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◈ The Precious Demon King

Chapter 97: Business Trip Specialist, Kim Remi!

Despite the noisy chatter of the children, there was still a time limit.

Darara dara, darara dara~

The class bell rang and everyone returned to their classrooms.

Creak.

The homeroom teacher opened the door, glanced at Remi and Yu Jia, and cleared his throat.

"All right, quiet down, everyone!"

"Teacher, we were already quiet though."

"Y‑You brat!"

Even a homeroom teacher with twenty years of experience stumbled over his words because she was so beautiful. Teachers weren't wrong when they said it was hard to focus on class whenever she entered the room. But the homeroom teacher couldn't afford to waver.

"A-As you all know, student Yu Jia has awakened as a hunter."

"Woooow!"

"Quiet! Quiet!"

The homeroom teacher tapped the desk a few times to get their attention and continued.

"Don't put too much pressure on her. Act as usual so she can finish the rest of her school life well."

"Yes, Teacher!"

The homeroom teacher passed on today's request as well.

"Make sure to actively help student Kim Remi so she can adapt well to school life."

"Yes!!!!"

The response was louder than before.

"Now, open your books."

From the very first period, during the homeroom teacher's lesson, the students kept sneaking glances at Remi.

Sitting in the back, Remi whispered to Yu Jia.

"Jia."

"Yeah?"

"Can't you contain your killing intent?"

"Uh?"

"Letting it spill everywhere like that makes you an amateur."

"Ah."

After saying this, Remi stared blankly out the window while Yu Jia practiced containing her killing intent.

Before long, the short class ended and recess began. All the kids looked around nervously. Among them, there was always bound to be a bold student. A boy from another class strode over with confidence.

Hong Woojin. Rumor had it that he was a male idol trainee about to debut with SL Entertainment.

Handsome, tall, and with the status of a trainee. On campus, he was already an object of envy, practically a celebrity.

He suddenly turned around the chair in front of Remi, sat on it, and smiled.

"..."

Remi gazed at him blankly. Was he volunteering to be her first kill at Hansan High?

"Noona, will you follow me back?"

"Beat you black and blue?"

"Wahaha! Noona, you're really funny."

"...?"

What was so funny? Should she kill him?

Would her master consider this much provocation to be self-defense?

"Is that sword real?"

As expected, he was someone who came looking to die.

"Is this a challenge?"

"Please accept my follow."

"..."

She took a quick glance at the phone he held out.

"Noona, you have tons of followers. Why don't you upload any posts?"

"..."

She weighed the situation. Was this enough to count as self-defense?

In Belhaim, I would be found not guilty.

Approaching her when she didn't want it? Talk to her without her permission? Grin in her face while sneering?

Beheading him for any of that would still be considered justifiable. Not even her master's restriction on murder would apply.

But on Earth?

The rules on this strict planet were excessively unreasonable. No matter the reason, killing someone was a crime.

But society stays healthy only when the bastards who deserve to die must die.

"Jia."

"Yes, Unni."

"If I beat him up for this, will I still be found not guilty?"

"I'll handle it."

Remi envied Yu Jia, who had no restrictions.

"Hong Woojin."

"Yeah, Jia?"

"Cut the crap and get lost."

"I'll leave if you follow me back."

"You're really gonna die. Just leave."

"Come on, I said I would leave if you followed me back, didn't I?"

Yu Jia's expression hardened sharply. Did this bastard not understand the seriousness of the situation?

"Want to get hit?"

"Uh, if you use violence, I'll report you immediately."

"You're not going to debut then."

"Hey, I'm the victim, why wouldn't I debut?"

"You have to be alive to debut."

"...?"

Yu Jia released the killing intent she had practiced and neatly gathered throughout class.

"Want to die?"

"Hahh!"

Hong Woojin was startled and fell back.

"Hic!"

He was so startled that he hiccupped. Lying flat on his back, he couldn't bring himself to get up. He just stared at Yu Jia's eyes.

Looking away felt like death. He was like a cornered mouse, unable to look away from a snake. All he could do was tremble while staring at the fangs that might strike at any moment.

"Hey, leave while I'm letting you."

"Hhhhk!"

The killing intent constricting his body vanished in an instant. Hong Woojin let out the breath he had been holding, only to feel the dampness of his pants.

"C-Crazy..."

He had pissed himself! Looking around frantically, he saw some classmates pointing their phones at him.

"Aaaahhh!"

Unbelievable! He hurriedly fled the scene. Remi stroked her chin as she watched him dash out of the classroom.

Her master's niece. Yu Jia's talent struck her as remarkable once again.

To apply and wield killing intent this well after only a little practice...Her containment of energy was far cleaner than before.

She's worth training.

It was a shame, though, that she used a bow instead of a sword.

"Want to go to Bangkok later?"

"Really? I can go too?"

Yu Jia had already heard the details yesterday. The Bangkok B‑rank dungeon.

Having only ever experienced the Demon Realm, she wanted to experience a dungeon for herself. Seeing her eyes sparkle, Remi shrugged.

"I'm sure they'll let you in."

"Ah! I can't wait for school to end!"

Yu Jia couldn't focus on studying anymore. This thrill! This excitement! It was like the exhilaration of the battlefield, straddling life and death.

"Heh."

Seeing the unique joy of a beginner, Remi let out a small chuckle. Another school day passed without incident.

School, a narrow society, was surprisingly monotonous. In a place where studying came first, even minor events became the subject of gossip and spread as rumors.

Given such an environment, where even confessions of who liked who became loud gossip, the incident that idol trainee Hong Woojin had wet himself in class spread quickly.

