Chapter 244 – University Festival (5)
Seo Joo-hwan sighed when he saw the empty store.
‘I should finish it soon.’
The customers who had been flocking like bees from morning to afternoon finally left. It was so crowded that even with the help of Han Soo-ah and Seo Joo-hee, even the students who were off days were called in and worked all day.
With my daughter
As I was about to close, the cafe door opened.
Seo Joo-hwan approached his guest to ask for his understanding of him.
“Sorry, guest. Business is over.”
“Eh. Really? I was really looking forward to it!”
“Haha. Sorry… Yes?”
Seo Joo-hwan tried to ask for my understanding over and over again, but he tilted his head. Because he felt like he was no stranger to a guest somewhere.
On the other hand, the woman who came as a guest blushed at Seo Ju-hwan’s eyes. My heart skipped a beat when I stared at the tall, slim-looking man in a butler’s uniform.
“Why, why are you like that?”
“Oh, sorry. By the way, where have we met? Something looks familiar.”
“Yes? No. I met you for the first time today. Oh, I’ve met you at Byeol Star.”
“A star star?”
“Yes. A friend took a picture with me and posted it.”
“Ah, it looks like it was taken during publicity.”
On the first day of the festival, Seo Joo-hwan once took a picture with students to promote the cafe. Thanks to this, he received attention from star stars and even earned a small amount of points.
At that time, the man who came with me grabbed the woman’s hand with a frown.
“Hey Yoon, let’s just go. It’s over.”
“Is that so?”
It seems that the two of you are dating. With her boyfriend her by her side her, the woman who had only lost an eye nodded her head with a smirk on her face.
That was the moment the two of them turned around and were about to leave.
“Hyeyun? Jo Hye-yoon?”
“Yes Yes?”
At the name Seo Ju-hwan called, the woman who was about to leave stopped and turned around. In the meantime, the boyfriend’s face hardened as if he had misunderstood, but Seo Ju-hwan immediately called the man’s name his.
“Kim Ho-jin?”
“… Who? How do you know?”
The two questioned each other with questionable faces.
Seo Ju-hwan scratched the corners of his eyes in embarrassment. I called him by a name that popped up out of nowhere, but now that I think about it, we weren’t very close.
“Ugh. Do you want to remember I am Seo Joo-hwan. Gwanghyeon Middle School.”
The eyes of the two of them slowly widened as they said his name.
“Gwang Hyun Joong and Seo Joo Hwan? That impossible?”
The man, Kim Ho-jin, pointed at him and said in disbelief.
‘This bastard…….’
Seo Joo-hwan was furious at the moment and swallowed back what he was about to curse. It was because he remembered the impotence he experienced before his return.
‘Incompetent’ was his nickname when he was in middle school. He was originally called ‘Unlucky Guy’ because of his strangely bizarre misfortune of his, but he was called ‘Bulnam’, short for Unhappy Man. The nickname was taken by the Iljins and eventually hardened to ‘impossible’ because the pronunciation was similar. Originally, when I was in elementary and middle school, nicknames usually had no basis.
‘I didn’t know that I would be truly disabled.’
Seo Joo-hwan crumpled his expression as he recalled a bad memory. Being annoyed by his piercing eyes, it gave me a pretty menacing impression.
“M-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make fun of you.”
Seeing that expression, Kim Ho-jin immediately flinched and apologized.
Seo Joo-hwan came to his senses and relaxed his expression.
“It’s okay. I am not angry.”
I don’t have much ill feelings toward Kim Ho-jin and Jo Hye-yoon. They weren’t very close, but they weren’t the group that bothered him either.
Seo Joo-hwan shook his head once and gestured to the two of them.
“Come in at once. I will only take you.”
Still, since it was a familiar face I hadn’t seen in a while, I decided to treat him to a meal. He let the other department students rest and cooked and served the food himself.
“Ruler. Bon appetit.”
“Uh, uh. Thank you. How much is it?”
“Done. It’s made with leftover ingredients, so just eat it. Oh, I didn’t bring you a drink.”
“It’s okay…….”
“If you’re going to give it, you have to give it right. Wait.”
Seo Joo-hwan turned to go get a drink. But he didn’t even have to go, a maid came over with a drink. It was Jeong Ha-yeon, who hadn’t changed her clothes yet.
“Can I have two Cokes?”
“Yes. Thank you, Ha Yeon-ah.”
Jeong Ha-yeon put the drink down on her table and asked a little away.
“Are they friends?”
“Friend… Is it? I’m a middle school classmate. She was in the same class in first grade.”
“Middle school? Then……”
In an instant, Jeong Ha-yeon’s eyebrows twitched and rose upward. She knew quite a bit about Seo Joo-hwan’s past her. She even said that at one time she was bullied. Her naturally sharp cat eyes swept over Kim Ho-jin and Jo Hye-yoon.
The two of them let out a cough and a cough in the corner of their eyes that felt the cold.
Seo Joo-hwan grabbed Jeong Ha-yeon by the shoulders and calmed her down.
“It’s not like that. Nothing happened with these guys.”
“Ah… Hey, I’m sorry.”
Jeong Ha-yeon lowered her head and apologized. The two of them waved their hands and said it was okay.
