Chapter 652 – A Cat With a Lot of Worries (2)

That evening, after wandering around the old Chuncheon city for a day and a day, I returned home.

After dinner and shower, I was quietly waiting in my room for Han Min-ah to come in. Not long after waiting, I heard a knock on my door.

-Smart.

“… Seo, Seong Tae-kyung. “Am I going in?”

“Yes, come in.”

-Kkiik.

Two knocks were heard a short distance apart.

The door opens slowly with a slightly tense voice.

And without knowing why, in a slightly gloomy mood, Minah Han opened the door to my room and entered.

“Ha, he said he had something to say…” .”

“Huh.”

“… How serious is it? “Is this something Jin-ah and Seon-ah shouldn’t hear?”

“I think they’ll be a little confused when they hear it.”

… The moment my sister found out that she was going to receive over 5 billion won in extra income for defeating the Basilisk, it would be a little difficult for her twins to keep calm.

Although Jin-ah and Sun-ah are said to be more dignified than their peers, there is no guarantee that they will be cool-headed in the face of a large amount of money that they have never experienced.

In order to prevent unnecessary noise, it was reasonable to only share this story with Han Min-ah.

In the first place, it was also the choice of Han Min-ah, who participated in the subjugation, as to how to handle the subjugation reward.

“So, what do you mean by story… ?”

“…”

“Hey, Seong Tae-kyung… ?”

“… Sorry, I feel a little sorry for bringing this up to you…”

Since she was in middle school, she had known how much Han Min-ah had suffered as the head of the household, so she could not help but hesitate to make such a shameless request.

For the first time in her life as a hunter, she was in a situation where she was asked to lend the huge amount of cash that came into her hands for her startup business.

No matter how much she said she had a cause to make my dream come true, she couldn’t help but feel infinitely guilty.

… In fact, I didn’t even want to settle the bill separately for Han Min-ah and then persuade others.

It would make me feel more comfortable right now rather than just making her feel uncomfortable like this.

But if she did something like that for no reason, when Han Min-ah found out about it later, we would no longer be able to remain friends.

Even though her circumstances were not good, she was a Hanmin child who never gave in to her pride and lived resolutely.

The moment I asked people like Hye-eun and Cha Yu-ri to lend me money for my dream, but only in the case of Han Min-ah did I do something like properly calculating her situation and distributing it first.

If she found out later, she would probably never forgive me.

I thought we were friends, but in reality, the response would be something like, “Are you pitying me?”

Since we’ve known each other for a long time, there are things you can know without having to experience it.

Rather than causing unnecessary misunderstandings like that, it would be better to make a clear deal right now.

“What is there to be sorry about? Between us, huh?!”

“…”

“It’s okay, man! I, too, roughly expected what you were going to say?! Oh, I was already preparing little by little!”

“… Huh?”

“Speak comfortably, speak comfortably! “I will tell everything to my younger siblings, so don’t worry!”

… You expected what I was going to say?

Well. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think Han Min-ah knew about the ‘Chuncheon City Hunter Guild Plan’ that first popped into my head today during the day.

It was at that moment that an intuitive feeling occurred to her that she might have misunderstood what I was about to say, but she could not know until she had heard the story in person.

To Han Min-ah, who was looking at me with a nervous expression, I quietly made a shameless request that was hidden in my heart.

“I won’t bother repeating it because strange misunderstandings may arise later.”

“… Huh.”

“The amount of money you will receive as a reward for defeating the Three-Headed Basilisk this time, excluding all other things, is approximately 5.8 billion won.”

“W-well, that story… Now, wait? 5, 5.8 billion?! 5.8 billion?!!”

“Hey, hey, Hanmin! “Lower your voice!”

“… Ah, ah, that’s right!”

This was information that wouldn’t be surprising if Jin or Seon-ah fainted if they heard it, so for now, I quickly covered Han Min-ah’s mouth as she was embarrassed.

Anyway, what is this reaction? What was this completely unexpected reaction?

According to what the boss said, didn’t Han Min-ah know this in advance?

Her reaction was one that no one could help but feel confused about, so the first step was to check what each other said.

