episode_0004

Lee Yu-ri was walking toward the study, following Han Seo-jin.

He was always far from reading or studying,

I was curious as to why I was suddenly going to the study.

Looking at his back as he walks solemnly holding a golden floppy disk in front of him.

I thought, ‘It looks like you have some business to do in the study.’

She was following slowly behind.

“Master, congratulations on getting the Ilsom…? It’s the first time I’ve seen you smile so brightly since I started working here.”

“Thank you, Yuri! Woohoo… a lot of interesting things will happen in the future. So, I hope you can watch along with me.”

Han Seo-jin swept away her messy long hair and smiled brightly at Yu-ri Lee.

She never met men and only saw male characters in comics.

His facial expression as he smiles brightly at you and his actions that exude warmth.

At that moment, she felt her heart beating faster and her earlobes getting hotter.

‘Uh…huh? Now that I look at you, Master… you seem to have quite a good personality…’

Yuri Yu-ri looked away, wondering if she had finally gone completely crazy.

‘Uh… did I say something too cringy?’

Han Seo-jin shrugged his shoulders and opened the locked door of the study.

There was no one using the study room at all,

The glass was in pristine condition as it had been cleaned on a regular basis.

Most of the bookshelves were empty

There were a lot of children’s comic books like [Surviving on a Deserted Island].

He stood in front of the blank wall on his right.

Then he turned to her and pointed to the wall.

“Yuri, can you swing the knife here for a moment? A couple of times in the shape of a cross.”

“Uh… yes!”

As if she was used to it now, she started moving as ordered without even asking why.

I took out a silver dagger from my pocket and struck it once horizontally and once vertically.

He struck the gray wall with all his might using precise, controlled, and clean sword techniques.

Cagagak- Cagagak!

When she slashed the wall with her dagger, the cross-shaped dent in the wall began to glow blue.

And then the moment when the light gradually spread and the family symbol appeared.

Kugugugugugung….

The wall moved to the side and a hidden space appeared.

There was a hidden staircase leading to the basement, and Han Seo-jin walked down the stairs without hesitation.

‘This house… had a basement…?’

She wanted to ask him how he knew about this place, but

First of all, ensuring his safety was the priority, so I held the dagger tightly.

I followed Han Seo-jin and walked toward the basement.

***

When I pulled the tightly locked iron door, a fairly grand basement appeared inside.

It was dark and I couldn’t see anything, but I pressed the switch on the wall, relying on old memories.

The lights in the basement turned on and a huge training room measuring about 60 pyeong began to appear.

Numerous training weapons were neatly displayed on the wall.

Various types of exercise equipment were lined up as if they were an entire gym.

At the end of the room, a hot spring with magical power was installed along with a shower facility.

On one side, there was a room with a TV and a sofa.

“How about it? It’s pretty nice here, isn’t it?”

“Wow…it’s cooler than I thought!”

The first time I learned about this place was after graduating from the academy and entering the military academy.

The secret of this house was revealed through the will of the family head just before he passed away.

It was the existence of a hidden old underground training ground that was used by those who were famous for the Hunter family when training.

In particular, the most important thing here is the magic hot spring located in the corner.

When awakened people exhaust all their mana during training, all they can do is lie down on the floor and rest or inhale expensive magic potions.

That magical spring water was a legendary artifact that instantly restored depleted mana just by immersing one’s body in it.

The past days of training with them here.

Those happy times of the past seemed to overlap, but

They weren’t here anymore.

I felt like I was left alone in the basement.

‘After I become stronger here, I will definitely save you.’

I glared at the training scarecrow with a solemn expression.

A combat-type awakening ability called Weapon Master, and even an island obtained through heavenly luck.

All preparations are over and now all that remains is to become stronger.

‘There are about two weeks left until the academy entrance ceremony…’

I turned to Yuri while holding the wooden practice sword.

“Yuri, can a person change in a week?”

She smiled brightly and said to me.

“You have already changed in just half a day!”

That smile.

That bright smile.

That I was able to stand in this position right now because of her smile.

She didn’t know that fact.

“Master… please promise me… that no matter what happens in the future… you will never give up on that feeling…”

When she was found on the verge of death in the basement of an abandoned building.

