Chapter 127

Chapter 127

After being left alone on the 1st floor of the Tower, Shin YuSung looked around for a while.

'Today's goal is the 5th floor.'

The warp stone took the floor that the party leader had reached in consideration on future visits to the tower, so although he was alone at the moment, he could continue with his party members later.

'That's why I don't need to clear the lower floors with them.'

Shin YuSung could clear the lower floors alone.

Still, playing as a party was better for maximum effectiveness. For example, what if he needed a party to go up to the second floor?

'If you had a choice would you take party members and reduce the time it takes to clear, or would you choose to do it alone and obtain more experience?'

As Shin YuSung fell into thought while standing in front of the desk, a group of hunters began talking to them.

"Hi~ It seems you're planning to go to the 1st floor. Did you come alone?" said an innocent-looking long-haired woman who had a pin in her hair.

"I feel like I've seen him somewhere" said a woman wearing glasses.

"What are you looking at? Are you trying to pick up a girl w-wait a boy?" the greatsword-wielding man exclaimed in surprise.

It seemed he was sorry for his reaction, so he tried to apologize. "Ha haha It's also our first time in the Tower. We were just surprised to see a student."

"That's right. Hes wearing a uniform. How cute~ It reminds me of the past."

The girl wearing the glasses patted YuSung's back and smiled. "How about that~ Do you want to join us?"

"We have an empty spot, so it would be perfect! We're also all Korean" The girl with the pin in her hair gave him an innocent smile.

Meanwhile, the man with the greatsword hit his chest. "Yes! Come with us! This rank 4 hyeong won't let you get hurt!"

YuSung took a glimpse at how much mana each of the three hunters had.

'Judging by their mana The man with the greatsword is a rank 4; the other two girls seem to be rank 3 hunters.'

Of course, it wasn't that Shin YuSung's senses were an absolute measuring tool. Just because a hunter had a lot of mana didn't mean they were strong, but he could at least roughly guess.

'It seems that they won't be baggage on the lower floors'

After quickly getting a grasp of the situation, YuSung smiled and nodded. "Okay. I'll join you until the 5th floor."

The glasses-wearing girl stretched out her arms. "Good~ Good~ Based on your uniform, you seem to belong to Gaon. Let's see your elite skills."

As the party of four reached the front desk, the guide smiled and spoke to them. "I'm going to ask for final confirmation. The destination of you four is the 2nd floor, correct?"

"Yes! Correct!" the girl with the hairpin replied energetically.

The man with the greatsword and the girl with the glasses exchanged conversation.

"What if someone tries to recruit me to a guild? After all, I aim to become an executive of the Association!"

"Pff, don't exaggerate. If someone hears you, they will think you're at least a rank 5."

The glasses girl laughed at the greatsword man and placed her hands on the warp stone.

Paf! Swoosh!

The glasses girl and greatsword man disappeared. The girl with the hairpin smiled at YuSung and began to explain. "The warp stone activates when you place your hands on it and send out some mana. I'm going first, okay?"

Paf! Swoosh!

After seeing the others disappear, YuSung placed his hands on the warp stone.

'Place my hands here and mana?'

YuSung made a tiny bit of mana flow through his hands.

Paf!

Light surrounded him, and he was dragged into the warp stone.

'It doesn't feel like I'm going to get used to this anytime soon'

After YuSung took a second to reorient himself, a blue hologram appeared before him.

[ID: Shin YuSung]

[Trait: Heightened Focus]

[Affiliation: Gaon Academy]

[Current Location: 2nd Floor]

[The Hunter Association wishes you luck on your new adventure.]

Paf!

YuSung turned off the hologram and took a look at the area.

She'd behaved in the worst possible way.

'I never imagined getting drunk from tiramisu'

EunAh's spoon stopped moving, and she fell into thought. Sumire's expression turned serious.

"Are you worried about something?"

"Yes. I'm worried about something serious"

"Wh-what's worrying you?"

"No It's better if you don't know."

EunAh could never say that she was worried about trying to act cute after getting drunk off of tiramisu.

Sumire smiled at her. "But what you told me It made me happy because, among everyone, you picked me."

"H-huh? I said something?"

EunAh began trying to remember again. That time, the target wasn't Shin YuSung, but Sumire.

'What did I say?'

It didn't matter how much Kim EunAh thought about it, she couldn't remember what she'd told Sumire.

On the other hand, Sumire blushed.

"That tomorrow, you'd stay with me for the entire day"

When EunAh heard Sumire's explanation, she finally remembered.

[Sumire~ You're happy about sleeping with me, right? Tomorrow~ I'll play with you~ for the entire day, okay?]

Sumire seemed disappointed at EunAh's reaction. "Ah, if you forgot about it I'm okay"

"N-no! I said we should play together, right?!" As Kim EunAh quickly replied, Sumire's expression brightened.

FWOOSH!

"Okay! Then I'm going to fill the bathtub! I wrote everything you asked for down!"

Sumire smiled and gave her a piece of paper where she'd written what the drunk Kim EunAh had told her.

[1. Make breakfast.]

[2. Bathe together.]

[3. See a horror movie together while eating snacks.]

[4. Pajama party]

[5. ]

[6. ]

Paf!

Kim EunAh hit her forehead. Sumire had really written it all down.

Sumire was the first same-gender friend Kim EunAh had made. Although she'd always dreamed of it, she'd never done any of it.

'I said all of this with my own mouth? Ugh'

EunAh smacked her lips when Sumire called her from the bath.

"Miss EunAh! It's ready!"

"Yes~? Ah! Okay."

* * *

Steam rose from the tub.

Green bath salts floated over the water; Kim EunAh and Sumire looked at each other.

"What I was imagining Was doing this in my house's bathtub" Kim EunAh complained. It was a bit small for both of them.

"But it isn't bad here," she added.

She wasn't saying that out of courtesy. Although she could touch Sumire's legs or arms every time she moved, both of them occupying the entire bathtub didn't feel badit felt different from the giant one Kim EunAh had in her house.

EunAhs eyes narrowed as she looked over Sumires body.

"You just what did you eat to get"

"Yes?"

On the other hand, Sumire seemed to be in a good mood, so she just smiled in return.