Noh Youngjin’s disciplinary action.
Thanks to that, I felt great and hummed a tune as I left the Myth Guild headquarters.
But…
“Hey, Seo Juwon.”
Someone called me from behind.
Turning around at the familiar voice, Noh Youngjin, who had followed me, was staring at me with a flushed face.
“Yes, Deputy Team Leader. Do you have any business with me?”
“What? Any business? You little punk, are you messing with me!”
Noh Youngjin strode over quickly and grabbed my collar.
“Why are you doing this?”
“Why, you ask? Ha, this punk is playing dumb till the end. Hey, you snickered when you left the office, didn’t you.”
What the.
I thought I laughed secretly, but he saw it?
His senses are damn sharp.
“Ha, this punk isn’t talking? Hey, is it funny? Is it funny that I got disciplined?”
“First, let go of this.”
“Let go? Are you ordering me now? Do you think I’m a joke because you shone in the gate? I’m the deputy team leader. I’m your superior, you punk!”
Noh Youngjin snarled fiercely.
But why is it.
Far from being scared, a chuckle came out instead.
Because it was absurd.
“Heh, this punk is laughing? Do you think I’m a joke? Huh? Is my discipline funny, you punk!”
“Don’t call me punk, punk. Am I the deputy team leader’s punk?”
“What?”
“Is a subordinate a slave? To treat them so carelessly? Did you get the deputy position for that?”
“What, what did you say?”
As I yelled back fiercely, Noh Youngjin made a dumbfounded expression.
“And…!”
I swatted away the hand grabbing my collar and continued.
“It’s not that the discipline is funny, but the deputy team leader doing this to me is even funnier.”
“Did this punk take some drugs or something. What kind of bullshit is that?”
“The bullshit is what the deputy team leader is spouting, isn’t it? Acting like this to a fellow parachute hire, to me it just sounds like a dog barking.”
“What, what did you…?”
When I brought up the parachute story, Noh Youngjin’s face turned even redder with panic and anger.
“You, you what! Where did you hear that. Where did you hear the parachute talk from!”
“You don’t need to know, just don’t touch me. Until now, I stayed quiet because you seemed like a pitiful human, but if you keep provoking me, I won’t stay still either.”
“Ha, what? Won’t stay still? What will you do if you don’t stay still. What will you do, you punk!”
Noh Youngjin pressed close and yelled as if to kill.
A hair-trigger situation.
Noh Youngjin had the momentum to draw his sword, and I was ready to summon Skeleton Soldiers.
Since things had come to this, I had no intention of backing down either.
“What the hell are you two doing!”
At that moment, someone’s bellow rang out.
I turned my gaze, and Noh Youngjin hurriedly looked back.
Then Team Leader Ju Namgyu approached with an angry face.
“Noh Youngjin, what are you trying to do now?”
“T-Team Leader. It’s nothing. I was just…”
“Nothing? What do you mean nothing? To my eyes, it looks like you’re harassing Seo Juwon right now?”
Noh Youngjin couldn’t say a word to Ju Namgyu’s bellow.
“Noh Youngjin, do you want to get kicked out of Myth Guild altogether? Discipline wasn’t enough?”
“If you want, just say it. I’ll report to the Bronze Raid Captain and get you expelled.”
Ju Namgyu snarled at Noh Youngjin.
Then Noh Youngjin moved his lips as if frustrated.
“…I’m sorry, Team Leader.”
He eventually bowed his head and apologized to Ju Namgyu.
Ju Namgyu, glaring at such Noh Youngjin, said.
“Noh Youngjin.”
“Yes, Team Leader.”
“Don’t test my patience. The accident you caused in the Killer Bee gate, covering for you when the other guild members were angry earlier, and now this. I’ve endured enough.”
“I know, Team Leader. I’m truly sorry. I won’t let this happen again…”
The deputy team leader bowed his head several more times after that, gave me a glare, and then disappeared.
That bastard.
He still hasn’t come to his senses.
I shook my head.
