Please Cooperate In The Execution Of S-Class Official Duties - Chapter 60

[Obtained the reward for quest completion, ‘Morpheus’s sleeping pill (1)’]

[Morpheus’s sleeping pill (S)]

A sleeping pill specially made by the god of dreams, Morpheus. It can put even a god to sleep, much less an elephant. It grants the user pleasant dreams.

Morpheus’s sleeping pills were contained in a small bottle. After hearing the explanation, Seheon, who was holding onto the drug bottle, seemed more annoyed than amazed and handed the bottle over to Hara.

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“I’m scared if it’s capable of putting an elephant to sleep, but even putting a god to sleep? I can’t take this.”

“It’ll grant you a pleasant dream though.”

“But it doesn’t say when the user will wake up.”

Ahh. Only then did Hara let out a loud exclamation. Seheon continued with a frown.

“If you take it and end up regaining consciousness after hundreds of days, it’ll completely……”

“Completely?”

“It’d obviously be a big disaster.”

It wasn’t really funny, but she couldn’t help but laugh.

Seheon glanced briefly at Hara, then quickly turned his head and stood up. His movements seemed strangely rushed, and paced around the kitchen like he didn’t know what to do with himself. He hesitated in front of the refrigerator before asking.

“There’s only water in my fridge. Would you like some?”

Hara’s eyes widened from her seat at the dining table.

“Is there really nothing but water?”

“Yes.”

Seheon opened the refrigerator as if to prove his point.

Hara got up inadvertently and peered into the refrigerator. There really was nothing but water. She thought there might be some beer at least.

Hara shifted her gaze from the refrigerator to Seheon, looking at him with surprise.

“You don’t drink alcohol either?”

“I don’t want to ruin the next day’s condition.”

“Wow, that’s tough…… Even the refrigerators of idols who have to stay in shape prior to a comeback season aren’t usually like this…”

Seheon’s forehead crumpled.

“Unfortunately, I’m not an entertainer, and it’s just that I don’t really like the scent of food lingering around the house.”

“That sounds even more like something an entertainer would say…”

“Kang Hara-ssi is overly obliging.”

“Mister, you seem strangely… No, neat.”

Was he trying to involve her in this?

However, Seheon looked down at Hara somewhat disagreeably, and quickly avoided eye contact as soon as their eyes met.

And then, he said.

“Those are men’s clothing.”

“……Is it that I shouldn’t wear these clothes? They were hanging there, so I put them on……”

“No, that’s not it.”

The contemplative Seheon spoke awkwardly like he was stammering.

“Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve washed that outfit after my junior came over  previously.”

“Oh, is that so? But I don’t really care about things like that. I’m already very grateful that you’re putting me up for the night.”

Hara raised her sleeve and sniffed, then grinned.

“It doesn’t smell. It has a nice scent. It seems like you’re using a good fabric softener.”

“……”

Seheon fidgeted restlessly like a puppy itching to relieve itself, and eventually brought out a long T-shirt from his room.

While changing into the T-shirt, Hara had such a thought. Yoon Seheon is rather fastidious…… It would be tough if we were to live together……

And her face turned bright red soon after. Why did I have such a thought?

Ultimately, Hara remained ignorant of the fact that the buttons on the men’s pajamas were spaced too widely.

After she changed into the T-shirt and came out, there was a glass of water placed on the table. Hara sat down at the table and spread out the documents she’d taken from her bag. Meanwhile, Seheon was still pacing around restlessly.

“Aren’t you going in?”

“Is Kang Hara-ssi not going to rest?”

“Oh, am I bothering you?”

“It’s not that……”

Seheon eventually sighed while choosing his words, and opening his mouth again to say.

“It’s because it’s been a long time since someone came over.”

“Ah, I am being a bother! I’ll do this inside the room then.”

Just as she gathered the documents again, Seheon shook his head and sat down in front of Hara, saying, “Just take it that I’m also unable to fall asleep.”

“But what are you doing?”

“Oh, I’m going to browse through the Hunter Market.”

Hunter Market. Those words instantly sparked Seheon’s interest.

Director Lee Eunjoo had also prepared a separate Hunter ID with elevated privileges for Hara.

“I’m also quite curious. Can I look through it with you?”

“Of course. Do you want to browse together? Why don’t you come over this side, since it’ll be uncomfortable to view it while facing each other.”

Hara naturally moved over to the chair beside her. After a moment of hesitation, Seheon sat beside Hara.

