episode_0039

After completing the first team training.

After finishing training a little early and preparing to move to the office, I expressed my opinion to Gyu-ri Han and Jun-hyung Kim that I would be able to enter the gate soon.

“Gate?!”

“Already?”

“Looking at your skills, I think you can easily subdue a C-level person.”

The two people have already responded by asking if it is that bad… .

In fact, the growth rate was much faster than during the training period, so it was not a strange reaction.

“But is Seowon okay? They say it’s still not enough.”

“The growth rate is definitely very steep… . Compared to Hanna or Narae, it’s still not good enough.”

As the two said, our team’s only weak spot right now is Jin Seo-won, the main dealer.

The reality is that her current level is D rank at best, and there is a clear difference compared to the other two team members who are already at C rank level.

Even though they are in the same lower rank, since they started last, they have no choice but to fall behind.

but… .

“I have something in mind about that, so don’t worry.”

I have a way to make Jinseowon grow explosively.

“What is it?”

“Do you have any other plans?”

“I’ll tell you about that later… . Anyway, I’m going to go somewhere with Seowon this Friday. ”“Are you missing out on field training?”

Gyu-ri Han, who is quick-witted, seemed to understand and asked how the administration would be handled, and I nodded and added that we were planning to use security throughout the weekend.

“What will the other kids do?”

“On that day, please just relax and focus on education. Aren’t we behind on safety training?”

“They asked me from above if I had already done that… . I’ll just do it this time.”

So we were able to talk about various things and finish preparing for the office relocation.

I left City Hall late in the day, promising tomorrow morning.

*

next day.

“Wow… ! Producer… ! This is really our office… !?”

“Good?”

“I really like it… ! and! There’s even a huge TV! Sofa too!”

We headed to Sejin Guild with the office moving and guide team members, and were looking around the office while being guided by a guild employee sent by Lee Hye-ri.

‘It’s better than I thought?’

The new office, with an open view of the city, was so spacious that it made no sense that it had been sitting idle for a while.

There was a separate space for administrative processing and a space for relaxation. The space itself was large and expandable, so it seemed like there would be no problem even if the number of team members increased.

‘How much effort did you put into it?’

Literally, it was a space where Lee Hye-ri could be seen preparing.

“You can freely use other facilities, just use the card provided. If you have any questions, you can ask me… .”

Although I felt it on the way to the office, Sejin Guild’s headquarters building could truly be called a top guild.

Basically, it was housed in the same building as other affiliates of the Sejin Group, and boasted overwhelming welfare benefits that were comparable to those of Chunhwa Guild, a large corporation of the same name.

If Cheonhwa Guild had been decorated with practical and decent welfare… .

Sejin Guild said, ‘There is such a thing?’ It felt so diverse and delicate that the words came out.

““I will eat well!””

We moved quickly because we didn’t have much luggage, and for the first time in a while, we had Chinese food delivered instead of nutritious food.

“It feels like it’s been a long time since I ate Jajangmyeon.”

“Sure. I think I ate it often when I was at City Hall… .”

While we were all huddled together in the conference room and eating together to build friendships… .

“Oh… !”

The sweet and sour pork, which had an unusually large amount of sauce on it, ended up causing an accident.

“Ugh… This is the outfit I wore for the first time today… .”

The sauce ended up falling on Bang Han-na’s chest.

“Hannah, here, toilet paper.”

“Ah… . Thank you.”

After receiving the tissue from Gyu-ri Han, Han-na Bang casually wiped her chest as if she was used to it.

I was looking at the overwhelming size of my chest, which was bound to become an obstacle, and was about to withdraw my gaze and move my chopsticks.

“… ?”

Suddenly, Jin Seo-won, sitting across from me, staring at Bang Hanna blankly caught my eye.

“… … .”

After staring at Bang Han-na’s breasts for a while, she suddenly lowered her head and looked down at her own breasts.

Then he suddenly placed the chopsticks he was holding in front of his chest and started wiggling them.

I felt like I didn’t understand that the sauce was falling on my chest.

‘… This can be happen… .’

Jin Seo-won’s body is also not at a level where it can be overlooked.

However, Bang Han-na’s body is just too overwhelming.

If this is a talent… , the difference is in talent.

“… … .”

How long did it take for you to move and adjust to your new life?

The night before training camp is just around the corner.

“Seowon. Did you pack all three clothes?”

“… Yes.”

“What are the toiletries?”

“… Ah.”

I stopped by Jinseowon’s lodgings and was packing the things I needed for training.

however.

“… … .”

Jin Seo-won, who was checking his luggage, suddenly sat still and began to think seriously about something.

‘Is there anything else I need to take care of?’

It looks like he’s having trouble deciding whether to take something or not.

“Do you need anything to take care of?”

