Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: HOUSE VISIT

"WELCOME to my humble abode, Ahjuhyung," Yuno said sleepily after letting Ki Gayoon in. "I only have instant coffee and ramen." He then pulled out his phone and immediately opened his message box with Moon Noa. "I'll send a message to Sajangnim and tell him you're already here. If he says he can come earlier than planned, then I'll ask him to bring breakfast for us."

As expected, Ki Gayoon scoffed. "Why must you mooch off your boss when I'm here? I didn't come empty-handed, you know?"

Yuno quickly turned around and faced the Esper. "For real? I thought Ahjuhyung had left his manners in his mother's womb."

"I woke up early, so I don't have the energy to humor you, punk," Ki Gayoon said, and then he snapped his fingers. "Here."

Two briefcases suddenly appeared out of nowhere and were now suspended in the air.

Ahjuhyung pulled the cases from his Inventory, and then he used his telekinesis power to keep them afloat.

But...

"Ahjuhyung, people usually give tissue rolls or other useful household items when visiting for the first time," Yuno said nervously. "Just what did you bring—"

Ki Gayoon snapped his fingers again, and then the briefcases opened by themselves.

Money.

The briefcases were both filled with money.

"Each case contains one hundred million won," Ki Gayoon said bluntly while crossing his arms over his chest. For some reason, he looked proud. "Buy whatever you want to eat with this pocket money I brought for you."

Wow.

Two hundred million won was just "pocket money" to this old man?

Yuno sighed while shaking his head. "Ahjuhyung, you can't really beat the gangster allegations against you, huh?"

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YUNO took twenty thousand won out of the two hundred million won that Ki Gayoon offered as a gift.

Then he used it to order breakfast for them.

He ordered coffee and sandwiches for two people only since Moon Noa said he'd be there after his breakfast meeting with the president of the Esper Association.

Sajangnim scheduled the meeting around noon for a reason.

But Ki Gayoon was rude enough to ruin the plan just to annoy Yuno.

I'll give Ahjuhyung an A for his dedication to get on my nerves, though.

"Just to be clear, the two hundred million won that I brought is just a house visit gift," Ki Gayoon said while they were sharing the small dining table in the kitchen. "That's not the amount I'm going to offer you when we make our contract later."

Right.

Of course, that means I will get to negotiate my new salary with my new employer.

Every Awakened Person in this country has heard horror stories about the Lab at least once in their lives.

"What?"

"I was the only E-Class Guide who survived from that incident," Yuno said calmly. For some reason, he felt at ease even though he was talking about his dark past. "When the Researchers realized that the Lab was under attack, they deleted and burned all the research. Then, for reasons I don't know, they just suddenly started killing all the E-Class Guides."

"Hey, you don't have to tell me everything if it's hard for you."

"Then should I skip to the good part?"

"Go ahead."

"I met Sajangnim when it was almost my turn to be killed. Sajangnim realized that I was being hunted, so he said he'd save me on one condition. Thankfully, the condition wasn't hard," Yuno said, and then he took a bite of his tonkatsu sandwich. "I just needed to sign a contract that says I'd let him sell me off to a suitable Esper when the "right time" comes."

"What?!" Ki Gayoon yelled, slamming his hands on the table— causing it to break into half. But, fortunately, the old man used his telekinesis to make all the stuff on the table float. So, no drinks were spilled and no food was wasted. "Why did you sign that kind of contract, you stupid little rusty shit?!"

Pfft.

'Stupid little rusty shit?'

"That's new," Yuno said, holding back his laughter. "Ahjuhyung, your vocabulary of insults improved a bit."

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