“You’re beautiful…”
Goosebumps rose on my skin at the cheesy voice right next to my ear.
It wasn’t that I disliked it.
It was closer to being fluttered, but I was flustered because I hadn’t expected this kind of reaction as soon as I revealed my human form.
Moreover, I was hugged in a way that I couldn’t move my arms, so I couldn’t even write in the air!
I timidly tried to take a step back, but as soon as I tried, Sion held me even tighter.
“…”
I have to say something.
“Sion.”
“…Yes.”
“Sion.”
“…”
Although Sion looked like he really didn’t want to, he obediently let me go.
Fortunately, the Word of Power wasn’t activated just by calling his name.
“I have many things I want to ask. Why have you been with us in the form of a jellyfish all this time, why didn’t you show it even though you care for us so much, and why did you show your form to that guy, Yeon Taeseon, before us?”
‘Why does the last question sound like it’s full of emotion?’
It wasn’t intentional that I showed my human form to Yeon Taeseon.
No, was it?
Anyway, I didn’t want to, but it just happened.
I never prioritized Yeon Taeseon over you guys.
“And… what is your name.”
But no words could come out of my mouth.
Because the handsome man with white hair, who was carefully holding my hand, my precious Han Sion, looked quite desperate for some reason.
‘…The minds of contractors are difficult.’
It would have been nice if I were a Constellation who could read people’s minds.
But right now, there was almost nothing I could tell him.
Since my human form was injured, my answers were extremely limited.
Knock, knock.
A knock was heard from outside.
“Guild Leader Sion! We got Cheon Seona-ssi’s results!”
“I-it’s A-rank! Can’t we have a party?!”
“Seona, calm down…!”
A noisy clamor was heard.
It was as if they had barged into his personal space, not just the guild leader’s office, but I was rather glad that my contractors seemed to be getting along well.
But Sion didn’t seem to think so.
“I’ll send them back.”
His expression was very displeased and annoyed.
Strange.
I never raised my child like this.
“…”
I shook my head.
My whole body was starting to ache anyway.
The time I could stay in my human form was almost up.
“Guild Leader Sion! I’m coming in!”
I quickly gathered mana at my fingertips.
[My name is ‘Lee Seonbaek’.]
A blue and white light of mana appeared before Sion’s eyes and then disappeared.
He tried to grab the language made of mana, but he didn’t have the ability to catch the mana that was dissipating into the air.
“Wait…!”
“Pikku!”
Creak!
The door opened at the same time I returned to my jellyfish form.
I acted as if nothing had happened and ran to Jiye.
“Pipipipipipipiiiiik!”
“Oh my, Pion-nim! You’re awake!”
“Piaaaak!”
Don’t use polite language!
I don’t like it!
Treat me like you always do!
As soon as I heard the polite language, I dropped to the ground and lay there.
And I cried like a 5-year-old child.
Jiye was flustered, Sanho was flustered, and our new face, Seona, was also flustered, but I, who had no dignity as a Constellation to begin with, had nothing to hold me back.
“W-why is Pion-nim acting like this? Sion? Why do you look like you’ve been heartbroken? Give me the translator!”
“…Pion just wants us to treat him like usual. Don’t use polite language.”
“Did you really get heartbroken? Why does he look like this?”
“I’m going up to the guild leader’s office. I’ll just go to work.”
A moment later.
At my 5-year-old’s cry, my contractors, led by Jiye, all decided to treat me like before.
Usually, incarnations were very rare and noble beings.
Compared to the general incarnations who would have a hysteric fit even when treated with respect, I was very moderate.
‘Why would I have a hysteric fit at these kind kids.’
I happily ate the pancake Sion had made for me, which I hadn’t tasted in a long time.
Sion looked at me with a troubled face.
“Anyway, our guild has finally become complete.”
Baek Jiye said.
Han Sion, an agile close-range dealer; Baek Jiye, a magician; Cheon Sanho, whose exact unique ability was not yet known but was either a rear support or a non-combatant; and Cheon Seona, who was confirmed to be a healer.
It would be a more perfect combination if there was a tank, but this was fine.
Because it was a lineup that included at least an A-rank, and two S-ranks.
