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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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Gang-so went to the bank with Yoo Soon-tae.
It was because he had to create an account.
“I heard that isolated people are given support funds, but they even give funds to the guarantors! This is great!”
At Yoo Soon-tae’s words, Gang-so chuckled.
“So it’s the same here, they all love money!”
“Of course! That’s why the awakened who are good at making money join the Hunter Academy to make even more money.”
“By the way, are those things called magic stones that expensive?”
At Gang-so’s question, Yoo Soon-tae took out his phone and searched for something, then said,
“Looking at today’s prices, an E-rank magic stone is worth 500,000 won.”
“Is 500,000 won expensive?”
“It’s 100 bowls of jajangmyeon.”
“That’s expensive.”
“But you can get an E-rank magic stone by defeating slimes and other weak monsters that can easily be hunted even by E-rank hunters, or even porters can get them by going inside gates.”
“Does that mean they can be obtained easily inside gates?”
“That’s right.”
Yoo Soon-tae nodded.
“The price of a magic stone almost doubles with each rank. A D-rank is about 1 million won, a C-rank is 10 million won, and B-rank and A-rank magic stones are traded for hundreds of millions depending on their quality.”
“I see.”
Gang-so nodded.
If what Yoo Soon-tae said was true, he already met the conditions to become rich.
He could kill an A-rank monster with a single punch.
But ever since earlier, Gang-so had been feeling people’s gazes on him.
“But, why do people keep staring at me?”
“Huh?”
Now that he thought about it, people were glancing at Gang-so, who was sitting while waiting in line at the bank.
Yoo Soon-tae looked at Gang-so’s face and sighed.
“Ah… Good-looking men stand out everywhere.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m saying that you’re extremely handsome.”
“I haven’t heard people call me ugly where I came from, but I don’t think I’m good-looking.”
“You know what?”
“What?”
“You’re incredibly annoying right now.”
“Am I annoying? From what I see, meeting you here was actually quite fortunate…”
At that moment, Yoo Soon-tae realized.
That he shouldn’t make jokes with Gang-so so carelessly.
‘Why do I feel like I’m the only one losing out?’
A little while later.
Ding-dong-!
– Customer number 86, please proceed to window 3.
At the announcement with the bell, Yoo Soon-tae and Gang-so headed to window 3.
“Hello. How can I help—?”
The female staff member at the counter trailed off as soon as she saw Gang-so, her eyes glazed over.
“Ahem, excuse me.”
Yoo Soon-tae spoke up, noticing, and she was startled, quickly wiping the drool from her mouth, and said,
“Uh-! I’m sorry. How can I help you?”
“We came to open an account for my friend.”
“Y-Yes, please give me your ID…”
Yoo Soon-tae shook his head, seeing her flustered with a reddened face.
‘The problem is that guy.’
That’s right.
The problem was Gang-so, who had no awareness of how harmful his face was.
Gang-so and Yoo Soon-tae opened the account and submitted the paperwork to the Silver Tower’s civil affairs office.
Beep-!
As soon as they submitted the documents to the civil affairs office, Yoo Soon-tae received a text message stating that the funds had been deposited into his account.
The settlement support funds would be paid in monthly installments of two million won, and the guarantor support funds would be one million won per month, for two years.
Yoo Soon-tae recalled what he had heard on the news.
That they used to provide settlement support funds as a lump sum in the beginning, but because people often lost it to fraud or theft, they decided to pay it out in monthly installments instead.
“What are you going to do with the settlement support funds?”
At Yoo Soon-tae’s question, Gang-so shrugged.
“I’m not sure yet. Tell me if you have any recommendations.”
“Well, there are a lot of things, but you definitely need a phone.”
“Is that so? Then I must get this thing called a phone.”
“Then let’s buy you one now that we’ve mentioned it.”
Yoo Soon-tae explained how to use the bankbook and card, and Gang-so purchased a phone with his newly issued card.
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When the two of them returned to Yang Chun Gak, they saw Ha-young wearing a party hat and a chocolate cake on the table.
“Congratulations on becoming a citizen of Korea!”
“Oppa, congratulations!”
“Thank you.”
“Come on and sit down. We have to eat it before the customers come.”
Gang-so took a spoonful of the cake and put it in his mouth, and he felt as if fireworks were exploding in his head.
“Oh! This taste is!”
Gang-so was completely captivated by the sweetness of the cake, and he and Ha-young eagerly spooned the cake into their mouths.
‘To think that I liked sweet things this much!’
Where he came from, it was hard to experience such a stimulating sweetness.
At most, he had only tasted honey or taffy.
“Uncle Gang-so, is it that delicious?”
At Lim So-young’s question, Gang-so nodded.
“It is very sweet and soft.”
“I’m glad you like it. By the way, I heard that your awakened rank came out as F-rank?”
“That was the result. It’s a shame. If I had controlled my energy a little better, I would have gotten the result I wanted, which was an ordinary person.”
At those words, Yoo Soon-tae and Lim So-young realized something they hadn’t before.
‘Wait, can awakened ranks… be adjusted as desired…?’
But they decided to postpone looking into that question. It didn’t seem like the right time to ask right now.
“Anyway, you’re really going to deliver on foot?”
“Yes.”
“Then, since it’s difficult for an ordinary person to deliver on foot, wouldn’t it be better to say you’re an F-rank awakened individual? You could just say that you focused on speed.”
What she said made sense.
“Ah! What did I say to do if you get unnecessary calls or text messages on the phone you just activated?”
“I said to show them to you and ask what to do.”
“You remember well. You know there are a lot of scam calls and texts on phones these days.”
