The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial

[Character Profiles]
On Guru

Gender: Female
Age: 5
Likes: Dinosaurs, Gudetama, Tinyping, Groot-style characters, justice

Dislikes: (Conceptual) Villains
Became an S-Rank Awakened with L-Rank skills at age 4. Grew smarter to understand the system.
Her dream was to earn money and live with her mom and dad, and while running a dungeon shop to do that, she unexpectedly became On Jurim’s adopted daughter.

Her primary skills include:
[Crafting With a Broken System Engine] (L-Rank passive that makes anything possible)
[Squish-Squish] (morphing and synthesizing items)

[Extract-it-Right-Out] (extracting material properties)
On Jurim
Gender: Male

Age: 27
Likes: Cars, driving
Dislikes: Amusement parks

One of the first-generation Awakened who fought the unprecedented disaster known as the Tower. The only survivor from inside it.
Now the Guildmaster of Hyeonak Guild and Korea’s No.1 ranked hunter. Unofficially considered the strongest man in the world.
His left hand seals the Tower’s 99th-floor ruler, Sheir.

His main skill is [Internal Interference (SSS)], a type of hacking that works on devices and even minds.
Mephisto
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown

Likes: Guru, children’s shows
Dislikes: Guru’s indifference, Veilach
A mysterious lifeform Guru created by extracting a dungeon core.

Though he once usurped a throne and became Emperor, he lost all memories upon rebirth on Earth.
He is the child (in origin) of Sheir, the ruler sealed in Jurim’s left hand.
Registered as a [Caregiver Quest] creature under Guru, though their mental ages are about the same.

Veilach
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Likes: Zombies, Woojoo (as food)

Dislikes: Mephisto
Originally sealed by monster poachers and forced into a child’s body. After meeting Guru, he was transformed using her skill into a hideous hamster.
Sometimes reverts back to his child form when the hamster transformation fails.

Has a bit of a boomer complex.
Seo Woojoo
Gender: Male

Age: 6
Likes: Fangirling over Guru, his dad, acting
Dislikes: His dad’s girlfriend

A popular child actor. Has a huge crush on Guru. Possesses strong magic power, making him a frequent target of Veilach’s appetite.
Gidan
Gender: Male

Age: 17
Likes: Baseball, games, raids
Dislikes: Soccer

Was the youngest S-Rank in Korea before Guru appeared.
Once struggled with guilt over running away from his father’s death but has grown stronger over time.
Fights more through innate stats and combat sense than skill-based powers.

Serhi
Gender: Male
Age: 17

Likes: Games
Dislikes: Gidan, friends
From Gnosis. Endured numerous experiments in a lab, which led to his awakening and reawakening.

Had little social interaction before escaping Gnosis, so now he prefers being an outsider.
Uses earth-based magic and often employs mannequin-creation skills.
Jin Siwon (Evgeny Markov)

Gender: Male
Age: 26
Likes: Family

Dislikes: Gnosis
An S-Rank government official in exile in Korea. Known as a Gnosis hunter due to his history of killing Gnosis operatives.
Can read thoughts through his skill, summoning a snake named Barrett for combat use.

He and Serhi are estranged brothers who were separated in childhood.
Shin Nayeon
Gender: Female

Age: 23
Likes: Friends, taking photos
Dislikes: Raising plants

An S-Rank Hunter and former idol trainee. Born into a wealthy family, with a beautiful face and excellent athleticism—but nearly lost friends due to a lack of social awareness.
Her primary skill is [Silver Vine (S)], which suppresses magic through entangling vines. She was even scouted by the U.S. for it, but chose to join Hyeonak Guild because it was close to home.
Ham Honggi

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Likes: Dopamine hits

Dislikes: Doing good deeds
Youngest son of the Justice Minister candidate and the President of the Hunter Association. Though a B-Rank, he’s not even good enough to hold his own in a fight.
Scammed Guru out of 20 million won—but got bound to her as a follower instead.

Because of his [Caregiver Quest] status, he now suffers addiction-like withdrawal symptoms if he doesn’t do good deeds.
On Suhyeong
Gender: Male

Age: 67
Likes: Family, work
Dislikes: The media

Father of On Ijo and On Jurim, and Chairman of Doan Group.
When the Tower appeared, he had no choice but to send both sons in—and lost his eldest, Ijo.
Thanks to Ijo’s involvement in a classified government project, Doan Group received state support. Once this was exposed, they faced endless media scrutiny and accusations.

