episode_0054

After warning Yumina that Do Yoo-geon would not stay still if he got his mouth burnt by alcohol, and receiving a sincere promise, he set out to attack the crack.

Yumina led the way down the alley, saying she knew the safe path. I knew this was a really safe path because I felt the magic, but I didn’t bother to go there. This person needs such careful consideration because he has quite low self-esteem.

Yumina stuck her head out and looked around the street corner.

“Originally, I was planning to stay in a villa. But with the launch of the open beta system, you can now log in even if you are not an existing explorer. If you log in and put a bed or furniture in the preparation room, there is no need to pay expensive housing fees. Dangerous person. There is no.”

Yumina hurriedly walked away.

“There is no electricity in the preparation room, so we have to buy a generator, there is noise from the generator, and other problems, but it is very good because it is safer than the existing residence. First of all, there is no risk of being hit by a bomb while sleeping. As a bonus, there are no bugs.”

Do Yu-geon was puzzled.

“Then why are you still living in the villa?”

“It’s because I paid the rent in advance. I talked to the landlord to get a refund, but he said that if I don’t find another tenant, I won’t get a refund. Who wants to move into this neighborhood?!”

Yumina turned around, spread her arms, and pointed here and there to the nearby area. Broken windows, tilted gates, alleys with no pedestrians. Then he lowered his arms and sighed.

“I already have money, but it would be a waste to just throw it away, so I’m forcing myself to stay.”

It is absurd to weigh risk and regret. In that sense, the safest place for Yumina would be the home where the judge’s family lives.

“It would have been better if we hadn’t done it first from the beginning. We didn’t consider opportunity cost.”

“What our lady said is correct, but as always, she is wrong. The landlords here only accept good rent. They say it’s because it would be a pain if the tenants take money. It may be because of another ulterior motive.”

“What are your intentions?”

Yumina smiled slightly and took the lead without saying a word. He was talking well, but then suddenly he stopped talking, so I got curious for no reason.

The first thing that comes to mind is making up for the vacancy that occurs when a tenant dies and the resulting opportunity costs with advance rent. This isn’t a very unusual intention.

Aside from that, if I were to think a little harshly, how about taking the money and making an excuse not to give me a room? That’s because there’s a lot of risk involved in writing a contract, and landlords aren’t that evil. Umm.

Let’s boldly expand our imagination. From the beginning, the lease is based on the assumption that the tenant will die. When a tenant dies, you get the money and the room becomes empty, so you wait for them to die like a fishing rod.

But is this possible smoothly under the contract? Will the inheritance mail be sent to the heirs as well? If the heir gives limited approval, what happens to the rented house? I’m not sure because I was poor in my past life and have never run a rental business.

How about targeting people without ties instead? You can find out during the contract writing process whether the person is without a connection. Sounds plausible? If you are a person without a connection, there will be fewer people to rely on than existing subjects, so there is a high possibility of death and the room turnover rate will also increase.

That’s good, but is there a market for that size? If you scan the entire neighborhood with your senses to figure out the population and research statistics on unrelated people proportional to the population, you will know the minimum, but I don’t want to expand my senses for fear of seeing unnecessary things. If I had to guess, I don’t think it would be worth the money. It’s okay to earn pocket money, but how many people can lose their conscience to that extent?

But wasn’t the premise wrong from the beginning? What kind of stupid landlords only accept rooms on rent? Would you do business without knowing the supply and demand curve? Residents can just leave for another area. As it turns out, there are many different transaction and payment methods in this neighborhood, but Yumina may not know something. He is smart and conscientious enough to maintain second place in school even after running away from home, but he is still in his second year of middle school.

As I entered a dark and narrow alley and walked here and there, a gunshot rang out from around the corner. Yumina, who was in front, stiffened her expression and stopped walking. Then he motioned for us to go back in the other direction. It’s a safe road, but it’s not particularly safe.

“There’s no need to go back.”

As I passed Yumina and turned around the corner, I saw a person lying down and being suppressed, and the head of the security team being restrained from above. When you see a handgun lying around near your feet, you can tell that a criminal was subdued even after shooting. From what I could tell in advance, the head of the security team told the person to go somewhere else, but somehow it turned into a scuffle and resulted in a shooting. I can’t hear the voice with my senses, so it’s unclear whether that’s really the case.