“Huh, how did you get 5.8 billion? I was just thinking it was around 2 billion… ?”

“What are you talking about. If you divide 47 billion by 8, it’s a little over 5.8 billion. “If you deduct taxes and other things, it’s roughly right.”

“4.47 billion? “Not 40 billion?”

“To be exact, it’s 47 billion and a little more. “I don’t really remember anything from 10 million won.”

“…”

“How did you calculate it in the first place to come up with 2 billion? Even if you divide 40 billion by 8, you should get 5 billion.”

“Well, since you are the party leader, you have to take half from the total and divide the rest into seven equal parts, but since I didn’t have the best role, I lowered the amount a little…”

… This is a hunter who recently achieved level A+, so I wonder why her evaluation of herself is so poor.

It was a miserable self-evaluation that was pitiful in many ways. He even naturally ranked his performance at the bottom among all the people.

Not only I, but everyone who participated in the subjugation operation would not have such thoughts at all.

“I don’t know what you think of your performance, but at least I, the leader at the time, don’t think that way.”

“…”

“It was a victory we were able to win because of everyone, including you. “If even one of us had missed it, it would have definitely been difficult.”

“Well, was that so…”

“Yes, I did.”

“Well, since that’s what you, the leader at the time, said, then I’ll just assume that’s true…”

The appearance of Han Min-ah, who was embarrassed by her own performance, but secretly was happy that I recognized her skills, with her mouth quirking up.

For a moment, the feeling of wanting to hug her came into her head, but it seemed like they were in the mood for a serious conversation right now.

We decided to relieve the desire growing in our hearts for another day, and for now it was time to continue the conversation that had been interrupted for a while.

“Anyway, I plan to continue what I was talking about earlier.”

“Ah, uh, yes!”

“There is 5.8 billion in compensation that should go to you.”

“… Huh.”

“… “Aren’t you going to ‘invest’ that compensation in me?”

“… Uh?”

Han Min-a was waiting for the words to come out of my mouth with a very nervous expression, but when she heard the word ‘investment’, she gave a blank answer for a moment.

As expected, it was quite a sudden story for her.

This is an opportunity for Han Min-ah to receive a large amount of money that she has never touched in her entire life, but the leader at the time of her subjugation says it is an investment and asks her to give up her money.

Even in my case, I know everything about her situation as I have seen her up close.

In addition, since she had nowhere else to go, I was forced to live in my house, so in a way, it was like I was talking about her weakness.

Even if Han Min-ah swears right in front of him because of this shameless attitude, he has nothing to say.

Still, she couldn’t let go of her offer, which would be made not only to her but to all of her, and if I knew Han Min-ah, she wouldn’t be the type to criticize without even asking why. Because there was.

After saying what I had to say, I was waiting for the inevitable expression of rejection to come back from her mouth, but surprisingly, Minah Han seemed to react a little differently than I expected.

“Well, of course I don’t care… Oh, no, that’s not it… !”

“Huh?”

“T-what exactly is investment… ? Oh, I’m not saying I’m going to do as you say just yet, but I still have to check what it says… ?”

… What is this unexpectedly favorable response?

She knew that Han Min-ah would naturally ask for her share of the compensation due to her family circumstances, her moving expenses, and other reasons.

Surprisingly, she seemed quite interested in my investment request and was responding seriously.

‘He probably doesn’t have the type of personality to enjoy investing a lot of money somewhere…’

For Han Min-ah, whose parents had taken on a lot of debt with her guarantee, her risky business must have been a kind of trauma.

However, Han Min-ah not only shows her interest, but also shows an active attitude, as if…

‘Somehow, it seems like they were waiting for me to say something like this… ?’

The moment my thoughts reached that point, I began making careful guesses as to why Han Mina wanted to invest in me.

The moment we arrive at the assumption that maybe, contrary to what Han Min-ah has shown so far, she does not want to be in a situation where she does not have money in her hands.

As it was, a cautious conclusion was drawn in my head about the woman in front of me.

Maybe, even though she was Hanmin, deep down in her heart, she might have had the same thoughts as me.

I wonder if she, too, would like to continue living with me for a longer period of time in this two-story house.