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◈ The S-Classes That I Raised ◈

Chapter 90: Calm Down (3)

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Yoohyun still hadn’t seen Noah’s face, so maybe we’d get lucky and this would blow over.

‘Though I might as well expect red beans to grow where I planted beans.’

There was no way he wouldn’t notice. A foreign S-Class Hunter sitting stubbornly in front of my home. It was practically a name tag. Besides, Noah was the only foreign S-Class Hunter currently in the country.

I set Peace down, quickly texted Song Taewon, and grabbed Yoohyun’s arm. The difference in our strength was too great for him to need to shake me off, but he stopped obediently.

“You aren’t going to do anything, right?”

“That wouldn’t be polite. I should at least say hello.”

What good manners. Assuming he really meant a greeting with a little bow and nothing more.

“My brother was indebted while I wasn’t around. How could I just walk past?”

...He had figured it out before even seeing Noah’s face. That was fast.

“Also, Hunter Park Yerim is a Haeyeon Guild member. If she protected you from an S-Class Hunter, she must have been injured, but I heard that bastard was unharmed. Tell me, hyung. Where was Hunter Park Yerim hurt?”

“...Her arm.”

I had no choice but to answer. One thing was me, but as Guildmaster, Yoohyun could not overlook what had happened to Yerim. It was not my place to interfere.

When I let go of his arm and sighed, Yoohyun’s eyes curved into crescents.

“Don’t worry. This isn’t a dungeon break zone, and I know my limits. Besides, you’re here. I can’t do anything too dangerous.”

“Manager Song said he’d have to be prepared to lose an arm to deal with you.”

“He said something unnecessary. I was still young then.”

You were young now too.

“I only moved in two days ago. Forget the house, there are kids here.”

Don’t smile. At that, Yoohyun’s expression abruptly turned cold. His smile returned immediately, but the atmosphere was clearly different from before. Peace moved close to my side, growing to around its subadult form.

When I turned my head, I saw Noah walking out into the lobby. His silver-gray eyes reflected the lights with an eerie gleam. He stopped about ten meters away and watched us.

“He’s young.”

“I heard he’s a year younger than you. He’s still a kid.”

They did not look very different in age. There was only a year between them, too.

“I’m Han Yoohyun, Guildmaster of Haeyeon Guild. I heard my brother and Hunter Park Yerim were indebted to you.”

He had pointedly used the word indebted, but so far it was an ordinary greeting. Noah looked back and forth between me and Yoohyun with a slightly dazed expression. He wasn’t suddenly going to have another episode, was he?

“...Brothers?”

He murmured it quietly, then tilted his head as if he could not understand. He could not have come without knowing my relationship with the Haeyeon Guildmaster. Did we not look like brothers? People said we resembled each other well enough.

“Something’s wrong with him,” Yoohyun said softly.

“I told you he’s a pitiful kid. So go easy on him if you can.”

Riette was the main cause, but my skill was partly to blame too.

“If he isn’t normal, doesn’t that make him more dangerous? Manager Song has become careless.”

“He probably has a Stealth skill. It can’t be easy to keep him confined.”

“What else?”

As he asked, Yoohyun pulled a coat from his inventory and draped it over me. Naturally, it was too big. It looked like he had no intention of letting this pass quietly.

“...He has a poison skill, and he can partially transform because he’s dragonkin. The poison skill is probably S-Class. Ordinary antidotes won’t work, but it spreads slowly. Since he’s from the cursed poison dragon species, you should watch out for curses too. He also seems to have a healing skill.”

I did not know what kind of skill Silent Scream was. Since he had not used it yesterday, it did not seem to be an attack skill.

“He can spread poisonous energy, but he probably doesn’t have any ranged attack skills. He’s likely specialized in support.”

If he did, I would have had a hard time getting out unharmed yesterday. Noah had only used close-range attacks.

“He must have a weapon, but he didn’t take it out yesterday. It may be because his claws in transformed form are stronger than any weapon, or because he didn’t have time to draw one. Probably the former.”

Since he had not been in his right mind, it could have been the latter. Yoohyun looked quite pleased by my explanation.

“That was much more detailed than I expected. I might get greedy for him.”

Well, when ranking matches began, I could give him advice.

“If only poisonous energy spreads, then there’s less to worry about.”

“Talk first. Talk first!”

Had I told him too much? After swallowing a sigh, I used the Teacher skill on Yoohyun and Peace, just in case. If things became serious, it would be better for the two of them to join forces and quickly subdue Noah. It would be nice if I could use it on Noah too, but he would almost certainly refuse.

Telling me to stay back, Han Yoohyun stepped forward. The distance between them narrowed to about five steps.

“Mr. Noah Ruhir?”

