The S-Classes That I Raised

"An appointment?"

Young Chaos asked again. While looking at Seong Hyunjae, why was ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) his gaze directed at me? Even Seong Hyunjae turned to look at me. Why me?

"Stay─"

"Yes! I did have an appointment with you! I completely forgot!"

I shouted quickly to shut Seong Hyunjae's mouth. Seriously, how long are you going to keep milking that? It was so long ago! I'm only going to produce bland water at this rate!

"As expected, the eldest, it's you."

"No, I just told him not to die. Normally, just normally."

"More precisely, at the cocktail bar overlooking the rooftop pool of the hotel─"

"While drinking a cocktail! Things have been hectic and chaotic lately, but let's try to get through safely as always, that's the kind of talk we had."

Stop embarrassing me already, please. I lightly kicked my own shin. What the hell was I talking about before the regression? Being next to myself doubled the embarrassment. Back then, well, things were troubling in many ways, so...

"Anyway, does that mean you're refusing because the eldest told you not to die?"

"Yes. And in the end, there's someone else I want to entrust."

He must mean Director Song. His golden eyes narrowed slightly.

"You're not the type to blindly follow a stranger you just met."

"Setting all that aside, what's really in your heart?"

I unconsciously swallowed dryly. Before the regression, Seong Hyunjae wanted to erase himself. Then now, what about now? Seong Hyunjae slowly opened his mouth.

"I've probably been quite bored for a long time."

"Are things livable nowadays?"

"You know that already. Even the elder."

Young Chaos frowned deeply. What are those two talking about?

"Why did you pick up a guy like this, eldest?"

"Huh?"

I don't remember picking him up. He's not a kid anymore, why would I pick up a grown adult? Should call the police.

"He pretends to be sane, but if he's crazy, he's been crazy for a very long time."

"...I'm not very sane even now."

Thinking back on past events, sane was very far from the truth. These days he's become quite decent, but at first, he didn't even treat people like people.

"But these days, he's better. He even speaks politely to the elder. And usually, as people live, they tend to lose their minds a little."

How many people in the world have perfectly healthy minds? Most have one or two pains, big or small. As long as they don't stab others just because they're sick, it's fine. When people meet, they can't help but hurt.

Seong Hyunjae did swing chains at me though.

Young Chaos groaned and furrowed his brows.

"If we just leave this guy alone, there's no hope. Or maybe this guy..."

Mumbling something quietly, Chaos placed his hand on his knee. Then.

Thud!

A heavy sound echoed. The burst air brushed my cheek and the table where young Chaos was sitting literally shattered into pieces. I couldn't follow what had happened with my own eyes.

All I could do was look a step behind at the aftermath.

"If you pull out a weapon, I'll have to cut off an arm or a leg."

Chaos stood on the backrest of a chair. He must have weight, so how does he balance without tipping the chair? And Seong Hyunjae—

"Unfortunately, I'm avoiding damage because we're in a dungeon raid."

He slightly lowered his body and was pushed back a bit. His right sleeve was tattered. He lightly rubbed his wrist with his left hand.

Even just from that, even among S-Ranks, the skill gap was clear. Young Chaos was the strongest transcendent who rose from the lower ranks, so it made sense, but even so, seeing Seong Hyunjae like that was surprising.

"Breaking walls and floors of the building is a fail. I'll forgive the furnishings."

What? Is that possible? Fight without breaking anything?

"No, elder! Why do you suddenly hit people first!"

I shouted, but young Chaos didn't even look. One of his toes lightly tapped the edge of the chair's backrest.

He disappeared before my eyes. Almost simultaneously, a loud crashing sound rang out again. Tables and chairs tumbled like caught in a whirlwind. Damn, I couldn't properly see what was going on!

"Hyung, I thought lobsters were for sashimi?"

"No, I'm going to stab it. Yuhyun! I'll cast a skill real quick."

I hurriedly cast the teacher skill on Yuhyun. I saw the lobster twitching its leg. A big hand grabbed the lobster and twisted it around. Look up, aren't you interested? Yuhyun finally shifted his gaze—to pre-regression me. Pre-regression me made slightly awkward eye contact with Yuhyun. Yuhyun raised the lobster and asked.

"Should we kill it before stabbing?"

"Maybe knock it out first. It'll struggle. Should we flip it like a crab?"

Yuhyun and I looked back at myself. I don't really know either.

"If I search, the internet probably won't work."

"Flipping it's better. Depends on firepower though, about ten, ugh."

Seong Hyunjae interjected. Seems like things are livable.

"Yuhyun, look over there. What if something happens to Seong Hyunjae?" Help us out by reading on M|V|LEM5PYR.

Yuhyun made a face like, what's it to me? Yeah, he probably doesn't care if he lives or dies. I felt a little sorry for scolding pre-regression Seong Hyunjae. But Yuhyun is still young and Seong Hyunjae is an adult.

"Still, it's worth watching. It might help to see."

"Hyung, dinner is more urgent. We already decided to take classes anyway. Better to experience things firsthand than have prejudices. Where do we grill meat? There's an iron plate here."

A large cooking iron plate was brought out. This restaurant really has good equipment. Yuhyun placed the iron plate perfectly in the empty spot. Then put the lobster down on the plate.

"I think it's okay to grill."

"About that, Yuhyun. Just lift your head once. I'm really curious."

Finally, Yuhyun directed his gaze outside the kitchen. The intact table was already gone. The chairs were all rolling on the floor. Broken vases and decorations were scattered here and there.

Young Chaos closely followed the retreating Seong Hyunjae. His slightly bent knee was lightly stepped on by a small foot, then a fist was thrown. Seong Hyunjae raised his arm and quickly blocked the attack.

