Chapter 58
Chapter 58
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 58
Chapter Title: My Home (2)
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“Y-You crazy bastard!”
*Thwack.*
Ha-eun’s slender leg struck his back.
“I-I know you’re happy, but still! Huh? H-How dare you do that to your nunna!!”
*Grind.*
This time, she pressed down on his back with the sole of her foot.
“…I said I was sorry.”
Two hours had passed since he couldn't contain a sudden impulse and pressed his lips against hers.
Oh-jin sat on the living room floor, repeating "I'm sorry" like a parrot.
Ha-eun sat on the sofa, kicking his back repeatedly.
“Is 'sorry' supposed to fix everything?! My!! Th-these, my lips… Uhehe. My lips, you punk! Huh? Ihihit!”
*Nunna.*
Just pick one, either be angry or be happy.
“…So. Was it good?”
*Wiggle, wiggle.*
Ha-eun poked his side with the tips of her toes.
“Of course it was. We got such a great house.”
Was this how Ha-eun felt when she received the Dragon's Eye from him?
After living in a cramped, smelly house, coming to a luxurious apartment like this made him so happy he could barely think straight.
That's why he couldn't contain his excitement, hugged Ha-eun, and kissed her.
‘So there was a reason the property value never drops, even in a crisis.’
It wasn't just that the interior was nice; the view from the window was great, and the surrounding facilities were incomparable to where they used to live.
Their old neighborhood had been as desolate as if it had been attacked by a monster.
“No, not about the house.”
“Huh?”
If not the house, then what?
“…Th-The. *Ahem!* The k-kiss… Did it, did it feel good?”
Her face flushed red as she twirled her hair with her fingertips.
A smirk crept onto Oh-jin's lips.
“It's not like it was our first time. Why are you making a big deal out of it?”
“Huh? When did we ever do it before?”
“We did it a lot when we were kids, remember? Playing house at the orphanage?”
“No.”
Ha-eun’s expression soured.
“That doesn't count, you brat!”
Ha-eun leaned forward, wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him in.
Along with the suffocating sensation, he felt a heavy pressure on his back.
‘Good heavens.’
Was my nunna always this big?
No. I knew she had some volume, but…
Feeling it directly against my body like this, her overwhelming combat power made me a little dizzy.
“Stop pretending you don't know and just tell me.”
“…”
“*Hmph.* You want to make your nunna angry?”
“No, well… Of course it was good. Why even ask?”
He recalled the soft feeling on his lips.
It wasn't like a bolt of lightning shot through his body, like they often show in comics.
But he couldn't deny that it felt good.
“R-Really?”
Ha-eun's lips curled into a wide grin.
She squirmed like a relative desperately trying to hide the fact they'd won the lottery.
“H-Hehehehe!!”
Still hugging him from behind, she pinched and pulled his cheek.
“Right. So you're saying it felt so good you want to run outside in your underwear and do a somersault?”
No.
It wasn't *that* good.
“Ihihit! Anyway~ you cute little thing. You must really like your nunna to pounce on her lips the second you walk in the door.”
“Anyone who heard you would think we're newlyweds in our honeymoon phase.”
“Kyahahahat! Hey, why are you suddenly talking about marriage after just one kiss?”
“?”
What is this woman talking about?
“This nunna isn't a woman you can win over that easily, you know~?”
“Uh, yeah.”
What is this?
Seeing that smug face makes me really angry.
“Come to think of it, it's kind of a crappy memory, but. That bastard Choi Jong-cheol, or whatever his name was, offered me 6 billion… no, 10 billion won just from seeing my face! Doesn't that mean this nunna is just that charming?”
“What's your point?”
“I'm saying you have to take responsibility for stealing this nunna's lips.”
Ha-eun lifted her chin and grinned.
“…”
Without a word, he grabbed her foot, which was resting on his thigh, and started tickling it.
“Kyaaah!! Wh-What the hell are you doing, you bastard!!”
She tried to pull her foot back in a panic, but it was no use.
In terms of pure physical strength, he was stronger now.
“Pfft!! Kyahahahat!! Stop!! Stooop!”
“My, my. Why is such a high-and-mighty person acting so undignified?”
“Let go!! I said let go, you baaastaaard!!”
He continued to tickle her foot for about five more minutes.
She shouldn't have provoked him.
“*Pant! Pant! Hmph…*”
Ha-eun bit her lip, breathing heavily.
Seeing the cold sweat dripping down her face, it must have been quite intense.
So my nunna is ticklish.
“Anyway, let's look around the house.”
It had been over two hours since they'd arrived, but he'd only seen the living room.
“Hoo. Alright.”
Ha-eun straightened her disheveled hair and stood up.
“This is the bathroom… and there are two rooms. This is the big one.”
*Click.*
The door opened, revealing a spacious interior.
‘Holy crap. This one room is as big as our old house.’
The furniture from their old house was inside the room.
“We'll have to buy more furniture soon.”
“Right? The old stuff is pretty worn out.”
“That's part of it, but.”
Oh-jin shrugged and pointed to the other room.
Since this was the big room, that must be the small one.
“We'll have to buy furniture for that room, too.”
Well.
Since Ha-eun bought the house, it's only natural that I take the smaller room.
I don't mind.
Even if it's the smaller room, it'll be more spacious than when the two of us were crammed into that tiny house.
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“What do you mean, 'what am I talking about'?”
“That room is for storage.”
“?”
What is this nunna talking about?
