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Chapter 235
Demon King What is that my girl? Did you give birth to it? Your egg hatched a long time ago and grew up to be a wild troublemaker, right? Egg?
Are you talking about Alex? Former Hotel Owner Are you messing with my family right now? Let’s do it, okay! Ignoring the bloody keyboard battle between the two reptiles, I decided to focus on the reward in front of me. Congratulations! You have completed the quest ‘The Tavern Was Also a Hotel’ and received your reward. The Power to Protect the World x2 There are two powers to protect the world. Since it’s Stage 2, does that mean there are two of them? Or does the reward increase as the difficulty gets harder? Demon King Ughhhhh! I thought I finally managed to adjust the difficulty this time! Judging from the Demon King’s scream, it was probably the latter. ‘The reward doesn’t necessarily have to be the power to protect the world…?’ Isn’t this a hint? I thought so to myself and politely sent a message to the Demon King. Hotel Owner The difficulty was high, but it was a quest that offered a lot in terms of experiences and rewards. Thank you. Of course, the Demon King’s reaction was… Demon King ?? It felt like, what are you talking about? I would feel the same way. It’s as if I’ve framed the Demon King as ‘the villain who actually descended to give the protagonist enlightenment’ without any regard. Demon King I didn’t give you a quest to feel and gain something. Of course, the Demon King rejected my framing. And I rejected that rejection. Hotel Owner Yes. I know. Thank you. Demon King …? There’s no communication at all, so what exactly did you understand? I felt like it would be easier to negotiate later if I did it this way. Demon King Isn’t that him… Former Hotel Owner What? Demon King You know… A madman with clear eyes? Former Hotel Owner Oh, a madman with clear eyes. That’s accurate. Why are you deciding that on your own? I was just being dumbfounded. A blue object started flying from the entrance over there. At that moment, I thought it looked like a piece of paper. The blue object stopped in midair. It then flinched for a moment as if it had a sense of self, before coming closer to me as if it were aiming at me. “…?!” Hiik! I stepped back and pressed against the wall. But the guy came right up to my nose, and when it got that close, I could only see it. This object. It’s an envelope. At first, I couldn’t recognize it because it kept moving in the air, but when I looked closely, I saw the familiar words ‘Yeongchun Hotel’ written in gold at the bottom. Only then did I think that this might be an invitation from Yeongchun Hotel, but I had no intention of reaching out to the mysterious envelope. However, the envelope opened on its own… Kuweeeek, as if making a sound, it suddenly poured out a bunch of letters. What on earth is this! I grabbed one of the letters that the envelope was spewing out and opened it. Then this was what was written on it. Yeongchun Hotel Invitation A story that began with a grand title felt less impressive and more noisy as it progressed. Where on earth are you?! There’s chaos here, boss! -Geumdong Oh, right. While I couldn’t get back, there must have been chaos here. What kind of rude guest showed up and made a mess again? That’s when I was thinking that. Boss. I couldn’t use the forced reservation skill just in case, and since you disappeared without calling, I’m letting you know through this invitation so that you can get some news. The hotel is currently occupied by the members of the baby Junghyo fan club.ㅠㅠㅠ Since it was so hard to contact you, I lied and said that you went on an overseas trip with Hunter Han Woohyun? Then everyone was in chaosㅠㅠㅠㅠ I think I made a mistake. Should I step down as General Manager? I will humbly accept that. So please… come back~~~~! – Kang Miyeon I realized after seeing the next invitation that the chaos was not the chaos I had expected. Ah, I’m screwed. * * * Heuk… heuk… Dark night. A man’s heavy breathing came out. In the nearby bushes, gray wolves with red eyes kept watching him as if they recognized him as prey with his injured leg. He reminded himself that both his stamina and recovery potions had been completely depleted. ‘Damn those guys…’ He was an E-rank hunter who had joined independent day-labor raids. When the dungeon introduction agency he had contacted took a huge commission and didn’t even register him for proper insurance, he should have realized how dangerous this was and run away, but he didn’t. Because he thought that if he just did this once, he could pay for his mother’s surgery. ‘Ha… If I’m not around, who will take care of mom…’ In that moment, a surge of regret and resentment welled up inside his chest. Something flashed through his mind. [Dungeon Hotel Notification Business Department] The video that the association had been promoting in a big way with such a strange name. [All Hunters’ Shelter, Dungeon Hotel. When you’re in danger, look for the purple sign.] He was so busy living that he didn’t have much time to look at his phone, but he came out to the hospital during a break from nursing and watched the video while smoking a cigarette. It was a short video filled with comments from people expressing their desperate wish to visit the Dungeon Hotel after being stranded in a dungeon themselves. To be able to visit the Dungeon Hotel. So that he could see his mother’s face just once more. Suddenly, an unknown strength surged up at that thought. He put strength into his legs that were hurting and got up from his seat. His whole body trembled, but the resignation from earlier was no longer visible in his eyes. The gray wolves flinched slightly in the surrounding grass. At the same time, he saw. A hole in the wolves’ encirclement. He started running toward it. The gray