Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Chapter 268

262. Because I care about Han Minhyuk-ssi very much. 

 

Demon King

 

I let you go all the way here.

 

Would the hotel owner suddenly start frying chicken or preparing gukbap just because they came here?

 

But again! Again! Using the staff?!

 

Hotel Owner

 

Who forced me to start a quest that I didn’t even accept?

 

 

After a brief silence, the Demon King answered like this.

 

Demon King

 

You started it yourself, right?

 

That’s enough. 

 

If I keep talking to you, I’ll end up dying from sheer frustration.

 

“Wow, where is this? It reminds me of when our hotel was 2 stars… Back then, Hyejin even called it an inn and scolded me…” 

 

Geumdong asked me while looking around the lounge of Gyeongseong Hotel.

 

A two-star hotel?

 

Geumdong sometimes looks sharp even though he looks innocent. 

 

“That’s right. A 2-star hotel. This is Gyeongseong Hotel.” 

 

I showed them the photo of the founder of Ju Riae at the desk. There was also an article clipped about the first hotel in Gyeongseong. 

 

“Wow… Gyeongseong Hotel? Then, is this the 4th branch? Hah, guest, guest, guuuuueeeessst!” 

 

With a pop! sound, a tail sprang out from behind Geumdong and began to swing back and forth.

 

Geumdong was so happy, it seemed like he might fly away at any moment. 

 

‘Why is it so good that the number of customers is increasing?’

 

I stopped the excited Golden Retriever.

 

“It’s not the 4th branch, it’s more like the 0th branch. This is technically the past.”

 

At the word ‘past,’ the Golden Retriever’s tail slowly twitched, then drooped and disappeared.

 

“The past…” 

 

“This is the ‘corrupted world.’ I told you I went to England last time, right?” 

 

“….!”

 

After just saying two sentences, it was as if the puzzle was coming together, and Geumdong’s eyes, nose, and mouth all formed a shape of ‘0.’ 

 

“Then, is this the Korean Empireeee…!” 

 

Then he asked carefully. 

 

Haha. Maybe it would have been better if it were the Korean Empire, but unfortunately, this is—

 

“Who, who are you!”

 

That was when a thin arrow flew from the stairs.

 

“Ahhh, it’s dangerous! Our booooosss! I will protect you no matter what!” 

 

Geumdong raised a huge round table in the lounge and blocked the arrow like a shield.

 

When Geumdong looked up the stairs with an angry face after removing the huge round table, Hwang Misoon and Kim Junsoo were there with blank expressions. 

 

“….?”

 

“….?!”

 

Geumdong pointed to the two and greeted them brightly.

 

“Ah, it seems like our baby Junghyo fans have arrived. Welcome to our hotel… No…?” 

 

Geumdong bowed his head to the two and stopped greeting them, then quietly looked at their faces.

 

Then he approached me hesitantly and whispered.

 

“Boss… those people… they seem to be around your age…?” 

 

No way, it was just when Geumdong, with a face full of disbelief, was about to ask something.

 

Hwang Misoon, holding a small crossbow in her hand, aimed it at Geumdong and said. 

 

“G, Get away from Unnie!” 

 

“Unnie…?” 

 

“Yeah, our Unnie…!” 

 

“….?”

 

Geumdong raised his hand and looked at the two of them quietly. 

 

Geumdong, with tears in his eyes, looked straight ahead and asked me.

 

“Didn’t you put a ban on weapons in this hotel…?”

 

“Yeah… not yet…”

I’ll put it up now.

 

I only then remembered that this hotel was filled with S-rank dangerous individuals, and stepped in front of Geumdong. 

 

“Please don’t shoot. This is an old friend of mine. He came to help out at the hotel.” 

 

“Noonim, why are there so many men around you…?! First, there was the church oppa, and now there’s even a foreign male friend! Hmph, tsk, pfft!”  

 

In response to my explanation, Kim Junsoo made a silly comment and pretended to be upset. 

 

By the way, “church oppa”? Could that possibly be referring to Uncle Minhyuk? 

 

I guess it’s not wrong since I said we met at the chapel…  

 

“Foreign male friend…?”

 

At that moment, Han Minhyuk appeared with a bashful face.

 

He looked down at the blond Geumdong with a cold face.

 

Geumdong stared blankly at Uncle Minhyuk’s face for a moment before quickly coming to his senses and giving a respectful bow. 

