《Welcome to Dungeon Hotel》 Chapter 1 Prologue. Why are you doing a hotel in Dungeon? It was in the first year of high school that Han Woohyun, one of the only five S-class hunters in Korea, awakened. Considering his age, the Hunter Association tried to postpone sending him to the dungeon until after he graduated from high school. However, Han Woohyuns uncle, who couldnt stand the rest of the year, recently signed a contract with the Baekho Guild. It was possible because Han Woohyuns uncle was his legal guardian after his parents died during Dungeon Break. His uncle pushed the contract with the seal on the guardian column to Han Woohyun and said in an unusually friendly voice. Its only a B-class dungeon, so nothing will happen, Woohyun-ah. In a way, the earlier you build your career, the better it is. Both the aunt and cousin who were in the back were also expecting something from Han Woohyun. There was only one reason, money. They didnt seem to care that Han Woohyun was still 19 years old, that there were many hunters who died in the only B-class dungeon, and even Han Woohyuns parents died in the dungeon break. No, maybe they didnt even know that Han Woohyun wanted to die inside the dungeon. Like his parents. Well, it didnt matter. After his S-class awakening, Han Woohyun also felt an abnormal increase in his physical abilities. Somehow he didnt feel like he was going to die easily. And even if he dies, it doesnt matter. It was better to go to the dungeon, even if it meant dying, than to slowly go crazy with an uncle who drinks too much and turns into a dog and an aunt who shouts that Han Woohyun is to blame for all her misfortunes. Thats how Han Woohyun entered the dungeon at the age of 19. The homeroom teacher was delighted that there was a great celebration in the class. Most of the classmates who couldnt memorize Han Woohyuns name had a similar reaction. It was a festive atmosphere, such as preparing a cake and giving a bouquet of flowers. He also had time to give thanks one by one. Congratulations. Are you finally becoming a real hunter? Hey, youre noisy. Congratulations, Han Woohyun. I also awakened the other day. Im a B-class, so I wont run into you often, but Han Woohyun stood with an ambiguous expression, surrounded by flowers, smiles, and harmless good words. It was then. The turn went to a girl who had just sat still the entire time they spoke in order. Hey, say something, too. Yeah. Lee Junghyo. Your father was also an S-class hunter. That kids father is the one in that dungeon. Lee Junghyo. Han Woohyun was a little surprised that he thought of the childs name at once, but on second thought, it was nothing unusual. They were in the same class for three years in high school. Isnt it rather strange if he couldnt memorize the names? Besides, shes a girl with her dark black hair neatly tied up and cat-like eyes. Lee Junghyo was quite a famous child. This is because her father was treated as a hero by the entire nation as an early S-class hunter. Lee Semyung was a colleague of named hunters who are serving as the president of the Hunter Association now and the guild leader of the Great Guild. After her father died in an S-class dungeon, Junghyo was staying at the house of the head of the Hanwoon guild, one of the three largest guilds in Korea. Thats why that kid is so famous. So. Its okay to memorize names. Han Woohyun thought hard. After becoming an S-class hunter at the age of 17, Han Woohyun has been throwing away what he has little by little. Pictures taken with mom, toys given by dad, letters and carnations that he wrote to them. If he thinks that such things are left somewhere in his room, it seems that he will not be able to enter the dungeon where they ate his parents. Because he wants to come back. So Han Woohyun felt burdened even with the name Lee Junghyo accumulating in his mind. Of course, it was only Han Woohyuns thought. Junghyo had never called Han Woohyun by name for all three years. She didnt even make eye contact with him. Even now, even when Han Woohyun entered the dungeon, she didnt cast a glance at him. Junghyo lowered her head with her mouth open for a long time. As if it was annoying to even look up to see his face. But when Junghyo finally lifted her head, she had bloodshot, red eyes and said. Dont die. Junghyo stared at Woo Hyun with red eyes. The atmosphere in the classroom became chilly. Junghyo must have noticed because her face quickly turned red. She jumped up and walked out the back door. No one stopped her from going out. At that time, he already had a hunch that Junghyos words would remain for a long time. Dont die. He doesnt want to die. It was his first thought since awakening. And from the 19-year-old kid hunter to the 25-year-old now, that thought is still the same. He doesnt die in dungeons. Slash! Han Woohyun thought as he cut down the fifth Lamia, an A-class monster. Tuk. Tuk Blood flowed from Han Woohyuns side as he gripped the longsword. It seemed that the wounds caused by the dragon were widening. Han Woohyun urgently blocked his side with his hand. The whole right muscle began to tremble. Damn it A swear word came out. Its already been two days since he has been wandering here. Two days ago, Han Woohyun fell into a trap just as he was about to catch most of the red dragon, the boss monster in an S-class dungeon. After being sucked into an endlessly dark hole, Han Woohyun fell into a hidden dungeon with no way out in sight. He walked and walked for two days. He ran out of potions and food and even drank all the water he had. Normally, Han Woohyun could endure without rest and sleep for a week, but this time it was different. The wound on his side caused by the dragon was reducing his physical strength just by breathing. In the meantime, he had to deal with the monsters in the Hidden Dungeon. Dont die. Her words from six years ago stayed with him. This time, he might not be able to keep his promise to not die. Han Woohyun, who has endured numerous crises while fighting monsters, really thought so this time. Honestly, he just wants to give up. He wants to lie down in the middle of the monsters den and just fall asleep. He wants to rest. He wants to close his eyes and never open them again. It was then. As he was about to give up on everything, a purple light appeared in front of his eyes. The moment he saw the light that looked like a dot, Han Woohyun thought it might be an exit. He cautiously approached it. Purple dots became lines, and lines became faces. Han Woohyun realized in the blurry vision. That the light is a sign. Cicicik-. The old sign made a strange noise. Hotel? Han Woohyun doubted his eyes. What kind of hotel is there in Dungeon? Wiing. Under the sign, there was even a revolving door that turned with a loud noise. Han Woohyun frowned. There is a hotel inside the dungeon. It also has a shiny sign and a revolving door. It was something no one would believe. But it was also a story he had heard. Because I saw it! There was a very kind boss and a handsome bellboy. The team leader probably wont do that, but if you ever fall out alone and see a revolving door on a purple signboard, be sure to go in. By all means! These were the words of a new Hunter that no one believed. At that time, he thought it was just a rookie hunters false statement, but now there was a real hotel in front of Han Woohyuns eyes. Han Woohyun stared at the soft carpet, bright lights, and soft-looking sofa beyond the glass of the revolving door. If the rookie hunters words are false and that is a new type of trap, itll be better than dying. He entered the revolving door as if possessed. Welcome, welcome to Yeong Chun Hotel! As soon as he passed through the revolving door, he heard someones voice. A navy vest, navy blue suit pants, tightly tied black hair, and cat-like eyes. The woman even wore a strange hat withYeong Chunwritten on it. She was the kind of person that woman could never be here. Lee Junghyo. Han Woohyun froze as he saw Junghyo greet him brightly. Why are you. Chapter 2 1. I¡¯m going to be the cafe owner? I put flowers on Dad¡¯s grave. Weeds were overgrown near the tombstone because I hadn¡¯t visited it for the past year. ¡°It looks like Dad¡¯s face without a shave.¡± I laughed and murmured. Expressing my apologetic feelings in a joke like this was our father and daughter¡¯s way of communicating. ¡®You should be an office worker, not a hunter.¡¯ Dad would joke about how sorry he was when he got home late because of Dungeon Raid. He made a joke about what Hunter couldn¡¯t do. But every time I heard that I thought to myself: A Hunter is a hundred times better than an office worker. My Dad, who saves people, is the coolest. I¡¯m proud that the S-Class Hunter who appears on TV every day is my Dad. At least, that was until Dad passed away. It wasn¡¯t until Dad passed away that I realized it. How sincere Dad was when he told me to work as an office worker instead of being a Hunter. The year I turned 12, Dad entered an S-Class dungeon and never came back. It was 13 years ago now. It was only seven years since the so-called catastrophe. Catastrophe. It refers to the day when monsters come out of cracks in dimensions that have opened up all over the world. People were shocked by how powerful monsters were when they overpowered humans, and some said that the day of judgment had come and humanity would go extinct. But that didn¡¯t happen. It was thanks to the Hunters. After gaining transcendental power through ¡®awakening,¡¯ they gradually returned the world to its original place. Naturally, the world was enthusiastic about the Awakening or Hunters. There is a saying now that being a stable civil servant is better than being an E-class hunter, but that wasn¡¯t the case back then. At that time, Hunter was not a job but a hero. And Dad was such a Hunter. He¡¯s not just a Hunter, but an S-Class Hunter. Even now, when more people are awakened, and Hunters become one of the professions, S-Class Hunters have more power than celebrities and make more money than most small and medium-sized businesses. Of course, it was more then. Dad, who was one of only 5 S-Class Hunters in Korea at the time, was no different from a hero to me, no, to the entire nation. It was unimaginable that such a father would never come back. That¡¯s why I kept asking my Dad¡¯s colleagues who were helping with his funeral at the time. When will my Dad come back? ¡®Your father¡­ Hik¡­ He can¡¯t come back now. Junghyo-ya¡­ I¡¯m sorry¡­ I¡¯m really sorry¡­ Hiks¡­¡± Looking back at it now, Dad¡¯s colleagues must have been in trouble. Because I asked him several times a day when Dad would be back. But it didn¡¯t matter. I couldn¡¯t believe that Dad wouldn¡¯t come back even if I had heard the answer dozens of times that he couldn¡¯t come back. It was years later that I believed that. Around the age of 20, I finally became independent after staying at the house of Uncle Minhyuk, a former colleague of Dad and now a guild leader of Hanwoon Guild. When I decided to become independent from Uncle Minhyuk¡¯s house, I felt the fact that I was alone. My Dad was an orphan, and my Mom died during the catastrophe. After that, I completely cut ties with my mother¡¯s relatives, so now I have to take responsibility for my life alone. Uncle Minhyuk caught me several times, but I refused. If I¡¯m going to be alone anyway, I should quickly adapt and figure out how to live on my own. Then the uncle handed me a bankbook. ¡®This is how much I added to the money your father left. Wherever you are, whatever you do, don¡¯t spend it for bad things.¡¯ It was quite a lot of money. Even when I was in high school, I had no idea that this kind of money would be waiting for me. It was a relief in a way. If I had known I had money, I might have given up studying and living a lazy life. I spend some of that money on college tuition. I started living by contracting a small officetel near the university. There is still some money left. I was able to live without lacking for four years in college, but I couldn¡¯t bear to think of luxury with the legacy my father left behind. I couldn¡¯t do that. When I hear from somewhere that another hunter is dead. When I heard that a certain building was ruined by a monster that jumped out of the dungeon gate. Sometimes when I find ruins on the street that haven¡¯t been recovered with an unexpected dungeon open. I felt like I was living alone in a peaceful world. ¡®Junghyo was judged to be non-awakened in this test as well.¡¯ Uncle Junsu, who used to work with my dad, told me more than once that I should take the test. It was natural. Since Dad is an S-Class Hunter, he must have thought Hunter¡¯s blood would flow in me too. However, my test results were non-awakened every time. Uncle seemed to be disappointed, but I was happy. ¡®I hate going into dungeons as a hunter.¡¯ Hunters and dungeons were all things that took Dad away from me. Dad, who was just a human being, not Lee Semyung, an S-Class hunter and hero. I lived the life of an ordinary person with a happy heart. Instead of going to the dungeon every day and living a special but dangerous life, it was better for my skills to build up a normal life slowly. After graduating from college, I joined a small company. It was a company I chose despite the small salary because it was a job that could make use of my major. It was a pleasure to be able to make money with my own hands, even if it wasn¡¯t to save the world like Dad. So I wanted to work hard. No, I had to work hard. The company is so small that if I don¡¯t work hard, I can¡¯t figure out how it works, so I have to do it by myself¡ª. ¡°Dad. I handed in my resignation.¡± I crumpled the soju pack I finished drinking in front of my Dad¡¯s grave with my hand. The result of ¡®hard work¡¯ is this, after all. The plan I took with all my passion was taken away by the above punk, and they didn¡¯t even do it properly, and eventually transformed into a strange idea, and my vacation is not my vacation! It seemed that if I stayed longer, my body and mind would get sick. I sniffed and complained to my Dad with a little sulky. ¡°I really didn¡¯t want to live on the money Dad gave me, you know? I wanted to try to stand alone in a cool way¡­ But¡­¡± I can¡¯t. I need to spend that money. No one told me to save the money, but somehow I felt guilty. But now I¡¯m trying to put that guilt down for a while. Dad always used to say this. ¡®Dad¡¯s dream is to live in a quiet place with a view of the sea with my daughter.¡¯ Dad at that time, like me now, must have wanted to rest like this after retirement. Now that I¡¯m an adult, I know how that feels. I want to rest, too, now. Now, I also want to see the sea that Dad talked about. Of course, that doesn¡¯t mean that I just want to play at the resort. ¡°I¡¯m going down to a place where I can see the sea and try a small cafe.¡± I have been working part-time at a cafe for 6 years. I also had a barista license. If possible, I will open a cafe farthest from the dungeon. I¡¯ve seen too many ruins created by Dungeon in Seoul. ¡°Don¡¯t worry too much about me. I will never go wrong and live sincerely.¡± I rubbed the tip of my red nose and stared at my father¡¯s tombstone. ¡°Watch me. Dad. You know, right¡­?¡± My pronunciation is crushed. I stumbled and got up. It was then. It felt like something was sparkling and shining in the sky. Is it because I¡¯m drunk? I rubbed my eyes and looked up at the sky again. There was nothing in the sky again. * * * ¡ªAre you serious? Have you already tidied up your house in Seoul? I can¡¯t. I should go down and make sure it¡¯s safe where you live¡­ As soon as I got off at the station, I got a phone call from Uncle Junsu, who hit my ear. Uncle Junsu, the head of the Hunter Association, was Dad¡¯s colleague who took care of me for a long time, as much as Uncle Minhyuk. But he worries about me too much. ¡°Uncle, please calm down. It¡¯s not that I¡¯m going to go to remote village in the mountain. There are 2,000 people living in here. Hang up for now. I have to get on the bus now! If I miss that bus, I have to wait an hour!¡± 36¡ª2. Byeolcheon-ri, Yeongchun-myeon, Ganju-gun This is the address of the cafe building I found after making a firm resolution in front of my Dad¡¯s tombstone. ¡°There¡¯s no place like this where you can see the sea better! Is this kind of view possible at this price in Seoul? And what about our side? A place with a population of 2,000!¡± I didn¡¯t choose this place because of the flashy (?) words of the village head who also works as a real estate agent. Yeongchun-myeon had a small connection with me. Dad once told me that he went to Yeongchun-myeon for a short time a long time ago. ¡®The sea was very beautiful.¡¯ I suddenly remembered that word, and when I searched the Internet, it was said that Yeongchun-myeon is a seaside town where no sudden dungeons have appeared in the past 20 years. So even during the great disaster, it was a rare place where nothing had happened, and there was a story that people in this village only learned what a dungeon was on TV. I hate dungeons, so I really liked this. I immediately went down to Yeongchun-myeon and found an empty inn building that had not been open for a long time. It fascinated me that the beach was exactly 30 steps away from the building. Also, the sunset on the beach is incredibly beautiful. It was indeed the sea that Dad would fall in love with. I immediately signed the contract. It didn¡¯t matter that Yeongchun-myeon was a small town with a population of only 2,000 and that there were almost no tourists, contrary to what the village head said. No, it was rather good. I shouldn¡¯t have been so lazy and relied on Dad¡¯s money all the time, but I didn¡¯t want to live like I did when I was in the company. ¡°Ahem¡­You did a great job buying the building. Once upon a time, a famous fortuneteller came to Yeongchun-myeon to play and said that the site there was good.¡± The village head of the women¡¯s association, who was drinking coffee at the real estate, muttered as soon as I stamped my seal. What a nice place. I stood in front of the inn building with a refreshed mind, remembering the words of the village head of the women¡¯s association. The beach was right in front of me, so I could smell the sea. Then, all of a sudden, a realistic thought came to me. ¡®It¡¯s nice to be refreshed, but I¡¯ll have to pay attention to building management.¡¯ Usually, I was a typical petit bourgeois, timid and full of realistic worries. (t/n: petit bourgeois means belonging to the lower middle social class or having the characteristics that are considered typical of this class, such as thinking money and possessions are more important than other things and not trusting new or different ideas.) No one would think that way if they saw me coming down to Yeongchun-myeon two months after I quit my job¡ª. Sometimes there are more important things than worrying about reality. Anyway. I had already come and looked at it before signing the real estate contract, but the building was in poor condition. It looks like I¡¯ll have to redo the exterior wall paint. All the old-fashioned wallpaper and carpets had to be removed, new wallpaper and tiles were attached, and the interior, which had been used as an inn, had to be remodeled into a cafe. It was a huge construction that would take a month. Still, I bought the building at a very low price, so I didn¡¯t have to worry about the construction cost. And didn¡¯t I decide to stop feeling bad about spending the money that Dad had left me? I decided to look forward to the stability that money gives for the time being. ¡°Kiyuung¡­ ¡° It was then. A retriever whimpered from somewhere under my trunk. Since when have you been by my side? I stroked the retriever¡¯s head a few times. By the way, what kind of Retriever is here and not a Jindo dog in this countryside? It didn¡¯t look like a dog without an owner because the golden fur was so clean. Boy, you¡¯ve run away. ¡°Just go back.¡± I said it several times, but the retriever stayed still. I gave up chasing the dog and looked up at the building again. ¡®Okay. Then, let¡¯s choose an interior design company and check out the menu. But first, let¡¯s go inside and order something to eat. Ah, I¡¯m hungry.¡¯ It was the moment I opened the creaking wooden door while stroking my hungry stomach. The retriever entered the building before I did. I took a step inside the building as I watched him go towards what used to be a counter. Then, something strange popped up in front of my eyes. System: The hotel is checking visitors¡­ Identified as the ¡®manager¡¯ of the hotel. Class: Awakened as ¡®Hotel Manager¡¯ (Hidden)! Skill: Acquired ¡®Housekeeping¡¯ (C). ¡°Yes¡­?¡± I¡¯m going to be the owner of a cafe, not a hotel. What kind of awakening is this? Chapter 3 2. What kind of awakening is this? The time to awaken has passed. With the exception of Han Woohyun, the No. 1 ranker in Korea, who awakened at the age of 17, the awakening age of hunters, whether non-combat or combat, usually is about 20 and doesn¡¯t exceed 22. So I was relieved after my last test at the age of 22. But what do you mean awakened? Could it be that I became a Hunter? Before I knew it, the window that popped up earlier had already disappeared. Then I said, imitating what everyone else was doing. ¡°My status window.¡± Then, surprisingly, a status window appeared in front of me. Name: Lee Junghyo Class: Hotel Manager (Hidden) (Lv. 1) Skill: Housekeeping ? Stats: Stamina 8 Strength 4 Agility 7 Intelligence 11 Luck 25 That class name. It was the first class I had ever seen. Are there classes for combat, production, healing, and hotel management? And what on earth is that weird name skill? The more problem is¡ª. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with the stats?¡± I laughed bitterly and pointed at the stat window. My dad is also a hunter, and all of my dad¡¯s friends are hunters, so I knew how to look at the stats roughly. However, my stats are rubbish, no matter how I look at them. I don¡¯t know the luck, so pass. The Intelligence is about E-Class¡­But even so, stamina, strength, and agility are about the average of an F-Class hunter or even less! Especially the strength part! Even before I awakened, the fitness trainers always said this when I went to the gym. ¡®Is our machine broken?¡¯ Yeah. That¡¯s right. I¡¯m strength trash. I also heard that it was amazing to stand. But at least I¡¯m awake now, aren¡¯t I? That¡¯s also a hidden class of awakening. ¡®Hidden¡¯ literally means ¡®not known,¡¯ but most of the things that were said about ¡®hidden¡¯ were good grades. But they¡¯re giving stats this much like nuclear waste? I was looking on my cell phone for the number of Uncle Junsu, who is the head of the Hunter Association, but I stopped. The feeling just came. Ah, this. Even if it¡¯s called awakening, it¡¯s not enough to tell Uncle. It would be troublesome to do this and that again if I informed him of this. ¡®Still, it¡¯s a hotel management class. Shouldn¡¯t I ask about this?¡­¡¯ I started conflicting. It was because a strange window popped up again just now. Hotel business begins. Remaining time until the opening of Yeongchun Hotel: 00:58:42 I checked the watch on my cell phone. It¡¯s exactly 6 p.m. in 58 minutes. The status window says that the Yeongchun Hotel, or this Yeongchun Inn, will start running from that moment on. But how? Who the hell is going to come to this dirty hotel with spiderwebs everywhere and carpets that make dust every time you step on them? Let¡¯s ignore it. Ignore it. The status window went crazy. Or I¡¯m the one who goes crazy. First, I need to go to a proper dorm and get a good night¡¯s sleep. Then, if the window is still floating in front of my eyes, I need to go talk to Uncle Junsu. It was when I made that decision. Suddenly, another window popped up in front of my eyes. This status window! It means to float at once! At once! Loading is slow because the hotel system is outdated. ¡­? Didn¡¯t you just read my mind? Wake up the employee ¡®Bellboy¡¯ to help launch the hotel. 0%¡­ 10%¡­ Argh, do it quickly! Quickly! I felt like I would die of frustration when I saw the slowly growing number in front of my eyes. At that time, it became 100% in an instant, as if it had read my mind. Haa, it¡¯s cool. The moment the K-temperature inside me calmed down, I screamed. ¡°Kyaaa!¡± Someone from under the counter raised his head. With rich blond hair, green eyes, white skin¡ª. It was a foreign man. ¡°?????! Hello! Bonsoir! ÍíÉϺÃ!¤³¤ó¤Ð¤ó ¤Ï!¡± The man who greeted me in five languages smiled broadly at me. Then he asked in English. ¡°What language would be convenient for you, boss?¡± This¡­ What the hell is this? When my face started to turn blue, the man reached out to me with a puzzled look. ¡°B, boss?¡± ¡°Close¡­Don¡¯t come any closer!¡± I dropped to the ground. ¡°Bossss! You mustn¡¯t die! We haven¡¯t even opened a hotel yet!¡± I had no time to pay attention to the man¡¯s cries. Green eyes with blonde hair. What is this? A handsome man who seemed to appear in a pictorial kept calling me ¡®the boss¡¯ when he saw me for the first time. It¡¯s strange! And the fact that he suddenly appeared alone in this ruined inn, dressed in a clean outfit. As soon as the awakening status window popped up, there was no answer but the monster unless it was a ghost. What do you mean monster? Hunters, dungeons, I wanted to make a new start in a place farthest from these things, but monsters! ¡°Are you okay?¡± He asked in English, and I shouted in Korean at the blonde monster trying to get out of the counter. ¡°D, don¡¯t come any closer¡­!