I quickly corrected myself.

“Um… that’s a good idea, but don’t you have a bigger request?”

“Uh…”

Was the interaction with the beast-kin that significant?

I stared blankly at Yeoreum and then ran into the tent.

“Gyeoul?”

Ignoring Yeoreum following me, I pushed away the soil in a corner of the tent.

A buried jar emerged from the ground.

“I actually have a lot of money.”

When I opened the jar, bundles of banknotes appeared.

They were crumpled and dirty, but…

“Yeah. Gyeoul’s rich?”

“Yes. This is all together three million three hundred thousand won. I’m worried about leaving it here.”

“Oh. You want me to keep it safe for you?”

“Yes…”

Yeoreum, being incredibly wealthy, wouldn’t steal a mere three million three hundred thousand won.

I handed her the jar of money, keeping aside five hundred thousand won for the cafeteria and emergencies.

“Okay. I’ll keep it in the safest place in the world for you.”

“Th-thank you.”

I was worried because I couldn’t open a bank account without an ID.

It was a relief to have Yeoreum as a safe place to keep my money.

Phew

As I let out a sigh of relief, the tent flap opened and three beast-kin entered.

“Gyeoul, let’s head out.”

“Eh? Where to?”

“Now that we’ve learned the theory, shouldn’t we practice? Let’s go to the hunting grounds.”

“Ah! I want to come too!”

Seeing Yeoreum raise her hand excitedly, I nodded in agreement.

Certainly, after learning the theory, I should know how to apply it in real situations.

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The grades of hunting grounds are numbered, ascending from the lowest.

For anyone born a human, the beginner’s hunting ground is level 0.

The reason for the ‘0’ is because no one has ever died in the beginner’s hunting ground.

Then how difficult would a ‘Level 1 Dungeon’ be, where the numbering starts?

Kim Min-jun, a dungeon management civil servant, could say confidently.

Someone with about a year of soldier training could clear it.

That’s how easy Level 1 Dungeons were, so the daily life of Kim Min-jun, the civil servant in charge of Level 1 Dungeons, was more peaceful than expected.

Yawn~~

At a makeshift desk outside the Goblin Dungeon, Kim Min-jun sat there, yawning and looking around.

‘But still, it’s better than the beginner’s hunting ground.’

In here, one can see a lot of rookie adventurers holding their weapons tightly, their faces tense with nervousness.

It was better to see this tension than the carefree comings and goings at the beginner’s hunting ground.

These people come to this dungeon with the hope of carving out their own story.

He had applied to be a dungeon management civil servant because he liked these romantic souls.

Hehe~

Just as Kim Min-jun smiled and was about to start paperwork, the rookie adventurers outside the dungeon began to cause a stir, which caught his attention.

‘Huh?’

When he checked what’s wrong, he found that the rookie adventurers’ gazes were fixed on a group, which caused Kim Min-jun to reflexively turn his eyes in that direction.

“That is…”

Han Yeoreum.

One of the top ten adventurers in South Korea.

And walking beside her were two beast-kin warriors who at first glance, can be deemed as ‘strong’.

‘They must be high level adventurers.’

Kim Min-jun furrowed his brow at their presence, which seemed out of place for a Level 1 Dungeon.

‘What’s going on?’

Has something happened inside the dungeon? Causing it level to suddenly increase?

As Kim Min-jun’s imagination ran wild, Yeoreum approached him.

“Hello.”

“Yes, what can I do for you?”

“Not much, we’re here to apply for dungeon entry.”

“Uh?”

An application from a high level adventurer.

This was definitely not a normal situation.

Kim Min-jun thought of the rookie adventurers inside the dungeon and sprang to his feet.

“Is there a problem with the dungeon?!”

“No, just here to train our kid.”

“Kid…?”

Kim Min-jun’s gaze followed Yeoreum.

Then he saw the child hidden behind Yeoreum and the two beast-kin.

With white hair and drooping feline ears, the child was a beast-kin, clearly terrified at first glance.

“Th-this is the level one hunting ground? It’s a really dangerous place…”

The kid is trembling.

Unlike the typically aggressive beast-kin that he knew of, this one looked frail.

The child looked terrified, but since their guardian was Yeoreum, he couldn’t deny their entry.

‘…It should be okay, right?’

After all, the one who accompanied her is Han Yeoreum, one of the strongest members of the Daybreak Guild, along with two beast-kin warriors.

Still, for this kind of high profile person to personally protect her, just what kind of being could this child be?

Whatever it was, it certainly wasn’t ordinary.

Recalling his superior’s order to report any remarkable adventurers, Kim Min-jun handed them the permit.

“You know you’re not supposed to catch them all, right?”

“Yes. We’ll just catch a few and come out.”

“I–I can’t catch many. Let’s just catch one and go, okay?”

Kim Min-jun chuckled as he watched the child clinging to Yeoreum’s clothes and whining.

It was a laugh that came out without him realizing it.