How to Seduce S-Class Hunters with Bungeoppang - Chapter 53

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【Chapter 53】
True to her experience working long hours at restaurants, Se-ah integrated into the shop with remarkable speed.
“Welcome~”
She greeted customers with a bright smile as they entered, confirmed their orders, packaged their food, and periodically climbed to the second floor to wipe down the grimy tables.
“Wasn’t it a good call hiring Sister Se-ah?”
“It really was. Thanks to her, I actually have time to chat like this.”
Being able to focus solely on food preparation seemed to boost efficiency as well. Ari beamed with pride, as if to say her strong recommendation had proven justified.
‘Though I suspect Ari likes Se-ah more because she’s beautiful than for any other reason….’
Well, regardless of the reason, good results were what mattered. I nodded in agreement with Ari’s words. She let out a soft giggle while refilling the fish cake broth that had reduced.
“By the way, isn’t the customers’ reaction absolutely hilarious?”
“Huh? What reaction?”
“Whenever Sister Se-ah talks to them, they just freeze up like robots!”
Now that she mentioned it, there was indeed another noticeable change since Se-ah had joined as staff.
“Welcome, do you have a reservation?”
“Uh-whoa! Could you be… an Elf?”
“Customer? Is there something you need?”
“Ah! I… might need something…? Hahahaha!”
Just as Ari said, people who got a close look at Se-ah’s face suddenly started stammering.
Of course, the Hunter Management Bureau had many people with striking appearances. Lee Hyun-woo was a prime example, and Kang Min, the former idol, was no less impressive in that regard. But they were all people the Hunters were accustomed to seeing.
‘They appeared on TV and YouTube quite often.’
But Se-ah, who had appeared like a comet, seemed to have caught everyone off guard. So both men and women alike were losing their composure.
“Ahahaha! This is the first time I’ve seen Sister So-hyun flustered like that!”
“Right? Still, once everyone gets used to it, they should be fine.”
I couldn’t really say anything—I’d been startled the first time I saw her face and stumbled over my words. When I greeted her, there was literally a halo shining behind her.
“Your name is Kim So-hyun, correct? I’ll get you two macadamia nut fish cakes and two cream fish cakes right away. Plus one fish cake skewer and one serving of tteokbokki.”
“Ah! Yes, yes! Thank you so much!”
Se-ah smiled sweetly and deftly packed the food, handing it over. The flustered customer left, and new ones immediately filled the shop.
“Boss! Why don’t we sell soddok soddok?”
“The reviews are insane… surely it’s not exclusive to the Busan Branch?”
Beyond the new employee, customers’ attention was focused on the new menu item “soddok soddok,” which had debuted at the Busan Branch.
Customers who had read reviews on the Hunter Forum and social media were clamoring for the Main Branch to start selling soddok soddok as well.
“Of course we will. Please be patient a little longer.”
“I’m getting dizzy from waiting….”
The customers fidgeted, but in truth, there was a reason the Main Branch couldn’t easily introduce the new menu.
‘We don’t have the manpower to make it.’
Se-ah handled customer service and cleaning the dining area, I handled fish cakes, and Ari handled tteokbokki and fish cake skewers. With only two people capable of cooking, I couldn’t recklessly expand the menu.
Wasn’t Se-ah making it three people?
The truth was, I hadn’t yet used my “employee hiring authority” on Se-ah. So even if she made food, it would just be ordinary food without any blessing infused into it.
‘It’s better to observe her a bit longer before making a formal hire.’
Of course, Se-ah had proven herself to be kind and enthusiastic so far, but Ha-nyang’s cryptic words still bothered me.
If what she wanted would harm our Shop, there was no immediate rush to hire anyway. Taking a bit more time to observe seemed like the right call.
“Sister, we’re really not going to make tteokbokki skewers?”
“Why? Do you want to?”
“It’s more that I’m curious. The reviews say they’re incredibly delicious.”