¡± Then, the blonde monster stood tall at the counter and spoke in Korean. It¡¯s because the tears are welling up. ¡°I won¡¯t go near you, boss. Hiks¡­I was just wondering if the boss was okay¡­.¡± Dad. The handsome blonde monster keeps calling me boss. What should I do? It was then. A new window popped up in front of me. This system was so slow that it exploded, which made people mad in many ways. Tutorial Quest! ¡ªComplete room cleaning with the staff ¡®bellboy.¡¯ (0/6) ¡ªCompletion Reward: Market Gold 100G What¡­? What do you want me to do with you now¡­? * * * I and the handsome foreign monster stood end to end on the first floor of a building that would be embarrassing even to call it a lobby. The monster that hadn¡¯t come out of the counter yet was fidgeting with my eyes the whole time, and I screamed at the slightest movement of the blonde monster. What should I do? With these terrible stats, it¡¯s difficult to beat that monster bigger than me. There are no proper weapons. About 10 minutes have passed in such a situation. I calmed down a bit and stared blankly at the attire of the man who had suddenly appeared and uttered foreign words. The man in a navy vest, navy pants, and a hat with the word ¡°Yeong Chun¡± embroidered in gold thread looked like he was wearing a Halloween costume. ¡°Does Monsters also do cosplay¡­? Or is it a monster that uses hallucination magic¡­?¡± I hit the ground and regretted not knowing how I ended up buying a 1960s inn with a monster dressed as a hotel doorman. I heard the site is good! I heard there was never a dungeon break! But why did this happen as soon as I moved in! I should have gone somewhere else instead of Yeongchun-myeon, which has only 2,000 people! At that time, the blonde monster, who was blushing, shouted angrily. ¡°I¡¯m not a monster! I¡¯m an employee of this hotel, boss.¡± ¡°Why is this a hotel? I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s an inn or a motel.¡± ¡°Oh, I¡¯m sorry¡­Still, you can check that in an hour or so¡­Ah, and I¡¯m a bachelor, but I can¡¯t help but become a bachelor¡­.¡± The blond monster stuttered, its cheeks flushed for some reason. ¡°¡­So! I¡¯m the spirit of this hotel, boss! I am not a monster!¡± ¡°Spirit? W, what¡¯s the attribute?¡± Spirits usually had attributes such as fire, water, wind, and earth. But the blonde monster¡¯s answer was different. ¡°It¡¯s a service business.¡± ¡°Hey. Get out of here, you swindler monster!¡± I picked up the mop next to me. ¡°No, put the mop down! T, times have changed these days, so there are not only spirits of fire and water, but also spirits of the service industry! Aww! Please don¡¯t hit me in the head! The tutorial window should have popped up by now! You can check it out while doing the tutorial with me! Am I a monster or a spirit!¡± I put down the mop I was wielding at the blonde monster¡¯s last words. Tutorial window? Ah, no way¡ª. [Quest! NEW!] written on it? That phrase written in red suddenly appeared about 10 minutes ago, and unlike other windows that were quickly erased, it did not disappear and was floating above my field of vision. I tried using my will to call the window back. Tutorial Quest! ¡ªComplete room cleaning with staff ¡®bellboy.¡¯ (0/6) ¡ªCompletion Reward: Market Gold 100G It¡¯s the same window as before. ¡°Then, the ¡®bellboy¡¯ written on this quest window¡ª¡± ¡°That¡¯s me! Me! It¡¯s me, boss!¡± Even though it was just him and me, he waved his hand wildly as if he was afraid I would miss him in a crowded place. Oh, I know for sure that¡¯s the way it is. That man resembles the retriever that followed me down the alley earlier. Even the eye color is similar! Come to think of it, that monster looks a little cute¡ªit must be a mistake, right? Anyway, the quest window says that if you clean the room with that bellboy, you will get 100G. Market Gold 100G. Market gold refers to currency that can be used in stores used by hunters. Awakening people were able to buy and sell various items and monster by-products in the system store using this currency. And the remaining market gold can be exchanged for real money¡ª. As far as I know, 1G is roughly $10¡ª. If we assume that 1G is roughly 10,000 won for easy calculation¡­100G is¡­. One million won. It¡¯s a million won. Are you saying you will give me 1 million won when I finish cleaning the room? I spent a lot of money buying this old building. Because YOLO was my dream, I wanted to play around without working, but¡ª. What if that money really comes in? Wouldn¡¯t it be possible to make up for the one-month gap in cafe income due to interior construction? A very realistic thought shook me. Isn¡¯t worrying about money scarier than monsters! I spent a lot of money buying this building¡ª. I¡¯m still restless by the monster, which reminds me of a dog trying to look good at me¡ª No, the person told me himself that he is the spirit of the service industry, the bellboy, so I didn¡¯t let my guard down and asked. ¡°¡­You can speak Korean, right?¡± When I asked the bellboy a question, he smiled as if it was an honor for him to be asked a question. ¡°Yes! I actually speak 25 languages. I can speak a total of 78 languages, including the local dialect, which is difficult to communicate with unless I learn it separately, so it¡¯s okay to look at other languages. In case some hotel guests speak a language I don¡¯t know, if you purchase a language learning package¡­¡± 25 languages? Are there foreign hotel guests? Just what are you talking about? What kind of foreign guests is coming to this remote inn? I said, interrupting the bellboy¡¯s endless explanation. ¡°Excuse me. That¡¯s enough. Let¡¯s finish the tutorial first. They say they¡¯ll give me 100 gold when I finish cleaning the room, and money is money, but I¡¯ll check if I¡¯m really awakened or possessed by a ghost¡ª¡± ¡°Oh, yes! Shall we?¡± The answer is quick. No, his hands are quick. Before I knew it, the bellboy was pulling out of the storage room a big cart with a vacuum cleaner and a mop on it. The invisible tail seems to be wagging as if excited. But was there such a storage room? Why didn¡¯t I see it? No, wait. But how do you go up to the second floor with that? There¡¯s no way that guy could lift a cart the size of him¡ª. ¡°Welcome, boss! I¡¯m so excited! Cleaning, business opening! I have been waiting for this day!¡± ¡ªhe can. I lightly lifted the cart and looked at the man who was already halfway up the stairs and beckoned me. It¡¯s strange no matter how I look at it. Where in the world is there an employee who is so excited about a ¡®business opening¡¯? Chapter 4 ¡°This is Room 201, Room 202, Room 203. The same structure up there is divided into rooms 301 and 303. Boss!¡± This strange situation is where the boss listens to the staff explain the structure of the building. Well, what¡¯s not strange right now? Rather than¡ª. As soon as I opened the curtains in Room 201, I was fascinated by the beautiful sea. The sun was just setting as if it was sunset, turning the sea red. It was a scenery that couldn¡¯t be seen in Seoul. ¡®Dad¡¯s dream is to live in a quiet place with a view of the sea with my daughter.¡¯ How nice it would have been if I had come with Dad. When I¡¯m momentarily sentimental¡ª. ¡°Isn¡¯t it beautiful? I always think so too.¡± Suddenly, the bellboy approached me. I was about to throw the bellhop away, feeling my sentiments suddenly shattered¡ª. But I stopped. Let¡¯s finish the tutorial and think. Just finish the tutorial. I approached the large cleaning cart carried by the bellboy. There were no cleaning tools that weren¡¯t there. I looked at the furniture in room 201, where the only beautiful thing was the scenery and nothing else. There was mold on the bed frame, white dust, and the mattress, which was left unattended without a sheet. It was literally a mess. ¡°Hmm¡­ From where to where do I have to clean this up to complete the cleaning that the quest mentioned?¡± If the cleaning mentioned in the quest is enough to open the business right away, it will take several days just to clean this room properly. That means it takes more than a week to complete the quest! ¡°¡­Should I give up?¡± At the word of giving up, the bellboy, whose white face turned even whiter, said urgently. ¡°B, boss~? Didn¡¯t you receive a skill with Awakening by any chance?¡± Skill? Oh, perhaps¡ª. ¡°Skill window.¡± I tried copying other hunters again this time. Then the strange skill that I had seen earlier came to my eyes. Skill: Housekeeping (C) I opened the detail view. Housekeeping (C) ¡ªFast room cleaning. Uhm¡­It¡¯s not just the name that¡¯s strange, the details are also strange. If you¡¯re Awakened, don¡¯t you have to have decent skills like an Awakened? Why is there only one skill named Housekeeping? Ah, I don¡¯t know. Let¡¯s just finish the tutorial. I recited it believing in the detailed explanation that the room cleaning was faster. ¡°Housekeeping.¡± Even though I muttered a little, my face turned red. What kind of name is this skill¡ª. But then, an amazing thing happened. ¡°The room¡­¡± It becomes clean. In an instant too. I laughed in vain. ¡°What is this¡­ It¡¯s not that fast.¡± Of course, the room hasn¡¯t changed much. The peeling paint on the furniture was the same, and the old-fashioned wallpaper and carpet patterns were not changed. However, the curtains, which hadn¡¯t been washed for 20 years, turned white, the mold on the mattress disappeared, and the cobwebs and white dust in the corners disappeared. That alone was a great change, and the bathroom, which I never wanted to enter, also changed. The mold on each tile disappeared, and the dark lighting became brighter. I don¡¯t know if I should call this an amenity, but anyway, the comb or toothbrush that is usually provided as an amenity was neatly wrapped in plastic. Although it was a skill, it seemed that cleaning tools were needed. The dirty mop was piled up on the cleaning cart as if the bellboy had used quite a lot of the cleaning mop. Still, new tools were created automatically, and a clean new mop was also made. Do I have to throw away the used mop by myself? Will this happen automatically when I level up the skill? But even if the garbage can¡¯t be disposed of automatically¡ª. ¡°Wow¡­.This is a skill that allows you to clean without doing anything.¡± I looked around room 201 in amazement. But what was even more surprising was the window that appeared in front of me. Room number: 201 Cleanliness: Good Effect: Room guests recover 100% faster. . 100% faster recovery? I looked out the window with a puzzled face. 100% faster recovery is only possible in the top-notch hospital rooms where healers who reside in Hunter¡¯s specialized hospital use their skills. But do you use this in the room? ¡°¡­.Do you call this a waste of talent?¡± ¡°Just call it talent! The boss¡¯s talent! Why don¡¯t you use that talent to the fullest for the guests in your room?¡± Talent? I frowned at the bellboy¡¯s fuss. I have lived a life far from the word talent. After graduating from an ordinary human high school, I entered an ordinary but slightly minor university department. I couldn¡¯t become a hunter because I was evaluated as non-Awakened every time in the awakening test, and after graduating from university, I got a job at a small company and quit. Ordinary life. That was me. Even Dad, who was awakened as an S-Class hunter at the same time as the catastrophe, also attracted public attention. And Han Woohyun, who became the youngest and became an S-Class hunter. It was a completely different life. If I had to ask, wouldn¡¯t it be more suitable to say that Han Woohyun and my Dad are ¡°talented¡±? Not someone like me. ¡°I don¡¯t have any talent. It¡¯s my dream to just live moderately.¡± Even though it¡¯s embarrassing because the Awakener¡¯s skill is like this, I¡¯m thankful I didn¡¯t get dragged into the dungeon because I became a combat-type hunter. If it¡¯s a dungeon¡ª. If it¡¯s a hunter¡ª I hate it very much. But, well, a skill like this might be useful. I liked this situation a little bit. I want to clean Dad¡¯s old colleague uncle and auntie¡¯s room with a lot of skills. I hope everyone recovers quickly. ¡°Are you smiling now?¡± At that time, the bellboy pointed his finger at the corner of my mouth, which had gone up a lot. ¡°I, I¡¯m not!¡± ¡°Ey, I think I¡¯m right. Hehe.¡± No matter how I look at it, the way he stomps his feet with a smile doesn¡¯t look like a spirit, it looks like a dog. ¡°Ah, enough, I like the automatic cleaning system. Should I try a hotel instead of a real cafe¡­?¡± ¡°Do it! Do it! Let¡¯s stay at the hotel for the rest of our lives, boss!¡± The bellboy shouted at me, his eyes bulging with anticipation like steamed buns. It looked kind of cute, but I pointed firmly at the bellboy, determined not to fall for it. ¡°Excuse me, why us? The cleaning works automatically, but will I use the staff¡­?¡± ¡°¡­.!¡± The bellboy turned white as if he hadn¡¯t thought about that. I shook my head as I watched his eyes fill with tears. ¡°Let¡¯s start with Room 202. Let¡¯s finish the tutorial first!¡± I pulled the cart and walked out into the hallway. Ignore the bellboy muttering this behind his back. ¡°Boss¡­ I¡¯m scared¡­¡± * * * Rooms 202 and 203 were similar in terms of beautiful scenery. The view was as if the sea was in the room, probably because it was right in front of the sea. But what about this place at this price? But I can¡¯t believe this kind of place comes at this price. As expected, I¡¯m glad I chose Youngchun-myeon. I thought so, forgetting for a moment about the strange awakening that happened to me and the existence that I didn¡¯t know if it was a monster, a spirit, or a dog attached to this building. However, the ¡®housekeeping¡¯ skill, which I used to enjoy while immersed in the scenery, gradually slowed down as I went up to the third floor. I¡¯m sure it wasn¡¯t like this at first¡ª. As I went to rooms 301 and 302, sweat began to form on my forehead. After cleaning up to that point, I felt like my body was draining all my energy. Before entering Room 303, I had no choice but to ask the bellboy for help. ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­Do you have anything to drink?¡± I think I can move if I drink water. ¡°I have MacX MoX GolX, would you like some?¡± How do foreigners know that¡­? Anyway, I nodded. I sat down in the hallway, watching the bellboy hurry down to the first floor for a while. I felt exhausted from using too many skills. When the Hunter used the skill, the mana that had been accumulating in their body was used. ¡®Is that how it feels¡­¡¯ The bellboy mumbled as he handed me a paper cup filled with mixed coffee. ¡°Boss¡­ I¡¯m surprisingly useful¡­ Can you please use me¡­ I¡¯ll do anything.¡± ¡°How much are you going to get paid?¡± ¡°¡­I¡¯m a spirit, so I don¡¯t get paid.¡± Ah, he said he was a spirit. So will there be unpaid workers? It¡¯s good, but what if I get reported to the Ministry of Employment and Labor? I took a paper cup and drank the mixed coffee in one gulp, feeling uncomfortable. The strong caffeine and the strong sweetness suddenly came out. Oh, I heard he was a spirit, but isn¡¯t he good at adjusting the water in the mixed coffee? But it seemed like this coffee was more than just good coffee. A notification window suddenly popped up in front of my eyes. You drank ¡®Bellboy¡¯s Mixed Coffee (C).¡¯ Mana regeneration rate is increased by 120%. ¡­? As my eyes widened, the bellboy smiled brightly and said, ¡°I told you. I have a lot of use, boss. Hehe. You¡¯re going to use me, right?¡± No¡­ It¡¯s very useful, isn¡¯t it? I suddenly felt a surge of energy in my body and got up from my seat. I closed and opened my fists and turned my head. As expected, it¡¯s not an illusion. Really, the feeling of exhaustion was recovering quickly. I made eye contact with the grinning bellboy. An employee like this is very useful. But I tried to answer calmly. ¡°¡­First, let¡¯s wait and see.¡± ¡°Are you giving me a chance?! Huh! Thank you. Thank you!¡± I walked into room 303, ignoring the burdensome greeting bellboy. After some time, the feeling of a sluggish body disappeared completely. Then I put on my housekeeping skills again. ¡°Housekeeping.¡± And at that moment, a window appeared in front of my eyes. Congratulations! You have completed the tutorial quest! Please claim your reward! I received the reward. 100G of Market Gold has been deposited as a quest reward. I turned on my status window, confirmed that the market gold had been deposited at the bottom, and closed the window. It¡¯s really deposited. Just in case, I came down to the first floor where my cell phone was located, turned on the market status window again, and quickly transferred 100G to my bank account again. And I opened the bank app with my cell phone. ¡°It¡¯s true, this is¡ª?¡± The balance, which had been drastically reduced due to the purchase of this building, added 1.1 million won, not 1 million won as if the dollar exchange rate had been applied. Does that mean that I really earned 1.1 million won from my skills? When I didn¡¯t even run a dangerous raid in the dungeon or deal with the monsters that came out of the dungeon? I swallowed my saliva. This is something dangerously sweet. I looked at the amount on the account over and over again. But nothing has changed. It was real. There are some Awakeners who can make money without going into dungeons or killing monsters. And that¡¯s¡ª just me. But then¡ª. Tring! Another window popped up. Congratulations! A ¡®Random Skill Draw Ticket (Hidden) x1¡¯ has arrived as a reward for completing the first quest. Would you like to use it? Now I¡¯m even looking forward to it a little bit. Chapter 5 4. Pick a skill? How can you pick a skill this easily? Wasn¡¯t skill normally obtained as a reward for purchasing a skill book at an exorbitant price or clearing a huge dungeon? But it just gives me the skill? With only cleaning a bit? ¡°¡­Is this a dream? As expected.¡± I thought so but proceeded with the skill draw. Of course. It is said to be a ticket to draw a hidden class skill, so it could be an S-Class. The S-Class skill book was not sold on the market, so the price was unknown. However, one A-Class skill book, which is just below it, sells for about 1 billion won. ¡°Ah, anything is fine, so something more useful¡­If possible, something useful in a cafe¡­!¡± There¡¯s something like that. Like a skill to make ice. So even if I don¡¯t have an ice maker, I can solve the ice menu! But my earnest wish was mercilessly torn to pieces. Congratulations! A new skill ¡®Front Desk (C)¡¯ has been added! Please check the skill window for detailed skill descriptions. ¡­.? The skill name is like that again. Front desk. I was dumbfounded. Then I said, looking out the window. ¡°How¡ªwhy does the skill always look like this!¡± I turned my head and looked at the bellboy. Because I don¡¯t want to run something like an inn where only one bus comes for an hour? And I was just thinking about opening a cafe for the people who live there and a few tourists? Huh? Huh?? The bellboy replied, trembling as if my eyes were scary. ¡°Yeongchun Hotel is a place that provides rest for guests who are tired of their journey¡­.¡± ¡°Where is a human who goes on a journey to this small side! Where!¡± ¡°Ack, I¡¯m scared. Boss! There are only 10 minutes left until the opening of business! You should go down to the first floor and see the front desk!¡± See the front desk? I was startled and looked at the clock, it was actually 5:50. It meant that business would start in 10 minutes. I don¡¯t know if customers will come even if I open the business, but the way this skill shows up tells me I need to check out the front desk. It¡¯s just a guess, but I got a feeling from the moment I heard the name ¡®tutorial¡¯. They gave me skills related to cleaning the room and made me clean the room. And then they gave me front desk skills¡ª. So this is¡ªthey have me clean the room, and then open the business and have me look at the front desk¡ª. Isn¡¯t it the kind of route that makes me sucked into a management simulation game step by step like IxLOxCoxxx? (t/n: They put it as ?X?X?X, but I thought it was like ?????? which means I love coffee. A game about a cafe or something.) I clicked on the detailed view of the front desk skill. Then this window popped up. Front Desk (C) ¡ªMade it easy to get room reservations. As expected, this is definitely the same route. It seems like the right thing to do to call Uncle Junsu. I need to check if there is a case of awakening into the class of a hotel manager. That¡¯s when I turned on the phone app and tried to call him. A notification window popped up in front of me. There are 5 seconds left until the opening of the Yeongchun Hotel. 5¡­¡­ 4¡­¡­ 3¡­¡­ ¡®No¡­ Wait!¡¯ The business hours approaching so quickly? ¡ª This kid! Why can¡¯t I call you like this? Did you really go down to Ganju-shi, no, Ganju-gun? I¡¯ve sent someone there, so it should arrive in a few hours. Stay still 2¡­¡­ 1¡­¡­ ¡°Uncle, I¡¯m sorry. Please hang up for a second.¡± ¨C What? You, earlier and now¡­! I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll be very worried because I hung up the phone again after calling him¡ª. The hotel business is open! I couldn¡¯t help it. Before my eyes, the entrance on the first floor where I am now began to change. The change of entrance. It was not a change at the level of ¡®Room 201 became clean¡¯. There has been a very noticeable change. The wooden door I had entered suddenly became a revolving door. Buzz~ It¡¯s a revolving door that spins around as if it is attached to a huge business hotel somewhere in Gangnam. Why is there a revolving door all of a sudden? And why is the name of the revolving door so¡ª. The ¡®Revolving Door Leading to the Random Dungeon¡¯ will start working. ¡­That¡¯s what it says! Does it go through a dungeon? That means¡­that means¡­ Doesn¡¯t that mean the guest who opens that door could be a monster? ¡®Even a 5-star hotel begins with one step!¡¯ Quest ¡ªGet your first check-in. (0/1) ¡ªCompletion Reward: Market Gold 200G, EXP 100P, Market Free Ticket 1 time I ignored the quest window that followed and went out through the revolving door. Even if the reward is 2,000G instead of 200G, I hate dungeons. I hate monsters too! I shouted inwardly and went out through the revolving door. Although the shabby wooden door became a shining revolving door, it was clearly the entrance and exit of the Yeongchun Inn I had entered. If I went out like this, I would definitely have to go back to the Yeongchun-myeon, with a population of only 2,000, where there had never been a dungeon break. First of all, the revolving door returned with a good sound. However, as soon as I came out of the revolving door, I encountered not the blue sea of Yeongchun-myeon but a black cave. The cave I often see when the TV shows the dungeon. It will be a relief if it¡¯s only a black cave¡ª. ¡°Kiiiik!¡± What I encountered was a giant spider monster with eyes on its legs. The ¡®Spider Monster (B)¡¯ has appeared in front of you! This damn status window. I said hurry up open it, hurry up! To be honest, I didn¡¯t even see the body of the spider. The moment my eyes met the eyes on its legs, those fluffy legs rushed towards me. I quickly rolled over and avoided it. Boom boom! With a tremendous sound, the rock right in front of the revolving door cracked open. How could you have so much strength with those skinny legs? It was truly a B-Class monster. I screamed and once again entered the revolving door. Then the spider stretched out its leg through the glass window attached to the revolving door. With the power of those legs that broke rocks, things like glass windows would shatter. I thought so and covered my face with my arms to protect my eyes. But how long has it been doing that? Nothing like glass breaking happened until the revolving door turned once. I sat down on the ground when I got back into the inn through the revolving door. And I murmured something while pointing over the glass revolving door, where I could only see the black cave and nothing else. ¡°J, just now¡­ Clearly a B-Class monster¡­ B-Class monster¡­!¡± ¡°Ah, boss! I was worried! Why did you suddenly walk out the revolving door! It¡¯s connected to a random dungeon over there¡ª¡± I grabbed the collar of the bellboy, who was approaching with a worried expression. Now, it doesn¡¯t matter if this guy isn¡¯t a monster but a real spirit! ¡°You damn bellboy! Why am I in a dungeon! I must have bought the inn building by the sea with my own money! Give my property back! my cafe! My YOLO life!¡± The bellboy swayed here and there at my violent hand and shouted. ¡°Aagh! I¡¯m dizzy, boss! Don¡¯t worry too much! With the opening of the hotel, a revolving door to a random dungeon was created! However, Monsters can¡¯t enter the revolving door! Because this is Yeongchun-myeon, not Dungeon!¡± This isn¡¯t a dungeon and still Yeongchun-myeon? In an instant, I felt my sanity returning. Obviously, in the notification window just now, it was said to be a revolving door connected to a random dungeon. That means that revolving door serves as a kind of passage that connects randomly to the dungeon. This is still Yeongchun-myeon, and this inn¡ªno, the hotel exists here, but what if it¡¯s only connected to the dungeon? And as bellboy said, monsters can¡¯t come in here? I looked at the bellboy, and he nodded as if he had read my thoughts. As if to reassure me. It actually made me a little reassured. No, but then, if the guest can discover and enter this hotel while wandering around the dungeon¡ª. Rattle. It was then. The revolving door rattled and stopped with a sound. It seemed to sense the movement of a person pushing through the revolving door. Feeling sad, I raised my head. In front of the revolving door, a woman covered in sticky green saliva was looking down at me. She was just as shocked as I was. ¡°¡­.!