The Cheon Siblings

Meanwhile, at that time.
An alert arrived for Yeon Taeseon, who was heading towards an illegal dungeon that only he knew about.

[The Constellation, The Crow’s Ruins, offers you a guild.]

“Ha.”
He laughed.
“If it’s the Crow Guild, I refuse. I’m going to join the Calamity’s guild.”

[The Constellation, The Crow’s Ruins, sends a proposal.]
[Guild Dungeon Raid Participation Proposal]
The Constellation, ‘The Crow’s Ruins’, sends the following proposal to the Awakener Yeon Taeseon.
First, Yeon Taeseon will participate in and proceed with one raid hosted by The Crow’s Ruins’ guild, ‘Crow‘.

“So I said I’m not going to…”
Yeon Taeseon’s eyes, which had been reflexively reading the contract, stopped.

Second, this raid will be a guide raid with ‘The Silent Calamity’s’ guild, Nate.
Third, regarding the dungeon byproducts…

There were many other clauses, but Yeon Taeseon’s eyes couldn’t leave the second clause.
A guide raid.
A raid where an old-school guild, established long ago, guides a newly created guild, teaching them ‘this is how you raid a dungeon’.
Nowadays, it was a rare joint raid method because the idea of each person for themselves was prevalent, but it wasn’t completely non-existent.
The problem was…
“Did you get permission from the Calamity?”

[The Constellation, The Crow’s Ruins, is silent.]

“Get permission first and then come back.”

[The Constellation, The Crow’s Ruins, asks if you will accept the proposal if he gets permission.]
Yeon Taeseon thought for a moment.
The Crow’s Ruins is a low-quality Constellation that will cause a Constellation War in the future.
Is it right to refuse this proposal here?
‘No.’
If he refuses this proposal, the Ruins will surely retaliate against him.
For a Regressor who still lacked proper equipment, the hostility of a high-ranking Constellation was fatal.
‘And… I don’t know what he might do to Lee Seonbaek’s guild.’
His guild was strangely involved with Lee Seonbaek, the Silent Calamity, many times.
In a bad way.
‘He also brought down the auction house this time, and the Crow guild members were defeated by Han Sion before…’
With this Constellation’s personality, he wouldn’t be able to resist taking revenge.
He must be grinding his teeth right now.
‘And yet he sends a proposal to me, her contractor.’
It was so insidious that it was breathtaking.
After some thought, he nodded.
“If you get permission, and Nate also accepts, I will.”

[The Constellation, The Crow’s Ruins, affirms.]
The Crow’s Ruins will surely betray them in this joint guide raid.
He would either try to annihilate the Nate guild or inflict heavy injuries on them during the guide raid.
He would especially target Baek Jiye, who was practically the strategist of Nate.
If she fell, a gap would appear in the association president Hong Yuon’s media play.
There were many things he could do by exploiting that gap.
Even if the association president tried to stop him, he had seen how low The Crow’s Ruins, who had set his mind on revenge before the regression, could stoop.
‘So…’
This raid will need a spy.
He could guess the reason why The Crow’s Ruins sent the proposal.
‘He must have thought that since I seem to have a strong sense of pride, I would hold a grudge against the Nate guild that kicked me out, and if the Nate guild showed an incompetent side during the guide raid, I would switch my allegiance to the Crow guild.’
If so, The Crow’s Ruins will now try to look good to me.
As such, he was in the perfect position to be a spy.
‘Though I’ll have to act a bit arrogant to get on The Crow’s Ruins’ good side.’
The Silent Calamity would probably be able to see through the act quickly.
‘…Right?’
Probably.

The information that Cheon Sanho had two unique skills was kept under wraps for now.
The association president, Hong Yuon, was horrified when she heard the news after being contacted by Baek Jiye, but she agreed to keep it a secret for the time being.

This is a case that has never happened before in the whole world.
If it were revealed now, the prestige of the Korean association and the nation would rise, but the problem was that the Nate guild was not ready.
In fact, besides media play with Baek Jiye, Hong Yuon had a lot of other things to do.
Just the appearance of two S-ranks was enough to flood her with visit requests from guilds from various countries, and although the reasons for the visits varied, the conclusion was ‘let us see your S-ranks’.
Hong Yuon was sweating buckets trying to politely refuse them.

[Korean Hunter Association, ‘Arrogant’ with two new S-ranks]
[Korea, is this okay?]
[The Atrocities of the Korean Hunter Association]
Articles like this were even appearing in foreign countries.
And if the world’s first dual-ability user were to be revealed here, there would really be no solution.
‘The whole world would try to tear apart the Nate guild and take it for themselves.’
Baek Jiye knew very well how serious this matter was.
“Stop it as much as you can. I’m sorry.”

