Goblin Library - Chapter 62

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Chapter 62

As Yu Tae-poong spoke while reading his book, Pot Goblin looked at him.
“Are there good company presidents in this story?”
“Yes, all the presidents who appear are wonderful people.”
“Oho!”
Pot Goblin extended her hand.
“I want to read it too.”
“I’m still reading it though.”
As Yu Tae-poong answered awkwardly, Pot Goblin laughed and grabbed the book, pulling it toward herself.
And then….
Whoosh!
As if the book were splitting, another copy appeared.
“Wait! Another book just appeared?”
Yu Tae-poong looked on in surprise as Pot Goblin smiled and spoke.
“If you want an explanation, I could give you one… but just think of it as the Goblin Library.”
Seeing Pot Goblin’s expression that suggested this should be explanation enough, Yu Tae-poong nodded.
“Of course. This is the Goblin Library after all.”
Satisfied with Yu Tae-poong’s answer, Pot Goblin opened her book. Watching her, Yu Tae-poong stretched once before returning his focus to his own reading.

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Yu Tae-poong was riding in Pot Goblin’s sedan.
Vroom!
The luxury vehicle advanced with a deep, resonant exhaust note that was utterly refined.
“This car… it’s absolutely incredible.”
As Yu Tae-poong gazed around the interior, Pot Goblin smiled with one arm draped casually over the window frame.
“I especially love that deep exhaust sound.”
I couldn’t quite appreciate the exhaust note, but the car itself was undeniably beautiful and impressive.
Yet even as I admired the vehicle’s interior, I glanced upward at the roof. Though all I could see through the ceiling was the sky itself, I cautiously rolled down the window and poked my head out.
“Brother, are you okay up there?”
“Hm? I’m fine. I ride like this all the time.”
Dung Carrier Goblin was currently perched on the car’s roof. Despite his assurance that he was comfortable, Yu Tae-poong kept glancing upward with concern.
Here I was sitting in the passenger seat while Dung Carrier Goblin rode on the roof—it made me deeply uncomfortable.
Pot Goblin spoke up.
“I feel bad for Dung Carrier Goblin, but the car picks up the smell.”
“It’s fine, really.”
Despite his reassurance, Yu Tae-poong remained uneasy and ventured a careful suggestion.
“Why don’t you just open that door and go through a goblin gate instead?”
With a simple door opening, they could arrive at their destination instantly using the goblin gate.
“Don’t worry about it. I enjoy traveling like this. It’s refreshing and exhilarating.”
Being on top of a car certainly provided that sense of openness. Yu Tae-poong decided not to press further.
Besides, Pot Goblin was right—if Dung Carrier Goblin rode inside, the car would absorb an unpleasant odor. I understood Pot Goblin’s reluctance.
After driving for some time, the car arrived at the Car Wash.
“We’re here.”
As Pot Goblin stepped out of the vehicle, Yu Tae-poong followed.
There, Yu Tae-poong spotted a man washing cars—a somewhat stocky fellow.

「Kang Young-moon」

‘Kang Young-moon.’
The two goblins had read the book about Kang Young-moon and wanted to see him in person, so the three of them had come to the Car Wash where he worked.

「Kang Young-moon.
The protagonist of Bamboo Sword Goblin’s novel 【Kang Young-moon】.
Known as the village idiot due to his low intelligence. Yet he is also known as the neighborhood’s kind older brother—simple-hearted and genuinely good-natured.
He lives with his grandfather and younger brother. He loves them more than anyone else in the world.
Though he knows his own intellect is limited, he believes that as the older brother and eldest grandson, he must protect both Kang Young-sik and his grandfather.
That is why he works so diligently to earn money.」

He’s known around the neighborhood as a fool because of his low intelligence. However, he’s so naive and kind-hearted that he’s also known as the neighborhood’s good older brother.
Grandfather, I’m living with my younger sibling. I love Grandfather and my younger sibling more than anyone in the world.
He knows he’s not smart, but he thinks he, as the older brother and eldest grandson, must protect his younger brother Kang Young-sik and his Grandfather.

「Yoo Hoon-soo.
Yu Tae-poong smiled as I read Kang Young-moon’s introduction. As I looked at Kang Young-moon, a Car Wash employee approached.
“Your reservation… customer with vehicle number 7324.”
When I turned to look at the employee checking the car number, I noticed he also had an introduction attached to him.
“I think Kang Young-moon is foolish for working hard for his family, but at the same time, I respect him.”

