Chapter 122: A Slightly Late Summer Vacation (2)

「A KakaoTalk message has arrived from A-Rank Hunter Do Sihee. Would you like to check it?」

As soon as a voice echoed in my head from Esila, I quietly smiled inwardly.

I never thought I’d get a chance to earn points this quickly.

Of course, just because she contacted me didn’t mean an immediate meeting was guaranteed, but still, my chest was already pounding with a strange sense of exhilaration.

It feels bad to compare them, but sex with her offered a uniquely special kind of pleasure compared to other women.

The moment I recalled the sex I had with Do Sihee last night, my lower half naturally started to swell.

Of course, this doesn’t mean sex with the other women is bad or unattractive.

Hye-eun has the charm of a cozy girlfriend. Cha Yuri is a bit willful, but ultimately has the pitiable charm of someone who succumbs to me.

Han Min-ah has the cute charm of someone trying hard to hide her shyness but failing. Eunyoung Noona has the dual charm of being like a gentle mother while unable to suppress her desires.

Each woman’s unique charm shown in bed is so varied that I couldn’t possibly give up any of them.

However, Do Sihee possessed sexual boundaries that were in a different league from ordinary women.

With her, even somewhat sadistic acts were permissible, and she was truly special in that I could see her face light up with joy even more.

She was also the only woman who allowed penetration from the hole in the back.

She had clearly said that the next time she contacted me, it would be after everything was finished.

Today’s message from her is probably for the reason I’m thinking.

‘I’ll see for myself.’

「Understood.」

After turning on my smartphone, I opened KakaoTalk and entered the open chatroom with the most recent notification, as Esila heard my response.

I intended to immediately reply to Do Sihee’s KakaoTalk message.

「Can we chat now?」

「Yes, that’s fine.」

「That’s a relief. I was worried you might be busy.」

If I had been inside a dungeon, I might not have been able to check it, but today, I was home fiddling with the system to settle points.

So I was able to check Do Sihee’s KakaoTalk message without delay.

「Seeing as you contacted me like this, I assume your schedule is all finished.」

「Technically, there’s just a tiny bit left.

The luncheon hosted by the foundation just ended, and I have a brief moment of personal time until the tea reception is prepared.」

「You must be working hard.」

Thinking about how she still lived such a busy life, I quietly paid my respects to her inwardly.

Speaking of which, the Ariel Foundation hosts events like luncheons and tea receptions for hunters too, huh?

Given the different types of hunters involved, it seems they operate quite differently from regular hunter companies or guilds.

I don’t know the specifics of their operations, since I’m not a chaebol heiress hunter.

「Anyway, once today’s schedule is over, that’s it. So I plan to take a vacation starting tomorrow.」

「Is it okay to use your long-awaited vacation just to meet me?」

「Stop teasing me. I’m using my vacation to meet you because it’s been a while.」

「I know.」

「Of course, if your schedule doesn’t work out, I’ll have to adjust things a bit more.」

Just her saying she’d willingly adjust her schedule to meet me made me feel quite happy.

Of course, knowing how busy Do Sihee’s life is and how tiring it is to adjust her schedule, I’d likely accommodate her whenever possible.

「I’m available anytime.」

「Thank you. Since there isn’t much time until the next event, I’ll get straight to the point.

Could you set aside time for me for 2 nights and 3 days, starting tomorrow?」

Tomorrow? And for 2 nights and 3 days?

I was momentarily surprised by the schedule being so imminent and urgent, but I quickly and calmly organized what I needed to do next.

If it’s 2 nights and 3 days starting tomorrow, the earliest I’d return would be Wednesday morning.

I might just make it in time for my private tutoring session with Eunyoung Noona.

Other than that, there’s the Black Slime material request from Choi Hwayoung.

After finishing all my scheduled activities, including the private tutoring with Eunyoung Noona, I’d be able to secure the materials by Thursday evening at the earliest. This means I’d be delivering it on the tenth day, about three days later than the promised week.

…Well, she did say it was okay if I delivered it a bit late since she’s busy.

She also mentioned it would be fine as long as I brought it within two weeks.

Convinced it would be okay, I immediately sent Do Sihee a reply.

「If it’s 2 nights and 3 days, does that mean Monday to Wednesday?」

「Yes, that’s right.」

「It seems possible. However, I have a schedule on Wednesday afternoon, so I’ll likely have to return by the morning.」

「That’s enough. I actually wanted to schedule it for longer, but I have an engagement on Wednesday afternoon, so I had no choice but to make it 2 nights and 3 days.」

If she didn’t have that engagement, I wonder how many days she would have asked me to set aside.

Thinking about that quietly, I continued with the next message.

