episode_0065

A high-end Japanese restaurant with a subtle, appetizing aroma.

“Would you mind having one more drink?”

After stopping the discussion and moving to our seats together, I was receiving entertainment from Baek Yu-jin.

Grumbling─

Clear alcohol to fill each other’s glasses.

When I took the glass and poured it into my mouth, the pleasant spicy taste wiped away the faint fishy taste that remained in my mouth.

“… Phew… .”

I sighed softly at the drunkenness that was slowly rising, and slowly put down my glass and glanced at her sitting across from me, sipping her drink.

‘It doesn’t look like you’re drunk at all.’

Is it not usually obvious, or is it really because I’m not drunk?

It seems like she drank more than one bottle, but Baek Yu-jin didn’t show any signs of being drunk.

‘I think I barely even drank water… .’

Despite his delicate appearance, he seemed to be a strong drinker.

“Aren’t you already drunk?”

At that time, Baek Yu-jin spoke with a playful smile.

“Maybe it’s because it’s been a while since I drank, but I’m feeling a little drunk.”

When I laughed and joked a little, she laughed and continued the conversation.

“Actually, it’s been a while since I drank, so it’s a little difficult for me.”

“You still look fine?”

“It’s true. If people in my family see me, they’ll ask me where I’m hurting?”

She brought up a family story that she had heard since she was a child, along with the story that her family had been very strong in alcohol for generations.

“It is said that among the adults in our Baek family, there was someone who got her husband with a bottle of whiskey.”

“With alcohol?”

“The two of us emptied the entire bottle overnight… , what. It was a story like that.”

It was a story that made me feel nauseous just listening to it.

“They say he was born with white hair and red eyes like me. I guess I received less of his blood.”

The sight of her fluttering her long eyelashes and smoothing her white hair is like a painting.

Suddenly, remembering the story of the man in the story she recited, I strained my eyes for no reason, and instead of drinking alcohol, I sipped cool water to cheer myself up.

“So… , When are you going to say what you wanted to say earlier?”

OK.

Baek Yu-jin glanced at me with narrowed eyes, and with a somewhat sad expression on her face, she looked down at the food and answered.

“Are you that curious about that?”

“I came here because I was curious about that.”

“Oh my, did I drink the kimchi soup first?”

She pretended to be slightly surprised, then lowered her gaze and made eye contact.

I unconsciously smiled at her cute behavior of asking for an answer and gave her the answer I wanted.

“Maybe not.”

At that moment, Baek Yu-jin couldn’t hold back her laughter and raised the corners of her mouth.

She lifted a glass of water for the first time in a while, moistened her mouth slightly, and finally got to the point.

“You know that our group is famous for pharmaceuticals, right?”

“I heard that it was published in a textbook.”

Baekil Pharmaceutical, the main business of Baekil Group, has long been making a lot of money with male contraceptives.

Currently, we are developing various items and new drugs using accessories from Gate, and I also used Baekil Pharmaceutical’s painkillers at one time.

“This time, we have a new drug developed by us… , I think it will probably be of great help to Jihyuk.”

“… What kind of medicine is it?”

She crossed her arms, stroked her chin gracefully, and continued her explanation slowly.

“How should I explain this… . Do you know how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly?”

“A caterpillar?”

“A scholar studied it some time ago, and it is said that a caterpillar melts its body to become a chrysalis, and then reorganizes its melted body to become a butterfly. Isn’t it amazing?”

Baek Yu-jin has said that the drug they are developing is such a drug.

In short, it meant that it was a medicine that reconstructed a part of the human body.

‘… Reconstructing a part of the human body… .’

Dry saliva gurgles.

I glanced at my legs under the table, calmed down my boiling excitement, and spoke.

“They say it completely melts bones and muscles… . Isn’t it too dangerous?”

“It’s dangerous. So we poured a huge amount of research money into reducing side effects.”

“That means… .”

“Side effects are about 9%. It is similar to the weaker ones sold on the market.”

Side effects are 9%.

Although it is not an absolutely safe level, my heart starts pounding.