¡± ¡°¡­.!¡± As I watched the woman stumble and fall into her seat, I thought she was already sitting but wanted to sit down again. ¡°How could a place like this exist in a dungeon¡­ how¡­.¡± The woman muttered as she sat down. That¡ªthat¡¯s the question I want to ask. Then. The bellboy next to me tapped me on the shoulder and said. ¡°Boss, the skill. Front desk skills.¡± I used the skill with the feeling that I was about to cry. ¡®The front desk.¡¯ And as soon as I used the skill, a smile automatically appeared on my face. My mouth also moved automatically. ¡°Welcome. Welcome to the Yeongchun Hotel, Hunter!¡± Hunter. Ah, damn it. So my prediction was correct. After all, the guests coming to this hotel are¡ª ¡ªa Hunter. Chapter 6 5. YOLO+Young&Rich=??? It seemed that the woman¡¯s body was stained with ogre saliva. It was because the bellboy mumbled this as he brought a mop and cleaned the woman¡¯s dripping green liquid. ¡°Eww, the ogre¡¯s breath stinks¡­ Ugh¡­ It¡¯s terrible¡­.¡± ¡®So, the first customer who came to our hotel right now is the hunter who came to catch the ogre¡­.¡¯ I just thought it was surely ¡®our¡¯ hotel. Haha. I don¡¯t even know anymore. I could smile at my first customer even though I could smell the ogre¡¯s spit. Just what on earth is going on¡ª. During the ¡®Front Desk¡¯ skill operation, ¡®Business Smile¡¯ is activated. Increase business power by +100%! This is also thanks to skill. I could automatically have the words I had to say come to mind. This is also a skill. ¡°I mean, right now, this is¡­ are you saying it¡¯s a hotel?¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right, Hunter-nim. For your information, the rate per night is 150 gold.¡± ¡°¡­.?¡± What did my mouth just say now? 150G? Did they pay an estimated 1.5 million won per night, then? Not a suite in Seoul, but 1.5 million won for this small inn room in Yeongchun-myeon? How does a hotel like this work! ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll pay 150 gold.¡± ¡­She did it? I laughed inwardly at the woman who said she would pay at once. I can¡¯t believe she will pay 150G and spend one night. Does that make sense? Then the woman asked cautiously. ¡°Well, if this is a hotel, do you have a bed or something?¡± ¡°Yes? Ah, yes¡­ but it hasn¡¯t been long since we just open, so we don¡¯t have sheets and blankets.¡± Isn¡¯t that absurd? It¡¯s a 1.5 million won room per night, but there¡¯s no blanket or sheet. Will she say she is leaving? ¡°It¡¯s fine! It¡¯s really fine! I don¡¯t care if you tell me to sleep on the floor! The bed¡­! There is a bed¡­!¡± But the woman¡¯s answer was unexpected. ¡°How long has it been since I had a bed¡­!¡± The woman, whose eyes were full of dark circles, murmured emotionally. This woman was thrilled to be able to sleep in a room with a bed less than 150G now. Only then did I remember the story I heard from Uncle Junsu when I went to the Hunter Association. ¡®It seems that all the hunters who came to the association to pick up insurance documents are lacking in sleep. They doze off in the waiting room.¡¯ ¡®I guess so. It¡¯s common to spend a night in a dungeon. If you¡¯re a C-Class Hunter, you have to sleep and replenish your physical strength, but that¡¯s not easy. To do that, you have to organize a large-scale raid and sleep in turns, but it¡¯s difficult to organize a raid that runs in a C-class dungeon on such a large scale. Any guild in Korea.¡¯ My Dad, who was an S-Class Hunter, said it was okay not to sleep and eat for a week. So I thought all the hunters didn¡¯t get much sleep or food, but that wasn¡¯t the case. Uncle Junsu, who is an S-Class, also added that he always missed soft beds and pillows in dungeons. Then, Dad was probably like that too. I had a hard time seeing my Dad¡¯s face overlapping with this woman¡¯s face who said she would pay 1.5 million won to sleep on a mattress without a sheet or blanket. It was even more so when I experienced the dungeon a few seconds earlier. As an ordinary person, I could not enter the dungeon, so I only encountered monster pictures on YouXbe or other SNS. However, when I actually experienced it, it seemed that fighting with such a terrible monster, high-grade or not, would be a great stress both physically and mentally. But how many days do you spend in a cave full of monsters without sleep or food? It¡¯s horrible. That¡¯s why my Dad told me never to be a hunter. Hunters have to do such terrible things professionally. But I¡¯ve heard it said on TV that if it weren¡¯t for Dad or his old colleagues, most South Korean population would have died during the ¡®great rift,¡¯ now commonly referred to as the cataclysm. It¡¯s hard and terrible, but someone has to do is a hunter. ¡®So I¡­ I¡¯m still proud of you, Dad.¡¯ I muttered briefly to myself and got out of my thoughts. Then, I asked carefully, sticking out the lodging list toward the woman. ¡°How long have you been wandering around the dungeon?¡± ¡°Today will be about four days. It was the first time I ran a raid because I was still in the Hanwoon Guild. But I didn¡¯t know that catching monsters in dungeons was like this¡­.¡± The woman¡¯s face darkened. It¡¯s the Hanwoon Guild. I flinched at the familiar guild name. In the meantime, she put her name on the lodging list. Kang Sojin. That was her name. ¡°I couldn¡¯t sleep on that bumpy floor. I heard that you need to sleep to replenish your stamina, but other seniors sleep well while sitting on rocks¡­They say it gets better if you keep doing it.¡± Isn¡¯t it doesn¡¯t get better, but it just gets used to the pain? Like Dad or my Dad¡¯s colleagues, the Hunters who sat in the Hunter Association dozed off like sick chickens. I thought so and gestured to the bellboy, actively mopping behind Kang Sojin. ¡°Hey¡­¡± ¡°Yes, boss!¡± The bellboy happily put the mop down on my call. Then a mop fell on the top of his foot, and I frowned. The bellboy is still burdensome, but he seems to be getting used to it. ¡°Here, Hunter Kang Sojin, please have a cup of mixed coffee.¡± Kang So-jin asked urgently with a puzzled face at my words. ¡°D, do you have mixed coffee too? So how much should I pay for this? 1 gold? Oh, did I call too little? I don¡¯t know the market price in the dungeon yet¡­.¡± Giving 10,000 won for mixed coffee? It stings my conscience so much. ¡°N, no. This is just a hotel service.¡± I looked at Kang Sojin with a soft smile. Kang Sojin then made a somewhat moved face. But isn¡¯t that just mixed coffee? At that time, a bellboy who entered the storage room came out with a cup of mixed coffee and a towel. Somehow, that storage room seems to have everything. ¡°Here you are, customer. Please drink it.¡± ¡°Ah yes. thank you.¡± Kang Sojin received the mixed coffee faster than the towel the bellboy gave out, and then took a one-shot. Then Kang Sojin¡¯s eyes widened as she took one shot of her mixed coffee. ¡°Huh? This¡­Is it a potion?¡± What should I answer? ¡°It¡¯s not a potion, it¡¯s a hotel service, Hunter.¡± As expected, the ability of the ¡®Front Desk (C)¡¯ was great. I watched myself smile and answer steadily in a foggy mirror on the other side of the counter. Then Kang Sojin bowed her head several times with an emotional face. ¡°Thank you! Thank you!¡± I was very sorry to receive this greeting from a customer who would pay 150G. Anyway, how do I get 150G? I tilted my head and picked up the room key. It was a key with ¡°303¡± written on it. Room 303 was the last place I cleaned, and it had the most beautiful view. Line No. 3 had a perfect view of the harmony of the sea and the surrounding islands, but the third floor was higher than the second floor, so the scenery was better. I hope the beautiful view will soothe this Hunter¡¯s fatigue a little. I sincerely thought so. I hope it can give a little comfort to the Hunter who is tired from dungeons. I handed the key to Kang Sojin. Kang Sojin reached out and accepted the key I gave her. And at that moment, a window popped up. Room 303 has been checked in. 150G will be deposited. Kang Sojin¡¯s eyes widened. It seemed that the message that 150G had been withdrawn appeared on the other side as well. ¡°Is this an automated payment system? How amazing!¡± It¡¯s actually fascinating for me, too. I can¡¯t believe I earned 1.5 million won in an instant¡­! But the ¡®Front Desk¡¯ skill didn¡¯t seem to allow me to show such snobbish feelings in front of customers. The ¡®me¡¯ in the mirror was still wearing a business smile. ¡°Room 303 has the best view in this hotel, Hunter. Have a nice dream.¡± But what I said this time wasn¡¯t just about skill feet, it was also what I wanted to say. To put it bluntly, the skill correction is about 20%? Kang Sojin looked moved by my words again. She picked up her keys and went upstairs under the guidance of a bellboy. And at the same time, a window appeared in front of my eyes. It seemed like the system, which had been slow to break, got a little faster. Congratulations! You have completed the quest ¡®Even a 5-star hotel starts with one step!¡¯! Please claim your reward! I received my reward. Market Gold 200G has been deposited as a quest reward. A market free pass has been registered as a quest reward. 100p EXP is given and the level of the hotel is upgraded as a quest reward, 200G caught my eye first than other rewards. I earn a total of 450G in one day, no, in about an hour. It is about 4.5 million won in Korean currency. An hourly wage of 4.5 million won? Isn¡¯t this a surprisingly good awakening? It was the moment when Young and Rich was added to the utopia of my life, YOLO. Even though I¡¯ve awakened, I don¡¯t have to go into dungeons and I can make a lot of money by giving tired hunters a place to stay. Just when the thought of being tricked by the village head ran away¡ª The level of the hotel has been upgraded! Hotel Level: 1¡ú2 The interior of the hotel is upgraded. Hotel Facility: A ¡®Cafeteria¡¯ is created! The slow bursting system sped up. Chapter 7 6. Hunter, have a nice dream Level up? Was this a system that also leveled up? While I was a little surprised, the hotel¡¯s wallpaper changed. The strange-patterned wallpaper, which was old fashion and a little disgusting because it looked like a bug, turned white without any pattern. The jade-colored moldings were changed to cherry-colored. The strange patterns on the carpet also disappeared, and it turned into an acceptable red carpet. The lighting has also changed from unusual shell-shaped lighting to a chandelier. The hotel¡¯s interior, which was very irritating to the eyes, has become an acceptable condition. In addition, a sign called Cafeteria appeared on one side of the wall. I expected to have a cafe and snack bar where you could enjoy brunch in a normal hotel. So my dream of becoming a cafe owner through the cafe came true a little bit¡ª. ¡­But what is that? The soon-to-be-completed Cafeteria was neither a cafe nor a snack bar. I looked at the small water purifier with only the name Cafeteria attached to it. Next to the water purifier, mixed coffee, cup noodles, and brown rice green tea were piled up. I think I expected too much from level 2. I smack my lips, embarrassed about the situation. But other than the break room, which is called the ¡°cafeteria,¡± I was very satisfied with the changes to the interior. At this rate, the hotel could be called a motel even if it was still impossible. Would it be fun to grow this a bit? I thought so and smiled contentedly. At that time, the bellboy, who had come down after guiding the guest, rushed to the cafeteria. ¡°Wow! There¡¯s a cafeteria! Now I can make ten cups of mixed coffee in a row?!¡± Mix coffee? Don¡¯t tell me, is it the recovery potion? Are you saying that with the cafeteria, continuous production of potions is possible? ¡°Oh, the guest in room 303¡­ When I came out after the guide, I saw that she was in tears. While looking at the sea.¡± The bellboy conveyed Kang Sojin¡¯s condition to me with his pitiful face. I know how she feels. After working for a year at the company, I also wanted to see the sea. So, that¡¯s why I went to Yeongchun-myeon. ¡°It¡¯s the sea¡­ the sea¡­ she kept muttering these words. You purposely gave her a key to a place with a good view, didn¡¯t you, boss?¡± The bellboy hit the nail on the head. I flinched and averted my gaze. ¡°When you¡¯re feeling down, it¡¯s best to sleep soundly in a place with a nice view.¡± I don¡¯t know the details, but it was a hunter who looked very tired physically and mentally. So I thought of my Dad and his colleagues and was more concerned. ¡°As expected, the boss is talented.¡± ¡°Why is this a talent?¡± ¡°That¡¯s because you understand the feeling of our customers. A spirit like me can burn the coffee mix, but I can¡¯t understand the customer¡¯s feelings. Because I am not human.¡± The bellboy said strange things and went into the storage room. ¡°What are you hiding there? Is it really good?¡± The bellboy was quiet even with my question. Anyway, I was a little embarrassed when the bellboy said that understanding the customer¡¯s feelings is a talent. Do I really have that kind of talent¡ª? Ah. More than that¡ª. I got a free pass to the Hunter Market as one of my rewards earlier! That means I can buy anything for free at the Hunter Market. In other words, I can buy an artifact worth 100 million right now. I called the market with the expectation that was creeping up. Numerous items popped up with prices and detailed information. It was amazing. To think that the market I¡¯ve only heard about from Dad and Uncle is right in front of me like this. After a brief moment of admiration, I went straight for the most expensive item. Dragon Scale Armor: 10,000G Good. ¡®Purchase.¡¯ Now, the item worth 100 million is mine¡ª. Items from other classes cannot be purchased. ¡­.? It doesn¡¯t work? What is it? Shall we show you a store that fits the ¡®Hotel Management¡¯ Class? Y/N What is this? I chose Y with a bit of disappointment. Still, it was enough to buy an artifact worth 100 million for my class. But that was my mistake. Hotel Fountain: 9,000G ¡ªAvailable from level 10. ¡ªIf you throw a coin, an advanced potion comes out with a certain probability. Among the items that cost close to 100 million, there was nothing that could be bought. It was because the hotel level was too low. After wandering among the items that did not fit the hotel level for a long time, I muttered just in case. ¡°Only show me items I can buy.¡± Then, only the items I could purchase were listed after a brief loading time. Oh, this really works. It is convenient. I put everything back where it belonged and started looking at the items. But there was a problem. All the items I could buy were like this. Non-Wet Towel: 50G ¡ªIt doesn¡¯t get wet even if you wipe it off. Automatic teeth cleaning toothbrush: 50G ¡ªClean your teeth on their own. Scented shower head: 100G ¡ªThe water smells good. What should I do? The validity period of one market pass was only 12 hours. I don¡¯t think the hotel will suddenly level up just because I wait. A free pass to Hunter Market. I thought it was a very Munchkin-like development. (t/n: Munchkin means something like OP character.) I smacked my lips and looked at the bottom of the item list. There¡¯s nothing I can do. I have to buy that. Always clean bedding: 100G ¡ªIt¡¯s always clean even if you don¡¯t wash it. Isn¡¯t it too much to greet guests with an empty mattress? And no matter how I think about it, providing a place to stay for the night for the Hunters and getting paid¡ª. Doesn¡¯t sound bad. * * * Congratulations on joining the Hanwoon Guild! A month ago, Kang Sojin was overjoyed to hear that she had been accepted into the Hanwoon Guild. When she was young, she wrote ¡®Hunter¡¯ in the future hope column like any other child. To young Kang Sojin, Hunter was a hero. A hero who defeats monsters and saves mankind. Her hopes for the future have come true. At the age of 20, she awakened as a C-Class Hunter. Now she really has to use this power for humanity. She had such naive thoughts. Until she entered the Hanwoon Guild¡¯s New Hunter Training Center. In a place where they gathered about 30 B to D-Class Hunters, Kang Sojin belonged slightly below the middle. She was a little bit down, but she heard someone talking. ¡°I heard that nine out of 10 hunters gathered here will have a hard time raising their level by only running raids in the dark even in their second year at the company? Then don¡¯t you mean that you have to make it within 10% of this time? I can¡¯t believe it¡¯s a tenth. Then, Sojin was unconditionally out. She couldn¡¯t do that. Before she becomes a hero to save the world, she can¡¯t fall behind in the company¡¯s evaluation! ¡®I¡¯ll make it happen somehow!¡¯ Sojin went on her first dungeon training session with determination. There was a rumor going around among the newcomers that if they stood out in the guild and made a good impression on their seniors, they would get more chances to join raids. There, it was also said that if the grades are not good, there is no money, and only raids are carried out. Sojin had her first dungeon training, surrounded by rumors that could tell the truth. And she made a series of mistakes because she was too nervous. The problem was from then on. After that day, her colleagues started to ignore Sojin openly. ¡®What kind of hunter is who can¡¯t kill a single goblin?¡¯ She even heard them talk about how she couldn¡¯t kill even a goblin, the weakest monster in the F-Class, in her first training. It was her first time dealing with monsters, so she was nervous¡ª. She just made a mistake because it was her first time. Sojin felt unfair. She wishes she could have one more chance. Only once. It was this hunting that she approached with such a mind. Maybe being too nervous was the problem. She couldn¡¯t sleep well during the raid because she felt like she had to make up for her last mistake somehow. In that state, while on her way to catch the named boss, a battle took place with dozens of ogres in ambush. If she doesn¡¯t do it right this time, it¡¯s over. She swung her sword fiercely. And as the surroundings quieted down, she found herself left behind. And after another day, all she had left was a location detector, some food, and water. Why the hell did I want to be a Hunter? Hunter wasn¡¯t a hero, it was just a job. Can I undo the gap between my colleagues? Am I lacking in social skills? The miscellaneous thoughts were quickly washed away by the instincts that soon followed. It was a hopeless feeling to walk around, covered in the horrible saliva from catching an ogre. I want to wash¡­ I want to lie in bed¡­ I want to eat proper food¡­ Mom¡­ I miss you¡­ There was a purple letter that caught her eye the moment she missed everything in her ordinary life. Yeong Chun Hotel And down there was a strange revolving door. Sojin thought she saw the wrong thing. Like travelers in the desert who see a mirage of an oasis. She misses her bed so much that she sees the mirage of a hotel. There¡¯s no way there could be a hotel in a dungeon. Even so, she entered the revolving door as if possessed. And in it was a real hotel! ¡°Welcome. Welcome to the Yeongchun Hotel, Hunter!¡± A woman who looked like a cat was smiling brightly at Sojin. There is a bed and a place where she can look at people and talk to them. The woman was so worried about her that she even asked her how long she had been in the dungeon. Sojin, who had been on probation for a month, was called ¡°Hunter Kang Sojin.¡± It felt like her heart was melting. At the gesture of a woman, a bellboy who looked like a model from a pictorial even got a mixed coffee. Even that mixed coffee wasn¡¯t just coffee. It seemed to be some kind of potion. Sojin looked at the woman, wondering if she could be treated like this for only 150G, but the woman said this with a friendly face. It¡¯s just a hotel service. Sojin opened the door to room 303, already in a state of excitement. And the moment the door opened, Sojin forgot what to say for a moment. Room 303 was facing the sea. ¡®Room 303 has the best view in this hotel, Hunter-nim. Have a nice dream.¡¯ Recalling the woman¡¯s words, Sojin burst into tears without realizing it. What do you mean by a nice dream? After entering this dungeon, there hasn¡¯t been a single day that she hasn¡¯t had nightmares. But she felt like she could sleep happily today. That¡¯s¡­it wasn¡¯t just a thought. Just how much she cried and came to her senses. Sojin quickly took a shower, feeling her skin hurt from the toxin in the ogre¡¯s saliva. When she took a warm shower, she felt that the ogre¡¯s saliva was washed away, as well as all the fatigue from her whole body. ¡®Ugh¡­ I think I¡¯m going to live.¡¯ It was at that time when Sojin wore a bathrobe and wiped off the water all over her body. Somehow¡­something was strange. Her reddened skin was getting better little by little in front of Sojin¡¯s eyes. Since she wiped off the ogre¡¯s saliva, it is only natural that the poison¡¯s effect would fade little by little. But that speed¡ª. ¡®¡­?¡¯ It¡¯s incredibly fast. Sojin was shocked to see her skin quickly recovering. At this speed, the hospital room where the A-class healers use their heals¡­ is it more than that? ¡®No way¡­¡¯ It was then. She heard someone knocking. Sojin hurriedly opened the door. Then, the friendly woman who held out the mana recovery potion, saying, ¡®It¡¯s just a hotel service,¡¯ stood there. She carries bedding her size with the handsome bellboy. ¡°Well, I thought you might need a blanket to have a good dream¡­!¡± Looking at the boss talking with a casual smile, Sojin was even more convinced. How can she build such a huge space and still pay 1.5 million won? Even then, pretending not to know and taking care of bedding like a real hotelier. Surely, she had been caught in the volunteer work of an S-Class healer! Chapter 8 The 24 hours at the Yeongchun Hotel went by like crazy. First of all, there were no more guests that night, so I slept in the staff accommodation guided by the bellboy. Even though it wasn¡¯t as good as the room, the accommodation was comfortable enough. It was slightly wider than the cramped officetel I lived in Seoul, and it felt more comfortable because there was no house stuff. I lay on the bed in the room and thought. Honestly, it was a day full of awakening and hectic things, but it wasn¡¯t bad. I even earn 450G in an hour¡ª. ¡®Well, I thought you¡¯d need a blanket to have a good dream¡­!¡¯ I even felt proud when I saw Kang Sojin muttering ¡°Thank you¡± as her eyes turned red at my one word. Yeah. Honestly, it was worth it. I admit it. But! How do I get out of the hotel? I can¡¯t keep eating and sleeping at work! Uncle Junsu must be worried too. I sighed as I looked at my phone, which had become dead because I hadn¡¯t charged it. The windows in the room are all full windows. Do I have to break one to escape? Or escape with a revolving door leading to a random dungeon? Just by running into a B-Class monster as I did before, it looks like I¡¯ll have to say goodbye to this world¡ª or at least, I will run around until a D-Class dungeon comes out¡ª. Can I survive the D-Class dungeon with this F-Class body? Should I use all the money I have to buy every item I need and then go out with a full set¡ª. While thinking about it, I fell asleep before I knew it. It must have been because I was tired. Still, I was able to fall asleep early and wake up early. As soon as I woke up, I looked at the uniform set by my bedside. A navy vest, navy pants, and even a hat embroidered with the words Yeong Chun in gold. It¡¯s for women. ¡®Are you asking me to wear this?¡¯ After thinking about it for a long time, I finally picked it up. No matter how much I think about it, cleanliness is the most important thing in the service industry, so I couldn¡¯t greet customers in sweatpants like I did yesterday. Having worked part-time at a cafe for 6 years, the spirit of service built up inside me didn¡¯t allow it. I roughly washed my face and tied my hair in a ponytail. As soon as I put on my uniform and went outside, I saw a bellboy dozing at the counter. What kind of spirit sleeps? I walked near the counter, thinking it was absurd. The bellboy opened his eyes as if he felt my presence. Green mysterious eyes looked at me. ¡°Ack¡­! I¡¯m embarrassed! Did I drool?¡± The bellboy covered his face in surprise. There are many things to be ashamed of on the subject of spirits. With that in mind, I walked to the cafeteria and picked up the cup noodle. ¡°Do you want some?¡± The bellboy smiled brightly as I shook the cup noodles. ¡°Y, yes!¡± ¡°Ah. By the way, can I speak comfortably with you? Still, I¡¯m the boss. If you choose, you can also speak comfortably with me.¡± I poured water over two cups of noodles and said nothing. I poured water on two cups of noodles and said nothing of the matter. ¡°Y, yeah¡­ I like it as it is! You can speak casually to me!¡± The bellboy came running toward me like a happy puppy. And as I gave him the wooden chopsticks, he clapped his hands as if he had just realized something important and missed the chopsticks. ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°Why? What?¡± ¡°Boss, are you wearing a uniform?