02 Is This Job Name for Real?
02 Is This Job Name for Real?
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"Hyaaa~"
She closes her eyes tightly and raises her beer glass high.
She lets out a long exclamation; it's the typical look of a heavy drinker.
Although it started at lunch, our meal, which had turned into a half-party, didn't end even after several hours.
First round was a pizza place, then the second round was coffee and shaved ice at a cafe, and now that it's evening, we've come to a tripe restaurant for the third round.
"Noona, aren't you drinking too much?"
"Hmm? What are you talking about! I can still drink more."
"We have to hunt tomorrow, too."
For the record, I haven't had many drinks. It tastes like crap.
"Ah, don't worry about that. We're taking a break tomorrow."
Yuna-ssi replies with a flushed face.
Then she raises a glass full of beer with a jjaang sound.
"So drink up!!"
"Waaa!"
....
This person is also very drunk. Where did that elegant, sharp, and cold expression go?
"Hey! You drink too, drink!"
"Ah... I'm not drink—."
"You don't refuse what an adult gives you."
Excuse me? It's only a 7-year difference?
"That's an adult and a kid! When I was twenty, you were an elementary schooler, you brat!"
Ah... right....
Sora-noona pours a ton of beer into my glass and wraps her arm around my shoulder, pulling me in.
"Uung~ my little brother, Noona will feed you~"
"I'd rather drink it myself."
"Here, drink it all down, gulp gulp~!"
What a mess....
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"I want to visit Master's house~"
"My house?"
"Yeah!"
"Hmm..."
Towards the end.
Sora-noona suddenly said that.
Yuna-ssi is contemplating, seemingly not opposed to it.
"Fine. Let's go."
"Oh yeah! Round 4!"
To think they'd keep eating after stuffing themselves like that... they really are incredible people.
"Hehe. You're coming too, right?"
"Yes? Me?"
"Yup. Our sex maniac. If beauties say they're going, you have to go."
"Who's a sex maniac? It's just my class."
"Hmph... I told you. Hidden Classes are granted based on one's tendencies."
That's certainly true! And it's true that I'm attracted to them! But I haven't done anything yet!
"So~ what are you going to do? Don't want to?"
Sora-noona pokes my cheek.
"No... it's not that I don't want to..."
"Uhehehe! Look at that. You like it, right? You want to enjoy paradise among beauties."
"...You're super drunk, right? Do you just want to sleep?"
"Even if I sleep, I'm sleeping at Yuna's house."
"Go home to sleep."
Even in this situation, Yuna-ssi coldly draws the line.
Anyway, for that reason, we decided to have the 4th round at Yuna-ssi's house.
The development is a bit weird.
"Ah... I... hic... I'm going home... sob..."
When we finished paying and came outside, Hana-ssi and Cha-ah-ssi bailed.
They said they'd rest at home.
Thus, the ones left were Sora-noona, Yuna-ssi, and me.
"...But does this Han-nam really have to come?"
"Why? The little brother is cute."
"Hmm... well. I don't mind."
A displeased expression.
True, her affection level was 11... that's basically as good as an enemy.
However.
In that case, it's only common sense to go!
"I'll go, if only for the sake of the drunk Noona."
"Tsk."
She clicks her tongue slightly and takes the lead.
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We bought alcohol and snacks at a nearby convenience store (a ton of them!) and arrived at Yuna-ssi's house.
As expected, since she wasn't settled here, it was like a studio apartment rented for a short time.
It was a two-room place, but it wasn't very big.
"As you can see, there's no space to sleep, so don't even think about staying the night. Especially you, Han-nam."
"As if."
Maybe she's slightly sobered up.
Her original cold expression has returned a bit.
"Hey! Should we order chicken too?"
"Aren't you full?"
"Not today. Hehe."
Indeed... is this the power of money?
I heard that Sora-noona looted about $15,000 in cash and miscellaneous items. Plus, that's the price excluding the new robe she obtained. According to her, just selling that robe would be worth tens of thousands of dollars.
But then, couldn't she just sell that and use it as marriage funds? Why insist on continuing as an adventurer?
"There are only three of us, but if we're going to eat, shouldn't we have fun? Let's play the King Game!"
"...What kind of King Game are we supposed to play with three people?"
I threw in a slight objection, but Sora-noona grinned.
"Hehe. That's why it's fun. Since there are only three of us, it's obvious who has to perform the penalty, right? Hehe."
W-what... is she planning to make us do??
"And! This isn't your ordinary King Game!"
She pulled out a stack of bills from her wallet with a tada!
"To avoid the penalty, you not only have to drink, but you also have to pay up!"
"That's gambling. I'm not doing it."
