Even an S-Class Hunter Wants to Get Married - Chapter 12

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12. Grandmother, This Thing is Called a Mobile Phone!

 

Early morning the next day.

 

“Good morning.”

 

“G-good morning, Boss.”

 

As always, we start our workday with morning greetings and drink coffee.

 

The sweetness of Instant Coffee.

 

As soon as I sit down, I immediately get up again.

 

“Going out for a Cigarette.”

 

“B-Boss. Let’s buy some supplies. D-Deodorizer.”

 

“We have Air Freshener.”

 

“Boss, for deodorizing.”

 

“…Do I smell that bad?”

 

I do smoke quite a bit, but wondering if it’s really that bad, I sniff myself.

 

Kim Yang exaggeratedly covered her nose and answered in a muffled voice.

 

“Boss, you really smell like an old man.”

 

“That bad?”

 

“Dress up a little.”

 

“Where’s the time to dress up? I need to make money.”

 

“Pay me my salary.”

 

I pretend not to hear and slip outside. Look at her nagging about salary when it’s not even payday yet.

 

Cigarettes, coffee, and stocks.

 

Three things to check early in the morning.

 

Usually the stock market shows the stocks with the biggest fluctuations as hot topics.

 

[Baekdu Pharmaceuticals -12%] plastered right in the headlines.

 

Due to this incident, not only are the Hunter Association and Police Prosecution taking the lead, but I also know that official complaints have come in from the 5th Floor.

 

Unfortunately, -12% is just the beginning of the downward slope. It seemed like Baekdu Pharmaceuticals would dominate the stock market headlines for a while.

 

The wildlings are strictly speaking, descendants of divine beasts.

 

They didn’t look favorably upon their sacred creatures being unintentionally siphoned away.

 

“Phew.”

 

I browse through the other stocks as well.

 

Since I’ve been doing stocks quite intelligently lately, I’m excited to check them out.

 

[Shinra Motors: 315,500▲(0.15)]

 

[Hunter Korea: 147,000▲(2.52)]

 

[Murim New Medicine Hall: 66,100▲(5.12)]

 

[Wolfguard Tactical Solutions: 9,800▲(5.59)]

 

“Hehe.”

 

The corners of my mouth rise uncontrollably.

 

Shinra Motors was something I was holding onto based on faith anyway, so I’ll skip that.

 

Hunter Korea sometimes has strange surges whenever Yu Ye-na makes a move, so I bought in right after the last incident.

 

Murim New Medicine Hall is a pharmaceutical company that came down from the 5th Floor.

 

While other pharmaceutical companies are all falling in a row because of Baekdu Pharmaceuticals, this one alone is soaring proudly just because it came from the 5th Floor.

 

The fact that Baekdu pulled that stunt against the 5th Floor wildlings made people turn their attention toward 5th Floor pharmaceuticals.

 

Wolfguard Tactical Solutions is a company that manufactures equipment exclusively for beastkin. I bought in expecting this one to naturally rise too because of what happened to the wildlings.

 

I swallow while looking at the stock market all rising in red, and this time I check my account.

 

[21,221,000 won]

 

Thanks to the customers who signed additional contracts yesterday, my account has grown even more.

 

I did get advice that I should separate my personal and business accounts, but I didn’t bother doing it.

 

After all, except for Kim Yang’s salary, it’s all my money anyway.

 

Anyway.

 

“Kuhahaha! They said there would be times when money flows in! It was real!”

 

I can’t even remember being behind on Kim Yang’s salary anymore. People ultimately need to ride the flow well.

 

I immediately go back into the stock app and make additional purchases.

 

‘Dragon Horn Divine Clinic, Brimrock Smeltery-.’

 

This is why people need to use their heads.

 

Just then, a subtle maple fragrance wafts from beside me.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

“Ah, you startled me…”

 

Renea is standing next to me before I know it.

 

She came early in the morning and is standing on her tiptoes, looking at my mobile phone.

 

“Ah, isn’t that the thing? Stocks? The thing that ruins people’s lives?”