¡± Hmm. He just realized that. I nodded my head, thinking that the spirit was really ignorant. The bellboy¡¯s eyes were moved. I didn¡¯t even announce that I¡¯d jump into hotel management. Why are you so touched¡ª? No. Is there any problem with jumping into hotel management? It was only for one night, but due to the mechanics of this system, it doesn¡¯t seem to bring in too many hunters in a day. Didn¡¯t only one Hunter Kang Sojin come all night tonight? And one customer spends up to 150G per day? No matter how I think about it, this kind of YOLO is difficult to achieve. Didn¡¯t I dream of YOLO when I was trying to open a cafe in a small, quiet village? But is there any problem with Young & Rich becoming a little bit better? Play, eat, and make good money. Did you call this the icing on the cake? (t/n: icing on the cake mean the act of putting a flower over silk which means the occurrence of an even better event following a good event.) ¡°Well¡­ Please take good care of me. From now on.¡± I picked up the wooden chopsticks that the bellboy dropped, shook off the dust, and said awkwardly. I haven¡¯t opened it yet, so I think it¡¯s all fine. ¡°I, I, please take good care of me¡­ Hik¡­ I¡¯ll give it to you¡­ you¡¯re the boss¡­.¡± ¡°Do not cry. If you cry, I won¡¯t be your boss.¡± ¡°Yes? Yees?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a joke, I¡¯m just kidding.¡± It was a time when we were just joking around leisurely. My eyes saw Kang Sojin standing on the stairs. She stopped coming down the stairs and stood still as if cup noodles had distracted her. She¡¯s already awake. It¡¯s still 8 o¡¯clock. I was going to let her sleep more because she hadn¡¯t slept for four days, and it was hard to wake her up. ¡°Are you awake?¡± I smiled awkwardly at my pitiful appearance when I was caught eating cup noodles. I should use my front desk skills quickly. ¡°Would you like one? Our hotel doesn¡¯t have breakfast service yet¡­!¡± Feeling a little embarrassed, I opened the cup of noodles for Kang Sojin. Contrary to the bitter heart of the hotel owner, Kang Sojin accepted the warm cup of noodles with a moving face. ¡°It¡¯s human food¡­ Hik¡­ I endured for four days eating only disgustingly tasteless food¡­!¡± I looked at Kang Sojin, who was moved by just one cup of ramen, with a little pity. She started inhaling the cup noodles even before it was fully cooked. It seemed that she was very hungry. One cup of noodles was gone in an instant. I offered her another bowl of cup noodles, but she said it was fine. ¡°By the way, yesterday I was distracted and just came in. What should I do when I leave?¡± Kang Sojin glanced at the stopped revolving door and asked. I know. I¡¯m curious too. Then, the bellboy answered. ¡°You can go back to the dungeon you came from if you just leave as you are.¡± Kang Sojin swallowed her saliva at the words ¡®the dungeon you came from¡¯. She seemed a little nervous about returning to the place where she had been wandering for four days. She fiddled with the 303 key that she had brought down with her. ¡°I, I see.¡± ¡°Would you like to rest a little longer?¡± I asked cautiously. Usually, hotel check-out time is 12 noon. If this hotel is similar, she still had a little more time. However, Kang Sojin shook her head for some reason. ¡°No. After a good night¡¯s sleep, I feel like my physical strength and mana are fully charged. And if I¡¯m late any longer, I might get a bigger punishment from the guild I belong to¡­.¡± Come to think of it, Kang Sojin belonged to the Hanwoon Guild. Hmm. As far as I know, the Hanwoon Guild is operated with much more common sense than the Baekho Guild. Since Uncle Minhyuk is the guild leader, it is natural. You can¡¯t even compare it to Baekho Guild, which is eager to send you to the dungeon if you have a high grade, even if you¡¯re a minor. That¡¯s why Han Woohyun, an S-Class Hunter, also moved from Baekho, which was Korea¡¯s No. 1 guild until two years ago, to Hanwoon. Of course, if it¡¯s Hanwoon, they wouldn¡¯t punish the Hunter who is falling behind. I said to Kang So-jin, who was depressed. ¡°It¡¯s not Hunter Kang Sojin¡¯s fault, so why is Hunter being punished? The raid members who couldn¡¯t take care of Hunter should be punished.¡± Kang Sojin let out a sigh and replied. ¡°I don¡¯t get along very well with my teammates. I think there is a problem with my social skills¡­ I think it¡¯s bad for our teamwork. It¡¯s my fault for falling behind.¡± What nonsense are you talking about? It was absolutely impossible to leave a raid member behind because they didn¡¯t get along well. ¡®Your mood shouldn¡¯t be your attitude.¡¯ This is what Uncle Minhyuk used to say every day. ¡°Teamwork is something we make together, but can one side work on its own?¡± At my words, Kang Sojin was silent for a moment. With a thoughtful expression on her face. Was it too much meddling? Even though I am an Awakener, I thought that I shouldn¡¯t be in the way since I had F-class stats. However, at that time, Kang Sojin stood up from her seat with a brighter face and said. ¡°That is a good word. Teamwork is made together¡­ I¡¯ll have to talk to my teammates.¡± At that, I slightly narrowed my eyes. During my year at the company, the most difficult things for me were my colleagues, not my manager or CEO. A good colleague is a great source of strength, but if you don¡¯t care, they can become a more nasty sister-in-law than a mother-in-law. ¡°I think it¡¯s better to do it with the upper head than the team member! I think you should talk about it first. First of all, since it¡¯s a case where the hunter fell behind in the dungeon, the guild will be worried that it will be criticized. So, towards the guild leader¡­.¡± If he¡¯s Uncle Minhyuk, he will surely know the truth about this case. Kang Sojin opened her eyes in surprise. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t I be fired? Even if you formally protest above.¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if you get fired. It¡¯s better to move the guild than to do it with a team that always leaves a team member behind. If you¡¯re a C-class, you¡¯re not even a low-rank hunter.¡± That¡¯s right. C-Class Hunter is by no means a low grade. There will be many small and medium-sized guilds eager to save C-Class Hunters. It¡¯s just that Kang Sojin¡¯s self-esteem has gone down a lot since she¡¯s only been at the company for a month. As if my words reminded Kang Sojin of that fact, she grew a little more confident on her face. ¡°Right. You¡¯re right.¡± Kang Sojin got up from her seat and bowed her head again to greet me. She had a determined face. ¡°I¡¯m having a really good time, boss.¡± ¡°Are you really leaving already?¡± I also got up from my seat. Kang Sojin nodded her head. ¡°Yeah. I am now a member of respectable hunters. Just avoiding it won¡¯t solve the problem.¡± Instead of crying when I mentioned having a bed like earlier, it was clearly an adult tone. And Kang Sojin asked as if she had suddenly remembered. ¡°Ah, by any chance¡­ are you a healer? Is this like the boss¡¯s treatment center?¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°The coffee made by the staff here, and the room¡­when I woke up, all the wounds on my body recovered. It seems like the recovery speed is faster than the hospital room where A-class healers reside¡­ are you a reclusive S-class healer hiding here, avoiding the eyes of the world?¡± What? Rather than a reclusive S-class healer, I think I¡¯m a reclusive retiree, right? I stopped to answer. It might be easier to let her misunderstand. Uncle Minhyuk would hear about this story right away if he was in the Hanwoon guild, but wouldn¡¯t it be confusing to track me down if she called me an S-class healer instead of the Yeongchun Hotel? I thought so and greeted her with a meaningful smile. ¡°Please finish your journey safely, Hunter.¡± I was just silent, but Kang So-jin had a face that was clearly misunderstood. ¡°I am so glad I came across this hotel! Really! It was an honor!¡± You seem to have misunderstood. ¡®It¡¯s difficult to correct.¡¯ That was when Kang Sojin left through the revolving door. The window popped up again in front of me. The first customer has checked out. You have achieved the achievement of ¡®100% Customer Satisfaction!¡¯. You receive 150p EXP to level up your hotel as an achievement reward. The level of the hotel has been upgraded! Hotel level: 2¡ú3 ¡­? The level goes up again¡­? Are you really going to make a restaurant this time? Are you getting out of cup noodles! Oh, wait. If there is a restaurant, who will cook? I¡¯m not good at cooking¡­? Contrary to my expectations after getting ahead of myself, the hotel facilities and interior didn¡¯t change this time. Instead, a golden key that appeared out of nowhere fell into my hand. Item: Obtain ¡®Master Key to Call Off Work¡¯. ¡­? What is this? I clicked on details. Master Key to Call Off Work (Hidden) ¡ªYou can use the master key to open any door in the hotel. ¡ªIf you open the door next to the revolving door, you can go out to Yeongchun-myeon. Chapter 9 Bang! Bang bang! Shim Myunghan, secretary of Kim Junsu, president of the Hunter Association, was standing in front of an old door called the Yeongchun Inn. He arrived near midnight yesterday. Byeolcheon-ri, Yeongchun-myeon, this narrow Ganju-gun. The sea was beautiful, but the village was very remote, so finding a common convenience store was hard. After wandering through such a quiet alley for a long time, he finally found a place called Yeongchun Inn. Yeongchun Inn was written on the three-story building in faded navy blue paint, so it was easy to miss. Myunghan knocked on the door over and over again. But no one came out. Rather, it was the women association¡¯s chief of the building across the street. ¡°Should I report that there is a man hanging around in front of the house of a single woman¡­?¡± Seeing the women association¡¯s chief terrifying eyes, Myunghan had no choice but to step back. The next day. Myunghan was knocking on the door of the Yeongchun Inn again. He took advantage of the time when the women association¡¯s chief was away for a while. Bang! Bang! But no matter how much he knocked on the door, Junghyo didn¡¯t come out. Myunghan became impatient. What if he really gets reported to the police? Maybe Myunghan should call the police before that. There¡¯s nothing he can do now. The only way to check the safety of Miss Junghyo, who can¡¯t be contacted, is to open this door. Actually, he doesn¡¯t think Junghyo will be in this old inn, but he never knows. It might have been a problem with sleeping in this decrepit inn building or something¡ª. ¡®My mouth will get twisted. Ah.¡¯ (t/n: ? ???? means something like when you sleep in a cold place without a proper item for insulation, you might die.) Myunghan lightly put mana on his fingertips. Myunghan was a B-Class Hunter. It has been four years since he joined the Hunter Association, rejecting all offers from Korea¡¯s leading guilds, with Kim Junsoo, who was active as an S-Class Hunter. It was good to be a personal secretary to the president of the association, but for four years, he couldn¡¯t do anything like a secretary and was acting as a stalker for Junghyo. Ha¡­ The president of our association is really¡­ At this rate, this wooden door would probably¡ª break rather than open. It was then. Myunghan¡¯s body was rather thrown out by some force. ¡®¡­.?¡¯ ¡°Hoaam! Why are you knocking on the door so early!¡± At the same time, the wooden door, which had been firmly closed, burst open. Did you sleep here? ¡°M, Miss Junghyo¡­!¡± ¡°What do you mean Miss Junghyo? How old am I to still be called Miss Junghyo?¡± Junghyo opened the door and came out with messy hair, as if she had slept until this time when the sun was in the middle of the sky. Myunghan glanced across the inside. Hygienic condition with clean wallpaper. Myunghan was a little surprised to see how the condition inside. It¡¯s cleaner than it looks from the outside. Would he be able to sleep here? But it was then. ¡°Woof! Woof!¡± A retriever standing right in front of the door saw Myunghan and started barking. It was a cute retriever with clean golden fur and green eyes. * * * As soon as I left the hotel through the master key, I ran into Uncle Junsu¡¯s secretary. At that moment, I remembered the existence of the bellboy next to me. How do you describe the bellboy? What can I say about the bellboy? By the time I panicked, Bellboy had already become a cute retriever. ¡°Woof! Woof woof!¡± (Boss! He¡¯s a scary-looking old man!).¡± And what¡¯s amazing is that he was talking in a retriever state. ¡®Were you a real retriever?¡¯ But the secretary, who doesn¡¯t like dogs, ran far away from the retriever and didn¡¯t hear the bellboy¡¯s voice. As I thought so, the retriever spoke again. ¡°Hng¡­(You can think of it as spiritual communication. You can hear everything even if I don¡¯t make a sound.).¡± I was a little surprised and turned to the secretary. Secretary Myunghan said with a troubled face. ¡°Since when have you had a dog?¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ Since coming down to the countryside. After all, if I live in a country house, there are thieves and I have to raise a dog.¡± ¡°W, woof woof! (Right! Raise me, boss!).¡± ¡­? After turning into a dog, did he even talk like a dog? Or not? Was it like this originally? The secretary responded to my answer with an expression of wanting to stay away from the dog. ¡°I see. By the way, if you don¡¯t mind, can I take a look inside? It would be better if we could have a video call with the association¡¯s president. The association¡¯s president has been looking for you for ten hours now¡­.¡± Myunghan¡¯s face twisted as if he could hear the president¡¯s nagging voice. As expected, I also felt like I could hear Uncle Junsu¡¯s nagging voice. Uncle Junsu was the opposite of Uncle Minhyuk, who was a bit cold-hearted and had a knife-like side because he wasn¡¯t cool. When I was young, even if I complained a little, he immediately showed tears, and he often came to school out of concern for me. Now that I¡¯m older, he¡¯s on the lesser side. Fortunately or unfortunately, Uncle Junsu¡¯s family had similar personalities, so they all worried about me just like him. So rather burdensome, when I was 13, I chose Minhyuk¡¯s house instead of Junsu¡¯s house as a place to stay. Uncle was very disappointed, but I thought I would be too weak with Uncle Junsu. Uncle Junsu said it was okay for me to lean on others a bit more, but¡ª. ¡ªThat narrow Yeongchun¡­si? Yeongchun-myeon¡­? What kind of star¡­ Ah, I don¡¯t know! If you¡¯re going to be there, let¡¯s get the car out right away. I¡¯ll talk to Secretary Park tomorrow¡­! How can I lean on you when you¡¯re like this! As soon as the video call started, I sighed as I saw Uncle Junsu start talking about cars. The two twins of Uncle Junsu, who responded by saying, ¡®Yes, yes!¡¯, were a bonus. Kim Taeseok, Kim Taeyoon. Those who were still in middle school treated me too much like my uncle. While they are more childish. ¡°Uncle, calm down. I don¡¯t even commute anymore, what kind of car do I need, a cafe¡­ No, I¡¯m going to do an inn.¡± ¨C Motel? Didn¡¯t you say you had a cafe yesterday? That¡¯s right. Yesterday, I said that I was going to run a cafe. Even after the Yeongchun Hotel became the Yeongchun Inn, when I looked inside with Uncle Junsu through the screen, everything was the same except for the revolving door. Both the cafeteria and the changed interior. That means that this place will change in a way that is similar to how the Yeongchun Hotel in the dungeon will change as it becomes more like a hotel. But if I kept saying that I was running a cafe, Uncle Junsu had no choice but to doubt it. ¡°No. I¡¯ve changed my mind. When I came here, the scenery was so pretty and there seemed to be an increasing number of tourists, so I thought about starting a guest house. There was no accommodation where people who came to play could rest comfortably. It¡¯s like a blue ocean.¡± ¡ª What do you mean an inn¡­?! If it¡¯s because your company is having a hard time, I¡¯ll¡­! ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re looking for a place in the association. Because there is a possibility that you may be robbed during a state audit due to the suspicion of preferential treatment for parachuting.¡± I clicked my tongue and patted the retriever bellboy¡¯s head. The retriever was happy and turned his stomach. ¡°It¡¯s because I really want to be an innkeeper. Come to think of it, it would be nice if there was a space for tired people like me to relax while looking at this scenery.¡± ¡ª But¡­! There¡¯s nothing I can do now. The only way is to target the point that makes the man the weakest. ¡°I also remember what Dad said. He said that living by the sea with me was his dream after retirement. But he never retired.¡± Suddenly, Uncle Junsu¡¯s face changed beyond the video call. His nose turned red, and so did his eyes. I could already hear the twins sniffing from the side. Uncle¡¯s weakness has always been about my Dad. * * * The secretary greatly admired me, who defeated Uncle Junsu at once. ¡°As expected, Miss Junghyo resembled Hunter Lee Semyung. Especially the determination part.¡± ¡°Ah, Dad was a strong person who couldn¡¯t be compared to anyone else. It¡¯s different from me.¡± I¡¯m Hidden Class Awakener with a non-combat type. And the stat is F-Class. Ah, wait. If the hotel level goes up, will my level go up, too, by any chance? In fact, hunters don¡¯t have the concept of ¡®level¡¯. All the system tells you is your stats and rank. But my rank is hidden and only my level is shown, so isn¡¯t this level linked to my rank? I wanted to check my status window right away. But I couldn¡¯t check it now. Just look at Uncle Junsu. As soon as I told him I was staying here, he sent someone right away. If I say that I have awakened, he will use that as an excuse to get me somehow back to Seoul. When I turned on my phone, Uncle Minhyuk also sent me a message. Uncle Minhyuk Get some fresh air and come back. Don¡¯t stay too long. This kind of response from the Uncle was an angry opposition to me. Seeing that, I was convinced. Uncle Minhyuk would want to get me to Seoul just as much as Uncle Junsu, or maybe even more than Uncle Junsu. He told me not to do such a dangerous hotel because money is not a problem. Ugh¡­ No! I finally escaped from the terrible company life where they couldn¡¯t even pay the minimum wage, and I¡¯m trying to play YOLO on my own! The plan to ask Uncle Junsu to see if there is a class called hotel management is also canceled. It wasn¡¯t just about money. When I was at the company, I used to feel like I couldn¡¯t prove my usefulness at all. Just like Kang Sojin. Working overtime every day, I posted plans that are all strange at the top, the company looks like it will fail in a few years, and the pay was low. It was a day without financial or mental rewards. But what was it like in the hotel? The moment I saw Kang Sojin¡¯s face recovering from fatigue in the room I had cleaned up, I definitely felt a surge of pride. A room that speeds up recovery. Wouldn¡¯t it be a great help if a terribly injured customer jumped into our hotel? ¡®Good. I¡¯m going to open my business faithfully from tomorrow.¡¯ I made a promise. ¡°Ah, come to think of it, there is a person who definitely resembles Hunter Lee Semyung. Professionally.¡± At that time, Myunghan said. For your information, the secretary and I were sitting on the beach for a while and talking. I wanted to serve something at the hotel, but there were only cup noodles at the hotel, and when I asked to eat at the raw fish restaurant run by the woman association¡¯s chief, the secretary refused. I have to go up quickly. ¡°Hunter Han Woohyun. The record was updated a few days ago. 14th in the world rankings. He seems to be on a roll after the transfer.¡± At the words of the secretary, I burst into a groan of ¡®Ah¡¯. Han Woohyun. 6 people in South Korea¡ª no, now there are only 5 S-class Hunters and the No. 1 ranker in Korea. He might not remember my face or my name, but I certainly remembered him. I didn¡¯t just remember him as an S-class hunter or as a friend from high school. There was a much more personal memory. It was a year ago. Chapter 10 As a way to celebrate my first day at work, I bought gifts from two cute twins and went to Uncle Junsu¡¯s house. Uncle Junsu and all of his family liked it. But soon someone came. It seemed to be a problem with participating in dangerous foreign dungeons rejected by the association. I decided to take the twins and go up to the attic of Mr. Junsu¡¯s house. However, when I went down to the second floor to get the twins¡¯ snacks, a loud noise came from the first floor. ¡°Han Woohyun! Do you really care about nothing but money? Death Valley is the second most dangerous place after the Tower of the World. Even if Baekho Guild gave you enough help and agreed to let you do it, your guild is now only using you to make money and get attention. I¡¯m saying this because I lost a friend like my brother in a dungeon. If you go there, you may never come back home again. Think of the family waiting for you.¡± Uncle Junsu¡¯s angry voice and Myeonghan¡¯s dry voice. And there was a small but clear voice that followed. ¡°¡­There is no family waiting for me.¡± There is no such thing as a waiting family. Why did I hear it well? I was frozen in the coolness of that voice. ¡°Let me get up for a second. I have to negotiate with the Baekho guild leader!¡± Soon after, Uncle¡¯s roar continued, and someone came up to the second floor. I met someone¡¯s eyes while holding the twins¡¯ snacks. Han Woohyun. A boy who had already awakened to an S-Class at the age of 17 and was treated as a star throughout high school. He¡¯s a lot bigger than I remember. The skin was more tanned than it was back then, and the muscles were attached and full of flexibility. It seemed to be true that B-Class monsters couldn¡¯t even scratch Han Woohyun¡¯s skin. Even when I saw him at age 19, he was never short in height or size, but now he seems bigger, to the point where it feels like he is not a person but a rock. And the rock frowned as soon as he saw me. He seemed to think I overheard the conversation. ¡°I apologize¡­!¡± Of course, I apologized with honorifics, thinking Han Woohyun wouldn¡¯t remember me. Then Han Woohyun¡¯s face was more distorted. Is it unpleasant? ¡°¡­.¡± Han Woohyun kept his mouth shut and just stared at me. The compulsion to say something made me break out in a cold sweat. ¡®There¡¯s no such thing as a home to return to.¡¯ It felt like Han Woohyun knew that I had heard those words. I have to say something. Anything. I glanced at the steamed bread on the tray and held one out to Han Woohyun. ¡°One¡­ Would you like one?¡± Damn it. It¡¯s not like this. I was so embarrassed that my face turned red. That¡¯s why I¡¯m changing the subject¡ª. ¡°I have no family waiting for me either.¡± I made a mistake. Han Woohyun¡¯s frown gets even deeper. I felt my face heat up even more. ¡°Still¡­ Still¡­ Because work is precious¡­ So¡­ I have to come back home.¡± As I said my nonsense, I could feel my hands getting sweaty. Although it was a bit impulsive, it was sincere. I knew it when I went to work for the first time. How precious is my own room, which, since I¡¯ve been living alone, has always felt lonely and empty. It doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t have a family waiting for you. Having a place to spread out with a beer after all my work is precious. ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± A long silence passed between Han Woohyun and me. How long has it been? Suddenly, Han Woohyun took a steamed bun from my hand. ¡°¡­.?¡± Han Woohyun and my eyes met. ¡°You, me¡­¡± It was the moment when Han Woohyun was trying to say something. I was afraid that Han Woohyun would say something like, ¡®What do you know? Even though you are not a hunter¡¯, so I quickly turned around and ran up to the attic. That¡¯s it. And yet, how embarrassing the memory was. I still remember it vividly. I always felt like I was doing something embarrassing in front of Han Woohyun. A few weeks later, Han Woohyun paid a huge transfer fee and moved to the Hanwoon Guild. The news kept coming out that he was seen as a traitor and written off as a fool who turned his back on his aunt and uncle, who had raised him instead of his parents. For a while, Internet comment windows were filled with a war of words between those who believed in such news and those who did not. However, Han Woohyun didn¡¯t say anything about the Baekho Guild, his family, or the transfer. Uncle Junsu said it was fortunate even if he didn¡¯t know what moved Han Woohyun. He said that he might never have returned if he had gone to Death Valley. So I just said, ¡®That¡¯s a relief.¡¯ To ask about the embarrassing memories¡ª. ¡®Now he will go to work where he can really get off work.¡¯ That¡¯s what I thought. * * * After Han Woohyun came out of the Baekho Guild, he ranked 14th in the world. He¡¯s really on a roll. That¡¯s a relief. It was when I was thinking so. Uncle asked me an unexpected question. ¡°By any chance, were you personally close to Han Woohyun? In high school.¡± Were we close? I remember Han Woohyun, who was treated like a star all three years in high school. The other kids tried to get along with Han Woohyun, who was in the S-Class, but I wasn¡¯t. Rather, it was closer to avoiding Han Woohyun. Of all things, why he¡¯s an S-Class Hunter? I thought of Dad too much. And he wouldn¡¯t have any reason for wanting to be friends with me either. So, except for a few coincidences, we never called each other by name even in the same class. ¡°No, not at all. But why is that all of a sudden?¡± ¡°The president of the association, the guild leader of Hanwoon, and Hunter Han Woohyun had a meal once.¡± The interests between the Hunter Association, the Guild, and the Hunter are complex. Even more so when it comes to S-Class Hunters. The three of them had a meal, so I could imagine the weight of the place. ¡°But there, Hunter Han Woohyun asked the Hanwoon guild leader how Junghyo was doing.