I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 047
14. 17th floor (4)
“I see. You must have turned up the cooking quality to the max. That’s why it was so delicious.”
Although Choi chose a warrior class at the top, the traits he honed were all far removed from those of a warrior.
cooking.
After choosing to become a civilian, all the traits he had been training in the tower were related to cooking.
“???Kiya!”
As Eugene exclaimed in admiration while slurping down the cold noodles, Choi, who was sitting in the kitchen, started to speak while laughing in vain.
“I’m more surprised by Eugene.”
While they were talking while preparing the cold noodles, Choi’s mouth wouldn’t close for a moment after realizing that Eugene was the one who came down from the top floor.
“Why? You don’t believe me?”
Eugene put down the empty bowl and licked his lips as he asked.
“No. It’s not that I don’t believe it… …
Hehehe, Mr. Choi laughed.
“I never expected that the person behind that viral post would come to my store.”
Eugene, who had handed over an empty bowl to Choi, who was shaking his head, praised his character.
“It must not have been easy to build up your cooking skills. I’m sorry to say this, but it seems like there aren’t many customers here… …
As Eugene said, Eugene was the only customer in the shabby store on the 17th floor.
It was so delicious, but I felt a little sorry that I was the only customer all day.
“Is it because of those kids earlier?”
Mr. Choi answered with an awkward smile.
“No, it’s not just because of that. It’s just because I don’t receive many guests.” “Why?”
“Well? I don’t know if it’s a middle-aged romance or something, but I just wanted to open a small shop and only serve a few customers. Mr. Choi turned his head and continued speaking while looking at the pouring rain.
“When I was out of the tower, I always dreamed of opening a shop like this when I retired. I could make the food my customers wanted and chat with them.”
This store was probably Choi’s top kit list.
“Here, we don’t have to pay rent or anything, so we can just focus on food and customers.”
“Well? Looking at what those kids were saying about the seat rent and such, I don’t think it’s all like that.”
As Eugene tilted his head, recalling the thugs who had just barged into the store, Mr. Choi smiled bitterly.
“Those people… are just throwing a tantrum to take me away.”
“If you get angry twice, I’ll catch you. At that level, you’re at least mid-level at the top, right?”
“The guild leader of those people is a regular at my store. He’s not that ill-mannered. Perhaps his subordinates did it secretly for the sake of their leader.”
“Hmm??????
“It rains a little, and there are some commotions sometimes… but I like it here. Don’t you like it, Eugene?”
Eugene agreed.
“It’s my taste.”
At the same time, I somehow understood why there were so few customers in such a delicious restaurant. If the restaurant you visited was delicious, and you wanted to become a regular there… it was better for the restaurant not to be known to other people.
“Well, in such a nice store… I think it would be annoying if I came after a long time and the seats were full and I couldn’t get a seat.”
Choi smiled and answered, seeming happy that Eugene sympathized.
“That’s why I tell my customers to keep it to themselves. If word of mouth spreads and I don’t have regular customers, I feel like I’ll have to close up shop.” When Eugene giggled in agreement, Choi added, putting his index finger to his lips.
“Mr. Eugene, please don’t spread rumors. It’s okay to bring a friend or two, but… …
Eugene nodded, thinking of Serin.
“There’s one. I’ll bring him if I can.”
As Mr. Choi began preparing warm tea as the last and final dessert, Eugene asked with her chin resting on her hand.
“If you are a regular, how many of you are there?” It seemed like at least one more regular would come to the store today.
“Uh, well… …
Choi, who was folding his fingers while waiting for the water to boil, answered roughly.
“About thirty people? I think there are about that many. They all come here less often for various reasons.”
Eugene, who had been resting his chin on Choi’s answer, looked at the door that had been opened wide.
‘I don’t think any other guests will come.’
Eugene, who had unintentionally rented out the store, enjoyed the sound of the rain with his chin resting on his hand.
Eternal was asleep, and Rasil was on top of Deer’s head… This situation was truly satisfying.
“By the way, now that Mr. Eugene has shown up, I’ll have one more story to tell my guests.”
“What’s the story?”
“There is a story that a person actually came down from the 100th floor of a tower.”
Mr. Choi, who handed the prepared tea to Eugene, added hurriedly.
“If you would rather keep it a secret, I won’t tell you.”
Eugene, who had been pondering Choi’s words for a moment, answered with a smile.
“Yes, I think it would be better to keep it a secret.”
When something was said on this tower, there were those who believed it and those who did not.
The reason I thought it would be a good idea to ask Mr. Choi to keep it a secret was because I thought he was a trustworthy person.
‘Those scoundrels from earlier, they must have been a fairly large guild.’
Most people wouldn’t believe Eugene if he said directly that “there is a climber who came down backwards,” but it would be different if Choi said that “there is a climber who came down backwards.”
If Mr. Choi was acquainted with the guild leader and regulars of the gang, he might have known people even worse.
‘Should we dig a trap?’
Eugene looked at the deer that had just woken up from the commotion and gave a slight wave of his hand.
Did.
“Come for a moment.”
The deer, still wary of Eugene and hesitating, reluctantly took a step forward due to the leaf clinging to its head.
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
“Right.”
