*Genre/Field: Modern/Fantasy
*Work Keywords: #Modern #Fantasy #Hunter #Childcare #Rivalry/InferiorityComplex #BattleRomance #StrongTop #BeautifulTop #GentleTop #PoliteTop #PricklyTop #DeerEyedTop #ObsessiveTop #UnrequitedLoveTop #YoungerTop #OlderBottom #StrongBottom #SchemingBottom #CapableBottom #AloofBottom #HandsomeBottom #BeautifulBottom #AirheadBottom #SuperiorBottom #TsundereBottom #BlackCatBottom #LoveAndHate #Salvation #DimensionalTransfer/BodySwap #Superpowers #WaitForFree #IncidentDriven #SliceOfLife #Healing #CuteMainVillain
*Top: Baek Eunseong (22) - An S-rank hunter belonging to the Baekwoo Guild, and the uncle of the original work's main villain 'Baek Hamin'. He approached 'Seong Dohyeon' to lift the curse afflicting his heart, but by the time he came to his senses, he was already struggling having fallen for Dohyeon's careless tenderness. He inwardly finds it strange that the man seems to have become a completely different person at some point, but his heart keeps being drawn to him.
*Bottom: Seong Dohyeon (24) - Possessed into the book called 『To Prevent the World's Destruction』. The problem is that he became the villain 'Seong Dohyeon' who kidnaps the original work's main villain 'Baek Hamin' and is murdered horribly. But strangely enough, his face is exactly the same as his original body before the possession. After nearly dying from using his abilities recklessly, he resolves to definitely return to his original world, but the gum stuck to him keeps catching his eye.
*Read When: When you want to heal through a sweet and deadly battle romance with a rival hunter and a childcare story with lovely children. When you want to see a story of falling for someone without planning to like them this much, but being drawn in anyway.
*Relatable Quote:
"Uncle, are you stupid?"
"...Huh?"
"You don't even know what it means to like something? When they're hurt, you worry; when they're not in front of you, you want to see them; when you keep, keep thinking about them—that's what it means to like someone."
Ah, I....
I like Hunter Seong Dohyeon.
Possessing the body of 'Seong Dohyeon', an S-rank hunter and villain who kidnaps the novel's main villain 'Baek Hamin'
But original work or whatever, using abilities is too fun!
Enjoying his life as an S-rank, he
accidentally saved a young child from danger....
"Hunter Seong Dohyeon. What is the meaning of this."
Of all things, it was the nephew of S-rank hunter 'Baek Eunseong'—the person the body's original owner hated most in the world—and the original work's main villain, 'Baek Hamin'!
"Hamin is going to live with Uncle."
"Uncle, where are you going!"
"Uncle Dohyeon!"
"Unclllle―!!"
After that, gaining a nephew he never had in his stars,
Dohyeon ended up with the sticky gum attaching itself to him wherever he went.
And on top of that....
"Hunter Seong Dohyeon. Shall we live together?"
Why is this bastard Baek Eunseong acting like this too!
Live together my foot, I'm going back to my original world no matter what!
Episode 1
In the world where I originally lived, there was a book called 『To Prevent the World's Destruction』.
It was somewhat unsettling that the villain who appeared early on had the exact same name as mine, but since the name Dohyeon was more common than I thought, I didn't make much of it and was utterly captivated by the novel, falling for the protagonist's upright personality, the slight angst, and the cathartic plot developments.
『To Prevent the World's Destruction』 was a fantasy novel about the righteous protagonist Do Yoodam struggling to prevent the world's destruction, just as the title suggested. And there existed a despicable and petty rival for that Do Yoodam, and that was,
"Waaah, Uncle. Take me with youuu!"
It was none other than Baek Hamin, now clinging to my leg.
"...What is the meaning of this, Hunter Seong Dohyeon."
So let me explain.
Why on earth is the original work's main villain clinging to my leg like a piece of gum?
* * *
To explain this situation, we need to go back about 3 months.
At that time, I was living an ordinary life in South Korea, where modern civilization was developed, not in a world from a book teeming with monsters.
After falling asleep reading a web novel after work,
"What the—!"
I startled awake at a deafening roar that felt like it would split my ears.
Had a war broken out?! Looking around with sleep-heavy eyes, I clamped my hand over my mouth at the bizarre sight.
What on earth was that?