¡± ¡°How I was doing?¡± My hand stroking the retriever¡¯s head stopped. Did he remember me? ¡°He said he was wondering how you were doing.¡± Han Woohyun even wondered if I was doing well. ¡°It¡¯s strange¡­.¡± The secretary studied my face at my murmur and then turned his head away. ¡°As expected, you¡¯re not close.¡± I could feel the subtlety of the secretary¡¯s words. What do you mean? I playfully poked at the secretary. ¡°Why? I wasn¡¯t a kid in class who stood out in terms of grades or beauty, but I wasn¡¯t at the bottom either, but did you think Han Woohyun didn¡¯t want to be close to me?¡± The secretary didn¡¯t even laugh at my playful question. Instead, he answered with a firm face. ¡°Nope. It¡¯s the opposite¡± The opposite? ¡°I thought Miss Junghyo wouldn¡¯t be friends with an S-Class Hunter. As with our president of the association, aren¡¯t you extremely reluctant to expand Hunter¡¯s connections?¡± This person sometimes has moments when he hits the spot. ¡°The reason you stayed with Guild Leader Han Minhyuk until you became an adult was that he was a person who didn¡¯t give his side to others, so it was possible.¡± Ugh. It¡¯s two hits in a row. It was true. I almost avoided Han Woohyun for the entire 3 years of high school. But what do you mean by S-Class Hunter? I didn¡¯t want to be friends with anyone who was terribly strong and dangerous. Because it keeps reminding me of my Dad and my childhood. I pretended to be calm and fiddled with the can of coffee. It¡¯s best to be honest when you¡¯re sick from being hit by the nail on the head. ¡°Because Hunter may not be able come back. Waiting is pretty tough.¡± The secretary¡¯s expression hardened at my words. No, it just didn¡¯t harden. The canned coffee that the secretary was holding was crushed. Like a sheet of paper. Is that the power of a B-Class Hunter? I said in bewilderment. ¡°Do you want some wet tissue?¡± ¡°No, thank you. I¡¯m just¡ª¡± ¡°Are you crying? Don¡¯t tell me?¡± I tilted my head as I saw tears welling up in the wide eyes of the secretary, who could be said to be quite handsome. When I look at him, I sometimes wonder if he looks like Uncle Junsu since they have worked together for 4 years. Ah, really. I¡¯m fine now. Now, instead of waiting for the hunters, I can find them. Well. It would be good to say this after a while. I took out a wet tissue that was just in my bag and handed it to the secretary with a smile. ¡°Are you okay?¡± ¡°Yes? Ah yes¡­¡± The secretary laughed as if embarrassed. But there were still tears in his eyes. Chapter 11 I saw off the secretary and went back to the hotel. No, I was trying to come in. Until I met the woman association¡¯s chief on the street. ¡°A man dressed in jet black was hanging around at night wearing sunglasses. Although he¡¯s handsome, you have to be careful. A man¡¯s appearance isn¡¯t everything!¡± A handsome man with sunglasses? Oh, she¡¯s talking about secretary Myunghan. ¡°He is someone I know. my Dad¡¯s¡­ friend¡¯s junior?¡± ¡°Your father¡¯s friend¡¯s junior? Then it¡¯s not someone you don¡¯t know?¡± How should I explain this? When I struggled, the woman association¡¯s chief smiled brightly at the retriever next to me. ¡°Huh? You got a new dog. That¡¯s a good idea. Oh, it looks solid. If there¡¯s a thief in the hotel building, you will bite him right~? Oh, yeah. I bought a snack for Bbobbi at my house¡ª¡± The woman association¡¯s chief stroked the bellboy who had become a retriever, took out dog treats from a plastic bag, and held it out. The bellboy happily accepted it. ¡°Kiyuung¡­ ¡­ (It¡¯s so delicious, boss. You should try it too!).¡± I shook my head as I watched the dog treats the bellboy was offering. It¡¯s cute, but isn¡¯t the spirit¡¯s dignity thrown away too much? ¡°Oh, there is a Byeolcheon-ri Merchants Association today, are you going to participate? I heard that there will be a cafe here in the future¡­ ¡° At that time, the woman association¡¯s chief brought up the story of the merchant association. I thought for a moment, then nodded. If you want to run your own business in the countryside, you have to go all the way to the Merchants Association. ¡°Yes, I will participate. But I¡¯m going to run a hotel here, not a cafe.¡± ¡°Hotel? There aren¡¯t many tourists here? Why would it be ruined there?¡± The chief asked with a surprised face. After thinking for a while, I replied. ¡°Still, we don¡¯t know. Maybe someone needs a place to rest after getting lost on the street.¡± At my words, the chief tilted her head. * * * Merchants¡¯ Association means merchants¡¯ association, and it was literally a struggle to eat snacks, eat snacks and eat snacks. I returned to the hotel in the evening with a stomach full of food brought by the head of the village, the youth organization chief, and the woman association¡¯s chief. When I returned to the hotel, I was so tired that my body was limp. I think this is mana exhaustion¡ª. ¡°Ugh¡­ Can you make me a cup of mixed coffee?¡± At my words, the retriever shook his head. ¡°Kking¡­(No. If you drink more than one cup of mixed coffee a day, you¡¯ll get addicted to caffeine!).¡± Caffeine addiction? ¡°Kiyuung¡­(And the boss is out of stamina right now, so even mixed coffee can¡¯t work.).¡± Oh, my poor stamina¡­ When I wake up for real tomorrow, I should look at the stats window and somehow increase my stamina. The next morning. I pulled myself up in a daze. Time remaining until the hotel opens: 00:29:59 As soon as I got up, the system was waiting for me. Ugh¡­ they don¡¯t give me time to rest. They gave me two hours yesterday. Indeed, I decided to run it without a break for a while to level up. I got up from bed and sat down. There was work to be done before opening. ¡®My status window.¡¯ As I muttered to myself, a window popped up. Name: Lee Junghyo Class: Hotel Manager (Hidden) (Lv. 3) Skills: Housekeeping (C), Front Desk (C) Stats: Stamina 8 Strength 4 Agility 7 Intelligence 11 Luck 25 Level 3. As expected, my level was linked to the hotel as it should have been. However, unlike yesterday, there was a new column at the bottom called Remaining Stats. Remaining Stats: 4 It seemed that when I leveled up, I was given points that I could invest in my stats. I can¡¯t believe I can pick and choose my stats like this. This is a huge thing. ¡®Hmm¡­ Then, where should I take this?¡¯ If you are in a combat class, like a tank, healer, or archer, you will usually need certain things to fit your role. It was complicated in my head to think of it as a hotel manager. First, Luck? When I think of luck, it comes out that luck only goes up through quests or rewards. Ah. Too bad. Since it¡¯s a system where guests come in randomly, I think I¡¯ll need luck the most. It¡¯s a shame for my strength, but I will lean on him since the bellboy has a high state. All that¡¯s left is stamina, agility, and intelligence¡ª. When I greeted guests yesterday, I thought I would need all three. Then, should I take them one by one and think about the remaining stats? Stats: Stamina 9 Strength 4 Agility 8 Intelligence 12 Luck 25 Hmm. Except for strength, I¡¯m now just like the average F-Class Hunter. Since I¡¯m not even a battle type, this isn¡¯t bad. At the same time as my stamina goes up, it seems that my body, which was a little tired, feels refreshed for no reason. Good. Then, shall we buy what we need with the remaining 350G after the account transfer this time? As a result of what I saw yesterday, there were many things lacking in the hotel. I haven¡¯t been to the hotel often, but don¡¯t you have the basic items you need? With 350G, you can probably buy quite a lot. I opened the market. Now that I¡¯m at level 3, there must be more things I can buy than when I was at level 2. The list of items has definitely increased compared to level 2. If I were to summarize the things on my wish list¡ª. Bubble Bubble Bar: 50G ¡ªHeals wounds on the skin. Oh, I want to buy this and use it. Magic Mop: 40G ¡ªCleaning the hallway and lobby. Cleaning the hallway and lobby that cannot be done with housekeeping skills. This is also a real benefit. Let¡¯s keep it for now. Projector Curtain: 70G ¡ªEnables customers to dream what they want to dream. ¡ªCustomer Satisfaction +30 Projector curtains? It¡¯s a bit ambiguous, but I liked that the customer satisfaction rating was +30. Through Kang Sojin, I realized that increasing customer satisfaction makes leveling up easier. As the wish list was filling up, something caught my eye. VIP ticket: 500G ¡ªGuests can be designated as VIPs. ¡ªFor VIP guests, the hotel stands out with a high probability. ¡ªYou can receive a VIP membership fee of 1,000G per month from VIP guests. ¡ªEXP bonus increases based on customer satisfaction. 1,000G per month? Not just 1,000G, but every month? In addition, the EXP bonus according to customer satisfaction increases¡ª? I pondered for a moment about the detailed explanation. I thought I could buy it if I used my own money in my account and exchanged it for Market Gold. However, such worries were only brief. When you become a VIP guest, doesn¡¯t that mean that the guest comes to your hotel often? Like some kind of regular customer? But the hotel has just been open for two days, and you¡¯re expecting me to designate regular customers. ¡®It could be dangerous.¡¯ Hunters are not all gentle people like Kang Sojin. From what my uncles have told me, there were many hunters who used their strength to eat the backs of other hunters and do bad things. If all hunters had a sense of morality as well as awakening ability, the Hunter Association would not have been created to monitor the hunters¡¯ illegal activities and coordinate the interests between the government and the hunters in the first place. And above all, if that were the case, it seemed like no one would pay the high amount of 1,000G per month to become a VIP at the poorly equipped and unknown Yeongchun Hotel. For that reason, I decided to put the VIP ticket only on the wish list and bought a few more items I needed. It was mainly focused on items with detailed explanations that increase customer satisfaction. I really sorted it out, but the balance quickly decreased, leaving only 20G. It¡¯s a bit of a waste. But in the beginning, a business needs money to invest in the future. I got rid of the bad taste in my mouth by wearing a uniform and leaving the staff quarters. As soon as I came out, the bellboy standing at the counter smiled at me like an excited dog. ¡°Good morning, boss! Hehe, seeing the boss¡¯ face for two days in a row makes me feel the best!¡± It¡¯s weird, no matter how much I look at it. What kind of employee in the world is happy to see the CEO¡¯s face? Still, I feel good to see his smiling face. ¡°Now then, shall we start the business?¡± ¡°Yeah!¡± It was the moment the bellboy answered. Time left until the hotel opens 5, 4, 3, 2, 1¡­ The hotel business is open. Wing¡ª. With a now familiar sound, the wooden door instantly turned into a revolving door. But I¡¯m not scared. I have a master key that calls me off work. And after about 10 minutes¡ª. ¡°Welcome to the Yeongchun Hotel, Hunter.¡± A second guest came to the Yeongchun Hotel. It was a woman with a somewhat dark impression, not even carrying a proper weapon, let alone that common item. ¡®¡­.?¡¯ The second guest didn¡¯t seem too surprised to see the hotel. No, it was right to say that there was little emotional agitation in the first place. Still, I was exchanging greetings with the dark-looking female Hunter with the power of ¡®Front Desk (C)¡¯. It was then. The revolving door, which paused for a moment after the second guest entered, turned again. Wing¡ª. Then another guest entered through the revolving door. ¡°What? There is a revolving door in the middle of the dungeon¡­? This¡­is it real?¡± It was a male customer with dyed hair yellow. The male customer, wearing a lot of shiny items, was covered in sweat as if he had come in after being chased by something. ¡­And so, there were two guests today. Chapter 12 First of all, the first female Hunter¡¯s name was Shim Jiyoon. Shim Jiyoon, who has dark skin and looks calm, said it hadn¡¯t been long since she wandered through the dungeon. It seemed that way. She didn¡¯t even have drool all over her body like Kang Sojin. She said she wasn¡¯t with the second guest and came from a different dungeon. ¡®You can see the hotel door from different dungeons by a few minutes.¡¯ It was kind of fascinating. Anyway, it is too bad if she hasn¡¯t wandered around dungeons for a long time. I naturally thought that she wouldn¡¯t pay 150G per night to stay at our hotel. ¡°The rate for one night is 150G. Would you like to check in?¡± But why. Shim Jiyoon nodded at once. ¡°Yes, I¡¯ll check-in.¡± She hasn¡¯t been in the dungeon for a long time, but she paid 150G all at once and decided to stay here for the night¡ª. I thought as I glanced at Shim Jiyoon¡¯s dark expression. Now that I am on my second day of business, I have a question. It¡¯s about how the system works. This is a question raised by the saying that the revolving door is randomly connected to the dungeon. Then, who are the people who can see the hotel in Dungeon? People who safely clear the dungeon with raid members? Such people have little reason to stay in hotels. If this guy called ¡®System¡¯ who runs the hotel has a brain, he will definitely show the hotel door to people who are willing to pay 150G to stay in a hotel like this. That way, they¡¯ll come in and stay at the hotel. Those humans would be in a desperate situation, both physically and psychologically. Kang Sojin was included in both the former and the latter. Then Shim Jiyoon is¡ª. I looked down at the compartment where the keys were neatly placed. I lifted the key to Room 202. It was a room equipped with the projector curtain item I bought today. ¡°You can have any dream you want.¡± I held out the key and smiled. Shim Jiyoon flinched at my words. As expected, Shim Jiyoon seemed to be the type of person who needed rest for the mind, not the body. Through Kang Sojin¡¯s case, I felt that raising the satisfaction level of hotel guests helped improve the hotel¡¯s level, so I thought of a way to increase Shim Jiyoon¡¯s level of satisfaction. In order to increase Shim Jiyoon¡¯s satisfaction, it would have been better to stay in a place where she could relax psychologically. Sim Jiyoon did not readily accept the key and asked. ¡°Do you mean¡­anything? Even if it doesn¡¯t exist in this world?¡± What doesn¡¯t exist in this world? What does it mean? Shim Jiyoon took the key as if my answer wasn¡¯t important. She said that the automatic settlement system was amazing, just like Kang Sojin. Shim Jiyoon was escorted to room 202 by the bellboy, and soon after, a second guest came up to the counter. The man with his hair dyed yellow was heavily armed with all sorts of artifacts. Even so, it didn¡¯t seem to be a very expensive artifact. I¡¯ve been to Hwang Misoon¡¯s shop, one of my Dad¡¯s old colleagues and a craft hunter, and every time Aunt Misoon explained to me about the types of artifacts, so even I, who don¡¯t have the discerning eye skill, could guess roughly. ¡®A low-level appraiser may miss more things than an ordinary person with good intuition. Now, look¡­ the color here¡­¡¯ Aunt Misoon, who tied up her long curly hair, was obsessed with the artifacts she made. Even before she awakened, Aunt said that she was a mechanical nerd from an engineering school. It¡¯s been a while since I met Aunt. It was when I thought so. The man leaned sloppy against the counter and looked over at me with burdensome eyes. ¡®¡­.?¡¯ ¡°What is this hotel, Miss? Is it run by an association? Or is it run by the dungeon management department? Whatever it is, I¡¯m a pretty high-ranking hunter, don¡¯t you know? I don¡¯t need a room. I can just take a break and leave, but you won¡¯t get paid, will you?¡± Oh, I already have a feeling. Judging from the fact that he starts from the beginning, this must be a real guest¡­? With my six years of experience working part-time in a cafe, I was able to find out the truth about my opponent right away. It¡¯s a dangerous job to match the mood of every guest just because it¡¯s a service job. Rather, if you feel that the other person is a bad guest, it is good for your co-workers, yourself, and even the store to deal with it firmly. The truth is that if you are kind to them, they will make worse demands. But I¡¯m using my ¡®Front Desk (C)¡¯ skill now. So, of course, you¡¯ll be kind to a rude guest with a smile, right? I thought about it and opened my mouth. ¡°No, Sir. If you are not staying overnight, you must leave the hotel right away.¡± The next moment, I felt an incredibly cold voice coming out of my mouth. Is this some kind of way to get rid of guests? When I looked in the mirror across from me and saw that my mouth was smiling, but my eyes weren¡¯t, I was surprised inwardly. I thought it would be nice to treat him coldly, but I thought there would be a skill correction in the direction of being kind. Rather, it¡¯s been corrected to become colder. Well. How can you manage a hotel if you are kind to everyone by looking at the front desk? As expected, it¡¯s a good skill. The man was taken aback by my cold demeanor and said as if he was surprised. ¡°T, then how much does it cost per night?¡± ¡°150 Gold, Sir.¡± ¡°I, it¡¯s too expensive¡­! Isn¡¯t this overpriced? And this business, isn¡¯t it ilegal?¡± The man threatened me and took the camera out of his arms. He can¡¯t bring ordinary electronic devices like cell phones into dungeons, so it¡¯s probably a special shooting device. Click! The man took a picture of me without me having to do anything. This is taking my picture without permission! It was when I was dumbfounded and tried to take the camera away from the man. The man turned around and took a picture of the lobby this time. I left the counter and tried to snatch the man¡¯s camera. ¡°If you take pictures of other people¡¯s businesses without permission¡­!¡± At that time, the bellboy who had come down after guiding the guest in room 202 walked towards me. ¡°Why are you like that? Boss?¡± ¡°No, that person took the picture without permission¡­!¡± ¡°Ah¡­ thank you, boss. In this hotel, no matter how many photos you take, all data is deleted when you go outside. You don¡¯t have to worry.¡± Does it impossible to take pictures? That¡¯s good news. If people could take photos or videos of the inside of a hotel today, word would have spread quickly about the hotel and the fact that I have awakened. Even so, that person is annoying. I muttered. ¡°If you take pictures without permission, you have to pay a fine of 10 Gold. Can¡¯t I beat him this way?¡± That moment. The man pressed the camera shutter again. Click. At the same time, a window appeared in front of my eyes. 10G has been deposited as a fine for taking pictures without permission. ¡­? The man looked in my direction. Don¡¯t tell me¡ª. ¡°What. Why 10 Gold¡­!¡± The man panicked and pressed the camera shutter again. Then another window popped up in front of me. 10G has been deposited as a fine for taking pictures without permission. It¡¯s real. A real fine has been paid. From the way the man¡¯s face turned red and blue, it looked like the same window had also opened for him. Actually, I was also taken aback, but I spoke to the man as calmly as possible. ¡°If you are not going to stay overnight, you should leave now, Sir.¡± With skill correction, the smile still didn¡¯t leave my face. Thanks to that, the man looked completely annoyed. * * * Just like that, rooms 201 and 202 of our room were full. I sighed and asked the bellboy as soon as a man named Kang Sangchil entered room 201. ¡°Come to think of it, such true guests will come more often in the future, right? I never thought of that.¡± ¡°Please don¡¯t worry too much. Force is never allowed in a hotel.¡± You can¡¯t use force. Is this also a benefit of a hotel manager class? Anyway, I earned 300G in an instant. I can¡¯t believe the daily sales are around 1 million won. Aren¡¯t I going to get rich soon? It was when I was thinking that. ¡®Make a regular guest!¡¯ Quest ¡ªDesignate VIP guests. (0/1) ¡ªCompletion Reward: EXP 250p / ?? /?? A quest popped up. If it¡¯s a VIP guest, it looks like I need to buy the VIP ticket I saw in the market before to mark it as such. ¡®But the VIP ticket cost 500 gold.¡¯ I can¡¯t believe I have to spend money right away as soon as I say I¡¯m going to be rich. Should I just pass the quest? That thought popped into my head, but I soon stopped. I need EXP points to expand my business, and I need to expand my business to keep running the hotel for a long time while I do YOLO. To be honest, I feel like I¡¯m providing a service that is not worthy of 150G, so I feel a bit guilty¡ª. ¡®¡­Just in case. If I work hard to level up the hotel, I might one day save someone who is in danger of dying in a dungeon like Dad.¡¯ So, for the time being, I¡¯ll have to pay close attention to the guests who come while collecting the money I¡¯m making. To find out which Hunter is suitable to be a regular guest at our hotel. * * * When it was time for dinner, the guest in Room 201, Kang Sangchil, got out of his room faster than anyone else. He asked me in a slightly obedient tone, but still without honorifics. ¡°That¡­ do you have anything to eat?¡± ¡°Cup noodles are available in the cafeteria, Sir.¡± However, I didn¡¯t want to give it away because he rudely took a picture earlier. I said coldly. ¡°It¡¯s 10 Gold each.¡± ¡°What? What kind of cup noodles cost 10 Gold?¡± Kang Sangchil ignored my words as if they were nothing and went to the cafeteria to get a cup of noodles. That was the moment. 10G has been deposited from the sale of ¡®Cup Noodles.¡¯ A window came up before my eyes. ¡°¡­?¡± Kang Sangchil turned his head and looked at me. It seemed like a window popped up in front of him, saying that 10G had been withdrawn. ¡°What kind of rip-off is this¡­! I can¡¯t believe it¡­.¡± It was when Kang Sangchil said annoyedly and inadvertently picked up another cup of noodles. Another window popped up. 10G has been deposited from the sale of ¡®Cup Noodles.¡¯ This time, too, 10G was paid automatically for a cup of noodles. I think I¡¯ll be able to collect 500G in no time. ¡°I spent 200,000 won in 10 seconds!¡± Kang Sangchil¡¯s angry voice was heard. Ugh. That¡¯s right, not a bad guest, just a guest. Chapter 13 Still, Kang Sangchil crawled into the room with a bloated face after eating two cups of noodles, maybe because he bought them and wanted to eat them all. He complained a lot in the process, but, well, it didn¡¯t matter. Because thanks to him, I took a step closer to completing the quest. He took two photos and bought two cups of noodles, which added up to 360G. Is it because shopping at the market is fun? Even though I wanted to spend a lot of money right away to stock up on items, I held back. That¡¯s because I need to buy a VIP ticket. I thought so and looked up at my watch. It¡¯s already 10pm. There have been no more guests since the two guests arrived unexpectedly. As expected, the revolving doors were also stopped. If my prediction is correct, it would mean that no tired hunter is wandering somewhere in the dungeon now. ¡®It might be a relief that our hotel doesn¡¯t have guests¡­.¡¯ I was feeling strange and getting cup noodles for dinner when I remembered something and saw the bellboy. ¡°Does the guest in room 202 not eat?¡± ¡°Ah, I guess so.¡± I suddenly remembered Shim Jiyoon¡¯s face, which was dark. It was an expression that seemed to be psychologically exhausting. ¡°I can¡¯t. I have to go to room service.¡± The bellboy smiled slightly at my words. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°As expected, my boss seems perfect for running a hotel management! The best! The best!¡± What do you mean? I just don¡¯t want to see someone starve. I smacked my lips, poured hot water into one cup of noodles, took a pair of wooden chopsticks, and put them on a tray as pretty as I could. No matter how pretty it was, it wasn¡¯t enough because it was just a cup of noodles. ¡®Life is all about food!¡¯ I went up the stairs with a tray, recalling Dad¡¯s words. *** It was when I stood in front of Room 202. I heard a terrible scream. ¡°No¡­! No! You can¡¯t! Come back¡­! No!¡± What is that? It sounded like a sound was coming from Room 202. When I was perplexed, Kang Sangchil opened the door to Room 201 and walked out, frowning. ¡°She¡¯s been like that since earlier. Hey, Miss. Isn¡¯t the soundproofing too poor for a hotel where you pay 150 gold? Make her quiet!¡± I glared at Kang Sangchil. Should I make it so that he pays 10G every time he breathes? Kang Sangchil cleared his throat, perhaps because he was reading my eyes, and snuck back into room 201. And almost at the same time, the screams from Room 202 stopped. When the screams stopped, I became more anxious and knocked on the door of room 202 urgently. Knock knock. There¡¯s no answer. Knock knock. There was still no answer. Boom boom! There is no answer again this time. I stared at the door to room 202 and then looked at the keyhole below. Perhaps¡ª. I took out the master key that I carried in my pocket. And put it through the keyhole in room 202. Click, click. There was the sound of a key fitting into a hole. I opened the door without delay and went in. Then a brilliant light poured into my eyes from the dark room. I looked at the light. The light was coming out of the curtain. Inside Room 202, it looked like a movie was being shown through the curtains as if a beam projector were shooting somewhere and the curtains were the screen. ¡ªTake this. Think of this as me. And at the bottom of the movie, there were subtitles. In the movie, Shim Jiyoon held out a ring to a man. A blue ring. The man who received it stared at the ring for a moment. Then, with a determined expression, he said. ¡ªWhat a great place to go. It won¡¯t be a big deal. I¡¯ll come back with the entire advanced team. Anyway, this ring¡­do you know this is like a proposal? Shim Jiyoon smiled softly. Smiling, Shim Jiyoon looked like a different person. A different person from the gloomy guest in Room 202, who seemed to live her entire life without ever knowing a smile. In the next scene, the man left Sim Jiyoon and entered the dungeon¡¯s depths with other hunters. Shim Jiyoon looked at his back with anxious eyes. But¡ª. As expected, the man doesn¡¯t come back. The blue ring that Shim Jiyoon gave to the man remained in the dungeon. ¡ª I¡¯m sorry. I wanted to bring his belongings and leave¡­ but due to the sudden attack of the Giant Boar¡­ It was the time when the other members of the raid gave the news to Sim Jiyoon. Jiyoon, who was curled up on the bed, started screaming in terror. That was the scream I heard in the hallway earlier. ¡°No¡­! Come back! Come back. No!