“braided! I didn’t have anything fancy about local specialties, so I bought one at a duty free shop!”

Seah Yoo took out a small box with a smile and put it on the table. Although it was small in size, it was an expensive item that was luxuriously decorated at first glance.

‘It’s a gift.’

As Yoo Se-ah herself said earlier, she didn’t go out to play, but did she even bring a present? Thinking that he was a good person, Kang Tae-han picked up the box on the table.

“Can I open it?”

“Yes, when I present it to someone, I prefer to open it and see their reaction.”

Kang Tae-han responded with a smile to Yoo Se-ah’s words, then slowly opened the box. What came out of the inside was a glass bottle the size of a hand. It contained a pale blue transparent liquid.

“This… It’s perfume.”

I don’t have enough knowledge about perfume to be considered an outsider, but it is a product of a famous brand that Kang Tae-han has heard of several times.

When I sprayed it on my wrist and sniffed it, it had a fresh, light, clean scent. When Kang Tae-han glanced at Yoo Se-ah, she said with a smile.

“Taehan suits the dignified atmosphere well and is charming… no, it’s cool Hmmmm.”

Yoo Se-ah swallowed the word attractive and then cleared her throat for no reason.

“Anyway, sometimes it doesn’t go well with my appearance. So, wouldn’t it suit you if you give it a fresh feeling with a perfume… So I picked it out.”

She insinuatedly looked into Kang Tae-han’s eyes.

Did you like the perfume? Didn’t you just buy tiger ointment like Chanhyuk sunbaenim said? The moment you are in such trouble.

“It’s good. I love it.”

Kang Tae-han smiled and expressed his pure gratitude.

As I said before, I don’t know much about perfume, but it was a scent that seemed to fit me strangely. It must have been a gift chosen with a lot of thought.

“This, if you received a present, you have to repay it… … .”

“Oh, it’s okay! I didn’t buy it to give you that kind of burden, I just prepared it purely because I wanted to give it to you.”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Yoo Se-ah shook her hands and said.

However, before Kang Tae-han finished her words, he suddenly lifted a paper bag from the side. It was something that I had brought beforehand and put it down next to me when I came here.

“… uh? What is it?”

“It’s nothing special, it’s a gift I prepared because I really wanted to give it to Se-ah.”

Kang Tae-han smiled while quoting Yoo Se-ah’s words from earlier, and Yoo Se-ah’s expression was stained with embarrassment.

It was the situation where I had to buy a present since I had been abroad, but… Kang Tae-han is not like that. He had never said that he had bought a present, so he probably didn’t prepare a gift in advance.

“Good for you. I have a present to return.”

Kang Tae-han held out the gift with a smile on his lips. Yoo Se-ah stood there blankly for a moment while accepting the gift, then later took out the box inside and picked it up.

“Ah oh. Is it okay if I check it out too?”

“Sure.”

Slightly heavy weight that is transmitted through the hand.

Kang Tae-han nodded, and Yoo Se-ah paused for a moment before carefully opening the lid of the box. A smile soon formed on her lips.

“… pretty.”

A small teaware set consisting of two teacups, a teapot, and a water bowl.

Each teaware was pure white, like white porcelain, and simple but sophisticated blue patterns were drawn on it, adding to its elegance.

Yoo Se-ah held the lid of the box in her hand and looked at the teacups with deep eyes for a while.

“Did you buy it because I became interested in cars?”

When she asked, Kang Tae-han nodded.

“I went to a department store not too long ago, and they made a planning corner with the theme of tea art. I thought of Se-ah for a moment, so I bought it then.”

The last time I drank tea here, it was Yoo Se-ah, who was more interested in it than I thought.

Kang Tae-han went to the department store for a different reason, but when he saw the planning section that was open at the time, he remembered what happened at the time and bought one because there were some good things.

“… What should I do.”

Only then did she close the lid of the box she had been holding, and Seah Yoo spoke in a slightly trembling voice.

“Um, isn’t that great?”

“No, I like it very much.”

And she laughed bashfully with a shy face.

It is often said that a gift is an expression of sincerity, but it also means that you are thinking of the other person.

This gift is proof that Kang Tae-han thought of himself even while he was looking at other business, and that he thought about it for a moment, hoping that he would like it… … . Yoo Se-ah cherished the paper bag in which the box was placed.

“I think the car will become so much better because of Taehan.”

She said with a bright smile like a child.

Seeing that expression, Kang Tae-han burst into laughter as well.

“By the way, was the name of the tea leaves I’m drinking right now Seoho Yongjeong? Where can I get these tea leaves?”

Then Seah Yoo asked a thought that came to her mind. Tea leaves are needed to brew tea, and the only green tea she knew before was tea bags sold at the mart.

“You can get it at a department store, or you can order it online… It would have been nice if I had prepared the tea leaves as well.”

Kang Tae-han put on a sad expression belatedly.

As the planning section of the department store had tea art as the theme, not only teaware but also various types of tea leaves, including green tea and black tea, were on display.

However, after hearing Kang Tae-han’s words, Yoo Se-ah’s expression brightened for a moment, and then turned into something of embarrassment. Then he carefully opened his mouth.

“then… Shall we go shopping together next time?”

