Episode 284 Hokyu Show
Dang Gyu-yeong and Jegal So-so argued for a long time with the closed door between them.
“No, at least send a message in advance.”
“You always barge in without saying anything.”
It seems like forcing things forward has become a semi-routine thing between the two of them.
It could mean that they are that close, but isn’t this Dang Gyu-young’s karma?
Dang Gyu-yeong said while holding the handle.
“Excuse me, Shaw. I’m really sorry, but I don’t think I can eat with you tonight. I’m not feeling too well.”
“What? Open it. What’s wrong with it?”
“Just, everything is bad. Get in.”
“No, I told you to open it first. Let’s talk face to face.”
Dang Gyu-yeong opened the door halfway, thinking that if he held on here, it would look more suspicious.
Zhuge Liang’s voice is heard more clearly.
“Are you okay?”
“No, I’m tired. I’m just going to rest.”
“Eat and rest. I bought you something you like.”
Judging from the rustling sound, it seemed that Jegal Soso had also brought some late-night snacks.
But Dang Gyu-yeong continued to refuse.
“I’m sorry, but today is really over. I guess I’ll just eat it with the top.”
Zhuge Liang’s voice changed as if he was beginning to sense something increasingly strange.
“Why do you keep blocking me? Is there anyone inside?”
“What are you talking about? There is someone there.”
“No, it’s suspicious. And you’re not in a position to fall asleep right away. You’re a little dressed up.”
“I told you it was going to be fine?”
A moment of silence.
Although it wasn’t visible from this side, the two people seemed to be engaging in a war of nerves with their eyes.
Then, Zhuge Liang sighed and took a step back.
“… … Okay, I’ll just go today.”
“Yeah, I’m sorry.”
“Let’s just go in for a bit instead. Is that okay?”
As it turned out, it was a step back to move forward.
As expected from the vice president of the fencing club, he is fierce.
Dang Gyu-yeong also stuttered for a moment, perhaps because he was caught off guard.
“Oh, no. I’ll go to bed right away.”
“You can’t even come in for a moment? Kyu, are you really going to do this?”
“Just today, okay? Just today.”
At the earnest request, Zhuge Liang’s presence seemed to have faded away a little.
But the next moment,
– Ta-tat!!
He came running into the room like lightning.
He even used his magic to break through Dang Gyu-yeong.
“Show—!!”
“Hehe.”
Zhuge Xiaozhu smiled triumphantly as he turned his back on Dang Guying’s shouts.
But the next moment, our eyes met and he froze like a stone statue.
The packaged food I was holding fell to the floor.
Since he didn’t move in that state, I was the first to break the silence and bow my head.
“Hello, senior.”
As if he had come to his senses at those words, Zhuge Xiaoxiao instantly regained his composure.
And as usual, she showed a gentle smile.
“… … Kim Ho was there.”
“I’m sorry. I was just nagging you because I wanted to see the room.”
Dang Gyu-yeong, who followed behind, nodded quickly in agreement.
Of course, Zhuge Xiao didn’t seem to believe it, but he seemed to have noticed that I was trying to protect him.
Then he sends a sharp gaze to Dang Gyu-yeong.
“Kyu, if you keep doing this, you’ll really get kicked out of the dorm!”
“If I get kicked out, I’ll find a room in a downtown area. Or I can pitch a tent in the forest. I can sleep anywhere.”
Looking back, Dang Gyu-young was a camper (hopefully).
Zhuge Liang shook his head and continued speaking.
“But you have to live while protecting what you have to protect. You can’t be like this. Send me away quickly.”
“Okay, I’ll send it. I’ll send it. But since I brought it here, let’s feed it before sending it on its way. It worked hard.”
“… … Oh my.”
Zhuge Liang sighed deeply with a complicated expression.
And he started to spread out the snacks he had brought on the wooden table.
Then check again.
“You’re not trying to do anything bad with him, are you?”
“What is bad?”
“Bad things are bad things. Why do you pretend not to know when you know?”
