Chapter 34

Chapter 34

I Installed a Dating App and Girls from Another World Became Obsessed with Me.

Episode 34: Blind Date (2)

A quiet cafe near the Magic Tower.

Due to its location in a business district, there were almost no customers except for me after lunchtime.

‘What kind of menu name is “Dirty Matcha Truffle Chocolate Shake”?’

Confusing, very confusing.

But the taste itself wasn’t bad.

“Still, I didn’t expect to be rejected so firmly.”

An hour had passed since I left the Magic Tower, but Choi Yeong-ok’s unexpected answer kept replaying in my head.

-I’m sorry, but Magic Tower professors can’t personally teach students who aren’t in their lab. Especially during vacation.

Honestly, I thought she would readily help.

Compared to the Jeon Hye-seong situation, I thought it was an easy request to grant.

“It can’t be helped.”

I couldn’t throw a tantrum there, and I was already deeply indebted to her for helping with Jeon Hye-seong.

Besides, it wasn’t like I got nothing.

-Oh, right. I almost forgot. Are you free two days from now?

-Two days from now? Yes, well… I don’t have any plans.

-Great. Then would you like to meet my granddaughter on that day?

The first meeting with my finally arranged blind date was two days away.

Honestly, I was incredibly nervous.

The photo Choi Yeong-ok gave me showed a beautiful female wizard who wouldn’t pale in comparison to Iris or Cheon Yeo-hwa.

“Suddenly, I’m overwhelmed with female luck.”

Whether it was good luck or bad luck, as someone who had never been on a blind date, I couldn’t help but feel anxious, for better or worse.

I was nervous and excited.

Tting-

While sipping my oddly named drink, a text message arrived on my phone.

[S Bank]

[Withdrawal 200,000 KRW]

[Balance 22,171,280 KRW]

“Ah, rent.”

It was already rent day.

Thanks to selling the magic stones, I didn’t have to struggle with rent anymore, but seeing the remaining balance of only 20 million KRW, due to the survival supplies I bought before meeting Cheon Yeo-hwa, pained me.

“…Should I go to a gate?”

Thanks to my wizard registration card, I could enter gates without a hunter license.

And as a wizard, even stronger parties would be eager to take me, making it easy to get a free ride.

‘In the dungeon, I was acting like a warrior instead of a support class.’

Thinking about it now, I felt a bit wronged.

I was a wizard, a noble, not an untouchable warrior!

But why was I dodging monster swords and becoming a hedgehog from arrows?

It was time to return to being a wizard, one of the two pillars of nobility, along with healers.

“Or maybe I should learn swordsmanship.”

To properly use the “Imperial Army Magic Sword” I bought last time, it was right to learn swordsmanship.

Moreover, learning swordsmanship would involve exercise, giving me a good opportunity to improve my stamina and strength.

Honestly, I realized my stamina was lacking during the dungeon raid and the mountain hike with Cheon Yeo-hwa.

Thankfully, I didn’t collapse from exhaustion due to magic support, but I couldn’t rely on magic forever.

I realized that the stronger my foundation, the higher the efficiency I could achieve with the same amount of magic power.

“I wonder if there’s any place near my house that teaches swordsmanship or physical training.”

Actually, learning proper swordsmanship is expensive.

Some high-end places have annual fees in the billions of won.

Of course, I didn’t plan to go to such places. I didn’t have the money. I just needed a place that could teach me basic cutting, thrusting, and swinging techniques.

“…Oh? There’s one near my house?”

I checked the map app for swordsmanship dojos or similar places near my house, and there was one.

[Boreumdal Swordsmanship Dojo]

I didn’t expect there to be a dojo in that slum area.

“Hmm… should I go check it out? If it’s good, I’ll register; if not, I’ll look elsewhere.”

Then I planned to go to a gate to earn some money.

Why waste time resting?

I needed to earn money.

To pay off my deposit loan and buy a foreign car, I had to be diligent.

A 10-minute walk from my house.

There was indeed a swordsmanship dojo. However, due to the slum’s characteristics, most buildings’ exteriors were severely dilapidated, making it look very shabby.

It was surprising that a store was even open in such a place. It was a neighborhood where even convenience stores closed due to a lack of customers.

“Do people even register here?”

It felt like if I paid for a year, it would close in two months.

But it was a waste to return after coming this far. I should at least check the inside before deciding.

I carefully entered the building.

Ttalang-

Opening the dojo door on the second floor, I was greeted by a relatively spacious and clean interior.

