"Dad, why are you saying such burdensome things..."
Yu Minhyuk was experiencing something he had never encountered in his life.
Something he had never imagined and believed would always be someone else's story.
"How burdensome it must be! I really hate it!"
'Papa-der', a gathering of fathers sharing concerns about their daughters ignoring them.
There, Yu Minhyuk was an absolute existence.
Having a daughter in Victory Academy's disciplinary committee who had never shown him adolescent rebellion.
She expresses affection well and talks to him often.
Even consulting him about her worries, showing how close their father-daughter relationship was!
Yu Minhyuk was a god in Papa-der.
"What if Taeyang hates me...?"
But now that absolute position crumbled in an instant due to a mistake.
He would now fall to the state of sighing with slumped shoulders like other fathers.
He faced his daughter's pouting face for the first time in his life.
Unable to meet her eyes, he stared at the floor.
He had told his daughter about inviting someone for a meal.
He had shrugged his shoulders expecting praise, but what greeted him was a harsh reality.
Even his wife was subtly siding with their daughter and criticizing him.
She even hinted that the invitation was too sudden, not knowing what to prepare.
'It probably won't last long anyway.'
Yu Minhyuk interpreted the situation positively.
Change always causes resistance.
This must be just a repulsive force to bring about a good direction for the invitation.
I've always resolved numerous life-threatening crises in the best way possible.
I can naturally overcome my family's disapproval and anger and turn the atmosphere positive.
Yu Minhyuk faced the situation with a confident expression.
One day, his wife and daughter were still angry.
Two days, breakfast was just rice and radish kimchi.
Three days, warm breakfast is good but he doesn't like cup noodles.
"Huh?"
Something was going wrong with the situation.
He was certain this treatment would end tomorrow.
There was no reason to continue serving cold rice with a guest coming.
But what if this situation continued even after Baek Taeyang left?
Could his status fall so low as to become last in the Papa-der gathering?
'...I must prevent that at all costs.'
The karma from teasing others had piled up like a mountain.
He had even complained it was hard to eat seven-dish meals every day.
Now he didn't have the courage to reveal how far he had fallen.
Ring ring ring ring
There was only one way.
"Hello?"
"It's me, Hunter Baek Taeyang. Have you been well?"
"Of course, Hunter Yu Minhyuk. I've been well thanks to you."
He had no choice but to use the situation.
He loudly announced he was naturally talking with Baek Taeyang and walked out to the veranda.
He left the veranda door open since closing it would prevent the call sound from flowing inside.
With an awakened one's enhanced hearing, the conversation should be audible even from inside the room.
He even turned on speaker mode just in case.
"You kept saying you wanted to see Sujin so much... so I suggested inviting you."
"What?"
Though they had never coordinated before, Yu Minhyuk trusted Baek Taeyang.
He thought Baek Taeyang's interview skills, social savvy, and interpersonal abilities would surely work.
Originally, he had no intention of viewing Baek Taeyang favorably no matter what he did.
But as the situation turned out like this, Yu Minhyuk came to acknowledge Baek Taeyang naturally.
"You said it last time, remember? That you really wanted to eat at our house!"
"Ah... aah...! Ah... that's right. I did... I earnestly asked to have a meal with your daughter!"
"Haha, that's right... So..."
Yu Minhyuk only spoke this much and turned off speaker mode.
There was no need to let them hear too much conversation.
Just exchanging a few words in a short time should be enough to satisfy his daughter.
'...Taeyang wants to see me?'
In reality, Yu Sujin was eavesdropping on the entire conversation.
An awakened one's enhanced physical abilities easily allow listening to conversations through walls.
'Taeyang and I had the same feelings...'
She felt guilty for scolding her dad without knowing this.
She thought he had invited someone recklessly, not knowing there were such circumstances.
Sujin pondered more carefully about what to wear tomorrow while stomping her feet on the bed.
"...I don't want to seem too dressed up..."
She wanted to give off a natural yet fresh first love noona feeling.
Scattering spring fragrance, making a man naturally fall into her arms when he comes to his senses...
'Eek! I must be crazy.'
Of course, it was strange to react like this since she had mixed flesh with Taeyang several times already.
But being embarrassed was still embarrassing.
Thinking back, she wondered what courage she had to ask him to wash her at the hotel.
'And I have no one to ask...'
Birds of a feather flock together, so Sujin's friends all had similar tendencies to her.
Friends who rarely talked to men and hardly ever dressed up.
Right now, she resented those friends just a tiny, really tiny bit.
If she had known this would happen, she should have watched beauty influencer videos in advance.
She regretted it.
'...How much did he want to see me?'
She wanted to send a message right away to ask.
Her heart was pounding so much she couldn't sleep.
She did a sleeping pack and even put bath salts in the tub to give off a subtle body scent for tomorrow's meeting.
It would be perfect to sleep like this.
Hearing words implying he secretly asked to see her made it impossible to fall asleep.