Though Hong Woojin had already left early, the rumor circled back around until Remi and Yu Jia were once again at the center of the conversation.

"Wow, look at this. Jia really did become a hunter."

"Isn't it only licensed people who get listed here?"

"She must've gotten it last week."

These superhumans, called "hunters," were the envy of many, especially the boys.

They found Yu Jia's name on the Hunter Management Bureau's registry of hunters and made a fuss.

"Wow, she was just doing night study with us until recently, and now she's a hunter."

"I'm so jealous."

"To think, my friend is a Rank 3 hunter!"

In a typical guild, a Rank 3 hunter would be at team leader level. Considering that the former Hunter Management Bureau Director Cheon Yubeom was Rank 3, it was an incredible level.

She had only been a hunter for a week. How many monsters must she have hunted to become a Rank 3 hunter so quickly?

"Remi noona's listed too!"

"Whoa, Rank 1."

"That's insane."

Officially registered hunters could be verified on the Hunter Management Bureau's website.

When Cheon Yubeom formalized the guild, Remi was listed as well.

Rank 1 Kim Remi (Affiliation: Jun Dragon Kitchen)

"That guild name is so cool."

"It's called Jun Dragon Kitchen."

"Sounds like a restaurant."

"Maybe it means they're gonna cook up all the demons or something."

"I'm so jealous."

"Tch, I should've gotten close with Jia sooner."

Remi and Yu Jia were the subject of students' gossip all day, but no one else approached them.

Only a few of the friends who had been close with Yu Jia before managed to approach her and talk–that was about the extent of it.

I can't live a normal life anymore.

Despite her situation having changed completely in just a week, Yu Jia felt no regret. As her identity as a hunter strengthened, her excitement for her new life surpassed her regret for the life she had left behind.

After the long school day ended, the two went home.

Flash.

Returning home with just a tap on her phone had become a familiar routine.

"Uncle!"

"Yeah?"

Since awakening as a hunter, she had grown much closer to Kim Junyong.

"Can I go with Remi unni too?"

"Hmm, sure, go ahead."

"Awesome! Thank you!"

Overjoyed by Kim Junyong's quick approval, Yu Jia bounced up and down.

"You're that happy?"

"Yes! It's my first dungeon!"

Kim Junyong chuckled. Just like how first‑time pool players even saw tables in their sleep, Yu Jia must be thinking only of hunting monsters.

"Go before your mother arrives."

"Okay!"

The three of them formed a party, and Kim Junyong tapped his phone to send them to the Bangkok dungeon.

Flash.

"Nyaa! Is it okay to just send Remi off like that, nya?"

"Jia will take care of her."

"Well, the young lady is reliable, but..."

"Shouldn't you be preparing the business? What about the Lucky Stones?"

"Nyaa! Chief Manager Cheon is amazing. He's preparing a groundbreaking system, nya."

"Hm? What system?"

"A lottery reservation system, nya!"

Edmond held out his phone proudly. They had squeezed the Hunter Management Bureau's developers dry to create an exclusive restaurant reservation app for Jun Dragon Kitchen.

"And this helps how?"

"Hehe, the luckiest ones get dining tickets, nya."

"Oh!"

A chance to taste Edmond's cooking. Only someone truly lucky could win, and naturally, that meant he would plunder high-purity "luck."

Luck obtained through a worldwide lottery would be greater than luck gained from a first-come, first-served system.

"That's clever."

"Nyaa, it's almost ready."

"Luciel."

"Yes, Master."

"Help Ed run the restaurant."

"I shall carry out your command."

"Nyaa."

Edmond said in an especially excited voice.

"Luciel, I'll specially entrust you with serving, nya."

"It's an honor, Chef."

"Ahem."

It might look like playing house, but supplying Lucky Stones was serious business.

For Kim Junyong, equivalent exchange was essential. Everything in the world has balance. That is truth.

The only thing that could disrupt that balance was luck.

That was why he hated freebies–because using up luck on small things only invited misfortune later.

Since he could steal others' luck and make it his own, Lucky Stones were a precious resource that undoubtedly made his life easier.

As it turned out, his familiars were the busiest of all.

"I guess I'll have to travel with the children."

Cheon Yubeom, Lee Mina, and Yoichi Sasaki. It seemed he would have to travel with those three.

"Yoichi."

"Yes, Hyungnim!"

Yoichi Sasaki came running. Seeing his pure soul reminded Kim Junyong of one he had recently collected.

A soul full of regret.

It was a soul that had died in the Roman era, yet its regret was so great that it had maintained its form to this day.

This Yoichi Sasaki, even if Kim Junyong didn't know for sure, would probably wander the netherworld for the next two thousand years if he died now. If Kim Junyong were to extract this flavorful guy's soul and turn it into a familiar, just how magnificent would it be?

"Jeez."

What a ridiculous thought. He wasn't a Demon King. He was human.

"Hyungnim, your eyes looked a little strange just now."

"Forget it. When is Chief Manager Cheon coming?"

"I don't know!"

This brat. So damn confident.

"Team Leader Lee!"

"Yes!"

Lee Mina, who had been on the rooftop, came running down.

"When is Chief Manager Cheon coming?"

"Ah, I'll give him a call."

Cheon Yubeom had become the chief manager overseeing Jun Dragon Kitchen. After all, its entire staff consisted of Kim Junyong, a few demons, and his niece Yu Jia.

"Ah, he said he'll be here soon. Also, China has made an official request."

"Really?"

Kim Junyong let out a sly grin.

"They say China has a lot of people, right?"

"Y‑Yes?"

How many order points could he collect from that many voices praising him?

His heart thumped in anticipation.

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