*
"No matter how I look at it, this isn't Min-ji's taste...?"
Choi Yoon-ah muttered, looking at the unfamiliar objects scattered around Kang Min-ji's house.
There were many items in the house that were outside of Kang Min-ji's taste.
It had been difficult to meet often since entering the Academy, so it wouldn't be strange if her tastes had changed during that time.
Her gut feeling seemed to tell her that these were a man's belongings.
"D-Don't keep going in there!"
She came to Min-ji's house after a long time to look at some things, but every time, Kang Min-ji came and blocked her.
Considering her age, it was time for her to take care of her own privacy, but she couldn't get rid of her suspicious eyes.
She hadn't reacted this much until a few months ago.
'She didn't care this much before?'
As if she had noticed the suspicious gaze, she quickly changed the subject.
"Does Mom know what the next evaluation is?"
"You said you did a dungeon time attack last time, right? Maybe it was a survival...."
She was also from the Korean Academy, but it was so long ago that she couldn't answer with certainty.
While talking about this evaluation, she noticed the side dishes piled up in the corner.
"You haven't put them in the refrigerator yet?"
"That's because you keep bothering me.... Why did you bring so many side dishes?"
"It's all to take care of our daughter~ Min-ji says the side dishes I make are the most delicious~"
"That's true, but...."
"Should Mom help you organize the refrigerator?"
"I can do it myself, just sit there."
"It'll be over quickly if we do it together~"
She quickly finished and opened the refrigerator door again, thinking of chatting.
Living alone, there were many times when she couldn't eat all the side dishes she had prepared.
She felt sad when she saw that she didn't eat everything she had made, but she thought it couldn't be helped.
Still, she always took away the remaining side dishes without saying a word when she made new ones so that she could always eat fresh food.
'She ate more than I thought?'
The side dishes that used to be left over were strangely empty this time.
She may have suddenly developed a better appetite and eaten them all, but even the side dishes she didn't like were quite empty this time.
'Come to think of it.... She seems to have become more beautiful recently...?'
Choi Yoon-ah, who was putting in the side dishes, turned her head and checked Kang Min-ji's face.
It was embarrassing to say it herself, but she was confident in her appearance.
Of course, her daughters, who received her genes, were so beautiful that men would look at them wherever they went.
Her daughter, who had a solid body like a close-range Hunter, big breasts, and the face of a cold beauty, was pretty before, but now she looked even prettier.
'Her skin seems to be getting better too...?'
Thinking that way, she felt like the suspicious puzzle pieces were falling into place one by one.
The house was cleaner than she thought, so there didn't seem to be anything to take care of separately.
It wasn't this clean in the old days?
Still, she shouldn't make a rash judgment until she saw something certain.
Choi Yoon-ah put aside her suspicion for a moment and began to look around the house.
"Our Min-ji is throwing away the trash well, right?"
"I throw it away every weekend, I'm not a child, you don't have to worry about that."
"You have to sort the recycling as you go!"
"It's not piled up that much...."
She went out to the veranda and checked the recycling status, leaving Min-ji, who was sighing, behind.
Unlike before, the recycling was also neatly done.
"Hmm.."
As she was about to return to the living room without thinking, there was a smell that stung her nose.
She was suspicious of the standard garbage bag tied in the corner.
As a Hunter, she had a more sensitive sense of smell than ordinary people.
It was a faint scent that ordinary people would have missed, but her sense of smell accurately recognized it.
A strange scent was coming from the standard garbage bag.
'Does Min-ji have a boyfriend?'
She knew well about her daughter's hatred of men, so having a boyfriend was a welcome thing.
Wasn't she the daughter who got angry every time she asked if there was any news about men whenever they met?
She was relieved that she seemed to have a boyfriend, but she was worried that she was already bringing him home, and an unknown feeling arose.
Because she raised her daughters alone, they both matured quickly and didn't complain like others, and she was heartbroken to see them trying to do everything themselves.
She was willing to do whatever her daughters wanted, but she wondered if it was right to allow even this.
'But it's strange...?'
A very strong fragrance rose from the unpleasant, musty scent.
The moment she smelled the attractive scent that she wanted to smell every day, she felt her body heat up slightly.
It was a feeling she thought she had already forgotten as it had been more than a decade since her husband passed away.
For some reason, her lower area kept tickling. She had been feeling this way occasionally since she had been keeping her chastity since her husband passed away.
But this time it was different.
"Hoo.. Why am I like this...."
"What are you doing there?"
