03. Another Dungeon.
03. Another Dungeon.
"...Gone all the way... I can assume that much, right?"
"Ah... yes."
Huh? Surprisingly calm.
"How long have you two been seeing each other?"
"...Five days... I think."
"...."
Ah. She froze up a bit here. Her already cold face stiffened even more seriously...
"Five days into meeting and you've already gone that far... Is dating that fast-paced these days?"
"No. Well... there are various circumstances."
"?"
Sonya-ssi tilted her head, then called Yuna over.
Yikes. I have a bad feeling about this.
"You, you said you're dating this person?"
"Whaaat???!"
As expected.
She stands up, telling her not to say such nonsense.
All eyes are on us in an instant.
But Yuna-ssi has no time to care about that.
"W-w-w-w-what are you talking about!"
"No? This person said they were your boyfriend."
"To be precise, it's something similar to that. Mother."
"What on earth does that mean?"
"It's a long story."
"Don't tell me it was a one-night stand or something?"
"A one-night stand! Do I look like the kind of person who would do something so shameless?"
"You said you had sex."
"Pfft!"
Wh, what an incredibly direct person.
"Th-that's..."
"You didn't? Did this person lie by themselves?"
"That's... not it... but..."
"Then you went all the way without even dating?"
Eh... her eyes are scary. It's that same look from when I first saw her.
"No, I mean... how should I put this..."
Yuna-ssi hung her head low and fidgeted with her hands.
"...I think I do like him, though."
"N-no, I don't! There's no way I'd like a Han-nam like this!"
"You shouldn't say things like that with the person right next to you. How embarrassed must they be?"
"No, I mean... ugh..."
She blushes, feeling frustrated.
True. Our relationship is a bit ambiguous.
It's hard to say we're dating, but it's also hard to say we aren't because we're connected by the system. It's a headache in many ways.
Well. It's definitely my harem, though.
"If you have someone you're dating, the conversation is simpler. Why are you in that kind of guild?"
"It, it's not like that."
"What's not like what?"
"Huuugh!! Mom, you don't know anything!"
"I'm asking because I don't know."
Can't win against her in an argument.
"Anyway, it seems it's true that you're in a special relationship."
"...."
Perhaps because she has no intention of denying that, Yuna-ssi remains silent.
"I'm sorry my daughter has fallen into such a strange group. Please understand. And if you can, please take her out of it."
"Mom!"
"I am trying as well."
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After the storm-like meeting with Sonya-ssi ended, Yuna-ssi let out a huge sigh. Then she approached me and—
"What on earth were you thinking when you said that!!"
She demanded to know.
Hmm... if you ask me what I was thinking, I'd answer that I wasn't thinking anything.
"My mom is a really strict person... and since you said you did, you know, that with me, she's going to tell us to get married right away."
"Huh? She seemed quite open-minded. She didn't even say anything about us having sex after 5 days."
"Hmph. You say that because you don't know my mom. She's probably telling my dad right now that she met his son-in-law."
"Son-in-law... well, that's not bad—"
"And then, once she finds out you have other women, she'll come looking for you with a kitchen knife."
"Yikes."
Is this a Nice Boat situation? I don't want that.
"Anyway, we're completely screwed."
She hangs her head gloomily.
"Nah. She seemed like a pretty good person. She even acknowledged her daughter being an adventurer. That's not common, right?"
"It's just indifference. Even though she's indifferent, she still meddles in useless things."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You're too twisted, Yuna."
"Hmph."
Yuna-ssi snorted loudly and walked a few steps ahead.
"It's a shame. Spending your 20s in such a twisted state."
"Wouldn't it get better gradually?"
"Hmm~ well~"
Noona looks at me and smiles bitterly.
"Isn't the kind of guy that women, so-called 'radical feminists', hate exactly like my little brother?"
"What? No way—"
"Going around hitting on women, thinking about sex every chance you get, and whenever you see a pretty woman, thinking about how to lay her down... right?"
"Ugh...."
That hit the nail on the head.
"You can be honest with your noona~ You were nervous earlier, right? When you met Yuna's mother."
"Ugh... I... can't say I wasn't."
"See, you little pervert~."
"Hey! Why don't you try being pestered by that pervert??"
I grabbed the cheeky noona's butt firmly.