She was so badly wounded and bleeding that she could no longer use her hands.

Those words he said to me for the last time while he was in my arms.

That one word is what brought me to this place, where I had wanted to give up several times.

‘Because I promised to never give up.’

“Thank you, Yuri. I’ll try my best this time too.”

“This time too…?”

She tilted her head but smiled brightly again.

“I will always support you, master! If you need anything, please let me know anytime!”

I nodded and walked towards the training ground.

It was a time of intense training.

***

Since the day Han Seo-jin went into the basement, he rarely came out.

To the point where it’s hard to even see my face except when I’m eating or sleeping.

Sometimes, when I made him fried rice, all I saw was him eating it deliciously and shedding tears.

“Ugh…Ugh… Yuri… This is the taste I really missed…”

“If it’s not enough, I’ll give you another bowl…!”

As each day passed, Han Seo-jin’s body was gaining muscle and becoming more muscular.

Whenever I pass by next to her and smell the strong smell of sweat.

Without realizing it, she took a deep breath, savoring the pheromones that captivate people to the point of making her head dizzy.

‘I… I’m not this kind of pervert… Why… Why do I smell like the master’s sweat…’

So, whenever Han Seo-jin finished training, I secretly took the training clothes he had taken off and took them with me.

Instead, I gave him the newly purchased high-quality training clothes.

“Wow! Is it a gift? thank you so much! I’ll write well!”

“Yes..! My previous training clothes were so worn out that I threw them away and bought new ones…!”

She was worried that she might get caught by her facial expression because she lied, which she didn’t usually do.

As soon as he got his gym clothes, he changed them and ran back to the gym equipment.

‘I’m sorry, Master… I… couldn’t help it…’

Her face was bright red as she fiddled with her old sweatpants.

As I was sniffing the scent, I heard footsteps and hurriedly stuffed it into my eco bag.

As if it were her precious treasure.

***

“Huh!!!!”

Fold your shoulder blades and arch your back.

Slowly pull out the barbell and raise it upward.

After returning, did his body return to a blank slate?

At that time, I was able to push the bench up to 90kg, but now my arms start shaking even if I only push 40kg.

Although my self-esteem suffered a huge blow, I still enjoyed working out so much.

As each day passed, my muscles were gaining more and more, and my physique was also getting bigger.

Now I’m obsessed with exercising all day long.

“Hwaap!!!!”

I am the only one who improves my muscle level.

In a gym with no one around, there was no one to say anything, whether I was holding my stomach or screaming when I was lifting.

It was even a very soundproof basement.

A continuation of the routine of eating, exercising, sleeping, eating, exercising, and sleeping.

[congratulations! You have acquired the strength skill!]

As soon as the system message popped up, I immediately ran towards the treadmill.

Let’s set the speed to 10km and then run fast according to the moving footrests.

I haven’t even run for a few minutes, but I’m out of breath and my legs are shaking.

However, I had no choice but to grit my teeth and endure with vicious force.

Even though my vision was blurry and I lost consciousness and fainted, I had to acquire this skill.

[congratulations! You have acquired the agility skill!]

“Huh…gasp…Huh…”

It wasn’t over yet.

I had to prepare as many key skills as possible that were quite useful in the previous episode.

I grabbed the pull-up bar and started holding on for as long as I could.

[congratulations! You have acquired the hanging skill!]

Stand still and run as far as possible.

I slipped several times and almost hit my head, but I didn’t give up and kept trying.

[congratulations! You have acquired the leap skill!]

Now finally…

A pay-as-you-go bag that I secretly left out instead of throwing it away on cleaning day.

I held my breath and started rummaging through the trash bag.

Even though I kept getting these horrible sticky and smelly things on my hands.

I turned my head and closed my eyes tightly.

Let’s keep fiddling with it like that…

[congratulations! You have acquired the treasure hunting skill!]

Tup!

The moment I take my hand out of the trash bag

A metal object caught on the tip of my finger.

It was a ring with a shiny silver snake pattern.

‘As expected… I guess this guy is the one that pops up first…’

Hidden challenges placed in Easter Egg Castles.

