336 – [6] Year-End Banquet
#336
“Huh…… “Let’s not tremble.”
I relaxed my hands and feet and jumped in place.
I turned my head and straightened my clothes neatly.
The evening was not very cold, but not very hot either.
After taking a deep breath in the corner alley, Weilong walked out.
Then a dazzling tree is revealed.
And behind it, there was a large, towering banquet hall.
Three days before Christmas.
This was the scene where a year-end banquet was held by a suspicious rich man.
Of course.
“What kind of banquet is starting at 10 o’clock? “They clearly told me to come by 9 o’clock.”
“They told me to come without dinner, so I came hungry. “What the hell is this?”
“Ha, Mr. “Why don’t you just go back home?”
“No sir…… ! “Are you telling me to stay outside dressed like this?”
“Why are there so many people here wearing furry? “Is there an animal mating event going on?”
Even though it had not yet started, the front of the banquet hall was crowded with people.
People who came in ordinary clothes thinking it was a simple event, people who came in dresses or suits suitable for a banquet hall, and cubs of animals wearing human masks.
“Hello. “I am a pony lover.”
“Fuck you!”
“Why on earth did those bastards come here!”
“Do you know the power of magic and love?”
Some strange people came, but that wasn’t a big problem.
Weilong walked among the crowded people.
An expensive car driving down the road.
She avoided the anti-gravity car coming down from the sky and headed to the banquet hall.
“Sorry, but you can’t come in yet.”
A security guard blocking the entrance.
She confidently showed her identification card in front of him.
“Ah, you are an official. “If you are an official, please take the stairs over there instead of here.”
Trudge, trudge, trudge.
I climbed the stairs, opened the door, and entered the banquet hall.
A magnificent hall with a huge chandelier was revealed.
At the end of the hall, there was a space where this banquet would be held.
I saw countless people carrying food and numerous desks being decorated.
“It must have cost a lot of money…” … As expected, the successor to a large guild is something different?”
I thought it was too much for a year-end banquet.
Considering that Wei Long came from a fairly wealthy family, she meant that her level of luxury was enormous at the time she said this.
But this was natural.
In the first place, this banquet was a gathering place for promising hunters within the academy.
This ‘promising’ included not only skills but also money.
In other words, it meant that it was a space where powerful people and the rich gathered.
That is why it could never be neglected.
If you set something cheaply and then hear harsh criticism, it will tarnish the name of the organizer and the guild.
However, there was another purpose.
A secret behind-the-scenes story that ordinary people will never know.
And the person with this backstory was the man Weilong was currently meeting.
After Wei Long opened the doors and walked down the hallway, she ended up in front of a man.
“Oh, you came as promised.”
“Sorry for being late. I never imagined that traffic would be so jammed…….”
I bowed my head to Ahn Hyun-jin.
It felt like her pride was being twisted, but it was inevitable in order to get back what was taken away from one person.
“No. Well, there are many other employees who are only arriving now. Of course, there are still many employees who have not arrived.”
“Ah… ….”
“And the work you are responsible for will not be solved just because you arrive early. So there’s no need to apologize.”
“Thank you. But coming early will solve the problem…… “No?”
Hyunjin Ahn handed him the folder that was placed on the table next to her.
There was a bundle of paper stuck in the file folder, with personal information such as someone’s photo, name, and age written on it.
“This is the list of banquet participants.”
“Oh, then can we just send back those who are not on the participant list?”
“No, invitations to this banquet went out to far more people than those on the list.”
So what does the list mean?
If there are more people receiving invitations than the list, the number of people who will not be able to enter will also increase.
“Let all those with invitations in. Instead, hand the pamphlets contained in the box here to those on the list.”
“This…” ….”
“This is an invitation and letter of introduction to a separate secret meeting where only specially selected people can participate.”
“Specially selected people?”
“Let’s say they are a type of VIP guests or VIP guests.”
What kind of people are they, and what kind of secret meeting is this?
A question suddenly arose, but Weilong’s position was too great to ask such a question.
“Of course it’s not strange, so don’t worry. “You can think of it as a social gathering for the powerful or the rich.”
“Aha…… All right.”
Thankfully, these questions were resolved immediately.
He seemed like a better person than I thought.
I know the question and although it is not a perfect answer, it provides at least a rough explanation.
So Wei Long wanted to carry out her duties according to her deal and she headed out.
She placed the pamphlet box down next to where the guards were standing and prepared to greet the banquet attendees.
A few minutes passed, and it was 10 o’clock.
The guards opened the door and began entering the entrance one by one.
Weilong only allows general invitation holders into the banquet hall.
She handed out her pamphlets only to those on the list.
* * *
However, since it was a primitive method in which people checked each item individually, there were some unavoidable aspects.
It was a slow speed comparable to paying a highway toll.
Even though a long time has passed, there is no sign of it decreasing.