"Oh! Oh.... I was just checking if our daughter recycled well...?"
"Why are you checking that.... It's been a while since we've seen each other, so let's go eat."
"U-Um, what do you want to eat, our Min-ji?"
*
"Kim Si-woo, where did you go this weekend? I couldn't get in touch with you.... It's not that I was worried, but as a partner, something shouldn't happen to you."
Before the class started, during the break, Min-ji was talking to Si-woo with a sulky expression.
Da-eun, who was watching the scene, burst into laughter.
She heard that Si-woo went somewhere this weekend, and it seemed like she was asking about that.
'Min-ji is different from what she looks like?'
Min-ji, who had sharp eyes and a style that girls often called girl crush, seemed to be worried about Si-woo, who couldn't be reached during the weekend.
Knowing that the two were dating, it wasn't bad to watch the scene.
In fact, Lee Da-eun was also worried about that part, but she could understand it.
She had decided to accept all of Kim Si-woo's actions as long as his attitude towards her didn't change.
In fact, she was curious about it separately. She quietly listened to their conversation.
"Huh..?"
Looking at Kim Si-woo answering with a flustered expression to Min-ji's question, it seemed like something was going on.
The moment her curiosity grew, she noticed Seo-ah smiling slightly behind Min-ji.
She was one of the people who could see the expression on Seo-ah's expressionless face.
"I went to the dungeon for a bit. I just wanted to gain some practical experience...."
The moment Kim Si-woo answered, Seo-ah was making a funny expression.
Seo-ah's timing of smiling was strangely perfect. She couldn't have suddenly smiled, and she made that expression every time Si-woo spoke.
It seemed suspicious that she was making a lovestruck expression like herself.
The moment she thought that, an idea flashed through her mind.
'Could it be that Seo-ah too..?'
Come to think of it, Seo-ah had been with Si-woo for longer than she had.
It wasn't strange that Seo-ah liked a man like Si-woo.
Yoon Seo-ah seemed like she didn't know anything about men, but it was really unexpected.
Thinking that way, she noticed them exchanging signals with Si-woo behind Min-ji's back.
It was unfamiliar because it was the first time she had seen Seo-ah like that, but she looked so lovely and cute.
'I need to take care of Seo-ah too.'
She heard that there should be a mediator to keep the women who follow one man from fighting and getting along.
Didn't she learn that from Lee Yong-geon grandfather's third wife, Elizabeth grandmother?
She had a young appearance in her early 30s to be called a grandmother.
Anyway, the third grandmother was also someone who always took care of her.
She thought she should help because Si-woo's expression looked troubled.
"Did you really go to the dungeon?"
"Yes, that's why I couldn't get in touch.... I really went."
"..."
"No, look at this.. I even got a map from the dungeon."
"Map..?"
The only thing that could keep him from being contacted all day was going into the dungeon.
As if to prove that he had entered the dungeon, he took out a map that looked like an item from his bracelet.
The old map felt like it had an unusual power, and it really looked like an item.
'Was I mistaken..?'
She thought he was with Seo-ah during the weekend, but looking at the map, it really looked like he had come out of the dungeon.
"I couldn't find a place to get it appraised...."
"You went into the dungeon alone without telling me?"
"No, that's..."
Ever since Si-woo and I were involved in an incident in the 4-person evaluation last time, it was noticeable that she was more concerned about Si-woo.
It seemed like Min-ji was angry about the fact that he went into a dangerous dungeon alone.
'I have to help!'
When she approached the two, there was a leather map on the desk.
It was old and had traces of time, but it looked luxurious.
She didn't know the details, but it felt like Mana.
"Si-woo, what is this?"
"Ah, I got it from the dungeon...."
"Kim Si-woo, I alone...."
"It doesn't look like an ordinary item. Seo-ah, do you feel anything too?"
"Yes.. It doesn't seem like an ordinary map.."
Fortunately, she succeeded in changing the topic of conversation. But it really didn't seem like an ordinary item.
"It's not an ordinary map..?"
Rather, Si-woo muttered as if he was surprised.
"Then does this look different too?"
Si-woo took out an old, rusty key from his bracelet. The key also felt like it had a weak Mana.
"Both.. feel similar.."
Seo-ah, who was sensitive to Mana, muttered. If only one person felt it, it would be okay, but if both of them felt it, it was clear that it wasn't an ordinary item.
When she thought about it and looked at the map, she felt like it was pointing to a specific location.
'Is this a code....'
She was focusing on looking at the map when Si-woo muttered to himself.
"Was this not trash.?"