“Please skewer the bell peppers and mushrooms with the skewers. I have a quest to grill the meat.”
“Okay.”
We both silently dedicated ourselves to our respective tasks.
Chae Dong-hwa Hunter skillfully sliced the vegetables for skewering. After neatly arranging them on skewers, he placed the remaining vegetables on the grill.
His dexterity was surprisingly delicate, contrary to my expectation that his skills might be clumsy, given his usual appearance with a great sword.
I also placed high-quality meat on the grill. The sizzling sound of the fat splattering was audible.
“Wow! It’s so delicious, Boss! You really know how to grill meat well!”
“Really?”
“Yes! It melts in the mouth!”
Teddy, sitting on a log, exclaimed with admiration after tasting a bite. I was relieved that the meat, cooked according to the instructions, suited his taste.
I also threw a piece of meat to the ethereal slimes hovering around the fire.
The pink and blue slimes playfully fought over the meat, tugging it back and forth.
“Ah, so cute. Don’t fight, just eat. I’ll give you one more.”
When I gave enough for each of them, they chewed contentedly.
Their adorable behavior made me gently pet them.
The blue slime, usually aggressive, allowed me to touch it while eating.
“Grow slowly and healthily. You can’t live inside the camping ground once you’re fully grown.”
“Ms. Spring, please have some too.”
While I was engrossed with the monsters, Chae Dong-hwa Hunter placed well-grilled meat and neatly stacked onions and garlic on my plate.
“Is it for a quest?”
“Yes.”
I thought so. It seemed a new quest had popped up in the meantime.
Since Chae Dong-hwa Hunter became aware of the camping site quests, he noticeably started treating me better.
Sometimes, if I refused his kindness as being too much, he would explain it was for a quest.
I was initially reluctant to accept the S-grade monster meat he offered, feeling it was too much.
But when he mentioned it was part of his quest to receive a buff, I quickly accepted, realizing that receiving it was a way of helping him.
It’s a mutual benefit.
“Thank you.”
I put down the tongs for a moment and ate the meat.
The meat was incredibly chewy due to its well-developed muscles. The rich, nutty juices mixed perfectly with the fresh vegetables in my mouth, creating a fantastic harmony.
The smell of the smoky fire added to the savory and flavorful taste.
“Wow, I grilled it but it’s so delicious.”
Listening to the sound of the firewood burning, memories of the past came flooding back.
When I was young, my dad or brother would do all the grilling. Even when I whined about not wanting to eat, they would cut it into small pieces and feed me.
But now, I was the one grilling meat and taking care of others.
It struck me how much the situation had changed.
‘Even if I had always stayed within the safety of my family, adapting to the Dungeon would have been difficult.’
After my mother disappeared, my father and brother tended to overprotect me.
They would have preferred me to be with them, but being away from my family allowed me to adapt to new circumstances.
The Dungeon, though harsh, rewarded me for my efforts. Running the camping site proactively gave me a sense of accomplishment.
‘But what if I never reach level 10 and can’t leave the Dungeon?’
I noticed the amount of experience required to level up was increasing. At first, completing about 30 Spring Camping Site quests was enough to level up.
But now, even after completing over 100 quests, I hadn’t reached half of the necessary experience.
‘No matter how well I adapt to the Dungeon, living here forever is a bit…’
I was especially worried about my dad. He must be thinking I drowned in the Han River.
Although I asked Chae Dong-hwa Hunter to pass on my message, he didn’t seem to plan on leaving the Dungeon anytime soon, as per his original plan.
Being in a position to ask, I couldn’t press him on when he would leave.
“I wish there was a camping site quest that asked me to leave the dungeon. I would leave immediately if there was.”
Chae Dong-hwa Hunter, although appearing indifferent, was surprisingly enthusiastic about quests, sometimes even interrupting his hunting to visit during the day.
It wasn’t strange for a hunter to be interested in quests that provide buffs, but it felt curious to see a man who seemed uninterested in anything be so immersed in something.
“Is Chae Dong-hwa Hunter usually so expressionless?”
I asked, out of the blue, while chewing on the meat. Initially, I was too scared to even make eye contact with him, but as time went on, I realized he wasn’t a scary person and started feeling more comfortable around him.
“I’m not sure.”
My brother had once said Chae Dong-hwa Hunter was a strange man. He had told me to hide the fact that I was related to him if I ever encountered him.
But from what I had observed over the past few days, Chae Dong-hwa Hunter didn’t seem bad, just monotonous in expression.
He seemed transparent in his pursuit of buffs, which made it easier to deal with him.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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