The Gardener in a Hunter World

Disclaimer: This is an edited MTL. Thus, I can’t guarantee that my editing to be proficient. But I hope you enjoy this story with me. If there are any corrections, it is highly encourage to leave a comment.

After the reading meeting, SeonYoung is going to the wholesale center while reading a book.

It’s a road she always been on, so it’s natural to avoid the obstacle on the way while keeping her eyes on the pages.

However, she did not see the construction sign in the middle of the road and crashed into it.

Of course, it wasn’t her sturdy body that was broken, but the sign.

A construction official came and was about to yell, but when he saw her eyes, he swallowed his words.

Golden eyes.

At least in Korea, these eyes mean only one thing.

Hunters are hard to deal with because they are superhumans from the point of view of ordinary people.

SeonYoung saw the frightened expression of the construction official.

“Hey, what do you know? It’s my fault to leave the sign there.”

She hummed and headed to the wholesale center.

In the backpack she was carrying, there was a scroll that Yoo Ji-Ha had given her.

“I wish it is there today.”

SeonYeong has recently been interested in the Gemark Empire in Gehenna.

There are several knights in this huge country and the Black Lion Knights was quite famous among them.

‘The knights made up of only the first sons makes it unique’

Looking at any ancient books published in the Empire, the reason was not revealed.

Why does it have to be the first son?

Can’t they have a daughter?

Well, she’ll have to consider that she is in the modern era.

The place that SeonYoung often visited was the Haneul¹It was named as Sky bookstore in chapter 12. I’ll use this name starting this chapter.Bookstore.

It can be said that it is quite large among bookstores that handle ancient books and scrolls at the wholesale center.

These days, it is said that there is an unscrupulous gang who make and sell fake ancient books, etc., but the owner at this bookstore never did that.

“Hey, our SeonYoung is here again. You have a good hunch.”

The generous uncle, the owner of the Haneul bookstore, laughed out loud.

“What? What do you mean I have a good hunch?”

“There is an ancient book that just came in. You’d be surprised to know what it is.”

“If it’s an ancient book, show it to me.”

“Ta-da!”

What he hid behind his back and brought out was…

A journal made of Black Lion Knight!

“Ah!”

She reflexively grabbed the book.

The owner pulled it gently and coughed in vain.

“Wow, isn’t it really strange? I mean. Even though I asked for that, the person was still undecided but gave it to me today. For some reason, he wants to dispose of a few books.”

Of course, it doesn’t matter to SeonYoung why.

Her eyes are burning, so the owner quickly took the card and paid the bill.

“Yes, I got it!”

SeonYoung, who was always dazed, energetically left the wholesale center.

She didn’t know that the runes scroll that Yoo Ji-Ha had made glowed and disappeared.

“Ummm… The seal is clear, the signature is clear… This is hardcover. The reports to the Emperor… the stigma of the Knights Templar? What is it.”

A small misfortune struck her as she walked while reading the ancient book.

“Ouch!”

“Oh my!”

Strangely today, the telephone pole and the signboard from before are all on her way.

Could it be the scroll of creation gave her misfortune she can handle as a result of fulfilling her wish?

She was smiling even as she bumped here and there.

Indeed, something magical happened.

***

Among hunters, there is a class called appraiser.

A person with appraisal skills, which is rarer than that rare paper magician.

They cannot be found in Korea and only one or two people in a country with a large population appear.

They are able to make money even though they do not have combat abilities with their appraisal skill because of the imperfection of the system.

All hunters can use the system, but they cannot confirm the effects of artifacts or other miscellaneous items.

In other words, they need to wear it or drink it themselves and know through the changes in the status window.

What was troublesome is that there are artifacts that sometimes attached to people.

If they wear it to look at specifications and suddenly pair with it, the atmosphere within teammates becomes unpleasant from then on.

So, it was customary to take all artifacts drops from the dungeon to an appraiser at first.

Countries without appraisers, have no choice but to keep it in a warehouse and retrieve it later.

However, recently an appraiser has appeared.

He is someone who can accurately explain characteristics and skills different from existing appraisers.

Up to here has been fine.

