Return of the 10th Circle Archmage

Chapter 23 12. Fresh start (2)

Good profit!

“Mr. Junhyeok!”

“Nice to meet you, Ari.”

I made an appointment with her Ari and her for dinner, and met her at the intersection of her Sanbon Station. I said I was going to take the subway to Seoul because I was a jerk, so Ari came to pick me up right away.

“You look so pretty today.”

“Hehehe······.”

Ari smiled softly at my compliment and tilted her head. Her style of clothing she wore today was a light blue blouse with a subtle bra, a white mini skirt that tightly wrapped her round pelvis, and sleek black stockings.

‘How did you know I like Gums?’

I pretended to be looking elsewhere and changed the topic.

“This is a different car from the one I was driving at that time.”

“Yes. At that time, the after-sales service was a bmw 520d, and this is my personal vehicle, the Audi R8.”

“AHA······.”

The car she drove was a two-seater foreign car that looked like a sports car. It was also a car I saw a few times while passing by on the street.

‘It seems that Ari has a lot of money…’

There seemed to be not one foreign car, but several.

Whether it was envy or anticipation, clearing her mind, she got into the passenger seat.

“Isn’t the seat lower than expected?”

“Yes, it is.”

I’m 185 and it was a bit narrow for me to ride. But, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to ride. Even if I had to endure the inconvenience, if I asked if I would like to drive a car like this, of course, yes.

Boo-woong!

The Audi R8, which gives a different ride than bmw, ran on the road with a loud exhaust sound. It didn’t feel like I was driving something, but it felt like I was sliding on the ice.

It was quite a foreign sensation, whether it was teleporting every day or just walking around.

“Mr. Junhyeok. You said you wanted to go to the buffet?”

“Isn’t the buffet supposed to be okay? We can eat whatever we want to our heart’s content…”

“Then let’s go to the buffet.”

I didn’t know what Ari would like to eat, so I just made up my own mind.

To be honest, wouldn’t it be better to have a buffet where you can choose and eat according to your taste, rather than a specific food with different likes and dislikes?

“But which buffet are you going to?”

I opened the window and asked that question, and Ari answered while driving.

“There is a good buffet for lacquer.”

“Lasene?”

It was the first name I had ever heard.

The only buffets I knew were the 6900 won meeting plaza in the neighborhood and VIPS with chain stores nationwide.

“It’s a buffet at the latte hotel and it’s good.”

“A hotel?”

“Yes.”

Ari looked back at my bewildered face and smiled. Thanks to Ari yesterday, I was able to exchange large amounts of money safely, get a suit and wear it, and today I am at a loss for food.

Anyone who sees it will know that it is Mrs. Pillar.

We’re still not in a relationship.

‘Of course, I have a present for Ari today.’

I am also a man with a conscience.

This beautiful woman is so devoted to me, I thought I would make the best gift I could give. I don’t know if she will be satisfied.

“Junhyuk-san, should I buy a car now?”

“Is it tea?”

I hesitated for a moment at her words. I didn’t have a license yet. If I hadn’t gone to another world when I was in high school, I would have won it right away.I am already 33 years old.

I’m not saying it’s not old enough to be a jerk.

Guys my age would buy a Sonata, Avante, or Sportage around this age and go to work.

Of course, you don’t need a car. It’s not about flying, it’s about teleporting around.

However, when meeting someone officially, you also had to pay attention to your appearance.

“I don’t have a license yet.”

“Yes???”

While waiting for the signal, Ari looked at me with surprised eyes.

Then he regained his poker face and smiled pleasantly.

“Then I will teach you to drive.”

“Aren’t you busy?”

“Well······.”

She frowned as if thinking for a moment,

“I can teach in my spare time on my days off. Why, do you not like it?”

“No, I don’t hate it…”

If such a beauty taught me, men would line up even if I paid 100 times the cost of learning at a driving school.

Just by being next to you, it smells like a flower, and just looking at it makes you feel so pretty, but what kind of man would refuse?

But, I wonder why Ari is so nice to me? I didn’t hear anything other than that.

“I’m going to think about it. It’s not something we need right away.”

“Huh~”

Ari turned her head with a look of disappointment in her face.

She looked like, ‘You’re the first to kick me!’ Of course, I didn’t care what kind of expression she made.

No, I just pretended I didn’t care.

‘I want to keep a distance except for public affairs…’

When looking at Ari, she had a face that came to mind over and over again. The face was the same, but slightly different. For example, the ears.

“It may be a little late.”

“sorry.”

“Why are you sorry, Junhyuk?”

“I didn’t expect the car to be pushed so much. I guess I should have made an appointment a little earlier.”

“Heh heh. Is it Gadsu’s spare time? Or is it deception?”

“·················ogue.”

Ari grinned, as if she had found something to bite, she dissed hard. But, I was just tickling and laughing.

If my sister Hye-eun was a ferocious piranha, Ahri was like a cute little ‘Doctor Fish’.

*

“It’s really big.”

“Hi-Hi.”

Me and Ari arrived at the Latte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul. It was a wonderfully built hotel with a huge building.

“It is a building with 38 stories above the ground and 3 stories below the ground.”

Ari gave an explanation from her driver’s seat. I simply nodded silently.

I saw a lot of magnificent buildings in the other world, but most of them were bloody buildings made for the purpose of a fortress.

However, modern buildings were not designed for war, but were designed to focus on aesthetics and practicality.

We went to the parking lot leading down to the basement, parked the car, and stood in front of the elevator.

“Have you never been to a place like this before?”

“Yes.”

“Is this the first time I brought Jun-hyeok to a place like this?”

“It happens again.”

