Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Chapter 129

125. The man’s name is Lee Semyung.

 

“Is it a foul-mouthed goblin?” 

 

After a moment of silence, Aunt spoke in a low voice. 

 

‘Guest Room 403’ is worried.

 

She’s worried?

 

What is she worried about?

 

I thought for a moment and then opened my mouth.

 

“…If you’re worried about me, you don’t have to worry about me. As you can see, I’m safe in this hotel.”

 

Aunt smiled bitterly.

 

“Even Lee Semyung, S-class hunter, wasn’t safe. How far will this hotel protect you?”

 

“…!”

 

I clenched my fist without realizing it.

 

What Aunt said just now sounded as if Dad’s death wasn’t because of the dungeon.

 

No way… It doesn’t make sense, but…

 

“Is the Mara Cult related to the EX-Class Dungeon Break that put Korea in crisis at the time?”

 

I asked a ridiculous question out loud.

 

Aunt stared at me without an answer.

 

No response.

 

The meaning of it was obvious.

 

“If I can find Lee Semyung, Lee Semyung will have solid evidence.”

 

And finally, Aunt put a wedge in.

 

So did Aunt go into C&M in the first place knowing that the EX-Class dungeon break would be related to Mara Cult?

 

Why?

 

“…Did you go to America to steal internal information? And deceive your colleagues on purpose?”

 

“Well…it’s half right.”

 

“….?”

 

“I didn’t deceive Lee Semyung. Because Lee Semyung knew.”

 

“What did he know…”

 

“He knew that I was a returnee from another world, that he knew what my abilities were, and that he knew what the Mara Cult was planning.’ “

 

“….!”

 

“And I think you know too?”

 

Aunt looked at me and smiled. Like a person who has a habit of smiling.

 

I was caught on the nail and couldn’t move.

 

“You… are just like your father. You trust me in everything, but you never give up your side. Lee Semyung was exactly like that. It was Lee Semyung who brought together four S-Class hunters. It was Lee Semyung who told me to go to America and then go there to die alone. It was Lee Semyung… who recognized me first.”

 

Did you find out…?

 

I soon learned the meaning of that strange expression through a story Aunt told me.

 

***

 

Catastrophe.

 

When they were in the midst of the most terrifying disaster in living memory.

 

Moon Heeyoung was 30 years old.

 

Just before a disaster occurs.

 

She graduated from American law school, came to Korea, worked in the legal department of her father’s company, and enjoyed a life without much change.

 

Although it wasn’t a large company, she was the daughter of a small and medium-sized company that everyone knew about. She was from a family whose assets were increasing with every breath, thanks to the size of the buildings and real estate that the family owned rather than the size of the company itself.

 

So she lived without many emotions.

 

It was the most intense feeling she had ever had.

 

‘I’m bored.’

 

Should she say that there’s nothing that’s going to change?

 

From now on, she will go to work and leave work like this every day, and one day she will take over the company. 

 

Maybe that’s why.

 

She spent a busy weekend with friends from similar wealthy families at the villas owned by each family.

 

In the villa, she ran around and played sweatily. 

 

It wasn’t like the obvious 3rd and 4th generation chaebols did it in a debaucherous manner. 

 

She had many healthy hobbies of her own. 

 

She was good at all ball sports, including soccer, baseball, and tennis, and also did racing.

 

She loved competition.

 

When she focused on the game and raised her competitive spirit, she felt that her life was no longer boring.

 

She just had a premonition that she would inherit her father’s company, live a moderately wealthy life, find a suitable partner, get married, raise a moderate number of children, and die of moderate old age. 

 

A clearly predictable future that is closer to a scientific measurement than a premonition. 

 

The game was what allowed her to escape from that prison-like future for just a moment. 

 

In sports other than those that required her strength, most men lost to her without being able to use her strength. 

 

One of them was racing.

 

So that day too, they gathered at the racing stadium in Taebaek. 

 

Her opponent that day was Kim Jinseop, a conglomerate of famous companies… Was he the 4th generation?

 

She couldn’t remember much about his specifications, but there was one thing she remembered.

 

His half-brother, whom Kim Jinseop was carrying around until last year. 

 

The man who always sat without smiling and played the role of taking Kim Jinseop, who was drenched in alcohol, when he got drunk and threw his car keys to him. 

 

Han Minhyuk.

 

Did he say he was the illegitimate child of that family? 

 

He is an illegitimate son who took his mother’s last name without being registered in the family register. 

 

“You didn’t bring your younger brother today?” 

 

“He goes out and lives separately. My mom gave him money to send him away. He doesn’t even know the grace of raising him, and these days, his head has grown so big that even when I call him to be a substitute driver, he doesn’t come.” 

 

Why isn’t he coming? 

 

Moon Heeyoung recalled Han Minhyuk, whom she had seen in Paju last winter. 

 

She approached him that day since he was sitting alone in the car and seemed strangely absent-minded.

 

She’s holding a bottle of vodka that she hasn’t even touched. 

 

‘Drink this.’

 

‘…I have to drive.’

