“The innkeeper is really serious about camping!”

“Yes… I have to work hard to make a living. This is too burdensome a gift if it’s not a quest. I’ll just accept your kind intention.”

“No, wait! I did receive a quest to give fish to the innkeeper!”

“Is that so?”

The innkeeper nodded again and accepted the fish.

After that day, Seok-hyeon changed his plan.

The innkeeper feels burdened by excessive gifts. So he thought of blending in naturally while camping, which she likes.

First, he wakes up early in the morning and helps chop firewood.

“Hunter, please eat this while you work!”

After helping with the vegetable garden work as well, the innkeeper makes a snack, telling him to rest even if it’s for a quest.

“Thank you. I’ll enjoy it.”

But life at the campsite was surprisingly good. The rice balls made by the innkeeper were delicious enough to completely wipe away the fatigue from work.

It was also great to fish for time with a fishing rod instead of a bow, and sitting around the brazier together for dinner in the evening was wonderful too.

The special ramen made by Teddy was also incredibly delicious.

But what Seok-hyeon liked most was the hammock set up between the trees. It was like being in a mother’s womb.

Lying in the hammock feels like being sucked into soft clouds.

It’s not clear why, but it’s so good. He feels happy.

He wants to live here. Not in the noisy and bustling city, but in nature. No, inside the dungeon!

If this isn’t healing, what is?

Doldoli tending the vegetable garden with the innkeeper, and the body slimes playing around.

Looking at the peaceful scenery, the dungeon monsters no longer seemed like targets to be eliminated, but like a community living together.

Seok-hyeon is free! He’s living a new life, liberated from the willful guild leader and members!

“Hey. What are you doing?”

“Umm, Teddy. Is dinner ready?”

“You’re not coming to your senses? Hey!”

“Aah!”

Seok-hyeon was startled by the sudden loud noise and rolled off the hammock.

Usually, once he falls asleep, Teddy comes to wake him up around sunset to eat snacks.

So he naturally thought it was Teddy, but there was a dark-skinned naked man.

It was Mo-gyeon.

“What? Why did you wake me?”

“You’ve got it easy. What are you doing here?”

“What do you mean? I’m building up goodwill to scout, of course.”

“Goodwill? Whose goodwill?”

“Who else? The innkeeper’s, of course.”

“Don’t get any ideas. Get out of here right now.”

Mo-gyeon glared with fierce eyes. This stupid fellow was again making unnecessary misunderstandings.

“She’s an incredible buffer. She seems quite dominated by her concept, but still. Wouldn’t it be good for you too if we scout her?”

“Scout…?”

Mo-gyeon seemed to be thinking about scouting for the first time, as if he hadn’t considered it at all. Seok-hyeon climbed back into the hammock with a look of exasperation.

“I don’t think she’ll join…”

“Leave that to me. You haven’t even asked her yet, right?”

This time, Mo-gyeon didn’t stop him. Though he didn’t say it outright, he seemed to secretly hope the innkeeper would join the guild.

“But that’s not a concept. Ms. Bom’s class name is Campsite Owner.”

“What?”

“She said the grade was F too. I heard her muttering to herself.”

Seok-hyeon was shocked by this unexpected fact. To think her class was Campsite Owner.

It’s not like some kid’s game. He had never heard of such a class before.

“Well, the class name is one thing. But how do you explain that incredible buff? It’s not an F-grade ability.”

“It seems luck plays a big role. The campsite area buff is also affected by weather. I don’t know the details either.”

Seok-hyeon had seen the owner’s name and grade written next to it when he first saw the explanation for the shelter. It said F.

But he had assumed that a buffer who could create quests and grant buffs would be able to use that level of trick…

“Forget it. What’s important is ability, not grade. But is it okay for you to walk around naked like this? More importantly, why do you keep transforming into animals?”

“I just came from watching the innkeeper sleep in her tent. Teddy is sleeping too. I transform because I don’t have clothes.”

“You could have asked me. I have extras. I’ll give you some now.”

