As I thought about meeting the owner of another gate, I remembered something I hadn’t thought of.
“What if that person also has ‘observation’?”
This part. If you have the skill called ‘Observation’, the other person will be able to recognize you. So I was a little worried. But after thinking about it, I thought the chances of that were low.
It is because of the idea that if he had confirmed the Bran chicken by observation, he would not have called him just a chicken. Of course, this might just be my wish.
But once in a while I had to make sure. Because I had never met the existence of the owner of the gate in my life until now. As far as is known, there are fewer than 50 gates in Korea. It means that the number of owners of the gate is less than 50. So, there is no way in my life to meet the owner of such a rare gate in person.
First of all, I headed to the Cheongju factory to meet the factory manager. Before that, I took care of our Hoya. At least my safety must be guaranteed.
***
Nyan!
Hoya took a seat next to me with a very annoyed expression. After picking up the Hoya, we set off for the Cheongju factory. And when I arrived at the factory after driving for two hours, the factory manager greeted me.
“welcome.”
“See you again.”
“Okay, then would you like to go right away?”
“There is no reason to wait, right?”
“Yes, I will guide you. Shall we go to my car?”
“Oh, my car if possible.”
I decided to go by my car because of Hoya. As we got into the car, the factory manager said with a slight frown.
“You take a cat like this…”
He is also a person who raises pets, so he frowned when he saw Hoya in the car. Because it’s not common sense.
“sorry. Because he has severe separation anxiety…”
It’s a ridiculous excuse. It’s not even a dog, because it honestly makes no sense to bring a cat just because it’s like that. It was then.
Nyaang!
Hoya quickly flirts with the factory manager. Baladang while flipping the boat. From my point of view, it’s a pretty pretentious act, but the factory manager said it with a twitching mouth, as if he had lost his mind.
“Well, you can’t say that all cats in the world are the same. He seems to be in good health, and he doesn’t look stressed.”
He seemed to be halfway close to a veterinarian, perhaps because he was a person who develops and manages feed at a feed factory. After a brief happening like that, we were able to set off.
“By the way, are you friends?”
“Yes, we are friends who grew up together in the neighborhood since childhood.”
“Do you have a personality…?”
This is a very important part. Because you need to know the other person in order to make a contract.
“He has a good personality. After I became the owner of the gate in the first place, I also allowed people to enter without any restrictions.”
“Then did the factory manager go in too?”
“Haha, what are you going to do when you enter the gate at this age? I don’t have any dreams of becoming a Hunter.”
Hunters in the stories of hunters in ordinary web novels are described as very well-paid and powerful people. Obviously, in that worldview, that’s right. There are monsters in the world, and a hunter who can catch monsters must be a very popular job.
But in this world I live in, no monster has ever come out of the gate. At least nothing is known. And crucially, if you listen to Sunwoo’s story, he’s only a level 20 level hunter. It means that he has superior physical abilities compared to ordinary people, but he is not to the extent of being called Superman.
Of course, even so, it may be that the income is significantly higher than that of ordinary office workers. The important point is that there may be many.
There are many young people who dream of becoming hunters, but few seem to actually take on the challenge. Sunwoo is the only person around me who is actually a hunter. Now that I know that Sunwoo is a hunter, I think that there may be many people who hope to become a hunter, but the actual number may not be many.
So, the factory manager might not have said that he would be a hunter even if his friend was the owner of the gate.
“It’s all here. My friend has common sense and is communicative, so the contract shouldn’t be difficult.”
“Then I’m glad.”
I parked the car at the location pointed out by the factory manager and entered what appeared to be a country house. Then there was a gate in it. The one with the gate in my room looks the same. I stared at it quietly. Then a notification popped up.
-You used the Observation skill.
Name: 2-Way Gate 57BA (Owner: Miyoung Kang).
This gate, like mine, is also a two-way gate, and the owner is Kang Mi-young. While looking at it, a beautiful middle-aged woman walks out of the living room.
“Are you here?”
“Oh, are you with me?”
Kim Taek-soo’s friend was a woman. It seems that he vaguely assumed that the owner of the gate would be a man. Half of the world is women, so why did they think it would be men?
“Uh, who is this?”
“Anyone from our company headquarters.”
“hello? This is KF Assistant Manager Choi Si-woo.”
“I got a call saying you were coming. My name is Miyoung Kang.”
I shook hands with Mr. Kang Mi-young and looked at him quietly. Then, one more notification popped up before the observation was triggered.
– Observation skill level has risen to 2.
-You used the Observation skill.
Name: Miyoung Kang (Level 3).
