All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 55

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 055

 

After the meeting with the Minister.

 

Shin Hyeok brought Hyo-rin, who had nowhere to go, to his house.

 

“This is my daughter.”

 

“…Shin Hyeok. Have you been having a really hard time lately?”

 

In the process, there was an incident where Shin Hyeok was treated like a crazy person by his father Inguyn, but it was a minor happening.

 

“She’s my daughter.”

 

“…Shin Hyeok, if you’re going through something difficult, you can always talk to mom. Mental health issues aren’t a big deal these days, so shall we go to the hospital together?”

 

In the process, there was an incident where he was treated like a crazy person even by his mother So-yeon, but it was really a minor happening.

 

…Probably.

 

Fortunately, Shin Hyeok’s parents weren’t the type to ignore their son’s words and throw him into a mental hospital just because they thought his mind had snapped.

 

“…This is how it happened. I said daughter, but of course she’s not my real daughter. Think of it more like a legal guardian or legal custodian relationship.”

 

“Oh my, I see. But still, Shin Hyeok, why did you put it that way?”

 

“If you cut off the beginning and end and say it like that, how could we not misunderstand?”

 

“Ahem, I’m sorry.”

 

After hearing Shin Hyeok’s subsequent explanation and learning about Hyo-rin’s situation, Shin Hyeok’s parents felt embarrassed but scolded Shin Hyeok.

 

“Please take care of me. Grandfather, Grandmother.”

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

Of course, the atmosphere was devastated once again by a single word from Hyo-rin, the master of switching fathers three times like Lu Bu and Diao Chan, but Shin Hyeok’s parents still embraced Hyo-rin warmly.

 

“Yes, daughter or granddaughter, what does it matter. Tell us if you need anything.”

 

“I never thought I’d suddenly have a grown granddaughter at this age. Get along well with Shin Hyeok.”

 

“…”

 

At the warmth she had never felt in her lifetime, Hyo-rin rolled her slightly widened eyes around trying to gather information about this situation, but Shin Hyeok’s parents didn’t leave her alone.

 

“Are you hungry? Let’s eat first.”

 

“Oh my, you’re so thin. Let’s eat first and then talk.”

 

“Yes? Yes…”

 

Despite it being late evening, Hyo-rin, who was flustered in front of the abundantly prepared dining table, could only leave the table after devouring three bowls of rice.

 

Shin Hyeok, who smiled seeing his parents’ satisfied faces only after seeing color return to her pale face, approached Hyo-rin.

 

“The top floor of the Korean Branch of the Alchemists will be reborn as a workshop for you. Stay here until then.”

 

“Isn’t it a bit too casual to speak so informally when we just met today~?”

 

“Using formal speech with my daughter is a bit…”

 

“…Ahaha, that’s true~”

 

Hyo-rin burst out laughing at Shin Hyeok really treating her like his daughter.

 

While Hyo-rin was busy holding her stomach and laughing for a while, Shin Hyeok introduced the other people to her one by one.

 

“This is my younger brother Shin-woo. He’s not an adult yet so he’s not a Player.”

 

“Ah, hello, sister. Nice to meet you… I’m Choi Shin-woo.”

 

Starting with Shin-woo, his one and only younger brother.

 

“This is Sejin hyung, the legendary craftsman I mentioned earlier. He’s 27 years old, older than you.”

 

“Nice to meet you. This is my first time making alchemical items, but it seems like it’ll be fun. If you have any specifications or conditions you want, let me know. I’ll refer to them when crafting.”

 

Sejin, the legendary blacksmith who currently has the whole world stirring.

 

“Lastly, you’ve been seeing her continuously on the way here, right? This is Su-a Han. My one and only friend.”

 

“…Hmm, hello. Sister.”

 

Finally, Su-a, who was already acquainted.

 

Su-a sent a wary look toward Hyo-rin while exchanging greetings, and at such a gaze, Hyo-rin lightly folded her eyes and smiled.

