episode_0055
by fnovelpia“Wow… it’s really big.”
5:30 PM.
Eunha looked up at the huge ‘department store’ towering in front of her and let out a blank exclamation.
Yes. It’s a department store.
As soon as I finished the cafe, I got takeout from Eunbangul and came right over.
“This [Cheongryong Department Store] boasts a 15-story height and an area of approximately 70,000 pyeong… uh… it is the largest department store in Korea! In addition to general luxury clothing and accessories, it also sells items used by hunters. Even weapons and equipment are on sale!”
“……What are you doing?”
“I’m imitating Harin! It’s similar, right?”
After parking the car in the parking lot, Eunbangul came back, imitating Ban Harin.
Eunbangul tries to somehow imitate Banharin’s ice-cold tone.
But in Eunha’s eyes, instead of Ban Harin, all she sees is a fluffy rabbit.
Still, it was cute to see Baeul-gi moving her lovely lips and explaining things in a simple way, so Eun-ha just watched the girl imitate with a happy smile.
“But if it’s [Cheongryong Department Store]… is it run by Na-ri Kang’s family?”
“That’s right! He was really disgusted when I told him I was going to the department store today. After becoming a debtor, he said he felt very uncomfortable being associated with the [Blue Dragon family].”
“It’s the same problem as a chaebol family going bankrupt.”
Eunha looked up at the huge department store in front of her, thinking of the youngest daughter of the [Blue Dragon Family] who was making Lululala potion in the semi-basement right now.
As the name [Blue Dragon Department Store] suggests, a colorful blue dragon pattern is engraved on the exterior wall of the building.
Even the sharp claws, fluttering whiskers, and green scales were expressed in great detail, making it seem as if it was alive and moving at any moment.
Just by looking at the outside, it is a high-end department store that only has luxury goods among luxury goods.
A place that has no lifelong connection to Eunha, an E-class hunter and an ordinary cafe employee.
Even now, if you look around, the parking lot is full of expensive foreign cars.
There are things lined up like toys that can be broken in hundreds of millions of dollars as compensation if you accidentally hit them, so fear is more important than admiration.
Is this a foreign car showroom called a parking lot?
Even though I’m just standing still, I feel like my body is shrinking.
The sound of the mini carrier’s wheels is somewhat embarrassing.
I brought the [Black Book] in my suitcase just in case, but I thought it might look tacky.
I’m already used to being criticized, so I don’t mind… but I don’t like being laughed at by even the silver bell next to me.
Throbbing!
Sudden headache.
Eunha frowned and gently pressed her temple.
It’s nothing.
Looking at all kinds of foreign cars brought back unpleasant memories.
Last month, a red sports car hit Eunha and ran away in front of the association.
That guy still remains a deep trauma in Eunha’s mind.
Even now, the pain of that time comes to mind clearly.
It was less painful than the sawing in [Red Woman], but it hurt enough to kill me.
Thanks to this, I started hating crosswalks.
Who knows how pathologically I look at my surroundings every time I cross the street?
“Are you okay, sister? Your complexion suddenly got worse.”
Eunbang-ul, who noticed Eunha’s anxiety, asked, blinking his pitch-black eyes like tar.
In times like this, it’s best to know each other well.
If we had been reasonably close friends, we would have been able to laugh it off without any hesitation.
“It’s okay. Let’s just pretend you’re here on a date with me and take a leisurely look around. And since it’s not just for today, you can just look around and then go home. Department stores are just like supermarkets!”
“…When did we start dating?”
“Hey, this girl is really oblivious! Do you want to taste the gold bar? Today, she’s mine, so follow me quietly!”
Eunbangul excitedly entered the department store, holding the hand of Eunha, whose complexion was darker than usual.
Grumbling…
The sound of the carrier’s wheels dragging the floor.
Perhaps because there was a heavy [black book] inside, the sound of the wheels was particularly loud today.
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[Cheongryong Department Store] is the largest in Korea.
As if it was truly living up to its name, Eunha was greeted by a dazzling interior upon entering the building.
“Unnie Eunha! It’s over there!”
As I was looking around like an idiot at the entrance to the department store, Eunbangul pointed to the information desk next to the entrance.
At the information desk, friendly smiling employees were checking hunter’s cards or general ID cards of customers entering the department store.
Next to him, rugged men who appear to be security guards are firmly guarding their positions.
Come to think of it, it was said that in places with many people, such as department stores, the identities of those entering and leaving are thoroughly checked to prevent terrorist attacks by villains.
It took over a minute just to enter a large department store that could accommodate a large number of customers, so I could see how much they paid attention to security.
But, is it hunter syndrome?…
Eunha twitched her lips as she walked to the information desk with Baeul-i.
He took out his wallet from his hoodie pocket and held on to his E-class hunter ID with a proud heart.
