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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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Their expressions were so serious that Gang-so found it difficult to interject.
“Um, I just want a normal haircut…”
“Oh, okay! Then we should choose a normal hairstyle!”
At Gang-so’s words, their discussion continued for another fifteen minutes.
After a fierce debate, the chosen hairstyle was a two-block dandy cut.
Park Moon-ja approached Gang-so with scissors and a comb and, without hesitation, snipped off his long hair.
Snip, snip.
The sound of hair being trimmed was unfamiliar.
But as time went on, the eyes of the women gathered in the hair salon began to focus on Gang-so.
“Oh my!”
“I expected it, but he was really a diamond in the rough, wasn’t he?”
Gang-so’s face, reflected in the mirror, was markedly different from when he had long hair.
He had attracted attention even with long hair, but with his hair cut, his handsome features and sharp jawline were revealed, literally exploding with handsomeness.
“Isn’t he even more handsome than Yoon-jin?”
“Yoon-jin? How dare you compare him to Yoon-jin!”
Yoon-jin was a popular and handsome celebrity these days.
After cutting Gang-so’s hair, Park Moon-ja washed his hair and even taught him how to manage it.
“Just apply the product like this and let it fall, you can do it yourself, right?”
“Thank you for teaching me.”
Lim So-young said with a satisfied face,
“As expected, Director Park is skilled! How much is it?”
While paying, Lim So-young asked Gang-so,
“Do you like it?”
“Yes. I like it very much. Thank you for your trouble.”
Gang-so bowed politely and followed Lim So-young back to Yang Chun Gak.
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Yoo Soon-tae clicked his tongue when he saw Gang-so’s drastically changed appearance.
“Why that face?”
“This is somehow unsettling, you know?”
Just then, the door of Yang Chun Gak opened, and a customer came in.
“Welcome!”
Since Lim So-young had gone up to the second floor, Yoo Soon-tae said to Gang-so,
“Take the customer’s order.”
“Alright.”
Gang-so, as he had learned, approached the table where the customers were seated and placed water glasses on the table, saying,
“What can I get for you?”
The three customers were young female office workers from a nearby company.
After discussing among themselves, they looked at Gang-so to place their order, and they were momentarily stunned.
“Um… sir?”
“Ah! I’m sorry. Two jajangmyeons and one jjampong, please.”
“Please wait a moment.”
Gang-so told Yoo Soon-tae in the kitchen,
“Two jajangmyeons and one jjampong!”
“Got it!”
Gang-so placed pickled radish and kimchi in small dishes on the customers’ table.
“Excuse me…”
Just then, one of the female employees spoke cautiously.
“Yes?”
“Can I… take a picture?”
Gang-so looked at the phone in the female employee’s hand and realized that the picture she was talking about was a phone photo.
‘Come to think of it, my phone also had a photo-taking function.’
It was a quite fascinating feature for Gang-so, and he had taken so many pictures that his battery had died a couple of times.
Just then, Yoo Soon-tae, who had been watching Gang-so, approached and said,
“I’m sorry, miss. This guy also has portrait rights.”
The female employee’s face turned red.
“Ah! I’m sorry! You’re just so handsome!”
The problem was that there wasn’t just one or two people trying to take Gang-so’s picture.
“I thought this might happen… and it did!”
Gang-so tilted his head.
“Why can’t they take pictures? And what are portrait rights?”
At that question, Yoo Soon-tae explained about portrait rights, and then explained the repercussions that could arise from taking pictures.
“The problem isn’t the pictures, it’s social media.”
Yoo Soon-tae further explained about social media.
“Because it’s based on the internet I explained before, it can spread all over Korea and even the whole world in a day. In other words, you’ll become famous… Do you want that?”
“Of course not. I think the disadvantages of becoming famous outweigh the advantages for me.”
In fact, if Gang-so wanted to, he could easily obtain wealth and fame.
Frankly, if he went to the Silver Tower right now and said, ‘I am the Zero-rank awakened individual,’ he could obtain those things.
However, if he became famous, Yoo Soon-tae’s family would undoubtedly suffer.
‘I won’t be able to live this freely anymore.’
He had already experienced this in the previous world.
Now, for Gang-so, Yoo Soon-tae’s family was more than just a refuge.
‘They are the ones who remind me that I’m human.’
As he grew stronger, he felt himself drifting away from human things, so nothing was more precious to him than that.
Afternoon break time.
“I’ll go pick up Ha-young!”
Lim So-young went up to the second floor, changed her clothes, and came back down.
Ha-young’s dismissal time was 4:30 PM, so if she left at 4 PM, she could make it just in time.
Gang-so was surprised that Ha-young, who was only five years old, was already attending school.
Even though it was a kindergarten, not a school.
Gang-so suddenly became curious about the kindergarten that Ha-young attended.
“Um… may I go with you?”
“Of course.”
Yoo Soon-tae waved his hand.
“Have a good time. I’m going to rest a bit.”
Lim So-young and Gang-so left Yang Chun Gak.