"Eeeek!"
At Yuna-ssi's clean refusal, Sora-noona pouts.
"Whyyy~"
"In the first place, a, a King Game. How shameless... and that worst pervert Han-nam is here too?? Han-nam is here too???"
You don't have to say it twice.
"U-heung... that's why we're doing it. So naive."
"I'm not naive."
"Then what is it? Not confident?"
"It's not about confidence... it's a pure game of luck."
"Then it's advantageous for Yuna. Her Luck stat must be high."
"...."
"Aing~! Let's just do it once! I want to try it!"
"...."
Yuna-ssi glares at me sharply.
But she's surprisingly weak against Sora-noona.
"Whew... fine, whatever. But don't make the stakes too high."
"Of course! It's all for fun."
Noona excitedly wrote something on wooden chopsticks she brought from somewhere, put them in a container, and shook it.
"Ah, but I've never played the King Game before... how severe are the penalties?"
"Well, obviously...."
Noona gave an incredibly lecherous smile.
It was enough to give me goosebumps. Yuna-ssi also let out a short gasp, hik.
"Unlimited!"
Thang!
She shouted, slamming the container onto the floor.
And at the same time, she pulled out a stick.
"I'm first!"
"Next is me."
"...."
The sticks ran out in an instant. There was only one left.
No, in the first place, a King Game with three people? What is this? Didn't they drink too much?
"Yahoo! I'm the King!"
"...."
Sora-noona cheers and holds up the stick. On the other hand, Yuna-ssi has a face like she just ate poop. She's staring intensely at the alcohol, as if already thinking about performing the penalty.
"Now then~"
She starts pouring alcohol into a large basin.
Uh, uh... wait a minute. Isn't that too much?
"S-stop!"
Thinking the same thing, Yuna-ssi also shouts urgently.
"Hmm~ well, since it's the first time, let's go with this much."
Even that is an insane amount! Honestly, that's like pouring out two 1.5-liter bottles of cola!
"And the penalty fee for this time is~ right. $100!"
"That's expensive!"
"Heh. If you don't want to pay, you can just follow the order."
"Ugh...."
She's a devil....
"Now then, I'll give the order~."
Noona opened her mouth while holding the stick.
Gulp.
The sound of me and Yuna-ssi swallowing saliva could be heard.
"You two, kiss!"
Gulp gulp.
As soon as her words fell, Yuna-ssi picked up the basin and started drinking.
Whoa... all that....
"Ugh... the, the rest... you... ugh...."
She drank almost half.
Still, there's a huge amount left... aren't we going to die drinking this?
Ugh... the alcohol tastes bad....
Anyway, I started drinking too.
It would be nice to kiss, but since Yuna-ssi already drank it....
Gulp gulp.
As the tasteless alcohol went down, my complexion gradually got worse.
"Huk... ugh...."
"I finished it, but... I don't want to drink it again...."
"Hehehe. Then $200 get~!"
"...Devil."
"Now, shall we end it here? We decided to do it just onceㅡ."
Thang!
As Sora-noona tried to slip away, Yuna-ssi picked up the stick and shoved it into the container.
"Let's see about that."
Her face is super red.
Wow. Like a tomato.
"Heung~"
Sora-noona smiled slightly, supporting her massive chest with her arms.
"Good. Let's keep going!"
When Noona mixed the container and put it down, this time Yuna-ssi picked up the stick first.
And next was me, and last was Sora-noona.
Indeed. Did I become the King this time?
I checked... oh! I'm the King! I'm the King!
"I'm the Kinㅡ."
Chwaaaaaa - !
Just as I shouted in joy, suddenly, intense light burst out from the stick I was holding, specifically from the part where the character for 'King' was written in Hanja.
"W, what...?"
Sgagagak
"The light... is carving... the character...?"
It's literally that. The light is erasing the Hanja for King and carving a new character. What is this???
EMPEROR
EMPEROR
"Uh... this character...?"
Ding!
[Special mini-game. 'Emperor Game' has started. Participants are Crown Prince 'Yu-eun'-nim. And two others.]
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"What... is this?"
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A man dressed in a neat suit.
As he got out of the car, people nearby glanced at him.
He was handsome, his physique was long and well-proportioned, and above all, the car was a sports car.
"To think she was working as an adventurer... no matter how much she needed money...."
He bit his lip tightly and headed somewhere.
"Father telling her to earn money... was just a test! There was no need to go this far...!"
A kind of anger.
But it's anger born of worry.
"Whew..."
Looking at the smartphone map, he visited the Hannam-dong Dungeon dormitory and called someone.
The name on the screen was Yu Sora.
He was the son of a mid-sized company president, and Sora's fiancé.