Finally, an appraiser has appeared in Korea.

Now, everyone thought they don’t have to pay a lot of money to bring an appraiser from abroad.

But there was a problem.

The owner of the general store, Yoo Ji-Ha, doesn’t accept money.

It was surprising that an appraiser who was superior to anyone else would not charge a fee of 3%.

The day after the rumor became known, Hunternet started to burn²So much traffic.

Bae KangMin: I’m starting the fire. Everyone please enter.

└Jeong Sang-Il: Oh, that’s crazy. Does this make sense? What if he doesn’t get paid for that? What if they bring equipment from a foreign country and ask for an assessment?

└Hyun SeungAh: You’re right. Expensive equipment fees are no joke. It’s kind of weird to rent an airplane to do it all, get appraisal and run away at once.

└Kim HyungSeok: I heard it too. Have you ever been to the general store?

└Lee HyungJong: Me.

└Shin YeRi: I’ve been there too. My tiara specs were correct.

└Han ChaeRim: What is surprising about that person is that he can even guess the characteristic traits that I didn’t know about! For some reason, I felt strangely sick while being hit by a mob!

└Kim HyungSeok: This isn’t a normal thing. We’ll have to mediate.

└Hyun SeungAh: How? He said he would sell his skills for 0 won.

└Kim HyungSeok: It is no longer an individual problem if it brings a wave like this. It can have a huge impact all over the world.

└Shin YeRi: I don’t think that person will care about it. According to my guildmembers, he is still appraising people. There’s a line at the general store right now.

└Hyun SeungAh: Oh my gosh, how many is all that?

└Bae KangMin: As HyungSeok said, it is not an individual problem if it reaches this level. We must intervene.

└Jeong Sang-Il: Won’t he get a single won?

└Shin YeRi: To be precise, nobody asked. They say it’s good to do it right now.

└Kim HyungSeok: It would be a big trouble if this became known abroad later. At this time, there are no related news on foreign Hunternet.

└Bae Kang-min: I wonder if that person can be scouted abroad?

└Kim HyungSeok: There is a good chance. Who can say no to a hundred billion dollars?

└Hyun SeungAh: Ah, if I was someone like that, I would sell potions and appraise at a high price. But because of that person’s nature, there’s nothing we can do about it.

└Seo Hyejin: All of the money I gave as a token of my gratitude was donated to the academy.

Everyone was surprised by Seo HyeJin’s sudden appearance.

It’s because she hasn’t written to HunterNet since Han SeungHyuk went missing.

The small possibility that he could be alive changed her.

└Kim HyeongSeok: What does donating mean?

└Seo Hyejin: Literally. As a token of gratitude for finding Seunghyuk oppa’s trace…

└Bae KangMin: Hey… Hyejin wouldn’t have given a small sum of money with your wealth, but it’s great that he donated it.

└Cha HwaYeon: What’s so great? If the donation is good, he should have sold the potions and appraise at an expensive price and donate it all.

└Lee HyungJong: Our HwaYeon is angry.

└Cha HwaYeon: Exclude me from what we’re talking about.

└Seo Hyejin: What’s so great? He was a person who gave money even when he couldn’t make money, so why are you dissatisfied?

└Jeong Sang-Il: It’s on fire, it’s on fire.

└Cha HwaYeon: No, I mean, if you are a person who is kind by nature and who makes a lot of donations, you can donate things by selling them for a full price, right? Wouldn’t that be more efficient after all?

└Hyun SeungAh: But there are people who can’t do that by nature.

└Seo Hyejin: If he had been such a calculating person, he wouldn’t have been able to have that kind of ability. Don’t you remember? Hunter’s awakening ability is related to personality and emotions.

└Hyun SeungAh: So, our flame magician, HwaYeon, has a personality…

└Cha HwaYeon: What is my personality like?

└Hyun SeungAh: EEEEE

└Kim HyungSeok: Come on, let’s stop now. I’ll make a separate secret article, so let’s hear from serious people. Shouldn’t something be done?

└Bae KangMin: This is my opinion, how about opening a public account and putting some money in every time they get an appraisal? You can donate that account to an academy or orphanage.

