Translator: Vine
Translated At: Nyx Scans
Chapter: 75
A heavy silence settled in the examination room.
Eunha, who had been silent all along, soundlessly picked it up and carefully examined the contents.
It was indeed an absurd story.
All the items densely listed on one side of the paper were ingredients to compound a single medicine.
<World Tree Leaf> x5
<Werewolf Mane> x15
<Blue Crocodile Tongue> x1
<Phoenix Feather> x1
...
Even at a rough glance, the types seemed to well exceed a hundred.
Among them were items even Junhwan, with his 11 years of hunter experience, had never heard of before.
Though there were also items easily found anywhere.
<Skeleton Bone Powder> x700
<Dew-Kissed Evening Primrose> x1500
<Mandrake Seed> x9999
The required quantities were beyond imagination.
Even if they emptied the entire guild warehouse right now, they wouldn't be able to gather this much.
"You either have to raid gates yourself to obtain them, or make inquiries and knock on the doors of guilds that possess the items."
"Just gathering most of the ingredients will take at least two months or more."
"For items obtainable only from special gates, it might take a year, or even longer, to get your hands on them."
No, that would be too late.
They had to get the medicine as quickly as possible.
Even at this moment, Minjoo was hovering between life and death.
"..."
"..."
While no one spoke, Roje, who had been silent for a long time, slowly parted her lips.
"There is just one method, the fastest and most effective."
Junhwan snapped his head up.
However, Roje's facing face was only heavy.
"Pixie Powder."
With an expression as stiff as her tone, Roje quietly added.
"It's a relic-grade item that can instantly erase any abnormal status, be it curse, chaos, or petrification."
Just as hunters had ranks, items also had grades.
There were a total of five types: Advanced, Rare, Heroic, Relic, and Legendary, in that order.
This, like hunter ranks, was a standard created by the International Hunter Association and was used worldwide.
Naturally, the higher the grade, the greater the item's effect, and the acquisition probability also became extremely low.
'Pixie Powder...'
Walking down the street, Eunha stopped abruptly.
The Pixie Powder Roje mentioned was relic-grade.
Meaning, excluding legendary-grade, it was the most difficult grade to obtain.
Suddenly, the image of Minjoo, lying motionless on the bed as if dead, vividly surfaced in her mind.
'Noona, I'll be back soon, so can you come visit again in a few days?'
'Alright, everyone heard that, right? You promised, Noona! Definitely!'
Minjoo, who had been smiling brightly and darting around before her eyes like a squirrel, had, in just a few days, become unable to even breathe on his own without medical equipment.
Pixie Powder.
If she had that, could he really return to normal?
[The divine beast 'Cat Wandering in Darkness' expresses its wonder if you're that concerned about that kid.]
Abruptly, a message window popped up before her eyes.
Eunha stared blankly at it, then spoke as if a thought had suddenly struck her.
"Do you, by any chance, have Pixie Powder?"
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At that, a small hourglass spun round and round before her eyes.
It seemed the cat was rummaging through its fur.
And after a moment.
Ding.
[The divine beast 'Cat Wandering in Darkness' mumbles, saying it thinks it put it somewhere, or maybe not.]
"Check properly."
[The divine beast 'Cat Wandering in Darkness' asks why? Even if it has it, wouldn't it be for that kid, not for sister?]
[It firmly turns its head away, saying giving such a precious item for a complete stranger doesn't make sense financially!]
Eunha frowned faintly, unable to understand.
Someone might die, yet it was talking about financial sense.
In that instant, she suddenly realized.
[The divine beast 'Cat Wandering in Darkness' yawns widely, looking bored.]
The rectangular message window that appeared before her eyes.
She couldn't discuss humanity with the cat, whose form wasn't even visible within it.
That's right. The cat was a divine beast.
It wasn't a monster that attacked humans, but it couldn't be called human either.
The reason the cat helped Eunha and was friendly towards her was purely because they were contracted.
Perhaps it was because their bond had deepened over time, or maybe it was just the cat's simple whim.
"Please. Check properly. For me... for him, Pixie Powder is absolutely necessary."
[The divine beast 'Cat Wandering in Darkness' stares blankly at you.]
[It expresses its utter incomprehension as to why sister, a complete stranger, is even asking for that arrogant and detestable kid.]
"Because we're friends."
...
"Just like you and I are, so is he."
Eunha lifted her head and looked intently at the message window.
Returning to the officetel, Eunha sat on the edge of the bed, motionless for a long time, like a stone statue.
At Eunha's request, the cat eventually meticulously rechecked its possession of Pixie Powder.
But in the end, it seemed it couldn't find it.
[The divine beast 'Cat Wandering in Darkness' purrs contentedly, singing, "Friend, friend, sister and I are friends~"]
...She couldn't tell if it really didn't have it or was just pretending.
Eunha couldn't exactly go rummaging through the cat's fur herself.
Then what options remained?
Lost in thought, Eunha suddenly lifted her head.
Thwack.
Picking up the cellphone lying on the table, Eunha hesitated for a moment before finally starting to dial.
Trrr—
After a few rings, a familiar male voice came through the receiver.
「Hello.」
"It's me."
Eunha replied lowly.
