Early the next morning.
“Good morning.” “G-Good morning, Boss.”
As always after arriving at work, we started our morning with coffee.
The sweetness of instant coffee.
As soon as I sat down, I immediately got back up.
“I’m going for a smoke.” “B-Boss.
Let’s buy office supplies.
A d-deodorizer.” “We have air freshener.” “It’s for deodorizing you, Boss.” “…Do I smell that bad?”
I do smoke a bit, but I wondered if it was really that bad and sniffed myself.
Kim Yang exaggeratedly pinched her nose and replied in a stuffy voice.
“Boss, you reek of Old Man Smell.” “Is it that bad?” “Tidy yourself up a bit.” “Where would I find the time to tidy up?
I have to make money.” “Give me my salary.”
I pretended not to hear and slipped outside.
Look at her, rushing me when it’s not even payday.
A cigarette, coffee, and stocks.
The three things I had to check early in the morning.
The stock market usually highlights the Trending Stock with the biggest fluctuation.
Plastered right on the headline was [Baekdu Pharmaceutical -12%].
I knew that not only were the Hunter Association and the Police and Prosecution taking the lead on this case, but an official protest had also come from the 5th Floor.
Unfortunately, -12% was just the beginning of its downfall.
It looked like Baekdu Pharmaceutical would be dominating the stock market headlines for a while.
The Beastials are, strictly speaking, descendants of Mythical Beasts.
They were displeased that their Spiritual Beasts were being unintentionally smuggled out.
“Phew.”
I scanned through my other stocks.
Lately, I’ve been playing the stock market quite intelligently, so I was excited to check.
[Shinra Auto: 315,500▲(0.15)] [Hunter Korea: 147,000▲(2.52)] [Murim New Medicine Hall: 66,100▲(5.12)] [Wolfguard Tactical Solutions: 9,800▲(5.59)]
“Hehe.”
The corners of my mouth crept up uncontrollably.
I held Shinra Auto out of faith, so I’ll skip that one.
Hunter Korea has a strange tendency to surge whenever Yu Yena makes a move, so I invested right after the last incident.
Murim New Medicine Hall is a pharmaceutical company from the 5th Floor.
While other pharmaceutical companies were in a bear market because of Baekdu Pharmaceutical, it alone was soaring, simply because it was from the 5th Floor.
The fact that Baekdu had done such a thing to the 5th Floor’s Beastials drew people’s attention to the 5th Floor’s pharmaceutical sector.
Wolfguard Tactical Solutions is a company that makes Beastkin-exclusive Equipment.
I predicted it would naturally rise because of what happened to the Beastials, so I invested.
Seeing the stock market, where everything was rising in red, I gulped and checked my account.
[21,221,000 Won]
Thanks to the esteemed clients who signed contracts yesterday, my account balance had increased.
I’d heard advice about separating my personal and business accounts, but I didn’t bother.
After all, once I pay Kim Yang’s salary, isn’t it all my money anyway?
Anyway.
“Kehuhaha!
They said there are times when the money just rolls in!
It was true!”
I couldn’t even remember the time I was late with Kim Yang’s salary.
A person just has to ride the wave.
I immediately went back into the stock app to make additional purchases.
‘Yonggakdo Divine Physician’s Clinic, Brimrock Refinery—.’
This is why people have to use their heads.
Just then, the faint scent of maple leaves drifted from my side.
“What are you doing?” “Ah, you startled me…”
Lenea was standing next to me before I knew it.
She had come early in the morning and was on her tiptoes, peering at my phone.
“Ah, isn’t that it?
Stocks?
The thing that ruins people’s lives?” “What are you talking about?
If you do it wisely, there’s nothing that makes more money than this.”
I was about to put my phone away, but feeling generous, I offered her some intel.
“I just put money into Brimrock Refinery and Yonggakdo Divine Physician’s Clinic.
You should invest now too, Esteemed Client.
The outlook is good.” “Brimrock…
the Dwarves?
And Yonggakdo Divine Physician’s Clinic is the 5th Floor Blockheads?”
Dwarves is right, but Blockheads?
“Why are the people from the 5th Floor Blockheads?” “You can’t have a conversation with them.
They’re always going on about tradition this, teachings of the ancestors that—Ugh, it’s so frustrating.” “Well, for someone like you, Esteemed Client, you’re more of an ancestor than the ancestors of their ancestors—”
Pow!
Lenea’s headbutt landed.
It didn’t hurt.
Probably because it was a bull market.
“Anyway, what brings you here today?
I heard you were going to contact Hyojae.” “Ah, about that…
he’s not picking up.” “Excuse me?”
What is she talking about now?
How hard did I work to persuade Hyojae?
“Why isn’t he picking up?
You didn’t do something weird again, did you?
Did you tie a letter to an arrow and shoot it?” “Of course not!
I also made a call!
However—” “However?” “Well, I don’t have a cellphone, so I called from a payphone.” “Why don’t you have a cellphone?
What was that number you wrote down on your personal information form then?” “…The public phone numbering.” “Ah, damn it.”
I guess I missed it because I didn’t properly check things like phone numbers.
More importantly, a payphone?
Do those things still exist?
“Ugh, people don’t answer calls like that these days, thinking they’re spam or promotional calls.” “I need to buy a cellphone.
Come with me.” “What nonsense…
It’s business hours right now.” “There are no customers anyway!” “It’s still morning.
Who looks for a matchmaking agency at this hour?”
The reason we come to work this early isn’t to receive customers.
Organizing files and holding meetings to discuss matching are the main purposes of our morning work.
“Oh, please.
Huh?
I’m begging you.
I’m scared to go to a cellphone store alone!” “Why on earth would that be scary?!” “They say all sorts of strange things, and I feel like I’ll get ripped off!”