Sung Hyunjae

* Post-regression
* Pre-regression

**Sung Hyunjae** (Korean: 성현제, RR: *Seong Hyeonje*) is the leader of Seseong Guild and one of the strongest Korean S-rank Hunters. He is an extremely talented and skilled man with a penchant for pursuing interesting or fun things, and holds a particular interest in Han Yoojin and Song Taewon.

He is a talent that the transcendent Crescent Moon is attempting to nurture into a transcendent himself; she gave him the name **Little Moon** (작은 달, *Jageun Dal*) after her own. As a result of her attempts to fulfil this goal, Sung Hyunjae has lived several past lives in other now-destroyed worlds, with Sigma from the Guardverse being one of them.

## Appearance

Sung Hyunjae is tall and extremely handsome, a fact frequently pointed out by Han Yoojin. Though he is in his late thirties and one of the oldest Korean guild leaders, he has a youthful appearance, so much so that he consciously styles his hair and dress to appear older. His speech mannerisms also suit his age, but specifically his post-regression age, making him sound as though he's in his forties.

Sung Hyunjae's overall coloration is fair, with golden eyes and light hair, though the exact shade is hard to identify.

In the virtual reality dungeon, he temporarily appears as a floating ball of hot pink yarn with a changeable emoticon-like face on it; this form apparently consists of a central core with the yarn wrapped around it. His yarn ball appearance is briefly combined with a suit and white gloves, with the yarn ball taking the place of the "head", to give the illusion of a regular human body, but the clothes are destabilized and his form reduced to the yarn soon after. Later, while acting as Delrose, he has his normal human appearance for the most part, but his hair turns white and his pupils turn slitted like a cat or reptile's.

## Personality

Though perceived by the general public as a gentlemanly, distinguished, and well-mannered man, Sung Hyunjae has a reputation for being chaotic and unpredictable amongst Hunters, sometimes described as a madman. He is prone to doing as he wishes regardless of whether it inconveniences or outright endangers other people, and chases after things that interest him with an obsessive and almost-predatory focus. He is generally formal (if not polite), cheerful, and playful when interacting with others, but much like the other born S-ranks, has very few people that he truly feels fondness for. A extremely intelligent man, Sung Hyunjae's actions are by-and-large calculated despite his apparent impulsiveness, and he is not often caught off-guard.

A significant part of his unpredictability can be chalked down to the overwhelming boredom he feels when going about life; in order to combat this, he takes to deviating from his schedule and doing whatever interests him most. The source of his immense boredom is the numerous reincarnations he's been forced to go through by Crescent Moon. He retains any skills and abilities gathered over the course of his lives, as well as an awareness deep in his subconscious of his prior lives, the sum of which means that he is immediately successful at most anything he tries and nothing in life presents any challenge to him, and the mundane aspects of life feel extremely repetitive to him, having lived through them countless times before. This latter aspect is also exacerbated by his pre-regression memories which he subconsciously retains as a particularly sensitive and powerful born S-rank, such that the days are quite literally repeating for him.

Sung Hyunjae is also sometimes overtaken by his pre-regression self, at which point he becomes less jovial and playful. He is also quicker to anger and aggression. The possession occurs up until a large chunk of his pre-regression memories are pushed into the combined magic stones of Diarma and the dragon humanoid currently being refined by Han Yoojin.

## Abilities

### Stats

Sung Hyunjae is a born S-rank, with S-rank stats.

### Skills

* **Combat Foresight (unknown rank)**: Allows the user to predict what an opponent will do in combat.
* **Unnamed electricity manipulation skill (unknown rank)**: With particularly strong destructive power due to its electricity attribute, it's prone to dispersing and losing force for the same reason, and Sung Hyunjae generally uses the Refined Seeker's Chains or other tools such as metal needles to help focus and direct its power. Sung Hyunjae is also able to manipulate this skill to other uses, such as the following:
	+ Using electromagnetic properties to use metal in the surroundings as part of his attacks
	+ Electrolyzing water to produce hydrogen that can be used for triggering hydrogen explosions
	+ *(If retained from his time as Sigma)* Paralyzing individuals, presumably via shocking or manipulating the currents in their nervous system

## Belongings

* Refined Seeker's Chains (contracted weapon)
* Sillekia's Wings
* Han Yoojin's earrings (pre-regression only)
* Pocket watch from Vacheron's Hunter collection
* Long golden metal needles for use with his electricity

## Trivia

* If Sung Hyunjae is not where his schedule needs him to be, 99% of the time, the reason is related to Han Yoojin.
* His hobbies and talents include cooking, knitting, making cocktails, origami, and fishing.
* He dislikes eating bread crusts and will tear or cut them off, but is willing to eat shrimp tails.

## References

1. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 270
2. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 41
3. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 52
4. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 116
5. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 125
6. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 186
7. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 269
8. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 242
9. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 241
10. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 266
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 140
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 141
13. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 143
14. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 66
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 99
16. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 76
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 103
18. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 135
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 185
20. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 228
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 75
22. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 139
23. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 127
24. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 216
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 243
26. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 165