The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 337

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Episode 337
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Hwang Jin-gu, the restaurant owner, and Jang Hee-jin, a part-time employee, guided us in somewhat belatedly.
A short woman approached first.
An Yoo-jin accepted it as it was.
“W-well, since you mentioned over fifty people, we’ve prepared the largest hall for you.”
“Ah, thank you so much.”
“Is it some kind of gathering?”
“No, it’s a company dinner.”
I couldn’t quite bring myself to say it was a guild dinner.
So I simply called it a company dinner.
“Ah!!! I see! If there’s anything you’d like that isn’t on the menu, please let us know! For Korean cuisine, we’ll do our best to accommodate!”
“Well… that would be incredibly helpful. We have some foreigners coming too.”
“Of course, just let us know anytime!”
The owner Hwang Jin-gu and part-time employee Jang Hee-jin treated us with such courtesy.
Watching how kindly they welcomed us, An Yoo-jin tilted her head in puzzlement.
But thinking it made sense since we’d reserved the entire space, she let it pass.
From their initial reaction, they really hadn’t expected us to show up?
Come to think of it, I think I’d heard that no-shows have been quite a problem lately.
‘They must have it rough.’
Still, we’d boost their sales today.
An Yoo-jin didn’t pay it much mind and asked, watching two people walking in late from outside.
“Aren’t they coming?”
“Yeah, they’re coming.”
“Yes, they’re on their way.”
Yoo Mi-na and An Yu-bin answered thus.
An Yoo-jin acknowledged and surveyed how to arrange the seating.
After all, it was a company dinner.
We needed to arrange the seats properly.
Otherwise…
‘Everyone will try to sit near Yoo Sung-hyun.’
That couldn’t happen.
It would definitely turn into chaos in an instant.
I also considered rotating seats party-style as the evening progressed.
Well, if I just arranged the initial seating well, they wouldn’t change it on their own afterward.
Surely.
‘They won’t fight, will they?’
Yoo Sung-hyun’s popularity had been skyrocketing with each passing day.
And it was the same within the Rapid Guild.
Because of this, I was somewhat concerned.
An Yoo-jin didn’t dwell on such complications and arranged the seating with maximum efficiency.
‘Let’s put me, Mi-na, Yu-bin, Sung-hyun, and Geon-dong at one table.’
She reasoned that keeping herself and Yoo Mi-na—as guild master—at their own table would discourage anyone from approaching recklessly and causing unforeseen trouble.
An Yu-bin was her own sister, after all, and Yoo Sung-hyun was the leader of the Backup Team.
Lee Geon-dong was Sung-hyun’s friend too.
There was absolutely no other intention behind it.
Just then, Yoo Mi-na caught An Yoo-jin’s eye with a subtle wink as she contemplated the seating arrangement.
An Yoo-jin nodded knowingly in return.
“…?”
Seeing her older sisters’ exchange, An Yu-bin tilted her head in confusion.
But she said nothing.
In any case, they quickly finalized the seating arrangement.
An Yoo-jin was just beginning to find the whole thing slightly tedious.
Wooooooooosh——!!!
A high-pitched engine whine pierced the air as another car pulled in.
A sleek red Ferrari Roma with a flawless body.
Seeing it, Yoo Mi-na spoke casually.
“Huh? Sung-hyun’s already here?”
“Oh? He came early?”
It was still a while before one o’clock.
It was only just past twelve-ten.
As the two older sisters spoke.
An Yu-bin’s face flushed with color, and the two sisters, noticing it, grinned wickedly at each other and nodded.
As if they’d discovered something amusing.
3.
After parking and stepping out of the car.
Lee Geon-dong’s eyes were already wide with wonder.
“Wow, that, that’s not an Urus, is it? And isn’t that a Ferrari 812? Crazy, there’s even a Bentley….”
Watching him swallow hard as he spoke.
It was somewhat amusing.
While not quite to Kim Young-min’s degree, Lee Geon-dong certainly had a passion for cars.