 

Watching Su-a growl at Hyo-rin who was looking at her as if she was cute, Shin Hyeok suddenly had a thought.

 

‘They’re like a puppy and a cat.’

 

Su-a, who was growling while being wary of Hyo-rin, was the puppy.

 

Hyo-rin, who was looking at such Su-a cutely, was the cat.

 

The thought of this truly trivial dog-cat relationship was brief.

 

“Do you think the elixir you gave me could be commercialized?”

 

“Hm? It’s not difficult. Making it once is hard. Commercializing it is easy.”

 

“Really? Then we can immediately turn that into a product too?”

 

“Since I received help from our new dad, shall I make lots of them? The materials are a bit lacking, but our new dad will take care of getting those.”

 

Shin Hyeok recalled the elixir he had received from Hyo-rin and thought about commercializing it.

 

To this, Hyo-rin revealed that she could make as many as needed as long as there were materials.

 

“We won’t make many though?”

 

“Huh? Why? Wouldn’t it be good to make lots and sell lots? That way the turnover rate is good too. Good turnover rate means we can make more and newer things.”

 

But Shin Hyeok had no intention of making many of the new elixirs Hyo-rin created.

 

No, even if he made many, he had no intention of selling many.

 

“My daughter. Your thinking is still young.”

 

“…Mm, it’s getting a bit weird hearing it continuously. Maybe I should stop calling you dad-”

 

“There’s something called the law of supply and demand. When demand is high but supply is low, the value goes up accordingly. I just experienced that recently. Your elixir, Hyo-rin, will become more expensive the scarcer it is. So there’s no need to make many.”

 

When she was really treated like a young daughter, Hyo-rin made a strange expression and tried to do her Lu Bu act again, but Shin Hyeok lightly ignored it and recalled the law of supply and demand he had recently experienced.

 

The ministers from other countries who clung more desperately the fewer legendary equipment pieces Sejin made.

 

This would continue similarly this time too.

 

The reason?

 

That could be understood just by looking at the message from the elixir Shin Hyeok had taken earlier.

 

[Stat: Mana has increased by 500.]

 

A whopping 500 stats increased from just one elixir.

 

But the really important thing was separate.

 

[Not affected by tier limit stats.]

 

The elixir Hyo-rin made was free from the influence of tier-based stat limits.

 

With this, despite still being Gold, Shin Hyeok’s Stat: Mana had surpassed the 1,000 limit and reached 1,500.

 

In other words, Shin Hyeok now possessed 50% more mana than Players participating in the Integrated Gold League.

 

Of course, considering additional stats from equipment, traits, and skills, it wouldn’t practically be a full 50% difference, but this alone was sufficiently amazing.

 

Shin Hyeok knew well the impact this elixir would bring.

 

‘It was an elixir we couldn’t get even before regression. Players participating in the Integrated League were definitely given one each before being sent, and even the Iwhang Samjeo Owang had to run around to obtain them.’

 

Because he had already experienced it before regression.

 

Knowing how well this elixir would do, Shin Hyeok was confident that selling fewer would actually bring more money and interests.

 

“But if we make fewer elixirs, how do we handle material procurement? The Alchemy Guild runs on money from selling elixirs.”

 

“Our father will take care of that. Using Shinwha Distribution, we can buy at close to cost. No, actually cheaper than cost.”

 

“But that’s still not enough. Other alchemy guilds will put pressure on us. They won’t just sit and watch us do well.”

 

“That’s right. I have thoughts about that too.”

 

However, the problem was that other alchemy guilds and companies wouldn’t just sit and watch.

 

They would put all their efforts into interfering with material procurement by restricting or interfering with alchemical materials flowing to Shin Hyeok’s side.

 

But Shin Hyeok had already prepared a solution for this.

 

“We’ll receive payment for the elixirs in alchemical materials. About enough for ten elixirs?”

 

“…Dad, are you crazy? Buying ten with one? There’s no way buyers would tolerate such profiteering!”

