I Became a National ‘Disaster’ Level Monster

Chapter 61

“Hello…”

“Hello, Mother.”

“Mother?”

When Rolling first heard that word, she thought she must have been dreaming.

It was understandable. ‘Mother,’ after all.

That term was usually reserved for a daughter-in-law addressing her mother-in-law.

Even though he was once a prominent Hunter in America, the idea of taking a princess from one of the world’s top ten families as her daughter-in-law was utterly absurd.

‘I must have been really busy lately to be dreaming such a strange dream.’

Rolling pinched her own cheek to wake up quickly.

Squeeeeze.

But then.

“Ouch, it hurts?!”

It hurt.

Even though it was a dream, it hurt.

That meant the situation unfolding before her eyes wasn’t a dream but reality.

“M-M-M-Mother?!”

In an instant, the hospital room, which should have been quiet, turned into a chaotic scene.

Shin-woo was just as shocked.

“Princess?!”

So, that kiss she gave me that day wasn’t just a coincidence?

Princess Kurumi, who loathed humans more than anyone else in history, was now facing Rolling and—

“Yes. I look forward to your kind favor, Mother.”

She was smiling beautifully at a ‘human,’ even bowing politely.

“Uh, no, um, that, uh, oh, uh…?”

Auntie Rolling, drenched in cold sweat, turned to look at me with a face full of anxiety.

‘What on earth is going on?’

She mouthed the words to me.

But.

‘How should I know…?’

How could I possibly know?

The last time I saw Princess Kurumi was exactly a week ago.

After defeating Amaterasu and breaking the curse of lifespan that had plagued her, we didn’t even have a proper conversation—I just patted her head silently before leaving.

Of course, there was that tiny detail where I became her ‘lifesaver.’

‘…Could it be that?’

One of the most cliché tropes in heroic tales.

The classic story where the heroine falls in love with the person who saved her—is that what’s happening with Princess Kurumi now?

If so, this is a big problem.

I still had a mountain of things to do, and this wasn’t just about having a pretty girlfriend.

It meant I had caught the eye of a princess from one of the world’s top ten families.

The thought of what kind of butterfly effect this could cause in the ‘Noble Meeting Part’ later on was already giving me a headache.

More than anything, the idea that someone like me could have a relationship with Miss Kurumi…

‘I’ve never even been in a relationship before…’

Let alone a relationship, I was clumsy at the very notion of receiving affection like this.

Given the environment I grew up in.

I didn’t even know what my mother looked like, and my so-called father was the kind of person who drowned himself in alcohol every day.

It was only after meeting Sophia’s family that I got somewhat used to the concept of ‘family affection.’

I beamed.

‘This is too much for me…!’

To be loved by someone of the opposite sex.

I was in almost the same state as a foreigner tasting Korea’s spicy Buldak for the first time.

In other words, I had no tolerance at all.

“P-Princess Kurumi. But why did you come here…”

“Well, of course! I heard Shin-woo was very ill, so I rushed right over!”

Even when I tried to change the subject to shift the atmosphere, Princess Kurumi’s stories always included me.

“I came to take care of you ‘devotedly’!”

“Oh my, oh my, a princess is personally taking care of you. My son is really something~.”

“Auntie …”

Meanwhile, Rolling’s initial shock faded quickly.

She seemed to be watching this scene with subtle amusement.

With a mischievous smile, she looked down at me lying in bed and winked at me as if to say, ‘Good luck with this.’

‘I’m going crazy…’

In any case, since she came because of me, I couldn’t just send her away, and in the first place, how could I, a mere mortal, send away a princess at my discretion?

“Shin-woo! Leave it to me and just lie down comfortably in bed!”

…Was she hungry?

Princess Kurumi began walking towards me with a sultry stride, licking her lips.

Seeing Miss Kurumi like that, I gave up trying to make sense of it all and just let things be.

“Yes, then I’ll leave it to you…”

I figured she would just chat with me, so I relaxed.

Rattle.

“Oh my, I think it’s time for me to run away.”

“…?”

As if this were just a normal hospital room, the VIP room’s door suddenly swung open.

And then, Auntie Rolling, who had just jumped out of the window, escaping the hospital altogether?

‘……What the hell?’

I looked towards the window, trying to figure out what was going on, then turned my head back to the door.

And in that moment, I saw it.

“Phew…”

“……”

It was her, with dark shadows cast under her eyes, glaring at us.

Sophia, looking as if she could kill someone at any moment.

“……”

“…Who?”

“……The girl behind you—her ‘sex partner.'”

“S-Sex… partner?”

“No!”

“Sex partner, you bitch.”

“S-Sex, sex, sex…!?”

“It’s not true!!”

I hurriedly tried to correct Sophia’s words.

