Chapter 517 – Meeting Minutes (2)

From then on, she just continued explaining the situation to Hye-eun about what happened yesterday as quickly as possible.

I tried to help Minah, who was trying to carry the moving items with her bare body, without calling her center or a helper, using my space bag abilities.

When she tried to pack and move all her belongings with all her might, she started having problems with the house she was moving into.

It turns out that the house Minah had decided to move into was for sale, and as a result, she was unable to move in as originally planned.

In fact, the semi-basement villa where she originally lived has already been sold, leaving Minah and her family with nowhere to go.

Fortunately, she kept the down payment and principal, so it was still possible for her to move to a new house, so she even let Minah stay in our house until she found a new house.

Hye-eun’s expression was quite stiff at first, but gradually softened as my story continued.

Like the part where Han Min-ah was scammed, and the fact that she fortunately didn’t suffer any financial losses during that time.

In the end, Hye-eun was seen holding Min-a’s hand, expressing sincere sympathy for her situation.

“I’m sorry, Min-ya… I didn’t even know there was such a story…”

“Oh, no… I should have told you yesterday in advance, but it’s too late to say it now…”

“… But if you didn’t have a place to sleep, you could have just told me… I’m a little curious as to why I went into Taekyung’s house, even though he was a man… ?”

“Oh, no… That…”

“Originally he wouldn’t come into our house, but I really forced him into it and finally brought him in. “It’s not like Minah asked me to sleep at my house first.”

“Uh, yeah… ?”

“At first I asked only to take care of her luggage, then I asked only her younger siblings to sleep there, and then I finally convinced her to let Mina sleep at my house too. Hye-eun, you know her personality. If I didn’t force you to sleep at my house, I wouldn’t have seen you again…”

“… Well, if it were Min-ah, she would sleep in the company’s conference room or something and wash in the company’s shared shower room. Even if you die soon, you won’t want to spend money on motels, saying it’s a waste of money.”

“…”

Since they had already been together for almost 10 years, Hye-eun also seemed to be pretending when it came to Min-ah.

Han Min-ah couldn’t refute Hye-eun’s prediction of behavior that seemed so obvious, so she just avoided her gaze.

“Just consider it as if you rescued a stray cat. “Our house has a lot of rooms anyway, so it doesn’t feel cramped just because Minah’s sisters come in.”

“… “Well, the two-story house is a bit big for Taekyung to use alone.”

“If it’s a space that’s meant to be played around anyway, it’s okay to use it actively. Yes?”

“… Yes, that’s true too.”

After explaining how Minah came to move into our house, Hye-eun nods her head.

And then she immediately changed her eyes and started asking me again about what I had just said.

“Okay, then Taekyung. “Ho, do you still have any empty rooms left that aren’t being used?”

“Huh? Why is that suddenly?”

“Oh, no, just…” . I’m asking just in case. Well, I think I saw it at first glance the last time I went to your house…”

An empty room, an empty room…

First of all, the first floor was a space where Minah’s three sisters used the master bedroom, living room, and kitchen/dining room.

There were three rooms on the second floor, but except for the room that Eunbyeol and I shared, there was one left.

Right now, it feels like I’m using it as a storage space, but if necessary, I can organize it into a sub-space pocket.

“I think there’s at least one left.”

“Yeah, really?! So there’s still one left? “You’re sure, right?”

“But why are you suddenly asking that?”

“Yes?! Oh no… Just curious… ? First of all, I need to check… ?”

“What on earth are you checking?”

“Well, just…” . Taekyung, as you said, isn’t the space just playing around? . Well, something like that… ?”

Kang Hye-eun suddenly averted her gaze at my question and looked the other way.

And Han Min-ah, who was looking at us, turned her gaze away as if she couldn’t see us and muttered something useless.

“Hye-eun, it’s true that she’s not honest, but Seong Tae-kyung, you’re really tactless.”

“… Why is there a fight all of a sudden?”

“Put your hand on your chest and ask.”

“I don’t know if that’s possible because you have a small chest, but my chest is thicker than yours, so I can’t hear you through my hands.”

“This bastard… ?”

Even though there was a brief commotion at first, we quickly returned to our usual relationship as three people.

It was a moment where I somehow learned that there are things that remain the same even if the place where you live changes.

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Eun and Ok Co., Ltd., Gangdong-gu branch.

The three-person party consisting of me, Kang Hye-eun, and Han Min-ah finished our morning expedition in a suitable A-level dungeon.

Since party hunting with three people until the afternoon seemed a bit tiring, we moved on to simple individual activities for the afternoon.

Today was a day when neither Cheon Ji-hee nor Cha Yu-ri went to work, so we didn’t want to overdo it with just three people.

In Hye-eun’s case, she was the head of the Azure Shield party, so it seemed like she had free time today to post the status of Azure Shield’s operation and regular reports.

Han Min-ah, who is full of energy, said she worked extra hours by joining another party as a scout in the afternoon.