“I don’t know what it is. Anyway, no.”
However, Jegal Soso checked again and again.
“Isn’t that true?”
“I said no. Stop asking.”
Dang Gyu-yeong avoided eye contact while throwing a tantrum.
Then he immediately changes the topic.
“Talk while you eat. It’ll get cold.”
We sat around the table and began our full-fledged late-night snack time.
What Dang Gyu-yeong ordered was bite-sized, boneless chicken.
And what Jegal Soso brought was Inferno Spicy Tteokbokki with lots of cheese.
I took a bite of the tteokbokki and thought:
‘It’s quite spicy.’
I heard that it’s similar in spiciness to the downtown Inferno Pizza Bread, but it’s not easy to resist.
The tongue was already almost paralyzed.
I don’t know how An Jeong-mi finished off a whole pizza bun.
While my tongue was recovering, I asked something I had been wondering about for a while.
“I knew you two were close, but I didn’t know you would call each other by nicknames.”
“We’re total childhood friends.”
“I’ve known since I was five.”
Both answered almost simultaneously.
The Zhuge Liang and the Tang family were from the same prestigious family and had been in contact for a long time, and they were the same.
Now that Dang Gyu-yeong has stepped down from his direct position, his position has become ambiguous, but their friendship remains intact.
Dang Gyu-yeong pointed at himself and Zhuge Liang alternately.
“So I’m cute, and he’s a show.”
And then he looked at me with the corners of his lips raised playfully.
There is a lot of anticipation in their eyes.
“Just give it a try.”
“Well, I don’t really feel like it.”
“Oh, just this once. Yeah? Yeah?”
Although he refused several times, Dang Gyu-yeong persisted.
I felt like I couldn’t do it since he wanted to hear it so badly, and I also needed to save face since Zhuge Liang was watching me.
So I looked at Dang Gyu-yeong and spoke briefly.
“Q.”
“… … !”
Dang Gyu-yeong’s complexion brightened significantly.
“Do more, do more.”
“Kyu kyu.”
“More, more, more.”
“Kyu kyu kyu.”
“Hehe.”
Dang Gyu-yeong smiled with satisfaction and nodded.
“Okay, you can call me that from now on.”
“That won’t do.”
“Oh, why!”
“I just don’t like it for no reason. I’m only doing it this once.”
“Look at this kid. He really isn’t listening to me.”
Dang Gyu-yeong grumbles while pointing at me.
Zhuge Liang looked at us from time to time with unknowing eyes.
And he said with a similarly playful smile.
“Is it that good? I wonder. Kim Hoya, try it for me too.”
“Wait a minute, that won’t work.”
Dang Gyu-yeong intervened with a serious expression.
Zhuge Xiaoxiao asked with a puzzled expression.
“Why not?”
“I’ve gone through so much trouble to get here, and you’re just going to skip it? No way.”
Dang Gyu-yeong dissuades him, saying that it is not fair.
But Zhuge Xiao Xiao seemed to have no idea what the problem was.
“Whatever, I’m just trying it out. Kim Hoya, just this once.”
And he tried to persuade me gently, but I refused with an awkward smile.
“I will take your side. Please understand.”
At those words, Dang Gyu-yeong’s lips twitched and he began to caress my head and cheeks vigorously.
“Ah, our pretty Kim Ho. You really have to take care of him. Do you want some tteokbokki?”
“Please give me chicken.”
“Yeah, yeah, chicken. Ah~ okay.”
And he put the boneless chicken into my mouth.
On the other hand, Zhuge Liang smacked his lips as if he was disappointed.
“… … Ugh, it’s not as easy as I thought.”
And after looking at us a little more, he moved on to the next topic.
“Then, can I ask you something else?”
“Yes, it’s okay.”
“Did you open all the portals to the boss room at the end?”
Dang Gyu-yeong also looked this way, perhaps curious.
If it were anyone else, I would have pretended not to know until the end, but these two are an exception.