“No, it’s fine. At this point…”

Mo-gyeon’s face reddened again. Seeing a naked friend blush made Seok-hyeon’s eyes feel like they were rotting.

“Are you embarrassed by any chance?”

“No! I just missed the timing to reveal it!”

What timing? You can say it anytime. Seok-hyeon couldn’t understand Mo-gyeon.

On the other hand, he didn’t want to force it since it might be better to keep hiding it, given that Mo-gyeon’s skill was known well enough among hunters.

‘It’s not like it would cause problems for scouting.’

As Mo-gyeon said, it might be better to keep hiding it rather than revealing it at an awkward timing.

“Alright. If you’re done talking, can you leave? I’m feeling very uncomfortable right now.”

Seok-hyeon frowned and tried to lie back in the hammock. He didn’t care about the other’s love life.

Anyway, if they scout the innkeeper, Mo-gyeon will return to the guild.

“Hey. By the way, did you finish the expedition before coming here?”

“Are you worried? Our guild doesn’t stop functioning just because one or two people are missing. The kids will manage on their own. Come to think of it, they said they’d come looking for you after defeating the boss. With monster bones.”

“…What?”

“Shouldn’t they have caught everything by now? Did they just leave thinking I’d come anyway?”

Just then, the sound of people murmuring could be heard in the distance.

“What’s there?”

“Look, there’s a campfire over there. Can’t you see?”

It was the sound of multiple footsteps and voices.

“What’s this? Spring Campsite? Is someone playing a prank?”

“There are tents too? What’s this? A vegetable garden?”

Mo-gyeon’s face gradually turned pale at the familiar voices. The Hwarang Guild members were entering the campsite.

“Hey, I’ll transform for now. Try to cover for me somehow.”

“How am I supposed to cover? Wait a second. Seol Mo-gyeon!”

Mo-gyeon quickly grabbed a bucket of water from somewhere and poured it over his head.

Meanwhile, the footsteps were getting closer.

“Welcome!”

Bom came out of the tent, having heard the guests’ presence.

“What’s this? Is this a real campsite?”

“Yes! This is Spring Campsite with special buffs! We just got some high-quality fish, so we can grill fish for dinner. Would you like to use our facilities?”

“Buffs? What kind of buffs?”

“Today we have 10% mana recovery speed, 10% movement speed, and 5% attack power added. Tent No. 1 small gives 10% health recovery speed per hour, and Tent No. 2 medium gives 10% stamina recovery speed per hour. You can also enjoy various buffs through campsite quests!”

“What? W-what? Wow. Why are there so many buffs?”

“What are the campsite quests? I’ve never received a quest before.”

“I don’t know. Should we rest here for a while? It’s not like a day or two delay will make a big difference anyway.”

The Hwarang Guild members started murmuring in admiration at the cascade of buffs.

“Let’s do that. A campsite in a dungeon, that’s hilarious.”

“Right. Seok-hyeon went to look for us anyway, so there shouldn’t be any problems. Let’s just sleep here for a night and leave.”

Seok-hyeon’s face turned pale as he eavesdropped on the conversation.

The situation had turned for the worst. Not only had they entered the campsite, but they were planning to stay overnight.

And to make matters worse.

“Hunter Ji Seok-hyeon? Are you friends with Hunter Ji Seok-hyeon?”

“You know Ji Seok-hyeon?”

“Yes. Hunter Ji Seok-hyeon is also staying at our campsite. He caught these fish too.”

No, Innkeeper…!

“If you’re Hunter Ji Seok-hyeon’s friends, I should treat you even better.”

No, that’s not it. Please stop…!

“Hunter Ji Seok-hyeon is sleeping in that hammock over there. I’ll set up tents for the guests to stay in. You’re all staying overnight, right?”

“Yes!”

“What? Ji Seok-hyeon said he was going to look for Seol Mo-gyeon, but he’s been playing around here. Ji Seok-hyeon!”

It seemed he would be caught red-handed at this rate. As Seok-hyeon was about to jump out of the hammock in a hurry, Mo-gyeon, who had already hidden behind the bushes, sent a mission.

