Chapter 45: Goodbye
"You can take a year off. Your hunter card won’t be suspended."
Yoon Seoyul offered, but Kim Ryung smiled slightly—his way of politely rejecting the suggestion. Cheon Areum didn’t stop him from handing over the resignation letter again. Kim Ryung bowed as he left the office, while Cheon Areum sat on the couch. Yoon Seoyul moved the papers from his desk to the table in front of the couch and sat beside him.
"Are you sad about him leaving?"
"Yeah. I never got to fight alongside him in a dungeon..."
Cheon Areum nodded and pouted, visibly upset. Yoon Seoyul stared down at him intensely.
"Don’t do that."
"Do what?"
Confused, he tilted his head, bearing the burning stare head-on. Then, without warning, Yoon Seoyul leaned forward and cupped his face, pressing a firm, fleeting kiss to his lips. Just as abruptly, he pulled away and returned to reading through the thick pile of reports stacked in front of him. His brows slowly furrowed, and he looked away with a frown. Slouching deeper into the couch, he pulled up his information panel, fingers swiping and tapping rapidly. He opened one tab after another, searched again and again—but no matter how many times he tried, he couldn’t find it.
"Yoon Seoyul, do you have a special skill?"
Pausing for a second, he resumed, answering bluntly.
"No."