episode_0014

14.

-Kim Seonghyun (38) Male

Specialty: Investment [EX] (LV. 1, (0.02%)), Red Lightning [B] (LV. 4, (24%))

Health: 61 (23%)

Mana: 60 (87%)

Skills: Coin Market [EX] (LV. 4, (13%)), Fire [C] (LV. 7, (31%))

Account Balance: 14,116C

Owned Dimension: Asgard 1 week

“0.02? Oh, I see.”

Checking the stock price of Asgard again, it had increased by 0.02% compared to when he first purchased it.

Wait. Does that mean…

“If it goes down, does my specialty experience decrease?”

Could it be that if it goes negative, my specialty will be demoted?

Fortunately, that was not the case.

In a flash, the decline rate of Asgard’s dimension had become -0.04%.

However, the experience of the specialty had returned to 0.

Phew.

Seonghyun wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

“Depending on the rise of the stocks I invest in, I grow. But if it goes down, I have to return that growth.”

Well, that’s easy.

A foolproof investment method.

That was Seonghyun’s best investment method on Earth.

How ironic it would be if the famous Buffett said this from the official podium.

-Recently, I met a young Korean man. When I saw his investment style, it felt like I had gone back to the past. No, no. He was making a more perfect investment than I was back then.

Investing was Seonghyun’s specialty.

Seonghyun smiled.

“Haha. Interesting.”

Returning to it, he checked the added list of items by purchasing stocks of Asgard.

Upon entering the store,

The items from Asgard and Hermopolis dimensions were separated.

When he clicked on the Asgard list,

The list was neatly arranged up to grade A.

“Oh. Some of these names seem familiar.”

Specialties, skills, equipment, etc.

Names that seemed familiar from somewhere on Earth.

However,

There were occasionally names of famous gods mixed in, but there were no substantial items.

-Beard of a Virgin [A]: An ingredient that cannot exist in the world. All records have been erased by a certain existence. (8,400C)

“What is this? This is an A grade?”

There were some items that Seonghyun couldn’t figure out the purpose of. The high price caught Seonghyun’s attention.

While there were these peculiar items, there were no items that Seonghyun knew exactly how famous they were.

“Why did my senses react like that?”

Perhaps?

Seonghyun left the items in grade A behind and checked grade B.

This is it.

-Milk of Audumla 150ml [B] (2,100C): Milk that contributed to the birth of life. It brings the drinker closer to the truth. However, one can only drink up to 150ml per person.

The truth?

Seonghyun felt a bit suspicious, but he purchased the Milk of Audumla.

-Purchased Milk of Audumla 150ml [B]. Account Balance: 12,016C

Whoosh-.

A hole opened in the air, and a cup appeared.

“They give it like this?”

Seonghyun looked at the swirling pale liquid in the cup.

“Do I just drink it?”

His senses didn’t react to the milk at all.

It felt like it was urging him to drink quickly.

“Hmm… It just looks like regular milk…”

Gulp! Gulp!

Seonghyun put his lips to the cup and drank it in one go.

The milk smoothly went down his throat, and after finishing the milk, Seonghyun wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

“Wow, it tastes good.”

It was undoubtedly the best milk he had ever had.

However,

“Why isn’t anything happening?”

There was no change in Seonghyun after drinking the milk.

“Is it a scam…?”

Seonghyun furrowed his brows.

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, Seonghyun clutched his chest and collapsed.

At the same time, a white curtain appeared around the fallen Seonghyun, and a man appeared.

“Phew! Found you. Wait, where did Kim Seonghyun get the Milk of Audumla from?”

The owner of the dimension, Hermes.

Hermes searched the entire planet after Hayato and his group left. It was to find Seonghyun, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Finally, he saw the Forest of Masu with a sense of disbelief.

Upon finding Seonghyun, he couldn’t help but conjure up a bottle of Audumra’s milk out of thin air.

“Huh? What’s that? Audumra’s milk? Where did you get it… Oh! You’re going to drink it here? This is ridiculous!”

Thunk-.

Having heard many stories about Audumra’s milk and having tasted it himself, Hermes knew what would happen when a human drank the milk.

Fortunately, Seonghyun drank exactly 150ml of milk.

Hermes picked up the fallen bottle after Seonghyun drank it.

“Why isn’t this working? This is driving me crazy. I guess I’ll just have to wait.”

Hermes sat down on a nearby tree, waiting endlessly for Seonghyun to wake up.

“When will he wake up…?”

Seonghyun may have lost consciousness, but he was still aware.

It was more like he was moving somewhere outside his physical body.

“Where are you taking me?”

With a tremendous sense of speed, Seonghyun couldn’t gather his thoughts.

Finally regaining his senses, he looked around.

Fortunately, his body could move, but it was in a translucent state.

However.

“Why can’t I hear my voice?”