It was only natural for a man his age.
Yoo Sung-hyun had initially shown no interest, but once he’d driven one, everything changed.
“Wow, this isn’t even a motor show….”
“Let’s go in. Looks like the older sisters and Yu-bin have already arrived?”
“Uh, yeah. Yeah, let’s go in.”
Watching Lee Geon-dong’s peculiar nervousness, Yoo Sung-hyun thought it made sense.
An Yoo-jin was his boss, after all.
It was understandable to be nervous.
‘But why is his face so red?’
I had a fleeting doubt, but—
Well, I’d support a friend’s romance, so why not.
I had no intention of teasing them.
I simply smiled and headed inside.
As the two of them entered together,
Hwang Jin-gu rushed forward to greet them.
“Welcome!!! The guests who arrived early have already arranged their seating….”
“Ah, yes, thank you.”
“Yes, please come right in.”
Following Hwang Jin-gu’s courteous directions, I stepped inside.
The Grand Hall was spacious with large windows overlooking the scenery outside, creating quite a pleasant atmosphere.
And immediately visible within were three women.
“Hello.”
“Welcome! I’m Geon-dong!”
Yoo Sung-hyun offered a casual greeting while Geon-dong’s posture was tense and formal.
The three women responded with greetings of their own.
“Geon-dong, welcome. Sung-hyun, come on in.”
“Oh, welcome.”
“Oh, Geon-dong! It’s been so long!”
Yoo Mi-na greeted him as if they’d met long ago, and Geon-dong was startled, bowing his head deeply in return.
“S-Sister, it’s b-been a while!!”
His greeting sounded like something from a gangster drama.
An Yoo-jin chuckled and spoke.
“Ah, Geon-dong went to school in our neighborhood, right?”
As if that explained everything.
And An Yu-bin tilted her head curiously upon hearing this.
“Huh? Why is that?”
“Ah, Yoo Mi-na was famous back then.”
“Be quiet.”
Just as An Yoo-jin was about to continue her revelation, Yoo Mi-na gave her a sharp look and spoke in a low voice.
An Yoo-jin laughed.
Anyway.
“So, how should we arrange the seating?”
“Well, the five of us at one table. I noticed each table seats six.”
“Ah, there’s plenty of room then.”
At An Yoo-jin’s words, Yoo Sung-hyun, who had glanced around the establishment, nodded.
However.
“Shouldn’t we leave the foreigners to Kim Che-gun?”
“Kim Che-gun? Ah, you mean Reaper? Well, but he said William is also fluent in Korean.”
“…?”
Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head at the conversation between Yoo Mi-na and An Yoo-jin.
Two foreigners fluent in Korean—that was unexpected.
He wondered if this was right.
But dwelling on it would only give him a headache, so he didn’t think too hard about it.
In any case, they had arranged the seating with consideration for the foreigners as well.
From Merlin, the Chinese woman, to Kyou, Embris, Menma, Chako, Usagi, and Kurosawa Ren, who were Japanese.
There were quite a few foreigners, it was true.
“I heard Kurosawa Ren speaks Korean well among the Japanese.”
“Merlin’s mother is Korean, so she’ll speak Korean well.”
“Phew, it’s already chaotic.”
At least there was no need for an interpreter—that was something to be grateful for.
An Yoo-jin and everyone else seemed flustered.
Yoo Sung-hyun chuckled as well.
After all, it was a guild with people of various races gathered together.
He thought it was unavoidable.
Since Yoo Sung-hyun didn’t know the guild members well, he couldn’t arrange the seating perfectly, but he could handle the banners An Yoo-jin had prepared and other installations well.
When the boss, Hwang Jin-gu, insisted on doing it himself, Yoo Sung-hyun and Lee Geon-dong firmly stopped him and took on the task instead.
As they prepared like this.
They could see high-end foreign cars arriving one by one.
There were supercars that belched out roaring exhaust sounds, and there were luxury sedans as well.