When a curious player searches the trash can, he unlocks the [Ddabon Alicecon] emoticon and receives a trinket.

—

+0 [Level A] [Ouroboros Ring]

A silver-shaped ring with a snake pattern engraved on it.

It is one of the relics made as an offering to Ouroboros, one of the ancient gods.

The engraved snake eye pattern seems to be fluttering with a cool energy.

– You can now use the skill [Extra Sense].

– You can now use the skill [Poison Resistance].

—

A useful item that allows you to become a walking human radar while also gaining poison resistance.

If you are a non-paying user, it has become a culture to search the trash cans at the entrance to the store as soon as the tutorial is over.

It was more useful than I thought, so I wore it all the time until the final boss fight.

“Skill Window”

Skills: [Strength F], [Agility F], [Leap F], [Hangling F], [Treasure F], [Extra senses F], [Poison resistance F]

‘There’s already so much…’

It was clear that the [Achievement] characteristic of being able to acquire skills like this was a pretty good characteristic.

However, there was a huge limitation for me, who was half an awakened person.

All the skills I acquired this way started at [F] level.

I couldn’t even awaken, so no matter how many skills I had, I had to carry around only the lowest rank skills.

No matter how many skills there are, they are only at a lower level of compatibility compared to the abilities of real characters.

If my skill is at the tiger doll riding level, the skill name will be the same

The skills of other characters are at a level similar to that of a living, breathing tiger.

If I, who is no different from a human Daiso, am putting on a crazy show of shit using all kinds of skills to survive,

Those were the days when the villains who were trying to take my life criticized me with pitiful expressions.

But now I have not only awakened, but all systems have also become open.

There must be a way to somehow raise the ranks of those skills.

‘Now that I think about it, I forgot about the [Bonding] trait…’

New characteristics created through regression [Relationship]

If it were a morale ability that was on par with achievements, it would be really great.

The [relationship] system in the game simply gave some gemstones after reading the character’s side story.

So I didn’t have high expectations for this feature.

‘Maybe I should take a look…’

—-

Attribute: [Relationship]

– After the first bonding event, you will immediately acquire the [Charm] skill and it will be immediately strengthened to [S] level.

– If you participate in a bonding event, your bonding rank increases and you earn bonding points.

– You can strengthen the rank of your skills by consuming the bond points you have acquired.

– If your bond rank meets certain conditions, you can inherit that character’s skills.

– (Curse) You will receive [Heroines’ Twisted Love].

—

‘What… what is this…?!’

I stared at the status window for a while with my mouth hanging open.

Contrary to my expectations, the [Relationship] characteristic was a morale characteristic comparable to the [Achievement] characteristic.

When you acquire a skill through [Achievement], the strongest synergy strengthens the skill through [Destiny].

In theory, it was an attribute that could boost all the skills that could be obtained up to [S] rank.

‘This… is a complete scam…!’

I smiled brightly while soaking in the mana hot springs.

This is a signal telling me that it is the end of my suffering and the beginning of happiness.

‘Plus, if you reach a certain rank, even the character skills are copied…’

A monstrous wide-area ultimate ability that is outside the standard that he always shows whenever he goes into battle with Surtur.

In theory, it is possible to obtain [S] level pickup skills that are close to Ilseom level without even using gacha.

I started to get excited thinking that I might be able to use those skills too.

I didn’t notice the curse written at the end.

‘Even if you say it’s a twisted love, it’s probably just stalking.’

I completely soaked myself in the hot spring and looked at the ceiling.

I started to look forward to how much stronger I could become in the future.

‘Starting tomorrow, let’s learn about the Weapon Master’s skills step by step…’

My eyelids were getting heavier, so I decided to take a short nap.

Although there was still a lot of work to be done in the future.

I feel like I can do anything now that I have acquired this level of ability.

And I was intoxicated by the peaceful atmosphere of the world that I had felt for the first time in a long time.

I leaned against the edge of the hot spring and slowly closed my eyes.

“Cool…cool…”

***

[congratulations! The relationship rank with Yuri Lee has increased!]

[congratulations! You have acquired the charm skill!]

[congratulations! Charm skill has risen to [S] grade!]