“W-Why do you keep following me!”
Fortunately, it was impossible for the waddling four-year-old to catch up to him.
As the presence of the waddling pursuer grew distant, Ham Honggi gradually slowed his pace.
‘Is it over now?’
Stopped far away, huffing and puffing, Geuru pointed at him.
“Hanghanggi!”
“Yes!”
Ham Honggi quickly ran over and knelt before the child. His body had moved before his mind could process it.
‘W-What the?! Why me all of a sudden? Why the hell am I doing this dog-like thing?’
Geuru was just as surprised. She blinked her wide, round eyes a few times.
‘Huh?’
She had only called him because he kept running away, but to this extent?
After a moment of thought, she reached one conclusion.
Could it be because she had registered him as a subordinate in the RP Dungeon?
Geuru stared blankly at the unexpected situation, then soon smirked, raising one corner of her mouth.
‘Geuru has a subordinate!’
Gidan, who had discovered them in the meantime, burst into raucous laughter, and Ham Honggi squeezed his eyes shut, unable to overcome his shame.
“Hanghanggi, are you being good?”
“Yes!”
“Mm, that’s a rewief.”
She seemed to be struggling to speak solemnly, but she didn’t feel dignified at all.
But what was truly funny was Ham Honggi himself, bowing his head to that utterly cute voice.
Then, the people who had followed along filming the waddling cute baby whispered as they saw Ham Honggi.
“What is he doing, a penalty game?”
“So pitiful~”
“Freaking hilarious.”
“Damn it!”
Because of the performance Ham Honggi was putting on kneeling before Geuru, more people began to crowd around.
Those who had been laughing at Ham Honggi recognized Gidan and rushed over.
“Where is Saengmyeonggwan?”
“Is it true that Yi Romi and Sin Nayeon are at the cafe?”
As a barrage of questions poured down on Gidan, Geuru raised her eyebrows high and helped him.
“Yesh! If you go to the cafe, the unnies will bwing your food!”
“Unnies?”
“Ah, so cute.”
The crowd’s attention began to shift toward Geuru as well.
“If you come to the cafe, Geuru will show you magic too!”
“Magic?”
“Yesh, duck magic!”
Geuru fumbled around and pulled out her duck tongs.
“Magic?”
“Yesh, duck magic!”
Geuru opened and closed the duck tongs.
Clack! Clack!
*
This cafe runs on vibes!
Yi Romi’s part-time cafe experience from when she had quit being a trainee was shining through today.
“Order here!”
“Over there! We’d like to order! Can we get an autograph too?”
“Oh! Then us too! We want autographs too!”
Saengmyeonggwan was filled with raucous noise due to the flood of customers.
Nayeon, Romi, and Gidan helped with serving while providing photo and autograph services.
Ham Honggi, who had joined late, also filled concave bowls with fruit and served them.
The first-year Class S president, who had been feeling proud watching the stock disappear rapidly, narrowed his eyes upon spotting Ham Honggi.
“Hey, Geonu. Isn’t that Senior Ham Honggi? Why is he serving here?”
The youngest son of the Hunter Association President, golden spoon Ham Honggi was quite a famous figure within the school.
Not only was his family background extraordinary, but his Awakening rank was also quite high at B-rank, and he was even a troublemaker.
“Right? What’s someone like him doing here?”
That’s not the kind of person who’d do this.
The first-year Class S students were baffled by Ham Honggi’s appearance, but when Gidan walked by smiling and smacked Ham Honggi’s back, they soon nodded in understanding.
Gidan was the kind of person who wouldn’t be strange even if he had done something to a third-year troublemaker. So if Ham Honggi was here because of him, there was nothing odd about it at all.
“Your duck bingsu is ready.”
Feeling the prickling gazes coming from all around, Ham Honggi placed the bingsu bowl on the table.
“Huh, we don’t have any ice?”
The concave bowl contained nothing but fruit and syrup, with no ice.
At that moment, Geuru, who had followed right behind Ham Honggi with quick steps, peeked her face over the table.
“Yesh!”
The customers lowered their gazes toward Geuru.
Everyone raised the corners of their mouths at the appearance of the cute baby holding duck tongs.
“I’ll bwing you the ice!”
