Welcome to Dungeon Hotel

After being surprised for a moment, Kang Sojin was filled with fear.

‘The fact that he told this secret to me means that I can’t leave the room alive…?!’

Kang Sojin looked at Han Woohyun with tears in her eyes. Han Woohyun took a sip of coffee with a calm face and said to the guild leader.

“I want you to stop making fun of my team members.”

Making fun?

Kang Sojin flinched.

“I’m not making fun of her. I’m just checking. Whether Hunter Kang Sojin is trustworthy.”

After Han Minhyuk said that, he looked at Kang Sojin.

“I hope you don’t feel offended, Hunter Kang Sojin. The owner of that hotel is like my daughter. So I had to check on you for a while.”

T, that’s what it is!

It wasn’t a real daughter.

And the threat he just made was kind of—.

Kang Sojin was a little relieved.

However, she had no choice but to be nervous again at Minhyuk’s next words.

“Didn’t the original report talk about the existence of the hotel? But why did you suddenly become so firmly loyal to her?”

“At that time, I was just curious that there was a hotel in the dungeon… Actually, I thought about quitting the Hunter job.”

Han Minhyuk also knew Kang Sojin had a problem with the previous team.

“Even after moving the team, I had trauma about the dungeon for a while.”

“But I heard you showed great skills during the Sobaeksan raid.”

“Because I realized the value of teamwork. The boss said that. While serving warm coffee. Teamwork is something you create together.”

“Warm coffee…”

Han Minhyuk fiddled with a coffee cup while listening to the words.

“Yes. I missed the mixed coffee there for a long time after I left there, but once again thanks to the coffee there, I saved the lives of my teammates, so it’s not an exaggeration to say that I continued to work as a hunter thanks to the boss.”

Han Minhyuk stopped touching the coffee cup at Kang Sojin’s question.

It was because the memory of the moment when he fell into the world inside the type with warm coffee came to mind.

“Yeah. I’ve also tried the coffee there.”

He said to Kang Sojin, feeling comfortable just thinking about the ‘hotel’.

“Then you know. How much it means that there is such a hotel somewhere in the dungeon.”

Han Minhyuk was startled by Kang Sojin’s words.

“The only person who can run such a place is the boss.”

At Kang Sojin’s words, Han Minhyuk recalled Junghyo’s words.

‘No matter what Uncle says, I want to keep the hotel running here. It makes me happier than anyone else to save the hunters in danger in the dungeon. You know. I can’t turn a blind eye to hunters in crisis. That’s why I have to run this place. Definitely.’

Han Minhyuk had no choice but to accept Junghyo’s last words.

Of course, he put forward one condition.

‘Okay. Instead, formally register as an Awakener.’

‘That’s…’

‘Hunter Kang Sojin seemed to have figured out the identity of the hotel to some extent. There is no guarantee that there will be no other people like Hunter Kang Sojin. The identity of the hotel will become more and more known. I’m not going to tell you to sell the hotel. Instead.’

‘Instead…?’

‘How about signing a formal cooperation with the Hanwoon Guild?’

The condition was a proposal for cooperation. 

***

Cooperation with the Hanwoon Guild.

It was a little more attractive than Shim Jiyoon’s suggestion to become a Baekho guild member.

The man who is the head of the Hanwoon Guild wants to pay the down payment and write a cooperation contract between the hotels.

Of course, the accommodation fee for the members of the Hanwoon Guild will be paid by the Hanwoon Guild, and when there is a raid, the hotel will have a close contact system.

However, he said that the Hanwoon Guild PR team would make an effort to keep the hotel’s existence at least as urban as it is now, and that a security team would be prepared to prepare for any possible invasion by villains.

It couldn’t have been a good condition from the hotel’s point of view. 

However, I couldn’t answer right away, so I just told Uncle, ‘I’ll register as an awakened person first and then tell you.’

“So, are you going to Seoul?”

Miyeon looked anxious at me.

I asked Miyeon to take care of the guests in Yeongchun-myeon while I was away, and she took over this and that. 