Following that, the sound of something crashing and falling was heard.
Eunha, with a questioning gaze, glanced at her phone, then brought it back to her ear.
"...Hello?"
...
"Are you okay?"
...
"Sorry for calling so suddenly. There's something I wanted to ask."
...
Whether he was even listening, no reply came from Siwoo.
Perhaps he was displeased that she contacted him now that the contract was terminated, but—
'If that were the case, he wouldn't have answered.'
The Siwoo Eunha knew was someone clear about his likes and dislikes.
But it was then.
Over the receiver, screech, thud, boom! Unidentifiable sounds followed one after another.
Only after about a minute had passed did Eunha hear Siwoo's reply.
「...What is it?」
A deeply subdued voice.
What was that noise she had heard over the receiver just now?
She couldn't tell.
"I'm looking for Pixie Powder. I was wondering if I could get some information."
「Why all of a sudden?」
"It's just, I heard it's a precious item, so I became curious."
...
Silence again.
Eunha, waiting for his reply, eventually spoke first.
"Never mind, if you don't know, it's fine. I'll hang up."
「...Pixie Powder is.」
Just as she was about to hang up, a low voice leaked through the receiver.
「Pixie Powder is an item dropped only in gates where fairy-type monsters appear, and even then, only in S-Class or higher gates.」
「As Sunbae knows, fairy-type monsters themselves are quite rare, and since it's relic-grade, the drop rate is also low. I've never actually seen it myself.」
"...Really?"
「Yes. But it's not entirely impossible to obtain. It's also timely. The Hunter Auction will be held soon.」
Holding the phone to her ear, Eunha blinked.
"Hunter Auction?"
「The auction held once a year in Sejong City. You might be able to find Pixie Powder there.」
"Where in Sejong is it held?"
「...Are you planning to go? Even if it's listed, the price will be whatever they ask. There will be many people aiming for it too.」
"Really?"
Eunha replied nonchalantly.
Silence followed.
Not even a faint breath could be heard from the other end of the line.
Taking advantage of the pause to gather her thoughts, Eunha first parted her lips slightly.
"Alright, I understand. Thank you."
...
"Well then, I'll hang up."
...
"..."
Eunha glanced at her phone screen.
The call, which she expected to be cut off abruptly, showed no signs of ending even after several seconds.
"...I'm hanging up first."
...
Until the very end, no reply came from Siwoo.
Perhaps he thought she had already hung up and just shoved the phone into his back pocket.
Thump.
In the end, Eunha was the one who hung up first.
Since it was a phone call, she couldn't see his expression and couldn't be sure, but he felt a little different from the Siwoo Eunha remembered.
Though she couldn't explain it skillfully, it was somehow a different feeling.
"...First."
Lost in thought for a moment, Eunha soon went out to the living room and turned on the laptop placed on the dining table.
Hunter Auction, Siwoo definitely said that.
Click, clack...
Extending her two index fingers, Eunha busily typed on the keyboard.
Hunter Auction
Sejong City Hunter Auction ▶ Official hunter auction held annually by the Korean Hunter Federation since September 2005.
Participated in by guilds and hunters attracting attention not only from Korea but also globally.
The auction held on the 3rd day is conducted anonymously, ensuring thorough privacy protection.
Venue: Sejong Central Park - Temporary lodging facilities provided. Maximum 2 nights. (Check separate additional fee schedule)
Note: As of 2031, the participation fee is 310 Coins, a 10 Coin increase from last year.
310 Coins means...
Eunha, who had been scrolling down with the mouse wheel, paused for a moment and fell into deep thought.
'What can you do with 300,000 Coins?'
'Well. It's hard to calculate Coins as general currency, but... if I had to put a number on it, about 30 billion won?'
If Eunha's memory served her right, Siwoo had definitely said so before.
300,000 Coins for 30 billion won.
That meant 10,000 Coins for 1 billion won, and 1 Coin for 100,000 won.
So, doing the math—.
'...The participation fee is over 30 million won?'
It seemed the organizers were insane.
Either that, or this Hunter Auction was truly an event of jaw-droppingly enormous scale.
Without thinking so, it was an amount difficult to easily believe.
Truthfully, considering the income of modern hunters, it wasn't such a tremendous amount.
But for Eunha, it was different.
Eunha was someone who had never spent more than a million won at once in her life.
Even considering the cost of living in Korea during the time Eunha lived, it was still true.
Of course, what was required here was Coins, not Korean won.
And fortunately, Eunha's contract divine beast, the 'Cat Wandering in Darkness', had a habit of sponsoring Eunha with Coins.
'Right, Coins should be enough.'
Though she hadn't checked recently, the last time she did, her remaining Coins were over 400,000, so it shouldn't be insufficient.
Eunha, who had stopped her hand blankly, moved it again and scrolled down the mouse wheel.
Booth rental is available at the entrance on the day of, and the fee is separate. (Location cannot be specified)
For sales booths, prior reservation is required. Site link attached ▶ https://ko.hunterauction.com/sejong/boothreverve.html
Finally, Eunha's dark gaze reached the very last line of the internet window.
Event Period: September 10th ~ September 12th (Total 3 days)
It was just two days away.