“Wow! Who is that?”
“Is he a celebrity?”
Everyone walking down the street turned to look at Gang-so at least once.
With his towering height of 190 centimeters and his slender yet stylish physique, topped off with his handsome face, it was impossible not to notice him.
However, Gang-so ignored people’s reactions and focused on learning the way to the kindergarten.
“Have you gotten used to this place?”
At Lim So-young’s words, Gang-so nodded.
“There’s still a lot to get used to, but thanks to Soon-tae and you, I’m adapting without difficulty. I’m very grateful.”
“I’m glad to hear that. If you ever have any questions or difficulties, feel free to ask me anytime.”
“I will.”
“And you don’t have to feel burdened at all. The government is paying me a million won a month for that.”
“Hahaha.”
While chatting about this and that, they arrived at Ha-young’s kindergarten.
Seedling Kindergarten.
It was the most reputable kindergarten in the area, and Lim So-young had put in a lot of effort to get Ha-young enrolled there.
“Welcome, Ha-young’s mother.”
The kindergarten teacher, recognizing Lim So-young, greeted her, and Lim So-young also greeted her.
“Teacher. You’ve worked hard again today.”
“Not at all! Taking care of the children is my joy.”
Just then.
“Mommy! Oppa!”
Ha-young came running out and clung to Lim So-young’s leg.
The kindergarten teacher’s gaze turned to Gang-so, who was standing next to Lim So-young.
“So this is the older brother Ha-young was bragging about! He’s handsome, good-looking, and kind, just as Ha-young described!”
Lim So-young said,
“He’s a young man working part-time at our restaurant. Ha-young is very fond of him.”
“He looks quite young, is he a college student?”
At that question, Lim So-young answered with an awkward smile.
“No. Actually, he’s the same age as my husband.”
“What?”
She was surprised and looked at Gang-so again.
Meanwhile, Gang-so tilted his head with a slightly strange expression. But he quickly bowed and greeted her.
It was a form of greeting that Yoo Soon-tae had taught him.
“I’m Gang-so, and I’m staying at Ha-young’s house.”
“Ah, I’m Go So-ra, the teacher of the Sprout Class.”
Go So-ra’s ears were slightly red as she greeted him. For some reason, her heart was pounding, and her face felt hot.
“Then we’ll be going now. Have a good day.”
“Yes. Take care.”
Looking at their receding figures, Go So-ra muttered.
“How can such a visual exist?”
Her heart was still pounding.
‘Could this be…?’
She looked wistfully at the path where Gang-so had disappeared.
Then, she shifted her gaze with a complicated look to the Hunter Assembly building just across the street from Seedling Kindergarten.
She sighed.
‘Sigh, in my situation, what’s the use of love! I’ll be lucky if I don’t mess up my mission!’
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“What kind of person is Go So-ra hoondosa, whom we just met?”
“Hoondosa… what’s that?”
Lim So-young tilted her head at Gang-so’s question and then burst into a small laugh.
“Ah! You must have called them hoondosa where you came from. Here, we call them teachers.”
“I see.”
“Hmm… Teacher Go So-ra is a new teacher who came two months ago, and she’s a very good person. She’s kind and also excellent at teaching children, so the principal likes her very much, and she’s also highly praised among the parents.”
Gang-so nodded.
Lim So-young still seemed unaware that Go So-ra was not a real kindergarten teacher.
‘What is her purpose for disguising herself as a teacher?’
It was simple to figure out that Go So-ra wasn’t a real kindergarten teacher.
First of all, it was because of Go So-ra’s energy.
Judging from her energy, she was a very strong individual.
She was stronger than Park Soo-eun, the 2nd Team Leader of Support Division 2, who had been in charge of his training.
But she was hiding all of that energy perfectly, which meant she had learned that skill separately.
Of course, it was useless against Gang-so.
‘If you’ve learned such a skill separately… it’s one of two things. A job where you have to hide your identity.’
Gang-so could be sure of this because he had once been in a place where he had to hide his energy and identity.
But he decided to pretend not to know.
Because her energy didn’t have any malicious intent, like murderous intent.
She had a clear energy that was different yet similar to the Awakened Association staff he had seen.
That meant Go So-ra was working on the side of good, not in the dark underworld where he had been.
In fact, she was a member of the Awakened Association, carrying out a secret mission.
Anyway, people kept staring at him as they passed by.
‘As Soon-tae said, is my face considered handsome in this world? This will be a hindrance to Soon-tae at this rate.’
Being handsome was also a problem in this world.
He felt like he needed to find a solution.
He couldn’t just scar his face, as the wound would completely heal in a day, so that was useless.
‘Should I use a disguise technique?’
However, if he did that, sensitive awakened individuals would definitely notice his ability.
‘What should I do?’
When Gang-so returned to Yang Chun Gak, something suddenly caught his eye.
It was… a helmet.
‘Right! If I wear that, people won’t be able to see my face, so they won’t pay attention to me!’
Gang-so smiled.
It was the ease of someone who had found a solution.
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