“For some reason, I thought there were too few people.”

Yumina muttered and took out her cell phone and took a picture.

“It’s difficult to take pictures.”

The head of the security team who was tying up the criminal spoke firmly.

“Ah, I didn’t take pictures of you. I took pictures of this person. This overlaps with my work.”

When the security team leader looked this way, he just shrugged his shoulders. That’s true, but what should I do? Yumina exchanged KakaoTalk messages a few times, then said she was a candidate and took out a small crayon from her pocket.

“Why are there crayons in your pocket?”

“These aren’t crayons. You don’t need to secure this person’s safety, right? Then I’ll take over. Is that okay?”

When the security team leader looked this way again, he just shrugged his shoulders again. I know why I keep checking, but life is really tiring.

As Yumina held the crayons tightly, blood formed on her fingers. I thought it was just a crayon, but it seems to have a built-in needle. A magic circle was drawn on the floor with crayons, not crayons. While practicing space-time magic, I realized how to use magic without blood, but I’m having a hard time.

It took a while because the shape was complicated, so I chatted with Do Yoo-gun for a while about why crayons can’t be called crayons, and before I knew it, the magic circle was completed.

The magic circle sparkled and connected to another space. I guess it’s for space movement. Yumina whined and dragged the tied person to the magic circle. He was having a hard time struggling, so when Do Yu-geon and Lee tried to help him, he flatly refused and pushed him into the magic circle on his own. There was a splashing sound beyond the magic circle. Umm… … .

As Do Yu-geon bent down to look inside the magic circle, Yumina grabbed his clothes.

“It’s very bad if you fall.”

“There is a lake or a puddle right below.”

Do Yu-geon felt uncomfortable.

“There’s a purpose inside.”

“Then what happens if you fall?”

“Rumor has it that a magical girl accidentally fell and went missing and complained to Schrödinger, but was told she was responsible for the mistake.”

Do Yu-geon opened and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something, then sighed and asked something else. It may be what I originally wanted to say, but.

“How do you know there’s a dragon? I couldn’t see it.”

“Because there are many magical girls like Laplace who don’t value their lives.”

Well, in the end, I only got a negative answer.

But a dragon and a lake? It feels like a place I’ve probably been to once. For example, if you log in right now and look back, you can see the door. Do Yoo-geon is also a member of the party, but he doesn’t notice the door’s existence, so its existence is a headache.

Yumina fiddled with the crayons, tapped them, and frowned.

“Ugh, I guess I’ll have to stop by the office for a moment.”

“why?”

“I’m out of crayons. I need to draw a magic circle to approve the crack.”

Even though he says it’s not a crayon, he actually calls himself a crayon.

“It’s possible even if you draw it with blood.”

He declined to add more, saying it was an emergency method.

* * *

Since I was a magical girl, I briefly imagined that I would work in a fantasy palace-like place beyond the dimension, but that wasn’t the case.

When I entered the abandoned building and opened the surprisingly intact door, I saw an office divided by ordinary partitions. The haggard magical girls were busy walking around. There were few people typing in front of computers.

Yumina picked up crayons from the pencil holder right in front of the door. It took a long time to arrive, but it’s refreshing to get it without any special procedures.

Just as Yumina was grinning and saying to go again, a magical girl with a wad of paper at her side came in.

“It came from the center! There will be a job satisfaction survey for a moment! Manager! Are you okay now?”

“are you okay!”

Laplace’s answer was heard from inside the office. Yumina approached the magical girl with an annoyed expression.

“Please check all mine as normal.”

“This is not an anonymous survey.”

“Then set everything to good.”

“Stop joking and take it.”

“It’s such a hassle.”

Yumina grumbled and took the questionnaire. Even though it’s only a few pages long, I don’t think it’s something I can do quickly. I guess I’ll have to wait.

The magical girl looked back and flinched.

“Is there anyone here…?”

“My guest.”

“aha.”

I thought about having a chat with Do Yoo-geon, but it was impossible because Do Yoo-geon went to the bathroom. While looking around the office where work had been suspended due to a questionnaire, I suddenly noticed a white cat lying by the window, basking in the sun. Even though everyone was busy, he was alone, wagging his tail as if he were carefree.

