Chapter 159

The last day of the Bucheon Flea Market.

As midnight approached, the markets lined up began to remove their banners one by one.

“I think this year is more exciting than last year?!”

“I wish next year would be the same as today~”

“Apart from other things, the problem with President Kim is that he is greedy.”

“Ah, man! When you can earn it, you have to crave it! Wouldn’t you?”

The owners who had prepared the flea market seemed to be looking forward to next year again, while regretting the 6-day short(?) event.

Meanwhile, Minjun waited only for this moment.

In order to meet ‘Bong Jong-ho’, a writing giant, the current perspective was the best.

Bong Jong-ho’s tendency to be nocturnal.

It was because the time zone for trading with him was also clearly separated.

“Well… Was it like this?”

Minjun stopped by a small pub in a narrow alley.

It was not a pub located in an alley that anyone could easily find, so it had a lot of retro sensibility.

with my daughter-

“Welcome~”

A clerk exuding kindness looked at Min-joon and greeted him.

“How many will you be?”

“One.”

“First of all, please sit down in a comfortable place and order.”

“all right.”

Like a lounge bar.

Unlike the outside, the inside of the pub was full of colorful neon signs.

Minjun turned his head around.

Before long, he fixed his gaze on a gray-haired elderly man sitting at a table that was lined up in front of the bartender.

‘It’s Bong Jong-ho!’

As soon as he saw him with his white hair neatly tied up, Min-joon recognized at once that it was Bong Jong-ho.

That would be too.

As if reminiscent of the books full of books under the table and the appearance of a wanderer (?).

The considerable baggage placed around him also had to be imprinted.

Also, Bong Jong-ho was a big drinker and had a gourd hanging from his waist unbefitting the times.

There are many similarities with the image he read through the original work, so Min-jun had no choice but to change his intuition to confidence.

Soon after, he naturally sat down in the seat next to Bong Jong-ho.

Quarre- Quarre-

“Big! I’ve been to a lot of other places, but I’m sure this is the best draft beer, right? No matter where I go, I can’t taste this~”

“Elders, I am close with the owner of the bar in front of me. I heard you say the same thing over there?”

“ah? okay? Hey, man! Draft beer tastes different from house to house~ I said that with a nuance!”

“Am yo, um yo!”

“Well, what do you look at people for? Don’t you know well that I’m not the kind of person who speaks lightly like that?”

“Sure, old man!”

“Anyway, give me another five hundred and one!”

With a hearty voice, the elder ordered another glass of beer.

In response, Min-jun also took a quick look at the menu and ordered a cocktail.

“A glass of Black Russian, please.”

“Yes, I will make it right away!”

I don’t know if I heard Minjun’s order, but at the moment, Bong Jongho, who was next to me, started glancing at me.

Among the cocktails, it seemed that Min-joon was not hesitant to order ‘Black Russian’, which had a fairly high alcohol content.

‘First of all, it seems that aggro has been turned off.’

Because of Bong Jong-ho’s personality, he prefers ‘Black Russian’ among cocktail types.

Because the cocktail I ate when I was feeling very down was the ‘Black Russian’.

It was Min-jun who succeeded in attracting his attention.

Soon after, the cocktail he ordered came out, and without hesitation, Minjun began to savor each sip.

gulp-

“Um, that’s fine.”

Let Minjun casually drink ‘Black Russian’, which has a fairly high alcohol content.

Bong Jong-ho looked at him curiously.

From his point of view, it seemed like he had just gotten out of his teens, but the image of Minjun leisurely savoring ‘Black Russian’ seemed to be quite a twist.

“Heh heh, my young friend must have had quite a few cocktails.”

Although he was talking to himself, Bong Jong-ho spat out his words so that Min-jun could be heard openly.

In response, Min-Jun hit the one-shot of ‘Black Russian’ as if it wasn’t unusual.

gulp-

“Give me another drink like this one.”

***

past midnight.

Bong Jong-ho started to talk to Min-joon as if he was curious.

“Hmm, it’s the first time I’ve seen it in this town, is it a new move?”

“It’s just about coming to play sometimes.”

“Huh, is it? He looks quite young, but he drinks quite a bit of ‘Black Russian’. Is this your first time here?”

“Yes, it’s my first time here, but the atmosphere is subtly nice and it’s okay.”

“Then, of course! I’ve been going all the way for nearly 30 years, but I’ve never seen a place like this. hahahaha!”

Bong Jong-ho is very excited.

Minjun nodded and listened to his words.

In the meantime.

I slowly got up from my seat to carry out the plan I had conceived in advance.

Then, while going to the bathroom, I naturally put my hand in my pocket.

fluff-

At the same time, Min-jun intentionally dropped the bookmark of the ‘Arapin Elixir Recipe’ borrowed from Kim Pan-seo’s workshop.

taaang-

It’s definitely a bookmark made of metal.

