[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 207

Ding-a-ling!

As I step into the cafe, the fragrant aroma of coffee wafts into my nose.

“Welcome, thank you for coming again.”

Seeing the employee’s friendly smile, I realize it’s the same person I tipped 1 gold at the cafe before entering the first-floor test.

Thanks to the tip, even though I’ve only visited twice, they treat me like a regular.

“Hello, do you have a private room?”

“Hmm, a private room?”

“Yep. I need a quiet place to have a conversation.”

“Well, we don’t really have something like that…”

Clink.

When I hand over five gold coins, the employee’s eyes widen in surprise.

“There’s a spot in the back where I do some gardening as a hobby. Would you like to use that? There’s a table, and it’s nicely decorated.”

The employee, still eyeing the gold coins, quickly continues.

Judging by how they decorated it as a hobby, it seems they’re not just an employee but the cafe owner.

“Sure, I’ll rent that. Is this enough?”

“Of course.”

The cafe owner beams, swiftly sweeping the gold coins off the table.

“I’ll have two coffees, just like last time, and a variety of sweet cakes, please.”

“I’ll bring them right away.”

“Ah, and some carrot cake too, please.”

“Certainly.”

After placing the order, I head to the spot the owner guided me to. As promised, it’s a beautifully landscaped area.

There’s a table to sit at and a bench placed on the grass.

It’s quite a nice spot.

“Phew.”

As I slump onto the bench, a sigh escapes me.

“Are you feeling so down because of what we talked about earlier?”

“Yeah…”

Haetnim, who’s usually so stiff, unexpectedly approaches and pats my back.

“What if Han-na loses another tooth? It’ll hurt.”

“Stay strong. The tower’s tests are interconnected. You’ll see her again.”

“Really?”

“Of course. Trust me.”

—Click, click.

“Alright… Thanks, Haetnim.”

As I light a cigarette, Haetnim, who was standing behind me, comes over and sits down beside me.

“It stinks. Move over a bit.”

“I’m Seraphim, a celestial being. A little cigarette smoke won’t make me sick.”

Knock, knock.

While I’m talking with Haetnim, a knocking sound comes from outside.

“Yes.”

Responding to the knock, the cafe owner pushes in a serving cart.

The cart is loaded with coffee and a mountain of cakes.

“I’ll set everything up here.”

“Sure, thank you.”

The owner fills the table, which is a bit away from the bench, gives a nod, and leaves.

“Ga-eul, here’s the cake.”

“Go ahead and eat first. I’ll finish this and join you.”

“Understood. Baekseol, come here. There’s carrot cake, your favorite.”

“Okay!”

Haetnim nods and leads Baekseol toward the cakes.

Even though they’re just a short distance away, the absence of the angel and the rabbit makes the place feel oddly serene.

“You’ve got a plate set out for you to use…”

“It seems I’ve taken care of it. I’ll serve you some cake.”

“Great!”

The two seem quite close. It seems they’ve grown closer after I asked them to look after Baekseol a couple of times.

Seeing that reminds me of something Son Goku said as he passed by while playing a game.

“Be careful of the angel next to you.”

“Haetnimu? Are you talking about Ariel?”

“Exactly. The scariest ones are those who obsess over one thing. They don’t even think about looking around at anything else.”

“She’s not like that.”

“It’s well-known among the divine beings that the Scribe of Light has an obsessive fixation on the heavenly realm. And the problem in that realm was solved because of you. What do you think will happen?”

“No idea.”

Seeing the rabbit and the angel sharing cake, they look completely harmless.

I have no idea what I’m supposed to be careful of.

However, one thing that comes to mind is that Ariel belongs to a place similar to a religious group.

Other than that, she introduced herself as a scribe who records the will of the divine. I know almost nothing else about Ariel.

“Whew—”

Ding!

Putting aside my worries about Ariel, I take out the item I received as a reward for the first-floor test from the storage space, and a key lands on my palm.

───

[Happy Our Home]

Summons a mobile residence.

You can grow Happy Our Home by providing resources.

Grade: Growth Type

Stage: 0

[Price: 10 Gold]

───

The name of the item is strange. It might be an item created by the wishes of children.

Click.

As I stab the key into the air, I hear something clicking into place.

Clank. Poof!

The moment I turn the key halfway, something appears in front of me with a puff of smoke.

“A tent?”

A one-person tent. And it’s so small you can barely straighten your back.

The rabbit and the angel, curious about what I’m doing, stop eating cake and come over.

“What is that?”

“A tent!”

The white bunny actually explains it to the angel.

Baekseol seems to know a lot about tents, having been in them with me often.

“I know what a tent is.”

“Huh? Can you hear our Pposiraegi?”

Haetnimu, who was holding Baekseol, gives me a look as if asking something obvious.

“Of course I can hear.”

“I can hear!”

I thought maybe because my master is a monkey, but apparently not.

“Baekseol’s words aren’t language but a kind of energy being converted and emitted. She handles a higher dimension of energy, so it’s natural that ordinary humans can’t hear it.”

“Right!”

The fact that she agrees without being told suggests she might not have known either.

