Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 12
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Episode 12
“So… Manwol Guild has five people this year as well… Is that correct?”
The man looking down at a small tablet-
Ji Min-gi, a section chief from the Interdimensional Management Bureau.
He held up five fingers with his other hand.
“You just need me to tell you the number of awakened among our direct family members, right?”
“Yes. You only need to tell us about direct family. We plan to investigate the other Manwol Guild members separately.”
“Then that’s correct. Our Chairman. And… including myself, four people below him.”
Then Choi Sung-joo, sitting across from him.
Chairman Choi’s eldest son slowly nodded his head.
The fact that the fifth son, Choi Hyun-min, hadn’t become an awakened…
Well, it was a fact known by the entire nation, so there was no need to mention it.
At that answer, Section Chief Ji’s head tilted slightly.
Just very slightly to the side.
“Hmm… Five people including the Chairman… from what you’ve told me…”
“Don’t you know? What situation our youngest is in…”
“Ah, yes, that’s right. I apologize.”
“Not at all. You said you haven’t been in charge of comprehensive surveys for long, so it’s perfectly understandable.”
Comprehensive awakened survey.
The Interdimensional Management Bureau would dispatch employees directly every year to tally the number of awakened.
Among those numerous employees, Ji Min-gi was the one assigned to Manwol this year.
There was so much already known about Manwol’s fifth son.
And the guild members belonging to Manwol were so well-known that there wasn’t even a need for detailed investigation.
Even so-
‘Hmm…’
Ji Min-gi’s expression was subtle.
As if there was something more.
His mouth moved for a while, then stopped without uttering any words.
“Understood. Thank you for your cooperation.”
“Don’t mention it. You must be busy with work, thank you for the trouble of coming all the way to Manwol.”
Choi Sung-joo, Chairman Choi’s eldest son.
One of his main duties – hospitality – was finally about to end.
Ji Min-gi slowly rose from the brown leather sofa.
He started to get up from the seat across from him, then paused.
He looked toward where Ji Min-gi was.
“Um… I have something I’d like to ask separately…”
“A request?”
At Section Chief Ji’s words, Choi Sung-joo’s eyebrows twitched.
What could it be.
As his eyes scanned Ji Min-gi’s entire body.
His mouth opened again.
“If it wouldn’t be rude, I’d like to have a brief conversation with the youngest young master… Would that be possible?”
“The youngest… It’s not impossible, but it would be difficult. As you know, he’s been in seclusion for quite a long time.”
“I’m aware of that… But couldn’t we arrange even just a word somehow?”
This kind of situation was the most troublesome.
If it had been a reporter.
Or someone from another guild, he would have chased them away saying it was nonsense.
Though the other party was low-ranking, he was someone from the government.
Moreover, he belonged to the Interdimensional Management Bureau, which was directly related to their work.
Since they couldn’t know how much this person named Ji Min-gi might grow in the long term.
From Manwol’s standpoint, they needed to befriend all government people.
‘Anyway, even if we go to meet that guy, he won’t meet with us.’
No, maybe this was actually a good thing.
They could just graciously agree from their side.
Choi Hyun-min would handle the refusal himself.
It would be like creating a small debt, wouldn’t it.
Having finished his calculations in his head, Choi Sung-joo.
He nodded toward Ji Min-gi while wearing his business smile.
“As you know, our youngest has been carrying a burden in his heart for a long time, so he’ll probably be quite reluctant… But since Section Chief Ji has come, I’ll make a special effort just this once.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Something that wouldn’t happen anyway.
It would be better to make a show of it.
Thinking this, Choi Sung-joo.
He asked the secretary who was waiting nearby to provide guidance.
“Secretary Lee.”
“Yes, young master.”
“Please guide Section Chief Ji to the room where our youngest is. Tell them I’ve given permission for a private meeting, and they should accommodate it.”
“Ah, understood. Please come this way.”
“Oh, I have somewhere urgent to go… Secretary Lee, I’m counting on you.”
Leaving only those words behind, Choi Sung-joo hurriedly left.
Indeed, Manwol’s eldest son must be busy.
Section Chief Ji stared blankly at his retreating figure.
“Please come this way, Section Chief. I’ll guide you from here.”
“Ah, yes yes. Thank you.”
He bowed his head awkwardly at the secretary’s words.
Click. Click. Click.
Then Secretary Lee quickly widened the distance.
A strange excitement was dwelling in Ji Min-gi’s face as he followed behind.
‘Finally… Finally I can confirm the truth.’
Manwol’s fifth son, shrouded in mystery.
No, to be precise-
The sixth awakened.
He clutched the tablet in his hand tightly enough to crush it.
The blinking screen.
Inside it, the words [Manwol Awakened: 6] were clearly displayed.
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‘The Interdimensional Management Bureau?’
An unfamiliar voice heard from outside.
Choi Hyun-min momentarily doubted his ears.
‘How did the Interdimensional Management Bureau find their way here?’
What they did for work.
Why they had come here – he roughly knew.
But that’s exactly why he couldn’t understand why they had come looking for him.
Choi Hyun-min hesitated for a moment.
“I received permission from Choi Sung-joo… Could you spare just a moment of your time?”
None other than Choi Sung-joo.
His eldest brother was practically no different from Chairman Choi’s representative.
That meant Chairman Choi had given his approval…
“Please wait just a moment.”
After pondering, he slightly opened the door.
Creak.
Then through the gap in the door, an unfamiliar face appeared.
A perfectly fitted black suit.
Neatly groomed hair.
Red-framed glasses that seemed mismatched with the rest.
The man inside smiled brightly as soon as he made eye contact with Choi Hyun-min.
