My Tamed Beast Returned with a Dragon Chapter 71 - It Doesn’t Seem Like They’re Lying

When her friends angrily started talking noisily, Eun-sae’s smile returned. When Eun-sae laughed out loud, “Haha,” their expressions relaxed a little.

“Enough. I’m fine. More importantly, aren’t you all getting hungry? The food here is good.”

“What’s the best?”

“This one and this one. And this one, too. The butter shrimp avocado bruschetta is also good.”

“Oh, then I have to try it.”

As if they had never been angry, the S-ranks got rid of their threatening expressions at Eun-sae’s recommendation and ate the finger food like it was a feast. They clinked their champagne glasses together and had a good time.

Byeol was happily munching on the Camembert apple sandwich Eun-sae had put in her hand while thinking to herself.

‘I should keep it a secret that I got revenge on that guy earlier.’

Byeol grinned.

 

*****

 

 

 

Meanwhile, after leaving the banquet hall, Choi In-ho roughly loosened his tie and got into the car.

He was the second son of the chairman of the K Group, born late when his father was sixty, and had grown up being treated like a precious child. So he felt what happened today was extremely insulting.

Unable to contain his anger, he kicked the back of the front seat again and again.

“Is Yoo Eun-sae crazy? She’s making me her enemy? Ha!”

He had never experienced such humiliation in his life. No matter how famous a Hunter she was, he could not accept anyone treating him like that.

“I was going to play along with her because she has a decent face, but how dare she humiliate me like that…… I’m not going to let this go.”

Choi In-ho held enormous power as the head of K Media, a media company. With just one word from him, the tone of the news coming out the very next day could change.

He was good at socially destroying people like that. Quite a few celebrities had already been ruined that way.

“Just because she’s an S-rank Hunter from a commoner family, she thinks she’s something special. Who said Yoo Eun-sae had a good personality? She had absolutely no manners. She really showed that she had no parents in that way. Her skills aren’t even that great anyway. She’s only popular because of her monsters!”

Choi In-ho slammed his hand against the handle in anger. “Argh!” The car shook violently. The driver and secretary only watched him nervously.

Choi In-ho took his phone out of his jacket pocket and started tapping on it.

“I’ll definitely get revenge.”

He confidently typed out a message. No matter how successful an S-rank Hunter Yoo Eun-sae was, she was no match for him, a born member of a chaebol family.

To put it bluntly, wasn’t Yoo Eun-sae an orphan who had lost both parents? She didn’t even have a proper background.

Being famous around the world didn’t mean that fame was her wealth or power. Yoo Eun-sae had many fans, but she also had many antis.

A Hunter? A new aristocrat? Ha, what a joke. A person’s background couldn’t be changed unless they were born again.

“I was just going to have some fun with her, but how dare she…….”

Choi Mi-ri-nae and Namgung Sol were pretty, but they were the type of women Choi In-ho disliked. Smart and strong-willed.

Yoo Eun-sae, who at least seemed gentle, had been perfect, but she had insulted him.

Until now, he had only dealt with women who approached him while chasing after his influence, or people who bowed down to him. So he simply couldn’t stand it.

“Just because Chairman Han of Docheon Group favors her a little, she thinks she’s something special. Even so, she’s still just the youngest son’s friend to Chairman Han!”

His fingers tightened as he angrily typed the message.

He wrote a long message saying things like, ‘Completely change the tone of all articles about Yoo Eun-sae,’ ‘Does Yoo Eun-sae have any school bullying incidents or medical history? If not, make something up and bring it to me,’ and ‘Find the YouTubers connected to us who can create the biggest controversy.’

After putting a period at the end of the last sentence, Choi In-ho raised the corners of his mouth with satisfaction. Just as he was about to send the message.

“Ah!”

“Driver Kim, what’s wrong?”

Something strange appeared in the driver’s eyes. In the side mirror, ugly-looking monsters were running toward them with heavy thuds.

The driver was so terrified he almost fainted.

“Monsters, monsters! Behind us!”

“Monsters?! Why are there monsters in the middle of Seoul……!”

Screech, bang!

The driver quickly hit the brakes, and the car came to a sudden stop. The impact of hitting the car in front hard caused the front-seat airbags to deploy.

The driver and secretary passed out, while Choi In-ho, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt in the back seat, lost consciousness after hitting his head against the window when the car suddenly stopped.

The unsent message blinked on the cracked phone screen.

However, the monsters that had taken over the road disappeared like a mirage. Even when the people who woke up later in the hospital claimed they had seen monsters in the middle of the city, no one believed them.

 

****

At the same time that the Docheon Group’s anniversary ceremony was taking place. Even though darkness had fallen, the streets of Myeongdong were crowded with people.

Hunters who had finished clearing a dungeon that day and were out on vacation were walking by, talking noisily.

