If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 14

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Episode 14

The world had stopped, but I could instinctively tell.

This ‘stopped time’ wouldn’t last as long as when I received my report card a few hours ago.

As if proving my intuition right, the voice in my head urged me once again.

【Please roll the dice.】

I swallowed dry saliva as I fidgeted with the dice.

That newly appeared man.

I couldn’t see his entire face since he hadn’t removed his scarf and hat, but if that glimpse of his face was correct, he’s definitely someone I know!

No, that’s not right.

I should say that not just me, but the entire nation knows him.

‘How could such a famous person have any connection with me that would make the dice react?’

Suppressing my confusion, I threw the dice of fate.

The dice that flew into the air spun round and round.

First, the ordinary die stopped quickly. Number 4.

Second, the die with unknown numbers also spun like a top before slowly coming to a stop. Number 17.

【Challenger: 4 × 17 = 68】

【Examiner: 6 × 0 = 0】

【68 VS 0 : Great Victory!】

【Due to the challenger’s great victory, all connection information with ‘Bae Seo-nyeok’ has been unlocked.】

【Connection – Bae Seo-nyeok, born 1976】

【Category: Culture·Arts (Actor)】

【Potential: ★★★★☆

Destiny Power: ★★★★☆

Compatibility: ★★☆☆☆

Connection Level: ★★★★☆】

【An actor with exceptional potential and destiny power, possessing the rare golden ratio of great fortune. Someone with this kind of luck will continue to succeed both in the past and future, establishing themselves in history as the greatest actor of their era.

Your connection level with him is also very strong, but unfortunately your compatibility isn’t very good! What can you do? Since you’re the one at a disadvantage, you’d better try to make a good impression!】

“What?!”

‘Is that person really Bae Seo-nyeok?’

I don’t know whether I should be more surprised by the information the dice provided, or by the fact that the man before my eyes is actually Bae Seo-nyeok.

The information I gained from a single dice game was definitely not insignificant.

So the reason they didn’t give me a manual earlier was because they wanted me to experience and learn firsthand!

I trembled at the corners of my mouth as I quickly organized the information that had been automatically recognized in my head.

First, the [Dice of Connection].

This pair of dice was exactly what the name suggested – dice that told me about connections between others and myself.

They’re activated through dice games with the examiner, and results are divided into [Great Victory], [Victory], [Defeat], [Great Defeat], etc.

The amount of information unlocked varies depending on the game results, and if you suffer a major defeat, you receive no information at all.

I couldn’t throw the dice at every person I met.

They could only be used on people the dice reacted to, and sometimes they activated regardless of my will, like just now.

‘But… this is too good, isn’t it?’

To receive such a cheat item as a tutorial reward?

With this, I could determine everything from whether someone would be successful in the future to whether they’d be helpful to me!

‘Is it really okay to treat an extra this well?’

Mr. Minsu…

You’re living happily in America, right?

Even though you pushed me into the hellish pit of either 1 trillion won or brain death, meeting you was indeed fortunate after all…

I watched the people in the world that had started moving again, immersed in sentiment and lingering emotions.

“Seo-nyeok! What brings you all the way here?”

“What do you think? What kind of people are you two that you leave your child at school and don’t even answer your phones? Classes were canceled due to school circumstances, but they couldn’t reach the guardian, so they went to find your second son. So your second son contacted me to bring Hyeon-gyo.”

“They went to find your second brother…?”

Professor Eun Yeon-ju looked back and forth between Bae Seo-nyeok and Jeong Hyeon-gyo standing next to Bae Seo-nyeok with a pale complexion.

I was so flustered that I only noticed now.

Jeong Hyeon-gyo, who was already well-behaved, was standing next to Bae Seo-nyeok looking twice as quiet as usual.

The school probably refers to the Seoul National University Gifted Education Program that Jeong Hyeon-gyo has been attending recently.

According to Madam Bang, Eun Yeon-ju’s cousin is a Seoul National University professor – could that person be Bae Seo-nyeok’s second brother?

“This person is…”

Perhaps because of my glances at him, or because of our strong connection level, Bae Seo-nyeok also turned his gaze toward me.

Eun Yeon-ju, realizing her mistake, hurriedly made introductions.

“Say hello, Seo-nyeok. This is my close friend Bang Suk-yeong and her daughter. Sister, this is my cousin. His name is Bae Seo-nyeok-“

“Oh my~ I know! What’s with the introduction! Where in Korea is there someone who doesn’t know Mr. Bae Seo-nyeok! Nice to meet you. It’s an honor.”

Madam Bang Suk-yeong, who had been watching with anticipation, quickly grabbed Bae Seo-nyeok’s hand as if she’d been waiting for this moment.

