I Returned, But My Power is the Same

Chapter 38 Excess

“Are you all right?”

“Huh. Anyway, I was thinking of eating at home. I still have a long way to go to meet my friends.”

“iced coffee. I am good.”

“thank God. I avoided eating alone. What should we eat?”

“I eat everything. Except for the shiitake mushrooms.”

“Why shiitake mushrooms?”

“It has a slightly chewy texture and a unique scent. What’s your favorite food, Vice-Captain?”

“Um, I have too many.”

“I think I’ll just pick one of the dogs and eat it.”

“I’m not good at making choices.”

Hmm.

During training, he gives instructions like a knife without worrying about anything.

You become a different person when you eat.

“Can I pick you up?”

“Huh!”

Lieutenant Young So-jin responds as if waiting.

“How about naengmyeon?”

“Five! Cold noodles are good!”

sweltering heat.

On a day like this, there could be no better food than naengmyeon.

“I know a perfect naengmyeon restaurant near here.”

“Are you talking about this neighborhood… Gosu-myeonok?”

“Ah, do you know Dojin too?”

“My older sister is a regular, so I went there often.”

So, I went there a few times with my sister’s friends.

“Your sister knows how to try naengmyeon.”

“Yes.”

It’s too much of a problem though.

It wasn’t too far away, so we arrived quickly.

It was lunchtime at the restaurant, so it was full of customers, but the hall was so large that we were able to get in right away without waiting.

A table that seats two people facing each other.

The menu came out soon.

“I will drink water ice.”

“cellar···”

Lieutenant Young So-jin looked at the menu for a long time.

With a bit of exaggeration, it looks as if we are at a crossroads between life and death.

“I’m going to drink water ice, too.”

That’s enough, you picked it up quickly.

And to be honest, watercress and watercress are not as difficult to choose as jjajang and jjamppong.

“Would you like some dumplings too?”

“Yes.”

Ding dong ding dong ♪

After placing an order by pressing the bell, water was poured into the cup.

Lieutenant Young So-jin sets the chopsticks.

“Thanks to Do-jin, what’s going on at this hour?”

“Yes?”

“It’s the vacation I got from winning the trench fight. Who won it?”

“Ah.”

“I was just looking around, but I was on vacation.”

“no. You don’t know how much cheering has helped.”

“Did you?”

“Yes.”

Just then, a group of women passed by our table.

One of the dogs suddenly looks at me.

“uh? Dojin?”

“Oh, Seon-young noona.”

Yoo Seon-young.

It was my sister’s friend.

“I’ll see you all here at this hour.”

“Oh, I’m on vacation.”

“Ah, but this person…?”

“Our deputy commander.”

“I see. Hello. Dojin is my sister’s friend.”

“Hello.”

Somehow, I even exchange greetings with Lieutenant Young So-jin.

Because of the situation, we immediately go to another seat, and as we go, they glance at us a little.

What is it, that look of concern for some reason.

“Your sister’s friends also come here often.”

“Yes. We even go together. I’ve been here a few times.”

“okay?”

Meanwhile, the naengmyeon and dumplings we ordered came out.

After cutting once with scissors, sprinkle with vinegar and mustard sauce to enhance the flavor.

Hurry-

Take a few sips of the broth while inhaling, and the heat will go away.

Because summer is the best way to soothe yourself with food.

“delicious. Is not it?”

“Yes. It seems that a restaurant is not a restaurant for nothing. But the deputy commander doesn’t do that?”

“it?”Second Lieutenant Young So-jin looks at me while squeezing the dumplings.

“Putting food photos on social media or something like that.”

“Ah, I’m not good at social media.”

“Is that so?”

If it were my sister, I would still be taking pictures.

uh huh, cringe.

“Does Dojin do SNS?”

“I’m not good at it either. How often do you buy friends?”

“It’s just like me.”

Lieutenant Young So-jin smiles bashfully.

I feel it every time I see you, but your smile is so pretty.

Hurry-

Hurry-

As I continue to inhale the noodles, Lieutenant Young So-jin suddenly pulls out a tissue and handed it to me.

“What did you put in your mouth?”

“Ah.”

“Not the other way around.”

“Are you talking here?”

“No, this way.”

Lieutenant Young Sojin pulls out a tissue again and wipes my lips with her hands.

Eww.

At this age, I bury something and eat it, and I am too.

“sorry.”

“What a pity this is. And when I eat rice, I also have a special talent for eating it.”

After that, various stories followed.

