Chapter 53: Level Up And Mic

I sat on the veranda and shared ramen with Baekseol while enjoying the surrounding scenery.

“Are you done eating?”

“Good!”

After I finished eating, I stroked Baekseol, who had climbed onto my lap, and took out a cigarette and put it in my mouth.

“Whew—good. I should use this place as a villa.”

As I blankly stared at the clear sky and smoked a cigarette, I thought to myself, “Is this happiness?”

Even my hands were happy thanks to the soft and warm Baekseol.

I spit out the last puff of smoke and stubbed out the cigarette.

“Baekseol, I have to go hunting.”

Baekseol, who had been sitting on my lap, enjoying my touch and had her eyes closed, tapped her front paw as if she was sulking when my hand stopped.

“Since I’m already here, I should level up before I go. If it’s any later, the sun will set.”

After stroking Baekseol once, I placed her down on the veranda.

“Baekseol, summon me.”

[Tiring!]

As I raised my arm and prepared, a wooden doll rushed at me as soon as it was summoned.

It moved like a machine with standardized movements after facing it several times.

Dodge.

Kick and strike.

Even just these two simple movements consumed a lot of stamina.

In a short period of time, I used the Heavenly Eye to twist my upper body violently and landed a powerful kick.

Bam!

The wooden doll’s head splits and disappears like smoke.

“Whew…”

I was gradually becoming accustomed to the movements, and the joy of immediately feeling growth made me lose my mind as I hunted for a long time.

Leveling up was just around the corner.

[Growth rate: 96% (96/100)]

[Remaining amount: 640,000 won]

“Haa. My body really can’t move. My eyes are also too stiff.”

“Yeah!”

“Still, I have to finish it off well. Summon me.”

I glared at the wooden doll that appeared immediately at my words for a while, then rushed at it with the last of my strength.

I dodged the fists flying towards me as if it were a given, and kicked my leg hard towards the wooden doll’s groin.

“Eww!”

Now, the powerful blow that came naturally and the kick that extended coolly pierced the wooden doll’s shins.

Crack!

With a sound of wood splitting, I saw the wooden doll disappear as it split in reverse from its shins to its head.

[Tiring!]

[Growth rate: 100% (100/100)]

[Remaining amount: 660,000 won]

[●●●●● enters the next stage]

[O●●●]

[Introductory 2nd level attack]

*Comprehensive martial arts
*Basic boxing technique
*Basic footwork
*Basic lightness
*Basic luck

[Growth rate: 096]

“Ugh… True awakening? Ugh…”

As I disposed of the last wooden doll, a strange knowledge flowed into my head.

As I lowered my head and retched due to the dizziness that felt like the world was spinning, Snow White jumped and flew in.

I felt a weight on my shoulder and felt Snow White’s cute front paw caressing my cheek.

“Are you okay?”

“My stomach… feels rumbling, I’m gonna… die. Phew…”

After taking deep breaths for a long time, I felt the dizziness slowly go away.

I held Snow White, who had been rubbing my cheek without stopping, in my arms.

“It’s okay now. Thank you, Snow White.”

“Rest!”

“I should. Can I go back to where I was?”

Snow White wiggled her front paws in response to my question, and in the blink of an eye, she had moved onto the rooftop bed where she was.

“I’m back.”

The vast fields and clouds that had spread out endlessly disappeared, making me feel suffocated.

When I was contemplating whether to scream out loud to relieve the feeling of being suffocated, I felt something soft in my arms, so I looked down and saw Snow White in my arms.

“Snow White. Can you come here?”

“Yes!”

“I see…”

The quiet room that felt dirty whenever I turned off the broadcast.

Thanks to the tiny Snow White in my arms, the room felt brighter.

“Let’s wash together and sleep. I’m so tired I’m going to collapse.”

I thought about soaking my body in the cheap bathtub I cleaned, but I was so tired that I decided to just take a quick shower.

I took off my clothes, went into the bathroom, and turned on the water.

Warm water poured out from the shower head attached to the wall.

“Snow White, can I shampoo your hair?”

She tilted her head as if she didn’t know what shampoo was.

“Her fur is soft and fragrant, but Snow White doesn’t really need it because she’s naturally like that?”

“Good!”

I pumped the shampoo once and rubbed it on Snow White.

She was so small that even with just one pump, she was covered in bubbles and couldn’t be seen.

“Ahaha. Where did Snow White go?”

Snow White, who disappeared into the bubbles, jumped up on top of my head and started to wet my body with shower water.

“Snow White, then the bubbles will all flow down my head.”

I thought that she was different from other rabbits because she rolled around and played on top of my head without dripping.

“What kind of rabbit likes water that much?”

“Good!”