But they all shared one thing in common.
“Wow wow!!! What a perfectly wonderful place!!! Of course, wherever you go, Yoo Sung-hyun, it must be perfect, yes!? Hahahaha!!!”
Reaper, a tall Westerner dressed in a neat suit, said this while already lavishing praise on Yoo Sung-hyun.
And in fluent Korean at that.
And beside him, a blonde, blue-eyed foreigner dressed in a hanbok—Kim Che-gun, or rather Clara—cried out in Korean as eloquent as that of a historical drama.
“…Hehe, surely this establishment is most fitting for a Joseon person such as myself!!! I am most satisfied!!!”
The guild members who saw the two of them tried to avoid them.
However.
“Hahahaha!!! Korea!!! The homeland of our mother!!! I love it so much!!!”
Merlin, a small girl-like figure covered in cheerful freckles, laughed heartily and spoke, and the atmosphere became extraordinary.
So when other guild members saw that peculiar trio and tried to avoid them.
“Kufufufu, it was wise indeed to have learned Korean in preparation for such occasions. As expected of me. Now then, let us enter. Ikimasho.”
Kurosawa Ren, being Japanese, appeared with Japanese mixed in here and there.
It made me wonder if this was right.
But they were people who did this even in games.
Soon the guild members were adapting one by one.
Well, there was a small commotion in between.
“Yoo Mi-na! Phew, how about a sparring match after the meal?”
“Are you insane? Clara?”
“Gaaah!!! I am Kim Che-gun, if you please!?”
“Haa.”
Kim Che-gun—or rather, Clara—appeared as though about to rush toward Yoo Mi-na.
“Ooooooh!!! Please, may I have your autograph?!”
“Huh? Ah…”
“Kuoooooh!!! I got it, I got it!!!”
Reaper—no, Will—was howling with joy after receiving Yoo Sung-hyun’s signature.
The other foreigners, concerned they might appear equally unhinged, remained relatively composed, and the guild members who had initially considered approaching Yoo Sung-hyun during this first gathering found themselves unable to do so.
The worry naturally arose that if they spoke up amidst such chaos, they’d fall out of favor alongside Reaper.
And so the most boisterous gathering in the world was beginning.
As time passed, those who had felt awkward at first gradually began exchanging words—first among their own team members, then with those from other teams—sharing information, laughing, and chattering away, moving between seats and thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Yoo Sung-hyun too found the experience of actually meeting the Backup Team members in person somewhat peculiar.
Especially.
“Ah, hello there.”
“Hello?”
Kyou, in particular, looked far more reserved than expected.
I was also surprised to discover that all members of Embris’s team were women.
‘So they just styled themselves to look more masculine.’
As for Merlin and Kurosawa Ren, they were exactly as they appeared in the game, and Lung Feng, Elzahar, and Hwawol—the original Luna Team members—were similarly consistent with their in-game personas.
In demeanor and manner of speech.
Well, there were certainly some who stood out.
It couldn’t be helped.
Having met all manner of people and enjoyed the gathering far more than anticipated, Yoo Sung-hyun.
Though the evening ended somewhat early, it was far more enjoyable than expected.
I exchanged warm greetings with Clara, whom I hadn’t seen in ages, and fumbled through questions about whether I was skilled at swordplay in reality as well, and so the gathering deepened.
Rather than splitting off into second and third rounds elsewhere, I had deliberately rented out this place for the entire day.
It was certainly more convenient.
However.
“The staff here and the owner must be working so hard.”
When Yoo Sung-hyun expressed such concern.
An Yu-bin spoke reassuringly.
“It’s fine. I gave them a generous tip.”
“Ah, I see.”
Well, if that’s the case.
Indeed, the staff’s expressions while serving looked quite pleased.
Money truly is supreme.
Thinking as much while continuing various conversations, when I.
returned to my original seat.
An Yu-bin, who was sitting beside me, carefully broached a topic.

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