A Car Wash employee appearing in Bamboo Sword Goblin’s novel 【Kang Young-moon】.
He’s a neighborhood friend of Kang Young-moon. In his childhood, he was a hoodlum who bullied Kang Young-moon, but when Kang Young-moon showed up at his mother’s funeral and offered sincere consolation—though somewhat clumsy and incoherent—he was deeply moved and they became close.
After that, he resolved to live properly and got a job at the Car Wash through Kang Young-moon’s introduction.
He thinks Kang Young-moon’s diligent living for his family is foolish, but on the other hand, he respects him.」
Yu Hoon-su thought about this and asked the pot goblin.
Yu Tae-poong smiled again as I looked at Yu Hoon-su. True to the introduction’s description, he had a somewhat rough style, but he was a young man living diligently now that he’d matured.
Moreover, after becoming close with Kang Young-moon, he was a good friend who protected him from people trying to take advantage of his naivety.
At the sight of me smiling at him, Yu Hoon-su glanced at his own face reflected in the window.
‘Why is he smiling at me like that? I don’t even have anything on my face.’
Thinking such thoughts, Yu Hoon-su asked Pot Goblin.
“You reserved the Car Wash VIP course, correct?”
“Yes.”
“Understood. First….”
After glancing at the car, Yu Hoon-su spoke.
“As you heard when making the reservation, the course costs 45,000 won.”
“Here you go.”
As Pot Goblin pulled out a card from her phone, Yu Hoon-su said with a smile.
“You can pay after the wash when you’re satisfied. It should take about 1 hour and 20 minutes.”
At Yu Hoon-su’s words, Pot Goblin nodded.
“Would it be alright to rest here for a bit while we wait?”
“Of course. The break room is over there.”
After pointing toward the break room, Yu Hoon-su suddenly remembered something.
“Oh! And all our Car Wash employees wear action cameras on our chests.”
As he spoke, Yu Hoon-su pointed to his own chest.
An action camera about the size of a cigarette pack was attached to his chest.
When Pot Goblin saw it, Yu Hoon-su explained.
“We occasionally get complaints that items left in vehicles have gone missing. We film the car’s interior with action cameras in front of customers and then proceed with the wash.”
At Yu Hoon-su’s explanation, Yu Tae-poong nodded. There was an episode related to this.
Among the cars Kang Young-moon had washed, there were sometimes strange customers.
They were people who suspected Kang Young-moon of stealing their wallets.
Once, a car owner who had dropped off his car to be washed and gone to eat with his girlfriend came back alone to pick it up. He claimed his wallet was missing, suspected Kang Young-moon, and even called the police.
The owner and employees defended Kang Young-moon, saying he wasn’t that kind of person, but the customer dismissed the simple-minded Kang Young-moon and pressed him, saying he must have taken it out of greed.
When the boyfriend didn’t show up for so long, the girlfriend called, and when the customer claimed the wallet was missing, she answered that she was keeping it safe—resolving the misunderstanding.

In such cases, it was uncertain whether the wallet truly went missing or if someone was falsely blaming Kang Young-moon.

Whenever a car arrived, they would film the car wash process with the action cameras.
To preempt any complaints from car owners asking why they were being filmed, he posted advance notices and hung an informational banner.
In particular, the owners of the car that Kang Young-moon washed had more faith. Kang Young-moon’s cleaning process was so thorough that it was refreshing to watch.
「Our Car Wash employees wear action cameras on their chests and film the process. We will provide copies of the car wash procedure to customers who wish to see it.」
“are you okay.”
Some customers who disliked having their vehicles filmed would squint and take their business elsewhere, but most didn’t mind—and some actually welcomed it.
After all, watching a copy of the car wash process let them see exactly how thoroughly their vehicle was being cleaned.
Customers whose cars were washed by Kang Young-moon were especially reassured. His meticulous cleaning process was so satisfying to watch that it put viewers at ease.
At Yu Hoon-su’s explanation, Pot Goblin nodded.
“That’s fine.”
“Understood. I’ll proceed once you hand over your keys.”
“Could I have Kang Young-moon handle my car?”
“Young-moon?”
Yu Hoon-su looked at her with a puzzled expression, then examined the vehicle.
It was her first time bringing a car here, so her request for Kang Young-moon seemed odd.
“A friend of mine had her car washed here, and she said Kang Young-moon does such thorough, excellent work.”
At Pot Goblin’s words, Yu Hoon-su nodded and glanced at Kang Young-moon.
“Young-moon does wash cars well. But he’s working on another vehicle right now… so if we start on yours after he finishes that one, it’ll take about twenty more minutes, meaning roughly two hours total. Would that be acceptable?”
“That’s fine.”