After Noh Youngjin retreated like that, Ju Namgyu said.
“Seo Juwon, are you okay.”
“Ah, yes. I’m fine. And thank you for helping.”
“It’s fine. As team leader, I’m sorry I couldn’t prevent this in advance.”
“No. I’m always grateful to you, Team Leader.”
“You kid, flattery. Sigh, anyway, I don’t know what to do with that guy Noh Youngjin. He’d be excellent if he just hunted quietly, but his emotions are so extreme…”
Ju Namgyu clicked his tongue while looking at Noh Youngjin’s distant back for a while, and said that for the time being, Noh Youngjin wouldn’t have anything to say.
He got disciplined, and I warned him just now.
Well.
But why is it.
I had a feeling that Noh Youngjin, who had just apologized and left, absolutely wouldn’t back down.
A dog doesn’t quit eating shit.
It was just a hunch, but considering Noh Youngjin’s personality that I’ve seen so far, my premonition was probably right.
***
A while ago, after conquering the Fire Bear gate, I received a special gift.
The identity of the special gift was none other than a new skill.
Namely, ‘Skeleton Mage Summon’.
This incredibly intuitive name made my heart pound.
To the point where I wanted a dispatch order to come down as soon as possible to cast the skill.
However, one cannot live buried only in the life of a hunter.
Welcoming a leisurely holiday, I returned not as Hunter Seo Juwon, but as Dad Seo Juwon.
“Eunbyeol, Daddy will make delicious tteokbokki for you. Okay?”
“Woo! Exciting!”
Eunbyeol answered brightly.
I stroked Eunbyeol’s hair and started cooking tteokbokki.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
I first put the pure white rice cakes into the pot.
Then added an appropriate amount of water, sugar, soy sauce, red pepper powder, and gochujang.
Stir stir.
After adding all the ingredients without missing any, I began stirring slowly with a wooden spatula.
So that the various seasonings would soak well into the water and rice cakes.
Thus, the water quickly turned red.
I turned up the gas flame and started boiling the water.
“Shall I chop the green onions in the meantime?”
I decided to chop the green onions while the water boiled.
So I took out the green onions from the fridge to chop them.
“Hiing, Eunbyeol hates green onions!”
Eunbyeol, who was watching the cooking process, said with a sulky expression.
“Haha, Eunbyeol. Green onions are delicious too.”
“Nooo. Green onions are yucky!”
“They become delicious in tteokbokki. Trust Daddy.”
“For real?”
“Yes. It will definitely be more delicious with green onions. You can trust Daddy.”
“Hehe, okay! Because it’s Daddy, Eunbyeol will specially trust you!”
Eunbyeol said, regaining her smile.
I smiled at Eunbyeol and started chopping the green onions.
Slice slice!
The fresh green onions made pleasant sounds as they were chopped into pieces.
Man, cooking is best when chopping something.
I smiled and chopped the green onions into uniform sizes.
Bubble bubble!
Meanwhile, the water boiling diligently.
While observing that, Eunbyeol sniffed and said.
“Mmm, Daddy! It already smells delicious!”
“Haha, already?”
“Yes! Saliva is pooling in my mouth! Ah, I want to eat it quick!”
“Aigoo, our Eunbyeol wants to eat soon? Okay. Daddy will make it fast.”
“Woo! I’ll wait!”
With Eunbyeol’s bright smile, I dropped in the green onions.
The green onions slowly dyeing in the deep red water.
I stirred the tteokbokki well with the wooden spatula and reduced the water.
It has to reduce to a simmer to be delicious.
There are many tteokbokki with lots of water in the world, but Eunbyeol and I liked tteokbokki with little water.
Tteokbokki where the water is almost completely reduced so the seasoning soaks well into the rice cakes.
That’s why Eunbyeol and I waited patiently, chatting idly while waiting for the cooking to finish.
Oh, it’s done.
Spending time like that, the water had reduced to just the right amount before I knew it.
Tteokbokki reduced to a perfectly appetizing simmer.
