CH 49

I grabbed the documents and lay down on the sofa. I fixed my gaze on the documents, but the contents did not enter my mind.

After lying idly for a while, Kim Woo-jin, who had left the room saying he was going to his room for a while, came back. After getting used to Kim Woo-jin’s behaviour by sticking to me, no matter what he did, I was the first to open my mouth.

“What is that?”

“The cup in my room. And extra clothes.”

“Why are you bringing it?”

“I’m going to leave it here.”

Why would you leave it in my room…?

Regardless of whether it was absurd or not, Kim Woo-jin started moving the things in the Lululala (룰루랄라, Lululala can be used in any sentence to show happiness) room one by one. This bastard, I think he only goes upstairs when he really sleeps.

“What are you doing?”

Kim Woo-jin, who moved things freely, finally approached me. I was going to tell you anyway, so I handed over the documents to Kim Woo-jin.

“This… Is this a list of gates?”

“Yeah. Did you hear that there was a problem with the gate?”

“Ung.”

“This is a summary of the gate list that needs to be cleared for two months… Among them, the gate marked in red is the guild that asked me to run as a mercenary.”

“All guilds except Blun requested two each.”

Jayna sent two A-grade requests, while Roheon sent B-grade and A-grade requests. Requiem is A-grade and S-grade.

‘I’m sure Cheon Sa-yeon has checked it out.’

You made me suffer at the S-grade gate a while ago and ask for it again. You have no conscience.

“How can they not reach you?”

“They requested it through Requiem. Cheon Sa-yeon was talking about it in the news that he was close with me.”

“……”

Kim Woo-jin pouted his lips as if he didn’t like it.

“Let’s just ignore it.”

After thinking for a while, I shook my head.

“There’s no way I can’t go at all… I’m going to get a suitable gate.”

“Why can’t you not go?”

Kim Woo-jin knelt on the floor under the sofa and looked at me. I couldn’t be honest with him, so I gave an appropriate excuse.

“Well, first of all, it’s the official recruitment of mercenaries. I will get the money.”

“Do you need money?”

“It would be nice to have.”

There should be 100 million that Cheon Sa-yeon gave me, but I couldn’t keep living in the Requiem Guild room. Even if there was no reason for that, if you save money, you will have a place to spend it.

‘It’s surprising that Cheon Sa-yeon gave me permission.’

I remembered Cheon Sa-yeon’s face, who was smiling at me the day I was about to leave the representative room, saying that he was looking forward to which gate I would choose. I didn’t know what he was thinking at the moment.

‘Anyway, it’s a great opportunity.’

It was an official schedule that allowed me to work confidently without paying attention to Cheon Sa-yeon. I didn’t think it would be a bad idea to build a proper friendship with Ha Tae-heon by taking charge of the Roheon Guild gate.

I got paid as a mercenary, checked the gates, and made a contact with the talented people. It’s like a pumpkin coming in from a vine (it meant he got a lucky, the bigger one, here).

“…how much do you need?”

I was thinking of a plan to get the best compensation with minimal labour, but I turned my attention to Kim Woo-jin’s words that I heard late.

“I didn’t really set a specific amount… Why?”

“I will earn it. So let’s ignore the gate request. There’s a lot of buzz about the gates being unstable, so why are you trying to get in dangerously?”

I frowned. This kid, don’t tell me.

“How are you going to make money? Are you trying to use your ability?”

Kim Woo-jin hesitated and avoided my gaze. I smiled ridiculously.

“Aren’t you determined to never do that again?”

“Right. I wasn’t going to.”

“But why all of a sudden?”

“You said you need money.”

“Okay. I need money, so why are you earning it?”

I honestly couldn’t understand, so I asked, but Kim Woo-jin had wounded eyes.

“You hated it enough to refuse even if you were threatened by a scumbag.”

“I still hate it now.”

Kim Woo-jin looked directly at me and said in a clear voice.

“But you can do it if you want.”

“Kim Woo-jin.”

Why would I want such a thing?

I sighed and said.

“Don’t do anything useless. I’m not happy with the money I earned from that kind of work.”

“Then what are we going to do to ignore the gate request?”

“I’m going in no matter what, so give up.”

When I said firmly, Kim Woo-jin glared at me quite fiercely. Even so, I couldn’t miss the pumpkin vines.

“Then I will go with you.”

“Will it be…”

It’s not like a dog begging to be taken to the owner when he goes to work. At this rate, I thought there would be no end to this, so I decided to hand over one job to Kim Woo-jin.

“Kim Woo-jin, if you’re really bored… please find out something for me while I’m at the gate.”

“Ung?”

“There’s some information I’d like to get. I was originally going to move on my own, but as you know, things are not going well right now.”

It was difficult to fully trust the information given by Cheon Sa-yeon. In order not to depend on him, I had to acquire a useful informant.

Kim Woo-jin, who lowered his gaze as if contemplating my words for a moment, asked in a calm voice.

“What do you want to know?”

I was rather surprised by that statement. I thought you’d be annoyed about how I did that.

“…is it possible?”

“Yeah.”

Kim Woo-jin placed his hands on his thighs and looked at me with an obedient expression.

“Tell me, Han Yi-gyeol.”

It was the first time I saw Kim Woo-jin like this. Kim Woo-jin raised the corners of his lips and smiled at me in embarrassment.

“Whatever it is, I will give you what you want.”

* * *

The guild management headquarters acknowledged the fact that the gate was unstable and officially announced the gate management schedule for each guild. Maybe that was why it was noisy inside and outside the guild regarding the gate.

“Who is this? Isn’t this our famous A-rank mercenary, Han Yi-gyeol.”

