episode_0086

“Hamshik, I’m grateful you made me, but people are going crazy over it and wanting to buy it.”

Even though people are asking for high prices, my heart is also leaning towards selling Hamsik’s first work.

Since it was Hamsik who ultimately created my miniature, it was only natural that Hamsik had ownership of the work.

So, even if I were to sell it, I should ask Hamshik before selling it. With that thought in mind, I asked Hamshik, overcoming my feelings of guilt.

Of course, Hamshik’s reaction was not good. No, I guess I can’t even say it was bad. Of course, Hamshik can’t speak human language.

Usually, when our eyes meet, he looks at me with his nose up. But when I saw that he didn’t even make that move, I felt like he was talking nonsense.

Anyway, Hamshik probably understood what I said. So I explained it to him in a way that he could understand.

“I also wanted to treasure it because it was the first time Hamshik made it for me. But the price people are asking is 10 million won… … . Ah, you won’t understand when I say it like that. Hamshik is offering me money that will allow me to never have to worry about food for the rest of my life.”

Not exactly a lifetime, unless Ham-sik ate regular food, in which case he might eat one serving of what we eat, and then some.

I won’t eat expensive food every time, but even if I estimate my daily food expenses to be around 20,000 won, that’s 600,000 won a month. So 10 million won is not even enough to cover the food expenses of a ham-sik for two years.

But I didn’t do such detailed calculations. I was going to feed Hamshik for the rest of his life anyway.

Still, it seemed that Hamsik had been able to convey his intentions sufficiently. Perhaps he wanted to be properly recognized for the value of his work?

Hamshik, who seemed not very interested in the price, walked away and headed somewhere else.

At first glance, it may seem like he is ignoring me, saying he is not interested in the money, but after spending a long time with Hamshik, I know that it is a positive thing.

If I really hated it, I would have screamed at him right in front of his face.

“Okay, Hamshik. Thanks for understanding. Huh?”

But the direction Hamshik was heading was strange. Instead of walking around the floor or looking for something to play with, he headed straight for the clay.

And then Hamshik starts coloring my hair again. Oh, is he trying to make another one of me so that I can eat twice as much food for the rest of my life?

The more money you make, the better! With that thought, I immediately reached for my phone. I had to take a picture of this so people would believe that Hamsik had made another miniature.

But I was the only one in a hurry. Jihyun stopped me.

“The reason why Hamshik’s miniatures are so expensive is because they have such rarity value. If they were mass-produced, their value would drop. Of course, since there has never been a hamster that knows how to do crafts like Hamshik, the price range would be set to some extent, but there may not be anyone who wants to buy them again.”

When I heard it, it was true. If there’s only one of its kind in the world, it seems incredibly valuable.

But something that is only two, if you say so, it will cool down. Even if it is the first time it was made, it may be different, but the value will decrease the second or third time.

Rather, they are currently raising the auction price among themselves, so if Hamsik were to film and upload a video of himself making something like this, it would only be a bucket of cold water on that.

He must be telling me to make something different even if I make it. Hearing that, Hamsik stared blankly at Jihyun and then dropped the rubber clay.

It seems that Hamshik can’t tell the difference between Jihyun and Nana because they have the same hair color and two arms and legs.

Maybe it remembers us by our smell or voice. Anyway, Hamshik realized that making me again would be poisonous, so he seemed determined not to make any more.

Instead, Hamshik stares intently at the Saekmoose. Is he trying to make a Saekmoose this time?

I was secretly hoping for that, but Hamshik didn’t do that. Instead, he threw a ball of colored clay at the Saekmusae.

“Don’t shoot! Friendly fire!”

Of course, the magpie flapped its wings and made a fuss. And Ji-hyeon heard that and muttered with a hollow laugh.

“… … Where on earth did the color-blind learn such words?”

“I’m curious too.”

Of course, the pet shop employees must have learned it by watching them talk like that. But the fact that they use English in their daily lives means that they dealt with foreign customers, right?

When I think about it, I also think that we were treated as very expensive pets. Oh, maybe I wasn’t sold because I was too expensive.

… … Isn’t it? If it was that expensive, it would have been more profitable to keep it and sell it at a lower price. Ah,

Is it better in the long run to throw it away than to sell it cheap? Just like Hamshik doesn’t make many miniatures these days.

As expected, the adult world is complicated. I’m glad Jihyun is here to tell me.

Hamsik looked quite disappointed that his once-burning creative desire had been extinguished like this.

He just stares blankly at the colorful plasticine in front of him. It seems like he can’t even think of making anything else.

In an instant, a sensational article title flashed through my mind. A genius hamster creates miniatures! However, due to his family’s obsession with money, he lost his desire to create and fell into a slump… … !

“Oops, I forgot something important!”

Only then did I come to my senses and embrace Hamshik. Money? Of course it matters. The more you earn, the better.

But more importantly, Hamshik is doing something fun. Didn’t he feel that keenly when he was given a terminal diagnosis in his previous life?

“Hamshik, I’m sorry. I guess I was too worried about money. I didn’t think about you. You can make whatever you want. We’ll make the money.”

If we just work hard on YouTube, we’ll be able to earn enough to live off of. If we just keep doing what we’re doing now, we won’t have any problems eating right away.

You can just cut back on your hobbies. You can also plan your spending more. You won’t be spending a lot of money for the time being anyway.

