Translator: Seven
Editor: Ana_Banana
-Can’t you return me to the old man now?
Bae Hu-ryeong was raging. In the cramped room, it was inhumane for more than a single person to be in it, though, he was a ghost so he was a blind spot in human rights. Could you take it if you had a 3 meter mosquito buzzing?
“Ah, really! Even if I wanted to do it, I can’t!”
-You copied me with your skill. Then you should be able to cancel it. Don’t you know how to give a refund? Refund! What kind of world is it these days with no refund!
“I can’t cancel it!”
I’d explained how the skill was copied. But even after hearing the explanation, the ghost still bothered me in vain. Wanting me to send it back to the Sword Saint.
-Ugh. Old man Marcus! Disciple! Master Lee has been kidnapped! Your one and only teacher has been kidnapped by a child!
Even then, this ghost turned in the air and began to shout.
-Geez, you ugly student. This all happened because you ignored your precious Master! I was afraid of this happening, that’s why I told you to treat your teacher like the heavens.
“Excuse me…”
He was giving me a hard time. I’d lost the fear of seeing a ghost in real life for the first time. Fear? That was something. No matter how scary it was, it would give anyone a headache if this was how it acted.
“Let’s just live quietly, please. Okay?”
-What do you mean live? I’m already dead.
“Ah, then please die quietly.”
-No. Do I look like a fucking dog? You’re scolding a ghost that’s already dead and afraid to die another time. Everyone in the neighborhood, look at this bastard! From the beginning, there’s nothing I couldn’t say!
“Wow.”
I opened my mouth in shock. What the?
This was my first time seeing a ghost in real life but it talked too much…no it’s the first time seeing someone talk too fucking much.
And then I realized. I could understand why the Sword Saint was talking to himself at the bar. That…Come to think of it, the Sword Saint kept mumbling, but the content that he talked about was pretty monotonous.
‘Shut up.’
‘Don’t be so noisy.’
‘You’re too loud. I’ll take care of it so leave it alone.’
99% of what he said was about noise.
He’d been babbling at the side like he had a mental illness.
“That constant muttering. If it was a ghost-like this…”
-Huh? What the. Did you just talk to me? At your age. You dare to speak up to me?
“Damn it.”
My shoulders sagged subconsciously. My future looked bleak.
“I’ll have to avoid the Sword Saint for the rest of my life. No matter what skill I got, I didn’t expect a ghost to come out.”
-Huh? I have to live away from that old man. What kind of bullshit is that?
Bae Hu-ryeong shook his head.
-Where’s a hunter as good as old man Marcus? He’s my disciple, but he’s still a good old man. Oh, but never talk about his grandkids. He’s usually pretty nice, but when it comes to his grandkids, he gets crazy.
“I already know that.”
I sighed.
“There is a skill that the Sword Saint has. What is it called? The one that tells the number of people a person has killed.”
Ah. Detective’s Insight? It’s a fucking crap skill.
Bae Hu-ryeong responded quite quickly indeed. So that was the name of the kill counting skill? [Detective’s Insight]? The ghost seemed to know all of the Sword Saint’s skills.
-What about it? It’s only useful to find out if someone is an assassin or not. Besides, there’s no guarantee that someone is an assassin simply because they killed a lot of people.
“The number is 4091.”
-Huh?
“The kill count floating above my head. The number is 4091.”
Bae Hu-ryeong looked dumbfounded. He frowned. Somehow, the facial expressions of this ghost was better than many living people.
-What. This guy. Are you crazy?
“I think I will really be crazy if I have to spend one more day with you. You’re so noisy.”
-No…you’re a complete beginner.
Bae Hu-ryeong’s facial expression became serious.
-A beginner among beginners. Looking at you, I don’t get it. How does a guy like you kill 4091 people? I couldn’t have done that even while reaching the 99th floor in my lifetime.
“That’s because I didn’t kill 4091 people.”
-Ha?
I shrugged and began to explain.
“This is what happened. The only person I really murdered was a really bad guy who would later be known as the Flame Emperor…”
That I was murdered by the Flame Emperor. That luck allowed me to copy his regression skill. That if I stayed there, there would be no hope for revenge. That I made a decision to go back over 4000 days.
-…What?
Bae Hu-ryeong who was listening, had his mouth wide open.
-You committed suicide more than 4000 times? Just to get revenge on the Flame Emperor?
“Yes.”
-……
Bae Hu-ryeong became silent. He had looked dumbfounded at first, but now his expression changed. He looked straight at my face with eyes that seemed to be struggling with something. He was so serious that I wondered if he was the same ghost that was just making a fuss in my 2 pyung room.
-Hey.
After a long period of silence, Bae Hu-ryeong opened his mouth.
“What is it?”
-What is your name?
“I’m Kim Gong-ja”
Bae Hu-ryeong let out a groan.
-Why did you choose the old man?
“Yes?”
-After you got revenge on that Flame Emperor guy, why did you decide to copy a skill from the old man?
“Isn’t it obvious?”
I felt uneasy. I couldn’t understand why he’d asked that question.
“He is the hunter ranked 1st in this era. He’s the strongest so he must have strong skills.”
-That way, you’ll get stronger faster?
“Yes.”
-…you can honestly answer my questions as there is no fear of the information leaking anyway. It says on the skill card that no one else but you can see me. It’s totally safe is it not?
“What? Absolutely.”
Silence fell in the room once again.
-Hmmm
Floating, Bae Hu-ryeong wandered through the air around me. He came to the left and stared at my face, then to my right and measured my height. All of it with a serious expression.
I frowned, it felt like he wanted to do something weird.
-Let’s see. Um. The physique wouldn’t be too bad once it’s refined. The willpower is amazing. Sense of improvement is moderate. Knows how to keep his sanity but still unpredictable…Ahem, indeed. Um. If it’s this much…
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