“Scam…”
Gang-so chuckled.
If someone tried to scam him, he would probably worry about the person who tried to scam him more than himself.
Gang-so wiped the chocolate cream from his long hair with a tissue and said,
“Soon-tae, I want to cut my hair.”
Gang-so continued,
“Most of the men I’ve seen here have short hair. So I thought it would be good for me to follow the trend to adapt to this world.”
“Well, I guess that’s true.”
At those words, Lim So-young’s eyes lit up.
“Then, let’s go to the hair salon tomorrow morning.”
“What is a hair salon?”
At Gang-so’s question, Lim So-young explained,
“It’s a place where professional hairdressers cut your hair and give you perms and colorings. You’ll know when you go with me.”
“I understand.”
Lim So-young’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Gang-so.
‘Ah, I’m so excited! What kind of hairstyle will suit him?’
Yoo Soon-tae flinched at Lim So-young’s gaze.
‘That look… it’s the same look she had when she picked out clothes for me and made me change shirts twenty times…’
At the time, Yoo Soon-tae, exhausted by Lim So-young’s enthusiasm, had said bluntly,
“Why don’t you just choose anything?”
“Honey! If you have time to say that, how about another one…?”
From his experience at the time, he knew that when Lim So-young had that look, it was better to just do what she said and not suffer physically and mentally.
He silently mourned for Gang-so.
‘Hang in there, kid. Try to survive.’
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The next day arrived.
Gang-so woke up in the newly renovated room next to the shop on the first floor and got out of bed.
Then, he sat in the lotus position on the spot and began to circulate his energy.
Inhaling the new and clear energy, Gang-so felt refreshed.
‘This place is definitely filled with more energy than where I came from. But I’m still concerned about the fact that such abundance is not a natural occurrence…’
Since it wasn’t an immediate threat, he decided to wait and see.
Yesterday, Gang-so had an examination at the Silver Tower’s medical center and received a health certificate that allowed him to work at a restaurant.
It used to take several days, but nowadays, it could be issued in one day.
It was something like a certificate that confirmed whether or not one had a contagious disease and was suitable to handle food.
Anyway, what was important was that he was now able to start working as a deliveryman.
When Gang-so came out to the restaurant after getting ready for the day, he heard the sound of someone coming down the stairs.
It was Yoo Soon-tae.
“Good morning.”
“Oh, uh, yeah. Good morning.”
“Does that mean we can start deliveries from now on?”
It was not even 5 AM yet.
Yoo Soon-tae was shocked and said,
“No! What do you mean, delivering from dawn? It’s not like we’re a dawn grocery delivery service! You can start preparing around 11 AM!”
“Oh, is that so?”
He felt embarrassed.
He seemed to have been too excited.
“And you’re starting deliveries next week. How can you do deliveries when you haven’t even adapted to this world yet?”
“But wouldn’t that cause losses to the restaurant?”
“Losses?”
Yoo Soon-tae chuckled.
“Not at all. I get a million won a month thanks to you, and that’s without counting how much the last deliveryman ripped us off.”
“…”
“Until next week, just help with serving at the restaurant. And I’d appreciate it if you’d do the cleaning.”
“Alright.”
Gang-so used his internal energy to sweep away the dust in the shop, and seeing that, Yoo Soon-tae said,
“Wow, it’s like having a steam vacuum cleaner!”
“You mean I’m good at cleaning?”
“You understand well.”
Yoo Soon-tae and Lim So-young prepared the ingredients in the kitchen.
While cleaning, Gang-so peeked into the kitchen from time to time and observed how they prepared the ingredients.
Because he was planning to help with preparing the ingredients from tomorrow onwards.
After breakfast, Gang-so left Yang Chun Gak with Lim So-young. They were going to the hair salon.
For some reason, Yoo Soon-tae waved at them with a pained look and wished them well.
‘That look means ‘come back alive’…’
Next to him, Lim So-young giggled and said,
“Let’s go! It’s close by.”
Gang-so followed Lim So-young and arrived at a place called Yoon Joo Hair Salon after walking for about three minutes.
As they entered the small hair salon, the salon owner, who was curling the hair of a middle-aged woman, turned around to greet them.
“Oh my, Ha-young’s mom! Welcome.”
“Are you busy?”
“It’s still morning, so not so much.”
The name of the hair salon owner was Park Moon-ja.
Her daughter, Lee Yoon-joo, and Yoo Ha-young went to the same kindergarten, and Park Moon-ja and Lim So-young were also friends because they were the same age and lived in the same neighborhood.
“Who’s this next to you?”
“Ah, this is our restaurant’s helper. He’s going to live and work here. He came to get a haircut.”
“My name is Gang-so.”
“Nice to meet you. You’re good-looking. How old are you?”
Lim So-young answered,
“He’s the same age as my husband.”
“Really? You look so young! I thought you were twenty!”
“Hahaha…”
“Please sit over there.”
Park Moon-ja pointed to an empty chair.
As Gang-so sat in the chair, Park Moon-ja draped a large haircut gown around him and asked,
“How do you want your hair cut?”
At that question, Lim So-young said,
“I’ve been agonizing about it a lot too, but I’m not sure.”
Park Moon-ja placed a thick book on the table.
“Then let’s look through this and decide what style would be good.”
The book was a men’s hairstyle catalog.
“A two-block cut is nice, so is a dandy cut… A regent cut or a mohawk cut is also appealing…”
The two women discussed it, and even the three customers at the hair salon joined in.
“How about this one?”
“Oh! This one is good too.”
Gang-so sighed.
‘It’s just getting my hair cut, but how many people are discussing it?’
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