The S-Classes That I Raised - Chapter 451: Name (2)

“Whatever name it is, Han Yujin would want to give it.”

“So just some advice, then.”

To free it from color and species.

“I’ve thought hard, but for a pink fairy dragon, nothing comes to mind beyond ‘Cherry.’ And I don’t really want a name that’s totally irrelevant. What else is there for ‘pink’ in foreign languages besides pink?”

“Rose, Rosa, Rosavi.”

“…Isn’t that just ‘rose’?”

“Yes. It means ‘rosy-colored.’”

Roses are normally red, aren’t they?

“Evelyn named her Pegasus something unrelated, though. ‘Bare.’”

“That’s mischievous.”

“…Pardon? I’m not blaming Evelyn, but…”

“You’re talking about Hunter Miller, not Han Yujin.”

Huh? Evelyn? What’s that supposed to mean?

“She said it had no meaning, but could it have a bad one? That name?”

“No—probably an anagram of Minerva.”

She kindly added that Minerva is the goddess Athena of wisdom and war. No meaning, she said—but it’s actually well thought out.

“You can name it like that. It fits a companion Beastmaster, too….”

Naming it after a god seems fine. Come to think of it, when Yerim first chose an image, she went with Hermes.

“Any gods that come to mind for pink?”

“Generally… Eros or Cupid.”

The baby angel with a bow. It fits, but the name feels off. Meanwhile, the helicopter landed at the Sesung Guild. The collapsed building had long since been cleared and was under reconstruction. The financial and operational losses must’ve been huge.

“Director Han~!”

Kang Soyeong, waiting on the rooftop helipad, waved both arms at me. Her bright smile was dazzling.

“You brought your water dragon, right?”

Ignoring her guild leader, Soyeong asked me.

“Yes. Yerim’s Beast.”

“You said you have eggs? Could they be dragon eggs?”

“I don’t know.”

“Can you hatch them? It’s not too hard to get eggs from a brood of broodmistress dragons. Baby dragons are rare, but eggs are less so—I even have some.”

“…What?”

“I bought them, and carried them along just in case. I’ve got one Thornwing Broodmother egg, one Parpala Plains Dragon egg, and a Sixwing Frostwyrm egg.”

Even if dragon eggs are more common than hatchlings, three dragon eggs? The broodmother and the other two must be A-Rank or higher.

“I haven’t tried hatching them. I don’t know how. Given my skill attributes, I doubt I could hatch them.”

Because keywords can’t apply to eggs. Hearing this, Soyeong looked so disappointed she seemed about to cry.

“But if your skill grade increases, might you be able to hatch eggs then? Raise your grade!”

…It’s L-Rank. I tried to reassure her I’d still care for the eggs. What should I do—maybe brood them for her?

“I think I might have to hand the Sesung Guild leadership over to Han Yujin.”

Seong Hyunjae, pitiful as always, said this. Soyeong jumped back in alarm.

“What are you saying, Guild Leader!”

Even so, I guess she still trusts him as guild leader—

“If you hand it over, it should be to me.”

—No?

“In about ten years. I plan to play for another decade.”

Soyeong laughed, saying she still loved her freedom. I suppose it meant she ultimately preferred Seong Hyunjae as leader for now.

“Anyway, Director Han, if you can hatch them, please take good care of my babies!”

“Yes, of course. But if there are three more, wouldn’t that be too many?”

“I’m capable of feeding that many!”

“Don’t worry,” Soyeong said confidently. Is she planning to form a dragon squad? With four dragons, she could clear S-Rank dungeons solo.

Soyeong bounced ahead, guiding me down. I envied her excitement.

“It’s still autumn, so it might be a bit chilly for you in the garden. Be careful not to catch a cold. There’s an empty reception room, or a meeting room.”

“Anywhere quiet will do.”

“For the quietest spot, it’d be my house. Shall I take you there?”

Seong Hyunjae nodded. I felt a bit guilty arriving empty-handed.

“This time it’s not inside the guild building.”

