Chapter 16: Chapter 15: Dungeon Seeking, Part Seven (2/2)
”That can't be! It hasn't been three days since the Otadonol stage and you're telling me that you've found a dungeon already? Even though field monsters haven't spawned yet?”
”No…”
”You're Earth's first deva. You learned the Unrivaled skill at level 0. And you're telling me you found a dungeon three days after the Otadonol stage started? How lucky are you? Are you sure you're a native of Earth that entered the Otadonol stage?”
Anton didn't wait for me to reply and got all excited by himself.
”Wow! In all my years, I've never met a guy luckier than you. How can anyone get this lucky? All else aside, dungeons are supposed to be hidden by a protective spell before field monsters spawn. The only way to check for an entrance of a dungeon is to break that protective spell, so how exactly did you find it? Even if the shield was weakened, you shouldn't be able to feel or see it, so how did you know the shield was there? Did you just attack randomly and the shield happened to be fight in front of you and the shield just happened to break under your attack? That would be your only chance of finding a dungeon.”
”!!!”
Sure, I led the conversation on purpose. But he took the bait perfectly.
”Mr. Manager!”
As soon as Anton finished speaking, Marie called to him hurriedly, to try to stop him from saying any more.
”Huh, what?”
”You can't just say things about dungeons like that.”
”But, Marie, this guy already found a dun…”
Anton looked at my direction as pleaded to Marie.
”Didn't you tell me you found a dungeon?”
”I didn't find one yet.”
”Damn it! You con!”
Anton shouted as his face grew beet red.
”Ok, I may have baited you into telling me something, but I didn't con you.”
”That's called conning!”
”I guess you can feel that way, but I didn't say that I found a dungeon. If you really feel that way, then I'm sorry.”
If it was just me and Anton in the room, I probably would have denied it to the end. But Marie was behind Anton the entire time, so I confessed and apologized.
If I had continued to deny it with Marie there, I had a strong feeling that I would no longer be able to use Seoul's Store 72 in the future.
”Curses! You scammed me. Because of you, I'm about to be broke. You idiot! Ahhh! What will I do, Marie? Ahhh!”
Anton was still red after my apology. His eyes even began to well with tears and cried into Marie's embrace.
Marie spoke to me as she held Anton in her two arms.
”Deva Lee Jiwon.”
”Yes, Miss Marie.”
”From what I see, you led the conversation in order to get information from Mr. Anton who hasn't been a manager long enough to know what his current situation is. Am I wrong?”
”Hmm… I won't deny it.”
She sighed...