Genius Blacksmith’s Game - Chapter 57

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The Genius Blacksmith’s Game

 

 

 

 

Repayment (1)

 

 

 

When the scorching flames erupted from Ifrit and engulfed the surroundings, Barad wanted to die.

Having fulfilled his final wish, he no longer felt any value in living.

‘It was because of me……’

Barad had lived with regret.

If only he had firmly refused Ban’s whining about wanting to see the Fire Dragon’s nest, or if only he had been stronger.

It was while he was clutching the necklace, staring at the ceiling, and waiting for death.

“Will that bring them back alive?”

Barad’s head turned. Hyeon-su, wearing blue armor, was looking at him.

“……You don’t understand. No one else knows.”

This anguish in my heart.

“I’m sure your deceased son would be delighted.”

Those words angered Barad.

He grabbed Hyeon-su’s collar with all his strength.

“Don’t speak carelessly, what do you know! Do you know the sorrow of losing a child because of me!?”

It’s a feeling no one can understand.

He was the only remaining blood relative.

“……I do.”

But this person called Hyeon-su said that. Hyeon-su smiled bitterly and began his own story.

The story of how he rushed into the blacksmith shop to save his father, but his father still hasn’t woken up.

“If only I had been faster then, if only I hadn’t gone to meet my friend that day, if only I had been by my father’s side that day.”

Barad looked into those eyes.

“But I’ve decided not to do that anymore. Do you know why?”

Hyeon-su smiled softly.

“Because Your Majesty’s son and my father would want us to live magnificently and happily.”

Upon hearing those words, Barad collapsed.

He hung his head and wept.

Blacksmith Hyeon.

He patted his back and said.

“……It’s not our fault. So let’s live. As they would want us to.”

The king’s broken heart was restored.

The greatest comfort was empathy and his words that it wasn’t our fault.

Whoooosh-

Hyeon, whose blue armor had disappeared, was soon swallowed by fire and turned to ash.

Watching him disappear, the king murmured.

“……Thank you.”

And he escaped from those flames on his own.

 

Having finished his recollection, Barad missed the Outsider called Hyeon-su and said.

“Hyeon-su. I miss that child so much.”

“I’ll hurry and bring him here.”

He raised his hand to stop Bell, who was about to step forward.

“Call the prime minister first.”

“Yes.”

Shortly after, Goyard Kingdom’s Prime Minister Bolson entered.

“I believe you’ve already finished appraising the three swords.”

“That’s correct, Your Majesty.”

Prime Minister Bolson had heard the story from Bell and immediately appraised the three swords.

“How did those swords look to you?”

“I judged that the two Epic-grade swords are close to Unique grade. The fourth custom-crafted sword by Hyeon had fire resistance beyond common sense, and the fifth custom-crafted sword had amazing mystical power imbued in it.”

The prime minister gave the two swords the highest value within their respective grades.

“What about the last sword?”

“It was also my first time seeing a legendary sword in person.”

The lingering impression from when Bolson first saw that sword still hadn’t faded.

“I appraised its price based on precedents of other legendary swords being sold. While it belongs to the lower tier among legendary swords, I considered that with just that sword, one could display stronger power than anyone when fighting fire-attribute monsters.”

Barad slowly nodded. And Bolson couldn’t understand why he kept asking continued questions.

His Majesty has no interest in other people’s affairs.

He’s also someone who wouldn’t care about how much a sword costs.

No matter how expensive, it was a different story for the king of a kingdom.

Soon Barad spoke.

“Calculate by adding 30% to the appraised price of the swords.”

“……Pardon?”

Bolson was surprised. The currently set price was already enough for ordinary blacksmiths to live comfortably for several years without working.

But the king personally told him to raise that amount?

Soon Bolson was surprised by that look in his eyes.

What dwelt in the king’s eyes. It was affection for Hyeon-su.

“Understood.”

“Tell me the calculated amount, I will personally give him the reward.”

Bolson added 30% to the previously appraised price right there and informed him.

After Bolson left, Barad put on his clothes and walked to the audience chamber.

 

 

 

One day in reality. Three days had passed in the game.

Hyeon-su rested for a day while looking for a new house to move to.

‘The landlady gave me quite a discount.’

The new house he looked at was a semi-basement studio apartment. It was similar in size to his current house but twice as expensive.

He hadn’t signed the contract yet.

‘I wonder how much I’ll be able to receive?’

Hyeon-su also looked into market prices.

A legendary artifact recently traded for 800 million won.

Compared to that, Hyeon’s sixth custom-crafted sword was slightly inferior to that weapon.

‘I wonder if he’s awakened by now?’

Hyeon-su was also worried about Barad’s condition. After drinking a sip of water, he entered the capsule.

 

[You have logged in.]

 

As soon as he connected, Hyeon-su’s chest ached.

‘Ugh…… Level 1 down……’

Ares imposes penalties when forcibly logged out.

Bell immediately came looking for him.

“His Majesty has awakened. He is asking for Hyeon-su.”

Hyeon-su walked following Bella. Soon he was able to have an audience with Barad, who appeared much recovered, in the audience chamber.

Looking at him, Barad opened his mouth.

“There’s something I want to ask.”

“Please speak.”

“……I know that Outsiders are immortal, able to revive even after death. You too must have known you would die in that moment, yet was there a reason you risked death to say those words?”

