DEB 33

After a little time had passed, the Huiyun steadied his trembling breath.

By the way, Juan was older than Jiwook and Nameless.

According to Yasha’s memory, it takes three hundred years for a young dragon to reach adulthood. Considering that Yasha brought Vina and Moot when they were still hatchlings, Juan must have lived at least a hundred years longer than the two of them.

Reflecting on the dream, Huiyun laughed at the somewhat absurd truth. It hadn’t occurred to him until now that the one who used to call him childishly was actually the oldest among the disciples revealed so far. Well, that’s understandable. He wasn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.

Huiyun wondered how that could be, and soon realized the reason.. If you live through millennia of reincarnation, a difference of a few hundred years doesn’t mean much, does it? They must have changed like that because of that.

Considering that he himself reincarnated twenty years ago, their respective times of reincarnation seemed different. So, within ten thousand years, Vina and Moot might have lived longer than Juan. Huiyun, who realized that it was meaningless to argue about who was older, touched the corner of his mouth in response to a sudden curiosity.

Yasha brought Ash with him when he was a hatchling and raised him personally. So how many years did Yasha live until the three dragons became adults?

He thought he might have lived for about a thousand or three thousand years, but now it seems he may have lived longer than that. If he hadn’t committed suicide, he could have become the longest-lived dragon.

Thinking this way, his death seemed even more bitter.

As memories of his death kept resurfacing like embers, forcibly altering his thoughts, Huiyun thought of the young Vina and Moot, who were much cuter than Jiwook and Nameless. Now that he found memories of them, he began to have a slight sense of how to treat those two. The problem was that he still had no memories of the other three of Yasha’s six disciples.

“I still need to recover the remaining memories…”

The more his memories came back, the more he changed into what he was like when he was Yasha. It wasn’t a very pleasant feeling for him, but it wasn’t unpleasant either. He calmly accepted it as part of the predetermined course of events and, as he searched for a new quest, the golden system window appeared willingly.

[Do you need an additional quest?]

[Aftercare Service for the Savior, The Fourth!]

Clear a gate of intermediate level or higher and recover your memories!

Reward: Progress 5% and a fragment of Yasha’s memory Limit: Within 7 days

※ In case of failure… Well, what can you do?

Compared to before, the description in the quest window was quite dry. Especially the phrase “Well, what can you do?” in case of failure was very casual.

“Are you sabotaging the system?”

[It’s not about sabotaging, it’s about efficiency!]

It was a pointless response. Ignoring it, Huiyun requested to adjust the quest conditions within the remaining 7 days. 

Since the gate out would happen soon anyway, he managed to change the conditions as requested, without disappearing for disciplinary action this time.

As long as they weren’t punished, the administrator seemed to comply willingly.

In that case, he should try requesting everything he could from the system in the future.

The system, realizing his thoughts, protested but he ignored it anyway.

As the promised time approached, three people entered the ward.

Huiyun stared intently at Jiwook’s blue eyes as he entered first.

Indeed, they were the same as when he was Vina. Even though the body had changed, the color of those pupils remained constant, which was quite fascinating. When Nameless entered behind him, Huiyun also observed his distinctive black pupils. They were somewhat more exotic than the typical black eyes of East Asians.

“…Why are you staring at me like that?”

 “Just looking.”

It felt strange to use honorifics with those who used to be his disciples. Still, there was no other way to hide his identity, so Huiyun turned his head to the window to hide his expression, feeling a bit of a dampening atmosphere spreading in the ward.

“You’ve stimulated the gates near the hospital.” 

“Yeah.”

There were three main reasons for causing gate outs.

One is a distortion-like stimulus applied to the origin of the gate, another is the sudden increase in the number of monsters inside the gate due to it not being cleared for a long time, and the last one is due to an unknown reason that has yet to be discovered.

Therefore, causing a gate out was possible as long as there was enough power to match the distortion. And the three S-grades in front of him were people with more than enough power.

“Keep your promise. Don’t let people get hurt.”

“Our hunters will protect them, so don’t worry! If you’re really worried, why don’t you use your abilities a bit more?”

After vehemently denying being Yasha, Ash’s attitude became somewhat colder. The sudden distancing felt awkward, but honestly, Huiyun felt more comfortable both physically and mentally this way. While trying not to reveal his satisfaction to Ash, he brought up the questions he had been thinking about while alone.

“What will you do if I use my abilities and it’s revealed that I’m Yasha’s disciple?”