Kwang!

Even though it was body against body, a sound like an explosion echoed. Seong Hyunjae's foot slid back. He didn't resist hard to avoid breaking the floor, but was pushed back to the edge of the wall, then twisted his body and pressed his palm against the wall.

A small sound rang out, but he completely absorbed the impact with his body, leaving only a small crack in the wall. A picture frame hanging above shook slightly. But that much must have been a bigger hit for Seong Hyunjae. Damage kept piling up inside his body.

Usually, it's impossible to collide with such force without breaking the surroundings!

Maybe he's testing how perfectly he can control his strength... Does he do that with Yuhyun too?

Tap.

With light footsteps, young Chaos gave no gap and attacked again. In normal martial arts, build matters. That's why they divide matches by weight classes. Awakening fighters also can't ignore weight classes as much as non-awakened.

But Chaos was less than half Seong Hyunjae's size yet was not pushed back at all. Rather, he used his smaller body cleverly to sneak into Seong Hyunjae's reach and strike close-range attacks that are hard to defend.

'Plus, the restriction not to break walls and floor probably helps.'

Since he's lighter. Swiik— Chaos's finger, sharp like a beast's claw, barely grazed Seong Hyunjae's cheek. Pale hair flew wildly. Young Chaos dropped the hand that slipped off, then lightly touched Seong Hyunjae's shoulder and spun his body in midair. It was a movement ignoring inertia and gravity to an unbelievable degree.

Then spinning around, Chaos's body turned behind Seong Hyunjae, extended his leg, and strongly struck his back. In that short time, there was no way to defend his back. But Seong Hyunjae quickly rolled forward, minimizing the impact.

Kwachik, the chair caught in the middle broke. Seong Hyunjae landed after a full spin and was immediately attacked again without rest. The terrifying heel strikes missed the target, stopping just a few centimeters above the floor. It looked like someone hit pause. Crazy, no matter how much I watch, I can't believe it's a human body. Chaos is S-Rank too. Where did inertia go?

I absentmindedly stared and suddenly remembered the lobster.

"Stop it! The kids will be here soon, and the two oldest should behave!"

I threw the lobster as hard as I could at them. Young Chaos caught it lightly on his chin. Didn't even look this way.

"If you don't stop, I'll jump in next! Yuhyun, throw me!"

"Hyung......"

"Just throw him."

"No, hyung."

"You told me not to throw food at you."

Pre-regression me grumbled and opened the rice cooker lid. The smell of freshly cooked rice wafted from the kitchen into the restaurant. Chaos, about to hit Seong Hyunjae's head with the lobster, stopped moving. Must be the smell of the most expensive rice.

"Elder! You have to eat dinner! And that's delicious! It's too good to be used for hitting people!"

"Alright. Steam this."

Young Chaos threw the lobster at Seong Hyunjae. Then picked up a fallen chair, sat upright on it calmly as if nothing happened. Seong Hyunjae shrugged with the lobster in his hand.

"Pass?"

"Ambiguous. Need to hit a few more times to know."

People aren't steel, though. Can we really entrust our kid to that guy? I raised him well. Then Song Taewon entered the restaurant. As if nothing was unusual, he looked around the wrecked restaurant with indifferent eyes, then fixed his gaze on Seong Hyunjae and stiffened.

"...Your mouth."

"Got hit once."

Seong Hyunjae's mouth was slightly torn, stained with blood. It was too much to touch his face. The potion would heal it quickly, though. Director Song looked quite shocked as he stared at Seong Hyunjae's face.

"You've touched him before too, Song Taewon."

"I could've avoided it, but I took the hit."

How badly did you mess up to get hit on purpose? Honestly, if it were Director Song, I'd think hitting Seong Hyunjae three or four more times would be fine. Director Song shook the lobster in his hand.

"One will be stabbed, the other we'll make sashimi out of."

"...Either is fine."

Director Song silently started cleaning the restaurant. He set up intact tables and chairs, piled broken ones to one side. Maybe his mind was a bit calmer. It's good to move your body when you're troubled.

Seong Hyunjae entered the kitchen with the lobster. Meanwhile, loud noises came from the lobby. Checking the time, it was 4 minutes and 15 seconds before sunset.

"Sir, look! Someone robbed the jewelry store!"

...What?

"Brought tons of shiny stuff! Look, gold bars~"

"No, I didn't want to do it......"

Noah, wearing jewelry all over his neck and arms, looked apologetic but flinched when he saw me and pre-regression me. The kids still hadn't told Noah yet.

"I was in the dungeon too. So I just brought him along."

"Oh... I see."

"So, what's going on, sir? Did you have a fight? Sounds fun."

Yerim asked, looking at the broken things.

"Well, the elder and Seong Hyunjae had a quick spar. The elder is that guy over there, you know."

"That's you and Han Yuhyun's ancestor, right?"

"...Huh?"

"Yeah, grandpa!"

Maybe the elder was annoyed, so he explained roughly.

"Our ancestor didn't have red eyes though."

"They said it's because he came out of the dungeon."

"No, no. He's a transcendent. Like the Mermaid Queen or a volleyball. He came to help for a bit."

"You look like him, sir. You look a lot like Han Yuhyun but you also have a vibe like sir. Especially like sir."

What does "like sir" even mean?

"They look alike."

"Anyway, grandpa is grandpa."

"Grandpa! I want to see grandpa."

Yunyun said a bit sulkily. Now that I think about it, Yunyun must have had a guardian, but suddenly there's no news. Must be worrying a lot.

"I don't know if we can take it out, but let's clean up first and eat."

We need to grill meat, grill meat. As the iron plate heated up, the kids swarmed in. The spacious kitchen soon became bustling.