âI see. Then letâs get back to business. I told the support team, so theyâll bring some items to use soon. You can take it and go to the dungeon together.â
âWell⌠Itâs not something I should refuse to level up, but canât we set the time in advance? You dragged me here just as I was about to eat.â
Showing the hem of the gown I was wearing, Lee Jehee smiled slightly at the words.
âYou have a lot to say. It seems like you keep forgetting your situation.â
âWhat?â
âIt means that the contract with me should be the top priority for Yeon Seonwoo. Because it was a contract to do that.â
Priority? My lips twisted at the words that sounded like snoring.
âSo, do you want me to put the contract before my life? Why should I do that?â
âThis contract is not a contract made on an equal footing. Itâs written in the contract as well. Yeon Seonwoo-ssi is the âservantâ.â (ě here means employment, service, provide in the contract. but I put it as a servant)
ââŚ.â
Crazy punk.
It was a harsh word. It was also absolutely true. Our contract was to give in to his threats and violence.
Yeah, as Lee Jehee pointed out, I forgot my situation for a while.
âYes, yes, Iâm sorry. Iâm not sure about the subject of âservantâ. Still, canât I eat? Even the servant is hungry, Master.â
[The Masterâs mood improves, giving you +1 to âBe Lovedâ.]
It was a sound of desperation, but Lee Jehee felt better.
Why all of sudden? Is his Master really enjoying this kind of voice?
ââŚAre you a pervert?â
âHahaha.â
[The Masterâs mood improves, giving you +1 to âBe Lovedâ.]
Oh my, he is really a pervert.
It was the first time when I frowned while looking at the face of the person with the âBe Lovedâ skill that turned from 0 to plus for the first time.
When I turned my head to the sound of a knock on the door, a man with flashy dyed hair like an idol came in with a bunch of things in his arms.
âI will go in.â
âIf you knock on the door, canât you wait for the answer before?â
âWill the answer change if I donât listen? Youâre going to tell me to come in anyway.â
For some reason, Chorok speaks friendly first. Even if that sounded harsh, itâs important that he spoke up first. He had a slight smile on his lips, as if he was joking at first glance, then he frowned as if he didnât want to deal with him.
That means heâs more likely to be an important person in the game. Who is it?
âIâve brought all the protective equipment that looks usable as I ordered, so take a look. Why are you going into the C-class dungeon all of a sudden? The gentleman who says itâs troublesome to go around the dungeon together.â
âI know. Why am I doing this kind of bothersome thing?â
Looking through a pile of protective equipment on the table, Lee Jehee smiled low.
The man who was glaring at Lee Jehee had pink hair and gray eyes that looked like he was wearing circle lenses. Wearing a crazy outfit with strings lining the sleeves and pants.
Looking at that, I remember.
Baek Taera
As the vice master of the Yeolmu Guild, he was also a healer with both his primary attribute and secondary attribute. Then, he eventually developed âHua Tuoâ as an awakening characteristic and became an S-class healer. (t/n: Hua To is a legendary name whoâs known as Doctor. Please correct me if Iâm wrong.)
The problem is that he is more often called by other nicknames than Hua Tuo.
With âTaerapy,â a shortened word for Creepy Healer Baek Taera.
Baek Taera was the person who didnât save anyone who died in front of him if he didnât like it, and didnât hesitate to punch with his own hands. He has a cruel hand and a twisted character with a bad temper, in contrast to a pretty face for a man.
âThatâs what Hyung should know, what will you do if you ask someone else?â
âI donât really understand either. Yeon Seonwoo-ssi, take this.â
I was silently watching the appearance of Baek Taera, one of the persons I didnât want to meet. Iâm even breathing quietly because I want him to forget my existence, but Lee Jehee has brought out my presence.
He shifted his gray eyes towards me as soon as he finished speaking.
According to my memories, those eyes were colored like that not because Baek Taera was wearing circle lenses, but because he continued to put his effort into the eyes where he had lost his sight. Until the first attribute appeared, Baek Taera was a blind person.
âOh is this the person? The ridiculous reason Hyung wants to go into a C-Class dungeon.â
As I backed away from Baek Taera, who leaned his upper body and showed his beautiful face, I put on an awkward smile on my lips.
He was even called Taeraphy in the sense of Creepy Healer, but after all, he was only one of the many followers of Lee Jehee.
