Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Chapter 380

Webtoon Side Story: Welcome to Dungeon Hotel Branch 4 (51)

 

“What on earth are you doing?”

 

When I asked, Ilmiho spoke with a relaxed face.

 

“What am I doing, you ask. Just this. Are these grapes that spirits aren’t allowed to eat?”

 

You didn’t just eat them.

 

You even crushed them with your own hands.

 

I furrowed my brow as I looked at the backs of the Grays, who were tearing up over the strewn mounds of grape skins.

 

‘This b*stard ruined the grape farming on purpose.’

 

But why?

 

Come to think of it, Ilmiho had constantly disliked and tried to interfere with the spirits completing their ‘task.’

 

Showing me the future was probably for that reason too.

 

‘He isn’t doing this because he hates people. There’s another reason.’

 

Thinking that, I asked Han Woohyun, who was with me.

 

“Grab that brat for me.”

 

Han Woohyun nodded as if he had never heard a simpler request.

 

Then, in a flash, he snatched the back of Ilmiho’s neck.

 

“Aaaaargh!”

 

Ilmiho was captured just like that in the face of Han Woohyun’s overwhelming physical prowess.

 

Posed like a criminal being arrested, Ilmiho cried out.

 

“Shouldn’t you at least protect a spirit’s dignity? This is the first time I’ve been in such a humiliating posture in a thousand years. Seriously the first time!”

 

“Then experience it well starting from now.” 

 

Saying that, Han Woohyun took the guy into the hotel.

 

He probably planned to lock him up in a place like the basement.

 

Once the guy was gone, I sighed and looked at the Grays’ sullen backs.

 

What should I do?

 

Even if they are spirits of the catering industry, since the grape farming is completely ruined, making wine is a lost cause.

 

Currently, we have 5 bottles of wine made.

 

Will I have to somehow time travel by myself with just that?

 

The amount of time I can travel with these 5 bottles is 2 and a half hours.

 

Normally, you wouldn’t call that short.

 

However—

 

‘The problem is I don’t even know what the White family head’s face looks like, nor do I know exactly where in the past he’s hiding….’

 

It’s absurdly short to go to the world of the past and find a reptile I don’t even know.

 

‘This damn fox b*stard….’

 

It was right when I was letting out a sigh. 

 

The chipmunks, having heard the news, came flocking over.

 

“These precious grapes!”

 

The chipmunks’ eyes went wide too. 

 

“Who did this?! Huh?!”

 

“The sacred grape farming is ruined!”

 

“We shouldn’t have let humans into Liber after all!”

 

“At this rate, we won’t be able to accomplish the ‘task’.”

 

The chipmunks collapsed in sorrow and looked up at me with resentful faces.

 

Come to think of it, I couldn’t entirely misunderstand why they resented me.

 

Gray and I knew that the ‘task’ could only be accomplished through affinity with humans, but the chipmunks didn’t know that.

 

From those chipmunks’ perspective, it was understandable for them to think that a human like me appearing in Liber, waking the fox, and having guests wandering around was what ruined the grape farming.

 

‘Besides, accomplishing the ‘task’ isn’t their goal.’

 

They say they’re working hard every day to accomplish the ‘task,’ but from what I’ve seen, these guys just purely enjoy making wine.

 

There’s something the owner of the Dragon Palace Seafood Restaurant, meaning the Women’s Association President, told me before.

 

‘People think running a restaurant is just for making a living, but that’s not true. For someone who cooks, the dish is a kind of creative work. I want to carefully present the child I birthed to the customers, and I feel proud when the customers eat that child deliciously.’

 

Reflecting on those words, these ‘spirits of the catering industry’ must have enjoyed the pure joy of creation through making wine day after day.

 

But now I’ve ruined that for them…….

 

“I’ll help restore the vineyard somehow. If you just trust me, even if it takes a few months…….”

 

“No.”

 

In this atmosphere that was practically like a house in mourning, someone slowly stood up.

 

The one who answered me resolutely was none other than Gray.

 

“You mean you can’t trust me……?”

 

It was the moment I was about to say, ‘Then it can’t be helped, but please trust me a little anyway.’

 

Gray, wearing his work pants and floral sun visor, looked at me with a resolute face.

 

The stinging sunlight gleamed brilliantly above Gray’s head.

 

Thanks to that, it felt as if a halo was shining from behind Gray.

 

Looking so resolute while dressed like that was a bit…….

 

But it was then.

 

The number above Gray’s head flashed.

 

99

 

“There’s no reason it should take several months.”

 

“……?”

 

Gray lifted his sun visor slightly. At that, the sun visor shot up like a crown.

 

“I can feel it. A special power is blossoming within me……!”

