Episode 56
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An afternoon close to getting off work.
It was around this time that everyone, without exception, was furtively glancing at their watches.
“Hello, Mr. Geo.”
A face sticking out beyond the partition.
Geo, who had been staring blankly for a moment, nodded and greeted him. Then, the other person’s expression brightened.
“Hey. Do you know who I am?”
“yes.”
“Wow, really?”
Full name: Domi.
My last name is Do and my first name is Mi.
If Bambi’s right arm is Sasejong, then this is his left arm.
The ranking dropped one place to 28th due to Baek Do-hyun’s recent entry.
Korean ‘First Line’ Hunters. High rankers from Channel 1 and also the top rankers in
And the reason why Gyeonjio, who can’t remember people, remembers her exactly.
“We’re friends on Instagram right now.”
“Wow. That’s right! Geo-ssi, do you have Instagram too?”
“No no. Just stalking the current account.”
“… … Oh, I see.”
There’s something a little strange about these siblings, too. Domi scratched the bridge of her nose with an awkward laugh.
“Ah. Can I speak more freely?”
“Yes. It doesn’t matter.”
“Your personality is refreshing, I like it! Here’s what I need to say. I just need to tell him that the leader told me in advance.”
“yes.”
“Okay, okay. Then I’ll take care of it!”
Domi leaves coolly.
After watching the back of the lamp go away, Geo pretended to put it in a drawer and threw it into his inventory.
The message came about an hour ago.
Mom’s Son│010-7351-xxxx
━ xx month xx day ━
Hey, I’m out of breath
You have nothing to do? There’s a rumor going around the guild that you’re just sitting around.
Noㅋㅋㅋ What the ㅋㅋ Are you saying you’re reflecting on something ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you taking a picture of Ua Dal ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋ
Anyways lol so I’m doing something after a long time
I don’t have any spare manpower to send out separately because I think I’ll be super busy starting tomorrow.
But this is a safe key, so I don’t feel like leaving it with someone else.
I’ll send someone later, so take him.
Don’t lose it
absoluteness
Hey, are you watching?
Oh please reply
I know you heard it because the 1 next to it is gone
Geo opened his inventory window while cracking open the sausage. The sapphire key was neatly placed in a slot.
There is also a limit to inventory capacity, and it is impossible to carry all the items around every day.
A common warehouse was essential for each guild.
Also, the larger the guild, the more warehouses it had. The key that Geo had just received was for the 9th underground vault.
Also known as the Golden Treasury of Babylon.
That was the key there.
“What did Mr. Domi tell you…?”
“Sapphire Key.”
“Huh. The safe key? Isn’t that a place where only guild members and royals can enter… …?”
“Uh. So temporary. Are you super busy starting tomorrow?”
They’re using high-level personnel like Kinggio as mere warehouse keepers.
Bambi guy is so pitiful and annoying. But take him off.
‘I finally got some work to do.’
Today is the first day of Misaeng Kyeon-geu-rae’s true guild life!
Become the world’s strongest warehouse keeper!
Geo took a shot of his coffee with a manly face.
“That’s mine… … ”
“Wow. So sweet.”
“excuse me.”
A careful and polite knock.
And the soft low and mid-range sounds that really grab people’s attention.
Late afternoon. The workers who had been waiting for work to end suddenly all had expressions on their faces as if they had just woken up from their sleep.
“What brings you here? Is there anything I can help you with?”
“It’s okay. Don’t worry about it and just go about your business. There’s someone else looking for you.”
He went straight ahead and found a partition similar to the one he had seen earlier.
Unlike Domi, who had his head sticking out from beyond the partition, he puts his arm over the partition.
A face that is clearly visible thanks to his tall stature.
“I want to use the underground vault, but the leader told me to go this way.”
“… … ”
“I guess I’ll finally be able to greet you properly.”
A refreshing smile even on cloudy days.
Baek Do-hyeon greeted.
“Good evening. … … Geo.”
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Percussion, tak.
Two footsteps echoing within the narrow space. And a voice.
“I didn’t expect much since you are such a free-spirited person.”
“… … ”
“It was so empty. I wondered if the house was always that empty… … ”
“… … ”
“I thought that this is why they say, ‘Even if you don’t know where you’ve been, you know where you are.’”
“… … ”
“I saw you briefly in the meeting room, but it was so brief. Have you been well? It’s been the first time since the tutorial.”
… …
… …
“Yeah.”
“why?”
“… … You’re keeping your distance. Just like the first time.”