“Don’t worry too much. I’ll leave the dungeon hotel to Toto and Geumdong. You only need to treat ordinary customers on the first floor. If you need food ingredients, please buy them without asking and post a receipt.”

“….” 

Miyeon made a mysterious expression after hearing the last words.

“That… This is what I am saying after watching the boss’s sales method. Now I am the manager of this hotel, and if the hotel goes bankrupt, my job will be gone. As you know, it’s a hard job to find…”

“Yes. Please speak.”

What do you want to say? 

“I heard you’re going to register as an awakened person and inform them here and there. Then can I do marketing?” 

Marketing.

For some reason, the smell of S-Class solicitor skills wafted through the air.

“Actually, the number of guests is small compared to the cost of this hotel. We already have three employees.”

“Two of them are spirits, so there is no labor cost.”

Miyeon opened her eyes wide at my answer.

Then Geumdong, who was chopping garlic in tears to grind and freeze garlic nearby, said with bright red eyes.

“That’s right! We’re here because we just love to work. I don’t even need human money anyway….” 

Hearing this, Miyeon murmured.

“You love to work…?” 

It must be absurd. I was absurd, too.

“Well, the electricity and water bills here….”

“Ah. I don’t use that except for the real Yeongchunjang. It’s just an addition to my skills….”

Miyeon’s eyes widened at my words.

“But I’m not against marketing at all. Regular guests should come in moderation so that our hotel won’t look suspicious from the outside. But worrying about marketing is when you register as an Awakened person and when the direction of working with the guild you want to contract with is clearly decided. I don’t like the Yeongchun Hotel being too busy right now.”

‘I have collected quite a bit of money from quests in my spare time….’

Of course, she decided not to talk about the quest anywhere, so she didn’t tell Miyeon.

It’s difficult when the hard-picked employee leaves.

“Oh, and even if you register as an Awakener, it would be nice if the promotion was only for regular hotels to angler guests. A hotel that leads to a dungeon is dangerous if it becomes too well-known. A villain might come pretending to be a guest.”

Until I signed a contract with the Hanwoon Guild, I had to keep vigilant against the twisting of villains.

And even if a contract is signed, the more guests there are, the more difficult it is to weed out the villain.

However, Miyeon shook her head.

“Then, what if there is a hunter passing by without knowing our hotel exists?! They found a revolving door in a dungeon but don’t know what it is! They don’t know, just pass by! Then what should I do!” 

“…Uh.. that…”

That’s possible.

“I’m going to do business without revealing my identity, and I’m secretly informing the existence of our hotel by viral. Come in if you find it, in that sense. But, as I said, we’ll do it the right way so we don’t get mixed up with the villain.” 

It’s all about words that get drawn in.

But it’s easy to say, is it possible to promote it in a subtle way?

“How are you going to do that?”

“You’ll see.”

Miyeon saw me off with a strange smile. 

I felt weird because I felt like she was kicking me out.

This time, I thought as I came out with a request not to feed Geumdong excessively. 

‘Why do all the hotel staff… like to work?’

Well, anyway.

Because of Uncle’s suggestion, I couldn’t postpone the Awakener registration any longer, so I headed to the Awakening Registration Office as soon as I arrived in Seoul. 

My stats were D-Class, so there was no way that the semi-official association members would be very interested.

Besides, since the awakening machine said that only stats and grades could be confirmed, there would be no immediate arrest of me after seeing a class like ‘hotel manager’—

What I thought was a mistake.

Checking stats and class…

The awakening level exceeds the machine’s limit, forcing a forced power shutdown.

0…

10…

20…

100%

Bye

What do you mean bye, you punk? Wake up!

Contrary to my rage, the awakening machine had already died, and the association employee behind the window who saw it started talking on the phone somewhere with his face turned white.

“C, chief. This, this… machine class check limit is A-Class, right? Then this person…  I think it’s at least S-Class! Please report to the president of the association immediately!” 

E, excuse me! 

Please hang up the phone for now!