Chapter 117 – Haircuts
When I sat down at the table later, the soup was already cold.
Fortunately, a kind lady came over and reheated the soup.
Monica and Ian had already finished their meal, so we chatted while watching them eat.
Now Lily had taken off her hood – her pretty face exposed under her candlelight. She couldn’t stay under the stuffy hood until she ate.
For that reason, many of the people eating dinner at the inn were glancing at us.
A woman with an outstanding beauty color, she was the way to catch the attention of many men with her presence itself. Like hanging her gulbi from the ceiling and eating her rice, just looking at it makes me happy – there was such a thing.
“But what did you guys do?”
Seo-joon put the hot soup in his mouth and asked Ian and Monica.
The truth is that Lily wanted to keep asking—that was the part where her mouth was itching.
She couldn’t bear to ask because she might look jealous, but when Seo-jun picked it up and asked, she stopped her hand from opening her spoon. His eyes are looking down at the soup, but his ears are standing upright and can be seen pointing this way.
It’s cute…
“Oh, we toured the market.”
“I also watch the talented people in the square.”
The two seemed to be having a better time than expected.
I ate delicious street food at the market place, and watched talented people walk on blades- and spew fire from their mouths.
“Look at this. It was bought by Ian.”
As Monica boasted, she took out her necklace with several pieces of blue stone that resembled her own eyes from her breastbone and shook it.
For a moment, Lily’s eyebrows twitched.
There was an odd resemblance to the red necklace hanging around her own neck. There is no intention whatsoever…? His eyes trembled here and there, as if he was anxious.
Monica secretly looked at Seo-joon. It was an unspoken charm that aroused Lily’s jealousy and at the same time – wished Seo-joon you would give me something as a gift too.
Seriously, Seo-joon just poured the soup without saying a word, but in Lily’s case, it seemed that she was properly hit.
“Rain, it’s not expensive, ahaha…”
“Why are you saying that?”
At Ian’s sarcasm, Monica bruises him and slaps her on the back of the arm.
Ian, belatedly noticing that a dark cloud was hanging over Lily’s face, quickly turned the fire on.
“Lily, are you…? How was your day···?”
“It’s me, what… Because only Seo-joon oppa followed him around…”
Lily replied by rubbing her neck for no reason. How disappointed she was, she didn’t even look her in the eye as she answered. It was only natural that Ian was anxious.
The two did not speak for a while.
In the past, they would have been constantly exchanging rosy glances with each other and engaging in meaningless conversations. Since they have affection for each other, their hearts swell with happiness just by exchanging useless words.
But now, although they are having conversations as usual, there is a slight awkwardness unlike before. I couldn’t put it into words – a thorn-like discomfort in my throat…
The four of you talked about this and that after that.
It was mainly about future plans.
Seo-joon took on a simple request around here and tried it—afterwards, he suggested that we go to one of the free cities in the north, where the dead are infested, in the east, where rebels rise like wildfire, and in the south, which are best for monster hunting.
The three of them shook their heads in agreement with Seo-jun’s words.
It leaned toward seeking more information, discussing it, and then deciding.
“Until then, I will have to train. It’s a week. Damn week. It will take about a week for the item I entrusted to the smithy to be completed. In the meantime, I’m going to decide where to go and what requests to make, and I’m going to make Monica useful to you. You may not know, but my training method is very demanding.”
At Seo-Jun’s warning- Monica, who was very nervous, looked up at Seo-Jun with her fists clenched with a firm expression.
Ian held her hand and tried to ease her tension, but to no avail.
“It will fit a lot. Especially you who don’t have a special field like Lily or Ian. Originally, I should have built my body first with basic training, but I don’t have time for that. You have to hit it with your body. Until you’re human – you’ll have to roll and roll on the dirt floor. Okay···?”
At Seo-jun’s calm request- she nodded her head. It is a look with bright eyes saying that it will never become a burden.
At this point, Seo-joon used a coin to open her status window.
[Status window]
[Name]: Monica
[Type] : Human
[Detailed stats]
– Musculoskeletal: 1.1 (healthy country girl) /B
– Technique: 0.7 (forbidden leaves in the mill) /D
– Ability: – /B
[Temperament]
[Super sensitive], [Single-hearted], [Masochism], [Sadism]
[Characteristic]
– [Gaslighting]: You are in a state of strong brainwashing by a specific person. You are like a puppet that moves according to his will. Still, you look happy…
When viewed only in terms of potential rating -. His technical skills were bleak, but his ability and muscular strength were quite good. Even though she is just a country woman according to the setting of the novel-, it seemed that she was fairly generous for a minor role that appeared in the beginning.