“I’m Ji Min-gi from the Interdimensional Management Bureau, Awakening Management Agency.”
“Ah… Yes… I’m Choi Hyun-min of Manwol.”
He reflexively stated his name in response to the greeting flying his way.
Even so, why did he unconsciously put emphasis on the two syllables ‘Manwol’?
“…”
“…”
An awkward moment of silence flowed between them.
Ji Min-gi was the first to break it.
“Um… may I come in for a moment?”
“P-please do.”
In the past, he wouldn’t have met or let anyone in.
But Choi Hyun-min had changed after going through awakening.
Besides, this person had come to Manwol as a guest.
‘I can’t just push him away just because I’m not pleased to see him.’
Choi Hyun-min should treat him well, shouldn’t he?
Creeeeak.
And so Ji Min-gi became the first outsider to set foot inside.
He carefully stepped into the room one step at a time.
“Ah… so this is…”
The room of that rumored youngest master?
Of course, he didn’t say that much.
Instead, he just busily moved his eyes around, examining the interior.
“Ah, please sit down.”
“Sh-shall I?”
Watching him, Choi Hyun-min stammered an invitation.
Of course, since there were no chairs or anything.
The two men pushed aside numerous block toys and sat cross-legged on the floor.
“Do you happen to know why I came here?”
As soon as their eyes met, Ji Min-gi asked.
Why he came.
“Well… I heard there’s periodic counting of awakened individuals… isn’t that it?”
“That’s correct. You know exactly.”
Having found some composure, Ji Min-gi smiled slightly at Choi Hyun-min’s answer.
However, Choi Hyun-min’s mind was still full of question marks.
“If that’s the case… there’s no need for you to specifically come find me, is there?”
It hadn’t even been a week since Choi Hyun-min awakened.
Their data couldn’t possibly be updated yet.
He spoke with that thought in mind-
But the answer that came back was completely unexpected.
“The Awakening Management Agency under the Interdimensional Management Bureau. People like me who belong there mainly handle awakened individual management.”
“I know that.”
“Naturally, the information given to such people is very different from that of ordinary citizens.”
“That’s obvious-“
Wait a minute.
For him to say that much…
‘Don’t tell me this person knows that I’ve awakened?’
That couldn’t be.
Even his family didn’t know about his awakening.
Even Secretary Kim, who took care of him most closely.
Even Kim Yun-hyun, who stood by 24 hours a day, didn’t know.
Had he read Choi Hyun-min’s inner thoughts?
He muttered in a voice so small it couldn’t be heard outside.
“Congratulations, Mr. Choi Hyun-min.”
“…Pardon?”
“Congratulations on your awakening.”
So he did know after all.
No wonder the Interdimensional Management Bureau would suddenly come looking for him.
But he decided to deny it for now.
‘If it gets out for no reason, it might become noisy like before. I don’t want that.’
If his awakening became known to the outside world, the media would obviously make a big deal of it.
Then reporters and such people would swarm in like vultures.
Just thinking about it was horrifying.
“I awakened? N-no, that hasn’t happened…”
“You don’t need to hide it. We have technology that can directly access mazes and systems. We found out through that.”
Damn.
He couldn’t even hide it.
But having come this far, Choi Hyun-min intended to persist to the end.
“I don’t particularly intend to hide anything…”
“Then may I verify it directly myself?”
“Verify?”
With those words, Ji Min-gi pulled out a small bracelet from his pocket.
It was a black object that looked like a wrist guard.
He took out a wire and connected it to his tablet, then waved the bracelet.
“It’ll just take a moment.”
He wanted him to wear this?
Gulp.
It wasn’t like a lie detector, was it?
‘They said Awakening Management Agency, but they’re troublesome people.’
It was an awkward situation to refuse.
After hesitating for a moment, Choi Hyun-min thought ‘whatever’ and took the bracelet.
“Just wear it on your left wrist.”
“L-like this?”
“Yes. Like that. That’s right.”
When he put the bracelet on his wrist, it felt slightly constricting.
Seeing this, Ji Min-gi.
He turned the tablet screen he was holding toward him.
“Can you see it?”
“What is this?”
“This is a potential tester for awakened individuals.”
“A potential tester?”
“So… it’s an app that displays an awakened person’s skills or potential abilities as numbers from 0 to 999. If you haven’t awakened as you said, it would show 0.”
Perhaps because it hadn’t been activated yet.
On the screen, large digital numbers showed three digits: ‘000’.
“Do awakened people show 1?”
“That’s the minimum figure. Oh, and for reference, Eun Ji-hun, who’s currently ranked first, is known to have scored just over 500.”
500.
At those words, Choi Hyun-min’s eyes sparkled.
‘I… I wonder how much I’ll get?’
His earlier suspicions and thoughts about hiding the fact of his awakening were pushed far away.
Before he knew it, his gaze was fixed on the screen.
‘My awakening name was Transcendent Lord…’
How much would it be?
Meanwhile, Section Chief Ji Min-gi finished his preparations.
He firmly pressed the ‘Start’ button embedded below the numbers.
“Well then, please wait just a moment. I’ll begin now.”
[Analyzing.]
Along with the dry electronic voice, a gauge bar appeared at the bottom.
The white bar gradually filled with red, and the moment that gauge reached the end.
[Measurement complete.]
Ding!
A clear notification sound rang out.
Along with it, the numbers that had been 000 began to slowly rise.
1, 2, 3…
How much would it be?
Ji Min-gi quietly stared at the continuously rising numbers.
“…Huh?”
The moment he saw the numbers on the screen, he almost let out a sound.
‘This… why isn’t it stopping?!’
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