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#6

Real estate! Land!

There was a time when I thought that these kinds of things were something completely foreign to me.

If only some compassionate witch hadn’t thrown me a gold nugget.

Thanks to that, I got the chance to create a workshop that I had only dreamed of, but…, real estate in Korea was much more expensive than I thought.

Even with 500 million won in cash, I can’t even dream of living in a two-story house like the one my teacher lives in…

I found out later that you can’t even buy a house in Seoul with this much cash!

If possible, I don’t want to live too far away from where my parents live, but the houses in that area are so expensive that it seems impossible.

in result!

I thought about setting up a workshop in North Korea, a place that was completely unfamiliar to me.

To the people here, the North Korean region is just an ordinary Korean city with nothing special about it, but to me, a citizen of a divided country, it was so new.

The personality is really pretty….

I’ll have to build it there.

There’s a pawn shop nearby, so it’ll be convenient to be able to make transactions whenever necessary, right?

I came to that conclusion and looked for a building to set up a workshop in Gaeseong City… .

By the way, Gaeseong was also extremely expensive.

I guess it’s because it’s a city close to the metropolitan area.

As a result, I was able to purchase a small apartment a little bit outside the city center.

There were a lot of dynamic things going on during the process of purchasing the building… I had to explain several times that I was just an adult with a young face, despite my face looking like an elementary school student.

And yet, I couldn’t believe it at all. It was so hard…

But where is this?

Just getting out of that crappy shack is a huge step forward.

Let’s think positively!

I’m looking for a room to use as a home and workshop, and I have about 100 million won left.

The reason I didn’t spend all my money on real estate was because I had some money left over to invest in properly setting up my workshop, just like my teacher.

The witches’ alchemy was basically a type of magic that cost a lot of money, and as far as I know, the master was also very rich.

He himself said that he owns more than one or two workshops.

I envy you. I envy you.

You have so much money, can’t you give your disciple a gift?

I once again vented my anger at the con artist Eugene.

You didn’t even teach me the magic of becoming glamorous… You said you were my beloved disciple! That must be a scam, too.

Anyway, most of the 100 million was spent on making tools for alchemy and gathering materials.

I once again emptied all my cash, but I still felt richer mentally.

And around that time.

I received a call from Yeon Su-jin.

And the content was such an urgent and serious issue that it could not be passed over.

– Oh, what should I do? Mr. Sky. My little brother has disappeared. I reported it to the police, but I’m so scared… .

“Guardian? Wait a minute… How did it turn out like that??”

no!

Suho said that I have my eye on him to catch him!

-Suho went out to run an errand and hasn’t come back since. There’s a mart in front of the house, so he should be back in 10 minutes. But it’s already been three hours.

“Three hours!?”

When I asked her if she had gone out to play, she simply replied firmly that Suho was not the type of child who would disappear without saying a word.

Anyway, since I understood her desire to borrow a cat’s paw, I readily agreed to help her find Suho.

If it’s true that Suho has gone missing, I think I’ll be sad too.

The only problem was that I was in Gaeseong right now.

How can I use teleportation to travel from Gaeseong to Gangbuk-gu, where the Yeon siblings live?

I briefly calculated the cost of magic.

We concluded that it would be a considerable burden, but not impossible.

But, I have to say it.

What a great price I pay for the Yeon siblings!

Maybe I should hand Suho over as my assistant, even if it was just because of a debt of gratitude. I thought about that for a moment.

“Actually, I’m in Gaeseong.”

– Yes, yes? Did you go to Gaeseong?

“Yes. Now I’m settled in Gaeseong.”

– Ah. I’m sorry. Then it seems like it would be difficult.

“No. If you push yourself a little, you can somehow get there. It’ll be quite a struggle though.”

– Oh, how… is it possible to get from Gaeseong to Gangbuk?

“Yes. Probably much faster than Soojin thinks.”

How high of a level are you? Huh, are you a Hunter?

“Hahahaha… .”

Haven’t you heard it from Mr. Kim Seung-jun’s own mouth?

The fact that I am currently acting like a 3rd level awakened person.

“Let’s talk about that later. For now, finding Suho comes first.”

– Ah, yes…! Thank you! Really. I won’t forget this favor!!

“Huh-huh. So you’re giving me a guardian assistant?”

Oh, oh… . That’s… .