 

Selling one elixir to receive materials for making ten elixirs.

 

Profiteering that shocked even Hyo-rin when she heard Shin Hyeok’s idea.

 

But instead, he looked at such Hyo-rin slyly.

 

‘Before regression, we took twenty times the profit. Is even the great Lu Bu Diao Chan still young at this time?’

 

Because before regression, Hyo-rin had taken even greater profits than this.

 

As if roughly reading such thoughts from Shin Hyeok, Hyo-rin frowned.

 

“Something, something feels bad. You had weird thoughts, didn’t you.”

 

“…Well, we should worry about not having enough to live on. There won’t be a problem with not being able to sell. The competitive psychology among Players doesn’t only apply to them.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“It will lead to and develop into competitive psychology between nations. Since the nations will pay the price, there’s no problem taking a little profit.”

 

“Wow, dad is really perfect trash.”

 

“So you don’t like it?”

 

“No? It’s the best. At this rate, I might not need to change dads for a while.”

 

“….”

 

The competitive psychology between Players.

 

Shin Hyeok flinched at Hyo-rin’s muttering as she gave a thumbs up in admiration at his plan to exploit the competitive psychology between nations to gain ten times the profit, but he quickly composed himself and poked Inguyn in the ribs, who had been blankly watching everything unfold.

 

“Why are you just standing there watching blankly?”

 

“Uh, huh? Why? My job is just to procure materials well, right? Even that will probably become unnecessary once elixir production gets into full swing….”

 

Drooping shoulders and voice.

 

Seeing Inguyn dejected about not being able to help his son much, Shin Hyeok playfully scolded him, asking what he was talking about.

 

“Father plays such an important role here, you can’t leave.”

 

“Huh? What do you mean, Shin Hyeok? No matter how I look at it, there’s nothing for me to do here?”

 

“Father. For distribution, you shouldn’t just handle buying, but selling too. How about the exclusive distribution rights for the elixirs Hyo-rin makes? Additionally, I’ll give you the exclusive distribution rights for the weapons that will be made in the workshop with Sejin hyung.”

 

“Ah, no. Is it really okay to just give away something so big like this? Either one alone would allow you to collect enormous fees during the distribution process. Especially with exclusive distribution rights, it’s not just about money-”

 

“You can gain interests greater than money. You could even change the entrenched power dynamics.”

 

“…Shin Hyeok, you. You’re thinking about something, aren’t you.”

 

Shin Hyeok handed Inguyn a bundle full of gifts as he tried to back out, saying this wasn’t his place.

 

Inguyn instinctively realized that Shin Hyeok was targeting something.

 

And that thought was correct.

 

“By taking away Shinwha Workshop, we’ve cut off Shinwha Guild’s lifeline. Now we need to put a leash on Shinwha Department Store.”

 

“…You’re targeting your sister. Your aunt?”

 

Shinwha Department Store.

 

The stronghold of Choi Seonhwa, Shin Hyeok’s aunt and Inguyn’s sister.

 

That place was exactly the next target.

 

“Shin Hyeok, even so, she’s family….”

 

Learning of Shin Hyeok’s target, Inguyn tried to persuade Shin Hyeok by bringing up principled arguments like the good father, good man, good person he was-

 

“There was never a place for our family in the Shinwha Family to begin with. And I love Shinwha, Father.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes, I love it so much that I think it would be great if companies bearing the Shinwha name grew from one to dozens, even hundreds.”

 

“….”

 

It didn’t work at all.

 

Shin Hyeok’s plan to break up Shinwha Group, having caught a severe case of loving Shinwha Group too much, was just beginning.

 

Of course, there was something that needed to be done first for that.

 

“I should start challenging the Colosseum Champion soon.”

 

That was Shin Hyeok’s own martial power.

 

In a world where a new class called Players had emerged, money and political power were important, but individual martial strength was probably the most important thing.

 

Knowing this well, Shin Hyeok quietly fingered the Colosseum Champion challenge ticket safely tucked in his chest.

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