Thanks to this, many cadets showed amazing mobility, moving only one step every 30 seconds.
Although Ahn Hyun-jin’s academy grades are not high, there is no alpha male who stands at the top of her society as much as she does today.
All beings stronger than him just sigh on the outside, so how could he not be an alpha male at the top of society?
As Ahn Hyun-jin watched the scene, she continued to sip her wine.
That was the moment.
A thud sound was heard beyond the window.
As I rolled my eyes here and there, the sight of a collision accident between vehicles came into view.
A traffic accident that occurred next to a line where numerous people were standing, causing a dent in the bumper.
“Hmm, because a lot of people are gathered. Even people with poor driving skills come here.”
To be more precise, it was an accident in which an anti-gravity vehicle was coming down to the ground and was hit in the back by a car that was trying to pass under it.
The good news was that it wasn’t such a big accident.
Of course, even if the accident was not major, human instinct was always the same.
Two elves got out of the anti-gravity vehicle, holding the back of their necks.
“$@$#$$@#!#@!!!”
“$%#^T$##%$%!!!
Soon, they started rolling around on the floor and arguing with the cadets who came after them.
It was truly a pity for Ahn Hyun-jin not to be able to hear that seemingly interesting conversation.
But he is a man who will carry out the task.
You should not get caught up in personal fun and go astray.
“My future and hers are at stake. “It should never be handled roughly.”
His ultimate goal today is to do something helpful to the World Tree for his lover and his future.
If he, an Earthling, does something that will help the big tree.
The goal was to recruit people who could be helpful on a macro level or to seek financial gain.
To put it simply, it was to recruit talented people and resource-procuring Black Soft Cows to fight on the side of the World Tree.
Of course, if you openly recruit something like this, there is a very high chance that you will be caught by reporting it, let alone being rejected.
“…… “You could easily eat seolleongtang through your nose.”
If that were the case, you would experience the mysterious treatment of rhinitis by inhaling delicacies from all over the world through your nose.
No, it wasn’t just experience treating rhinitis.
A representative example is America’s famous Marine restaurant.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was famous not only for running an anatomical general restaurant, but also for having a number of doctors who treated constipation.
How many constipation doctors must there be so that the number of prisoners and doctors is the same?
There is a reason why you will never get constipated again once you go in and out.
And Hyunjin Ahn was a seriously ill patient who could receive treatment for rhinitis and constipation at any time.
Tragically, although the treatment process may be pleasant, it is not easy, so Ahn Hyun-jin had no intention of proceeding with this matter hastily.
The secret meeting at this banquet was the cornerstone for that goal.
It could be said to be a kind of preparatory step where the rice cakes are laid out and the radish is cooked only with the meat.
“I hope that many people will come into the arms of the World Tree. “Like some who have already been captured.”
An interesting fact was that there were some who were included in advance.
Those who claim to be servants of the World Tree before anyone else and seek to receive indulgence.
Squeak.
“Master, a person named Myron from the Cancon Guild is currently visiting downstairs. “What can I do?”
“Let me guide you here.”
After a while, a blond-haired gangster opened the door and came in.
Judging by the fact that he was wearing a suit, he seemed to have come for official reasons.
The person who came to Weilong was never that kind of person.
Myron, he is no different.
“Mr. Ahn. “Is business going well?”
“Myron. “Looking at the situation today, it seems to be going well.”
“Hmm, that should be it. “How much money did our guild invest in this project for the World Tree?”
Like Ahn Hyun-jin, he was one of those who had been recruited in advance.
She, of course, unlike Ahn Hyun-jin, was not in a position to take active action.
“…… “Is it a lot of pressure?”
“No, that’s not it~ It’s money that I willingly gave for the World Tree in the first place~ Why would it be such a waste?”
A code that will always support the world tree.
To put it in a good way, he was a black cow with a fluttering nose, and in a bad way, he was a man close to being an asshole.
“…… I hope I don’t invest this much from next time. “It’s been less than a year since you joined us, but if you spend that much money, there won’t be any left in the future.”
“Ah, but I’m still a newbie, so I have to do this for seniors~”
The time when he took refuge in the World Tree was a world away compared to Ahn Hyun-jin.
Myron is a fresh-faced newbie who received the power of the World Tree less than a year ago.
On the other hand, Ahn Hyun-jin is a devout believer who grew up under the care of the World Tree since she was young.
Moreover, Myron was a case where he turned around while attending Palaistra Academy.
The weight of money he had was so light that it could not even be compared to Ahn Hyun-jin.
It means that it is extremely cheap.
On such a topic, the expenses were generous enough to support such a banquet.
“And this is also my personal expression of gratitude to the World Tree.”
“Expressing gratitude?”
“If it weren’t for World Tree, I would have been suffering in the hospital room until now.”
But that was just Ahn Hyun-jin’s biased view.
Myron himself had his own circumstances.
It’s a bit lousy, though.
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