Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

“Hey, Ji Min-gi. Did your trip go well?”

The Awakening Management Agency that oversees all awakened individuals.

As soon as he returned there, Ji Min-gi slumped down into his chair.

“Haa… For the most part.”

“Why are you being such a drama queen? Didn’t you just go to Manwol today?”

“That’s right.”

“A major guild like Manwol already has complete surveys done on how many people they have, right? You just need to match the headcount, don’t you?”

One of the main duties of the Awakening Management Agency was ‘counting numbers.’

Literally, one of their jobs was to directly visit and investigate the current status of awakened individuals.

While going around to each place one by one wasn’t exactly easy work.

Rather, large guilds like Manwol were relatively easy places since investigations were already complete on who the awakened individuals were.

Or how many awakened individuals there were.

“W-well, that’s true.”

“The higher-ups sent you to an easy place because you haven’t been here long. I went around several small guilds today.”

“That must have been really tough.”

Whew-

His senior colleague pulled over a chair from across the room and sat down with a sigh.

Ji Min-gi’s head nodded automatically at his words.

His eyes were half-closing.

Just as he was struggling to place his hands on the keyboard.

“Oh right, what happened with that thing?”

“What thing?”

Ji Min-gi’s eyebrows twitched at his senior’s words.

When he glanced across, a curious gaze flew his way.

“That… Manwol’s ‘troublemaker,’ you know.”

“Ah… You mean Mr. Choi Hyun-min?”

“Yeah, that guy. He awakened, right?”

“…That’s right? It hasn’t been announced publicly yet though.”

Information about awakened individuals is classified.

Of course, they couldn’t reveal investigated matters to outsiders.

Even among team members, accessing information about awakened individuals other than those assigned to you was also forbidden.

Nevertheless…

There are always people like this.

“So. What did he get?”

“What do you mean?”

“The awakening thing, the higher-ups already reported and know about it. I’m talking about ‘potential.’ You must have measured it, right?”

At those words.

Glance.

Ji Min-gi’s gaze turned toward his senior.

He seemed like the typical type who would go around blabbing about everything.

After thinking for a moment, he opened his mouth with a calm expression.

“He got a 1.”

“Come on, you’re lying. Does that make sense? I’ve worked here for years. In all the potential measurements I’ve done on people, I’ve never seen a single 1!”

Sure enough.

Even though he told the truth(?), his senior waved his hand dismissively as if he couldn’t believe it.

Ji Min-gi sighed and pulled out his phone.

Then he showed the part where Choi Hyun-min’s record was captured.

“You can see it, right? He got a 1.”

“Let me see. No matter how talentless someone is, that can’t be… Huh? It really is a 1?”

The number 1 clearly displayed on the phone screen.

His senior’s expression twisted strangely.

“I told you I wasn’t lying.”

In case he might have doubts.

Ji Min-gi quickly retrieved his phone, leaving his senior tilting his head in confusion.

‘There’s no need to tell someone with such a loose tongue like this person everything straight up.’

Fortunately, his senior didn’t have any more doubts after seeing the photo.

Instead, he changed his attitude as if he had expected this and just muttered.

“Well, I guess so. He couldn’t awaken for nearly 30 years and only just did now… It’s natural that he’d have no talent at all. That guy is really pitiful, so pitiful.”

His senior rambled on by himself for a while.

Then he left Ji Min-gi alone and went over to the opposite department to start spreading what had just happened.

“You know what? Our team’s new guy just came back from Manwol, and their youngest young master, well…”

As expected.

Ji Min-gi shook his head watching his senior immediately go off to spread rumors.

He began writing his report with half-closed eyes.

[Awakened Individual Field Investigation Report]

It was just writing down what had happened as it was.

Should he report the facts as they were?

When it came to Choi Hyun-min’s turn, Ji Min-gi hesitated for a moment.

‘Still… since this is a report going to higher-ups, it would be right to report the facts, wouldn’t it?’

Let’s see.

He could submit the potential as 001…

He was writing down the facts as he had seen them when he paused.

At the end, he added one more paragraph.

Special Notes

Continuous observation required

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The sound of knocking from outside the room.

Choi Hyun-min confirmed that the Block Toys had stopped and slightly opened the door.

“Ah, Secretary Kim.”

“I’m sorry for the sudden visit.”

As he had heard, Secretary Kim was standing outside with a troubled expression.

What could it be about?

After bowing deeply in greeting, he just looked this way without saying anything.

“Is there something wrong?”

“Well… Actually, the chairman has urgently asked a favor of you, young master… but I’m wondering if it might be too unreasonable…”

A favor?

For me?

The moment he heard those words, he felt something boiling up inside his body.

Finally, I’m being recognized as a person of Manwol too!

Choi Hyun-min unconsciously clenched his fists tight.

He shot a look that urged the next words.

“And then?”

“Well… There’s a New Hunter who recently joined Manwol, do you know about this?”

“Hmm, I’ve heard about it. I heard that a very talented person joined.”

“That’s right! They received an S-rank evaluation!”

Choi Hyun-min answered vaguely to Secretary Kim’s question.

Of course I know!

He had known for a while about the news that a new Hunter had joined Manwol.