“……”

As I was just getting out of the elevator, I crumpled my face at the shrill voice coming from behind my back. When I turned my head, Park Geon-ho, as expected, was waving his hand at me with a smile.

“Long time no see.”

“Don’t call me by a strange name.”

There were already a lot of people around. Of course, Park Geon-ho was adamant despite my complaint.

“Why? Isn’t that correct?”

“What is correct about being hit?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen your face, isn’t it too harsh?”

“Because I’m kind of a consistent person.”

I was ignoring it and going on my way, but Park Geon-ho chased after me and kept talking to me.

“You never contacted me when you said you were going to meet me.”

“I don’t have any contact information.”

“I’ll give it to you now, so you can take it.”

“I didn’t bring my cell phone.”

Actually, I brought it out, but I want to know something.

I tried to approach Park Geon-ho to find out Cheon Sa-yeon’s past, but my plans went awry when the gate burst and the situation changed.

There was no benefit in touching things unnecessarily. Once the problem from the gate was resolved, there would be room to look back on Han Yi-gyeol’s past or Cheon Sa-yeon’s past.

“It’s so cold after shaking other people’s hearts…”

“Ah, come on.”

As Park Geon-ho sniffed sadly, the female employees passing by glanced at us with strange eyes. This man really.

When I got really annoyed, Park Geon-ho stopped pretending to cry and raised the corners of his lips.

I swallowed the curse and sighed. Never mind. It’s my loss if I get angry at this guy.

“What’s wrong with you? You seem to be in a very good mood.”

“You got me.”

He shrugged and said softly.

“I just heard that the rating has been increased by one level as the gate becomes unstable.”

“Why on earth is that so good?”

“I’ve been a little bored these days.”

Eww. I took a step away from Park Geon-ho. I think I could understand why this person was able to stay with Cheon Sa-yeon for a long time.

“Did the Team Leader also have a gate schedule?”

“Of course. I got an S-grade one.”

“If it’s S-grade, there could be S+ or SS-grade monsters, is that okay?”

“Well, there’s quite a lot of people in there and there are healers. You will have to roll a little, but you won’t die.”

Isn’t that too carefree? Even if it was S+, the attack power would be cut in half.

“Master will take care of it, but… If it’s considered dangerous, he will assign two S-rank people.”

“Then it’s not bad.”

Nodding my head, I found a familiar person passing by behind Park Geon-ho. A blunt face in a black suit. It was Woo Seo-hyuk.

“Woo Seo-hyuk-ssi.”

Woo Seo-hyuk turned his attention to my call. Woo Seo-hyuk, who had been lightly bowing towards me, noticed Park Geon-ho standing next to me and frowned slightly. What is it?

“Are you going out?”

“Yes. Woo Seo-hyuk-ssi is…”

“I was just coming in after finishing an outside schedule.”

Woo Seo-hyuk, who approached me, made eye contact with Park Geon-ho for a moment as he answered my question. However, there was no greeting exchange between Woo Seo-hyuk and Park Geon-ho.

‘What is it, this atmosphere?’

Unlike usual, Park Geon-ho only looked at Woo Seo-hyuk, but did not open his mouth first. Between Woo Seo-hyuk, who was so expressionless to the point of feeling stiff, and Park Geon-ho, who was smiling, I became extremely uncomfortable.

“Did you choose the gate?”

“Oh, yes. I was about to go to the Roheon Guild.”

There was nothing to hide, so I answered honestly.

Yesterday, after thinking through the documents, I finally chose Roheon Guild’s A-grade gate. It was the gate that Ha Tae-heon was most likely to participate in.

When I called the number written next to the gate name and expressed my intention to participate, I got a reply saying that I would like to attend the meeting tomorrow.

“If it’s Roheon, it must be an A-grade gate.”

How did you know? Your eyes are a ghost.

“That’s right.”

“That’s appropriate. Above all, Han Yi-gyeol-ssi does not belong to a guild, so it is better to experience various guilds and gates.”

While smiling awkwardly, Woo Seo-hyuk checked the time on his wristwatch and opened his mouth.

“I have a place to go to. So, I’ll see you later.”

“Yes.”

Woo Seo-hyuk said bid farewell to me as he did when he arrived and then left. Looking at Woo Seo-hyuk’s back, I asked Park Geon-ho quietly.

“Are you two having a bad relationship?”

“Well, as you can see.”

“It’s surprising. There are people who don’t get along well with the Team Leader.”

“Hmm. Is that a compliment?”

“It’s not an insult, though.”

Objectively speaking, Park Geon-ho had a pretty decent personality. Although he was rumoured to be a bit funny, oddly enough. From what I had heard, he seemed to have a good relationship with his teammates.

“Because I don’t like such a tight-knit type. It’s frustrating when I look at it from the side.”

“Did Woo Seo-hyuk-ssi stay in the guild for a long time?”

“Well, it’s been like three years.”

Seeing the indifferent expression on his face, it seemed he was really not interested in it. Since Woo Seo-hyuk turned a blind eye to Park Geon-ho, so did they hate each other?

“But didn’t you say that you should go to the Roheon Guild? You’re pretty relaxed.”

“Oh, right.”

I didn’t have a watch like Cheon Sa-yeon or Woo Seo-hyuk, so I took out my cell phone and checked the time. It was close.

As I was contemplating whether it would be faster to fly or take a taxi, my phone fell out of my hand.

“What is it?”

“That’s what I’m going to say. You said you didn’t bring your phone?”

Oops.

Park Geon-ho laughed at me and saved the number in his cell phone. I took the phone back and said.

“I’ll tell you in advance, I will block you if you make unnecessary calls.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Leaving behind Park Geon-ho, who smiled badly, I quickly left the guild.

I happened to meet Park Geon-ho… I groaned and soared into the sky.