The Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization

Day broke.

I didn’t get enough sleep. While Eris and Shizu were asleep, I slipped out of the house and went to my original home.

Mom was suffering from insomnia at night due to the trauma of the Chunsik incident. Even though I came back quite late, mom was still unable to sleep, her eyes hollow.

My heart ached.

So I was going to suggest to mom. How about going into a mental hospital for treatment?

Many people try to overcome mental illnesses caused by trauma without relying on medication, but in fact, medication is the best.

Nothing is as effective in treating mental illness as taking medication. They say that treatment without accompanying medication is unlikely to be very effective.

It’s just that it costs a lot of money, and having a record of mental hospital treatment can be an obstacle in social life.

Mom doesn’t need to worry about such things, so it might be better for her to be admitted to a mental hospital for treatment.

Especially, from now on, as I’ll be active as Fantasia’s fighting dog, I can’t pay attention to mom. I might not be able to fight properly if I’m worried about my sick mom.

So I came to suggest it, but mom spoke first.

“Son… Should I go into a mental hospital?”

Mom’s expression was on the verge of collapse. It seemed impossible to endure any longer. Maybe it’s natural when you can’t sleep properly and only the screams of customers keep echoing in your head.

“Yes, let’s go right now.”

Since mom voluntarily said she wanted to go, I shouldn’t hesitate. Because mom, who rarely shows weakness, said she wanted to be admitted first.

So I admitted mom to a mental hospital. Mom fell into a peaceful sleep after being administered a sedative, and I couldn’t sleep.

Mental hospitals generally have a bad image. Even though it’s an officially licensed mental hospital, I couldn’t sleep well because I was anxious after actually leaving her there.

So I greeted the morning with hollow eyes. Since mom already went in because she wanted to, I can’t take her out until she says she wants to come out. I have no choice but to trust somehow.

“Yawn~ Hyeonwoo, did you sleep well?”

Eris stretched like a cat and spoke to me with a silly grin. Because the house is small, I slept in the same room with Eris and Shizu, but since Shizu left early to deliver newspapers, it’s just Eris and me.

“Does this look like I slept well to you?”

“Why couldn’t you sleep?”

“Because Hyungnim Agasshi snored a lot.”

“Gasp? Did I snore? No way, am I becoming like dad…”

In fact, she didn’t snore at all, but Eris believed my words and started seriously worrying. Does she not know how to doubt people?

Well, that’s why she lent money and didn’t get any back. Today’s goal is to get money back from at least one place.

“It’d be troublesome if I become a tank like dad later!”

“Stop talking nonsense and wash up and get dressed. You said we need to register with the government today that we’ve gathered 3 organization members.”

“Uh-huh! I’ll get dressed quickly, wait for me.”

Eris started stripping again.

“This damn Hyungnim.”

I gave her a light knock on the head when she was about to take off her panties in front of me. Eris held her head with teary eyes, as if she didn’t know what she did wrong.

“Why, why did you hit me?”

“Does it make sense for a 20-year-old woman to try to take off her panties in front of a man?”

“B-but I’m used to undressing at home, so I just…”

“Don’t do weird things and keep some boundaries. Why do you think I finished washing up before Hyungnim Agasshi woke up?”

I’m already done washing up and even finished styling my hair with wax. Even though Eris is at the level of a shameless kindergartener, she’s still a 20-year-old woman, so it was to be considerate.

“Oh, I understand… Hmph.”

Eris sniffled and went into the bathroom with a towel and panties. Even then, her panties are Mohanya ones again, just a different color. Is that all she has?

“Alright! I’m ready!”

Eris washed up, styled her bangs with wax for some unknown reason, put on a pure white shirt and black slacks, and raised her right arm high towards the sky while shouting.

The point is her winking and smiling. How does she make such an expression?

“Well then, shall we go to the Organization Management Office?”

With Eris’s energetic fist pump, we went outside. It was a 10-minute walk to the Organization Management Office. I think it’s fortunate that the house is quite close, but Eris held out her hand to me.

What does this mean?

“Hold my hand!”

“You want me to hold your hand?”

“Yes! I like walking while holding hands.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know? I just feel good when I walk holding hands with someone reliable. It calms my heart. That’s why I walked a lot holding Shizu’s hand.”

Does that mean I wasn’t reliable yesterday?

Well, it’s natural if you think about it. It’s thankful that I became the 3rd organization member, but I was just a PC bang part-timer. It’s ambiguous to say I was reliable.

I guess I might have seemed reliable because I saved Shizu and brought her back yesterday. It must mean Hyungnim Agasshi is acknowledging me in her own way.

I should hold her hand with a grateful heart.

“Wow, wow… It’s different from Shizu’s hand. Hyeonwoo, your hand is very big and warm. Shizu’s hand is small and cold.”

“That means Shizu-ssi’s health is not good. We need to earn money quickly and let her rest.”

“Yes! I want Shizu to rest soon too. Shizu’s cooking is delicious, it would be great if we could eat all three meals.”

No, let her rest, you Hyungnim.

Shizu would probably be happy to cook for Eris, but honestly, from a third person’s perspective, I wish Shizu could rest a bit. How can a person look so worn out from fatigue?

“Instead of that, ask Shizu-ssi to prepare only one meal. I’ll prepare two meals.”

“Oh? Hyeonwoo, you know how to cook too?”

“Well, we can eat frozen dumplings for breakfast and ramen for lunch, right?”

“Oh! That’s amazing? Frozen dumplings for breakfast and ramen for lunch? Let’s get permission from Shizu and eat like that!”

What permission are you talking about?

Come to think of it, Eris said it was luxurious even when ordering just cheese bokki. Poor thing.

