“Take the mask.”
“If so, I won’t worry. Hee-young-ssi, please also be careful.”
“If you are not busy, there are places I would like you to come with. Oh, of course, if Hyejin-ssi refuses, I will go there by myself. It’s a pretty scandalous place, but I’ll be able to come back alive somehow. If I’m not lucky enough, I’ll be kidnapped and have an arm or leg cut off. Hyunsung-ssi will be very happy.”
“You’ve never seen how the deal actually works. You probably found out about it by looking at the tax issues or monster trades.”
“Stop crying.”
‘The first thing I need to do is to prevent a crisis that is about to come to the city’
Time had passed since we arrived at Castle Rock. It seemed that I got some outline of the things I had to solve.
“He wondered if you and I had a fight.”
Seeing him transforming into a loyal person was certainly disconcerting. Of course, that wasn’t the only reason Song Jungwook continued to visit Yeongju Tower.
‘Marlin Young-ae.
I thought I should at least be able to control Cho Hyejin if I was going to work with his in the future. I needed to let his know I was a friend he could trust.
At this, I handed his one of the two objects I had in my hands.
Certainly, if Song Jungwook connected with Marlin Young-ae, there will be a lot to gain from her perspective. she could become an aristocrat, buy some land, and thus be freer about taxes. I didn’t really know if she loved his or not, but the closer she could get to Marlin Young-ae, the closer she could become a part of the big-time capitalists that I had mentioned before.
“That… Did something happen between you and Hyejin?”
‘What a dishonorable guy.
I had no intention of taking care of him, either.
In that sense, the time when other party members were away was always an opportunity.
My other party members had also been busy. As I continuously went out for work every other day, I saw Kim Hyunsung busy evolving both Park Deokgu and Kim Ye-ri. Perhaps one of the other things Hyunsung had to do was persuade people by bringing the monster wave signs.
“Then I will be going out today too, Kiyoung-ssi.”
“Okay. Hyunsung and Deokgu, be careful.”
“Yes. Do not worry.”
“Ah. Yes… That… I just want for you to get along…”
“How did you know…?”
“Hayan too.”
“Yes… Sniff!”
A few days had passed since the day I spoke with Cho Hyejin. I started to get serious about my work, and although I tried to get around by myself, it was Song Jungwook of Little Rock that proved to be a harder worker than me.
“Yes. I want to be close to Hyejin as well. Since Hyejin-ssi is not going on the expedition this time, I will approach her carefully. Haha.”
“I think I know what Hyunsung-ssi is worried about, but that will not happen.”
“Haha. That’s fortunate. Since you salad so, I’m relieved. Then I’ll be going.”
“It seems like you’re not getting along well recently…”
“You asked for the destination, right?”
Unlike the previous timeline, Castle Rock, which entered into a state of war, would prevent the attack from monster waves or named monsters, and our regressor may stand up as the hero who saved Castle Rock.
I needed to create a bond of friendship between his and me. Unlike the first thing, the two other tasks were not to be done as a party, but were supposed to be done personally.
Of course, it was not easy to get close to his when he kind of already knew about me, but by no means would this be a difficult job. This was because I had already caught some strands.
I didn’t know if it would go as planned, but I knew it was my job to make it happen. I was also busy in many ways, but I could handle that much.
“Ah, it was just a little dispute over work. You don’t have to worry about it.”
While he was getting ready, I, too, started getting ready. I changed into clothes prepared beforehand and groomed my hair properly, and then I was finished.
Based on what would happen in the future, Kim Hyunsung would collect information step by step and officially announce that information within Castle Rock.
“There must be a reason that the charges were cleared even with insufficient evidence.”
However, the conversation window had not been cut off at all.
I could see Cho Hyejin looking at me with a blank expression as if he was speechless.
“Okay. Be careful today as well…”
“Okay.”
Of course, I was also worried. Since the last incident, Cho Hyejin had been a little cold to me.
This time I didn’t have to take any measures, Kim Hyunsung would take care of this, and I trusted him. It was quite a pleasure to have a colleague you could rely on.
This silent Cold War proved to be more terrifying than petty arguments.
“I see.”
It seemed like she wanted to get close to Marlin Young-ae and other nobles by visiting Yeongju Tower, but she was free to use her spare time the way she wanted, anyway.
“No. It’s not like that. Although we’ve had some misunderstandings with each other, wouldn’t it be better to resolve these misunderstandings in advance?”
In fact, it was the main purpose of this expedition. It was also the goal of our lovely regressor, and the reason as to why our party came to Castle Rock.
I didn’t have to say anything because it wasn’t really something that would go against me, but I could tell that her intentions weren’t good. Though Song Jungwook wanted to be close to me, she didn’t want Little Rock to be under Blue’s influence. On the outside, she planned to pretend to swear allegiance to me, and on the inside, she planned to somehow move around to reverse the situation. She was definitely a leaf with two sides.
