Chapter 922 – Poor Hunter, Night (4)
After finishing all the hard work and other chores, we were able to return home at nine o’clock in the evening.
-Jeobug, jerk.
A street where everyone walks around with their daily wages in their hands and a few bills stuffed in their pockets.
In Seoul, which has not yet been renovated, public security is not very good. It wasn’t something for me, the hunter Bam or the Mukryeong King, to worry about.
After walking like that for a while.
“Why did you work?”
Even though he was probably tired, Bam, who was walking ahead and pretending to be fine, suddenly stopped and asked.
“Huh?”
“That… He’s a king. You don’t have to do this. Why did you do it?”
After leaving a message to Byul, Bam and I visited the shipyard and chose to work together there. By putting on a simple disguise and showing my power, I was able to create a place that didn’t exist before. I received quite a bit of money by doing away with the work of dozens of people.
He probably had a lot of money, so he seemed to be asking why he did that, so he answered calmly.
“Just.”
“… “Where is this?”
“We already live together, so if we work together, we won’t be lonely.”
“What do you do that takes care of loneliness? They’re all trying to make money. And, they have a lot of money.”
“I didn’t exchange money by mistake. In the midst of all that, I found a job, so I’m so lucky.”
“No kidding. “I’m not making fun of anyone.”
I laughed, shaking the dust off my clothes from working.
You’re making fun of me. It’s not like that at all. It was quite a meaningful time, and the reason I worked was purely to make money.
“… “Yes?”
“Let’s go have a late-night snack with this.”
I opened the zipper bag containing the daily wages and waved hundreds of thousands of won in front of my eyes.
This is what showing is like. There was some ulterior motive.
You can help Bam with money brought from the kingdom, but giving out of sudden sympathy or acts of compassion may not be welcomed.
Even if it is not necessarily pity or pity. It can only be seen as a ploy to lure them into the kingdom by instilling a sense of indebtedness.
Even if the night accepts this.
There was a high possibility that I would not be able to achieve the relationship I wanted right away, or that it would take a long time.
“… Late night snack? That’s it. What can I get from that? “I am.”
“I should get paid for accommodation and job placement.”
“Give me money then.”
“If you have too much money, too much money, you won’t be able to play in bigger waters. Why would nobles treat each other to meals? Then?”
In front of the night, we spend the transparent money we earn ourselves for the right reasons and stay together.
Of course, this will also be included as a handjob, and Bam will feel the same way. There was a difference between an unpleasant lie and a lie disguised in sincerity.
Above all, the point is to convey how seriously I view this relationship.
Rather than reminding myself that I am the man who came to capture Gwimok. Even though we came for that purpose, we needed to show that we were trying to stay together as sincerely as possible.
“Save money. Then. “Don’t bother buying it for me.”
“No. Originally, the first daily wage was meant to be used for benefactors.”
“What is a benefactor? You’re putting too much packaging on a topic that’s been forced on you. And… “It looks so bright inside.”
“If you know my heart so well, why do you reject me?”
“What…”
Not as a king, but as an individual, there are things you want to give and receive.
The night stared at me with stinging eyes. He shook his head, his face set in a stern manner. As if he never wanted to get something from me.
“But that doesn’t work.”
“Then there’s nothing we can do.”
“Huh… ? Why do you give up so meekly?”
“No? “I’m going to scream here.”
Bam stopped in place with a stunned look on his face. His face looked pitiful, asking why he was going through such trouble, but I cleared my throat and took a deep breath.
A man always hides a child in his heart.
Now, look.
Right before I burst into tears with all my might. Bam, who hit my uvula with a neck slice, blushed and shouted.
“Ugh- Ugh!”
“Ah, okay. Okay, so don’t yell!! “Are you really crazy?”
“Good.”
With an excited gesture, I grabbed Bam’s wrist and headed to a nearby pub.
The whole time he was being dragged away, Bam grumbled, saying he didn’t know how things ended up like this.
“Really, uh, really…”
They gave me all kinds of stares that made me feel cold, but it wasn’t even a day or two that I got noticed. I was able to accept the daughter-in-law’s rash complaints with bleary eyes.
-Tingle, rattle.
“… Ah.”
A night when you suddenly become less talkative as you enter the bar.
Until I was seated and sat next to him, I was lost in thought, looking around with wide-open eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“Well, no… “This is my first time coming to a place like this.”
It feels like seeing a naive female college student who has just come to Seoul from the countryside and comes to a club for the first time.
In addition to your age, you’ve never been to a place like this before, so you’ll feel unfamiliar and anxious in many ways.
Since this is a place where I was taken by force and held by my hand, I cannot ignore the more cautious side.
“Um, uhm.”
“Relax. “It’s just a restaurant.”
“Something like Kimbap Jungle? The atmosphere is very different.”
“Rain, it’s similar. “There is no difference.”
“Actually, the guys I work with told me not to go to bars.”
Perhaps that bar is not referring to this bar.
It’s not a hunting bar, it’s just a place to have a late-night snack and a beer, so don’t think too hard about it.
“Have you tried alcohol?”
“Yes. At the academy, just a little beer and soju.”
“How much to drink?”
“… Yes? How much do you drink?”
“How much do you drink?”
“Oh, I don’t know. After drinking a little. All my classmates had gone somewhere else, so I went out for a walk. At that time, I had a bad personality…”
Oh my.
It seems that the first drink is not a very good memory.
In order to enjoy alcohol, you have to make good memories when you are in good condition.
“You said you had a bad personality? It doesn’t look like that at all.”
“… Hmm. After her older sister ended up in the hospital because she was just abandoned. She resented the world quite a bit. “I didn’t even think about what I did wrong.”
Still, it’s not easy to be this confident on your own.