At the call, Noah’s gaze shifted from me to Yoohyun. His dark pupils sharpened slightly, but he still looked more human than beast.

“...You’re the younger brother?”

“Yes.”

Why did he keep asking? He still looked confused. Why...?

‘Ah, could it be?’

Was he viewing his own situation through Yoohyun and me?

I was the person Noah associated with Riette, but Yoohyun was actually the S-Class Hunter born like Riette. And we were brothers, so it was no wonder his thoughts were tangled.

Similar, yet opposite relationships. If not for the Keyword’s effect, Noah might have associated Riette with Han Yoohyun instead of me. There was no problem between my brother and me, though.

“...Mr. Han Yujin.”

Noah looked at me again. His voice was slightly damp, and his eyes wavered anxiously. I had not wanted to interfere because this was Haeyeon Guild business, but this was not going to work.

“Yoohyun, could you step back for a moment?”

From Noah’s perspective, there were now two people before him who resembled his sister. He was already afraid because he had ruined Riette’s request, so this situation must have been putting him under considerable pressure.

“Why?”

“Otherwise, I’ll leave. I think that would be better.”

“Right, hyung is weak. So I should...”

His words abruptly cut off as Yoohyun moved. No, Noah moved first, but Yoohyun’s faster senses made it feel almost simultaneous. The five steps between them vanished in an instant, sharp claws flashing beneath platinum scales.

One was a bare hand, the other a beast’s claws. If they collided head-on, all I could picture was a fragile hand being shredded beneath those claws. But Han Yoohyun’s hand slid over the scales and seized Noah’s wrist.

Then, along with the smell of burning flesh,

Bang!

He twisted Noah’s arm behind his back, grabbed the back of his head with his other hand, and slammed him into the floor. A long crack spread through the smooth marble. He did not stop there, putting force into the arm as if to break it, but then he sensed something shooting toward him from behind and quickly stepped aside.

Whoosh!

Even so, a black scratch remained on Han Yoohyun’s arm. Poison.

“I didn’t know he had a tail too.”

Speaking casually, he drew a dagger and carved out the scratched flesh in one swift motion. Since the S-Class poison spread slowly, it was the fastest and most accurate treatment, but... damn it. Even watching him immediately heal it with a potion made me feel sick.

Meanwhile, Noah got back up. Behind him, his pupils narrowed to slits as he growled, a dragon’s tail covered in platinum scales swaying.

“He’s half monster. Wouldn’t it be fine to kill him?”

“No, absolutely not. There are kids in the next section. This is my home. They said the foundation was solid, so the floor should be fine, but please spare the walls and ceiling.”

They had barely shaken hands, and there was already a hole in the floor. Besides, if Noah died here, I would have a problem too. We barely knew each other, so even if I received his memories, I would not be able to control the power well. He was an S-Class Hunter. And because of Raucitas, it would be twice as much.

...This was really dangerous. Had I been wrong to apply the Keyword?

“Mr. Noah, calm down!”

It had seemed close, but why had this suddenly exploded? At least use a turn signal before rushing in.

At my shout, Noah turned away from Yoohyun and looked toward me. The tip of his long tail scraped against the floor.

What should I do? Should I call Riette again? That would make three Riettes. Would he go even more out of control?

“Let’s talk calmly. What would you like us to do for you?”

“I’ll subdue him with as little damage to the building as possible. He seems a little weak for an S-Class, though.”

“Please calm down too and wait a little.”

Subdue what? He was not a monster. He was a person.

“...Mr. Han Yujin, are you really all right with that person?”

Noah spoke then.

“What? Did you attack because Yoohyun feels like Riette to you?”

“I didn’t attack him.”

Huh?

“I was trying to go to Mr. Han Yujin.”

“...Yoohyun?”

“He was trying to approach hyung with those hands. Of course I had to stop him.”

Yoohyun spoke with an expression that said he had done nothing wrong. That was true. When I looked back at Noah, his shoulders drooped.

“I wasn’t planning to hurt anyone this time. But that person looked too dangerous. So...”

As he spoke, he glanced warily at Yoohyun.

“Mr. Han Yujin, are you really all right?”

His voice was full of concern. Unexpected. Had the relationship between Yoohyun and me struck him more strongly than the Keyword’s effect? Did he think I was being mistreated by my family, like him... Ah, Yoohyun had called me weak too.

“Don’t worry. My brother isn’t a bad person...”

Yoohyun threw the dagger he was holding. Not at Noah, but toward the entrance.

Tap!

The dagger stopped precisely in front of Song Taewon’s neck. Since Yoohyun had thrown it with considerable force, blood seeped from the fingers touching the blade. Song Taewon was an S-Class Hunter, so he could stop it like that. Against an ordinary person, it would have cut through every finger and pierced their throat.