As it hit the floor, it made a loud noise.

Eventually, Bong Jong-ho naturally looked down at the floor.

just as expected?

Bong Jong-ho noticed at once that it was a bookmark from the ‘Arapin Elixir Recipe’.

“uh?! This!”

“Oh, sorry. There was no intention to surprise you.”

“Hey, hey, where did you get that bookmark?”

“This one?”

“So, why do you have that bookmark?”

Bong Jong-ho seemed to have found something he had lost.

He pointed his finger at the extended bookmark.

“I accidentally borrowed it from a friend.”

“friend?”

“Yes, he is a friend who runs a small workshop in Bucheon.”

“I never thought I would find a bookmark here that I thought was lost. Such a coincidence.”

Bong Jong-ho told the story of losing his bookmark while coming to Bucheon for a flea market.

Each writing book had to have a specific bookmark in order to know the contents of the writing book.

During the entire flea market, he was the one whose mind was haunted by the lost bookmark.

“Young man, it’s my fault that I couldn’t guard properly, so it’s too much to ask for it empty-handed. Sell that bookmark to me. I’ll give you a hefty price.”

However, as Bong Jong-ho thought, Min-joon obviously had no intention of selling this bookmark.

Rather, it was none other than Min-jun who made the counter-proposal.

“No, old man. Rather, I would like to purchase this bookmark’s recipe book.”

“uh?! a recipe book? How else do you know that I am trading writing books?”

To Bong Jong-ho’s question, Min-joon pointed his finger at his luggage.

“Can I answer with that instead?”

“Hmm, nothing wrong. By the way, do you mean you want to know what the recipe book of that bookmark is about and buy it?”

“I wouldn’t say that I bought it without knowing that.”

“Hmm, why do you need that recipe book? There must be some aspects that are a bit too much for you to deal with.”

“I think it’s about time I needed it.”

“… … .”

Bong Jong-ho crossed his arms with both arms.

Minjun’s weighty answer seemed to make him a little nervous.

“Hmm, I don’t think it’s something to talk about here. Would you like to come out and talk?”

“good. old man.”

***

Min-jun and Bong Jong-ho come out of the pub.

It was a street full of dawn air, but it was just the two of them in a quiet downtown area.

Soon after, Bong Jong-ho willingly took out the ‘Arapin Elixir Recipe’ first.

“I don’t know if you know, but that bookmark is what should be included in this recipe book.”

“… It seems to be what I am looking for.”

“You speak as if you know about this recipe book. What the hell are you planning to do with this recipe book?”

“What are you doing? Is there anything else besides making elixirs?”

“You… ? Make an elixir according to the recipe book?! Fuhahahahaha!”

Bong Jong-ho laughed heartily at Min-joon’s bold answer.

“Oh sorry! sorry! I laughed so innocently. Sorry for my rudeness.”

“Why is that?”

“Are you asking because you really don’t know?”

nod-

Raising his round eyes, Min-jun asked sincerely, and only then did Bong Jong-ho tell him the meaning of the hearty laugh.

“I think it’s because you don’t know the contents of this recipe yet. Suppose you simply gather the ingredients as listed here. It’s not that elixirs are manufactured.”

“Ah, if that’s the case, I’m not particularly worried.”

“What do you mean?”

“Because the standards are already in place!”

“… huh? Are there standards in place? Are you kidding me right now?”

“Will you show me right here?”

“… … ?”

I vaguely remember from [Dad’s Palace].

A very special ingredient is used to make the ‘Arapin Elixir’.

Because of that special ingredient, Min-jun wondered if Bong Jong-ho was suspicious.

special material.

That was none other than magic. However, I’m not talking about ordinary magic that any hunter would have.

The magic that the Arifin Elixir needs!

Minjun was a trainee with magical powers that matched that.

aaah-!

It was Min-jun, who started emitting dark blue mana.

He showed off his darker-colored magic than ever before, as if telling the state he had absorbed the black magic crystal.

Then, Bong Jong-ho’s eyes widened on the spot, perhaps because he was faced with a completely unexpected situation.

“… this! This!”

“Huh!”

No matter how Bong Jong-ho reacted or not.

Min-joon radiated the dark mana flowing through the cage more intensely and fiercely.

Bong Jong-ho couldn’t be unaware that it wasn’t magic in the realm that could come from a normal hunter.

Bong Jong-ho’s gray hair began to fluctuate brilliantly, perhaps because of Min-jun’s powerful magic.

Is it because he proved his magic power for about 10 minutes?

Bong Jong-ho asked Min-jun, who was trying to breathe normally due to the sudden expression of magical power.

“Come on! Did you absorb the Dark Magic Stone?”

nod-

To this, Minjun moved his head rather than answering.