Chapter 37 Thank You
“Aham-”
Jihoo slept soundly and woke up.
I was busy last night and it seems that I am tired. I usually get up at 5 o’clock to prepare, but today it was past 6 o’clock.
It was time to open, but I lay down again because I thought it could be a little later.
“… … .”
Then, all of a sudden, I had a strange feeling.
Itchy ears and a cold feeling in the back of the head.
Jump up.
sat down
If you wake up here a little bit, you can see out the window.
But I didn’t want to see it.
something was cold
“… … Shall we rest today?”
But I was curious.
Jihoo lightly tightened his thighs. When his body slipped up and his gaze reached the front of the general store.
dump.
he just sat down.
It’s not that my legs are weak. just tired I wanted to lie down and sleep.
“under-“
If yesterday’s potion had worked, I knew that team leader Oh Yong-pil or assistant manager Han Jin-jung would come.
But now… … .
“How many people have come?”
The witch of dragon slaughter in the foremost, Choi Hye-yeon.
Two crews accompanying her.
Choi Yun-ha, assistant team leader.
Team leader Oh Yong-pil and assistant manager Han Jin-jung.
‘Why is Anya Taylor here again?’
she had come
The distance between the two women was about 5m, but the location was chosen in such a subtle way that no one could say that it was close to the store.
It was outside the green border of [Black Child].
‘Did black child block it?’
No such order was ever given.
It was because he gave orders to Ji-hoo not to attack unless he showed full intent to kill.
It must be the intuition of a high-ranking hunter.
Jihoo shook his head.
And it happened.
I need to meet you.
* * *
“So, why are you here, Chief?”
Anya Taylor tried to answer Jihoo’s question, but Choi Hyeyeon cut her off.
“I would like to talk to you separately.”
“hey. You just asked me a question?”
“I was the one who started the conversation first?”
“You have no manners towards Mr. Jihoo. Would you really like it if you cut off your words like that?”
What kind of talk is this again?
Calling one person and talking to them separately, I called the two together because of the man’s tone that would make me very uncomfortable with the other one.
However, the tension between the two was more stressful.
“Come on, will you all go out? Or do you want me to tell you one by one?”
Jihoo interceded.
The two wanted to talk to each other first, but their lips twitched as if they wanted to talk alone.
So he opened his mouth again.
“I have no desire to hide anything, and if you can’t talk right now, just leave!”
“no! I-I’ll tell you!”
Anya Taylor raised her hand first.
Choi Hye-yeon glared at her, but Anya Taylor didn’t care and continued talking.
“I would like to ask you for just one request.”
“A request?”
“Yes, it is a labyrinth appraisal request.”
“… … .”
Jihoo kept his mouth shut.
Since it is a labyrinth appraisal, are you trying to appraise the labyrinth itself, not the relics of the labyrinth?
“Am I still talking?”
Anya Taylor asked Choi Hye-yeon, who was next to her, with a chin gesture.
“… … I don’t.”
“The starting amount starts from 500 million… … . yes?!”
“I won’t even go near the labyrinth. Because my life is precious to me. If you bring an artifact, I think I can appraise it.”
“No, nothing dangerous. The total commission fee is 3 billion, and the share of ownership of the artifacts obtained from the labyrinth… … !”
“Yeah, no need! Alright, next!”
Jihoo waved his hand.
3 billion is a big amount even for Jihoo. If you don’t want to keep making healing wands, it’s an absurd amount of money to earn from a single appraisal.
But I hate labyrinths.
You can be cursed just by going near it, you can try to commit suicide by robbing your mind, and you can go blind after seeing a ghost once.
The answer is not to go near the labyrinth.
“I am… … .”
“Wait, wait.”
“hey? When you’re done talking, will you quietly step back?”
“No, that’s not-“
“Didn’t the boss say next? Are you ignoring the boss right now?”
Looking at these two women, Jihoo thought that they could be so different from their first impressions. Anya Taylor was like that, but Choi Hye-yeon is also a fearsome hunter with the modifier “dragon slayer witch” in her S rank.
However, when I talked to him, he seemed like an ordinary person.
‘Why did it look so high before?’
For the past four years, Jihoo has not been Jihoo.
When I was young, when I lived on the street of the father-in-law, I thought that I could be myself because it was A grade and S grade and I saw it often.
However, after being blocked in the B grade and working at a job, I got used to a life where even a C grade had to bow its head if it had characteristics.
Is that all?
The hellish marriage life combined made my mind cloudy, and I couldn’t see anything in those days when I only looked at the child and felt like a machine.
Because I couldn’t lift my head and lived only looking at the floor, I couldn’t easily pass by even the small bugs on the floor.
To Jihoo at that time, the A grade was a star in the sky, and the S grade was unimaginable. The general manager of the Asia branch? And the leader of the S-rank guild?
I didn’t even dare to make eye contact.
But now it’s different.
No, it must have gone back to the past.
“Yana Taylor.”
I don’t even call him the chief anymore.
Because guests are guests.
“yes yes?”
“Come back tomorrow.”
“… … All right.”
Perhaps sensing the sincerity in Jihoo’s voice, Anya Taylor bowed her head without saying anything.
“Then, I will come tomorrow.”
“thank you.”
So Choi Hye-yeon and I were left alone.
There were many people outside with Choi Hye-yeon, but they didn’t care much. Because I couldn’t receive guests anyway.
Jump up.
she got up
“thank you.”
nod
Hyeyeon Choi.
She bowed her head to Jihoo.
That is until the top of the head is clearly visible.