A monster with a wolf's head and a human body was baring its teeth and approaching me. I tried to spring up and run away instinctively, but my body froze completely. Growling sounds came from all directions. While I stood there unable to do anything, at that moment, a sparkling thread appeared before my eyes.
It was the moment I ran for a long time, following the thread that flicked as if telling me to come along.
"Uwaah!"
The ground beneath me suddenly rose, and as I screamed in horror, someone snatched the back of my neck.
"Are you alright?"
"Ah, yes. Thank you."
"My, that is certainly... a relief."
Hmm? That's not the tone of someone saying it's a relief?
The man who looked me up and down sneered with a voice that anyone could tell was not relieved at all. Then he dropped the back of my neck as if tossing me aside. Thanks to that, I rolled once on the ground and looked down at my palm, which had started to bleed from scraping against the dirt floor.
I blew on my stinging palm and glared at the man who had saved me. If he was going to save me anyway, couldn't he have been a bit kinder?
Anyway, wondering what kind of situation this was, I tried to look around, but the growling sounds grew louder and louder. The moment I discovered the flashing blue eyes directed at me from all directions, goosebumps erupted all over my body.
"You can handle what you've caused yourself, I presume?"
After sneering at me plenty, the man stepped onto a staircase that appeared in thin air. I tried to scramble up after him, but the stairs had already become translucent, so I couldn't climb them.
Meanwhile, the wolf-head was baring its teeth and closing in on me. Its body was lowered—it was clearly in a stance to attack me, plain for anyone to see.
"It's a dream, Seong Dohyeon. This has to be a dream."
I squeezed my eyes shut. I needed to wake up quickly.
I wanted to wake up drenched in cold sweat with a gasp and laugh at myself for having such a weird dream, but the growling sounds surrounding me only grew louder.
I felt like I was going crazy.
Whether it was shining silver or made of silver, I squeezed my eyes shut after seeing the wolf's flashing claws.
I don't want to die!
At that moment, along with a ding! sound, blue letters floated up before my eyes.
[Will you use the skill 'Splash Splash'?]
"Whatever!"
As I answered the question, my heart started beating at a strange rhythm, and a pulsating, undulating wave formed around the wolf-head.
The wave, creating a peculiar flow like paint spreading through water, gathered together to become a single thread.
The moment I pulled the thread that came before me, the wolf-head burst with a bang!
"Uurp."
Nausea involuntarily rose at the grotesque sight, but my fingertips were unknowingly plucking the thread flowing from the wolf-head as if playing a geomungo.
A moment later, with all the wolf-heads burst open, I stood in the middle of the blood-soaked scene, unable to come to my senses from the horrific sight.
"Are you satisfied now?"
What appeared before me as I stood blankly was the man from earlier—the one who had saved me, no, the one who had thrown me here and disappeared.
"What is the meaning of all this!"
"That's my line, Hunter Seong Dohyeon. What were you thinking, touching the core?"
The man's voice was as gentle as his languid-looking face, so despite his clear enunciation, it didn't register at once.
"Me...?"
"Yes, you. It was you who opened the core without authorization again this time, and it was also me who cleaned up the aftermath. You may have killed the most werewolves, but... the credit will ultimately go to me."
Glaring at the man coming down the stairs one step at a time, his cream-colored coat fluttering in a way that matched his hair color, I clenched my still trembling fingertips. Unexplainable anger, a killing intent, enveloped my body.
Looking at the thread flowing from the man's body, I briefly considered whether I could burst him like I had burst the wolf-head, but I soon loosened the grip in my hand.
"And once again."
The man, trailing off, stood on the staircase that appeared in the air and looked down at me with a smile.
"You'll end up standing there, looking up at me."
At those words, my brain boiled with rage like bubbling stew.
I couldn't understand what conversation was taking place. But I also wanted to grab him by the collar and ask what the hell he was doing to me, and at the same time, I just wanted to escape this awful situation, go home, and go back to sleep.
While I was glaring at the man for a long time, I suddenly sensed a presence.
"Great work, Hunter Baek Eunseong. We'll take over from here."
"Yeah, Eunseong. Go get some rest."
The man called Baek Eunseong turned around, saying he'd leave the rest to them. I was glaring at the retreating hem of his coat when the people who had been bowing respectfully approached me.
White uniforms with green crosses. Anyone could tell they were people working in the medical field, but I strangely felt a sense of rebellion.
"First of all, let's get you treated, Hunter Seong Dohyeon."
