1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

1st place in the ranking is the villager

- Volume 5, Episode 20

20. The Man's Circumstances

An elderly man in a neatly dressed suit that looks luxurious.

His face was full of wrinkles, but his eyes showed a passion like any other young man.

He was a grandfather he had never seen for the first time, but for some reason Ho-young felt familiar with him.

Ding Dong-.

As I was thinking about it, the doorbell rang again.

Only then did Ho-young realize that he had been quiet, and he picked up the handset of the intercom.

"who are you......?"

-.......

Hearing Hoyoung's words, his grandfather frowned slightly and opened his mouth.

- Don't you know who I am?

"...I'm sorry, I don't know."

-......He is the person who Jaejoong becomes his father.

"Is that so..., yes?!"

Upon closer inspection, the face was very similar to Baek Jae-gun.

If Baek Jae-geon approaches old age with a slightly stronger impression, he seems to be completely different.

"Ah, that, ah, hello! I mean..."

- Why don't you let me in first?

"Oh, yes! Wait a minute!"

Why did Baek Jae-gun's father come here?

No, considering the relationship, there were good reasons, but it was too sudden.

Besides, he was alone at home now.

'Did you have a father more than that?'

But he couldn't leave his grandfather outside, so Ho-young quickly ran to the front door and opened the door.

"Come on in."

"Excuse me."

Ho-young, who guided his grandfather into the living room, looked inside the refrigerator to serve him something to drink.

"Hey, barley tea... would you like some?"

"If you give it to me, thank you."

After pouring barley tea into a cup and putting it on a tray, Ho-young placed it on the table and sat on the floor with the table in between to face him who was sitting on the sofa.

"......"

"......"

There was a long silence where only the sound of a barley car passing over her neck, and Ho-young looked at him with tension, and he finally opened his mouth.

"Let's formally introduce myself again. Jae-geon is the father of the person and his name is Baek Yun-taek."

"Oh, my name is Seon Hoyoung."

"Know."

After taking another sip of barley tea, Baek Yoon-taek asked Ho-young the first question he had asked.

"You really don't know who I am?"“I’m sorry. Uncle, no, that… I didn’t recognize him at first because he never showed me his family photos.

The question Baek Yoon-taek posed to Ho-young was not, 'Does he know that he is Baek Jae-gun's father?'

He asked, 'Does he know that he is the president of the people group?'

Looking at Ho-young's reaction, it seemed that he didn't know.

He won't be acting.

If that was acting, Baek Yoon-taek thought that the young man in front of him would have no problem walking the path of an actor right now.

In response to Ho-young's reaction, Baek Yoon-taek smiled relieved.

'Jaegun has met a good family.'

At first, he wondered if he approached after knowing the background of Baekjae Gun.

But because of his reaction now, he knew that he was looking only at the person behind Baek Jae-gun, not himself, but Baek Jae-gun.

'You still don't know my face... Have I not shown my face too much on TV these days?'

As Baek Yun-taek was thinking such a thought, Ho-young opened his mouth.

"Uh... But what did you come to my house for?"

"Ah, I'm sorry. I forgot for a moment."

Baek Yun-taek took a white envelope from his suit pocket and placed it on the table.

"What's this?"

"It's your mother and Jaegun's wedding gift. I'm here to deliver this."

Because he doesn't even have the right to go to Baek Jae-gun's wedding.

But on the way to marrying my son, I wanted to congratulate him this time.

Hoyoung looked at the white envelope on the table and opened her mouth.

"Why are you giving me this now?"

It was a fundamental question.

It was a time when the wedding venue and date had not yet been set.

Why do you come all the way here and hand it to yourself instead of giving it to Baek Jae-gun so quickly?

I couldn't help but wonder.

"......"

In response to Hoyoung's question, Baek Yun-taek bit his mouth.

Ho-young, who saw his sad expression at that time, could intuitively notice that there was something between Baek Jae-geon and Baek Yoon-taek.

I don't know exactly what's going on, but at first glance I could feel that Baek Yoon-taek was avoiding Baek Jae-gun.

He wanted to meet him, but he couldn't. The situation was different, but Dantals's face was superimposed on his face.

Ho-young, who was worried about his face, eventually pushed the white envelope on the table to Baek Yun-taek.

"I'm sorry, but I can't get this right now. Please give it to me directly."

"...how can't it be?"

"I'm sorry. ...I'm sorry and please listen. I don't know what happened between Dad and Grandpa, but I hope you don't avoid it and face it with Dad."

At Ho-young's words, Baek Yoon-taek gave a bitter smile.

Baek Yoon-taek thought that he was disqualified as president for showing his inner feelings to such a young man.

If only Baek Jae-geon is involved, his feelings are not hidden because he has committed a crime.

In Baek Yun-taek's eyes, sadness and loneliness could be seen.

"Yeah, that's right. There were a lot of rudeness today."

Eventually he had to get up from his seat with the white envelope.

"Drink well of barley tea and go."

