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Chapter 105:
Chapter 105:
Chapter 105:
Chapter 105
There were many collectors who came and went to the association even on weekdays.
The association was much more lively than before, thanks to the large number of new collectors who had recently graduated and entered the society.
Newcomers who were forming parties with their new colleagues, veterans who were looking for suitable worlds to farm, and people who were assisting those collectors.
Seeing the crowded interior, it seemed like it would take some time to get the settlement.
“Shall we sit down and rest for a while?”
“Let’s do that.”
The two took a waiting ticket and sat on the chairs that were placed inside the association.
“Ah. Do you want some coffee while we wait? It might be boring.”
“Coffee? Can’t we drink that in the office anyway?”
“It’s different from the office coffee, you know.”
It was a remark that would make Baek Seoryeon explode, but it was true.
Baek Seoryeon, who still had not gotten rid of his poverty mindset, could not spend money freely even when he had it.
Even though he had earned a lot of money this time, the office coffee was still instant coffee.
The only consolation was that they had added green tea as an option.
Remembering the financial situation of the office, or rather, of Baek Seoryeon, Kwon Jia felt awkward and looked out the window.
Outside the main gate, there would be a protest going on, but they could not see it from inside the association building.
The sound did not even reach here, because the association’s site was so wide.
It was practically a different world.
“Customer number 672!”
“Ah. That’s us. Let’s go.”
“Let’s do that.”
A receptionist who looked tired from the recent busy days greeted them.
“How can I help you?”
“Ah. We cleared two worlds this time. We came to get the reward. And also, we wanted to submit our application for collector rank promotion.”
There was nothing to hide, so Yu-hyun spoke in a casual tone.
But it did not sound like that to the listener.
“What? What do you mean…”
The receptionist felt that Yu-hyun looked familiar somehow.
Where had she seen him before?
And then she remembered that she had heard about a similar incident not long ago.
She finally realized who Yu-hyun was.
“Ah!”
The receptionist realized her mistake too late and tried to control her expression, but her strong reaction had already attracted the attention of the people around her.
“What’s going on?”
“What’s happening?”
“Ah…”
The receptionist did not know what to do and rolled her eyes.
Yu-hyun gave a bitter smile.
Only Kwon Jia did not care about the surrounding eyes and just hoped that this boring process would end quickly.
Once gathered, the eyes did not disperse easily.
More than anything, Kwon Jia was a beauty who could draw in the people’s eyes in an instant.
The collectors’ eyes naturally lingered on Yu-hyun and Kwon Jia.
[Hehe. This is annoying.]
Baekryeon spoke with a laugh as if he found this situation amusing.
Yu-hyun told him to be quiet in his mind and urged the receptionist.
“Please hurry up.”
“Oh, yes! Yes, I understand!”
The receptionist seemed more nervous as if this was her first time dealing with such a thing.
She spoke in a loud voice.
Did she not know that it would attract more attention?
Yu-hyun felt like he wanted to hold his head in pain.
The murmurs from around them.
Some of the collectors, who had sharp ears for rumors, seemed to recognize Yu-hyun.
“Isn’t that guy from Baekhwa Management?”
“What? They hired someone new besides Geomhu?”
“Then, why is he here? Don’t tell me, it’s related to worlds again?”
Their suspicions turned into certainty when Yu-hyun received the application form for rank promotion.
The noise grew louder in various places.
But there was no one who approached Yu-hyun and picked a fight or spoke to him.
It was partly because of the tense atmosphere these days, but more than that, it was because of Kwon Jia’s presence next to Yu-hyun.
‘Who is that collector? I’ve never seen her before.’
‘Wow. She’s so pretty. She’s almost on par with Geomhu.’
‘Is he a new hire from Baekhwa Management? I guess so, he looks like one of the new graduates who just finished the ceremony.’
‘But he doesn’t seem like a newbie at all.’
Eyes attracted eyes, and they spread like ripples on a calm water.
On the second floor of the association building.
Five collectors who were chatting with each other on the terrace that overlooked the center could also see that scene.
“Hey, Jiyu. Look. There seems to be something going on over there.”
“Ah. What is it?”