“Wow, Baekseol is amazing!”

“Yes!”

Baekseol, who was in Ariel’s arms, jumps onto my shoulder and starts licking my cheek.

“This is too small, so I guess it’ll have to be Baekseol’s house.”

“Is setting up the tent all there is to it?”

“The item description says it grows, but I’m not sure how.”

“Is that so?”

Handing Baekseol back to Ariel to smoke another cigarette, Ariel’s body becomes a playground.

Taking the opportunity to ride around here and there.

─Click, click.

“Phew─ When receiving items, they said they would give me items designed to suit me as a reward.”

“The tower seems to view Han Ga-eul’s ability and identity as the power of growth.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

Ariel nods calmly.

“No matter how much it’s an item, it’s strange for a tent to grow.”

“That’s true.”

“The tower doesn’t care much about harmony. It just forces things through with overwhelming strength.”

“Sounds like a lunatic.”

Ariel stares at me, so when I meet her gaze, she quickly turns her head.

“What! Why!”

“Nothing.”

According to Ariel, the tower saw my ability and identity as growth.

In a way, that’s true.

“If you look at the description, it says that what’s needed for growth is resources, right? The price is 10 gold. That probably means that as long as the value matches, it doesn’t necessarily have to be paid in currency. It could be resources worth 10 gold.”

“For a lunatic, that makes sense.”

“What did you say?”

“I said you’re a pretty lunatic.”

“You should change the latter.”

Ariel’s mouth corners slightly rise.

To others, it might not even look like a smile, but for her, it’s a huge improvement.

“Should I just put in 10 gold?”

“Yes. I’m curious too.”

Jingling!

As I place my finger on the purchase button in the item description, the gold disappears with a strange sound effect.

“Huh?”

“Nothing has changed at all.”

“Didn’t it get a bit bigger?”

“That’s just your imagination.”

It probably is just my imagination.

Baekseol, who had been watching the item suck up money from above Ariel’s head, runs into the tent.

“Big!”

Opening the tent entrance where Baekseol squeezed in, I hear her voice but can’t see anything inside because it’s pitch black.

When I stick my face into the tent, I can see inside.

Baekseol is rolling around on the floor.

“What the. Why is it so spacious?”

Ariel, hearing my voice, also sticks her head in.

“It’s spacious. Is it space expansion magic?”

“I don’t know.”

“Are you not using subspace?”

“It’s not my ability; it’s something my uncle left.”

Inside the tent, a rabbit is rolling around, and at the entrance, a human and an angel are sticking their heads in, creating a strange scene.

Yet, the inside of the tent is more intriguing than that.

As Ariel said, while it’s spacious compared to its one-person tent appearance, it’s not really that big.

“It looks about twice as big as its exterior.”

“Right.”

“Try putting in more money.”

“Hmm.”

Ding!

───

[Happy Our Home]

Summon a mobile residence.

You can grow Happy Our Home by providing resources.

Grade: Growth Type

Stage: 1

[Price: 20 gold]

───

“It’s 20 gold now?”

“Don’t you usually tip at least 1 gold?”

“You’re only saying the right things today.”

“Baekseol will like it too.”

“Why is the angel only saying the right things today?”

Jingling!

The moment you put in the money, the tent rapidly expands.

Even though it had grown a step larger before, it wasn’t enough for an adult to stand in. But this time, it’s tall and wide enough for an adult to stand up.

“It grew!”

“It grew, huh.”

“It grew, indeed.”

Given the nature of the tent, it still feels a bit cramped, but it seems sufficient for an adult to use alone.

I guess it’s about the size of a 3-person tent now.

“Try putting in more gold.”

“Again?”

“It’s about twice as big as before, so if you put in more gold, Baekseol will probably like it twice as much.”

“That’s true.”

Looking at the price, it’s changed from 20 gold to 40 gold. The structure seems exactly like my skill setup.

It feels like the Tower copied only the bad parts of my abilities.

*Clink!*

“It grew!”

“It grew even more.”

“It grew even more, huh.”

Since only my head is inside, I can feel the basic shape of the tent with my hands. That’s probably why it feels even more surreal.

The small tent remains the same, but the inside keeps expanding.

“Try putting in more money.”

“Are you serious?”

“You’ve earned a lot, haven’t you?”

I did earn 50,000 points from the first-floor test. But that’s because I did well, not because the tent is cheap.

“But it’s already 80 gold.”

“It seems like the price doubles each time.”

“Hmm.”

*Clink! Clink!*

After pressing the purchase button twice in a row, the tent expands with a strange sensation.

“It grew so much!”

“It’s huge now.”

“It’s incredibly big.”

If it grows any more, Baekseol might faint.

The initial efficiency is so bad it’s infuriating, just like me. The money I’ve put into this tent is already 310 gold. That’s 31 million won.

Even though it’s not a high-end product, you could buy an 11-person tent, which is incomparably larger, for just a few hundred.

“But at this size, a bed and some furniture should fit.”

“I like something soft.”

When I glance at Ariel, who’s also peeking in, she quickly looks away.