The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 362

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363. Epilogue Episode 2 Retirement (2)

“…Then he kept his mouth shut and didn’t say anything.”

A sharp sound rang out from inside the dungeon, where the dark and dirty subjugation had ended.

Lee Ah-young was talking about what happened yesterday in an excited voice with her arms crossed.

“Of course, it’s not that I don’t know Junwoo’s personality, and there are only a few days left until the end, so I can understand why you’re crazy… But does it make sense that we’ve been dating for over two years and you haven’t even once thought about marriage?”

“….”

“No, I might not be able to think of anything. But why do you suddenly make a reservation at an unsuitably expensive restaurant to set the mood? Plus, they talk about old times and talk seriously! Anyone can see that he’s in the mood to propose! Isn’t it?! “Isn’t this enough to make me angry?!”

“….”

Lee Ah-young looked at them with wide eyes as if asking for an answer, but the audience hesitated to answer for a moment.

And then they just glanced at each other from the corner of their eyes.

That too for a while.

“I… I fully understand what you’re saying, but…”

For Manager Park Geun-tae’s cleaning team, who were working hard at cleaning, the situation was like a thunderbolt in the dry sky.

Manager Park Geun-tae, the eldest among them, cautiously opened his mouth.

“Why do I have to tell such an important story here…”

“Minju and Yubin won’t meet me because they are busy… Is there anyone else I can tell this to except you?” Oh, if it made you uncomfortable…”

“Oh, no, it’s not like that…”

Manager Park Geun-tae immediately waved his hand as if he had missed it.

Then he spoke again cautiously.

“I didn’t think it would be a good story for someone as head of an association to talk about while cleaning a dungeon…” “

….”

At Park Geun-tae’s words, Lee A-young’s eyebrows waved as she glanced at the mop in her hand. .

It was obviously new when I entered the dungeon, but it was already tattered because it had been rubbed so hard.

“…I don’t know why, but when I do this, I feel a little more at ease.”

“Oh yeah… hahaha.”

As Manager Park Geun-tae tried to smile, Han Sang-hyuk, who was next to him, opened his mouth in a low voice.

“Last time, Team Leader Pyeon came on a blind date, cleaned for a while, and then left… Now, the president of the association is coming as well.”

“Hey, before that, the Operation Team Leader 1 and Team 3 also cleaned up.”

“By the way, what kind of healing camp is this? Some people called team leaders are doing the cleaning. “Don’t come again next time.”

“okay okay. Let’s at least give some notice so from next time…”

“I can hear everything.”

“….”

At Lee Ah-young’s calm words, the faces of Manager Park Geun-tae and Han Sang-hyuk froze for a moment.

At that time, the two people were giving each other a silent look, asking them to answer something.

“Well, Junwoo did something wrong. “It would be better if I don’t set the tone…”

Moon So-yeon, who was the only one listening to Lee Ah-young, answered in her place.

Then, Ah-young Lee quickly looked at Moon So-yeon with a bright smile.

“That’s what I’m saying! “Soyeon, I heard you can communicate well?”

“Have you talked to Junwoo since then?”

Lee Ah-young’s expression cooled at Moon So-yeon’s words.

“We’re still in the cold war, so…”

“Hmm.”

Moon So-yeon smiled inexplicably and once again asked Lee Ah-young a question.

“Then what do you want to do, Ayoung?”

“What?”

“I mean marriage. “Ayoung, you want to marry Junwoo, right?”

“That’s it…”

Lee Ah-young trailed off as if she was embarrassed to say it out loud now.

Of course, that was enough of an answer, so Moon So-yeon continued speaking immediately.

“Then how about you two have a serious talk? “No matter what we say, in the end, it’s something the two of you have to solve.”

“That’s true, but we’re in the middle of a cold war right now…”

“Oh, but I still have to say what I have to say. “It’s not like we’re breaking up like this.”

“…That’s right.”

Ah-young Lee answered, avoiding So-yeon Moon’s gaze like a cat watching.

“Anyway, tell me what you think.”

Of course, Moon So-yeon was a few years younger than her, but it was not something that could be refuted. Not only was it not completely wrong, but it was a fact that Lee Ah-young herself knew deep down.

“Now that I think about it, that’s true.”

Lee Ah-young said with a bitter smile.

“I was short-thinking. “It wasn’t a story to whine to you all…”

“Well, we are thankful that we get to hear interesting stories for free.”

When Moon So-yeon answered cheerfully, Lee Ah-young smiled at her consideration.

“I need to talk to that person.”

Then he put down the mop he was holding and spit out those words, then immediately turned his back and left the dungeon.

“….”

“….”

A political enemy came as soon as Association President Lee Ah-young left the office.

And not long after, Moon So-yeon looked at Manager Park Geun-tae and Han Sang-hyuk.

“Okay, it’s resolved. What are you all doing? “You have to calculate it.”

He waved both hands at the two people.

At the same time, Manager Park Geun-tae and Han Sang-hyuk shook their heads and took out cash and handed it to her.

“In my life, you are the first person to kick out a boss and get paid.”

“How did that innocent guy end up like this?”

“Why do you want everyone to make me the bad guy?”