Collector Kim Jiyu.
She had dyed her hair yellow and had a flashy appearance.
She was one of the new graduates who had just finished the collector training center.
She was staring at her phone as if she wanted to pierce it with her eyes, and she answered with a slightly annoyed tone as she looked somewhere else.
She frowned as she saw a man and a woman who were attracting people’s attention.
“What is it?”
“I don’t know. But judging by what people are saying, they seem to be some famous people.”
“Famous? What do you mean…”
Kim Jiyu tried to ignore them, but for a moment, she saw Kwon Jia’s face and her eyes widened.
“Hey, what. Isn’t that her?”
“Who is she?”
“You know, that bitch who was rude to me.”
“Oh. Her? What was her name again?”
“Kwon Jia.”
“Right. That’s right.”
Kim Jiyu felt even more annoyed as she recognized Kwon Jia.
Her whole body burned with anger.
Her friend who was talking next to her realized that Kim Jiyu was in a very bad mood and quickly shut his mouth.
It was understandable because Kim Jiyu had a bad relationship with Kwon Jia at the training center.
It was not Kwon Jia who started it.
She just looked at others like they were dogs or chickens.
The only thing that mattered to her was living her own way.
Kim Jiyu, who had a strong pride, felt inferior to Kwon Jia for no reason.
“Ah. I’m so pissed off.”
Kim Jiyu had lived a glamorous life before becoming a collector.
She had a flashy appearance and knew how to dress up, so she naturally attracted people’s attention and interest.
It was the same when she became a collector and entered the training center.
The men always approached her and tried to impress her somehow, and she enjoyed that treatment.
On the other hand, Kwon Jia was dark and gloomy.
She was so inconspicuous that people hardly noticed that she existed.
To Kim Jiyu, Kwon Jia was nothing but a target to bully.
In fact, she often harassed Kwon Jia in the early days of the training center.
She made her do chores, cursed at her in front of her face, or even slapped her.
But at some point, Kwon Jia changed.
Kim Jiyu did not know that it was right after she had regressed.
There was no way she could know.
She just thought that Kwon Jia became different somehow.
Kim Jiyu still remembered it.
She was annoyed because her makeup was ruined by the annoying training, and she tried to vent her anger on Kwon Jia.
Because she was easy. Because it was okay to hit her.
So she swung her hand at Kwon Jia.
That’s when Kwon Jia grabbed Kim Jiyu’s wrist tightly.
‘Do you want to die?’
It was the first time.
For Kim Jiyu, who had always received good treatment, the killing intent of a regressor who had repeated hundreds of regressions was beyond common sense. It was pure terror.
And so Kim Jiyu fainted with foam in her mouth. How pathetic.
‘Ugh.’
She recalled the humiliation of that time and clenched her lips.
She had thought of revenge.
‘So I tried to send someone decent to teach her a lesson.’
Kim Jiyu did not want to admit that she was scared of that girl and that she fainted embarrassingly.
A noble lady should not be afraid of a mere slave.
She asked one of the guys who followed her to fight with Kwon Jia.
The guy who was smitten by Kim Jiyu agreed.
He ranked high in the internal evaluation of the training center.
There was no way he would lose to Kwon Jia, who stayed in the lower ranks.
Kim Jiyu thought that Kwon Jia would be humiliated badly.
That’s what she thought.
The result was the opposite.
Kwon Jia easily defeated her opponent, who ranked much higher than her.
She did not just defeat him, she smashed him to pieces.
She broke his teeth and bones, and ruptured his muscles.
He had to recover for six weeks, even though he was a collector with high healing ability.
The fight that happened inside the training center reached the ears of the instructors, and of course, the participants were almost expelled.
And somehow, Kwon Jia managed to get away with it.
After that, Kim Jiyu avoided Kwon Jia with fear.
Kim Jiyu decided to ignore Kwon Jia.
She thought that she would not make it outside anyway, while she would succeed brilliantly and become famous as soon as she left.
But reality was not so kind.
‘Why! What did I do wrong compared to those bastards!’
She had never done anything properly by herself, only receiving and using other people’s favors.
As a collector, she had to fight in the worlds eventually.
