The Guide Raid begins !

What the, what happened?
Guild Leader-nim! Are you okay?!
A commotion arose from outside.
Before people could swarm in, I quickly returned to my jellyfish form and slammed my room door shut.
From beyond the door, I could hear Sion’s voice, which I couldn’t tell if it was happy or pained.
“…Shirt….”
Don’t even think about it!
It’s not even your shirt!

I didn’t see Sion after that.
Until the day of the guide raid.
It was a natural course of events.
Because my mind, which was more fragile than tofu, couldn’t bear to see his face for a while, no matter how precious a contractor he was.
There were often times when Sion was bowing his head in front of me as I passed by, but I just gracefully ignored it.

“It looked good, though.”
Of course, the Administrator was a pervert.
I sincerely wondered if I could sue the Administrator in the starry sky.
Of course, there was no court in the starry sky before that…
The unusual atmosphere was so noticeable that even Cheon Sanho said this to Sion.
“Guild Leader, did you fight with Pion?”
“…”
“You were unilaterally in the wrong… Apologize.”
“…”
And so, time passed relentlessly.

2 PM, in front of the Slime Gate in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
The gate, which was usually so deserted that there were hardly any people, was now a sea of people.
“Hey, don’t push!”
“You should have gotten a spot first!”
“I’m the team leader of the Hunter Daily!”
“You’re the team leader at your company, not ours! Get lost!”
The rookie reporter, who had barely managed to get closest to the access restriction fence, was sweating profusely.
It was almost like a marketplace.
No, a marketplace would have been better than this…!
“So many people…”
“Oh, newbie.”
A plump and rather good-natured senior from the company spoke to him.
The newbie bowed his head nervously.
“S-senior! Hello…!”
“Wow. You’re a newbie, but you broke through this crowd and got the best spot? You’ve got talent, you brat.”
“Haha… But is it really a big enough deal for so many people to gather…?”
“Ah, you’re a complete beginner in this industry.”
The senior nonchalantly put a cigarette in his mouth.
Since there were comments like “Don’t smoke where there are people!”, he didn’t light it.
“It’s Nate. Two S-ranks and two A-ranks, they say.”
“Ah, yes. I know that everyone flocks even when just one S-rank appears, but I didn’t know it would be to this extent…”
“Well, that’s true, but the reason so many people have gathered is because of a combination of factors. You know that the Crow Guild and Han Sion had some trouble in the beginning, right?”
“Of course. It’s famous.”
“But the two guilds, which are on bad terms, are doing a guide raid, it’s the first outing for the two S-ranks, and there’s a new A-rank… And since the Nate Guild has had no official activities until now, people whose curiosity has exploded are flocking like this.”
The senior said, pointing at the fence on the opposite side.
“The fan clubs are going crazy too.”
“Fan clubs?”
The newbie looked at the fence on the opposite side.
Dozens of cameras, telephoto cameras, and cell phones were visible.
Honestly, they looked better than the company or personal equipment.
Meaning, they looked expensive.
“Weren’t they reporters…?”
“Nowadays, fan clubs’ equipment is better than ours. And the contractors of the Silent Calamity are exceptionally good-looking.”
He then laughed, saying that the fan club was already at the level of a decent A-rank hunter’s fan club.
He also said that the world is all about looks.
Just then, people started murmuring from the far outside.
“What is it?”
“It’s Crow!”
“Tsk, let’s just take a picture.”
“What’s with them being late all the time.”
Although the atmosphere was not very welcoming, people pressed the shutter button out of courtesy.
The Crow Guild had a bad reputation and was a closed guild with a poor public image, so even if they took pictures, they wouldn’t get many views, but…
If they blatantly didn’t take pictures, the aftermath would be no joke.
Crow was a very narrow-minded and petty guild.
“They’re coming. Press the shutter.”
Click-click-click-click!
A sound that was not very loud for the crowd echoed.
Occasionally, fans of the Crow Guild screamed, but it was at the level of a passing bird’s cry.
Nevertheless, the Crow guild members smiled and waved.
“Haha, you can take more pictures.”
The angular-faced Crow Guild Leader at the front said.
It was a disgusting smile.
The official uniform of the Crow Guild was a black combat suit with gold decorations placed here and there.