Moon So-yeon had an absurd expression and spoke in an absurd tone, but Manager Park Geun-tae and Han Sang-hyuk did not care.

I stuck out my tongue as I looked at her, who had become an adult and was now engulfed in darkness.

***

“what.

”WDSO Seoul Headquarters Secretary General’s Office.

Association President Lee A-young opened the door and looked embarrassed.

Even though it was obviously work time, the office was empty.

‘Are you away at this time?’

Association President Lee A-young tilted his head.

Of course, it was not a very good behavior for the president of the association to openly visit the secretary-general about personal matters during work hours… but the

organization will disappear in two days, so what does it really matter?

By the same token, how could the Secretary General of an association that will disappear in two days have the courage to be absent at this time?

Well, even if there is something that needs to be completed urgently, there is no way the president of the association would not know about it.

Naturally, Association President Lee Ah-young did not receive any hint about Kim Jun-woo’s schedule today.

Both as the president of the association and as my girlfriend.

‘He left without saying anything to me…’

Lee Ah-young shook her head with a disapproving expression.

Could it be that he ran away?

Because you don’t want to talk to me?

That was when those thoughts crossed my mind.

Suddenly—

“…Huh?”

“Mr. Ayoung?”

Someone opened the office door and came inside.

None other than Kim Min-ju, the head of the Operations Division.

Association President Lee Ah-young shifted her gaze to the documents in her arms and opened her mouth with a slight smile.

“Are you here to report on the final operation?”

“What about Ayoung?”

“I have something to say, Minju, so your timing is bad. “Where did you go without telling me…”

“Ah, sir, he left for a short time today because he had some outside work to do.”

“…?”

Association President Lee A-young’s eyebrows twitched.

“Did you talk to Minjoo? “Are you leaving?”

“Ah…”

Kim Min-joo, who immediately realized the intent of the question, trailed off and made a troubled expression.

“I contacted you earlier to say that I would be visiting you at this time. “You told me then.”

“….”

Kim Min-ju thought she had explained it as best as possible to avoid any confusion, but Lee Ah-young still looked somewhat uncomfortable.

In fact, the fact that Kim Jun-woo was away is not a problem at all.

They are not a couple in their 20s, and there is no need to contact them every time something happens, and if each person thinks about their own position, there is nothing strange about being away.

Nevertheless, the reason Lee Ah-young felt uneasy was because the timing was very unstable.

My boyfriend who I lost contact with right after we had an argument about marriage. Even, unlike the person himself, the reaction seems to be that he is not sure about marriage.

No way…

“…you didn’t go to show off with another woman, right…?”

Ahyoung Lee said those words with an expression that almost brought her to tears.

At the same time, Kim Min-ju began to become increasingly bothered by the two couples.

***

‘Haa…’

In a place where I felt even more uncomfortable because of the suit I didn’t usually wear, I kept checking my watch.

Because it was my first time experiencing a situation like this in my life, I couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Of course, that didn’t last long because the thoughts kept circling in my head.

‘Marriage…’

That word is close yet far away. It’s a reality I’ve always thought about, but have never seriously thought about.

I don’t think there has ever been a heavier word than this in my life.

“Tsk, what should I do?…”

I clicked my tongue and tilted my head back to look at the ceiling.

Then, he let out a soft sigh so as not to be heard by those around him.

To be honest, it wasn’t that I didn’t think about marrying her. I just kept putting off thinking about it in depth because it seemed like such a distant story.

It’s not that I won’t get married or that I don’t want to get married.

No, actually, I thought that marrying her was a given.

But in the process, I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to accept her or not.

As I said to Kim Min-ju and Han Yu-bin, it is such a heavy burden for me to continue my relationship with her as if nothing happened without being able to apologize to her before she returned.

However, it is impossible to meet Lee Ah-young again as she was before her return. Apologizing to her now won’t solve the fundamental problem.

A problem that has virtually no answer.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the object of forgiveness had to be changed.

The only person in this world who can forgive me for the atrocities I committed before returning.

I am myself.

Can you forgive yourself?

If I could accept my past and forgive myself, wouldn’t it ease my burden a little?

That thought has been lingering in my head ever since I spoke with Minjoo Kim and Yubin Han.

That is also why I came here now.

From now on I had to see if I could forgive myself.

“Junwoo Kim.”

okay. The important thing now is….

“Let the interview begin. “Please come in here.”

“yes.”

Just two days until retirement.

An unemployed person who will lose the job he has worked for his entire life in his mid-30s.

Dungeon subjugation hunter.

An extremely ordinary and common job that has nothing to do with such things.

A beginner in society who doesn’t have any qualifications that everyone has, is a beginner in TOEIC, and doesn’t know anything.

“Mr. Kim Jun-woo? “First, please introduce yourself.”

As soon as I entered the interview room, the eyes of the three interviewers were focused on me.

I took a deep breath and immediately began speaking what I had prepared.

“hello. “My name is Kim Jun-woo, and I am applying to the headquarters after previously serving as Secretary General of the International Dungeon Management Association WDSO.”

“…?”

“…?”

I guess I’ll have to start again at the bottom of society.