[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 81

─Clang!!

The wine glass falls from Denis’s hand, who loved alcohol so much.

“Drug dough?”

“Ah, no, when did I ever say that…”

“Look at that guy’s nostrils. He practically smears it all over.”

─Squish.

“Heard from Isabel that Denis made drug bread and sold it somewhere, North Korea? Where he got CPR on the back of his head?”

─Squish squish.

Denis’s already large muscles swell up as if about to burst.

“No, no! I never said that! Mr. Valois. Do, do you not know me?”

The drug dealer pleads desperately, showing his badge-covered chest.

“Who do you think you are, spouting nonsense to my friend?”

“I, I’m from Thailand…”

“Get lost before I kill you.”

“Eek.”

The drug dealer runs away without looking back.

Looking into the drug dealer’s eyes, it seemed he was scared not of Denis but of the handgun slightly peeking out from Grandfather Kamar’s shirt.

“Hmm.”

Expanding his senses, it seemed the bodyguards around were ready to pounce.

“Autumn.”

“Yes, Denis.”

“When I was poor, I always kept a 5 euro bill in my wallet to buy cheap wine on my way home.”

Denis’s large hand brushes past Baekseol’s head on my shoulder, making her tiny ears disappear and pop back out.

“After I got married and Bella was born, even though I had enough money, I still went to the same bar to drink cheap wine.”

Denis, unusually calm, shares a rare story.

“One day, I noticed the 5 euros were gone. Turns out little Bella had taken it from my wallet, and I scolded her for lying about it.”

“Ha…ha. Isabel, really.”

Denis’s hand, brushing Baekseol, turns towards me, and I feel cold sweat running down my back.

“Autumn. Lies destroy trust. Trust is hard to build but easy to destroy, like a sandcastle.”

“I’m sorry…”

“Hehe. As long as you understand.”

Denis pats my head with his huge hand.

“Phew…”

Seems he knew all the nonsense I was spouting.

[Lalala~ Room Master got scolded lololol]

[LOLOLOL sulky Room Master is so cute, gonna save this forever]

[Hey, Mr. Kim, let’s share the good stuff]

“Delete it.”

[Zzzz~]

[The way you ask is so messed up]

[Let’s archive it~ Let’s archive it~ Let’s archive it~]

“Damn kids, Autumn…protect me.”

[LOL just trust us, we’ll protect you]

[For real lol]

[Ding!]

[Lady Autumn who picks acorns donated 5,000 won]

[LOL third person is acceptable, this is the right triple net for ten attributes]

─Chik, chik.

“Phew. Damn. Life’s tough.”

[LOL crazy, you should do that after turning off the stream]

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“LOL, this is why I stick with my squad.”

“Sigh… I don’t even know.”

“LOL, so cute.”

“Don’t know?”

“I can’t tell if what I’m exhaling is cigarette smoke or just a deep sigh.”

“Oh, right. Here it is.”

“Huh?”

A single piece of paper fluttering in the sea breeze, held in Denis’s hand. It was the fourth treasure map they had been searching for so long.

“Oh, what? Where did you find it?”

“Wasn’t there a huge wine glass on the stage? You could pull out wine from the tap next to it, but I drank so much that the bottom was almost visible. I saw a white piece of paper underneath and pulled it out.”

“Wow! Thank you, Denis.”

“LOL, no big deal.”

“Then what about Arthur?”

“Where’s our King Arthur and what’s he doing?”

“Huh? Good point.”

Seeing the viewers’ chats, they hurried back to the party hall, only to find Arthur standing in the same spot, deep in thought.

“Arthur! We’re back.”

“You’re back. I’ve almost finished my deductions while you were gone. It’s just one of many hypotheses, but it’s worth a try. The completion of research often comes after many failures, so don’t worry too much.”

As they tried to tell him they had found the fourth treasure map, Arthur kept talking, seemingly in a hurry.

“We need to find the water stream that reflects laughter, and the most likely candidate is a fountain.”

“No, Arthur, we—”

“The words ‘water stream’ and ‘laughter’ suggest a fountain where many people gather as a meeting point, but the key here is that it’s shrinking.”

“Arthur, wait a second.”

“In the past, they moved water using the siphon principle without electricity, then dug high aqueducts to supply water to fountains. That’s why the water supply isn’t as consistent as electric fountains. Naturally, it could shrink. The most famous of these would be the Trevi Fountain.”

“Arthur, we found the fourth treasure map.”

“Therefore, our hypothesis is that we need to head towards the Piazza Venezia in Rome—wait, what?”

“We found it. The treasure map.”

Seeing Arthur’s crestfallen expression, I felt a pang of guilt.

“…Where?”

“You know that huge wine glass on the stage? Denis found it under the glass while drinking wine.”

“Ah, so the ‘clown’ refers to those guys laughing and drinking.”

“Seems like it.”

Following Arthur’s lead, they saw a crowd of people, young and old, laughing and chatting.

“Did they say the guy who made this was Wayne Dickens?”

“Gasp.”

Quickly raising my arm, I pulled out Baekseol, who had climbed onto my head.

“Ta-da! Thanks to Arthur, we solved that big problem earlier. Baekseol, is it okay to play with Grandpa Arthur?”

“Yep.”