Strength: 12, Dexterity: 10, Intelligence: 14, Spirit: 13, Stamina: 11, Care: 20.
Remaining points: 0.
Skills: Caring (Active) 5 levels, Cooking (Active) 4 levels, Livestock (Active) 4 levels.
His level was lower than mine, and his abilities were much lower than mine. What is unusual is that it has the stat of caring and the skill of caring. He did not have any farming skills, and his level of livestock farming and cooking was high.
Crucially, he has no observation skills. At this point, I felt reassured. In other words, that person does not recognize that I am the owner of the gate.
“I received the test result that the chicken is very good.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“By the way, I wonder if you can deliver it… the quantity must be considerable.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that. Chickens breed well in the gate. fast.”
“Is that so? I heard that the gate and the time here are different. Is it like that?”
“Where did you hear such a strange story? No, are there other gates like that? have you heard?”
In response to Kang Mi-young’s question, the plant manager said with an expression that he was hearing it for the first time.
“What, I’m hearing this for the first time? Siwoo, where did you talk about that?”
“Ah, it must have been a card floating around on the Internet. ha ha ha.”
When I said that, the two nodded.
“Well, some of what is known about Gate is exaggerated. I don’t know about the other gates, but ours does.”
“okay. So, what’s inside the gate…?”
“Oh, there are many animals in our gate. They are mainly herbivores. There are carnivores, but they are small carnivores and are not dangerous to humans. So not many people come.”
If the things you can see inside the gate are like that, it will be difficult to level up. If so, it may not be very popular with those who want to become hunters.
“Do you only do poultry farming?”
“No, I raise cows, and I also raise pigs. Although they look a little different, they are cows and pigs. I wanted to find a horse, but I haven’t found one yet.”
Kang Mi-young seemed to like her gate very much. The tendency itself seems to be that kind of person.
“Anyway, if there are no problems with delivery, let’s sign a contract.”
“Yes, I will read it first.”
“Take a look slowly.”
“Oh, in the meantime, would you like to enter the gate?”
It’s a story of humiliation. But Hoya pulls my leg. It means don’t go in. I didn’t fall in love with Hoya’s will.
“No, I’m scared, ha ha ha.”
“I understand. Not everyone needs to enter the gate.”
I think I need to talk to Hoya later. Hoya clearly stopped me. Considering that Hoya’s intelligence and mind are far superior to mine, there must be a reason for that.
“Then let’s take a look.”
“yes.”
A few people came out of the gate while Mi-Young Kang was examining the contract carefully. I looked at such people by observation. Levels are mostly between 4 and 6. Combat skills can be called archery, swordsmanship, or spearmanship. There were also people who had unique skills like traps.
No one had life skills. Is it uncooked or uncooked? No one had special abilities. It was different from Seonwoo’s case. I don’t know if it’s different depending on the gate or individual.
“thank you for your effort.”
“thank you for your effort.”
People said good work to each other and went out of the house after saying hello to Kang Mi-young. In their hands were things such as animal carcasses and plants that appeared to have been caught inside the gate.
Observation has shown that it has the effect of restoring energy or encouraging vitality. Again, there was nothing to raise the stats. Perhaps it was a feature of this gate.
“Who are they?”
“Ah, these are the people who hunt by paying a weekly fee. The things that come out of our gate are said to be sold at a high price.”
“okay.”
The system of this gate seemed to be understandable. Kang Mi-young allows people to use the gate and receives a fee. And it seemed like they were tending a farm inside. It is said that they operate several barns.
“Can’t other people also make a toast inside?”
“Strangely, animals raised by other people do not reproduce quickly. I think it’s a kind of privilege of a gate owner.”
“Ah, maybe so.”
The gate owner has privileges. This is just what I was vaguely thinking. However, other gate owners are having similar thoughts. Maybe the owner of the gate has more things than I thought. The owner of the gate has the right to enter, and it seems that he has privileges even within the gate.
Kang Mi-young carefully reviewed the contract and signed it. Through her, I learned a few more things about gates.
***
After finishing the contract, I did not go back to the company, but returned home right away. And asked Hoya.
“Hoya, did Dad say you can’t go in there?”
Nyaang!
answer that it is correct.
“Is it dangerous if I go in?”
Nyaang!
This also sounds like the answer.
“why?”
Nyan-nyang-nya-nyang-nyang.
It seems like he’s trying to explain something, but since I couldn’t understand the cat’s words in the first place, there was no way to understand the explanation.
But I did know one thing. It means that Hoya instinctively knew that I shouldn’t go there.
Could this be contrary to the privilege of the gate owner? Is it some kind of penalty? I thought it might be something like that.
“Okay, then what I have to do now.”