Chapter 23: Promotion to Silver Raid Team

I got promoted to the Silver Raid Team.

In fact, even after confirming the intranet notice and receiving congratulations from the team members, I couldn’t believe it.

It felt like there was some error, or maybe it would be revoked later.

But nothing like that happened, and my promotion to the Silver Raid Team was confirmed.

In other words, I had now become someone with an annual salary of 5 billion won.

“Daddy! Congratulations!”

Eunbyeol, wearing a party hat, congratulated me.

Today was the day we were having a celebration party for my promotion to the Silver Raid Team.

“Haha, thank you for the congratulations. Eunbyeol.”

“Yeah! Daddy, you have to wear this crown first!”

Eunbyeol held out a paper crown to me.

“Wow, did Eunbyeol make this herself?”

“Yeah! I drew it on the sketchbook and colored it super hard with crayons!”

“Amazing. Okay. Eunbyeol, put it on Daddy.”

“Yeah yeah! Eunbyeol will put it on, so lower your head just a little!”

When I lowered my head, Eunbyeol put the crown she made herself on me.

The crown fit perfectly on my head.

But Eunbyeol’s gift didn’t end there.

“Daddy! This too! You have to do this too!”

“Wow, what’s this?”

“It’s a necklace Eunbyeol made! Made by connecting colored paper!”

Eunbyeol said, holding out a dangling necklace.

It was a necklace made by connecting rolled-up colored paper rings.

Each ring had different colors—red, blue, yellow, green—and you could tell at a glance how much effort she put into it.

“Daddy! Lower your head! Eunbyeol will put it on!”

“Haha, okay.”

I lowered my head again this time, and Eunbyeol put the colored paper necklace on me.

“Wowww! Super cool! Daddy, you’re really cool!”

“Really?”

“Yeah yeah! Really the best!”

Eunbyeol clapped her hands clap clap in joy.

I checked my face with the phone camera.

“Wow, it’s really cool.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Crown and necklace. Daddy’s really living the high life. Thank you, Eunbyeol.”

“Yeah yeah! Eunbyeol did it because she loves Daddy!”

“Is that so? Thank you, my daughter. You’re so sweet!”

I said that and gave Eunbyeol smack smack kisses on her cheeks.

It wasn’t a golden crown or a luxury necklace, but the paper crown and colored paper necklace were more precious than anything in the world.

After the crown ceremony(?) and taking selfies while enjoying the joy, we dove into the main party.

“Eunbyeol, shall we eat now?”

The living room table was full of delicious foods.

Braised short ribs, japchae, tteokbokki, pizza, waffles, cookies, and tasty drinks.

Though they were delivery foods, it was packed with foods that Eunbyeol and I liked.

Ordered for today’s celebration party.

“Daddy! Wait. Blow out the cake candles first!”

“Ah, right. There was cake? Hold on.”

I said that and took out the cake from the fridge.

Today was specially my favorite cheesecake.

Eunbyeol and I stuck candles in the center of the cake and lit them.

“Daddy, shall I sing the song now?”

“Yeah!”

“Rea, dy, set, go! Congratulations on the promotion! Congratulations on the promotion! Congratulations on our beloved Daddy’s promotion!”

To Eunbyeol’s song, I clapped and smiled contentedly.

And when Eunbyeol’s song ended, I blew out the candles fuu.

“Congratulations, Daddy! Really really congratulations on the promotion!”

“Haha, thank you. Eunbyeol, do you know what a promotion is?”

“No idea? Like a raise? Hehe.”

Eunbyeol smiled innocently.

“Haha, a raise. Well, similar.”

“I see! Daddy, but can’t we eat quickly? Eunbyeol’s hungry!”

“Ah, yeah. Let’s eat quickly. Eat well, Eunbyeol.”

“Yeah yeah! I’ll eat well!”

Eunbyeol and I enjoyed the delicious foods.

The celebration party with my beloved daughter was truly the best.

***

The promotion to the Silver Raid Team was really a joyful event.

The Bronze Raid Team was good too, but going to the Silver Raid Team meant playing in bigger waters.

Of course, the most joyful part was the annual salary that ballooned 10 times.

5 billion was already high, but jumping to 50 billion made me keep grinning.

Even while eating, before sleeping, and even in dreams, I smiled happily.

Because with 5 billion won, I could raise Eunbyeol even more abundantly.

Grinning contentedly like that, I walked toward the Myth Guild headquarters.

“Hmm hmm hmm!”

I hummed a tune while walking down the street.

It was an absurd melody, but the hum came out naturally.

Because everything felt so happy.

After passing the Myth Guild headquarters lobby like that.

I headed to the elevators.

But one elevator door was slowly closing.

“Wait a moment!”

I shouted and ran at the same time.

Fortunately, someone inside pressed the button, and the elevator slowly opened again, so I felt relieved and said.

“Haa, thank you…….”

But I trailed off.

Because of the person inside the elevator.

Noh Youngjin?

The person who pressed the button inside the elevator.

It was Noh Youngjin.

The former deputy team leader of the Gaon Team, the one I sparred with.

Calling him deputy team leader now would be ridiculous.

In that short time, I pondered how to address him.

First, I couldn’t call him deputy team leader.