Of course, it was also empty, with no one around.

“…Is this place even open?”

“Then would I have the lights on if we were closed?”

“?!”

Startled by the presence behind me, I quickly turned around.

A woman who seemed two heads shorter than me was standing there.

‘Since when…?’

Until she spoke, I had no idea anyone was behind me.

Having fought monsters and bandits in the dungeon, I immediately thought my neck would have been cut off if this were a real fight.

“Scared?”

Moreover, upon closer inspection, she wasn’t human.

With wolf ears on her head and a wolf tail attached to her tailbone, she was a beast-person, the race with the second-largest population after humans.

“So, what’s a human doing here?”

“Isn’t this a swordsmanship dojo? Naturally, I came to look around and decide whether to register.”

The beast-person woman gave me a strange look.

By the way, silver hair and gold eyes? Even though other races’ appearances were more unique than humans’, this was the first time I’d seen anything so flamboyant.

“Hunter?”

“No.”

Her speaking informally was a bit annoying, but most wolf beast-people were like that.

They were rude, not caring about age or first meetings.

They tended to respect those stronger than them, which was a common trait among carnivorous beast-people.

Anyway, they were known for their bad tempers and frequent street fights, and because of their superior physical abilities, they usually beat their opponents to a pulp.

There’s a saying: if you wanted to hear wolf cries, walk past a police station.

“One million won per month.”

“…Excuse me?”

“If you pay for a year, it’ll be 11 million won.”

Was this woman crazy?

Even for a swordsmanship dojo, how could she charge a million won a month in this dilapidated place with no students?

“Don’t you want to do business?”

I didn’t mean to say it out loud, but it slipped out.

“You have the money, right? Learning elsewhere will cost at least 10 million won a month.”

“Even so, paying a million won a month in membership fees is…”

Honestly, I was leaning towards registering, but a million won a month was too expensive.

“Does that sound like it after seeing this?”

Whoo-oong-

What shattered my concerns was the clear blue aura emanating from the wolf beast-person’s fingertips.

It wasn’t just sword aura, which is known to be usable by B-rank hunters or higher, but sword qi, which is known to be used only by A-rank hunters, a rare breed of monsters.

“How about it?”

That day, I paid 11 million won in a lump sum and greeted my teacher.

Unlike my smooth registration and return home, my head was filled with unanswered questions.

“Why is someone like her in a swordsmanship dojo in this slum?”

I thought about asking, but it didn’t seem like it was my place to interfere, so I held back.

What if my teacher got offended and offered a refund?

Learning from an A-rank hunter for just 10 million won a year?

Even 10 million won a day wouldn’t be enough.

This was practically talent donation.

“Boreumdal Swordsmanship Dojo… I can’t find anything about it online.”

It was only on the map, and there were no blog or cafe posts.

Of course, there was nothing about the director, the wolf beast-person woman.

Someone with her skills would be famous, whether they wanted to be or not.

It was a bit unsettling, but I decided to focus on the fact that an A-rank hunter was teaching me.

There was no point in worrying about things I didn’t know.

If problems arose later, I could deal with them then. I had the otherworld dating app and the Seongbuk Choi clan as connections.

“Should I look for a suitable gate now? It’s still daytime, so there might be party recruitment posts.”

After getting my wizard registration card, I could use the hunter-exclusive app run by the World Hunter Association.

With this, I could find suitable parties without worrying about scams and see a list of gates I could enter.

“D-rank party, huh…”

Unfortunately, the only suitable party available was a D-rank party.

I wanted to ride the bus as a wizard, but a D-rank party was a bit…

If I were to compare my current skills to hunter ranks, I’d be around D+ rank. The guys I dealt with in the dungeon were D-rank or D+ rank.

If I joined a D-rank party, I’d be the bus driver, not the passenger.

“Is there anything suitable…”

Tti-ri-ri-ri-

While browsing party recruitment posts, I received a call from an unknown number.

Was this a voice phishing scam?

“Hello?”

“Hello.”

A strange woman’s voice came from the other side of the phone, a slightly low and sexy voice.

“Are you Kang Hyeon-u?”

“Yes, who’s this?”

I didn’t know anyone who could get 5 million subscribers just by doing ASMR.

No, I didn’t know any women.

“This is Choi Hye-na. Did you hear from my grandmother?”

“Ah.”

It was my blind date.

“I have an unexpected matter that came up in two days, can we meet tonight instead?”