Creating Hidden Endings

After confirming the intention through eye contact, I held back the laughter that was about to burst out and beckoned Hunter Kim Hyunoh to come this way. 

“It’s lunch time, so we were going to order food, come here and let’s eat together. What’s your favorite food?” 

“N, no! I’m just here to say hello, I should get going now!”

Hunter Kim Hyunoh, who shook, hesitates as if he would run away immediately. Instead, I beckoned to him again to tell him to come, and Section Chief Yoon, who was next to me, also said. 

“Don’t do that, come here. You bought me such a precious thing, but I can’t just let you go. If you have time, let’s have lunch together.”

“Oh, it’s not precious— then excuse me for a moment.”

Hunter Kim Hyunoh, who had no choice but to put his head down, followed with hesitation. I also took a shopping bag and turned to the waiting area in front of the reception desk. 

When I went to the waiting seat where the round glass table was placed, I put down my shopping bags, and sat down on a chair, and Section Chief Yoon, who followed me, sat across from me. Hunter Kim Hyunoh, who was sitting between the two of us like that, curled up with his big body small and rolled his eyes awkwardly. 

I felt it when we first met, but this man seemed to be very shy. He was also very shy. Knowing this, I spoke to him first and asked what he was going to eat.

“What do you want to eat? Is there anything you like?”

“I eat everything well!”

Hunter Kim Hyunoh, who was hardly able to relax, suddenly straightened his back and answered with a strong voice as if reporting to his superior. I smiled and patted his arms, meaning that he should be at ease, and our eyes met between them. 

Unknowingly, I raised my hand and wiped my cheek as I stared at him, wondering if there was something on it. Then, by the time I felt uncomfortable, Section Chief Yoon took out his cell phone and talked to me, barely getting out of that gaze.

…What is that? 

“Teacher Seonwoo is going to treat us today, so you can eat the expensive ones. He just joined the Yeolmu Guild, so he should buy us this much. Right, Teacher?”

“Ah— of course. Order it comfortably. Anything is fine.”

Section Chief Yoon, who started the search by turning on the delivery app on his cell phone, quickly smiled again and responded. Then he turned his head toward Hunter Kim Hyunoh to ask what he was going to eat again. 

As expected, Hunter Kim Hyunoh, who was staring at people, fumbled with a surprised face. 

“Yeol..mu Guild?”

“Ah, yes. I joined the Yeolmu Guild for some period of time. That’s why the clinic is also closing.” 

“I see. It’s something to celebrate. Yeolmu guild—”

“Yes. Thank you. But it’s just a job for some period of time. I might get kicked out soon and reopen the clinic.” 

“…Still, congratulations.”

Hunter Kim Hyunoh seemed to have blurred his complexion at my words, congratulating me and showing a warm smile. 

Does he dislike the Yeolmu Guild?

While I was wondering because he looked somewhat puzzled, Section Chief Yoon, who was looking at the delivery app, turned his head and stared at me with a wide open eye. The gaze was quite brutal, flinching and shaking face muscles. 

“You didn’t say you could open the clinic again!”

At the sharp voice of Section Chief Yoon, who seemed to be questioning me, I hurriedly waved my hands and laughed awkwardly. 

“That’s because we don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. But that doesn’t mean I can just make our talented Section Chief Yoon, holding on to an uncertain job.” 

“That’s true— but if the clinic opens again, will you make sure to call me back?”

“That’s what I want to ask you. When it opens again, I will contact the Section Chief first, so please don’t abandon me and come back.” 

When I asked for a favor with a cry face, Section Chief Yoon, who was relieved of his expression, searched the menu again. Suddenly, a very familiar window came up and began to enter the count, interfering with the view. 

[The Master has used the Servant Summoning skill. Summoning in 3, 2, 1.]

“This crazy bastard—!”

“What?”

“Teacher Yeon?”

Section Chief Yoon and Hunter Kim Hyunoh look at me in surprise at the words I spit out like a scream. However, without answering, the scenery in front of me was blurred, and my vision was distorted as if there was noise on the screen. As soon as the crackling sound disappeared, I fell to the floor and squinted. 

“Argh damn it!”

Oh, crazy! Cursing came out of my mouth at the incident that happened without even having to prepare for it. When I rubbed my sore butt and looked around with my tense eyes, I could see that I had been in the office a week ago.

