If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 65

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Episode 65

“….”

“Go ahead and tell people if you want. There’s no evidence anyway. If you do that, I’ll say I’m being wronged, ask where’s the proof, say that you’re framing me- Ack!”

Namihee let out a sharp scream and forcefully hunched her shoulders.

She must have thought I was going to hit her.

‘As if.’

Would I really do something so vulgar?

I lowered my raised arm and stroked the top of Namihee’s head, then continued downward to slowly cup her cheeks with both hands.

“Mihee. Sister Mihee.”

“…Why, why… G-go away-“

“Namihee. You’re going to succeed. You’ll definitely succeed and climb up to those distant~ high places.”

“!”

“When you’ve climbed so high that you can’t be brought down, you’ll walk the red carpet triumphantly in front of those who looked down on you. I know. Even if no one else knows, I’m absolutely certain.”

Namihee’s eyes, soaked with moisture, wavered without direction.

She looked quite confused, and perhaps because of my sweet words, her hostility seemed to fade slightly.

Fool. I smiled and continued whispering.

“And me too. I’ll be right there beside you then.”

“…What?”

Listen carefully.

“When you take the stairs, I’ll take the elevator right beside you, and when you climb mountains, I’ll be in the sky on a cable car. I’ll always be there beside you, above you like that. So when you cry, I’ll laugh. Very happily. While enjoying things that are even better than what might have been yours, what you rightfully should have had.”

“Seo, Seosing-!”

“So you absolutely must climb high. Sister Mihee. So I can climb even higher.”

Threats aren’t about stealing and tearing things, crying and screaming wickedly.

Such one-dimensional threats are too childish and base to work on seasoned adults.

I could feel Namihee trembling violently.

Oh my. I lowered my eyebrows pitifully. I gently caressed the child’s cheek soothingly and softened my tone.

“Try to have a kinder heart. Okay?”

“…Hic, sob.”

“Otherwise you’ll regret it when you go to hell. What if you fall into a place with only kids like you? No one will save you then. Don’t regret it when that time comes. Please, live kindly from now on. Sister. You understand, right?”

Namihee nodded slightly.

Good. After wiping away all her tears, I left the restroom.

I had things to do.

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【Connection – Namihee (Na Eun-ra), born 1988】

【Category: Culture·Arts (Actor)】

【Potential: ★★★☆☆

Destiny Power: ★★★★★

Compatibility: ☆☆☆☆☆

Connection Level: ★★★☆☆】

【You say you can’t see the compatibility? No, that’s not right. It exists in the system, just not displayed. Think of it as about 0.5 stars. You say that’s worse than nothing? I can’t deny that.

The goddess of fate strongly protects her. Her extraordinary talent supports her as well. With you, she has the worst compatibility and strong connection, so the fate of bitter rivalry will come. However, don’t worry hastily. You are a singularity who has escaped fate’s wheel, so we’ll have to wait and see who wins this game.】

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I know. Humans are social animals.

Certain behaviors have always been predetermined.

For example, it was all too common for bullying victims to find a weaker scapegoat to escape the group’s attacking arrows.

The victim’s psychology in such situations is also varied.

Relief at escaping from the perpetrators.

The pleasure of no longer being the weak one.

Guilt and remorse for pushing someone else forward.

Anticipation of “you should experience what I went through too.”

Unable to do anything to the real perpetrators, they displace their aggression onto the scapegoat to release the anger that has built up over time.

This is mixed with extreme anxiety and fear.

Because they never know when the scapegoat who replaced them might drag them back down.

So victims who turn into attackers become more uninhibited, more persistent toward the scapegoat who replaced them, trying to prove and solidify their own position…

And above all, more vicious.

「Seo Jumnim… please help me just once… okay?」

In my past life, my failure to get promoted to assistant manager wasn’t solely because of Kim Daerim.

Probably few people have experienced this sinister human tendency as thoroughly as I have.

But Namihee was mistaken about something.

The reason I tolerated Namihee and repeatedly let things slide wasn’t because I was scared or afraid of her, but because I defined myself as an adult.

It was adult tolerance and goodwill extended to a child in trouble.

I am not weak.

I might have been in my past life, but not in this one.

‘No, wait.’

Was I even weak in my past life?

It took me less than two months to escape workplace bullying.

I was just timid and empathetic, but that didn’t mean I lacked means.

“Oh, Sing-a. What’s wrong? Why haven’t you gone home yet?”

“Teacher. That theater festival you mentioned before. Is there still a spot available?”

“Yes. There is. Why?”

“I want to do it.”

I always had them.

Those means of getting back.

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【Grass Leaf Girl’s Modest Dream Garden】

【Level: Terrarium Lv.1】

【Environmental Index: Pure】

【Residing Neighbors: 3/4】

[Notice: You have arrived at the House Backyard – Hot Springs.]

[Notice: Only 1 hot spring can be used per visit to the hot springs. If you enter other hot springs besides the one you selected, the effects will not stack.]

“Mmm….”

It’s already been four months since [Dream Sickness] was activated.

I’ve become quite accustomed to closing my eyes and entering the garden to harvest herbs and take hot spring baths.

I relaxed and submerged Grass Leaf Girl’s limbs into the Fairy Spring.

Was it around the fifth visit?

While bathing in the Fairy Spring, I felt something like waste being washed away, and the effects became much more pronounced after that.

Recently, every time I looked in the mirror, I could feel the change.

My features were becoming even more refined.

Others might not know, but don’t I know my own original face?

Even if it wasn’t a major change, it was transforming in a way where flaws became fainter and strengths became more prominent.

I was even more satisfied because it was a gradual direction rather than a dramatic transformation.

Anyone would think this girl naturally became prettier as she grew up.

The change I felt most was in my skin – my skin that was already soft because I was young was now almost at the level of soft tofu.

For someone like me who was sensitive to the point of being almost mentally ill about skincare due to trauma from my past life, there was nothing better than this.

‘It wasn’t for nothing that I lost my mind when I saw the Fairy Spring.’

Of course, beauty isn’t the only thing needed in life, so I hadn’t been going back and forth to just the Fairy Spring all this time.

But Yewon’s theater festival in May was right around the corner.

Really just a few days left.

It was a time when I needed immediately visible elements rather than intelligence or health.

[Charm +1]

[Beauty +1]

[Recovery +1]

After about 20 minutes, I checked the notifications and got up.

The Hot Springs area was very quiet.

That made sense, since the [House] area was only accessible to the homeowner.

Even though all of Dream Garden was my property, the [Garden] was a shared space where everyone – neighbors and visitors – could come and go.

On the other hand, like my Brick House, the [House] was private property that even neighbors couldn’t enter without the homeowner’s permission, bounded by fences.

Neighbors who received residential qualifications would have their own [House], and even I, as the Garden owner, had to be courteous when visiting.

Besides, weren’t they all Westerners except for me?

Since they came from a culture where people pull out guns first the moment someone enters their front yard, they’re extremely sensitive about privacy, so it wouldn’t hurt to be careful.

I left the House and walked briskly toward the Lakeside.

Today was May 1st.

My 9th visit to Dream Garden.

It was the third day I would meet my neighbors whom I had granted residential qualifications.

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