episode_0085

“Oh, it’s not like there’s no support at all, but it’s up to the minimum income?”

I thought that if I just earned money, all of my support would be cut off, but fortunately that wasn’t the case.

Since I didn’t get a job, I was told that if I lost my income again, I would be able to receive the same amount of support the following month.

Well, if you can make money, then it means you have settled down here. So it would be right to reduce the settlement support fund.

If you continue to receive support money even after you have fully adapted, this could be something that makes people who are currently working and receiving a salary feel deprived.

All I did was work hard, but it would be very unfair for an immigrant from another world to earn money and receive support money as is.

So, what this means is that when I have an income, I can live off that and the subsidy to the level of the minimum income.

Since I was smart and understood what Narin said right away, Narin didn’t bother to talk about the sad news anymore and just made a joke.

I guess he was trying to make me laugh by joking because I seemed shocked.

“Yeah. By the way, I didn’t know that Na-min would make a million won from a miniature commission. Shouldn’t you quit your job and become Na-min’s manager?”

“Oh, no. It was just that this time, a good person happened to make the request. Since then, no one has made a request for Min-i-cheo… … .”

“Hey, everyone is probably waiting to apply when they have time. Anyway, the support money hasn’t been cut off completely, so don’t worry too much.”

“Yes, I will.”

I wish I could be like that. I wish people would become so rich that they wouldn’t feel burdened to ask me to do their own personal projects.

But it wasn’t like I was unaware of reality. Even after hearing Narin’s consolation, I still felt uneasy.

Even though the subsidy keeps coming in and can make up for the shortfall in income, it’s not like you can receive it for the rest of your life.

It will probably be a year at most. I expect it to be as short as three months. I haven’t heard the exact period, but if you think about the number of months it usually takes, it’s divided like that.

A month, then a quarter year. Half a year. Then a year.

The fact that we still have to work hard to earn money hasn’t changed. So this time, we had to build Hamshik’s house and figure out a way to earn more money.

The problem is that there aren’t many jobs that we can do. Even for day labor and part-time jobs, specialized races are often hired, so where would anyone hire dwarves like us?

In the end, it’s just a YouTube channel. Jihyun must have been thinking about that too, she said to me with a worried look on her face.

“Well, actually, I have some money saved up while working as a researcher. I haven’t been able to use it because I think it’s being tracked.”

“Huh? Tracking? What do you mean?”

“Oh, that’s… … . Since I earned money by doing bad things, I couldn’t spend it carelessly. But I think I found a way now.”

Oh, I see. Since being a researcher requires you to be incredibly smart, you must have made a lot of money accordingly.

I just felt bad for Jihyun, so I didn’t even think about that. But what does it mean that a solution was found here?

Jihyun tilted her head there, ran a few internet bypass programs, and then logged in with a different YouTube account.

And then he subscribed to my channel and sent me a donation.

“If things get tough, I’ll launder money with this and send it to you, so don’t worry too much. I’ll be able to do something with this until Na-min gets settled. If you don’t withdraw this, it won’t be counted as income, so if you save it little by little, it’ll be fine.”

Ah, I see. Since you haven’t withdrawn the money from channel views yet, it doesn’t count as income, but you can still receive the subsidy.

I wondered if that was okay, but Narin was just nodding her head, so I thought she was probably just leaving it alone.

There was something more concerning than that.

“But that’s Jihyun’s money. Why are you giving it to me… … .”

It must have been money you worked hard to earn, so I feel so bad about offering to give it to him so readily.

But Jihyun responded lightly as if it was no big deal.

“Hey, we’re family. It’s only natural to help each other when times are tough.”

“Oh my, thank you! Jihyun is such a good person.”

“It’s not that I’m a good person. It’s just that I can’t do external activities… … .”

Oh, I see. Even though you contributed to suppressing the illegal experiment laboratory by reporting it in the end.

There are people in this world who hate people for whatever reason. There might be people who would hate Jihyun for experimenting on other people in the past.

There may be people who just hate her outright, but if they are the same species as the animals used in the experiment, there is a good chance that they will hate Jihyun anyway.

And we’re very small. If the animals used in that experiment get angry and come to Jihyun, it could be a big problem.

Of course, I don’t know if animals have that much intelligence, but when I see how smart hamsters and crows are, I think that when people always say that animals are stupid, they were just talking about humans.

How old is the intelligence of a dog, how old is the intelligence of a parrot, how old is the IQ of a dolphin. Just like the adults in the Little Prince, people assign numbers to animals.

Conversely, if those animals were to assign numbers to humans, wouldn’t the numbers come out incredibly low?

This man can’t even breathe underwater. This man can’t even dig the ground with his bare hands. This man can’t even fly. He keeps talking like that.

