21 – circle table(1)

Eugene’s work was well done.

Yuri also woke up, and the president of the association stepped back without making a sound.

Revenge was a success. She distributed the transcript to reporters she knew and handed in their resignations.

A common fate for whistleblowers. No group will let a whistleblower go unattended. However, since Eugene was an A-class hunter, it was fortunate that he had many ways to live.

She cried for a long time after everything was over. Thank you for saving my one and only brother.

My eyes were naturally red. It was because I could guess how severe Eugene’s heartache must have been in the position where I had a younger brother.

I sincerely prayed for a bright future for Eugene.

It all worked out so well. but… … .

“No, was it real?”

“Yeah?”

“… An A-class hunter only working part-time at a noodle restaurant?”

I really didn’t know it would come to me. I already told her, ‘From now on, live on your own. I have to earn a lot of debt and pay it back with money.’

However, she went to work early in the morning wearing a maid outfit.

“What’s wrong with that?”

“Everything. all.”

He looked at him with an absurd look, but Eugene didn’t blink an eye.

“okay. Then, I will clean the table first, and the boss will start preparing for the opening of the kitchen… … ”

“I can’t give you much.”

“Yes?”

“Money.”

I hate to say this, but right now I can’t afford to take responsibility for anyone other than Chaewon.

I received 10 billion from the president of the association a few days ago, but there are times when I use this separately.

‘I have to say something first.’

noodle house. The advantage is that the turnover rate is high. The downside is that the profit isn’t great.

Originally, self-employment has the highest labor cost. Noodle houses were an industry where there was no reason to use people.

“Can’t even pay the minimum wage set by the state… ? If the boss is like that, that would be the case, but if you still sympathize with my pitiful situation.”

“I can give you at least minimum wage. By the way, Yujin is not an ordinary part-time job. I should have taken care of her a lot just thinking of Yuri, but I can’t afford to do that. Who do you know as the evil boss?”

– Nod.

Eugene nodded without hesitation. I was hard as a stone.

“… … .”

“It’s a joke.”

Eugene smiled faintly. I said with a sigh.

“Yuri, I heard you’re getting me into the academy.”

He suffered from a disease called mana poisoning, but was cured. There was no difficulty in living as a Hunter. Rather, thanks to my use of the elixir, my condition would be much better than before.

However, the academy costs a lot of money. Even if you exclude simple tuition, what is a part-time job if you include dungeon practice fees and accessories repayment. Even if you go to a large company, it’s tight.

“How will you live on that money?”

“Actually, I have a lot of money saved up.”

“I know for sure that the wages of civil servants were small. No matter how much you collect, how much do you collect?”

“I am interested in financial technology.”

“Oh, what nonsense… … .”

Instead of answering, Eugene turned on the app and showed it. A red arc window stands out. Originally, stocks are, if the market is good, even ants eat a lot of money. I thought it was insignificant.

“… ?”

“It is an asset rolled in 10 million won. Before I became a hunter, I was well versed in stocks. As you know, the KOSPI soared after the 1-day incident, and I benefited a lot at that time. Considering my rate of return, I have more than enough money to send to Yuri Academy.”

‘How many balls are there?’

It was 4.6 billion. It was clearly written that way.

‘I heard that there are more of them.’

I saw it and all I could think of was this.

“I have no conscience.”

“Yes?”

“A person with that much money is going to get paid? How hard it is for self-employed people these days… ”

I shrugged my shoulders and pretended to be very pitiful.

“I haven’t seen Yujin like that, but it’s too much. Even if you skip a flea’s liver, it’s still oily.”

“If you want, I’ll roll the boss’s money too.”

I immediately threw off my mask and held Eugene’s hand with a big smile.

“Teacher, thank you.”

… To feed our Chaewon something delicious, shouldn’t we live hard?

**

“Thank you for your hard work.”

I finished washing the dishes and came out to the hall. I could see Eugene’s face still cleaning. She wiped away the sweat and looked at me. He looked tired. not a crowd Because today, I’m really busy.