 

Gray looked at his two hands, then glared at the mound of grape skins with burning eyes.

 

Among them lay grape pieces and seeds that had mostly been left untouched, despite the claim that the fox had eaten them.

 

And it was the moment Gray reached out his hand toward that mound.

 

A single, vibrant green seed suddenly sprouted up from the mound.

 

“……?”

 

“Huff…… huff…….”

 

Then, Gray let out heavy breaths and shed a bead of sweat from his forehead.

 

The Grays, the chipmunks, and I all looked at each other.

 

I cautiously asked.

 

“Did you, by any chance, just sprout a seed?”

 

“Yep.”

 

“H-How?”

 

No, I can understand making existing grapes delicious and aging them, but how did he manage a grape’s growth?

 

As I looked puzzled, Gray looked at his friends and said with a triumphant face,

 

“With the feeling of fast-forwarding time?”

 

“Could it be…….”

 

I furrowed my brow.

 

It was that moment.

 

A window popped up before my eyes.

 

Congratulations! The affinity of Liber’s spirit ‘Gray’ has reached 99, allowing you to view the status windows of Liber’s spirits.

 

I could now view the status windows that had previously been hidden for Liber’s spirits.

 

Gray (Mouse)

 

—Lv. 20

 

—Talent

 

A special wine is completed through the ‘Ability to Make Wine.’

 

Grape growth can be accelerated through the ‘Ability to Run Through Time.’ (NEW!)

 

The ‘Ability to Run Through Time.’

 

So this ability emerges when their affinity is raised?

 

It was when I was feeling flustered. Grays 2, 3, and 4 gathered around Gray.

 

They put their hands together and reached out toward the newly sprouted bud in a pose similar to when characters combine in a transformation show.

 

The sight of young boys wearing floral sun visors and work pants doing that made them look somewhat like an idol group.

 

“Run through time~”

 

“Run, run through time!”

 

And as they chanted what sounded like a strange magic spell—

 

Swoosh!

 

Pop! Another leaf suddenly appeared on the grape vine.

 

The Grays’ eyes grew wide.

 

My eyes grew wide as well.

 

“No way…….”

 

This actually works?

 

It looks really…… trivial, but it’s so amazing!

 

It was the moment the affinity built up through work pants and sun visors finally shone through.

 

While I was thinking that, the chipmunks approached.

 

The despairing chipmunks had their eyes sparkling next to them.

 

“H-How do you do that?”

 

“You should try it too, Mr. chipmunks. When you pray, do it with the feeling of running through time!”

 

“Got it!”

 

“I want to try too!”

 

The mice began clustering together.

 

Perhaps if the guests had seen this, they would have said this.

 

‘Is it a new concept K-idol group?’

 

* * *

 

That night.

 

The mice painstakingly managed to create three grape vines.

 

Saying the grapes would likely bear fruit by tomorrow, they all ate a late-night snack and fell fast asleep.

 

It seemed they were experiencing a kind of mana exhaustion.

 

‘At this rate, we should be able to make a few more bottles of wine.’

 

Furthermore, after they created the grape vines, the squirrels’ affinity also rose steeply.

 

Gray said the cause seemed to be that they had developed trust in me.

 

‘You let us, who had only ever lived in the dark, know the joy of sharing wine with humans. You even gave us the joy of working.’

 

Gray had said this with a genuinely grateful face.

 

Whatever the case, thanks to that, the squirrels’ blessing also helped the grape’s growth, so the speed really ramped up towards the end.

 

My goal became to make as much wine as possible within the existing wine’s one-week expiration date before setting off.

 

However, to do that, there was one thing I had to resolve.

 

In the middle of the night when everyone was asleep, I stood alone in front of the revolving door.

 

After confirming there was no one around, I inserted the master key into the revolving door.

 

And I spoke.

 

“To the Goblin Tavern.”

 

There was something I needed to confirm with the Goblin, meaning Bihyung.

 

What exactly transpired between Bihyung and Ilmiho, and the reason why Ilmiho hated the ‘task’ being accomplished so much.

 

It was when I was thinking that.

 

A hand suddenly popped out from somewhere.

 

“…?”

 

When I looked to the side, I saw Han Woohyun standing in front of the revolving door that had already begun to turn.

 

“You….”

 

Before I could even say anything, the two of us were sucked into the revolving door.

 

And the next moment, having been spat out from the revolving door, the two of us were suddenly standing in front of a massive Joseon-era building.

 

Hanging on the building, which was as massive as a palace, was this signboard.

 

Goblin Tavern

 

And at that tavern, countless lanterns were hung, and numerous people were coming and going.

 

Wow, just because I gave him management consulting once—

 

“It’s gotten huge.”