Seeing her nodding her head instead of answering, I wondered for a moment whether or not to ask about the object’s identity, but then I decided that it wouldn’t be a good idea to ask too much, so I tipped her off.

“It’s a 3-day, 2-night itinerary… . Just in case, take everything you need. It might be difficult to get it there.”

Then Jin Seo-won glanced at me and asked a somewhat meaningful question.

“… Can I really take anything with me?”

What does she mean by ‘anything’?

I looked back on her life and thought about things she could take with her, but nothing in particular came to mind.

‘Is there anything wrong with it?’

I gave her the assurance that she could take anything with her.

“If there’s anything you want to take, take it. I don’t know if I can write it, but… .”

Jin Seo-won looked strangely happy and started packing his luggage again.

“… … .”

I took a close look at the things she was packing, just in case… .

‘… ‘Is it normal?’

There was no special object to be seen.

*

“Seowon. Pick whatever you want to eat.”

“… Is that okay?”

“If you don’t like it, don’t. Shall we go right away?”

The next day, we rode the highway early in the morning and stopped for a moment at a rest area.

“… then. This and this.”

“… What is the combination of whole potatoes and slush?”

We bought coffee for me and snacks that Jin Seo-won chose, returned to the car, and were about to leave again… .

“… Do you want to eat?”

“Huh?”

Jin Seo-won suddenly thrust in a potato.

“… It’s delicious.”

Her tone of voice was as indifferent as usual, showing no particular emotion.

It was an ordinary act, nothing special, but I felt a little special.

Because so far, she has never suggested something first.

“… Are you really giving it to me?”

Jin Seo-won quietly nodded and held out a toothpick as if asking the obvious.

I silently took a potato and ate it, admiring her new change.

“… It’s delicious, right?”

“Hmm. Maybe it’s because you gave it to me, but it tastes even better.”

“… Try this too.”

What kind of wind suddenly blew?

She also offered a slushy soon after.

It was a bit weird to use the same straw she was holding in her mouth the whole time… .

I gently bit down on the straw, hoping that this behavior would improve her social skills at least a little.

“Wow… . It’s cool.”

“… … .”

Jin Seo-won seemed to like my reaction and immediately took the straw and brought it to his mouth.

Then he pursed his cute lips and sucked on a straw.

“… … ?”

He tilted his head as if he had no idea and was persistently chewing on his straw.

I had no idea what he was thinking.

How long did it take before I left the rest area and drove on the highway?

“Let’s get down.”

We arrived at a mountain located in the countryside.

“We can’t go by car from here, so let’s walk a little.”

“… Are you going on foot?”

She gives a dissatisfied look in her eyes, as if she doesn’t like the sudden hike.

I started hiking, soothing her by saying that I was in charge of training.

and… .

“Here.”

After climbing the mountain for about 30 minutes, I was finally able to reach the monument indicating the ‘entrance’.

It was a secret location that appeared in the original novel ‘The Strongest Master’.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve been here.’

The large tombstone, about the size of an adult man, is engraved with Chinese characters representing the 12 zodiac signs.

This played a similar role to a door lock, and the corresponding portal appeared when you pressed it in order with magical power.

Cook─ Cook─ Cook─ Cook─ Cook… …

Let’s remember and enter the 12-digit password.

Kugugugugung──!

Soon, a small portal appeared beyond the tombstone with a sound as if a gate was opening.

Suddenly, a faint peach scent passed through my nose, and I felt like I had opened it properly.

“Let’s go in.”

I gathered up my luggage that I had put down for a moment and stepped inside the portal.

Hwaaah—-!

Then, a unique languid feeling enveloped my entire body, and a beautiful scenery appeared before my eyes along with the faint scent of peach.

“… and… .”

Beneath the large peak rising through the clouds, a wide and fertile plain stretched out, and on one side there was a clean river and beautiful peach blossoms in full bloom.

This is the secret place where we will train for 3 days and 2 nights.

This is Dowonhyang.

*

“You can unpack your luggage over there… . We don’t have separate rooms, so we’ll sleep here together. Which side of the bed would you like to use?”

“… Here.”

“Okay, then… .”

Jin Seo-won slowly looked inside the cave while listening to Do Ji-hyuk’s explanation.

In the cave, which consisted of a warehouse and a large living room, there were traces that someone had already used it.

“What is it? Was this here? I’ve been looking for it for a while… .”

It was not difficult for Jin Seo-won to notice that the traces were left by Do Ji-hyuk in the past.

‘… Then who is the other one?’

At that time, I was wandering around the cave with a sudden question in my mind.

Jin Seo-won found someone’s photo attached to one wall of the cave.

“… … ?”

In one photo taken with a Polaroid camera, there was a man and a woman who looked strangely young.

A woman with a strangely shy expression and a man with his arms wrapped around her neck and facing her.

‘… producer?’

They were Seol Joo-hee and Do Ji-hyuk.