Hmm?
Hunter? I'm a hunter?
And why did that guy from earlier get called 'Hunter-nim' while I'm just 'Hunter'?
Is this why I felt a sense of rebellion? While I was frowning, the person who came up to me, sprinkled some unknown medicine and powder on my wounds, and wrapped bandages around them, suddenly grabbed my wrist tightly.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, stop following Eunseong around from now on. Know your limits."
When did I ever follow that bastard!
I wanted to argue with the person in front of me, but as soon as he finished treating me, he stood up without even giving me a chance to respond and went off to the others. Left alone with nowhere to direct my unjust feelings, I had no choice but to look around. Everyone was leaving in groups of two or three, but I was alone.
Standing still in case someone came looking for me, I hugged my grumbling stomach. I didn't remember eating breakfast, so all I'd had was one pack of ramen last night. With only that in my stomach after running around like this, it made sense that I was hungry.
I sighed and rummaged through my pockets.
There was no food at home, so I should grab something to eat before going back. As I rummaged through my pockets unconsciously with that thought... a sudden question occurred to me. Did I sleep wearing these clothes last night?
I was sure I had changed into pajamas before falling asleep, but the clothes I was wearing now were a slightly loose hoodie and black sweatpants. Did I even have pants like these...?
Tilting my head in confusion, I felt along the pants and a wallet came out.
This, too, was a wallet I didn't own. I use a brown leather wallet, but this one was a fabric wallet with velcro.
Staring blankly at the wallet, I opened it and rummaged through the inside. The first thing I saw was an ID.
'Korea Hunter Association Certified Hunter License'
...Wait a minute.
I desperately tried to ignore the hypothesis that flashed through my mind. Standing still, unable to do anything, I gathered my courage and ran to a glass window.
After carefully checking my face reflected in the opaque glass, I let out a breath of relief.
"Phew... What is going on."
I was worried I might have possessed someone else's body, but fortunately, it was my face.
Although my eyes were sunken like someone who hadn't slept for over a week, and my cheeks underneath were hollow to the point of looking battered. Staring at the glass window, I ignored the subtle sense of wrongness and looked around.
First... first, let's eat. Let's think after eating.
The moment I had that thought, hunger hit me.
When I thought, 'I want to eat some hot gukbap,' the thread that had shown me the way to escape earlier rose into the air. Following the thread to a gukbap restaurant, I was drawn in by the warmth and delicious smell and sat down as if possessed, ordering a bowl of gukbap.
The owner, who was wiping the next table, glanced at me and gave a short reply.
"Pay first."
"Ah."
With this beggar-like appearance, anyone would demand payment first.
Thinking that, I suddenly felt anxious. It's not like I don't have a single penny, right? The moment I opened the wallet with a pounding heart, I couldn't help but laugh at the cash packed tightly inside.
I handed over a ten-thousand-won bill and devoured everything from the gukbap to the radish kimchi. Once my stomach was full, my stopped brain started working again.
No matter how hard I tried to suppress it, there was an anxious hypothesis that kept forcing its way to the front of my mind. I forcefully ignored all the 'what if' and 'could it be' thoughts and searched for my phone to distract myself, but there was only a wallet in my pocket.
Afraid to open the wallet again, I stared blankly at the turned-off TV, then picked up a newspaper someone had left behind. And the moment I unfolded the newspaper, I froze from the shock of feeling like I might faint.
The man who had been smiling deviously and scratching at my insides just a while ago was featured on the front page of the newspaper.
「Baekwoo Guild, Baek Eunseong. Shouldering the Future.」
Baekwoo Guild, Baek Eunseong.
Muttering the words, I scrutinized the newspaper with a 'surely not, please, let it not be' mindset.
Why do sad premonitions never miss?
「The Unlucky Awakener, Do Yoodam. Enters Ability Academy as Valedictorian」
I squeezed my eyes shut and opened the wallet with trembling hands to take out the hunter license.
Korea Hunter Association Certified Hunter License
S-Rank Hunter: Seong Dohyeon
The sharp-looking man in the photo had facial features identical to mine, except for his golden eyes, and even the same name and birthday.
And Do Yoodam was the protagonist of the novel I had been reading before I fell asleep.
Putting all of this together... this was the world inside the book. And I was the villain destined to die after kidnapping Baek Hamin, the nephew of Baek Eunseong, the man who had glared at me like he wanted to kill me earlier.