Chapter 22

Goal

The president of the Genavis mercenary guild .

In his past life, he had never been in the mercenary guild . He wasn’t skillful enough so he never even thought of doing so . It was only after he left Genavis that he attempted to become a mercenary .

‘Of course . ’

But he wasn’t fazed . This request wasn’t just a regular one; there were issues with it . An orc village conquest was an important job for the Genavis guild .

And the issues .

It was probably not fixed by just reporting, and it was directly reported to the president .

14 year old .

Martial artist .

It was common to be a martial artist . Do Sangrang was one himself .

But it wasn’t common for a martial artist to be a mercenary .

“Your young . ”

Sungmin heard that as soon as he opened the door . There were cigarette odors permeating the room . A middle age man with a huge build and thick glasses looked from his desk .

“I’m Dox, the president of the Genavis guild . ”

“ . . . It’s Lee Sungmin . ”

Sungmin said while saying the posture . Dox looked at Sungmin’s face and asked .

“There’s many things I want to ask, but I’ll ask one thing first . Why did you lie?”

“ . . . Yes?”

“You're not a martial artist . ”

Dox tapped his glasses that was on his nose .

“Do you know about artifacts?”

“ . . . Somewhat . ”

An artifact was an object with magic on it . Sungmin’s interdimensional pocket was an artifact .

“These glasses are an artifact . If you wear them, they tell you the person’s class . Your class… is a No Class . It’s hard to believe . ”

Dox muttered . He was surprised, but Sungmin didn’t show it . If he was caught, he was caught . He couldn’t be flustered by something like this .

“A No Class learned martial arts… that’s not hard to believe . Aren’t No Classes popular these days . The martial skeleton from the surgeon and learning martial arts is possible . ”

“ . . . You know well . ”

Sungmin sighed . He had to .

“Why did you lie?”

“I thought it wouldn’t make sense . ”

Sungmin answered . Dox nodded his head .

“That is true . It’s true for me actually . You . How long has been since you came here?”

“ . . . are you questioning me? I don’t think I caused a crime to be questioned…”

“Ah, I see . I’ll apologize to that . I’m not in the position to question you . You're not in the position to be questioned either . ”

Dox agreed on his mistake nonchalantly . It seemed not of place because of his huge size, but to Sungmin it wasn’t . Not all mercenaries are politie . Most of them were, but usually a president was an intelligent man .

‘There are idiots in the heads of the mercenaries though . ’

He knew from experience .

“I just thought it was strange that you would lie . Well… it’s not something I don't’ believe so . Well, i’ll ignore that . That’s not important . ”

Dox muttered and put his hand under the desk . Then, he pulled out an envelope .

“The money is 2,000,000 Erie . But… there were troubles . So two survivors . I gave 100,000 Erie to the apprentices and the 1,800,000 goes to you twol . Do Sangrang said .

It was because of you that you were able to eliminate those b*stards . ”

That was surprising . Do Sangrang said something like that . Sungmin never knew that Do Sangrang would emphasize his role in the quest .

“Do Sangrang agreed . To give you 1,000,000 while he gets 800,000 Erie . And to the spoils as well . There’s going to be at least 600,000 . You can get 400,000 as well .

“ . . . Can you do that much for me?”

“I have nothing to do with it . Do Sangrang said that . ”

Dox said .

“Let’s stop this and I want to get to the point . ”

“Yes?”

Sungmin pretended that he didn't’ know . He said that, but he knew why Dox brought him here . ’

“Don’t you have any thought of becoming a mercenary?”

It was that .

“Do Sangrang said . You are between the second and first rate, very close to the first rate . That’s surprising . Much surprising if you’re a No Class as well . ”

Dox touched his glasses .

“You’re very young . If you keep growing like this, you’re going to be a first rate, and maybe even become a master depending on the effort . ”

“ . . . that… is true?”

Sungmin answered . He knew that wasn’t easy . To Dox who didn’t know Sungmin, Sungmin was probably a genius . Even though he wasn’t .

“If you become a mercenary, we’re going to give you a D rank . If you complete a few tasks, you will definitely get up to C rank . If you get up to a first rate, you could be a B rank . How is that?”

Dox asked . Sungmin stayed silent for a while . It wasn’t bad . If he became a D rank, it would give him enough money to live without taking any request .

“ . . . Thank you for the offer…”

But Sungmin refused . He couldn’t be a mercenary . He needed the Intelligence Potion that the No Class Fight would give him . He needed that to bring his inner strength up . A mercenary couldn’t compete in that .

“What a shame . ”

Dox nodded . He didn’t offer anymore and handed the money envelope .

“If you change your mind, come back again . ”

“ . . . thank you . ”

Sungmin put the money in his pocket . Dox muttered as Sungmin walked away .

“You're not like your age . ”

“Yes?”

“You aren’t like a 14 year old . Well, incidents change your mind . If I was summoned at a young age, I would have gone crazy .

Dox seemed to understand . Sungmin smiled bitterly and left the guild .

‘I need to grow older . ’

Everything aside, the acting like a young kid was killing him .