Perhaps because he had no physical form, his voice didn’t come out of his mouth.

Like a ghost.

Looking around, Seonghyun could tell where he was.

A place he dearly missed and would never see again.

“My mother, the old house where I lived with my parents.”

Seonghyun closed his eyes as if lost in thought.

“Hey, Seonghyun, are you okay?”

A familiar voice. Seonghyun moved towards the voice.

“Mother…?”

Seonghyun’s steps slowed, savoring the sweet memories.

As he reached where the voice was coming from, he saw the person he had always longed for, alive and moving.

“Peekaboo!”

His mother was holding a baby and smiling brightly, while his young father watched with a bright smile.

Looking at the baby, familiar memories flooded back.

“Is that… me?”

A picture of his childhood that existed in his home. It looked exactly like that.

“Why are you showing me this scenery?”

Seonghyun couldn’t understand why Audumra’s milk was showing him this.

Suddenly, both parents disappeared. Seonghyun gazed at the child.

As he reached out to touch the child, an old man appeared next to him.

With white hair and a golden-eyed, powerful old man.

“What… this isn’t an illusion, right?”

“I see you’ve had Audumra’s milk? Haha! So that’s what happened. Looks like I succeeded. Where are you now?”

“Heromopol… Wait, I can’t speak, how are we having a conversation?”

The old man smiled, stroking his beard.

“That’s nothing. So, it seems my plan is somewhat successful. Your talent is… Oh? Haha! Beyond my expectations! And in Hermes’ dimension. I quite like this.”

“My lightning? What are you talking about?”

“You seem to have a rough idea. Yes, as you guessed, I am Zeus, the owner of the lightning. I oversee a dimension.”

“Zeus?”

“Hmm? Don’t you know? My story has spread quite a bit in the Earth dimension, you know?”

“Oh, it’s not that. I was just a bit flustered. By the way, do you happen to know why I’m here?”

Seonghyun cautiously recalled his resolve.

And then, Zeus responded after reading his resolve.

“The truth obtained through the milk of Audumra is connected to the will of the universe. Therefore, it’s not easy for me to know that will accurately. However, there are some things that can be inferred. Yes.”

“What…?”

Seonghyun’s eyebrows raised.

“I’ll tell you slowly. First, your intuition. Do you know what that intuition is?”

Seonghyun looked away.

Intuition? He had thought of many things before, but he had never found an answer. Does Zeus know the answer?

Why is Zeus showing such favor to him? Could it be?

Before Seonghyun could have strange thoughts, Zeus waved his hand to block that thought.

“Haha! No need to rack your brain. I have a considerable liking for you, so I’ll let you know.”

Zeus likes me…? That’s not very comforting.

“What are you talking about? Ugh! The media has really abandoned people. In short, if I help you, a fate will be created where I will receive great help in the future, so I am helping you. Perhaps the help I give will be related to the lightning you possess, and what I’m telling you about your intuition now. I’m excluding the incidental things.”

Fate? Help?

Seonghyun’s head swirled and leaned back.

“It seems confusing to you. Your senses must be working hard too.”

How does he know that?

“I see everything. Yes. You probably have a vague idea of what your talent is, right? You’ve probably experienced a lot of times in your life. Unconsciously grabbing an umbrella and then it rains. Forgetting and oversleeping, missing the bus that later gets into an accident.”

That’s right. Seonghyun had experienced such things so frequently that they seemed miraculous.

That day was no different.

“That day? Ah, I see. Your talent was hidden in your unconscious, so you saved yourself.”

Zeus had figured out what had happened to me with just fragmentary information.

Truly the feeling of being the leader of the gods.

It was true. One day when Seonghyun was twenty years old, on his way home from university, he didn’t want to go home that day. So, he called a friend who lived nearby and went out for drinks.

The phone rang. It was his father. His trembling voice asked where he was. Seonghyun, who was drinking with friends, told him he was out. His father asked him to come to the hospital first.

He was anxious. His breath caught in his throat. At the hospital, he told his father everything. When he didn’t go home, the house caught fire in the early hours of the morning.

That day, his father was delayed with work, so only his mother was at home. His senses didn’t tell him what was going to happen.

That day, he bid farewell to a star.

As Zeus said, his senses saved him. But in a different sense,

He saved only himself.

“Unconscious talent is just that. But now, can’t you consciously awaken your senses?”

It was true.

Since falling into this world, Seonghyun could consciously control his senses.

He hadn’t thought deeply about it before.

There wasn’t even enough time for that.

“Do you know why that is? The reason why you can consciously control your senses now?”

Earth. So, you, who lived on Earth, and you, who fell to Hermes’ planet. There is a fundamental difference between the two.

A fundamental difference?

Seonghyun had a sudden realization.

-Awakening.

“Exactly. That’s it. Your awakening.”