¡± I moved closer to Shim Jiyoon, whose expression was distorted in pain. Something was strange. I heard that the projector curtain would definitely make you dream whatever you want. But why does Shim Jiyoon have such a painful dream? Sim Jiyoon¡¯s screams continued for a long time and then stopped. And again, the scene of the courtesy came out on the curtain. Jiyoon, who gives out a blue ring, and a man who accepts it and is happy as if he were proposed to. Ah. Only then did I realize. For Shim Jiyoon, these scenes are painful but also a memory she wants to see, even in her dreams. It¡¯s painful to watch, but it was the memories she wanted to see again and again. That¡¯s why it¡¯s no different from drugs. I distorted my face. I grabbed Shim Jiyoon¡¯s shoulder and shook her because it was hard to watch her suffer from that terrible dream anymore. ¡°Guest! Guest!¡± ¡°Uh-huh¡­!¡± Shim Jiyoon opened her eyes. Sim Jiyoon held my hand with her face covered in tears. I said without shaking off the hand. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I woke you up even though I knew it was rude. I¡¯m afraid the ramen will be soggy¡­.¡± I opened the door, came in, and put the cup noodles on the table. Shim Jiyoon, who saw it, got up from her position. She burst into tears. ¡°Damn it¡­ I¡¯m doomed¡­.¡± Her hair flowed wildly. Shim Jiyoon gently let go of my hand. I bowed my head again and apologized. ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± But Sim Jiyoon continued to cry and say. ¡°No¡­. No. For waking me up¡­.¡± Shim Jiyoon burst into tears. Only then did I recognize some medicine bottles placed by Shim Jiyoon¡¯s bedside. It wasn¡¯t like a healing potion. ¡°Thank you¡­ for waking me up¡­¡± ***** Shim Jiyoon and I sat down in the lobby and started eating the soggy noodles. It was because of the judgment that it was dangerous to leave Shim Jiyoon alone. Even after waking up, Sim Jiyoon cried for a long time before suddenly holding her stomach and muttering. ¡°I¡¯m¡­ hungry¡­ ridiculous.¡± I said with a slight smile. ¡°When my father passed away, I starved for about a day and cried while eating yukgaejang for lunch the next day. Even then, it was so delicious.¡± (t/n: Yukgaejang (???) or spicy beef soup.) Shim Jiyoon took a wooden chopstick and quietly looked at me. She seemed to be thinking about something, but then tried to pick up the cup noodles. ¡°Uh, that¡¯s a hotel service. Service. I mean it¡¯s free.¡± ¡°What? Ah¡­ yes. Thank you.¡± Shim Jiyoon picked up cup noodles. This time, the billing window didn¡¯t appear. I guess it was because I said service. Shim Jiyoon ate all of the noodles in a cup quietly but without stopping. She must have been hungry. As soon as Sim Jiyoon put down the empty cup of noodles, the bellboy offered her a mixed coffee. Shim Jiyoon accepted it and smiled. ¡°Cup ramen and coffee mix? It¡¯s a fantastic calorie bomb. My boyfriend really liked this combination. Sweet and salty.¡± If it¡¯s a boyfriend, is it the man I saw in her dream? I kept silent so as not to make a slip of the tongue. Shim Jiyoon then talked about him for a long time, as though her mouth was relaxed. Sometimes it¡¯s comforting to just listen to someone. Shim Jiyoon and her lover were both B-Class Hunters. The two belonged to the Baekho Guild, and the Baekho Guild involved the two in a Top Dungeon raid. However, at the time of going from the fourth floor to the fifth floor, dangerous creatures were detected in front of the narrow valley topography. If they encounter a large monster in a narrow street, the raid member could be wiped out. Then the guild members formed an advance party and cleared the 5th floor. And she failed to join the advanced team, and only her lover left. And there¡­ ¡°¡­He couldn¡¯t come back. Today, I went to collect the remains of the advance party with the attack team. I made it to the fifth floor, but on the way to find the remains, I got separated from the rest of the team. I couldn¡¯t find the remains, but I could escape with just this ring.¡± Shim Jiyoon showed me the blue ring I had seen earlier. If a B-Class Hunter had split up with her teammates on the 5th floor of the dungeon where someone died, of course, she had to join her teammates right away. But Shim Jiyoon said it hesitantly. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to come back as it was. Honestly, the moment I saw this ring, I wanted to give up everything. But then, suddenly, I saw this hotel sign¡­¡± Shim Jiyoon fiddled with the ring and said, Once again, my guess that those who were mentally or physically trapped could see the hotel was right. But that ring. I pointed at the ring and asked carefully. ¡°Um, if you don¡¯t mind, could you show me that ring for a moment?¡± Shim Jiyoon hesitated at my question before holding out the ring. I carefully took the ring. I checked the inner part of the ring. Then as expected, the word ¡°Mi¡± is clearly engraved. This is the work of Aunt Misoon. Aunt liked to engrave the words ¡°Mi¡± on her early works. ¡®Message Imprint Artifact. It¡¯s not that great, but you can engrave a message with the heart of the person who engraved it.¡¯ ¡®Why would a production artisan make something like that?¡¯ ¡®Do you think I have a mechanical heart? In the end, I think the best machine is one that can show how a person feels.¡¯ ¡°Where did you buy this?¡± ¡°I bought it at the flea market.¡± It looked like it had been at a flea market because it was made before Aunt became famous. I murmured in a low voice. ¡°Memories of the evening, activate.¡± Then a blue light flowed out of the product. Good. As expected, I can activate it now that I am an Awakener. Blue letters began to be engraved on the wall. I tried to activate it just in case, but it was as expected. Shim Jiyoon¡¯s lover may have roughly guessed this production¡¯s purpose, and he imprinted a message here. ¡°T¡­ this¡­¡± Shim Jiyoon¡¯s eyes became round and blurry, and tears began to fill her eyes again. The writing left by Shim Jiyoon¡¯s lover on the wall was this. Be happy, Jiyoon-ah. Be happy. It was that moment. A window appeared before my eyes. You have achieved the ¡®Customer Impressive Service¡¯ achievement. As an achievement reward, 200EXP points are given to level up the hotel! The level of the hotel has been upgraded! Hotel Level: 3¡ú4 Ah. The level goes up faster than I thought. I thought, wiping away my tears. Chapter 14 12. I got a great offer from a guest Would you like to claim your hotel level-up reward? Y/N Fortunately, there were no sudden changes to the hotel¡¯s interior or the addition of facilities inside the hotel in front of Shim Jiyoon. A window popped up as if the system was paying attention, and unlike the last time, it asked if I wanted the reward or not. I decided to accept it a little later and left it for a while so that Shim Jiyoon could cry enough. Shim Jiyoon cried for a long time, then wiped away her tears and asked. ¡°But how did you know this was an artifact made by Hwang Misoon, a craftsman? You even run a hotel in the dungeon, and if you¡¯re the boss¡­ A non-combat type S-Class awakener¡­.¡± What do you mean by S-Class? If you look at the stats, it¡¯s no different from the F-Class. I swallowed those words and replied with a smile. ¡°Anyway, since I run a hotel for hunters, I know the information of various hunters.¡± I just made it up, but it makes sense. Originally, even in games and martial arts novels, when you want to get information, It means that there is a lot of information on travelers¡¯ accommodations. Shim Jiyoon opened her eyes wide at what I said. ¡°Really? How amazing. So, is this run by the government or the Hanwoon Guild?¡± ¡°No. This is my own business.¡± Shim Jiyoon opened her eyes wider and muttered. ¡°So it¡¯s your own business¡­.¡± Why is it easy to understand? After all, isn¡¯t this world already full of people called ¡°Awakeners¡± who have special skills? Anyway, She seemed to feel a little more comfortable after receiving the message from her lover, ¡®Be happy¡¯. Near midnight, Shim Jiyoon returned to room 202, saying she didn¡¯t want to have any more painful dreams. ¡°Now I¡¯m going to sleep with a really happy dream.¡± When I heard that, I decided that leaving Shim Jiyoon alone wouldn¡¯t be a big problem. The bellboy also took Sim Jiyoon, who looked tired, to Room 202, and he probably had the same idea. Soon I was left alone in the lobby. Okay, then¡ª. ¡°Reward received.¡± Now, should I get some level-up¡­? Hotel Facilities: ¡®Cafeteria¡¯ will be upgraded. Skill: The ¡®Front Desk¡¯ levels go up. (C¡úB) Oh, the cafeteria is being upgraded. It was good to hear. The cafeteria changed in a blink of an eye. The signboard, which seemed to be made of cardboard, has been replaced by a marble signboard that is quite stylish. Under the new signboard, the facilities also changed. In the cafeteria, where only the water purifier was alone, a stand that is common in places like cafes has been made. And in it, there is a new two-burner gas stove that can be used with a small refrigerator. I admired it and went inside. ¡°Finally¡­ Finally¡­ If it¡¯s S noodles, I can boil black and eat it!¡± I was thrilled as I looked down at the nickel-silver pot and bag of noodles. From cup noodles to bag noodles. What a great change this is! In addition, I will be able to fill the refrigerator with simple ingredients, so it is possible to add green onion and eggs to the noodles. ¡°It¡¯s going to be delicious.¡± I thought of a shopping list with excitement. Since seafood is cheap in Yeongchun-myeon, I thought it would be delicious to buy a lot of seafood and boil fresh seafood noodles. Besides, the level of the ¡®Front Desk¡¯ is going up. This is also something to look forward to. When I was dealing with Kang Sangchil earlier, I thought this skill, which has a strange name, might be useful. The front desk of a hotel is a department in charge of reservations and sales of rooms. Sometimes, it also plays the role of checking and controlling the strange habits of guests in advance. As the name of such a department is also the name of a skill, it means that if this skill level goes up, my control over the entire hotel may increase. In addition to attaching automatic settlement to small actions as before, new ways may be found to deal with bad guests like Kang Sangchil. ¡®He said that people can¡¯t use force inside the hotel, but to be honest, it¡¯s better to be prepared for bad guests.¡¯ Among the hunters, there are guys called ¡®villains¡¯. ¡°Ohhhh! There¡¯s a refrigerator and a fire in the cafeteria. I¡¯m touched, boss!¡± It was then. The bellboy, who was coming down from the second floor, saw the change in the cafeteria and came running with a moved face. The bellboy was happy and rubbed his cheeks on the marble countertop. He certainly looks like a dog. I said, feeling myself adapting to the appearance before I knew it. ¡°So let¡¯s cook hard and feed the guests. I saw ham, eggs, and toast in the refrigerator. Prepare a brunch menu for tomorrow morning.¡± ¡°Yes, boss! I¡¯ll try my best. By the way, how should I cook eggs? Sunny side up? That¡¯s too much, right? Scrambled? Ah, but would an omelet be better¡ª¡± As expected, the bellboy couldn¡¯t contain his happiness at his new job, and with his flushed face, he thought of 50,000 dishes that could be made with eggs. Of course, my answer was one. ¡°Do it on your own.¡± Let¡¯s sleep first. I was tired after dealing with Kang Sangchil, who was a bad guest, and Shim Jiyoon, who made me nervous in many ways, even though she wasn¡¯t the bad guest. * * * I closed my eyes for a while and it was morning when I opened them again. I went out to the lobby and was surprised. The bellboy woke up early and was making all kinds of egg dishes with a hood on his head and an apron on his waist. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t the boss eat before the guests leave? What kind of egg dish do you like, boss?¡± I couldn¡¯t stop staring at the fluffy, perfectly cooked scrambled eggs, the omelet that looked like water would pour out if I cut it open with a spoon, and the beautiful, perfectly grilled sunny-side-up fries. ¡°Are you really the spirit of the service industry?¡± ¡°Of course. I¡¯m a 21st century customized spirit.¡± ¡°Then I want an omelet and a mixed coffee. I need a mana pool to test my skills today.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± The bellboy answered cheerfully and put an omelet and a cup of mixed coffee in front of me right away. I sliced open the belly of the plump omelet with a knife. Then, a bright yellow egg flowed down in it. I gulped and thought. ¡®Ah¡­ I¡¯m happy¡­¡¯ How can I be so happy? This is how I become a hotel manager who fulfills my own satisfaction, not customer satisfaction. I seasoned the omelet with a little bit of salt and pepper and stuffed the sausage and omelet into one bite. As expected, sausage and omelets for breakfast. I felt that my body and mind were filled with the warm meal that was being chewed in my mouth. I have had little experience eating warm food for breakfast since I was 20 years old. As I lived alone, I ate sandwiches or salads for breakfast before going to work, and the only thing I ate well was kimbap. In the meantime, I always ate breakfast when I went on a staycation with my friends. When that happened, my friends would say this at the breakfast buffet as they looked for warm foods with soup, like seaweed soup. ¡®I miss warm soup because I live alone¡­.¡¯ ¡®Ugh, being able to eat warm food for breakfast and go out without washing dishes is amazing!¡¯ Yeah. That¡¯s the taste of a staycation. With that thought in mind, I asked the bellboy. ¡°Now that we have a fire, shall we add something like soup to our breakfast? When the guest check out today, I¡¯ll come back with a grocery shopping.¡± ¡°Soup is good! Youngchunmyeon is in a season with shrimp right now, boss! It would be nice to boil it with shrimp, tomatoes and vegetables and serve it with biscuits!¡± We can now make food that tastes like food and serve it to our guests. I felt as good as when I put warm food in my mouth. ¡­and the feeling disappeared after about 3 hours. ¡°You want me to go back to the dungeon? Aa, I can¡¯t go out! Check out, I can¡¯t!¡± When Kang Sangchil¡¯s time to check out was up, he started to make noise in the lobby. The spirit of the service industry and my face while activating the ¡®Front Desk¡¯ skill hardened at the same time. Kang Sangchil screamed several times that he couldn¡¯t leave when he was told he had to return to the dungeon he came from. What do you mean by a high-rank Hunter? His face turned white when he was told he was going back to the dungeon, so it was clear he was lying. I tried to persuade Kang Sangchil, who was acting violently, but when he collapsed on the floor, I couldn¡¯t stand it any longer and tried to get him up. It was then. Kang Sangchil¡¯s eyes flashed, and he used a skill. ¡°Fireball!¡± What do you mean fireball? It¡¯s an incredibly weak skill, but it could have been fatal to me, who only had an F-Class body. I closed my eyes tightly. ¡°¡­?¡± But the expected pain didn¡¯t come to me. I opened my eyes. Then I saw Kang Sangchil with a bewildered face. ¡°F, fireball! Fireball!¡± Kang Sangchil shouted a fireball several times. However, only light smoke rose from Kang Sangchil¡¯s hand, not a flame. Of course, I saw a bellboy. Ah, he said people couldn¡¯t use force in the hotel. That¡¯s a relief. Of course, that didn¡¯t mean that this person who dared to use a skill on a person would be forgiven. I glared at Kang Sangchil with a stiff face. Kang Sangchil then shouted at me with a puzzled face. ¡°Do you know who I am? I, I know the president of the association even if I¡¯m not in a high rank! If I tell the association president your name here, I can make you close the business right away!¡± ¡°Haha. I see.¡± Kang Sangchil flinched at my answer. For reference, this answer was my pure answer with 0% skill correction. If I give your name to Uncle Junsu, I think he will put your life on the line, not my business. Kang Sangchil had an expression as if he was cornered when it didn¡¯t work. ¡°Does it make sense to ask me to go back to the dungeon? I saw what keys you had last night. If you open the door with it, you can get out of the dungeon, right? Huh?¡± When did he see it? He has good eyes, too. It was the moment when Kang Sangchil reached into my pocket. I took out the master key from my pocket. And the moment Kang Sangchil saw it and ran toward it with his eyes sparkling, I said like this. ¡°Forced check-out, Room 201.¡± A forced check-out will take place. Guests are released into the original dungeon. Kang Sangchil¡¯s face is distorted. This time, it was clear that a similar window had appeared in front of Kang Sangchil¡¯s eyes. ¡°Oh, wait¡­ wait¡­ Hey there, boss! Are you a reclusive S-class barrier magician¡­? If you¡¯re in S-class, tell me in advance¡­! I spoke well to the president of the association, so to the president¡­!¡± It was the moment Kang Sangchil used proper honorifics for the first time. The revolving door began to spin twice, no, ten times faster than before. It wasn¡¯t just a buzzing sound; it was like a strong wind whipping around the ear. ¡°Boss! I, I was wrong¡­!¡± Kang Sangchil screamed. His body was sucked into the revolving door, which turned rapidly, like dust being sucked into a vacuum cleaner. Kang Sangchil disappeared right in front of my eyes in an instant. Wiing, wiing¡ª. The revolving door returned to its original speed. Oh my. I heard that the skill level went up, so I tried it without much expectation. The power of ¡®Front Desk (B)¡¯ was great. Does the higher grade mean that I can use it over a wider range? I turned my head in surprise. As soon as I turned around like that, I met Shim Jiyoon, who was coming down to the lobby. Shim Jiyoon smiled awkwardly and said. ¡°Uhm¡­ I¡¯ll just go on my own, boss.¡± ¡°Uh¡­ It¡¯s not that¡­¡± I scared the guest in a way that I didn¡¯t expect. And¡­ ¡°By the way, are you really not an S-Class Awakener? Be honest. If you are an S-Class Awakener, I¡¯d like to make a recruitment offer to the Baekho Guild.¡± I received a great offer from a guest. Chapter 15 In the middle of Yeouido, Seoul. The top floor of the Hanwoon Tower, where the Hanwoon Guild is located. Get some fresh air and come back. Don¡¯t stay too long. Han Minhyuk looked at the message with the missing 1 for a long time. ¡°Hmm¡­¡± The Chief of the Dungeon Attack¡¯s face hardened when Han Minhyuk let out a short groan. The Chief of the Dungeon Attack, Choi Kiho. He was an A-Class Hunter and ranked 10th in Korea. In a word, it meant that he was a Hunter in the top 10 in Korea. In the top 10, there was Hwang Misoon, an S-class production class, and a healer, so in terms of combat, it was actually the same as 8th place. He froze in front of the dissatisfied face of Han Minhyuk, the guild leader of the Hanwoon Guild. ¡®He¡¯s a person who doesn¡¯t normally express emotions like that¡­.¡¯ Choi Kiho looked at Han Minhyuk¡¯s expression with an ominous face. Although he is an early hunter who has been active since the catastrophe, he looks like he is in his late 30s at most. Since Han Minhyuk¡¯s S-Class awakening slowed down the aging process, he didn¡¯t have a single wrinkle on his sculpture-like face. Plus, he usually doesn¡¯t show much expression, and his posture is always upright, so he always looks like a picture when sitting¡ª. Today, even Choi Kiho was disturbed as his uncomfortable feelings were revealed on that sculpted face. ¡®As expected, is it because the investigator added useless words?¡¯ Chief Choi was briefing Han Minhyuk on the results of an investigation into the fallout of a new hunter belonging to the Dungeon Attack Team 2. According to the investigator, the new hunter who fell out found a hotel in the dungeon and stayed there for a night. When she came out, she was able to rejoin the raid and returned safely without any major injuries or problems. ¡®¡­Should I have asked for an additional psychological test and then just sorted it out on my own?¡¯ Hunters who ran dungeon raids for the first time sometimes experienced hallucinations or auditory hallucinations in dungeons. It¡¯s the first time she has been to this space where monsters appear, and it¡¯s the first time she has ever killed a creature, so she¡¯s going through something like PTSD due to extreme stress. So, if it¡¯s usually like other guilds, this kind of problem will be solved to the extent of cutting off the Hunter who has fallen out of the line. Carrying a hunter who is vulnerable to stress is risky. But this time, Kang Sojin told the investigator that the reason for the fallout was clearly the team members. In the Hanwoon Guild, there was an internal rule that if a problem like this happened, it would be thoroughly investigated, so reports were sent up to the guild leader line. Well, it wasn¡¯t a bad internal rule. Because of this, the control problem, which was especially bad in the Baekho Guild, never came up in the Hanwoon Guild. ¡®It¡¯s definitely advantageous for bad comments.¡¯ Chief Choi opened his mouth after thinking very realistically. It was because he seemed to be in a bad mood, so he decided to finish the report quickly and leave. ¡°Except for the part in the dungeon where she found a hotel run by an S-Class Healer, I can see the situation in which Dungeon Team 2 deliberately left Kang Sojin behind. Why don¡¯t you send Kang So-jin to another team and watch Kang So-jin¡¯s mental problems a little longer?¡± ¡°A hotel¡­in the dungeon?¡± Han Minhyuk raised his head. Chief Choi tilted his head. ¡°Yes, I just told you?¡± ¡°Ah, sorry. I was thinking about personal matters for a while.¡± He guessed Kang Sojin didn¡¯t make him feel bad. Chief Choi became curious about what ¡°personal problems¡± would be for Hunter Han Minhyuk, who usually distances himself from others close to human hatred while looking at his cell phone. But it is always best not to know what the boss is really thinking. While Chief Choi thought so, Han Minhyuk looked through the investigator¡¯s report brought by Chief Choi. She found a hotel with a purple sign in Dungeon. She can¡¯t remember the exact name of the hotel, but it had a revolving door, and when she went inside, she saw the boss, an S-Class Healer, and a handsome bellboy¡ª? The only S-Class Healer is Yoojun, who is currently in Baekho, but there is no way he will heal the hunters for only 1.5 million won in the dungeon. And Kang Sojin said that the S-Class Healer she met was a woman. Han Minhyuk pondered for a moment and then raised his head. ¡°¡­It would be good to conduct an additional psychological test.¡± ¡°Yes, then, at the same time, Kang Sojin is on the Dungeon Team 3¡­.¡± ¡°No, move her to Dungeon Team 5.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± A question mark appeared on Chief Choi¡¯s face. He thought that it would be better to watch Kang Sojin¡¯s mentality because Team 3 had fewer raids than Dungeon Team 2, but Dungeon Team 5¡ª. ¡°Isn¡¯t Dungeon Team 5 a new team formed by Hunter Han Woohyun? I thought you would put at least B-Class or higher?¡± In response to Chief Choi¡¯s question, Han Minhyuk picked up another file folder from the bottom of the report. It was Kang Sojin¡¯s physical examination data file. Han Minhyuk said, pointing his finger at some places in the data file. ¡°During the month of joining the company, Kang Sojin¡¯s follow-up stat increased by a total of 2. It¡¯s the part that looks like a growth-type Hunter. But wasn¡¯t Dungeon Team 2 the worst performer last quarter? If the reason for the team¡¯s poor performance is poor teamwork enough to leave the fallen team members behind, then it¡¯s roughly explained. It¡¯s a waste to rot Kang Sojin in such a place. If you¡¯re a growing hunter who came back intact after two days of falling out, isn¡¯t that enough reason to join Dungeon Team 5?¡± Chief Choi nodded at Han Minhyuk¡¯s clean and neat instructions. Come to think of it, yes. Except for the part about the hotel, Kang Sojin is the Hunter who endured in the Dungeon for two days alone. ¡®Indeed¡­ I think it¡¯s okay to put it to Han Woohyun.