wolves, which had momentarily backed off in the face of his intense determination, of course, didn’t give up on him. In fact, because he had attracted more monsters’ attention, the number of monsters chasing him increased dramatically. It was a good thing. The comments on the short video he had seen had something to say. – I heard this only appears when you’re in serious danger. The frequency of the sign showing up depends on the level of danger, right? If not… well, I guess you need a reservation. He ran and ran. Until he fell and collapsed. He ran without giving up his last hope, and finally— YeongChun Hotel That hotel appeared in front of him. Without hesitation, he jumped into the revolving door that was spinning wildly below. Maybe it was because he ran too fast for fear of the monsters following him. He was thrown out of the revolving door and landed on the soft carpeted floor. Instead of the kind and warm voice of the owner saying, “Welcome, welcome to Yeongchun Hotel,” just as he’d seen in the video, what greeted him when he opened his eyes was… “What? Why are there so many guests! Hey, there’s another guest! Quickly, come on!” A woman with a bomb head shouts in a loud voice. ‘Master Hwang Misoon!’ “Can’t you see I’m crying right now? Ugh, you’re such an unempathetic engineer. I’m busy, so you take it!” “… I’m also doing the dishes.” Association President Kim Junsoo peeling onions near the kitchen counter and Guild Leader Hanwoon washing dishes with a blunt face. And a beautiful woman who approached him and smiled brightly. “I’ll take care of the guests. Nice to meet you. Guest. What’s your name?” Moon Heeyoung greeted him. The guest, who had never encountered an S-rank in person except on TV, responded with a dazed voice, completely taken aback by the presence of four of them in front of him. “Ah… I… I’m Won Seongwoo…” And then he fainted. Moon Heeyoung sighed as she looked at the fainted hunter. He must have thought it was a dream. She wasn’t particularly surprised by what had happened during the few days that Junghyo had been away, so she lifted Hunter Won Seongwoo up like a princess. Then, she gently placed him down in front of Kang Miyeon, who was stationed at the front desk, and said, “Check-in.” Kang Miyeon looked at Heeyoung like that and said incredulously. “Why are you dropping off the guest like you’re unloading fish at Noryangjin?” “Well, we can’t exactly turn our general manager, can we?” “…?!” Kang Miyeon flinched involuntarily at the scary words. Moon Heeyoung rested her chin on her hand and smiled in front of Kang Miyeon. “Our general manager… if I slice here and here lightly, I’m sure you will open your mouth about where our Junghyo is, right?” Moon Heeyoung’s hand quickly swept over Kang Miyeon’s cheek, nape of her neck, and earlobes. “…T, the boss said she went on a trip with Hunter Han Woohyun, you know?” Kang Miyeon held back tears and lied. There was no choice. The boss had said something to Kang Miyeon when she was selecting the Dungeon International manager. ‘I’m going to be away for a few days when the hotel opens. Is that okay?’ ‘Why? What’s going on again…’ ‘Well, it’s not a big deal—I’ll let you know once everything is resolved. I’ve been a bit absent-minded lately, so there will be days when I’ll be away without saying anything. When that time comes….’ I expected to hear something like ‘Please take good care of Yeongchun Hotel,’ but the boss said something unexpected. ‘Please cover our baby Junghyo fan members.’ ‘Yes?’ At that time, I didn’t know what that meant. Until Kim Junsoo appeared in front of Kang Miyeon, who was calmly managing the hotel as she had been instructed after the boss suddenly disappeared from Dungeon International. The president of the association, Kim Junsoo, appeared in a Santa costume holding a huge gift package. He had an overseas business trip scheduled for Christmas and wanted to give a gift to Junghyo before he left. When he heard that Jeong-hyo was not here, he dropped the gift package as if he had lost everything and muttered like this… ‘Junghyo… left me… to go on a trip with Woo-hyun…?’ ‘A trip?’ Lee Semyung, who heard those words, started to get quietly angry. To make matters worse, the next day, the baby Junghyo fan members occupied Yeongchun Hotel. ‘Our Junghyo! Where’s Junghyo?!’ ‘Han Woohyun, that punk, he’s not even answering the phone?!’ They declared that they wouldn’t leave Yeongchun Hotel until Junghyo or Han Woohyun appeared. They even did things like day laborers when she said it was interfering with operations! It’s good that there are new short-term part-timers, but… ‘There’s a rumor that 5 S-class people are working at the hotel, so there are more guests!’ They were already busy, but Moon Heeyoung even gave her a scary look and suspected Kang Miyeon. “Lies.” No matter how much Kang Miyeon said that the two of them went on a trip together, Moon Heeyoung didn’t believe them. It was natural. Moon Heeyoung’s skill ‘Scales of Justice’ that could determine truth and lies was still activated. Her skill was telling Kang Miyeon that what she said was a lie. Moon Heeyoung smiled at Kang Miyeon and said. “You can tell me the truth.” That smile was so beautiful that Kang Miyeon was momentarily enchanted, almost spilling the truth. However— “Of course, if something happens to Junghyo, I guarantee that this entire hotel will blow up.” Despite the beautiful smile, the unmistakable threat behind it made Kang Miyeon shut her mouth, silently calling out to the boss, who had vanished somewhere. ‘Please come back~~~~!’ Hello! You can also buy the advanced chapter in Ko-fi now, just click the ko-fi button and look for the title of the novel in shop. Thank you for your support! Next chapter will be updated first on this website. Come back and
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