ALL NOVEL Chapter 273
Chapter
273. Connection (2)
The first thing Nam Ho-yeol, who met Yoo Ji-han at the Sweet Fun Workshop, was curious about was his sword, Qudi.
A weapon made from Drimium for the very first time in history.
As he pulled out the item he had staked everything on from its sheath,
Nam Ho-yeol wore an expression of disbelief.
“Didn’t you just party it up in Kallem?”
“Of course not.”
“Whoa! And there’s not a single tiny scratch on it…!”
Even though the enemies Yoo Ji-han faced in Kallem were all formidable foes,
The Drimium showed absolutely no signs of damage.
It maintained a condition that was no different from when the weapon was completed.
Other equipment containing a bit of Drimium powder also looked remarkably intact, making it hard to believe they had been through rough battles.
“I honestly don’t remember how I made this sword back then.”
“That’s a bit of a big deal, you know.”
“Yeah?”
Bang!
Just as Nam Ho-yeol wore a dazed expression,
Lee Mi-a, who was outside, entered while lowering a large bundle to the ground.
As the packaging of the bundle was unpacked, several items that were difficult to identify emerged.
“Hm? What’s all that?”
“These are materials scraped from monsters found in Kallem.”
“……!”
“That white chunk is the flesh of the giant octopus we encountered before leaving. As soon as the magic was infused, it showed amazing regenerative abilities. And next to it is a gift from a place called Kabuum…”
Yoo Ji-han pointed out and explained the items he had brought back from Kallem.
The remains of powerful monsters that didn’t exist on Earth.
Rare materials personally handed over by Kruba, the ruler of Maz, and the King of Kabuum!
All high-quality items that couldn’t be easily obtained even within Kallem.
As someone usually interested in crafting materials, Nam Ho-yeol was utterly captivated.
“Just by touching it lightly, you can tell these are incredible items…!”
“If you revisit Kallem, there are many things you won’t be able to find.”
Gulp!
Nam Ho-yeol swallowed the saliva pooled in his mouth.
Mystical materials that only the Sweet Fun Guild currently possessed!
The desire to create something as a craftsman continued to well up deep within him.
He wanted nothing more than to hammer, cut, and stitch those items together to create new equipment right away.
“Oh, these must be incredibly expensive! No, I can’t even think of a price to put on them…”
He could tell without needing to auction those items.
Each one could fetch a whopping price!
Materials that boasted outstanding effectiveness and rarity were priceless.
‘I can’t possibly ask for them.’
With people now focused on entering other worlds,
Those would sell for an enormous premium price.
Thus, Nam Ho-yeol could not bring himself to ask for them.
If the auction went smoothly, Sweet Fun could accumulate immense wealth.
At that moment, Yoo Ji-han spoke.
“All of those belong to you, Ho-yeol.”
“What? All of them?”
“I’m looking forward to some great equipment.”
“……Really?”
“Of course, would I lie?”
Nam Ho-yeol’s mouth dropped open in disbelief.
Not selling items worth more than the equivalent in gold and using them instead?
“But if we sell those, it could bring in enough money to shake up the capital ranking of the Korean guild…”
“Aren’t we a guild that isn’t that impoverished? We have a lot of money coming in from other places too.”
“We’ll earn all the money, so don’t worry and use it freely!”
“Wha…!!”
Nam Ho-yeol couldn’t help but exclaim softly at the responses from Yoo Ji-han and Kim Si-hu.
An environment where he could focus solely on crafting without worrying about finances!
It was a moment that made him feel once again how amazing the guild he had joined was.
“Ji-han.”
“Yeah?”
“I have a favor to ask.”
“What is it?”
“I want to eat octopus bread.”
“Octopus bread? Takoyaki?”
“Using this octopus flesh.”
Lee Mi-a wanted to cook and eat the flesh of the giant octopus.
She loved food even before, but after gaining a new culinary perspective in Kallem,
She had developed increased interest in foods she hadn’t yet tried.
“Ho-yeol, is it okay if I take a little?”
“Ah, you don’t need my permission for that…”
“I should find a good cook.”
“Oh? The one that Sa-ihm introduced to you, right?”
The mutation monster, Monchikin’s chef, Baek Jong-eon.
A man who dreamed of moving from a normal restaurant to a monster restaurant.
When Kim Si-hu mentioned his name, Yoo Ji-han nodded.
“Well, the seasoning was a bit off, but his cooking skills were quite good. Let’s ask Sa-ihm to connect us.”
“Should we hire a chef for the guild too? We’ll have more people in the future.”
“Hmm, that’s a great idea.”
Kim Si-hu’s suggestion to hire a chef elicited a rare reaction from Lee Mi-a.
It was that positive.
“By the way, where’s Ho-yeol’s wife, who was supposed to come with you today?”
“She’s already near a café. She’ll come over if I call her.”
“Let’s call her right away.”
“Seriously… I was surprised when I heard she was a vampire!”
Nam Ho-yeol was already known to be married.
And that his wife was pregnant, too.
But the idea that his pregnant wife was of a different race was something neither Yoo Ji-han nor Kim Si-hu had ever imagined.
“I actually don’t like talking about my wife much. People usually gaze at it unfavorably…”
In fact, the public perception of different races was already poor.
It was obvious what kind of rumors would spread if he brought up his vampire wife.
If rumors spread in his workshop, which was already so quiet that he worried about rent, no one would visit.
That was why he had kept his wife’s identity tightly under wraps.
“Oh, honey! You should be good to go now.”
About three minutes after the call between Nam Ho-yeol and his wife ended,
The door of the workshop opened, and a tall woman walked in.
“C-can I come in?”
