Chapter 131 – Master of Reunion (1)
“What? We haven’t seen each other in a while, won’t you say hello?”
Dana said as if she was sorry for me, who had lost her spirit.
Embarrassment heightened at the unexpected appearance of his friend (year), who was nothing short of an incarnation of his fucking easygoingness. I brushed my hair to get rid of the mess.
“No, just sleep. Let me figure out the situation.”
A month after I left college, Dana got a Ph.D. And even took on the role of Sargadis Institute Director? I raised my doubts one by one.
“What? My Dana noona must have a master’s degree. Why are you a fucking doctor and messing around?”
“I was promoted after you left. The work was done very quickly, probably because the Department of Archeology at our university was drawing attention.”
“Why did a slave shack on a leash in college get ahead in the world? Shit, no. Apart from success, why are you here?”
“Choose? To become a professor, you must have an external service record, so why did I volunteer? The Archeology Department in Sargadis was trying to turn the tide, so I quickly applied.”
Dana pouted as if dissatisfied with my question.
I know very well what an external service record is.
You can think of it as the same as adding additional points to a promotion when a Korean military officer goes abroad.
The archaeological world hates to see scholars who sit in one place and do nothing but research. Even if you don’t fly to the site, you should at least show enthusiasm enough to hire adventurers and report them to research.
‘Otherwise, there will be fewer and fewer scholars digging up ruins hidden in remote areas.’
This is why field workers are treated well.
Just as a man who won a lot of money at a gambling house loses his salary because he is hit with mulberry, a scholar who earns money by searching for a ruin properly and is recognized in the academic world will continue to devote himself to exploring the ruins.
At worst, it’s a thrill addiction, and at best, it’s a brave scholar’s model.
‘That’s why, in order to get a professorship, I had to have 5 years of service outside the company.’
There are many other conditions, but that is one of the basic conditions. I figured it out because later I might have to become an archeology professor.
I shook my head and said.
“Her… Amazing Why did the academic community try to set up a research institute in Sargadis?”
“I don’t even know, kid. It’s not a big research institute anyway, it’s a place where only the name is stuck. I can also transfer for about a year and set up a framework, then move later.”
Dana’s expression grew worse as she spoke. I knew why, so I smirked and tore through Dana’s hair.
“Well done anyway! Dana, you must have been doing really well without me! Someone escaped from slavery while doing shit show, but you are being dishonest enough to get ahead and run in the lab room!”
“Hey, hey! Mr. Lee, don’t break your hair!”
“Hehe. It’s dog hair anyway, so what’s up! Yes, nice to meet you! It’s been a while since I’ve seen him, but his hair hasn’t changed at all! Are the other lab room slaves healthy?”
“What the fuck is the health of a research student? I can’t live without it. More than that, why the hell are you treating them as pets? It sucks.”
Speaking of that, Dana seemed to be in a good mood when I showed her happiness. Hehe. The body is honest.
Well, it’s been a while since we met, but I only asked what I was curious about and didn’t even pretend to be happy, so I just got angry. I giggled and sat down in my chair.
“So this store doesn’t even serve tea to customers? The service mind is messed up. I give it one and a half stars.”
“No, they come to a store that hasn’t even opened and do all the ratings. Do you want to have a guest?”
“Even if you look at it like this, I gave it a double star rating because of our friendship. Thank you as always, Viking.”
“Who said the bastard didn’t change to anyone? You are the same as the temperament of an idiot. And who the Vikings are, Kitai hillbilly.”
It was a conversation so familiar to the point of boredom. We laughed heartily as we looked at each other’s split faces as if we were looking in a mirror.
“Hehe. So what? Did you apply for a transfer to Sargadis in a hurry because you wanted to see my face? Are you really happy?”
“… Don’t be funny Who said they came to see your face?”
At my words, Dana averted her eyes and shook her brain. Then he glares at me with a sidelong glance.
“It’s all a coincidence that I came here exclusively, right? It’s hard to see, so refrain from being overly self-conscious.”
“Glcuna. Every time you do this, I feel like I haven’t lived my life in vain.”
