How to Seduce S-Class Hunters with Bungeoppang - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in the familiar comfort of my home.
I’m back? Just like that?
“…And I even brought the clothes with me.”
I should have returned the combat gear.
I checked the System again, but the Gate entrance itself was blocked, stating that material collection was complete.
“What is this! I didn’t even get to say goodbye!”
“The objective was achieved, meow.”
I wondered how bewildered Lee Hyun-woo must have been. I vanished the moment I plucked the herb.
And I’d even taken the borrowed clothes with me. But there was nothing I could do about it—I didn’t even have his contact information.
‘I’ll have to find him and visit later.’
I hung the combat gear on a hanger and stored it carefully to the side. I couldn’t risk damaging it if I tried to wash it.
“So, should I try synthesizing the special effect now?”
I sat on my bed and opened my status window.
Shop Name: Ha-neul’s
⇒Menu List
1. Red Bean Fish-Shaped Pastry
2. Cream Fish-Shaped Pastry (NEW)
3. Locked
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When I clicked on the Cream Fish-Shaped Pastry with the blinking ‘NEW’ tag, a message appeared saying special effect synthesis was possible.
Required materials: 20 Solsol Grass. I’d gathered all the materials….
“Perfect. Let’s synthesize!”
The moment I pressed ‘Synthesize’, a cute chime sounded and a loading message appeared.
Shortly after, a visual effect of fireworks bursting filled my vision as it announced completion.
I immediately clicked on the Cream Fish-Shaped Pastry in the System window.
“Oh, there’s a new description I didn’t see before.”
Cream Fish-Shaped Pastry
: A fish-shaped pastry filled with soft, fluffy cream
*Special Effect: Drowsiness Drifts Away (Fatigue -50%)
Fatigue -50%? So it wasn’t just making me sleepy?
I grinned as I looked at my status window.
“With a new effect like this, I have to test it out.”
I happened to be exhausted from my first Gate expedition, fatigue layered upon fatigue.
“Oil the mold~ pour in the batter~ add the cream~”
I hummed as I baked the Cream Fish-Shaped Pastries. Unlike the red bean version, the cream was thinner, requiring precise temperature control.
But that was no problem for me. I was already an expert, having baked over 500 pastries.
‘Perfect as always!’
I nodded in satisfaction as I gazed at the golden-brown pastries fresh from the mold.
I blew on the piping-hot fish-shaped pastry to cool it, then carefully took a bite. Sweet, velvety cream filling spread across my tongue, flooding my mouth with delicious sweetness.
“Mmm—! This is seriously delicious!”
Fireworks shaped like fish-shaped pastries exploded in my mind. I couldn’t believe such a flavor existed in this world!
“Me too! Me too, meow!”
“Ha-nyang wants one too?”
Ha-nyang pressed against my side and opened her mouth wide with a loud meow.
I tore off a piece of the pastry and popped it into her mouth. Her black pupils dilated instantly.
“Is it really that good?”
“It tastes like heaven, meow!!!”
I scratched the chin of the purring, satisfied Ha-nyang. After devouring several more pastries,
“Yawn, I’m getting a bit drowsy…. Is this a blood sugar spike?”
“No way. It’s a special effect, meow.”
It was only 8 PM. Too early to be heading to bed.
Yet my eyelids felt inexplicably heavy. Was it really the pastry’s special effect?
“I went through the Gate today and worked hard. Yawn, I should get some sleep early.”
I rubbed my eyes groggily and slowly pulled the blanket over myself.
‘But didn’t it say fatigue would decrease? Why am I so sleepy….’
Before I could finish the thought, the moment I closed my eyes, I plunged into a deep sleep as if my consciousness had been severed.
And the next morning, I could feel the incredible effects of the fish-shaped pastry.
“It doesn’t hurt! Not at all!”
I twisted my neck side to side. No cracking sounds. Then I rolled my shoulders. They felt light!
All the muscle soreness from baking the pastries had completely vanished. Utterly gone.
“It’s like my body just after birth, meow.”
Ha-nyang also looked satisfied, stretching her legs out luxuriously.
It felt like being reborn.
“…This will definitely sell.”
I smiled widely, thinking of the cream-filled fish-shaped pastries. The effects were perfect, so all I had to do was give them to Lia, and the mission would be complete.
I waited eagerly for Monday, when the Shop would open, my heart racing with anticipation.
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“Lia! You’ve finally arrived!”
“Ah, yes…. I’m surprised you’re so happy to see me.”