“Don’t worry and come in.”
Yoo Ji-han carefully watched the woman who walked in.
With a black wig hiding her telltale features, brown circle lenses concealing her red eyes, and a white mask covering her vampire fangs, she entered.
“Well done, Ho-yeol.”
“Haha….”
But her white skin and outstanding beauty shone through the mask.
Nam Ho-yeol’s wife stood beside him, awkwardly smiling.
“P-p-p-pleased to meet you. I’m Siriodin.”
“I’m Yoo Ji-han. This is Kim Si-hu, and over there is Lee Mi-a…”
“I know all of you! You work with my husband!”
The vampire, Siriodin, looked a bit nervous but her eyes sparkled.
Although it was their first meeting, she knew all about those who could be considered Nam Ho-yeol’s benefactors.
“Thank you for coming such a long way. I understand it must be difficult for you to move around.”
“No, no, no! I’m fine.”
Six months pregnant,
Siriodin was wearing comfortable clothes, and her belly was slightly rounded.
“I heard that a vampire’s baby is a bit different from a human’s.”
“Ah… it really needs a lot of blood.”
The baby absorbs a bit of the mother’s blood around the clock.
Pregnant vampire mothers often experienced frequent anemia and were at significant risk to their lives.
Due to this, international guidelines were created to ensure that pregnant vampires received several times the normal amount of human blood.
“Thanks to the Hero Department’s help, I’ve been maintaining good health.”
“Glad to hear the Hero Department is reliable in matters like these.”
“That’s why I’m documenting the entire childbirth process of vampires and assisting in the research.”
“Do you know a guy named Kazimir?”
“Yes! He’s from the same world. He called me earlier to ask about you all.”
Kazimir, who was part of the Hero Department and was also responsible for managing Korean vampires.
It was just that they hadn’t shared personal histories, so she didn’t know about her connection to Yoo Ji-han.
At that moment, Kim Si-hu said to Siriodin,
“I heard there are about four half-bloods of vampires and humans overseas.”
“That’s right!”
“I’ve heard their craving for human blood decreases, but their vampire traits, like their fangs and red eyes, are all passed on.”
“Yeah. That’s why I’m a bit worried…”
Siriodin made a bitter expression.
Having escaped to Korea from her world, she had experienced significant discrimination against different races.
During that time, she had encountered kind and warm humans like Nam Ho-yeol,
But there had also been many moments where she had faced intimidation.
“What? Intimidation?”
“They sent me a letter stained with blood. It even mentioned I was pregnant, and I don’t know how they found out…”
“Wow, that’s insane.”
“My wife hasn’t even been able to leave the house lately because of that. Just in case something happens to the baby.”
“Please tell me immediately if anything like that happens again!”
Hearing that she had been intimidated even while pregnant genuinely angered Kim Si-hu.
He promised revenge, yet he couldn’t seem to shake off his rage.
He looked at Siriodin’s round belly and said,
“Siriodin! I’ll make a promise here.”
“A promise?”
“When your child grows up and enters society someday, I’ll ensure it’s a world where they’ll never be discriminated against…!”
Bang!
Kim Si-hu grabbed his pointed left ear and bit his lip.
Not long ago, he had changed the fates of different race individuals who faced severe discrimination in another dimension.
Although Earth is way broader and has a much more complex society than Kallem,
‘At least in my reach…!’
Determined to change everything, Kim Si-hu vowed.
*
In a space with an elongated oval table.
Sunlight pouring through the glass windows illuminated the area.
People wearing union jack badges and badges with white angel wings sat on chairs set around the table.
Tap, tap, tap, tap.
A man with white hair repeatedly tapped his index finger on the table.
It was a somewhat distracting action for a place that demanded solemnity.
However, no one raised an objection to him.
It was because they all shared his thoughts or felt the same.
“Any news from Korea?”
“……none.”
Boom!
Eventually, someone unable to bear their emotions erupted.
“What on earth happened to Sian?!”
They were the executives of the large guild, Angels Garden, in England.
They were the ones assisting Hero Sian Pierce, who headed to the other dimension, Grudia, from Korea.
The man who nominally served as the guild master of Angels Garden, Clark Hill sighed and said,
“This is the worst situation since the guild’s founding.”
Sian Pierce, who had departed with confidence alongside the vice guild master and his fiancée Penny Ross,
Now, contact with Grudia had been lost.
Angels Garden was in the worst crisis.
“If we were going to do this, we shouldn’t have sent them to another world!”
“Could something have happened to Sian…?”
“Nonsense! Who would dare harm Sian?!”
“That’s way too far-fetched!”
Various speculations ran rampant, and sharp voices clashed among them.
Most of them were saying that Sian shouldn’t have been sent, considering there was no way back to Earth.
“How the hell did they get back?!”
“Kallem must have been a far easier world than Grudia.”
“But hearing their story, it sounds way more perilous than we expected…”
Now back in Korea and flaunting their achievements, the Kallem Expeditionary Force only escalated the anxiety of Angels Garden each time they bragged about the results they gained in that other world.
“Everyone, calm down and listen to me first.”
“……?”
“I received interesting information from an employee of the Korean Hero Department two hours ago. He said that everything in Kallem was resolved easily, thanks to one hero.”
“One hero? It must be Watanabe Yosuke.”
“No.”
“What do you mean?”
“Then who is it?!”
All the executives of Angels Garden awaited the man’s answer.
That man unfolded the list of heroes who participated in the incursion into the other world and said,
“It’s this man.”
[Honey Jam – Yoo Jihan]
[꿀잼 – 유지한]
His index finger pointed at the list of expedition members.
Yoo Ji-han’s name was written there.