I heard he was such an outstanding friend, so naturally I should be happy for him as a member of the Manwol family.

‘I’m ashamed to say, but I was so envious of that friend that I couldn’t sleep for several nights.’

He couldn’t bring himself to voice what was truly in his heart and swallowed it down.

Fortunately, it seemed he hadn’t noticed.

Secretary Kim continued speaking toward him with the same serious expression.

“Originally, we were planning to make new armor for that friend. But all the crafting artisans we had contracts with ran off to the Phoenix Union side!”

“Phoenix…?”

“You know them! Those idiots who are so consumed with inferiority complex that they tremble just hearing Manwol’s name!”

It had been nearly 10 years since Manwol had maintained its solid first place position among all guilds.

Guilds that coveted that position and harbored deep resentment.

And countless guilds that were jealous and tried to scheme against them – it was only natural, in a way.

Of course, Choi Hyun-min felt a bit uncomfortable because of the ‘Golden Heart’ he had secretly taken.

“Ah, yes.”

“They deliberately tried to keep us in check by snatching away all the crafting Hunters we were in contact with. Because of that incident, our schedule to prepare armor for the new Hunter got completely messed up!”

Secretary Kim was practically breathing fire from his mouth.

He glanced at him cautiously and then-

“Um… So, the thing is, the Chairman asked me to make a request through me.”

“What is it?”

“Well… Like with the goblin leather before, it seems you have connections with merchants and artisans… Could you possibly get us some decent armor? The Chairman specifically asked for this…”

Huh?

I have established connections with merchants and artisans?

Me?

Choi Hyun-min tilted his head at hearing this for the first time.

‘It seems like there’s some misunderstanding.’

Could it be that incident when I got them goblin leather.

Do they think I bought it from somewhere?

‘Well… Even I would find it hard to believe that someone suddenly awakened one day and brought back a thousand pieces of goblin leather.’

Now he could finally understand what Secretary Kim had mentioned before about factories.

Or about business funds.

‘Father seems to be under the impression that I’ve become a businessman…’

Either way, it didn’t matter as long as it helped Manwol and his family.

After thinking for a moment, Choi Hyun-min.

He brought over a leather armor that had been made as a cottage industry in one corner of the room.

‘Anyway, it’s something I can’t use, and the toys can’t wear it either.’

An item that those guys had made.

Rather than selling it to other people, it would be better for guild members to use it.

“What is that?”

Secretary Kim’s eyes lit up with interest the moment he saw the leather armor.

At his words, Choi Hyun-min gave an awkward smile.

“I was wondering if something like this might work.”

Half curiosity, half amazement.

To think he’d produce armor right after bringing up the topic of armor.

Secretary Kim stared at him with wide eyes.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

As soon as he received the armor, he used his appraisal ability.

Then the armor’s stats appeared before his eyes.

At first, Secretary Kim read through the message with a face full of curiosity.

“W-wait a minute!”

His expression gradually hardened.

“Yes?”

“This armor… How on earth did you obtain this?!”

Secretary Kim checked the item’s stats several times as if he couldn’t believe it.

Since he was also a former Hunter.

He had the ability to clearly distinguish which items were good or bad.

And which stats would be helpful.

“Natural healing, weight reduction, and physical attack nullification abilities!!!”

He was so shocked.

Secretary Kim kept flipping and examining the armor repeatedly as if he couldn’t believe it.

“It seems like a decent item…”

“Just decent?! Among low-level items, I’ve never seen anything with such ridiculous stats!”

Secretary Kim spat as he refuted Choi Hyun-min’s words.

His eyes were bulging as if they might pop out.

“H-how exactly do you maintain contact with these artisans, young master? Just like when you got us all that goblin leather before.”

“Oh, no… Well… I guess I was lucky…”

“Lucky?! Excessive modesty isn’t always a good thing, young master!”

Grab.

Wh-what?

Why is he suddenly holding my hand?

He grabbed Choi Hyun-min’s hand and stared directly at him.

His eyes were glistening as if he might shed tears at any moment.

“I will definitely tell the Chairman! Even though you don’t directly enter the Maze to fight, I’ll tell him how much you’re suffering for Manwol in your room!”

No…

It’s not entirely wrong, but.

What I’ve done so far couldn’t really be called suffering.

‘If I had to say, all I did was secretly sneak out of my room to distribute sausages.’

The Block Toys were handling the Maze breakthrough without him having to step forward.

Of course, this fact was unknown to Secretary Kim and everyone else.

“Please wait just a moment! I’ll go straight to the Chairman and tell him about your hard work, young master!”

“Uh… You don’t need to go that far…”

It feels like the misunderstanding is getting deeper…

Before he could say anything, Secretary Kim turned his back.

He hugged the leather armor that Choi Hyun-min had given him tightly to his chest.

Then he immediately ran up to the upper floor where the Chairman’s Office was located.

‘It’s just one piece of armor… Nothing major should happen, right?’

Even then, he never dreamed.

That the armor Choi Hyun-min had made-

No, that the armor the Block Toys had created would turn the Manwol Guild upside down.

‘For now, let me organize the remaining Lord Points.’

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