SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon

n suddenly someone made a sound of surprise.

In front of me was a girl who looked roughly in her mid-teens.

“What are you doing there … Ah!”

A boy who looked the same appeared.

Do they happen to know me? But I have no memory of meeting these kids.

The twins, who were looking at me with their eyes wide open, were embarrassed and lowered their heads.

“Uwah! I’m sorry.
I surprised you.”

“I’m sorry!”

“No, that’s fine … have we met somewhere?”

“Our guild leader … oh, no, I mistook you for someone I knew.”

“Huh, hey, Joo Shinwoo! Gu … no, Hunter-nim, where did he go?”

“No way … did we miss him?!”

“….That way!”

Hurriedly, the twins ran towards the other side of the crosswalk.
They were so fast that I couldn’t even follow their moves.

Only the sound of ‘I told you to watch him carefully, you idiot!’ came in the wind.
They are noisy kids.

Are they sure they’re mistaking me for someone else? I think I’ve heard their voices somewhere.….

Well, I don’t know.
It was just a moment when I stepped back to go back quickly.

A long shadow cast under the orange streetlight.
I inadvertently lowered my head to the starting point of the shadow and was startled.

“……what are you doing there?”

The owner of the shadow was Ki Yoohyun.

Under the bright orange light, Ki Yoohyun answered with a troubled smile.

“Ahaha … It’s been a while.”

A blind spot on the wall that is hard to see from the other side, a pair of glasses to cover that gorgeous face (for reference, they’re not helpful at covering his face a all), and a black coat.

I’m starting to understand this situation….

Hasn’t something similar happened before? As I recalled, the twins I met earlier came back.

Ki Yoohyun hid himself in the dark to avoid the lights of the street lamps.

“Yoohyun-ssi?”

But the twins were faster.
Running back and forth, they surrounded Ki Yoohyun back and forth and spoke.

“Gu … no, Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim, you are here!”

“We won’t miss you anymore! Please calmly return to the guild.”

Could it be that Ki Yoohyun, this person, was trying to slack off and playing hide and seek with these cute little children?

“……”

“Rieul-ssi, I feel your eyes sting for some reason, is it just my imagination?”

“It’s not just your imagination.”

“….”

Then, the twins talked to me.

“We’re being rude earlier.
Guild … we were looking for Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim.”

“Pardon us!”

Same face, same jumper.

The girl with long curly hair looked relatively proud, and the boy with a short hair had a more lively atmosphere.
They’re so cute.
Then, they introduced themselves.

“My name is Joo Shinhee from Cheongna Guild.”

“I’m Joo Shinwoo!”

“You can call me Kwon Rieul.
Please … huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing.
It’s not….”

The twin hunters of the Cheongna Guild?

I remember.
I saw them in a video before my return.

As soon as they awakened, they’re a promising prospect who was selected for the main party ‘Blue Vines’ of Cheongna Guild.

The older sister, Joo Shinhee.
An archer.
Her specialty is an ice pick that targets the opponent’s heart.

The younger brother, Joo Shinwoo.
A wizard.
His specialty is a curse that gnaws at the opponent.

The part that left an impression more strongly than their abilities was their facial expressions.

A pale, doll-like face that has erased all the innocence and vitality one would expect from a child.
The coldness in their eyes.
The motion of wiping the blood off the cheek looked cruel.

I blinked slowly and looked at them again.
A lively, friendly boy and girl were looking up at me.

No wonder I didn’t immediately recognize them.
I couldn’t connect them with the hideous appearances in my memory.

How do these cute kids change like that? 3 years is longer than I thought….

“It looks heavy.”

Ki Yoohyun suddenly talked to me, who was shocked by the future of the twins.

“No, it’s not heavy.”

The sapling of the Purifying Tree was about two spans long, so it was light enough to be held with one hand.
Other than that, there is one bag filled with miscellaneous items that Lee Chorok gave me.

“It’s too much to carry alone.”

“Huh? But it’s not a lot?”

If it was heavy in the first place, I would have put it in my inventory to bring it.
I don’t want to have a toothed carrot or something in my inventory, so I just walk with it.

However, Ki Yoohyun was firm.

“You’re on your way to the store, right? It’s be heavy, so I’ll carry it for you.”

Ki Yoohyun, who didn’t listen to me at all, took the sapling and bag from my hands.
This person is really…..

I don’t know exactly what happened, but the twins were chasing Ki Yoohyun.

So now, you’re using me as an excuse to get out of this situation….?

“Then, I have to help Rieul-ssi, so I’ll be on my way.”

“Eek, Gu … Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim!”

Joo Shinhee quickly tried to catch Ki Yoohyun, but Joo Shinwoo pulled her back.
Then, they put their heads together and whispered in the corner.

For your information, it was loud enough for a whisper, so I could hear half of it.

“You idiot! Did you forget what the deputy guild leader said?”
“What is it, you idiot!”
“The reason Hunter Ki Yoohyun-nim these days….”
“Ah, aah…!”

“….?”

The twins glanced at me.
The gazes are very passionate.

“Then, she’s the…!”
“Yeah, now you understand the situation, you idiot!”
“Who are you calling an idiot, you idiot! Then uh, what should I do? Should I call her with ‘unnie’?”
“No, it’s too early to call her that.
So we shouldn’t … it is imperative that ‥.
do you understand?”
“Joo Shinwoo, you’re saying something useful.”
“This is nothing.”

Nod, nod.
As if they had reached a dramatic agreement, the twins stood up and greeted me with the utmost respect.

“If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do about it.We’ll be on our way.”

They bowed and turned around without hesitation.

 

Translator’s Corner:

Sorry for the delayed update.
The Wi-Fi in my dorm has not been able to connect to internet for days and I’m running out of mobile internet data.
Please pray that my Wi-Fi will get fixed quickly T___T