“Baekseol wants to play with Arthur too.”

“Hmm, really? Well, I guess we have no choice then.”

“[Tranquilizer administered]”

“[Sedative administered]”

“[LOLOLOL]”

After barely calming Arthur down, who was about to explode, it finally felt like peace had returned.

“Finally, the last one, right?”

“[Yeah, hurry up and open it]”

“[Excited]”

In a hurry to find Arthur, I unfolded the note I had stuffed in my pocket, and as expected, there was a single line of text.

『A vast hunger in the dark abyss. Thick smoke rising above the surface』

“Huh?”

As soon as I read the note, I immediately got a feeling.

“Isn’t this Herman?”

[Seems like it, right?]

[Lol, found him right away]

“But seriously, this is so evil. Let’s say I found this. Then I’d have to go to someone named Herman Melville and say, ‘Please give me the treasure map.’ How many people would actually do that?”

[Listening to this, it’s really next-level evil lol]

“Right?”

As I was holding the treasure map and chatting with the viewers, Dennis, who had brought wine from the food table, showed interest.

“Are you deep in thought?”

“No, I think I found something. Take a look.”

“Hahaha. A vast hunger, huh? Herman’s the type to devour anything profitable.”

Dennis’s words added credibility to the idea that Herman was the right answer.

“Should we get Arthur to check it one last time before we go find Herman?”

[Arthur’s busy lol]

At a table quite far away, where food was laid out, I saw Arthur sitting with Baekseol, deep in conversation. I couldn’t tell what they were talking about, but Baekseol was energetically moving her short legs, explaining something to Arthur.

“Hmm, I’ve never seen that guy smile like that before.”

“Right. He’s going to miss Baekseol when we leave.”

“Don’t worry too much. Later, when we take Baekseol to his observatory, he’ll be thrilled.”

“We should definitely do that.”

After finishing my conversation with Dennis, I walked over to Arthur’s table and overheard their conversation.

“The flowers you eat are a specialty of Korea. They’re hard to find overseas.”

“My owner gave them to me.”

Baekseol proudly waved the flower she was holding tightly in both hands at Arthur.

“Usually, they’d look for hay. Do you prefer fresh flowers?”

“They’re delicious. Try some.”

Arthur probably couldn’t hear Baekseol, but the way they were having a conversation was hilarious.

“Arthur.”

“Yeah? Come on over. Did you solve the problem?”

“Yes, I think I’ve figured it out. Can you take a look?”

Arthur read the lines on the treasure map I handed him. After a moment of careful consideration, he spoke.

“Sounds like a whale with cancer.”

[LOLOLOLOL]

[That’s so mean lol]

“You’re talking about Herman, right?”

“Yeah. Go find him.”

“Okay, thank you!”

Arthur, as if he had nothing more to say, turned his head back to Baekseol.

“It’s precious time for Arthur, so let’s get out of here.”

[Got it, let’s go find Herman]

[Let’s roll]

After escaping from the busy Arthur, I wandered around the party hall for a while. Then, I spotted a familiar-looking elderly gentleman.

“Code name Whale spotted. Over.”

[Agent Grumpy Ga-eul Squirrel, move in]

“Roger that. Moving in.”

[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

[This house drama is hilarious LOL]

Seeing Herman’s back, I wanted to surprise him, so I carefully moved closer.

“Target almost in range. Over.”

I got so close that I could see every strand of Herman’s hair.

[Cha-ching!]

[Military Secret1q2w3e sponsored 10,000 won]

[From now on, act first, report later. Over.]

“Signal received loud and clear.”

[Why so tense? LOL]

[Autumn was a military college student, huh?]

[LOL, she swept through the venomous snake unit.]

When I was about 2 meters away from Herman, I noticed his fist was clenched tight as he walked, only showing the back of his head.

“Did Herman’s mask crack or something?”

[If that guy’s mask cracked, wouldn’t the world end?]

[Who would do that to someone who always laughs?]

Focusing and sharpening my hearing, I could clearly hear Herman and the other person’s voices amidst the loud singing and chatter.

“Haha, I handed over a sports drink company to my son, and the sales skyrocketed. He turned the potential profits we had set aside through basic price differentiation into net profits. Very successful indeed. Must be because I taught him the importance of fundamentals since he was young.”

“I see. You have a remarkable son.”

“Indeed. And he looks just like me, so handsome that people keep talking about marriage.”

“…I see.”

I don’t know how long I’ve been listening to Herman, but just a little bit made my head spin.

I took a step to the side and saw the person and his proud son hidden behind Herman.

“Drug dealer?”

[Oh sh*t]

[Damn, Room Master, please hold it together]

“Why are you treating me like a crazy woman?”

[You are though]

[True]

“That’s true.”

[?????]

[Insane LOL]

“Anyway, guys, change of plans.”

[What was the original plan? LOL, wasn’t it just a full-on charge?]

[It was just ‘enter’ LOL]

“The operation name is ‘Extreme High-Dose Nicotine Exposure-Induced Dissociative Something Cute Double Personality.'”

[What kind of operation name is that LOL]

[The operation name is wild]

[Cha-ching!]

[Military Secret1q2w3e sponsored 10,000 won]

[Nicotine Ram Thunder, commence!]

“Roger that!”