Because Snow White played on top of my head, I had to wash my hair twice before I could come out of the bathroom.

“Snow White, come here and I’ll dry you off.”

In order to open the store, I sold everything I had in the house and took out the hair dryer, which was almost the only electronic device I had besides my cell phone and computer.

While I was wiping myself, Snow White, who had been wandering around the house with her wet body, came over to me when she heard my voice.

“Where are you wandering around like that? Come here.”

I started drying Snow White’s fur that had suddenly risen up onto my lap with a hair dryer.

“Exciting!”

“It seems ordinary. What was the place she used to be?”

“Black! Red!”

“What kind of neighborhood is it?”

As I talked to Snow White and dried her body, she turned over here and there without me saying anything.

“All done. She’s fluffy. Let’s go to sleep quickly.”

I picked Snow White up and threw her body on the bed.

Tired, I washed my face dry and put my hand down, and Snow White settled on my palm.

“Do you have to settle in a place like that?”

“Good!”

I rolled over to my side and looked at Snow White.

I saw her rubbing her face here and there on my palm and curling up and falling asleep.

When I opened my eyes, squinting at the sunlight streaming in, the first thing I saw was Snow White curled up and sleeping on my palm.

I couldn’t move my body because I was worried that Baekseol would wake up.

I picked up my phone with my other hand and checked, and there were a ton of messages from last night.

Sister Lin: Autumn, are you home?

Sister Lin: Have you eaten dinner?

…

Leaving behind the piled-up questions, I went into the Triple Net personal community and it was a mess.

Title: [Bang Jang-ryeon, if you’re dead, answer]

[Red Parade] Are you really lost?

[dhgkaak] How can you answer when you’re lost?

[Don’t show up] LOL (Talelujah)

Did you trade Chairman Neungji and money?

[Wasabi Konggaru] Raise the room manager, Shatta!!!!!!!!!

When my sister didn’t contact me until the evening, she sent me a text bomb starting after I fell asleep, and Triple Net also took a break without saying anything, which caused a bomb to explode.

“I’m going crazy.”

Maybe it was because I had used all the strength I had in my body, but even though I fell asleep early, I didn’t open my eyes until the sun was high in the sky.

As I was checking the situation on my phone, I felt a tingling sensation in my palm as if I had woken up.

“Sorry, I woke you up.”

“I’m hungry.”

“You just woke up. I’ll eat later.”

“I’m hungry.”

I bought a flower and handed it to Baekseol, who was complaining that she was hungry.

[Tiring!]

[Remaining amount: 560,000 won]

“Here, the white bellflower you like.”

I handed Baekseol the flower and got up to smoke a cigarette, and Baekseol put the flower in her mouth and climbed onto my shoulder.

“Wouldn’t it smell like cigarettes?”

I watched Baekseol diligently picking at the petals without answering, and then I packed my cigarettes and went out into the yard.

“Ugh—I just want to roll around on the porch of the training center.”

Still, I thought I had to sort things out, so I called my sister.

Autumn!!!

“Sister.”

Why aren’t you checking my texts aaaaaaa

“I didn’t see you because I fell asleep early yesterday, I’m sorry.”

That’s right. It’s okay!

“Okay. I’ll definitely check next time.”

Okay. Gaeul, I’m working right now, so let’s talk later.

“Yeah, yeah. I need to talk to the kids about the fact that I took a break without saying anything.”

Yeah! Hang up, I’ll call you back later.

“Ong-ya.”

After putting out the cigarette I had smoked while talking to my sister, I went into my room and sat down in front of the computer.

“Snow White, I have to talk to someone else, but you can’t talk in the middle of it. People here look at me strangely if a rabbit talks.”

Baekseol shook her head from side to side.

“Can’t you hear me?”

“Yeah!”

“Huh? Is that so?”

“Yeah!”

Thinking that it was fortunate, she replaced the mic and turned on the Triple Net broadcast.

[Han Ga-eul starts broadcasting]

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It seemed that the viewers had come in faster since she went to visit Cheol.

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The room keeper is really pissed]

[Room manager!!!!! You want to see me get beat up?]

[Room manager, you really want to get beat up?]

“My kids, come quickly.”

She responded to my words right away.

[Oh, crazy aaaaa]

[Where have I heard that voice before]

“It’s the 3,000 won mic you guys liked.”

[Give me back my healing]

[You still haven’t thrown it away? ¬¬¬]

[I’m going crazy, I’m going crazy, I’m going crazy]

“I’m sorry. Have our kids calmed down a bit? If you have, then change the mic.”

(Ah lol, let’s make up (force)]

[So annoying lol]

[Wow, our room leader has a really innovative way of making up lol]

[I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry]