If Geuru became an amazing Hunter, she could stay at Hyeonak forever.
‘If that happens, Mom and Dad will be happy too, right?’
Fluffy clouds puffed up inside her head.
Then arms and legs popped out again, and Mother Sheep and Father Sheep appeared. Mother Sheep and Father Sheep hugged Baby Sheep tight as she became a Hunter and tossed banknotes around like scraps of tissue.
‘You’ve become the Super-Strong Ultimate Zi-Zone Hunter who has both wealth and fame!’
‘I’m proud of you! Super-Strong Ultimate Zi-Zone Hunter Geuru!’
Mm. It was quite a moving reunion scene.
Good! Let’s become a Hunter so amazing that Mom and Dad will be shocked!
If she changed her goal, succeeding in the quest was actually a gain.
The quest reward would be the beginning of her growth.
‘Quest reward = level up = an amazing Hunter with lots and lots of money!’
Filled with motivation once more, Geuru huffed out a breath through her nose.
‘Did the next quest come out?’
It was the moment Geuru opened her status window.
With a loud fanfare, pop-up windows came rattling up.
[Achievement: Accomplished!]
-You can easily calm your caregiver.
[Receive Quest Completion Reward!]
‘Reward!’
Please let it be something good! An S-rank skill! An S-rank by-product!
When Geuru, thinking of all the things she wanted, pressed receive reward, the letters jumbled together.
[The reward is being changed by (title cannot be viewed)…….]
Huh?
[Congratulations. You have acquired the skill “Deep-Rooted Attachment (S).”]
[You can use the additional skill of “Deep-Rooted Attachment,” “My Very Own Filial Piety Skill.”]
‘Filial…… piety?’
Judging by the rank, it didn’t seem bad, but the name wasn’t very appealing.
‘Still…… it’s S-rank.’
It definitely had to have some incredible ability.
[Passive Skill]
Deep-Rooted Attachment (S): When you achieve an attachment index above the standard with a prospective caregiver, you can register the caregiver in a slot.
- When caregiver and child are together, they can feel happiness more easily, and mana recharge efficiency increases.
- You can increase the attachment index with the caregiver through various filial piety activities. Through this, the child will obtain “Filial Piety Points.” “Filial Piety Points” can be used as resources for growth in multiple areas. Let’s discover their various uses through actual activities.
Unlike ordinary passive skills, Deep-Rooted Attachment had a separate skill window.
There was an empty rectangular slot, and when she pressed it, a pop-up appeared.
[Would you like to register “On Jurim” as the primary caregiver?]
[Yes/No]
‘Yes…….’
When she poked the button, Jurim’s face was registered in the empty slot.
[On Jurim]
[Primary Caregiver]
Beside Jurim’s simply registered face, there were more empty slots.
Below that, there was a tip written in crooked letters.
[Tip! Find a new secondary caregiver and register them in a slot!]
[Qualifications: A person without disqualifying reasons, such as a history of child abuse.
However, a caregiver with a lower rank than the caster cannot be placed in a slot.]
‘Oh…….’
“Deep-Rooted Attachment” seemed to be a special skill that allowed Geuru to receive a large amount of growth resources if she selected caregivers.
In other words, if she scooped guardians into her sack, she could grow quickly in a short time……
‘That’s amazing!’
On top of that, it even came with an additional skill with a strange name.
[My Very Own Filial Piety Skill]
- Geuru’s Hands Are Healing Hands: Can replenish a caregiver’s mana through contact.
Cautions
- Filial piety skills can only be used on caregivers.
- To prevent abuse by the caregiver, restrictions will be placed on revealing the skill’s contents.
‘This is the power of an S-rank skill!’
Geuru opened her stat window, where everything was only 1.
She wanted to hurry and use Filial Piety Points to raise her stats, but……
How many Filial Piety Points did she have now? 0.
‘Geuru is poor…….’
Geuru, who had been puffed up like the head of a crowned pigeon, shriveled up like a wet Pomeranian.
‘Hmph.’
Pouting her lips, Geuru pulled the blanket over herself all the way to the top of her head.
Since it was long past bedtime, the moment her vision turned dark, sleep rushed in at once.
“Haaaam—”
After yawning wide enough to split her face, Geuru closed her eyes.
‘I’ll collect lots of them, Filial Piety Points…….’
*
The next morning.
“Nng-cha.”
When Geuru shouldered her stuffed backpack, the head of the duck grabber poked up from behind her.
There wasn’t much luggage to pack.
All she had was her only weapon, the duck grabber, along with a syrup bottle, a jar of star candy, a half-finished teddy bear, and a few pieces of clothing.
Geuru carried the shopping bag with her clothes in it, hugged the teddy bear, and waddled out of the building.
“Geuru, take care!”
“Geuru! Don’t forget me!”
“Mm, evewyone, stay well!”
As she kept saying goodbye to her friends with her view blocked by the fluffy teddy bear, someone took the teddy bear from her arms.
“Is this everything?”
Jurim tucked the large teddy bear under his arm and took the shopping bag and backpack from her.
“Yesss.”
While Jurim muttered that there would be a lot to buy, the children swarmed out to see him taking Geuru away.
After Geuru waved both hands wildly at her friends in farewell, she climbed into the sports car.
As Jurim fastened Geuru’s seatbelt, he frowned.
“It’s loose.”
After grabbing the seatbelt and shaking it, Jurim sat in the driver’s seat and searched for car seats.
Geuru opened her mouth in awe and looked all around.
‘Sparkly, shiny.’
She didn’t know much, but it was definitely an incredibly cool car, unlike the shuttle bus she had ridden until now.
If Geuru became part of Hyeonak too, would she be able to have a car like this?
“Guild Mashtur, then. Geuru is Hyeonak now too, right?”
He took his eyes off the screen, glanced at Geuru, and chuckled.
“Can you read the word I showed you back then now?”
“Hah!”
There it was again. A vile and cruel question aimed at a kindergartener.
“That, that one is……”
Geuru gulped.
Watching her eyes shake without anywhere to go, Jurim lifted the corner of his mouth.
“You’re Hyeonak’s youngest member now. Can you do well?”
At the same time, the car pulled away smoothly.
“……!”
Geuru felt the earthworms in her chest set off another fanfare and gripped her belt tightly.
“Yesss!”
Jurim deliberately drove slowly as he spoke.
“But there are rules you have to follow as a member of Hyeonak Guild.”
“Geuru can follow all of dem!”
“Really?”
“Yesss.”
“Then first, no trading on Onion Market.”
“Yeh?”
Her voice creaked out in shock.
“No matter how much you’re Hyeonak, I absolutely can’t allow illegal trades.”
Deng—
A giant bell struck her head.
She had been confident she could follow everything, but that alone was impossible.
‘Onion Market = money-making = rich = Mom and Dad’s expectations and pride!’
But if she said she couldn’t give up Onion Market, Hyeonak might not accept her.
‘That can’t happen either!’
It was a cruel moment of choice. Her big eyes rolled back and forth.
Geuru sweated bullets, whined, then said carefully,
“O-Onion, I can’t not……”
Reaching a congested stretch of road, Jurim slowly stopped the car.
He narrowed his eyes and watched the kindergartener hesitate, unable to let go of black market trading. Why was she so obsessed with Onion Market?
“Why not?”
“Because I have to do business……”
Jurim felt slightly relieved. Fortunately, it didn’t seem she was obsessed with criminal activity.
“You can do business on Hunter Market too. Still?”
“But Geuru can’t use Hunter Market.”
Was she only using Onion Market because she hadn’t been able to complete official Hunter registration? Jurim tapped the steering wheel with his index finger.
The director seemed unaware of her awakening, and there must not have been any adults around to help her, so Hunter registration would have been a distant prospect.
‘In the end, it turned out for the best, though.’
He could easily imagine how huge the aftermath would have been if an ordinary person who knew nothing had brought an S-rank kindergartener in to register as a Hunter.
“I’ll help you with that. Once you register as a Hunter, you can use Hunter Market anonymously too.”