My mother’s blooming smile was dizzyingly brilliant…

‘She probably doesn’t even smile like that at her own daughter.’

Well, it is that Bae Seo-nyeok, isn’t it?

The actor with the most Best Actor awards.

‘Trophy Killer’ Bae Seo-nyeok.

The system’s assessment of him as the greatest actor of his era wasn’t an exaggeration at all.

From his debut in 1994 with Director Haemun’s 《Blue Momentum》 until 2026, which I remember.

He was Korea’s greatest method actor who never once stepped down from the top position.

Right now he hasn’t been in the industry long enough to have the status I remember, but still, Bae Seo-nyeok is Bae Seo-nyeok.

In this era when youth stars were many but actors were rare, he was easily catching both rabbits and surging ahead with overwhelming momentum among actors his age.

“I never dreamed that Yeon-ju’s cousin would be him! How did you hide it so perfectly?”

That’s what I’d like to know.

What exactly is the Jeong Family?

‘From Rampa Lim to Bae Seo-nyeok…’

Famous people are camping out all around me.

Could it be that even that kid Jeong Hyeon-gyo is someone who’ll make it big somewhere?

‘Could he be a future big shot that only I don’t know about while everyone else does?’

My fingers were itching to throw the dice, but I didn’t know if the dice would react to him, plus there was a cooldown of once per week.

I glanced at Jeong Hyeon-gyo with regret, then narrowed my eyes.

‘But… why does he look so unwell?’

He’d been silent ever since appearing with Bae Seo-nyeok, and his complexion was pale as if he might collapse at any moment.

But the adults were frighteningly uninterested.

“Mom, Mom.”

“Mm-hmm. Sweetie~ Just a moment. Mom’s busy right now. Later. So Seo-nyeok, about that autograph-“

“…”

No, lady over there…

“Mom! Isn’t Hyeon-gyo oppa sick or something?”

“Huh?”

Only then did the adults notice Jeong Hyeon-gyo and start flustering. More precisely, only my mom.

“Oh my! Why does Hyeon-gyo look like this? Hyeon-gyo! Are you sick somewhere? You don’t have a fever though?”

“I’m… fine, ma’am.”

“Sister, please calm down. She’s been like this often lately. We changed her diet a bit because she’s taking herbal medicine, and unlike her usual self, she’s been fussing about the side dishes because of that…”

“What? She’s not eating well because she’s fussing about the side dishes? Hyeon-gyo, I thought you had matured~ but you’re still a child? That won’t do. You’re in your growth period, so you need to eat well.”

At the scolding that he was incorrigible, Jeong Hyeon-gyo glanced at his mother and lowered his eyes with his characteristic calm expression.

“Yes. I was wrong.”

‘Something’s strange…’

I couldn’t say exactly what, but somehow the atmosphere felt odd.

I rolled my eyes inconspicuously.

My mother as oblivious as always, Jeong Hyeon-gyo with his eyes downcast, Professor Eun Yeon-ju who seemed to be forcing a smile, and Bae Seo-nyeok standing there as if he didn’t want to be involved…

Fortunately, the atmosphere didn’t last long.

Bae Seo-nyeok, who had been pretending not to notice and staring at the ground with his hands in his coat pockets, bluntly spoke up.

“Cousin. I’m leaving.”

“Already? It’s dinner time, so eat before you go. I’ll prepare something.”

“No thanks. As if I’d get indigestion eating at that house.”

Bae Seo-nyeok politely greeted my mother as well, then turned his head toward me.

As if he had already noticed my constant glancing, just before putting his sunglasses back on, the youth star pulled down his scarf and smiled at me.

“!”

“Take care, little one. Get along well with my nephew.”

Bae Seo-nyeok walked away with long strides without any lingering attachment, but only then did I start trembling with regret. I couldn’t close my gaping mouth at all.

Why… why didn’t anyone tell me?

That Bae Seo-nyeok was that handsome when he was young?!

‘Come back!’

Please give me an autograph too, sob sob…!

♧

Ding.

The elevator stopped at the 9th floor.

The mother and daughter from apartment 901 kept looking back this way as they got off, seeming worried about Jeong Hyeon-gyo’s pale complexion.

The clouded expressions of the two people, one big and one small, looked just like a matching set, and normally Jeong Hyeon-gyo would have smiled, but today it was impossible.

As soon as the front door closed, a hand flew toward him.

Smack!

His cheek immediately became hot.

Instead of rubbing his stinging cheek, Jeong Hyeon-gyo submissively lowered his gaze as he always did.

Sharp shouts poured out like the sound of metal.

“You did that on purpose, didn’t you?! Huh? You did it on purpose, right?”

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