Chapter 241: A Long Time Has Passed   After a while, Yuki and her mother-in-law, carrying bags full in both hands, greeted me warmly as soon as they saw me.

"Why did you bring so much? What we prepared should be enough." "They said some of the company staff are coming over for dinner later, so it's much better to have more than to run short.

And did you really not catch a single fish?" "Haha...

you heard about that already?" At that moment, the master angler, who had been pulling out a fishing rod from behind, chimed in with a chuckle in his voice.

"I've been fishing with Junhyuk here for these past few years, and I've come to realize he's terribly bad at it.

Heh heh..." "Even so, isn't Junhyuk the only one who accompanies Dad whenever he wants to go fishing?" "Well, that's true, but now that we're all set, shall we go, son-in-law!" "Oh, yes, let's."

"Grandpa, catch a lot of fish!" "Oh, sure thing! I'll feed Seolhyun a ton of fish for dinner!" A while later, the master angler set his sights toward the lakeside from a point a little away from the camping site and cast his line.

"What a view, so serene..." Taking out a cigarette from his pocket, the master angler offered me a cigarette case, but I politely declined, shaking my head.

"I've quit." "Aish! You've become even more boring than last year." "Haha...

is that so?" As I sat awkwardly with a faint smile next to the master angler, he blew out a long puff of cigarette smoke and asked me.

"So, how have you been all this time?" "The same routine every day.

Wake Seolhyun up in the morning, drop her off at school, do some house chores, then spend the afternoon reading books in a quiet park..." "...Why? Don't you ever join the comm & "Iiii-saaa-niiiiiiim!" A while later, Kaori, who was the first to get off the bus upon reaching the campground, ran towards me.

"It's been a while, Issanim!" "What do you mean 'it's been a while'? We saw each other with Yuki in Shibuya last week." "Ugh, you're always like this, aren't you." "Just your husband's all you care about?" "Huh? What do you mean?" Hayashi approached with bags on his shoulders, setting food on the table with a wry smile.

"You came empty-handed again after I told you not to bring anything..." Following him, Kawaguchi, Morita, Uchimura, and Miyazaki among other close employees showed up.

"Wow, what a beautiful view! It would've been nicer if we came during the day..." "Welcome, everyone.

Feeling hungry? Since we've just finished cooking, shall we start the party?" Yuki, wearing a pink apron, welcomed the Pentagon staff.

Kaori and Miyazaki also offered to help by putting on spare aprons.

The early evening campground quickly became bustling with the Pentagon staff.

"Now it feels like a proper outing..." Watching over the staff with hands on his waist, Hayashi approached me while lighting a cigarette.

"Phew...

How've you been?" "Ah, just so-so.

How about lately?" "Thanks to you, Issanim, it's been crazy.

Dragon Emblem Online.

As planned, we're going to release it after the continent unification in the second episode." "Must be really busy..." "So, can we count on your return to help us with that?" "Are you on about that again?" "It was your original plan, Issanim.

You need to wrap it up." "Hmm, wrapping up...

Oh, by the way, where's Kanna's group?" "Look at this.

I knew you'd ask.

Kanna is running late.

Something about her broadcasting schedule..." "Really? Hope she's not too late..." "Oh, by the way, on the way here, I heard 'that song' on the bus." "Ah...

I heard it too." "Even after a long time, it's still nice, right? Tsukaki's voice..." "Exactly."

"Issanim, do you remember Tsukaki's opening greeting during her last live performance for the users?" "Yeah...

of course." At Hayashi's words, memories of that day flashed back, and I leaned against a nearby tree fence, letting out a faint chuckle.

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