Soyeong lowered her voice.

“It’s modest. Much smaller now.”

If it’s an external residence, is it a standalone house? Or a penthouse? There’s still a portal connection to the Sesung Guild. But unlike before, this time we passed through three portals.

“Looks like it’s a bit far from Sesung.”

“Portal range is within one kilometer.”

“Even that makes it hard to find.”

They probably disguised it, and the area around Sesung Guild has many upscale residential districts—an S-Rank guild premium. Much has been rebuilt, too.

After the third portal, a wide foyer appeared.

“Excuse us~. Next time I’ll bring toilet paper.”

From the entrance alone it didn’t seem modest, but I wanted to see how well it was maintained. We entered through the door. Through an unexpectedly ordinary corridor, we reached the living room…

“‘Modest,’ my foot.”

I froze at the threshold. What is this floor?

“Were you a fish in a past life? Maybe a mermaid?”

There’s no rule they were always human. I stared at the living room floor in disbelief.

The giant aquarium was gone. Instead, water filled the space beneath the floor, as if the house were built over a lake. The transparent barrier item that had formed the aquarium now covered the living room floor. Fish swam right below my feet.

“There wasn’t space for an aquarium in a small house.”

“Why not just remove it? And what’s that?”

One side of the spacious living room was glass, revealing a huge greenhouse. Another item, perhaps? The garden was entirely covered in glass to form a greenhouse.

“There wasn’t space for an indoor garden in a small house.”

“A garden and an aquarium aren’t necessities! Why did you bring everything?”

And what about the transparent floor? It’s too clear—I felt uneasy underfoot. I hurried to sit on the sofa. Seong Hyunjae placed the Pegasus contract, given by Soyeong, on the table. The basic terms matched those for Comet.

“A Pegasus’s price was always considerable. Even an untrainable young one would cost over one billion, and a tamed adult mid-level was several tens of billions.”

Billions sounds like a lot, but compared to racehorses costing tens to hundreds of billions, it’s not that outrageous. A winged horse is popular but rare—often unavailable to buy even with money.

“Let’s consider it A-Rank for now, with an additional fee if it grows to S-Rank. How does that sound?”

“That’s reasonable.”

“I’m really giving you a great deal. Appreciate the partner you’ve got.”

Even if you have the money, you can’t get one. Grinning, I signed the contract. I really am soft-hearted.

“If you want a name related to its color and species, how about整理ing how you think about changelings first?”

Under my name Seong Hyunjae said, “整理 how you feel.”

“How do I feel? Honestly, I feel sorry.”

“Sorry?”

“Yes. I feel like I brought it into existence for my own desires.”

That was the original purpose. It was even a tool to apply the Last Repayment. I once hoped it’d resemble Diarma.

“You mean, for the finale.”

Double power, thanks to the Transcendent’s magic stone. If it bore great strength, it could stop the Root from devouring the world and help me find Yoo Hyun.

“The finale, huh.”

“Although a fragment of Seong Hyunjae was in it, the main stone was Diarma’s—Transcendent’s. I thought if used well, it could end everything.”

I couldn’t share the full backstory. Saying it out loud made my chest heavy. Ultimately, I had planned to kill the changeling. For my sister. Though the damned lizard hatchling murdered her, the changeling was innocent.

“Yet the changeling helped me. If it weren’t for it, I couldn’t have stopped the King of the Harmless. It seemed to know my thoughts.”

I recalled the snow-touched tree. The place I was meant to reach last.

“For Han Yujin, the changeling was the finale.”

“The finale… yes. It could’ve been.”

It was born to help me achieve my desired ending. But I chose to keep living. Instead of finishing with my sister, I continued as is.

“‘Continuity,’ then.”

What I desire is—

“It’d be Han Gyul.”

All as one forever. No one left behind, to the very end.

“So, ‘Seong Han-gyul.’”

Seong Hyunjae said shamelessly. My neck stiffened in disbelief.

“My share is next to nothing, so don’t try to claim it. It’s just ‘Han-gyul.’”

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