In the end, they decided to talk about the land issue later. Though her constellation's words bothered her a bit, she planned to ask for it when she really needed it.
Two days later.
"Peanut! Come here!"
Baek Eun shouted furiously at Baek Dan's voice coming from the first floor.
"I told you not to call me Peanut!"
"Okay, just hurry! I'm in a rush!"
You'd better not be in a rush. Just wait!
She went down the stairs with loud thuds and glared. She was furious at the sight of him half-lying on the sofa, wiggling his toes.
"You're here? Eun-ie. Pass me the remote."
Baek Dan grinned up at her, pointing to the TV with his finger.
'Calm down, calm down.'
Boiling with anger, she clenched both fists tight and was about to turn around, but instead threw a punch straight at his head.
'I can't calm down!'
"Ack! Don't hit my head!"
Startled, Baek Dan jumped up and rubbed the top of his head.
"Shut up, you blockhead!"
Baek Eun grimaced, her fist hurting from hitting him for no reason.
Do people know? That Baek Dan, whom they love to death, lies around at home unwashed like that at home.
He was no different from an enemy.
"Peanut! Hey! Give me the remote and go!"
"Get lost!"
Baek Eun held up her middle finger long and marched out of the house with loud steps.
"Why has she been staying home for days without going anywhere."
Grumbling, Baek Eun plopped down on a parasol chair in the yard.
"People need to know his real self."
All that mysteriousness, angelic smile, man like the wind—it's all because they don't know him.
How easy he is to read, mysterious my ass. Angelic smile my ass!
[Your constellation 'Judge of the Dead' gently consoles you, telling you to calm down and look at the achievement before your eyes.]
"Ah."
Right. That's why she came outside, after all.
By the third day, Baek Eun's garden had turned lush and green. The freshly grown lettuces were sprouting with vitality, brightening the garden.
A refreshing sight rarely seen in the world today. Her heart swelled at the sight she'd dreamed of.
"...But how do I handle all this?"
It was good that the lettuce was growing well, but she was at a loss about what to do with these things filling her roughly 100-pyeong front yard.
Then, as if reading her mind, a quest window appeared.
A quest has arrived!
Congratulations. Your lettuce has grown abundantly!
But you can't eat all this alone, can you?
Harvest 10kg of lettuce and try selling it!
Success reward: Experience 50, Tomato Seeds, Skill: Harvest
Failure penalty: None
Automatically accepting quest since there is no penalty.
'The quest timing has been exquisite since last time.'
Tilting her head in thought, Baek Eun went inside through the front door. Baek Dan was lying on the sofa in the same position, giggling while watching a variety show.
"Baek Dan. Aren't you going out today?"
"Nope. I'm on strike until the day after tomorrow."
"What strike. If an S-rank gate breaks out, you'll rush out immediately."
"No no. I'm resting this time."
Baek Dan answered roughly without turning his head.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Why? Eun-ie, bored?"
When she didn't answer, Baek Dan turned only his head to look at Baek Eun.
Finding her smiling wickedly right above his head, Baek Dan shuddered in surprise.
"Wh-what... Why are you like that!"
"Hehehe... Perfect."
Harvesting 10kg alone would be overkill.
∞∞∞
Baek Dan's ability was truly amazing. Without the trouble of picking lettuce one by one, everything was organized with a single skill.
His ability was wind. To be precise, he created blade-like winds only where the lettuce was, cutting them cleanly.
"Peanut. How's this oppa? A bit cool?"
Clap clap, dusting his hands, Baek Dan turned around with a refreshed face.
'Why is he dusting his hands. He didn't even use them.'
"Why did the world give this bastard such an ability."
"What?"
"Ah, sorry. It came out opposite of what I meant."
Shrugging her shoulders once, Baek Eun examined the cleanly cut lettuce cross-section. It was perfect.
"Say it if it's cool. Ugly, little sister."
"Whatever. It's cumbersome, so come out for a bit."
"Wow. I help and get scolded."
Baek Eun looked at the piled-up lettuce leaves and hugged a bunch to her chest.
When all the lettuce in her arms instantly moved to her inventory, she seemed a bit excited.
"Baek Dan. You said you're close with the Bureau Director, right?"
"Not close, just know him a bit, why."