Ari spoke with her eyes sparkling brightly. Despite being E-rank and barely experiencing any side effects from awakening, Ari loved our Shop’s food. She claimed it had a special taste different from ordinary dishes.
I smiled and nodded.
“Let’s release it when the timing feels right.”
“Yes! I love it!”
Ari grinned widely as she rapidly threaded fish cakes onto skewers. Her hands moved so quickly that she was performing the trick of threading them without even properly looking at the skewers.
‘Hmm, but if we release tteokbokki skewers, a new labor nightmare will be waiting. Is that okay?’
Like the fish cake skewers, tteokbokki skewers had the disadvantage of needing to be threaded by hand. When I asked, apparently Gong Ju-hee was diligently threading them at the Busan Branch.
‘Since Ari handles the fish cakes… I guess I’ll have to thread these myself?’
I shrugged my shoulders while thinking I should check if Jeoseung-i Dot Com had any automation machines.
―Ding.
“Welcome… Oh? Lee Hyun-woo! It’s been a while.”
“I stopped by after finishing at the Gate. I heard you opened Branch 2. Congratulations, though I’m late.”
Even though we exchanged messages frequently, I’d been too busy with Gate work to see his face much. Seeing him now felt quite refreshing.
“Have you eaten? I brought inari sushi on the way back.”
“Not yet. Thank you.”
I accepted the heavy bag in his hands. With the Shop being so busy, it wasn’t easy to grab lunch, so at times like this I’d simply eat with food other customers brought by.
The morning rush had died down somewhat, so it seemed we could all share the inari sushi together at the Shop.
“Ari, could you grab some chopsticks?”
“Yes, Sister! Wow, there’s salmon on top of the inari sushi? This looks amazing.”
“Se-ah! Let’s eat inari sushi together!”
Se-ah was tidying up tables on the Second Floor. When I went up and called her, she said she was getting hungry anyway and would come right down.
“Would you like to join us for a meal, Lee Hyun-woo?”
“That’s alright. I just stopped by to deliver this.”
I offered Lee Hyun-woo a seat, but he shook his head briefly. It seemed he had other work piling up.
‘The inari sushi probably won’t taste like much to him… but it would be nice if he ate with us anyway.’
Food was important for its taste, but the atmosphere of sharing it together mattered too. I urged Lee Hyun-woo again to join us, but he smiled faintly and shook his head.
‘Maybe I should unlock inari sushi as the next menu item? It’s easy to eat casually, and we can top it with various ingredients.’
As I was thinking this and unwrapping the inari sushi, Se-ah, who was coming down from upstairs, saw Lee Hyun-woo and suddenly froze in place.
“Ah…!”
She dropped the towel in her hand and went rigid, her mouth covered. Was something wrong? Startled, I hurried toward her.
“Se-ah? Are you alright?”
“This can’t be….”
Her gaze was fixed on none other than Lee Hyun-woo. She stumbled down the stairs and approached him as he stood quietly.
“…You really are my brother. I’ve been searching for you all this time.”
Searching? For Lee Hyun-woo? Why? At her sudden words, all the customers in the Shop stopped talking and focused on us.
“…You must have mistaken me for someone else.”
Lee Hyun-woo’s expression darkened slightly as he leaned back, causing Se-ah’s carefully extended hand to drift through empty air without reaching him.
Se-ah bit her lip hard, her trembling voice breaking with tears as she spoke.
“Have you really forgotten everything? My face, my voice?”
Lee Hyun-woo looked toward me with obvious discomfort. Se-ah’s legs seemed to give way beneath her as she sank to the floor, burying her face in her palms.
“I still remember you. Sob… you’ve really forgotten it all, haven’t you? How could you? How could you…?”
Her quiet sobs filled the silent shop. Lee Hyun-woo gazed down at her with his characteristic cold, distant eyes.
I was rising from my seat to comfort Se-ah when, still hunched over and sobbing, she suddenly cried out in anguish.
“You really don’t remember me? It’s me, Se-ah. Yoon Se-ah! We even promised to get married!”
What? Marriage?

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