It clearly was a dining table for four, but it felt strangely crowded when two adults sat side by side.

In addition, Hara was strangely conscious of the fact that Seheon was wearing thin pajamas, so she tensed up unknowingly. To distract herself from the tension of her stiff body, she hurriedly accessed Hunter Market on her phone and entered her ID and password.

*Welcome to Hunter Market*

The classic phrase appeared prominently on the screen.

Hara quickly looked through the Market. In the past, she rarely browsed through the Market, but it was different now.

In the Hunter Market, coins were the main form of currency.

Actual goods could also be traded, but people gathered as many coins as possible because they could raise their stats by collecting 10 million coins.

“It’s fascinating.”

Seheon commented briefly beside her. It was because normally, civilians weren’t able to access the Hunter Market.

There were some that borrowed the ID of an acquaintance, but the vast majority of the items were used by hunters, so there wasn’t anything civilians could use.

“Wow, this is exciting.”

The first thing Hara learned was how to put items onto the Market. Hara quickly put the mana stone up, but a warning message popped up.

[!Warning!]

[Only the Korean government can sell mana stones within the Republic of Korea]

“Oh, so this kind of warning would pop up? Oooh!” Hara exclaimed in surprise, before looking for something else to put up for sale on the Market. Her attention was suddenly caught by the giant eagle’s egg.

[This is an item related to an ongoing quest. Are you certain you want to sell it? Y/N]

Interesting! Hara hurriedly looked up the market price and placed the dungeon by-products that she’d acquired for sale at a reasonable price.

However, low-grade items were in poor demand. It was natural for Koreans to begin with good items.

“How much is the mana potion? Ah, so it’s 60 coins. How expensive……”

Hara looked up the market price of a mana potion and made a disappointed sound. Then, Seheon made a puzzled face.

“Why are you looking up the price of a mana potion?”

“Because I also need it?”

“……Don’t you just need me?”

[The constellation, ‘Cupid’ is happy with Yoon Seheon’s reliable comment]

The sudden intervention in the form of a message from the constellation caused Seheon’s face to redden as he recalled what he’d just said.

Hara was also slightly embarrassed, but she quickly explained her reasoning.

“Anchor Yoon wouldn’t be able to accompany me everyday. You’re accompanying me right now by using a variety of excuses, but you won’t be able to continue doing so in the future. Shouldn’t I make preparations if we quarrel or…… if we break up?”

“Us.”

It wasn’t spoken with a question mark, but a period. Seheon answered Hara’s words like that and fell into brief contemplation. It’s not like he thought much of it.

Break up? Is there a need for that? Is there a reason for that?

But instead of voicing that thought, Seheon responded differently once again.

“I could also accompany you every day, right?

This time, Hara obviously appeared flustered.

“Anchor-nim…… Is the position of the main news anchor not as busy as I’d thought?”

Whoops.

“It’s very busy.”

Seheon spoke emphatically. Hara tilted her head.

“Then how will you accompany me every day? Another problem is the perception of others. It’s not just Team K, but normally, S-class hunters will form their own teams and also do X-tube. But if I were to form a team, and Anchor Yoon appears everyday with me, what if people think Anchor Yoon is unemployed?”

But why are you worrying about that? Exasperation swelled up for no particular reason. Don’t you need me anyways? Then can’t we just sit back and enjoy the ride?

But instead of responding like that, Seheon asked diffidently.

“And if I become unemployed?”

After a moment of thought, Hara cut it off at once.

“Please don’t be unemployed.”

It was because she thought of the second to none traitor, Kang Hada, who played and idled away at home as an unemployed person, and ended up spending 10 million won of his sister’s money.

Seheon jotted the firmly spoken words down into a mental note. It seems like she doesn’t like unemployed people. And another Seheon in his mind, who’d come to his senses, immediately tore up that note and threw it in the trash. Are you crazy, Yoon Seheon?

In the meantime, Hara bought two mana potions. Under such a situation, she managed to find the lowest price of 58 coins in the Hunter Market.

Hara possessed 127 coins. She was slightly disappointed that she could only purchase two, but she didn’t have any more coins, so there’s no helping it.

“And this…… Here.”

Hara put the items she had collected in the dungeons for sale. Some of them were commonly used items, so she thought that she’d be able to earn well if they were sold for a good price.

Seheon watched her browse the Hunter Market beside her, but he soon got tired of it. It was because for him, the Hunter Market was just a store that sold pie in the sky.

But the next moment, Hara suddenly shouted, “Ahh!”