* * *

"Wow!"

When Hoya reappeared at the place where he logged out last night, Badu, who had been wandering through the forest alone, ran up to him and sat on his head naturally.

After the huge increase and decrease, Badu continued to maintain a small appearance except for combat situations.

"Sorry, are you very late?"

"King!"

[Status: If you know, I am urging the owner to go quickly. I'm slowly taking steps to get stronger.]

After checking Badu's condition, Hoya let out a small laugh and moved toward the 7th underground tunnel to confirm the quest.

Hoya's eyes widened in surprise when he confirmed the quest.

[A big step to build strength - the first]

*Only monsters caught by the pet 'Badu' alone are counted.

Completion Requirements: Hunt monsters of the master player's appropriate level (149/300)

Success Reward: Pet 'Badu' acquires skill 'Drain'

"her......."

laughter came out.

Half of the quest completion conditions were filled overnight.

"You didn't sleep at night, did you go hunting all the time?"

"Wow!"

It seems that Badu went hunting monsters without sleeping all night.

In response to Hoya's question, Badu simply wags his tail strongly.

Hoya was stimulated by such a Badu, so that one day, he did not go to the village, but ran through the forest to hunt only monsters.

Thanks to that, he was able to raise the Krauss-style swordsmanship right up to the point of growing to an advanced level.

* * *

On the third day after coming to the eastern continent, Hoya cleared the 7th area twice and headed to the village he had found with the Royal Knights.

I think I will be able to clear the second quest of Badu in at least 3 days.

The first will probably be finished by tonight.

Hoya, who had changed into the clothes his grandfather had given him, entered the village, mingling with the people entering and leaving the city gate.

Hoya started looking for one thing as she wandered around the market stalls that looked like a mixture of Asian cultures.

"Excuse me. Do you know where the library is?"

"Huh? The library?"

What Hoya was looking for was the library.

It is too dangerous for him to wander the eastern continent without knowing anything.

He could be suspected if he found out that he did not know what he must know if he was a resident of the continent.

Hoya took the advice of his grandfather and decided to acquire knowledge first in order to let him know that he was an outsider as much as possible.

"Library..., books... Ah! Are you talking about library?"

The stall owner, who had been asked Hoya's question, thought carefully, then struck his palm with his fist.

"I'm looking for a place where I can find books."

"You're right about the library. If it's a library, go straight down this side street and turn right in front of the two-story house with tiled roofs on it, then go straight ahead and turn left at the blacksmith's shop."

"thank you for telling me."As we walked along the street as the stall owner told us, we found a building with a sign that read 'Handong Bookstore'.

Looking through the window, I saw bookshelves with many books.

It seems to have come right.

After turning half the building to find the entrance, Hoya tried to enter the building without hesitation, but a man blocked his way.

He said, "Stop for a while. I will pay the fee before entering."

"Are you charged a fee?"

"Of course. I didn't dig a book and put it there."

Hoya thought of the library as a place like a city library, but realized that it wasn't, but rather a place like a manga room where he had to pay a fee.

He didn't think there would be a fee, but if he came to that country, he had to obey the laws of that country.

"How much is the fee?"

"50 battles per entry. If you exit and re-enter, you will have to pay again."

"50...before?"

"Yeah, 50 years ago."

Hoya tilted his head at the man's words.

The unit of currency used in the game is 'gold'.

I've never seen them use the currency unit called the Jeon.

The currency used in the village of Yggdrasil was also gold.

Hoya took out 1 gold from his inventory just in case.

"Are you talking about this?"

"What is that? Is it a bae?"

Even if I did, it seemed that the eastern continent did not recognize the money of the western continent as money.

'What do we do.'

It seemed that there was a need to obtain new money from the eastern continent.

As Hoya was so concerned, the man who had been paying close attention to the gold Hoya took out pointed his finger at the gold in Hoya's hand and opened his mouth.

"How many more do you have?"

"Ah yes."

"Then, I'll let you enter the five tiles you just pulled out, just this time."

"Is that okay?"

A golden plaque with the national flag of Ruzeros engraved elaborately and splendidly, the man thought that if he presented this beautiful plaque to the emperor as a gift, good Congo might fall.

It wasn't a bad story for him, so Hoya handed the man five golds and went inside the Handong library.

"Oh, don't put that puppy on his head down on the floor."

"Yes."

The inside of the Handong library felt a little smaller than it looked from the outside.

The bookshelves lined up in rows were stacked with various books and scrolls.

On the side of the bookshelf, the categories of books were written like in a real library, so Hoya was able to quickly find a bookshelf with books related to history.

Even at a glance, the bookshelf was made of wood that was better than other bookshelves, but the rest of the compartments were empty except for one.

There were many duplicates of the books that filled one bookshelf.

'It's less than I thought.'

Although the volume of the book was small, Hoya decided to think positively, saying that he could read it quickly.

With that in mind, Hoya took out the most piled book on the bookshelf and started reading it.

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