“This fuck, what the fuck…”
Dana slumped over her desk as if trying to hide her face.
What are you ashamed of It’s been over 3 years since we’ve been doing this. It had been a long time since we met, so it seemed that our shame tolerance had gone down.
“Snow. My heart is weird I am just overwhelmed with emotion.”
“Oh, please. It’s because your heart is in heart failure.”
“How do you know that? Are you saying that you like me so much that you can tell my health just by looking at my face? He’s so talented. Didn’t you just throw away archeology and become a nun?”
“Actually, I secretly went to you while you were sleeping yesterday and dissected it. So I know you have heart failure. I’ll give you a star rating and half a heart.”
“What the fuck, give me back the other half.”
“Sorry. I forgot and threw it away. Instead, I’ll make your broken heart beat twice as fast. Read this.”
Dana said so and threw down her scroll. A blatant change of topic. But I’m a good kid, so I let go.
I skipped formal phrases and read only the main body.
“Det? What designation request? Ruins exploration escort?”
It was a request with the main point of asking for an escort by accurately identifying the adventurer Nord of the Auduumla Guild.
“Oh my gosh, why are our eyes so weak. You’re putting in all the nomination requests for Btakgi.”
It was rare for nomination requests to come under the thread.
The guys who spit on me at the party yesterday (a figurative expression) would have put in a nomination request to the guild by today, but the content of the request wouldn’t be much.
Even if my specs are at a high level, I can’t put in a difficult request because of the guild law because my actual grade is buddak. With the intention of continuing to connect with me, he must have applied for a few suitable requests.
Since the dragon slayer started an adventure business, couldn’t he ask Agtag to get the heart of the dragon? It was the same reason as that.
‘Ah. So, is it an exclusive escort?’
The request to protect the archaeological research team while exploring was a fucking national rule.
When I was in college, I also went on an exploration of ruins with the adventurers who were stumped. Dana was also there then. I asked as I rolled up the scroll.
“Well, the escort is nice. What relic is it? Oh, right. Did you see the paper I sent you?”
Just in case, was the laboratory established because of the relics of Beast Return, as I thought before I came here?
I thought so, and when I asked, Dana lay on her stomach and only slightly poked out her eyes.
“I can’t tell you about the location of the ruins because it’s strictly forbidden to disclose until you sign a contract. I did see the thesis though. At that time, I was busy preparing for exclusive transfer, so the other kids and the new professor did the inspection.”
“Ah, yes? How do you look?”
“It was fine, though. Still, that’s not why the institute was established. Since there was no research center directly under the academia in the west, they must have set up a research center in Sargadis for reasons similar to yours.”
“Is that so?”
Well, should I say I’m lucky? Should I say sorry? I licked my lips and took the scroll into my bosom.
“But how did you know I was in the Audumla Guild?”
“I’m looking for someone to entrust the escort job to, but there’s a Kitayin who is of the bronze class and is said to have received the lord’s congratulations alongside the guild leaders. Did you know that your name is Norddae? I couldn’t believe it, but it was really you.”
Dana, who raised her body, said dumbfounded.
“What were you doing here, a guy who used to have a soul mate with a goblin and went about doing this in just one month? Didn’t you originally gasp just by holding a stone and exercising? Let me tell you something.”
“Oh yeah.”
So I only spoke roughly of the background I grew up in.
It’s time for Tyrsi to come. I skipped all sorts of stuff and just talked about beast reversion, magic, and mithril as if I was appealing for specs in an interview.
“What the fuck. Just listening to it makes me nervous. Did that happen in just a week or two?”
Dana looked at my hand, which turned on Beast Return, and hated it.
While talking about the battle against the otherworldly Green Jammins, I giggled at that reaction.
“Isn’t it fucking spectacular? Do you think I can sell it to the bard for money?”
“Gill. Stop, stop Let’s have a drink next time. I want to hear the rest of the story even then. I’m trying to listen with my mind, but I can’t because I’m hungry.”
“Hehe. Either way I’m staying at an inn called Sam’s Shelter, so you should come and see it next time.”
“I told the client to come and go and sat down. Are you being very arrogant about being a low-level adventurer who takes money from me? Yes?”