Seo Joo-hwan let Jung Ha-yeon into her and she told the two of them.
“Tell me if you need anything. I will do anything possible.”
“Uh? No! It’s okay!”
“Right. It’s the deadline, but I’m sorry I even ate the rice.”
“Is the food worth eating?”
“Yes. This is so delicious. Did you do it?”
“Uh. I’m glad it’s delicious. Then eat and call.”
Seo Joo-hwan went back to the kitchen and organized his things. As in the case of serving, the talents of dexterity and footwork were displayed, and the department was organized in an instant.
When they finished cleaning up and came back, Kim Ho-jin and Jo Hye-yoon also finished their meal. The two greeted each other saying that they had a good meal thanks to them, and said with an awkward face.
“Joo-hwan, your mood has changed a lot.”
“Right. He grew so tall that I didn’t recognize him at all.”
Seo Joo-hwan smiled and nodded his head indifferently. Has he grown a bit taller? He has been using the item and his height he has reached 183cm now. He had reached the ideal height he was aiming for. In addition, his appearance was also changed to the’Facial Probability (B)’item, so it was natural that he would not be recognized even if the original plate remained.
‘It’s rather strange that I recognized them.’
Recognizing the two was surprising to myself. When I was in the first year of middle school, nine years had passed even at this point. Even counting the years before the return, it was a face I hadn’t seen in nearly 20 years. But it’s surprising how he recognized people he wasn’t even close to.
“Goodbye then. It was nice to see you after a long time.”
“Yes. Thanks to you, I ate really well.”
“I was happy too! I’m glad you seem to be doing well now! In the past, very….”
“Hyeyun, shh.”
Kim Ho-jin paid attention to Jo Hye-yoon, who reminded her of her old days of her, and noticed Seo Joo-hwan. He’s being considerate because it won’t be a good memory for him.
Seo Joo-hwan shrugged his shoulders once to mean that he was okay. In fact, it was a long time ago, and the memory of meeting good friends after returning has been diluted. Too much has happened in the past to be intimidated by the past now.
*
It was dinner time, and Han Soo-ah and Seo Joo-hee went back. The evening booth was a place that sold alcohol, so the two couldn’t stay. In fact, Han Soo-ah was 20 years old, so it was okay, but the problem was that Seo Joo-hee was a minor.
Seo Ju-hee shouted with an unfair expression.
“Woo. I’m going to drink a lot next year too!”
“I just pick and choose what sounds right for me. Even if you become an adult, go home by 10!”
“What is your brother!”
“You are really upset. Mr. Pak.”
As he wrote her impression of her, Seo Ju-hee’s expression of her crumpled. She screamed and ran away.
“Narrow Nambul, stupid idiot!”
“Who, who is Naero Nambul?”
“Oh, Joo-hee, go with me! Hwa, Hwani oppa, I’ll go too! See you later! Don’t forget your promise!”
Han Soo-ah followed after Seo Joo-hee. While shaking her hand, Seo Joo-hwan smacked his lips in embarrassment.
“Oops. I have nothing to say.”
When I told him that I was Nambul, I had nothing to say in return. But from the position of her older brother her with her younger sister, it was unavoidable. What could she say if she or a guy like Lee Seok-chan were seduced by Seo Joo-hee?
‘No one like me!’
I wonder if this is self-deprecating, but even thinking about it again, she couldn’t tolerate a guy like herself. All the more because you know you are trash!
Seo Joo-hwan sent the two of them away and headed to the cocktail booth. It was now time for dinner.
“They have fried rice here too!”
“Tequila Sunrise, please!”
Evening cocktail booths are already coming to an end. The Department of Publication and Contents was able to reap more than the money invested and achieved great success at the festival in which it actively participated. Of course, about a third went back to Seo Joo-hwan, who rented the clothes at his own expense.
Seo Ju-hwan made the cocktail himself. He left the original work to another student and made several cocktails by mixing this and that.
“Oh oh!?”
Seo Joo-hwan, who was making a wild cocktail, exclaimed. Because suddenly a message popped up and the cocktail lit up.
[Lucky Hand’s Luck has been activated. Good luck with cocktails.]
[Blessing of the Dream Demon God, one of the three effects is randomly applied.]
【Energy Curse with Blessings and Good Luck】
▶ Effect 1: You receive a 200% additional effect when you master something for an hour.
▶ Effect 2: For one hour, all actions are blessed with luck.
▶ Effect 3: Condition is completely restored.
Seo Joo-hwan narrowed his eyes and looked at the cocktail he made.
‘Isn’t the item made?’
Cocktails sold at university booths are made with non-professional savory recipes. Of course, Lee Seok-chan, who has a master’s license for joju, was different, but he couldn’t make all the cocktails by himself, so the main thing that the Choolkon department sells was wild cocktails.
However, special abilities and blessings have turned the savory cocktail into an item. This was the first time I had ever used ‘Lucky Hand’.
“Well. I don’t really need it.”
Seo Joo-hwan regretfully licked his lips. All three effects were useless to him with items and blessings. Then he thought it would be better to give it to Jung Ha-yeon or Yu Ji-kyung, but since there was only one item, it was very ambiguous to give it to one of the two.
Then there was a voice calling him.
“Brother Joo-hwan!”