As I approached, I saw something different from the usual Schrödinger. Some of the fur wasn’t white, but it was shaped like a number. It’s 1. What.

Isn’t this actually Schrödinger? I can’t tell the cat’s face apart, so I can’t tell if it’s the same cat.

Either Schrödinger or the White Cat was lying down and just raised its head and looked this way.

-What are you looking at?

I think Schrödinger is exactly the type of person who can feel the lack of cheesiness in even a single word.

“Everyone else is busy, so do you think it would be nice to be alone?”

-It’s a common misunderstanding. As for me, I’m extremely busy working right now. There is no time to rest.

“The other me?”

-This is an alter ego. How do you manage the system with just one body in the first place?

“Are there any other managers?”

-Nothing. Doesn’t everyone already know that much because the information has already spread?

I’m so sorry. I’ve become lazy in gathering information these days.

―The manager is always alone. Besides me, Auditor No. 109 exists, but he doesn’t do anything. Thanks to that, it’s convenient.

There was a reason why the system operation was a mess. It is the root of all evil.

“But besides how busy you are, you, number one, are lying down right now.”

―Idiom number 1 is in charge of resting. Don’t you know that self-management is also a type of work?

I think I know better than you.

* * *

[Enter.]

When I entered the crack, it was dark as Yumina had told me.

[Crack Quest – Class D]

Carry out your goals.

I reached into my pocket to turn on the flashlight app on my phone. In that moment, Do Yu-geon’s hand came up to his head, as if he was waving his hand in the air.

“This is you, right?”

“That’s true, but….”

I feel strangely uncomfortable because I can feel the height difference. I nervously touched my hair and turned on the flashlight app.

“The power of modern civilization, yap.”

The light spread and illuminated a large and spacious cave. The mob is a giant spider, but I don’t understand why it’s in a cave.

When I looked at Do Yu-geon, he looked somewhat regretful.

“what’s the matter?”

“Huh? Ah. Of course I thought it would be revealed with magic, but it’s a shame.”

“Magic? You’re pursuing meaningless emotions.”

But I sympathize. As expected, it’s light magic in this case, but I’ve never seen it before. I don’t even know if it exists.

I turned off the flashlight app and opened my palm to create a fireball on it. A reddish light spread. The light illuminated the area near the palm, but did not actually illuminate the cave.

“I can not see…….”

A disappointed voice was heard next to me. That’s right.

“Now do you understand the gratitude of artificial light?”

“How can there be no romance?”

I turned off the light and turned on the app again. As I entered the center of the cave, there was an open space in front and back, so I roughly figured out the direction of the cave with my senses and moved inside. If your goal is to escape, it’s right to find an exit, but our goal is to catch the boss.

A giant spider appeared. It was a spider that was much taller than me, as well as Do Yoo-geon’s height. Eight large eyes were shining.

So, a spider that size can even shoot a web with its mouth? But doesn’t spider web originally come from the tail? Since nature is the home of diversity, is there somewhere a spider that uses its mouth to make a web?

When I saw Do Yu-geon, he was scared and cowering. I kind of want to make fun of it. Well, it’s probably dangerous, so it’s better to be patient. But wouldn’t it be okay at least once? Would you rather catch the boss and then make fun of him? But making fun of someone for being afraid of spiders is a bit childish. No, this is the age where it’s okay to be childish.

In a moment of thinking, Do Yu-geon seemed to have made up his mind and ran out. When the standoff was broken, the giant spider opened its mouth to shoot a web.

However, Do Yu-geon arrived first and broke one of the legs in two. Experience spread and several legs swung. The sword quickly slashed around. The body of the spider with its severed leg collapsed and its torso came down to the ground. Sword lines were drawn at both ends of the island, and golden experience points were scattered.

There is a difference in level. Not the boss, though. Using a little bit of magic, I put Marfina’s hood back on, which had been removed with a violent movement. It is dangerous because it may be too late to heal with healing magic if the head is injured, but the hood is most likely to come off during battle. You’re in trouble.

Do Yu-geon turned around with great force and closed his eyes tightly, probably because he was dazzled by the flash of his cell phone.

this.