The Art of Sword

Chapter 36: Date ???

After dinner, Sunz asks Grace to wait for him at the lobby for 5-10 minutes so he can change into something more presentable.

While waiting in the lobby Grace was approached by a familiar face.

"Why are you dressed so fancy? About to go on a date or something?"

Grace "Oh, Announcer Lady! Thank god you're here, I need your help."

Sogae (Announcer Lady?!): My name is Sogae and I work all types of jobs here. I'll gladly give you a hand young lady. So what do you need?

Grace: I only have 10 minutes! So can you please tell me the best places to visit around here?

Sogae: Calm down for a bit. First I need to know the reason, how many people will be going and the purpose of this trip.

Grace: Isn't reason and purpose has the same objective?

Sogae: It's No actually. Reason is the cause of this trip. Purpose means what do you want to achieve on this adventure.

"Now! Answer quickly! You only have 9 minutes left! Go!Go!Go"

Grace: Ok then. I accidentally cause this situation to happen and it's a two people trip male and female.

Sogae scribbles words onto a small piece of paper: Are you two friends, a couple, or something else? And what do mean by "Accidentally"?

Grace: For now we are rivals. And maybe friends, I guess? And for the "Accidentally" part... Had you ever tried to "seduce" someone and it actually works, kinda? Well, that is the situation I created for myself.

Sogae: Your situation is quite unique I must say. But there is really nothing out of the ordinary for now. So what is the purpose of this trip, to increase the chemistry between two people or just to hang out?

Grace: What is the difference between those two options? It feels like both have the same outcome.

Sogae: Good question! Once you've been giving out tips like this for a while. You'll see what creates the best events or the worse. So this is my advice. Want to get married, the first option. Want to slowly figure out each other, the second option.

"By the way 3 minutes left!"

Grace is feeling a bit frantic (Ugh what should I choose! Is he somewhat into me or is he trying to play tricks on me? Why am I panicking right now?!)

(I know I'm the one that causes this but am I into him... Why did my action have so much consequence!)

Sogae: Uhm... You ok Miss?

Grace: Can I have a bit of both? I want to increase our chemistry, but not too much.

Sogae "Sure no problem!" writing everything onto a small piece of paper and giving it to Grace.

Sogae: These are the places that are within the hotel vicinity. You can use this note as a suggestion but not everything will go according to plan. Remember that!

Grace: Thank you so much! I hope I did not take too much of your time.

Sogae: Don't worry! I have nothing to do at the moment anyway.

"And 10 minutes is over."

Both hear a "Ding" sound from the elevator and as the door opens Sunz walks out of it. This time instead of wearing casual clothes he is wearing a two-piece suit.

Walking toward the lobby Sunz tries to fix his new outfit a bit so he can look more presentable. When he met Grace again he did not expect to see Sogae.