I resented Kim Hyun-Sung for a moment and even though I felt a bit like I had been stabbed in the back, I thought about how there wasn’t a reason for him to trick me. I was sure that there was a reason why he recommended the alchemist job to me. Otherwise, there was no way he would give me an epic-ranked item as a gift.

To him, it may not have been a big investment, but the Lee Sang-Hee that was in front of us only had two epic-ranked items. I had no idea how long had she been here, but not only had she changed her jobs a few times, but she had already reached her growth limit. From her perspective, an epic-ranked item would be…

‘Worth it.’

I was worried that maybe Kim Hyun-Sung just needed someone to make potions, but…seeing the way he acted, I didn’t think that this was the case.

‘I need to trust him.’

There was a good chance that this job wasn’t valuable just yet, but later on, I was sure that the time would come when an alchemist would be considered valuable in some way.

I plan to trust and follow our regressor for now since I knew that he wasn’t stupid and I was sure that he had a good plan.

‘As long as I don’t have to constantly make potions.’

It was fine as long as this wouldn’t happen. While I had a lot of different thoughts, the food arrived and we started eating with a bit of an awkward atmosphere around us. It was definitely a friendly atmosphere, but it felt like Kim Hyun-Sung and Lee Sang-Hee both wanted something from each other.

Park Deok-Gu shoved his face into his plate and was eating as though he hadn't seen food in a long time. Meanwhile, both Kim Hyun-Sung and Lee Sang-Hee...