Yu Hoon-su removed the action camera attached to his chest and filmed the car’s interior.
Once the filming was complete, Pot Goblin and Yu Tae-poong entered the break room together.
Inside the break room, several customers waiting for their cars to finish were either drinking coffee or sitting in massage chairs.
Actually, it wasn’t just customers. Above the head of a man sitting in a massage chair, text floated into view.
In the past, I used to tease and tease the idiot Kang Yeong-moon, but now I think of him as my younger brother.”

The son of the Car Wash Owner who appears in Bamboo Sword Goblin’s novel 【Kang Young-moon】. Currently 42 years old and unemployed.
As the son of a respected neighborhood Car Wash Owner, he never worried about money growing up.
He lost money several times attempting business ventures, so his family doesn’t acknowledge his efforts. However, aside from financial matters, he is an affectionate son to his parents.
He used to tease the foolish Kang Young-moon and poke fun at him, but now he thinks of him like a younger brother.」
As Typhoon was thinking that, Hojun Lee, who was sitting on a massage chair and using his cell phone, glanced at him.
‘So that’s Lee Ho-jun.’
Upon spotting Lee Ho-jun from the novel, Yu Tae-poong let out a quiet chuckle to himself.
According to the story, the Company President had apparently brought him to the Car Wash to get some work done, but instead he was sprawled across a massage chair in the break room doing nothing.
‘That’s so Lee Ho-jun.’
As Yu Tae-poong was thinking this, Lee Ho-jun, who had been on his phone while sitting in the massage chair, glanced up at him.
“Have we met somewhere before?”
“No, I don’t think so.”
“You were staring at me so intently, I thought you knew me.”
“Oh! I apologize. You just have a very pleasant face.”
At the compliment, Lee Ho-jun stared at him for a moment before letting out a soft laugh. Then he reclined back into the massage chair.
“Ah, this feels great.”
Yu Tae-poong turned his gaze away from Lee Ho-jun, who was contentedly enjoying the vibrations of the massage chair, and looked toward the Dung Carrier Goblin.
The Dung Carrier Goblin was invisible, surveying the Car Wash interior.
It would have been fine outside the shop, but it was difficult for the Dung Carrier Goblin to reveal herself inside the Car Wash.
After all, her appearance was shabby in that old hanbok, and there was the matter of her smell.
As Yu Tae-poong was about to find a seat, a coffee machine caught his eye. It was the type that ground beans and brewed fresh coffee.
Compared to the typical instant coffee machines found in most car washes, this was quite upscale.
‘Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these.’
Since working at the Goblin Library, I’d been grinding beans and brewing coffee myself, so it had been ages since I’d encountered a machine like this.
With that, Yu Tae-poong approached the coffee machine and spoke.
“Pot… ahem!”
For a moment, Yu Tae-poong nearly called out to Pot Goblin, but caught himself with a cough. Fortunately, Lee Ho-jun and the others in the break room either hadn’t heard him or didn’t care.
Yu Tae-poong spoke again toward Pot Goblin.
“Would you like a cup of coffee?”
“Will it be good?”
“I suppose it depends on your taste.”
Answering with a smile, Yu Tae-poong carefully examined the machine’s buttons and pressed for a strong Americano.
Grind, grind!
After the sound of beans grinding briefly echoed, the coffee poured out. Yu Tae-poong took a sip from the disposable cup, savored it for a moment, then spoke.
“Not bad. Would you prefer it stronger?”
“Make it weaker.”
Following Pot Goblin’s request, Yu Tae-poong brewed a lighter coffee and handed it to her. Pot Goblin caught the aroma and shook her head.
“After drinking the coffee you make, the aroma of this really doesn’t compare.”

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