Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Chapter 360 - Webtoon Side Story: Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Branch 4 (31)

Webtoon Side Story: Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Branch 4 (31)

 

“Uwaaah! Now the mice have become human!”

 

Ilmiho furrowed his brow as he looked toward the dining room, where noisy sounds could be heard.

 

“…Fools.”

 

It’s a foolish choice.

 

He had clearly shown Lee Junghyo the future she would soon face.

 

He had shown the future to the guest, and even advised her to save her own future.

 

‘Foresight’.

 

Ever since he gained this ability to see the future, no human had ever failed to succumb before the visions Ilmiho presented. 

 

Humans were beings born that way by nature—creatures of finite life who were obsessed with the future.

 

Beings who don’t understand the meaning of not being eternal.

 

‘Such a ‘gift’ shouldn’t be handed to such beings.’

 

It was while Ilmiho was lost in those thoughts.

 

He heard a presence behind his back.

 

Tap. Tap.

 

Turning around, he saw Han Woohyun sitting at the front desk, tapping the desk with his hand.

 

Ilmiho flinched.

 

‘That ignorant guy who only has strength…’

 

His brown eyes gave off a feeling that made his inner thoughts impossible to read.

 

“What are you eavesdropping on over there?”

 

“I-I wasn’t eavesdropping….” 

 

Dammit, my voice cracked. 

 

Ilmiho smacked his lips.

 

Using the know-how accumulated over a thousand years, he quickly cleared his throat and spoke.

 

“I was just observing the pathetic sight of humans.”

 

“Pathetic…?”

 

A deep furrow formed between Han Woohyun’s brows. He stood up from where he was sitting.

 

Then, his massive physique, contrasting with Ilmiho’s slender body, visually overwhelmed Ilmiho.

 

“Are you saying what Junghyo is doing is pathetic?”

 

“Y-yeah! If that’s not pathetic, what is? If you can know the future, shouldn’t you naturally want to know it? ‘Ignorance’ is the most serious disease. Do you know how much you humans lose because of ignorance?!”

 

When Ilmiho flared up and spoke, Han Woohyun looked at him quietly.

 

‘H-he’s going to hit me…!’

 

Ilmiho raised his arms.

 

But no matter how long he waited with his eyes closed, he couldn’t feel Han Woohyun’s next move.

 

Ilmiho opened his eyes.

 

Then he saw Han Woohyun smoothly sitting back down.

 

“Wh-what? Why aren’t you saying anything?” 

 

He wasn’t even hitting him. 

 

“What for.”

 

Han Woohyun replied calmly.

 

“You’re the one who is ‘ignorant’. Isn’t your judgment that knowing the future is naturally better also born from ignorance?”

 

“What does that…”

 

“Junghyo is someone who lives in the present. Because she was tied to the past for a long time…”

 

Ilmiho clearly saw strength entering Han Woohyun’s fist as he said those words.

 

‘At this rate, he’s going to break something.’

 

The thought actually crossed his mind. 

 

“She’s someone who knows very well how precious the present is.”

 

“…….”

 

“So if you carelessly say things like what Junghyo is doing is pathetic or whatever…”

 

“If I say it?”

 

What, what. Are you going to kill me?

 

Do you think you dare kill this ancient spirit!

 

It was the moment Ilmiho was about to say that.

 

“I’ll slam you into the ground.” 

 

“What?”

 

“I’ll slam you down a hundred times, a thousand times.” 

 

Because he had a quite serious face, Ilmiho momentarily forgot his words.

 

‘He’s serious…?’

 

While Ilmiho stood blankly, he completely failed to realize that the number above his head was changing.

 

-10

 

Right now, Ilmiho felt an intimacy towards Han Woohyun as great as when he saw Junghyo’s strange interior design tastes.

 

It was because the desire to protect someone strangely resonated well with Ilmiho’s heart.

 

* * *

 

Suddenly, I had three more employees. 

 

Well, the mice adequately fulfilled their share of work even in their mouse forms, but there were slightly more things they could do in human forms.

 

‘First of all, they got taller, right?’

 

The mouse employees absentmindedly put on the employee clothes I handed them.

 

Bought from the exclusive shop, the uniform was a set identical to the Yeongchun Hotel’s, consisting of a white shirt, navy blue vest and pants, and a jacket with gold buttons.

 

The hat had the Liber Hotel mark engraved on it.

 

Item: Work efficiency increases by 10% due to staff wearing Liber Hotel uniforms.

 

Item: Work efficiency increases by 10% due to staff wearing Liber Hotel uniforms. 

 

Item: Work efficiency increases by 10% due to staff wearing Liber Hotel uniforms.

 

When the windows popped up before my eyes, the employees looked down at their bodies and muttered.

 

“Just now… didn’t you feel a sudden surge of desire to work?”

 

“It’s strange. I feel like anything I do will turn out well.”

 

“Then even now, we should go make wine right away…”

 

“Stop.”

 

The manager blocked the employees who were about to head down to the basement as soon as their work efficiency increased.

 

It was after briefly explaining to the manager that they were spirits living in Liber Castle and would be residing as employees of our hotel for the time being.

 

‘Hunter Georges drank his fill of wine and went upstairs.’