“Our room is here.”
Ha-eun said, pointing to the large room she had just opened.
“…There are two rooms, and you want both of us to use the big one?”
“Yup.”
“No.”
That's like going to a buffet and only drinking water.
“We don't even have that much stuff. What do you mean, a storage room? I'll just use the small room.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because I'm the owner.”
Shit.
I've got nothing to say to that.
“Hmph. If you don't like it, you can move out.”
Ha-eun grinned provocatively.
He didn't want to fall for such a childish provocation, but…
“Mold, rusty water… scorching hot in the summer, and damn cold in the winter.”
“Kuh.”
He couldn't even joke about going back to their old house.
“And most importantly.”
Ha-eun grinned like a general confident of victory.
“This house has—get this—'hot water'.”
“N-No way!”
This is insane.
Hot water!
Hot water!!
To be able to wash up with hot water at home!!!
It was a dizzying luxury he had never experienced before.
“So? Will you listen to the owner? Or will you leave?”
“…*Sob*!”
He felt miserable, as if his very soul was being trampled.
But he couldn't resist the temptation of hot water.
Do I have no choice but to surrender?
‘…Wait.’
Oh-jin's eyes gleamed sharply.
“Nunna, you said you used the reward money from the last subjugation mission to buy this house, right?”
“Huh? Yeah. I did.”
“Didn't that include my reward money too?”
He'd been unconscious for three days, and after that, he'd been too busy with his new skills to think about the reward money.
“…Uh. W-Well.”
*Flinch.*
Ha-eun averted her gaze.
“I'm the one who killed the most monsters, right?”
Honestly, the number of monsters he'd killed easily exceeded a hundred.
He even killed Choi Jong-cheol, the mastermind of the incident, so it was obvious he'd receive a hefty reward.
But.
I don't remember getting any money.
“W-Well, after getting a loan, I was a liiittle short on cash. Heh, hehehe!”
Ha-eun said, scratching the back of her head.
Oh?
So you're saying you used my reward money to buy this house without telling me?
Well, I don't mind that part.
However.
“In that case, doesn't that mean I can claim the small room as mine?”
“Ugh!”
*Wince.*
Ha-eun's shoulders trembled.
“Aah! M-My leg!! Ugh!!”
Then she suddenly clutched her right prosthetic leg and cried out in pain.
It was an incredibly awkward performance.
‘What is this nunna trying to pull now?’
As he stared down at Ha-eun.
“…Oh-jin, how can you say something like that to your nunna, who has a bad leg?”
Is this woman using a cheat code?
“Your nunna… has a body that needs someone to look after her.”
“…”
Oh-jin slapped his forehead with a look of defeat.
Ah, for fuck's sake.
What am I supposed to do now?
“Haaah… Alright, alright. We'll share a room.”
“Yesss! The slave contract has been extended~!”
Ha-eun pumped her fist and cheered.
Oh-jin gave a bitter smile as he looked at her.
It wasn't particularly inconvenient since he'd been sharing a room with her all this time anyway.
If there was one thing he was disappointed about…
“Ugh. I was hoping I could finally sleep in a bed.”
It was a shame he'd have to sleep on the floor again.
“Kyahahahat! Don't worry about that, you punk. This nunna has already thought of everything!”
Ha-eun burst into a bright laugh and went to the bed.
“Huh?”
Come to think of it, all the other furniture was the same, but the bed was new.
“Ta-da!”
*Vrrr.*
She opened the bottom of the bed, and another bed slid out from the side.
“Ooh!”
A short exclamation escaped Oh-jin's lips.
I can't believe there was a solution like this.
It was a simple solution in hindsight, but their old house was so cramped that he'd never even considered it.
“Heheng. How's this?”
“Totally works.”
Oh-jin gave a thumbs-up.
With this, there'd be no problem sharing a room.
Anyway.
“The house is great… but it's a shame I can't use the rooftop.”
At their old house, no one used the rooftop, so he could go up and train whenever he had time, but that seemed difficult here.
“Ah, about that. I heard there's a training facility for Awakeners near this apartment.”
“There's something like that?”
“Yup. The usage fee is a bit expensive, but it provides a space where you can train without worrying about other people's eyes.”
“Oh.”
Not bad.
“And Hongdae is close by, right? If you need to train hard, you can just go to the Sanctuary.”
“That's another option.”
If he went to the Sanctuary, he could get help with his training from Riak.
“Heehee. This nunna thought of everything when she picked this place!”
Just as she said.
Both the Association in Yeouido and the gate to the Sanctuary in Hongdae weren't far from the apartment.
“Puhuhu! My nunna is the best.”
I have to admit it.
“Huhu. Then for dinner tonight, I shall present some delicious beef.”
“Yes, ma'am.”
After she bought a house like this, what's a little beef?
“Shall we go to the supermarket together then?”
“There's a supermarket in the basement here.”
“Ooh.”
Perfect.
-Click.
Just as they were about to head to the supermarket.
-Trrrring!
A call came in.
“Hm?”
Oh-jin tilted his head and took out his smartphone.
‘Park Chang-hyun?’
He thought it was a call from Department Head Han, but it was Park Chang-hyun.
“Hello.”
[…Mr. Oh-jin. Can you come to the Valhalla Guild right now?]
“What's wrong?”
Oh-jin asked with a frown.
[—The Guild Master was attacked by the Black Star Guild bastards.]
“…”
Looks like beef will have to wait.