Eugene carefully stroked the deer’s head… or rather, the leaf that had turned into Rasil, and then took his hand off, watching Choi’s reaction.
“…Boss, this.”
“What is this?” Eugene naturally let go of his hand, and in his hand was a flowerpot that looked like it had been taken out of his inventory.
“The store seemed a bit bleak, so I took out some of the items in the inventory. If you like them, you can use them for decoration.”
“Oh my, what is this?”
In the flowerpot that Eugene held out, there was a small tree with a faint green tint.
“But, what kind of plant is this?”
“World demand.”
“???yes?”
[Current floor: 17th floor]
A climber wearing a hoodie with ears turned inside out looked up at the pitter-patter of raindrops falling on his hood.
‘Long time no see. Here.’
It had been quite a while since she had come downstairs.
That’s also the 17th floor.
The floor that changed his fate… It was a new feeling to return to the place he had longed for.
‘Didn’t you say you couldn’t find it here either?’
She had torn off the 10th floor return scroll from above and was searching for traces as she went up to find slave number 148.
‘It doesn’t seem like I went down from the 12th floor… How fast did I go up?’
If I came down to the 10th floor as soon as I heard the news and looked up, but still didn’t see even the tip of hair on number 148… that meant that someone I didn’t know was going up there.
‘It’s tearing the chains and moving upwards at a speed that we can’t catch… Has another force appeared?’
Perhaps it is because of the ‘hidden classes’ that are starting to be discovered here and there… the number of top climbers has been growing rapidly in the past two to three months.
“ha.”
The girl sighed in the rain.
“Something feels stuffy.”
Could it be because I returned to a place filled with memories? The girl, who had been lost in sentimentality, stopped by the place where lightning had struck and looked around.
This place was located in a deserted alley on the 17th floor, so there was no way there would be anyone there.
‘Has it been about three months since then?’
The girl, recalling her birthday when she had given up on herself, started walking again.
‘I don’t know. Let’s take a short break and go.’
Since I’ve been running nonstop since that day, I thought it would be okay to enjoy a cup of tea.
I felt like doing that for some reason.
As I slowly climbed up the stairs in the ant hole, there was a store I never heard of.
‘ hmm?’
A girl walking into a store tilted her head when she discovered an open entrance.
“???excuse me.”
The girl, who had cautiously revealed her presence, met the eyes of the owner sitting in the kitchen.
“uh?!”
Mr. Choi opened his eyes wide and folded the newspaper he was holding with a snapping sound as he greeted the girl.
“Welcome! Hey, you’re wearing a proper raincoat today! It’s great!”
As Mr. Choi smiled and complimented her outfit, the girl with her dog-ear hood pulled down nodded in greeting.
“Thanks.”
The girl smiled awkwardly and entered, seeing the boss welcoming her more than before.
“You won’t give me something sweet today either, will you?”
“Haha! I won’t make any mistakes today!”
As soon as the girl sat down, Mr. Choi took out a coffee cup and asked her separately.
“What about food?”
“It’s okay. Just tea time.”
“Okay, I understand.”
The girl rested her chin on her hand with a pleased expression on her face as she saw Mr. Choi looking somehow happy.
“I wonder if something good is happening to you?”
“There’s something good happening today!” Choi, who was preparing the coffee that Serin had asked for earlier, spoke about the good things that had happened today.
“I thought the last time a customer came would be the last time… but this time, he came to the store while taking proper care of avoiding the rain. It’s a happy thing.”
The girl who was looking at Mr. Choi’s back lowered her gaze without realizing it.
“That’s right.”
The girl who had been looking down suddenly turned her head as the sound of rain became louder than before.
“Is it a good thing that the door is broken?”
“Oh, that’s… not good.”
“Phew.”
Serin, who had been laughing slightly, asked about the empty store entrance.
“Aren’t you going to fix it?”
“It hasn’t been that long since it was broken… and even if it gets leaked, it won’t be a big problem. So I’m just leaving it.”
The pleasant aroma of coffee began to spread.
“I don’t even know how to fix it.” The girl turned her eyes away from the broken entrance, enjoying the scent of coffee, then blinked when she saw a flower pot she had never seen before.
“What is that?”
“Oh, that one?”
There was a small tree that gave off a soft green light like a light.
It was a guy that stood out even more because it wasn’t there when I visited the store a few months ago.
“This is a flower pot left behind by a customer who stopped by yesterday. I can’t tell you the name of the plant because he asked me to keep it a secret… but it’s an amazing flower pot.”
Mr. Choi, who was explaining the flower pot, continued to speak while holding out coffee for the girl to drink, “Something good happened yesterday too.”
The girl who raised her glass asked with a satisfied expression on her face at the fragrant aroma.
“Is that so?”
“What was it? Oh my, it’s nothing.”
“hmm?”
“I remembered what the customer asked me to keep a secret. It’s a story I like, so I almost said it without thinking.” Hehe, Choi muttered quietly, scratching the back of his head with a smile.
“The ‘deer’ that guest was carrying around was really cute. Yes.”
The girl who was about to take a sip of coffee froze in place.
“What did you just say?”
“Huh? Oh, a deer?”
“deer?”
“Yes. The customer who stopped by yesterday had a pet deer.”