This is because it was Lee Jehee who raised him as a hunter by walking around the dungeon with him, who was blind. If he adds up the ones that saved his life, heâll have more than ten fingers.
That is why it was Baek Taera who occupied more than half of the game bulletin board.
Baek Taera, an S-class healer, was a must-have colleague and was a popular character along with Lee Jehee. They also have a pretty appearance, so it looks very pretty, so people who were eager to see the ending where he and Lee Jehee continued, posted elaborate strategies and plastered them. Among them, those in charge of another group pushed Han Chorok.
When I remembered that it was a game that could attract not only female characters but also male characters, the attitude of those two people toward Lee Jehee gradually became suspicious. Arenât you still acting like youâre jealous of the person who is receiving Lee Jeheeâs attention? The same goes for Han Chorok next to him, with a proud face as if he was doing well.
âI hope you know that Iâm not a doctor.â
In that sense, I appealed to Lee Jehee that I had no interest in him and that I didnât even want to enter a C-class dungeon. Of course, if he listened carefully to what I said, Baek Taera would not have been called Taerapy.
âWhy is your doctor important? If Jaehee Hyung says heâs going, he goes. He doesnât even know the subject, itâs ridiculous.â
ââŚ.â
Look at that. Isnât he saying the same thing as the Chorok who is shaking his head next to Lee Jehee?
I carved patience in my heart with a deep sigh. It is believed that three times of patience would keep you from murder, but I had to endure it a hundred times since I donât want to be the victim of murder.
In my head, I thought about what a patient with patience would look like, and I turned my eyes away pretending to look at the protective equipment that Lee Jehee had taken out. The blacktop and bottom engraved with the guild mark seemed to be ordinary clothes, but the other protective equipment next to it seemed to be an item.
[Judgment skill activated. Start appraisal of the item.]
[Judgment failed.]
[Unidentified item: The userâs ability level is low, so it canât be evaluated.]
Damn it. Where would a low-level person live?
Judgment skills are skills that grow along with Hunterâs level, so there was no way to raise them unless the level was raised. In the case of one-time consumption items used as materials for potions or items, judgment seems to be possible regardless of grade.
While analyzing the cause of the failure of the item appraisal and thinking that it might be necessary to raise the level a little, Baek Taera continued to argue with Lee Jehee.
âSo, are you really going to enter the dungeon for something like that? Throwing away all the accumulated things?â
âThatâs why I have a competent vice master.â
âAh, really! Do you know what I said that I would be a vice master like this? Because of the lesser-known guys that Hyung had signed up for, the members of the commissioning team had to quit one after another, and we had to hire a new person, are you going to be like this!â
Baek Taera put his hand on one waist and ruffled his hair with the other hand. His pink hair, which had become brittle due to repeated bleaching and dyeing, floated up and gave a cute feeling, but his fiercely distorted face and momentum halved that feeling.
But Lee Jehee didnât blink an eye. Rather, he laughed happily and jokingly received the words.
âThen we can cut those guys off.â
âIf thatâs the case, then why did you make them sign up for it? Those who are below that level!â
âSo they will join.â
âArgh! Iâm going crazy!â
In the end, Baek Taera couldnât hold back his anger and screamed with both hands. For some reason, I think I know. Those feelings such as frustration, irritation, and anger toward Lee Jehee.
At times like that, I donât care about the real level, but now I want to strangle him.
Feeling a special sense of unity with Baek Taera, who was angry, I secretly shook my head, then lifted my head as I thought of something. He was still fighting Lee Jehee, so he didnât even care about me.
âDo you know what kind of local gym this is?! If you let them sign up, will you let all of them?â
âYou have the guts. I came to him directly and asked him to join the guild. I let him do it because the effort was great.â
âExcuse meââ
âThen Hyung has to clean up the mess. Donât make me do it!â
âThatâs troublesome.â
âExcuse me?â
âArgh! What? Canât you see weâre talking? Itâs rude that you donât even know the subject.â
Wow, Iâm surprised. I spoke the wrong word once, and my neck will fly away.
The closeness of Baek Taeraâs distorted face astounds me like a night difference. Fortunately, Lee Jehee, who comforted Baek Taera and put him back, listened to me instead.
âDo you have anything to say?â
âNo, I just heard that they are hiring a new member of the request reception team, so I was wondering if it would be possible to recommend an acquaintance.â