*

“Why were you so late?”

He heard grumbles as soon as he came in the inn . It was Wijihoyun . She was looking with a mad face towards Sungmin . Sungmin looked at the food on the dishes .

“Why didn’t you eat?”

“My friend isn’t here, so why would I?”

“You could…”

Was that a reason . Sungmin wanted to disagree, but he pushed the thought deep down .

“You smell like blood . ”

Sungmin sat in front of Wijihoyun . Wijihoyun twitched her nose and muttered .

“Why’d you kill a person?”

“It’s nothing . Someone tried to kill me . ”

“Really?”

Wijihoyun seemed uninterested . She picked up the bread and put it in her mouth .

“I thought about it . ”

Lula gave Sungmin his dinner . Wijihoyun opened her mouth as Sungmin picked up his fork .

“It will take about a month for me to fix the High Heavens . I will give you that, and when you seem good with it… I’m leaving . ”

Sungmin’s hand stopped .

“ . . . Really?”

“Why . Is it a shame?”

“ . . . I don’t want to stop you”

Sungmin sighed and muttered . The past Wijihoyun only stayed in Genavis for a month . It was only because of Sungmin that she was staying here .

“I thought about it . ”

Wijihoyun said .

“You have a goal . To get the position is your goal . Then you will leave here . I was wondering if I should wait for you and leave together . ”

Sungmin didn’t say . He knew generally what she would say .

“But I can’t . Why do you think that?”

“I won’t be a help to you . ”

Sungmin thought . That was true for Sungmin . Sungmin was weak . He had no talent . But what was Wijihoyun . She was a genius . She was learning the techniques that completed a genius .

“You're wrong . ”

Wijihoyun answered . Her eyes turned cold .

“I don’t like that part about you at all . ”

Wijihoyun spit out .

“ . . . what is that?”

“Inferiority . ”

Wijihoyun’s voice was cold, and it was a sharp knife . Sungmin’s correct answer was wrong to Wijihoyun, but Wijihoyun’s answer was right to Sungmin . ‘Inferiority . ’ filled through Sungmin's’ mind .

“You don’t help me? So that’s why I’m leaving? Why do you think that?”

“It’s true . ”

“Yes . You are weak . If I stay with you, I’m going to have to protect you . But that’s not the reason . ”

Wijihoyun’s eye’s narrowed sharply .

“If I stay with you, you won’t grow anymore . ”

If Sungmin went along with Wijihoyun, she would fix the problems that Sungmin had .

“Your past life is holding you back . It’s not good . The inferiority is holding you back . ”

“ . . . what do you want to say . Your friend is the Small Pegasus Wijihoyun . ”

Wijihoyun’s voice had some feel to it . Her voice was low, but it delved deep into Sungmin’s feelings .

“You’re learned techniques are one of the best, and the High Heavens that you will be learning is one of the best spear techniques in the world . That technique, I am fixing it for you . ”

“ . . . It was you who said that i lacked talent . No matter how much you fix it, I might not be able to learn it . ”

“Have you tried?”

Wijihoyun asked .

“Did you past self say? It’s impossible . Did it?”

“ . . it’s better to understand your situation than to get your hopes up…”

“That is inferiority . ”

“You won’t know . You’re a genius . ”

Sungmin mocked .

“How would a genius know a non genius?”

“True . I am a genius, so I don’t know you completely . ”

Wijihoyun agreed on that .

“But I don’t like your attitude of giving up because of your inferiority before even trying it . Do I look irresponsible?”

“Yes . ”

“You looked well . I am irresponsible . ”

This b*tch . What was she trying to say . Sungmin glared at Wijihoyun .

“Don’t think that it will be the same as your past life . You started over, and you’re going in the opposite direction from it . ”

“It doesn’t change the person I am . ”

“No, people change . ”

Wijihoyun disagreed immediately .

“You changed . I changed . The few months here changed me . Sungmin didn’t know the Wijihoyun from her life . But Wijihoyun knew .

“Everything could change from your past life . The you before and you now are different, the things that you before and the you now will face are going to be different . How would the same result come out then . ”

Sungmin couldn’t refute what she said .

“Talent . ”

Wijihoyun shook her head .

“You can’t get something that you don’t have . . . but . You can’t do anything with your inferior self . First, you . ”

Wijihoyun pointed at Sungmin .

“You need a goal . I said before . What do you want to do with your life . ”

“You did . ”

“You said before . A life better than before . Yes . That’s easy . Your life is going to better no matter what happens . But you won't’ be happy with just that .

That was true . Humans were like that without a concrete goal . He knew what happens now and later, so he wasn’t happy enough .

“You gain strength from opportunities . But, you don’t know what to do with that strength . Isn’t that you? You’re thinking of how your life isn’t going well . ”

Sungmin tried to refute again, but closed his mouth . It was true .

“Of course, you will try . With a general goal . So what you need . . . is a real goal . ”

“ . . . what goal?”

Sungmin sighed . To that, Wijihoyun didn’t hesitate and put her hand on her chest .

“Me . ”

Wijihoyun said with strength . .

“Make me your goal . ”