Please Cooperate In The Execution Of S-Class Official Duties - Chapter 58

Hada liked to act unreasonably ever since he was born. He was completely different from Hara, but in any case, there was one thing he learnt during his short, twenty-four years of life thanks to that personality of his.

It was faster to ask for forgiveness than for understanding.

Case 1. He kept badgering his mother for permission to pierce his ears, but his mother wouldn’t allow it. As such, he went, ‘Ah, whatever,’ and just got his ears pierced. Although Hyunsook scolded Hada a lot, she eventually sighed and forgave him.

Case 2. He wanted to dye his hair, but his conservative father didn’t allow it. When he dyed his hair red during the school holidays of his second year in high school, his father ripped out his hair and kept yelling about how he’d kill or spare Hada, but his father eventually forgave Hada when he said he’d dye it black again before the school’s opening ceremony.

Oh, come to think of it, his hairline became like this because his father ripped out his hair. Or not?

Anyways, today, Kang Hada decided to create Case 3. He’d spend the money that Kang Hara wouldn’t lend him and act shamelessly afterwards.

A faint pang of conscience whispered in his mind. Hada-ya, that’s a crime.

But Kang Hada had this thought.

From the way Hara was hiding this, this must be funny money. And bribery was also a crime. This money was undoubtedly evidence of bribery, so if he spent it, the evidence would disappear.

‘I am in the process of destroying evidence of Kang Hara’s crime of bribery!’

This reasoning seemed miraculous, but Kang Hada managed to pull it off.

As such, Kang Hada ran to Gangnam to get rid of evidence of bribery. While undergoing hairline procedures, he thought.

‘Was it a bribe to arrange a meeting with Team K? Oh, forgot that. She’ll accept even more from now on, right? It must be nice, Kang Hara. Ah! I also want to be a hunter though.’

If it was Kang Hada’s last sliver of conscience to ask for partial anaesthesia and not sleep anaesthesia, out of fear that such immature thoughts would flow out of his mouth, it was his conscience indeed.

Of course, it wasn’t like Hada was an idiot for having such thoughts. He was just pretending not to know.

Amidst it all, he was rather satisfied with the surgery’s results. His hairline turned red due to the surgical scars, but when he opened his eyes and looked in the mirror, he found himself looking handsome.

Ah, whatever. If he’s caught later, he could just apologise and pay back the money quickly, right? He thought, ‘let’s just not get caught for a few more days.’ But only two days had passed before he was caught by Kang Hara.

He was terrified when Kang Hara knocked on his door and shouted loudly. At the same time, however, a sense of “What can you do now?” crossed his mind. After all, he had already undergone the procedure.

But when a Creak— came from the door handle and was ripped out, Hada was hit with a premonition of “Oh, it’s X.”

He swears that he’d never seen Kang Hara behave like that.

Hada’s ability as a hunter was E-class, which was just slightly stronger than the average person. But Hada, who was unaware of just how strong ‘slightly stronger’ was, and he was truly, utterly afraid.

Kang Hada reiterated to himself again.

It was faster to ask for forgiveness than for understanding. And even if someone like Kang Hara, a loser and a pushover, were to be angry, she’d probably just be a little upset as she didn’t even know how to get angry properly.

But there was something that Kang Hada hadn’t known beforehand.

Fists were faster than the law. And Kang Hada was Kang Hara’s younger brother.

Sharing flesh and blood made it a truly astounding relationship, so even if his sister was a smiling pushover when she was outside, the moment she was infuriated by her younger brother, it was possible for her to transform into a crazy Grand Duke of the North, whose fiancée was snatched away by a villain.

Has anyone seen a Grand Duke of the North forgiving the villain that snatched away his fiancée?

No one has.

The Grand Duke of the North, Kang Hara, didn’t speak twice.

Thud, A sound echoed.

“You madman.”

Kang Hada doubted his own eyes. Kang Hara had smashed the wall next to Kang Hada.

The wall dented inwards in the shape of a fist, thanks to Kang Hada’s multiplication skill. The twenty year old house creaked, but Hada didn’t care. A normal grand duke of the north would have smashed the wall.

“Tell the truth, Kang Hada. So?”

“W, what ‘so’!”

“Did you spend all that money?”