The newly issued, neatly coated hunter ID shines dazzlingly.
It is no longer the shabby F-class hunter certificate from last month.
Eunha held her hunter’s card tightly so as not to cover the part where the grade was displayed and waited for her turn to come.
“I’ll check your identity in a moment.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”
Since it was an odd time on a weekday, it soon became Eunha’s turn.
Eunha handed the hunter card to the desk clerk with her usual smiling face, and the employee took the hunter card with skillful hands and placed it in the scanner.
“……uh?”
At that time, the employee who looked up to compare the photo on the hunter ID card with the actual face opened his eyes wide when he saw Eunha’s face.
It’s like meeting a celebrity at work… No, it’s like someone walking down the street and making eye contact with a ghost.
“Uh… Ji Bakryeong?”
“yes?”
“Wow, is it really you, Ji Bakryeong? You’ve become so pretty~. It’s been a while. You probably don’t remember, right? I got a call from you at the promotion exam center in November of last year. I was really grateful at that time.”
A department store employee stands up and greets you with joy.
As I glance to the side, the security guard who had been silently watching Eunha grins and gives a knowing look.
yes. This is me.
Ji Bak-ryeong at the promotion test site.
Euncheon-gu’s soft fist.
I’m not sure, but I think I’m famous among hunters in many ways because I’ve been attending the hunter promotion exam for the past three years without missing a single thing.
Perhaps he was the most famous among the F-class hunters?
Still, he never thought that someone would recognize him in such a high-end department store.
Eunha smiled awkwardly and waved her hand awkwardly.
[Why is the real association so complicated? [They created a complete maze.]
[If you don’t know the way, just stop by. That is the most convenient.]
For your information, the ‘I heard a message’ that the employee was talking about is a name that came about when Eunha gave directions to new hunters who got lost at the Association on the day of the promotion exam.
Does the sight of Ji Bak-ryeong following behind him seem like he is possessed by a ghost?
It’s too much, really.
But… it wasn’t difficult to give directions, the test proctors thanked me and invited me to dinner parties, and there were people who recognized me and greeted me warmly, so I decided to think that good things were good things.
These small relationships will accumulate and become future connections.
There is no need to be stingy about helping others.
“I wasn’t confident about my writing skills~. But the expected questions that Parkryeong Ji told me when he took me to the written test site came out exactly like that, right? Thanks to that, I passed the test right away without having to repeat the test! Thank you so much!”
“Haha… that’s good.”
“Wow! Looking at it now, Ji Bakryeong is also an E-rank hunter? Congratulations! I thought you would get promoted someday.”
A staff member whispers loudly so that other customers cannot hear.
She returned the hunter’s certificate to Eunha with a polite gesture, with a bright smile that came from the heart, not the commercial smile she had just had.
… … Why do the words congratulating Eunha on being promoted to E-class touch my heart more than the words thanking her for giving me directions?
I thought that as I grabbed my clean E-class hunter ID, not the worn-out F-class hunter ID.
it was good.
I feel like I have been repaid, in some small way, for the pain I endured over and over again while preparing for the promotion exam.
“My sister is amazing, right? So don’t worry about her!”
“Oh, yes. I’m sorry, sir. I’ll check your ID right away.”
“Here you go!”
As Eunha smiled and talked to another person, Eunbangul, with puffy cheeks, came over to her and handed her a regular ID card.
The sight of the bunny girl sticking her head out from above the desk while raising her tiptoes brings a happy smile to my face.
The desk clerk who sat down immediately smiled sadly and checked Eunbangul’s ID card.
Meanwhile, Eunha, who had finished checking first, put her wallet in her carrier and quietly opened the [Black Book] to check whether any new guides had been created.
Fortunately, there were no new guides.
That’s right, it’s a department store with a lot of people, but would ‘those’ come to Eunha?
These are the guys you already meet at ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’.
I wish I would stop seeing it elsewhere.
“what are you doing?”
“Yes, sister, I’m reading a book for a moment.”
After completing identity verification, Bang came over.
Eunha closed the [Black Book] and put it in the carrier so that the girl could not see it.
A girl with bright white rabbit ears pricked up naturally crossed her arms, and Eunha entered the first floor lobby of the department store, giving the girl’s rabbit ears a pat on the cheek.
The colorful lighting and interior decoration catches Eunha’s attention.
Luxury goods here, luxury goods there… Even Eunha, who is not particularly interested in luxury goods, had products from brands she had heard of at least once, showing off on display cases and mannequins.
The disciplined gestures of employees are full of pride in their jobs.
A marble floor with not a single speck of dust in sight.
The ceiling of the central hall is open almost to the 10th floor, so looking up you can clearly see the grandeur of the department store.