She pretends to be surprised with a "Kya-hang~" and hugs me.
"Kkuh...! What are you doing on the street!"
Yuna-ssi approaches and pulls us apart.
"Oh my. Why are you like this? Are you actually jealous?"
"Je, jealous, my foot. I'm saying we should follow basic etiquette."
"Uh-huh~ Sure, sure. Etiquette must be followed. Hehe."
Sora-noona grinned.
It's a devilish smile.
"Then let's have the after-party later~."
She says, poking my cheek, and just that makes my heart thump.
"Is doggy style allowed...?"
"If you want."
"Wow!"
Sora-noona and I, who have become one in body and soul through sex.
Beside us, Yuna-ssi is watching us with a rotten expression.
"We have a ton to do, so stop doing useless things and hurry up and follow me."
"Aha."
Sora-noona follows Yuna-ssi, who is stomping away, in a lively manner.
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"Hmm."
Returning to the office, Sonya let out a sigh with a complicated expression.
She had kept a blank expression when meeting her daughter and her colleagues, but being human and a mother, she was surprised by more than one or two things.
"Why are you sighing like that?"
Her husband, reading her worried expression, handed her coffee and sat on the sofa opposite her.
"Hmm...."
After hesitating for a moment, she opened her mouth.
"Yuna has a boyfriend."
"What!!!"
He slammed his fist on the table for a moment.
When Sonya glared at him slightly, he coughed awkwardly.
"Ou, out of the blue, a boyfriend... what is that supposed to mean?"
"Yuna is 25 now, so it's not out of the blue. If anything, it's late."
"Bu, but still."
"The problem is... that she's still in that strange group even though she has a boyfriend. Well, it's only been 5 days, so we'll have to wait and see."
"5 days... Phew. That's a relief."
"What's a relief?"
"Ahem... n, nothing."
Sonya smiled slightly. It's obvious why he's acting like that.
"It seems they've already gone all the way."
"W, what is that supposed to mean? You said it's only been 5 days!!"
"I guess that's how it is these days."
"Ughhh... my Yuna... my Yunaaa...."
Feeling a serious sense of loss, the man pressed his face onto the table.
"...What are you doing, acting so pathetic."
"But...."
It would be a typical father's thought to feel a sense of loss if the daughter he raised with all his heart and soul were to marry some man.
He was the same.
It was hard for him to accept that his daughter was becoming someone else's woman.
"It would be good if that person could lead Yuna well...."
"Th, that gu... no, what is that man's job?"
"He's an adventurer."
"Such a rough job—"
"Yuna's job is also an adventurer, you know?"
"Ugh...."
The man groaned.
Regardless of anything, he didn't want to admit it.
"Oh, that aside. When is that spicy galbi-tang representative coming?"
"Ah. They said they're coming after lunch tomorrow."
"Hmm."
"But... as you, the lawyer, would know better... there's no grounds for this."
"That's right. Calling it an insult just because she posted a selfie is absurd."
"Then why..."
"There's a reason for everything."
Sonya smiled coldly.
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"5,000 dollars for an additional inventory purchase. 10,000 dollars for a portable grinder. I've spent 15,000 dollars just today. Did the three of us spend 5,000 dollars each?"
It's a lot of money for me, having not been an adventurer for long.
My assets probably don't even add up to 40,000 dollars, even including the items I've listed on the exchange.
"Still, considering what we'll earn in the future, this level of expenditure is nothing. If anything, shouldn't we throw a party since we can make money smoothly?"
"I suppose so?"
Right. Let's think positively.
If we bring bones from the dungeon, and Eun-ju grinds them into Mana Powder to sell, we can make a huge income.
"If we think about filling two inventories a day and processing and selling them... hehe. How much would that be."
"Approximately 16,000 dollars. The exchange rate is about 1,200 won right now, so it's almost 20 million won."
"Wh, 20 million won a day! If we split it four ways, that's 5 million won!!"
Noona's eyes were painted with money signs.
"Phew... but that's difficult. One might be okay, but filling two... plus, with that amount, the processing speed won't be able to keep up."
True... even if Eun-ju processes all day, it would be hard.
Hmm... should I recruit more people? It would be good if it's someone I can work hard like Eun-ju... should I roam the night streets?