“Um… Then if you’re staying at the campsite as a guest, I’ll call you if I need anything.”

“Yes, that’s fine!”

Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter nodded vigorously as if he finally approved.

I said that, but I had no intention of calling him.

I thought that if I just considered him a guest and maintained a good relationship, I could quickly bring it to a stable state.

But was I being too complacent? After not calling for several days, Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter started hovering around me.

“Master, does that person have something to say to you? His gaze is so scary…”

Teddy whispered in my ear, trembling. When I glanced over, Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter was indeed watching me from behind a tree with an incredible intensity.

It was as if lasers would shoot out of his eyes.

“Well… I’m scared of him too…”

I felt the same way, so I couldn’t bring myself to ask if he had something to say and just trembled along with Teddy.

As this period dragged on, he started helping out with campsite work on his own.

“Owner, isn’t that person Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter, the Hwarang Guild Leader…? Why is he grilling meat here?”

A guest quietly asked, looking at Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter grilling meat across from them.

“Ah… There are circumstances, so he’s helping out with campsite work.”

“Really?”

“Yes…”

All the guests recognized him.

Of course they would. He’s the 2nd ranked S-class Hunter and the leader of a top 3 ranked guild.

The guests receiving his service had very tense expressions.

“Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter, we can grill it ourselves…”

“No, I’ll do it. It’ll be quick.”

“This all seems to be burning…”

“It’s okay to eat slightly burned meat.”

“It seems… very burned though?”

“Are you saying you can’t eat it?”

When he suddenly lowered his voice, one of the guests hurriedly stuffed the blackened meat into their mouth.

“Hey, hey. I’m joking. Why are you eating that? I’ll cut off the burned parts for you, spit it out.”

“No, it’s delicious. It’s the best.”

“See, I told you so?”

The atmosphere was playful yet with a clear hierarchical relationship. It seemed the guests were uncomfortable but couldn’t say what they wanted due to being intimidated by Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter.

‘He’s speaking informally, so they must know each other…’

I couldn’t tell if this was a joke or if they were really pressured by Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter’s aura. What was clear was that Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter was not good at grilling meat.

Not just grilling meat, but he wasn’t good at chopping firewood or attending to guests either.

He should anticipate and take care of what guests want, but perhaps because he had been in a position where he didn’t have to consider others for a long time, he lacked sensitivity in these areas.

And even if they know each other personally, isn’t it a bit much to speak informally to guests?

Are they very close? Or does he just speak informally to everyone?

I watched from afar for a few days, intending to observe, and he used informal speech with most guests.

When he made mistakes, he’d just tell them to eat it anyway, or say “It’s fine, right?” in a forceful way.

Isn’t that a bit problematic?

“Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter, could we talk for a moment?”

“Huh? Sure!”

After deliberating, I finally called him to a quiet place. He followed with hurried steps, leaving the meat he was grilling.

“What is it?”

“Hunter. As I said before, I’ll call you if I need you, so there’s no need to volunteer to work.”

“But if I don’t do this, it seems like you’ll never call me…”

Hmm, was I found out?

He immediately became sullen. Just a moment ago he had been smiling brightly.

Still, I had to say what needed to be said.

“I’ve been watching for a few days, and your attitude towards guests isn’t good, and you make too many mistakes. I’d prefer if Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter just rested comfortably at the campsite.”

“Ah, I’m sorry about speaking informally. It was out of habit since I’ve seen many of them during expeditions or raids, but I’ll be more careful.”

I guess he doesn’t speak informally to just anyone.

Since the campsite guests are from S-rank dungeons, there are many high-ranking Hunters, and it seems most of them have connections with Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter, so he spoke to them casually.

“If you know each other, there’s no need to force formal speech. I thought you were doing it to strangers too.”

“I see…”

A moment of silence fell between us.

I wanted to create a stable state as a campsite owner and guest relationship, but he kept trying to work. And since he wasn’t even doing it well, I couldn’t help but be displeased.

At this rate, I felt troubled that I wouldn’t be able to bring either the campsite owner-guest relationship or the campsite owner-employee relationship to a stable state.

“I think I made mistakes because I’ve never done this kind of work before. Ah! If possible, could you teach me a little bit?”

“What? You want to keep working?”

“Yes. I want to help Yu Bom!”

I wanted to convey that just staying put would be helpful, but he showed enthusiasm as if he really wanted to do proper campsite work.

‘Is this what they mean by being upright…’

I was reminded of what Ji Seok Hyeon Hunter had said about Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter’s personality. He was more stubborn than I thought.

“If you teach me, I can do well. I’m a quick learner!”

“Ah, well…”

“Is it not possible?”

He asked again when I couldn’t hide my bewilderment.

Come to think of it, I never properly taught him how to work because I never really intended to use him as a part-timer.