 

“What are you talking about. If you do it wisely, there’s nothing that makes more money than this.”

 

I was about to put away my mobile phone, but feeling generous, I provide some insider information.

 

“I just invested in Brimrock Smeltery and Dragon Horn Divine Clinic. You should invest now too. The outlook is good.”

 

“Brimrock means… dwarves? Dragon Horn Divine Clinic is those stubborn 5th Floor folks?”

 

Dwarves are correct, but stubborn?

 

“Why are the 5th Floor people stubborn?”

 

“You can’t have a conversation with them. Whatever you do, it’s all about tradition, ancestral teachings- Ugh, so frustrating.”

 

“Well, someone of your caliber would be more ancestral than the ancestors of their ancestors-”

 

Whack!

 

Renea’s headbutt landed.

 

It didn’t hurt though.

 

Must be because it’s a bull market.

 

“Anyway, what brings you here today? You said you’d contact Hyo-jae yesterday.”

 

“Ah, about that… He’s not answering.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

What does that mean?

 

How hard did I work to convince Hyo-jae?

 

“Why isn’t he answering? Did you do something weird again? Did you tie a letter to an arrow and shoot it?”

 

“Of course not! I made a phone call too! However-”

 

“However?”

 

“Well, I don’t have a mobile phone, so I called from a payphone.”

 

“Why don’t you have a mobile phone? What was that you used when filling out your personal information then?”

 

“…The payphone number.”

 

“Ah, damn.”

 

I must have missed it because I didn’t properly check things like mobile phone numbers.

 

But more than that, a payphone?

 

Are there still things like that left?

 

“Sigh, these days people don’t answer those calls thinking they’re spam or telemarketing.”

 

“I need to buy a mobile phone. Come with me.”

 

“What kind of nonsense… It’s work hours right now?”

 

“No customers are coming anyway!”

 

“It’s still morning. Who would visit a matchmaking agency at this hour?”

 

The reason we come to work now isn’t to receive customers either.

 

Organizing materials and having meetings and discussions about matching are the main purposes of our morning work.

 

“Ah, please. Hm? I’m asking you. I’m scared to go to a mobile phone store alone!”

 

“Why on earth would that be scary?!”

 

“When I go there, they say weird things, and I feel like I’ll get scammed for no reason!”

 

Ah, well.

 

She’s not wrong.

 

Mobile phone stores are famous for making various margins, aren’t they?

 

Especially if someone old like Renea goes there, she might get scammed without knowing anything.

 

‘We can’t let our bad inventory increase any more here.’

 

Actually, I haven’t mentioned it, but our company has quite a lot of bad inventory piled up.

 

It was a kind of karma from saying we accept anyone, which made literally ‘anyone’ come to us.

 

In the midst of all this, an opportunity for one 1,901-year-old bad inventory to leave.

 

I couldn’t miss this chance.

 

“Wait a moment, let me see if there are any places selling mobile phones nearby.”

 

* * *

 

Phone Jal-sa, a mobile phone specialty store.

 

The signboard at the entrance is filled with various colorful phrases.

 

[Latest models half price!]

 

[Free devices!]

 

[Free giveaway! Monthly lottery on the 1st]

 

[Holy place featured on TV!]

 

[Free! For real!]

 

All of them using tempting sales tactics to lure people in.

 

Working part-time here, Oh Han-gyu realized how narrow the world he had been seeing was.

 

There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

 

Though it’s a phrase people commonly say, Oh Han-gyu became even more convinced of this truth like a philosopher who had felt it with his own skin.

 

Well, if they were going to give things away for free, why would they be in business?

 

Rather, he learned at a young age that the snakes who wag their tongues claiming things are free are the most dangerous.

 

Ding-a-ling!

 

And today.

 

Another prey that came after being fooled by the word “free.”

 

Three of them came, and their combination was unusual.

 

A sheep beastkin woman, a human man, and an elf woman.

 

Well, a strange combination that looked like they were going to put on some circus show.