“Just because you use your abilities doesn’t mean you’re Yasha’s disciple.”

“Excuse me?”

What kind of nonsensical statement is that?

They had just grumbled about wanting to confirm his abilities themselves earlier this morning, but now they changed their tune in half a day. This wasn’t just playing around; it was a rude joke.

“You asked me to use my abilities as evidence of being Yasha’s disciple.”

“Exactly. We want to see if your ability is really the reason why you smell like Yasha. If we find out it is, we’ll think about it later.”

“Is this some kind of unfair deal? Shouldn’t there be something guaranteed for me too?”

“You claim to be Yasha’s disciple, so why should we guarantee anything for you? This situation is about you wanting recognition.”

“Then I won’t use my abilities.”

“It’s a pity that this gate out won’t be resolved for a long time.”

It was a blatant warning that if he didn’t use his abilities, they wouldn’t help resolve the gate out either. Huiyun was dumbfounded, his mouth hanging open, as he looked at the three people.

“And you call yourselves hunters?”

Despite his irritated outburst, they didn’t nod. His fist trembled with frustration. He hadn’t raised them to be impudent bastards who would bark back like this. He wasn’t sure where the problem had started. As he was reflecting on almost reevaluating his educational policies, Nameless spoke up.

“It’s starting.”

The ground shook, and twenty monsters rushed towards them from afar. Huiyun thought he would hear screams from the ward, but surprisingly, the ward remained quiet. Huiyun glanced at the three of them suspiciously, wondering if they had put up some kind of barrier. Jiwook gestured towards the window.

“Now.”

It was a signal to use his abilities.

There’s a limit to underestimating people.

Phew. Suppressing his rising frustration, Huiyun reached towards the window. It was a bit more difficult to exert his influence from such a distance, but it wasn’t as hard as when he had resolved the previous gate out. Back then, he had tried it from a distance of 1 km.

“What should I do?”

“Hold them down.”

It was a simple command, so Huiyun clenched his fist with relief. As the monsters rushed towards them, they hesitated, looking at each other in confusion.

“Kneel.”

Muttering inwardly, Huiyun shook his tightly clenched fist once, and the monsters’ knees slammed onto the ground. Only then did they realize that they had lost control of their bodies and began to resist. Huiyun suppressed their movements and forced them to sit quietly.

“Cough!”

As their resistance grew, inevitably, the force he needed to apply also increased. As a result, Huiyun couldn’t hold back the blood that rose to his throat, eventually causing him cough blood.

“Yasha!”

“Ash, stay still.”

Juan immediately tried to rush forward, but Jiwook stopped him. Huiyun regretted his decision to give memories ability to someone so cold-blooded.

Giving someone like that such power wasn’t a good idea.

Instead of being grateful, they became arrogant…. Huiyun gritted his teeth and shook his fist once more.

Boom!

Now the monsters were hitting their heads on the floor.

“This much is enough right?”

Huiyun spoke slowly, and Jiwook, who was staring at the scene beyond the window, opened his mouth.

“Okay.” 

“Then–” 

“As expected, you are suspicious.”

…?

With a sinister smile, Jiwook raised the corners of his lips and glanced menacingly towards the window, gesturing to Nameless, instantly dispatching the monsters that had been charging towards them.

Meanwhile Jiwook approached his bed and lowered his head.

“I understand that you possess Yasha’s abilities, but that doesn’t mean you’re Yasha’s disciple. So, I’ll keep an eye on you.”

“What?”

“Get discharged from the hospital. From today onwards you will be staying with the three of us. If you want to refuse, you can do it… Mok Huiyun, you’re an unregistered hunter, right? If you want to take go to the bureau and register as a hunter, you can refuse my offer.”

What was even more shocking was that he deliberately changed his way of speaking to be more formal.

Fuck really.

Anger that had been barely contained along with the logic he had been desperately holding onto suddenly snapped. 

Just as Huiyun was about to scream in frustration…

[Oh my, the Savior’s disciples are so wicked!]

Wickedness level 100%! Conditions met, ‘Manuscript of the Persian Ducal Family’ is consumed!

The Savior’s Aftercare Service system resonates with the manuscript and assesses the Savior’s situation. 

A new guide is being created.

Creation complete! 

The new guide ‘Disciple Education Book for Reincarnator’ is completed!

Would you like to use the new guide?

“What…?”

In less than a second, a golden system window appeared, filling his field of vision. Huiyun forgot about his anger and stupidly asked.