it was not uncommon for a Constellation to abandon a contractor after confirming their uselessness.
But that didn’t apply to me.
I raised my tentacle.
It was a sign of affirmation.
“Piu!”
“Th-thank you!
Cheon Sanho’s face lit up.
But it didn’t take long for that face to contort strangely.
“So this is…”
Cheon Sanho’s hand, which had received the test paper, trembled.
“This is the first time we’ve seen such a case… We’d even like to study it.”
“I-I…”
The test paper neatly listed his stats and unique skills.

[Name: Cheon Sanho Lv.78]
[Contracted Constellation: Silent Calamity]
[Unique Skill: The Second Piercing Eye]
[Unique Skill: Divine Touch]
…
[Estimated Grade: A-rank (99.99%)]
The grade was fine.
It was A-rank, as Jiye had predicted.
But the unique skill was the problem.
That is…
Cheon Sanho, who had his grade re-measured…
‘Two unique skills?’
He had one more unique skill.
Two unique skills, something that had never happened in history.
It was also the moment Baek Jiye’s ‘lower our guild’s expectations’ plan was shattered.