“Ha-ha! So then I approached the guy from behind ‘quickly and decisively’ and used my supernatural power to…….”

Just then, someone bumped into the man’s shoulder and walked past. The man’s eyebrows rose sharply.

“What the hell? If you bump into someone’s shoulder, you should apologize!”

“Huh? Hey, hey. Isn’t that person……?”

“What? Really?”

The Hunters’ expressions changed completely. They chased after the person who had walked past. It was a good chance to run into a hard-to-meet idol on the street.

As if the person knew they were being followed, the figure quickly turned into a secluded alley. The Hunters hurried after them.

“Hey, you!”

“……What?”

A rough, low voice. The Hunters exchanged glances at the sharp gaze.

“Hey, is that really him?”

“Y-Yeah…… I think it is.”

“He’s really…….”

So rough. And somehow his whole presence feels sharp. Did we pick the wrong time to approach him? They shrank back, intimidated.

“Ah, no. If you bumped into our shoulder, you should apologize…….”

“Apologize?”

The other person gave a short laugh, as if they had just heard something ridiculous.

One of the Hunters became angry.

“No, even if you’re a famous S-rank Hunter, you should at least have some manners……!”

Thud.

“Argh!”

The Hunter who had been talking about manners was punched by the other person and sent flying. The other Hunters who were with him were horrified.

“Whoa, hey!”

“Gasp, are you okay?”

The figure who had suddenly thrown a punch rolled their neck from side to side. With a chilling smile like a predator that had caught its prey, the person slowly approached them.

“You must have a death wish if you’re asking me to apologize.”

“W-What?! Are you crazy? Why did you suddenly punch us!”

“I’m in a bad mood today. So you’ll have to take a few hits for me.”

“Ugh!”

The person rushed toward the Hunters at incredible speed. With such quick movements, the Hunters had no chance to fight back and could only take the beating.

For a while, the sounds of beating and screams could be heard from the alley.

 

****

 

[Hunter News K] Monster Tamer Yoo Eun-sae, Assaults Hunters?

At around 10:30 p.m. last night, an assault took place on the streets of Myeongdong. The victims were members of the Baek-A Guild, and they stated that Hunter Yoo Eun-sae of the Docheon Guild had brutally assaulted them.

The victims said that they ‘only wanted an apology for having their shoulders bumped,’ and claimed that she lured them into an alley and did this.

The police have summoned Hunter Yoo Eun-sae as a witness……

 

“What is this article? What kind of trashy rumor is this?”

The next day, when we arrived at the guild office and saw the article on the news portal, we frowned. Even though all kinds of rumors about Eun-sae had been going around lately, this was too much.

Just as we were about to call in the legal team, Mi-ri-nae suddenly opened the door and came in without knocking. She urgently asked,

“Uri, did you see the article about Eun-sae?”

“Yeah. What kind of article is this? Eun-sae wasn’t the only one at the anniversary ceremony at that time. We were there too, so what kind of nonsense…….”

“That’s strange. It doesn’t seem like the victims are lying.”

“What do you mean?”

When we asked again with confused faces, Mi-ri-nae urged him on.

“Let’s go to the police station first. We need to hear what happened directly from them.”

 

*****

 

Eun-sae was at her home in Gangwon Province when she received a call from the police asking her to come in. Her mouth fell open. She had experienced all kinds of things in her life, but this was the first time she had been called in as a witness to an assault case.

She asked suspiciously,

“Um, this isn’t a phone scam, right?”

-Yes, it isn’t. Then, please come to the police station in your area by 2 p.m. today.

Click.

Eun-sae stared blankly at the phone screen that had gone dark. What was going on? Should she call Uri or Mi-ri-nae first?

Belkiore, who had been watching Eun-sae since the phone started ringing, asked,

“What happened?”

“I’m not really sure either. They said I’m supposed to come in for questioning as a witness because I apparently hit someone…… but it’s just strange.”

She had hit someone? She had never done anything like that, not even by accident.

Feeling awkward, Eun-sae shrugged.

“It’s probably nothing. There must have been some kind of mistake.”

She called Uri while getting ready to go out. Uri answered right away.

-Eun-sae, are you okay?

“Huh? Oh, you know they asked me to come in for a witness interview?”

-The article came out. Mi-ri-nae and I will go first and talk to the victims.

“No, you don’t have to go through the trouble. It’s my problem, so I should go myself.”

Despite Uri’s worries, Eun-sae laughed. Hearing Eun-sae’s perfectly normal voice, Uri sighed and continued in a low voice.

-No, something about this situation feels strange, so I think it would be better if Mi-ri-nae and I went with you.

“Really? Okay, I’ll be there soon. See you later.”

-Yeah. Be careful on your way here.

Eun-sae hung up and finished getting ready to leave.