「Then, where should we meet on Monday?」

「Let’s meet at the Gimpo Warp Gate Terminal.」

「The Gimpo Warp Gate Terminal? Are you planning to take a long-distance warp gate?」

「I’d prefer to leave that as a pleasant surprise upon arrival, if possible. Do you really need to know now?」

「That’s fine then. If you, Sihee-ssi, say so, I’ll look forward to it.」

「Thank you for trusting me, Sungchul-ssi.」

Well, she probably wouldn’t use crude methods like suddenly kidnapping me to some unknown faraway place.

More importantly, I have many secrets I’m keeping from Do Sihee, so it’s also time I showed some trust.

「I’ll send you the specific meeting location again via KakaoTalk message. I should probably get going to the tea reception now.」

「Understood.」

「See you tomorrow, Sungchul-ssi.」

「See you tomorrow, Sihee-ssi.」

After confirming the read receipt for my last message disappeared, I closed the KakaoTalk message window.

Gimpo Warp Gate Terminal.

The meeting location, which seemed full of intention, made my mind naturally wander to what might come next.

It’s a world full of completely new concepts like Awakened individuals, monsters, and dungeons, so it might seem strange to look for differences from the previous world now.

Anyway, if I had to mention just one more difference from my previous world, it would be the existence or absence of airports.

Basic means of transportation like buses, taxis, and subways for relatively short distances still existed.

But with the existence of the game-breaking transportation method called Warp Gates, air travel via airplanes was practically obsolete.

To be precise, the concept of airplanes does exist.

Awakened individuals with invention-related abilities could develop major inventions from the previous world.

However, airplanes like the passenger jets of the previous world, which inevitably require long runways and large hangars, are virtually non-existent.

They’re inefficient, expensive to produce, and even the usage fees don’t compare favorably to Warp Gates, so there’s no reason to use them.

Most importantly, Warp Gates allow instantaneous travel to the opposite region upon entry, whereas airplanes require sitting uncomfortably for hours to travel to another country.

By the standards of this world, they fall under the category of unnecessarily inconvenient transportation.

Instead, small private planes exist as a hobby for the chaebols. It’s like a hobby similar to yacht sailing, perhaps.

And helicopters exist too.

They are perhaps the only aerial means of transport used purely for travel.

Since warp gates for travel aren’t installed in every corner of the country, they are a much faster means of transport than taxis, provided you have the money.

Unlike private planes, they can land anywhere as long as there’s a flat rooftop.

Anyway, getting back to the main point.

Since Do Sihee suggested meeting at the Gimpo Warp Gate Terminal, the proposal for a trip to a distant location was practically confirmed.

Whether it’s domestic or international, I don’t know, but it’s definitely a place far enough to require a long-distance warp gate.

She wouldn’t seriously be planning to take me to that Paris Eiffel Tower restaurant we joked about, would she?

It might be good to prepare myself, even just a little. That way, I won’t be as shocked when reality hits.

It was a little suspicious that Do Sihee would suggest a 2-night, 3-day trip on our third meeting.

Regardless, I decided not to dwell too much on my suspicions about her.

As long as Do Sihee didn’t cross the line into my personal life, it was only right for me to put aside unnecessary suspicions about her.

Besides, I had something else I needed to do right now.

I needed to contact Choi Hwayoung to let her know I’d be delivering later than originally planned.

I took out Choi Hwayoung’s business card, which I’d kept in my subspace pocket, entered the phone number into my smartphone, and immediately sent her a message via KakaoTalk.

「Hwayoung-ssi.

This is Kim Sungchul, a Hunter from the Union.」

I felt a bit sorry for contacting her so long after receiving her business card, but I couldn’t help it. I’ve been incredibly busy lately.

Especially with the matter concerning Eunyoung Noona, I haven’t had the bandwidth to focus on other things.

Actually, according to the original plan, I was supposed to contact her tomorrow, inform her I’d be coming, and visit the Lakeside Pharmacy around evening or night with the materials.

Since it’s been postponed past the scheduled date, I couldn’t not report it.

Thinking that, I sent the message and waited for a reply.

“…No reply.”

Not only was there no reply, but the read receipt on the KakaoTalk chat window didn’t disappear for several minutes.

Well, she did mention last time that when she’s extremely busy, she often can’t check messages.

I don’t know the specifics of pharmacology or alchemy, but I do know that the process of making potions requires a lot of time and concentration.

Or perhaps she’s busy attending to a customer who just happened to walk into the shop.

I didn’t want to disturb her work by calling unnecessarily, so I decided to leave only the essential message.

「Regarding the Black Slime material request you mentioned before. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I intend to bring it on Thursday, three days after the original date. Would that be acceptable?」

I closed the KakaoTalk chat window, where the read receipt still hadn’t disappeared.

Her reply came several hours later, long after the evening had passed.

「ㅇ」

It was a concise reply.