Chapter 40 Part4 (1/2)

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'Haa...'

Jin didn't seem like he was in a good mood all throughout their trip to the capital. Was it because Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had made him draw their wagon, so that his cover (as a normal horse) wouldn't be blown? No, it wasn't that simple. Jin was definitely dissatisfied with his partner.

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was absolutely sure that he hadn't figured out about his complete human transformation, but he was also reluctant to ask Jin what was wrong, so he just shut his mouth for the time being.

”The weather's great!”

[It really is. It's so clear, as if it's wis.h.i.+ng us happiness in the future. I guess there are some things worth seeing on the surface.]

Whereas Sinea and Ye Jin Jin couldn't be happier, sitting opposite to Lee s.h.i.+n Woo in the wagon. What was he hiding? He was with Sinea on the first day, and Ye Jin Jin on the second... They were so boisterous, so much so that it seemed like they'd go to heaven, due to the 'entertainment' he'd provided with the date. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had asked them to restrain themselves; apparently this was them 'restrained'.

”Don't be so loud.”

”Ok!”

[Ok. Hoo. Hoo.]

Those girls knew, of course, how Jin was feeling; more than Lee s.h.i.+n Woo anyway. That's why they tried their very best to not show how happy they were, but there was no way for them to hide the happiness and joy they felt.

Their reactions reminded him of his friend when he had first started dating his girlfriend. No, now that he thought about it, they were reacting similarly to his friend.

”Mr. s.h.i.+n Woo, that cloud looks like your eye socket!”

[Hoo, no matter how I look at it, it looks more like his sacrum than his eye socket.]

”Do you guys always look at my bones so closely on a regular basis...?”

'...Keuk.'

And whenever they engaged in more intimate skins.h.i.+p, he could hear Jin's. .h.i.t points going down.

'Be honest. What did you do to them? Did you by any chance...'

'I told you. They've been working hard, so I complimented them a little bit... After that, I guess we had a date. It was a commercial service. A service.'

'A date is a service...'

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could hear Jin's voice through the a.s.similation skill and responded naturally. There was absolutely nothing wrong with his att.i.tude. Of course, Jin didn't trust him right away, as he'd travelled with this Joker for so long, but... he didn't have any evidence to pursue it with. So...

'I'm your partner... You shouldn't lie to me.'

'I told you, I'm not lying to you.'

'Really...?'

So Jin stopped his attempts at breaking Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's unbreakable mask, and tried to hit at his conscience instead.

'Of course. You're my partner. My only partner.'

'...Your only partner.'

However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't have a conscience, so it was completely ineffective. Unfortunately, Jin didn't know that, so he decided to accept his explanation.

'Well, I guess it makes sense, since those girls' mental state hasn't been normal since the beginning.'

'You're the worst. You looked like you were being friendly to Ye Jin Jin!'

'This and that are two different things. Yeah, I was being friendly, but she's still crazy.'

Of course, just because Jin had accepted his explanation didn't mean he was completely over it. Since Ye Jin Jin and Sinea were still clinging onto Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, and he was still drawing the wagon!

”It feels kind of lonely since we left. I wanted to stay in Kuroa's Glory for about ten more days.”

”Our shop doesn't have any holidays. If you want to take a break, then apply for a vacation. Of course, it'd be unpaid leave.”

In the past, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had worked in a vicious enterprise that exploited him, and he was carrying on that tradition for the Lawrence shop. After all, this is how you got rid of bad habits.

”I don't care if I'm not paid, but it's meaningless if I'm the only one resting. I wanted to go sightseeing with you, Mr. s.h.i.+n Woo...”

[Hoo. Once we get to the capital, Paul Zero will be working hard again. I'd rather time just stopped right now.]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had invested a day into Sinea and a day into Ye Jin Jin, so he couldn't rest anymore. Of course, he didn't forget to play board games with Jin in his free time. Honestly speaking, he was more comfortable with Jin than with them (the business targets).

”Ah, I can kind of see the capital's walls. s.h.i.+n Woo, what are you going to do about the paladins that are following us?”

”They'll be working on behalf of the Sun G.o.d religion, while I'll be staying at the Lawrence shop, so there's no reason to go in together. Moreover, if I stay too close to the Sun G.o.d religion, then it'll be hard for people to approach Lawrence to negotiate with Kay.”

”As expected of you, Mr. s.h.i.+n Woo. To think that far ahead...”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wasn't planning on ruining his alliance with the Sun G.o.d religion, but he also wasn't going to avoid the influential individuals in the capital. If he could gain information, a.s.sistance, or form personal connections by meeting with them, then he had no reason not to.

'The Sun G.o.d religion had more power than I had initially a.s.sumed. Since my name was spread to about half of the Empire by just clearing five dungeons... It goes without saying that my name was spread to Kuroa's Glory and the adjacent capital. The n.o.bles in the capital might be tense.'

Normally, an individual recognized as a saint by a religious order isn't someone often seen. A saint had to possess power that displayed the G.o.d's distinct characteristic, such that everyone in the religious order would acknowledge them. At the same time, they had to have a meek personality that obeyed their orders.

Plus, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had enough power to clear a level 6 dungeon by himself, which had made a strong impression on not only the other religious orders, but the n.o.bles in the capital as well. Furthermore, he was Lawrence's sponsor, the same Lawrence that had had such a successful auction!