'I'll ask secretly tomorrow...'
Asking by message was absolutely impossible since all traces would remain on the screen.
It was enough to put words for the moment on her tongue and be satisfied even briefly.
'I should sleep for now!'
No matter how much she thought, sleeping was the top priority.
She couldn't show Taeyang a face with dark circles from failing to manage her condition.
'...I want to see you.'
She closed her eyes, making a short wish in her heart.
She hoped tomorrow would come quickly.
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"Do you know how much damage I suffered on my end? It was extremely difficult blocking reporters' mouths and cleaning up videos spread on the internet. But how come you didn't contact me even once? I knew you made such an ambiguous request for this reason, but don't you think it's too much!"
"I was really busy too, I didn't have time to contact you. Honestly, you don't see me as such a shameless guy, right?"
Concentrated anger flew in through the phone from the morning.
I wondered why she contacted today instead of yesterday, but it was because she was extremely busy.
She must have put in a lot of effort deleting or taking down videos related to Kim Minsu's wailing one by one.
So I quietly accepted her anger without saying much.
Honestly, I was completely in the wrong, so it was correct.
Of course, the fact that I was driving and couldn't answer properly also played a part.
"You know this won't end with just one new weapon test, right? You anticipated this?"
"Of course, I'm really not such a shameless guy, I tell you? I know you went to great lengths."
But there was also a regrettable point.
I had hoped Melanie would be incompetent and Kim Minsu's shameful behavior would spread worldwide.
If that happened, his actions would naturally become restrained even without stealing all of the protagonist's standing.
'Is that impossible because Glasses Fatty is there?'
I could roughly guess how much that guy cherished Kim Minsu.
He even prepared a virgin succubus to build up making his dick huge.
He probably planned to fill in lacking points one by one by solving quests.
"By the way, you're not driving Rocinante again, are you? The engine sound is too loud."
"That's right, what other car do I have besides Rocinante?"
"I really wish you would qualify as an awakened one."
"People like this much more."
Melanie's words had a point.
But right now, public opinion was entirely on my side.
Kim Minsu became a laughingstock for crying on the street because he lacked recognition, but if I had cried, everyone would surely have been concerned.
Situations change in real-time depending on how people view them.
"Anyway! Let's readjust the conditions, right now!"
"I'm a bit busy now, coordinate it yourself and tell me. I'll accept as long as it's not too extreme."
"What could be busier than this right now..."
"Thanks for worrying, I'll contact you next time, bye."
I wanted to talk more, but Sujin's house was right in front of me.
I came as directed by the address, but an sight beyond imagination unfolded before my eyes.
'A 1st rank hunter is definitely a 1st rank hunter...'
There was a reason Sujin didn't commute to the dormitory.
Why would she live in a dormitory when there's a five-story detached house with a garden?
Just searching briefly about Yu Minhyuk would fill over 5 pages with his achievements.
It meant he had an enormous standing in the hunter world where results are everything.
In other words, it meant he was wealthy, and in a way, the result before my eyes was only natural.
'If it weren't for the department store gate, I might have felt a bit intimidated.'
I reverse summoned Rocinante and rang the front gate bell.
Beep-
The door opened immediately without checking who it was.
I was worried about security, but soon changed my mind.
Who would raid an awakened one's house?
No matter how lacking in intelligence, they would know to value their life.
"Hello."
I opened my mouth while knocking on the front door after passing through the gate.
There was a brief commotion inside the door, then it swung open.
"You've come. Hunter Baek Taeyang."
"Hello, father."
"...You're suddenly closing the distance too much, call me as you always have."
Honestly, I thought Yu Minhyuk wouldn't welcome me but wouldn't react so sensitively either.
'I even gave such excellent improvisation yesterday...'
I thought we had gotten close since we matched well during yesterday's call.
The atmosphere was good, and I even acted out an unwanted play, so shouldn't he treat me well?
Yu Minhyuk, who opened the door, seemed to have forgotten all past events and had fire in his eyes.
To treat me like this after inviting me, it was really unfair.
'It's not a crime to have slept with her.'
Of course, there were some rather radical aspects.
I admitted I had actively used skills rather than just using the situation.
But I thought the aftermath handling was perfect.
After all, we went on dates and even mixed flesh enjoyably without using skills afterwards.
Isn't this a clean relationship formed by mutual agreement?
"Dad! What's wrong with you!"
A cute voice instantly scatters the gruff Yu Minhyuk.
A voice like fluffy star clouds gathered changes the atmosphere in an instant.
"Taeyang, you came?"
"Yes noona, I missed you."
"R-really? Hehe..."
As soon as Sujin blushed and smiled, a harsh sound was heard from behind.
Crunch.
The doorknob Yu Minhyuk was holding compressed with a painful scream.
'I shouldn't approach this lightly.'
It seemed like entering an S-rank gate would be more comfortable for my mind.
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