2.Retirement(1)

Because Lucia can see the future, Hyun-woo didn't want to believe everything Lucia said at the hamburger store. It's not clear yet what she's thinking. I still intended to listen carefully until I could be sure that everything Lucia claimed to me was true.

Still, thanks to Lucia's argument, I was able to make a definite decision.

First, Lucia will stay around me. Although she was later destined to be sold to a Villain Union from an orphanage sponsored by the Hero Association. It won't be possible unless all the senior executive of the Villain Union come to me, because there's no villain who can beat me one-on-one.

Above all, The Elder, the boss of the Villain Union, wants to avoid fighting me as much as possible.

Villain Union is a newly established organization. So they are extremely reluctant to let their existence be known to the Hero Association.

Thanks to The Elder's choice, I'll be able to catch my breath for a while.

By the time the Villain Union was in full swing, it would have had to fight the S-Rank level villains day by day. For now, only A- or B-Rank level villains will be active.

Especially right now, The Elder doesn't have Lucia to see the future, and the way to collect dangerous villain through prophecy has disappeared. For me, a golden opportunity to deal with those who will become S-Rank-class villains in the future without disturbing the Villain Union.

Just knowing and preparing for the future has this much advantage. When I felt better for a moment in the hope of preventing the annihilation of the Hero Society. Lucia, who had been walking silently for a long time, tilted her head and stared at me.

"Pops, Pops! Where are we going now?"

"My home. Because I promised to raise you first. I'm going to do nothing at home today and then take care of my work from tomorrow."

Lucia nodded understandingly at my words.

In particular, in the future Lucia saw in a moment, Hyun-woo was definitely a hero with outstanding skills in the Hero Association. So she had hope that she might have her own room. It was natural in a way that heroes at an excellent level could make a lot of money, and Hyun-woo, who would be considered a ranker in the Hero Association, would have a lot of money.

Her mother has told Lucia three important things in the past before die.

Wealth, health, and connections.

Lucia approached Hyun-woo simply because she thought of such a future, but somehow he was a suitable person for the three conditions that her mother repeatedly emphasized.

Wealth will suffice. Health, it makes no sense that a hero doesn't, and in the case of connections, there was no need for further explanation in that he was a ranker in the Hero Association right away.

"...what are you doing?"

"I'm holding you so you can't escape!"

Lucia clung to my leg with her legs and arms so I wouldn't run away. I think I brought a strange child. No matter how strong I was, I couldn't walk fast with at least a ten-year-old girl hanging from one leg, so I tried to take off Lucia as much as I could. However, Lucia, who was hanging with stronger force than leeches, did not fall, so she had no choice but to arrive home in this shape.

After such a hard time, I arrived home before I knew it.

I was silent for a moment in front of the slightly shabby door. No matter how much I touched the door lock, there was no screen where I could enter the password.

"Oh, right. License card."

Only then did I remember that this was a cheap rental house with the support of the Hero Association.

I recalled my memory.

And I succeeded in remembering that my hero license was in my wallet. I took out my grade 9 hero license from my wallet. And when I brought my license to the door lock, I was finally able to welcome my old house after a long time.

It's been a really long time.

So I couldn't predict it at all.

"Oops..."

Lucia, though the door may look a little shabby, was not a dissatisfied, but she sighed at the sight of my house.

The house was in a worse state than I thought.

Compared to the pigsty, it can be said that it is a human house, but my house was full of traces of reckless use by people who did not care about the house. In detail, this was not an environment for children to stay in.

By the way, I'm the landlord.

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"My parents died a long time ago, so I lived outside for a long time. Mostly the place I stayed was a dump. It was run by a kind-hearted grandfather and grandmother who were not in line with this era, so I could get some food there."

"So?"

"It was a place with a lot of cockroaches. But still, mice and cockroaches weren't that visible. Especially when I was about to leave the dump, old couples gave me clothes they wanted to gift for daughter in the past!"

Lucia, whose long boring story was ending, glared with empty eyes and pointed her finger at me.

"By the way, I think this is the dirtiest place I've ever been!"

Lucia said admonishingly.

"I can't find any sign of any effort in this house! No matter how much you live alone, she said that keeping your house clean is a must!"

Somehow, I ended up in a position to receive stinging advice from Lucia that I couldn't refute. I felt wronged. This house wasn't used well enough to come back about five times in a year.

Even villains targeting me sometimes break in.

Of course, most of them are idiots who can't kill me, but they are also villains who broke in to find my weaknesses. Therefore, villains who failed to find my weaknesses often took out their anger at home and left.

This was also a trail of villains.

But it was my fault that I couldn't clean it up.

So I wanted to keep the house clean, but it would be impossible to clean the house in a day.

Then I thought about asking the cleaning company. However, for a long time, I didn't feel the need for personal protection, so I left my house unattended, and now the villains come and go freely in my home.

And now it's a dangerous idea to stay at home as much as Lucia can be a weakness enough.

Should I buy a house? But I don't have any money. I have enough money, but personally, there is a lot of spending.

So what choice should I make? When I was thinking about it for a long time. I got a hero license in my eyes.

"...Do I really need to continue my hero career?"

I talked to myself. From now on, I have to protect Lucia.

So I can't do hero activities anymore. Above all, the Hero Association will try to impose big restrictions on every time I fight against S-Rank level villain candidates. Rather, it is more beneficial for me to quit hero activities.

"...I've worked for 10 years, so will I get a retirement allowance?"

Anyway, my hero rank was demoted. Therefore, I would rather retire and receive a rental house and retirement allowance to receive personal protection as promised by the Hero Association.

For now, I stopped Lucia, who was cleaning up the house.

It doesn't matter if you don't clean it up. Let's take a break for tomorrow today. It's never because I'm lazy to clean up my house.

A perfect operation was drawn in Hyun-woo's head.