That person had definitely seen the warning sign but still continues to persist in pressing the doorbell.
Lee Hyun went to open the front door and was surprised to see Seoyoon there. It seems that she hurriedly came to his house as beads of sweat were forming in her forehead.
When she had first visited, she had taken the chickens but now it seems she wants a rabbit when he had asked for an exchange for Tori.
“Hello, how long has it been? Come on, step inside.”
Lee Hyun greeted her like a close friend and invited her inside the house. He then gave her a cup of naengnokcha (T/N: cold green tea).
“Nowadays, the weather is starting to get cold and I should be serving others hot green tea but for now, this should help cool you down.”
“…….”
“Shall I bring some honey?”
Seoyoon had a very worried look on her face and showed little interest for the green tea.
‘Although I died… Why did he gladly welcome me?’
When Seoyoon had died, she immediately came out of the capsule.
Earlier, KMC Media had contacted her regarding the part of her appearance at the core of the quest. But of course, she did not do any direct negotiations but instead left it to the lawyer in charge of her.
Normally, they don’t need the consent of a person to air their appearance but since this was a quest concerning Lee Hyun, they needed her consent for the show.
Afterwards, they came to an agreement to limit her appearance to only where she had a mask on her face and had her thin leather clothes covered with her armor.
She had then enquired KMC Media about the situation in Las Phalanx.
Geumini had died while Weed experienced death twice.
Seoyoon by then had been far more concerned on how to console the grief-stricken Lee Hyun than to care about the drop in her level and skill proficiency.
But Lee Hyun just welcomed her when she had arrived.
“Don’t want to drink green tea? Oh, how rude of me. I haven’t served any fruit.”
Normally, Lee Hyun would display a completely different behaviour.
But in Royal Road, Seoyoon lost her life fighting against Kubichya. Her valiant efforts led to the successful hunting of the Chaos Daejeonsa.
Naturally, he was thankful but as he turns around his head, he quickly began to formulate a scheme for the item distribution.
‘I’ll feign ignorance for the time being.’
As he was peeling an apple, Lee Hyun was drooling over the idea of gaining more items.
Not even a shred of guilt as he began to scheme!
“Ah, damn it, he was broke. How can he not drop many items when he died?”
He carefully peels the apple as he speaks in guile.
Even if she were to watch the broadcast, she still wouldn’t be able to know what items he had acquired. It was because Kubichya died while he was inside Weed’s mouth.
‘Is it too much if I say only one item came out? But it was a boss…. it was also a monster related to a quest, she might doubt my claims later.’
Lee Hyun then spoke in a small voice.
“Still, it wasn’t all that bad. What came out were 5 equipment items, or was it 3? Ah, it was 4. Anyway, that’s what he dropped when he died.”
He originally got 5 items but thought of reducing it somewhat by 2. However, if there were only 3 items to split up, one person will only get one item.
Eventually, he compromised with 4 items so it can be divided by 2 while looking less suspicious.
“I think Kubichya was wearing very good equipments. But frankly, I think that it is unlikely that we will be able to wear those equipments.”
As Lee Hyun continued to speak, he was also feeling frustrated. It was because he wasn’t able to check the items that he had acquired.
‘In order to divide them, I needed to properly determine their value first.’
In Versailles Continent’s time, they had approximately spent a few months of hardships together. In the course of their adventure, Seoyoon had contributed a lot so anymore deceit would be unfair to the effort she had displayed.
After all, it is only common sense to divide the items equal to the contributions.
However, one item was removed so she only gets 2 items where 3 items would have been a proper reward!
‘Good. It seems she has no complaints.’
Seoyoon covered her mouth with the tea cup and gently smiled in relief. Her natural smile was like from a different dimension compared to Lee Hyun’s rotten smile.
When Lee Hyun created the Freya Statue, he had imagined the beautiful Seoyoon smiling.
And right now, in front of his eyes, her smile exuded such a charm that he can’t help but feel attracted to her!
But Lee Hyun could not even look at her straight in the eye.
It was not because he haphazardly lied about the items he acquired from Kubichya but because of her expression, the look in her eyes contained a sign of deep affection.
‘This is getting awkward.’
Lee Hyun then tried changing the topic.
“I’m going to return to cleaning… would you like to help?”
Not even entertaining her but instead gave a proposal to clean the house. Nevertheless, Seoyoon just nodded.
“Let’s sweep the yard first. There are so many leaves collecting.”
While sweeping the yard, Seoyoon was being playful unlike her usual self.
She even tried to sneak some piles of leaves to Lee Hyun’s area!
With the relationship they built up from attending lectures in college and going on to adventures in Royal Road together, she was able to play around.
They then went to clean the chicken coop and as they release the chickens, the smell reeked into the yard.
A perched rooster with an upright comb then went to attend the hens which were accompanying their chicks.
With a lot of cleaning to be done, Lee Hyun had realized that there would be a lot of water splattering so he immediately check the clothes Seoyoon was currently wearing.
‘Approximately around 200,000 won.’
She was wearing quite an expensive coat.
“I’ll clean up this place, how about you do the dishes? After you’re done putting them away, take out the pots and bowls and wash them clean.”
Seoyoon nodded and went inside the house.
With the windows open, the sound of water flowing from the sink can be heard.
A man cleaning the chicken coop and a woman washing the dishes, it was like a scene resembling a young married couple’s life.
‘Having her clean had been a great help so I’ll have to prepare something delicious for dinner.’
Lee Hyun then decided to make a large serving of sweet and sour pork.
CRASH!