‘It’s good that the business is doing well.’

It was a boom today. There were so many people that I wanted to be like this.

But aren’t humans, by nature, animals that want to sit when they get up and lie down when they sit down?

I ran into an unexpected problem.

Exactly that.

‘It’s harder than catching the final boss. I’m going to die, I’m going to die.’

It was hard.

It’s nice to have a lot of customers, but I felt like dying because there wasn’t even a minute to rest.

Moreover, since Saerom, who had originally worked, had returned to his original mission, even Eugene, an A-class hunter, was exhausted.

“Shall we hire another person?”

“Even if you wash your eyes and look for a pretty woman in her early 20s who will wear a maid uniform and work for minimum wage, you won’t find one.”

“… Isn’t that insulting me?”

“Alone is fine. After all, I am a Class A Hunter.”

But that’s what work is. It’s an A-rank hunter, so even if it’s not physically difficult, it doesn’t increase your mental stamina.

‘Hmm, I can’t do it like this.’

When I checked the sales today at the counter, I was in trouble.

approximately 5 million won. In terms of margin alone, it was about 2 million won.

I’m sure it’s the maximum sales that can come out of a noodle restaurant.

obviously a lot of money

However, compared to the hardships, the pay was small.

Even I was an S-class hunter, and part-timer Eugene was an A-class hunter.

Even if the two of us go through dungeons in a month, we’ll just earn billions.

Truly a creative economy!

I grabbed my head in embarrassment and leaned against the table.

‘Should I just earn money by doing something else and run a noodle restaurant in moderation?’

To be honest, the goal is not to succeed as a noodle restaurant.

Isn’t it to undo the mistakes of the previous life? Not hunting, running a noodle restaurant and not falling out with my younger brother.

… There was no reason to succeed as a noodle house. There is a way called a franchise, but I don’t want to go that far. The taste of this noodle is just because of my ‘dexterity’. It’s not like this if anyone follows it.

“boss. wake up. You have dinner plans with the lady tonight.”

I muttered as I clung to the table like a bedbug.

“hit. It did. Did you say that Shia would come too?”

“Yes. I was convinced from the look on the lady’s face earlier, but she’s looking forward to it very much. If I’m late, I’ll be very angry.”

I had an appointment this evening. It was a promise with Chaewon. must be kept unconditionally.

Eugene and me, and Chaewon and Sia. The members decided to eat out together. Sia said she wanted to treat it.

“Hmm.”

“I will change my clothes first.”

“Aren’t you having a hard time, Yujin?”

I suddenly asked, and Eugene answered with a smile.

“I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard.”

She took out her phone and sent it to me.

It was Kakao Talk with Yuri.

Yuri – Unnie, when are you coming??!!

Eugene – I think I will be leaving a little late today ㅠ-ㅠ

Yuri – (cat in the rain emoji)

Eugene – Are you okay?

Yuri – Yes! I took measurements today, and I haven’t lost any ability! At this rate, he might be the head of the academy… ?

“I’m glad.”

“… I don’t know Mr. Seonghun, but I think this is a debt that I will never be able to repay even if I pay it off in my lifetime. So don’t worry about me.”

Eugene bowed his head deeply and headed for the dressing room.

I sat down in my chair and thought deeply.

‘Is there any way to run the noodle shop more efficiently?’

I couldn’t think of a good way to wrap my head around it.

It’s something you can think about slowly.

There are 10 billion.

For now, don’t be late for your appointment.

**

A restaurant with softly lit chandeliers.

“Brother is here!?”

“hello.”

Eugene and I arrived at the meeting place.

“Oh, you came first. Have you been waiting long?”

“No, we just came.”

Chaewon and Sia were unpacking their belongings as if they had just arrived.

Yujin and I gave an appropriate reply and sat down.

‘It’s a mysterious store.’

Surprisingly, there was only one table placed in the luxurious interior.

Did you rent the whole store?

“Aren’t you curious? They say this is a one-table restaurant.”

It was my younger sister Chaewon who cleared my doubts.

“One table?”