When Hamshik heard that, he looked back at me as if to say, “Is that true?” Of course, no matter how flexible Hamshik was, he couldn’t see me hugging him from behind.

Anyway, I wonder if my sincerity was conveyed. Hamshik picked up the rubber clay he had thrown away and made another one of me.

And that was the end. Now, it seemed like he had completely lost interest in clay, so Hamshik didn’t even bother to look at clay anymore.

Oh, Hamshik hated the smell of rubber clay from the beginning. But he endured the smell and created me because he just wanted to give me a present.

I didn’t even know that I was going to sell this. My nose stung at the thought.

Since I uploaded the video earlier, I guess I’ll have to sell the miniature that Hamshik made first.

But I wasn’t planning on uploading the footage I shot this time. Since I went through the process with you, the footage isn’t important.

Jihyun looked at me with concern, so I smiled at her and deleted the video.

“I will never sell this. I will treasure it.”

“Yeah, I thought about it well. Let’s do a good job on our YouTube channel so that we don’t feel bad about Hamshik.”

“Yeah! Oh, I’ll work hard on making Min-ee-cheo too. I have to make ham-sik too!”

However, I should have told the people who were currently holding an auction on YouTube before that.

– Namin’s Min-ee-cheo: ㅠㅠ I’m sorry that the competition is so heated… Hamsik worked hard to make it, but the quality is still lacking…

N Namin’s Min-ee-cheo: I don’t want to let all of your competition go to waste, and we need money too, so we’ll sell it… but I think you’re auctioning it off at an excessive amount!

n aw81hn2: No no Everyone started the auction on their own ㅋㅋ It’s up to Namin to sell or not

n Come to the Department of Interethnic Culture Studies, Assistant Professor…: I don’t know about the artistic value, but it is a creative work of art with great academic value. I really want to win the bid and talk to you in person. Please think of it as buying the opportunity to visit you often and talk to you with money.

n Suspiciously rich: 13 million won

n Come to the Department of Interethnic Cultures Assistant Professor… : ;; 13.1 million won

n Interethnic Culture Research Department Assistant Professor…: Do you think it’s worth collecting that much and raise the price? Or are you just bluffing?

n Suspiciously rich: 14 million won

N Hamshik Almond Thief Kim Tae-soon: Hahaha, Professor, give up. That guy is a crazy furry.

n Hamsik’s stomach is a black hole: Rumor has it that they are controlling the dairy industry and distribution, so they are making money even by lowering the price of milk. Lol

N Curiosity Solver: Then, is that guy a dairy cow?

N Smiling Angel: Hey

It’s good that the price keeps going up. I guess I shouldn’t buy Hamsik’s miniatures just because they’re well-made.

I don’t know if anyone had enough money to warrant it, but the person who was called Professor probably wanted to meet us and try to buy it.

If we see that other people tried to bid for the same purpose in the middle and gave up, perhaps the professor who survived was conducting research at the best university.

However, I thought Ji-Hyeon would feel awkward if I said I was a researcher. I hoped that someone with enough money to win would win, if possible.

Fortunately, it seems that being a researcher doesn’t mean you get unlimited research funds. In the end, the professor gave up as I had hoped, and someone with suspiciously large amounts of money survived.

The final price is 15 million won. It’s almost 3 years’ worth of food for Hamsik. But I already think it’s wrong to profit too much from that.

N Namin’s Min-ee: I’m so sorry to receive so much… Can’t I just receive a little and send it to you?

N Namin’s Min-ee-cheo: I think it would be nice if you just bought Hamshik a meal!

Even though it was a little bitter inside, I decided to keep Hamshik’s spirit.

“Me, Namin-ah? Are you really going to blow 15 million won?”

Jihyun was shocked to see me commenting on YouTube. But seeing her made me even more determined.

“Yeah. It’s too bad to value something that Hamshik made with so much care. So let’s exchange it for a meal! Instead, Hamshik, let’s get lots of delicious things.”

It wasn’t just something he gave. He gave Hamshik a meal. Hearing that, Hamshik licked the corner of his mouth with his tongue.

It seems like a mouth-watering suggestion.

But this time, they changed the terms of the deal.

n I have enough money to warrant an award: Then let’s do this

n Suspiciously rich: Take a video of Hamsik eating every meal and send it to him, and charge him with a receipt for the food.

n There is so much money that it is suspicious: It is up to Namin to upload the video to YouTube

n Suspiciously rich: Period: Hamshik’s whole life. It’s OK for Namin or other little friends to get what they want.

The story is about a ham-sik who never has to worry about food for the rest of his life!

My eyes widened at that. What would happen if Hamshik lived for over 100 years?

This is a big deal. I hope that person lives longer than Hamshik and earns a lot of money so that I can continue to buy him food.

“Oh, that’s a pretty good deal. I’ll accept it.”

It would be much more profitable than receiving it in money, but these are decent terms. Jihyun must have miscalculated.

I quickly told them to do it there and got the address. It’s the same address as before, so I think I can just pack it well and send it.

Tomorrow, I’m going to steal one of the boxes that Hamshik is going to build a house in and use it as a delivery box.

In the end, I was proud of myself for not being blinded by money, and I was also very happy that Hamsik didn’t have to worry about food.

As long as you take good videos of yourself eating, Jihyun and I can keep using our phones while charging them, so if one breaks or malfunctions, we can just film with the other phone, so it’s okay.

It seemed like there was nothing to worry about.