Chapter 90 - Odd Companion

Chapter 90: Odd Companion

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

29 Odd Companion

It was an unknown number. In all honesty, his phone did not usually ring for calls. Minhyuk tilted his head in curiosity as he answered his phone.

[I love you. Dumb customer-nim, you can now replace your mobile phone for free.....]

Click━

Minhyuk hung the phone up as his mouth twitched in shock. Then, he opened the messages left by Jihye on his message window.

‘H, her mouth is this rough and unbridled......?’

As soon as he clicked on the message, he was greeted with a string of curses.

[Im Jihye: #%"&!c#%$! You pig, %#@%@%% you shitty pig @$@#$ you wild boar, #$#% you honey pig!]

Even with all that curses and words of abuse, the word pig still came for Minhyuk one after the other. At that time, he had a large appetite and Jihye was also chubby so it was a name that they naturally used to call each other. The two of them were well-known as the two great pigs of the mountains. Of course, Minhyuk was only called like that as a joke since he was always exercising hard.

As he read through the messages among the curses: I’m sad. How can you do that, you bastard, I miss you and so on. Minhyuk laughed at her messages. He continuously checked the messages.

[Im Jihye: Jisoo was quite old-fashioned when we were young right? That’s why we always tell him ‘Is Jisoo’s father here?’. Do you remember? But now......]

Jihye sent him a message filled with suspense.

They say that ugly kids will grow up handsome!

Minhyuk clicked the next message with great anticipation.

[Im Jihye: He now looks like the head of the bandits! Hehehehe. He had a rough beard ever since he was a kid and now he likes bananas just like a monkey. When I threw a banana at him he clapped and said that he liked it. Hehehe.]

It had been such a long time since Minhyuk laughed like this. Recalling his memories with his friends had been such a joy for him.

[Im Jihye: And Seoktae has grown to become a handsome man. Yeye. But I don’t have any feelings for him. He still has that shocking taste of his as always.]

Seoktae was his handsome friend.

I guess he’s still working hard to maintain his appearance.

At that moment...

[Im Jihye: And I have become a beautiful woman who’s 163cm tall and weighs 49kg. Once you see me, you’ll probably get excited and say ‘Hekhek, please give me your number!’. Just so you know, I won’t give you my number, you pig.]

“Oh. For real?”

He couldn’t tell if what she was saying was real or not. Then, as he read through her messages he saw...

[Im Jihye: All three of us are now playing Athenae. If you’re playing Athenae, you must send me a whisper right away. You know my nickname right? My nickname code is 41462.]

“Oh......”

Minhyuk’s lips curled in a smile.

These guys are playing Athenae? They have always played well.

The thought of them being quite influential in the game crossed his mind.

Minhyuk shook his head when the thought of ‘Should I contact them?’ passed by. He still had the goal of losing weight.

‘Once I get back to my original weight......’

Once he reached his goal, he would go and meet with his friends proudly. He felt sorry and at the same time thankful that they were waiting for him like this.

When he weighed himself yesterday, he could see that his weight has reduced to 165kg. He was already changing.

As he went in front of the mirror, he looked at himself and talked to Im Hyejin, his diet manager.

“Oh. Noona. Don’t you think that I’m not fat and chubby anymore?”

“......Y, yeah. I, I guess so. Hohoho!”

“Hahahahahaha!”

In fact, whether it was 165 or 170 it still looked the same to Hyejin.

Minhyuk smiled cheerfully as he thought of what he was going to do next in Athenae.

‘The Shrieking Hills.’

There were some monster quests available there. When Minhyuk checked it out, he saw that powerful users around his level would go and play there. Only powerful users would go and play there because the monsters that reside in that area were quite strong for their level. He also knew that the place would give a lot of experience.