It is truly a sight that seems to embody the word ‘luxury’.
‘… … What would Mr. Banharin be doing right now?’
The more I look around the department store, the more I think of Ban Harin, a regular customer.
She didn’t come to the cafe all day today because something happened.
What if she had come too?
Eunha and Banharin, a silver drop in between.
Next to Eun Bang-ul, who is running around saying it’s full of fun things, wouldn’t he be scolding Eun-ha with his usual expressionless face?
Every time he did something, he would joke and say that it was the basic skill of a low-level office worker.
“Harin said she couldn’t come today because she had work to do. Tomorrow she can come to the cafe, so I bought Eunha a lot of clothes at the department store.”
“……How did you know that I was thinking of Mr. Banharin?”
“I always say, it’s written all over your face… So when you date me, don’t think about other women, just look at me.”
The girl who responded powerfully passed through the lobby with her arm around Eunha’s waist.
It looks like he’s prepared well since he hasn’t been playing much these days.
Eunha, whose strength was weaker than that of the rabbit girl, was quietly led by Baeul-gi toward the elevator.
One VIP-only elevator, one freight elevator,
And three elevators for regular guests.
Luxury department stores have many elevators.
I learned something new.
‘Then the things I need to buy today… my weapons, clothes, underwear… Ah. I should also buy gifts for Ban Harin and Kang Nari.’
Eunha looked around the ‘7’ elevators and thought about today’s schedule. She pulled her suitcase and stood in front of the rightmost elevator.
This is because this elevator just arrived at the first floor.
Dingㅡ.
The elevator opened at just the right time.
Without thinking much, Eunha walked to board the empty elevator.
On what floor will the hunter-only weapons be located?
“Sister? Where are you going?”
But at that time, Bang Bang next to Eunha stopped Eunha from boarding the elevator.
The girl was quietly looking up at her face, her pitch black eyes colored with curiosity.
“why?”
“Because… you were just trying to walk into the wall. If I hadn’t stopped you, you would have hit your face on the wall.”
And, the girl’s next words made Eunha’s heart sink heavily.
A wall?
Eunha looked at the wide open elevator in front of her.
I don’t see anything strange. It’s an ordinary elevator.
However, Eunha, who felt an inexplicable reluctance, followed the girl’s words and stepped back to look around.
‘7’ elevators.
And people waiting for the elevator.
… … Even though the elevator arrived right in front of Eunha, no one came here.
Just waiting for the elevator.
Excited. Excited.
My heart is beating fast.
“……Bul-ul. Turn around for a moment. Never look this way.”
“Yes? Why?”
“I ate my pants.”
“…Okay. Call me when it’s done.”
Eunha forced the suspicious Baeul-i to turn around, then squatted down on the floor and opened the suitcase.
Then, unlike when I checked at the desk, a familiar smell of blood wafted out.
There was a familiar bookmark in the [black book].
Is it coming out in a shameful way like this?
Eunha gritted her teeth at the pettiness of ‘those’ and quickly opened the book.
To prevent others from peeking, he blocked the [Black Book] with his body and carrier.
The following ‘guide’ was written on the opened [black book].
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※This is a guide for using wise department stores!※
– hello! This is Department Store Management Department ■■■ ■■!
– This guide was created for efficient department store operation and your safety!
– If this guide is lost or damaged, get it back from the Administration Department on the 4th basement level of the department store!
0. Our department store is trying new changes!
– Because there are a lot of customers! [Blind people] are interrupting our meeting!
– So, we’ll be there for your eyes only!
– but! We can’t open other people’s eyes!
– It’s choice and focus!
1. You must observe the department store closing time!
– Our department store closes at 8pm!
– However, please note that for customers who remain after closing time, an ‘extended time’ of 30 minutes will be provided!
2. 2 out of 7 are broken!
– Remember!
3. There are no mannequins with pupils in our department store!
– If you encounter a mannequin with eyes, leave quietly!
– I don’t know where my eyes are!
– They say I’m shy!
4. Please answer the staff’s questions as much as possible.
– Anything you can say is fine.
– We simply recommend that you do not ignore department store employees when they ask you questions.
– If you do so, our staff will provide you with appropriate assistance.
– Our department store is working to provide more efficient customer service.
5. Lots of items on sale!
– That’s just it!
– By the way, there is a reason for the sale!
6. Please wait a moment!
– I’m still writing the guide!
– This is how the guide is written, right?
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‘What are you saying?’
A department store that is truly sensitive to the latest trends.
There are a lot of guides.
Eunha had to gently press her temples to relieve the pounding headache.
Tiing ㅡ. Tiing ㅡ. Tiing ㅡ. Tiing ㅡ.
One of the ‘seven’ elevators,
The elevator that Eunha was just about to enter opens and closes several times, telling her to come in quickly.
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