Let’s be quiet, shh. Without anyone telling him to do so, he fell silent.

A menacing glint entered Kang Hara’s eyes.

“I said, tell the truth.”

“Uh……Yes.”

That’s right. Kang Hada had successfully destroyed evidence of bribery.

At first, he hadn’t planned to go this far. He just wanted to spend exactly 5 million won and that’s it.

But he was embarrassed to take the subway back home after the hairline procedure. Hada was afraid that others might stare at his head. Just as he took out a 50,000 won bill to take a taxi back, he spotted a department store nearby.

Hada went ‘Oh, then should I go and buy a hat there and cover my head?’ and went into the department store for a while.

However, department stores were designed to be the pinnacle of modern commercial facilities, meticulously crafted for high-level consumption. It’s a building made for people with brains that were a hundred times better than Kang Hada’s to spend their money.

And so, Hada, who had only entered with the intention to buy a hat, ended up buying something from head, shoulders, knees, feet—in other words, he came out with a brand new wardrobe.

‘I have to pay back 5 million won,’ became, ‘I have to pay back 5.5 million won,’ which turned into, ‘I have to pay back 6 million won.’ Eventually, it progressed into ‘Ah, whatever. I’ll just pay back 10 million won. Repaying that wouldn’t be a big deal once I get a job.’

He was also rather thorough. Worried that the mishap of having to ask for a refund might occur, he removed all the tags.

When Kang Hara saw the shopping list totaling 5 million won that Hada took out of the closet, she was flabbergasted.

“Have you truly gone mad? You spent this much money without even knowing where it came from?”

“Ah, what money is it?”

“It’s borrowed money! It’s money that I have to pay back!”

“Then why did you put it inside your closet?”

It’s unfortunate that Kang Hara was weak in adapting to the changing circumstances. There wasn’t a need for her to explain herself, but Kang Hara paused again momentarily.

Then, Hada shouted shamelessly, as though he was saying, ‘It was nice knowing you.’

[T/N: ‘It was nice knowing you’ is spoken more spitefully, and means something like ‘You’re dead when Mom/Dad finds out.’]

“Hey! I also want to benefit from having a sister that’s a hunter too!”

It was a mind-boggling and endlessly frustrating statement. But then… Hara, who had belatedly regained her senses, raised her voice.

“Kang Hada, haven’t you benefitted from me? You didn’t even enter military service!”

“Well, that’s something lots of people don’t do, right? You’ve already taken credit for that for ten years!”

That wasn’t something a guy that was exempted from the military without doing a single thing should say. Hara spoke seriously.

“Hey, Kang Hada.”

“What!”

“If I beat you up right now, I’ll be fired for violating the code of conduct for civil servants by assaulting my sibling. Do you know what would happen then?”

There’s no way Kang Hada would be unaware of what will happen.

Hara gave Kang Hada, who kept avoiding her gaze without saying a word, a bright smile.

“You’ll still have to enter the military after being beaten up by me.”

At that moment.

“What’s this? What’s that sound?”

“Goodness, what’s this?”

Their parents opened the door and entered the house. They heard a loud sound as they got home, so Jae-pil and Hyunsook went in and were met with the current scene.

A deep frown was written all over Jae-pil’s face, while Hyunsook was taken aback by the broken wall.

“What’s going on? Why are you two fighting again?”

Kang Hada, who narrowly escaped the crisis of ‘military enlistment after a beating’, practically crawled to Hyunsook and clung to her.

“Mom! She’s going to beat me up and send me to the military!”

The couple’s gaze turned towards Hara. Although she was dumbfounded, Hara quickly responded.

“It’s not like that, Hada…”

“Mom, look at this. That girl used a skill on me.”

But Hada was one step faster than Hara. Hada showed their parents his wrist, which had turned bright red, and whined.

Dumbfounded, Jaepil questioned, “What are you doing! Kang Hara! Why are you beating up your younger brother!” Hara, on the other hand, closed her mouth tightly.

Then, even Hada, who had been looking anywhere but at Hara, shut his mouth.

In any case, Kang Hada was quick-witted enough to realise that if he was caught taking and using Hara’s money, it would be the end for him.

Their parents could also tell.

‘Kang Hada, he must have done something wrong to his sister again.’

It was impossible for their parents to be unaware of the way Kang Hada always acted insolently towards his older sister.

