When the heavy story ended for a while, Moon Jong-hyuk asked.
Ah.
I finally remembered when I saw him calling Kang Woo-hyun familiarly.
Moon Jong-hyuk and Kang Woo-hyun.
Looking back, the two Holders were old friends.
Because the two fathers were close friends, Kang Juyeon and Moon Ga-eun became friends from a young age.
‘I think I took good care of it….’
He said he only worked without taking care of his daughter, but when he met his friend, he seemed to have taken her with him.
I nodded my head and answered him.
“Yes. I’m currently working as an intern.”
“Haha. My daughter’s boyfriend is working under my friend… It’s a funny thing. Did you get scouted by Juyeon?”
“Yes. Ga-eun and Holder Kang Juyeon… They all seem to think well of me.”
Moon Jong-hyuk laughed heartily and continued.
“You’re too humble. I’ve heard about your skills. You’re a rare multi-talented Holder, much more capable than your peers. The head of our clan’s scout team even checked your end-of-semester evaluation at Ga-eun’s request. I read that report too.”
“Ah….”
I heard it from Kang Juyeon before.
She asked the head of the clan’s scout team to check my skills for my recruitment.
It seems that he also came to explore with <Royal> at that time.
“Come to <Royal> if you have a chance. I don’t want to burden you with recruitment… But it hurts my pride a bit to just lose you to Kang Woo-hyun. Haha. I’ll let you feel how good <Royal> is.”
Moon Jong-hyuk said with a pleasant smile.
Even if I don’t have eyes to judge people’s sincerity.
At least the heart that I see from Moon Jong-hyuk now, it was the sincerity of a warm senior Holder.
The seat with Moon Jong-hyuk at Moon Ga-eun’s request.
Although my role was fake…
All the stories we shared were sincere.
A father of one person.
And a Holder with pride in his position.
That was my honest impression of Moon Jong-hyuk today.
I laughed along and clinked glasses.
“Yes, it’s an honor.”
For some reason, it was a good day.
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Ippotranslation
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Kwagagaga-
Lightning struck along with the rain that had been falling for a long time.
It was a very gloomy weather to go outside.
Thanks to that, I was spending a golden Sunday at home.
Fortunately, I wasn’t alone.
My boarding house in Sangdo.
The house, which is spacious for living alone, sometimes feels empty.
There was a familiar face here.
“Seoul, return…!!”
Kim Chae-eun has returned.
After the auction in Daegu, she went straight to Busan…
She’s back almost 2 weeks later.
Kim Chae-eun showed off her return with clothes and lenses I hadn’t seen before, and even held the [Frost Staff] I gave her in her hand.
But I asked while scratching my head.
“Do you have to declare that in my house?”
Kim Chae-eun, who is in ‘Yahoo!’ posture as if she had come from hiking…
Isn’t this usually done in your room?
Then Kim Chae-eun put her hand on her waist and rolled her eyes.
“What’s up with that attitude? Aren’t you glad to see me?”
“No, of course I’m glad. But…”
My gaze went to Kim Chae-eun’s hand.
To be precise, it was directed towards the spatula in her hand.
“It’s because what you are holding in your hand is quite scary.”
“What’s scary about it? I’m making pancakes. On a rainy day, it’s definitely pancakes and makgeolli! Look forward to it. This time I will definitely win you over with my cooking.”
“……”
Look forward to it?
…That’s what scares me.
Kim Chae-eun came over to play at my house as soon as she returned to Seoul, and when it started raining suddenly, she prepared ingredients to make pancakes.
Under the pretext of ‘Return Celebration Party’!
No, since it’s a return celebration party, shouldn’t I be the one who should congratulate and cook?
I tried to argue like that, but there was no way to stop Kim Chae-eun who had already entered cooking mode.
Chiiii-
Slowly pouring batter into the frying pan and starting to cook.
Seeing the visual of pancakes after a long time somehow made me think they might be delicious.
I watched her blankly for a while and then asked.
“So when do you start training again?”
I haven’t seen her face for a while but we’ve been in touch constantly.
So I knew about Kim Chae-eun’s rough situation.
The training she had with Jeong Seon-young was very effective.
And Jeong Seon-young highly valued that point and took her as an exclusive disciple.
Considering Jeong Seon-young’s skill and position without anyone following [Freeze], this was a very well-resolved issue for Kim Chae-eun.
“Probably around August? There are no more classes in July.”
“So you’re resting for two weeks?”
“Yeah! Rest is as important as training, so take a good rest.”
Hearing that story reminded me of the dungeon strategy plan that had been postponed for a while.
‘Stained Rock Pile’.
A medium-high level dungeon where B-grade-Cgrade monsters mainly appear.
A dungeon located near Seoraksan, which is still an undiscovered dungeon that has not yet been exploited.
In the original work, Park Jin-woo finds and exploits this dungeon alone in the latter part.
So I turned the direction to exploit this with Kim Chae-eun.
Of course, I can’t say it outright, and I thought I should do it as if I found it by chance while exploiting the Seoraksan field.
“…Just the two of us?”
“Huh? Oh, of course. We’re not going to go up to a high place where high-level monsters are anyway. Don’t worry.”
I relieved her worries about the lack of party members.
Since I already have experience exploiting dungeons solo, I could exploit ‘Stained Rock Pile’ with Kim Chae-eun.
Kim Chae-eun, who nodded her head, turned her gaze back to the pancake.
I quietly watched her and turned my back to go to the bathroom for a moment.
But…
“…Just two of us, hiking date… opportunity….”
From Kim Chae-eun, who is making pancakes.
I think I heard some strange muttering.
Is it a misunderstanding?
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