 

Georges was quite delighted by the mice’s transformation.

 

‘I had gotten quite used to the mouse form too… but this form is definitely a bit better.’

 

At Georges’ words, the mice made dissatisfied faces.

 

Then Georges hurriedly added.

 

‘But it doesn’t matter. I thought you guys sneakily wandered around stealing people’s food…’

 

‘What…?!’

 

‘Now that I see it, you guys were just living your lives too. Knowing how to make such delicious wine. It’s fascinating!’

 

At Georges’ words, one of the mice muttered.

 

‘He said we made delicious wine…’

 

The mice’s faces turned red as if they were going to burst. Thanks to that, their affinity increased bit by bit.

 

‘If that affinity keeps rising like that, what happens?’

 

I became curious.

 

Of course, I felt I would be able to find out soon.

 

If I can increase the mice’s affinity and keep them closer to the guests, their opportunities to become intimate with the guests will increase, and then the mice’s affinity will increase even more.

 

It’s a virtuous cycle.

 

And for that, the mice needed to receive proper training as employees of this hotel.

 

“First, let’s start with greeting training.” 

 

It was finally the manager’s time.

 

“Wh-why do we…….”

 

“You must have felt something today, right? You want guests to drink wine and be happy. But for guests to be happy drinking wine, the wine alone being delicious isn’t enough.”

 

At the manager’s words, the mice looked at her as if possessed.

 

“Well, that’s true….”

 

As expected of the manager.

 

Since she’s someone who excels in both HR and marketing, there was no way to beat her with words.

 

“If you had sold wine somewhere other than our hotel, and if the guests knew that mice had made that wine, would they have enjoyed drinking it?”

 

“That’s…”

 

“They wouldn’t, right. So, what should we do first?”

 

At her words, the mice hesitated before answering.

 

“…Greeting?”

 

“Start.”

 

* * *

 

The next morning, Georges woke up feeling refreshed.

 

He took a bath in warm water, had a delicious meal, drank coffee, and tasted the most fragrant wine in the world.

 

Looking at the gloomy weather and crashing sea outside the window, Georges’ eyes had completely changed from yesterday.

 

‘I was happy…’

 

Thinking that, he got up.

 

He changed his clothes and went down to the lobby on the first floor.

 

Junghyo showed him a master key and said.

 

“I’ve spoken with the Hunter Association. This master key will send you to the designated location. You just need to head out according to my guidance.” 

 

“I-is that so?”

 

Georges stood in front of the revolving door with a slightly tense face.

 

After talking with Junghyo last night, the feeling of being chased that he had felt all along disappeared.

 

However, feeling better and the physical fear that he might have to wander in that freezing dungeon again were two different matters.

 

“…Are you afraid?”

 

“Well, a little.”

 

Georges gulped.

 

He thought he wanted to run away even right now, but he soon suppressed that thought.

 

He was the one who had resolved to live the present confidently from now on.

 

He couldn’t live running away anymore because of an uncertain future.

 

“But I won’t back down. Let’s go.”

 

It was when Georges spoke.

 

“Ah, wait a moment!”

 

Kang Miyeon abruptly offered a square shopping bag in front of Georges.

 

The black shopping bag had a pure white ribbon attached to the opening, making it look luxurious.

 

Georges naturally recognized the identity of the elongated shopping bag.

 

“Is this… wine?”

 

“Yes, I remembered how much you enjoyed it last night, so I prepared it. Please consider it a kind of welcome gift.”

 

“Thank you…!”

 

Georges’ eyes widened at the unexpected gift.

 

Having been truly impressed by the taste of that wine, he happily embraced the gift.

 

Soon, Junghyo inserted the key into the revolving door.

 

Then the stopped revolving door began spinning vigorously.

 

Georges seemed to hesitate for a moment at the momentum of the revolving door, but he mustered his courage and took a step forward.

 

Then his body was sucked into the revolving door as if pulled in.

 

Soon, a pure white light leaked out, and in an instant, his body was bounced out somewhere.

 

Whoosh…!

 

When he came to his senses, a pure white snowfield was spread out before his eyes.

 

At the edge of that snowfield, someone shouted.

 

“Over here!”

 

“Hunter found! Please move this way!”

 

The figures that initially looked like grey blobs gradually revealed their true forms as they got closer.

 

They seemed to be official rescue workers from the government.

 

Watching them approach, Georges waved his hand.

 

Then the black wine bag he was holding shook along with it. A note of some sort was attached to the back of the shaking wine bag.

 

‘What is this…?’

 

He began reading the note closely.

 

☆Liber Hotel First Visit Review Event★

 

We would like to express our gratitude to the guest for visiting the Liber Hotel for the first time.

 

If you register a review of your first visit on AirCnC, we will give you a 50% discount coupon for your accommodation fee on your second visit.

 

☞How to Participate

 

1. Open AirCnC.

 

2. Find the official Liber Hotel AirCnC account (@Old_castel_through_time).

 

3. Click register review.

 

4. Make your second visit with the 50% coupon that arrives via the chat window!

 

…?

 

What… is this?

 

Georges was flustered, but he quietly kept the note in his chest pocket.

 

And the next day, a new review was posted on the Liber Hotel’s AirCnC account.