The Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization

“The Polar Bear of Gangnam Samung?”s find it hard to forget firsts in life. Whether it’s the first love, first teacher, or first senior in the military.

Even more so when it’s the person who first made me truly feel the reality of a hostage situation.

“Please, I beg you. Save me…”

The Polar Bear was the reason I first thought I shouldn’t leave Eris alone.

When I felt fear after contacting Carpe Diem while going to buy a tie, it was because of the Polar Bear that Eris sent me an emergency text asking for help.

Although it was resolved ridiculously thanks to Eris’s good acting at that time, it was undoubtedly a hair-raising situation.

It’s something I can never forget even if I try, and it’s something I can’t forgive even though we agreed to pay tribute with bread and money every time.

But I never imagined a situation where the person in question would come begging for their life.

“It’s bread delivery day, but instead of bread, why has a corpse arrived?”

I don’t know who attacked him or why he came here specifically. But coming here must mean he came prepared for the consequences.

“You know what happens when you violate the contract, right?”

Thud!

I grabbed the Polar Bear’s hair and threw him to the floor.

You think that’s too much?

What’s too much about it?

He’s the bastard who tried to kill Eris when she was alone.

No matter how cute he looks, he’s a man with a dark heart.

Even if he comes with his white body smeared with blood asking to be saved, there’s no reason to feel sorry for him.

Rather, he came in a dying state without bread on a Sunday when he’s supposed to keep his promise? This can only be seen as a breach of contract.

“W-wait a moment, Mr. Hyeon-woo. I don’t know who this person is, but his injuries are severe. If you treat him like that…”

“This bastard previously came to kill the young miss boss. Is there any need to show mercy to such a bastard?”

I grabbed the fallen Polar Bear’s white hair and lifted him up.

“Look at this bastard’s face carefully. He’s possessed, right? This bastard killed someone and possessed them. Do you think he only killed the person he possessed? No, he must have killed many people.”

The Polar Bear kept his mouth shut, probably knowing he had nothing to say. Yeah, it’s normal to have nothing to say even with a hundred mouths.

“If you lived well killing other people, you should know that you could die at any time too. Am I wrong?”

“I’m sorry… Please, just once, save me just this once…”

“You’re sorry? Since when did such apologies work in this world? Have I ever stopped hitting you when you said you’re sorry? Even I don’t stop once I start.”

I let go of the Polar Bear’s hair.

The Polar Bear couldn’t say anything and lay face down on the floor.

“I don’t know who attacked you, but get lost. If you don’t want to die for breaching the contract.”

“It’s not… a breach of contract…”

The Polar Bear, his hands trembling, reached into his clothes. Now that I look, even his clothes weren’t the martial arts uniform he usually wore, but a white hoodie zip-up.

“What is it?”

What the Polar Bear took out from his clothes was bread. Even the bread bag was stained with blood, but the Polar Bear painfully wiped off the blood with his hands and politely handed it to me with both hands.

“I came to pay tribute with bread. Please, just once. Save me just this once. At least save my younger siblings…”

“……”

I feel like my heart might soften.

Perhaps this is why organization bosses change their appearance to beautiful girls. To soften the opponent’s heart in case they face a life-threatening situation.

Beauty tactics work in any era, after all.

“Is bringing one loaf considered paying tribute?”

The Polar Bear seemed to have difficulty even speaking and was panting. He couldn’t answer, and his hands holding the bread were trembling so much that it looked like his life could end at any moment.

“Why did you come here when you were about to die? You should have gone to a hospital.”

It was then.

“Control, control…”

Eris, lying on the floor, muttered while holding her staff, and gathered a white sphere. Unlike last time, a very small sphere was created,

And then fired at the Polar Bear.

The trembling hands stopped, and life returned to the Polar Bear’s dimming eyes.

“Y-young miss boss?”

Eris healed the Polar Bear.

Why?

“This bastard tried to kill the young miss boss. Why are you healing him?”

Just try talking nonsense with that stupid face.

I’ll really scold you right there and then, boss or not.

“Hyeon-woo.”

But Eris’s expression was serious.

She looked visibly tired, probably because she used magic again when her physical condition was unstable, but she still didn’t let go of the staff she used for magic.

“Are you very frustrated? Because I healed someone who tried to kill me?”

“Of course I’m frustrated.”

“You’re right, it doesn’t make sense when you think about it realistically. I’m not unaware of that. I don’t even know if this guy will betray us ungratefully.”

“Then why…”

“But you know. I’m really sorry to say this, but could you think about it for a moment? Why did the Polar Bear come to us? Didn’t he come hoping for a miracle, thinking he might be able to survive? Didn’t he come to us because he thought of us in that life-or-death moment─”

─ If so, shouldn’t we fulfill that fantasy since we’re Fantasia?

“Becoming a ray of miracle in the harsh and dark reality… that’s the Fantasia I want. I can’t turn away someone who came to us when they thought they were going to die.”

It’s frustrating.

“I’m not saying I’ll forgive and heal just anyone. But if they thought of us in that moment, doesn’t it mean they wanted to trust us, at least?”

It’s an unrealistic idealism.