After losing to me in the spar, Noh Youngjin had stepped down from the deputy position.

Call him bro?

No, we weren’t that close.

Click.

Maybe that’s why.

I just slightly bowed my head in greeting.

Bow.

Surprisingly, Noh Youngjin also bowed his head in greeting.

Until now, he would only make me greet him; he had never bowed to me.

But to bow his head in greeting.

It was truly surprising.

Step step.

Feeling a strange emotion, I entered the elevator.

Then, after closing the door, I pressed the floor for the new team.

A heavy silence filled the elevator.

Honestly, I had nothing to say.

It felt awkward to ask if he recovered well after I wrecked him with the skeleton mage, and just asking how he’s been was ambiguous.

Noh Youngjin probably can’t bring himself to talk either.

Could Noh Youngjin treat me rudely like before?

No.

Because Myth Guild operated on a ‘rank system.’

In other words, Silver Raid Team members were absolute ‘top dogs’ in front of Bronze Raid Team members.

It wasn’t okay to suddenly rush and assault, but speaking informally or giving unsolicited advice was no problem.

In fact, I’d heard that power abuse happened often because of this rank system.

If he treated me like before, he’d get punished for insubordination and kicked out.

Knowing this rank system, Noh Youngjin couldn’t utter a word.

If he spouted rude words at me like before, he’d get severely disciplined by Myth Guild and kicked out.

Ding!

At that moment, the elevator’s alert sounded.

It had stopped at the floor I selected.

Noh Youngjin, who pressed the rooftop floor, hadn’t gotten off yet.

Step step.

As the elevator door opened, I quickly walked out.

Without any conversation with Noh Youngjin.

Around the time the sound of the elevator closing behind me was heard.

.”Why didn’t you say anything to me?”

Noh Youngjin’s voice came from behind.

Turning around, Noh Youngjin, who had opened the door, was staring straight at me.

With eyes that seemed to have some grudge.

He’s using polite language.

Honestly, it was a bit surprising.

Noh Youngjin, who used to hurl abuse at me every day, using polite speech.

It was a rule all Myth Guild members had to follow, but I didn’t expect Noh Youngjin to do it.

Noh Youngjin was famous for being arrogant.

“Why aren’t you saying anything? Say something! Curse me, hit me, do whatever you want!”

Noh Youngjin kept shouting.

His voice echoed through the elevator and hallway.

But why.

Even as Noh Youngjin flailed, my desire to respond faded more and more.

The louder Noh Youngjin raised his voice, the more it was so.

“Didn’t I bully you a lot? Didn’t I curse you and scold you terribly? Vent it! Vent all that you suffered back then!”

“Why aren’t you? You won the spar, so aren’t you stronger, Hunter Seo Juwon? No matter what a Silver Raid Team member does, I can’t do anything about it? So do it! Get revenge for what I did to you!”

Noh Youngjin shouted as if full of resentment.

However, I felt only calm.

“I won’t.”

I said to Noh Youngjin, who was flailing.

In a completely flat tone.

“What? You won’t? Why?”

“Because I didn’t climb to the Silver Raid Team for that.”

“What does that mean?”

“I don’t know if you climbed to deputy team leader to power trip, but I didn’t come to Silver Raid Team for that.”

I continued in a calm tone.

“I worked hard for me and my daughter. And I fought hard to uphold Myth Guild’s honor.”

“Th-that’s a lie! You climbed up to get revenge on me! You won the spar for that!”

“No, I had no such intention at all. You know a pig only sees pigs, but don’t assume others are scheming just because you are. Above all, I don’t particularly want revenge on you.”

I continued, looking at Noh Youngjin.

“Because hitting trash like you would dirty my hand.”

I said that and turned my back to walk away.

Noh Youngjin, he’s really trash not even worth revenge for.

After walking down the hallway for a while.

“Fuuuuck!”

Noh Youngjin’s scream echoed from behind.

However, I didn’t look back.

Because I didn’t want to associate with such filthy trash.

After leaving Noh Youngjin behind, I arrived at the new team.

The Silver Raid Team’s team, no less.

“Hello. I’m Seo Juwon. My class is necromancer.”

The new team’s name was ‘Nova’.

I politely greeted the Nova team members.

Because they were all my seniors.

“Oh, Seo Juwon? Nice to meet you!”

“The guy from the Red Gate who was on broadcast, right?”

“Saw it on the intranet! Nice to meet you! Let’s get along, haha.”

“Welcome to the Silver Raid Team. Let’s get along well.”

“Seo Juwon! You have a daughter, right? I have three daughters too, hahaha. Let’s do well, dad bros!”

The team members welcomed me.

Fortunately, unlike the Gaon Team, no one hated me.

“Nice to meet you, Hunter Seo Juwon.”

At that time, a woman who was sitting at a desk walked over.

A woman with attractive long straight red-dyed hair.

“I’m Nova Team Leader Cha Jihye.”

Nova Team Leader Cha Jihye.

She, beautiful like a celebrity, extended her hand to me.

“Nice to meet you. Seo Juwon.”

“Yes. Welcome to our Nova Team. I look forward to your activities.”

“Yes, understood. I’ll work hard.”

Shaking hands with the pretty Cha Jihye, I smiled brightly.

It was the moment my Silver Raid Team life officially began.