“Now is a chance. In the future, I will become so great that it will be difficult for me to say that I am a doctor.”
“Yeah~ Master’s degree, master’s degree~.”
“Sifal.”
It was Dana who hit me back with facts.
I only realized it now, but I’m a master’s student and my adventurer rank is also bronze. It was indeed the incarnation of Beutakgi. It’s like a dick.
“By the way, you also flew around quite recklessly. He would have waited for me to brag about himself after telling me that he had succeeded in the world.”
“I’m the head of the master’s degree school, but what about success? Still, I am growing without rest. A man should pay attention if he doesn’t see you for three days, right? Your jaw will drop when you see me fight because I haven’t seen you in a month.”
“Anyway, bastard, don’t be fooled again. Anyway, the procedure is finished, so please consult with your party members.”
It was Dana who said that while shaking her hand.
Did you know that I have a party member? Well, since the news spread, if you did an investigation, wouldn’t it be more strange that you didn’t know? I stuck out my tongue in admiration.
“The work is so fucking fast. It seems to be about 0.7 Nord.”
“Puha. 0.7 is bullshit. 1.7 Nords do. How many women have a doctorate in their 20s? It’s different from the master’s student’s head, it’s different.”
Talking like teasing suits him so damn well, it makes me a little angry.
‘But it’s an achievement worth bragging about.’
It is a different world where the ages who jump into compulsory education or academia are scattered.
Some graduate from college in their 50s, while others enter academia much sooner than others. Dana, who earned her Ph.D. In less than 30 lines, was quick to search throughout academia.
I too—I’m a cheat, but—If you look at the speed of promotion alone, I’m on the verge of a fight with Dana. Thinking about it makes me angry again.
Slightly embarrassed, I deliberately spoke in a spiteful way.
“Can a 28-year-old be considered a 20-year-old? At the end of February, it’s spring, not winter, right? No matter what, in a few months, I’ll be twenty-nine…”
“It’s going to bite you.”
“Yes.”
Mistake. I guess I crossed the line I smiled as a way to calm down.
“Do not be angry. Noona looks like a teenager just by dressing up.”
“… Is it real?”
“Uh. If you erase dark circles, brush your hair, correct your way of speaking, and wear clothes properly. But at that point, 90% of them are different people. After all, it seems like you can’t lie about your age.”
“You bastard.”
Crying, Dana lunged at me and jabbed me.
Aiko, sell our eyes and strength. As I was stroking the affected area, Dana shook her hand as if telling her to go away.
“Since this place is still under construction, I will go to the place where you are staying to hear the answer. Does that inn even sell alcohol?”
“Nothing. I’ve never had one, but it’s better than the piss beer near the college.”
“Alright. Then see you then Other teams or research materials haven’t arrived yet, so talk slowly… Look… ?”
Dana, who was saying hello, was suddenly speechless. It was like someone who had seen a ninja jump out in the middle of a conversation and kill me with a shuriken.
I blinked and asked.
“What. Why? Did our doctor run out of fuel and break down?”
“Uh… ? Oh no, that… What are you, that ring… ?”
“A ring?”
Dana pointing at me like a creaking wind-up doll. What our research student Slave Friends found was a mithril ring that adorns the ring finger of my left hand.
‘Ah, I forgot about this.’
I didn’t tell Dana about my dating history. She said later that she would talk over drinks, so I thought I’d say it then.
“That, that… Dana?”
After agonizing over whether to say it or not, I made up my mind and held out my finger with the ring on.
“I am married.”
“… … … … … … Swimming?”
Dana, like her teacher, was astonished when she heard that a male student in her class had joined the dance department at Ewha Womans University.
─Youngcha! Hey Mr.! Eat this!
-Are you new? Oh what It’s cold to death, but I’ll boil some soup.
—If you’re not satisfied, Mr. De will buy it for you!
It was the office with the volume low enough to hear the conversations of the carpenters outside.
“… Marriage?”
After a 3-minute reboot process, Dana said.
“Uh, what? Wow, are you married? Marriage?! You said you were getting married now——?!”
