Chapter 119: Yu Household (1) (2/2)
“If someone asks about the household in the future – it shouldn’t happen too often, but tell them you don’t really know.”
Bom asked after thinking for a bit.
“Or how about this?”
“What.”
“Like this…”
She indifferently looked into Yu Jitae’s eyes with her gaze having a trace of Dragon’s Fear. It looked slightly sloppy for him, but it was enough to surprise others away.
“Was that close enough?”
He could tell who she was trying to imitate without her even saying it.
Kaeul nodded.
“Uwah, that’s scary unni…”
“Was it?”
“…Why would you have to do that.”
“Others will be scared by themselves then, right.”
Bom giggled.
“Then what about me? Me me?”
It was Kaeul’s turn. Closing her eyes, she deeply breathed out. The moment her inner golden eyebrows raised itself back up, the air turned oppressive. Her low yet profound gaze was facing the ground but as her eyes began widening itself, she slowly began raising her gaze.
“…”
A pair of eyes, fatigued beyond repair, slowly regained its focus. A closer inspection revealed a reflection of Yu Jitae within.
This, was quite good.
“Kaeul. You’re really scary…”
“…”
However, she didn’t respond.
Damn, he thought to himself. Just like what she had done before, she had immersed herself into Yu Jitae’s emotions.
He pinched her soft cheeks. “Ayayah! It hurrs!” she yelled after coming back to her senses in an instant, as if a bucket of ice water had been dumped over her.
“Don’t do that too often.”
“Uooh… it hurts… then when should I do it?”
“Only when someone tries to dig deeper into the Yu household, or when someone annoys you.”
“Okkayy.”
It seemed that the kids were accepting the situation without too much of a problem.
Yu Jitae felt doubtful for no reason. Perhaps Bom had already spoken about it before, but when their eyes met, she looked at him for a bit before turning away as if nothing happened.
“Come here, all of you.”
That night, Yu Jitae called them as Bom and Kaeul ran up to sit on his sides. Gyeoul also claimed her position on top of his knees.
The most important thing was about to begin now.
9 pm everyday.
A highlight video of the B+ Underground Fissure Raid will be uploaded on Lair’s official application. [B+ Underground Fissure Raid] was a three-day raid, with the first two days being highlight videos and the last day being a live session of the boss raid.
“Uhh?”
Right when Yu Jitae was about to turn the video on, Kaeul held his arm back in a fluster.
“Uhhhh, I don’t think I can see it.”
“Why.”
“Yeorum-unni is doing a good job right?”
The Regressor pulled his hand away from the display screen.
“I don’t know yet either.”
“Uh, urgh, then how can we watch it…!”
“Why? Why can’t we watch it.”
“Unni really did her best. Like, she didn’t even sleep and vomited in the toilet every time.”
He nodded. Yeorum had adhered to her training frantically, to the point that ‘diligently’ was not enough to express her efforts.
“Unni would do well in spars obviously because she’s strong but, this doesn’t work just because unni is strong by herself, right? She tried super hard and yet if she’s not doing a good job right now…”
Thinking of the worst possible case scenario, Kaeul soon turned depressed. He thought it was just her being overly worried, but that didn’t seem to be the case. Unexpectedly, even Bom who was leaning on the backrest of the sofa, and Gyeoul who was empathising herself with Kaeul, all appeared worried.
Because they had watched on from up close, they wished her hard work wouldn’t betray her.
Thus, the Regressor tried to sneakily check the result, but Kaeul once again jumped in and held him back.
“Ah…! Ahhh! Don’t do it!”
“You’ll find out about it later anyway.”
“Whatever. I don’t want to. We might find out later, but at least for now, I don’t want to know!”
He ignored her and moved his hand. There was no way she could ever stop him, no matter how tightly she held onto.
“No…!”
“Yes.”
“Uaaang!”
With a touch, he pressed on the button. Before the highlights were shown, the scores of the 25 teams were revealed first.
It was right there.
+++Score Board+++
1. Yeorum and the Losties: 20
1. Squad ‘Dragon*’: 20
1. Team Erfan: 20
2. Kimura: 19
…
+++Score Board+++
Above the list of names that revealed the pretentious nature of young kids, was the weirdest name.
“Uwah! She’s first place! But why are there three?”
“According to the rules, the first and the second day scores are given objectively.”
“Ah, really?”
Right.
Everyone was given 20 points for participation.
20 possible extra points on the first day.
20 more points available on the second day.
20 points for arriving at the boss dungeon on the third day.
And the final 20 points were given subjectively during the boss raid. Among the top ranking cadets who risked their lives for merely ‘10 points’, these 20 points were a huge deal.
As soon as Kaeul’s arms fell down, Yu Jitae played the highlight video.
There was no reason to watch other groups so he skipped over them and before long, he found a familiar red-head.
“It’s unni!”
Yeorum and Sophia led the front with their targets being the underground orcs, who had rock-solid physiques. When the orcs tried to block her strike, Yeorum crushed their heads with sheer strength and charged in.
She slashed her sword sideways. As the orc attempted to block it, she chopped its axe in half and drew a horizontal line across the orc’s neck. Her rigid longsword slashed through the rock-like skin of the underground orc, ripped through its flesh and crushed its neck.
Meanwhile, comments were being shown next to the highlight video.
– Like, how is that a cadet? Lolololol.
– She’s doing everything by herself;;
– Underground orcs have super thick skins though… woah… it’s crazy lol.
Sophia also revealed her prowess by piercing the vitals like the throat and the eyes with her rapier. Orcs crumbled in an instant.
– Kuuuh, look how she’s stabbing only their eyes.
– Nice teamwork. Sophia neutralises them and Yeorum kills them.
– Feels good to watch them do everything in sync.
– What are the two losties doing?
– Ehng? The two at the back were quite good too though?
The two cadets, who had each been given a bow and a musket by Yu Jitae, were clenching their teeth tightly as they tried to keep up with Yeorum and Sophia.
Although their weapons were Level 1 artifacts, they were nothing but the most normal weapons for cadets.
– Getting carried irl.
– For real.
However, the comments changed after the camera gave a close-up shot of Kim Ji-in and Soujiro.
Kim Ji-in physically fought against the monsters with teary eyes, but wasn’t being pushed around. Even worse was Soujirou’s condition. Every time he released an arrow, drops of blood splattered, and he was shooting them so desperately that his chubby fingers were all worn out.
Even then, they didn’t give up.
– They’re crazy as well… ;;
– Why does everyone look so vicious;;?
Receiving the aid of those two, Yeorum easily crushed the monsters. Soon appeared the mid-boss of the first day, ‘Underground Twin-Head Orc’, who vomited out poison and filth with its mouth.
Yu Jitae half-squinted his eyes.
Yeorum maximised her [Pulsations]. When that was further complemented by her [Breaths], the first skill of Karl-Gullakwa Stand-up Martial Art was displayed in full.
Her sword divided the Twin-Head Orc vertically into two.
“Wahh!” shouted Kaeul with a closed fist,
And that was the end of the highlight.