There are a lot of people who give up and run away because they are having a hard time, but at this level, they can easily surpass the average in society and be considered good people.
‘More than anything, our Shiba’s eyes on people are accurate.’
Result of background investigation. Bam was a foul-mouthed, tactless, and opinionated cadet, but he had never committed any significant crime since being abandoned by the church.
She probably strictly followed what she said to her older sister.
“Choose what you want to eat.”
“… That’s your choice. “I don’t know much about this.”
As I reached out to the small kiosk on the table, various types of alcohol floated in my mind.
“What do you want to drink?”
“Are you ordering from here? Uh… No, huh? A bottle of beer costs six, six thousand… ? “It’s cheaper if you buy it at the supermarket.”
“I knew there would be that reaction. “I live there anyway, so just order it.”
Bam, whose face became pale as if cold water had been poured on her, shook her head and jumped up from her seat.
“Let’s go out. You can just buy it at the convenience store or supermarket in front and drink it. Aren’t you spending too much money? No. Absolutely not. Don’t let dirt get in your eyes.”
“No, man.”
“This time I will scream. It’s not that I refuse to buy you food, it’s that I eat more abundantly at this price, right?”
This is a face filled with determination to receive concessions.
How desperately poor must one be to react like this to just one bottle of beer?
“… Okay, let’s go to the grocery store.”
“Whew.”
Only then does Bam’s expression relax and heave a sigh of relief.
It seemed that in order to bring him to a place like this, he needed to become a little closer or have financial resources.
* * * * * *
Nuts, simple meal kits and snacks.
From the cheap supermarket bread that was slowly leaking through the night, to the cheap alcohol that was crying out for.
I told you to let me know if you need anything. Bam did not give up his opinion until the end and insisted on buying only the amount he would get today.
I guess you could say I’m still extremely wary of getting something from others.
It may sound strange to say that it is a characteristic of poor people, but it is inevitable that the more valuable an item is, the greater burden it will be.
For Bam, even a snack worth a few thousand won was a burden, so receiving something from others seemed like a real hardship.
“Thank you…”
Let’s take an elementary school as an example.
When I was young. Kids from rich families had no hesitation in giving junk food worth 100 won or 200 won to their friends.
Also, it’s okay if you buy it, and it’s not worth much to you because you can eat it anytime without any burden.
However, it is difficult for a child who only receives about 500 won a week to overcome the desire for sweet and sour food and share junk food.
‘That is why it is difficult for couples with significant differences in economic circumstances.’
A gift given casually is so expensive that it is difficult to return.
Actually, as a person with leisure, I don’t think anything of it. If my situation is difficult, I feel bad and feel sorry, and if my thoughts are a little twisted, I wonder if he is pitiful of me.
When things like that overlap, it becomes mutually uncomfortable.
“Why are you so dead?”
“… “It’s a bit hard to get something.”
“Well, okay, be thankful and eat. “You say you can clearly see what’s inside?”
“… “I’m not that shameless, am I?”
At night, I drink first and wait until he eats. Only after my hand moved did I carefully pick up the cheapest peanut and eat it.
– Misreading, misreading.
I guess it’s because it’s a squirrel. Eating nuts is cute and unique.
“… “Don’t laugh.”
“Let’s do it, let’s do it.”
I exaggeratedly pulled up the bill, filled the glass I had bought with beer, and clinked with it.
-Ta-da!
A night where you take a sip of beer while watching others. Beer that has been magically cooled to the point of slight ice will permeate your tired body without resistance.
“Gulp, gulp…” … Puha.”
“Is it good?”
It’s just staring at me with angular eyes, but it’s a taste that I can’t say I don’t like.
It’s not cheap, but seeing how people enjoy it even though it’s just a ready-made product. It seemed that having little experience did not necessarily mean a bad thing.
‘It means that there is still so much to enjoy in life.’
I guess it means that others can still feel the novelty and inspiration that has been quickly enjoyed and volatilized indefinitely.
At night, I drank beer eagerly with wide-open eyes.
“You drink hard.”
“… It didn’t taste like this before. “It’s strange.”
“That’s what I’m saying, you’ve become an adult. “The alcohol you drink when you’re having a hard time actually kills you, right?”
“… Old man.”
“No. I’m still young. Are you old enough to call me oppa yet?”
“What kind of brother is he? He looks like an old man too. “My head feels like a new house.”
Am I that bad?
In fact, except for Ebony, who has a father-daughter relationship, there aren’t many people who really think of me that way.
I felt the need to seriously consider my face value.
“… So, uncle.”
“Oppa.”
“It’s okay, I’ll just use whatever name I want since I live on top of him.”
“Do you really think that I am the same age group as Mr. Kim and Ms. Park that I saw last night?”
“Then what are you going to do? If you don’t like it, leave my room.”
This bastard.
There was a reason why you were ostracized at the academy!
– Misreading, misreading.
Bam, who was chewing walnuts proudly, burst out laughing when he saw my angry face.
“Puh, giggle.”
“Don’t laugh.”
“So when are you going to leave?” . “Isn’t it too much to buy rice bowls, toothbrushes, and side dish containers?”
Still, having something special to do like this makes life more lively than just going around doing the same life and doing the same work.
No matter how much you are an outsider, if you spend your whole life alone, you will get sick and fester.
“…”
Bam twitched his eyes with a thoughtful look on his face, and muttered while glaring at the floor, looking a little depressed.
“So, how long has it been since we talked all day?”
“Wouldn’t we continue to talk if we lived together?”
“I don’t take bullshit.”
The chestnut, with its soft tongue slightly sticking out, contained beer.
It was nice to see her white cheeks, as if she was a little tipsy, as if she had regained the impression of a girl of that age.