¡¯ Chief Choi said goodbye and left Han Minhyuk¡¯s room. Han Minhyuk, who was left alone, pondered for a while and looked at the message screen. Eat meal? Han Minhyuk erased the message he had written. Don¡¯t get cold? Neither is this. Just as Han Minhyuk was thinking about it, a new notification popped up. Kim Junsu. (Picture) It was a message from the president of the association, Kim Junsu. Han Minhyuk crumpled his face. He didn¡¯t really want to read it because he¡¯s a troublesome guy. But a picture¡ª. Han Minhyuk pressed the message. Then, a group chat room with the childish name [SSS-Class Junghyo Fan Club] popped up. The naming was, of course, Kim Junsu¡¯s work. Kim Junsu. (Picture) ?? I had a video call with Junghyo! The face looked good. (Crying emoticon) ?? Semyung said that it was his dream to live on the beach with Junghyo. What kind of hotel is she doing in Yeongchun-si to make that happen? Hwang Misoon Junsu-ya. It¡¯s Yeongchun-myeon, not Yeongchun-si, and the spelling is wrong. Still, it¡¯s a relief. I was very worried. Let¡¯s go to Junghyo sometimes. I made a lot of things that ordinary people can use to give to Junghyo.^^ When shall we go? Han Minhyuk frowns when he looks at the video call of Junghyo that Kim Junsu posted. She had a video call with Kim Junsu. ¡®¡­.¡¯ Han Minhyuk sent a chat for the first time in that group chat room. This weekend. The chat room exploded. * * * ¡°Uhm¡­ I refuse.¡± I answered Shim Jiyoon without thinking for a long time. ¡°Yes? But I haven¡¯t even offered the salary or conditions yet? I¡¯ll have to talk to the guild once, but I¡¯m sure they¡¯ll offer a huge amount. If there is any way that our guild and the hotel can make an agreement¡ª¡± Agreement. With that word, I briefly stopped thinking about Shim Jiyoon as a potential VIP member candidate last night. Shim Jiyoon. I realized the identity of the strange sense of deja vu that I felt from the name. Doesn¡¯t that face and dark skin remind you of someone? I did think about it. It was also concerning that Shim Jiyoon¡¯s lover, who is in the same B-Class, could participate in the dungeon advance team on the fifth floor, but Shim Jiyoon couldn¡¯t. The reason is¡ª. ¡®It¡¯s probably because Shim Jiyoon is the youngest daughter of Baekho guild leader Shim Taeseong.¡¯ I remembered what Uncle Junsu said. ¡®In the Baekho Guild, the only thing that is kind is Shim Jiyoon, the youngest daughter of the guild leader.¡¯ Yeah. I knew that the name of the youngest daughter of the Baekho Guild leader was Shim Jiyoon. I didn¡¯t think it was possible when I first heard the name, but when I found out it was Shim Jiyoon from Baekho Guild, it became clear, especially since she is offering to recruit me now. That woman is the youngest daughter of the guild leader of the Baekho Guild. However, it didn¡¯t matter. Because I have no intention of joining Baekho¡¯s guild. There was such a thing because the Baekho Guild was known for telling Hunters to go on dangerous raids and giving labor-hunting jobs to lower-level Hunters. But that reason isn¡¯t really a big deal to me. That would be the case, too, I am a non-combat awakener, and not only Baekho guild, but any other guild, the treatment of high-rank non-combat guilds is good. From my stat, my grade is hidden, but it¡¯s not a good thing¡ªwell. Because of my class, which is all about serving guests at the hotel, the Baekho Guild couldn¡¯t force me very much to sign a contract with the Baekho Guild. A class that provides a rest area in Dungeon would pay a lot of money. But¡ª. ¡°¡­I¡¯m going to be super busy instead of giving me a lot of money, right?¡± ¡°What?¡± Shim Jiyoon looked embarrassed. I said with a gentle smile. ¡°And it might make only Baekho Guild people enter and exit the hotel.¡± ¡°T, that¡¯s¡­¡± Shim Jiyoon looked like she hadn¡¯t thought of that before. However, the thought, ¡°It might be the case if it was my father,¡± was fully revealed in her expression. Uncle Junsu said that Shim Taeseong¡¯s personality was no joke. I shook my head and said. ¡°Because YOLO is my dream. I am here because I need a break, and I like to make money while giving others a break¡­ it¡¯s not good to use it for the benefit of a specific guild.¡± In the part about ¡®the benefit of a specific guild,¡¯ Shim Jiyoon slightly blushed as if she was embarrassed. ¡°What do you mean¡­ I think I know. I didn¡¯t think that far.¡± I could understand why Uncle Junsu said Shim Jiyoon was the most kind in the Baekho Guild. Shim Jiyoon hesitated for a moment and said, ¡°Then to see the boss again¡­¡± ¡°¡­Of course you can¡¯t see me again. But you can if you are in a situation where you desperately need a rest.¡± Shim Jiyoon nodded her head. She took the 202 key out of her pocket and held it up. ¡°Do you want to check out?¡± ¡°Yes. As you said, I think I took enough rest. I¡¯ve forgotten for a long time that I sometimes need a break to be happy.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not easy. Life is about taking a rest.¡± Shim Jiyoon smiled slightly. ¡°That¡¯s right. I wanted to force the power button off because it was hard¡­Missing someone or raiding dungeons, I¡¯ll take a break from time to time.¡± Saying that you need a break to miss someone. I greatly sympathized. Because I also had that experience. Just like the body, the mind is bound to get tired if you keep using it. I reached out for the 202 key that Shim Jiyoon held out. Room 202 has been checked out. Shim Jiyoon looked at the empty space as if looking through the same window, then bowed her head and greeted me. The revolving door started turning again. I asked, looking at the revolving door with a little concern. ¡°It¡¯s the 5th floor of the dungeon, are you sure you¡¯ll be okay?¡± I fiddled with the master key in my hand. In fact, yesterday before going to bed, I had asked the bellboy if there was any way to take Shim Jiyoon out with the master key. ¡®Only VIP designated guests are possible.¡¯ That¡¯s why I was thinking about designating Shim Jiyoon as a VIP guest¡ª. At that time, Shim Jiyoon answered with a bright face. ¡°Yes. Actually, I have an amazing Artifact. I didn¡¯t even take it out of the inventory with the thought of dying, but I don¡¯t want to die anymore, so I have to prepare for it and somehow survive to get out.¡± Aah, it was a waste of time to worry about it. As expected, the daughter of a chaebol guild family was a different class. Chapter 16 ¡°By the way, can you refrain from reporting the hotel to the guild leader?¡± Shim Jiyoon flinched at my words. ¡°Yes? I, I¡­ I¡¯m just a hunter who never runs into the guild leader.¡± Shim Jiyoon, it seems that she¡¯s not good at acting. I nodded and said. ¡°Still, I would appreciate it if you could refrain from saying anything.¡± ¡°Because you¡¯re an S-Class producer?¡± S-Class producer? What on earth? Not a healer or a barrier magician? I was a little surprised that Shim Jiyoon didn¡¯t see my line as healing but as a production. ¡°I thought you made a contract with a competent spirit to make various items at the hotel, isn¡¯t it?¡± Shim Jiyoon tilted her head. Ah, that¡¯s why she offered me a recruitment offer. She thought the hotel was some kind of item. Hoho, that¡¯s not it¡ª! My class is Hotel Manager, and my rank is Hidden. But I can¡¯t say this. There was nothing I could do. This time, I just smiled silently and turned around. ¡°I hope the rest of your journey goes smoothly, Hunter.¡± ¡°From projector curtains to mana potions. This place was truly mystical, Master. If I get a chance later, I really want to see other items from Master.¡± ¡°I think it would be better for you to visit Master Hwang Misoon rather than me.¡± I said, pricked by my conscience. Shim Jiyoon, on the other hand, left through the revolving door with a look that seemed to say I was too humble. ¡°Something¡­ I feel like a scammer¡­.¡± It was when I mumbled. The bellboy next to me excitedly shook me. ¡°Boss! Let¡¯s go grocery shopping. New menu development! Breakfast service! The best!¡± He likes to work more than me, the boss. That¡¯s strange. * * * As the bellboy said, we went to the grocery store together. I was thinking of going to the local supermarket or going out by car and looking for seafood near the port, but the youth president I ran into said that the five-day market was open, so I hurriedly followed. What do you mean five-day market? Well¡ª Isn¡¯t that a word I only see in social studies textbooks? I took the Byeolcheon 01 village bus, which only comes once an hour, with the youth president, who was excited that the five-day market would open. Just in case, I put a leash on the bellboy and held it tightly to my chest. Still, it was a time when I was nervous because I was afraid they would say no to dogs on the bus. Inside the village bus, the head of the village and the woman association¡¯s chief shook hands. ¡°Oh, Youngchun-jang is here.¡± Ah. For reference, my name has been fixed as Yeongchun-jang since the merchant association. It seems to be an abbreviation for the Yeongchun Inn owner. I don¡¯t understand. Anyway, it¡¯s a good thing because it¡¯s better than being called a lady, a young wife, or something similar. When I asked the youth president about this, he said that if you look down on a young woman in the countryside, you will be in the news. (t/n: I don¡¯t really get this part;;) It was amazing. All of those words don¡¯t mean anything, whether they¡¯re about the country ignoring young women or the city being more free. Even when I was at the company I left, my name was Miss Lee. At that time, social life was like this, and I thought I was suffering alone because I didn¡¯t know anything yet, but it wasn¡¯t. It¡¯s just the company is shit¡ª. It was a great comfort to me that there are decent places in the world where rudeness is not a custom. It¡¯s not just that I couldn¡¯t stand it because I was weak. Anyway. I was able to get on the bus with the bell boy, thanks to the presence of the head of the village and the women association¡¯s chief. ¡°Phew¡­¡± I said to the bellboy in my mind. ¡®Still, you can¡¯t bark just in case.¡¯ ¡°Kngg¡­(Boss, I¡¯m not really a dog.).¡± Oops. That¡¯s right. ¡°Sit down. I baked some Gaetteok. Try it.¡± (T/n: Gaetteok (??) is an easy rice cake made with fragrant green herbs. It¡¯s more rustic than fancy and more aromatic than sweet.) ¡°Oh, thank you.¡± I sat near the head of the village, the women association¡¯s chief, and the hair salon owner I met at the merchant¡¯s association. ¡®I know everyone¡¯s faces.¡¯ It was amazing. Just a few weeks ago, I was going to work with a smile and a sandwich in my hand. Now, I¡¯m on a village bus with a view of the sea out the window, and I¡¯m eating a piece of Gaetteok and a Sujeonggwa. I secretly fed the Bellboy Gaetteok and Sujeonggwa while looking out the window when people weren¡¯t looking, fearing that they would say that I feed dogs human food. The fishy smell of the sea came through the gap in the open windows. Hmm¡­ It¡¯s a good smell. I should try sashimi today. Come to think of it, I haven¡¯t had sashimi since I moved to the seaside village. It was then. KaTalk! A cheerful message notification rang out. I pulled out my phone. In the hotel, as in the dungeon, the phone didn¡¯t work, so I was recently experiencing an unexpected digital detox. Section Chief baby Junghyo-ssi, how are you? It¡¯s no other than Junghyo-ssi¡¯s replacement¡­ Oh my. However, the message I saw after a long time came from the manager of the former company. I entered the app to leave the chat room to stop reading. Then I saw a lot of unread messages. Advertising messages were 50%, and Uncle Junsu¡¯s and the twins¡¯ messages comprised 40% of the remaining 50%. 16 Uncle Junsu. 91 Twins. Well. I¡¯m not going to read this, either. I contacted him yesterday, so it¡¯s going to be okay¡ª-. There is also Aunt Misoon¡¯s message. Aunt Misoon We¡¯re going down this weekend. Can we reserve a room? Huh¡­? What do you mean by ¡®us¡¯¡­? The Hunters of ¡®Baby.Jung.Fan¡¯, a company that is difficult to name because it is embarrassing? That means Uncle Minhyuk is coming too. I thought of Kang Sojin, who passed through the Yeongchun Hotel. Maybe she told Uncle too? Ha¡­I want to postpone it somehow. I urgently sent a message to Aunt Misoon. I¡¯m sorry, but my friends are making reservations for this weekend. How about coming next weekend? Aunt Misoon didn¡¯t read it. I had to wait a day to get an answer from Aunt, who was locked in a workshop in Jongno and didn¡¯t look at her phone for days. Please tell me you have an appointment next weekend! Please! Even if it¡¯s not that, it¡¯s a relief to postpone it even for a week. At that time, seeing me like that, a bellboy in the form of a dog¡­ eating a lot of Gaetteok said. ¡°Kiyuung¡­ Kiyung¡­ (If I look closely, the boss doesn¡¯t seem to have a lot of friends.).¡± What¡­? You¡¯re also a bellboy with only me as a friend. ¡°Kyung¡­(I have a friend too. You will see it soon?)¡± What are you talking about? ¡°Kiiing¡­ (The boss is very kind to the guests, but when you leaves the hotel, your friendliness goes to zero.).¡± I often heard such stories from my friends when I was working part-time at a cafe. It¡¯s amazing that I¡¯ve been working part-time at a cafe for six years without even contacting my friends. In fact, there were times when I felt much more comfortable with a customer who stopped by to get an Americano on the way to work or a customer who picked up a few pastries on the way home from work than with a close friend. My kindness to them was within limits. Because in that limited kindness, I can¡¯t hurt or receive anyone. I skimmed through the rest of the messages except for the advertising ones. Other than my Uncle and Aunt, the only person I knew was a college classmate I met when we went on a vacation together. Friend¡ª. Now that I have left Seoul, if I don¡¯t force you to contact me, my friend, who I didn¡¯t have much, will disappear, right? Shall I get in touch with an old high school classmate with whom I am quite close now? I put a big heart and searched for contact information. **** Kang Sojin stood in front of the Hanwoon Guild Dungeon Team 5 team leader, restless. Dungeon Team 5! Kang Sojin was surprised to receive a call this morning. In fact, after telling the investigator all the difficulties in Dungeon Team 2 over the past month, including what happened at the ¡°Hotel,¡± she received a text message close to intimidation from the team leader. Thanks to this, Kang Sojin was able to finish the interview with her investigator, and as soon as she got home, she used her laptop to read the articles on Hunting Planet, a website that has a lot of information about hunter work. She was trying to find out if there was a new guild she could join. And as the hotel owner said, there were quite a few guilds to find class C Hunters like her. Of course, the basic salary was a little low, but she read in a review that if she worked hard, she could earn as much as a large guild. Yeah. Then, should I put a job application form in just one place¡ª. Should I¡ª. She had a lot of worries during the night, but as soon as morning came, she got a text message telling her she was on Dungeon Team 5. Han Woohyun has been transferred here and has been assigned to a new team. This was some sort of promotion. Finally, the Hanwoon Guild recognizes talented people! Kang Sojin went to work after recharging the confidence she gained from the hotel run by an S-Class healer who is unknown whether it is a mirage or an illusion. And¡ª. ¡°Are you new?¡± As soon as she saw the man, she was frozen. Han Woohyun. 1st in South Korea and 14th in the world. He was known for clearing an S-Class dungeon solo; in fact, he was a man rumored to be an out-of-class, or EX-Class. Dark skin, clear features, mysterious brown eyes. ¡®¡­There was no word in the internet community that he was this handsome!¡¯ Although she felt like she was looking at a rock. Even in the same guild, few people saw Han Woohyun in real life. Perhaps because of the malicious family-related scandal a year ago, Han Woohyun¡¯s photos were also taken down from the portal. That¡¯s why Kang Sojin vaguely thought that man had a rough face. However, unlike his stone-like body, she didn¡¯t know he would have such a neat boyish beauty on his face. ¡°Yes. I am new.¡± Somehow, it was a face suitable for an actor, not a hunter, but even with that face, it was Han Woohyun, an S-Class Hunter and the strongest man in Korea. Kang Sojin responded by getting more disciplined. Han Woohyun, who was watching this, frowned. Somehow¡­did she make a mistake? When Kang Sojin thought so, Han Woohyun said. ¡°This is not an army.¡± At Han Woohyun¡¯s words, Kang Sojin finally realized that she naturally put her hands behind her back. A habit I did in Team 2 without even realizing it. Kang Sojin quietly loosened her hands and looked at Han Woohyun. Isn¡¯t the atmosphere of Dungeon Team 5 like this? But without further explanation, she turned her head and shifted her gaze to her cell phone. ¡°Two days later, there is an S-Class dungeon raid.¡± It was a quick takeover move. Kang Sojin was distracted by her actions, which were completely different from the team leader of Team 2, who usually wasted time with all sorts of small talk. ¡°Originally, it was scheduled for a month later, but the Dungeon Break risk has risen steeper than expected, so a support request came from the association. I will send you related materials, so check it out.¡± ¡°Yes? Ah, yes!¡± The answer was cool, but Kang Sojin¡¯s fingers were trembling slightly. S-Class dungeon¡­?¡± She thought it was a promotion, but they pushed her to death! However, if it¡¯s an S-Class Dungeon, team leader Han Woohyun can go around alone, and if she clears such a place, there are cases where the D-Class itself goes up as a reward. Between fear and greed, Kang Sojin¡¯s fingers press the data related to the S-Class dungeon in Buryong City delivered through the company messenger¡ªInstead, it suppressed popular articles on Hunting Planet. It was because she usually opened the multi-window frequently. Kang Sojin panicked and tried to turn off the window. But then, something caught Kang Sojin¡¯s attention. A summary of the madman¡¯s post that he saw a hotel in Dungeon posted on Hunter¡¯s bulletin board today. jpg Unconsciously, she clicked on the title, and a photo made from the post on the Hunter bulletin board came up. F*ck, in the dungeon, I¡¯m going to go to the hotel where the S-Class barrier magician is doing. Everyone, come in. ¡­.? Chapter 17 NEW! ??, I will tell the story of going to the hotel where an S-Class barrier magician was staying. Everyone, come in. Author: Aclass (Picture) I¡¯m at Hunter¡¯s Hospital. I really almost died. I¡¯m an A-Class Hunter, but I almost lost it while going solo in an A-Class dungeon. But suddenly, I see a purple light. When I got closer, there was also a revolving door? The hotel name¡­I don¡¯t remember what it was, but anyway, there was a pretty boss and a foreign bellboy. She was going to overcharge me, but I let her off because she¡¯s pretty. Monsters can¡¯t enter it, and there are warm food and beds. Think about it. There¡¯s a bed in the dungeon, which really brought tears to my eyes¡ª. ¨C Hunter 24: This b*stard is all lie about being A-Class. Be careful with clickbait. ¨C Baekho is the No.1 in my heart: This b*stard from A-Class is here too. ¨C ????: Wow, it¡¯s a new type of clickbait. You¡¯re really writing a novel. Write a web novel with this subject. Stop writing on Hunting Planet. -??: ???? he said he went around the A-Class dungeon solo. He must have thought he was Han Woohyun. ¨C gjsxjspt: Han Woohyun also went solo as an S-Class is also Baekho Guild media play. -KSJ: There is no S-class barrier magician in Korea. You don¡¯t even have to lie. Kang Sangchil was in a rage as he lay in Hunter¡¯s hospital room reading only the comments on the Hunter board. He later recreated the posts on the Hunter board and read all the comments on other sites. ¡°Damn it! It doesn¡¯t matter if I¡¯m A-Class or not! I really saw it. A hotel run by an S-Class barrier magician!¡± Of course, Kang Sangchil wasn¡¯t an A-Class. He was a D-Class Hunter. Still, he had some money at home, so he got a full set of items and imitated A-Class, riding the bus of high-level hunters. But that was the case. The large guilds Kang Sangchil wanted didn¡¯t find Kang Sangchil, and Kang Sangchil often screwed up in small and medium-sized guilds that accepted him. All Kang Sangchil wanted to do was spend his own money to take a high-rank Hunter with him and enjoy the feeling of being a high-rank Hunter. It was never worth the money. So even yesterday, Kang Sangchil took a B-Class Hunter into the C-Class dungeon. ¡°Kiieeeek!¡± The problem started when Kang Sangchil completely freaked out when the C-Class monster Chimera suddenly appeared. ¡°Hey, kill it quickly! hurry!¡± At Kang Sangchil¡¯s commanding tone, the B-Class Hunter¡¯s eyes turned around for a moment. ¡°Kill it¡­? You do it. Just do it all. It¡¯s a D-Class subject¡­ Damn it. You¡¯re talking a lot, X.¡± This X, Daemyung Guild said he was a B-Class Hunter who was expelled because he had a dirty personality, and it must have been real. ¡°Hey, you X. Do you think my mother will leave you alone if I can¡¯t get out of here? My mother is acquainted with the president of the association!¡± The word acquaintance wasn¡¯t entirely wrong. Sangchil¡¯s mother had seen the president of the association. He¡¯s the cousin of the maternal family. She ran into him at a wedding hall, and she had been making a fuss about how he was a handsome middle-aged man for a while after she got home. After that day, Sangchil liked to show off his personal connections with the president of the association. It didn¡¯t matter if anyone believed or not. If the other side got mad and yelled at him, Sangchil would try to make them jealous and explain that he was like that. But this time, it was a little different. The B-Class Hunter didn¡¯t respond at all to Kang Sangchil¡¯s bluff. On the contrary, he just sat there and watched Kang Sangchil run away, being chased by the Chimera. ¡°Damn it¡­! How much did I pay!¡± Sangchil ran away from the Chimera with tears and a runny nose. He could also hear the faint laughter of the B-Class Hunter. How long did he run away like that? He will die at this rate. It was when Sangchil was driven to a dead end thinking so. A purple sign appeared in front of Sangchil¡¯s eyes. Wing wing¡ª. A revolving door also appeared. It didn¡¯t matter if what he was seeing was an illusion. Sangchil jumped right in. And there he met an S-Class barrier magician with cat-like eyes. Not only is it impossible for monsters to get through her barrier, but she also has complete control over humans who enter it. Even Sangchil¡¯s Fireball skill, which cost him tens of millions of won, didn¡¯t work inside the barrier. No, it wasn¡¯t to the point where it didn¡¯t work. The skill wasn¡¯t even activated. It was as if someone completely dominated the space and suppressed his mana. Should he say it was like the hand of God? And the look on the woman¡¯s face when Kang Sangchil quickly got on his knees to beg was so creepy that it still gives him chills to think about it now. When she smiled, he thought she was a civil servant belonging to the Dungeon Management Department or the Hunter Association. But when she erased her expression from her face, she radiated a fearsome aura. He once saw an interview with Han Minhyuk, the head of the Hanwoon guild, in which a B-Class monster would die just by brushing up against him. The aura described in that article was similar to what he saw. Sangchil trembled when he thought of how cool the woman was. Coming out of the bathroom, Sangchil¡¯s mother shouted at Sangchil, who was on his cellphone. ¡°Are you still on your cell phone?! What did you hear your father say? He said he¡¯d block small payments on your credit card, account, and cell phone, right? Sell all the items!¡± When Sangchil heard those words, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. ¡°Ah, Mom¡­!¡± ¡°You asked for a chance, so I spent a lot of money to send a raid, and what hotel¡­? What hotel did you spend 1.9 million won on? Do you know how surprised both your father and I were?¡± Sangchil¡¯s mother slapped Sangchil¡¯s back, who was rescued after being found by other raid members in the center of the C-Class dungeon. Sangchil screamed when he was hit on the back. ¡°Not in hotel, but you¡¯re almost die in Dungeon? Really! The hotel I was in is where an S-Class barrier magician work!¡± ¡°What is an S-Class barrier magician? Your father and I searched for it. They say there is no S-class barrier magician! They say there are only A-Class barrier magicians in Korea! Oh my¡­I can¡¯t live because of you. How do you get rid of your lying habit?¡± ¡°Why are Mom blaming me after you gave birth to me like this!¡± Since then, the hospital room has been turned upside down. * * * Choi Minji (Excited emoticon) Wow, awesome. Who is this? This is Lee Junghyo, a rare Pokemon~~~ I¡¯m sure you¡¯re ¡®I¡¯, right? Uhm¡­ What is this? Choi Minji Wow, you don¡¯t even know MBTI. That¡¯s awesome. Where are you living in exile? After a long time without talking to my classmate on KakaoTalk, I sent her a picture of the sea as seen from the entrance to the 5-day market. (Picture) I quit my job and came down to the countryside. Choi Minji Amazing! Are you really in exile?! When I go to the reunion, I have to tell the kids. Oh right. Reunion. I was wondering if I should contact you or not¡­ As the conversation grew longer, my desire to get back in touch with an old friend with whom I had lost touch slowly faded. I slowly began to focus on the five-day field, increasing the reply term. ¡°Natural blue crab costs 20,000 won per kilogram!¡± It¡¯s hard to estimate the price accurately, but it¡¯s definitely cheaper than Seoul. At the five-day market stalls and rushed around to look at the fat webfoot octopuses, clams, blue crabs, and prawns. I decided to save money until I had enough to buy VIP tickets, which would cost 500G, but my account had already contained the money I exchanged for 100G on the first day. For the time being, I planned to invest the money in developing a breakfast menu made with fresh seafood. ¡®Cooking is, of course, yours.