episode_0074

“Then, I will contact you again.”

“See you next time.”

After successful negotiations with the Hundred Days Guild.

After returning home after seeing Baek Yu-jin off, I immediately contacted Han-na Bang and asked her to have dinner with me.

however.

[ Seowon said that her close sister is here, and she’s coming over in the evening! ]

Just then, Yoon In-kyung came to visit and was met with the news that Jin Seo-won was away from home.

‘Then is Hannah the only one?’

I have something to say anyway, it would be nice to have dinner with Bang Hanna.

[ Then, I will go to the accommodation around evening. ]

I made a dinner date and came home, quickly took a shower, got out, and checked the time.

About 2 hours until dinner.

It’s okay to use the interlude to do a little work.

“Let’s see… .”

I immediately sat down in front of the computer and accessed a large community site.

[Treasure Hunt Bulletin Board]

If you just listen to the name, it may seem like a childish name, but it is full of all kinds of items and information about the dungeon inside the gate.

‘Is there any new information… ‘

The treasure hunt bulletin board is a community that also appears in the original novel, ‘The Strongest Master’.

In the novel, Seol Ju-hee mainly got information about rare items and gates from here.

Since I remembered that well, I was able to obtain information about various items and hidden places faster than anyone else.

Grumbling─ Grumbling─

At that time, I was going through all the information, speculation, and conspiracy theories that had been posted.

[Something strange found at Jiri Mountain 992 gate] Views: 0

“Hmm?”

One of the posts that had just been posted particularly caught my attention.

‘Jiri Mountain?’

Without thinking much, I clicked on the post and checked the contents… .

[A person I know who is doing psychiatry there said that he stopped by the waterfall to wash some medicinal herbs and accidentally discovered a strange structure behind the waterfall. I heard it looks like a drawing board? ]

Unlike the meaningful title, it had common content written like, ‘Someone saw it by chance.’

‘If you’re Simmani, you’re probably someone who digs up medicinal herbs… .’

Of course, Simani exists in this world as well.

Instead, it is not an ordinary mountain, but people wandering around the inside of the gate and collecting various medicinal herbs.

So, there are quite a few cases where simani find undiscovered information… .

Since the gate itself is connected to a ‘different world’, most of the time, traces of useless civilization are found.

but.

‘Behind the waterfall… .’

For structures that are hidden like this, the batting average is quite high.

“Umm… .”

I leaned back in my chair and thought deeply about my memories.

According to the author of the original novel, most of the rare items that exist in the world were mentioned or appeared in the original work.

In other words, it is highly likely that the information on Jiri Mountain Gate posted this time will not be very useful.

‘This is a pass.’

So I filtered out the information about Jiri Mountain Gate.

I moved around the Internet page to look through other articles.

Click─

however… .

“… … ?”

For some reason, I couldn’t see the text I was reading a moment ago.

‘Did you just erase it?’

I didn’t attach much importance to that fact and moved the mouse,

After contemplating some more plans for the future, I went down to the team’s Seoul City Hall dormitory.

*

“I will eat well!”

“Eat a lot.”

Dinner prepared with Hannah Bang.

It was a slightly simple dish of ham fried rice and kimchi stew, but it was enough for a quick dinner.

“That’s right. How was your trip?”

Hannah Bang moved the spoon and naturally asked about travel topics.

Although he told her that he was away on a trip, he did not reveal that the other person was Lim A-rin, so he might need to be a little careful.

“It was fun. I also saw the sea.”

“Wow… . Where have you been?”

“This time, I played almost exclusively at the dorm.”

I didn’t actually leave the accommodation after seeing the sea, so it’s definitely not a lie.

“I’m so jealous… . Actually, I’ve only been to Jeju Island once so far… .”

“Really? When did you go there?”

“I went on a middle school field trip!”

“If it were a school trip… , I guess I didn’t enjoy it properly.”

“So… ! I just keep riding the bus… .”

“Don’t you usually go out with your friends a lot in college?”

“Ah. I’ve tried things like pajama parties, but I’ve never gone on a trip for several days. It costs a lot of money… .”

While we were eating in the middle of a busy conversation.

‘ah. right.’

Suddenly, I remembered the ‘Well done’ stamps she was collecting, and I quietly spoke up.

“I can use that to go on a trip later.”

“Yes? Which one?”

“Wish stamp. You already collected three.”

“Well, you can go on a trip with that… ?!”

Bang Han-na is startled, as if she had never expected it.

