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"K-Kim Ki-Rok?"
"What on earth is Guildmaster Kim Ki-Rok doing here?"
The moment they spotted him, the staffers inside the Blue House[1] froze mid-step. Some stood in stunned confusion, while others instinctively backed away, as if afraid to get too close.
"U-uwaaah...!" Kim Ji-Hee let out a delighted gasp at their reactions.
Kim Ki-Rok tilted his head. "Hm? What is it, Ji-Hee?"
She turned to him with a bright grin. "Mister, you must be really strong!"
"Hmmm... well, your mister definitely isn't weak," he replied with a smile of his own.
After moving further into the building, Kim Ki-Rok gently lowered Ji-Hee from his arms and crouched to meet her eyes.
"Ji-Hee," Kim Ki-Rok said seriously.
"Yeees," she replied, calm and attentive.
"Would you like to wait here, or maybe..." He trailed off, glancing toward the Hunter assigned to guide them through the building.
The man had a bristling hedgehog-like beard, intimidating sunglasses, and a physique made entirely of muscle slabs. Kim Ki-Rok figured it might make Ji-Hee uncomfortable.
Turning his head, he surveyed the nearby guards. Man, man, man... and finally, a woman.
She had her hair tied back in a bun and wore the same uniform as the other government-employed Hunters. Judging by the mana radiating off her, she was at least B-Class.
But for Kim Ki-Rok, it was more important that she was a woman.
"Ji-Hee, wouldn't you rather wait here and play with that pretty and cool unnie over there?" Kim Ki-Rok suggested.
Following his gaze, Kim Ji-Hee turned to...
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