“There are two reasons.”

“Two reasons?”

Barad made a puzzled expression.

“The first reason is because I wanted His Majesty, who bears the same weight as I do, to live.”

I wanted you to live.

Those words strangely resonated deeply in Barad’s heart.

Barad knew. If it had been others instead of Hyeon-su.

Even if Bella or others had said such words, he wouldn’t have been swayed.

But when Hyeon-su said those words, the reason he pulled himself together was because of empathy.

Because he had the same pain as himself, and he could feel the sincerity in those words.

“The second?”

At Barad’s question, Hyeon-su gazed into his eyes.

“Because I was confident that I could receive sufficient reward for it.”

Barad smiled slightly at those words that could have been arrogant.

That’s what he intended. Those words showed him how clever this person was.

Of course, even if he hadn’t received compensation for the second reason, he would have made the same choice.

 

[Intimacy with Barad reaches MAX.]

 

Hyeon-su couldn’t hide his surprise inwardly.

Before being forcibly logged out in the tomb, Hyeon-su had heard notifications that his intimacy had risen several times.

And that intimacy had reached its peak with the conversation just now.

‘MAX intimacy with a named character like Barad……’

Hyeon-su’s heart pounded.

And Barad said.

“You’re right.”

 

[Chain Quest: The King’s Crafting Commission Complete]

[King Barad grants a reward for your remarkable achievement.]

 

Again.

Hyeon-su heard this notification every time he received or completed quests.

A reward for remarkable achievement.

Originally, it would just end with a notification like ‘You can receive a reward.’

Usually this notification could be heard when a quest was completed excellently.

“I’ve finished appraising the three swords you crafted.”

At Barad’s words, Hyeon-su gulped down dry saliva.

Epic grade swords. And the average value of swords at a level that Barad could equip was about 3,000 gold.

“First, let me talk about the two Epic grade swords. According to Chancellor Bolson, they have value worthy of being called top-tier even within the same grade.”

Hyeon-su quietly listened to that story.

“For the fourth Custom Crafting sword, I’ll pay 8,600 gold. For the fifth, Hyeon’s Custom Crafting sword, I’ll pay 9,000 gold.”

Hyeon-su was surprised.

‘I thought at most I’d get 5,000 gold per sword……?’

Of course, 5,000 gold wasn’t a small amount either. One sword was worth about 5 million won in Korean currency.

The two swords together totaled 17.6 million won.

“Lastly. Let me talk about the value of the sword that saved my life. Let me first say that I too am pleased to possess such a legendary sword.”

Barad smiled slightly while looking at Hyeon’s sixth Custom Crafting sword placed carefully to one side.

Hyeon-su tensed up.

He was curious about the value of the first legendary artifact he had created.

 

 

 

Ho-seok, the team leader of Hanseong Hospital’s administration department, received a call from nurse Ji-hye.

‘Hyeon-su says he wants to consult about a VVIP room.’

Ho-seok was in charge of VVIP rooms in the administration department and managed the entire administration team.

‘Kang Hyeon-su?’

And Ho-seok frowned at the fact that the person wanting VVIP room consultation was Kang Hyeon-su.

Ho-seok actually didn’t like Hyeon-su.

Of course, at first Ho-seok had also felt sorry for Hyeon-su.

But how much had the higher-ups pressured him because of Hyeon-su’s overdue hospital bills?

He’d been dragged to the director and told to kick him out more than once or twice.

The hospital wasn’t a charity, so it was natural.

Of course, he’d recently heard that he paid about 50 million won at once.

‘A VVIP room is different from paying 50 million won.’

VVIP rooms were used by people who earned at least billions of won annually. At most, even asset holders worth hundreds of billions were common.

But that Kang Hyeon-su who had overdue hospital bills?

‘Why does Ji-hye like that person anyway.’

Actually, the reason Ho-seok, who had blocked the director’s pressure for Hyeon-su until recently, came to dislike him was because of Ji-hye.

Because he found out that Ji-hye liked Hyeon-su.

Ho-seok liked Ji-hye.

‘Is it because he’s young and has no sense of money? I should make it clear – focus on paying treatment costs rather than thinking about VVIP rooms.’

Ho-seok planned to speak very harshly.

On the other hand, he also thought that maybe Hyeon-su had developed vanity after handling quite a large sum of money at his young age.

With that, Ho-seok entered the consultation room.

Entering the consultation room, Ho-seok found Hyeon-su sitting on the sofa.

He stood up and bowed his head politely.

“You want to consult about a VVIP room for your father?”

“Yes.”

Ho-seok, taking his seat, immediately got to the point.

“VVIP room fees require 3 months prepayment.”

VVIP room fees cost about 20 million won per month.

“I’d like to prepay today and move him.”

At Hyeon-su’s words, Ho-seok made a puzzled expression.

Prepay a bit? So you’re prepaying about 100 or 200 million won?

It was quite unexpected.

‘Still, it’s nowhere near enough to maintain a VVIP room while paying for his own treatment costs.’

So Ho-seok asked.

“How much are you prepaying?”

“1 billion won.”

Ho-seok’s eyes widened in shock.

“Are, are you depositing it right away?”

“Yes.”

And Ho-seok was soon able to see that 1 billion won had actually been deposited into the hospital account.

‘How, how……?’

Hoseok was shocked.

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