I carefully transferred it to a pure white plate and placed it on the table, then brought it to the inner room.
“Here, let’s eat!”
“Wowwwww! Super delicious!”
Seeing the tteokbokki, Eunbyeol raised both arms and cheered.
The glossy flowing tteokbokki seemed to whet the appetite.
Honestly, my mouth was watering too.
“Eunbyeol, here’s a fork. Hurry and try it. It has to be eaten hot to be delicious.”
“Woo! Daddy, thank you for cooking for Eunbyeol! Eunbyeol will eat deliciously!”
“Haha, yes. Eat a lot, my daughter.”
I smiled warmly at Eunbyeol.
Eunbyeol poked the tteokbokki with the fork drawn with a bunny.
The thick sauce dripping from the tteokbokki.
Eunbyeol slid it into her mouth.
“Mmmmmm!”
Eunbyeol shivered and made a pleased sound.
“How is it? Delicious?”
“Yes! Super super delicious! Totally the best! The most delicious in the universe!”
“Haha, that much?”
“Woo! Daddy try too! Really delicious! The most delicious tteokbokki Daddy has made so far!”
Wow, that much?
I smiled at Eunbyeol’s rave review and picked up a tteokbokki to eat.
Chew chew.
First felt was the taste of the seasoning.
The seasoning taste, based on sweetness while not losing spiciness, was good.
Mmm!
Soon felt was the chewy chewy taste of the rice cake.
The bouncy yet not losing its simplicity rice cake was truly a delicacy.
The thick sauce soaking well into the rice cake made it even more artistic.
“Oh, delicious. This one turned out really well.”
“Right? Super delicious? Eunbyeol was right?”
“Haha, indeed. As expected, Eunbyeol is a gourmet. Anyway, eat a lot, Eunbyeol.”
“Woo! I’ll eat lots and lots! Thank you, Daddy!”
Eunbyeol said brightly and started inhaling the tteokbokki.
Even getting red sauce around her mouth while munching away.
I wiped Eunbyeol’s mouth and smiled warmly.
We chatted about various things like that.
Kindergarten stories.
Hunter life stories.
Celebrity stories.
Or even just childish jokes.
Then, when the tteokbokki was almost finished, Eunbyeol opened her mouth.
“Ah, right! Eunbyeol has something to tell Daddy!”
“Yeah? What is it?”
“You know, what the composer uncle said. Eunbyeol wants to try it!”
“Huh? You mean becoming a proper composer?”
“Yes! Eunbyeol wants to do that!”
I was startled by Eunbyeol’s bombshell declaration.
I had always been thinking about Composer Nam Seungha’s proposal, but we hadn’t discussed it in detail.
But to say it so suddenly.
I couldn’t help but be flustered.
“No, why? Why did you suddenly think that?”
“Just! Because it seems fun!”
“Is that really all?”
“Woo! Because it seems fun! Whyyy? Not okay?”
Eunbyeol tilted her head and asked.
“No. There’s no reason it can’t be. It’s not a bad thing, what could be wrong. It’s just sudden for Daddy as a parent.”
“Hehe, not for Eunbyeol. Eunbyeol thought about it every day!”
“I see. So, thinking about it every day, you want to try composing?”
“Instead of just singing alone, really make songs for the singer unnies and oppas on TV! Woo! Seems super fun!”
Eunbyeol said with sparkling eyes.
Such clear and transparent eyes.
In them, pure will toward composing was burning.
Yeah, experiencing it wouldn’t be bad.
I thought positively of Eunbyeol’s decision.
It’s not deciding a lifelong career, just experiencing it is something she can do as much as she wants.
Especially experiencing under Nam Seungha, the best composer in the country, would be even more valuable.
“Okay, Eunbyeol. Then Daddy will tell the composer. That Eunbyeol said she wants to try composing.”
“Yes! Got it! Hehe, exciting! From now on, Eunbyeol is a composer!”
Eunbyeol raised her fork high and shouted energetically.
The moment my daughter Eunbyeol was reborn as a pro composer.