Anyway, I understood why Jihyun was worried. So I should just do the official activities by myself.

Was it because of our efforts that they were tearful? Narin said, beating her chest heartily.

“Don’t worry too much, everyone. Even if it doesn’t work out, I can still feed you guys! … … Maybe it will? As I accumulate more years of service, my salary will go up too.”

But then, I felt even sadder as I saw Hamshik slowly losing confidence as he took the macadamia nuts out of the cage and munched on them, wondering if they had not eaten them all yet.

Hmm, I guess he was worried because the ham meal would cost one person. Even if that wasn’t the case, Narin usually orders food like pizza and chicken to-go.

I’m sure my expenses have increased since I was living alone. I’m buying extra portions to eat with us instead of eating alone.

I appreciate your kindness, but I feel too bad about relying on Na-rin completely. Ji-hyun also gave us a little breathing room, but that won’t sustain us forever.

It’s just a little bit of a grace period. In the meantime, I have to make YouTube a hit no matter what.

Since we keep having meetings like this, I wonder if he has become a bit burdened.

Hamshik crawled towards the unsorted rubber clay and started fiddling with it.

“Huh? Hey, Hamshik is making a mini-fish! I have to take a picture of that!”

“Ahaha, hamsters are good at digging holes. So maybe they’re interested in making things too?”

Narin didn’t seem to know what the change in Hamshik meant, so she just smiled and found it cute.

My nose tingled as I realized that my little sister, Hamsik, was finally coming of age.

I guess you can tolerate the smell of rubber clay because your sisters are in danger in a capitalist society. You’re great, Hamshik!

A ham-like color that is almost silver-white, with a tiny bit of black and blue added to the white color.

When I looked closely, it was the color of my hair. I guess it’s because it’s closest to me that it has that color.

No, maybe he thinks I’m his best friend and he’s making me like that? I started to get excited by that and hugged Hamshik from behind and chattered.

“Oh, is Hamshik making me? As expected, Hamshik likes me the best! Hehe.”

It was really touching. Jihyun and Narin nodded and smiled at that too.

“Well, Namin is really devoted to Hamshik.”

“That’s right. I think you can see how much they mean to each other.”

“Me? Me?”

There, the color bird tilted its head and started to interfere, so I got up to appease the color bird and avoid disturbing Hamshik.

“I’ll make the color pencil later.”

“Make me a junior color bird!”

“Hehehe, okay. I’ll make you a Saekmoose Junior.”

Hair color and skin color. Hamshik, who mixed the two colors exactly like me, really started to create me.

Take a flesh-colored part and make a round head, then attach the long hair to it. Divide the remaining flesh-colored part into four and pull it out in long strands.

But was he starting to get tired of it, or was that the most Hamshik could express? Hamshik just put two blue dots on his face and turned around.

But even that alone was a miniature that made my heart swell. It was bigger than the ones I made, but it was made with the utmost care by Hamsik.

They say hamsters have bad eyesight, so this could be how hamsters see me.

Even though it didn’t take that long to make, it’s not like sincerity is completely proportional to time.

I hugged Hamsik tightly and responded to his feelings.

“Wow, Hamshik! Is this good? Thank you!”

I don’t know if I was annoying as usual or just embarrassed, because Hamshik kept crawling away regardless of what I said.

I started filming because I thought the video of Hamsik making something would be popular, but I was so happy that I couldn’t even think about it, so I just hung on to Hamsik and got dragged along.

But that joy didn’t last long. Of course, I was happy as always.

Once I uploaded that video and was making the mini-story I had to make today, Jihyun started making a fuss.

“Namina, Namina! The video Hamsik made of you was a huge hit!”

“Yeah, I guess so. Videos of Hamsik making things are bound to be popular. Hamsik is cute!”

“No, that’s… …. They’re competing among themselves to buy what you made.”

“Huh?”

“Just a little while ago, 300,000 won came out, and now 400,000 won… … . 100? 200? What are these people doing… … ?”

Thinking that Jihyun was just joking, I looked at the phone screen that Jihyun was showing me.

People were literally bidding on miniatures made by Hamsik in real time.

“I have no intention of selling it, but they’re making a fuss among themselves. No, that was probably just a joke from the beginning. No one would really buy it for that price, right?”

“Who was the one who started a fight by saying something like that? These people are calling the price with their official accounts that prove their identities… … ? So you’re saying you really want to buy it. It’s over 10 million won now.”

“How!”

Why is Hamshik’s work more expensive than the Min-i-cheo that I made with so much care?

… … The amounts were skyrocketing, so I didn’t feel jealous or proud at all.

Just the hamster playing alone there looks great.

“Damn, I locked eyes with Hamshik. I have to worship Hamshik… … .”