There’s nothing special about it, literally.

But something was fun.

Maybe it was because I never thought that we would sit together and have lunch like this.

“I’ll give you…”

“It’s okay. Put it in, Private Choi Do-jin.”

After eating, in front of the cashier.

Lieutenant Young So-jin pushes my wallet back into my pocket and pays for the food.

“Of course I have to buy it.”

“thank you.”

“Nope. Did you eat well?”

“Yes.”

“Then let’s go. I’ll drive you to the house.”

“I will go here alone.”

“it’s okay. I still have a long way to go to meet my friends.”

“If that’s the case, then I’ll get on it right away.”

“It’s been like that before, the attitude change is very quick.”

Lieutenant Young So-jin smiles and gets into the car.

And we headed towards our house.

“Oh, really, Dojin-ah.”

Before getting off, Lieutenant Young Sojin waved his cell phone and said:

“Don’t forget to leave a text message when you come back.”

“all right.”

“Yeah, come in.”

“Yes, please enter carefully. Loyalty!”

“Loyalty.”

so came home

It was a fun lunch break.

***

‘Let’s see… I’m back on Friday…’

When I got home, I had a rough idea of ​​what to do for this vacation.

First of all, I will eat out with my family in the evening and then meet some friends.

I think I’m going to go downtown with my sister tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow…

‘I’ll go there.’

I couldn’t go on vacation last time.

No, I couldn’t go.

Because that was before it was open.

But now, it is completely open to the general public as well as hunters like me.

‘Okay, we can spend this vacation like this.’

After spending so much time idling, the family gathered together and ate out.

It was evening, so my sister was able to come out too.

“Yaya yah yay yay yay.”

While the parents are away from bed for a while, she opens her mouth as if she was waiting for her.

the eyes are a bit weird

“What is it?”

“what?”

“He said he had dinner with a woman for lunch today.”

Ah.

I wondered if I was walking away, but Seon-young noona told me again.

I answered calmly.

Because it’s something to be proud of.

“This is our deputy commander.”

“Is it pretty?”

“You’re pretty.”

“Isn’t the atmosphere too bad?”

“What mood?”

“You just wiped off anything you got on your lips.”

under.

Seonyoung noona really.

“I couldn’t clean it, so I cleaned it.”

“Five···”

“What is that reaction?”

“Maybe you wanted to wipe it off?”

“This is our squad sergeant, sergeant. Don’t say nonsense.”

“Does class matter in love between men and women?”

I think someone heard this sound similarly.

Who was it?

Oh, it was Lieutenant Young Sojin. Then at the amusement park, they asked where the punishment for love was.

First of all, it’s not that important.

“Oh, I don’t know. Don’t be weird.”

“You’re embarrassed when you say things like this.”

The older sister chuckled and opened her mouth again.

“But how pretty is it that Seonyoung says that?”

“What did you say?”

“You said you slap a celebrity? The friends I went with said the same thing.”

“Good to see you.”

“Is that enough?”

“uh.”

“I want to see you too. A face that slaps a celebrity.”

“…tomorrow’s date is cancelled.”

“Ah! No no. I mean, I already paid monthly.”

My sister shuts her mouth to see if the threat has worked.

By the way, I’ve been good at weaving things like this.

“Sister, go to the entertainment club instead of the hunter club, go to the entertainment club.”

***

After eating out with the family, around 20:00.

I went to a pub near my house.

“Oh, Dojin-ah! It’s here!”

“Sorry. It was a little late because I was eating out with my family.”

“No, I told you before.”

A group of men and women warmly wave her hand.

They were friends in high school.

“Because I’m a hunter, do you feel like your body gets better every time you see it?”

“It should get better. That’s how you get high.”

“Ah, that’s right, you were promoted a while ago, didn’t you?”

“Uh, as a private.”

“Hey, already? I don’t know your world very well, but isn’t the promotion test really difficult?”

“What? I guess I was just lucky.”

“It’s not luck, it’s skill, skill.”

Other friends here and there agreed with that statement.

“Where’s your luck with that kind of test?”

“You were rewarded for what you did together.”

“That’s right, Dojin’s nickname has been Dokjong since he was in school, Dojin.”

I feel weird.

Before the return, I heard only comforts like that, it will be fine, it will work out, and it will do well.

Now only compliments are pouring in.

Of course, they are the ones I am very grateful for in that they take care of me then and now.

“Are you talking about Dojin passing the promotion exam?”

Then, a man joins the table, wiping his hands.