[‘Seol Mo-gyeon (S)’ says he’ll hide for now.] [‘Seol Mo-gyeon (S)’ says to tell Bom that the summon disappeared because its time limit ended.]

“They won’t believe that! What am I supposed to say when they ask where you are?”

He whispered with a frown, but Mo-gyeon ran away without offering any proper solution.

As Seok-hyeon was caught between a rock and a hard place, the footsteps drew even closer, and he closed his eyes again.

“Seok-hyeon. Wake up. We’re here. Seok-hyeon.”

“Mmm, what are you guys doing here?”

Seok-hyeon pretended to have just woken up for now.

“You should share when you find such a nice place. Everyone, you are witnessing the true nature of the Hwarang vice guild leader.”

As soon as he opened his eyes, a black lens entered his view. The guy holding the camcorder with a playful expression was Ma Jin-woo, an executive of Hwarang.

“I just happened to find this place too.”

“What about our puppy? Did you find him and then laze around here?”

“Huh? Um… He left the dungeon first. And don’t film here.”

“Why?”

Jin-woo ran a personal U-tube channel. His uploads were helpful to Hwarang, so filming was allowed during expeditions.

“Because this place shouldn’t become known. I was about to leave just now. If the expedition is over, let’s leave quickly.”

If this video of the campsite was uploaded and people found out about it, the situation would be predictable. Many guilds would come to try and recruit the innkeeper.

Such a situation had to be prevented.

“Hunter Ji Seok-hyeon, are you leaving?”

Just as he was trying to hurriedly wrap up the situation, Bom, who had been setting up tents, approached Seok-hyeon.

“I’ve already done the initial grilling of the fish you caught for dinner tonight…”

“Ooh?”

The guild members looked back and forth between Bom and Seok-hyeon, making strange noises. Jin-woo subtly raised the camcorder he had lowered for a moment.

“Um, Innkeeper. I have some circumstances… Next time…”

“Come on, we can’t have that.”

As Seok-hyeon was trying to slip away awkwardly, one guy roughly put his arm around Seok-hyeon’s shoulders.

“Innkeeper. We’ll boost your sales big time. We’ll clean out the campsite storage today. Bring out everything you have to sell.”

“That’s right. Please take good care of our Seok-hyeon. When we saw this naive guy alone in a place like this, we should have noticed. We were insensitive.”

“Hey. Are you crazy? What are you talking about? It’s not like that. I was trying to scout―”

“Don’t be shy. Your big bro will take care of it, okay? Innkeeper, I have a ton of subscribers, you know? I’ll promote you properly.”

“Wow, this is exciting! It’s a team dinner!”

“Woohoo!!”

The atmosphere took a strange turn. An unpleasant playfulness lingered on the guys’ faces before they excitedly unpacked their belongings.

For some reason, the back of his head felt prickly even though he couldn’t see it. He could almost feel Mo-gyeon’s killing intent from beyond the bushes.

“Innkeeper, I’m sorry. My friends are mischievous and have been rude. I’ll take responsibility and apologize. I’m sorry.”

He was also worried that Bom might be offended. Seok-hyeon carefully observed Bom’s reaction.

“Really?”

“Yes, of course. I apologize on their behalf. I’ll take the kids and leave right away. I’m sorry.”

Bom had her head bowed, so her face wasn’t clearly visible.

‘Is she angry?’

The longer the silence stretched, the more anxious Seok-hyeon became.

However.

“No, not that. Can I really bring out everything we have to sell from the storage?”

“Pardon?”

Bom’s face, as she raised her head, was completely different from what he expected. Her round eyes were particularly sparkling today.

The rosy flush on her cheeks looked like she was extremely excited. It was the brightest smile he had seen since coming here.

“Then I’ll serve you comfortably!”

Bom ran towards the vending machine area with excited steps. Soon, thumping sounds could be heard inside the campsite.

The first time he heard this sound, he thought there was an earthquake. But now he knew.

This was the sound made when Bom and Teddy held hands and danced with joy.

Innkeeper… Have I not been selling enough for you all this time?