Regression Guidelines For the Supporting Character-Chapter 270

“Because you were bored, huh.”

Kwon Taehyuk muttered in disbelief as he looked around.

“Did you come alone?”

“For now, yes. The manager who dropped me off already left. Even during my break, it’s too much to have someone glued to my side all the time, don’t you think?”

As always, Eun Woojeong was laid-back. And just like that, Kwon Taehyuk—who had suddenly found himself playing host—was already tired.

“Mr. Eun Woojeong, I’m sorry, but we were just about to head out. Please come back another day.”

“Head out?”

“Yes. We’re on our way to ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ visit the Circle Guild.”

“Ah, Circle Guild.”

Eun Woojeong nodded, then shifted his gaze to Cha Seohu.

“So the rumors were true. I’d heard you were close with the Circle Guild.”

He gave a meaningful look, then smiled brightly, curving his eyes.

“In that case, I’ll come with you.”

“...What?”

“I mean, if it were just you going, sure. But when even the guildmaster’s going, what am I supposed to do here by myself? So if it’s okay, let me tag along.”

It was not okay.

Cha Seohu furrowed his brows but forced his mouth into a smile.

“Well, we’re guests ourselves, so it’s a bit awkward to bring someone the Circle Guild doesn’t really know...”

“Are you rejecting me?”

“Yes.”

When he answered firmly, Eun Woojeong lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head slightly.

“...That’s harsh. I even helped you both sneak into the Gyeongbokgung event last time...”

His face and voice wilted with exaggerated sorrow. It looked like he was truly hurt by Seohu’s cold rejection.

“I even met the Circle Guild’s vice-guildmaster back then, so it’s not like I’m a total stranger. But you shut me down without even thinking it over... it’s really embarrassing. And disappointing.”

To anyone watching, he looked so pitiful and downtrodden that you'd feel the urge to immediately apologize and bring him along.

'Wow. Chilling.'

Of course, none of this worked on Cha Seohu, who knew Eun Woojeong’s real personality. And even Cha Sahyeon, quietly watching while holding his brother’s hand, frowned slightly.

What a shameless bastard. Is that why he’s an actor?

Honestly, being the most recognizable face in entertainment and the head of a criminal organization really does take a special kind of shamelessness.

“We had prior plans, so it can’t be helped. You should just come back tomorrow—”

“Actually, I’m in a bit of a bind myself right now.”

Letting out a dramatic sigh, Eun Woojeong smiled again.

“My manager who dropped me off left with the car a while ago, so calling him back would be awkward. And on the way here, I noticed reporters swarming the area. Probably because of Hunter Cha Seohu, right?”

“...?”

What was he trying to pull now?

Despite the suspicion in Cha Seohu’s gaze, Eun Woojeong went on undeterred.

“If I leave the building alone without a manager, the reporters will definitely recognize me and ask what I was doing here. What should I tell them? What if I blurt out that I was abandoned, and in a moment of despair, I wandered off to the Circle Guild?”

“......”

However you looked at it, that was a threat. Cha Seohu let out a scoff.

'Figures. Of course it’s you.'

And he was saying this right in front of Kwon Taehyuk. Was he really that desperate to come along?

Clicking his tongue internally, Seohu glanced toward Kwon Taehyuk.

The man clearly didn’t know what had happened between them and looked awkward, stuck between Eun Woojeong’s persistence and Cha Seohu’s reluctance.

'...Fine. I’ll let it slide for Kwon Taehyuk’s sake.'

Eun Woojeong showed no signs of backing down, so Seohu gave in. As he tried to mentally calculate whether the Circle Guild’s cramped office could even fit this many people, he finally spoke up.

“Alright. If you really have that much free time... then sure, come along.”

“Wow, thank you!”

Even though it was a reluctant invitation, Eun Woojeong beamed with joy. Knowing it was all an act only made it more disturbing.

With Cha Sahyeon’s hand in his, Seohu stepped outside, followed by Eun Woojeong’s cheery smile and Kwon Taehyuk’s uneasy glance at the two of them.

A chauffeur was already waiting out front with the car, bowing politely.

“We’ll head to the Circle Guild right away.”

Kwon Taehyuk signaled to the driver and got into the front passenger seat.

'If Eun Woojeong hadn’t butted in, I would’ve been sitting in the back with Hunter Cha Seohu...'