 

“H, hello, I, I’m Geumdong…” 

 

-21

 

….?

 

As soon as Geumdong bowed, the satisfaction level decreased.

 

I frowned and hid Geumdong behind me. While doing so, I briefly grabbed Geumdong’s arm—

 

-22

 

It’s reduced again.

 

What on earth is this! 

 

“You’re noisy. You call this a hotel? I’d rather sleep on the street if it’s going to be like this.” 

 

His sharpness never disappeared; Han Minhyuk spat out his harsh words and then went back into his room.

 

I looked back at Geumdong with a blank expression. Geumdong must have felt that something was wrong, so he asked me.

 

“It seems like everyone doesn’t like me… Boss…”

 

No.

 

You have to be in charge of the satisfaction of this hotel while I’m away.

 

In three days, I have a place to go.

 

[Gangwon-do Circuit.]

 

The place where the remaining two heroes gather at the same time.

 

It is the place where Moon Heeyoung awakened, and the place where Dad went to rescue her. 

 

‘Dad…’

 

Will I be able to meet my young Dad if I go there?

 

I clenched my fists and thought, feeling nervous for some reason.

 

‘I need to upgrade my hotel star rating quickly.’

 

We can’t know what kind of monster we’ll face next time.

 

I might encounter something more terrifying than a manticore.

 

No, they must have prepared something even more terrifying for the next one.

 

Demon King

 

Are you confident that this is a ‘corrupted’ world?

 

The humans in the non-corrupted world are also corrupted enough.

 

That’s why you’re so confident.

 

If that’s the case, then this time I might lose both Aunt Heeyoung and Dad at the same time. 

 

So, I had to gather as many stars for the hotel as possible to strengthen the healing power of the rooms. 

 

The housekeeping skill works better as the hotel’s stars go up.

 

When I was thinking impatiently.

 

Crack.

 

With a light popping sound, Hwang Misoon and Kim Junsoo, who were on the stairs, turned to look at Minhyuk as he walked into the room. 

 

When I adjusted the angle slightly, I saw that Minhyuk was holding the doorknob that had come loose from the guest room door. 

 

“….?”

 

As Minhyuk wore a puzzled expression, Kim Junsoo approached him and wrapped his arm around his shoulder. 

 

As Minhyuk pushed Kim Junsoo away in disgust, Junsoo was sent flying about a meter before landing precariously. 

 

“Oh. That’s right.”

 

“What’s right?”

 

“You’ve become strange, too.”

 

Kim Junsoo lifted his head as he landed, blowing his bangs out of his face and grinning.

 

“…What?” 

 

Surprisingly, Kim Junsoo’s words were correct.

 

Han Minhyuk had awakened.

 

I could feel the strong mana I had been feeling from Uncle Minhyuk. 

 

“Please put a ban on violence quickly… I’m scared…” 

 

Geumdong slowly approached me and whispered.

 

* * *

 

The next morning.

 

Geumdong prepared a breakfast that didn’t disappoint my expectations.

 

It was a simple tomato and egg stir-fry and fried rice since I had almost no ingredients, but it tasted completely different from what I had made. 

 

On top of that, Geumdong made me a Dalgona coffee with a few coffee mixes—

 

Mana recovery speed increases by 300%! 

 

This was another incredible potion.

 

The taste was something that even Hwang Misoon, who had stayed up all night crafting weapons, Kim Junsoo, who was tired from riding his motorcycle, and Han Minhyuk, who was easily feeling the mana fatigue due to his initial awakening, all fell for. 

 

Of course, the two students who didn’t know this fact also ate it deliciously.

 

“Wow, it’s sweet and soft.”

 

“Dalgona… coffee? Wow, I want to make this at home?” 

 

“Someday it will become popular.”

 

I answered lightly.

 

After finishing breakfast, the two students checked out. 

 

“We need to meet our families. We’ll be careful and move cautiously.” 

 

Even in the midst of the world being a mess like this, you’re going to travel all the way to Gyeonggi on your own. 

 

It was a completely absurd situation, but I didn’t stop them. 

 

Demon King

 

I’ve adjusted the difficulty level to some extent!

 

Only a few people are synchronized with reality.

 

When I asked the Demon King about the quest difficulty last night, he answered like this.

 

Even if they die or live, their fates in reality probably won’t change.

 

‘They’re probably dead in reality.’

 

I thought so and glanced at Uncle Minhyuk just in case. 