 

‘That’s why you drink it. Don’t you have pride? You always act like your half-brother driver…It’s boring. If you drink, you don’t have to drive. Just say I fed you.’ 

 

She would never forget the way the man looked down at her at that moment.

 

She was thrilled.

 

Being hated by someone probably seemed more thrilling than competition.

 

Is there any way to stimulate this b*stard more?

 

How can I make this moment more thrilling?

 

And at that moment, an evil thought crossed her mind.

 

She poured a lot of vodka into her own mouth and grabbed Han Minhyuk’s chin. 

 

And she put her lips on his.

 

Moon Heeyoung smiled at him after spilling her vodka over his surprised lips.

 

‘Now. You can’t drive anymore, right?’

 

If it were a man, would he have been hit on the chin?

 

She got into the car after trying to figure out why Han Minhyuk wasn’t coming anymore. 

 

This feeling of regret right now will not last long.

 

She knew herself and her own life well.

 

Life is like a game.

 

An unrealistic game. Even if she loses, it’s not a big deal, and if she wins, the joy doesn’t last long. 

 

She went at maximum speed. 

 

As she watched the numbers on the dashboard increase, she paid no attention to the surrounding scenery passing by quickly.

 

Thanks to this, her car, which didn’t lose the lead until the middle of the race, lost the lead due to a single mistake in cornering. 

 

-What are you doing? You’re being presumptuous, Moon Heeyoung.

 

An annoying voice came into her ear.

 

She increased her speed.

 

The speed is such that she can’t handle cornering.

 

It didn’t matter if she was spinning. She needs to beat that kid in front of me right now. She  wants to win.

 

She felt like her stomach was turning over with that desire. 

 

‘…You think the world is funny.’

 

Han Minhyuk’s voice rang in her ears.

 

Is the world funny?

 

It’s me that’s funny.

 

Like a child, I’m still struggling because I’m bored with the world.

 

Every time I increase my speed, I have a funny fantasy of being stuck somewhere like this and never waking up again, but I have never been able to put it into action.

 

How funny. Life like this.

 

It was that moment.

 

Kiiiik!

 

Kim Jinseop’s car in front of him flipped over.

 

Booom!

 

She saw a huge body standing in front of the overturned car, making a loud noise that she had never heard before.

 

It was a bulging green monster.

 

There was a huge monster in the center of a racing field that looked like something from a game. 

 

She lost a sense of reality.

 

Nevertheless, her car braked quickly.

 

The car, unable to handle her speed, spun.

 

One, two, three turns.

 

Meanwhile, Kim Jinseop’s terrible screams were heard in her ears.

 

– Help me!

 

Is it a dream?

 

When the car finally stopped spinning, she opened the door, and smoke came out.

 

Right in front of her was a scene where a green monster ripped Kim Jinseop’s upper body from the car.

 

A huge cavity spread out behind the green monster.

 

An invisible black space like a black hole.

 

She stared at the scene in fascination for a moment.

 

It was then.

 

Something grabbed her from behind.

 

She looked into its eyes while being held by ‘it’.

 

Yellow eyes. The moment she saw it, she wanted to faint.

 

But instead of fainting, she heard its voice.

 

– What an interesting-looking slave.

 

It would have been better if it had the same shape as the green monster she saw earlier.

 

But it had a human shape.

 

‘It’ took her into that distant cavity. 

 

And when she opened her eyes a long time later. 

 

This window appeared in front of her eyes while she was lying out across the racing stadium.

 

 

You have obtained the title ‘Returner from Another World’!

 

Class: Awakened as ‘Knight of the Goddess’ (S)!

 

…?

 

Awakening?

 

It was when she was looking at the dark sky.

 

Someone’s face suddenly appeared in the sky.

 

“I’m one step late. I wanted to go through that ‘door’. Anyway, it’s a relief. Because Moon Heeyoung is alive.”

 

“….?” 

 

A man who looked calm smiled at her. 

 

“Welcome back to ‘Earth.’ The Earth you know is no longer here.”

 

Without even realizing it, Moon Heeyoung took hold of the hand that the man held out to her.

 

After listening to the man’s explanation, Moon Heeyoung learned three main things.

 

First. This man’s name is Lee Semyung.

 

Second. Monsters like the ones she had just seen were popping up all over the Earth, putting the world in crisis for a week. The place where the monsters come out is called a dungeon or gate.

 

Third. The place she has returned to after spending the past week is neither a dungeon nor a gate, but a ‘different world’, and she is currently the only person who has returned from there alive.

 

No, there is one more thing.

 

As she listened to Lee Semyung’s explanations, she placed her hand on her unrecognizable car.

 

The moment she pulled the handle of her car violently, the car door became distorted. 

 

Finally, fourth.

 

She… has become stronger than she imagined.

 

“How do you know my name?”

 

Moon Heeyoung glared at the man. 

 

The man, no, Lee Semyung told her.

 

“You will find out gradually. I will definitely let you know when the time comes. So, come with me now.”

 

He said he would definitely let her know when the time came. 

 

Lee Semyung still failed to keep that promise.