Seolleung Station, just like that day.
At the top of the stairs leading down to the lowest level vault.
The crimson light cast shadows over Baek Do-hyun’s face. Geo continued down the stairs without saying a word.
“… … ”
“… … Don’t let this go.”
Kwak.
Instead of letting go, Baek Do-hyun put more strength into the hand he was holding.
Not too hard, but not so hard that she can’t leave me.
“Don’t avoid it.”
“Huh. What are you avoiding?”
“Me. Please don’t avoid me.”
“… … ”
“I know you don’t like being bothered. More specifically, I know you don’t like being noisy. So I understand why you don’t like me.”
“… … ”
“I understand.”
“… … ”
The voice was hazy.
The faces were similar too.
It was an expression that did not suit a man who had chosen to live his life twice with upright conviction.
Geo looked at Baek Do-hyun quietly.
Several minutes of silence followed.
Baek Do-hyun, who had a hard time controlling his emotions, grabbed Geo’s hand. His trembling could be felt through his pulse.
“I will be careful.”
“… … ”
“It may not be as good as you want, but there may be things that make you uncomfortable, either unavoidably or unavoidably, just like before… …”
I’ll be careful. The regressor repeated the same words in a hoarse voice.
“So please don’t distance yourself.”
I laughed so hard I almost cried.
“I missed you.”
“… … ”
“You told me your name, didn’t you?”
The basement stairs were dark enough and cramped enough.
They could only see each other’s faces and hear each other’s breathing.
Kyeonji-o witnessed the shadow of a sage within that space.
Like the back of the moon.
“it hurts.”
“… … Ah. I’m sorry… … ”
“The fried tofu sushi was tasteless.”
“… … ”
“I told you there’s too much sugar. You’re going to get diabetes.”
Dry grumbling.
It was the same tone of speech I usually hear. Baek Do-hyun smiled, shaking his shoulders slightly.
“I really need to change the recipe.”
“Yeah. Not my style. Seriously.”
“… … Geo.”
“why?”
“This hand. Can you hold it… just until the end of the stairs?”
“… … ”
“It’s so dark in here, I’m afraid you might fall.”
“I?”
“It could be me.”
“… … Or something like that.”
A hand that runs down the wrist and slowly holds it in place.
His strong fingers carefully entwined themselves inside.
“It’s hot.”
“Please look.”
I thought you were a plain man, but you’re really not.
The two of them went down the stairs again in silence.
It was a road that was neither long nor short. There was no further conversation on the way down.
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The security system of the public warehouse varies from guild to guild.
There were cases where guards were set up, and there were various methods such as magic, formations, etc.
Among them, “Babylon” is a bit of an analog type.
He had thoroughly studied the manual before coming down. Geo placed his palm against the huge door.
The security system read and printed the information I had registered in advance. After going through a magic scan, I inserted the key.
Kukukukukuku-!
A gap opens with a loud noise.
Unlike the exterior that looked like a dragon lair, the interior was refreshing like a modern museum. Geo looked around.
“That Bambi guy… … is a conglomerate?”
“Not all of this is the leader’s private property.”
Baek Do-hyun responds with a smile and walks straight in one direction.
This space looks very familiar.
Geo narrowed his eyes.
“Have you seen this place?”
“… … Yes, well.”
“He was originally a member of Babylon.”
Huh?
Geo let out a long voice. Baek Do-hyun answered with a bitter smile.
“It would be difficult to become friends with people you already knew from the beginning. No, it would be painful. It would be a complete reset.”
“It can’t be helped. I wanted that reset, and it’s all included in it.”
“Don’t you hear any regrets?”
“Yes. I don’t regret it.”
Because I left everything behind in the previous world. Everything.
“You’re firm. So? Are you going in the direction you want now?”
“Well, as far as that goes… I don’t know yet.”
Some things changed because I intended to, and some things changed unintentionally.
In fact, even Geo’s part-time job was something that had never happened before.
But these changes were all expected to some extent.
The regressor and the butterfly effect are inseparable.
There is no way to know what kind of storm the butterfly’s wings will bring, and it is something that cannot be avoided.
therefore.
Baek Do-hyeon picked up the sword placed in front of him without hesitation.
His companion who was with him until the moment of his death. His beloved sword.
[Already verified owner.]
[The seal on the Sword of Destruction ‘Kalki’ is released!]
“So, we have to keep trying.”
Until the end. Until the final ending.
A guide to proper living for rankers.
