chapter 11
011. Yuri Lee’s Illusion
After all the schedules, on the way back to the parking lot.
Lee Yu-ri stared at the back of Jin Yu-ha’s head as she walked.
“So, Yuna. You don’t have to worry. Anyway, what you said was the idea, not the leather outfit itself.”
Jin Yu-ha was stroking Yuna’s hair, anxious that her performance might not be properly recognized because she made her clothes too sloppy.
‘Strange man.’
He was originally an unknown person, but now it is said that the suspicious vessel has crossed the line.
‘Ha, how much am I taking?’
Originally, he should have received his fair share.
It was distributed to the other party members at the request of the team leader.
I wasn’t shameless enough to shamelessly take my share after doing such a thing.
‘But this man even dragged in Yunseo and Soyeon unnies to make me accept it somehow… ….’
Obviously, I knew that the reason Jin Yu-ha participated in this dungeon row was because she needed money,
Aren’t you impatient because you can’t spread that money anymore!
‘Suspicious… …. What the hell is that skill…… !’
To the point of ending a blood goblin with a single blow.
Isn’t that enough skill to play in the B- and C-level gates, not the E-level gate?
Suddenly, I remembered the story I heard while being carried on the back by Go Yoon-seo.
* * *
The way back out of the dungeon.
After the nagging time is over.
Ko Yoon-seo and Lee Yu-ri talked about what was going on in the unknown.
“Oh, that’s right. Soup. I have something to ask you—! Keek! Keck! Mo, don’t choke! Apat!”
“Go Yun-seo, you keep calling me gukbap. Even Jin Yu-ha says I’m called soup!”
Then, the late Yoon-seo turned his head back and made a surprised expression.
“Huh? Is that what I was trying to ask?”
“What do you mean?”
“No, it’s after you jumped out of the unknown. Jin Yu-ha pulled out her sword to rescue you.”
“Yeah, you know. Because Jin Yu-ha saved me.”
“By the way, in fact, at first, I told you not to intervene… …. He suddenly came in today, but I wonder if he’s not sacrificing it for our party.”
“Ah, that makes sense.”
Yuri nodded her head. Definitely a word that makes sense. Didn’t she think about it while confronting the goblins?
That person just came out to make money, so what kind of disaster is that?
“At that time, Mr. Jin Yu-ha kept insisting, so I spoke a little harder…… ?”
“What?”
“Because you are an outsider, get out of here. Gukbap is for us and Gukbap is not for you.”
“Um… …. Well, that’s right.”
Although the tone was a bit strong, I could understand Go Yoon-seo’s intention when she said that. At that time, I even thought that Jin Yu-ha was a weak man.
“I did, but Jin Yu-ha suddenly made a very angry expression and swung her sword—! The far away goblin is hoolololol~ The tree behind him is hoolololol~”
“Just the point.”
“Hey! Anyway, perfect for the skills you’ve been hiding! After making it public, I calm down and speak.”
The late Yoon-seo put his head back and put his eyes and voice down.
She was not the same as Jin Yuha at all.
“I’m sorry, but Lee Yu-ri has been a soup for me since a long time ago.”
“…… Yes? He did? Jin Yu-ha?”
“Yeah, that’s why I wanted to ask you. Originally, I was acquainted with Jin Yu-ha.”
That can’t be.
In my 20 years of life, there was not a single man my age.
Even more glamorous men who seem to have popped out of cartoons like this.
Lee Yu-ri shook her head, and Ko Yoon-seo spoke in a calm voice.
“Gukbap, then… …. By any chance, doesn’t that person like you? He always watched from behind. Same…… ?”
* * *
Hot-
My face heats up.
At that time, Lee Yu-ri passed it on, saying, ‘I just can’t believe it, I miss a person like that, so I’m sorry for an ordinary kid like me’…….
If you think so, his dubious actions and favors now become persuasive.
‘It’s like the fact that I came to the rescue alone as soon as I was in danger… ….’
Honestly, it was a little embarrassing to be saved by a man, but that didn’t stop my gratitude.
‘If I really needed the money, I would never have made concessions… …. He tried to feed me somehow.’
For a moment, a thought crossed my mind. It was a flash of realization.
‘Maybe Jin Yu-ha knew in advance that the gate to Carmella’s Forest was dangerous…… ?’
First of all, according to Go Yun-seo, Jin Yu-ha seemed to have been paying attention to me for a long time.
To be honest, I didn’t understand that part the most, but it’s an objective point of view since it’s from a third person’s mouth.
‘However, I was always watching from behind. Even I don’t know.’
I didn’t feel bad or anything. It would have been creepy if the genders were reversed, but it is said that such a man who is so great in terms of looks and skills did it.
‘I just feel bewildered… ….’
A scenario is concocted in Yuri Lee’s head.
Jin Yoo-ha, who has the body of a man, overcame the limitations of his gender and led the life of a hunter with excellent skills.
However, even he doesn’t have the courage, so he likes people.
In other words, he couldn’t come out and talk to him, he just watched from behind.
In the meantime. He gets one piece of information.
The E-level gate that Yuri Lee goes to.
Carmella’s Forest.
That a gate explosion could happen soon there.
‘So, while making the absurd excuse that I don’t have money for my skills…… !’
In her head, all the puzzle pieces fit together.
‘In the end, he knew he had no choice but to step out. That’s why I revealed my identity.’
Goose bumps sprouting all over the body.
Thanks to him for knowing his danger and protecting him
A heart that fluctuates with sorry for not being able to accept it.
Crying. Emotions inside of me raised a huge veil and swelled up, but
Yuri tried to swallow it.
If you start taking this seriously, you really have to look at reality.
So, I decided to take the surface lightly.