Is this really too much?

I tried to add later that I was joking. The atmosphere was awkward, and I didn’t want to blow off my only gay friend for no reason.

But she was determined.

-Yes! I think we can trust and leave our guardian to you, Sky!

“Ahahaha. As expected… . Huh? Really??”

-Yes! I believe that with the kind heart and strong strength that you have shown us so far, you will be able to teach our Suho well.

“Isn’t that a lie?”

-Yes. So please help us find our guardian… The police won’t listen, saying that it’s only been three hours and we’re being overprotective.

That’s what I thought.

I wondered why she was calling me so urgently even though I had already reported it to the police… It seems the police viewed it as a simple incident of her going out.

Actually, I thought it would be difficult for the police to readily take action to declare someone missing just because they didn’t come home for three hours.

But witches are different.

The workshop has just been created. Should I go find my cute and pretty assistant?

I recited the spell with an excited heart and cast the teleportation spell.

As the red light flashed, there was nothing left where I had been standing.

#7

Flash!

A red flash appeared.

The scenery that came into view was a familiar street.

That place where they were struggling to solve Mr. Seungjun Kim’s request.

It was the street where the building stood, with a convenience store, a lunch box shop, and a cafe on the first floor, a study cafe on the second floor, and a goshiwon run by Seungjun above it.

It was evidence that the space transfer technique was successful.

Of course, the price was not small.

One third of the stored mysteries were lost, and about 8 million won worth of rare precious metals (natural rubies, natural sapphires, etc.) and animal bone powder were consumed.

Ugh…

This is an absolutely ridiculous cost.

According to the Master, since he is an alchemist, it costs more.

Compared to other witches… .

Shit.

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have become an alchemy witch.

Damn Eugene.

I could go see you right now, but it seems too suspicious.

It hasn’t even been five minutes since the call ended. How can I get from Gaeseong to Seoul?

People aren’t jets.

So, I decided to set aside some time to meet Soojin.

Of course, I had no intention of wasting time pointlessly, so I took the Paris missionary horse I had made out of my bag, sprayed it, and searched for a friend who resembled Yeonsuho.

It was about half of the total number brought.

Look at the sight of about 100 Parisian servant horses pouring out of the bag!

Doesn’t it look cool, like a tamer who rules over insects?

…Why did the target have to be Paris, so he’s like the Demon King of Paris?

Take that back!

I just had no choice because I was trying to find something cheap, fast, and mass-producible.

Can you understand my feelings of collecting fly eggs and applying alchemy materials!?

Anyway, even though it was a servant horse, it was actually closer to a real fly… so I couldn’t control it as I pleased.

Since he’s a problematic guy in many ways, I plan to make a really cute and good servant horse later when I have a lot of money.

After scattering the Paris missionaries here and there, I returned to the goshiwon building and it had been about 30 minutes.

At this point, I thought it wouldn’t be a problem to meet Soojin, so I called her on my cell phone.

She came down from the building half in doubt, but her face was shocked when she saw me waving my hand happily.

This woman’s reactions are really good.

“How did you get here so soon? Did you take the KTX? No, even so, there must be some time left before you get there… .”

“You can think of it as a personal ability.”

“Wow… The more I get to know him, the more amazing he is. Mr. Sky… .”

“Ahahahaha… .”

It doesn’t feel bad to have gold paint on your face.

No. It’s too good!

I grinned and urged him to praise me a little more.

Soojin scratched the back of her head, but accepted my tantrum.

“Um… You’re really cute and pretty! When I first saw you, I thought you were a doll, but I didn’t know you were such a skilled Awakener.”

“Hahaha. That’s me. Pretty girl Ma… No. Awakened Jinha-neul.”

“Ah… Yep.”

I almost confessed to being a witch! Idiot!

“Anyway, do you have Suho’s hair, nails, or something like that?”

“Hair or nails… . I’ll look around the room. I think it’ll be there.”

“Yes. Please collect them and bring them to me.”

“… … ”

Why? What?

Why are you looking at me like that? I wouldn’t do anything suspicious!?

I’m not a pervert!

“You’re not going to do anything?”

“Of course I believe you will.”

“Really!!”

It’s unfair.

Why don’t you believe what people say?

Are you sad that you want to live like a witch?

Her chest is small and she’s short to begin with!