Chapter 133

Leaving that thing in the room and just walking away is a problem.

“I see. I’ll be heading in soon too, so don’t worry about it.”

So Yeri smiled faintly as she spoke. Of course, she had no intention of actually going in.

She was certain that the moment she entered, they’d use the room’s excellent soundproofing to release whatever S-rank thing they had planned.

“…….”

So Yeri activated the skill again.

She realized that the butler, whom she’d thought had disappeared down the hallway, had stopped walking and was holding his breath.

Planning to pull some trick the moment I go in, huh?

So Yeri stood there with her arms crossed, staring down the hallway.

She had no intention of entering the room until the butler retreated.

After a long silence, the butler finally turned and walked away.

So Yeri glanced at the clock and crossed her arms.

“Slept like a baby.”

It was morning.

I dozed off lightly. I snapped my eyes open.

And quickly dismissed the notification windows that had popped up at dawn yesterday.

Among them was one about Hunter So Yeri receiving a warning.

Probably from getting caught yesterday…

I was frowning when it happened.

—Knock knock.

A knock echoed.

“Come in.”

But the soundproofing here is top-notch—will my voice carry outside?

—Click.

But no need to worry—the maid entered my room as if it were natural.

…She definitely came in after hearing my response, right?

While I was suspicious, the maid began placing something on the table in the room.

Doesn’t look like a gift?

Peeking over, it was some kind of map.

Looking at the four pieces, two connected with writing on them confirmed it.

But what to do with this?

“Please pick one and come out.”

With that, the maid silently left the room.

Talking about dignity, but this place treats guests like royalty.

I raised an eyebrow when a system window popped up.

“Oh?”

Camaraderie? That’s us, right? I grinned confidently when—

Listing names instead of calling us a party made it obvious.

Four map pieces. Four of us.

This mission was just for us, separate from the Dongje Empire guys who’d entered the dungeon with us and were treated as our party.

“…Right.”

No chat! I smacked my forehead.

Wait, then how are we supposed to test camaraderie?

No, taking away hunter chat and expecting telepathy for a camaraderie test???

We’re all the type to go for the same thing anyway—chopstick mates and half-mincho lovers.

This kind of thing needs us picking the same one! Not different!

I clutched my head.

If we went like this, we’d definitely get another warning. That would make it two for So Yeri and Shin Jae-heon.

Dangerous.

The moment I thought that, a system window popped up.

“Oh?”

This works? It shouldn’t in a confined space…

Looking at the door, the maid had kindly left it slightly ajar.

Consideration for slipping out quietly, no doubt.

Thanks!

With this, sharing vision lets them see what I pick, right?

No reason to refuse.

Yerian-nim is a genius! This saves our camaraderie!

The moment I approved the skill, system windows scrolled up.

Now all three could see what I picked.

For the three receiving my vision share, I flashed a V-sign with my hand, then picked up the first map piece.

As I stepped out, another system window appeared.

Like she wanted me to see what Joo Yian picked.

I’d already picked mine, so no need, but I selected Y anyway.

Joo Yian’s vision shared into view.

The room’s interior was eerily identical to mine. Proof the system copy-pasted our rooms.

Well, well.

But what I saw was different.

Is this what it means to have presence?

I rarely shared Joo Yian’s vision, so it felt fresh.

Especially the eye level… so very… different…

Joo Yian neatly wrote on a memo pad in the corner of the room.

Clearly to avoid any mix-up.

Maybe I should’ve held up one finger instead of a V?

She won’t think V means pick 2, right?

The moment Joo Yian’s vision share ended, I saw the door opening.

“Got the right one?”

Joo Yian smiled warmly at my words.

“Yes.”

This time it was Shin Jae-heon.

The moment I approved the screen share, Malletia’s sword came into view.

Wasn’t he just sleeping? Why’s he looking at the sword?

Remembering late that his vision was shared, Shin Jae-heon tossed Malletia’s sword into his inventory, and his view shifted.

He strode to the table, tapped the third piece like a knock, picked it up.

And soon exited the room.

“What kind of camaraderie test is this crap?”

He seemed just as annoyed as me.

“We’d have been screwed without Corner Room Front Row.”

Joo Yian laughed at that.

“In a situation like this, wouldn’t we each have picked different ones anyway?”

Joo Yian’s words made me and Shin Jae-heon freeze.

Would we?

We’d have thought about it hard, but not everything works out just because you rack your brain, right?

As So Yeri Hunter’s vision shared, I spoke to the two men.

“Without Corner Room Front Row, what do you think you would’ve picked?”

As they started to answer, I held up my index finger.

“Say it together on one, two, three.”

The two men waited for my signal. Seeing them silent was unexpectedly cute.

“One, two, three.”

I called out immediately after.

“Number 1.”

“Number 1.”

“Number 4.”

Shin Jae-heon and Joo Yian spoke in unison.

The one who said 1 with me was Shin Jae-heon.

“Well then.”

Joo Yian smiled awkwardly.

Our gazes—mine and Shin Jae-heon’s—met in front of him.

“Why number 1?”

“First is always best.”

This guy… thinks just like me?

So Yeri Hunter’s Corner Room Front Row was truly a godsend.

In the meantime, through So Yeri Hunter’s shared vision, I saw her hand flash a V.

Playfully folding and unfolding her fingers, she nimbly grabbed the fourth piece and slipped out.

Peeking her head out, So Yeri Hunter smiled prettily.

“Nailed it, right?”

I silently gave her a thumbs-up.

“Without you, we’d have gotten warnings.”

“Really? But after thinking together for a bit, wouldn’t we have picked different ones?”

She was spouting hunter team optimism too. I asked her.

“If it was up to you, what would’ve you picked?”

Without hesitation, So Yeri Hunter said,

“Number 4.”

We three turned to look at her in unison.

“Let’s keep using Corner Room Front Row from now on.”

“We almost blew it.”

Joo Yian’s laughter rang between me and Shin Jae-heon.

So Yeri Hunter blinked.

“What? What? Who overlapped with who?”

“Twos overlapped.”

I pointed alternately at Shin Jae-heon and me, then Joo Yian and So Yeri Hunter.

So Yeri Hunter looked shocked.

“What? Why’d Hunter Joo Yian pick 4?”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it by age order?”

So Yeri Hunter was shocked.

Joo Yian paused too.

“Not alphabetical by name?”

As they argued their cases, Shin Jae-heon and I waved it off.

A moment of bone-deep realization that in the hunter world, camaraderie is made with skills.

A system window appeared.

They called us guests, but no servant guided us to the banquet hall, so we had to find it ourselves.

Stairs to the 1st and 3rd floors were blocked by pitch-black barriers, so the banquet hall had to be on this 2nd floor.

We wandered the palace-sized mansion searching for the banquet hall.

And after opening about seven huge rooms.

Shin Jae-heon, who’d seemed focused on searching, sidled up to me casually.

“Did you lose anything?”

“Huh?”

What the hell is this guy saying out of nowhere?

Turning, Shin Jae-heon surprisingly looked serious.

“Your most prized possession.”

Oh, that? As I opened my mouth, I paused.

It wasn’t just my item that disappeared from my inventory.

…Hold on.

I wondered why two things were gone—one must’ve been registered as Shin Jae-heon’s.

My inventory, though???

Our eyes met.