“Oh, that’s a good idea. The planning corner I saw back then was better than I thought.”

Kang Tae-han answered while pouring green tea into a teacup.

The next meeting is established naturally! At Kang Tae-han’s answer, Yoo Se-ah nodded with a small but hearty smile.

* * *

“Hey, what’s wrong with Hanha these days?”

When Shim Tae-yoon, coach of the baseball team Daesung Wales, pointed to the monitor and said, the head coach next to him tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

“I mean… … . I don’t have anything to point out.”

The monitor showed the score and various indicators of today’s match against Hanha. The result was Daesung’s defeat. They led by 3 points in the beginning, but a tie came out in the 5th inning, and they turned around in the second half.

“Wouldn’t it shine at the end of the season? Originally, there are times when Hanha does well sometimes.”

At the words of the hitting coach, the manager frowned and shook his head.

“If you’re lucky and it sparkles, you can see it like that. It’s not just luck, it’s a huge improvement in some players’ skills. Especially these nobles.”

The coach pointed to some of Hanha’s players and said.

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Lee Kwang-ho, Kim Tae-pyeong, Jang Ho-jun, etc. They were once active as Hanha’s main force, but they are old and their form has died a lot. However, starting from last week, their grades improved dramatically.

“When I saw it during this game, these gentlemen’s overall physical abilities improved. Should I say it went back to normal?”

Originally, being a professional player is to push through with stamina and strength when you are young, and to compete with experience and skill when you start to get older, but today they showed physical strength as if they had regained their youthful stamina.

“… So what did you do to rejuvenate?”

“But, like Choi Tae-joon, the Hanha players are in good shape these days. Simply in good condition, beyond this level… As if it had been rejuvenated.”

The head coach paused for a while and thought about whether there was another expression, but in the end he used the word rejuvenation.

“How did you do it? Do you have any tips?”

“Maybe there is something in the training program?”

“I don’t know if it’s a training camp, but suddenly during the season?”

“Or is it doping?”

“Ah, then how do you pass the doping test?”

There are various opinions, but all of them are just rumors. In the midst of time passing without any results.

“I-I have an acquaintance on the Hanha staff side.”

In the middle of the conversation, the training coach, who had been quietly thinking, spoke carefully.

“Not long ago, a masseuse teacher came and said that the reaction from the players was so good. I wonder if that has any effect… … .”

For a moment, silence fell over the table. There, the first to respond to his words was director Shim Tae-yoon.

“Puha.”

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Laughter that leaked out uncontrollably. He wiped his mouth once with the back of his hand, then shook his head slowly.

“Sorry, Coach Song. I’m not ignoring you, but I’m not. Rather, the new doping story that came out earlier would be more plausible.”

It is not that Shim Tae-yoon ignored the effects of massage.

It loosens the knotted muscles and relieves the fatigue and tension accumulated in the previous game. Massage is quite effective in resting and managing the condition of athletes.

But that’s all. At least in the common sense level of massage that Shim Tae-yoon knew, there was no effect of explosively boosting the players’ physicals in this way.

“Well, is that so?”

It is the same as the person who said it. As the training coach scratched his head shyly, the people around him belatedly burst into laughter.

* * *

It’s Monday morning, not even open yet.

“Haaa… … .”

As he soaked himself in a hot tub with no one around, Lee Byeong-ho let out a deep sigh. He stared blankly at the ceiling for a moment, then gently massaged his right wrist with his left hand.

“It’s been a while, bathhouse.”

Author of ‘Moorim Hunter’, a webtoon serialized on famous platforms.

Originally, I was so busy with serialization that I forgot about the public bathhouse, but now the work went on a long hiatus.

Even though I took a break, I can’t rest properly, and I’m spending my days in the middle of not working properly… The other day, when I made a reservation for a massage shop that I knew about through the introduction of the PD in charge, I came to visit.

However, until I left the house, I had the mindset of ‘I have made a reservation, so I have no choice but to come.’

‘Sometimes this diversion might be helpful.’

The bathroom on a Monday morning, as if no one was around.

Rather than sitting in the corner of the room holding on to a plot that never comes out, it might be more helpful to just sit there blankly like this. At least you’ll feel better.

In fact, seeing it like this makes me feel like my mind is clearing up a bit. In addition to that, there are also some episodes that can be used in the work.

‘Going to a hot spring wouldn’t be bad for a one-off episode. Once the gate is open in the snowy mountain, go there, and get help from a genie who has done a half turn.’

Banrohwandong is a phenomenon in which a martial artist at the peak of his age in martial arts returns to his youthful body with his internal energy intact.

Then, how should I draw a character who has gone through a half-life?

The appearance is young, but the atmosphere is heavy and profound… You have to make good use of that feeling.

That time when the direction of thought is moving beyond the plot to character design.

“… … ”

A young man entered the bathroom.

Normally, he would have avoided his gaze as if it was just that, but Lee Byung-ho’s gaze continued to follow him. The moment I saw him, the inspiration for the character began to emerge.

‘okay… It would be fine if it felt just like that.’

The young man’s name was Kang Tae-han.

Although he hadn’t actually gone through a half-role, a model that could be said to be someone who had experienced the most similar experience was passing in front of his eyes.