“Hyungnim Agasshi, let’s earn a lot of money in the future and eat expensive and delicious things to our heart’s content.”

“Expensive and delicious things? Wow, does that mean we can eat pork soup to our heart’s content? That’s really amazing! Hyeonwoo is the best!”

Pork soup only costs 5,500 won, what on earth are you eating if that’s expensive?

I need to earn money quickly and show Eris what real expensive food is. As I was thinking that, we arrived at the Organization Management Office.

“Hello. How may I help you?”

After drawing a number ticket at the entrance and waiting a bit, a woman without a title above her head greeted us at the counter. She seemed to be a civil servant.

“We’ve gathered 3 organization members! Please don’t dissolve us!”

“What’s the organization name?”

“Fantasia!”

As Eris spoke energetically, the receptionist smiled gently and typed on the keyboard.

“Fantasia was originally scheduled to be dissolved today because it had only two guild members. Therefore, the third guild member needs to sign a pledge stating that they have officially joined. Would that be alright for a moment?”

“Yes, let’s do that.”

I started filling out the form the receptionist handed over. It was basically pledging that there was no coercion in my joining Fantasia, and that there was no falsehood.

The last sentence is quite impressive.

‘I swear on my life to Levinas the 16th.’

Ridiculously, this world is not a republic centered on citizens while claiming to be. It’s a monarchy. They make nonsensical claims about monarchical democracy while having a king.

For now, the king and his ministers do the politics, but whether to implement certain policies or not is decided by citizen votes, so they say that’s democracy or something.

In true democracy, the people should elect those who do politics, but here the king chooses everything, so they call it monarchical democracy.

What kind of democracy is that?

Of course, it’s probably because it’s such a world that gangsters could seize power.

“I’m done writing.”

One way or another, I filled out the pledge and submitted it. The civil servant put the pledge I handed over into a scanner and smiled.

“Thank you. Fantasia has returned as an official organization.”

“Yes!”

Eris thrust her right fist forward again in joy. It’s to the point where I suspect she might be doing it on purpose. If it’s a habit, there’s nothing to say.

“Now that you’ve returned as an official organization, you can set your organization’s symbol. What would you like it to be?”

A symbol, huh.

They probably mean something like the snake-shaped badge Carpe Diem wore. Murim Alliance’s symbol is the unique form of clothes called mubok, and Esper Hunter’s symbol is an S-shaped earring, if I remember correctly.

“Hyungnim Agasshi, do you have something in mind?”

“Heh, of course I do.”

She’s not going to say something like Mohanya, right? That would be plagiarism.

“Since it’s Fantasia, let’s make an F-shaped badge our symbol!”

“No, what’s with an F shape? It looks weak, like F-grade.”

It looks shameful, like F-grade. In a certain academy love comedy novel, F class is the lowest class for inferior students. Never mind if you don’t know.

“Then what good idea do you have, Hyeonwoo?”

“Well, I don’t have any suitable ideas…”

“Then it’s F! Fantasia has always worn F-shaped badges from the old days!”

You mean you all went around saying you’re F-grade? It’s mean to say, but no wonder Tushin annihilated you single-handedly. You’re practically a group of weaklings.

“The symbol creation is complete. Please continue to use our services. Thank you.”

But if it’s a symbol with history, I guess we have to accept it. I reluctantly pinned the F-shaped badge to my chest. Eris wore it too, of course.

“Alright, with this, Fantasia starts anew!”

As Eris was cheering with her arms raised, feeling good, suddenly some men and police surrounded us. These men look familiar…

Ah, they’re the guys who tried to kidnap Shizu yesterday. I guess the drug effects wore off and they came to their senses?

“Officer, it’s this bastard! The one who knocked out all my friend’s teeth!”

The friend whose teeth were all knocked out wasn’t visible, probably having difficulty moving around. The guy pointing at me, tattling to the police, kept babbling excitedly for some reason.

“This heinous bastard! Because of you, my friend can’t even eat porridge properly now. And here you are, dating a cute little girl!”

Usually, when you’re with such a young girl, wouldn’t you not think of the word ‘dating’? It’s clear that doing a lot of drugs messes up your head.

“Let’s discuss the details at the station.”

“That won’t be necessary.”

The police tried to take me away, but Eris shook her head and pointed to the F-shaped badge pinned to her chest.

“Woo Hyeon-woo is an excellent member of my organization. We will punish him according to our Fantasia internal regulations.”

Wow, it was so annoying when those bastards avoided punishment like this.

Now I’m the one enjoying that privilege. How does it feel, you drug addicts? Is your blood boiling? Feel the emotion I felt.

“Hmm… According to the reader, it is indeed an official organization. Although the number of members is small, it was once a top organization, so it’s subject to special treatment.”

“Th-this is absurd! You’re not arresting him because he’s in an organization? Officer! This is dereliction of duty!”

“If you don’t like it, why don’t you join an organization too? That’s the rule of this world, what can we do? The police just follow the rules.”

The police said that and left coldly. The men glared with resentment, but when I silently cracked my neck making a loud sound, they fled in fear.

What a shame, if they had come at me, I could have hit them once more and gotten stronger with the fighting dog effect.

“Hyeonwoo, how was that? I did well, right!”

Eris’s demeanor changed drastically from when she was dealing with the police. This stupid smile she’s showing now while asking is the Eris I know, but the Eris talking to the police earlier was a completely different person.

A rather cold and sharp appearance.

I guess an organization boss is still a boss after all. When I patted her head saying she did well, Eris smiled happily.

Now that we’ve completed the procedure to return as an official organization─

“Hyungnim Agasshi, rest at home for a while.”

“Why? What are you going to do?”

To that question, I pulled out a promissory note from my inside pocket and grinned.

“I’m going to earn some lunch money.”