I Opened an Inn Next to a Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 162



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Episode 162

The sunlight pierced the earth. It seemed as if mist was rising here and there. The weather had become hotter and hotter. Summer was finally here.

It’s a bit hot to wear long sleeves now. Eugene changed into a short-sleeved T-shirt. It’s been a really long time since I’ve worn a short-sleeved T-shirt. It’s already been a year.

Time really flies. This summer will pass by faster than I thought. Then fall will come, so I thought I should enjoy this summer without regrets.

Gunwoo sat on the bench in front of the house. There was shade from a tree on the bench, so it was still quite cool.

But humans are originally creatures that seek convenience. After sitting down, he now wanted to lie down. Gunwoo lay down on the bench, stretching out his length.

‘Ha, good.’

The gentle breeze tickled my ears. Although the wind was quite hot, what did it matter? It felt good, so that was all that mattered.

“Ugh, it’s so hot I could die.”

Eugene turned his head at the sudden voice. Edwin was approaching from afar, grumbling.

“Brother. Did you sleep well last night?”

“Yeah. You?”

“As you can see, I didn’t sleep well.”

Edwin actually looked like that. He had dark circles under his eyes and looked quite tired. Anyone could tell that he had a sleepy expression.

“Why couldn’t you sleep?”

“It’s so hot I need to be able to sleep. I really thought I was going to die. Ugh.”

Edwin wiped the sweat that kept flowing down his forehead. The area under his nose was glistening with sweat. It must be really hot.

“What are you going to do when it’s already that hot? It’s only going to get hotter.”

“That’s right. Well, I guess I should consider myself dead, brother. If I don’t show up for work in the morning, consider me a corpse. That vicious criminal called the heat would have killed me.”

“Okay, then I’ll bury you in a sunny place.”

“Oh, thank you so much, I’m crying. If you’re going to bury me, bury me next to Brother Karnius’s lair.”

“Huh? Why next to Carnius Lair?”

“My brother is a dragon, that’s what it means. Even if he’s a fearless grave robber, he wouldn’t raid the grave of his dragon brother.”

Eugene and Edwin exchanged a few silly jokes. Edwin was constantly wiping away sweat, which was a stark contrast to Eugene’s forehead, which was not even a single drop of sweat.

“Is it that hot?”

“exactly.”

“Then do you want to eat watermelon?”

“Watermelon? Do you have watermelon?”

“huh.”

“That’ll be expensive.”

“I have a lot of money anyway.”

Eugene suddenly sat up.

‘You have to eat watermelon in the summer.’

It whetted my appetite.

Sweet and delicious watermelon.

It’s so mouth-watering.

* * *

Eugene had prepared in advance for this moment. He went to a nearby city and bought a few watermelons.

Eugene stared blankly at the watermelons displayed in the warehouse. The ones that were very round and large looked delicious. Which watermelon would be good?

Thump thump thump! I lightly tapped the back of my hand. The sound was really beautiful. But among them, there was a watermelon that made the most beautiful sound. Okay. You win.

As he carried a bunch of watermelons, all the employees’ eyes were drawn to him.

“Eugene! What is that?”

“It’s a watermelon.”

“Watermelon? What is that?”

“Don’t you know watermelon?”

“Yes. This is my first time seeing it. What is it? Is that a fruit? Is it like a tree fruit?”

Eugene sighed. Oh my, elves, vampires. Don’t you even know what watermelon is? This delicious thing?

Well, you might not know. That’s because the distribution industry isn’t as developed as it is on Earth. Not everyone can eat all the fruits.

If you’ve never eaten it in your life, it’s only natural that you wouldn’t know that such a fruit exists.

“It’s fruit. Do you want to try it?”

“yes!”

Eugene couldn’t stand it. How could he not know about this delicious watermelon? Then it would be natural for him to feed it to her.

I quickly went to the kitchen. I cut the watermelon in half with a knife. Then, the bright red flesh appeared.

“wow…….”

“It’s so red!”

“It’s green on the outside.”

“Wow. There’s a fruit like this.”

Exclamations erupted here and there. Eugene immediately displayed his divine sword skills. The watermelon was immediately cut into several pieces.

“Now, if you look here, do you see the green part and the red part? The green part is really tasteless, so I don’t recommend eating it. You should just eat the red part. Like this.”

Eugene opened his mouth wide and took a bite of a triangular piece of watermelon.

Agh!

The juice overflowed into my mouth with a refreshing crunching sound. There was so much juice that it even spurted out of my mouth.

“wow!”

“looks delicious!”

Eugene spat out the seed. Thud! The seed was shot out like a missile and landed in the plate. The employees’ eyes widened at this rare feat.

“You can eat the red flesh and spit out the seeds. Well, you can eat it if you want, but it probably won’t taste very good.”

Eugene held out a plate. Then the watermelon disappeared as if it was closing its eyes.

The employees took watermelon one by one and started eating it.

“Drink!”

“It’s sweet!”

Inside the inn, amidst the quiet sound of people devouring watermelon, a guest who couldn’t contain his curiosity approached and snuck in.

“Excuse me, may I ask what you are eating?”

“Oh, it’s watermelon. Would you like some for me too?”

“Huh? Watermelon? You’re giving me some?”

“Yes. Please wait a moment.”