 

Still, since they were classmates from the same academy, I wondered if he might be feeling agitated.

 

But he didn’t seem to care at all.

 

“When do I check out?”

 

Instead, he just asked this.

 

“What? Weren’t we supposed to deliver together?”

 

Kim Junsoo asked in disbelief. 

 

“Delivery? Is what you’re doing really delivery? Or just some half-hearted hero imitation?”

 

“Wow, you’re already drawing attention.” 

 

Hwang Misoon said with a genuinely impressed face. 

 

“Whether it’s delivery or pretending to be a hero, with the outside world in this state, shouldn’t we, people with power, stick together? We need to save people.” 

 

Despite Kim Junsoo’s objections, Han Minhyuk got up from his seat with an air of annoyance. 

 

“I don’t know the exact reason the world ended up like this, but the cause surely lies with humanity. The sins they’ve committed should be more than one or two. It’s no surprise it all fell apart.” 

 

“Hey…!” 

 

Despite Kim Junsoo’s shouting, Han Minhyuk continued without paying him any attention and asked me. 

 

“It’s a noisy place here. I think I’ll check out now as well.”

 

I looked up into Han Minhyuk’s cold eyes.  

 

This is the kind of person Minhyuk was in his 20s. 

 

A person who was described by Dad as someone who loved no one and was loved by no one. 

 

Rather, he must have gotten more harmful as he got older.

 

Uncle is an S-rank Awakened, but the outside is still filled with danger. I asked in a hurry. 

 

“Where are you going? Is there anyone you can contact?”

 

Han Minhyuk’s pupils shook at my words.

 

“There’s nothing. For now, I’ll head to the U.S. embassy to figure out how to leave this country. If the embassy is blocked, I’ll go to Yongsan. Once I can get in touch with the U.S. military, there will be people who can help from there.” 

 

He was talking about his biological father.

 

I didn’t remember if the US embassy was okay.

 

But if we go, there’s a military base there, so with Uncle’s strength, he should be able to hold on just fine. 

 

Instead of trying to persuade Uncle, I made a condition. 

 

“Right now, our staff is too busy just to send you two off, so please check out tomorrow afternoon. We’ll take you there.” 

 

I said that and looked at Geumdong.

 

Geumdong smiled slightly, noticing the situation.

 

“You don’t need to see me off…”

 

“Please do that.”

 

I stopped Uncle Minhyuk from talking.

 

I looked straight into Uncle’s eyes and said.  

 

“I’m worried. If something happens to guest, I think I’ll be sad for a long time.” 

 

Uncle’s brow furrowed.

 

“…Why would you?”  

 

Why? 

 

I kept my lips tightly sealed. Then, as if Uncle had made up his mind, he tried to turn around. 

 

As if he was going to check out right away.

 

I spoke to hold onto Uncle .

 

“Because I care about Han Minhyuk-ssi so much.”

 

“….” 

 

Han Minhyuk’s body stopped.

 

“The rest of the world deserves to be ruined, but you don’t.”

 

“!”

 

“Because you didn’t do anything wrong.”

 

My heart ached.

 

The words, “I don’t care if this world falls apart,” felt like resignation to life.

 

I think it meant that Uncle of that time had nowhere to put his affection.

 

I really wanted to tell you.

 

“So please take care of yourself. For my sake.”

 

My voice trembled briefly at the end of my words. 

 

Hearing that, Han Minhyuk turned around.

 

Han Minhyuk’s face was stiff, but his eyes were shaking as if an earthquake had just occurred.

 

And—

 

100

 

Uncle’s satisfaction level increased.

 

With the clear number “100” displayed, Uncle opened his mouth to speak.  

 

But no words escaped from between his slightly parted lips.

 

Uncle simply stood there, looking down at me in silence, before turning around and heading back to his room. 

 

200

 

300

 

As he climbed the stairs, his satisfaction level went up.

 

1,000

 

The additional satisfaction gained was reflected…

 

‘★’ acquired!

 

Gyeongseong Hotel: ★★★☆☆

 

Remaining satisfaction until 4-star hotel: 2,000

 

I wiped away my tears and stared blankly at the window above.

 

‘What…?’

 

Congratulations! You have achieved a 3-star hotel and the number of employees you can dispatch has increased!

 

Huh?

 

Already?

 

System

 

This hotel owner is crazy.

 

Even the system was amazed at the speed.