Chapter 102 (1/2)
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It was an early Suh Hazeline aiting for Kim Sae-Jin's arrival in the Incheon International Airport
”…Hey, isn't she an Elf?” (A passerby 1)
”Look at her pale skin I think you ht” (A passerby 2)
”Should we go and ask her?” (A passerby 1)
It was fine for her to wait, since she was the one who showed up earlier than scheduled, but still, Hazeline found it hard to endure those pointed stares of curiosity and envy thrown at her way thanks to the thick robe she happened to wear at the htless ht and tried to take a peek at her face without holding back, even… Just like noith these two buffoons
Hazeline wanted so bad to shower these clueless idiots and their ugly ic spell, but held herself back by relying on some superhuman endurance
'…My teone softer by a lot, huh' (Hazeline)
If it was in the past, she'd have caused an incident by now While feeling a personality, Hazeline pulled out her phone
- I'll be arriving there shortly I ot stuck on me
She was about to call Sae-Jin to find out where he was, only to see a textunopened in her phone Hazeline typed a reply No need to rush without thinking toothe web
To appease her boredo around various portal sites, and before long, curiosity overtook her so she typed the words 'Kiine
- Kim Sae-Jin
188 CM
One of the most-talked about persons
The profile pic shoas of a rather cool-lookingup on the search results were good enough to slap the faces of most middle-of-the-road celebrities There were lots of photos of hi by the pavement, totally unaware; stories of his daily activities; and his act of kindness that no one knew about until now… he even donated close to 1 rew up in
”Miss Hazeline!!”
As she was deeply i out frohtly lifted her head to look
”Ah,is… those Paparazzi” (Sae-Jin)
A tall, leggy ht towards her direction
Although he only wore a siht and the perfect body shape brought those clothes to life, while his voice that sounded sexy no matter where it was heard caused all the attention to focus on him
Hazeline dazedly stared at the deep slasses, the kind that celebrities liked to wear, before waking up suddenly and glared at the man in a somewhat unhappy manner
”It's fine I only waited for twenty minutes, after all” (Hazeline)
The promised time was ten o'clock, but now, it enty past ten Kim Sae-Jin could only scratch the back of his neck
”I' to deal with the paparazzi” (Kim Sun-Ho)
Fro in his stead
”…I said, it's fine Let's hurry and get going” (Hazeline)
Feeling aard now, Hazeline quickly turned around and pulled her carry-on bag, heading towards the boarding gate
The airplane that used Mana Stones as a fuel source only needed one hour to land on the city of San Francisco's International Airport Although the trip took only one hour, thanks to ti in California Still…
[Tie: 14:45:94]
Since his Trait operated on the internal clock instead, he had quite a bit of free time However…
- Over there!!
SFX for countless nu off
The crazy explosions of cahts and the questions from the crowd of reporters went off as soon as Sae-Jin's traveling party left the airport's gates, and they were roup dizzy for a brief moment
”What the?!” (Sae-Jin)
”Wha, hat…” (Hazeline)
Compared to how Hazeline reacted, one could say Sae-Jin was(?) crowd filling up the airport, her legs continued to shake uncontrollably before she dived behind Sae-Jin and hid there
”Mister Sae-Jin!! D, d, do so!! I, I, I, I can't, handle, th, this, you know…!!!” (Hazeline)
”Guild Master Sae-Jin!! Please look this way!! This way!” (Unnamed reporter)
”For this potion export deal, the current Vice President Skendahl of the USA made an unprecedented overnment and has expressed his anticipation What are your thoughts on…” (Unnamed reporter 2)
Hazeline looked like she ht throw up at anyin Korean somehow, continued with their 'rush' Kinaled Kim Sun-Ho with his eyes
”Please do not worry” (Kim Sun-Ho)
As soon as the e was received, Sun-Ho and the subordinate Mercenaries bravely stepped forward and created the exit route As expected of forhts, they orth every penny, and both Sae-Jin and Hazeline faced no further troubles as they left the airport
After that chaos, the traveling party could just barely arrive at the luxury hotel located don in Los Angeles Called 'Proround all the way up to the penthouse suite, were booked out And that penthouse suite occupied the entire top floor
”For now… looks like we'll have to form a contract with both 'Rockemend Potions' and 'Tryth Potions', or at least with one of theest suppliers this side, after all” (Hazeline)
Right now, Hazeline and Ki on the penthouse suite
”They are both corporations, though?” (Sae-Jin)
”But of course The way things operate can't be the same between Korea and the States, you know” (Hazeline)
The situation of the Alchemy world in the States was rather different compared to that of South Korea
Within the border of the comparably tiny South Korea, the small to medium Alchemy Houses took over the duty of potion supply But in the far, far bigger US of A, two or three big corporations held exclusive rights to distribute potions in a given State And since the political and financial muscles of these corporations were indeed powerful, the Alchemists here couldn't maintain their anonymity as much as their counterparts in South Korea
Put sih this set-up was better for the wider eous towards the suppliers - the Alcheree with this author on this point This set up seems far better for individual Alche this novel, just a measly TLer, so…)
”All the proposed terood so far Minus the distribution fees, 85 of profits will be handed over to us” (Hazeline)
But Kily a 'special' exception to this rule
The truth was, though, it wasn't just Kiovern after' their own Alcheht, obviously
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A steady, near-unchanging peace had beentiers inherent in Monster hunts That, in turn, led to a decline in the demand and supply of potions But noith the sudden explosion of chaos caused by Monsters happening all over the globe, the deht…
But only the South Korea was able to escape this flow of events happening in the world, as its potion supply had been quite healthy for a while thanks to a certain 'genius' Alchemist's efforts - the Goblin
”…Well, in that case… Let's meet them first and then decide” (Sae-Jin)
If it was any other businessman, he would have to carefully assess the ter them, but fortunately, Sae-Jin possessed a certain trump card that allowed him to decipher the true intentions of any person he met
Of course, no truly successful businessmen worth their salt would be co help if he could pick the lesser of the evils available out there
”Yes, let's do that For now, it's getting late already, so get some rest for tomorrow” (Hazeline)
Hazeline unhurriedly gathered the scattered docu rooht side