Remembering the Bureau Director who rose to the position at the young age of mid-thirties, Baek Dan's expression soured.
"Can you ask him to make me a Hunter Market ID?"
"For something like that, you don't need to ask the Bureau Director, I can do it. Don't you know this oppa's ability?"
"Huh. Baek Dan, you can do that too?"
At the question as if asking if he could do anything, Baek Dan put on a smug expression.
"Hey. I'm a guild leader, you know."
Right, he was. He was a guild leader.
The number one guild in the country, Eundan (殷團).
Everyone opposed the guild name being like that, but Baek Dan never broke his stubbornness.
It was almost a miracle that the guild hadn't gone under with him as guild leader.
"Can you process it well so the seller isn't known to be me?"
At the words of illegal activity spoken so casually, Baek Dan nodded as if it were obvious.
"Of course. You're trying to sell lettuce on Hunter Market, right?"
"Yeah. It's an extinct crop, so if people know I'm the seller, it might get annoying."
"As expected, our Eun-ie. Hates annoying things in the world. Yet you planted lettuce so well."
"Shut up. How long can you do it for?"
"What will you do for me?"
Baek Dan smiled slyly.
"......."
You bastard, just do it for me.
When Baek Eun kept her mouth shut, Baek Dan held up seven fingers.
"Do dishes on call for 1 week?"
"1 week is too long. Let's do about 4 days."
"4 days?"
"Yeah, 4 days. Let's do 4 days."
"6 days."
"4 days."
"...4 days, deal."
"Okay, thanks."
At her somehow pleased expression, Baek Dan made a disgruntled face.
Soon rummaging through his pocket and pulling out his phone, he called somewhere.
"Hey it's me. A Hunter Market ID. Ghost human. Yeah yeah. Ah, just need it for something. Illegal? When have you seen me follow the law? Yeah, don't worry. Call me when ready."
"Who was that?"
"Siheon."
"You can order the Vice Guild Leader around like that?"
"Vice Guild Leaders exist to be ordered around."
"Your personality...."
Chuckling, Baek Dan turned around in slippers and waved his hand.
"I'm going in since it's done!"
"Yeah. Thanks."
"Ah, right!"
Baek Dan, about to turn the front door handle, turned back again.
"Peanut. Aren't you going to get your Awakener card?"
"Yeah. Too annoying, why bother. It's all registered in the system anyway."
"But it'd be convenient for department store shopping?"
"It's fine, next time. If I really need something, you can buy it for me instead."
Though she said that, Baek Eun didn't think she'd ever need Hunter equipment.
Since she wasn't a combat type, unless she was unlucky enough to fall into a gate, she wouldn't walk into a dungeon on her own.
Besides, department stores have many people.
"Hmm."
Baek Dan looked at her with strange eyes.
"Well, you must have your reasons. Tell me later when you go to get it. Let's go together."
Smiling widely, Baek Eun smiled along too.
Anyway, Baek Dan. He's perceptive. He figured out immediately that she was avoiding crowds.
∞∞∞
The Vice Guild Leader of Eundan Guild was very capable at handling work. The day after Baek Dan called, he brought a Hunter Market ID.
"Hehehe. If I just had the Harvest skill, I could harvest alone without Baek Dan, right?"
Humming, she logged into Hunter Market.
Price... hmm... about 50 coins per 100g?
1 coin was roughly 1,000 won in Korean currency. Since mixed salad is about 100,000 won per 100g, this seemed reasonable.
Opening her inventory to list lettuce on Hunter Market, Baek Eun discovered something and paused briefly.
'Fragment of Truth.'
She'd forgotten she received it as a quest reward.
"I should check it after registering the lettuce."
Register items from inventory?
Yes│No
All lettuce in inventory totals 10kg. How could it come out exactly matching the quest?
Amazed, she registered the lettuce.
Set the amount.
Baek Eun diligently input into the hologram pad that appeared in her vision with clumsy hand movements.
Item: Lettuce
Amount: 5 coins per 100g
Register item?
Yes│No
Having thoughtlessly pressed 'Yes,' Baek Eun's expression became blank shortly after.
"Ack! No!"
As she hurriedly searched to cancel the sale for setting the wrong amount.
Lettuce 100g * 100 units sold.
All registered items have been sold.
Ah, crazy.
Life is futile, really....
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