The sparkling decorations didn’t seem to be ordinary.
“The Crow Guild is famous for throwing money around.”
The senior whispered.
“The decorations on that combat suit are all gate-produced gold.”
“Wow.”
How much is that?
Even regular gold was a catalyst material for magic, so its price had been skyrocketing lately, but if it was gate-produced gold, it was a different story.
And to use that as a decoration on a combat suit, it was truly throwing money around.
“Wow, but who is that person? Was there someone that handsome in Crow?”
“Hmm?”
The senior used his camera lens to capture the very end of the Crow guild members.
A black combat suit, gold accessories.
It was a uniform that was no different from the other guild members.
But one crucial thing was different.
Distinct features, thick eyebrows.
His black hair, swept to one side, was shiny, and the deep blue eyes that shone beneath it resembled the sea.
It seemed that even if a master sculptor worked with all his heart for a lifetime, he couldn’t produce something more perfect.
And.
A face that any well-informed reporter would know.
“It’s the Calamity’s contractor.”
“What?”
The only contractor who couldn’t join the Nate Guild.
Yeon Taeseon.
He was walking at the end of the Crow guild members.
With a terribly bored expression.
“Wha-what? Yeon Taeseon?”
“Isn’t he a contractor of the Silent Calamity?”
“Did he join the Crow Guild?”
“No, his combat suit doesn’t have the guild mark. He’s a temporary guild member.”
“Still, it’s a scoop! Take a picture!”
In an instant, a light even brighter than before flowed from the cameras.
At the shutter sound, which was almost at the level of noise, Yeon Taeseon frowned.
Of course, that too was as beautiful as a sculpture.
Usually, a contractor of a hostile Constellation would not join the other’s guild.
Unless it was a weak Constellation whose weakness had been caught.
But Yeon Taeseon was a contractor of the Silent Calamity, and that Constellation was known to be a top-tier Constellation.
Meaning, she had nothing to lose.
‘Did he voluntarily choose a different path from the Silent Calamity?’
‘Did the Silent Calamity just watch?’
‘No, before that, there was no information that Yeon Taeseon had his grade measured at the association?’
As various questions arose, the Crow Guild Leader, whose face was like a squid compared to Yeon Taeseon’s, blocked the camera.
It was pressure to ‘interview me’.
The reporter closest to him held out a microphone.
“Crow Guild Leader-nim! The person standing at the very end of the line is known to be a contractor of the Silent Calamity. Is that correct?”
“Yes, that’s right. Thankfully, he has temporarily joined our guild.”
“I know that Yeon Taeseon-ssi has not had his grade measured at the association!”
“It was conducted secretly.”
“Has an agreement been reached between the Constellations?”
“I don’t know that far.”
Most of the interview was a provocative statement that ‘a contractor of the Silent Calamity is in our guild’.
As the interview progressed and the provocation became stronger, the reporters’ eyes were shining.
“It’s Nate!”
Someone’s shout interrupted the interview.
The reporters took their eyes off the Crow Guild Leader and looked at the slowly approaching Nate guild members.
Four people.
Compared to the Crow Guild, which had brought about 30 guild members in a line, it was a small scale.
But their dignity overwhelmed the Crow Guild.
Han Sion, wearing a white coat with a universe-lined lining over his white combat suit.
Baek Jiye, who was incomparably gorgeous with a Hexagram brooch and accessories that assisted her magic.
Cheon Sanho, who looked like an explorer with leather belts all over his body and potions always at the ready.
Cheon Seona, with a rather holy atmosphere, wearing a pure white cloak and a golden healer’s crest.
…And Pion.
It was truly a lineup that could be called a small elite.
The fan club cheered.
“Kyaaaaaak! Sion oppa!”
“Jiye! Jiye! Look here! Look here!”
“Pion! Look here! Wave your tentacles!”
Thump. Thump.
“Haha, Nate Guild Leader! This is the first…”
Thump, thud.
Han Sion stood in front of Yeon Taeseon.
He opened his mouth, ignoring the Crow Guild Leader.
“What is a traitor doing here?”
“Kyaaaak.”
“Pion hates you too.”
Yeon Taeseon’s brow twitched as he saw the rather well-dressed jellyfish cackling on Sion’s head.
“You’re the one who kicked me out first, Nate Guild Leader.”
“You should have been worthy of the Calamity. I was justified.”
“We’ll have to see who will be of help.”
Sparks seemed to fly from their eyes.