I smiled at her reaction and added a word.

“If there are restrictions on a wish, is it still a wish?”

OK.

Gulp─

Hannah Bang leaned towards me with a slightly nervous look on her face, and cautiously asked a question with a rather solemn look in her eyes.

“Are you going together?”

It was a question about participation, which I had hoped would happen.

“Should I not go?”

“Oh, no! Well, I don’t mean that… . that… . Even if you go together… , I was wondering if it was okay… .”

She keeps glancing at me, checking my eyes.

They seem to be worried that I am a busy person.

‘After all, Hannah is the only one who thinks of me.’

Although I said it was a trip, I plan to go anyway after the season ends as a workshop with everyone participating.

It’s not like I’m taking a special vacation, and since I’m going there for official work, there shouldn’t be any major problems.

“I can’t go on for very long anyway… . About 3 days and 2 nights to 4 days and 3 nights? That’s okay.”

“… 4 days 3 nights… !”

Hanna Bang’s eyes sparkled with subtle anticipation,

I silently moved the spoon, thinking that it must have been a good motivator for her.

“Whoa… . I enjoyed it!”

After finishing the meal like that.

“I will do the dishes!”

“Really? I would appreciate it if you could do it.”

“Oh, indeed! There is ice cream in the refrigerator. Would you like some?”

“Ice cream… ? What, 0 calorie ice cream or something like that?”

“… … Maybe?”

“You… .”

“Seo, Seowon bought it for me… !”

We put off doing the dishes for a bit and were sitting side by side on the sofa eating ice cream for dessert.

Then.

Beep─ Beep─ Beep─ Beep─

As if Jin Seo-won had returned from an outing, the sound of a password being pressed suddenly rang out.

“It looks like Seowon has arrived.”

“You came pretty early? Did you eat dinner? ?”

Suddenly─

“… I went there.”

Jin Seo-won’s voice is soon heard.

Hannah Bang and I headed to the front door to greet her.

“Did you have a good trip?”

“… … !”

Jin Seo-won, who happened to take off his shoes and step into the front door, saw me and opened his eyes wide… .

Blame─

In an instant, he rushed at me and hugged me.

“?!”

“… You came.”

Bang Han-na, who was startled, and Jin Seo-won casually greet each other.

‘… What, what… ?’

I was taken aback by her sudden behavior and froze.

*

After Do Ji-hyuk passed away.

A place where only two people remain.

“Seowon.”

“… Huh?”

“Why did you do that earlier?”

“… What?”

Bang Han-na sat Jin Seo-won down after washing up and spoke seriously.

“You hugged the producer earlier when you saw him. Why is it like that all of a sudden?”

Do Ji-hyuk, the person involved, did not think it was a big deal, saying that it was simply because he was happy to see each other after a long time.

I thought it was possible since she was a close brother and sister and was not good at expressing herself.

but.

Hanna Bang couldn’t think like that.

“Tell me honestly.”

“… … .”

Jin Seo-won looked at Bang Han-na’s serious expression and thought about the answer carefully.

And then… .

After a short period of thought, he calmly confessed his feelings.

“… Because I like it.”

“Seowon. What does that good mean? Are you just saying it’s nice to see you after a long time? or not… .”

“… It was nice to see you after a long time.”

“Okay… ?”

In fact, for Jin Seo-won, saying ‘I like it’ is actually close to a high praise, and is the same expression as saying ‘I love you’ only for Do Ji-hyuk.

but… .

Bang Han-na, who had no way of knowing that fact, simply reminded her gently, thinking that she had made another mistake.

“Seowon. You can’t just hug someone like that.”

“… Why?”

“That’s rude. We’re not even dating… , no. You can do that even if you’re not in a relationship, but you only do that to someone close to you like you. It’s rude to do that to the producer.”

“… But… .”

Seowon, who was about to argue with Bang Han-na, saying that the situation was different this time, stopped for a moment.

The fact that Do Ji-hyuk confessed to him is their secret.

No matter how good of a person Bang Han-na is, she couldn’t break the ‘promise’ she made with Do Ji-hyuk.

“… Sorry.”

Soon she avoided the situation by pretending to admit her mistake.

Hannah Bang sighed briefly as if she had no choice, relaxed her expression and patted her.

“What… . It can happen, so don’t be too discouraged. Understand?’

“… Yes.”

A misunderstanding between two people grows out of control.

It was so big that it filled my heart… .

Both of them had such strong beliefs that they had no doubt that they had misunderstood.