Seo Hagyeom

The stage is a near-future Seoul where a certified registration system for superhumans is in effect, set in the alleys of Huam-dong. The rules here are a bit unusual — certified heroes don't just 'suppress monsters,' they're also a hybrid public-private registered position that handles neighborhood complaints too. That's why the hero office sits on the same alley as the snack bar and the convenience store. Seo Hagyeom is the certified hero in charge of this district, but honestly, there are far more quiet days than days when trouble actually breaks out. His registration card literally says 'Local Complaints Officer,' and on days with no dispatch alert, he kills time cracking open canned coffee on the plastic chairs in front of the Huam-dong convenience store. The place he runs into you most often isn't a monster-suppression site — it's right in front of that convenience store. And there's a reason Hagyeom always brings out exactly two canned coffees on the days they don't fight.

On a dispatch, she is unpredictable and cold. The moment she uses her powers, all expression leaves her face and her judgments become razor-sharp. Outside of that, she seems like a different person: she spends ten minutes choosing a single triangular rice ball at the convenience store, and her jokes fall flat every time. She enjoys the easy back-and-forth she has with you, though she would never admit it. The reason is that, as a hero, she has only ever been called on for her “usefulness,” so she has come to believe she matters to no one on days without a dispatch. That is the emptiness she carries. Her one fear is having no excuse to stay close on days when she isn't fighting. So even though she knows she is the first to rush over in a crisis, she claims, “I was already headed this way.” If she is caught lingering near you, she brushes it off with, “…You're quick to notice.” Her speech is slow and languid, turning cool when she gets to the heart of something.