Hehe.

Gyeoul let out an awkward laugh.

Although she had earned the most money, her pale face blushed, perhaps because she felt bad that she could only buy drinks.

Her small hands tightly held onto the hem of her clothes, and her drooping ears looked pitiful.

Drinks weren’t even necessary.

How did this small beast-kin child end up with debt?

Shin Seo-yeon looked around, unable to do anything.

It was then that Kang Jinho, who had been silently watching from a distance, approached.

“Don’t waste your money. There’s going to be a company dinner after this.”

Kang Jinho waved his hand, saying there was no need to buy drinks.

Shin Seo-yeon knew there was no planned dinner, but she wasn’t going to miss the opportunity.

“Ah, right. We did have a dinner planned, didn’t we?”

“There was something like that?”

“Yes. We’re all going to have a nice meal together after the training. Don’t you remember?”

“Ah… I didn’t know.”

Of course, she wouldn’t know.

It was a story that had just been made up.

As Shin Seo-yeon breathed a sigh of relief, Kang Jinho was thinking differently.

‘I have to sort this out somehow.’

That debt didn’t need to be repaid.

He wanted to tell her that, but Gyeoul had an almost pathological dislike for getting things for free.

Isn’t there a way to persuade her well?

Kang Jinho pondered and pondered.

‘Even paying off the debt is a problem.’

The moment she pays off all her debt, she’ll try to return to her own world.

To that world teeming with moving corpses.

If she could build up her abilities, it wouldn’t be too bad.

One day, she would see her homeland through the portal that would open.

Should he find a way to forgive her debt but drag it out as long as possible?

After much deliberation, Kang Jinho came to a conclusion.

“…I’ll show you how to pay off your debt quickly later.”

“My debt?”

“Yes. For now, just focus on the dungeon. Don’t let your mind wander.”

“Ah, yes.”

Indeed, it wouldn’t be good to be distracted in the dungeon.

Gyeoul nodded, adjusting her grip on her bow.

For now, she decided to prioritize clearing the dungeon.

—

—

The boss monster was an ent several times larger than a normal ent.

It was quite intimidating, but not difficult to subdue.

It was thanks to the twenty or so rookies attacking the boss simultaneously.

“Hmm…”

It seems like overwhelming numbers work in this world too.

Feeling empty, I fidgeted with my empty glass.

It was a glass from the restaurant where we had gone for the company dinner after the boss hunt.

“You don’t look so good.”

The Master poured water into my glass.

I wasn’t thirsty, but I accepted it politely with both hands.

“It was very different from what I imagined. I guess it lacked tension…”

“It’s because it’s training. I chose the easiest dungeon among the level-three dungeons. Plus, there were a lot of people.”

“So, real combat is much tougher?”

“That’s right. If you go in expecting today’s level, you’ll get seriously hurt.”

The Master, perhaps parched from talking so much, gulped down the water in his cup.

When I tried to refill his empty glass, he stopped me with his hand over the cup.

“I’ll do it.”

“…Okay.”

I felt a bit awkward.

Maybe it was because we were in a fancy restaurant.

Holding my glass, I looked around.

It was a sushi restaurant with private rooms.

A server knocked on the door.

“May I come in?”

Everyone looked at the Master when the server entered.

They knew that only the Master could give permission.

But the Master, receiving everyone’s gaze, just kept drinking his water.

He gave me a look that told me to answer on his behalf.

To speak on behalf of all these people?

That felt too difficult.

But since it was the Master’s order, I decided to open my mouth.

“Yes…”

As soon as I answered, the door opened.

The server gave me a warm smile.

Not knowing what to say, I just bowed my head.

For some reason, the smile on the server’s lips widened.

“You asked for everything to be served at once, right?”

The cart the server brought was filled with high-quality sashimi.

Fish that couldn’t be caught and eaten in a pond.

“Wow…”

This is tuna sashimi.

Am I really allowed to eat this?

I couldn’t even pick up my chopsticks, staring intently at the tuna sashimi.

Shin Seo-yeon pushed the sashimi toward me.

“Gyeoul, you were the top contributor, right? It’s a rule that the top contributor takes the first bite.”

Do adventurers have such a rule?

I looked up at the Master with wide eyes, and he nodded in agreement.

“Everyone fought hard at the front, but I was just comfortably shooting arrows from the back.”

“That’s a skill too.”

“Uh, um…”

If I say more, it’ll just sound like bragging.

Without any further excuses, I picked up a piece of tuna sashimi and ate it.

“……!”

The taste was so shocking that my ears and tail hairs stood on end.

As soon as I swallowed the tuna sashimi, my tail began to wag like crazy.

“Is it good?”

“Yes. It’s the second-best food I’ve ever tasted.”

“Second-best? What’s the first?”

The first was, of course, Yeoreum’s cooking.

Beyond the taste, it was because I knew the heart of the person who made it.

Of course, I didn’t say that out loud because it was embarrassing.