And the reason why the Shrieking Hills was most attractive to Minhyuk was because the Screaming Hills quest was a quest that could be received from the army of the Kingdom of Barras and the rewards included duck meat. Duck meat was considered to be one of the specialties of the Kingdom of Barras. He also knew that the rewards included plenty of gold and EXP.

Minhyuk quickly entered his capsule and logged back in to Athenae so he could meet with his friends sooner.

***

Rovan saw a few users staying around in the Kingdom’s Army. They all seemed like they were forming a party to go to the Shrieking Hills.

The monsters in the Shrieking Hills were usually around Lv100~130. However, if the monster’s level is at 100 then it was strong enough to be at Lv110. The same would go for a monster at Lv120, it would be strong enough to face Lv130 users. This ten-level gap in power was something that was much more troublesome than what users normally thought.

“But Kemil-nim needs to protect and guard this place.”

“Ah. You’re right.”

Suddenly, Kemil slapped his fists on his open palm in a gesture of ‘Aha!’! Rovan looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot.

‘Is he a moron?’

But after hearing what Kemil had to say, Rovan started to get convinced to some extent.

“Boy, I wanted to give something to you in exchange for some pancakes but that’s too bad. Hmm, hmm.”

In all honesty, Rovan also wanted to taste the pancakes that the man made.

“Then, shall I give you a piece of pancake?”

“Ooooooooh. Are you really giving me a piece?”

“Yes. You know, I love duck meat. Whisper, whisper......”

“Ah. I’ll definitely pack some more for you.”

“Oooooooooh. Thank you!”

‘What’s this? I don’t know if that user is dumb or clever?’

Rovan couldn’t quite understand the man as he looked at him. The man gave out some pancakes but in return he got more rewards. However, users would generally ask for more gold or a way to increase their attack power whenever they ask for higher quest rewards.

But that user wanted to have more duck meat?

The man made another piece of pancake and handed it over to Kemil. Kemil quickly tore the pancake and placed a piece in his mouth. Then, he quickly looked at Minhyuk and the pancake in his hands with admiration on his face.

“Wow...... Waaaaaa......”

He was left speechless in admiration as he looked alternatively at the pancake and Minhyuk.

“Delicious. It’s really delicious...... Wow......”

Rovan wanted to hear what it tasted like but Kemil was left speechless. He got irritated at him for no reason at all.

‘Damn. Talk! Why won’t you talk?!’

Then, as if waking up from some sort of dream, he paused.

‘Why am I getting so worked up like this over a piece of pancake......?’

Then Kemil said...

“It’s really really delicious......”

He looked like he would cry with how delicious tha pancake was.

“I’ll also give you a bit more gold for the rewards.”

“Oooh! Thank you!”

‘Keok......!’

Rovan was quite shocked when he heard their conversation.

‘Im, impossible......!’

Did he plan all of this? Did he expect to have an increase in the gold rewards if he asked for an increase in the duck meat rewards?! S, so meticulous! Smart!

This only meant that the user was very confident with his cooking.

After finishing his pancakes, the man washed his frying pan with magic and placed it behind his back. Strangely enough, his figure was quite familiar.

‘If he hits a monster with that frying pan I think it would ring loudly with a clang! or something like that.’

It would be more perfect if he was riding a motorcycle with a helmet on his head.

Rovan finally decided... He would take that user with him.

That user was a chef but he could use some special magic so he thought that maybe he was someone who had a hidden class.

Something like The Frying Pan Mage?

But he was sure of one thing. If he took that user with him, he would definitely be able to eat delicious food while he takes that user on a bus with him. He could also tell that user to just sit still and he could just take most of the EXP away.

Then, his guild chat window suddenly popped up.

[Guild Master Genie: Rovan-nim, are you leveling well? I can’t wait ^^]

***

TL’s corner!!!

Heh. Look at what food can do. Although I’m not a big fan of vegetable pancakes I still firmly believe that it’s quite delicious.

PR’s corner!

Heh, more of Minhyuk’s calculated (?) charm.

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