¡¯ ¡°Woof woof! (Trust me and leave it to me, boss!).¡± The retriever barked happily and circled in place. I patted him on the head. ¡°Hey, Yeongchun-jang! Have a glass of soju with cold raw fish soup!¡± Then, the chief of the women¡¯s association waved at me. Gulp. When I heard the words ¡°Soju¡± and ¡°cold raw fish soup,¡± I couldn¡¯t help but drool. ¡°Would it be okay to have just one drink?¡± ¡°Woof! (Boss, something has changed in your eyes!).¡± Ssh. Be quiet. I told the bellboy to be quiet, and then I went quickly under the sign that said ¡°Byeolcheon Fishery.¡± ¡­Later, the bellboy said it was my last normal appearance. * * * ¡°Uh¡­! This is the best!¡± The next morning, I felt happy as I ate the seafood jjamppong the bellboy had made. Fresh seasonal blue crabs and shrimp seemed to purify the stomach. ¡°I thought I was going to die, really¡­.¡± Originally, I was on the strong side of drinking, but I couldn¡¯t beat the chief of the women¡¯s association and the head of the village, who were much better than me. ¡°Why on earth do you enjoy such pain, boss¡­!¡± ¡°Only adults can feel the taste of alcohol.¡± As I said so, I grabbed my stomach and looked at the window that came up in front of me. It was a window that said the hotel would open in about 5 hours. I just thought that my hangover would go away by the afternoon. It¡¯s strange. I feel like the system checks my condition and schedules hotel business hours at the right time. I don¡¯t know for sure yet, so I¡¯ll wait and see. Then I drank a cup of mixed coffee from the bellboy and lay down for a while. After a lot of rolling around, my headache went away a little bit. I left the staff accommodation and went up to the second floor with the bellboy. It was time to clean rooms 201, 202, and 303. ¡°Housekeeping!¡± Now, I excitedly cleaned up and shouted the name of the skill that didn¡¯t feel embarrassing at all. Cleaning is so simple. It¡¯s such a good skill. The dirtiest room was, of course, Room 201, which Kang Sangchil used. I don¡¯t know what the hell he did, but the bed sheets were all over the floor, and the bathroom was in poor condition. ¡°Housekeeping!¡± Even so, I can clean without lifting a finger if I use the skill. Is it because the level went up or because I had mixed coffee before? It didn¡¯t feel that difficult even after cleaning the three rooms instantly. I definitely have good-level feet. As expected, should I raise my stamina with the remaining stats? It was when I thought that and took out my cell phone to take a picture of the view from clean room 303. A new KakaoTalk notification popped up. Choi Minji Then I¡¯ll see you at the end of the month. Everyone will like it when you say you¡¯re going to the reunion. I¡¯m going to brag about your neighborhood~ ¡­? What did I do after drinking yesterday? I urgently opened the KakaoTalk app. Then, right below the KakaoTalk room with Choi Minji, I saw Aunt Misoon¡¯s new KakaoTalk. Aunt Misoon See you next weekend. Then. Please book three scenic rooms! I had two appointments¡ª. I touched my temples feeling the hangover that had gone away come back again. Then the bellboy asked anxiously. ¡°Is something wrong?¡± ¡°Yes¡­ there is¡­ The appointment¡­ I¡¯m caught¡­ I need to meet someone¡­¡± The bellboy tilted his head at my words. ¡°Why? I think it¡¯s going to be so much fun!¡± ¡°It¡¯s not fun. An appointment to meet a lot of people.¡± And it¡¯s even more of a problem that one of those appointments is with members of the SSS-Class Junghyo fan club. All three of them are S-Class hunters! Why are there 3 S-Class Hunters gathered around me, of which there are only 5 in Korea? Chapter 18 ¡°You don¡¯t enjoy meeting people, so how do you have such a good conversation with new guests?¡± ¡°Huh? Because it¡¯s a guest?¡± I don¡¯t care if it¡¯s a business. ¡°What¡¯s the difference between that¡­?¡± The bellboy tilted his head and dragged out a cart the size of his body. Anyway, with this, I got two appointments this month alone. But what has already happened can¡¯t be helped. If I tell them they can¡¯t get a reservation right now, my favorite fans might be suspicious, and Uncle Junsu might send someone else or come check out the site himself(!). And what would happen if I were in business then? What about the class reunion¡ª. Actually, I¡¯m not that worried. All I have to do is go that week and say that I won¡¯t be able to go up because there are too many reservations. If anything, I can go to Seoul and participate in the reunion. It¡¯s not a big deal. I just need to drink quietly among my friends. I thought so and soon started the business. But¡ª. ¡°Why¡­there is no guest coming¡­?¡± The bellboy gave me some abalone risotto, which I ate with a murmur. The risotto, which was boiled down with basil and a little cream in the springy seasonal abalone, was fantastic. It was definitely a good dish that would cost about 20,000 won per plate if sold in Seoul. However, I couldn¡¯t erase my grim expression even in the face of such a dish. I also bought this abalone at a fairly expensive price to offer it for free for breakfast and sell it for a certain amount for lunch and dinner. This bouncy feeling of abalone will disappear after a day. I wished I could serve this delicious food to my guests when it was at its freshest¡ª. ¡°Why aren¡¯t there any guests¡­.¡± It¡¯s been 6 hours since we opened. However, the revolving door leading to the dungeon has yet to move. Surely up until now, guests came in the first 10 minutes after the business opened, right? So, of course, I thought it was a mechanism for guests to come right away when the business opened. ¡®Was the opening of the business and the visit of the guests different?¡¯ I had a chilly feeling. That meant that there could be days when sales could easily exceed 3 million won per business day and days when it was empty. Why didn¡¯t I expect this? Isn¡¯t that the hardship that every business goes through? When compared to days when sales are good, sales on days when sales are not good can drop. Now, I¡¯m no longer an office worker. No matter how well the company runs, the amount of money recorded in the monthly bank account is different from the days when it was constant. When I thought about it, I suddenly lost my appetite. The bellboy, who had a happy expression just while he was cooking the hot risotto, said sullenly when I put down the spoon with which I was eating. ¡°D, do you not like the food? You barely ate¡­.¡± Then I looked down at my plate. It¡¯s been a while since I started eating, but it hasn¡¯t decreased by half. The bellboy took a bite of his portion and muttered something while tilting his head. ¡°Is the seasoning not that good? Wait. I¡¯ll throw this away and make a new one¡­!¡± Throw it away? What do you mean by throwing it away? This expensive abalone? ¡°Uh, no. It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s delicious. If you¡¯re going to throw it away, give it to me!¡± I hurriedly grabbed the plate the bellboy was about to take. The bellboy brightened up again at my words. I quickly stuck my nose in the plate and started eating abalone risotto. The food was absolutely delicious. Only then did I start to really enjoy the taste of the basil abalone risotto that melted in my mouth. The taste of basil, abalone, and cream blended well with each grain of rice bursting in my mouth. Yeah. As long as it¡¯s delicious. I wanted to live in a quiet cafe at first, right? ¡®Hmm¡­ But how much balance do I have left in my bank account?¡¯ I tried to turn on my cellphone under the table, feeling secretly concerned with reality. However, the hotel has already opened, so the cell phone is dead. I stuffed my cell phone back into my pocket. I¡¯m sure it¡¯ll be okay. Well. I¡¯ve earned much more money than I expected in the past few days. If I receive only one or two teams a month like this, it won¡¯t be a problem for me to make a living, right? I tried to ignore the existence of the abalone in the refrigerator and comforted myself. * * * Four days passed just like that. ¡°Hmm. As expected, it can¡¯t be like this.¡± I murmured as I tasted the Haesintang the bellboy cooked. Over the past four days, Bellboy has made a lot of tasty food with the things I bought at the grocery. Abalone risotto, vongole pasta, seafood soup, butter-grilled abalone, abalone pot rice, and Haesintang today. Everything was delicious, but this Haesintang was so good that I almost passed out when I ate it! But there was a big problem. This all! Everything! It was something that I would put on the table for guests! At this point, no matter how much I dreamed of YOLO, I was a little worried. I waited four days without even getting off work, but the revolving door didn¡¯t move. I can¡¯t just trust the system as it is. So, I couldn¡¯t leave work for four days and ate a lot of food made by the bellboy while thinking about different things. One of them was putting flyers in front of the revolving door. I wondered if there were hunters who were too scared to enter even when they saw the revolving door. Isn¡¯t it okay to put up these kinds of flyers? Stay at the lowest price. ¡ªYeongchun Hotel¡ª ¡­I don¡¯t think so. Top-notch chef resides. Superb view. Super special price. ¡­I don¡¯t think this is right either. If you see a purple light in the dungeon, jump in. Hunters who are tired of dungeons. This place will be your resting place. *Welcome to the door! ¡­I wonder if this is any good. When the bellboy saw me seriously writing on paper, he told me it wasn¡¯t right. ¡°Boss! I don¡¯t think you have a talent for promoting! A born hotelier! Hotel manager!¡± ¡°I think so, too.¡± I wrote ¡°Welcome to the Dungeon Hotel!¡± in yellow letters on a blue background and drew a cute star next to it. Then I put the pen down. However, it is difficult to do viral marketing like a normal guest house. If I write on social media, ¡°Come to the Dungeon Hotel,¡± won¡¯t my ID be stolen right away and the hotel¡¯s identity be revealed first? Anyway, whatever happened. It was a problem that there were no guests in the hotel right now. I just finished digging and eating from the refrigerator today, and it was somehow empty. Now, the only thing left is ramen, and I¡¯m worried about whether I need to go to the market more. No guests mean no hunters are in danger in the dungeon, so I should be happy, right? Still, I should be sad as a person who owns a business, right? I looked up the Hunter bulletin board of the system in case the number of dungeon raids has decreased a lot these days. Many posts have been posted on the Korean hunter bulletin board, which is said to be the most exciting in the world. Among the many articles, one article sparkled as a popular one. Popular! ??, I will tell the story of going to the hotel where an S-Class barrier magician was staying. Everyone, come in. This post, which was written by someone with the nickname ¡°Aclass,¡± was clearly written by Kang Sangchil. About half of the text was full of lies, but the description of our hotel was quite detailed. What if the Hunter Association investigates because of this? I clicked on the post anxiously. However, my brief concerns were overshadowed by all of the cursing comments. Aclss this b*stard is like this again. Someone, please ban his ID. Don¡¯t do this here, write a web novel, etc. In addition, the part that described me as an S-Class barrier magician, which didn¡¯t exist in Korea, destroyed trust. What do you mean by S-Class barrier magician? I¡¯m in the ¡®Hotel manager¡¯ Class. Kang Sojin knows me as an S-Class healer, Kang Sangchil knows me as an S-Class barrier magician, and Shim Jiyoon knows me as an S-Cass producer. It¡¯s a route like ¡®Everyone misunderstands me as a strong person!¡¯, which often appears in web novels, but it¡¯s a misunderstanding that doesn¡¯t hurt me. Thanks to that, my true identity will remain hidden for longer than I expected. I looked at other posts, ignoring the one by Kang Sangchil that got attacked because of the many hateful comments it received. No matter how much I looked at the bulletin board, there wasn¡¯t much to show that the number of attacks had decreased recently. Rather, there was an article about an S-Class dungeon discovered at the foot of Mt. Sobaek a few months ago that the risk level increased, so the Hanwoon Guild made a large-scale raid and sent it out two days ago. Han Woohyun, the first S-Class dungeon attack in Hanwoon. What has changed since the Baekho Guild? The article was the reporter¡¯s personal opinion. It said that Han Woohyun, who often went through dangerous dungeons alone in the Baekho Guild, sacrificed himself with a large-scale raid in the Hanwoon Guild¡ª. So was the publisher who clipped the article, and most of the comments were swearing at the reporter. -JYS: It¡¯s strange because B**kho grabbed Han Wooh***¡¯s weakness and turned it around.?? Such a coward who writes articles with world rankers. -FD34: Is it really true that his uncle owed him hundreds of millions of dollars and signed a slave contract with Baekho? -JYS: True. That uncle is probably in jail right now. Public opinion was formed because Han Woohyun had been on too many dangerous raids in the Baekho Guild. I, too, was thinking similarly. But what do you mean by S-Class Dungeon? I thought for a moment about ¡®someone¡¯. Another S-Class hunter who entered the S-Class Dungeon and didn¡¯t come back. But that was only for a moment. Han Woohyun is not my Dad. ¡°¡­He will be back, right?¡± I murmured briefly. Then the bellboy asked. ¡°Who is it?¡± ¡°Oh? No. It¡¯s just. I was just thinking about it, but let¡¯s not do it here. Instead, let¡¯s go get groceries and come back. We might have guests tomorrow. Shall we buy oysters and eat oyster rice this time?¡± At my words, the bellboy got excited and jumped up from his seat. ¡°You told me not to go grocery shopping because it was a waste of money!¡± ¡°D, did I? I changed my mind. We should treat each guest well.¡± ¡°As expected, my Boss!¡± The bellboy looked at me with a moved face. I turned my head with a guilty feeling. It¡¯s true that we have to treat each and every guest well, but there is a small trick I keep hidden. After capturing the guests¡¯ hearts by providing high-class service, I will try to persuade them to purchase a VIP ticket. The quest is also a quest, but didn¡¯t it say that our hotel will appear more often if I designate someone as a VIP guest? Then there will be fewer empty days like now. The ¡®regular customer¡¯ also maintains a certain amount of sales in business. ¡°Okay, then I will change my clothes and come out¡­.¡± It was the moment I said so. Wing wing¡ª. The revolving door began to turn. It¡¯s a guest! I hurriedly walked to the revolving door. The guest has finally arrived! My heart pounded wildly. The revolving door turned like that, and someone stopped in front of the revolving door. Before I could confirm who it was, I hurriedly bowed my head to say hello. ¡°Welcome, welcome to Yeongchun Hotel!¡± It was the moment when I raised my head with a bright smile. As usual, my gaze met the guest¡¯s puzzled expression. The guest was a man. He stood tall near the revolving door and looked at me. I recognized who he was and froze. He was someone who shouldn¡¯t be here. Han Woohyun. I looked up at the man staring at me, making a puddle of dark red blood on the floor. Why are you¡ª. Why are you here? Chapter 19 As soon as I saw the pool of dark red blood, I didn¡¯t think it would belong to Han Woohyun. I thought it was the blood of the monster he had caught. Ranked 14th in the world. Korea¡¯s No. 1 ranker. And there were only six S-Class hunters in Korea. Han Woohyun. He was strong. No, he¡¯s stronger now. Awakening at the age of 17 and entering the dungeon at the age of 19, he has been breaking the first record in Korea ever since. Records such as Korea¡¯s first successful solo raid of an S-Class dungeon. Everyone was talking about Han Woohyun at the same time. He will definitely become a much stronger Hunter than Lee Semyung. I hoped Han Woohyun would surpass my Dad. But I also hope he won¡¯t surpass him. I hoped that he would grow stronger and stronger and come back alive, but at the same time, I hoped that he wouldn¡¯t go into more dangerous dungeons. Of course, I didn¡¯t have that kind of feeling for Han Woohyun. It was for my sake. Now I didn¡¯t want to wait any longer. The S-Class Hunter who entered the S-Class dungeon¡ª. I don¡¯t want to wait any longer. As always, I avoided Han Woohyun¡¯s eyes, which were fixed on mine. It has been a habit since high school. Whenever I felt the gaze, there was always Han Woohyun at the end. I thought Han Woohyun was doing this not because he was curious about me but because he was curious about my Dad. Because he¡¯s a Hunter who walked a similar path. Just as what I see through Han Woohyun is my Dad, so is Han Woohyun. But something like my name¡ª. Why did you remember? With trembling hands, I turned to the counter and picked up the accommodation register. And I said in a low voice. ¡®Front Desk.¡¯ I need the power of the skill. Even if I can¡¯t defeat an S-Class Hunter with this skill, it¡¯s possible to put him in the corner of a hotel or send him back. ¡°Would you like to check in, Hunter? If you tell me your name¡­.¡± I turned the accommodation register around so I could pull the corners of my mouth up and smile. The fact that I was able to ask for his name, which the majority of Koreans must memorize. It was all thanks to the skill. ¡°¡­Lee Junghyo.¡± However, a strange answer came back when I asked what his name was. Han Woohyun stood dangerously and said my name with a face as if he had seen a monster. That¡¯s my name. Not your name. Han Woohyun said again as he tried to hold back what he wanted to say. ¡°It¡¯s Junghyo.¡± This time he took off my last name and only my first name. Since when did Han Woohyun call my name without my last name? He never does it even once. I was very surprised by the strange closeness of the title and how he didn¡¯t hesitate to call me by my last name. Most of all, what was puzzling was that his expression looked distressed as if he was wandering in a nightmare. At the same time, there was something like a strong thirst in his eyes. He walked towards me as if I had something to quench his thirst. Tuk. Every time he took a step, blood dripped out of his side. Only then did I notice dark red blood dripping from the wound on his side. ¡°Han Woohyun!¡± I called his name like a scream. I forgot that I had decided to pretend I didn¡¯t know his name. His eyes grew bigger. Covered in blood, he stretched out his hand that was gripping his side. The hand that was about to sweep my cheek was withdrawn again as if it couldn¡¯t bear to touch it. ¡°Seeing you call my name¡­.¡± A groan escaped from his lips. ¡°It must be a dream.¡± Han Woohyun sat down at the same time he said that as if a tight thread had been released on one side. It looked like slow motion as his body collapsed. I hurriedly held his head to my chest. My body also collapsed with him. Even as I collapsed, I hugged his head tightly and quickly looked at the bellboy. The bellboy also looked flustered, as if he had never seen such a guest before. Guest. Even in my panic, I realized what I had to do. Check-in. Han Woohyun needs to be checked in before I can send him to his room. And there was a buff that increased recovery speed in the room. ¡°I want to force him to check in! What should I do?¡± ¡°Yeah¡­ that¡­ t, that¡­ ugh¡­ blood¡­¡± I yelled at the bellboy¡¯s pale face. ¡°Hurry!¡± ¡°Key! Please hold the key!¡± ¡°Bring me any keys on the second floor, now!¡± The bellboy urgently brought the key to room 202. Han Woohyun¡¯s hand was tightly closed, so I opened it. His hand, which was wrapped around his side, was full of blood. I put the room 202 key and my hand on that sticky hand and said. ¡°Check-in.¡± Room 202 has been checked in. 150G will be deposited. It¡¯s done. I urgently asked the bellboy to carry Han Woohyun on his back. I had to recover him by taking him to the guest room. I clenched my teeth, looking down at the dark red blood. How dare you do it in front of me¡ª. I won¡¯t let an S-Class Hunter die in front of me. Just when I thought that a window appeared in front of me. You have achieved ¡®Guest Satisfaction 200%.¡¯ What? What did I do? I looked down at the drooping Han Woohyun. However, there was no way that Han Woohyun, who had turned white as if all the blood had drained from his body, could answer this situation. I was following the bellboy as he ran up the stairs with Han Woohyun on his back. In the meantime, the window kept popping up in front of my eyes. As an achievement reward, 300EXP points are given to level up the hotel! The level of the hotel has been upgraded! Hotel Level: 4¡ú5 Skill: The level of ¡®House Keeping¡¯ goes up. (C¡úB) The room interior will be upgraded as a level-up reward. A ¡®bathub¡¯ is created in the room. ****** I frowned as I looked back at the bloodstains on the floor as the bellboy carried Han Woohyun on his back. The condition of the bellboy¡¯s clothes was disastrous, and that of Han Woohyun, who fell in room 202, was even more disastrous. As the status window said earlier, it seems that the interior of the room has changed a little more luxuriously, but I honestly didn¡¯t notice it. In my eyes, I was more concerned about Han Woohyun¡¯s appearance because it was unclear whether or not he was still alive. ¡°Check the room¡¯s condition!¡± Room number: 202 Hygiene: Good Effect: Room guests recover 100% faster. This is the effect when my skill is C Grade. Then it may be a little different now. ¡°Housekeeping.¡± As soon as I said it, I felt something coming out of my body. The feeling of the first day when I experienced mana exhaustion came quickly and struck me. Originally, I felt that Housekeeping, which is more like an active skill, consumes more mana than the Front Desk skill, which is no different from a passive skill, but this is on a different level. At the same time, I could see a noticeable change in the condition of the originally clean room in front of my eyes. It works. Even without a cleaning cart. It seemed that the grade had risen, and there was no need for a cart anymore. Instead, it consumes my mana tremendously. Room number: 202 Hygiene: Very good Effect: Room guests recover 150% faster. After checking the room condition and taking a deep breath, I sat next to Han Woohyun¡¯s bed. Then the bellboy asked anxiously. ¡°Are you okay, boss?¡± He asked with a face that looked like he was about to cry. ¡°I¡¯m¡­not okay¡­Can you go down and get me some mixed coffee? As much as possible. Feed him too.¡± I pointed at Han Woohyun with my chin. The bellboy left the room crying. After a while, I heard a short groan from Han Woohyun¡¯s mouth. I put my trembling fingers on Han Woohyun¡¯s white nose. I didn¡¯t hear it wrong. He¡¯s breathing. I was wondering if I give the corpse a recovery buff, but it was fortunate. With even just that little bit of relief, I was able to let go of my tension. In many ways, it¡¯s not acceptable for an S-Class Hunter to die in our hotel. After I came to my senses a little, I thought that even though the recovery buff is also a recovery buff, it is important to look at the wound. I¡¯ve seen Healer on YouTube, and it was said that the first aid given by doctors who aren¡¯t Awakened is also a big help in getting healed. With hands that were still shaking, I took off Han Woohyun¡¯s vest. Even though only the vest was removed, blood from the vest leaked into the sheet. I tried not to throw up as I looked at the wound on his side. It was tied up with something as if to give first aid, which made it harder to see the wound. When I was about to give him first aid, I noticed that something was tied around his wound, which made it harder to check. First of all, I took off Han Woohyun¡¯s top¡ªI tried to look at it, but I didn¡¯t have the confidence to lift this stone-like human upper body, so I gave up and tore it from the torn part when it wound. On the left side of his stomach, where the muscles were so tightly packed that it was hard to believe they belonged to a human, I could see a wound where the tough skin had been cut. I frowned. Blood is flowing, but bubbles also come out of the wound as if it had been melted by poison. I have to wipe this off. I instinctively thought so. And that was the moment I was going to touch it. Something grabbed my hand. ¡°¡­Don¡¯t do it.¡± It was Han Woohyun with sweat on his forehead. He was clenching his teeth in pain, and I could see the muscles in his jaw pulsating. ¡°T, the wound¡­.¡± ¡°If you touch it with your bare hands¡­ Ugh¡­¡± Han Woohyun bit his lip. Blood flowed from his lips. I unknowingly reached out and touched his lips. ¡°Don¡¯t do that. Blood¡­ it¡¯s bleeding.¡± Han Woohyun¡¯s eyes grew bigger. It was the moment I swept the blood flowing over his rough lips. Han Woohyun¡¯s waist was trembling. ¡°Keugh¡­!¡± Han Woohyun frowned as if in pain. Smoke rose from the reopened wounds. Detoxification. I need something to detoxify it. I rushed into the market. ¡°Show me something that will help with detoxification. With what I can buy.¡± When I decided to trust the function of the market window and read it, the market window, which was loading for a while, showed the item. There was only one. Even so, it was an item that became available as the level went up. Bubble bath bomb ¡ªHas a detoxifying effect. ¡ªIt calms the mind and body.