It’s true that he’s clumsy in this area, but I realized he might have had a harder time because I didn’t give proper instructions.

And it doesn’t seem like he’ll give up even if I tell him not to do it.

“Then starting tomorrow, I’ll teach you bit by bit what you need to know for work.”

Let’s give him a chance to establish a campsite owner-employee relationship for now.

“Yes, thank you!”

“But.”

I set one condition.

“Even if I teach you, if you still can’t do well, you’ll stop helping with campsite work from then on. This includes causing accidents.”

“Huh? …Who decides that standard?”

He looked at me with slightly suspicious eyes. He seemed to think that if I decided, I might unfairly say he couldn’t do it.

“I’ll let the monsters helping at the campsite judge.”

“Alright!”

He clenched his fist with a confident expression. I set this condition because I didn’t think he would change overnight anyway.

Above all, guests being subtly uncomfortable around him wasn’t something that would change even if he became more efficient at work.

Guests being uncomfortable with him was because of his threatening image.

The monsters are scared of that atmosphere too.

At that time, I believed without a doubt that things would go as I expected.

Mo Gyeon followed Bom around the campsite from early morning. With a notepad in one hand and a pen in the other, he focused all his concentration on listening to her words.

“First, when a guest arrives, it’s good to greet them and ask if they’ve visited before. Many people come after watching U-Tube, so if they already know about the campsite roughly, it’s easier to guide them.”

“Yes!”

“Next, explain where each facility is located. Especially for the midnight theater, you must tell them where the entrance is because it’s not easily visible.”

“Yes! I understand.”

Bom explained in detail what to explain first after guests arrive. Mo Gyeon nodded enthusiastically.

This situation arose because Mo Gyeon was unskilled in campsite work. However, Mo Gyeon didn’t think of this situation as entirely bad.

‘This is a golden opportunity to change my image!’

He got to be close to Bom because he was bad at work, and if he showed improvement, Bom would be pleased too.

Thinking this way, he steeled his resolve.

After introducing the campsite facilities, he learned how to chop firewood. Chopping firewood is the first thing Bom does after waking up.

Crack!

“Wow, Bom, you’re so good at it!”

Mo Gyeon was amazed at how such strength could come from her small body.

He knew that chopping firewood wasn’t that difficult for Bom since she was a Hunter despite her low rank, but he couldn’t help but applaud enthusiastically because she just looked so cool and cute.

“Seol Mo Gyeon Hunter, you’re stronger than me, so you should be able to do it without much effort. Just set the firewood upright and hit along the grain. Would you like to try?”

“Like this?”

The firewood just shifted with a small sound. He wanted to do well on the first try, but it didn’t go as planned.

“Hmm, your posture seems a bit off. May I adjust your posture?”

“Yes!”

Bom touched Mo Gyeon’s shoulders to straighten them and widened the stance between his legs. She even adjusted the position of his fingers gripping the axe.

Crack!

“Well done. This should be enough for chopping firewood. Shall we move on to the next thing?”

“…Yes!”

She immediately let go of her hands and maintained distance. While it was nice to be praised, it seemed like her actions were purely instructional, without any emotion, which made Mo Gyeon feel a bit disappointed.

‘It’s okay. It was my fault to begin with.’

Bom and Mo Gyeon’s situations were different. Mo Gyeon had been building up affection for her since he was Choco and was happy to be working at the campsite, but for her, this situation must feel like a bolt from the blue.

Moreover, she was already cautious by nature, and Mo Gyeon had been caught in a big lie. He fully understood that it would be difficult for her to open up to him.

Mo Gyeon soothed his increasingly dejected heart and tried hard to focus on Bom’s explanations.

“There’s a big difference in effects between tents, so sometimes guests complain about it. For that, I just apologize and say it’s something I can’t control.”

Next was about common questions from guests and how to respond to them.

“Can’t they just come early if they want to get a tent with good effects?”

“That’s true, but since they pay the same rental fee for different effects, I just understand their complaints about that part.”

How can she be so kind? Seeing her talk like this, there must have been quite a few people who complained.

“Then is it okay to just explain briefly and apologize? The buff effects aren’t controlled by your will anyway, Bom.”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

Originally, Mo Gyeon would have told disliked people to leave even if they were guests, but he decided to follow Bom’s method.

After all, Bom is the owner of this campsite, and he needs to win her favor.

“You’re following along well. I was worried it might be too much since I taught you so many things at once.”

Bom’s training finally wrapped up after a full half day. The notepad had become densely filled with black writing.

“It’s thanks to your good teaching, Bom. Thank you.”

Mo Gyeon shrugged and credited it to her efforts.

Before, he had only thought she was cute, but the more he listened to Bom’s explanations, the more he realized she had a responsible and meticulous personality.

He felt like he had fallen for her leadership all over again.