This strained his relationship with Jurim for a time, but Guru helped heal the rift.
Nam Jiwon
Gender: Female

Age: 68
Likes: Family, toys, work
Dislikes: Family

Chairwoman of Korea’s largest market cap group. Old college friend and once Suhyeong’s first love.
Has a love-hate relationship with her family due to inheritance disputes.
Very fond of Guru.

Amakusa Kazuki
Gender: Male
Age: 27

Likes: Crafting, good deeds
Dislikes: Illegal activities
Currently the only S-Rank crafting Awakened (besides Guru). A devoted fan of Jurim, always expressing admiration whenever ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) appearing in the media.

Famous for creating the [Amakusa Series] of S+ weapons.
Chuen
Gender: Female

Age: 30
Likes: Food, mahjong
Dislikes: Starvation

An S-Rank Awakened with a unique skill to control spirits.
Because of this rare power, she is constantly hunted and works underground as an informant.
She was the one who uncovered the death of the person who brought Guru to the orphanage.

On Ijo
Gender: Male
Likes: Family

Dislikes: Spiders
An unmatched powerhouse during his lifetime.
With appearance, talent, background, and personality all perfectly balanced, he was a “hexagonal” hero blessed by the world—and tried to return that kindness.

He even participated in experiments to pass on his abilities, ultimately sacrificing his life to save the world.
***
A gentle warmth of magic pulsed, and Jurim slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was a tiny green sprout.
It sat atop soft beige hair, poking upward—and by now, he was used to it.
Looks like she’s regaining her energy.

The once-droopy sprout now stood upright and vibrant. Smiling faintly, Jurim kissed her crown and gently wrapped her soft body in his arms.
But the child squirmed with little grunts and pushed his arm away.
“…?”

Still groggy, Jurim sat up and stared blankly as Guru slipped out from her bed, which was overflowing with stuffed animals.
“Where are you going…?”
“Wawk!”

A walk? He rubbed his eyes and followed her up.
“A walk, all of a sudden?”
Guru puffed up her cheeks as she tugged up the straps of her loose overalls.

“Not aww of a sudden. Gwuu pwomised wif Daddy.”
“Oh.”
Now that she was five, Guru had forced a few one-sided promises onto Jurim.

One of them was: ‘I’ll take responsibiwity fow what Gwuu bwing home!’
He hadn’t been thrilled about it, but he figured it was important for kids to learn how to make and keep promises, so he had decided to let it go… for now.
Jurim followed Guru’s quick little steps out into the living room—and frowned at what he saw.

“…What is this supposed to be?”
“Wawk time!”
Guru beamed as she held up a leash.

It was a dog leash.
Jurim stared at the boy wearing the dog leash around his neck. No matter how he looked at him—he was clearly human.
“…You’re taking him?”

“Yesh!”
Guru stood with the leash in hand, proudly attached to a child around her age, who wore a collar.
“Snaaahh—”

The boy in question, Veilach, let out a loud yawn, seemingly unbothered by any of this.
Ding-a-ling—
A little bell on his neck chimed softly.

Guru gripped the leash with determination and declared,
“Gwuu keeps pwomises weally weawwy good!”
“…Okay, just—don’t go out like that. Absolutely not.”

“Hmm?”
Thanks to various articles, Guru’s face was semi-public. If she went out like this…
There’d be headlines like “Terrifying 5-Year-Old Walks Boy on Dog Leash.”

Jurim could already feel the migraine coming.
“No more dog collars.”
“Hmph!”

Jurim yanked off the leash from Veilach and confiscated it.
Where the hell did she even get this? She usually comes straight to the office after daycare…
He turned around deep in thought—only to hear rustling as Guru dug through her crossbody bag.

“Bayi, you wike pink?”
Veilach nodded lazily. Guru grinned and pulled out a pink strap.
“Tadaa! Chest harness!”

Jurim lunged forward and snatched that away too.
“No chest harnesses either!”
Guru let out a long, dramatic sigh, her lips forming a small triangle.

“Eeeehhh…”
On Jurim still found parenting incredibly difficult.