I could see Lee Jehee, who was still stretched on the sofa, and Chorok who was standing next to him and giving me a pathetic look.

So, of course, I will have a temper. 

“What are you doing, all of sudden!”

“Welcome. I called because I had something to do. Oh, if the floor is more comfortable than the sofa, you can listen as it is.”

Ugh, that punk!

I clenched my fist at Lee Jehee’s attitude, who was busy teasing without even showing signs of feeling sorry even after calling people at his will. However, when I saw Chorok touching his fist, I quickly loosened it and rubbed it on my pants. 

There was only one warning, and there was only one precious life. Even if he’s being a little sarcastic, I have to live like this.

“How many times should I tell you that I don’t like the floor?”

In fact, it felt bad to be forcibly called, but I couldn’t show it, so I went to the sofa opposite me and sat down, annoyed at other things.

Even then, Lee Jehee, who had been lying on the sofa with his head down and his eyes closed, slowly raised his head to meet my gaze. His eyes, which had sunk into gloom, were narrowly curved without showing a smile. 

“You have a lot of anger today.”

“It’s because you’re calling me suddenly. I also have my own life, and it’s difficult if you keep doing this.” 

It was a time when I took my cell phone in the pocket of my gown and sent a message to Section Chief Yoon, who was worried.

Order as much lunch as you want with the money at the clinic, and bring egg tarts home. I was writing an apology message with such content, and Lee Jehee, who was staring at me without expression, looked and spoke. 

“Then you have to clean up that part of life. Not saying anything to me like this. Isn’t that part of our contract?” 

“….”

At that moment, the fingers that had been working hard on the screen stopped.

What is this? I think this jerk looks a little different from usual? 

The sixth sense, which felt something like an antenna that received a radio signal, was speaking. Today’s Lee Jehee is a bit strange, so let’s not touch him. I couldn’t ignore the instinct to survive.

“I mean, this week, the clean up is over— why did you call me? What’s the matter?” 

After sending a message while looking at him, I put my cell phone back into my pocket. The watch on my 

wrist caught in my pocket and crashed into the belt, making a small noise. It was the watch I was wearing because I couldn’t sell it in the second-hand market at his warning. 

“Read it. That’s why I called you.”

“What is this?”

I brought what was lying on the table and read it carefully from the first line. It was a document in the form of a report, and to summarize the contents, a new C-class dungeon appeared, and its location was in the Gangbuk area.

The exact location is— near Nowon? Considering the location of the guild in Daehak-ro, it was quite far.

In the first month of this world, according to what I have learned so far, dungeons in Seoul after the outbreak disappeared will be divided into a total of five areas and managed. 

Among them, it was the Yeolmu guild that managed dungeons in the Gangbuk area, and another large guild, Neontetra, was in charge of the Gangdong area. And I heard that the Union, a guild alliance, was in charge of the Gangseo area, and the Gangnam area was so crowded with small and medium-sized guilds that even large guilds gave up touching them. The central region was directly managed by the state. 

Therefore, the new C-class dungeon was a report that meant that as long as it belonged to the Gangbuk area, the Yeolmu guild had to clear it and even follow-up management. 

But why is he showing this to me?

“Is it a report that a new C-class dungeon appeared?”

“You read it well.”

“But why?”

I still don’t know why he’s showing this to me. When I asked, Lee Jehee, with a small frown, leaned his head against the head of the sofa. I didn’t know it because he had very white skin, but somehow it seemed like he was pale and tired like a sick person.

Does it really hurt somewhere? 

It was when I slowly tilted my head to see Lee Jehee raising his arms to his forehead. He spit out disgusting words as usual.

“Looking at Yeon Seonwoo ssi’s disastrous abilities, I thought we couldn’t do it. If you accompany me, you will often enter a higher-level dungeon, so what if you die at once in a monster attack? So before that, let’s level up a little.” 

Wow. I feel worse when I hear the right thing.

“So, do you want me to go into the dungeon now?”

“Yes.”

“Today?”

“Then shall we go tomorrow? Only to C class?” 

This bastard, he even speaks really nicely.

It’s only a C class for you, but not for me. This is the side of the game where I have to risk my life, but I can’t just go without any preparation like this.