Midas with Absolute Glasses Episode 4
He was only ten minutes late.
But when the owner said he'd dock a whole hour's wage, Yuhan couldn't help but feel displeased.
For a moment, he felt like quitting.
"Yes! Do as you please."
Yuhan answered confidently this time, but the owner just ignored him.
"Anyway, I'm heading off first. So watch the store!"
"Yes! You've worked hard."
Leaving the owner, who had gotten off work, behind him, the thought of working the night shift alone bored him.
In the end, after getting through a tedious, dull, long, long dawn, morning arrived.
Around the time the sun rose and the sky brightened.
People began gathering in front of the convenience store.
"There are so many people outside today!"
Just seeing them lined up in a long queue, they seemed to be waiting for something.
Meanwhile, some of the people outside came into the convenience store to buy coffee.
'Why are there so many customers today?'
[Came to get their fortunes read!]
'What!?'
The long, snaking line was customers waiting for Idahui's fortune teller shop to open.
Yuhan grew impatient.
He wanted to earn money quickly.
Imagining his father's hospital bills, a big house for himself to live in, a nice car, and a beautiful woman to live with, he waited for the owner to arrive.
Just as they say speak of the tiger and it appears, the owner opened the convenience store door and came in.
"You were watching the store well, right?"
"Keep at it, Boss!"
Without properly greeting the owner who had come in, Yuhan shot like an arrow to the fortune teller shop next door in the adjacent building, opened the door, and called out to her.
"Noona, emergency! Emergency!"
Idahui, who had been preparing inside, saw Yuhan coming in urgently and cried out in surprise.
"There's still an hour left, so what's all the fuss?"
"Customers are lined up outside! Get ready quickly!"
"Huh? What do you mean, lined up?"
"It's not a huge crowd, but there are more than ten people in line!"
Idahui didn't believe him, but having more or less finished preparing, she got up and headed outside.
Opening the front gate, Idahui was shocked, placing her hand over her wide-open mouth.
It wasn't so many that it was a serious problem, but the sight of several people forming a waiting line came into her eyes.
Idahui came to her senses and looked at the woman in the very front.
One of the two ladies who had gotten their fortunes told yesterday was standing right at the front.
"Aren't you going to open the door quickly? Can't you see the line?"
Idahui let the woman, who had spoken confidently, inside.
Once Idahui went outside, Yuhan moved over and sat down.
As soon as he sat, the luxurious-looking lady from yesterday came in and greeted him.
It was none other than Gim Seon.
"How have you been? Master, I've come again!"
"You're the one who came yesterday?"
"Yes, I have something I'm curious about, so I came again!"
"What are you curious about?"
"Since you said you wouldn't take money for life, I'll just ask one favor!"
"A favor?"
"I want to sit here next to you and watch!"
Yuhan couldn't understand what she meant.
He merely thought, 'Why is this lady acting like this?' Then letters floated up on his glasses lens.
[Extremely curious about you. Show your ability! If you show your ability, you will likely gain wealth.]
'The glasses show the future too, for sure!'
This time too, Yuhan decided to trust the glasses.
There was no reason to refuse when he was told he'd gain wealth.
She was a bit old to be called a noona, but a cool noona like that around? No, having such an auntie nearby was a happy fantasy that anyone would wish for at least once, so he decided to seize the opportunity.
'Alright, let's try it! My dream is coming true! Surely you don't think of me romantically?'
[Absolutely does not think of you romantically. Just curious. If you seize the opportunity, high probability of achieving your dreams.]
While looking at the floating letters, Gim Seon suddenly got up from her seat and headed outside.
"Excuse me? Didn't you say you'd stay beside me?"
"Yes! I'm going out to personally escort the next customer in!"
"Huh? Ah! Thank you."
He completely hadn't realized that the next customer could only come in after the previous one left.
He didn't seem to be thinking about Idahui, who still hadn't come in from outside either.
Gim Seon approached Idahui, who was flustered outside.
"I'll be inside today, so when a customer comes out, please send the next one in!"
"Yes, what do you mean?"
"I got permission from the Master! He said I can watch from beside!"
"Huh? Alright!"
She didn't know what was going on.
For now, Idahui, to whom earning money was the priority, sent the customer inside first.
"Next person, please go in!"
Gim Seon guided the next customer in.
Yuhan eagerly read the customers' fortunes, and of course, eagerly collected money as well.
Gim Seon found it amazing how the prescient Daoist clearly knew the customers' circumstances and gave advice confidently accordingly.
It didn't take long, nor did he particularly do anything special.
When the prescient Daoist spoke of the customers' current situations, all the customers nodded in agreement.
Each time he spoke, they straightened their postures and became polite.
Then another customer came in, greeted, and sat down.
"First, I'll ask once for free."
"No! I know why you've come."
"Huh?"
"You're wearing a wig!"
"No! How did you—?"
Gim Seon was startled and carefully looked at the customer's head.
It was so perfect that it didn't seem like a wig at all.
Gim Seon, watching right beside him, was astonished.
That wasn't the only time she showed such a reaction.
Yuhan, telling fortunes right before her eyes, knew why every customer had come before they spoke of their circumstances.
Afterwards, he unhesitatingly gave advice or spoke of their futures.
"Take off the wig and live with pride! If not, you'll get sick from pent-up anger!"