Kim Jiyu hated that.
She did not know how to fight, nor did she want to.
She hoped that others would fight for her instead.
She had no sense of independence, only receiving treatment.
As a result, she could not join any management or clan.
Not only that, she also got a label of being incompetent.
And today.
Kim Jiyu saw Kwon Jia, who was receiving everyone’s attention.
‘What is it? What is it, why is she there!’
She clenched her hand holding the phone without realizing it.
‘Why is she more successful than me!’
She could not stand seeing Kwon Jia’s appearance, which drew people’s interest.
The girl who she had always looked down on and laughed at was successful, while she did not receive any scout offers.
What made Kim Jiyu even more angry was Kwon Jia’s changed appearance.
Kwon Jia, who had messy hair that she never cared for at the training center, had become a stunning beauty.
She did not want to admit it, but Kim Jiyu knew somewhere in her heart that Kwon Jia was much prettier than her.
“Ah, this is so annoying.”
Kim Jiyu’s voice was filled with dark and muddy emotions.
While I’m here like this, she’s thriving and getting people’s attention?
The girl who could not even look me in the eye before, how dare she?
She was angry.
She was jealous.
She wanted to drag Kwon Jia down to the pit right now.
The fear she felt from Kwon Jia had faded away over time.
The emotion that rose up now was intense jealousy.
She did not try to hide her dark feelings.
‘Huh?’
Suddenly, Kim Jiyu’s eyes caught a man who was talking with Kwon Jia.
He was a handsome man with a gentle face.
He was the kind of person who would make you look twice if you saw him on the street.
‘Is he a colleague?’
He looked like a manager who had recruited Kwon Jia, judging by his neat outfit.
But he had a sword with him.
Did he carry it for Kwon Jia?
A good idea came to her mind.
She smiled as if she could not stand how clever she was.
“Hey.”
“Huh? What?”
“Let’s make that bitch Kwon Jia drink some water.”
“What? Are you serious?”
“Hey. Have I ever joked about something like this? Honestly, wasn’t Kwon Jia annoying from the start? You guys thought so too. She needs to be taught a lesson.”
“Well, yeah, but.”
Kim Jiyu’s female friend agreed half-heartedly, but her true feelings were different.
‘You’re crazy. You got your nose broken by picking on her.’
Of course, she did not say that out loud. Kim Jiyu was incompetent but she had a great appearance, and many guys were after her.
Naturally, she benefited from that a lot, so she could tolerate Kim Jiyu’s unpleasantness.
“But how? Do you have a way?”
“I do, okay? Are you in or out?”
“Fine, whatever.”
“You guys too?”
Kim Jiyu’s eyes met the other three and they looked at each other before nodding their heads.
“Uh? Uh.”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Good. Then it’s settled. I’ll take care of it, you guys just follow along. Got it?”
What is she thinking?
They all wondered about Kim Jiyu’s actions but did not try to stop her.
It was because they also felt jealous of Kwon Jia’s appearance.
Kim Jiyu and her gang got up from their seats and headed to the lobby on the first floor.
The collectors who were interested in Yu-hyun and Kwon Jia before lost interest when nothing happened and went back to their own business.
Kim Jiyu realized that the attention was gone and took action.
It was just when Yu-hyun was coming back with a coffee in his hand.
Kim Jiyu casually approached him as he walked towards her.
Kim Jiyu passed by Yu-hyun and then screamed loudly as if to let everyone hear.
“Kyaaak!”
The scream gathered everyone’s attention.
The sound was so loud that even on the second and third floor balconies, people started to look down to see what was going on.
“What’s going on? What is it again?”
“It looks like something happened over there.”
Kim Jiyu took this opportunity and pointed at Yu-hyun and shouted.
“This, this person just touched me!”
“What?”
“He just, he just grabbed my butt… sob!”
Kim Jiyu pretended to cry and the people’s eyes turned to Yu-hyun.
He was surprised by the sudden incident and glanced at Kim Jiyu, and then he narrowed his eyes and smirked inwardly at her dry eyes.
‘What the hell is this?’
Yu-hyun curled his lips.
‘This is interesting.’