Just to the extent of, ‘Jin Yu-ha has a crush on me.’
And one day, if he’s in danger, he’ll step in and protect him with his life. Just enough.
Whoa—
Yuri Lee took a deep breath and smiled.
‘Ha, Jin Yu-ha. Was it because you liked me? Then you kept teasing me until now, right?’
At that time when I was lost in thought.
“Team leader. Team Leader. Team Leader!!”
“Uh…… !?”
When she came to her senses, Soyeon’s sister was waving her hands in front of her eyes.
“Are you sick somewhere? Didn’t you have aftereffects at the gate earlier?”
I was so deep in my thoughts that I didn’t even know I had already arrived at the parking lot.
“Gukbap. We have to finish now!”
Party members surrounded Lee Yu-ri and were waiting for an order to disperse.
And between them was Jin Yu-ha.
It’s kind of sad to think that we’re breaking up.
‘I just found out why Jin Yu-ha acted like that.’
Of course, if you go to the academy, you can still see them. Still, she wanted to know him more.
“Hmmm—”
Yuri Lee was looking at him with grim eyes.
He said something he wouldn’t have normally said to the party members.
“First of all, today, everyone has suffered a lot. Everyone should die now…….”
Large. Greatness. Yuuri coughed awkwardly.
“Maybe… …. Would you like to go out for a drink together? I will live today.”
“Gu, soup! Are we having a party!?”
When asked to drink, Go Yoon-seo painted her face.
“Hey! If our soup earns a lot of money, this kind of day will come! Let’s go to dinner! I want to go!”
“I like it too. I also wanted to have a drink with you before going to the academy.”
Yunseo and Soyeon nodded in agreement.
Then Jinyu is…….
As I glanced sideways at him, he also nodded his head coolly.
“Good. Manager. But where are you going?”
Um……. I’m a bit troubled here.
You must have been to a bar somewhere.
To be honest, even though I became an adult this year, I haven’t had a drink yet.
So, while I was thinking about it for a while, Jin Yu-ha brought her up first.
“It’s already time for dinner, shall we go eat soup? It would be perfect to have a glass of soju as an accompaniment.”
Jin Yu-ha said that, slightly raising the corner of her mouth.
“…… Soup.”
“Yes, rice soup.”
“… ….”
It was clear that this was meant to be teased again.
Who on earth calls ‘gukbap’ ‘gukbap’?
‘No, if you like it, just do it well…… ! Why do you keep teasing me!’
For a moment, I felt a surge of emotion.
When I thought Jin Yu-ha was good at it, it was also difficult in its own way.
Perhaps this sense of distance is moderately good.
Still, it doesn’t suit my temper to just suffer from this man.
‘Yes. This… …. It might be an opportunity to pay back what I’ve suffered so far.’
I think Jin Yu-ha just said it as a joke, but
Somewhere I heard that rice soup, women’s soul food, is the number one food that men don’t want to eat.
Because things like red pepper powder or perilla seeds get stuck between your teeth. So you didn’t like it?
I honestly don’t understand how she can hate soup.
Yes, it would be nice to take a man who looks like he only cuts steak in the noble world to a really shabby and shabby soup restaurant.
Then you might see him struggling with a frustrated face.
“After… …. Yes, that’s good let’s go Rice soup.”
Lee Yuri bit his teeth and said.
*
A shabby signboard. An old soup restaurant with smoke rising from a large pot.
This is the house that Lee Yu-ri used to stop by every once in a while when the results were good.
‘You didn’t know I would really bring you to a place like this, did you?’
Lee Yu-ri glanced at the face of Jin Yu-ha, who got off her truck.
If you show disapproval, she will tease you for a while and then go somewhere else.
“Oh! It looks good here! Originally, this place is a real restaurant! Even the price is cheap!”
But Jin Yu-ha said this, her eyes twinkling.
‘…… Do you really like it Do you really like soup?’
No, I don’t know yet until I actually go into it.
Because Jin Yu-ha is a man who expresses his crush through mischievous jokes.
She could still be doing this just to make fun of herself.
“Then, let’s go…” … ?”
I asked back, but Jin Yu-ha didn’t listen and strode ahead.
Rather, he poked his head out the door again and said.
“What are you doing? Won’t everyone come in?”
Lee Yoo-ri and her party members exchanged awkward glances and went into a soup restaurant.
*
We sat around an old wooden table.
After waiting a while, five bowls of rice soup, radish radish kimchi, and soju came out.
And how does Jin Yu-ha come out? She was going to watch for a while…….
Slurp—
He ate the soup with a spoon without hesitation.
But I wonder if the rice soup didn’t suit his taste.
I tilted my head.
‘Of course.’
It was clear that he was trying to make fun of himself.
‘Ehh, I’ll just ask you to go somewhere else. Why are you so serious in teasing me? Now that I’ve ordered it, I can’t even soften it…….’
However, when Jin Yu-ha scooped it up again, she put on an expression of realization.
And the place where his hand is headed is kkakdugi.
Isn’t it like pouring kkakdugi soup over rice soup!
He eats it again and says.
“Great—. This house is good!”
‘…… You really like soup?’
I couldn’t see that as smoke.
She was looking at him for a while, wondering.
Jin Yu-ha looked at Lee Yu-ri.
“Ah, I’m sorry for doing this. Even our manager.”
“…… To?”
He poured kkakdugi soup into Lee Yu-ri’s rice soup before it had time to dry.
“Ah, this is a house where you have to add this to really taste it.”
“… ….”
“Now, try it.”
Lee Yu-ri looked at the rice soup in front of her with her mouth open and stunned eyes.
Gukbap that has been eroded red with kkakdugi soup.
‘This crazy person is real!!!’