└Shin YeRi: Oh, I like that.

The chat ended there.

Seo HyeJin put her hand down on the laptop keyboard and took a deep breath.

“You don’t know anything.”

It was really unpleasant to see people who didn’t know anything talk about him carelessly.

She stared at the screen and turned her gaze toward the general store.

He must be working hard appraising the artifacts by now, right?

She wondered why at first, but now she can understand.

He is the one who gives people magic.

It is not magic that attacks monsters and earns ether and essence, but it is magic that truly help people.

The unusual phenomena that had happened to her thus far proved it.

He doesn’t say anything, but he must have awakened a great ability.

‘No one else knows, but I know.’

Hyejin felt a sense of pride in her heart at the thought of knowing the true side of him those others did not know.

***

“Its characteristic is to amplify damage when wounded. So, if the condition is not satisfied,  it’s useless.”

“This ring adds 100 ether.”

“Um… that skill is…”

There are a lot of people.

It was hard to think that there were so many hunters in Korea.

Originally, Yoo Ji-Ha was going to close the shop in the evening.

However, a hunter who complained that he had taken a plane from Jeju Island with all his fortune caught his attention and could not stop.

As he continued to accept them, it continued until night.

There were still people lining up outside the store to get appraisal.

Even if he tried to do it as soon as possible, there were a lot of explanations for artifacts and characteristics.

At that time, Park SeongHo and Lee JuMi of the Happy Hunters Guild stopped by the store.

Seeing people lining up, SeongHo said something.

“I knew this would happen; I knew it was going to be like this. He is doing a very free service.”

“You know. He’s always that kind of guy. That’s why we like him.”

“No, how long has he been doing that? He probably didn’t even eat?”

“That’s why I brought a packed lunch. Let’s hurry up and do something about the crowd.”

“Excuse me! Excuse me!”

When Seongho shouted loudly, people’s attention was caught.

He struggled to persuade people.

“The owner of this general store! Hasn’t even eaten dinner yet. Why don’t you leave today and getting an appraisal tomorrow? People needs to rest!”

“Still, I’ve been waiting until now……”

“Do you think we can do it a little more?”

“Tomorrow, more people will come.”

“He said he didn’t eat.”

People were whispering, but after repeated requests from Seongho and Jumi, they more or less agreed and disperse.

All that was left was Yoo Ji-Ha, carrying the sleeping Beom and giving advice to the last hunter.

“…Yes, that’s right. What’s funny about this characteristic is that…”

The two waited for Ji-Ha to finish the consultation.

And after the Hunter left, SeongHo closed the shop.

“Good job, good job. You didn’t you eat, right?”

Ji-Ha shook his head.

“I think so.”

“What else do you think it is. You can’t live.”

“You two. Stop nagging and bring a table. Feed the kid. Ji-Ha-ya³Add -ya at the end of the name to show closeness, I’ve made your favorite fried spicy pork belly.”

“Oh, thank you.”

“There is no need to say Thanks between us.”

JuMi smiled brightly at him and prepared the meal.

Ji-Ha was so hungry that he shoved the rice and side dishes down his throat.

When the two of them confirmed that Yoo Ji-Ha had finished eating, they asked him to go to bed quickly, and then went back.

‘They are really good people.’

After washing thoroughly, he and Beom entered into the dream.

But what is this.

The Theradrones were all outside.

Even the queen who he hadn’t seen after the first meeting.

“What’s the matter? What’s going on?”

The moment he asked, the Hummingbell sounded and the ground shook at the same time.

The Theradrones dispersed, digging up the crops planted on the ground and moving them outside.

wow!

Beom cried, and Yoo Ji-Ha took him to the cave to escape.

Rumbling!

The vibration got worse.

T/n: I’m sorry everyone. I don’t think I can give you extra chapters on the next two weeks. My Grandmother pass away. I don’t think I can focus on translating. I will still regularly update but post extra chapters after the funeral. Thank you for understanding.

• 1It was named as Sky bookstore in chapter 12. I’ll use this name starting this chapter.
• 2So much traffic
• 3Add -ya at the end of the name to show closeness