‘They can fix my leg properly…’ ?’

My leg, which had been shattered during training with Lim A-rin during my academy days, was fortunately quickly repaired with the help of modern medicine.

but.

I was told that I had not completely recovered to my previous state and that I should avoid fighting in the future.

For me, who was making up for my lack of ability with physical ability, it was practically a death sentence.

Of course, I couldn’t give up completely, so thanks to constant rehabilitation and training, I have now reached a level where I can fight for a short period of time.

I am obsessed with the thought that if I get injured again, it will be the end, and I am unable to use my strength in actual combat.

“Once your leg heals, I think you will really be able to debut as a hunter, right? Did you know that our guild specializes in male teams?”

“Hunter… . Just producing is enough for me.”

“Aren’t you disappointed after beating S rank?”

She indirectly mentions her sparring with Choi Hyo-min.

It was something that Sejin had kept hidden for the sake of its image, but it seems they were unable to stop the rumor.

“If you think you won because you were lucky, you will get seriously hurt.”

“Are you cautious?”

Baek Yu-jin smiled and filled my glass.

I took the bottle, filled her glass, and spoke vaguely.

“What can I do for you?”

OK.

“Umm… .”

Baek Yu-jin seemed to be slightly worried and dragged out her answer, then slowly stood up and moved next to me with Jan.

“Originally, I just wanted to make a clean transaction… . Now that I see it in person, I have another desire.”

A subtle scent that passes by the tip of your nose.

Baek Yu-jin’s body odor penetrated my dull senses and stuck in my mind, as if I had sprayed some kind of perfume.

“Am I doing something presumptuous?”

Baek Yu-jin quietly approached me and glanced up at me, seducing me.

Normally, I would have cut it off resolutely, but… .

Wouldn’t it be okay to accept a little for the sake of a smooth relationship?

Sigh─

I naturally wrapped my hands around her thin waist and answered while holding up a clinking glass of wine.

“I’ll just look at it today.”

“Only today?”

“Maybe not.”

Baek Yu-jin soon gave her a glass of wine with a satisfied smile.

Jang─

We started having a more serious conversation.

*

next day.

“Ugh… . It’s the head… .”

After drinking with Baek Yu-jin until the wee hours of the morning, I finally returned home, grabbed my throbbing head after a short sleep, and was preparing to go to work.

‘Why do you drink so well…’ .’

Baek Yu-jin was truly a drunkard beyond imagination.

They said that strong alcoholism runs in the family, and it seems like that wasn’t an exaggeration.

“I can’t drive… .”

Thinking that if I continued like this, I might unintentionally get drunk and drive, I was seriously contemplating whether to take the morning bus and was peeling off the hangover reliever I had bought in advance… .

Uuuu…

My cell phone, which was in the middle of charging, started ringing.

‘Who is it this early in the morning?’

Without thinking, I put down the bottle and walked over to the phone.

and.

“!”

The moment I encountered that name that appeared on the screen, I froze involuntarily.

[ㄱArin♥]

It was Arin.

‘Burr, are you awake already?’

The drinking party with Baekil Group officials had already been reported in advance.

Just in case, I left a message with a proof shot as soon as I got home… .

It seems like he saw the message I left and called him as soon as he woke up.

Gulp─

I was a little nervous, like I was caught lying, but I took a deep breath and answered the phone as naturally as possible.

“Hello?”

[Jihyuk… ! Are you going to work now?! ]

Lim A-rin’s strangely urgent voice came through the speaker.

It felt like a slight ringing sound, as if a phone call was being made in the hallway of a building.

“I haven’t done it yet. Anyway, I drank too much yesterday so I was thinking about taking a break in the morning.”

[ Oh, I see… ! Yes, if you’re tired, you should rest… ! ]

Arin Lim reacted as if she was truly fortunate and sympathized with me.

however.

[It worked out just fine. Then can you open the door… ? ]

“… Huh?”

Next, I heard something incomprehensible.

[I boiled some hangover soup to give to you… ! ]

“… What?”

That moment.

