[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 68

“Now, is there anyone else who wants to take on the challenge?”

A man’s voice shouted loudly from beside the box.

“Grandfather, could you help me with the filming?”

“Of course, young lady.”

[How much is 20kg of pure gold worth??]

[It’s not like you’re taking it out from the top, and there’s a hole on the side, so it’s really hard to do it just with wrist strength.]

I asked Grandfather Kamar to film and pushed through the crowd to step forward.

“Really, is there no one? If you just take it out, you can have a 20kg gold bar.”

“Me!”

“Ah! The next challenger has come forward…”

At my voice, the host turned to look at me, his eyes widening.

“Uh… well, an incredibly beautiful challenger has appeared! Please give her a cheer!!”

─Wow!!!!!!!!

The crowd inside Dubai Airport screamed as if they were about to take off.

“Indeed! Will this incredibly beautiful challenger, seen for the first time in my life, be able to take the gold bar?”

As I approached the acrylic box containing the gold bar, I saw a rough-looking gold bar inside.

“Damn, it’s really huge.”

As I muttered while looking at the gold bar, the host approached me.

“This challenger seems to be a tourist.”

“That’s right. I came here for sightseeing.”

“Haha. That’s great. Even if you can’t take it out, don’t be disappointed and enjoy your sightseeing in Dubai.”

“Of course.”

[What is the room master saying?]

[What? Is that our head honcho?]

“If I take this out, you’re really giving it to me, right?”

“Of course, we’re really giving it to you. The gold bar inside the box is real. This is an event hosted by Dubai International Airport, so don’t worry.”

The gold bar felt rough and was so big that it didn’t even seem to have a handle, and it looked hard to hold with my hands.

“Guys, I’m taking the gold bar and going into economic retaliation.”

[Crazy girl lol why suddenly economic retaliation on Dubai?]

[Lol is that how it works?]

[Did you really have a conversation? It just seemed like you were saying whatever.]

[Since you’re bringing the gold bar from Dubai to our country, it seems right lol]

I waved my hand once towards Grandfather Kamar, who was holding the phone mount, and stuck my hand into the hole on the side of the acrylic box.

“The pink-haired beauty fearlessly puts her hand in!! Her rabbit is also very cute. The time limit is 1 minute….”

“Here. No, since I took it out, it’s mine, right?”

As soon as I put my hand in, the gold bar came out in seconds.

If your hand isn’t big, it’s not easy to hold it with one hand, so I forced it, and upon closer inspection, there were slight finger-shaped dents on the gold bar.

[????????]

[What the hell, you said it was 20kg lol]

[Is Ga-eul even human?]

[The room master carrying the gold bar is so funny lolololol]

“….Young lady, you’re quite strong.”

[I can’t believe what I’m seeing (°0°)ㄱ]

I approached Grandfather Kamar and waved the gold bar in front of the phone.

“Guys, look at this. There really is a country this good in the world.”

[Ah]

Crazy lady, stop swinging that gold bar around, lololololol.

[Wow, I just wanna get hit by that once.]

“Can I take this to Korea and sell it at a gold shop?”

[As if, lolololololololol.]

[Wait, is this for real? How much is that worth??]

As I was showing off by swinging the gold around, Grandfather Kamar had a look of disbelief on his face.

“Young lady, it’s dangerous to carry it around like that. Shall I help you exchange it for cash?”

“Oh, I’d appreciate that.”

I’ve never bought gold or worn a gold ring, but I at least know that gold is expensive.

A lightweight, crafted gold ring is worth over a million won, so this must be worth thousands, no, billions.

I tried to act as calm as possible, but the twitching corner of my mouth gave me away.

“Co-congratulations! The owner of the gold bar has finally appeared!!”

As we were chatting about the gold bar, the host, who seemed to have finally snapped out of it, raised his voice.

[Looks like they finally came back to their senses after being stunned.]

[They made it look so easy, like they were just picking up something the room master left behind, lol.]

[It looks so easy, who said it was hard?]

[Cha-ching!]

[Red Parade sponsored 1,000,000 won.]

[The room master just showed up and caused chaos, lol.]

“Hey Red, hi. I’m on your turf now.”

[Lol, was Dubai your CEO’s territory?]

“Excuse me, you’ve succeeded in the gold bar challenge. Could you say a few words?”

Ignoring the host, we kept chatting among ourselves, and perhaps feeling frustrated, the host came over with a microphone.

“Dubai is nice.”

“Thank you. We have a photo shoot and interview prepared. Do you have time?”

The host seemed eager to milk this for all it was worth, mentioning all the preparations.

“Sorry, but let’s stop here. Our young lady has a busy schedule.”

“Huh? No, but still…”

“Young lady, the car is ready.”

Grandfather Kamar, seemingly not fond of me taking photos, cut off the host and led me outside.

“Is this really okay? That gold bar must be worth a fortune.”

“It’s just a crude lump of gold, and getting deeply involved in this would be a huge hassle.”

Outside the airport, a large limousine was waiting.

Grandfather Kamar took the gold bar from me, opened the car door, and escorted me in.

“Thank you.”

As soon as we got in, the grandfather took the wheel and drove off.

“Hoho, they probably never expected anyone to take the gold bar. Even if someone did, they likely planned to milk the advertising value first. That’s why they were so clingy.”

“Ah, so it was for advertising. Then how much is this gold bar worth?”

“It’s 20kg, so about 1.6 billion won.”

“1.6 billion?!”

“It might seem like a lot, but it’s just the advertising budget set by Dubai, so it’s not that extravagant.”