I just quietly savored the sashimi.

The sashimi I ate with the adventurers was incredibly delicious.

—

—

In front of Gyeoul’s tent.

Yeoreum stood there with her arms crossed.

‘I should do it when I have the time.’

The two pots of Gyeoul’s that she had accidentally ruined.

She considered buying new ones and dirtying them a little before giving them to her, but she decided against it.

Gyeoul’s observational skills were improving day by day.

Her eyes, which surpassed the average person’s, would quickly recognize the new items.

So, she’d have to put in the effort to find good secondhand ones.

As Yeoreum made up her mind, Gyeoul approached, tail wagging.

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? Gyeoul, you’re already here?”

“Yes. It ended earlier than I thought.”

Gyeoul held out a plastic bag.

It contained high-quality sashimi.

“Sashimi?”

“Yes. The Master bought it for us.”

“Hmm… then, shall we have it for dinner later? I have something to do right now.”

“Something to do?”

What could it be that she would refuse this precious sashimi?

Gyeoul tilted her head.

“Yeah. I need to pick up something at the recycling station.”

She didn’t mention that it was to pick up pots.

Kind-hearted Gyeoul would stop her, saying there was no need.

So, Yeoreum had to come up with another excuse.

“You pick things up at the recycling station?”

Yeoreum, who’s incredibly wealthy?

Gyeoul’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“Well, just because I’m your sister doesn’t mean I always use new stuff. If there’s something useful, I use secondhand too.”

“…Really?”

Yeoreum using secondhand items.

It was the most shocking thing Gyeoul had heard in days.

“Yeah. There’s a good chance I’ll find what I need at the recycling station. I’ll just take a quick look.”

Hehe.

Yeoreum smiled and took a step back, and Gyeoul followed her.

“I’ll go with you.”

“With me?”

“Yes. I want to see if there’s something useful too.”

“Uh… should we?”

Spending time alone with Gyeoul wouldn’t be bad.

Though the location being the recycling station wasn’t ideal.

‘What does the place matter if I’m with Gyeoul.’

Yeoreum moved to the apartment complex’s recycling station with Gyeoul.

She wanted to chat with Gyeoul but held back when she saw her seriously rummaging through the recycling station.

‘I should find the pots first.’

Squatting at the recycling station, she rummaged through the piles of trash.

Since the apartment complex was so large, there were many items piled up, making it difficult to find the pots.

“Ugh…”

Something sticky stuck to her hand.

The musty smell made her wrinkle her nose.

‘Just find the pots, just the pots.’

She steeled herself and continued searching the recycling station.

At that moment, someone approached Yeoreum from behind.

It was a middle-aged woman holding old clothes, and she had been watching Yeoreum’s back for a long time.

“···What’s a young woman like you doing this for already?”

“What?!”

She had sensed someone approaching but didn’t expect to be watched.

Startled, Yeoreum turned around.

“Aren’t you Yeoreum…?”

The middle-aged woman recognized Yeoreum and showed her surprise.

She couldn’t believe that someone as wealthy as her was rummaging through the recycling station.

“Ah, hello…”

“What are you doing here?”

“Uh, I was just looking to see if there were any usable pots…”

Yeoreum trailed off and then tightly shut her mouth.

She wondered what Gyeoul would think if she heard this, but fortunately, Gyeoul was busy searching for items.

“Oh, how frugal of you. Should I give you some pots from my house?”

“R-Really?!”

“I have plenty of pots. Just wait here for a moment.”

“Yes! I’ll wait!”

Is this what it feels like to pick up something useful?

Somehow, she seemed to understand Gyeoul’s feelings a little.

‘Let’s wait.’

Yeoreum decided to check her smartphone while waiting for the middle-aged woman to return.

As always, she wanted to read stories about Gyeoul.

‘Gyeoul…’

She tapped her smartphone to log into the community where the Yeomyeong Guild was frequently mentioned.

Since she couldn’t read all the posts, she checked only the trending ones.

The most popular post wasn’t about Gyeoul but about Yeoreum herself.

[Yeoreum rummaging through trash in our complex, lol]

“…?”

It was taken from the perspective of someone looking down from an apartment window, showing Yeoreum’s back.

Since she was famous, many people recognized her.

[Why is Yeoreum rummaging through the trash, lol.]

[└ Look at the sword on her waist. It’s really Yeoreum. She probably came with Gyeoul.]

[Even Yeoreum, who has more than a trillion won, lives like this, so what about me…]

[└ A trillion? More like several trillion, lol.]

[└ I thought rich people only used luxury goods.]

[Yeoreum is genuinely likable, lol]

[└ She’s got everything, but rummaging through the recycling station with Gyeoul makes her relatable, lol lol lol]

“Uh…”

She showed an embarrassing side of herself.

Somehow, her image was still positive.

Is this all thanks to Gyeoul?

Yeoreum didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so she just mumbled to herself.

For now…

She decided to look for more reactions related to Gyeoul.

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