But had Princess Kurumi already solidified her belief because of that outburst?

“Ha-wa-wa-wa…!”

Hearing the shocking and vulgar term ‘sex partner,’ Princess Kurumi’s face turned as red as a beet.

At this point, it seemed like she wouldn’t just stop liking me; she might end up despising me.

Because she now saw me as a complete pervert.

…But then.

“Y-Y-Y-You really are bold, just like a cool guy, Shin-woo!”

“…?!”

“What…”

“Well, yeah! It’s not like we’re in the Edo period (or the Joseon period in Korea) anymore! It’s not weird for a young man to have experience with the opposite sex!”

“P-Princess…?”

“Oh, by the way, for your information, I’m still a ‘virgin’!”

I didn’t ask?

No, more importantly, is it really okay for me to know such intimate secrets about the princess?

Am I not being marked as a highly suspicious person just by hearing this conversation?

As fear suddenly gripped me.

“Hey, you princess bitch! Isn’t it enough that you lived with him! Why do you keep clinging to my Shin-woo?”

“Momma!”

Sophia, who had been suppressing her anger, finally couldn’t take it anymore and stormed over to grab Princess Kurumi by the collar.

“S-Sophia, calm down!”

“No, I can’t stay calm!!”

Even as I tried to stop her, it felt like flames were bursting from Sophia’s mouth as she shouted at me.

That’s how intense her spirit and overwhelming hatred were.

She had already lost sight of everything else.

But.

“Hey, you must think you can have anything you want because you were born into a good family, but you have no idea what kind of relationship I have with…”

“I can’t… take it anymore…”

Before Sophia’s anger could fully erupt.

“Uuup…!”

“Huh?”

Kurumi, who had been trying to show her best self to Shin-woo, finally reached her limit when she not only looked at but also touched a human.

“Uweeeek!”

“O-Oh?!”

And soon enough, just as usual, the princess began to retch.

“Sophia! Princess Kurumi has anthropophobia, so she can’t touch humans!”

“Oh… right! She was a Beast Hunter too!”

To contain the situation, Shin-woo tried to get up from his bed.

But what was happening now?

“…Uuup.”

“Sophia…?”

“N-No… Hold it in… Hold it in…!”

“Don’t tell me you’re also…?”

Just as the Korean saying ‘Birds of a feather flock together’ goes.

Seeing Princess Kurumi retch after being touched by a human must have triggered Sophia’s suppressed anthropophobia too.

Of course, she was trying her best to hold it back, swallowing her spit like a professional.

“Uweeeek!”

But of course, it was impossible.

“Uweeeek!”

“Uweeeek!”

“Uweeeek!”

“Uweeeek!”

Like the natural ‘chain reaction’ you get when watching a Jajangmyeon mukbang and craving Chinese food, it was inevitable.

And so, like the fuse of a bomb, Sophia started retching side by side with Princess Kurumi.

“O-Oppa…”

“Ria?”

“Help me…!”

Beneath the shadows of the two of them, Ria was looking truly troubled.

***

It was after successfully launching the much-anticipated project with Jin-ah Lee.

Late at night.

Just as Donjo was about to leave the Korean Hunter branch.

“W-Wait a minute!”

Someone ran up to him frantically just as he was about to board the limousine under the escort of guards weaker than himself.

It was none other than Lee Hee-jeong, who was hoping to transfer to the U.S. Hunter Association headquarters.

“Y-You’re Donjo Mycrie, right?! One of the only seven National Power-Level Hunters in America! And now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives!”

“Hey! How dare you rush up like this…!”

“Stop. Isn’t this our first time meeting?”

The guards immediately grabbed Lee Hee-jeong, who had approached

Donjo abruptly.

Then they tried to throw her out roughly.

But Donjo, stopping his guards, got out of the limousine again and faced Lee Hee-jeong.

“If you’re running up to someone you’re meeting for the first time in such a hurry, there must be a good reason. So, let’s hear it.”

‘I want to seize this chance!’

Sensing that in Lee Hee-jeong’s bold action, Donjo allowed her to speak.

Then, Lee Hee-jeong’s lips spread into a wide grin.

“Please…! Scout me as a researcher at the U.S. Hunter Association headquarters!”

With her heart on her sleeve, she knew she was being presumptuous, but she didn’t want to waste this opportunity.

“If you do, I’ll help you too!”

“Hmm? *You*? And how would you do that?”

“Simple!”

She casually crossed a line that should not be crossed.

“The plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Korea! You’ll need a Korean researcher for that, right?”

“?! How the hell does someone like you know about that… What are you trying to say?”

“It’s simple! I’ll create a ‘controllable monster’ to help with the withdrawal plan. So please, take me to America with the U.S. troops.”