‘The second thing is about Song Jungwook of Little Rock.’
“B-but… They’re too revealing…”
In fact, in this matter, the first thing was to know what Cho Hyejin will do, but for now, it was correct to prepare a paddle that could be used while maintaining the current situation. And…
‘The third one is improving the relationship with Cho Hyejin.’
Looking ahead, I saw Cho Hyejin, who had been seeing off the outgoing party members.
she moved as if she had a deadline. The fact that he wanted to use Yeong-ae was a matter that I already noticed before, but since she was being obvious about it, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Rather, there was one time when she introduced me to the lower aristocracy with a feeling that she wanted me to take advantage of her connections, so she must feel that we were even now.
All one had to do was wait for the moment to cut the line while not compromising too much. Of course, I planned to take everything I could before that. It was not only Song Jungwook who had been busy.
“Ah. It is not a place where you can enter with the clothes you are wearing, so you should change your clothes.”
“We are going to visit that site from now on.”
“Wait a minute, Kiyoung-ssi.”
“It seemed that Hyunsung-ssi was worried.”
As I waved goodbye at the party members, I could see them waving back at me as well.
“I don’t want to have conversations other than about business, Vice Guild Master.”
Additionally, we needed to announce the danger and establish our guild’s position in Castle Rock. Right now, Kim Hyunsung was working on this, so there was nothing for me to do, but I must thoroughly prepare for all kinds of possible situations.
“If you’re going to say weird things again…”
There was no need for his to understand now. he only needed to come with me at this point to see.
Although his reaction was a little cold, he had been like that all the time recently. Perhaps she, too, had a lot on her mind. What I had salad in the past struck deep in his heart.
“Thank you.”
What Money Can’t Buy (1)
“You are…”
“I am not a bad guy, Hyejin-ssi. This is all work. All the other party members are out and working hard, so shouldn’t we be doing our job too? Ahem. Will you come with me?”
“I don’t think you’re giving me a choice. I’ll go with you.”
“When I talked about revenging you, it was for you, but it was also related to work. Regardless of personal grudges, if they’re still trying to do something illegal, I’m going to have to be taking measures about this eventually.”
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It was better to try to get closer by talking to her at least a little. Even if we didn’t become friends, it was important to make his see me in another way by doing something to own his a debt or anything.
“What?”
“You don’t have to worry, because I prepared everything in advance.”
“Can I ask you about the destination?”
“You will see. It’s not fun if I tell you in advance. We will leave in an hour, so please do hurry.”
“You have already decided this beforehand. You really do as you please.”
“That’s because I have a good initiative. Thank you for the compliment.”
“What?”
It wasn’t the clothes I had when I was at a party at the royal castle, but smiled when I saw myself looking quite human.
he soon came out onto the lobby, his face red.
“Do I really have to wear this?”
he still didn’t look very happy, but seeing his go inside, it seemed like he was willing to follow my suggestion. On the other hand, I thought it wasn’t bad to go on a date with someone who could be called beautiful.
“Oh, I already told you that you don’t have to worry. Anyway, it’s okay because we’ll just wander outside and do some investigating.”
“You don’t have to worry because it looks beautiful on you.”
My prediction that the blue dress would look good on his was correct.
It felt valid to tell the guide of Yeongju Tower to make his look good. It didn’t matter if he was wearing makeup or not, but the finely tied hair looked really good with the dress. he looked uncomfortable as it showed off one of his legs and his back, but it had a sexy feeling overall.
he was attractive in his own way.
I thought he was a man who was far from colors…’
“Are you going to a party? If you need a partner, you could ask someone else…”
“It’s not just a party, so just trust me. I have a wagon outside. Let’s go?”
“Yes, Hyunsung-ssi?”
“Oh, I have a question before that.”
“Yes.”
“It’s about Little Rock… Have you ever seen them illegally trading monsters or trading slaves between different species?”
“Yes. I saw them trapped inside a wagon.”
“Didn’t you already change them? You don’t have to be shy, Hyejin-ssi.”
I had to think about whether to keep him and continue, or to cut him off in the proper line.
I guess he’s worried.’
“This is within the boundaries of business matters, Hyejin-ssi. It is very important to promote friendship between guild members.”
“Yes.”
While Song Jungwook was working for me, I didn’t stay still.
“What…”
“I’m trying to find out how the illegal activities are happening. That’s what I’m saying.”
“Yes.”
she started promoting my potions to other guilds and clans as if she had pledged her loyalty to me, and before I could even make a move, she brought the signed contracts to me.
Do your best.
In a way, I was lucky that Kim Hyunsung had entrusted her with escorting me. In this way, I could spend some more time with her.