A high school friend and a cadet at the Hunter Academy.

It was Seo Dong-bae.

“uh. Isn’t that great, really?”

“So. That’s a really low pass rate.”

Seo Dong-bae raises his thumb and sits down.

“Dojin-ah, aren’t you going to become an officer then?”

“officer? Can Dojin be an officer too?”

“If you go through the ranks, you will become an officer, huh?”

“okay?”

“uh. But if you go into tribute like me, you are an officer from the start. Dojin is just wasting time.”

Seo Dong-bae has always been like this.

Subtly sarcastic and pretending to be me.

“You always talk like that.”

“What am I?”

“Pretending to be nice and sarcastic and talking about how good you are.”

Naeunmi says a word.

He was a friend of mine when I was in school.

“What do you mean, when am I? It’s going to take a long time to get to an officer because I’m just going into a soldier, so I’m wasting some time, something like that.”

“Look, even now. You’re a kid.”

“You want to fight me?”

“Hey, okay, stop it.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while since we got together, so why are you raising your voice?”

“Let’s have a drink.”

I smashed the glass and gave Naeunmi a word.

“Do not worry about it. I am fine.”

“Even if I try not to care, she keeps making me use it.”“You can’t ignore it.”

“Can I ignore it?”

do.

If you live in the same dormitory as a bastard named Oh Chul Kim.

“Ha ha ha ha ha! That’s right, that’s why we were scolded by the homeroom teacher as a group.”

“It’s a memory, a memory.”

“Don’t do this, let’s grab me sometime and go play.”

“Good, good.”

The place was getting more and more crowded.

It’s already 22 o’clock.

It’s coming to an end… It’s still too early to bet.

“Let’s go second!”

“Gogo!”

I left the pub and moved towards the next place.

Meanwhile, a bar caught our attention.

“Hey, look at this. If you get more than a certain score, all the drinks are free, right?”

“really?”

“What game is this?”

A certain game in front of a bar.

It was a game similar to a punch game, in which a model sword was pierced into a round device and scored as much as the damage inflicted.

“Would you like to play a game?”

“Yes!”

“By the way, if there are hunters, you have to put them next to this one. Those who have been commissioned as officers have to do something completely different.”

It is a natural procedure.

Hunters have better conditions than ordinary people in many ways.

The same is true for distinguishing between commissioned officers and officers.

“Brother, you should try it. Let’s eat some takoyaki today.”

“Dojin too!”

Naturally, Seo Dong-bae and I went ahead.

And one sword given.

Since it’s a model sword, I think I should score points based on pure physical ability and swordsmanship ability.

Seo Dong-bae drew his sword first.

“I will finish it. Boss, how many points do I have to draw for free alcohol?”

“975 points.”

“How many points are recorded?”

“999 points.”

“What if I exceed 999 points?”

“It says that scoring is not possible.”

“okay? If I exceed 999 points, even snacks are free, call?”

“Well, good.”

The boss said that if he had to do it, he would do it.

However, the Hunter Military Academy cadets were Hunter Military Academy cadets.

remorse-

As soon as Seo Dong-bae stabbed his sword, the scoreboard went up.

700…

800…

900…

Then, he scored 980.

“Five! fellow! It’s crap!”

“Oh yea!”

“Thanks to my peers, my money will be strong.”

“Ah, it’s a shame.”

Cheers pouring in from everywhere.

Seo Dong-bae passed 975 points, but it seemed a bit disappointing that he did not pass 999 points.

Of course, his shoulders were still high.

“Now it’s Dojin’s turn!”

“Well, do you really need to? I wouldn’t be able to get over 975 anyway.”

Seo Dong-bae mumbles with his yawn.

It is natural to react that way.

Common sense is that if the cadets were that much, the soldiers would be much lower than that.

But to me it’s a little different.

‘It’s worth doing. He’s literally a cadet, not an officer. Besides, it hasn’t been long since I started giving my tribute.’

I took a short breath and drew my sword.

And lightly poked into the device.

Forget!

At the same time, the scoreboard begins to rise horribly.

The 900 points were breaking through at once.

“Uh…?”

“Are you taller than your peers?”

“Wow!”

Stats accumulated over 10 years.

One point attack skill.

Bone characteristics.

It was the result of merging them into one.

“What, what, this?”

By the time Seo Dong-bae looked at the scoreboard with a puzzled face, he was already over 980.

Seo Dong-bae’s record was ahead.

Then···

[Score measurement is not possible.]

It’s over 999 points.