‘And there’s me too.’
A raid team that includes a Constellation, known as an incarnation, how luxurious is that!
For the record, Emily had temporarily left to extend her stay in Korea.
She said she would be back soon.
“So, what we have to do now is.”
Jiye placed a document on the desk.
The date was one month from now.
Guild Crow, A-rank Slime Dungeon.
Guide raid.
Ratio 10:0.
We are the 10.
To summarize the content of the document, it was this.
“A guide raid with the Crow Guild.”
Sion continued.
“It’s time to secure guild funds and stand on our own, away from the association.”
We had been overly dependent on the association so far.
It was partly because Jiye was the association president’s niece, but Hong Yuon’s debt to me for Baek Jiye had also played a big role.
She had made the association bring things to us.
“The Nate Guild’s reputation isn’t particularly good.”
The Cheon siblings, who must have been busy with their personal affairs, and Sion, who had been mechanically handling work for some reason, silently watched Jiye as she continued her presentation.
“At first, they cheered. But now, to put it bluntly, there are a lot of people saying ‘why aren’t you doing anything’.”
“We did have a long hiatus.”
“Honestly, apart from turning over one auction house by chance after its establishment, we have almost no achievements.”
No matter how large and vicious that auction house was, if you exclude that, the Nate Guild, which had no other notable achievements, was just a guild that was sucking up talent without doing anything.
It was a time when even the people who had initially cheered at the appearance of S-ranks were starting to have doubts, if not get annoyed.
The appearance of an S-rank gives national pride, but what they do afterward is more important.
How strong are they?
What greater achievements have they made?
How much more stable are their raids?
How good are they?
People evaluate others based on various criteria.
And if it’s a guild of S-ranks, not just a single S-rank, it becomes even stricter.
“Honestly, it’s too late.”
“We may have had a lot of things going on, but other people wouldn’t know.”
No matter how many storms raged internally, the general public, who knew nothing, wouldn’t care.
So we had no choice.
Even if the Crow Guild hadn’t offered a guide dungeon, we had to go to a dungeon anyway.
“And right now, the Cheon siblings and I haven’t even received a gate stability assessment. Right now, the only one who can officially raid is the guild leader. Does that make sense?”
I sipped my strawberry juice and thought.
Hmm, we’re definitely wasting manpower.
“So our guild is going to finish the stability assessment speedily with this guide raid.”
“Baek Jiye. A guide raid and the first stability assessment can’t be done at the same time.”
“There’s no precedent, but it doesn’t matter as long as there’s an agreement.”
Jiye said, tapping the document.
“Although the association can’t dispatch a supervisor, and the Crow guild members will have to do the assessment.”
Silence fell.
I drooled the strawberry juice I was drinking with my mouth open.
Sion carefully wiped it for me.
“Pik?”
“Pion, even if you deny it, there’s no choice. The condition for doing the stability assessment and the guide raid at the same time was this.”
“Pikku?”
“I’ll assume the incarnation just cursed. I know Crow is shady. They’ll probably pull some tricks during the guide raid too. But we don’t have time!”
Jiye shouted with a very aggrieved face.
“The association is also talking a lot because we only established the guild and haven’t been operating it! The media is in an uproar, and there are all sorts of conspiracy theories, that we’re spies from another country, and even rumors that the Calamity is really a ‘calamity’!”
No, that doesn’t affect me.
What can I do if that’s my title.
As I stared at Jiye blankly, dumbfounded, everyone stood up abruptly.
Except for me.
“That won’t do.”
“Absolutely not!”
“If I get any more hate, I’ll just die!”
“Seona, don’t break your brother’s heart.”
“Break it or not!”
I looked at our contractors with a blank face.
Even so, to stand up and unite just because their Constellation was being insulted.
“We have to be fully prepared. Baek Jiye, did you unseal the equipment from last time?”
“I need Cheon Sanho-ssi’s help.”
“Ah, even if I have to die…!”
“You don’t have to go that far, but please appraise all the items we swept from the auction house last time.”
“Come to think of it, weren’t there some items among them that looked like they were for healers?”
“I’ll appraise them even if I die…!”
Did I… perhaps create fanatics?
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