 

‘Wow, she’s pretty.’

 

Particularly admiring the sheep beastkin with her chic appearance, Oh Han-gyu greets them with a friendly smile.

 

Pretty is pretty, but work is work.

 

Customers from the 4th and 5th Floor are the sweetest honey pot for salespeople.

 

Say a few complicated words here and there, and their eyes immediately go dizzy with confusion, making them perfect to rip off.

 

“Welcome! Are you here to look at mobile phones? What model are you looking for?”

 

At those words, Kim Yang doesn’t answer and looks down at Renea.

 

“Uh, what model?”

 

“Ah? Model? I, I don’t really know… the same as Boss’s?”

 

“Mine? It’s a Milotic 5.”

 

“That’s a senior phone. B, Boss, live a little younger.”

 

“What do you mean live younger with a mobile phone? This one’s cheap and good. I’ve used it for 5 years.”

 

“Isn’t 5 years just time that passes when the wind blows?”

 

“What are you talking about? Normal mobile phones can’t be used that long.”

 

“Hmm, then I’ll buy that one too! It’s sturdy!”

 

“Haah.”

 

Kim Yang sighed as if giving up and spoke to Oh Han-gyu.

 

“Mi, Milotic 5.”

 

“Ah, yes. But these days the Milotic Series has newer models out. They’re much more durable and-.”

 

As I make the suggestion, Renea cuts in.

 

“Ooh! Something better than Boss has! Then I’ll take that one! I’m becoming more young than Boss!”

 

“Mi, Milotic isn’t young to begin with.”

 

While Renea excitedly peers into the Display Case, Kim Yang looks at Oh Han-gyu again.

 

“Well then, with this model-.”

 

The moment Oh Han-gyu takes out the Box, Kim Yang’s gaze turns cold.

 

“Pr, price.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Ho, how much.”

 

“Ah, this one is 380,000 won with the official pricing, and for the plan-.”

 

“Th, that’s enough.”

 

Kim Yang extends her palm.

 

“Official Price List.”

 

“….”

 

“Sh, show me. All official subsidies, by, by model.”

 

Oh Han-gyu freezes for a moment.

 

Because of her speech pattern, he’d thought she was simple-minded despite her appearance and underestimated her, but suddenly she was making such precise demands that his brain seemed to stop.

 

“Ah, of course. Here it is.”

 

Kim Yang glances at it and taps the very bottom of the booklet with her finger.

 

“Wh, when using Select Plan 95 or higher?”

 

“….”

 

“Actual device cost, how much?”

 

Sweat begins to flow down Oh Han-gyu’s back. As I mentioned before, customers who come from the 4th Floor or 5th Floor are perfect targets to rip off.

 

Even people who’ve lived on the 3rd Floor usually don’t know much about Mobile Phones, so what about those from the 4th and 5th floors?

 

But the horned woman in front of him.

 

He’d tried to brush her off because of her speech pattern, but she knew way too much.

 

“The actual device price is… 620,000 won though.”

 

“There’s a fee, right?”

 

“A fee?”

 

“New, new member. Plus, plus these days customers from other floors get ad, additional benefits.”

 

“….”

 

“Plus, plus age. Grandmother. More dis, discount applied.”

 

“….”

 

“Show, show me the receipt.”

 

Now Oh Han-gyu felt like that stuttering speech pattern was mocking him.

 

Thinking he’d get thoroughly scolded by the Boss, he had no choice but to give up on trying to rip them off.

 

And meanwhile.

 

“Hmm, how old is the part-timer? Do you have a girlfriend? Your looks would be decent if you dressed up a bit?”

 

The man next to him started making some strange proposal to him instead-.

 

“So as promised, you’ll come after work today? I’ll be waiting?”

 

After they left.

 

A mobile phone contract and white business card, sold without a single leftover.

 

【Among countless worlds, we find your miracle.】

 

Hunter Specialized Marriage Information Company, Meracle.

 

As if bewitched by something, Oh Han-gyu had promised to visit after work today.

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