A Monster Who Levels Up

Chapter 25

The temporary resident of a cave in the Monster field, Kim Sae-Jin was about to utilise the regular exit route for an afternoon out in the city. What he meant by the regular route was that, instead of him changing to the Ebony Wolf Form and jumping over the wire fences and traversing the wilderness that way, he’d assume the appearance of a human and walk out of the entrance/exit proper.

When utilising this regular route, he had to go through the so-called Rest Stop, a large structure built as a shelter. Inside this building which was the size of the Seoul Train Station’s waiting area, he saw Hunters, or maybe Knights, going through a final mission briefing before embarking on another hunt. (TL: this is weird - the author referred to this place as Reception Area in chapter 15. Hmm….)

"Uh?"

In this place, Sae-Jin found a familiar face he saw on TV just now.

It was Yu Sae-Jung. With her colleagues around, she was intently listening to the words of a man who looked to be the captain of the hunting team.

He tried to figure out if she was nodding her head like that because the hunt she was about to participate in was important, when an army of camera-wielding crewmen descended down on the group out of nowhere.

"Be rest assured as we got our own Knights providing protection so, please, just focus on hunting as you’d do normally. We only want to capture your natural actions. Aren’t we doing this, because the public’s opinion on the Knights Orders aren’t so good right now thanks to the recent Monster Outbreak? Let’s turn all of that around with this reality TV show! Although we’re filming only the pilot episode, but still, please remember that this isn’t a documentary but a reality TV!! Please, please remember this. Oh, and…. Knight Yu Sae-Jung?"

"Yes?"

"Well, it’ll be like, since Miss Sae-Jung is the face of the show, so, we’ll have to focus more on you from now on. A cold expression is okay, no, it’s more than okay, but please smile every now and then. That’s for the best, you see. If you’re cold and distant all~ day long, the viewers might end up not liking you. So, people would think more favourably of you when an unexpected, bright smile breaks out of all that coldness. Like… she’s only cold outwardly, but inside, she’s kind hearted… like that."

"Oh…"

Yu Sae-Jung had an expression of slight unwillingness, but she still ended up nodding her head, once.

‘It’s just them filming stuff for a show.’

The guy Sae-Jin thought was the captain of the team, actually turned out to be the producer of the show. Sae-Jin stood there watching for five minutes before moving towards the exit. Actually, he tried to move, but….

"H, hey, please wait a moment!!"

*

Yu Sae-Jung found the current situation not to her liking. But she couldn’t do anything about it. It was decided to give access to her life to these media people already. She also knew that, in order to become a Highest Tier Knight in the future, the goodwill of the public would be important, to a certain degree.

To follow in the footsteps of Kim Yu-Rin, her childhood idol, she was willing to endure just about everything.

"Please remember, it’s not a documentary, but a reality TV show!! And… Knight Yu Sae-Jung?"

She disliked this producer who wanted to package the Monster hunts into a reality entertainment TV show, but her father did recommend him, saying the man had the right abilities.

She did her utmo

st hardest to repress the urge to just get up and run away, and reluctantly made her replies. Even after that, though, this guy continued to yap on and on. So, she answered him insincerely while turning her gaze elsewhere. This was the only way for her to endure this torture.