“yes! You say you don’t take more than one guest?”

‘… Then what remains?’

I looked at the menu board with a puzzled expression.

‘… !’

I rubbed my eyes.

On the menu, only ‘today’s course’ was written.

The price is a whopping 450,000 won.

You have to sell about 50 noodles.

It feels like someone is punching me in the back of the head.

Something flashed into my mind.

‘This is… . This was the correct answer.’

A way to show off my cooking skills and get a fair price.

How to give Eugene more than the minimum wage.

I decided to change the store operation policy from tomorrow.

“You can eat it without any burden.”

Shia smiled and said.

“Thank you. But aren’t you overdoing it?”

“You treated me a lot. And this much doesn’t matter.”

“okay.”

Even so, it was an amount that had no choice but to bear the burden.

I know that Sia is rich, but she must have been given an allowance.

‘Me too. I’m not really worried.’

I laughed and stopped thinking.

It was a bit of a worry.

Because she is SJ’s daughter.

Sia snapped her hand once.

Two men in white cook coats approached me.

“Please prepare the dish.”

They nodded as if they had waited, then headed for the faraway kitchen.

“Sia, you look great!”

Chaewon’s eyes sparkled.

After a while.

“The menu of the day you ordered is here. From left, white fish mixed with button mushroom soup and orange citron sauce. Sirloin steak with truffle. The Culine Pasta cooked by an Italian chef.”

My party and I looked at the steaming food.

“delicious… .”

“Eat a lot, Chaewon.”

“thanks! You are really cool.”

Sia smiled faintly.

‘Good friend.’

I looked at the two happily.

Did you say that friends are more valuable than anything else in the world?

Although it’s a bit cheesy, there’s nothing wrong with that.

“You invited me today too. Thank you.”

At that time, Eugene, who was sitting next to him, spoke.

“You’re welcome. I heard the news. You said you became my brother’s girlfriend.”

“Yeah. It happened.”

“congratulations. But, they say you don’t know much about Sung Hoon oppa.”

“Dating is basically the fun of getting to know each other.”

“Do you have any secrets? For example… Something I can’t say.”

“It’s a relationship between adults. There are many secrets and circumstances that cannot be told, right?”

‘In front of the kids… what are you saying.’

I looked at Eugene with absurd eyes.

“just joke. There are no secrets.”

She smiled and averted my gaze.

“He is a man of many secrets. That’s why I suddenly became a part-timer.”

Sia looked at me.

Suddenly, I remembered something from a few days ago.

‘… He probably knows.’

It was vaguely expected.

The reason she invited me to dinner today.

You want to make sure of my identity.

It felt like it would be an uncomfortable dining spot.

I picked up the knife with an awkward smile.

“Zu, prove it.”

Chaewon said in a trembling voice.

“Proof?”

“Prove that we are dating!”

“We’re dating, where is the proof?”

“Hey, there is! Like, skinship… .”

“Yeah?”

A rare expression of bewilderment was seen on Eugene’s face.

‘Why is Chaewon like this?’

The answer was not difficult to find.

This is all because of the damn K-drama.

It seems that the drama should be extinguished on Earth.

How do you cut an innocent kid who doesn’t know anything like this?

“Hey Han Chae Won! What are you talking about?”

I looked at Chaewon with a serious expression.

When disciplining, you need to make it clear what is wrong.

I’m going to be very upset so that I won’t be able to say anything like this again.

at that time.

“it’s okay. I can show you.”

Eugene grabbed my hand.

“… !”

And then I gently put on the pod.

“Is this enough?”

Eugene blushed.

I looked at her with a puzzled expression.

However, Eugene is pretending to be my girlfriend for me.

You shouldn’t show a look of bewilderment.

I raised my hands, which were intertwined with Eugene’s, on the table.

‘If this is enough, Chaewon will understand.’

how is it little brother

no more dissatisfaction

“Now, are you kidding me? I need to kiss you.”

I stood up from my seat without saying a word.

Apparently, Chaewon’s mind needs to be remodeled today.