What are you sorry for. It’s my job.

“Please.”

Okay.
Th-th-th-thump.
While Baek Jiye was on the phone with Hong Yuon, I was sitting on top of Cheon Sanho, who was trembling like a massage chair in vibration mode.
In his hand was the grade measurement paper he had received earlier.
I bounced on Cheon Sanho’s head to tell him to calm down.
“Pi-Pion-nim. What should I do? What’s going to happen to me?”
“Piu.”
“If this gets out, won’t I be kidnapped by a foreign country this time?”
“The association is running around right now to prevent that.”
Thwack.
Baek Jiye snatched the paper from Cheon Sanho’s hand.
Cheon Sanho’s ears turned red, and he didn’t know what to do.
“This is another problem. Even though he came out as A-rank, he’s at the very top. This makes him a quasi-S-rank. If you add the specialty of his unique ability, he’s just an S-rank.”
“Th-there will be a problem, right?”
“Yes. A lot.”
Baek Jiye and Han Sion stared at the innocent grade paper and sighed.
A strange sense of guilt and burden washed over me.
I had brought in and contracted with Cheon Sanho because of the 50 billion won.
Because I had heard that he was once the best appraiser in Korea.
But somehow, I also removed his brand, and after contracting with him… he has such an outstanding ability that there’s even a possibility he’ll be kidnapped by a foreign country?
‘This is my fault, right?’
Having too many abilities is also a problem.
As a sign of my remorse, I thought about what I had to do right away.
‘First, I’ll postpone the item appraisal.’
That wasn’t the urgent matter.
Appraisal can be done anytime, but what’s important now is to protect this precious and troublesome appraiser, Cheon Sanho.
The key around my neck jingled.
‘A common method used by kidnappers and blackmailers is to use a weak family member.’
And since Cheon Sanho’s sibling was also bedridden due to the brand, it was perfect for kidnapping.
If you kidnap the sibling, you get Cheon Sanho as a bonus.
It was a 1+1 deal.
So now, I had to heal Cheon Sanho’s sibling and set up their residence inside the guild.
I waddled over to the middle of the paper that Sion and Jiye were staring at and landed.
“Pion?”
“Piu.”
“A key? …Ah!”
When I held out the key around my neck, Baek Jiye understood my action perfectly.
Sion, however, had a very strange expression.
“Cheon Sanho-ssi. Where is the hospital where your sibling is?”
“Ah, it’s the Hunter Association Hospital. It’s not far from here.”
“Good. Let’s go remove the brand first.”
At those words, Cheon Sanho smiled brightly and stood up abruptly.
Before he could take a step, Sion spoke in a low, sunken voice.
“But, there are conditions.”
“Please tell me!”
“Both you and your sibling, Cheon Sanho-ssi, must live in close proximity with us in our guild.”
“Me, I understand, but my sibling too?”
“You know that your family is the most easy target, don’t you.”
Sion had a family, but it was as good as not having one, and Baek Jiye’s family was the Hunter Association President.
Neither of them had to worry, but Cheon Sanho was different.
Also, he was a former A-rank appraiser.
He, who had experienced countless love calls and coercive methods from foreign countries, immediately understood Sion’s words.
“L-let’s go right away. I’ll talk to my sibling.”

The Hunter Association Hospital was white, smelled of chemicals, and showed signs of money being spent.
Meaning, the medical bills looked very expensive.
Thanks to the association’s consideration, Cheon Sanho’s sibling, Cheon Seona, was using a private room.
While paying the fee for a 6-person room.
“It’s rare for a normal person to be branded, so the association gave it to us for research purposes.”
The private room was small but not stark.
Plants and flowers that Cheon Sanho seemed to have brought in from time to time, and gift boxes covered in a light layer of dust.
Even in their poverty, Cheon Sanho’s love for his sibling could be felt throughout the hospital room.

‘Wait, why did I think he had a brother, not a sister?’
Cheon Sanho’s sibling had black hair because she hadn’t made a contract.
Long black hair trailed down the white hospital bed.
As a result of observing with my Sun’s Eye, Cheon Seona was quite used to the mana in her body due to the brand.
She could become a good Awakener, but…
‘No.’
Although I’m a top-tier Constellation who can produce B-rank or higher Awakeners just by making a contract, I had no intention of making contracts recklessly.
‘I can’t put new shackles on a kid who has just been freed from a brand.’
A contract is a shackle.
A shackle that says you belong to this Constellation.
And if you displease them, you get branded.
How is this different from a s*ave?
I wasn’t heartless enough to propose a contract to a child who had been lying in a hospital bed for a long time.
‘On the other hand, she’ll need the strength to protect herself, though.’
Even without contracting with a Constellation, there was a way.
‘But…’
There was also a problem.