Ding dong─ Ding dong─

The sound of the doorbell ringing throughout the house.

[Ding dong─ Ding dong─]

Coincidentally, the same doorbell sound was heard through the speaker.

“… !”

Startled, I hurried out to the front door.

Beep─ Beep─

Then I quickly unlocked it and opened the front door… .

Suddenly─

She, dressed up as lovely as usual, waved her hand and greeted me cheerfully through the crack in the door.

“Jihyuk… !”

He actually came to my house.

“Ah, Arin… .”

“I feel okay inside… ? Can I eat rice?”

She asked me how I was doing with a worried expression.

As if saying that I had boiled hangover soup was not empty words, I was holding a small shopping bag in one hand… .

“… What is that?”

“Ah. this? It’s hangover soup… !”

“… Haejangguk… ?”

“Yes! After seeing that you sent me a message early in the morning, I cooked it right away… !”

“… Huh?”

She surprised me again by casually making a shocking statement.

It was 5 am when I arrived home and sent her a message.

It’s 7:20 in the morning… .

In other words, I waited for the message until dawn and then prepared breakfast.

“Did I do something that was too burdensome…? ?”

At that time, Lim A-rin looked at me carefully and spoke carefully.

It felt like he really wasn’t aware of his actions, but he only realized it based on my subtle reactions.

“Oh, no! It’s burdensome. It’s good for me if you take care of me like this!”

“I see… ?”

When I remembered her seizure not long ago, I made a fuss even more out of fear that she would freak out.

“Okay then! Who wouldn’t like taking care of something like this? It’s just that I’m worried that you might be overdoing it.”

“Hee hee. I’m fine… !”

“… okay. Let’s go in and eat quickly.”

After taking her into the house with some pretense,

While Im A-rin went to wash her hands for a moment, I was quietly swallowing my saliva while preparing the breakfast I had prepared.

‘no… . Why does this look so appetizing?’

Perhaps because there were only side dishes that I liked, I developed an appetite that I had never had before.

“Jihyuk… !”

At that time, Lim A-rin, who had returned from washing her hands, quietly asked me a question.

“Have you bought a new perfume? ?”

It was a random question about perfume.

“Huh? perfume? I didn’t buy it?”

“Ah… . okay… ?”

“Why suddenly?”

“No, just… . What a nice scent coming from the laundry basket.”

“Laundry basket… ?”

That moment.

Memories of last night flashing through my mind.

‘What perfume do you use?’

‘I made it myself. ‘It’s good, right?’

‘Really? It’s very well made.’

‘If you smell it close, you can even smell the peach scent.’

‘is it so? then… .’

It seems that the perfume from the process of entertaining Baek Yu-jin still remained.

“… I’m not sure.”

I stayed as calm as possible and pretended not to notice.

OK.

“It felt like a women’s perfume… . I drank with a woman yesterday… ?”

Im A-rin immediately asked a sharp question.

Juruk-

Cold sweat running down my spine in response to the slightly lowered tone.

Lim A-rin was clearly suspicious of me.

‘… Chi, let’s calm down… .’

The one who is embarrassed and lies here is Hasoo.

Tell the truth, but be vague and lump it together.

“Didn’t I tell you? The director there was a woman… . ah. I guess he sprayed perfume in the middle of the person and got it on.”

“… okay… ?”

Lim A-rin quietly gave me a look with a meaningful answer.

It was clearly a calm look without any emotion, but

Those dry eyes made me feel even more pressured.

“It’s all set. Shall we eat now?”

In order not to make a fuss, I tried my best to change the topic.

“I will eat well.”

“Eat a lot… !”

Lim A-rin seemed to have quickly gotten rid of her doubts and appeared to have her smile back.

“So what did you talk about yesterday? What does it say in 100 Days?”

“Hmm… .”

To surprise her, I deliberately pretended it was nothing and moved the spoon and brought up the suggested story.

“Baekil Pharmaceutical has developed a new drug, and they say it might be able to fix my leg.”

That moment.

“… Huh?”

Perhaps due to her mood, Lim A-rin’s expression became stiff.