You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 52

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52

 

 

 

I was currently spending the most leisurely time I’d ever had.

 

Sinking deep into my 2.6 million won ergonomic chair, I was leisurely enjoying shopping with Golden Incense lit.

 

One of Golden Incense’s many advantages was that I didn’t need to use my hands.

Because I could turn pages and bring up search terms just by thinking.

You’re not tracking the cult?

Thanks to Sister Ahn Hyun-soo, I had found my direction, but I wasn’t prepared enough to just charge in recklessly.

Especially in Vivian’s case, background investigation wouldn’t be easy, and making a clumsy move could escalate into an international incident.

So I guess Ahn Hyun-soo noona gave me a ‘gift’.

There were two gifts.

An old-looking ornament and a profile of some person.

That figure… no, that dokkaebi was the leader of an organization called ‘Sadangpae.’

A name that circulates like an urban legend.

It was a shadowy information organization that claimed to fulfill any request.

Simply put, it was an all-purpose errand service.

If they could borrow the power of such a place, it was obvious that it would strengthen the church’s pursuit.

Moreover, the ornament she enclosed.

There was also a note saying that showing that trinket would make it easy to form a connection, but that’s not the problem.

‘How are we supposed to find the shrine gang from urban legends.’

We need to meet first before I can decide whether to show you the trinket or not.

It wasn’t called an urban legend for nothing.

At least it’s fortunate that it’s a goblin Dolsoe knows.

Even then, he wasn’t confident about when he would be able to find it.

So everything had come to a standstill at the preparation stage.

Teaching, performing with traveling troupes, and even porter work.

To be precise, it’s not that there’s no work in Asin, but rather that I’m the only one without work.

Because Ashin’s porter service was continuing its boom without showing any signs of slowing down.

He said no one would call for him unless it was a high-risk dungeon.

Even when I offered to do it cheaply, I was being turned down because they said it was still too much of a burden.

In the end, after going through all the dungeons by myself, most of the high-risk dungeons had already entered a stabilized state.

After lying there in a daze for a long while, I finally managed to open my eyes.

“Master Gilma, if you have nothing to do, why don’t you go downstairs and do some training?”

The only person in Ashin who can scold me.

It was Han Jia.

She was learning work at Ashin during summer vacation under the pretext of job experience.

He wasn’t talented in dungeon work, but rather in marketing, so he had been hired as Jinwoo’s assistant.

“Gilma is Jinwoo over there, and I’m Vice Gilma.”

At first, Jin-woo would make a sad expression, but now he just accepts it.

 

“Yes, yes. Vice Guild Master. Stop being a salary thief and go train or something.”

 

Han Jia shook her head.

 

She had earnestly looked elsewhere, saying she absolutely didn’t want to work at the same company as her brother—

I desperately looked for other places because I absolutely didn’t want to work at the same company as that jerk of a brother—

Where would you find a company worth knowing about?

After all, Han Ji-ah had indirectly experienced the happy lives of guild members and the benefits they enjoyed during her commute to and from school.

There weren’t any companies I actually knew of, and it was good that I got the internship through my brother’s connections.

Even though Jinwoo may not look like it, he’s a genius when it comes to business operations and marketing—except for the strategy side of things.

I was able to learn practical skills directly in the field, and I’m having a pretty satisfying work life.

Except for one problem.

Isn’t it obvious? It’s me.

Except for bathroom breaks, we’re stuck together all day, so it’s understandable she’d be sick of it.

 

It’s understandable that you’d get sick of it, being stuck together all day except for bathroom breaks.

“If you’re going to play around like that, don’t play alone—why don’t you give us a summer vacation instead?”

 

‘…Vacation?’

 

Those words made my eyes snap open.

 

Come to think of it, it had been quite a while since I’d taken anything resembling a vacation.

 

‘When was the last time I went on vacation?’

 

Not to mention after graduation, but even as a student I worked part-time jobs until late at night.

 

Mother had magic stone disease and Father was missing.

 

In that situation, the word ‘vacation’ itself was a luxury from the start.

 

‘It’s been over 10 years.’

 

Then suddenly, I remembered why I had been living so desperately all this time.

 

‘In the end, wasn’t it all to be happy?’

 

“Let’s go, summer vacation.”

 

“Yes, yes. Vacation… what?!”

 

Han Jia was startled by my words.

 

“Jin-woo, are you okay?”

 

“Yesss…”

 

From beyond the partition, Jin-woo, who had turned pale white from exhaustion, struggled to open his mouth.

 

“Let’s not just go by ourselves—let’s have all of Ashin take a break.”

 

“No, is that really okay?”

 

Han Jia asked back in a flustered voice.

 

“What’s the problem? Ashin isn’t the only Porter service around.”

 

“How far ahead are we booked for requests?”

 

“We only have work until tomorrow afternoon, and since it’s vacation season, we have about 3 days free.”

 

At the mention of vacation, color returned to Jin-woo’s face as he approached me.

 

“Well, after that we’re fully booked again though.”

 

“Okay.”

 

Three days would be enough.

 

“Should I send out a guild-wide announcement right away?”

 

Jin-woo said with an extremely excited expression.

 

Right, who would dislike having fun?

 

“Let’s do it right now.”

 

And so began Ashin’s unprecedented company-wide vacation.

 

***

 

Before I could even set foot in the airport, I had a gut feeling that something was wrong.

