Owner of the S-Rank Dungeon Campsite (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 100

“But… I’m not really sure. Even if Hunter Chae Donghwa likes me, I don’t know what I’d want to do about it… Even if I heard his true feelings, I still couldn’t decide how I should respond.”

Our situation was a bit different from Karina’s and Lycan’s. Their mutual feelings were clearly evident, they were engaged, and destined to marry someday.

But I hadn’t even begun seeing Hunter Chae Donghwa as a man until recently—let alone consider dating him. The decisive moment that made me recognize him as a man was just the other day, when we rode that flying bicycle together.

Yet the very next day, I heard he had a woman he was getting along well with, so I’d decided to give up on him. Once I’d made that decision, I should’ve stuck to it.

When Karina asked Hunter Chae Donghwa whether he liked me, he answered yes. Because of that reply, I grew confused, suspecting he might truly like me after all.

No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like something he’d say just to brush me off, given his personality.

So I’d been considering asking him about it once the Lamie tribe matter was settled, but our little scheme—where I conspired with Karina to test Hunter Chae Donghwa’s feelings—was exposed, making things slightly awkward between us.

What I’d tried to casually ask and move past had become tangled in every direction, leaving me unsure where to even begin untangling it.

‘But what actually happens if two people like each other? Do we just start dating right away?’

Thinking that made me feel it was still too soon. Strictly speaking, my feelings were closer to curiosity than genuine affection, and I still didn’t know him well.

It had only been a few days since I started seeing him as a man—if I suddenly jumped into dating him, I feared it might feel awkward or go wrong somehow. Or worse, after actually meeting properly, we might realize we don’t suit each other and break up shortly after….

I knew it sounded premature to even think about this when Hunter Chae Donghwa hadn’t even asked me out, but just imagining those scenarios made me uncomfortable.

Maybe the reason I was being so cautious meant my feelings were more serious and deeper than I realized? But how could I take any action when I couldn’t even clearly understand my own heart?

“So… are you just going to leave things as they are?”

Karina tilted her head toward Hunter Chae Donghwa. His intense gaze had already found its way to us.

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