Tang Guying gained my trust by sharing joys and sorrows with me, and Zhuge Xiaozhu also proved that he was a man of few words by continuing to keep his mouth shut about the Heuksabang incident.
Besides, in the Labyrinth of Transmission, I went into the hidden room with the two of them, so there was no reason I couldn’t tell you the rest of the story.
I took out a crow branch and showed it to him.
“Yes, I did. I wrote this.”
I opened a gathering portal with the fraud skill [Kka-ak-!], and since it’s disposable, it’s now like a material item.
Dang Gyu-yeong and Jegal So-so nodded as if they understood, but then another question seemed to arise.
Their eyes narrowed at the same time.
“But, little lord, why didn’t you tell me that before?”
“Yes, Your Majesty, you went in without saying a word.”
“I was very worried, little monarch!”
When the talking Ooblecks opened a portal to the one-person boss room, I guess I was secretly upset that I went in without a proper explanation.
Dang Gyu-yeong and Jegal So-so each grabbed one of my balls and pulled it.
“Explain, little monarch!”
“Yes, Your Majesty! Explain quickly!”
“Eurusseuu, heul tteunkeu eugeureum nueupseudeu (Okay, I’ll do it, so let’s put this down).”
Only then did the two take their hands off my cheek.
However, he was bending his fingers like an eagle’s claws, as if he was ready to attack again at any moment.
So I said right away.
“I did that to reduce the variables as much as possible.”
When I played Yongsal Academy as a game, the Witch of Corruption mainly occupied the B-rank dungeons, but this time, perhaps due to the influence of the reincarnation quest, she entered the Transfer Labyrinth.
Since it was an A-rank dungeon, I couldn’t guarantee 100% survival, and I wasn’t sure how the Ooblecks would act, so there were a lot of variables.
For example, it was unexpected that the talking Oobleck knight would let me in so easily.
In preparation for these variables, it was decided to hide the existence of the [Gathering Portal] until the very end.
Dang Gyu-yeong tilted his head.
“What does this have to do with variables and not telling people?”
“If you had told me, I would have gone in and said I would write it instead.”
“… … That’s true. Then is that not possible?”
“No way. There is no such thing as being invincible.”
The reason I had a private meeting with the Witch of Corruption and even had tea with her was because I believed in the invincibility of poison.
If not, the only time I could have used [Kka-ak-!] would have been the moment I entered, so there was a good chance that I would have failed.
If I hadn’t been prepared in the first place, I wouldn’t have even used the single-person portal.
“Anyway, I always try to do everything by myself.”
Dang Gyu-yeong understood, but still looked a little dissatisfied.
* * *
As we chatted about other useless things, we ended up running out of fresh chicken and Inferno tteokbokki.
Time passes quickly and it is almost dawn, not night.
After glancing out the window, Dang Gyu-yeong spoke to Jegal So-so.
“Let’s wrap things up for today. I’ll bring her here and come back.”
“Yeah, I should sleep too.”
Zhuge Liang seemed to be thinking similar thoughts as they cleaned up and left the room.
And he smiled softly and waved his hand.
“Kim Hoya. Be careful on your way in.”
“Yes, senior.”
I bowed my head in greeting and followed Dang Gyu-yeong.
Since you came in secretly, you must leave secretly too.
So this time, Dang Gyu-yeong used shadow magic at full power to clear the way.
The two of us soon came out of the dormitory.
Dang Gyu-young looked up at my room and snickered.
“We were just trying to eat quietly together, but then suddenly a barge came.”
“Still, it was fun. I’m sure we’ll have another chance to eat together.”
“Huh, right?”
As I was about to say hello, Dang Gyu-yeong passed me, took a few steps, and then turned to look at me.
“I’ll walk a little further.”
We could have parted ways here, but he insisted on seeing me off to the men’s dormitory.
Judging from his expression, it seemed like he had more to say.
That must be why he invited me to his room in the first place.
I nodded, thinking it would be better to hear all this today.
“Let’s do that.”
And then he started walking in step with Dang Gyu-yeong.
The supporters eat it all