However, the couple, who did not know the cause of their quarrel, paid attention to the result. It was none other than the smashed-in wall.

After 20 years since its construction, it was a house that had to undergo repairs once a month. Naturally, they were sensitive about it. Hyunsook, who’d constantly lamented about not having enough money to repair the roof before winter, berated Hara first.

“Hara, how can you use a hunter’s skill against a civilian?”

And before Hara could say anything, Hyunsook quickly slapped Hada twice on the back.

“And you. How can you call your older sister, ‘That girl’?”

[T/N: Hada was actually using a shortened form to refer to Hara, which is used for someone younger and gives a negative nuance. It’s considered disrespectful for younger siblings to address their older siblings like that in Korean families]

“Oh, that girl— No, Noona just broke the wall! Isn’t that the problem?”

Jae-pil glared at Hara.

“Kang Hara. What are you going to do about this wall?”

“……”

He did something wrong first. Hara puffed her cheeks sulkily. The words she wanted to say were on the tip of her tongue.

Kang Hada, he audaciously took the 10 million won in her closet and spent it all. He has yet to earn 1,000 won. And that money wasn’t hers. It was her colleague’s money. It was money that she had to return.

“Say something!”

However, instead of words, tears fell from Hara’s eyes as she became choked up. When you’re unable to voice out what you really want to say, something else would tend to appear, right? Although she had wanted to punch her younger brother, Kang Hada, tears poured out when faced with her parents.

As she was sobbing, Hara stamped her foot inadvertently. Crack, a sound rang out in the very next moment. Jae-pil’s eyes widened. Hyunsook felt enervated as well. Hada went ‘Oh my gosh’, and made a sound that was somewhere between admiration and bewilderment.

Thump, the floor of Hada’s room had a hole in the shape of Hara’s heel. It wasn’t just that. With a crack, a small fountain gushed from the floor along with a splashing sound. The hot water pipe embedded in the floor was damaged.

Hyunsook’s face turned pale. Jae-pil held his dashing forehead in frustration.

“If you’re not going to say anything, get out of my house!”

In other words, this was a really Korean-styled reproach.

Hara always felt flustered, no matter how many times she heard this. It made the recipient wonder if she should do as she’s told and leave, or was she supposed to stay and get rebuked meekly.

Hara instantly thought.

‘Ah, if only I’d accepted the director’s card.’

Then, she could have confidently said, “Then I’ll just leave!” and stomped out of the house, ending up swiping the card and staying at a luxury hotel. That would have made her life like a complete drama.

Jae-pil yelled at Hara, who stood there in a stupor, once again.

“Why aren’t you getting out right now?!”

In any case, she didn’t have the director’s card. Normally, she should apologise at this point. Jae-pil was the type who wouldn’t listen to anything other than apologies once he was angry.

But at this very moment, Kang Hara didn’t want to apologise.

“I’ll leave.”

“Hey, Kang Hara! You’re really going to leave because I asked you to get out?!”

She was leaving because he told her to get out, but he asked if she’s really going to leave.

Jaepil, who was more action-oriented, tried to grab Hara, but Hara shook off his arm out of anger. Then, she immediately went, ‘Oh no!’

Right, Multiplication.

As though it was in response to her thoughts, Jae-pil fell to the side as though he were a piece of paper.

“Oh my God!”

Hyunsook quickly caught Jae-pil.

Hara knew that if she turned back now, she would lose her entire momentum, so she marched towards the front door emphatically. Thump, thump, thump, thump. Each step Kang Hara took was marked with footprints.

Now, all she had to do was rush out of the house.

“Oh, right. The ostrich egg.”

Before reaching the front door, she hit the brakes and doubled back to her room to grab the eco-bag.

Creakk, bang!

She intentionally slammed the front door behind her. She thought the glass might shatter, but instead, the entire front door became indented. Even Hara flinched at the sight.

“Kang Hara, have you gone crazy?”

Her mother, who’d followed behind her, shrieked loudly.

“It’s not me! It was the wind!”

He made a worse excuse not to do so, and closed the front door a little gently. Forget about the fact that the whole house has already become a mansion.

Right now, only Kang Hara and the ostrich egg were out on the street.

Whoosh—

The wind in November was cold.

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