Having surrendered the seat beside Seohu, Kwon Taehyuk felt a little gloomy.

Just as the car carrying the boss and his guests started moving—

SCREEEEEECH!

“...!”

A black vehicle suddenly cut into the lot, heading toward the parking area near the front gate.

Startled, the chauffeur yanked the steering wheel. The shriek of skidding tires pierced the air.

The car carrying the five of them just narrowly avoided a crash with the intruding vehicle. The chauffeur, pale as a sheet, had nearly gotten into a collision while transporting VIPs.

Kwon Taehyuk stepped in on his behalf and checked the back seat.

“Hunter Cha Seohu, are you alright?!”

“Ugh... Yeah, I’m okay...”

Since it happened just as they were pulling out, Cha Seohu hadn’t had a chance to fasten his seatbelt. He’d lightly bumped his head against the window.

Even that had been prevented from being worse thanks to Cha Sahyeon and Eun Woojeong, who were sitting on either side of him and held him steady.

Rubbing the side of his head, Seohu winced—Kwon Taehyuk’s eyes turned ice cold.

His expression hardened as he immediately opened the car door and stepped out.

He was about to confront the driver, but before he could say anything, he felt it—sharp energy brushing against his skin.

'...S-rank?'

He’d realized it late, too caught up in the surprise of the near-accident.

Just then, the other car’s doors opened. Two people stepped out.

“Are you crazy? Who swings the wheel like that all of a sudden?!”

Park Minhyuk, pale as a ghost like their chauffeur, shouted in anger. The woman who emerged from the passenger side shrugged indifferently.

“We didn’t crash, did we? I had it under control the whole time.”

Long, fiery red hair cascading past her waist. An overwhelming aura radiating from her with unmistakable intensity.

'Hunter Yoon Jeha!'

Kwon Taehyuk immediately recognized her and froze in shock.

'Why the hell are these two here? I thought I rejected the meeting yesterday?'

Did they really come here again to see Cha Seohu?

Still reeling from the barrage of surprises, Kwon Taehyuk just blinked. Then Cha Seohu, who had followed him out of the car, spotted Park Minhyuk.

“Oh—Team Leader?”

“...Hunter Cha Seohu.”

Park Minhyuk met his gaze with a sour look and asked, exhausted,

“I’m sorry. Are you hurt?”

“No. I just bumped my head a little—”

“Hey there.”

As Seohu hesitated mid-sentence, a pale hand suddenly reached out between him and Park Minhyuk.

Seohu instinctively turned toward the voice.

The first thing he saw was a vivid blaze of crimson—hair like burning fire.

A woman with rare red hair, wearing a mischievous smile, stared straight at him.

“You’re that SS-rank Supporter, right?”

“...?”

“Cha Seohu, wasn’t it? That’s your name, yeah?”

Just for a moment, Seohu had been mesmerized by the beauty that appeared out of nowhere—until she casually dropped the informal tone.

He raised an eyebrow.

'Who the hell talks to me like that?'

He was just about to reply in kind when—

'Ding!'

A crisp, familiar chime rang out.

A status window appeared before him, and Seohu froze.

'What the... Why now...?'

Why was a status window popping up at this moment? Was it a quest?

Alarmed, he quickly skimmed the contents.

And then he realized—

'Wait, this isn’t...'

This wasn’t the usual floating UI. It was a “Status” screen.

The same kind of status that had appeared when he first saw Kwon Taehyuk, Ryu Sunghyun, and Eun Woojeong.

“...!”

Cha Seohu’s eyes widened in shock.

“Hmm? Why aren’t you answering, Hunter Cha Seohu?”

Yoon Jeha prodded again with a teasing tone, just as the status screen blinked in front of her.

[User Info: Yoon Jeha (Main Character)]

Age: 28

Primary Skill: Flame Generation and Manipulation (S-rank)

Title: The Blazing Arbiter

Attack Power: S-rank

Attack Speed: S-rank

Movement Speed: S-rank

Agility: S-rank

Special Notes ▼

└ One of the main characters destined to stop the Catastrophe

'There was... another main character?'

Kwon Taehyuk, Ryu Sunghyun, Eun Woojeong.

He thought those three were it. But there was a fourth.

And she was someone he’d never met before—Yoon Jeha.

Blindsided by yet another revelation, Cha Seohu couldn’t hide the confusion on his face.