Chapter 199 – Promotional Gift (1)

By the time the drinking party has deepened and the bottles are piling up under the table enough to say that each one has emptied one bottle at a time.

Hye-eun, who was eating the snacks on her table without a word, suddenly said this.

“However… , Taekyung is you.”

“Huh?”

“You made it to the B-class hunter after a long time, do you have anything you want?”

“Huh?”

“Just what… I was wondering if there was something I would like to receive as a gift to celebrate my promotion…”

Indirectly, it was the same as saying that he would buy me something if I needed it.

Even so, there was nothing I could think of or need right now.

“Well? I don’t need anything right now.”

“Ah, what. There’s no way you don’t have anything you need to be a B-class hunter right now.”

“… I don’t really remember anything.”

Originally, I wasn’t the type to overspend, so it wasn’t like I was short of money after I started making profits recently.

The old greatsword was replaced right away, and I got a lot of reserve potions from senior Hwayoung.

In the first place, she was Hye-eun, who would listen to requests even if it wasn’t a congratulatory gift like this, so she was a little subtle even when she asked for something special.

“Oh right! Taekyung is your great sword! You’ve been using that since middle school?! Shall I buy you a new one? Like a Damascus steel greatsword!”

“If that’s the case, it’s fine. Anyway, I switched to another sword about two months ago.”

“Huh? You changed it?”

Rather than explaining it in words, it seemed that it would be faster to show it in person, so she opened the space pouch and showed me the Mithril Greatsword.

“How is it?”

“…”

“Hyeeun?”

“Ah, uh… It’s definitely a good sword…”

Kang Hye-eun, who was looking at the Mithril-specific green shining blade, muttered blankly.

Eunyoung noona, who was sipping a glass of soju across from her, gave a light assessment of my sword.

“Looking at the material, it seems to be a greatsword made of mithril.”

“Oh, do you recognize me?”

“Auntie has been rolling on this floor for years and she doesn’t even recognize that much. Even if you can’t do it, it looks like it was made by a dwarf artisan after 5 years of beating, isn’t it?”

“I don’t know, but it seems like it.”

“… I’m not sure, isn’t it something you received directly from your father-in-law?”

She noticed Eun-young’s sister’s gaze, which had turned cold in an instant, and hurriedly continued her explanation of the mithril greatsword.

“It’s not stolen or stolen from somewhere, it’s because it’s something I got with awakening points.”

“… Uh, so?”

“There was a time when I urgently needed another weapon other than the greatsword I used to use, but I was able to buy it because I had enough Awakening Points. It’s not because I didn’t get the item from meeting the Dwarf artisan myself, so I don’t know the exact details.”

“Oh, that’s right. At least the lady almost had a strange misunderstanding~.”

Weapon looting between hunters is a sensitive issue, so it was inevitable that Eun-young’s sister’s eyes darkened instantly.

“Can I buy a weapon like this with points? Taekyung, your skills are definitely amazing…”

“Well, not really.”

I didn’t bother to mention that I only cummed five or six times in order to collect points to buy this.

“A weapon like this would not be possible without a professional manager.”

“It’s a material made of mithril. Do you need a professional caretaker?”

“The meaning of a weapon made by hammering it for five years means, in other words, that it takes a proportional amount of time to repair it if it is broken. If you send it in for repair later, when it’s completely out of service, you won’t be able to wield it for years, and you’ll have to leave it alone until it’s repaired.”

“… I had never thought of it that way, so I had no idea.”

It is true that Mithril is hard and has little deformation, but in actual battle, there were many times when I had to cut down monsters that were as hard as this one.

Eun-young’s older sister’s words that if there is no constant maintenance, it may become unusable later when needed, were persuasive enough.

“So what?”

“As it was originally, the best way would be to periodically entrust it to the artisan who made it.”

“Leave it to the person who made the weapon…”

In my case, the artisan who made the weapon was the hunter sexual desire manager system, so it meant that I had to leave the management through the system.

Just in case, she briefly asked Scylla if it was possible.

‘Esilla, is it possible?’

「The Hunter Sexual Desire Management System does not support services such as exchange, refund, or repair of sold items.」

‘I thought he would say that.’

“Sorry for not being helpful.”

‘It’s okay, I can’t help it.’

It was a question that I asked from the beginning with the thought that it would be good if it didn’t work, so I didn’t regret it too much.

In any case, it was impossible to ask the craftsman who made the weapon to manage it afterwards, so he naturally had to come up with another alternative.

“What if that is not possible?”

“The expertise will be a little off, but I guess I should leave it to another artisan who can handle mithril.”

“… What if no one knows?”

“Do you have any stars? I have no choice but to keep using it and throw it away by the time I can no longer use it.”

“…”

“That’s the unavoidable reality, son.”

