Chapter 125.
“Don’t…make a wish, you say?”
“Yes.”
“…Why?”
“Because you shouldn’t.”
“…I mean why specifically?”
“Didn’t I just explain? Because you mustn’t make wishes to them.”
“……”
Are we even speaking the same language here?
Otherwise there’s no way communication could fail this badly.
Otherwise this conversation wouldn’t be going in circles.
Noise clearly gave me an ancient broom capable of summoning goblins.
Even <Ghost Story Record Storage> documents that goblins summoned by brooms grant one wish to their summoner.
So using the broom was effectively hitting the jackpot.
Anyone could see that.
Yet Noise was telling me to…
“You understand, Employee Park Yeon-jeong. You absolutely must not make a wish to them.”
“……”
But why!
WHY!!
Tell me the reason, Mr. Noise!!
His sudden warning against wishing made no sense.
It was like being handed a lottery ticket guaranteed to win first prize and being told not to scratch it…
Enough to make anyone go insane.
I at least wanted an explanation from Noise.
Why he’d say this.
Why give a gift meant as apology but forbid opening it.
I needed a plausible reason.
Noise too seemed unable to withstand my persistent questioning tone
and the distrust radiating from my gaze.
When he finally spoke again:
“Employee Park Yeon-jeong. Nothing in this world is free. That’s basic. There’s always hidden intent behind sudden generosity – isn’t that obvious?”
“……”
Not entirely wrong.
But <Ghost Story Record Storage> never documented what happened to those who made wishes.
Which meant…
Noise knew something?
His comment suggested knowledge about goblins beyond what I knew.
Come to think of it, Noise was called the ‘Primordial Ghost Story’ in this world.
So perhaps…believing him slightly increased survival odds.
……
After staring blankly at the floor in brief silence, I had to decide.
“…Under…stood. If you insist that strongly.”
“Thank you, Employee Park Yeon-jeong.”
Noise bowed deeply despite his over-2m height to thank me for trusting him.
Drip-
Though blood tears were streaming from my eyes.
Unaware of my inner turmoil, Noise flashed his usual playful smile.
“Then let’s summon them. I assume you know the method.”
Yes, I knew.
With this ancient broom, summoning goblins wouldn’t be hard.
The stiff wooden handle and tightly bound bristles –
clearly an antique heavily used long ago.
‘Now, what’s needed-‘
Whoosh-
?
Noise produced a box cutter from somewhere and handed it to me.
Really…
thoroughly prepared.
“…Thanks.”
Taking the cutter without hesitation,
Slice-
I drew it across my right palm.
As blood dripped onto the broom’s reeds,
I leaned the bloodied broom against the wall.
The prHeparation was complete.
While waiting for a response,
Noise handed me bandages.
“For止血.”
“……”
Staring blankly at them, I slowly wrapped my wound.
“……”
Noise watched intently before saying something unexpected:
“How far do you trust me, Employee Park Yeon-jeong?”
“Huh?”
“People say ‘trust’ is important between parties.”
Pointing at the bandages, he continued:
“If I’d tampered with these, if everything I said was lies…”
“……”
“If I used this chance to steal your body again—”
“You probably wouldn’t.”
“…Unexpected.”
Bzzt!
Static flickered across Noise’s face as I kept bandaging.
“I don’t mean some grand ‘trust’. More like…a ‘business’ relationship.”
“…Quite bold, using my own tactics against me.”
What I wanted from Noise was never lofty trust.
Just strict professionalism.
“Mr. Noise. Sometimes business contracts maintain boundaries better than close friendships, no?”
I’d heard business relationships can build more reliable trust than old bonds.
(Purely Yeon-jeong’s opinion, of course.)
“So as long as we have mutual needs, I’ll keep cooperating.”
“Quite…an unexpected perspective. I almost doubt you’re the real Employee Park Yeon-jeong.”
Noise seemed genuinely surprised by my systematic approach.
Though naturally…
“Your unilateral actions this time nearly made me reconsider our relationship.”
“…I’ll be more careful next time.”
Seemed I was getting many apologies from Noise today.
Rustle-
!
The broom reacted.
With a cartoonish “POP!”,
a black shadow emerged where the bloodied broom leaned.
【You summoned US? Rare these days…Fun! So fun!!】
From the smoke stepped a figure swinging a massive hammer effortlessly –
the goblin we knew,
though…much
smaller than expected.
This child goblin looked up at us excitedly:
【So what’s your wish? This big bro will grant anything!!】
“……”
Facing this pint-sized ‘big bro’,
I forced out the words stuck in my throat:
“I…won’t be
making a wish.”
【…Eh? No wish?】
The goblin crossed its short arms, studying us.
【Why pass this up? Never heard of genie lamps? I said ANYTHING!】
As it shook its head confused,
I glanced desperately at Noise:
‘This is really okay?’
‘You’re doing perfectly.’
Perfectly?!
While we stood frozen,
the goblin suddenly brightened:
【Ah! I get it!!】
【You wanna PLAY! That’s it!!】
“…Huh?”
Before I could react,
Thud-
Noise finally intervened:
“We do wish to play with you.”
【Knew it! You’re fun ones!】
The goblin lifted its hammer like a toy
and smashed the ground with a deafening:
【GOLD COME OUT! BAM!!】
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