At my enthusiastic greeting, Lia seemed flustered and averted her gaze.
Whether she was flustered or not didn’t matter to me—there was something far more important.
‘Giving her the cream-filled fish-shaped pastries!’
I was genuinely curious to see how Lia, who had been suffering from insomnia ever since her awakening, would react to eating the pastries.
“I mentioned it before, didn’t I? I prepared something special—fish-shaped pastries.”
“Ah… the ones that help you sleep?”
“Ta-da! Sleep-inducing cream-filled fish-shaped pastries!”
She accepted the pastry with a somewhat reluctant expression.
Well, of course—to anyone’s eyes, they would just look like ordinary fish-shaped pastries.
“It looks so ordinary on the surface….”
“I added a special ingredient that was incredibly difficult to obtain. Please, try one!”
I gestured eagerly at the hesitant woman, urging her to taste it.
“…I’m not sure if it will have any effect.”
She sighed softly, then bit into the fin of the cream-filled fish-shaped pastry.
Staring down at the cross-section of the pastry, golden cream oozing from within, she spoke.
“It tastes good, but I still don’t feel any special effect-”
Her body slowly toppled to the side. What was happening?!
“Lia!?”
The moment she collapsed, the Hunters nearby rushed over in a flurry.
Wait, she suddenly fell? Could it be because of my pastry?
“I, I never intended this effect…!”
I frantically removed my apron and rushed to her side.
“Hunter! Are you alright!?”
“…Just a moment.”
One of the Hunters checking her condition slowly lifted his head and looked at me.
“It seems she’s just fallen asleep?”
“…What?”
“In English, sleeping. In other words, deep sleep.”
Looking down at her face, she appeared utterly peaceful.
Her chest rising and falling gently. Soft, rhythmic breathing. And a completely relaxed expression.
Anyone could see she had fallen into a deep slumber.
“The fish-shaped pastry has such a powerful effect?”
Just one bite. She hadn’t even finished one whole pastry—merely taken a single bite.
Soon after, the Medical Department doctors who rushed over diagnosed that she had simply fallen asleep and began preparing to transfer her to the Ward.
The gathered Hunters exchanged glances among themselves.
“Lia fell asleep just from eating a fish-shaped pastry?”
“The effect is insane….”
And the Shop descended into absolute chaos.
“Boss! One cream fish-shaped pastry, please!”
“Wait, I was first!!”
“I’ll order the cream one too!”
I had no time to check on her condition further and hurried back to the Shop, tying my apron back on.
“Argh! Form a line! I’ll serve you in order!”
Cream pastries here, cream pastries there. No matter how many I baked, orders kept pouring in endlessly.
‘I would have collapsed long ago without my Stamina Skill.’
I was frantically processing the endless stream of orders when suddenly, the noise around the Shop cut off unnaturally. I looked up to see what was happening, and
“…Lee Hyun-woo?”
The Shop had gone strangely quiet, and a familiar beautiful woman appeared before the entrance.
It was Lee Hyun-woo, the Hunter I had parted ways with at the Gate without even saying goodbye.
“Lee Hyun-woo! Perfect timing—I was just preparing some new fish-shaped pastries for you….”
“How could you disappear without a word like that?”
“Pardon?”
His clothes were exactly as I’d seen them in the Gate.
Had he really been inside the Gate all this time? Even after I came out?
Only then did I grasp the gravity of the situation, and I bowed my head contritely.
“I’m so sorry. It was such an unexpected situation that I panicked….”
Who could have predicted I’d be suddenly pulled back right after collecting the materials?
Still, vanishing without explanation wasn’t exactly courteous of me.
“I wanted to contact you, but I didn’t have your number…. You must have been shocked, right? I’m truly sorry.”
“Ah, never mind.”
He shook his head wearily. It seemed he’d come to check on my safety once the Gate was cleared.
I should have found some way to reach him. I feel terrible about this….
He turned to leave as if his business was concluded. Watching him depart, I called out urgently.
“Wait! I’ll replace those clothes for you next time!”
“Don’t worry about it. Just keep them.”
“No, but they looked really expensive….”
He disappeared into the Management Bureau without responding. As I stared blankly at his retreating figure, I noticed the other customers’ gazes had turned peculiar.
“Were you two… together over the weekend?”
“Returning clothes? What on earth happened….”
No! What are you all talking about!
I frantically waved my hands to dispel the increasingly twisted misunderstanding.
But since I couldn’t explain that I’d entered the Gate alone, the strange misconception only deepened with each passing moment.

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