And I had gone to the recovery room a little early to look after the wounds of other guild members.

As this has been an activity for two months already, it might be a little boring, but it was surprisingly enjoyable to face new patients coming in every day.

And after the treatment was over, it was nice to receive a thank you from the other hunter every time.

Surprisingly, I seem to have an aptitude not only for swordsmanship but also for this job.

‘If I had focused on recovery and growth instead of swordsmanship from the beginning, I would have been playing a different role in the party by now.’

Surprisingly, it occurred to me that a fun future might await here as well.

Considering the many faces that come to mind, it was clear that choosing a career in swordsmanship in the first place was the right outcome.

If I hadn’t given up on swordsmanship and focused on fighting monsters, I probably wouldn’t have been able to meet Cha Yu-ri or Dosi-hee.

Also, Eunbyeol, who was connected through Sihee.

And although she wasn’t the woman I had a relationship with, she probably didn’t have a relationship with Areum, whom I met in the union dungeon.

Although this activity of using recovery skills is enjoyable in its own way, I still don’t regret choosing swordsmanship in the first place.

With that in mind, I continued working in the recovery room until a little while after the afternoon expedition was over.

By the time I thought I had roughly seen the number of injured people today, I had cleaned up the recovery room and prepared to leave work.

“I’m going to get off work~.”

“Ah, Hunter Seong Tae-kyung. “The boss was asking if you could come to the office after work?”

“… President Seo Ok-hee?”

“Yes. “He told me to come up to the representative office on the 17th floor because I have something to convey to Hunter Seong Tae-kyung.”

… What do you mean by delivering something out of the blue? I’m having a hard time understanding something.

Being called by a high-ranking person to come to his office was always accompanied by anxiety. Of course, it was just my personal impression.

Well, aside from my anxiety, it was also clear that I was not in a position to reject the boss’s message.

“All right. Then, I will stop by the boss’s office before work and then leave.”

“Yes. “Thank you for your hard work, Hunter Seong Tae-kyung.”

“Thank you for your effort.”

Normally, I would have gone home right after my shift in the recovery room, but I got on the company elevator again and pressed the button for the top floor.

Ding. When the door opened with a sound, I was able to see the hallway on the 17th floor of the company for the first time in a long time.

As soon as you come out of the elevator, there is a long hallway leading straight ahead.

On both sides of the hallway were departments that seemed completely unrelated to me, such as the business management team and the board room.

As I continued down the hallway, a room with a sign saying ‘Representative Office’ was waiting for me.

As soon as I stepped foot in front of the office door, a strange feeling of tension began to fill my body.

‘Is this my third time visiting?’

Once when changing jobs. Once when I was asked to work in the recovery room.

Unlike the past times, where I visited both times because I wanted to, this time the boss called me personally, so the anxiety that came with it was bound to increase, even if only slightly.

It’s probably not because I did something wrong that he called me.

Since I transferred to the company and joined Azure Shield, the performance of the entire party has improved considerably, and I have been working in the recovery room quite a bit these days, which is bringing various benefits to the entire company.

Maybe he just called me because he was curious about how I, the only male awakened person, was doing well at the company.

Before entering the office with such speculations, I knocked twice to let the boss inside know that I had come.

Immediately, I heard a slightly younger voice answering me from inside the president’s office.

-Smart.

“Boss, this is Seong Tae-kyung, a B-class hunter. “I came to visit because you said you had called me.”

“… “Oh, come in.”

‘… Phew.’

After taking a deep breath into my chest. In line with her answer, she immediately opened the door to the representative office and went inside.

There, the boss, who looked the same every time I saw him, was sitting at the table waiting for me.

Green pigtails, a slightly small body for an adult woman, and a round face.

The same as when I saw you 3 months ago and 1 month ago.

“How have you been, boss?”

“Huh. “I can’t see your face well, so come closer.”

“… Yes.”

I quietly walked towards her as she called me with a gesture of her hand as if she wanted to check her face.

The boss made eye contact with me and seemed to be carefully examining my expression.

For some reason, I felt awkward looking at her, so I just looked away and waited for the boss to say next words.

“… Hmm, not bad.”

“Yes?”

“Nothing to worry about. “Because I’m talking to myself.”

… Then, can you please tell me quietly so that it doesn’t bother me?

Of course I can’t say that. How could a mere hunter spout such shameless words to the boss of his guild?

In an environment where a strange pressure seemed to be weighing down the space, I could only wait for her next words to come out.

Immediately from the boss’ mouth came a question that seemed to be testing me.

“Why do you think I called you today?”

“… I do not know.”

“Just say whatever comes to mind.”

“… “Didn’t you call me for something related to the Azure Shield activity or working in the recovery room?”

“It’s roughly similar, but a little different.”

Just because it’s a little different means it’s still a little bit related.

While I was wondering what the intention of what she said was, she told me about the real purpose of calling me.

The message that came out of the president’s mouth was something I never expected to hear at this time.

“I’m planning to give you a promotion soon.”