It was Eun-young’s rather cold-hearted words, but I had no choice but to nod my head.

“Actually, I’d like to introduce you to a craftsman you know, but that person has such a strong ego that he won’t even look at things that others have hammered.”

“I can’t help it. Dwarf artisans are so stubborn.”

“For this part, let your son do his best to find it. Wouldn’t it be too overprotective for a woman to support everything from one to ten?”

“I understand, sister. Then I will take care of this problem.”

It was enough just to be aware of the problem right now. This issue may be resolved at some point.

Perhaps, in a similar way to meeting Hwayoung-senpai, I might be able to meet a blacksmith technician through a request from the union.

If necessary, you could ask Doshi-hee to find a craftsman who could handle mithril.

Even the solution that came to mind right away was roughly this, so there was no need to think deeply about it right now.

“I’m sorry, Tae Kyung… If only there were artisans I knew, I would have introduced them…”

“Are you okay. As Eunyoung noona said, this is a problem that I have to solve while promoting as a hunter anyway.”

Hyeeun’s awakening ability, unlike her normal melee awakening ability, starts with ‘creating’ a shield made of energy.

She didn’t really need a blacksmith as she was out of standard in many ways.

In the case of Cha Yu-ri, since she was a wizard, there was a possibility that she could get along with the equipment maker, but the blacksmith who usually handles blades and the maker who makes magic items have different abilities.

And above all, the fact that it was a problem that I had to find and solve on my own did not change in the end.

Even if I met a blacksmith who knew how to handle mithril, I had to go then to know if that craftsman would willingly take care of my weapon.

Rather, if I work harder and make my name known, the weapon craftsman might come to me and say that he wants to fix my weapon.

After the weapon talk was sorted out to some extent, this time, this suggestion came out of Hye-eun’s mouth.

“Ah, then how about potions?”

“Portion?”

“Originally, when you hunt in a dungeon, you never know what will happen! It’s better to stock up on a few bottles of potion just in case!”

“… Aren’t you done talking about the gift yet?”

Kang Hye-eun rekindled the offer of a gift to congratulate her promotion, which she thought had ended on the right line.

“If you are an A-rank hunter, you are entitled to purchase a few potions from the company every month, right? There’s nothing wrong with Taekyung accepting you, right?”

“Well… I don’t think it’s really necessary.”

It was an offer I didn’t really like because I already had the potion I had received from senior Hwayoung.

No, if the company only sells a certain number of potions in the first place, shouldn’t you just accept them?

“Come to think of it, that wasn’t originally something that couldn’t be taken outside… ?”

“Me and Taekyung just need you to keep your mouth shut!”

“He is talking about something very big!”

“Hyeeun-ah, no matter how much I think about it, that doesn’t seem right…”

“Ugh…”

She didn’t commit any particular crime, and if Kang Hye-eun was in her position, it was a crime that would end up with a light punishment at best.

In any case, I didn’t need the potion to the point of taking such a risk, so I shook my head and expressed my intention to refuse.

… While I was thinking, I should share what I had with Hye-eun.

“Ah, that’s right, Hyeeun.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t do that, take this and keep it with you.”

I took out several vials of her stamina potion, magic potion, and paralysis cure from her pocket and handed them to her.

“… What’s this?”

“I still had to receive payment in the form of a potion after a request from the Guild, but I received a little more than I expected.”

“…”

“Since you’re the party leader, you probably won’t need more. Keep it and share it when it suits you.”

“… It’s better than writing at work.”

“Okay? I don’t know much about potion grades.”

It was strangely pitiful to see him making a sullen expression while taking care of the things he had received from me.

… I’m sorry for some reason because I feel like I’ve made you write your heart out for no reason and made it futile.

While she was wondering if Hyeeun might have a request for me, a suggestion suddenly flashed into her mind.

It was a request that could have been a little rude, but she suggested it to Hye-eun, thinking that it was worth paying for.

“It’s okay, Hyeeun.”

“… Huh.”

“If Hye-eun is okay with you, will she do one favor for me as a gift to congratulate her on her promotion?”

“… Uh?”

As soon as the word please came out of her mouth, I felt Hye-eun’s expression brighten noticeably.

“Huh! Just say anything! I’ll do everything I can!”

“It’s not like I’m asking for something that I can’t do. … Although it is a request that is a bit difficult to say.”

“No, really, anything is fine!”

Seeing him say this far, he seemed like he would listen to anything, so I also gained the confidence to let out the desire I secretly harbored in my heart.

The problem was that Kang Hye-eun didn’t need permission from only one person, so she had to ask the other party, Eun-young’s sister’s doctor, too.

“… I think you should help Eun-yeong noona too, are you okay?”

“Sister… Auntie doesn’t mind anything if it’s her son’s request~.”

I kind of expected you to say something like this.