"I don't have any hair left anyway. If I don't wear a wig, I worry I'll look old, so I can't do that."
"If you don't wear the wig, your work will go well!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"You're in real estate, right?"
"Huh? If you mean land business... it's true I do real estate."
"You're worried about land that won't sell, right?"
"How do you even know that?"
"Being bald doesn't hinder living. Give it a try!"
"Then what should I do about that land?"
"Now show me some sincerity!"
The customer immediately pulled out his wallet and fumbled with 50,000 won bills.
'How much is he going to give?'
[Likes free things and is stingy even with 50,000 won.]
Yuhan quickly said to the customer.
"Free. You know you shouldn't like it too much, right?"
The bald customer worked up his courage and placed two 50,000 won bills on the table.
Satisfied, Yuhan predicted the future for the bald customer.
"That place will be developed in two years and its value will go up exactly threefold!"
"Oh my! That was a close call! Thank you, Master!"
The bald customer thanked him, decisively took off his wig, and went out the door.
'Please become rich and live happily!'
Yuhan inwardly wished him well.
He received news about the real estate agency owner a few days later by phone.
He said that since taking off the wig, customers had doubled compared to usual.
And the land that hadn't sold and had worried him was bought by a bald customer like himself for 30% above market price, and he expressed his gratitude.
'As expected, people should be open-minded!'
Yuhan praised himself and the bald owner.
Gim Seon, watching continuously from the side, found young Daoist Yuhan amazing no matter how she looked at him.
'Really incredible!'
Shortly after, a woman who appeared to be in her late thirties came in and sat down politely.
"Hello! I have a big worry, so..."
"Wait!"
This time too, Yuhan cut the customer off before she could speak.
"Get a divorce!"
"Huh? No, how did you—?"
"Your husband's child is in another woman's belly, not yours!"
"Huh? Is it true? Why that dog bast— oh! I'm sorry."
"No need to apologize! A bastard and a bitch, exactly!"
"What should I do now? Sob, sob..."
"That man can't be fixed! It's not his first time! Think about getting a lot of alimony and split up quickly! Of course, gather your evidence well too!"
"Then can I start over well?"
"If you show sincerity, I'll tell you the way!"
The female customer thought for a moment, then as if having made up her mind, pressed her lips tight, opened her wallet, and placed three 100,000 won checks on the table.
'Oh! A decent haul.'
Yuhan closed his eyes and mumbled, imitating a shaman.
And he spoke to the female customer as if he had seen something.
"Look carefully again at everything made out to your husband and sue! He's hidden a lot."
"That bastard hasn't shown me his bankbook once in the five years since our marriage!"
"He has more assets than you think, so a lot will come to you! So handle the divorce lawsuit well!"
"Yes, thank you. But can I get married again?"
"Wait a moment!"
'When can that person remarry?'
[Successful remarriage after 1 year.]
"Get divorced quickly and wait just 1 year! Then there will be good news!"
"Yes! Thank you."
Gim Seon had been anxious, thinking the female customer might get angry at the sensitive matter.
But seeing the female customer completely fall for the Daoist who had recognized her circumstances at a glance from the start, as if gaining absolute faith in him, Gim Seon made up her mind to stop doubting Yuhan any further.
Rather, she felt a strange fondness for him.
It wasn't a romantic feeling.
It was because he sometimes felt like a son to her.
Perhaps because of that, she wanted to listen to Yuhan's circumstances and continue watching over him by his side.
Around 5 in the evening, the stream of customers finally stopped.
Idahui could see no more customers, so she closed the front gate and decided to finish business for the day.
The moment she tried to enter the room, she heard the voices of Gim Seon and Yuhan conversing from inside and couldn't go in, starting to eavesdrop from outside.
"You're amazing, aren't you?"
"Not at all! Ha ha!"
"I'm curious!"
"About what?"
"How do you get everything so right?"
"Well... I just see things!"
"May I keep coming?"
Yuhan thought, 'Why is this lady acting like this?'
[Has favorable feelings! If kept by your side, can achieve dreams. Ext! reme! ly! Re! com! men! ded!]
'Oh~ so that's what it means!'
Yuhan's eyes sparkled. His quick wits were growing.
"Would you like to invest?"
"Huh?"
* * *
Yuhan, Idahui, and Gim Seon.
The three of them ate dinner and conversed in a private room at a nearby Japanese restaurant.
Having heard Yuhan and Idahui's circumstances, Gim Seon outlined how the fortune teller shop should be operated and invested in going forward.
"Then you'll be joining us?"
"If you allow me, I'll give it a try!"
"Noona agrees too, right?"
"But you don't have other feelings for our Yuhan, do you?"
"His name is Yuhan? What a nice name!"
"Please answer what was asked!"
Idahui asked coldly, as if on guard.
"Are you two perhaps dating?"
"Th-that's not it!"
Idahui was flustered by Gim Seon's sudden question.
"You're cute! And an extremely rare beauty at that."
At Gim Seon's words, Idahui felt very pleased.
"You're still very pretty too, ma'am!"
Idahui retorted gruffly for no reason.
At that sight, Yuhan felt their conversation was too childish.
He wanted to quickly go back and count how much money he had earned today.
"Ho! Ho! Thank you!"
"No need to thank me! I only stated the facts!"