 

As soon as Ashin Guild’s complete shutdown became news, the airport was instantly covered with crowds.

 

We were surrounded by crowds before we could even cross the airport threshold.

 

“It’s Han Sang-in! Turn on the camera!”

“Hunter Han Sang-in, you’ve announced an unprecedented business closure—has something happened?”

 

Not only reporters, but even civilians who had flocked at the mention of an S-rank Hunter—

The airport entrance instantly became a marketplace.

 

It was fortunate that we had sent the guild members ahead on the plane first.

 

“Jin-woo, the tickets.”

 

“Here they are.”

 

“Give me Jia’s too.”

 

I put the two plane tickets I received from Jin-woo into my inner pocket.

 

“Hey, Han Jia.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Do you know why I don’t become Guild Master?”

 

Thinking this wasn’t the right question for this situation, Han Jia looked at me with an incredulous expression.

 

“Uh… because it’s bothersome?”

 

“Correct.”

 

“No, but why are you suddenly—”

 

As I said those words, I grabbed the back of Han Jia’s neck.

 

“Jin-woo. I’m leaving the rest to you.”

 

“What? Hyung? Are you really going to do this?!”

 

Jin-woo looked at me with a resentful expression as I moved away.

 

“Make sure to come on time for the flight.”

 

Without waiting for an answer, I leaped straight up into the sky.

 

“If I knew this would happen, I would have at least worn a suit!”

 

I could hear Jin-woo’s resentful cry, but I naturally let it go in one ear and out the other.

 

It couldn’t be helped. That’s why I put him in the Guild Master position to handle things like this.

 

Thanks to Jin-woo’s sacrifice(?), we barely managed to arrive in front of the first class lounge.

 

“The vacation isn’t starting off easy.”

 

We had circled the airport several times trying to shake off the people following us.

 

There were still a few hours left until flight time, but just as we were heading to the lounge to catch our breath for a moment.

 

“It would be better not to enter the lounge.”

 

A familiar voice was heard.

 

When I turned my head toward the sound, sure enough.

 

Association President Han Ki-cheol was standing there.

 

“Did even the Association President come to interview me about my departure?”

 

“If you were going to leave the country, you should have told me in advance.”

 

Han Ki-cheol clicked his tongue familiarly.

 

“Just because they use the lounge doesn’t mean they wouldn’t be interested in you. Follow me.”

 

The Association President turned around without even waiting for an answer.

 

“Hurry up. Or people will gather again.”

 

The Association President gestured urgently.

 

As he said, crowds were starting to gather around us stealthily.

 

I didn’t know leaving the country would be such a difficult task.

 

“Oppa, let’s go for now.”

 

“Yeah, okay.”

 

We quickly followed behind the Association President.

 

***

 

The place we moved to following the Association President was the runway.

 

And there…

 

A massive airplane was waiting for us.

 

“Wow…”

 

Han Jia couldn’t close her mouth and her eyes sparkled.

 

“An S-rank Hunter should at least ride a private jet.”

 

“Wow, oppa, can I go look around first?”

 

Only at times like this does she call me oppa.

 

When I nodded, Han Jia boarded the airplane without looking back.

 

After Han Jia left, the Association President approached my side.

 

“How was it meeting Ahn Hyeon-su noona?”

 

Noona…? Ah, right. Ahn Hyeon-su was much older than the Association President.

 

“She seemed quite eccentric.”

 

“Tsk tsk, all artists are like that.”

 

No way. If all artists were like that, what would Korea’s art world be, a gathering of hikikomori social misfits?

 

“Is there no problem with me going on vacation?”

 

Even if I left the country, S-rank Hunter Noh Hyun-seong would remain, so there shouldn’t be any major problems.

 

However, considering recent events and the fact that Noh Hyun-seong wasn’t exactly a trustworthy S-rank, that was the problem.

 

“There won’t be any problems. You’ll be busier from now on anyway.”

 

Things are going to get busy from now on…

 

The Association President seemed to have received my sister’s analysis data as well.

 

And it appeared he had realized that the organization called the Sect that we needed to track down wasn’t going to be easy to deal with.

 

“Instead, please at least give me a heads up from now on. You must have felt it too. You’re not an ordinary citizen anymore.”

 

I had definitely felt it.

Honestly, I hadn’t realized I was receiving this much attention.

 

“You’re right.”

 

I gave a brief answer.

 

“It looks like everyone’s gathered now.”

 

Just as the Association President spoke, I heard a familiar voice from behind.

 

“Hyung…”

 

Jin-woo came trudging over, completely exhausted and escorted by Association Staff.

 

It looked like he had been quite harassed by the Reporters.

 

“You had a rough time.”

 

“Hyung…”

 

Jin-woo called out to me with a solemn voice.

 

“Yeah.”

 

“I… I’m definitely going to have proper fun.”

 

Jin-woo, who had been harassed from the very start, made a resolution to have an intense vacation.

 

“Yeah, things will get really busy after the vacation ends.”

 

Without realizing it, I was saying the exact same thing as the Association President.

 

“Well then, have a good trip.”

 

With that, we boarded the Airplane with the Association President seeing us off.

 

The interior of the Airplane was quite luxurious, as the Association President had apparently put considerable thought into it.

 

I quietly leaned back against the Sofa and closed my eyes.

 

Once we arrived, real rest would finally begin after such a long time.

 

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