Geuru waved the duck tongs.
It was time for the special consulting of Yi Romi, who had shouted that a cafe runs on vibes, to shine!
Geuru had memorized the spell Yi Romi had taught her.
“Be yummy, be yummy! Poof!”
Geuru infused mana to create a snow duck.
A white snow duck settled on top of the mountain of fruit.
“Tada! The duck bingsu is weady!”
As Geuru giggled, various exclamations burst out above the table.
“So cuuuuute!”
It was truly an enormous response.
From Class S to Yi Romi, everyone clenched their fists tightly while watching the customers cheer for Geuru.
‘It’s a success!’
*
[Title: Proud Youth Cafes—Current Status]
All except Saengmyeonggwan are at a funeral
Press X to express JOY
[Comments]
- X
- X.. Who wanted to do a cafe..ㅠ
- Can’t resist little cutie’s duck bingsu
- Our class kids ditched their cafe and went to Saengmyeonggwan too lol
- First time seeing Saengmyeonggwan packed like that lollll
[Title: Uh, yeah yeah, it’s hard to believe but it’s true]
(Picture of Geuru holding duck tongs)
Your noona destroyed all your cafes
[Comments]
- G-Geuru-noona?!
- Geuru-noona, please let us off just once..
- Gidan you crazy bastard, bringing a totally broken SSS-rank mercenary
- Geuru-noona is king
[Title: I want to be Class 1-S just for a day]
If only it weren’t for the homeroom teacher..
[Comments]
- Same. If only it weren’t for the homeroom teacher
- Teacher ㅠ퓨ㅠㅠㅠ Did you abandon us?
[Title: Took photos of all Saengmyeonggwan Super Mercenaries]
Yi Romi
(Picture of Yi Romi giving an autograph)
Sin Nayeon
(Picture of Nayeon taking a selfie)
Gidan
(Picture of Gidan with his arm around the Class S president)
Geuru
(Picture of Geuru making a snow duck and grinning bashfully)
And…
Ham Honggi…
(Picture of Ham Honggi crouching down and waving his hand, telling them not to take a picture)
[Comments]
- Damn it, Ham Honggi get out of there~~~!!
- Is this lineup for real? My heart swells, but why is Ham Honggi there?
- What even is Ham Honggi lolololol
- Ham Honggi << Su?per?Mercenary?
*
The once gloomy Saengmyeonggwan Cafe now had a long line stretching out.
Gidan and Geuru peeked at the enormous line, made eye contact, and their eyes sparkled.
“Jackpot……!”
“Incwedible!”
Gidan and Geuru turned their heads toward Yi Romi, who had been signing autographs for people.
When they sent gestures indicating ‘amazing’, Yi Romi smirked and shrugged her shoulders.
Nayeon smiled and patted Yi Romi’s back as she passed by.
Everyone in Class S was beaming with big smiles.
‘Hehe.’
Geuru rubbed her burning hot cheeks.
Her chest felt warm too, as if she were hugging a hot pack tightly.
Seeing everyone smiling, Geuru felt happy as well.
[Quest Complete!]
Oh! Filial Piety Quest complete!
“One duck bingsu for table 10!”
‘A customer!’
Geuru, full of fighting spirit, scurried along with her duck tongs.
Then, she suddenly made eye contact with the customer sitting at table 10.
“……?”
As she waved her hand lightly, her long blonde hair swayed along.
Geuru blinked her eyes slowly.
“Hello, pretty baby.”
Ah…….
Her voice was as clear and beautiful as the ringing of a bell crafted by a master artisan with devoted care.
Geuru felt as if worms were squirming around inside her and fiddled with her chest.
It was twitching and strange.
The customer with the pretty voice propped her chin and smiled softly.
“Your name is Geuru, right?”
How did she know?
“Yesh…… Do you know Geuru?”
“I heard your name here and there, so I knew. Were you very surprised?”
Just as she said, Geuru’s name was being called here and there.
Because it had spread all over the school community that she was Gidan’s younger sister.
So while it was unsettling, it wasn’t strange.
Geuru lowered her head slightly and shook it side to side.
“Will you give us a duck bingsu too?”
A student wearing large glasses was sitting across from her. The name written on the name tag was ‘Seonu Gyeong’.