The mere sight of her array of figures convinced her that she was right in giving her shield and entrusting her line of battle.
If you raise it well, you will be able to use it as a full guard even in the middle half.
However, this was all mere table talk.
When you go into actual combat, you may shudder like a mouse in front of a cat, or you may foam and pass out when you see blood. Like phobia or something.
Well, in that case, Seo-joon had the confidence to fix it somehow. If you get hit enough to the point where you want to die like this, everything is bound to change-.
However, in many ways, the thing that bothered me was her ability level. Even Seo-jun did not know which side had the possibility of flowering. Since he had never taken her out of her village, Seo-joon could only find out by opening the lid on her.
Talent level B was never an ordinary level. Whether a mage or elementalist, you will have to find out where she shows her talent.
She couldn’t afford that right now, and she couldn’t even ask if she could go to the magic tower, give her a bunch of gold coins, and see if this bitch had any talent. When she gets a useful mage as her ally someday, she won’t be too late to check it out then.
Until then, she intended to roll as a swordsman warrior. Seojun and Ian are in charge of the front row, and enough to guard the rear row.
Of course, as Geum Ok-yeop, who had never trained with blood and sweat, he would probably have to wake up from suffering through Seo-jun’s hell training in order to be a person.
It wasn’t Seo-jun who would take care of her just because she cried and cried and hung on. Wouldn’t it be better if she opened her pussy and flattered her?
Just then, a maid came with frequent steps.
Small body and skinny body. A freckled face with dark brown hair. A girl with a rough yet cute impression. Kubo’s daughter – Molly. Legit Lori- Molly.
She came over hesitantly and hesitantly asked.
“I···. He cuts her hair…”
Seojun nodded his head. He then looked back at the group and asked.
“Who wants a haircut?”
At Seo-jun’s question- except for Monica, the two of them quietly raised their hands. It wasn’t long before she cut her hair short, so it didn’t seem like she needed to cut it yet.
“Are there three people like me, okay?”
“Yeah···. It’s okay…”
Since she had brought her soup earlier, she was the one who was shy for some reason. All the while, I only looked at my boot nose – I could see that I was subtly scanning Seo-joon’s face.
All the guests of this inn would know about it, except for Kubo, who was screaming and fighting with a drunkard over there.
That naive waitress fell in love with Seo-joon’s handsome appearance. That Seo-joon would be able to lure her into her bed with just a few words from her-.
Seo-jun got up from his seat and asked Molly with a smile.
“Then, shall we go?”
“Ah, yes, yes…!”
Molly, biting her tongue as she tried to answer in a hurry, stomped her achacha-foot, making her face red-hot. She lowered her head and looked at Seo-joon with her face, which was hot like a hot potato.
After making sure that Seo-joon wasn’t laughing at her, she let out a deep breath as her visibly improved appearance.
Then, with her head bowed, she led her with frequent steps to the small bathroom inside the inn. Monica said she would at least watch her, and she followed.
When I opened the door and entered, the inside was covered with moisture, so I couldn’t see an inch in front of me. In one corner was a bathtub full of hot water.
“Whoah-“
Admiration erupted from the mouths of the three people except for Seo-jun. It was because they were villagers who had to go into the nearby stream to wash themselves when washing their bodies.
Molly raised her arms and pointed politely at his chair with both hands.
“Hey, you can sit here…! I’ll do it one minute at a time. The rest of you, please wait in the chairs over there…”
Seojun sat down first.
Then, Molly brought the bucket, razor, and scissors she had prepared.
After feeding her fingertips with water, he approaches Seo-jun and speaks politely. In a trembling voice.
“I, that… Straighten up, please sit comfortably and let your head drop…”
Seo-joon hung her head back as she said.
Her hair was pulled back—his forehead and white face beneath it were exposed. When I opened my eyes, I saw Seo-joon’s face and the scissors in her hand were trembling.
“···Greatness.”
For some reason, it was Seo-joon who was dripping with cold sweat.