‘I don’t have a lot of hair.’
To be honest, it is a precursor to hair loss. I don’t mean to say that outright though. This is because Jihoo knows how hard it is to lose hair.
“Keuheum, did the treatment go well?”
“Yes, thanks to the potion you gave me, I was able to heal without any aftereffects. If he recovers well, he will be back on the field in a few months.”
“thank god. I was worried.”
At that, she hesitated for a moment, then greeted her again.
“And sorry.”
“yes?”
“I’m just sorry.”
Jihoo shrugged.
He probably meant right after he came down from the tower. But I fully understand. Because if you lose or almost lose someone in the tower, you have nothing to look forward to.
“and.”
“Yes, please.”
“How much should I pay?”
“Hmm, you know that advanced potions start with at least 1 billion, right?”
“sure.”
“The highest level is over 3 billion.”
You may think that it is more expensive than you think.
It’s not a perfect recovery, it’s a potion with serious aftereffects. But this was an unusual case.
Usually, there are very few cases where the bones and flesh are lost and even contaminated because they are ripped to such an extent.
If so, it is death.
‘In terms of the price of life, it’s not too expensive.’
Choi Hye-yeon nodded and opened her mouth.
“As you know, this potion will cause a big wave.”
“I know.”
“Our Samhyeon Group will help.”
“no. are you okay.”
Jihoo laughed inwardly.
‘Look inside. This man.’
She probably doesn’t have bad intentions either. There must be good intentions, and there must be a heart to give and receive.
“The price of the potion is set at 5 billion. To be honest, the price of the advanced potion was 1.3 billion, and the reinforcing price alone was over 2 billion.”
It’s true.
If Jihoo extracts the option, the artifact is consumed and turned into a handful of ashes.
“I also had a hard time… … .”
This is also true.
Creating [Extract Options] was just the beginning.
[Advanced skeletal memory].
This option is not just a generic option.
I bought a 500 million won ‘spear’ with the option of [intermediate shape memory] made by coating the femur of an ogre with black kiriyum.
Of course, that alone wasn’t enough.
The window was the base.
The artifact itself, which has the characteristic of shape memory, was important, but it needed the magic volume and durability that advanced options could contain.
Will that be enough?
It wasn’t.
‘[Intermediate regenerative power] was extracted from the core of a level 5 slime that has no shape but can be reproduced in its original state. I did.’
Used [extract options] twice and used [fusion] inside the window and even [set history] to make [advanced].
But even that was not enough.
After correcting the option itself with [Setting Intervention], obtain [Advanced Blank Scroll], extract it while consuming the window itself, insert it into [Dragon Blood’s Greater Trauma Recovery Potion], and then do some setting intervention.
‘Honestly, it’s a job I don’t want to do again.’
SP consumption was also not easy.
Because it was a completely new task, I got more SP than I consumed, but it was only for the first attempt.
If there are no separate achievements, the pure SP consumed is over 1,500.
If [Advanced Skeletal Memory] was put in as [Set Intervention] without such work, more than 6,000 SP would have been consumed.
Accomplishments and SP would have been reduced to less than half.
‘Anyway, it’s hard to make anymore.’
“I think 5 billion is cheap.”
Those were Choi Hye-yeon’s words.
Jihoo nodded and said.
“Actually, it’s hard to make more of this. I’m thinking of making at least one extra, but it’s difficult to sell.”
“… … okay.”
She nodded as if she could. Ji-hoo was actually annoying and the burden was high due to the consumption of SP, but it was common sense that it made more sense that this kind of reinforcement could continue.
“That’s too bad. I could have saved a lot of people.”
“A high-grade trauma potion is sufficient.”
If life depended on it, Jihoo would have made it little by little, even if it was difficult. Since there was [Option Extraction], it can be applied to other high-level potions, not Hyungbae’s potion.
However, even advanced potions save enough lives. Plus, if you can afford this price, it can also involve surgery.
“All right. thanked. If I can make something like this, I will definitely cooperate. Even though I am a PMC, I can lend Samhyun’s signboard.”
She said goodbye and went back.
Jihoo stretched. I’m so tired, but it’s still only 7 in the morning.
I need to start a business
* * *
Kim Ye-bin took a bus to Yangpyeong. A pocket watch was clenched tightly in his hand, and a large bag was full on his back.
It’s winter and vacation has come.
Candidates could stay in the dormitory even during vacation, but they couldn’t stand the emptiness. I barely forgot about it for a year, but I couldn’t because I knew about this watch.
‘While you said you wouldn’t abandon me like that. While shouting loudly that he was acting as a poor father.’
In the end, I died because of it again.
I lost my mother, and so did my father.
“under.”
A sigh comes out.
[Artisan’s Street] is a very strange neighborhood.
Even though my father only lived for about 5 years, everyone looked at him like family. Hearing that he had a daughter at a funeral, he casually reached out and held her hand.
A word of consolation.
One warm look.
Each cheer helped her to settle her heart.
“Uh, isn’t it Yebin? Did you go on vacation?”
From nob le mt l. co m
Miyeon is the boss.
I heard it’s a big bread here.
She bowed her head and bowed deeply.
“yes! Since it’s vacation, I’m going to stay here for about a month… … !”
“Good idea~ President Kim’s are still there, so be comfortable~ There shouldn’t be anything uncomfortable since it was air-conditioning and heating. If you ever need anything, just let me know~”
“yes. thank you… … !”
It was so different from Seoul.
Every word spoken by the people here was so warm. I think I now know why my father loved this place so much.