“So he won’t betray us. I’m sure he’ll continue to have a good relationship with us from now on.”

If Mohanya heard this, she might have coldly condemned it as nonsense.

But, the young miss boss was always that kind of person.

She deliberately possessed a body and became weak because she felt sorry for her younger sister, and she was a fool who never doubted others’ words, saying there was a possibility they weren’t lying.

And I want to protect the young miss boss living in that stupid fantasy.

Because it was the young miss boss’s fantasy that saved me when I was suffering.

“And, Eris really likes bread…”

The young miss boss said that and closed her eyes again.

She fell asleep, breathing softly through her nose.

Is she saying she likes bread?

Or is she saying her sister likes it?

The young miss boss is incomprehensible to the end.

But that’s why I like her.

“Thank the young miss boss, Polar Bear. If it wasn’t for her, you would have died by my hand.”

When I spoke in a cold voice, the Polar Bear was bewildered looking at his recovered body.

“H-how… I was clearly on the verge of death…”

I know, honestly, I was surprised too.

I thought it would at most reduce fatigue, but to think it could recover even the Polar Bear who was on the verge of death.

It’s a truly fantastic ability, fitting for the young miss boss.

“We are Fantasia, and the young miss boss is Fantasia’s boss. Isn’t it natural that she can create such miracles?”

“Ah, aah…”

The Polar Bear went in front of Eris.

And knelt down.

Placing the bread he was holding in front of Eris, he shed tears.

“Thank you, really, really thank you… I will never forget this kindness for the rest of my life…”

The Polar Bear, who used to swear with every word, is sincerely thanking without a single curse.

But how is he going to never forget this kindness for the rest of his life? He can only bake bread at best, right? Is baking bread repaying the kindness?

As I was watching unsatisfied, suddenly a title appeared above the Polar Bear’s head.

『Title: Polar Bear of Fantasia (Reviving)』

What the fuck.

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Title: Polar Bear of Fantasia (Reviving)

Rarity: EX

Description: He is the Polar Bear of Fantasia (Reviving). He has decided to dedicate his life to Fantasia’s boss who saved him when he was about to die.

There was a time when he had no hair at all and was called Polar Bear, but now he’s called Polar Bear because he’s all white from head to toe. He wears a hoodie and is said to be very cute.

As a side note, he has a very foul mouth.

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For rarity, there are ranks from F to SSS, and separately, there’s an EX rank.

EX is a unique title that only that person can have, and no one else can possess.

F to SSS can be held by various people, and the rank is engraved in proportion to the number of people who have it.

As I remember, the Polar Bear of Gangnam Samung was C- rank.

It means it wasn’t a unique title.

It was a title that anyone could take if they wanted to.

The fact that a new EX unique title of “Polar Bear of Fantasia” was created in a state where that title was gone means─

“Polar Bear, were you expelled?”

At those words, the Polar Bear suddenly stood up and knelt in front of me again.

“Boss! Please save my younger siblings!”

He not only knelt but also pressed his forehead to the ground.

“My younger siblings, it might be hard to forgive them, but please save them just this once! I know it’s shameless. But if you just save them, I’ll do anything!”

“Sigh.”

I couldn’t help but sigh.

What have these bastards ever done for me?

Why should I help these bastards?

But the title “Polar Bear of Fantasia” was created. Eris chose to save the Polar Bear, and the Polar Bear chose to serve Eris for life.

Then, one way or another, from now on, the Polar Bear is our organization member. It can only be seen as already certain from the moment he called me boss.

Whether he’s a murderer, whatever past he has, even if he’s the bastard who first made me wary.

Now that he’s an organization member, I have to take care of him.

Since I chose this boss because I liked her, I have to follow her through thick and thin.

What else can I do?

“Tell me what happened. I need to know at least that much to decide whether to help or not.”

“It’s embarrassing to say, but the fact that I almost died is actually my own fault. It’s because the Murim Alliance found out that we tried to attack Fantasia and failed.”

“We didn’t tell anyone though?”

“I know. The ones who found out about that fact and reported it to the Murim Alliance were the Sacheon Samsa.”

“Sacheon Samsa?!”

“Do you know what Sacheon Samsa is?”

“No, I don’t.”

It’s just, you know.

Among military officers, there are officers from prestigious universities, right?

Those guys are usually really tough.

When you say Sacheon Samsa, it sounds like the Four Heavenly Kings among officers from prestigious universities.

“It’s my first time hearing about it today, but the name Sacheon Samsa sounds really ominous.”

“Boss, you seem to have good intuition. Those guys are really ominous. They’re the Three Snakes of Sacheon Dangmun.”

“Sacheon Dangmun?”

I don’t know much about martial arts novels, but I’ve heard the name Sacheon Dangmun a lot. Usually in martial arts novels, the people who use poison and hidden weapons belong to Sacheon Dangmun.

Ah, could it be?

“Don’t tell me they use poison needles?”

“Are you really sure you don’t know? The Sacheon Samsa are very skilled in combat using poison needles.”

I see, so it was like that.

Mohanya, you crazy bastard, how far into the future do you know?

But I definitely learned from Mohanya how to fight and win against poison needles.

“It won’t be difficult to help then.”