“Is this all you have in return?”

Song Taewon calmly said as he threw the dagger back to Yoohyun.

“I think it’s insufficient, but hyung would dislike it.”

“I should thank Mr. Han Yujin.”

...Was this place cursed? I had called Song Taewon, but this was not what I expected. For my own peace of mind, I reached out and petted Peace’s head. My Peace really was the best-behaved.

“Mr. Noah Ruhir, this cannot continue.”

Song Taewon spoke as he approached Noah. Noah paid him no attention, still watching me while keeping his guard up against Yoohyun.

“He really is strange. Why is he worrying about hyung now?”

Yoohyun came toward me from the opposite direction of Song Taewon. At the same time, anxiety appeared on Noah’s face, which had seemed to calm down.

“Hey, wait.”

“And dangerous? Does he think I’m going to hurt hyung?”

Ignoring my attempt to stop him, he approached until he stood right in front of me. Thinking this would not do, I reflexively stepped back, then realized my mistake. To Noah, it would look as though I was avoiding Yoohyun.

Then a hand touched my neck. It only brushed slowly across it, but the meaning was clearly provocative. And what he said next was even worse.

“Anyway, he’s so weak that he can’t do anything.”

He was openly picking a fight. Damn it, did he think he had nothing to hold back now that Noah would not hurt me?

“Yoohyun!”

“Don’t touch him!”

The growl turned into that of a beast. Noah’s body transformed completely, and Yoohyun smiled.

“Manager Song, please evacuate everyone.”

Song Taewon retreated with a grim expression. Meanwhile, Noah’s human form vanished, replaced by a small golden dragon covered in platinum scales, baring its teeth.

Beast transformation skills were extremely rare, but not unheard of. Fully transforming into a beast would certainly make someone stronger than in a human body. But Noah had obtained the title Dio Valshecis less than a month ago. It would be difficult to immediately handle a body with four legs, a tail, and wings skillfully.

Especially indoors, with wings.

He would have been better off in human form, but perhaps he was forcing himself because he thought he could not win otherwise.

“Don’t kill him, you crazy bastard!”

“We’ll see.”

Fuck, he never listened!

Flap!

Then Noah spread his wings and flew up. The ceiling was high, and his body was roughly twice the size of a human’s, so he could fly well enough, but his movements were still extremely unsteady. The air gave an advantage against an opponent without a flight skill, but...

“Blue Willow Leaves.”

Blue leaves began fluttering through the spacious lobby, as if they would fill it completely. The disruption to his vision left Noah flustered, and Yoohyun’s body shot upward. Of course, Noah tried to dodge, since he could not have failed to sense the approach, but running through the air was far faster and more agile than his clumsy wingbeats. Yoohyun had even become completely proficient with the willow leaves in that short time.

“This place is too cramped to play with you properly.”

His light voice was full of disdain.

Crack.

A long blade tore through Noah’s wing and scraped bone.

- Screeech!

The golden dragon twisted as he fell. Poisonous energy rose like mist, and blood mixed with deadly poison splattered, but flames flared around Yoohyun and burned it all away before it could touch him.

Thud!

Marble fragments flew up. Han Yoohyun’s foot stomped down hard on the dragon’s head. The floor cracked apart beneath it again.

- Grrk!

Light gathered around the torn wing, rapidly restoring it. He must have used a healing skill. Noah beat his wings and scraped at the ground with all four feet as he backed away. But before he could fully retreat, a thick vine wrapped around the dragon’s neck. At the same time, it pulled hard and hurled him away.

Crash!

“Sorry. I broke a wall. But that’s the training room, so no one’s there right now, right? I’m trying not to use too many skills, so it’s taking a little longer. His scales are pretty tough. Why don’t you get away too, hyung?”

Noah pulled himself up amid the ruined wall. The way he crouched and growled, unable to attack easily, was almost pitiful. Even if they were both S-Class, Noah had originally been A-Class when he awakened as a support type, so there was a large gap between them.

That should have been enough, but my little brother did not seem to intend to stop. Damn it.

I hurriedly used the Teacher skill on Noah, connecting him with Yoohyun. Both of them paused at once.

“That’s enough.”

“Hyung.”

“If you keep going, I’ll make it so only Noah receives your senses.”

That would put Yoohyun at a clear disadvantage. Noah would be able to sense how Han Yoohyun moved, but Han Yoohyun would not know Noah’s movements. He would not lose, considering the gap in their strength, but he would not be able to deal with him as easily as he was now.

Naturally, that would cause even more damage and destroy my home. As a Guildmaster with the guild building right next door, he needed to restrain himself.

“...So it can be used like that too.”

Yoohyun looked at me sulkily, then stepped back. Seriously, my little brother...

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