Chapter 32

Chapter 32

“‘Beware of people’... That was a bit of a strange advice.”

Even close to midnight, there were still many people in Candle Castle’s Fountain Square.

Leeha opened his bag to check his lunch box before logging out.

‘Let’s start with the lunch box of the Golden Eagle Quest reward.’

[Excellent Special Lunch Box (Golden Eagle King)]

Description: A special lunch box made by Madame Lou of the Holy Grill.

When 3 people eat, even if 4 die, no one would notice.

The Ruler of the Candle Mountain even has an imposing taste!

Non-Tradable.

Effect: Agility +3, Constitution +1(Permanent)

“Oooh, Yeeees!”

Leeha jumped up from the bench and screamed.

“Kkak! What?”

“Why did you suddenly scream?”

People were startled and looked at Leeha as if he was crazy.

“I-I’m sorry.”

Leeha came to his senses, bowed his head, and apologized.

‘Black Angus had +1 Agility and +2 Constitution. This is higher! And the rank is ‘excellent’’.

It had the same rank as Black Angus, but it had a better effect. It was only a well-grilled barbecue, but in Leeha’s eyes, it looked like celestial food.

“Ah, amazing. It suddenly smells like chicken.”

“What the- is delivery possible in Middle Earth?”

The users of the plaza sniffed and while they were dumbfounded, Leeha hurriedly ate the wings and legs.

“Oh, it’s crazy delicious.”

[Agility has increased by 3]

[Your health has increased by 1]

He was amazed by Holy Grill’s cooking skills. Moreover, since Leeha learned cooking from Kiyo-Mifgar, he felt even more moved. Now if he could make this...

‘How the hell was this grilled?’

He wanted to go and quickly raise his cooking skill. If he could cook like this, he could repair his legs and lessen his mother’s burden.

Leeha, who sucked even the meat attached to the bones, suddenly became curious.

‘What about the lunch box that was sent to the capital?’

‘Food prepared by the Holy Grill for the tribute!’

Perhaps Madame Ju, who lived in Aelstock, would take the lunchbox to someone to taste it to get permission to open the branch of Holy Grill. Of course, there was a high probability that the person was of high status in the capital.

‘Then, it would make sense if it has a higher rank than the one that was given to me.’

Leeha opened his bag and took out the lunch box.

“Hmm, this one looks normal.”

There was no difference from what I ate. In particular, it didn’t have a special scent like Leeha’s lunch box.

‘What? Why doesn’t it smell?’

Leeha sniffed and opened the item’s information.

[Rare Lunch Box of Truth(Golden Eagle Kind)]

Description: A special lunch box containing all the secrets of the Holy Grill.

As soon as the preservation is released, all breathing creatures will become slaves to Madame Lou.

The only drug the country allows, it’s the Holy Grill’s barbeque! (-180 days in storage)

Effect: Strength +5, Agility +10,

Constitution+5(Permanent)

“Oh? Oh! What’s this?”

Leeha jumped up from his seat. He almost

dropped his lunch box.

I could simply earn Middle Earth Gold! It was not enough.

Money. I can also have an awful lot of cash at hand.

Leeha began to get greedy.

For him, money was like a cure.

‘If this item is sold for 100 million, it’s like 5% of my leg repair, right?’

The treatment costs 2 billion won, which seemed virtually impossible. And right now,

Leeha was already in a situation where he could earn 100 million won.

Suddenly, Leeha came up with a different idea.

‘No. No, you need to calm down, Ha Leeha.’

Leeha calmed his heartbeat that was about to explode, cooled his head slowly, and organized his breathing.

‘What would happen if a sniper gets excited?’

The condition of the quest’s failure...

‘In case of failure, intimacy decreases.’

The 100% intimacy at Candle Castle would be gone, and he would also lose intimacy in the capital when he hadn’t even arrived yet. And as soon as he arrived, he would get ignored.

So?

Wasn’t that only a decrease in intimacy with NPCs?

“What’s that compared to 100 million won?”

How much money was 100 million won? Even for a young person, that just entered society, might not be able to earn 100 million even if he worked hard for years. Even if Leeha did not spend a single penny of his sergeant’s salary he would die before saving that amount of money.

‘It takes more than 5 years to live while drinking only the Han River water. It’s a lot of money.’

In reality, the money was much larger than that.

For salaried workers, 100 million won was a goal and dream-like money.

‘This quest’s success reward... Huu, what kind of opening ceremony is it?’

Participation in the opening ceremony of the Holy Grill Capital Branch. Was it worth 100 million won?

Leeha held his head.

The moment he sold the lunch box, he would be betraying Madame Lou, so to speak. Holy Grill Capital branch may not be able to open.

No, it definitely was impossible for it to open. It was because the required item for tribute disappeared.

‘No! Shouldn’t this quest have been completed already? If so, there should be a Holy Grill Capital branch already. Middle Earth has been open for 4 months... But no one can complete it?’

After arriving in the capital, the second Holy Grill may be open already. In other words, this was simply one of the repeating quests, and Madame Lou may be the NPC responsible for it.

If so, there shouldn’t be any damage to Madame Lou even if he didn’t deliver this lunch box to her sister in the capital, right?

‘Right. First of all, it’s not a person! It’s just a game NPC. Just think of her as an NPC!’

‘But what is this feeling that pierces my heart?’

It looks like there were sharp thorns in Leeha’s mind. Beings he met in a world capable of moving his disabled body. NPCs, no, people whom he met in a place more realistic than reality. People? Leeha laughed self-deprecatingly.

‘I’m really crazy.’

Was Leeha too good, and simply couldn’t treat them as NPCs?

At that moment, Madame Lou’s words came to mind. ‘Is it possible to be careful with people?’

Wasn’t it something like that? Didn’t she mean that it wasn’t easy? Not to be tempted.

Wouldn’t the person Madame Lou was referring to, not someone else, but Leeha himself?

“Haa...”

“How can a young man sigh so much? How are you, son?”

He was greeted by his mother who just came in.

“Ah, mom. You haven’t slept yet?”

“I woke up to drink water. What are you doing not sleeping? Are you busy?”

“I’ll sleep soon. Do not worry.”

“Yes, I think I’ll be a little late tomorrow because I have guests booking dinner. I’ll have a side dish, so make sure you have dinner.”

Overtime at a restaurant that didn’t even give extra allowances. Leeha nodded, concealing his bitterness.

When he saw his mother closing the door and going back to bed, Leeha fell into temptation even more.

Fin.

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