[Wow, 1.6 billion? Lolololol.]

[Mom, I’m going to the gym and then Dubai, lol.]

[Just did the math, 20kg is 5,333 coins.]

Got 1.6 billion without tax deductions, lol.

[Ahahaha, Dubai, here I come!]

[Why do you always end chats with “ㅇㅇ”? It stinks so bad.]

[Why are you picking a fight, you jerk?]

My heart is in chaos, and the viewers are going wild too.

“Hey, you idiots, why are you fighting among yourselves? Can’t you just stop?”

[The room master keeps trying to kill me!!]

[Is that what you call it?]

[The train of idiots is choo-chooing.]

“Ugh, you brats. If you don’t wanna die, stop messing around.”

[Got it.]

[Sorry.]

Seems like I’ve been too quiet lately, and all the anger built up inside. They act all obedient in front of me, but they’re actually a bunch of unruly troublemakers.

“Is there anyone who’s just ridiculously rude and totally out of control on stream?”

[Suddenly? Yeah, there is.]

[There’s one guy who’s super rude.]

“There is? Then go beat him up. It’s not like we’re fighting among family.”

[Ahahaha, permission granted, let’s go!!]

[Heimdall, open the gate!!]

[I thought I was going crazy from getting teased by Han Ga-eul so much.]

[You idiots, the portal’s open, let’s go! Fighter Mega Punch]

“Kids, play nice and come back on time. Don’t touch too many dirty things, and make sure to come back for dinner.”

[Yes, mom.]

[Where’s the room master going?]

“I’ve got to check into the place I’m staying. I’ll unpack and rest a bit before starting the stream.”

[Got it.]

[We’ll go play, bye-bye!]

“Alright, bye-bye.”

<Lady Han Ga-eul has ended the stream.>

“Whew—.”

Feeling drained, I let out a deep sigh when a voice came from the driver’s seat.

“You’ve worked hard, miss. Shall we head straight to the hotel?”

“Did Namir book a place for me to stay too?”

“We’ve prepared a nice hotel for you. Shall we head there now?”

“Hmm…”

Looking out the window, I could see the sky slowly darkening.

“No, it feels a bit too soon to go in just yet.”

“Well, there are quite a few sights around here. The night view is quite beautiful, so how about enjoying the scenery before dinner?”

“That sounds nice.”

Grandfather Kamar said it would take a while to get there, so he told me to take a nap.

“What’s Baekseol doing?”

Maybe because I slept so much on the plane, I wasn’t feeling sleepy, so I called out to Baekseol to play, but there was no response.

“Sleeping?”

Leaving Baekseol, who seemed to be hanging above me asleep, I stared out the window for a while.

“Miss, we’ve arrived.”

“Oh! You must be tired from driving.”

“Not at all. I stopped here so you could do some sightseeing before heading to the hotel.”

Feeling stifled, I quickly opened the car door and stepped out. The first thing I saw was a hotel so tall it hurt my neck to look up.

“It’s so tall.”

“Did Baekseol wake up?”

“Yeah.”

I glanced at the hotel standing alone at the end of the bridge like an island and started wandering around leisurely.

“Is the ice cream good?”

“It’s delicious.”

Sharing ice cream with Baekseol, we slowly…

I walked along the path overlooking the beach.

All around, there were countless couples and foreign tourists. Maybe because it was near the hotel, there seemed to be even more foreigners.

“What is Grandfather doing?”

I turned around and saw Grandfather Kamar talking to a man in a suit.

It seemed like he was working, so Baekseol and I busily wandered around.

“The water is sparkling.”

“That’s a fountain.”

A luxurious sight. I thought, if not now, when would I ever get to enjoy such luxury again?

“I’ve changed a lot. I’ve got money, a bunch of people who like me, and… Baekseol is by my side.”

To my muttering, Baekseol responded by patting my head instead of answering.

“Hi, pretty one?”

“Who?”

“Are you here alone? Are you a tourist?”

Suddenly feeling overwhelmed, I quietly gazed at the beach when a mixed group of various ethnicities approached me. There were white people, black people, and someone who looked like they were from the Middle East wearing a white headscarf.

“This is the same no matter where you go.”

“Huh? What are you saying? It’s rude to speak your own language when you’re in a foreign country.”

I thought it was just light small talk in a foreign language, but apparently not.

“Sh*t. Look at that well-dressed girl, I’ve never seen a woman like her before.”

“That girl’s gonna have a wild night with me, just you wait.”

“You think you can handle her? It’s gotta be someone like me.”

“Let’s use that when we buy her a drink. Good things should be shared.”

“Just thinking about her writhing under me gets me excited already.”

Thanks to my improved hearing, I could hear their filthy words. They were keeping their distance, probably thinking I couldn’t hear them.

“You’re speaking English too, you skunk-ass pimple-faced brat. Are you senile? This is the Middle East, you idiot.”

“Wow… You’ve got some nerve. Feisty, huh?”

Hearing my words, the man and the group behind him actually started snickering.

“What’s with the rabbit? Are you gonna roast it for me? Hahaha.”

The warm, fuzzy mood I had while walking with Baekseol instantly crashed into the gutter.

“Ah, f*ck, what did you eat to give birth to these maggot-like flies crawling out?”

When I spat out some spicy Korean trash talk, their faces finally stiffened.

“Ever heard of seaweed soup? It’s like you were born from eating sh*t and drugs, but I’ll teach you how to make it delicious. Open your useless ears and listen carefully.”