Eugene smiled and took out another watermelon.

After cutting it into pieces and arranging it nicely on several plates, I served it to the guests.

“Please eat. It will be served.”

“Oh! Thank you!”

“thank you for this food!”

The guests smiled and liked it. Anything that is free is right. What kind of windfall is this?

Eugene quietly watched the people eating watermelon without thinking.

* * *

Edwin wasn’t the only one complaining about the heat. Some of the guests were as well.

There were quite a few guests who complained that they couldn’t sleep well all night because it was so hot. These guests were complaining to Irina.

“No, Miss. Look at this. It’s so hot. What do you want me to do? Shouldn’t you, as an employee, do everything you can to make sure that the guests can sleep comfortably?”

“What should I do? I couldn’t even use the hotel’s services properly. I think I should get a refund for this.”

The complaints and grievances poured in. Irina responded to them with a smile on her face without changing her expression even after hearing their appeals.

Carnius, who was watching the scene, clicked his tongue.

“Tsk tsk. Those guys are going to get kicked out again.”

“It depends on what Irina does.”

Eugene mostly doesn’t touch the handling of the regular guests. It’s mostly Irina’s job.

Irina is quite harsh with her regular customers. She warns them three times, and if they ignore the warnings, she kicks them out without mercy.

It’s been about a year since she started dealing with it that way. Now, the regular customers have figured out Irina’s personality and are slowly getting used to it.

But still? That means you haven’t been to this inn often.

“Why do those people act like that? They came here to stay for a night, paid to use the hotel, and now they want their money back? Does that make sense?”

“That doesn’t make sense.”

“But why are you doing that? Isn’t that an irrational act?”

“You shouldn’t try to think of humans rationally, you know?”

“hmm.”

Carnius stroked his chin. He still didn’t quite understand Eugene’s explanation.

I thought I was learning a lot about humans, but I still felt like I didn’t know much. When will I ever know everything about humans?

“Still, he’s a very well-behaved customer. He doesn’t cause trouble.”

“I see.”

“I think that’s a legitimate request as a customer. Since I paid money and used a legitimate service, I should be able to evaluate the service I used. Right?”

“I don’t know. If that’s what you’re saying, then so be it.”

Carnius didn’t seem very interested. He was just sipping his coffee. Eugene thought as he watched the customers still bickering.

‘Come to think of it, I guess I should prepare for the heat too.’

Eugene knew the best way to prepare for summer.

‘Should I try installing some air conditioning?’

* * *

air conditioning.

It’s finally time to take out that devilish item.

How many air conditioners have we collected in preparation for this moment?

I’ve gathered them all neatly by type.

Eugene opened the Infinite Treasury.

The Infinite Treasury had divided the warehouse into dozens of categories, including a separate warehouse for electronics.

From there, they started taking out the air conditioners one by one.

“What is that?”

“This? Air conditioning.”

“What does an air conditioner do?”

“This? It blows cool air. If you put it in a room, it becomes very cool. It’s very useful in the summer.”

“It was a useless thing.”

Carnius muttered nonchalantly. Eugene was dumbfounded.

‘You’re probably the only one who says air conditioning is useless.’

Actually, that’s not wrong. It’s true that it’s useless for dragons that don’t feel hot or cold very well.

If they had taken over the Earth, wouldn’t people like Carrier, the world’s greatest inventor of air conditioning, have ever appeared?

Eugene scratched his head. When he took them out, he saw that there were quite a lot of air conditioners. How many of them are there?

‘How long does it take to install this?’

These air conditioners are not electricity-consuming products, but rather mana stone products, so the installation process is easy, which is a huge advantage. However, that does not mean that installing air conditioners is easy. If it were easy, why would the profession of air conditioner installer have been created?

‘I can’t leave this to someone else.’

What makes the situation really tricky is that no one except Eugene has the ability to install air conditioning.

Is there any other way? I have no choice but to install it myself.

One wall mount per room. Now, there are over a hundred rooms, so to install all of these… … oh my.

I don’t even want to think about it.

‘I guess I have to do it anyway.’

Eugene walked with the air conditioner and outdoor unit floating in the air using magic.

Okay, let’s install them one by one.

* * *

Install an air conditioner in every room.

Eugene’s plan to prepare for summer took a full ten days.

Installing them one by one by myself. It was truly a time of hardship.

How hard it was. But persistence is the key to overcoming anything.

Eugene did it.

“Phew, the end!”

Eugene shook his hands. He no longer had to install this annoying air conditioner.

“Come on, let’s gather around.”

Eugene gathered his staff.

To teach you how to use the air conditioner.

“Guys. Have you been wondering what this is? I’ll tell you now, so you can tell the guests at the inn.”

“yes!”

The employees’ eyes sparkled with curiosity. Eugene snickered and explained the buttons on the air conditioner hanging on the wall one by one.

“Now, if you look here, this is the power. If you press this.”

Boom!

“The air conditioner turns on like this?”

“Yes. Is that so?”

“Then now the air conditioner will blow out here.”

I waited a bit. Then whoosh! The wind came out.

The somewhat warm air inside quickly cooled down.

“wow!”

“Awesome!”

“It’s so refreshing!”

“Is this good?”

Oh, this is it. The employees’ response is very good.

I bet the guests’ reactions will be good too?