“Heh heh. Whatever it is, the first is good.”

“·················ogue.”

At Ari’s words, I stopped for a moment.

To her, she said it in her light tone, with her light tone without her meaning, but I had to take it quite meaningfully.

Ari hum her after pressing the button on the second floor of her elevator. She looked pretty good.

“Isn’t there a lot of things like Bulgogi or Dakdori-tang?”

I asked that question as a joke in order to relieve the gloomy atmosphere.

“Yes? I beg your pardon?”

Then, Ari looked back at me with a puzzled expression. It was like, ‘Are you here to eat something like that?’

“If you come here, you have to cut lobster, crab, or steak.”

Ari stood with her arms crossed in a tone as if admonishing an immature child, she said so.

“i See······.”

“Drink a lot of seaweed today. Then, you won’t be able to go to the local buffet in the future. Heh heh.”

“Not sure.”

In fact, I’ve eaten a lot of great food in this world. Since I got to the 10th circle, I ate with demigods called Demigods and with Urme who gave them to me.

Also known as the Supper of the Gods.

So, a hotel buffet like this didn’t mean much to me.

just on purpose.

I just pretended to be surprised to see Ari’s reaction as a joke. She had a fun and cute attitude to teach with her arms crossed..

“It’s okay.”

“Yes?”

I nodded as I looked at the interior unfolding before my eyes.

There were beautiful decorations made of unknown wood in the interior, and beautiful lights such as chandeliers were twinkling on the ceiling.

In addition, the tables and chairs that look luxurious, and the interiors of the buffet where even the pleasure of viewing was taken care of.

It felt as if billions had been poured out just by looking at it.

Besides.

“There is so much to eat.”

As the best buffet in Korea, the scale was huge in terms of quantity and quality.

“Junhyuk likes meat, so come this way.”

Ahri put her arms around me as I was standing in the distance. I approached the chef who was slicing the smoked meat.

“Give me a plate of steak here.”

“Yes, sir, please wait for a moment.”

A chef in his mid-40s, wearing a long white bread hat, sparsely sliced ​​the chunks of meat and placed them one by one on our plates.

“thank you.”

On top of that, the chef sprinkled a little bit of green parsley and a sauce that was mouth-watering just by smelling it.

I roughly grabbed the bowl and turned around.

“Where is the rice?”

“Yes?”

It was the feast of the gods and it was Nabal, and in fact, I had no appetite from breakfast to lunch today, so this was my first meal. So I was very hungry.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen anyone looking for rice while eating steak.”

“I’ve seen it now, so I’ll see you more often in the future.”

“Ho Ho. I hope so. I plan to see you often.”

Ari uttered meaningful words and led me to a corner with various kinds of rice.

There is not only white rice, but also mixed grain rice, barley rice, curry rice, fried rice, bean sprout rice, seafood rice, etc….

There were so many different kinds of rice on display so that you could eat it deliciously even if you put it only with rice.

I put a little bit of each kind into a collection.

“Puppy………..”

Ari covered her mouth and smiled as she looked at the rice collection piled up like a mountain that covered even the steak.“I need to spread the side dishes in a new bowl~”

“Yes, it is.”

Ignoring Ari’s teasing remarks, I put the rice plate down on the table, and then I added a bunch of other menu items to the plate.

“Wow, greedy!”

“Well, eat it all.”

“You must eat it all. If you do, you will be fined.”

“really?”

“Heh heh.”

Is it a fine to leave behind in a luxury hotel like this?

I just stared at her expression and was fed up.

“It’s delicious, it’s really delicious.”

The two of us placed a plate of rice right in front of us, and enjoyed a meal that was pleasing to the eyes and mouth.

“after······.”

And after eating enough food to fill my stomach in moderation, I started talking about work in earnest.

“How many precious metals are left for Junhyeok to trade?”

“There are gold bars and gems, but I don’t know if I can dispose of them all……”

I was taken aback for a moment by Ari’s question.

If you confide in everything you have, you will end up with an amount that the Ari Jewelry Shop alone cannot afford.

In addition, it was more difficult because I would sell in a detour rather than fair way, and I had to get it in cash as much as possible.

“How much do you have?”

At Ari’s urging, he finally confessed the truth.

“There are 319 10 kg 24k gold bars, 130 diamonds over 60 carats, and dozens of colored diamonds over 60 carats.”

Ground!

Ari dropped the steak knife she was slicing in surprise and opened her mouth wide.

“Wait. Are you serious about that? Isn’t that a lie?”

“It’s real.”

Rather, she narrowed it down.

Because the real ‘artifacts’ weren’t even taken out.

Those are just lists of things that are literally used for ‘adornmental’ purposes. In this world, he cannot exert great power.

Instead, they were things that could not be bought on Earth.

“Even a simple calculation would be in the hundreds of billions of won. Maybe close to 1 trillion…”

“Sell these for close to a trillion dollars?”

I was a little unsure of what to say, bewildered.

“Yes. If the amount of gold ingots is that much, it is close to 160 billion won.”

“Yes.”

“If all of Junhyuk’s diamonds are genuine, it could be worth hundreds of billions of won at auctions around the world.”

Ari took out a file file from the bag she was carrying and handed it over.

“I have a plan for the future for Junhyuk, and I need to revise it.”

“Why are you editing it?”

I asked, taking a bite of the sliced ​​steak.

“Actually, I made a small plan with billions of dollars…”

“·················ogue.”

If billions are the small plan, what about hundreds of billions of the big plans?

The scale Ari thought of was like a story in a different world from me.

“I want to raise the plan to blockbuster level.”

“A blockbuster?”

I froze while chewing the steak at Ari’s absurd remark.