Awesome Shut-In Necromancer

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“Brother?”

I just had a glass of wine, but my brother’s complexion changed, and he seemed unable to hold himself up.

Noticing something was off, Seo Ha quickly rushed over to her brother, Baek Eun Ha, who had fallen to the ground.

Just then, Baek Eun Ha jerked his upper body upright with a vacant expression.

“Brother? Are you okay?”

“…Umm.”

However, he definitely did not look okay. Baek Eun Ha had sat on the ground for nearly 30 seconds before finally staggering to his feet.

Seeing his wobbly gait, Seo Ha couldn’t just stand by and quickly supported him.

After managing to get Baek Eun Ha to sit at a nearby table, he dangled his head over its surface and lifted a finger to point at something.

“…Cake.”

“Do you want to eat?”

Nod, nod.

Seeing her brother nod, Seo Ha let out a sigh and helplessly returned with a plate of cake.

But when she came back to the table, Baek Eun Ha was already gone.

Faced with that absurd sight, Seo Ha could only freeze in shock.

#

“Oh my, what happened?”

“…Cake.”

Beatrice, an S Rank Hunter from Italy known as the Empress, smiled softly at the sudden appearance of the silver-haired girl.

“Is that what you want to eat?”

The girl, Baek Eun Ha, nodded her head, so Beatrice lightly waved her fingertips.

Then, a plate with cake and cutlery floated into the air and neatly landed in her palm.

“Here it is.”

“…I like it.”

With a satisfied expression, Baek Eun Ha sat down and began cutting the cake, while Beatrice, standing beside her, tilted her head curiously.

‘That girl seems to have been scanning the Hunters in the banquet hall at the entrance a moment ago…’

Her skill was definitely that of a very seasoned professional. With that level of power, she wouldn’t usually get drunk, yet here we were—what a strange occurrence.

Beatrice’s intrigue was further piqued as Baek Eun Ha spoke up.

“…Name.”

“My name is Beatrice. And what about you, little lady?”

“Baek Eun Ha, and I’m not a little lady…”

Slowly stuffing a piece of cake into her mouth, Baek Eun Ha continued to speak.

Since Beatrice was a bit bored, she decided to chat with her for a while, and it didn’t take long for her to realize that this girl held quite a bit of pride about herself.

“Hehe, what a cute one you are. And the man over there wearing a white hood—who is he?”

“…Huh, that’s just post-meal exercise.”

“What about the woman in the red dress on the opposite side?”

“She’s a bit similar to that guy.”

She had only asked out of curiosity, but the girl was genuinely amusing. Did she actually know who she was pointing at?

Roberto, the Renowned Wanderer, and Juliana, known as the Blood Flower.

Both were figures well-regarded in the Hunter industry, rated close to S Rank.

To call them losers, one would at least have to have a title of S Rank, but Beatrice had never seen this girl before.

“Is Eun Ha from Korea? A Rank?”

“…B Rank.”

“Pffft. What’s that about?”

She was truly a strange girl. If she was B Rank, she seemed to have come here simply as an assistant to a high-ranked Hunter, and yet she referred to higher-ups as losers.

However, that remark, which could come off as rude, seemed charming behind her small appearance and tipsy demeanor.

“What about that person over there?”

A sharp-looking man who had brought his sword into the banquet hall, the S Rank Hunter known as Sanada from Japan.

Looking at Sanada, Baek Eun Ha once again evaluated with a blank stare.

“…Huh.”

“That’s no different than before, is it?”

“Different. Frog, badger difference.”

While that might be an odd assessment, it was surprisingly accurate, as though she had some unique criteria for judgment.

Beatrice couldn’t help but smile at how funny it was.

“You have high standards. Sanada is a strong fighter whom I also can’t easily declare victory against.”

“Uh-huh…”

However, with Baek Eun Ha’s next words, Beatrice felt a certain unease.

“False.”

“Pardon?”

“…I’d win comfortably in three minutes.”

Hearing that, Beatrice’s expression wavered slightly.

It was because Baek Eun Ha had accurately pointed out the power gap she had been considering against Sanada.

‘…How on earth?’

Evaluating Hunters in attendance was something anyone could do, as they were all famous figures easily found online.

But this was different.

She had never revealed her full strength in public nor boasted senselessly.

In fact, her behavior had led to her being considered lower tier within the S Rank.

Yet, for someone who had given such a perfect assessment of her was…

“Do you really have the ability to accurately sense the strength of opponents?”

If so, that would be quite an impressive skill. She’d want to hire someone like that to keep around her.

But after hearing Beatrice’s question, Baek Eun Ha simply tilted her head and gave a vague answer.

“…Oh. Something feels better than earlier.”

At that moment, a cool-looking, beautiful woman appeared and scooped up Baek Eun Ha.

“…I’m sorry. My sister was rude.”

“Eh? Sister?”

With only that said, the woman walked away.

Beatrice pondered over what had just happened, wearing a puzzled expression.

“I can’t figure it out…”

However, suddenly, a significant hypothesis crossed her mind.

Earlier, she had thought it was some special ability, but there was a more straightforward way to gauge someone’s level.

Simply put, you just needed to be of a higher level than them.

And at the same time, Baek Eun Ha’s earlier remarks bothered her.

‘Surely she’s calling everyone here weak…’

If that were true, perhaps Baek Eun Ha was even stronger than the S Rank Hunters gathered here?

“…No way, that can’t be.”

Yet, even Beatrice was unconsciously realizing.

In that very situation, she hadn’t properly grasped the power that lay within Baek Eun Ha.

The implications of that truth weighed heavily.

#

When I came to, I was neatly laid out on a hotel bed. My clothes had somehow changed, and my ring was also gone.

“Ugh, my head hurts…”

“Finally awake, huh?”

In one corner of the room, Lee Ji Cheol was surprisingly sitting and reading a book. I looked at him in confusion and spoke up.

“Seo Ha?”

“If you’re looking for your sister, she’s in the banquet hall. She had many people searching for you, so she laid you down and went back out.”

“Ugh. I… I don’t remember anything. What happened?”

Truly, my mind was blank, and nothing was coming to me.

It felt like several hours of memories had been completely erased.

Lee Ji Cheol left me with a meaningful statement.

“You’ll find out soon.”

“What? What will I find out?”

“You should ask your sister for the details.”

I felt some ominous vibes creeping in. Frowning, I laid back down on the bed, feeling queasy.

But wait, didn’t I just have various status effect nullification?

I glared at the ring lying next to the bedside with a disgruntled expression, but of course, it wouldn’t answer back.

An hour later, Seo Ha finally returned.

“Brother, you’re awake?”

“Yeah.”

“How’s your stomach?”

“…Not good.”

She brought me a glass of honey water from somewhere and pulled out her smartphone to play a video.

“What is this?”

“You’ll see.”

In the video, the background was the hotel room I was in.

There I was, blankly sitting on the floor with my legs stretched out, looking at Seo Ha and opening my mouth.

[…Sock.]

As Seo Ha fell into silence at my nonsensical words, I started shaking my legs like a child and mumbled again.

[…Sock!]
[Take it off!]

I instinctively turned my head away, realizing I had done something embarrassing, but Seo Ha mercilessly shoved the screen in front of me.

“Ugh.”

The video was over five minutes long, and instead of getting better, it just got worse.

I was thrown into confusion by the explicit scene.

I-I really did that?

“See? This is what happens when you drink. You barely had one glass!”

“……”

After witnessing the disaster unfold, I had no choice but to promise myself firmly.

“…Ah, I will never drink again.”

“Yeah, good thinking, brother.”

And so, a day at the hotel passed.